Viscosity

     A week ago, in IPC we did a lab on viscosity. We went around the room and dropped a marble in all sorts of liquids. Among the liquids, there was hair gel, hand soap, shampoo, motor oil, and syrup. Our goal was to figure out which liquid was the most viscus. Viscosity's definition is a liquid's resistance to flow. The thicker a liquid is the higher it's viscosity is. The thinner it is the lower the viscosity is. The motor oil was probably the least viscus out of all of them. Once we dropped the marble, it immediately sank all the way down to the bottom. The hair gel was the most viscus. When we dropped the marble, it never left the top. The shampoo and the hand soap were on the medium side of viscosity. It took a little while for them to sink to the bottom but they did. The syrup was the second in line for the most viscus. It took a while for it to leave the top and then it took maybe three minutes to sink all the way down. I think it was the most funnest lab that we have done so far in IPC. It was a fun way to learn about viscosity.

The Video of the Lab