Accurate and Precise Viscosity Measurements of Gelatin Solutions Using a Rotational Rheometer

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Manual pipette methods are conventionally used to determine the viscosity (η) of gelatin solutions. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the accuracy and precision of viscosity measurements of gelatin solutions using a rotational rheometer. Seven gelatin samples with different molecular weights were tested. The 2 × standard deviations of the obtained η were within ± 2.4% of the mean values in triplicate measurements, suggesting the evident precision of the viscosity measurements. Accuracy was demonstrated by the triplicate measurements of the standard liquids for a viscometer. The sample volume required by the rheometer was only 0.6 mL, whereas gelatin solutions of approximately 100 mL are usually required for pipette methods. We propose viscosity measurement using a rheometer as an alternative method to the pipette ones.