RE: RE: Metal transport (was: platoon stuff and combat engineers)

I think this might demonstrate what Beth is talking about perfectly:

Needed:

A container.
Some water
Baking powder (not soda).

Fill the container with about 1/4"-1/2" of water.
Slowly sift in lots of baking powder.  You want to make sure what is in
the container is soaked before adding more.  Add enough to that the
baking powder looks wet but doesn't flow or have free-standing water in
the container.

Now you have it. Take your finger or a pencil and try to jab it quickly
into the muck you just made.  It won't give, if you hit it hard enough
it may even break apart in a crumbly way.  Now slowly press your finger
into it... it gives and flows slowly away.

You really ought to let some kids play with this stuff a bit, so you can
justify having used up this much baking powder...

On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 19:41, Beth.Fulton@csiro.au wrote:
> G'day,
> 
> > Water behaves this way simply because you have to shove the 
> > mass aside, but if you have thin suits which don't restrict 
> > movement, you can't be talking about that much mass.  I 
> > assume you meant this as an illustration of the effect but 
> > not the cause?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Beth
> 
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