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They 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.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Non_Newtoni an_fluid
Recorded at Barcelona, Spain.
TV Show: http://www.cuatro.co m/microsites/el_horm iguero/cientifico.ht ml
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This is cornstarch & water (sometimes called oobleck) on a speaker vibrating at 100 Hz (later 110 Hz). Inspired by shep59's Cornstarch Lifeform. (http://youtube.com/ watch?v=NKxKVpHZe5Q)
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Playing with cornstarch and water is fun... walking on a tub of it is even better. Learn about the science http://www.stevespan glerscience.com/expe riment/00000088
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Get a mouth full of corn starch, and a flame, blow the corn starch onto the flame, and the corn starch will ignite!
just have a glass of water handy to wash the corn starch out of your mouth.
The corn starch ignites similar to what would happen in an empty grain silo
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Corn starch and water with a bit of red food coloring filmed at high-speed. Please visit http://www.lucidmove ment.com for a complete blog post with more information and a higher resolution video.
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A petri dish full of cornstarch and water, vibrated by a 35-55hz sine wave over a period of 60 seconds.
This was a test run for my sculpture "Snowy Day".
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Cornstarch+water mixture on a speaker (there's plastic wrap between, I'm not ruining it :). A varying sine wave (about between 20 and 200 Hz) is fed to the speaker.
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