EP3880743A1 - Modification de rheologie par des particules de gel poreux - Google Patents
Modification de rheologie par des particules de gel poreuxInfo
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- the present invention relates to the field of formulations comprising solid particles in suspension in a liquid medium, and more specifically to that of the maintenance in suspension of these solid particles over time.
- fillers in dispersion for example fillers with covering power and / or capable of absorbing secretions from the skin and / or protecting from UV radiation, such as particles of titanium or zinc oxides, kaolin, talc or micas, calcium carbonate or bentonite
- capsules comprising active principles released progressively over time
- compositions for the body for example shower gels comprising particles with an exfoliating effect
- dispersions including propellants (“proppants”) intended to be injected into fractures caused in petroleum rocks during fracturing operations are used, or the fluids used during operations cementing.
- propellants propellants
- liquid medium is meant, within the meaning of this description, a medium comprising:
- solutes namely compounds in the dissolved state in the solvent (salts, pH buffers, soluble active ingredients, for example); and or polymers dissolved or dispersed in the solvent; and or
- the solvent for such a liquid medium typically includes water. Most often as the sole solvent, or at least 50% or more (most often at least 80%, or even at least 90%) by mass relative to the total mass of the solvents , in which case we speak of an aqueous liquid medium.
- a liquid medium of the aforementioned type can be used in various formulations, as a dispersing phase comprising solid particles in the dispersed state.
- This dispersing phase can constitute the only liquid phase of the formulation, but, according to certain possible alternative modes, it can also be a continuous or dispersed phase in an emulsion (direct, reverse, or even multiple).
- a “liquid medium” within the meaning of the present description may have a more or less high viscosity.
- a “liquid medium”, in the sense in which this term is used in the present description may be in the form of a physical gel, typically when it contains a sufficiently high quantity of polymers for them to be forms an entangled structure within the liquid.
- a particular solution consists in using stable colloidal particles, but this option limits the nature of the particles which can be used (it implies in particular a small in size, generally of the order of a few nanometers to a few hundred nanometers) and it also prohibits the use of compounds affecting colloidal stability (in particular certain salts or surfactants).
- the present invention aims to provide a suitable solution for maintaining in suspension of particles which do not necessarily have colloidal stability and in particular of particles having dimensions greater than 1 micron, or even 10 microns.
- microgels particles based on chemically crosslinked polymers
- microgels which are more strictly speaking particles of “micronized macrogel”, typically obtained by grinding a chemically more macroscopic crosslinked gel (“macrogel”), obtained throughout the space of the synthesis reactor.
- microgels used at a sufficient concentration, these “microgel” type particles inhibit the displacement of solid particles within the liquid medium by steric phenomena generally more stabilizing than viscosifying agents.
- microgels are the amount of material they involve, and therefore the associated costs. Schematically, to obtain sufficient stabilization, it is necessary to use a quantity of polymer which ensures an almost total occupation of the interparticle spaces. This problem is particularly clear in the presence of salts, the presence of which tends to inhibit the swelling phenomena of the microgel particles, which further induces an increase in the amount of microgel to be used to ensure the desired stabilization.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an alternative solution to the aforementioned microgel particles, obtaining at least similar advantages, but this at a lower cost, and in particular in the presence of salts.
- rheology agent specific particles similar to the aforementioned microgel particles, but which are obtained from a more particular macrogel, namely obtained by reducing in particles (micronizing) a porous macrogel, resulting from a synthesis of a gel of chemically crosslinked polymers during which gas bubbles were generated, the macrogel obtained preferably trapping, in the end, gas bubbles of size at more similar to the size of the micronized particles of microgel, and preferably of smaller size.
- Porous macrogels more or less reduced to the state of particles have already been described in the past.
- These include superporous hydrogels (so-called “superporous hydrogels” or “SPHs” in English), which are known as particularly effective absorbents, which in particular means that they are used in layers panties where their water retention properties are put to good use.
