Viscosity sensor utilizing a piezoelectric thickness shear sandwich resonator
This paper describes a novel quartz crystal sensor for measurement of the density-viscosity product of Newtonian liquids. The sensor element consists of two piano-convex AT-cut quartz crystals vibrating in a thickness-shear mode with the liquid sample in between. This special set-up allows suppressi...
Veröffentlicht in: | IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control. - 1986. - 45(1998), 5 vom: 15., Seite 1331-40 |
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Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
Sprache: | English |
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control |
Schlagworte: | Journal Article |
Zusammenfassung: | This paper describes a novel quartz crystal sensor for measurement of the density-viscosity product of Newtonian liquids. The sensor element consists of two piano-convex AT-cut quartz crystals vibrating in a thickness-shear mode with the liquid sample in between. This special set-up allows suppression of disturbing resonances in the liquid layer. Such resonances are generated in the common single-plate arrangements due to compressional waves caused by spurious out-of-plane displacements of the shear vibrating finite plate. The primary measurands of the sensor are the fundamental resonance frequency and the associated resonance Q-value, which are influenced by the viscously entrained liquid contacting the quartz surface. The sensor allows the measurement of samples with viscosities from almost zero (air!) up to 200 cP with a sample volume of 130 microl |
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Beschreibung: | Date Completed 14.12.2009 Date Revised 04.02.2008 published: Print Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
ISSN: | 1525-8955 |
DOI: | 10.1109/58.726459 |