Preview

Viscosities of Liquids

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
658 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Viscosities of Liquids
Objective:
The objective of this lab was to find and examine the viscosities of ideal and non-ideal solutions. The ideal being the toluene/p-xylene and the non-ideal being the methanol/water. The second objective of this lab was to investigate the temperature dependence of viscosity (Halpern, 17-1).

Introduction: Viscosity is the resistance to flow of a certain fluid. In this experiment two solutions are used. According to the definition of viscosity mobile liquids have a relatively low viscosity. Fluidity is the reciprocal of viscosity, given as equation 1: F=1/ η. Fluidity is advantageous because solutions of mixed solutions of nonassociating liquids are roughly additive. In this experiment binary solutions are used, so if each pure liquid has fluidities Fa and Fb, the fluidity of a mixture is given by: Equation1 (Halpern, 17-3). F=xAFA•+xBFB• where Xa and Xb are the mole fractions. The viscosity of the mixture is given as: ln η = XA ln η •A + XB ln η •B Equation 2 (Halpern, 17-3) The second part of this lab is to measure the temperature dependence of viscosity. It is known that the viscosity of a pure liquid will increase exponentially. If the flow time of a liquid is measures and the density is known the viscosity will then be given as: Equation 3 (Halpern 17-5). η = η r ρt/ ρrtr where μr, ρr,tr are the viscosity, density, and flow time of the reference liquid, in this case water (Halpern, 17-4).

Materials and Methods:
Method:
The method for this lab was taken from Halpern pgs 17-4 to 17-6.
Materials:
The materials used for this lab were: Ostwald Viscometer Digital Thermometer Hot water bath 5mL pipette Solutions: Water was used as a reference liquid. Then a binary solution was made of a 20% methanol in water, 40% methanol in water, 60% methanol in water, 80% methanol in water



Cited: Halpern, Arthur M.; McBane, George C.; Experimental Physical Chemistry: A Laboratory Textbook, 3rd ed.; W.H. Freeman and Company.: New York, 2006.

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Powerful Essays

    Spring Syllabus

    • 2332 Words
    • 10 Pages

    |College: Science and Technology |Required Text(s): The laboratory manual, Experiments In General Chemistry, 6th |…

    • 2332 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    D - Determination of the Viscosity and Related Properties of Gaseous N2 and CO2 ............ 18…

    • 7286 Words
    • 43 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Physio Ex Exercise 5

    • 532 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The following questions refer to Activity 2: Studying the Effect of Viscosity on Fluid Flow.…

    • 532 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    The purpose of this experiment is to determine the relationship between the pressure and temperature of the volatile liquids. The pressure will be measured in a sealed vessel that contains different types of liquids such as methanol, ethanol and propanol. It will be measured several times at different temperatures. At the conclusion of this experiment, the heat of vaporization will be able to be calculated.…

    • 1164 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Naphthalene Chromatography

    • 1479 Words
    • 6 Pages

    The samples were then attached to a thermometer and placed in a Thiele tube filled with oil. The tube was heated by a Bunsen burner at approximately 1 °C per minute. Melting point temperatures were recorded at the first indication of fluid and then when the sample had turned completely liquid. Two trials were completed on each sample ².…

    • 1479 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Next, Cyclohexane and Toluene were distilled. The boiling points of cyclohexane and toluene had a difference of 35°C. Cyclohexane had a percent recovery of 10%. Toluene had a percent recovery of 17%. The percent efficiency…

    • 1450 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Viscosity Lab

    • 717 Words
    • 3 Pages

    To determine of changing the viscosity will affect the time it takes for a marble to flow through a liquid.…

    • 717 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The purpose of the experiment is to determine the effect of cross-linking has on the viscosity of the polymer solution. In the experiment, a hotplate was used to heat 50 mL of tap water in a 200 mL beaker to boiling. It took nearly two hours to fully dissolve 2 grams of PVA [poly(vinyl alcohol)] in the water by sprinkling minor amounts bit by bit. 10 drops of 0.1% methyl red indicator was added to PVA solution for the cross-linking part. 0.4 grams of borax was dissolved into 10 mL of hot water. 3.0 mL of the dissolved borax was added to the cooled PVA solution in 1.0 mL aliquots. The cross-linking consisted of the addition of sulfuric acid and sodium hydroxide. 3.0 M H2SO4 was added to the mixture until it became faint red. 2.0 mL of 1.0 M NaOH was added to the mixture to neutralize the H2SO4. Originally, it was planned to measure viscosity quantitatively with a start and end position of the mixture. It was planned to time how long it takes for the ball bearing to move through the start and finish markers on the beaker. However, as the experiment carried on, it was visible from the difference in composition of the mixture that viscosity had increased and a qualitative measurement of viscosity was best. The ball bearing was only able to pass through the least viscous times of the mixture: after the total addition of PVA and after the addition of H2SO4. The viscosity of the mixture increased after every addition of Borax and at the addition of NaOH. The addition of the acid resulted in the lowering of viscosity whereas the addition of base returned the solution back to its higher viscosity. Possible errors in experiment could arise from measuring the wrong amounts of the solution or even overheating the PVA when dissolving. Another error is not allowing the PVA to dissolve at minor amounts.…

    • 1111 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Chemical Influences

    • 1165 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Experiment 12 Influences of Molecular Shape and Intermolecular Forces on Physical Properties By Hannah Kloss Chemistry 112L- 01 --- Eric Boakye November 10, 2014 Physical properties are properties that can be measured and seen in an object. An example of a physical property of an object would be the color, mass, solubility, volume, or the polarity of an object. A physical property can change the appearance of an object, but that does not mean that the chemical composition has to change. The chemical composition can remain the same. Physical properties are separated into two different categories.…

    • 1165 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Lap Report

    • 341 Words
    • 2 Pages

    2.43 One type of viscometer involves the use of a rotating cylinder inside a fixed cylinder. The gap between the cylinders must be very small to achieve a linear velocity distribution in the liquid. (Assume the maximum spacing for proper operation is 1.5mm). Design a viscometer that will be used to measure the viscosity of motor oil from 283K to 365K.…

    • 341 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Aerodynamics Essay

    • 1301 Words
    • 6 Pages

    The influence of viscosity in the flow dictates a third classification. Some problems involve only negligible viscous effects on the solution,…

    • 1301 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Viscosity

    • 2279 Words
    • 10 Pages

    • To measure and analyze the viscosities of ideal (Toluene/p-Xylene) and nonideal (Methanol/Water) binary solutions and their components. • To determine the Activation Energy to viscous flow. • The effect of temperature change on the viscosity will be studied. Method: The viscosities of liquids are determined by measuring the flow time for various liquids in an Ostwald viscometer.…

    • 2279 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Derivatives Forwards

    • 781 Words
    • 4 Pages

    • Viscosity is a measure of how well if flows or the “friction” in the liquid…

    • 781 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    2. Explain the effect that the viscosity change had on flow rate. How well did the results compare with your prediction?…

    • 556 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    This experiment was held in an undergraduate laboratory at City University London. This report will be presenting an experiment on viscosity measurement of glycerol – water mixtures with a Bohlin Visco 88 rotational viscometer. Rotational viscometer provide ability to measure not only the viscosity of a fluid, but also shear rate and shear stress, torque, temperature and frequency of rotation.…

    • 1627 Words
    • 15 Pages
    Powerful Essays

Related Topics