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Figure III-7
InitiatetemperaturecontrolbypressingtheTestConnection.Theconnectionstatuswillbeconrmed
withamessageboxandtheappearanceofthebathiconinthestatusbar(seeSectionII.3).
The Default Temperature is the temperature value that the control device will return to at the
conclusionofaTest.Thisvalueissetonlyifthecheckboxischecked.Whenthecheckboxis
unchecked,thetemperaturecontrollerwillholdatthelastsetpointusedintheTest.
TIP:Whenatestinvolvesseveraltemperaturesetpoints,settheDefaultTemperaturetotherst
setpointusedintheTest.ThiswillreducethetransitiontimefromoneTestruntothenext
Testrun.
III.6 Multiple Data Points
Themajorityofviscosityandyieldstressmeasurementsaremadeatthequalitycontrolleveland
oftenconsistofasingledatapoint.Thetestisconductedwithonespindleatonespeed.Thedata
pointisausefulbenchmarkforthego/no-godecisioninaproductionsetting.TheDV3Tcanbe
used for single point measurement.
Manyuidsexhibitacharacteristicchangeinviscosityandyieldstresswithachangeinapplied
force.Thisnon-Newtonianowbehavioriscommonlyseeninpaints,coatingsandfoodproducts
asadecreaseinviscosityasshearrateincreasesoranincreaseinyieldstressasarotationalspeed
increases.Thisbehaviorcannotbedetectedorevaluatedwiththesinglepointmeasurement.
Non-Newtonianowisanalyzedthroughthecollectionofviscositydataoverarangeofshearrates
andthegenerationofagraphofviscosityversusshearrate(arheogram).Thisinformationwill
allowforamorecompletecharacterizationofauidandmayhelpinformulationandproduction
ofaproduct.TheDV3Tiscapableofcollectingmultipledatapointsforcomprehensiveanalysis
ofowbehavior.
Moreinformationonowbehavior,shearrateandrheogramsisavailableinourpublication,“More
SolutionstoStickyProblems”.
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