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MoreSolutionstoStickyProblems.Itisimportanttonotethatformanyviscometerusers
thetrueviscosityisnotasimportantasarepeatabledaytodayvalue.Thisrepeatablevalue
canbeobtainedwithoutanyspecialeffortforanymeasurementcircumstance.But,itshould
beknownthatthistypeoftorquereadingwillnotconvertintoacorrectcentipoisevaluewhen
usingaBrookeldfactoriftheboundaryconditionsarenotthosespeciedbyBrookeld.
TheguardlegisapartofthecalibrationcheckoftheBrookeldLVandRVseriesViscometer/
Rheometer.Ourcustomersshouldbeawareofitsexistence,itspurposeandtheeffectthat
itmayhaveondata.Withthisknowledge,theviscometerusermaymakemodicationsto
therecommendedmethodofoperationtosuittheirneeds.
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Figure G-2 - Brookeld EZ-Lock Guard Leg
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