On 6/2/07, Peter P. <plpeter2006@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Vasile Surducan <piclist9 <at> gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > OT/POT/NOT category for the "upside down world"
> >
> > Show this to your childrens or friends:
> >
> > Mix 1 part water with 2 parts starch
> >
> > The mixture looks liquid but you can't immerse your finger inside.
> > Taking out the content with a spoon it's solid, droping down in the
> > bowl it's liquid.
> > The perfect experiment for physics class.
>
> But only corn starch works exactly like that.

Try this with a corn starch :) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2XQ97XHjVw&mode=related&search=

How reacts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2XQ97XHjVw&mode=related&search=

and how looks waves on a loudspeaker:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTCkVh9CWT8&mode=related&search=

There is any doctor here being able to explain in a short formula the
phenomena ?

thx,
Vasile
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