Rheology of glucose syrup from the Tectonic Modelling Lab (TecLab) of the University of Bern (CH)

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Schmid, Timothy; Zwaan, Frank; Corbi, Fabio; Funiciello, Francesca; Schreurs, Guido (2022): Rheology of glucose syrup from the Tectonic Modelling Lab (TecLab) of the University of Bern (CH). GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2022.030

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I N R E V I E W : Schmid, Timothy; Zwaan, Frank; Corbi, Fabio; Funiciello, Francesca; Schreurs, Guido (2022): Rheology of glucose syrup from the Tectonic Modelling Lab (TecLab) of the University of Bern (CH). GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2022.030

Abstract

This dataset provides results from rheological tests of glucose syrup from two suppliers tested within the EPOS Multi-scale Laboratories (MSL) trans-national access (TNA) program 2019 at the Laboratory of Experimental Tectonics (LET), Univ. Roma TRE, Italy. Syrups Glucowheat 45/81 (GW45) and Glucowheat 60/79 (GW60) are produced by Blattmann Schweiz AG, Switzerland (2019 batch). Syrups GlucoSweet 44 (GS44) and GlucoSweet 62 (GS62) are produced by ADEA (Amidi Destrini ed Affini), Italy (2019 batch) . The four tested glucose syrups are labeled according to their DE value (dextrose equivalent value). For tested products from Blattmann Schweiz AG, the second number refers to the weight percentage of dry substance. Glucose syrup GS44 is used in full lithospheric scale analogue experiments at the Tectonic Modelling Lab (TecLab) at the University of Bern, Switzerland as a low-viscosity material simulating the asthenospheric mantle lithosphere to provide isostatic equilibration. The materials have been analyzed using a MCR301 Rheometer (Anton Paar) equipped with parallel plates geometry and rotational regime . To prevent the evaporation of the samples during the measurements, an external water-lock device has been used.

Authors

Schmid, Timothy;Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Zwaan, Frank;Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Corbi, Fabio;Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria – CNR C/o Dipartimento Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
Funiciello, Francesca;Dipartimento di Scienze, Università “Roma TRE”, Rome, Italy
Schreurs, Guido;Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Contact

Schmid, Timothy; Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland;

Contributors

Tectonic Modelling Laboratory at the Institute for Geological Sciences (TecLab Bern, Switzerland)

Keywords

EPOS, European Plate Observing System, analogue models of geologic processes, multi-scale laboratories, property data of analogue modelling materials, glucose syrup, software tools, force sensor, temperature measurement, matlab, rheometer, stress exponent, viscosity