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Viscometer using drag force measurements.
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PMID:  21361613     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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A robust and precise viscometer using the forces exerted by a laminar flow inside a small duct is presented: the force is measured on a long cylindrical sensor dipped into the flow. Two devices of respective volumes 1.4 and 0.031 ml have been realized, demonstrating that the technique is usable with small fluid volumes. Several Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids have been tested at shear rates ranging from 0.3 to 10 s(-1) for the first device and from 85 to 2550 s(-1) for the second one. For Newtonian fluids, of viscosities ranging from 10(-3) to 0.1 Pa s, the linear response of the device has been verified and a 90% agreement with the values provided by commercial rheometers is obtained. For non-Newtonian polymer solutions, the variation of the force with the flow velocity allows one to determine the dependence of the viscosity on the shear rate. Two shear thinning polymer solutions with a power law behavior at intermediate shear rates have been investigated and their rheological parameters have been determined.
Authors:
M H Noël; B Semin; J P Hulin; H Auradou
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Review of scientific instruments     Volume:  82     ISSN:  1089-7623     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-3-2     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0405571     Medline TA:  Rev Sci Instrum     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  023909     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, F-91405. Lab FAST, Ba^t. 502, Campus Universitaire, Orsay, F-91405, France.
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