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Viscosity
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Theviscosityofafluidisameasureofitsresistance
togradualdeformationbyshearstressortensile
stress.[1]Forliquids,itcorrespondstotheinformal
conceptof"thickness".Forexample,honeyhasa
muchhigherviscositythanwater.[2]

Viscosity

Viscosityisapropertyarisingfromcollisionsbetween
neighboringparticlesinafluidthataremovingat
differentvelocities.Whenthefluidisforcedthrougha
tube,theparticleswhichcomposethefluidgenerally
movemorequicklynearthetube'saxisandmore
slowlynearitswalls:thereforesomestress,(suchasa
pressuredifferencebetweenthetwoendsofthetube),
isneededtoovercomethefrictionbetweenparticle
layerstokeepthefluidmoving.Forthesamevelocity
pattern,thestressrequiredisproportionaltothefluid's
viscosity.
Afluidthathasnoresistancetoshearstressisknown
asanidealorinviscidfluid.Zeroviscosityisobserved
onlyatverylowtemperaturesinsuperfluids.
Otherwise,allfluidshavepositiveviscosity,andare
technicallysaidtobeviscousorviscid.Incommon
parlancehowever,aliquidissaidtobeviscousifits
viscosityissubstantiallygreaterthanthatofwater
andmaybedescribedasmobileiftheviscosityis
noticeablylessthanwater.Afluidwitharelatively
highviscosity,forexample,pitch,mayappeartobea
solid.

Contents
1 Etymology
2 Definition
2.1 Dynamic(shear)viscosity
2.2 Kinematicviscosity
2.3 Bulkviscosity
2.4 Viscositytensor
3 NewtonianandnonNewtonianfluids
4 Viscosityinsolids
5 Viscositymeasurement
6 Units
6.1 Dynamicviscosity
6.2 Kinematicviscosity
6.3 Fluidity
6.4 Nonstandardunits
7 Molecularorigins

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Asimulationofsubstanceswithdifferent
viscosities.Thesubstanceabovehaslowerviscosity
thanthesubstancebelow
Commonsymbols

SIunit

Pas=kg/(sm)

Derivationsfrom
otherquantities

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7 Molecularorigins
7.1 Gases
7.1.1 Relationtomeanfreepath
ofdiffusingparticles
7.1.2 Effectoftemperatureon
theviscosityofagas
7.1.3 Viscosityofadilutegas
7.2 Liquids
7.2.1 Viscosityofblendsof
liquids
8 Viscosityofselectedsubstances
8.1 Air
8.2 Water
8.3 Othersubstances
9 Viscosityofslurry
10 Viscosityofamorphousmaterials
11 Eddyviscosity
12 Seealso
13 References
14 Furtherreading
15 Externallinks

Etymology
Theword"viscosity"isderivedfromtheLatin"viscum",meaningmistletoeandalsoaviscousglue
madefrommistletoeberries.[3]

Definition
Dynamic(shear)viscosity
Thedynamic(shear)viscosityofafluid
expressesitsresistancetoshearingflows,where
adjacentlayersmoveparalleltoeachotherwith
differentspeeds.Itcanbedefinedthroughthe
idealizedsituationknownasaCouetteflow,
wherealayeroffluidistrappedbetweentwo
horizontalplates,onefixedandonemoving
horizontallyatconstantspeed .Thisfluidhasto
behomogeneousinthelayerandatdifferent
shearstresses.(Theplatesareassumedtobevery
large,sothatoneneednotconsiderwhathappens
neartheiredges.)
Ifthespeedofthetopplateissmallenough,the
fluidparticleswillmoveparalleltoit,andtheir
speedwillvarylinearlyfromzeroatthebottom
to atthetop.Eachlayeroffluidwillmove
fasterthantheonejustbelowit,andfriction
betweenthemwillgiverisetoaforceresisting
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Laminarshearoffluidbetweentwoplates.Friction
betweenthefluidandthemovingboundariescausesthe
fluidtoshear.Theforcerequiredforthisactionisa
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theirrelativemotion.Inparticular,thefluidwill
applyonthetopplateaforceinthedirection
oppositetoitsmotion,andanequalbutopposite
onetothebottomplate.Anexternalforceis
thereforerequiredinordertokeepthetopplate
movingatconstantspeed.
Themagnitude ofthisforceisfoundtobe
proportionaltothespeed andthearea of
eachplate,andinverselyproportionaltotheir
separation :

