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A significant increase in the yield stress of a magnetorheological fluid can be obtained at a given volume fraction of solid magnetic particles by employing as the particulate component a mixture of a first component of relatively large particles and a second component of relatively small particles

A significant increase in the yield stress of a magnetorheological fluid can be obtained at a given volume fraction of solid magnetic particles by employing as the particulate component a mixture of a first component of relatively large particles and a second component of relatively small particles such that the mean diameter of the large particles is at least 5 times the mean diameter of the small particles. The mixture of large and small particles provides a substantial increase in the yield stress without an increase in the viscosity of the mixture in the absence of a magnetic field.

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A magnetorheological fluid comprising low coercivity, generally spherical magnetic particles dispersed in a liquid vehicle, said particles consisting essentially of a first group of particles having a first range of diameter sizes with a first mean diameter having a standard deviation no greater tha

A magnetorheological fluid comprising low coercivity, generally spherical magnetic particles dispersed in a liquid vehicle, said particles consisting essentially of a first group of particles having a first range of diameter sizes with a first mean diameter having a standard deviation no greater than about two-thirds of the value of said first mean diameter and a second group of particles with a second range of diameter sizes and a second mean diameter having a standard deviation no greater than about two-thirds of said second mean diameter, such that the major portion of all particle sizes fall within the range of one to 100 microns and the weight ratio of each of said first group and said second group to the total weight of said magnetic particles is in the range of 0.1 to 0.9, and the ratio of said first mean diameter to said second mean diameter is five to ten.