Saturday 6 October 2012

The Chemistry of Custard

Eat it on your crumble, then watch the Brainiac version. Speculate why that's possible?

Now read this article.

(Background reading on forces including shear and compression here.)

Can you imagine a material that hardens under impact, but then immediately reforms to become flexible? What uses could you make of such a material? In what situations would you apply it?

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