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AN increase in the concentration of K2CO3 in Polyox WSR 205 causes a decrease in the drag reduction1; this has been successfully correlated with lowered values of the intrinsic viscosity1. Nonionic, water-soluble polypeptides can interact with sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) to form complexes2, and above a certain concentration the reduced viscosity of some of these polymers is increased. The immediate implication is that if such interactions also take place with polyethylene oxides of high molecular weight then changes in the observed drag reduction may occur.
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PATTERSON, R., LITTLE, R. Interaction of sodium dodecyl sulphate and polyethylene oxide. Nature 253, 36–37 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/253036a0
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