Since the discovery of the drag reduction effects of even small amount of macromolecules in solutions in turbulent pipe flows, there have been many experimental and theoretical studies in order to understand mechanisms behind this phenomenon. Theories have been proposed based on the observations on the change in the characteristics of the turbulent flow near the pipe wall where friction of the momentum transfer between the flow and the conduit takes place. In this study drag reduction in fully developed turbulent pipe flow with four concentrations (200 to 500 wppm) of low molecular weight Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) in aqueous solutions was investigated experimentally. Drag reduction was determined by pressure drop measurements. In order to observe the impact of the presence of CMC on the flow, Ultrasound Doppler Velocimetry (UDV) was employed to monitor the instantaneous velocity distributions. UDV is a non-invasive technique allowing one to obtain quick velocity profiles. Experimental measurements were used to calculate Fanning friction factor and radial distributions of the axial time-averaged velocity, velocity fluctuation (turbulent intensity) and eddy viscosity. The drag reduction level was determined through the Fanning friction factor versus Reynolds number data. Velocity data could be obtained as close as 3 mm to the wall by UDV. Two impacts of increasing CMC concentration on the flow field, hence pressure drop, were observed. The first effect was the decrease of the mean velocity gradient especially near the wall with increasing polymer amount which in turn gave rise to lower friction factor or pressure drop. In addition smaller eddy viscosities were obtained in the flow. The second impact of the polymer addition was on the velocity fluctuation or turbulent intensity variation along the radial distribution. An increasing trend in turbulence intensity in the turbulent core with polymer addition was observed. This was in agreement with the earlier studies in which similar turbulence behavior was observed in addition to the suppression of the turbulent intensities near the wall

Thesis ( Ph.D) -- McMaster University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available via World Wide Web.

It was the objective of this project to provide a glass cleaner formulation for a wet wipe application with cleaning and anti-fogging properties. This glass cleaner formulation was developed for automotive glass i.e. interior of windscreens. This formulation relates to a glass cleaner with a composition comprising of: (a) a blend of amphoteric surfactants; (b) a solvent system with a combination of glycol ethers; and (c) an aqueous solvent system. This glass formulation must provide good cleaning properties while also providing good wetting and sheeting properties to assist with anti-fogging properties. The objectives were obtained using 2 specific approaches: The first was by using a blend of 2 amphoteric surfactants in an alkaline medium, allowing the glass surface to become more hydrophilic which will also assist with reduction of surface tension on the glass surface. The second was by using the glycol ethers that have good coupling properties and surface tension reducing properties. The formulation was evaluated using commercial standard test methods as per the industry. A predictive model was successfully obtained for each of the five criteria that were evaluated using the 25 formulations derived from the statistical design. There were variables and variable interactions that were antagonistic for some of the criteria which were found to be synergistic for others. To achieve satisfactory cleaning, the fogging rating had to be compromised.

