A Formal Physics Laboratory Report

EXPERIMENT

DETERMINING COEFFICIENT OF VISCOSITY OF LIQUID

Class: CC10 / Group: 01. Lecturer’s comment

Full name:
1) Cao Hoàng Kiệt
2) Nguyễn Trần Vương Châu
3) Nguyễn Thiên Kim
4) Lê Vũ Phương Như
5) Lâm Hiển Đăng Khoa

I. Aims/Purposes:
- Measure the viscosity coefficient of a given liquid using Stokes method.
II. Methods and Procedures:
1. Equipments:
- Glass tube 95cm high, carved of 2mm / line
- Timer
- Caliper with accuracy 0.01mm.
- Steel balls
- Micrometer
- Ruler
2. Method:
- The device MN-971A which includes a glass tube 2 containing a liquid 3 is kept upright on the rack 9, two
magnet sensors from 4 and 5 are connected to a timer device in the front of the box8 (Figure 3) can be
used to determine the viscosity coefficient by the Stokes method

- Determining v0 by measuring the number of time interval movement of steel balls that are falling between
two straight baseline 4 and 5 separated by a distance L
 3. Procedure:
Step 1: Measure the diameter d of steel balls by using the micrometer, measure d for 5 times.
Step 2: Measure the distance L between 2 sensors ( It is around 30cm). Then find the diameter of the glass
tube which is D.
Step 3: Turn 2 knobs counterclockwise to the left then adjust each of them slowly to the right until the
light is on. Press the RESET button to finish this step.
Step 4: Measure the falling time t between 2 sensors. Do 5 times fall the smaller steel balls and 5 times for
the bigger one.

III. Equations:
1.The viscosity coefficient of the fluid:
η=(ρ−σ ) d 2> ¿ ¿
d
18(1+2.4 )
D
η: The viscosity coefficient
m
3
ρ=
ρ: bulk density of steel balls (kg /m ), 1
π d3
6
σ: bulk density of liquid (kg /m3)
d : the diameter of the steel balls, d=N + 0.01 m( mm)
t : the period between two selected baseline (s)
L: distance between two sensors.
D : diameter of cylinder, D = 35.00±0.02 (mm)
2. Error formula:

△ p △ π △m △d
= + +3
p π m d
△ η △ p+ △ σ △ g △ t △ L 1 △d △D
= + + + + [(2 D+ 2.4 d ) +2.4 d ]
η p−σ g t L D+ 2.4 d d D

IV. Experimental Data:

- Accuracy of * Density of oil:  = 895±89 (kg/m3)
- Caliper: 0.01 (mm) * Distance: L = 280 ± 0(mm)
- Time meter: 0.001(s)
- Diameter of vertical tube:
D = 35 ± 0.02(mm)
- Mass of the marbles: m = 1.06 ± 0.02 (g)
Data d (mm) Δd (mm) τ(s) Δτ ( s )
1 6.32 0.016 0.695 0.0012
2 6.30 0.004 0.698 0.0018
3 6.28 0.024 0.696 0.0002
4 6.32 0.016 0.697 0.0008
5 6.30 0.004 0.695 0.0012
 Mean 6.304 0.0128 0.6962 0.00104
V. Calculations:
π=3.14and ∆ π =0.005
g=9.81 m/ s2 and ∆ g=0.005 m/ s 2
5.1Calculating the total absolute errors of the measurement of diameter d, timer τ , distance L
∆ d=∆ d sys+ ∆ d=0.01+ 0.0128=0.0228 ( 10−3 m )

∆ τ=∆ τ sys + ∆ τ=0.001+ 0.00104=0.00204(s)

∆ L=∆ Lsys +∆ L=1+ 0=1 ( 10−3 m )

5.2 Calculating the density of the marble and the relative error:
m 1.06× 1 0−3 kg
ρ 1= = =¿
1 3 1 −3 3 8084.978( 3 )
πd ×3.14 ×(6.304 ×1 0 ) m
6 6
∆ ρ1 ∆ m ∆ π 3 ∆ d 0.02× 10−3 0.005 3 ×0. 0228 ×10−3
= + + =¿ + + ≈ 0.031
ρ1 m π d 1.06× 10−3 3.14 6.3 04 ×10−3
kg
=> ∆ ρ 1=253.145( m3 )
5.3 Calculating the coefficient of viscosity of liquid and the relative error:
2 −3 2
1 ( ρ1−ρ)d g τ 1 (8084.978−895)×(6.304 ×1 0 ) ×9.81 ×0.6962 kg
η= . = . ≈ 0.27034 ( )
18 d 18 6.304 ×1 0 −3
m. s
L(1+ 2,4 ) −3
280 ×1 0 ×(1+ 2,4 × )
D 35 ×1 0−3
Δη Δ ρ1 + Δ ρ Δ g Δτ Δ L 1 Δd ΔD
η
=
ρ 1− ρ
+
g
+ +
τ
+
L D+2,4 d [
( 2 D+2,4 d )
d
+2,4 d .
D ]
253.145+89 0.005 0.00204 10−3 +1
¿ + + +
8084.978−895 9.81 0.6962 280 ×10 35× 10 +2,4 × 6.304 ×10−3
−3 −3

−3 −3
−3 0.0228 ×1 0 −3 0.02× 10
[ −3
× ( 2× 35 ×10 +2,4 × 6.304 ×10 )
6.304 ×10−3
+2,4 × 6.304 ×10 .
35 ×× 10−3
≈ 0.061
]
kg
=> Δ η=0.016 ( m . s )
VI. Conclusions:
kg
η=( η ± ∆ η )=0.27034 ± 0.016( )
m.s