Viscosity, how does that work?
Classical Mechanics
Level
1
Which of the following is the best description of
viscosity
?
A measure of how quickly a liquid will evaporate at standard temperature and pressure.
A measure of how densely a liquid carries mass.
A measure of how strongly a fluid interacts with itself.
A measure of how much high molecular weight gas is suspended in a liquid.
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1 solution
The viscosity of a fluid is a measure of its resistance to gradual deformation by shear stress or tensile stress. For liquids, it corresponds to the informal notion of "thickness" . For example, honey has a much higher viscosity than water .