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absolute viscosity

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absolute viscosity [′ab·sə‚lüt vis′käs·ə·dē]
(fluid mechanics)
The tangential force per unit area of two parallel planes at unit distance apart when the space between them is filled with a fluid and one plane moves with unit velocity in its own plane relative to the other. Also known as coefficient of viscosity.


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The company's relative viscometer is said to provide fast, accurate and precise analyis of dilute polymer solutions for relative, intrinsic, inherent, specific and absolute viscosity, as well as molecular weight.
High-shear viscosity data from capillary rheometers and low-shear data from dynamic rotational rheometers can be compared because they both measure "true" or absolute viscosity.
where P is the applied pressure, D is the sprue diameter, L) is the sprue length and [Eta] is the absolute viscosity of the rubber compound used, corrected both for shear rate and temperature.
 
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