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Brookfield Dial Viscometer User Manual

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Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc.

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Manual No. M/85-150-P700

A repeatable viscosity test should control or specify the following:

1) Test temperature
2) Sample container size (or spindle/chamber geometry)
3) Sample volume
4) Viscometer model
5) Spindle used (if using LV (#1-4) or RV (#1-7) attach the guard leg)
6) Test speed or speeds (or the shear rate)
7) Length of time or number of spindle revolutions to record viscosity.