Theproportionalityfactorinthisformulaisthe
viscosity(specifically,thedynamicviscosity)of
thefluid.
Inageneralparallelflow(suchascouldoccurina

Theratio
iscalledtherateofshear
straightpipe),theshearstressisproportionaltothe
deformationorshearvelocity,andisthe
gradientofthevelocity
derivativeofthefluidspeedinthedirection
perpendiculartotheplates.IsaacNewton
expressedtheviscousforcesbythedifferentialequation

where
and
isthelocalshearvelocity.Thisformulaassumesthattheflowismoving
alongparallellinesandthe axis,perpendiculartotheflow,pointsinthedirectionofmaximumshear
velocity.Thisequationcanbeusedwherethevelocitydoesnotvarylinearlywith ,suchasinfluid
flowingthroughapipe.
UseoftheGreeklettermu()forthedynamicstressviscosityiscommonamongmechanicaland
chemicalengineers,aswellasphysicists.[4][5][6]However,theGreeklettereta()isalsousedby
chemists,physicists,andtheIUPAC.[7]

Kinematicviscosity
Thekinematicviscosity(alsocalled"momentumdiffusivity")istheratioofthedynamicviscosityto
thedensityofthefluid.ItisusuallydenotedbytheGreekletternu( ).

ItisaconvenientconceptwhenanalyzingtheReynoldsnumber,whichexpressestheratiooftheinertial
forcestotheviscousforces:

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where isatypicallengthscaleinthesystem.

Bulkviscosity
Whenacompressiblefluidiscompressedorexpandedevenly,withoutshear,itmaystillexhibitaform
ofinternalfrictionthatresistsitsflow.Theseforcesarerelatedtotherateofcompressionorexpansion
byafactor,calledthevolumeviscosity,bulkviscosityorsecondviscosity.
Thebulkviscosityisimportantonlywhenthefluidisbeingrapidlycompressedorexpanded,suchasin
soundandshockwaves.Bulkviscosityexplainsthelossofenergyinthosewaves,asdescribedby
Stokes'lawofsoundattenuation.

Viscositytensor
Ingeneral,thestresseswithinaflowcanbeattributedpartlytothedeformationofthematerialfrom
somereststate(elasticstress),andpartlytotherateofchangeofthedeformationovertime(viscous
stress).Inafluid,bydefinition,theelasticstressincludesonlythehydrostaticpressure.
Inverygeneralterms,thefluid'sviscosityistherelationbetweenthestrainrateandtheviscousstress.In
theNewtonianfluidmodel,therelationshipisbydefinitionalinearmap,describedbyaviscositytensor
that,multipliedbythestrainratetensor(whichisthegradientoftheflow'svelocity),givestheviscous
stresstensor.
Theviscositytensorhasnineindependentdegreesoffreedomingeneral.ForisotropicNewtonianfluids,
thesecanbereducedtotwoindependentparameters.Themostusualdecompositionyieldsthestress
viscosityandthebulkviscosity.

