Scholars' Mine Masters Theses Student Theses and Dissertations 1965 Construction of a capillary viscometer and the study of non- Newtonian liquids Hsun Kuang Yang Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses Part of the Chemical Engineering Commons Department: Recommended Citation Yang, Hsun Kuang, "Construction of a capillary viscometer and the study of non-Newtonian liquids" (1965). Masters Theses. 7238. https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/7238 This thesis is brought to you by Scholars' Mine, a service of the Missouri S&T Library and Learning Resources. This work is protected by U. S. Copyright Law. Unauthorized use including reproduction for redistribution requires the permission of the copyright holder. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ... ··f • CONSTRUCTION OF A CAPILLARY VISCOMETER -'"' '. ·~ i : AND THE STUDY OF NON-NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS BY HSUN KUANG YANG I fl ;/() 1\?: f A THESIS submitted to the faculty of the UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT ROLLA in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Rolla, Missouri 1965 Approved by (advisor) ii ABSTRACT A capillary tube viscometer was built for the purpose of investigating the fluid properties of non-Newtonian aqueous CMC and Carbopol solutions. The viscometer was tested with Newtonian liquids (glycerine, water and two different oils) having known viscosities to insure that the viscometer was operating correctly. The shear stress-shear rate data obtained for different concen trations of CMC and Carbopol solutions were correlated using the simple power law model. The power law constants were only slightly affected by saturating the solution with iodine and carbon tetrachloride.