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
>
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> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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