TA Instruments

AR1755-0002f

15/03/2013 14:30:32

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	2 
Results directory	D:\ARG2 rheometer\Test files\Southampton University P Stoodley May2012
Experiment was run on	15/03/2013 14:30:32

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 200.0 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

1.0080	199.9	-2821.4	10000	20.0	0.1875	1.008	-919.6	249.8	-3.681	763.8	140.0210	0.01224	175.03	17503	3.411E-3	0.0	0.0
2.0240	200.0	340.27	10000	20.0	0.1763	2.024	110.9	250.0	0.4437	718.4	385.0240	0.01150	481.28	48128	3.411E-3	0.0	0.0
3.0080	200.0	348.97	10000	20.0	0.1672	3.008	113.7	250.0	0.4550	681.2	548.4130	0.01090	685.52	68552	3.411E-3	0.1	0.1
4.0240	200.0	346.36	10000	20.0	0.1652	4.024	112.9	250.0	0.4516	672.9	795.8270	0.01077	994.78	99478	3.411E-3	0.1	0.1
5.0080	200.0	347.90	10000	20.0	0.1591	5.008	113.4	250.0	0.4536	648.1	964.2200	0.01037	1205.3	1.2053E5	3.411E-3	0.1	0.1
6.0080	200.0	347.12	10000	20.0	0.1601	6.008	113.1	250.0	0.4526	652.2	1120.1899	0.01043	1400.2	1.4002E5	3.411E-3	0.1	0.1
7.0080	200.0	344.05	10000	20.0	0.1613	7.008	112.1	250.0	0.4486	657.2	1365.0400	0.01051	1706.3	1.7063E5	3.411E-3	0.1	0.1
8.0240	200.0	340.78	10000	20.0	0.1654	8.024	111.1	250.0	0.4443	673.7	1528.4301	0.01078	1910.5	1.9105E5	3.411E-3	0.1	0.1
9.0080	200.0	341.29	10000	20.0	0.1633	9.008	111.2	250.0	0.4450	665.5	1773.4500	0.01065	2216.8	2.2168E5	3.411E-3	0.2	0.2
10.008	200.0	340.11	10000	20.0	0.1615	10.008	110.9	250.0	0.4434	658.0	1936.7600	0.01053	2421.0	2.4210E5	3.411E-3	0.2	0.2
11.008	200.0	340.55	10000	20.0	0.1603	11.008	111.0	250.0	0.4440	653.1	2182.6201	0.01045	2728.3	2.7283E5	3.411E-3	0.2	0.2
12.024	200.0	338.61	10000	20.0	0.1623	12.024	110.4	250.0	0.4415	661.3	2348.3899	0.01058	2935.5	2.9355E5	3.411E-3	0.2	0.2
13.028	200.0	346.93	10000	20.0	0.1619	13.028	113.1	250.0	0.4524	659.7	2590.3999	0.01056	3238.0	3.2380E5	3.411E-3	0.2	0.2
14.008	200.0	342.75	10000	20.0	0.1607	14.008	111.7	250.0	0.4469	654.7	2754.8301	0.01047	3443.5	3.4435E5	3.411E-3	0.2	0.2
15.008	200.0	339.73	10000	20.0	0.1617	15.008	110.7	250.0	0.4430	658.8	2917.0100	0.01054	3646.3	3.6463E5	3.411E-3	0.3	0.3
16.008	200.0	333.67	10000	20.0	0.1627	16.008	108.8	250.0	0.4350	663.0	3161.9700	0.01061	3952.5	3.9525E5	3.411E-3	0.3	0.3
17.008	200.0	335.42	10000	20.0	0.1670	17.008	109.3	250.0	0.4373	680.3	3325.3201	0.01089	4156.7	4.1567E5	3.411E-3	0.3	0.3
18.068	200.0	338.17	10000	20.0	0.1625	18.068	110.2	250.0	0.4409	662.1	3570.3301	0.01059	4462.9	4.4629E5	3.411E-3	0.3	0.3
19.008	200.0	332.73	10000	20.0	0.1641	19.008	108.5	250.0	0.4338	668.8	3736.0200	0.01070	4670.0	4.6700E5	3.411E-3	0.3	0.3
20.008	200.0	337.62	10000	20.0	0.1591	20.008	110.0	250.0	0.4402	648.1	3978.7700	0.01037	4973.5	4.9735E5	3.411E-3	0.3	0.3
21.008	200.0	332.84	10000	20.0	0.1615	21.008	108.5	250.0	0.4339	658.0	4142.1802	0.01053	5177.7	5.1777E5	3.411E-3	0.4	0.4
22.012	200.0	339.86	10000	20.0	0.1621	22.012	110.8	250.0	0.4431	660.5	4387.0898	0.01057	5483.9	5.4839E5	3.411E-3	0.4	0.4
23.008	200.0	341.96	10000	20.0	0.1613	23.008	111.5	250.0	0.4459	657.2	4552.6699	0.01052	5690.8	5.6908E5	3.411E-3	0.4	0.4
24.008	200.0	331.98	10000	20.0	0.1629	24.008	108.2	250.0	0.4328	663.8	4797.7700	0.01062	5997.2	5.9972E5	3.411E-3	0.4	0.4
25.008	200.0	334.92	10000	20.0	0.1647	25.008	109.2	250.0	0.4367	671.2	4960.7300	0.01074	6200.9	6.2009E5	3.411E-3	0.4	0.4
26.008	200.0	335.04	10000	20.0	0.1635	26.008	109.2	250.0	0.4368	666.3	5128.6201	0.01066	6410.8	6.4108E5	3.411E-3	0.4	0.4
27.008	200.0	345.32	10000	20.0	0.1637	27.008	112.6	250.0	0.4502	667.1	5368.9102	0.01067	6711.1	6.7111E5	3.411E-3	0.5	0.5
28.008	200.0	337.34	10000	20.0	0.1613	28.008	110.0	250.0	0.4398	657.2	5530.6802	0.01051	6913.4	6.9134E5	3.411E-3	0.5	0.5
29.008	200.0	333.04	10000	20.0	0.1656	29.008	108.6	250.0	0.4342	674.5	5775.8301	0.01079	7219.8	7.2198E5	3.411E-3	0.5	0.5
30.024	200.0	332.18	10000	20.0	0.1619	30.024	108.3	250.0	0.4331	659.7	5939.0698	0.01055	7423.8	7.4238E5	3.411E-3	0.5	0.5

