A Thermodynamic Approach to Thixotropy

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The thixotropic behavior is discussed on the basis of the thermodynamics of irreversible processes. The fundamental equations are given for the thixotropic fluids by accepting the concept that the internal structure of the system is destroyed by the applied forces, and the general phenomenological equations are written for all the processes occurring in this system. The process by which the thixotropic recovery takes place is non-stationary. A method of specifying this process is proposed by introducing the concept of a fictitious pressure tensor; the data on a rubber latex suspension given by Mooney is analyzed by this method.</jats:p>

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