Rheological Properties of Xanthan Gum and Polyacrylamide Mixture in Inorganic Salt Solutions

PAM is a good flocculant, and XG is a good tackifier. When the two solutions are mixed, the PAM/XG mixed solution has good viscosity and can be used as a foam stabilizer in foam drilling fluids, and it can also be used as a coupling agent for sand-fixation serous fluid. When metal cations enter the PAM/XG system, it will destroy the overall rheology and stability of the PAM/XG system. This article uses the DV3T-LV rheometer to test the rheology of different types of PAM (HPAM/CPAM/AMPAM/NPAM) and XG mixed solutions,and get the optimal test ratio. Then add various metal cations (Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+) to the mixed solutions of HPAM/XG, CPAM/XG, AmPAM/XG, NPAM/XG respectively. We know divalent metal cations have greater impacts on the shear stress of the PAM/XG composite system, which is likely to cause its shear dilution. Finally, through mechanism analysis, it is concluded that it provides a good preliminary foundation for the research of foam drilling fluid and sand-fixation serous when the metal ion destroys the molecular structure of the PAM/XG composite system.