Abstract
The most recent theory by Watterson and White for the primary electroviscous effect of a suspension of charged spherical particles has been extended by considering the influence of a dynamic Stern-layer. In this work we have tested the theoretical results by measuring the viscosity of polystyrene suspensions in different electrolyte concentrations. Zeta potential values have been obtained by electrophoresis and conductivity experiments using the theoretical approachs by Mangelsdorf and White that include the Stern-layer conductance. In order to obtain the same potential values calculated from these two independent methods, we have fitted the Stern-layer parameters of our systems. These parameters and zeta values have been used to calculate the theoretical viscosity. The theoretical results have been compared with the experimental viscosity data obtained with a semiauthomatic Ubbelohde capillary viscometer. We can conclude that the dynamic Stern-layer model used in this work has only a slight influence on the correction of the primary electroviscous effect theory due to Watterson and White. We suggest to study the correction supplied by another dynamic Stern-layer model due to Dukhin and Semenikhin, considering its success when is applied to electrophoresis.
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