NewtonianandnonNewtonianfluids
Newton'slawofviscosityisaconstitutive
equation(likeHooke'slaw,Fick'slaw,Ohm's
law):itisnotafundamentallawofnaturebutan
approximationthatholdsinsomematerialsand
failsinothers.
AfluidthatbehavesaccordingtoNewton'slaw,
withaviscositythatisindependentofthe
stress,issaidtobeNewtonian.Gases,water,and
manycommonliquidscanbeconsidered
Newtonianinordinaryconditionsandcontexts.
TherearemanynonNewtonianfluidsthat
significantlydeviatefromthatlawinsomeway
orother.Forexample:
Shearthickeningliquids,whoseviscosity
increaseswiththerateofshearstrain.
Shearthinningliquids,whoseviscosity
decreaseswiththerateofshearstrain.
Viscosity,theslopeofeachline,variesamong
Thixotropicliquids,thatbecomeless
materials
viscousovertimewhenshaken,agitated,or
otherwisestressed.
Rheopecticliquids,thatbecomemoreviscousovertimewhenshaken,agitated,orotherwise
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stressed.
Binghamplasticsthatbehaveasasolidatlowstressesbutflowasaviscousfluidathighstresses.
Shearthinningliquidsareverycommonly,butmisleadingly,describedasthixotropic.
EvenforaNewtonianfluid,theviscosityusuallydependsonitscompositionandtemperature.Forgases
andothercompressiblefluids,itdependsontemperatureandvariesveryslowlywithpressure.
Theviscosityofsomefluidsmaydependonotherfactors.Amagnetorheologicalfluid,forexample,
becomesthickerwhensubjectedtoamagneticfield,possiblytothepointofbehavinglikeasolid.

Viscosityinsolids
Theviscousforcesthatariseduringfluidflowmustnotbeconfusedwiththeelasticforcesthatariseina
solidinresponsetoshear,compressionorextensionstresses.Whileinthelatterthestressisproportional
totheamountofsheardeformation,inafluiditisproportionaltotherateofdeformationovertime.(For
thisreason,Maxwellusedthetermfugitiveelasticityforfluidviscosity.)
However,manyliquids(includingwater)willbrieflyreactlikeelasticsolidswhensubjectedtosudden
stress.Conversely,many"solids"(evengranite)willflowlikeliquids,albeitveryslowly,evenunder
arbitrarilysmallstress.[8]Suchmaterialsarethereforebestdescribedaspossessingbothelasticity
(reactiontodeformation)andviscosity(reactiontorateofdeformation)thatis,beingviscoelastic.
Indeed,someauthorshaveclaimedthatamorphoussolids,suchasglassandmanypolymers,areactually
liquidswithaveryhighviscosity(e.g.~greaterthan1012Pas).[9]However,otherauthorsdisputethis
hypothesis,claiminginsteadthatthereissomethresholdforthestress,belowwhichmostsolidswillnot
flowatall,[10]andthatallegedinstancesofglassflowinwindowpanesofoldbuildingsareduetothe
crudemanufacturingprocessofoldererasratherthantotheviscosityofglass.[11]
Viscoelasticsolidsmayexhibitbothshearviscosityandbulkviscosity.Theextensionalviscosityisa
linearcombinationoftheshearandbulkviscositiesthatdescribesthereactionofasolidelasticmaterial
toelongation.Itiswidelyusedforcharacterizingpolymers.
Ingeology,earthmaterialsthatexhibitviscousdeformationatleastthreeordersofmagnitudegreater
thantheirelasticdeformationaresometimescalledrheids.[12]

Viscositymeasurement
Viscosityismeasuredwithvarioustypesofviscometersandrheometers.Arheometerisusedforthose
fluidsthatcannotbedefinedbyasinglevalueofviscosityandthereforerequiremoreparameterstobe
setandmeasuredthanisthecaseforaviscometer.Closetemperaturecontrolofthefluidisessentialto
acquireaccuratemeasurements,particularlyinmaterialslikelubricants,[13]whoseviscositycandouble
withachangeofonly5C.
Forsomefluids,viscosityisaconstantoverawiderangeofshearrates(Newtonianfluids).Thefluids
withoutaconstantviscosity(nonNewtonianfluids)cannotbedescribedbyasinglenumber.Non
Newtonianfluidsexhibitavarietyofdifferentcorrelationsbetweenshearstressandshearrate.
Oneofthemostcommoninstrumentsformeasuringkinematicviscosityistheglasscapillary
viscometer.
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Incoatingindustries,viscositymaybemeasuredwithacupinwhichtheeffluxtimeismeasured.There
areseveralsortsofcupe.g.Zahncup,Fordviscositycupwithusageofeachtypevaryingmainly
accordingtotheindustry.Theeffluxtimecanalsobeconvertedtokinematicviscosities(centistokes,
cSt)throughtheconversionequations.[14]
Alsousedincoatings,aStormerviscometerusesloadbasedrotationinordertodetermineviscosity.The
viscosityisreportedinKrebsunits(KU),whichareuniquetoStormerviscometers.
Vibratingviscometerscanalsobeusedtomeasureviscosity.ThesemodelssuchastheDynatroluse
vibrationratherthanrotationtomeasureviscosity.
Extensionalviscositycanbemeasuredwithvariousrheometersthatapplyextensionalstress.
Volumeviscositycanbemeasuredwithanacousticrheometer.
Apparentviscosityisacalculationderivedfromtestsperformedondrillingfluidusedinoilorgaswell
development.Thesecalculationsandtestshelpengineersdevelopandmaintainthepropertiesofthe
drillingfluidtothespecificationsrequired.

