Rheological characteristics of a detergent slurry containing pentasodium triphosphate

The purposes of this work are to analyze the rheological characteristics of a detergent slurry containing pentasodium triphosphate (TPP) and to study the influence that some factors exert on the rheological consistency of this slurry. From the experimental results it can be inferred that: (i) The systems studied exhibit plastic rheological behavior at steady shear and a progressive decrease in consistency by increasing shear rate; (ii) an increase in the yield value and apparent viscosity of the slurry are produced by increasing the concentration of nonaqueous substances or the phase I/phase II TPP ratio; and by decreasing the temperature or the hydrotrope content; (iii) the effect that temperature and concentration exert on the rheological consistency of the slurry may be quantified according to the usual equations found in the references.