- superporous hydrogels so-called “superporous hydrogels” or “SPHs” in English
- the present invention uses porous macrogels of the type of the aforementioned superporous hydrogels, but in a very particular form, namely reduced to the state of particles typically having, in the dry state, an average diameter of the order of 0 , 5 to 500 microns (and most often between 1 and 250 microns, for example between 5 and 100 microns) and the invention employs the particles obtained for an application not envisaged hitherto, namely to modify the rheology of an aqueous medium, and typically to keep particles in suspension therein, in particular solid particles.
- the subject of the present invention is the use, in a typically aqueous liquid medium, of particles (p) of crosslinked polymers, as obtained by grinding a macrogel prepared according to a process comprising a step (E) of radical polymerization in which one reacts, within a reaction medium M comprising blowing agents, for example gas bubbles:
- ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing m1 monomers carrying at least two ethylenic unsaturations
- At least one radical polymerization initiator at least one radical polymerization initiator
- At least one agent for controlling the radical polymerization to modify the rheology of said liquid medium for example to keep particles in suspension within said liquid medium.
- the term "blowing agent” means any compound - or mixture of compounds - capable of inducing the formation of a porosity in the gel formed during the polymerization of step (E).
- This agent is not limited and it is possible, for example, according to the invention to use any pore-forming agent customary in the synthesis of porous hydrogels.
- it may be globules of a liquid compound dispersed in the form of an emulsion (or better of a microemulsion) within the reaction medium (according to a possible embodiment, this liquid compound may be soluble in the initial reaction medium comprising the constituent monomers of the gel, but being insoluble in the gelled medium obtained after polymerization).
- gas bubbles are used as blowing agent in step (E), typically formed in situ from a gas generating agent, for example CO2 obtained by decomposition of 'a bicarbonate with an acid.
- the result is a crosslinked polymer composition, known as a "macrogel", which has a porosity induced by the blowing agent.
- Stage (E) can be followed by stages of washing and / or purification of the porous macrogel obtained (including for example a separation of the pore-forming agent if this is necessary, which is not the case in gas bubbles).
- the porous macrogel resulting from step (E) and optionally from the subsequent washing steps is generally (but not necessarily) subjected to drying, total or partial, conducted so as to preserve the porous structure of the microgel. . This drying can, at least in certain cases, induce at least the beginning of grinding.
- particles (p) are obtained, which have the composition of the microgel.
- the grinding is carried out so as to obtain particles (p) having an average size at least equal to the average size of the pores obtained in the macrogel during its preparation in step (C). Particles (p) of particular morphology are thus obtained, bearing the imprint of the porosity existing in the macrogel from which they originate.
- the particles (p) are themselves porous, but this case is, in practice quite rare. Indeed, it is most often preferred that the size of the particles (p) used in the context of the present invention is of the order of a micron, typically between 500 nm and 500 microns and most often between 1 and 250 microns (per example between 2 and 200 microns), in which case the particles (p) have, in general, a size of the same order of magnitude as the size of the pores present in the porous macrogel (it is often complicated - although not excluded in the context of the invention - to generate a porosity of the macrogel with a pore size less than 500 nm).
- the particles (p) useful according to the invention are not, strictly speaking, porous, but they have, schematically, a morphology of the “uneven” type, different from the more “smooth” morphology that the particles have microgels proposed in the state of the art.
- the particles (p) useful according to the invention have a morphology distinct from that of the usual microgel particles, with in particular a difference concerning their form factor.
- the particles (p) used according to the invention make it possible to induce effects similar to those obtained with the more usual microgel particles (obtained at from non-porous macrogel), but more effectively: for a given mass of polymer, the effect of modifying the rheology (and in particular the effect of stabilizing particles dispersed in a liquid medium) is more marked with particles (p) useful according to the invention than with conventional microgel particles, which makes it possible, very advantageously, to obtain, at reduced cost, effects similar to those of microgels. And we can see the advantages of the invention differently: for a similar cost, it makes it possible to obtain effects greater than those obtained with conventional microgel particles.
- the invention relates to suspensions of stabilized particles according to the invention, more specifically compositions comprising, in a liquid medium (typically aqueous) of rheology modified by particles (p) of crosslinked polymers as defined above. above, particles (p ') dispersed in said aqueous medium, said particles (p) being distinct from particles (p).
- the particles (p ') present in these compositions according to the invention are typically solid particles, and they preferably have, within said liquid medium, an average hydrodynamic diameter of the same order of magnitude as that of the average hydrodynamic diameter of the particles ( p) within said liquid medium
- These monomers m1 can typically be chosen from organic compounds comprising at least two ethylenic unsaturations and at most 10 unsaturations and known to be radical-reactive. Typically, these monomers have two or three ethylenic unsaturations.
- monomers m1 it is possible in particular to use acrylic, methacrylic, acrylamido, methacrylamido, vinyl ester, vinyl ether, diene, styrenic, alpha-methyl styrenic and allyl derivatives.
- These monomers can also contain functional groups other than ethylenic unsaturations, for example hydroxyl, carboxyl, ester, amide, amino or substituted amino, mercapto, silane, epoxy or halo functions.
- Suitable m1 monomers include, for example:
- divinylbenzene and derivatives of divinylbenzene, such as, for example, 1,3-diisopropenylbenzene;
- methacrylates such as:
- glycol dimethacrylate such as ethylene glycol dimethacrylate, diethylene glycol dimethacrylate, triethylene glycol dimethacrylate, tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate, polyethylene glycol 200 dimethacrylate, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate 1, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate of butanediol, 1, 4- butanediol dimethacrylate, hexanediol 1,6-dimethacrylate, dodecanediol 1,12-dimethacrylate, glycerol 1,3-dimethacrylate;
- glycol diacrylate such as dipropylene glycol diacrylate, tripropylene glycol diacrylate, polyethylene glycol 600 diacrylate, ethylene glycol diacrylate, diethylene glycol diacrylate, triethylene glycol diacrylate, diacryl glycol ethoxylated neopentyl glycol diacrylate, butanediol diacrylate, hexanediol diacrylate, aliphatic urethane diacrylate, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, trimethylolpropane ethoxylatepropyl triethylacrylate triacrylatepropylacrylate
- vinyl ethers such as vinyl crotonate, diethylene glycoldivinyl ether, divinyl etan of 1,4-butanediol, triethylene glycol divinyl ether;
- diallyl phthalate diallyldimethylammonium chloride, diallyl malléate, sodium diallyloxyacetate, diallylphenylphosphine, diallylpyrocarbonate, diallyl succinate, N, N'-diallyltartardiamide, N, N-diallyl -2,2,2-trifluoroacetamide, the diallyloxy acetic acid allyl ester, 1,3-diallylurea, triallylamine, triallyl trimesate, triallyl cyanurate, triallyl trimellitate, triallyl-1, 3,5-triazine -2.4.6 (1H, 3H, 5H) -trione.
- acrylamido derivatives for example N, N'-methylenebisacrylamide, N, N'-methylenebismethacrylamide (MBA), glyoxal bisacrylamide, diacrylamido acetic acid.
- diene monomers such as butadiene, chloroprene and isoprene.
- These multiethylenically unsaturated monomers can be used alone or in mixtures.
- Crosslinking monomers m1 which are particularly suitable for carrying out the invention are in particular N, N’-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) and PEG-diacrylates and PEG-dimethacrylates.
- m2 monomers can advantageously be chosen from:
- AA acrylic acid
- ethacrylic acid ethacrylic acid
- a-chloro-acrylic acid l crotonic acid
- maleic acid, maleic anhydride itaconic acid, citraconic acid
- mesaconic acid glutaconic acid
- aconitic acid fumaric acid
- esters of ⁇ , b-ethylenically unsaturated mono- and di-carboxylic acids with C2-C3-alkanediols for example, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl ethacrylate , 2-hydroxypropyl acrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate, 3-hydroxypropyl acrylate, 3-hydroxypropyl methacrylate and polyalkylene glycol (meth) acrylates;
- - amides of ⁇ , b-ethylenically unsaturated mono-carboxylic acids and their N-alkyl and N, N-dialkyl derivatives such as acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-methyl (meth) acrylamide, N-ethyl ( meth) acrylamide, N-propyl (meth) acrylamide, N, N-dimethyl (meth) acrylamide, N, N-diethyl (meth) acrylamide, morpholinyl (meth) acrylamide, and metholyl acrylamide (acrylamide and N, N-dimethyl (meth) acrylamide are found to be particularly interesting);
- N-vinyllactames and its derivatives for example, N-vinylpryolidone, N-vinylpiperidone;
- N-vinylamide compounds with open chains for example, N-vinylformamide, N-vinyl-N-methylformamide, N-vinylacetamide, N-vinyl-N-methylacetamide, N-vinyl-N-ethylacetamide, N-vinylpropionamide, N-vinyl-N-methylpropionamide and N-vinylbutyramide;
- N (meth) acrylate N (N-dimethylaminomethyl), l (meth) acrylate, l N, N-diethylaminoethyl acrylate, and N, N-dimethylaminopropyl (meth) acrylate;
- amides of a, b-ethylenically unsaturated mono- and di-carboxylic acids with diamines comprising at least one primary or secondary amino group such as N- [2- (dimethylamino) ethyl] acrylamide, N [2- (dimethylamino) ethyl] methacrylamide, N- [3- (dimethylamino) propyl] acrylamide, N- [3- (dimethylamino) propyl] methacrylamide,
- N-vinylimidazole N-vinyl-2-methylimidazole
- substituted heteroaromatic compounds of vinyl and allyl for example, 2- and 4-vinylpyridine , 2- and 4- allylpyridine, and their salts;
- vinyl aromatic monomers such as styrene, alpha methylstyrene, parachloromethylstyrene, vinyltoluene, 2-methylstyrene, 4-methylstyrene, 2- (n-butyl) styrene, 4- (n-decyl) styrene, 2- (tert-butyl) styrene;
- each of R b and R c independently represents:
- esters of mono-, di-carboxylic acid a, b ethylenically unsaturated with C2-C30-alkanols, for example, methyl ethacrylate, ethyl (meth) acrylate, ethyl ethacrylate, (meth) n-propyl acrylate, isopropyl (meth) acrylate, n-butyl (meth) acrylate, sec-butyl (meth) acrylate, tert-butyl (meth) acrylate, tert-butyl ethacrylate, n-hexyl (meth) acrylate, n-heptyl (meth) acrylate, n-octyl (meth) acrylate, 1, 1, 3.3- (meth) acrylate tetramethylbutyl, ethylhexyl (meth) acrylate, n-nonyl (meth)
- - vinyl alcohol or allyl esters with C1-C30 monocarboxylic acids for example, vinyl formate, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinyl butyrate, vinyl laurate, vinyl stearate, vinyl propionate, vinyl versatate and mixtures thereof;
- nitriles such as acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile and their mixtures
- esters of ethylenically unsaturated mono- and di-carboxylic acids a, b with C3-C30 alkanediols for example, 2-hydroxypropyl acrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate, 3- acrylate hydroxypropyl, 3- hydroxypropyl methacrylate, 3-hydroxybutyl acrylate, 3-hydroxybutyl methacrylate, 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate, 4-hydroxybutyl methacrylate, 6-hydroxyhexyl acrylate, methacrylate 6-hydroxyhexyl, 3-hydroxy-2-ethylhexyl acrylate and 3-hydroxy-2-ethylhexyl methacrylate;
