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Sample Adapter, UL Adapter, Thermosel, Spiral Adapter, and DIN Adapter the accuracy value
may be increased. In general the increase in accuracy will be minimal, however, it could be as
much as 1% for a total accuracy of +/- 2% of the range in use.
BrookeldViscosityStandardsFluidsareaccurateto(+/-)1%oftheirstatedvalue.
Example:
Calculate the acceptable range of viscosity using RVDV-II+Pro with RV-3
Spindleat2RPM;BrookeldStandardFluid12,500withaviscosityof12,257
cPat25°C:
1) Calculatefullscaleviscosityrangeusingtheequation:
Full Scale Viscosity Range [cP] = TK
*
SMC
*
10,000
RPM
Where:
TK - 1.0 from Table D-2
SMC=10fromTable D-1
Full Scale Viscosity Range
1
*
10
*
10,000
=
50,000 cP
2
The viscosity is accurate to (+/-) 500 cP (which is 1% of 50,000)
2) Theviscositystandarduidis12,257cP.Itsaccuracyis(+/-)1%of12,257or
(+/-)122.57 cP.
3) Totalallowableerroris(122.57+500)cP=(+/-)622.57cP.
4) Therefore, any viscosity reading between 11,634.4 and 12,879.6 cP indicates that the Viscometer
is operating correctly. Any reading outside these limits may indicate a Viscometer problem.
ContacttheBrookeldtechnicalsalesdepartmentoryourlocalBrookelddealer/distributor
with test results to determine the nature of the problem.
Example:
Calculate the acceptable accuracy for viscosity measurement using LVDV-
II+ Pro with SC4-21 spindle in Small Sample Adapter at 6, 12, and 30 RPM.
Brookeldviscositystandarduid100cPshasanactualvalueof101.5cPat
25ºC.
1) CalculatethefullscaleviscosityrangeeitherbyusingtheSpindleRangeCoefcientin
Appendix B of More Solutions to Sticky Problems or by using the Auto Range button on
your viscometer.
TheSpindleRangeCoefcientforthe21spindleonanLVTorqueinstrumentis4,688.
At 6 RPM, the Full Scale Range (FSR) viscosity is 781 cP. Allow +/- 1% for the viscometer
and+/-1%fortheSmallSampleAdapter.Totalallowableaccuracyis:
+/-2%x781cP=+/-15.6cP
Asimilarcalculationat12RPMgivesFSR=391cP:+/-2%x391cP=+/-7.8cP
Asimilarcalculationat30RPMgivesFSR=156cP:+/-2%x156cP=+/-3.1cP
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