Quicksand: How to Make and Play with a Non-Newtonian Fluid

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Quicksand: How to Make and Play with a Non-Newtonian Fluid
This video is a tutorial on how to make a shear thickening fluid, also known as a non-Newtonian and dilatant fluid. The mixture is made out of cornstarch and water. This video is presented by http://origamisquared.googlepages.com . Note that there is no "www"
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Quicksand: How to Make and Play with a Non-Newtonian Fluid

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saw all this on the ellen show.........
they had a full vat of it....had a girl walk across it. could stand on it and not sink in. but they could stick their hands in it and scoop it out. cool.
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- I saw that
  also! :) That was one of my inspirations to make this video.
  Thanks for your interest
  OrigamiSquared
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Help
Mine doesn't harden very well.
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- The more...
  hi. the more cornstarch you add, the more solid it gets
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sweet vid!
the stuff feels so cool! nice site too.
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