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The Power Law Fluid graph explains how shear thinning or thickening fluids correlates to the viscosity of said fluid. Viscosity will decrease in a shear thinning fluid; increase in a shear thickening, and with a New-tonian Fluid, there is no dependency of viscosity on shear rate. Learn more about Power Law Fluids and viscosity at AIChE’s Industrial Fluid Mixing for Engineers course at aiche.org/ela115
The Power Law Fluid graph explains how shear thinning or thickening fluids correlates to the viscosity of said fluid. Viscosity will decrease in a shear thinning fluid; increase in a shear thickening, and with a New-tonian Fluid, there is no dependency of viscosity on shear rate. Learn more about Power Law Fluids and viscosity at AIChE’s Industrial Fluid Mixing for Engineers course at aiche.org/ela115
