Hematocrit Effect on Viscosity of Erythrocyte Suspension in a Capillary Viscosimeter at Small Sizes of Capillaries

Authors

  • A. F. Todrin Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkov

Keywords:

erythrocyte suspension, hematocrit, slot capillary, viscosity

Abstract

Results of experimental study of dependency of erythrocyte suspension viscosity on hematocrit using the capillary vicosimeter with capillaries in a form of flat slot channels of small slot height are presented. When using capillaries with a slot height less than 7 μm the viscosity dependency on hematocrit was shown to have a distinctly manifested minimum at 2.5÷5% hematocrit. At the same time if using capillaries with slot height more than 11 μm the dependency of viscosity on hematocrit is of the character, close to the linear one.

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Published

2005-03-22

How to Cite

Todrin, A. F. (2005). Hematocrit Effect on Viscosity of Erythrocyte Suspension in a Capillary Viscosimeter at Small Sizes of Capillaries. Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, 15(1), 14–19. Retrieved from https://cryo.org.ua/journal/index.php/probl-cryobiol-cryomed/article/view/640

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Theoretical and Experimental Cryobiology