Viscosity and Flow Rate by Hasnain S. and Vinh T.
What is Viscosity:
Viscosity is the measurement of how fast a fluid will flow. In other words, it is the “thickness” or “thinness” of a fluid. The internal friction or resistance it has as well as the temperature in which the fluid is at determines the viscosity of the substance as well. If there is more internal resistance or friction, then the particles of the substance won’t slid past each other as easily and therefore make the substance more viscous. On the other ha2145nd, if there is less internal resistance or friction, then the particles of the substance will slide past each other more easily and therefore make the substance less viscous. This has to do with the particle model of …show more content…
If you change the viscosity of water and make it higher, it would be impossible to swim in, and water wouldn’t be able to travel in pipes which makes it so the water couldn’t get to people houses and people would have to go out of their house just to get water. You wouldn't be able to drink as much as you can of it because it is going to be harder to swallow, and you won’t be able to shower or wash your hands in it which means that you will be dirty all the time.Those are all the examples and reasons to why it becomes almost impossible to live if the viscosity of water changes to a point where it is the same as honey. For honey, if it was less viscous, than it would not be able to be used in food as much and so less people would buy it which results in less income for the manufacturers of honey. So, that is why manufacturers have to make it the right thickness and they have to be made at the right consistency and at the right …show more content…
The first one is called a Ostwald or Ubbelohde Viscometer, and they measure the time it takes for a certain amount of liquid to travel down a tube. The second is a Zahn Cup, and has a small container with a handle and a small hole in the bottom. It measure the basis of the measurement of viscosity by the time it takes to empty the cup of the liquid, through the hole.The final one is Falling Sphere Viscometer, and in this method, a sphere of known density is dropped into a fluid sample, and people record the time it takes for the sphere to fall to a specified
What is Viscosity:
Viscosity is the measurement of how fast a fluid will flow. In other words, it is the “thickness” or “thinness” of a fluid. The internal friction or resistance it has as well as the temperature in which the fluid is at determines the viscosity of the substance as well. If there is more internal resistance or friction, then the particles of the substance won’t slid past each other as easily and therefore make the substance more viscous. On the other ha2145nd, if there is less internal resistance or friction, then the particles of the substance will slide past each other more easily and therefore make the substance less viscous. This has to do with the particle model of …show more content…
If you change the viscosity of water and make it higher, it would be impossible to swim in, and water wouldn’t be able to travel in pipes which makes it so the water couldn’t get to people houses and people would have to go out of their house just to get water. You wouldn't be able to drink as much as you can of it because it is going to be harder to swallow, and you won’t be able to shower or wash your hands in it which means that you will be dirty all the time.Those are all the examples and reasons to why it becomes almost impossible to live if the viscosity of water changes to a point where it is the same as honey. For honey, if it was less viscous, than it would not be able to be used in food as much and so less people would buy it which results in less income for the manufacturers of honey. So, that is why manufacturers have to make it the right thickness and they have to be made at the right consistency and at the right …show more content…
The first one is called a Ostwald or Ubbelohde Viscometer, and they measure the time it takes for a certain amount of liquid to travel down a tube. The second is a Zahn Cup, and has a small container with a handle and a small hole in the bottom. It measure the basis of the measurement of viscosity by the time it takes to empty the cup of the liquid, through the hole.The final one is Falling Sphere Viscometer, and in this method, a sphere of known density is dropped into a fluid sample, and people record the time it takes for the sphere to fall to a specified