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Sealed Gravitational Capillary Viscometers for Volatile Liquids

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Author(s)

Arno R. Laesecke

Abstract

The evolution of sealed gravitational capillary viscometers for measurements of volatile liquids is reviewed. Two corrections need to be applied to measurements with them: (i) the vapor buoyancy correction and, if coiled capillaries are used, (ii) the radial acceleration correction. These corrections are documented here so that they will be applied in the future. Examples of their magnitudes are given to indicate their significance.
Citation
Transport Properties of Fluids: Advances in Transport Properties - Experimental Thermodynamics IX
Publisher Info
Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, -1

Keywords

liquids, radial acceleration correction, viscometry, vapor buoyancy correction

Citation

Laesecke, A. (2014), Sealed Gravitational Capillary Viscometers for Volatile Liquids, Transport Properties of Fluids: Advances in Transport Properties - Experimental Thermodynamics IX, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, -1, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=914504 (Accessed April 26, 2024)
Created July 7, 2014, Updated February 19, 2017