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Gave some examples of liquids that are viscous and not viscous
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'''Viscosity''' is a [[liquid]]'s resistance to flow.<ref>[http://antoine.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/senese/searchglossary.cgi?query=viscosity&shtml=%2Fchem%2Fsenese%2F101%2Fglossary.shtml Fred Senese's online chemical glossary]</ref>  
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'''Viscosity''' is a [[liquid]]'s (or more generally a [[fluid]]'s) resistance to flow.<ref>[http://antoine.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/senese/searchglossary.cgi?query=viscosity&shtml=%2Fchem%2Fsenese%2F101%2Fglossary.shtml Fred Senese's online chemical glossary]</ref> In more every day terms, it may be though of as how thick a liquid is. Viscosity describes the internal friction of a moving [[fluid]]. A fluid with large viscosity resists [[motion]] because its molecular makeup gives it a lot of internal friction. A fluid with low viscosity flows easily because its [[molecular]] makeup results in very little friction when it is in motion.<ref>[http://www.princeton.edu/~gasdyn/Research/T-C_Research_Folder/Viscosity_def.html (Princeton University)]</ref> Liquids such as vegetable oil have a low resistance and so a low viscosity, while liquids like [[honey]] have a high resistance and so a high viscosity.
 
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*It describes the internal friction of a moving [[fluid]]. A fluid with large viscosity resists [[motion]] because its molecular makeup gives it a lot of internal friction. A fluid with low viscosity flows easily because its [[molecular]] makeup results in very little friction when it is in motion.<ref>[http://www.princeton.edu/~gasdyn/Research/T-C_Research_Folder/Viscosity_def.html (Princeton University)]</ref>
      
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