Software to determine the viscosity and honey's purity using a ball viscometer

Abstract

Physics is a science that studies the laws and properties of the universe and everything in it. However, it is more interesting when it is applied to the solution of problems that influence economic and social development. In our case, applied to beekeeping to ensure the purity of honey. Some producers or intermediaries add sugar or water to honey to reduce costs and improve their income affecting the final consumer. Therefore, in this research work, an experimental methodology was proposed combined with the development of software to determine the viscosity of honey with aggregates (sugar and water) and without those, considering that the experimental methodology used here, does not alter the properties of honey. With a ball viscometer and using honey as a viscous medium, times that took metal spheres to pass through the sample tube with different densities were measured. The times were analyzed and synthesized with the application to obtain the viscosity in real-time of the different types of honey, allowing to discern which ones were pure and which had water or sugar aggregates.