New method of forced-resonance measurement for the concentrated and large-viscous liquid in the low frequency range by torsion resonator.

A new method for measurement of the viscoelastic properties of the liquid with the torsion resonator on forced resonance is presented in this paper. Both theoretical analysis and experiments of different glycerol-water mixtures with our homemade torsion pendulum apparatus demonstrate that this new method avoids the restriction of the common method that the resonator should have the high quality factor both in air and in liquid sample and has the prominent advantage of measuring the concentrated and large-viscous liquid in the low frequency range (≤100 Hz) with a better precision, which is usually unavailable by the common method. Employment of the new method can thus extend the accessible ranges of viscosity and frequency of the torsion resonator apparatus and close the gaps between conventional rheometers and the torsion resonators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]