Editing Thixotropy (section)

== History ==
Many sources of thixotropy comes from the studies of Bauer and Collins as the earliest source of origin. Later in 1923, other researchers began experimenting with thixotropy and then began reporting that many gels consist of aqueous [[Fe2O3|Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>]] dispersions.

These researchers, Mewis and Barnes, Schalek and Szegvari, and H. Freundlich, then learned that they could make the gel turn into a liquid simply by shaking the contents.  The more that was learned of this material has been found in numerous other products without the realization of the people making said products. <ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Mewis |first1=Jan |last2=Wagner |first2=Norman J. |date=March 2009 |title=Thixotropy |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0001868608001735 |journal=Advances in Colloid and Interface Science |language=en |volume=147-148 |pages=214–227 |doi=10.1016/j.cis.2008.09.005|pmid=19012872 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>