Units
Dynamicviscosity
BoththephysicalunitofdynamicviscosityinSIPoiseuille(Pl)andthecgsunitsPoise(P)comefrom
JeanLonardMariePoiseuille.Thepoiseuille,whichisrarelyused,isequivalenttothepascalsecond
(Pas),or(Ns)/m2,orkg/(ms).Ifafluidisplacedbetweentwoplateswithdistanceonemeter,andone
plateispushedsidewayswithashearstressofonepascal,anditmovesatxmeterpersecond,thenithas
viscosityof1/xPascalsecond.Forexample,waterat20Chasaviscosityof1.002mPas,whilea
typicalmotoroilcouldhaveaviscosityofabout250mPas.[15]Theunitsusedinpracticeareeither
PasanditssubmultiplesorthecgsPoisereferredtobelow,anditssubmultiples.
Thecgsphysicalunitfordynamicviscosity,thepoise[16](P),isalsonamedafterJeanPoiseuille.Itis
morecommonlyexpressed,particularlyinASTMstandards,ascentipoise(cP)sincethelatterisequalto
theSImultiplemilliPascalseconds(mPas).Forexample,waterat20Chasaviscosityof1.002mPas
=1.0020cP.
1Pl=1Pas
1P=0.1Pas=0.1kgm1s1
1cP=1mPas=0.001Pas=0.001Nsm2=0.001kgm1s1.

Kinematicviscosity
TheSIunitofkinematicviscosityism2/s.
Thecgsphysicalunitforkinematicviscosityisthestokes(St),namedafterGeorgeGabrielStokes.Itis
sometimesexpressedintermsofcentistokes(cSt).InU.S.usage,stokeissometimesusedasthesingular
form.
1St=1cm2s1=104m2s1.
1cSt=1mm2s1=106m2s1.
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Waterat20Chasakinematicviscosityofabout1cSt.
Thekinematicviscosityissometimesreferredtoasdiffusivityofmomentum,becauseitisanalogousto
diffusivityofheatanddiffusivityofmass.Itisthereforeusedindimensionlessnumberswhichcompare
theratioofthediffusivities.

Fluidity
Thereciprocalofviscosityisfluidity,usuallysymbolizedby=1/orF=1/,dependingonthe
conventionused,measuredinreciprocalpoise(cmsg1),sometimescalledtherhe.Fluidityisseldom
usedinengineeringpractice.
Theconceptoffluiditycanbeusedtodeterminetheviscosityofanidealsolution.Fortwocomponents
and ,thefluiditywhenaandbaremixedis
,
whichisonlyslightlysimplerthantheequivalentequationintermsofviscosity:

whereaandbisthemolefractionofcomponentaandbrespectively,andaandbarethe
components'pureviscosities.

