Technical Note: An Improved Mccutchen Miniviscometer for Connective Tissue Fluids
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Connective Tissue Research
- Vol. 6 (2) , 109-113
- https://doi.org/10.3109/03008207809152619
Abstract
McCutchen's miniviscometer is a Couette-type instrument that requires only 0.2 ml of synovial or other test fluid. The modification described here adds to the capabilities of the original: control of temperature good to ±0.2°C; increase of the maximum measureable viscosity at low shear rates (20 sec−1) to 3000 centipoise; and expansion of the usable range of shear rates to 20–1500 sec−1. The device is rugged and data are reproducible to ±1.2% (S.D.) of the mean over the full range of shear rates.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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