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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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  2. For the brave... by JasonMaggini · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is a link for directions here, which basically says to ScotchGuard some baked beach sand... YMMV