TA Instruments

AR1755-0001f

15/03/2013 14:24:55

Sample name	ASW Blank coupon#20 + DI + beads 
Sample notes	 
Experiment notes	DI Deionised water, 25 mm diameter. 70 mm total depth of water, 10 mm gap, with PE beads
Operator	M Rides
Sample density	1.000 g/cm^3
Results file name	AR1755
Run number	1 
Results directory	D:\ARG2 rheometer\Test files\Southampton University P Stoodley May2012
Experiment was run on	15/03/2013 14:24:55

Procedure name	Flow procedure
Procedure notes	

Step name	Conditioning Step 1
Step notes	
Perform step	No
Initial temperature	20.0 C
Wait for correct temperature	Yes
Do set temperature	Yes
Wait for normal force	No
Perform pre-shear	No
Perform equilibration	Yes
Equilibration duration	0:00:30 hh:mm:ss
Wait for zero velocity	No
Control normal force	Uses current instrument settings
Purge gas only	No

Step name	Continuous ramp step 1
Step notes	
Perform step	No

Step name	Peak hold step
Step notes	
Perform step	Yes
Ramp type	Peak hold
Controlled variable	velocity 300.0 rad/s
Duration	0:00:30 hh:mm:ss
Delay time	0:00:01 hh:mm:ss
Temperature	20.0 C
Wait for temperature	No
Motor mode	auto 

Step name	Continuous ramp step 2
Step notes	
Perform step	No

Step name	Post-Experiment Step
Step notes	
Perform step	Yes
Do set temperature	Yes
Temperature	20.0 C
Set temperature system idle	No

Geometry name	25mm ETC plastic plate Southampton
Geometry notes	25 mm diameter parallel plastic plate with ETC rod
Geometry material	Other
Parallel plate diameter	25.00 mm
gap	10000 micro m
Gap offset	0 micro m
Geometry inertia	0.4094 micro N.m.s^2
Geometry compliance	2.020E-3 rad/N.m
Gap temperature compensation	0 micro m/C
Gap temperature compensation enabled	No
Shear rate factor	1.250 
Shear stress factor	3.259E5 1/m^3
Measurement system factor	2.608E5 1/m^3
Fluid density factor	1.278E-10 m^5
Normal force factor	4074 1/m^2
Backoff distance	5000 micro m
Approximate sample volume	4.91 ml

Sample compression	linear 
Compression distance	1000.0 micro m
Compression velocity	50.0 micro m/s
Fine velocity	500.0 micro m/s
Coarse velocity	6000.0 micro m/s
Other velocity	6000.0 micro m/s
Current temperature system	Peltier plate
Temperature control	Enabled 
Purge gas only	No
Temperature calibration	Peltier plate - 0.6 micro m/C
	Water bath - 0 micro m/C
	Torsion oven - plate - 0 micro m/C
	Torsion oven - solid sample - 0 micro m/C
	Peltier concentric cylinders - 0 micro m/C
	None - 0 micro m/C
	Stress relaxation - 0 micro m/C
	Current temperature system - 0 micro m/C
Cooling water temperature	15.0 C
Cooling water range	6.0 C
Bearing friction correction	Yes
Bearing friction	0.261 micro N.m/(rad/s)
Bearing offset	0 micro N.m
Temperature system span and offset	Peltier plate - span 1.0000 , offset 0 C
	Water bath - span 1.0000 , offset 0 C
	Torsion oven - plate - span 1.0000 , offset 0 C
	Torsion oven - solid sample - span 1.0000 , offset 0 C
	Peltier concentric cylinders - span 1.0000 , offset 0 C
	None - span 1.0000 , offset 0 C
	Stress relaxation - span 1.0000 , offset 0 C
	Current temperature system - span 1.0000 , offset 0 C
Bearing mapping type	precision 
Number of mapping iterations	2
Instrument type (MType)	AR-G2
Firmware version	  8.29  27/10/09
Configuration version (CnfVer)	301
Parameter version (PrmVer)	301
PCB Number	*NOT_SET*
IP address	192.168.1.2
Software version	V5.8.0
Windows version	Windows XP 5.1 (Service Pack 2)
Instrument inertia	21.14 micro N.m.s^2
Auto increment run number	Yes
Prompt for file name at start of run	Yes
Auto save results file	Yes
Results file storage	Consecutive steps of same type to 1 file 
Temperature tolerance	0.2 C
Temperature duration	0:00:10 hh:mm:ss
Wait for temperature even if OK	Yes
Gap tolerance	4 micro m
Gap duration	0:00:02 hh:mm:ss
Override wait for gap	No
Velocity tolerance	0.1000 rad/s
Zero speed after pre-shear	Leave as is 
Zero normal force before run	No
Zero timer before run	Before pre-shear 
Non-equilibrium minimum velocity	1.000E-4 rad/s
Zero strain at the start of each flow step	Yes
Inertia correction	Yes
Collect negative shear rate data if stress is positive	Yes
Collect all points	No
Display flow point graph during run	Yes
Store flow point graph with results	Yes
Store images to the results for flow steps	Yes
Creep zero displacement	Yes
Store images to the results for creep steps	Yes
Standard creep image store frequency	10 s
Repeated creep image store frequency in repeats	10 
Display oscillation waveform graph during run	Yes
Store oscillation waveform graph with results	Yes
Display strain control tries during run	Yes
Store strain control tries with results	Yes
Store images to the results for oscillation steps	Yes
Stress relaxation zero displacement	Yes
Store images to the results for stress relaxation steps	Yes
Flow torque limit	10.00 micro N.m
Flow velocity limit	1.000E-3 rad/s
Oscillation torque limit	5.00 micro N.m
Oscillation displacement limit	1.00E-5 rad
Oscillation raw phase limit	170.0 degrees
Oscillation minimum normal force limit	0.1000 N
Oscillation maximum normal force limit	50.00 N
Flow velocity tolerance	1.00 %
Oscillation torque tolerance	1.00 %
Oscillation displacement tolerance	1.00 %
Oscillation velocity tolerance	1.00 %
Temperature tolerance	1.0 C