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<p> High molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) is used in conjunction with a cofactor such as phenol formaldehyde resin (PFR) as flocculants for newsprint manufacture. The objectives of the work described in this thesis were to prepare flocculants superior to PEO and to determine the flocculation mechanism. A series of novel comb copolymers consisting of a polyacrylamide backbone with short pendant poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) chains was prepared and characterized. Additionally, polymerization conversion curves and reactivity ratios were measured. An interesting finding was that the reactivity of the macromonomer in free radical copolymerization decreased with PEG chain length. </p> <p> Flocculation results with both model latex dispersions and commercial wood pulp suspensions showed that copolymer chain length was the most important variable ; molecular weights greater than 3 million were required for good flocculation. On the other hand, the PEG pendant chains could be as short as 9 ether repeat units. Also, only 1 to 2 PEG chains for every 100 acrylamide backbone moieties were required. </p> <p> No published flocculation mechanisms could predict all the behaviors of the PEO or copolymer system. A new mechanism called complex bridging was proposed. According to this mechanism PEO or copolymer chains aggregate in the presence of cofactor to form colloidally dispersed polymer complex which heteroflocculates with the colloidal particles. </p> <p> Given in this work is the first explanation of the requirement for extremely high PEO or copolymer molecular weights for flocculation. It is proposed that polymer chains with molecular weights less than 106 collapse in the presence of PFR to an inactive precipitate before flocculation can occur whereas complexes based on very high molecular weight PEO collapse slowly enough to permit flocculation. </p> <p> Published mechanistic studies are hindered by the fact that PFR has poorly defined structures. It is shown for the first time in this work that welldefined, linear, poly(p-vinyl phenol) (PVPh) is an effective cofactor. </p> / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Solutions of poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) and poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) in water and several alcohols were characterized by light scattering and cloud point measurements. The second virial coefficients in water were found to decrease with increasing temperature, reflecting lower critical solution behavior, which is consistent with the cloud point measurements. The temperature dependence of the second virial coefficients revealed that specific interactions between polymer and water dominated the free energy of mixing. The Flory-Huggins x parameter determined from light scattering was in the range 0.48 - 0.49 in water and 0.32 - 0.41 in ethanol. The Kuhn length for PEOX was determined to be 0.77 nm which corresponds to less than two monomer units, indicating relatively flexible chains of PEOX. The segmental adsorption energy, x_s^po, of PEOX was measured using a desorption/displacement technique. PEOX was desorbed from silica with five low molecular weight organic displacers in two solvents - water and ethanol - to obtain values of the critical volume fraction of the displacer at which desorption was complete, Φ_cr. The high adsorption energy parameters are consistent with the polymer adsorbing principally by hydrogen bonding between the carbonyl groups on the polymer and surface silanol groups. The difference in adsorption energies in water and ethanol reflect specific solvent effects that may be related to the formation of hydrogen bond bridges between PEOX and silanol groups in water. Adsorption of PEOX from water, alcohols and chlorobenzene onto silica was investigated by measuring PEOX adsorption isotherms using a depletion method. A linear relationship of the plateau adsorption amount, Γ_p vs. log (molecular weight) was obtained, which agreed qualitatively with the Scheutjens-Fleer (S-F) mean field adsorption theory. The values of Γ_p, varied significantly with solvent type as well as with pH and electrolyte concentration in water. These variations in Γ_p, were due to changes of the polymer solvency and the silanol density on the silica particles. Competitive adsorption experiments of PEOX with various polymers were performed, including poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), poly(propylene oxide) (PPO) poly(vinyl methyl ether) (PVME), and poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS). PEOX showed a higher affinity to the silica surface than other polymers. This suggested that PEOX had good potential for serving as an anchor block for diblock copolymer stabilizers for metal oxides in water. The solubility of homopolymers PEOX, PEO, PPO, PVME, and PDMS and copolymers PEOX-PDMS and PEOX-PVME was investigated in water, alcohols, and chlorobenzene using static light scattering (SLS). The steric stabilization effect of silica dispersions in chlorobenzene by PEOX-PDMS was measured by dynamic light scattering (DLS). The stability was qualitatively related to the average particle hydrodynamic diameter against time. The adsorbed amount and layer thickness of diblock copolymer poly(dimethyl amino ethyl methacrylate-b-n-butyl methacrylate) (DMAEM-BMA) on silica surfaces from isopropanol was measured. The linear dependence of the adsorbed amount and thickness with respect to the tail block length was obtained. This is consistent with the Marques-Joanny model. / Ph. D.

Ce travail est consacré à l'étude d'origine et signatures de la dépendance en concentration $\phi$ du paramètre de Flory $\chi _(eff)$ pour les polymères neutres solubles dans l'eau. Les trois versions du modèle à deux états qui ont été proposés pour expliquer le comportement de phase de Poly(oxyéthylène) dans l'eau mènent à $\chi _(eff)(\phi) $. Cette dépendance peut servir à tester la qualité des modèles: elle permet de distinguer entre les différents modèles et juger de la pertinence des paramètres impliqués. L'apparition de $\chi _(eff)(\phi)$ à partir des modèles alternatifs à un seul état est aussi discutée. Les signatures macroscopiques de $\chi _(eff)(\phi)$ sont illustrées avec l'exemple du gonflement des chaînes isolées et des brosses planes. La dépendance de $\chi _(eff)$ avec $\phi$ dans les systèmes à concentration uniforme a deux conséquences principales: entraînement du déplacement du croisement entre les régimes Gaussien et auto-évitant, et la possibilité d'une transition de phase du premier ordre pour les chaînes flexibles isolées. $\chi _(eff)(\phi)$ peut provoquer une séparation verticale de phase dans des brosses polymères qui implique la coexistence de deux phases de concentration finie. Cette approche est appliquée à l'interprétation d'un ensemble des résultats expérimentaux qui suggère que cet effet pourrait exister avec les brosses de Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide).

In today s world, the need to limit the use of nonrenewable resources and the importance of recycling has been recognized. One important contribution of chemists toward the general goal of limiting their use is to find catalysts that can be reused and recycled thereby limiting the need for expensive metal precursors and metal waste. Strategies to recycle catalysts are multifold and range from the employment of soluble polymers as catalyst supports to the use of membrane-encapsulated catalyst. The use of soluble polymers as a support not only offers the advantage of being soluble under the catalytic reaction conditions but also, to be removable by changing the conditions of the surrounding media. Despite the great potential of these soluble supported catalysts, their use is very limited in today s synthesis. In addition, no set of rules have been established to guide the synthesis of efficient supported catalysts. In order to establish a tool box for the synthesis of supported catalysts, the study of several parameters such as the choice of the support and the choice and the stability of the catalyst are necessary. To establish this set of rules, a limited number of catalytic transformations, were studied. These catalytic reactions are the Heck-Mizoroki, Suzuki-Miyaura and Sonogashira coupling reactions. These transformations became fundamental for the synthesis of drugs and materials. The first and second chapters provide background information by describing and evaluating the main supports that were previously used for catalysts and the two main catalysts that are used in this thesis, the palladium pincer complex and the palladium N-heterocyclic complex. In chapter 3, the synthesis of a soluble polymer supported catalyst is described. The polymer chosen for the study is poly(norbornene), and the catalyst is a 1,3-disubstituted benzene ligand with sulfurs in the side-chains able to chelate to the metal center, better known as pincer ligand. These ligands are abbreviated by the three atoms that coordinate to the metal center, in this study, SCS. The metal used for the investigation of the activity of this supported pincer is palladium. The importance of the nature of the linkage on the stability of the Pd-SCS pincer complex has been reported in the literature, leading to the synthesis of Pd-SCS pincer complex tethered to the polymer via an ether and an amide linkage. The synthesized poly(norbornene) supported Pd-SCS pincer complexes were evaluated using the Heck transformation of iodobenzene with n-butyl acrylate. Kinetic studies and leaching tests using poly(vinyl pyridine) and mercury were carried out resulting in the conclusion that the active species during the catalysis is not the palladium pincer complex but a leached palladium (0) species. In chapter 4, Pd-PCP pincer complexes with the ether and amide tether were synthesized. Kinetic and poisoning studies were carried out resulting in a similar conclusion. Furthermore, 31P NMR experiments were conducted to investigate the unstability of the complex. Following this study, in-situ XAS as well as computational calculations were carried out. The conclusion from this sinvestigation argues that triethylamine is a key ingredient for the decomposition of the Pd-PCP complex. The overall conclusion from these two different studies is thta Pd(II) pincer complexes decomposes during the Heck reaction when triethylamine is used for the coupling of iodobenzene to n-butyl acrylate in DMF at 120 ºC. Stemming from this investigation, a reported more stable complex, Pd-NHC, was tethered onto poly(norbornene). The system was evaluated using Suzuki-Miyaura, Heck and Sonogashira reactions. Similar poisoning and kinetic studies were utilized to investigate the stability of the supported NHC Pd complexes. The result of this investigation suggests that supported Pd-NHC complexes are stable under Suzuki-Miyaura and Sonogashira but decompose under Heck conditions. However, when the system was recycled, a decrease in activity for the Suzuki-Miyaura transformation and solubility was observed. In chapter 6, gold monolayer protected clusters (MPC) were investigated as potential candidates as supports. To examine the potential of MPC as a support, a NHC-Pd complex was graphted onto the particles. To functionalize the gold nanoparticles, a new method was developed. Using azide moieties added to the gold nanoparticles, the catalyst was added via microwave assisted 1,3 dipolar cycloaddition. The system was evaluated using Suzuki-Miyaura transformations under microwave conditions. The system exhibited quantitative conversions for a variety of substrates. However, when the system was recycled, aggregation of the particles and decrease in catalytic activity was observed. In summary, this thesis describes the synthesis and evaluation of poly(norbornene) supported Pd-pincer and Pd-NHC complexes and of gold nanoparticles supported Pd-NHC complex. It also detail the combination of kinetic and poisoning studies developed to evaluate a potential supported catalyst.

Στην παρούσα Διδακτορική Διατριβή σχεδιάστηκαν και συντέθηκαν με πολυμερισμό μέσω μεταφοράς ομάδας (group transfer polymerization, GTP) τέσσερα νέα πρότυπα “ευφυή” υδατοδιαλυτά συμπολυμερή, τα οποία αυτοοργανώνονται σε υδατικά διαλύματα σε δομές μικκυλίων ή ελαστικού φυσικού δικτύου, αποκρινόμενα άμεσα σε μεταβολές του pH, της θερμοκρασίας και της ιοντικής ισχύος του διαλύματος. Η καινοτομία των πολυμερών που συντέθηκαν οφείλεται στο γεγονός ότι σε ένα συσταδικό συμπολυμερές ενσωματώθηκε μία στατιστική συστάδα, η οποία παρουσιάζει ιδιότητες που είναι συνδυασμός των ιδιοτήτων των μονομερών που την αποτελούν. Ο γενικός τύπος των πολυμερών που μελετήθηκαν είναι A-b-(B-co-C) και A-b-(B-co-C)-b-A. Η συστάδα Α μπορούσε να είναι υδρόφιλη ή υδρόφοβη ενώ η στατιστική συστάδα ήταν είτε ένας πολυαμφολύτης με ρυθμιζόμενο ισοηλεκτρικό σημείο (ΙΗΣ), είτε μια υδρόφιλη συστάδα με ρυθμιζόμενη κατώτερη κρίσιμη θερμοκρασία διάλυσης (LCST). Ο πολυαμφολύτης φορτίζεται θετικά σε όξινα διαλύματα, καθίσταται ουδέτερος στο ισοηλεκτρικό του σημείο και τέλος φορτίζεται αρνητικά σε διαλύματα με υψηλό pH.  Συμπολυμερή του τύπου A-b-(B-co-C) Συντέθηκαν τρία διαφορετικά συμπολυμερή αυτού του τύπου: Στην πρώτη περίπτωση η συστάδα Α είναι το υδρόφοβο PMMA και η στατιστική συστάδα είναι ο πολυαμφολύτης P(DEA-co-MAA). Το πολυμερές PMMA-b-P(DEA-co-MAA) σχηματίζει μικκύλια σε υδατικά διαλύματα με τη συστάδα PMMA στον πυρήνα και τη στατιστική συστάδα στην κορώνα να είναι είτε θετικά φορτισμένη σε χαμηλό pH είτε αρνητικά φορτισμένη σε υψηλό pH. Στο ΙΗΣ του πολυαμφολύτη το πολυμερές συσσωματώνεται και καθιζάνει. Εμπνεόμενοι από τη δομή των μικκυλιακών συσσωματωμάτων συντέθηκε το επαμφοτερίζον αστεροειδές πολυμερές [PMMA-b-P(DEA-co-MAA)]n, το οποίο δημιουργεί μονομοριακά μικκύλια με πυρήνα PMMA και κορόνα που αλλάζει φορτίο ανάλογα με το pH του διαλύματος. Στη δεύτερη περίπτωση η στατιστική συστάδα παραμένει o πολυαμφολύτης P(DEA-co-MAA) και η συστάδα Α είναι το υδρόφιλο PEGMA, το οποίο παρουσιάζει LCST και σε υδατικά διαλύματα του πολυμερούς σχηματίζονται τρία είδη μικκυλίων. Στο ΙΗΣ και σε θερμοκρασία δωματίου σχηματίζονται μικκύλια με τη συστάδα P(DEA-co-MAA) στον πυρήνα και την υδρόφιλη συστάδα PEGMA στην κορώνα. Ωστόσο σε θεμρμοκρασία μεγαλύτερη από την LCST και σε pH εκτός της περιοχής του ΙΗΣ του πολυαμφολύτη, η συστάδα PEGMA συρρικνώνεται, οπότε δημιουργούνται μυκκίλια με πυρήνα τη συστάδα PEGMA και κορώνα τη συστάδα P(DEA-co-MAA). Σε χαμηλό pH η κορώνα είναι θετικά φορτισμένη, ενώ σε υψηλό είναι αρνητικά φορτισμένη. Τέλος στο τρίτο πολυμερές η στατιστική συστάδα αποτελείται από ένα υδρόφιλο και ένα υδρόφοβο μονομερές P(EGMA-co-MMA) και η LCST της συστάδας αυτής μειώνεται με αύξηση του ποσοστού του υδρόφοβου μονομερούς. Ο συνδιασμός μιας τέτοιας συστάδας και μιας συστάδας κατιονικού πολυηλεκτρολύτη (PDEA) σε ένα δισυσταδικό συμπολυμερές οδηγει σε ένα υλικό με πλούσιες ιδιότητες επηρεαζόμενες από τη θερμοκρασία και το pH. Σε χαμηλές θερμοκρασίες και όξινο περιβάλλον είναι μοριακά διαλυτό, αφού και οι δύο συστάδες είναι υδρόφιλες. Με αύξηση του pH ή της θερμοκρασίας συμπολυμερές αυτο-οργανώνεται αυτόματα σε δύο διαφορετικά μικκυλιακά συσσωματώματα με τον πυρήνα και την κορώνα να εναλλάσσονται μεταξύ τους (“σχιζοφρενική” συμπεριφορά). Τέλος με ταυτόχρονη αύξηση του pH και της θερμοκρασίας το συμπολυμερές καταβυθίζεται.  Συμπολυμερή του τύπου A-b-(B-co-C)-b-A Με βάση το πολυμερές PMMA-b-P(DEA-co-MAA) συντέθηκε ο τηλεχηλικός πολυαμφολύτης PMMA-b-P(DEA-co-MAA)-b-PMMA. Σε διαλύματα του πολυμερούς και σε pΗ έξω από την περιοχή του ΙΗΣ του πολυαμφολύτη, δημιουργούνται συσσωματώματα πεπερασμένου μεγέθους (στην ημιαραιή περιοχή συγκεντρώσεων), ενώ σε πυκνά διαλύματα σχηματίζεται άπειρο φυσικό δίκτυο. Υδατοπηκτώματα του πολυμερούς είναι δυνατό να δημιουργηθούν και από διόγκωση πολυμερικών φιλμ με απορρόφηση ύδατος. Το δίκτυο που σχηματίζεται έχει ελαστική συμπεριφορά τόσο σε χαμηλό όσο και σε υψηλό pH. / In the present thesis four new model and “smart” water-soluble copolymers were designed and synthesized via the group transfer polymerization method. These copolymers self-assemble in aqueous solutions into micelles or elastically physical network (depending on the copolymer architecture), responding readily to changes of the external stimuli such as pH, temperature and ionic strength. The innovation of these polymers is due to the fact that a block copolymer incorporates a statistical block, the physicochemical properties of which, result from combination of the properties of the structural monomers. These copolymers had general type A-b-(B-co-C) or A-b-(B-co-C)-b-A. The homopolymer block A could be either hydrophilic (neutral or cationic) or hydrophobic, while the statistical block (B-co-C) was either a polyampholyte with tunable isoelectric point (IEP), or a hydrophilic block with tunable lower critical solution temperature (LCST). The polyampholyte block could be positively charged in acidic conditions and negatively charged in basic conditions, while at the IEP became neutral.  Copolymers of the type A-b-(B-co-C) Three different copolymers of the type A-b-(B-co-C) were synthesized. In the first case block A was the hydrophobic PMMA and the statistical block was the polyampholyte P(DEA-co-MAA). When the copolymer PMMA-b-P(DEA-co-MAA) was dissolved in aqueous media, spherical micelles with PMMA core and P(DEA-co-MAA) corona were formed at room temperature and at pH out of the IEP region. At the IEP the copolymer precipitated from the solution due to the neutralization of the statistical polyampholyte block. Inspired by the morphology of the micelles formed by the linear copolymer PMMA-b-P(DEA-co-MAA), the star amphoteric copolymer was synthesized [PMMA-b-P(DEA-co-MAA)]n, which forms unimolecular PMMA-core micelles and corona that changes the charge sign upon changing the solution pH. In the second case the statistical block was the same as above, while the homopolymer block consisted of the hydrophilic PEGMA, which exhibits LCST and becomes hydrophobic above it. Due to the double sensitivity of this copolymer to pH and temperature, three types of micelles were formed in aqueous solutions. At the IEP and room temperature neutral-corona micelles were formed, at which the core consisted of the statistical P(DEA-co-MAA) block. Multimolecular association took place also at temperatures above LCST of the PEGMA block and at pH below and above the IEP of the polyampholyte Block. In the latter cases PEGMA block formed the core of the micelles. Finally, in the third copolymer the statistical block P(EGMA-co-MMA) consisted of one hydrophilic and one hydrophobic monomer and its LCST was reduced by increasing the MMA content. The combination of this block with the weak cationic polyelectrolyte PDEA block resulted in a double hydrophilic, double-responsive polymeric system. At ambient temperature and acidic environment the P(EGMA-co-MMA)-b-PDEA copolymer was molecularly dissolved. By increasing either the pH or the temperature of the solution, “schizophrenic” PDEA-core or P(EGMA-co-MMA)-core micelles were formed, respectively. With simultaneous increment oh pH and temperature the copolymer precipitated.  Copolymers of the type A-b-(B-co-C)-b-A Inspired by the copolymer PMMA-b-P(DEA-co-MAA), the triblock telechelic polyampholyte PMMA-b-P(DEA-co-MAA)-b-A was prepared. Physical networks of this copolymer were formed at pH values out of the isoelectric point (IEP) region of the polyampholyte block. The hydrogel was formed by water absorbion of a dry polymer film and exhibited elastic behavior at acidic as well as at basic conditions. Finally in the semi-dilute regime a large number of polymer chains incorporated to form finite size clusters. These aggregates increased their size by increasing the ionization degree of the polymer chain, as a result of the electrostatic repulsive forces between the charged monomer units.

