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Relative viscosity

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-010166

The ratio of the viscosity of a polymer solution to the viscosity of the pure solvent at the same temperature and pressure. This dimensionless quantity provides a measure of the increase in viscosity due to the presence of the polymer. It is often denoted by the symbol ηr or ηrel.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-010166
FieldChemistry
SubjectPolymer
Synonymsviscosity ratio
ReferencesPurple Book, 1st ed., p. 62 (http://old.iupac.org/publications/books/author/metanomski.html)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-010166",
  "term": "Relative viscosity",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The ratio of the viscosity of a polymer solution to the viscosity of the pure solvent at the same temperature and pressure. This dimensionless quantity provides a measure of the increase in viscosity due to the presence of the polymer. It is often denoted by the symbol ηr or ηrel.",
  "synonyms": [
    "viscosity ratio"
  ],
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "references": [
    "Purple Book, 1st ed., p. 62 (http://old.iupac.org/publications/books/author/metanomski.html)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/relative-viscosity/"
}

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