Peak hold step

time	velocity	torque	gap	temperature	normal force	time global	shear stress	shear rate	viscosity	normal stress	displacement	normal stress coefficient	strain	% strain	1/temperature	time	time global
s	rad/s	micro N.m	micro m	C	N	s	Pa	1/s	Pa.s	Pa	rad	Pa.s^2			1/K	min	min

1.0040	299.9	-1703.8	10000	20.0	0.1595	2.004	-555.4	374.8	-1.482	649.7	244.9850	4.624E-3	306.23	30623	3.411E-3	0.0	0.0
2.0240	300.0	666.65	10000	20.0	0.1359	3.024	217.3	374.9	0.5795	553.9	495.4860	3.940E-3	619.36	61936	3.411E-3	0.0	0.1
3.0240	300.0	666.07	10000	20.0	0.1159	4.024	217.1	375.0	0.5790	472.0	872.4720	3.357E-3	1090.6	1.0906E5	3.411E-3	0.1	0.1
4.0240	300.0	673.52	10000	20.0	0.1065	5.024	219.5	375.0	0.5855	434.0	1123.7600	3.087E-3	1404.7	1.4047E5	3.411E-3	0.1	0.1
4.9960	300.0	659.07	10000	20.0	0.1106	5.996	214.8	375.0	0.5729	450.5	1375.0800	3.204E-3	1718.9	1.7189E5	3.411E-3	0.1	0.1
6.0040	300.0	634.93	10000	20.0	0.1096	7.004	207.0	375.0	0.5519	446.4	1751.9900	3.174E-3	2190.0	2.1900E5	3.411E-3	0.1	0.1
7.0120	300.0	629.65	10000	20.0	0.1041	8.012	205.2	375.0	0.5472	424.1	2003.3600	3.015E-3	2504.2	2.5042E5	3.411E-3	0.1	0.1
8.0080	300.0	644.48	10000	20.0	0.1000	9.008	210.1	375.0	0.5602	407.5	2380.3701	2.898E-3	2975.5	2.9755E5	3.411E-3	0.1	0.2
9.0040	300.0	640.76	10000	20.0	0.1136	10.004	208.9	375.0	0.5570	462.9	2631.7300	3.292E-3	3289.7	3.2897E5	3.411E-3	0.2	0.2
9.9960	300.0	627.20	10000	20.0	0.1063	10.996	204.4	375.0	0.5452	433.2	2885.2500	3.080E-3	3606.6	3.6066E5	3.411E-3	0.2	0.2
11.024	300.0	636.38	10000	20.0	0.1059	12.024	207.4	375.0	0.5531	431.5	3259.9600	3.068E-3	4075.0	4.0750E5	3.411E-3	0.2	0.2
12.036	300.0	626.20	10000	20.0	0.1102	13.036	204.1	375.0	0.5443	448.9	3512.8999	3.192E-3	4391.1	4.3911E5	3.411E-3	0.2	0.2
13.008	300.0	638.19	10000	20.0	0.1071	14.008	208.0	375.0	0.5547	436.5	3888.3101	3.104E-3	4860.4	4.8604E5	3.411E-3	0.2	0.2
13.996	300.0	626.90	10000	20.0	0.1061	14.996	204.3	375.0	0.5449	432.3	4140.7598	3.074E-3	5176.0	5.1760E5	3.411E-3	0.2	0.2
