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RE: Viscosity Interpretation.

To: "'Joe Curry'" <spitlist@gte.net>, Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>,
Subject: RE: Viscosity Interpretation.
From: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 07:13:31 -0600
Nobody understood IT
Way over Mine!!!


-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist@gte.net]
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 1999 3:42 PM
To: Triumph List; Spitfire List
Subject: Re: Viscosity Interpretation.


Come on you guys (and gals).  I have been anxiously awaiting all the
raspberries and flames over my posting this rather interesting but
somewhat innocuous piece of useless information.

Did this go completely over everybody's heads?  8^)

Joe

Joe Curry wrote:
> 
> I ran across this little tidbit in one of my books.  I thought it
might
> provide a little "Light" reading for the list. Here goes:
> 
> Listing viscosities by centerpoise is sometimes confusing unless one
is
> thoroughly familiar with this particular system.  The following
> practical interpretation will be of assistance.  The viscosity
readings
> are for mixed compounds.
> 
> The readings were taken at 25 degrees C with a Brookfield viscometer.
> 
>      1 CENTIPOISE (C.P)....WATER
>   4000 CENTIPOISE (C.P)....#10 MOTOR OIL
>  3,500 CENTIPOISE (C.P)....CASTOR OIL
>  4,500 CENTIPOISE (C.P)....KARO SYRUP
> 25,000 CENTIPOISE (C.P)....HERSHEY CHOC. SYRUP
> 
>              OIL VISCOSITY
>  _________________________________________
> |         |   Saybolt Universal Seconds   |
> |         |_______________________________|
> |  SAE    |    130 o F    |    210 o F    |
> |         | Min.  |  Max. |  Min. |  Max. |
> |_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|
> |   10    |   90  |  120  |       |       |
> |   20    |  120  |  185  |       |       |
> |   30    |  185  |  255  |       |       |
> |   40    |  255  |       |       |   80  |
> |   50    |       |       |   80  |  105  |
> |   60    |       |       |  105  |  125  |
> |   70    |       |       |  125  |  150  |
> |_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|
> 
> Happy reading,
> Joe
> 
> --
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
>  -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer

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