Glossary of Terms

Here you will find a glossary of specialised terms commonly used in thermostating and metrology.

K

K value (according to Fickentscher)

A traditionally used relative mass for the mole masse for PVC and PVA.

Kinematic viscometry

Describes the quotients of the dynamic viscosity by the density: Vkin = η / ρ and has the unit mm²/s (formerly: centistokes, cst).

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