Okay so the opposite of thixotrophy is rheopecty but apparently oobleck is not rheopectic. In stead it is dilatant. And the opposite of dilatant is pseudoplastic.
So it goes:
I am a bit confused. Ketchup is thixotrophic as well as pseudoplastic but oobleck is dilatant but not rheopectic. Can anyone give me some intuition on this?
Okay so the opposite of thixotrophy is rheopecty but apparently oobleck is not rheopectic. In stead it is dilatant. And the opposite of dilatant is pseudoplastic.
So it goes:
I am a bit confused. Ketchup is thixotrophic as well as pseudoplastic but oobleck is dilatant but not rheopectic. Can anyone give me some intuition on this?
Wiki links:
Pseudoplasticity
Rheopecty
Dilatant