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Viscometer Related Variables
Mostuidviscositiesarefoundtobenon-Newtonian.TheyaredependentonShearRate,time
oftestandthespindlegeometryconditions.ThespecicationsoftheViscometerspindleand
chambergeometrywillaffecttheviscosityreadings.Ifonereadingistakenat2.5RPM,and
asecondat50RPM,thetwocPvaluesproducedwillbedifferentbecausethereadingswere
madeatdifferentshearrates.Thefasterthespindlespeed,thehighertheshearrate.
Theshearrateofagivenmeasurementisdeterminedby:therotationalspeedofthespindle,
thesizeandshapeofthespindle,thesizeandshapeofthecontainerusedandthereforethe
distancebetweenthecontainerwallandthespindlesurface.
Arepeatableviscositytestshouldcontrolorspecifythefollowing:
1) Testtemperature
2) Samplecontainersize(orspindle/chambergeometry)
3) Samplevolume
4) Viscometermodel
5) Spindleused
6) Whetherornottoattachtheguardleg
7) Testspeedorspeeds(ortheshearrate)
8) Lengthoftimeornumberofspindlerevolutionstorecordviscosity
9) Howthesamplewaspreparedand/orloadedintothecontainer
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