How does the thickness of a fluid compare to it's viscosity???

Question

Please give an example.!.!.!

Answer 1

A thicker fluid normally have a higher viscosity than thin liquids. however, it also depends on what it the liquid made up of. Since you posted this under geology, i'll assume your liquid is lava. Lava's viscosity depends largly on temperature of the lava, and the amount of silica and dissolved gases in the lava. Lavas, with high amounts of silica , low amounts of gas content, and low temperatures are more viscous. This will seem common sense now that i mentioned it, if you learn chemistry...

The pahoehoe lava found in hawaii, have high temperature and high gas content, thus it is very fluid and smooth. The same basaltic lava, aa, have low temperature and low gas content, thus it is very viscous and rough.

Answer 2

I'm not really sure what you mean "thickness". When you talk about viscosity, you're sort of talking about the thickness of a liquid. So, corn syrup and honey have a higher viscosity than water does. Water has a higher viscosity than alcohol, but we don't really think about either of those as "thick" like syrup or honey. Viscosity is defined as the resistance to flow of a liquid. So a very thick liquid has a very high viscosity.

Hope this helps...