Homework 2

Viscosity Experiment
Part1: Tabulate your experimental results and complete the following calculations.
The distance between X and Y = 70-40=30 (cm )
Sphere density () = 1.56 (gm/cm3)

Liquid density ()= 1.26 (gm/cm3)

Gravity (g)= 980 (cm/s2)

The radius
Sphere The diameter of The time The The viscosity
of the
number the sphere (d) (t) velocity ( v) coefficient (η)
sphere (r)
mm s m/s poise
cm
2
η= r 2 g ¿
d=5+(25 /100) 9
r =d/2
¿ 5.25 mm V=30/22.8 η= 2 ×0.26 2 × 980 1.56−1.26
1
¿ cm ÷10
0.525/2 22.8s 9 1.3( )
1.3m/s
=0.26cm =3.4
d=0.525 cm

2
η= r 2 g ¿
9
d=4.5+(22/ 100)
r =d/2 2 1.56−1.26
¿ 4.22 mm V=30/21.8
η= ×0.211 2 × 980
9 (
1.4 )
2 0.422/2 21.8s
¿ cm ÷10 1.4m/s =2.1
=0.211cm
d=0.422 cm

3.4+2. 1
The viscosity coefficient: ηavg . = 2
=2.75 (unit poise)