<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> We propose an indirect method of ASTM D-1200 for measurement of viscosity from 0.1 to 30 stokes (St) using Ford cup 5 (range 2~ 12 St) by developing a statistical relation. General purpose low styrene content polyester resin (without adding initiator, hardener and accelerator) was used for viscosity measurement. In existing ASTM D 1200 standard, ford cups (1-4) are used to measure the viscosity up to 2 St, while fifth cup is used for measurement from 2 to 12 St. Viscosity above 12 St is not estimated using existing ASTM D- 1200 method. In contrast, our method and statistical relation proposed in this paper estimates viscosity in the flexible range of 0.1 to 30 St by using Ford cup 5 only. The estimated values were confirmed by existing ASTM D-1200 (0.1 to 12 St) and by using Ubbelohde viscometer (12 to 30 St). Values estimated above 12 St are from the proposed model are also in good conformance (percentage error ~ 5% or less) with experimental results. The satisfaction level of the estimated values with the experiments suggests that the model has also the potential for application to paints, polymer and oil industry.</p></abstract>

We propose an indirect method of ASTM D-1200 for measurement of viscosity from 0.1 to 30 stokes (St) using Ford cup 5 (range 2~ 12 St) by developing a statistical relation. General purpose low styrene content polyester resin (without adding initiator, hardener and accelerator) was used for viscosity measurement. In existing ASTM D 1200 standard, ford cups (1-4) are used to measure the viscosity up to 2 St, while fifth cup is used for measurement from 2 to 12 St. Viscosity above 12 St is not estimated using existing ASTM D- 1200 method. In contrast, our method and statistical relation proposed in this paper estimates viscosity in the flexible range of 0.1 to 30 St by using Ford cup 5 only. The estimated values were confirmed by existing ASTM D-1200 (0.1 to 12 St) and by using Ubbelohde viscometer (12 to 30 St). Values estimated above 12 St are from the proposed model are also in good conformance (percentage error ~ 5% or less) with experimental results. The satisfaction level of the estimated values with the experiments suggests that the model has also the potential for application to paints, polymer and oil industry.

An alternative and indirect statistical modeling method for viscosity estimation and its experimental validation for low styrene content polyester resin

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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We propose an indirect method of ASTM D-1200 for measurement of viscosity from 0.1 to 30 stokes (St) using Ford cup 5 (range 2~ 12 St) by developing a...

An alternative and indirect statistical modeling method for viscosity estimation and its experimental validation for low styrene content polyester resin

Online veröffentlicht: 11. Jan. 2019

Seitenbereich: 60 - 65

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjct-2018-0055

Schlüsselwörter
indirect method, polyester resin, statistical relation, Ford viscosity cup

© 2019 Ahmad Nawaz, et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

An alternative and indirect statistical modeling method for viscosity estimation and its experimental validation for low styrene content polyester resin

Online veröffentlicht: 11. Jan. 2019

Seitenbereich: 60 - 65

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjct-2018-0055

Schlüsselwörterindirect method, polyester resin, statistical relation, Ford viscosity cup

© 2019 Ahmad Nawaz, et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
indirect method, polyester resin, statistical relation, Ford viscosity cup