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CONSIDERABLE attention has been given recently to the thixotropy and viscosity characteristics of clays. During the course of a research programme now in progress, certain results of general interest have been obtained.
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BROUGHTON, G., HAND, R. Viscosity of Clay Suspensions. Nature 142, 255 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142255a0
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