Nonstandardunits
TheReynisaBritishunitofdynamicviscosity.
Viscosityindexisameasureforthechangeofkinematicviscositywithtemperature.Itisusedto
characteriselubricatingoilintheautomotiveindustry.
AtonetimethepetroleumindustryreliedonmeasuringkinematicviscositybymeansoftheSaybolt
viscometer,andexpressingkinematicviscosityinunitsofSayboltUniversalSeconds(SUS).[17]Other
abbreviationssuchasSSU(SayboltSecondsUniversal)orSUV(SayboltUniversalViscosity)are
sometimesused.KinematicviscosityincentistokecanbeconvertedfromSUSaccordingtothe
arithmeticandthereferencetableprovidedinASTMD2161.[18]

Molecularorigins
Theviscosityofasystemisdeterminedbyhowmoleculesconstitutingthesysteminteract.Thereareno
simplebutcorrectexpressionsfortheviscosityofafluid.ThesimplestexactexpressionsaretheGreen
KuborelationsforthelinearshearviscosityortheTransientTimeCorrelationFunctionexpressions
derivedbyEvansandMorrissin1985.[20]Althoughtheseexpressionsareeachexact,inorderto
calculatetheviscosityofadensefluidusingtheserelationscurrentlyrequirestheuseofmolecular
dynamicscomputersimulations.

Gases

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Viscosityingasesarisesprincipallyfromthemoleculardiffusion
thattransportsmomentumbetweenlayersofflow.Thekinetic
theoryofgasesallowsaccuratepredictionofthebehaviorof
gaseousviscosity.
Withintheregimewherethetheoryisapplicable:
Viscosityisindependentofpressureand
Viscosityincreasesastemperatureincreases.[21]
JamesClerkMaxwellpublishedafamouspaperin1866using
thekinetictheoryofgasestostudygaseousviscosity.[22]To
understandwhytheviscosityisindependentofpressure,consider
twoadjacentboundarylayers(AandB)movingwithrespectto
eachother.Theinternalfriction(theviscosity)ofthegasis
determinedbytheprobabilityaparticleoflayerAenterslayerB
withacorrespondingtransferofmomentum.Maxwell's
calculationsshowthattheviscositycoefficientisproportionalto
thedensity,themeanfreepath,andthemeanvelocityofthe
atoms.Ontheotherhand,themeanfreepathisinversely
proportionaltothedensity.Soanincreaseindensityduetoan
increaseinpressuredoesn'tresultinanychangeinviscosity.

Pitchhasaviscosityapproximately
230billion(2.3 1011)timesthatof
water. [19]

Relationtomeanfreepathofdiffusingparticles
Inrelationtodiffusion,thekinematicviscosityprovidesabetterunderstandingofthebehaviorofmass
transportofadilutespecies.Viscosityisrelatedtoshearstressandtherateofshearinafluid,which
illustratesitsdependenceonthemeanfreepath,,ofthediffusingparticles.
Fromfluidmechanics,foraNewtonianfluid,theshearstress,,onaunitareamovingparalleltoitself,
isfoundtobeproportionaltotherateofchangeofvelocitywithdistanceperpendiculartotheunitarea:

foraunitareaparalleltothexzplane,movingalongthexaxis.Wewillderivethisformulaandshow
howisrelatedto.
Interpretingshearstressasthetimerateofchangeofmomentum,p,perunitareaA(rateofmomentum
flux)ofanarbitrarycontrolsurfacegives

where
istheaveragevelocity,alongthexaxis,offluidmoleculeshittingtheunitarea,withrespect
totheunitareaand istherateoffluidmasshittingthesurface.
Bymakingsimplifiedassumptionthatthevelocityofthemoleculesdependslinearlyonthedistance
theyarecomingfrom,themeanvelocitydependslinearlyonthemeandistance:

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.
Furthermanipulationwillshow,[23]

where
isthedensityofthefluid,
istheaveragemolecularspeed(

),

isthedynamicviscosity.
Note,thatthemeanfreepathitselftypicallydepends(inversely)onthedensity.
Effectoftemperatureontheviscosityofagas
Sutherland'sformulacanbeusedtoderivethedynamicviscosityofanidealgasasafunctionofthe
temperature:[24]

Thisinturnisequalto
where

isaconstantforthegas.

