Viscosity

  • What is the melting point of a solution? It hasn't got one.

  • Liquids are runny; solids are stiff.

  • 10-2 poise: liquid water

  • 102 poise: motor oil

  • 103 poise: molten glass

  • 104 poise: working point (glass blowing)

  • 107 poise: softening point (glass slumping)

  • 1013 poise: annealing point (glass deforms under stress)

  • 1014 poise: strain point (glass shatters under stress)

  • 1020 poise: glass at room temperature