title: Note: Rheological properties of structured fluids: Improvements on the slotted-plate apparatus.
abstract: This note is to report on improvements to the slotted-plate device that allows for the determination of viscosity and yield stress in structured systems such as suspensions and electro-rheological fluids. The improvements address the determination of very low yield stress values that occur, for example, with biological fluids, as well as viscosity measurements at extremely low shear rates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G8, Canada.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Kee
mesh_terms: D012212:Rheology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D033081:Shear Strength; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014783:Viscosity