Thixotropic flow after shear thinning

High shear thinning and flow under pressure with quick recovery and limited flow after component placement (good thixotropic properties)... 

Some shear-thinning materials deform like elastic solids until a certain stress, known as the yield stress, is reached, after which they deform as normal shear-thinning liquids. These materials are described as shear thinning with yield value, and have a consistency curve like curve 2 of Fig. 6.3. Flow ceases when the stress falls below the yield stress. Materials which show this behaviour include toothpaste and muds. These substances also tend to be thixotropic. 

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