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VISCOCITY OF SOLUTIONS || B.TECH FIRST YEAR CHEMISTRY PRACTICAL

       Viscocity of Solutions

TITLE=Viscocity of solutions


OBJECT=Determination of percentage composition of sugar solution from viscocity using Ostwald Viscometer.

THEORY= The force of friction which one part of the liquid is called viscocity.For measuring viscocity coefficient, Ostwald viscometer method is used which is based on Poiseuille's law. According to this law ,the rate of flow of liquid through a capillary tube having viscocity coefficient η, can be expressed as
                   
                       
 Where V=volume of liquid ( in ml)
           t= flow time through capillary(in sec)
           r= radius of capillary (in cm)
           l= length of the capillary(in cm)
           p= hydrostatic pressure (in dyne/sq cm)
            η=viscocity coefficient (in poise)

Since ,the hydrostatic pressure (the driving force) of the liquid is given by p= dgh ( where h is the height of the column and d is the density of liquid);

  η α pt or, η α dght

If,η1 and η2 are the viscocity coefficients of the liquids under study, d1,d2, are their densities and t1 and t2 are their times of flow of equal volume of liquids through the same capillary respectively,then.
               η α d1ght1  and η2 α d2ght2

  Hence,    η1/η2=d1t1/d2t2

Here,usually the viscocity of given liquid is measured with respect to water whole viscocity is known very accurately at different temperatures.The SI physical unit of viscocity is the Pascal second (pa.s),(i.e,kg/m.s).This means if a fluid with a viscocity of one pa.s is placed between two plates ,and one plate is pushed sideways with a sheer stress of one pascal,it moves a distance equal to the thickness of the layerbetween the plates in one second. The cgs unit for the same is the poise (p).It is more commonly expressed ,as centipoise(cp).[1cp=0.001 pa.s].water at 20ºc has a viscocity of 1.0020cp.
   
          OBSERVATION TABLE

           

RESULT = The percentage composition of unknown solution is 6.15%.
                 


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