Yield stress determination of a physical gel

Pluronic F127 solutions form gels in water with high elastic moduli. Pluronic gels can, however, only withstand small deformations and stresses. Different steady shear and oscillatory methods traditionally used to determine yield stress values are compared. The results show that the yield stresses values of these gels depend on test type and measurement time, and no absolute yield stress value can be determined for these physical gels.