控制应力流变仪在不同温度下表征油脂的结构和屈服应力

Greases are important lubricating systems that are very interesting to a rheologist since they often exhibit strongly time-dependent behavior [thixotropy], and are able to shear thin by several orders of magnitude in terms of they are to function as lubricants, and keep moving surfaces apart from each other, even at high relative velocities. Traditionally greases are measured in terms of base oil viscosity, pumpability [Lincoln Ventmeter] and via a penetrometer [amongst other tests!]. These test types all provide a single number or data points can be obtained under varying circumstances of say temperature or in that an unworked sample is compared with a worked sample, but too often the results form only a relative measure of the grease.