I found this unknown goop in some Easter eggs. It’s just as cold, but less runny, than the green Slime I remember from childhood.
I discovered that this stuff dissolves Silly Putty. When I mix them, the Silly Putty becomes soft, and then stringy, and now smelly and very sticky. It adheres to paper and skin… The blob on my desk is starting to worry me a bit.
It looks like an alien pod! I am thinking of a movie but the name escapes me for now. Something about pods that contain aliens.
lol, and I thought I had a weird imagination
http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Ghostbusters-Posters_i340375_.htm
So then my surprise Easter egg reached you! Fast this Kosmic Postal Service.
And you liked the alien goop and all… Did good in sending it. Yey! 0-)
😉
I just remembered that movie title:
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
This blob reminds me of the pods in which they grew.
heh, heh…. Good memories and associations….
Mimosa: Alien, pod, egg, slime…. Funny you should mention it, but when the Silly Putty was in the stringy stage, it looked like the slimy egg pod membrane in the movie Alien
Ben: good idea to avoid the face… And we’ll need to seek a Silly Putty Expert to address your materials question….
Oh! Remember that scene when sigourney weaver is face to face with the slimy buddy? 😉
Ey… Somebody is looking for an expert on the field? Ben?
I am a Silly Putty Master, graduate from the SPU. You can ask me… anything. 😛
Oh, good, a silly putty expert!
Alieness, how fast do you suppose he needs to yank it in order to test it for silly hardening? Also, might a bounce test be sufficient? I suppose for full sillyness, a newsprint test should be included?
I should clarify that cheeks are probably ok, if you want to evoke emotion in those who see you, but eyes, nose and mouth, yah, as we both agree bad plan, probably.
Definitely: DON´T put that on your face! Silly Putty holds no responsibility for injuries and intoxication due to mixung silly putty with other chemicals or materials. [the first lesson at university is this disclaimer ;-)]
Now, to understand better about the mix and its behaviour (and to infere the transparent slime´s components) it would be interesting that we knew the mixing ratio: How much transparent slime did you mix in how much silly putty, J?
(take on account that silly putty´s silly behaviour is based in the bonds -and bonds´ breaking- of its component molecules -basically hydrogen-)
Oh, yes, I think the photo is of the raw goo, without mixing. I just thought your questions were related to the behaviour of the resulting solution of silly putty and this goo here. As that was what Steve told to have become sticky smelly and such others eeewwww´s =S
For the bonds: "The polymers in silly putty have covalent bonds within the molecules, but hydrogen bonds between the molecules. The hydrogen bonds are easily broken. When small amounts of stress are slowly applied to the putty, only a few bonds are broken and the putty "flows". When larger amounts of stress are applied quickly, there are many hydrogen bonds that break, causing the putty to break or tear."
http://www.chem.umn.edu/outreach/Sillyputty.html
What is strange is that Steve describes a chain of changes in thing since he mixed them. It didn´t change once and stayed like that. Silly putty is inorganic, while this goo may have some organic component which had been activated -or boosted- and is causing this observable development on the thing (first soft then stringy, now smelly and sticky, etc…).
I´m no chesmistry expert, tho. Corrections and suggestions welcome.
Temperature as you know, plays a role too. And btw, I wouldn´t make a ‘bounceability’ test on the mixed thing, if has now become sticky. Specially if Steve´s floor is carpeted! =)
Wonderful slimey textures! Love it!
d.k.m has chosen your photo for the competition of the week at Scientist Photographers group, you can follow the scoring in the discussion section of our group! Good Luck!
This is really cool! Great idea and wondeful shot!
(I saw this photo in Scientist Photographers group)
Super cool composition.
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Cool photo! I used it on the Yahoo! Answers front page to complement a question in the Best of Answers module.
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Well Done!!!!
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