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A Pool Filled with Non-Newtonian Fluid
A tv show from Barcelona, Spain filled a pool with a mix of cornstarch and water made on a concrete mixer truck. It becomes a non-newtonian fluid. When stress is applied to the liquid it exhibits properties of a solid.
Dec 7, 2007 10:10 PM
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Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_Newtonian_fluid
TV Show: http://www.cuatro.com/microsites/el_hormiguero/cientifico.html
TV Show: http://www.cuatro.com/microsites/el_hormiguero/cientifico.html
By: jaxon
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Riverdance just obtained a whole new dimension of literal absurdity. I feel the giddy. 8)
By: Jiachi
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Why the chears? What do they think is in that pool? Milk?
By: Langos
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I think they filmed this at the Center For People Who Are Easily Amused
By: hypersapien
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DARPA is conducting experiments using this concept in body armor. The idea is to have flexible ballistic plates that allow the body to move, yet 'harden' when shrapnel or bullets hit it.
By: Oh-Deeh
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The Mythbusters did this with much more grace and less fanfare. And you get to learn something about it, too.
By: Katt
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The person that wrote that caption for this piece got the definition of a non-Newtonian fluid wrong. It acts like a solid on application of a fast STRAIN rate (not stress), and it acts like a liquid on application of a slow strain rate.
By: Deh_Dude
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I must admit that all the times I have played with cornstarch and water in a bowl, I always dreamed of filling a kiddie pool with the stuff and running on the surface. It may be silly, but I'm watching a dream come true... for someone else.
By: cthomas
