Key Features Viscometer Lovis 2000 M/ME
For R&D
- Small sample amount (starting from 100 μL)
- Sample recovery
- Wide temperature range (-30 °C to 100 °C /-22 °F to 212 °F)
- Wide viscosity range (0.3 mPa.s to 10,000 mPa.s)
- High accuracy
- Variable inclination angle for testing shear-dependent flow behavior
For pharmaceutical and medical labs
- Included in US Pharmacopoeia
- Pharma qualification packages available
- Optional modular combination with Anton Paar instruments for measuring density, refractive index, turbidity and pH value
- Flow-through filling for large sample throughput
For the chemical industry
- Hermetically closed system for volatile or toxic samples
- High chemical resistance (borosilicate glass or PCTFE)
- Special polymer measuring and evaluation features
- Automatic filling using autosampler
- Testing of opaque samples
Technical Specifications
| Viscosity | |
| Viscosity range | 0.3 mPa.s to 10,000 mPa.s |
| Repeatability s.d. | up to 0.1 % 1) |
| Accuracy | up to 0.5 % 1) 2) |
| Temperature | |
| Temperature range | + 5 °C to 100 °C |
| Repeatability s.d. | 0.005 °C |
| Accuracy | 0.02 °C |
| Measuring time | |
| Resolution | 0.001 s |
| Accuracy | 0.05 % |
| Further specifications | |
| Test duration | minimal 30 s, typical 3 min |
| Sample volume | 0.1 mL to 0.8 mL |
| Inclination | 15° to 80° in 1° steps |
| Repeatability s.d. | 0.02 ° |
| Accuracy | 0.1 ° |
| Shear rate | 0.5 s-1 to 1000 s-1 influenced by capillary size and inclination |
| 1) depends on sample type and measuring settings, without changing the ball | |
| 2) for the range in which the calibration constant was determined, not including uncertainty of reference standards | |
Standards
A
ASBC Beer-32: Viscosity (International Method)
ASBC Wort-13B: Viscosity Rolling Ball Method
D
DIN 53015
DIN EN ISO 12058-1
U
USP 911 – Viscosity (Capillary Viscometer Methods)
USP 913 – Rolling Ball Viscometer Method
