This commercial features a 2,100 gallon pool of the cornstarch and water mixture known as oobleck, one of our favorite non-newtonian fluids. The cornstarch-and-water mixture creates a fluid that acts more like quicksand than water: applying force ( squeezing or tapping it) causes it to become thicker. Since the liquid becomes more viscous when pressure is applied you can actually walk or run on the surface without sinking.Īlso Know, what happens when you squeeze Oobleck? The Oobleck mixture isn't your typical liquid-or solid. Since it can act as both a solid and a liquid, you can also make it dance using sound. ![]() ![]() If you could go swimming in a pool of oobleck, the oobleck would feel like a liquid when you moved slowly, but would act like a solid if you tried to swim around quickly. Oobleck is unique because it can behave as both a solid and a liquid.
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