Thixotropic or Pseudoplastic?
 

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I like katsup

I actually know what thixotropic means ;)

Wanna ride bikes?

I'm sorry, I'm not in to Pokemon.

What about dilantant?

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But my favorite...

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yay...pudding

altho opposites attract, we ain't gonna shear that way on this sailing cruise

ok, masraum, here's one fer ya:

what would the conditions have to be like for a space voyager to see those finger like protrusions on the surface of a planet he was orbiting???

Thixotropic refers to compounds in liquid form.

Pseudoplastic refers to many P-car owners.

Oh. I thought it referred to Pamela Anderson. Thanks.

Well, her too.

It depends on alot of things... if it is a Borate based system or a Guar. If you lower the pH, it will got from pseudoplastic to thixotropic...

Spooge, too.

I have absolutely no clue. I suspect you'd want molten lava on the surface, but I'm not sure what would cause the lava to form the protrusions.

Uh, is this a public poll?

it's the default, whatever that is...


yup - you might want lava and also some force on it (like in your vids)

but, if you had the right fluid properties, and the right force... maybe you could do it with something on a planet far from its star - say witht he fluid being liquid methane

I suppose that someone, somewhere has cooked up a non-dimensional group for this...

Hmm.

Interesting subject, I learned something about chemistry tonight. My question: What is your point?

N!

none, same as always

or maybe it is an obtuse comment on some of the more moronic polls people post...

I see your angle, and it's not complementary. I'd say it's an acutely obtuse comment - which makes it difficult to see the point.

I have a good friend who deals with similar angles - but he's too incongruous to take seriously. We don't communicate much (he lives in a parallel universe).

Anyone ever read Flatland?

I tried to read it, but could only see the edge of the binding.

Well, you can always drop in on PARF - lottsa 2 dimensional conservatives there. :D