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Magic Sand

Posted by Hemos on from the flowing-nicely dept.

fist_187 writes "Here's a link to an interesting chemistry video about "magic sand", a hydrophobic solid. I've seen something like this done before with a certain type of pollen. But, this is the first demonstration I've seen that uses a material actually more dense than water."

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  1. Re:Coming up next on Slashdot... by DustMagnet · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I've seen corn starch sold as "Liquid Solid". It really is a lot of fun to play with if you get the water ratio just right.

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