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Rotational and Other Types of Viscometers

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Capillary viscometers are essentially laboratory type instruments and do not find much place in measurement of viscosity in industry. Rotational viscometers such as Coaxial cylinders, concentric spheres, rotating disc, cone and plate, and coni-cylindrical, viscometers are commonly used in fields. Falling ball/piston viscometers together with rolling ball viscometers are also discussed. Cup and ball viscometer suitable for very small amount of liquid under test is given. Some viscometers, like Redwood No 1 and 2, Saybolt Universal and furol viscometers have been described. These are used in specific fields. Expressions of dynamic viscosity in terms of Saybolt universal viscometers are also given.

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    S. V. Gupta

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Gupta, S.V. (2014). Rotational and Other Types of Viscometers. In: Viscometry for Liquids. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 194. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04858-1_4

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