자색고구마 색소 농축액의 유동특성을 원뿔형 회전점도계를 사용하여 가용성 고형분의 농도 25-65% 및 온도 20-6의 범위에서 조사하였다. 자색고구마 색소 농축액은 뉴톤성유체의 특성을 나타냈다. 자색고구마 색소 농축액의 점도의 온도에 대한 영향은 Arrhenius 식을 따랐으며, 활성화에너지는 14.23-43.00 kJ/mol로서 농도가 증가함에 따라 직선적으로 증가하였다. 자색고구마 색소 농축액의 점도와 온도 및 농도에 대한 관계를 조사한 바,
Flow properties of the concentrated pigment solutions extracted from purple-fleshed sweet potatoes were determined using a cone and plate rotational viscometer for soluble solids concentration range of 25 to 65% at temperature range of 20 to 60 . The purple-fleshed sweet potato pigment solutions exhibited Newtonian behavior. Temperature dependency for the viscosity of the solution followed the Arhenius relationship with activation energy values between 14.23 and 43.00 kJ/mol, which increased linearly with soluble solids concentration. A relationship between viscosity, temperature and soluble solids concentration was investigated. At the same temperature, the viscosity of the concentrated pigment solutions increased exponentially as the concentration increased with higher degree of such phenomena at lower temperatures.