We use silly putty in class, both the Food Systems Chem and my graduate Food Polymer Science classes, to get a handle [literally] on aspects of non-linear visco-elasticity of materials. Mike the Mad Biologist at ScienceBlogs linked to this video story at 30threads. It pays to know your raw materials Don’t mix up your mung [...]
March 2, 2009
Intelligent molecules – yeah right ! – more like silly putty on steroids.
Forwarded from a student in this winter’s class- Tangential to food chemistry per se but not to the polymer science parts of it. Military use new gel that hardens on impact To quote the article “The substance relies on “intelligent molecules” that “shock lock” together to absorb energy and create a solid pad”. Seems to [...]
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