College Physics ›› 2016, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (9): 16-19.

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Experimental study of the fluid viscosity by falling-ball method

GAO Dewen,LI Lei,ZHAO Ying   

  1. Department of Mathematics and Physics,Beijing Institute of Petro-Chemical Technology,Beijing 102617,China
  • Received:2015-11-27 Revised:2016-03-02 Online:2016-09-20 Published:2016-09-20

Abstract: Based on the analysis of the data obtained in a specific laboratory environment,we extract the correction factors for Stocks formula by using the falling - ball method. Compared to the standard values,our experimental study shows that the present results have a smaller error and dispersion than those obtained in Refs.[15]. We also check the results with other fluid and find the consistent result.

Key words: castor oil, glycerol, viscosity coefficient, Stokes formula, modified coefficient