Abstract
The water sorption properties of Precipitated Calcium Carbonate (PCC) formulations have been studied in relation to the rheological behaviour. Uncoated mineral fillers (median diameter 0.85 μm) have been dispersed in an organic liquid used as plasticizer, a dioctylphthalate (DOP), at a concentration of 25% by weight (volume fraction of about 11%). Water sorption isotherms onto PCC in air and in the organic matrix have been constructed. Measurement of water concentration in the DOP permits a complete evaluation of water exchanges at the inorganic (mineral)/organic (plasticizer) interface. Evolutions of yield stress, storage modulus and loss modulus have been determined as functions of the water activity in the system. A drastic change of rheological properties has been observed for water activities above 0.3.
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