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  • A Brookfield viscometer cannot determine the shear stress because


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  • A. the shear stress is not defined
  • B. a computer is required
  • C. the impeller type is given only by numbers
  • D. all of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • the shear stress is not defined 


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    • 1. Newtonian fluid is one in which the viscosity

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    • A. remains constant with time and power input
    • B. increases with the level of power input
    • C. decreases with the level of power input
    • D. drastically increases with the level of power input
    • Discuss
    • 2. Reynolds number for laminar flow over a plate should be less than

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    • A. 500 mm
    • B. 5 x 10-5
    • C. 5 x 105
    • D. 5 m
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    • 3. The viscous nature of a non-Newtonian fluid

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    • A. remains constant with time and power input
    • B. changes with the level of power input and/or the length of time during which the fluid is mixed
    • C. is similar to that of a perfect gas
    • D. is similar to that of water
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    • 4. A rheopectic fluid is one in which the viscosity

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    • A. is constant regardless of the stirrer speed or mixing time
    • B. changes during mixing but returns to its original state after mixing
    • C. increases with mixing time
    • D. decreases with mixing time
    • Discuss
    • 5. A fluid in which the viscosity increases with increasing stirrer speed and mixing time can be called as

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    • A. newtonian fluid
    • B. pseudoplastic, thixotropic fluid
    • C. dilatant, rheopectic fluid
    • D. dilatant pseudoplastic fluid
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    • 6. The viscosity of liquid was classified as both dilatant and rheopectic, which means that the viscosity

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    • A. increased with stirring speed but decreased with mixing time
    • B. increased with stirring speed and increased with mixing time
    • C. decreased with stirring speed but increased with mixing time
    • D. decreased with stirring speed and decreased with mixing time
    • Discuss
    • 7. Non-linear relationship between shear stress and shear rate exists in

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    • A. newtonian fluids
    • B. non-newtonian fluids
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which pattern of mixing is preferred in stirred tank reactors during the culture of aerobic microorganisms?

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    • A. Laminar flow
    • B. Transient flow
    • C. turbulent flow
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. The Komologorov eddy size

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    • A. is constant at all stirrer speeds
    • B. increases with stirrer speed
    • C. decreases with stirrer speed
    • D. becomes zero when the stirrer speed is very low
    • Discuss
    • 10. Animal cell cultures do not have much effect on shear forces because

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    • A. the cell size is generally smaller than the critical eddy size at which shear will have an effect
    • B. cells are larger than the critical eddy size at which shear will have an effect
    • C. animal cells have cell walls
    • D. animal cells have cell membranes
    • Discuss


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