AN EMPIRICAL FORMULA FOR THE RELATION BETWEEN VISCOSITY OF SOLUTION AND VOLUME OF SOLUTE

It has been found that the expression See PDF for Equation represents very closely the relation between the volume of the solute and the viscosity of the solution. The formula has been applied to a number of experimental results and found to hold very well for as high concentrations as 50 per cent solutions of such substances as sugars, glycogen, casein, and rubber. In the case of various sugar solutions, and also in the case of sulfur suspensions, the volume of the solute as calculated from the viscosity values agrees with the actual volume of the substance in dry state, as determined from specific gravity measurement, while in the case of caoutchouc solutions in benzene the values of ϕ as calculated from the viscosity measurements fit remarkably well in the equation for osmotic pressure.