title: Viscosity of hard sphere suspensions.
abstract: A simple functional representation of the concentration dependence of the low-shear viscosity eta of hard sphere suspensions is proposed. The representation, which agrees with published literature at all volume fractions phi, has a hitherto-unremarked transition in its functional form at phi approximately 0.42 identical with phi(t). phi(t) is definitely less than the volume fraction 0.49 of the hard sphere melting transition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Associated quad Biochemistry Faculty, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609, USA.
authors.forename: George D J
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Phillies
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000737:chemistry; D010316:Particle Size; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D009281:Naphthalenes; D012996:Solutions; C007229:decalin; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate