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What does the term viscosity refer to?

Asked by Tkraiger, Last updated: Mar 27, 2024

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Urboros

Urboros

Urboros
Urboros

Answered Oct 16, 2017

Viscosity defines the thickness or concentration of the contrast agent. The viscosity of a contrast agent can affect the injection rate.When you heat them up they would flow better, so yes heat would help with injecting the contrast, but viscosity isn't a rate of temperature.

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John Adney

John Adney

John Adney
John Adney

Answered Jul 10, 2017

Vis·cos·i·ty

ˌviˈskäsədē/

noun

  1. the state of being thick, sticky, and semifluid in consistency, due to internal friction.

    synonyms:thickness,gooeyness,viscidity;More
    • a quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction, as measured by the force per unit area resisting a flow in which parallel layers unit distance apart have unit speed relative to one another.

      plural noun:viscosities

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John Adney

John Adney

John Adney
John Adney

Answered Jan 06, 2017

The amount of friction generated by the molecules. The definition of viscosity isthe state of being thick, sticky, and semifluid in consistency, due to internal friction
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