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ten-second gel strength

1. n. [Drilling Fluids]

The shear stress measured at low shear rate after a mud has set quiescently for 10 seconds as per the standard API procedure.

See: deflocculated mud, direct-indicating viscometer, drill solids, funnel viscosity, gel strength, shear-strength measurement test, ten-minute gel strength, ten-minute gel strength, thixotropy

X-Y plot of gel strengths.

X-Y plot of gel strengths.