APPROXIMATE VISCOSITIES OF SOME COMMON LIQUIDS

Liquid

Specific Gravity at 16c

Absolute Viscosity Cp

Temperature C

Viscosity Type
N = Newtonian T = Thixotropic

DAIRY PRODUCTS Butter Fat Butter Fat Butter Deodorised Cottage Cheese Cocoa Butter Cocoa Butter Condensed Milk Condensed Milk 75% Solids Cream 30% Fat Cream 45% Fat Cream 50% Fat Cream 50% Fat Milk Milk Milk Whey 48% Sugar Process Cheese Process Cheese Whole Egg Yoghurt FOOD PRODUCTS Batter Baby Food Beet Sauce Biscuit Cream Premix Brewers Yeast Broth Mix Carob Bean Sauce Chocolate Citrus Fruit Pulp Coffee Liquor 30-40% Custard Edible Oil Gelatine 37% Solids Glucose 1.27 1.6 0.9 1.3 1.15 1.02-1.05 1.02-1.05 0.92 0.87 1.3 1.0 0.99 0.98

42 20 45 30,000 50 0.5 40-80 2160 14 48 112 55 2.0 1.0 800-1500 6500 30,000 150 152 29,500 1400 1950 29,200 368 430 1500 280 600 10-100 1500 65 1190 4300-8600

43 65 50 18 60 100 40-50 20 16 16 16 32 18 52 40 80 18 4.5 40 30 93 76 18 18 18 30 49 20 20 85-90 20 43 25-30

N N N T N N N T N N N N N N T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T N T T

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Specific Gravity at 16c 1.0 1.04

Absolute Viscosity Cp 110 55-75 8440 9500 3000 20,000 100,000 1200 300 345 630 91 2410 330 10,000 1300-2600 500 200 1000 195 12-15 20 5000-10,000 1470

Temperature C

Viscosity Type
N = Newtonian T = Thixotropic

Gravy Slurry Fruit Juice Jam Garnish Malt Extract 80% Malt Extract Mayonnaise Mincemeat Mousse Mix Pectin Pectin Orange Juice Concentrate Orange Juice Concentrate Orange Juice Concentrate Orange Juice Concentrate Rice Pudding Salad Cream Sauce Apple Sorbitol Tomato Ketchup Tomato Paste 30% Vinegar Yeast Surry Soya Bean Slurry PHARMACEUTICALS Detergents Hand Cream Latex Emulsion Latex Emulsion Paraffin Emulsion Shampoos Soap Arylan Soap Solution Toothpaste Wax FISH AND ANIMAL OILS Bone Oil Cod Oil Lard

80 18 16 18 60 20 30 5 38 27 20 80 20 80 100 18 80 20 30 18 20 18 50-90 70 18 24 65 18 36 60 60 18 93 54 38 38

T N T T T T T T N N N N N N T T T N T T N T T T T T T T T T T T T N N N

1.4

30 Brix 30 Brix 50 Brix 50 Brix

1.1 1.29

1.0 1.2 1.0 at 40C 1.03 at 60C 0.9 0.92 0.93 0.96

780 200 48 3000 3000 630 82 70,000-100,000 500 48 32 62

Liquid

Specific Gravity at 16c 0.91-0.93 0.88 0.93 0.96 0.94 0.93 0.92 0.88 0.93 0.93-0.94 0.91 0.92 0.92 0.93 0.86

Absolute Viscosity Cp 40-47 24 25-39 580 36 300 55 30 28 62 24 29 40 43 38 60 12 2.0 1200-1400

Temperature C

Viscosity Type
N = Newtonian T = Thixotropic

Lard Oil Sperm Oil Whale Oil VEGETABLE OILS Castor Oil Castor Oil Chinawood Oil Coconut Oil Coconut Oil Corn Oil Cotton Seed Oil Cotton Seed Oil Linseed Oil Raw Olive Oil Palm Oil Peanut Oil Soya Bean Oil Soya Bean Oil Turpentine INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS Acetate Glue NaOH 20% NaOH 30% NaOH 40% Cresol Crystals Glycerine 100% Glycerine 100% Isopropyl Alcohol Lacquer 25% Solids Polyester Polypropylene Polyisobutylene Plastisol Printers Ink Printers Ink Resin Solution Resin Solution Resin Solution

38 38 38 27 80 21 24 38 57 24 52 38 38 38 38 24 80 16 20 18 18 18 18 20 38 85 18 30 50 85 18 38 54 24 21 18

N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N T N N N T N N N T T T T T T T T T T

1.22 1.33 1.43 1.26 at 20C 1.11 1.1 at 30% 1.09 at 85 2.5

1.0 1.0 20 10 648 176 1.9 3000 3000 240,000 12,500 28,000 550-2200 238-660 880 975 7140

Liquid

Specific Gravity at 16c 1.04

Absolute Viscosity Cp 125 48,000/60,000 52 40 32 18

Temperature C

Viscosity Type
N = Newtonian T = Thixotropic

Sulphonic Acid Triacetate Dope GLYCOL PRODUCTS Propylene Triethylene Diethylene Ethylene

30 40 21 21 21 21

T T N N N N

1.04 1.12 1.12 1.12