- N-alkyl and N, N-dialkyl such as N-propyl (meth) acrylamide, N- (n-butyl ) (meth) acrylamide, N- (tert-butyl) (meth) acrylamide, N- (n octyl) (meth) acrylamide, N- (1, 1, 3,3- tetramethylbutyl) (meth) acrylamide, N-ethylhexyl (meth) acrylamide, N- (n- nonyl) (meth) acrylamide, N- (n-decyl) (meth) acrylamide, N- (n- undecyl) (meth) acrylamide, N-tridecyl (meth) acrylamide, N- myristyl (meth) acrylamide , N-pentadecyl (meth) acrylamide, N-propyl (meth) acrylamide, N- (n-butyl ) (meth)
- N-vinyllactams and its derivatives such as, N-vinyl-5-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone, N-vinyl-6-methyl-2-piperidone, N-vinyl-6-ethyl-2-piperidone, N-vinyl-7-methyl-2- caprolactam and N-vinyl-7-ethyl-2-caprolactam;
- esters of mono- and di-carboxylic acids a, b ethylenically unsaturated with amino alcohols, for example, N, N-dimethylaminocyclohexyl (meth) acrylate;
- amides of ethylenically unsaturated mono- and di-carboxylic acids a, b with diamines comprising at least one primary or secondary amino group for example N- [4- (dimethylamino) butyl] (meth) acrylamide, N - [4- (dimethylamino) cyclohexyl] (meth) acrylamide; and
- the monomers m2 can be chosen from N, N-dimethylacrylamide (DMA); 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid (AMPS), acrylic acid (AA); acrylamide (AM); and their mixtures.
- DMA N, N-dimethylacrylamide
- AMPS 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid
- AA acrylic acid
- AM acrylamide
- the mass ratio m1 / m2 of the total mass of the crosslinking monomers m1 used in step (E) relative to the total mass of the structural monomers m2 used in step ( E) is preferably between and 0.01 and 30 typically between 0.1 and 10.
- the polymerization initiator used in step (E) is preferably soluble in the reaction medium M.
- any radical polymerization initiator (source of free radicals) known per se and suitable can be used under the conditions chosen for step (E), in particular the presence of blowing agents or the in situ formation of blowing agents (in particular when it is a question of gas bubbles).
- radical polymerization initiator (initiator) used according to the invention can for example be chosen from the following initiators list to be validated / restricted:
- - persulfates such as potassium persulfate, ammonium persulfate, sodium persulfate,
- - azo compounds such as: 2-2'-azobis (isobutyronitrile), 2,2'-azobis (2-butanenitrile), 4,4'-azobis (4-pentanoic acid), 1, 1 ' -azobis (cyclohexane-carbonitrile), 2- (t-butylazo) -2-cyanopropane, 2,2'-azobis [2-methyl-N- (1, 1) - bis (hydroxymethyl) -2-hydroxyethyl] propionamide, 2,2'-azobis (2-methyl-N- hydroxyethyl] -propionamide, 2,2'-azobis dichloride (N, N'-dimethyleneisobutyramidine), 2,2'-azobis dichloride (2 -amidinopropane), 2,2'-azobis (N, N'-dimethyleneisobutyramide), 2,2'-azobis (2-methyl-N- [1,1-bis (hydroxymethyl) -2-hydroxyethyl] propionamide) , 2,2
- a radical initiator of the redox type which has, among other things, the advantage of not requiring heating of the reaction medium (no thermal initiation). It is typically a mixture of at least one oxidizing agent with at least one reducing agent.
- the oxidizing agent present in this redox system is preferably a water-soluble agent.
- This oxidizing agent can, for example, be chosen from peroxides, such as: hydrogen peroxide, tertiary butyl hydroperoxide; sodium persulfates, potassium persulfate, ammonium persulfate, or even potassium or sodium bromate.
- the reducing agent present in the redox system is also preferably a water-soluble agent.
