Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
6-30-1962
Degree Name
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Chemical Engineering
First Advisor
Jerome J. Salamone
Second Advisor
Joseph Joffe
Third Advisor
George C. Keeffe
Abstract
The purpose of this work was to investigate the fluid properties of non-Newtonian solutions.
The effect of temperature on the viscometric properties, flow behavior index (n) and fluid consistency index (K), was investigated. It was established that the flow behavior index was temperature dependent, tending to approach Newtonian behavior as the temperature was raised. The fluid consistency index was also temperature dependent; a plot of K vs temperature will yield a straight line on semilogarithmic coordinates.
The specific heats of non-Newtonian solutions were also determined. For systems containing large mass fractions of water, it was established that the presence of small quantities of dissolved resin had little effect on the specific heat of water. In fact, for most calculations, the specific heat of water may be used with no appreciable increase in error.
Recommended Citation
Ferment, George Robert, "Properties of non-Newtonian fluids" (1962). Theses. 2926.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/2926
