Properties of new materials: Materials needed : White Glue Borax laundry soap wa
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Question
Properties of new materials: Materials needed :
White Glue Borax laundry soap warm water 250 ml and 100 ml cup.
Craft stick for mixing.
Procedure :
1. Put about 100 ml warm water in the larger beaker and add borax laundry soap until no longer dissolves.
2. Put 5 ml of water and 10 ml of white glue into a small beaker and mix it thoroughly.
3. Add 5 ml of the borax solution to the glue solution and continue mixing for a couple of minutes.
4. When the substance firms up, remove it from the container and continue to mix by pressing your fingers until it is like soft clay.
Observations : Slime formed in 100 ml beaker cup. No slime formation in 250 ml cup. Just foam has formed.
Questions : 1. Identify the properties of the material( Slime). Is your material is a ploymer.?? How do you know??
2. Evaluate . Based on the properties of this material, what do you think it could be used for?? How could the properties be modified?? Thanks in advance.
Explanation / Answer
Formation of new slime material
Borax laundry soap when mixed with glue forms a slime which is the new material in this case.
1. The material thus formed is sticky and it is polymeric in nature. The glue is a polymer which is mixed with borax to generate a new polymeric material.
2. The material is sticky, elastic and can be moulded in any form as we wanted. The properties can further be modified by say mild heating of the slime formed.
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