15.000	300.0	627.67	10000	20.0	0.1055	16.000	204.6	375.0	0.5456	429.9	4392.5298	3.057E-3	5490.7	5.4907E5	3.411E-3	0.3	0.3
16.180	300.0	640.13	10000	20.0	0.1053	17.180	208.6	375.0	0.5564	429.0	4769.1401	3.051E-3	5961.4	5.9614E5	3.411E-3	0.3	0.3
17.044	300.0	624.79	10000	20.0	0.1122	18.044	203.6	375.0	0.5431	457.1	5019.4102	3.251E-3	6274.3	6.2743E5	3.411E-3	0.3	0.3
18.020	300.0	634.88	10000	20.0	0.1077	19.020	206.9	375.0	0.5519	439.0	5397.7002	3.122E-3	6747.1	6.7471E5	3.411E-3	0.3	0.3
19.016	300.0	634.72	10000	20.0	0.1023	20.016	206.9	375.0	0.5517	416.6	5647.5098	2.963E-3	7059.4	7.0594E5	3.411E-3	0.3	0.3
20.020	300.0	631.88	10000	20.0	0.1073	21.020	206.0	375.0	0.5492	437.3	5898.9399	3.109E-3	7373.7	7.3737E5	3.411E-3	0.3	0.4
21.020	300.0	638.48	10000	20.0	0.1077	22.020	208.1	375.0	0.5549	439.0	6278.3101	3.121E-3	7847.9	7.8479E5	3.411E-3	0.4	0.4
22.020	300.0	626.16	10000	20.0	0.1110	23.020	204.1	375.0	0.5442	452.2	6527.3198	3.215E-3	8159.2	8.1592E5	3.411E-3	0.4	0.4
23.016	300.0	638.13	10000	20.0	0.1096	24.016	208.0	375.0	0.5546	446.4	6778.5200	3.174E-3	8473.2	8.4732E5	3.411E-3	0.4	0.4
24.020	300.0	637.95	10000	20.0	0.1049	25.020	207.9	375.0	0.5545	427.4	7155.4800	3.039E-3	8944.4	8.9444E5	3.411E-3	0.4	0.4
25.020	300.0	635.81	10000	20.0	0.1077	26.020	207.2	375.0	0.5527	439.0	7409.2998	3.122E-3	9261.6	9.2616E5	3.411E-3	0.4	0.4
26.016	300.0	648.91	10000	20.0	0.1094	27.016	211.5	375.0	0.5641	445.6	7790.2402	3.169E-3	9737.8	9.7378E5	3.411E-3	0.4	0.5
27.016	300.0	635.07	10000	20.0	0.1088	28.016	207.0	375.0	0.5520	443.1	8035.4902	3.151E-3	10044	1.0044E6	3.411E-3	0.5	0.5
28.020	300.0	634.76	10000	20.0	0.1081	29.020	206.9	375.0	0.5517	440.6	8286.6299	3.133E-3	10358	1.0358E6	3.411E-3	0.5	0.5
29.016	300.0	633.96	10000	20.0	0.1181	30.016	206.6	375.0	0.5511	481.1	8663.5801	3.422E-3	10829	1.0829E6	3.411E-3	0.5	0.5
30.092	300.0	630.48	10000	20.0	0.1175	31.092	205.5	375.0	0.5480	478.6	8914.8203	3.404E-3	11144	1.1144E6	3.411E-3	0.5	0.5

