Abstract
Particle dispersion in ceramic injection molding mixtures is investigated from the shear viscosity data of the mixtures. The degree of agglomeration of the mixture is examined using the Krieger and Dougherty equation on the viscosity for a concentrated suspension. The number of particles in a single agglomerate is evaluated by the shape factor parameter of suspended particles in the Krieger and Dougherty model with the scaling law of fractal analysis on particle agglomerates. The number of particles per agglomerate predicted are four particles for a zirconia sample, and for a alumina sample the particles are in a well dispersed state. These values of agglomeration in the molding mixtures predicted by the viscometric method are almost consistent with those predicted by the visualized technique.
