International Journal of Chemical Engineering
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 747592, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/747592
Research Article
High Pressure Falling Sinker Liquid Viscosity Determination without Supplementary Density Data: A New Approach
Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Strathclyde, 75 Montrose Street, Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK
Received 17 June 2009; Accepted 26 October 2009
Academic Editor: Mostafa Barigou
Copyright © 2009 Minyu Zeng and Carl Schaschke. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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