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General Science / What distinguishes a Newtonian fluid from a non-Newtonian fluid?
« on: 30/09/2017 22:10:11 »
I guess I am confused, I have read the technobabble, but it is not clear what makes it newtonian or non newtonian.
Water, is a Newtonian fluid
cornstarch and water is non newtonian.
Now I have heard if you hit water hard enough it is like hitting concrete, so is it just a level of viscosity with an arbitrary cutoff point regarding force implied? Is not skipping a stone an applicable demonstration of water's non newtonianness?
Water, is a Newtonian fluid
cornstarch and water is non newtonian.
Now I have heard if you hit water hard enough it is like hitting concrete, so is it just a level of viscosity with an arbitrary cutoff point regarding force implied? Is not skipping a stone an applicable demonstration of water's non newtonianness?