PIRA 2C60.00 NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS

DCS #DEMONSTRATIONREFERENCEABSTRACT
2C60.00Non Newtonian Fluids
2C60.10fluidization17-10.1A bed of silica powder acts like a fluid when air is forced through it. Diagram.
2C60.20density balls in beansPIRA 1000
2C60.20rising stonesTPT 28(7),500Rising of rocks in the spring is the same as the sifting of fine particles to the bottom of a cereal box.
2C60.20density balls in beansDisc 12-16A png pong ball in the middle of a beaker of beans will rise when the beaker is shaken.
2C60.22BeansTPT 28(2),104The size of an luminum ball determines whether it goes up or down in a shaking bowl of beans.
2C60.30cornstarchPIRA 1000
2C60.30cornstarch2C60.30Add water to cornstarch until it is goo. Pour it, throw it, punch it.
2C60.35slime ballPIRA 1000
2C60.35slime ballDisc 15-19A commercial product "Slime" flows like a liquid under normal conditions but bounces on impact.
2C60.40silly puttyPIRA 1000
2C60.40silly putty2C60.40
2C60.50fluids vs. solidsM-267Asphalt splinters when smashed but flows gradually, sand flows when poured but remains in a conical pile.
2C60.55ketchup uziPIRA 1000
2C60.55ketchup uzi2C60.55Fill a super soaker with ketchup. Shoot it across the room and it blobs on the wall.

ReferenceDescription
M-1Sutton
Ma-1Freier & Anderson
M-1dHilton
8-2.8Meiners
1A12.01University of Minnesota Handbook
AJP 52(1),85American Journal of Physics
TPT 15(5),300The Physics Teacher
Disc 01-01The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations

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