How to Accelerate Successful Product Development with Rheology

Rheology is a notoriously complex field, combining mathematics and physics to characterize materials. For inexperienced users, rheology can seem like a massive challenge. Luckily, new technology simplifies rheology down to its core so you can get essential measurements without difficult training, measurements, or calculations.

Linear Viscoelastic Region: Why It’s Crucial in Materials Testing

Our world is brimming with viscoelastic materials: The dough you knead before baking a fresh loaf, the Silly Putty your toddler slaps against the wall, the rubber gaskets that create an airtight seal on an airplane door. Testing those materials by applying controlled deformations (strains) or forces (stresses) at various timescales, temperatures, and/or humidities allows for the optimization of properties and ensures durability and safety.

Que sont la rhéométrie et la rhéologie ?

Qu’il s’agisse d’optimiser la texture du yaourt ou d’étudier la réticulation des colles, la rhéométrie aide les chercheurs à comprendre les matériaux et à prédire leur comportement. La rhéométrie mesure le degré de déformation que subit un matériau ou un liquide lorsqu’une force lui est appliquée. La combinaison des comportements de contrainte, de déformation et de cisaillement constitue la base de la rhéologie, la science de la déformation des matériaux.