“…Shear stress and apparent viscosity were recorded as a function of shear rate. Shear stress (σ)–shear rate ( γ ∘ ) results were fitted with different models including power law (Adeli & Samavati, ), Herschel–Bulkley (Salehi, Kashaninejad, & Behshad, ), Bingham (Razavi, Taheri, & Quinchia, ), Casson (Koocheki, Taherian, & Bostan, ), Heinz (Song, Kim, & Chang, ), and Mizrahi–Berk (Mizrahi & Berk, ) models: where σ is the shear stress (Pa), γ ∘ is the shear rate ( per s), k is the consistency coefficient (Pa·s n ), σ 0 is the yield stress (Pa) and n is flow behavior index (dimensionless) (Chaharlang & Samavati, ).…”