Thixotropy of a Transparent Clay Manufactured Using Carbopol to Simulate Marine Soil

A transparent clay manufactured using Carbopol® UltrezTM 10 (simplified as U10) was introduced, and its manufacturing processes were briefly described. Both relative transparency (RT) modulation transfer function (MTF) methods used to quantify the optical character variation via soil thickness. The of this new analyzed compared with four traditional materials. thixotropic properties synthetic measured in detail through laboratory vane test. An exponential describe thixotropy sensitivity clay. results showed that has a relatively higher than majority previous Good-fitting similar development trend for natural ones. Furthermore, low medium, which can simulate marine soil. With clays, shows great potential substitute is expected be widely model tests.