title: Thixotropic behavior of a microcrystalline cellulose-sodium carboxymethylcellulose gel.
abstract: An extensive study has been made of the thixotropic behavior of a microcrystalline cellulose-sodium carboxymethylcellulose gel (2% weight) and of its modification due to physical factors such as agitation time, duration of storage at rest, and temperature. An empirical function, giving thixotropic area variation rate as a function of agitation time, was obtained and found to be practically independent of storage time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Valencia University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dolz-Planas
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: González-Rodriguez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Belda-Maximino
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Herraez-Dominguez
mesh_terms: D002266:Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium / Q000032:analysis*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000032:analysis*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D005782:Gels; D008747:Methylcellulose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D012212:Rheology; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005782:Gels; D002482:Cellulose; D008747:Methylcellulose; D002266:Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium