polyacrylamide, It has an irreplaceable role in the oil displacement process in tertiary oil recovery, and as Oilfield Chemicals, a Drilling Auxiliaries fluid, it mainly has the following functions:
1) Good water solubility
Polyacrylamide is easily soluble in water, mostly in the form of aqueous solutions, the formation of hydrogen bonds between water molecules and the polar side groups of polyacrylamide, can be dissolved in water in various percentages.
2) Rheology
Rheology is the characteristics of the flow deformation of the object under the action of external forces, from the point of view of apparent viscosity and shear force, the apparent viscosity of polyacrylamide will decrease when the shear force is increased, but when the shear force is withdrawn, the apparent viscosity will gradually recover with the increase of time.
3) Increase viscosity
Viscosity increase is the effect that polyacrylamide can increase the apparent viscosity of aqueous solution or aqueous dispersion. A increases the viscosity of aqueous phase through its own viscosity, and B polyacrylamide interacts with dispersed phases or compounds in water, which is much higher than the viscosity increase effect of polymer's own viscosity.
4) Dispersion
Polyacrylamide contains hydrophilic groups, as well as skeleton, the surface has a certain activity, to a certain extent, can reduce the tension of the water surface, help water to wet the solid, so that the water ---- colloidal complex adsorbed on the colloidal particles to form a shell, free from the flocculation caused by electrolyte, so that the dispersion system is stable.
5) Flocculability
The polar groups in the polyacrylamide can adsorb the suspended matter in the water, so that the bridge between the ions can be formed to form a larger agglomeration.