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Shear thinning

non-Newtonian fluid behavior
Class type of: power-law fluid Q902458

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
mechanical property
Subclass of
power-law fluid[2]
Different from
thixotropy[3]
Studied by
rheology[4]
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🔖 Identifiers · 5
OpenAlex ID
C191717309
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/thinning-physics
Freebase ID
/m/091wzd
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
shear-thinning
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
191717309

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🔗 Connections
Different from 1
thixotropy
Studied by 1
rheology
Subclass of 1
power-law fluid
← Different from 1
thixotropy
← FactGrid item ID 1
Alice Lucas
← Has characteristic 1
grease
← Opposite of 1
dilatant
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Summary

Shear thinning is a mechanical property[1].

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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