Ever wonder what would happen if you dropped 50 pounds of Silly Putty seven stories?
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1402933914980153487&sourceid=searchfeed

Shaun

/Hat tip: Fark.com

Can't type properly - crying with laughter

WHY???

Andy

Well that wsa educational... :-) :-) :-) I was surprised it shattered the way it did though.. thought it would bounce more too...


Dave

LOL. what a great experiment.

I thought it would just go 'SPLAT'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)

now thats what i call science!

I actually thought it would bounce for some reason too. Live and learn I guess.

Shaun

I am surprised it "popped" like that - I too thought it would go "SPLAT"

That seems like an expensive splat. Nice find Shaun.

Jeff

I think they should investigate further, and find the actual weight where it will cease to bounce from that height.
I just may need that information to impress friends and co-workers. :-)

I #think#, it's not the weight, but the force. Silly putty is very fluid when the force is applied slowly; but its structure behaves as if it was brittle when the force is applied suddenly.
I'm no expert, though.

If it's the force, then why does it bounce higher the harder I throw it against a solid surface, in lighter and small quantity or mass weight? I believe the mass weight and sudden stop is what made it explode. The excess weight cancelling out the compressibility of the substance thus rendering the elasticity to bounce back from the sudden shock, a mute point.

Thanks Dave. Now my brain hurts...

Shaun :-) :-)

me too