More Solid When Disturbed

More Solid When Disturbed

I learned something today about non-Newtonian liquids -- cornstarch and water!! Two different examples!!

Walking on liquid!!

Speaker activated liquid!!

An interesting collection of these on YouTube!!

What's the principle behind this?

Posted By: gdanea | Date: Thu Feb 04, 2010 | Comments (6)
Category: Science

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