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350.00
Kin em atic V isco sity cst
300.00
250.00
log.log (v + 0.7) = A-
BlogT
200.00
150.00
100.00
v = kinematic viscosity; cst
50.00 T = temperature deg Kelvin
0.00
50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150
Temperature deg C
Using ASTM D341
log.log (v + 0.7) = A-BlogT
Two process variables
kinematic viscosity (cst)
temperature (OK)
Two constants A & B
Therefore with two sets of calibration data.... A&B
can be found
Calculations
find v
log.log (v + 0.7) = 8.41-3.24log(323)
v = 80.0cst at 50 OC
Multi-curve Method
900
800
Calibration Curves
700
500
400
300
200
100
0
40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140
Temperature
Determining Base Viscosity
The viscosity at
1000
the base
temperature
Viscosity measured
b process
processtemperature
temperatureto the
measured value
Find the calibration curve
100 viscosities at the base
temperature and then apply
the ratios to find the a
viscosity for the process
b
curve
10
40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140
Multi-curve Method