Editing Thixotropy (section)

== Negative effects ==
While thixotropy has been seen to benefit in areas pertaining to clay and cement, the material also comes with many harmful effects. To try and prevent thixotropy from fracturing the sustainability of the concrete, catatonic polymer began to be used in order to counteract the thixotropy, however this agent is needed in order to allow the mixing of the clay and cementitious material.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Wen |first1=Pengpeng |last2=Feng |first2=Zhongjun |last3=Zheng |first3=Baicun |date=August 2023 |title=Thixotropy of fresh cement pastes in presence of cationic polymer |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0950061823020184 |journal=Construction and Building Materials |language=en |volume=394 |pages=132302 |doi=10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.132302|url-access=subscription }}</ref> There is now no true way to counteract the effect of thixotropy while also allowing it to break down the materials in the cement and clay.