Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

ivyleaf

Brilliant news, thanks so much Trev

PastturesNew Just Googled that, how interesting that it has two such different meanings!

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

Go on then , what's that? To save me googling!
Or is it about the decaying process?

Well, I had to Wiki it to check whether I was on the right lines - and I was

It's to do with seemingly solid materials which convert to liquid if shaken sufficiently, and will revert to solid over time if left alone.

Aberfan (mentioned quite a few posts ago, IIRC, unless twas in DT) was a typical example, although in that case it was mainly because the water content in part of the waste tip increased to the point it became unstable and slipped. That slip set the rest off in a thixotropic change.

Clays can exhibit this property too, as can snow in avalanche conditions.

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

Well, I had to Wiki it to check whether I was on the right lines - and I was

It's to do with seemingly solid materials which convert to liquid if shaken sufficiently, and will revert to solid over time if left alone.

Aberfan (mentioned quite a few posts ago, IIRC, unless twas in DT) was a typical example, although in that case it was mainly because the water content in part of the waste tip increased to the point it became unstable and slipped. That slip set the rest off in a thixotropic change.

Clays can exhibit this property too, as can snow in avalanche conditions.

And ketchup!

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

And ketchup!

Ketchup is a special case, usually "thixo-bu99er-it's-all-over-the-ceiling" when you discover that the last person to use it didn't put the cap on properly.

:rotfl:

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

Ketchup is a special case, usually "thixso-bu99er-it's-all-over-the-ceiling" when you discover that the last person to use it didn't put the cap on properly.

:rotfl:

I reckon it's really an alien life-form getting its own back on us for imprisoning it!

chris_m

You could be right there

silvercar

chris_m wrote:

It's to do with seemingly solid materials which convert to liquid if shaken sufficiently, and will revert to solid over time if left alone.

Chicken soup is solid in the fridge.

silvercar

So relieved for Gen!

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

Go on then , what's that? To save me googling!
Or is it about the decaying process?

It's about how hard stuff can become liquified when lots of water's added to it .... and then set again once the water's gone. And similar, pretty dull, stuff.

It can cause unexpected events to occur.

In the main .... you never need to know about it really.

Pyxis

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's about how hard stuff can become liquified when lots of water's added to it .... and then set again once the water's gone. And similar, pretty dull, stuff.

It can cause unexpected events to occur.

In the main .... you never need to know about it really.

Tell that to a rheologist! :rotfl:




( no, it's not someone who studies kiwi-like birds! )