Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Non-Newtonian standard viscosity fluids

  • Drexel University

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

Abstract

The objective of the present study was to develop and validate a new non-Newtonian shear-thinning standard viscosity fluid (SVF). The SVF exhibiting the non-Newtonian shear-thinning viscosity behavior of whole blood was necessary to evaluate the analytical performance of a blood viscometer according to Clinical Laboratory and Standards Institute (CLSI) guideline. The study utilized three different concentrations of maltose solution in water to cover high-, medium-, and low-viscosity ranges of whole blood. The SVFs could simulate whole blood viscosity over a wide range of shear rates and showed a long-term stability for at least 56. days with the coefficients of variations less than 5% in the viscosity measurements.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-4
Number of pages4
JournalInternational Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
Volume49
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013.12

Keywords

  • Blood viscometer
  • Blood viscosity
  • Non-Newtonian shear-thinning fluid
  • Standard viscosity fluid

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Engineering - Chemical
  • Physics & Astronomy

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Non-Newtonian standard viscosity fluids'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this