Talk:Shear thinning

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[edit] Pseudoplasticity

After seeing it in an article I created pseudoplastic to redirect here. But how does pseudoplasticity differ from regular plasticity? —Ben FrantzDale 23:48, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Power-law fluid may have more on this. —Ben FrantzDale 23:50, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes it does. Actually pseudoplasticity (a property of fluids) has very few in common with plasticity (of solids) 18.80.4.155 16:05, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Discussion

Should this article be merged with Thixotropy? They seem to be describing the same property. --DJsunkid 04:06, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I added a merge request to the page. ---- BAxelrod 12:27, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I was reading a couple of pages here on WikiPedia and they say contradictory things. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoplastic says, "It is important to note the distinction between a shear thinning fluid and a thixotropic fluid. The former displays decreasing viscosity with increasing shear rate, while the latter displays a decrease in viscosity over time at a constant shear rate." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thixotropic says, "It is important to note the distinction between a thixotropic fluid and a shear thinning fluid. The former displays a decrease in viscosity over time at a constant shear rate, while the latter displays decreasing viscosity with increasing shear rate." Which is it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.197.200.13 (talk) 06:30, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Both sentences say the same thing. There is no problem. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.187.54.240 (talk) 15:57, 2 June 2008 (UTC)