PHYSICS INVESTIGATORY PROJECT

2023-2024

Name: Ajitesh Shukla

Std: XI Science
Roll no: 4
School name: Reliance Foundation School,
NAGOTHANE, ENGLISH MEDIUM
Topic: Which Fluid is more viscous

INDEX

Sr no. Title
1. Certificate
2. Acknowledgement
3. Experiment
 Aim
 Material required
 Procedure
 Conclusion
4. Bibliography

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Mr. Ajitesh Shukla of class – XI
has successfully completed the investigatory project
on topic “Which Fluid is more Viscous”. He has
taken Proper care and utmost sincerity in completion
of this project. The approach towards the subject has
been sincere and scientific.

I certify that this project is up to my expectation and

as per the Guidelines issued by the CBSE.

Principal Subject Teacher

(Signature) (Signature)

Acknowledgement
I acknowledge the valuable contribution of all my
individuals and my school Reliance Foundation School
Nagothane English Medium who supported a lot in
completion of my project. I express my special
gratitude to my principal, Mr Anop Shukla sir and Vice
Principal Mrs Shampa Sarkar mam for allowing me to
do this project I give my special thanks to
my Physics Teacher Mrs Neeta Kolte mam for helping
me in every regard. At the same time, I am very
thankful to my parents who provided all necessary
things and my friends helping me a lot. Overall, without
the support of all these people this project could not be
successful.

Experiment
Aim: To determine the differing viscosities of selected
liquids (milk, glycerine, honey, cooking oil, hand
sanitizer, syrup, and water) by passing a marble through
the substances and measuring the resultant velocities.

Materials Required:
1. Tall Graduated Cylinder
2. Marble
3. Stopwatch
4. Notebook and Pen
5. Cooking oil
6. Syrup
7. Honey
8. Glycerine
9. Honey
10.Hand Sanitizer
11.Milk

Procedure:
 1. Fill the graduated cylinder with one of the sample liquids. Leave a couple
of centimetres at the top so it does not overflow. Be sure to fill the
cylinder up to the same amount of liquid each time.
2. Hold the marble at the opening of the graduated cylinder in one hand and
the stop watch in the other hand.
3. Simultaneously drop the marble and start the stopwatch.
4. Stop the timer when the marble passes through the liquid and touches the
bottom of the cylinder.
5. Record the name of the liquid you tested, the original height of the liquid,
and how long it took for the marble to fall in seconds.
6. Repeat the experiment 2 more times for each liquid so there is enough
data to take an average. Calculate the average time.
Average time = (time 1 + time 2 + time 3) / 3
7. Calculate the average velocity of the marble through the liquid. The
distance is the height of the liquid, and the time will be the average time
calculated in Step 6.
Velocity = distance / time
8. Repeat the experiment testing other liquids.

Observations:
The Observations is based on 25ml of each liquid

Round 1:

Different Types of Liquid Time to travel

Milk 1.20 Sec
Water 1.16 sec
Cooking oil 3.38 sec
Honey 8 min 45.80 sec
Hand Sanitizer 6 min 54.93 sec
Syrup 20.41 sec
Glycerine 22.81 sec

Round 2:

Different Types of Liquid Time to travel

Milk 0.83 sec
Water 1.00 sec
Cooking oil 3.39 sec
Honey 8 min 53.31 sec
Hand Sanitizer 7 min 1.47 sec
Syrup 24.11 sec
Glycerine 29.28 sec

Round 3:

Different Types of Liquid Time to travel

Milk 0.96 sec
Water 0.95 sec
Cooking oil 3.61 sec
Honey 8 min 40.37 sec
Hand Sanitizer 6 min 51.11 sec
Syrup 27.44 sec
Glycerine 28.58 sec

Average time for the marble to reach the bottom of the tall graduated
cylinder:

Different types of Average time Average time in

liquid sec
Milk 0.996 sec 0.996
 Water 1.036 sec 1.036
Cooking oil 3.46 sec 3.46
Honey 8 min 46.49 sec 526
Hand sanitizer 6 min 69.17 sec 429
Syrup 23.98 sec 23.98
Glycerine 26.89 sec 26.89

Velocity

Velocity = Distance/time
= 25ml/average time
= 0.253m/average time

Different Types of Liquid Velocity (m/s)

Milk 0.02942
Water 0.02819
Cooking Oil 0.00844
Honey 0.00006
Hand Sanitizer 0.00007
Syrup 0.00122
Glycerine 0.00109

Conclusion: Out of all the liquids I tested (honey, water, milk, cooking oil,
glycerine, hand sanitizer, and syrup), honey is the most viscous and milk is the
least. During my observations, I found out that honey and hand sanitizer were
very close compared to other liquids but at the end, honey beat hand sanitizer. I
have also found that there is inverse relationship between the velocity of an
object passing through a liquid and the viscosity of that liquid. Engineers,
doctors, volcanologists, and scientists all use viscosity in practical life.
 Bibliography

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