A Method of Determining the Effect of Blending Bentonite on Product Viscosity

摘要

The Bureau of Land Management's standard criteria for evaluating bentonite allows for the provision of blending samples on a claim in order to achieve quality standards with the product of an interclaim blend. Samples of bentonite were collected from 21 sites, and run in 131 separate tests over ranges in viscosity, (11-114 barrel yield) and blend volume (1:1, 2:1, 3:1). An empirically based method is presented that will allow blending to be assessed in the Bureau's bentonite patent applications.