Abstract:
THE VISCOSITY AND SHEAR MODULUS OF VISCOELASTIC MATERIALS ARE DETERMINED BY MEASURING THE PRESSURE DROP ACROSS TWO CAPILLARY TUBES IN SERIES CONNECTION. THE SECOND CAPILLARY TUBE IS ELONGATED, AND BOTH TUBES ARE OF UNIFORM DIAMETER THROUGHOUT THEIR LENGTHS. THE MATERIAL IS FORCED THROUGH THE TUBES BY A GEAR PUMP AT A KNOWN CONSTANT RATE OF SHEAR INDEPENDENT OF THE VISCOSITY OF THE VISCOELASTIC MATERIAL BEING TESTED.
Abstract:
The low temperature flowability of a middle distillate petroleum fuel oil, boiling in the range of about 250* to about 700* F. is improved and its pour point is lowered by adding to the fuel oil from about 0.01 to about 3 wt. % of an essentially saturated hydrocarbon fraction which is substantially free of normalparaffinic hydrocarbons, and which has a number average molecular weight in the range of about 600 to about 3,000.