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Thixotropy and intracrystalline swelling*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

U. Hofmann
Affiliation:
Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Zintl-Institut
R. Fahn
Affiliation:
Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Zintl-Institut
Armin Weiss
Affiliation:
Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Zintl-Institut
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Extract

The phenomenon of thixotropy has often been explained by postulating the formation of a lattice structure from the solid particles of the gel. Such a structure is assumed to arise on standing, and to be destroyed on shaking.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1953

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Footnotes

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This is a brief summary. For full details of this work, consult the papers by Fahn, Weiss and Hofmann, in the list of references

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