Make your own non-Newtonian slime.

Posted by Miss Cellania in Crime & Law, Science & Tech on August 30, 2007 at 10:14 pm


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Instructables has step-by-step instructions for making your own Rheopectic slime.

The slime we made is a Non Newtonian fluid and is rheopectic which means it shows an increase on its apparent viscosity with time under a constantly applied stress.

In other words, the more you play with it, it will become more viscous (even you can make a ball with it and it bounces) and we you stop (the shearing force is gone) it starts flowing (see the video, first you will see it flow when no shear force is present (you can also leave it in a table an see how it flows), then I applied a shear force on it and made it a ball that bounced.

This recipe is not safe for children under 5, who might eat it. Link


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3 comments to "Make your own non-Newtonian slime."

  1. cuimhne
    August 31st, 2007 at 8:30 am

    I think I prefer the pool of custard as non-newtonian liquids go.... :p

  2. Lee
    August 31st, 2007 at 1:17 pm

    Try oobleck for something safer for the little ones:
    http://craftday.blogspot.com/2007/03/recipe-oobleck.html

  3. maggieNZ
    September 1st, 2007 at 3:47 am

    Hey, I work at a poisons centre. The ingredients are toxic, but the slime itself is actually OK if small children happen to eat a small amount.


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