Name________________________________________

Pre-Lab Petroleum B-3 Viscosity and Density

Hand in when entering Lab. No admittance without this completed Pre-Lab.

  1. What is the purpose of this experiment?__________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________?
  2. What is viscosity??
  3. What is density??
  4. Are viscosity and density related? If so how??
  5. How is density determined??
  6. How will you determine relative viscosity??
  7. How do you determine the volume of an irregular shaped solid?________________________ _________?
  8. When determining solid volume by displacement, what should you do if the solid floats? ________?
  9. What is the greatest hazard found in this experiment??
  10. You will determine the average mass of a tube, cap and bead. How many samples should you use??
  11. You will determine the average volume of a tube. How many samples should you use? ___________?
  12. How will you determine the volume of a tube??
  13. How could you determine relative viscosity (viscosity from lowest to highest) if the bead falls too quickly for you to measure the time it takes using a stopwatch? _____________________ _______________________________________________?


Questioins? Comments??
Ted Richardson, Toledo Technology Academy