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B Ruzicka1, L Zulian, G Ruocco
1Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Roma La Sapienza, P.zle A. Moro 2, I-00185 Roma, Italy.
Abstract:
The phase diagram of a charged colloidal system (Laponite) has been investigated by dynamic light scattering in a previously unexplored range of salt and clay concentrations. Specifically, the clay weight and salt molar concentrations have been varied in the ranges C(w) = 0.004 divided by 0.025 and C(s) = (1 x 10(-3) divided by 5 x 10(-3)) M, respectively. As in the case of free salt water samples (C(s) approximately = 1 x 10(-4) M), an aging dynamics toward two different arrested phases is found in the whole examined C(w) and C(s) range. Moreover a transition between these two different regimes is found. It is clear from these measurements that a revision of the phase diagram is necessary and a new "transition" line between two different arrested states is drawn.
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