If you’ve ever left a sealed container of Playdoh untouched for months, you know that there’s a big difference between the fresh stuff and what’s left in that can. Aging Keep reading
Tag: thixotropic fluid
Hawaiian Fissures
[original media no longer available] New fissures opened on Mount Kilauea in Hawaii earlier this month, resulting in some fountain-like eruptions of lava. This molten rock is a non-Newtonian fluid Keep reading
Thixotropic and Rheopectic Fluids
There’s more to non-Newtonian fluids than shear-thickening and shear-thinning. The viscosity of some fluids can also change with time under constant shear. A fluid that becomes progressively less viscous when Keep reading