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To: DUMBGRUNT

Glass is a transparent stable form of Silly Putty.


35 posted on 05/05/2019 12:28:09 PM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

Silly Putty!!!! Oobleck!!!
No doubt you were just waiting for the right time to toss that old non-Newtonian fluid into the mix!

Now might be the time to bring up thixotropy and some other non-Newtonian pseudoplastic fluids.

Ketchup? Yogurt? Quicksand!!!
Fun is where you find it.

“Silly Putty is a toy based on silicone polymers that have unusual physical properties. It bounces, but it breaks when given a sharp blow, and it can also flow like a liquid. It contains a viscoelastic liquid silicone, a type of non-Newtonian fluid, which makes it act as a viscous liquid over a long time period but as an elastic solid over a short time period”


36 posted on 05/05/2019 2:17:40 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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