Question 13 Marks
In giving a patient a blood transfusion, the bottle is set up so that the level of blood is 1.3 m above needle, which has an internal diameter of 0.36 mm and is 3 cm in length. If $4.5 cm^3$ of blood passes through the needle in one minute, calculate the viscosity of blood. The density of blood is $1020 kgm ^{-3}$.
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View full question & answer→Length of the needle, $1=3 cm$
Radius of the needle, $r=\frac{0.36}{2} mm=0.018 cm$
Volume of blood flowing out per second,
$
Q=\frac{\text { Total Volume }}{\text { Time }}=\frac{4.5}{60}=0.075 cm^3 s^{-1}
$
Density of blood,
$
\rho=1020 kg m^{-3}=1020 \times 10^{-3} g cm^{-3}=1.02 g cm^{-3} \text { (Given) }
$
The bottle is set up so that the level of blood is 1.3 m above needle, pressure difference,
$
\begin{aligned}
& p=1.3 m \text { column of blood } \\
& =1.3 \times 100 \times 1.02 \times 980 \text { dyne cm}^{-2} \\
& \eta=\frac{\pi p r^4}{8 Q l}=\frac{3.142 \times 1.3 \times 100 \times 1.02 \times 980 \times(0.018)^4}{8 \times 0.075 \times 3} \\
& =0.238 \text { poise }
\end{aligned}
$
Radius of the needle, $r=\frac{0.36}{2} mm=0.018 cm$
Volume of blood flowing out per second,
$
Q=\frac{\text { Total Volume }}{\text { Time }}=\frac{4.5}{60}=0.075 cm^3 s^{-1}
$
Density of blood,
$
\rho=1020 kg m^{-3}=1020 \times 10^{-3} g cm^{-3}=1.02 g cm^{-3} \text { (Given) }
$
The bottle is set up so that the level of blood is 1.3 m above needle, pressure difference,
$
\begin{aligned}
& p=1.3 m \text { column of blood } \\
& =1.3 \times 100 \times 1.02 \times 980 \text { dyne cm}^{-2} \\
& \eta=\frac{\pi p r^4}{8 Q l}=\frac{3.142 \times 1.3 \times 100 \times 1.02 \times 980 \times(0.018)^4}{8 \times 0.075 \times 3} \\
& =0.238 \text { poise }
\end{aligned}
$




