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Brookfield DV-II+ Digital Viscometer User Manual

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container wall and the spindle surface.

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 LVDV-II+ (#1-4) or RVDV-II+ (#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.