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>Their measurements reveal that medieval glass has a much lower viscosity than expected at room temperature—16 orders of magnitude less than previous estimates
by ternaryoperator 6y ago
>Their measurements reveal that medieval glass has a much lower viscosity than expected at room temperature—16 orders of magnitude less than previous estimates
It's pretty rare to read an article in which the degree of previous error is sixteen orders of magnitude.
- 4ad 6y agoThe way viscosity is measured doesn't follow naive expectation though. Water at 0C has over six times the viscosity of water at 100C, yet to the untrained human they seen to flow about the same. Olive oil is 100 times more viscous that water. Yoghurt about 10000 times more viscous than water.
- chabad360 6y agoFair, but keep in mind that it's orders of magnitude we're taking about.