Friday, December 18, 2009

What is a catchy title for my science project: Which Liquid has a higher viscosity- Water, Oil, or Syrup? ?

I have a science fair project and i need a catchy title.. HELP PLEASE!!!What is a catchy title for my science project: Which Liquid has a higher viscosity- Water, Oil, or Syrup? ?
Runny Liquids? Which runs most???What is a catchy title for my science project: Which Liquid has a higher viscosity- Water, Oil, or Syrup? ?
But water oil, and syrup will all become solids at some temperature, so do we not have to specify a temperature?


A solid more strongly resists deformation. A gas (they all vaporize) has very low viscosity.





Oil is not a single substance but a wide range of substances from low viscosity to high. Water's viscosity changes abruptly at boiling point and freezing point but at liquid temperatures it will be less viscose than most oils. We can find exceptions.





Syrup is in general sticky so we think it would have a higher viscosity. But we have not defined at what point we stop calling it a syrup and at what we call it water. But hot syrup has less viscosity than it has when cold (molasses in January).





Some oil will have higher viscosity than some syrup.


Most syrups will have more viscosity than liquid water.





If you name the particular variant of oil, its temperature, and likewise for syrup, we may come up with an answer.





A title might be :Forces needed to deform a liquid or Resistance to deformation within a liquid at various temperatures.
Molasses In February


The Vicissitudes of Viscosity

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