- This reducing agent can typically be chosen from sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate (especially in its dihydrate form, known as Rongalit or in the form of an anhydride), ascorbic acid, erythorbic acid, sulfites, bisulfites or metasulfites (sulfites, bisulfites or metasulfites of alkali metals in particular), nitrilotrispropionamides, and tertiary amines and ethanolamines (preferably water-soluble).
- Possible redox systems include combinations such as:
- An interesting redox system comprises (and preferably consists of) the combination of ammonium or sodium or potassium persulfate and tetramethylenediamine (TMEDA).
- the blowing agents used in step (E) are CO2 bubbles which are formed by reaction of a bicarbonate (in particular sodium bicarbonate) with an acidic compound present in the reaction medium (it is possible to intentionally add acidic compounds such as acetic acid, for example, or alternatively, using acidic monomers which perform this role, such as, for example, acrylic acid which can be used as a monomer of structure m2).
- the addition of bicarbonate is preferably carried out after the polymerization of step (E) has started: indeed, the addition of bicarbonate induces an increase in pH which most often causes an accelerated decomposition of l polymerization initiator.
- step (E) preferably comprises first of all a step (E1) in which only part of the ethylenically unsaturated monomers is polymerized in the absence of pore-forming agents; then a step (E2) where the polymerization is continued by introducing the blowing agents.
- step (E) is specifically a radical polymerization of the controlled type, carried out in the presence of an agent for controlling the radical polymerization.
- control agent a compound capable of lengthening the life of the growing polymer chains in a polymerization reaction and, preferably, of giving the polymerization a living or controlled character.
- control agent can carry several thiocarbonylthio groups. It may possibly be a polymer chain carrying such a group.
- control agent can, for example, respond to formula (A) below:
- a carbon ring or a heterocycle saturated or not, optionally substituted aromatic, or
- step (E) a polymer chain, preferably hydrophilic or water-dispersible when the agent is used in step (E).
- the Ri or Z groups when they are substituted, can be substituted by optionally substituted phenyl groups, optionally substituted aromatic groups, saturated or unsaturated carbon rings, saturated or unsaturated heterocycles, or groups: alkoxycarbonyl or aryloxycarbonyl ( -COOR), carboxy (-COOH), acyloxy (-O2CR), carbamoyl (-CONR2), cyano (-CN), alkylcarbonyl, alkylarylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, arylalkylcarbonyl, phthalimido, maleimido, succinimido, amidino, guanidimo, hydroxy (- OH ), amino (-NR2), halogen, perfluoroalkyl C n F 2n + i , allyl, epoxy, alkoxy (-OR), S- alkyl, S-aryl, groups having a hydrophilic or ionic character such as the alkali salts d carboxylic acids,
- control agents of formula (A) used in step (E) it is generally preferred that the group R1 is of hydrophilic nature.
- the group R1 is a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer chain.
- the R1 group can alternatively be amphiphilic, namely presenting both a hydrophilic and a lipophilic character. It is preferable that R1 is not hydrophobic.
- R 1 can typically be a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, preferably substituted.
- a control agent of formula (A) used in step (E °) can nevertheless comprise other types of groups R 1, in particular a ring or a polymer chain
- the optionally substituted alkyl, acyl, aryl, aralkyl or alkyne groups generally have 1 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to 12, and more preferably 1 to 9 carbon atoms. They can be linear or branched. They can also be substituted by oxygen atoms, in the form in particular of esters, sulfur or nitrogen atoms.
- alkyl radicals mention may in particular be made of the methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, isopropyl, tert-butyl, pentyl, hexyl, octyl, decyl or dodecyl radical.
- the alkyne groups are radicals generally of 2 to 10 carbon atoms, they exhibit at least one acetylenic unsaturation, such as the acetylenyl radical.
- the acyl group is a radical generally having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms with a carbonyl group.
- aryl radicals mention may in particular be made of the phenyl radical, optionally substituted in particular by a nitro or hydroxyl function.
- aralkyl radicals mention may in particular be made of the benzyl or phenethyl radical, optionally substituted in particular by a nitro or hydroxyl function.
