Hehe, I have seen the magentic water trick on UK kids show "How 2". That used to
be great for cool and entertaining science stuff.
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
--- On Sat, 21/11/09, Pete Turnbull <pete at dunnington.plus.com> wrote:
From: Pete Turnbull <pete at dunnington.plus.com>
Subject: Re: Water damage
To: "On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Date: Saturday, 21 November, 2009, 23:37
On 21/11/2009 18:36, Guy Sotomayor wrote:
Water is often termed the ultimate solvent.? H2O (the
molecule) has some interesting electrostatic properties
It's actually a slightly polar molecule because its shape is more like
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If you've not seen this demo, try the following: rub a plastic rod to give it a slight
static charge.? Run a thin slow stream of water from a tap, and then bring the charged rod
close to the stream.
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