Quiz: How Well Do You Know Non-Newtonian Fluids?

When selecting equipment for your process, it’s important to understand how the viscosity of the fluid being pumped will react to shear. In our previous post about Newtonian and Non-Newtonian fluids, we broke non-Newtonian fluids down into 4 categories:

Dilatant – Viscosity of the fluid increases when shear is applied.

Pseudoplastic – Opposite of dilatant, the more shear applied, the less viscous it becomes.

Rheopectic – Viscosity increases when shear is applied, but increase in viscosity is time dependent.

Thixotropic – Decrease in viscosity over time, when shear is applied.

Do you know how these common fluids react to shear? Take this quiz to find out.