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Effect of an Electric Field on the Viscosity of Liquids

Nature volume 144, page 117 (1939)Cite this article

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PROF. E. N. da C. Andrade and C. Dodd have described1 their investigations of the effect of an electric field on the viscosity of a number of organic liquids. They state that they found an increase of viscosity of up to 60 per cent in polar liquids, while non-polar liquids showed no increased viscosity.

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  1. Nature, 143, 26 (1939).

  2. Acta Physicochimica U.R.S.S., 5, 691 (1936).

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  1. Physical Institute, Leningrad State University,

    S. SOSSINSKI

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SOSSINSKI, S. Effect of an Electric Field on the Viscosity of Liquids. Nature 144, 117 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144117a0

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