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    This document provides the standard operating procedure for measuring viscosity using an Ostwald viscometer. It describes the equipment needed including the viscometer, viscosity bath, oven, stopwatch and thermometer. The procedure involves cleaning and drying the viscometer, setting the viscosity bath temperature to 40°C, filling the viscometer with oil sample, timing how long it takes the sample to flow between marks, and using the calibration constant and flow time in an equation to calculate the sample's kinematic viscosity in centistrokes.

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    This document provides the standard operating procedure for measuring viscosity using an Ostwald viscometer. It describes the equipment needed including the viscometer, viscosity bath, oven, stopwatch and thermometer. The procedure involves cleaning and drying the viscometer, setting the viscosity bath temperature to 40°C, filling the viscometer with oil sample, timing how long it takes the sample to flow between marks, and using the calibration constant and flow time in an equation to calculate the sample's kinematic viscosity in centistrokes.

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    This document provides the standard operating procedure for measuring viscosity using an Ostwald viscometer. It describes the equipment needed including the viscometer, viscosity bath, oven, stopwatch and thermometer. The procedure involves cleaning and drying the viscometer, setting the viscosity bath temperature to 40°C, filling the viscometer with oil sample, timing how long it takes the sample to flow between marks, and using the calibration constant and flow time in an equation to calculate the sample's kinematic viscosity in centistrokes.

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    This document provides the standard operating procedure for measuring viscosity using an Ostwald viscometer. It describes the equipment needed including the viscometer, viscosity bath, oven, stopwatch and thermometer. The procedure involves cleaning and drying the viscometer, setting the viscosity bath temperature to 40°C, filling the viscometer with oil sample, timing how long it takes the sample to flow between marks, and using the calibration constant and flow time in an equation to calculate the sample's kinematic viscosity in centistrokes.

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    SOP for viscosity

    APPARATUS
    1.OSTWALD VISCOMETER - viscometer is a device used to measure the viscosity of the liquid with a known density.

    Fluid inlet
    Tube with
    capillary

    Upper timing mark


    Measuring sphere

    Lower timing mark

    Reservoir

    Direct flow Viscometer Reverse Flow viscometer


    Used in measuring darker oil like engine
    Used in measure viscosity at 40 deg c
    oil at 100 deg c
    VISCOSITY BATH OVEN STOPWATCH
    Required to provide a set temperature to Required for drying and cleaning the viscometer Used to measure the time
    the viscometer. taken.

    SUCTION PUMP THERMOMETER


    PROCEDURE
    1. Clean the viscometer

    Clean the viscometer Dry it using


    using

    Oven
    Toluene Diesel

    2. Set the viscosity bath

    Fill the bath with water till the Place the thermometer at the top and maintain the temperature at 40 deg c. Also check the
    viscometer can be submerged digital thermometer set at 40 deg c
    3. Pour approx. 7 ml of the oil sample in 4. Connect the o ring to it .Put a suction bulb on tube of the viscometer with a
    the viscometer through the venting tube capillary and pull the oil upwards till it reaches the top mark of the capillary. Fill a
    using a dropper. little above the top mark (see picture)

    Top Mark

    O ring
    5. Put a suction pump on it to hold the oil upwards. Place this viscometer in the viscosity bath. Allow the charged
    viscometer to remain in the bath for 20 mins. Remove the suction and let the oil flow from the top mark to the bottom.
    Note this time taken using stopwatch. Note that the time should always be more than 200 seconds.

    Viscometer kept in viscosity bath.

    The flow time has to be checked in the


    viscosity bath(this is only used as
    reference)
    CALCULATION:

    Viscosity of sample - v = C × t
    Where v= kinematic viscosity in CsT (centistrokes)
    C = calibration constant
    t = measured flow time in seconds

    Formula for finding calibration constant - C= v/t


    Where,
    v= viscosity of fresh oil
    T= measured flow time of fresh oil in seconds

    To find value of calibration constant C- Repeat the entire procedure with a fresh oil sample.

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