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Flame Retardant From Cocoa Pod Husks | The Oozy Physics Of Oobleck
Dec 20, 2023
18:21
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About this episode
Scientists are using leftover cocoa pod husks to extract lignin, an organic polymer that can become flame retardant, foam, or a straw. Also, Non-Newtonian fluids challenge our ideas of what’s liquid and what’s solid. We now have a better understanding of how they work.
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Episode Details
- Author
- Kathleen Davis, Ira Flatow, Emma Lee Gometz
- Show Type
- full
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