Orientador: Sandra Cristina dos Santos Rocha / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Química / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T21:25:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Braga_MatheusBoeira_M.pdf: 1934542 bytes, checksum: 516a23bf4dbe8407e817242208f20e1e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: O recobrimento de partículas é uma operação presente em vários setores industriais e tem como objetivo modificar as propriedades de superfície influenciando diretamente na qualidade, estabilidade e proteção do produto final. O principal enfoque deste trabalho foi aprimorar o estudo de recobrimento em termos de tensão superficial do sólido e características de molhabilidade e adesão antes e após a formação da primeira camada de recobrimento sobre a partícula. Ensaios de recobrimento em leito de jorro foram conduzidos, empregando-se: cinco suspensões poliméricas aquosas que se diferenciaram quanto às propriedades físicas (concentração de sólidos, tensão superficial e reologia) e, como inertes, partículas arredondadas de vidro e ABS® (copolímero acrilonitrila butadieno estireno) com diferentes energias superficiais, gerando sistemas com distintas características de molhabilidade e adesão. Para caracterização do sistema filme-suspensão, duas metodologias (A e B) foram testadas recobrindo lâminas de vidro e de ABS® com uma fina camada de suspensão polimérica, e para os conjuntos sólido/película que produziram uma superfície lisa e homogênea, estes foram avaliados quanto ao ângulo de contato, assim como para o sistema sólido-suspensão. A eficiência do processo e a cinética de crescimento das partículas, para ambos os sólidos e as cinco formulações, foram determinadas em cada ensaio de recobrimento e, buscou-se relacionar os resultados às características de superfície. A alta energia superficial do vidro exerceu grande influência sobre os sistemas sólido-suspensão e filme-suspensão, resultando em baixos valores de ângulo de contato. Devido à menor energia superficial do ABS®, a receptividade do sólido pelas suspensões foi menor, resultando em maiores valores de ângulo de contato e menores valores de trabalho de adesão. As forças de adesão diminuíram com o aumento da espessura do filme, porém, todos os valores de ângulo de contato se mantiveram abaixo de 70º, indicando boa molhabilidade e condições para o recobrimento. Os valores de eficiência se mantiveram acima de 60 %, e todos os valores de desvio médio para as duplicatas, abaixo de 10 %, indicando boa eficiência e reprodutibilidade do processo. A cinética de crescimento das partículas não apresentou diferença de comportamento após a formação da primeira camada de recobrimento, como poderia ser previsto pela alteração na molhabilidade após a formação do filme sobre a partícula / Abstract: Particle coating is an operation used in several industrial sectors and aims to modify the particle surface properties directly influencing the quality, stability and protection of the final product. The main focus of this work was to improve particle coating analyses in terms of the solid surface tension, wettability and adhesion characteristics before and after the formation of the first layer of coating on the particle. Testing of coating in spouted bed were conducted using five aqueous polymeric suspensions that differed in terms of physical properties (solids concentration, surface tension and rheology), and as nucleus, rounded particles of glass and ABS® with different energies surface, generating systems with different characteristics of wettability and adhesion. To characterize the film-suspension system, two methods (A and B) were tested covering blades of glass and ABS® with a thin layer of the polymer suspension. Contact angles were evaluated for the solid-suspension systems and for the solid/film sets where a smooth and homogeneous surface was produced. The process efficiency and growth kinetics of particles, for both solids and five formulations were determined in each coating test, and the results were related to surface characteristics. The high surface energy of the glass had a great influence on the solid-suspension and film-suspension systems, resulting in low values of contact angle. Due to the lower surface energy of ABS®, the receptivity of the suspension by the solid was lower, resulting in higher values of contact angle and lower values of work of adhesion. The adhesive forces decreased with increasing film thickness; however, all values of contact angle remained below 70 °, indicating good wettability and conditions for efficient coating. Coating efficiencies remained above 60%, and all values of mean deviation for duplicates, below 10%, indicating good efficiencies and reproducibility of the process. The growth kinetics of the particles showed no difference in behavior after the formation of the first covering layer, as could be predicted by the change in wettability after the film formation on the particle / Mestrado / Engenharia de Processos / Mestre em Engenharia Química