BS 5350-B8:1990

Committees responsible
National foreword
Methods
1 Scope
2 Preparation
3 Method 1: measurement of viscosity using the torsion
    wire viscometer
4 Method 2: measurement of viscosity using the
    rotational cylinder viscometer (cup and bob type)
5 Method 3: measurement of viscosity using the cone-
    and-plate or parallel plate rotational viscometer
6 Test report
Appendix
A Effects of different shear rates on viscosity
Figures
1 Torsion viscometer
2 Schematic diagram of the rotational (cup and bob)
    viscometer
3 Examples of bobs for the rotational (cup and bob)
    viscometer
4 Schematic diagram of the cone-and-plate viscometer
5 Newtonian liquids: dependence of shear stress on
    rate of shear
6 Thixotropic materials: time dependence of apparent
    viscosity
7 Thixotropic materials: dependence of shear stress on
    rate of shear
8 Psuedo-plastic materials: dependence of shear stress
    on rate of shear
9 Psuedo-plastic materials: dependence of apparent
    viscosity on rate of shear
10 Dilatant materials: dependence of shear stress on
    rate of shear
11 Dilatant materials: dependence of apparent viscosity
    on rate of shear

Describes the preparation of samples and gives three methods for determining their dynamic viscosity.