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Rheological properties of concentrated allophane, halloysite, and kaolinite suspensions
Abstract This study investigated the rheological properties of concentrated suspensions of allophane, halloysite, and kaolinite, which are representative of a series of weathering products of volcanic glass and feldspar minerals in volcanic rocks and deposits, to elucidate the mechanism of landslide generation involving these materials. All suspensions generally showed shear thinning during flow curve measurements, as represented by a steady decrease of viscosity with increasing shear strain rate from 0.1 to 1000 s−1. A difference among them was that the kaolinite suspension showed unstable flow behavior at high solid concentration, and the halloysite suspension had a similar behavior at low solid concentration. The shear stress at the beginning of flow—which represents the yield stress of the suspension—showed a power law correlation with the solid volumetric fraction, and that for kaolinite agreed well with previous static yield stress measurements. The stress of the halloysite suspension deviated from the power law curve at solid fraction < ~0.15. Dynamic viscoelasticity tests indicated that all suspensions showed a power law correlation between the modulus value and solid fraction. The crossover strain (when a solidlike-to-liquidlike transition occurs) of the kaolinite suspension was almost constant within the investigated solid fraction range, whereas that of the halloysite suspension decreased noticeably at solid fraction < ~0.15. Overall, the allophane suspension had the weakest strength and lowest resistance to oscillatory strain at a given solid fraction condition. The rheological properties of halloysite observed here may be related to the occurrence of flow-like, long-distance landslides in volcanic areas containing weathered tephra.
Highlights The rheology of kaolinite, halloysite, and allophane suspensions was evaluated. Suspensions at a given solid concentration showed greatly varying properties. Halloysite suspension can be weak and unstable at low solid concentrations. These characteristics may be related to the flow-like collapse of volcanic soils.
Rheological properties of concentrated allophane, halloysite, and kaolinite suspensions
Abstract This study investigated the rheological properties of concentrated suspensions of allophane, halloysite, and kaolinite, which are representative of a series of weathering products of volcanic glass and feldspar minerals in volcanic rocks and deposits, to elucidate the mechanism of landslide generation involving these materials. All suspensions generally showed shear thinning during flow curve measurements, as represented by a steady decrease of viscosity with increasing shear strain rate from 0.1 to 1000 s−1. A difference among them was that the kaolinite suspension showed unstable flow behavior at high solid concentration, and the halloysite suspension had a similar behavior at low solid concentration. The shear stress at the beginning of flow—which represents the yield stress of the suspension—showed a power law correlation with the solid volumetric fraction, and that for kaolinite agreed well with previous static yield stress measurements. The stress of the halloysite suspension deviated from the power law curve at solid fraction < ~0.15. Dynamic viscoelasticity tests indicated that all suspensions showed a power law correlation between the modulus value and solid fraction. The crossover strain (when a solidlike-to-liquidlike transition occurs) of the kaolinite suspension was almost constant within the investigated solid fraction range, whereas that of the halloysite suspension decreased noticeably at solid fraction < ~0.15. Overall, the allophane suspension had the weakest strength and lowest resistance to oscillatory strain at a given solid fraction condition. The rheological properties of halloysite observed here may be related to the occurrence of flow-like, long-distance landslides in volcanic areas containing weathered tephra.
Highlights The rheology of kaolinite, halloysite, and allophane suspensions was evaluated. Suspensions at a given solid concentration showed greatly varying properties. Halloysite suspension can be weak and unstable at low solid concentrations. These characteristics may be related to the flow-like collapse of volcanic soils.
Rheological properties of concentrated allophane, halloysite, and kaolinite suspensions
Kameda, Jun (author) / Morisaki, Tomonori (author)
Applied Clay Science ; 226
2022-05-11
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Suspension , Rheology , Volcanic soil , Kaolin , Halloysite , Landslide
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