Centripetal Notion

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Magic Sand

Whoa, sand coated with a hydrophobic substance stays dry when submersed in water. Originally developed to contain ocean oil spills near the shore.

VIDEO (YouTube via Cherie)
ARTICLE [magic sand] (Wikipedia)
LINK/BUY [magic sand @ Steve Spangler Science]

3 comments

  1. Abi Jones 07 August, 07 @ 10:56 am

    Oh what my 10 year old self wouldn’t give for a packet of that sand. Not that I could have every convinced my mom to let me bring it into the house. It was marketed by Nickelodeon as Sqand.

  2. Justin Ruckman 07 August, 07 @ 4:21 pm

    It was marketed by Nickelodeon as Sqand.

    They say that but I never saw it, and I wasn’t exactly lax in my efforts keeping up w/ Nickelodeon’s gooey/partcicle-based products.

  3. Kristi 11 August, 07 @ 7:30 pm

    I had my hands on some Squand when I was younger, and I actually remember playing with it a bit. Very entertaining and not too messy.

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