The viscosity of a fluid is a measure of its resistance to deformation at a given rate. For liquids, it corresponds to the informal concept of "thickness":...
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the apparent viscosity is constant, and equal to the Newtonian viscosity of the fluid, but for non-Newtonian fluids, the apparent viscosity depends on the...
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The viscosity index (VI) is an arbitrary, unit-less measure of a fluid's change in viscosity relative to temperature change. It is mostly used to characterize...
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Look up viscosity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Viscosity (commonly perceived as "thickness", or resistance to pouring) is the measure of the resistance...
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Dynamic viscosity is a material property which describes the resistance of a fluid to shearing flows. It corresponds roughly to the intuitive notion of...
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In fluid dynamics, the reduced viscosity of a polymer is the ratio of the relative viscosity increment ( η i {\displaystyle \eta _{i}} ) to the mass concentration...
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inherent viscosity is the ratio of the natural logarithm of the relative viscosity of a polymer to its mass concentration. Inherent viscosity scales inversely...
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In mathematics, the viscosity solution concept was introduced in the early 1980s by Pierre-Louis Lions and Michael G. Crandall as a generalization of...
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Intrinsic viscosity [ η ] {\displaystyle \left[\eta \right]} is a measure of a solute's contribution to the viscosity η {\displaystyle \eta } of a solution...
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Motor oil (redirect from Sae viscosity number)
antiwear additives, detergents, dispersants, and, for multi-grade oils, viscosity index improvers.[citation needed] The main function of motor oil is to...
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