inSutherland'sformula:
=dynamicviscosity(PasorPas)atinputtemperatureT,
0=referenceviscosity(inthesameunitsas)atreferencetemperatureT0,
T=inputtemperature(kelvin),
T0=referencetemperature(kelvin),
C=Sutherland'sconstantforthegaseousmaterialinquestion.
Validfortemperaturesbetween0<T<555Kwithanerrorduetopressurelessthan10%below3.45
MPa.
AccordingtoSutherland'sformula,iftheabsolutetemperatureislessthanC,therelativechangein
viscosityforasmallchangeintemperatureisgreaterthantherelativechangeintheabsolute
temperature,butitissmallerwhenTisaboveC.Thekinematicviscositythoughalwaysincreasesfaster
thanthetemperature(thatis,dlog()/dlog(T)isgreaterthan1).
Sutherland'sconstant,referencevaluesandvaluesforsomegases:

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T0

[K]

[K]

[Pas]

[PasK1/2]

air

120

291.15 18.27

1.512041288

nitrogen

111

300.55 17.81

1.406732195

oxygen

127

292.25 20.18

1.693411300

carbondioxide

240

293.15 14.8

1.572085931

carbonmonoxide 118

288.15 17.2

1.428193225

hydrogen

72

293.85 8.76

0.636236562

ammonia

370

293.15 9.82

1.297443379

sulfurdioxide

416

293.65 12.54

1.768466086

helium

79.4[25] 273

Gas

19[26]

1.484381490

Viscosityofadilutegas
TheChapmanEnskogequation[27]maybeusedtoestimateviscosityforadilutegas.Thisequationis
basedonasemitheoreticalassumptionbyChapmanandEnskog.Theequationrequiresthree
empiricallydeterminedparameters:thecollisiondiameter(),themaximumenergyofattractiondivided
bytheBoltzmannconstant(/)andthecollisionintegral((T*)).

with
T*=T/reducedtemperature(dimensionless),
0=viscosityfordilutegas(Pa.s),
M=molecularmass(g/mol),
T=temperature(K),
=thecollisiondiameter(),
/=themaximumenergyofattractiondividedbytheBoltzmannconstant(K),
=thecollisionintegral.

Liquids
Inliquids,theadditionalforcesbetweenmoleculesbecomeimportant.Thisleadstoanadditional
contributiontotheshearstressthoughtheexactmechanicsofthisarestillcontroversial.Thus,inliquids:
Viscosityisindependentofpressure(exceptatveryhighpressure)and
Viscositytendstofallastemperatureincreases(forexample,waterviscositygoesfrom1.79cPto
0.28cPinthetemperaturerangefrom0Cto100C)seetemperaturedependenceofliquid
viscosityformoredetails.
Thedynamicviscositiesofliquidsaretypicallyseveralordersofmagnitudehigherthandynamic
viscositiesofgases.
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Viscosityofblendsofliquids
Theviscosityoftheblendoftwoormoreliquidscanbe
estimatedusingtheRefutasequation.[28]Thecalculationis
carriedoutinthreesteps.
ThefirststepistocalculatetheViscosityBlendingNumber
(VBN)(alsocalledtheViscosityBlendingIndex)ofeach
componentoftheblend:
(1)

whereisthekinematicviscosityincentistokes(cSt).Itis
importantthatthekinematicviscosityofeachcomponentofthe
blendbeobtainedatthesametemperature.
ThenextstepistocalculatetheVBNoftheblend,usingthis
equation:
(2)

Videoshowingthreeliquidswith
differentviscosities

wherexXisthemassfractionofeachcomponentoftheblend.
Oncetheviscosityblendingnumberofablendhasbeencalculatedusingequation(2),thefinalstepisto
determinethekinematicviscosityoftheblendbysolvingequation(1)for:
(3)

whereVBNBlendistheviscosityblendingnumberoftheblend.

Viscosityofselectedsubstances
Air
Theviscosityofairdependsmostlyonthetemperature.At
15C,theviscosityofairis1.81 105kg/(ms),18.1Pa.sor
1.81 105Pa.s.Thekinematicviscosityat15Cis1.48 105
m2/sor14.8cSt.At25C,theviscosityis18.6Pa.sandthe
kinematicviscosity15.7cSt.

