To provide a measuring apparatus by which a viscosity coefficient can be measured in a very small region such as a capillary having a very small diameter, by a method wherein the measuring apparatus is composed of a diaphragm and of a probe and the distribution of the viscosity coefficient in the intrusion direction of the probe is found on the basis of the amplitude of a vibration according to the intrusion amount of the probe.
When sine waves are applied to a PZT actuator 4 which is pasted on the side of the supporting point of a diaphragm 1, a bending moment is generated between the actuator 4 and the diaphragm 1, and the diaphragm 1 is vibrated. A probe 2 in a diameter of 200 to 8 μm is attached to the tip of the diaphragm 1 at right angles to the diaphrage 1. The vibration of the diaphragm 1 is converted into a vibration speed signal by a laser Doppler vibration meter 5, and its output is measured by a voltmeter. A capillary 3 is arranged on an X-Y-Z fine-movement stage which can be moved fine to three axial directions. When it is operated, the capillary 3 is raised to the Z-axis direction, and the probe 2 intrudes relatively to a liquid. Since the attenuation of the vibration of the probe 2 is decided only by the viscosity coefficient of the liquid and by the intrusion amount of the probe 2, the distribution of the viscosity coefficient in the intrusion direction is found.
FUKUSHIMA MIZUE
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