- R 1 or Z is a polymer chain
- this polymer chain can result from radical or ionic polymerization or result from polycondensation.
- the conversion of the macrogel into smaller particles can in particular be carried out using the traditional grinding and drying means known to the skilled person.
- the fluid bed drying technique and grindings by pin mills; hammer mills; ball mill; and air jet grinding. These techniques can be implemented according to the cryo-grinding mode.
- the particles (p) have dimensions greater than 500 nm, or even 1 micron, typically less than 200 ⁇ m, more preferably less than 100 microns, for example between 500 nm and 50 microns, especially between 1 and 20 microns.
- the particles (p) can be used to modify the rheology of multiple liquid media within the meaning of the present description. They are in particular useful for modifying the rheology of aqueous liquid media, comprising water and any cosolvents miscible with water (alcohol for example) with a mass ratio water / (water + cosolvent) preferably greater than 50 %, or even greater than 80%, especially greater than 90% or greater than 95%, or even 98% by mass.
- the liquid medium modified according to the invention contains water as the sole solvent.
- the particles (p) are preferably solid, mineral or organic particles. These may in particular be the particles listed in the introductory part of this description. In particular when the particles (p) have the above-mentioned preferential dimensions, the particles (p ’) typically have dimensions of between 5 and 50 microns.
- Particles p useful according to the invention were prepared by grinding a porous macrogel prepared under the conditions set out below.
- the porous macrogel was gently removed from the Dewar, and the heterogeneous upper and lower parts of the macrogel were cut and discarded.
- the rest of the porous macrogel was cut into small cubes, which were then placed in a 250 ml wide-neck polyethylene container.
- the unoccupied volume of the container was then supplemented with ethanol, then allowed to stand for 8 hours, at the end of which the ethanol was decanted and replaced with fresh ethanol. After another 12 hours, the ethanol was decanted again and the porous macrogel cubes were air dried for 2 hours and then for 24 hours in an oven at 50 ° C.
- the cubes obtained were pre-ground with a pestle in a mortar, then subjected to further grinding using a coffee grinder (MOULINEX AR1 10510).
- the powder from this grinding was sieved using a 250 micron sieve.
- the particles p which are the subject of this example (and subjected to the rheology test described below) correspond to the sieved powder and therefore have a size less than or equal to 250 microns.
- p 'particles were prepared from a macrogel prepared according to exactly the same protocol as that described for p particles, with the only difference that the sodium bicarbonate solution NaHC03 did not added: replaced by the same mass (i.e. 69.1 g) of distilled water.
- the NON-porous macrogel thus prepared in the absence of pore-forming agents (which corresponds to the conventional protocol for preparing microgel particles of the prior art) was then cut into small cubes, dried and ground under the same conditions than those described for the porous macrogel, whereby the particles p 'were obtained.
- Different compositions have been produced by introducing particles (p or p 'as the case may be) into a 2% aqueous KCI solution, at 25 ° C., with different particle concentrations (expressed by the mass of polymer compared to the total mass of the composition) and the viscosity of the composition obtained was measured using an AR-G2 imposed constraint rheometer supplied by TA instruments.
- the geometry used is a helical geometry of the quilt type allowing measurements of rheological properties to be carried out on suspensions without risk of artefacts linked to bridging between rotor and stator of the geometry.
- the shear stress rheograms obtained for each of the compositions are interpreted using a Bingham model, assigning for each composition tested a flow threshold and a viscosity under flow.
- the threshold being directly correlable to the capacity of the suspension of microgels to suspend particles.
- a higher viscosity implies, according to Stokes' law, a slowing down of the settling or creaming of the particles in suspension in the slurry.
- the results obtained for each of the compositions are reported in the
- Table 2 which illustrates the superiority of the particles according to the invention compared to the microgel particles of the prior art, namely that at equivalent mass, the particles (p) according to the invention have an effect drastically more marked on the rheology than the control particles.
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