Water
Thedynamicviscosityofwateris8.90104Pasor8.90
103dyns/cm2or0.890cPatabout25C.
Waterhasaviscosityof0.0091poiseat25C,or1centipoiseat

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Pressuredependenceofthedynamic
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20C.
AsafunctionoftemperatureT(K):(Pas)=A10B/(TC)
whereA=2.414105PasB=247.8KandC=140K.
Viscosityofliquidwateratdifferenttemperaturesuptothe
normalboilingpointislistedbelow.
Temperature

Viscosity

[C]

[mPas]

10

1.308

20

1.002

30

0.7978

40

0.6531

50

0.5471

60

0.4658

70

0.4044

80

0.3550

90

0.3150

100

0.2822

Dynamicviscosityofwater

Othersubstances
SomedynamicviscositiesofNewtonianfluidsarelistedbelow:
Viscosityofselectedgasesat100kPa,[Pas]
Gas
at0C(273K)
at27C(300K)[29]
air

17.4

18.6

hydrogen

8.4

9.0

helium

20.0

argon

22.9

xenon

21.2

23.2

carbondioxide

15.0

methane

11.2

ethane

9.5

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Viscosityoffluidswithvariablecompositions
Viscosity
Viscosity
Fluid

[Pas]

[cP]

blood(37C)[9]

(34) 103 34

honey

210[30]

2,00010,000

molasses

510

5,00010,000

moltenglass

101,000

10,0001,000,000

chocolatesyrup

1025

10,00025,000

moltenchocolate* 45130[31]

45,000130,000

ketchup*

50100

50,000100,000

lard

100

100,000

peanutbutter*

250

250,000

shortening*

250

250,000
Exampleoftheviscosityofmilkand
water.Liquidswithhigherviscosities
makesmallersplasheswhenpouredat
thesamevelocity.

Honeybeingdrizzled.

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Viscosityofliquids
(at25Cunlessotherwisespecified)
Viscosity
Viscosity
Liquid

[Pas]

[cP=mPas]

acetone[29]

3.06 104 0.306

benzene[29]

6.04 104 0.604

castoroil[29]

0.985

985

cornsyrup[29]

1.3806

1,380.6

ethanol[29]

1.074 103 1.074

ethyleneglycol

1.61 102 16.1

glycerol(at20C)[26]

1.2

1,200

HFO380

2.022

2,022

mercury[29]

1.526 103 1.526

methanol[29]

5.44 104 0.544

motoroilSAE10(20C)[21] 0.065

65

motoroilSAE40(20C)[21] 0.319

319

nitrobenzene[29]

1.863 103 1.863

liquidnitrogen@77K

1.58 104 0.158

propanol[29]

1.945 103 1.945

oliveoil

0.081

81

pitch

2.3 108

2.3 1011

sulfuricacid[29]

2.42 102 24.2

water

8.94 104 0.894

Peanutbutterisasemisolidandcan
thereforeholdpeaks.

Viscosityofsolids
Viscosity
Temperature
Solid

[Pas]

asthenosphere[32] 7 1019

[K]
900C

uppermantle[32] (0.71.0) 1021 13003000C


lowermantle

(1.02.0) 1021 30004000C

*ThesematerialsarehighlynonNewtonian.
Note:Higherviscositymeansthickersubstance

Viscosityofslurry
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Thetermslurrydescribesmixturesofaliquidand
solidparticlesthatretainsomefluidity.Theviscosity
ofslurrycanbedescribedasrelativetotheviscosity
oftheliquidphase:

wheresandlarerespectivelythedynamic
viscosityoftheslurryandliquid(Pas),andristhe
relativeviscosity(dimensionless).
Dependingonthesizeandconcentrationofthesolid
particles,severalmodelsexistthatdescribethe
relativeviscosityasafunctionofvolumefraction
ofsolidparticles.

