Re: Is there any shear-thickening materials other than corn starch?

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:43:34 +1100, Barry Hunt wrote:

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> "Kim, C. H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> I'm looking for a shear-thickening materials for my work.
>> The only one I could find in the internet was corn starch.
>> Is there any material other than corn starch? plz let me know.
>> Thank you.
>>
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> Shear-thickening is often shown by suspensions with very high levels of
> solids. So any fine particle at high concentration should show some degree
> of shear-thickening.
> 
> Barry Hunt

You could try Cab-O-Sil (fumed silica, from Cabot chemical co.)