The specific field of viscometry covers ideally viscous fluids, and – considering certain restrictions – also viscoelastic liquids, i.e. sweet jelly) or as a viscoelastic liquid (like e.g. According to a material’s properties, we either classify it as a viscoelastic solid (like e.g. That is, substances which are neither completely elastic, nor entirely viscous. In everyday life, we mostly come across viscoelastic materials.
Scientists specify solid materials as being elastic and liquids as being viscous. Imagine all materials as classified on a virtual scale from solid to liquid. Rheology deals with the flow behavior and deformation of materials.
In order to determine a fluid’s viscosity, you have to enter the field of viscometry, a subject area of a wider science called rheology.
