NASA NTRS · 20090010362
Shear Thinning in Xenon
Abstract
We measured shear thinning, a viscosity decrease ordinarily associated with complex liquids such as molten plastics or ketchup, near the critical point of xenon. The data span a wide range of dimensionless shear rate: the product of the shear rate and the relaxation time of critical fluctuations was greater than 0.001 and was less than 700. As predicted by theory, shear thinning occurred when this product was greater than 1. The measurements were conducted aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia to avoid the density stratification caused by Earth's gravity.
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Bergm Robert F., Moldover, Michael R., Yao, Minwu, Zimmerli, Gregory A.. 2009-03-01. Shear Thinning in Xenon. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20090010362
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