Kinematic viscosity is what you might envision when thinking of viscosity — gravitational flow. Think of a row of beakers with different viscosity oils, tipped so they flow into a container.

Modern viscosity measurement techniques offer insights into petroleum products, enhancing quality control beyond traditional glass capillary methods.

The most commonly used physical property for lubricants is kinematic viscosity. This article describes how using the solvent-free SpectroVisc Q3000 Series device in the field offers accurate and ...

On the other hand, the kinematic viscosity of a fluid is the relative flow of a fluid under the influence of gravity. Its unit of measure is centistokes (cSt) which in SI units is mm 2 /s, 1 cSt ...

At present, two models are available: the Q3000 with a viscosity measurement range of 10 - 350 cSt and the Q3050 viscometer with a range of 1 - 700 cSt. The SpectroVisc Q3050 viscometer also measures ...

It is important to realize that kinematic viscosity of the coolant increases significantly as the temperature decreases. Add antifreeze and the viscosity increase becomes dramatic. Figure 1 shows the ...