Plotofslurryrelativeviscosityrascalculatedby
empiricalcorrelationsfromEinstein, [33]Guthand
Simha, [34]Thomas, [35]andKitanoetal.. [36]

Inthecaseofextremelylowconcentrationsoffine
particles,Einstein'sequation[33]maybeused:

Inthecaseofhigherconcentrations,amodifiedequationwasproposedbyGuthandSimha,[34]which
takesintoaccountinteractionbetweenthesolidparticles:

FurthermodificationofthisequationwasproposedbyThomas[35]fromthefittingofempiricaldata:

whereA=0.00273andB=16.6.
Inthecaseofhighshearstress(above1kPa),anotherempiricalequationwasproposedbyKitanoetal.
forpolymermelts:[36]

whereA=0.68forsmoothsphericalparticles.

Viscosityofamorphousmaterials
Viscousflowinamorphousmaterials(e.g.inglassesandmelts)[38][39][40]isathermallyactivated
process:

whereQisactivationenergy,Tistemperature,RisthemolargasconstantandAisapproximatelya
constant.

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Theviscousflowinamorphousmaterialsis
characterizedbyadeviationfromtheArrheniustype
behavior:QchangesfromahighvalueQHatlow
temperatures(intheglassystate)toalowvalueQL
athightemperatures(intheliquidstate).Depending
onthischange,amorphousmaterialsareclassifiedas
either
strongwhen:QHQL<QLor
fragilewhen:QHQLQL.
Thefragilityofamorphousmaterialsisnumerically
characterizedbytheDoremusfragilityratio:

Commonglassviscositycurves. [37]

andstrongmaterialhaveRD<2whereasfragilematerialshaveRD2.
Theviscosityofamorphousmaterialsisquiteexactlydescribed
byatwoexponentialequation:

Commonlogofviscosityvs.
temperatureforB2O3,showingtwo
regimes

withconstantsA1,A2,B,CandDrelatedtothermodynamicparametersofjoiningbondsofan
amorphousmaterial.
Notveryfarfromtheglasstransitiontemperature,Tg,thisequationcanbeapproximatedbyaVogel
FulcherTammann(VFT)equation.
Ifthetemperatureissignificantlylowerthantheglasstransitiontemperature,TTg,thenthetwo
exponentialequationsimplifiestoanArrheniustypeequation:

with:

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whereHdistheenthalpyofformationofbrokenbonds(termedconfiguron(http://www.wikidoc.org/inde
x.php/Configuron)s)andHmistheenthalpyoftheirmotion.Whenthetemperatureislessthantheglass
transitiontemperature,T<Tg,theactivationenergyofviscosityishighbecausetheamorphousmaterials
areintheglassystateandmostoftheirjoiningbondsareintact.
Ifthetemperatureishighlyabovetheglasstransitiontemperature,TTg,thetwoexponentialequation
alsosimplifiestoanArrheniustypeequation:

with:

Whenthetemperatureishigherthantheglasstransitiontemperature,T>Tg,theactivationenergyof
viscosityislowbecauseamorphousmaterialsaremeltedandhavemostoftheirjoiningbondsbroken,
whichfacilitatesflow.

Eddyviscosity
Inthestudyofturbulenceinfluids,acommonpracticalstrategyforcalculationistoignorethesmall
scalevortices(oreddies)inthemotionandtocalculatealargescalemotionwithaneddyviscositythat
characterizesthetransportanddissipationofenergyinthesmallerscaleflow(seelargeeddy
simulation).Valuesofeddyviscosityusedinmodelingoceancirculationmaybefrom5104to106Pas
dependingupontheresolutionofthenumericalgrid.

Seealso
Dashpot
Deborahnumber
Dilatant
HerschelBulkleyfluid
Hyperviscositysyndrome
Intrinsicviscosity
Inviscidflow
Mortonnumber
Relativeviscosity
Reyn
Reynoldsnumber
Trouton'sratio
Twodimensionalpointvortexgas

Twodimensionalpointvortexgas
Viscoelasticity
Viscoplasticity
Viscosityindex
Jobackmethod(estimationoftheliquid
viscosityfrommolecularstructure)
Microviscosity
Rheology
Superfluidhelium4
Stokesflow

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