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A slit viscometer for the measurement of the viscosity of aqueous systems at high temperatures

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A slit viscometer has been constructed to measure the viscosity of aqueous systems at temperatures up to 140 °C. Liquid is forced backwards and forwards through the slit by the use of varying air pressure. The flow rate is obtained from the time for the liquid to pass conductivity probes located in liquid reservoirs either side of the slit. The pressure difference between two points on the slit wall is determined using a differential pressure transducer. By varying the slit height measurements can be made on liquids with viscosities in the range 10 to 10−3 Pa s. Shear rates from 10 to 104 s−1 can be achieved. A simple microcomputer control system enables the shear stress to be automatically increased and decreased stepwise. Representative data on polysaccharide solutions and strach suspensions are presented. The viscometer is particularly well-suited for following temperature-dependent biopolymer transitions and the thermal depolymerisation of water soluble polymers.

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  1. Department of Applied Biochemistry and Food Science School of Agriculture, University of Nottingham Sutton Bonington, LE12 5RD, Nr. Loughborough, UK

    D. B. Berrington, T. Bradley & J. R. Mitchell

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Berrington, D.B., Bradley, T. & Mitchell, J.R. A slit viscometer for the measurement of the viscosity of aqueous systems at high temperatures. Rheol Acta 26, 278–284 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01329443

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