This creates an effect in the fluid where it flows like a liquid, yet behaves like an elastic solid when stretched out.
Elastic properties were introduced to the fluid while only a slight amount of shear thinning was observed, small enough to be ignored.
The syrup solution had properties very similar to a polymer melt, but there was no shear thinning and the materials could be produced at room temperature.
The dams continue to hold the "red mud", because it does not work as a building foundation and also can't be used as farm land.
Companies needed to find a way to efficiently dispose of it all onto the dams without clogging the tubes it was being transferred in.