Effect of Y2(CO3)3 and surfactants on electrorheological performance of SiO2 particle materials

Mingyuan Xu, Shuzhen Ma, Shuxin Li, Junran Li*, Shaohua Zhang, Chenguan Wei, Song Gao

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Abstract

The SiO2 particle material has weak electrorheological (ER) activity. The ER performance of the SiO2 particles can be ameliorated after adsorbing Y2(CO3)3. In this paper, the effect of Y2(CO3)3 and different surfactants on the ER performance of the SiO2 particle materials is investigated. The results show that anionic or cationic surfactants maybe enhance the ER activity of SiO2 material, and nonionic surfactants cannot when surfactants are added during the process of the Si02 particle preparation, only the anionic surfactant, AES, can enhance markedly the ER performance of the material. The surface area, pore volume and pore diameter of the particles were measured. The effect of Y2(CO3)3 and the surfactants on the microstructure of SiO2 materials and the relationship between ER effect and the microstructure are described.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)586-590
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Rare Earths
Volume22
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2004

Keywords

  • Adsorption
  • ER performance
  • Rare earths
  • SiO particle material
  • Surfactant

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