Essays Tagged: "Viscosity"

How can we decide how to make the best use of our limited oil supplies

was once a sea bed. The oil varies depending from where it's found, having different properties of viscosity and colour.Crude oil itself isn't very useful; it first must be separated or refined in a ...

(7 pages) 113 0 4.4 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Descriptive essay on "Wine Tasting"

used to reveal the different aspects of a wine's character and quality. Visually observe the wine's viscosity or "legs," which run down the sides of the glass when it is swirled. The slower moving the ... and the "finish" or aftertaste of wine, will give you the impressions of temperature, consistency, viscosity and volume.When expressing impressions of temperature, consistency, viscosity and volume f ...

(3 pages) 103 0 0.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Lava flows

eed at which lava moves across the ground depends on several factors.. type of lava erupted and its viscosity. steepness of the ground over which it travels. whether the lava flows as a broad sheet, t ...

(2 pages) 32 1 3.2 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Polymerization of Composite Resins: Dental Chemistry

e this structure has hydroxyl groups near the benzene ring, this polymer is considered to have high viscosity. Since high viscosity will affect the rigid structure after polymerization, a compound, ty ... rization, a compound, typically triethyleneglycol dimethacrylate, or TEGDMA, is added to reduce the viscosity. Another disadvantage of using bis-GMA is that it absorbs light, which could possibly lead ...

(4 pages) 36 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Leonardo Da Vinci Shows Science In Art

painted a piece of artwork called "two currents meet, with obstacles". It deals with density, viscosity, compressibility, surface tension, and adhesion. It also deals with how pressure increases ...

(1 pages) 1027 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Density Of An Unknown Liquid

t the substance has a very oily texture, it is clear, has no smell, and it has a substantially high viscosity. I believe that the substance will have a greater density than water (1.0), because it see ... 0), because it seems thicker. I also believe that the unknown substance will have a moderately high viscosity because it is very thick and coats the walls of it's container.Materials: ~ No saf ...

(3 pages) 15 0 5.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Year 11 Biology

cs of aquatic and terrestrial environmentsCharacteristicAquatic EnvironmentsTerrestrial EnvironmentsViscosity is a measure of a medium's resistance to an object moving through it.Water has a high visc ... ter has a high viscosity. This makes it more difficult for organisms to move through it.Air has low viscosity. This makes it easier for organisms to move through it.Buoyancy is the amount of support e ...

(11 pages) 53 0 5.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Bio 207 "animal physiology"

a factor of 16-If the length of the tube doubles the blood flow is decrease by a factor of 2-If the viscosity increases the blood flow will decrease-Gas exchange: unlike animals that are very small, a ... er because:-Water has less oxygen concentration in the water than it is in the air-Water has higher viscosity (resistance of flow) that make it hard to flow water through the gills so it makes it make ...

(2 pages) 12 0 3.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology