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In a previous article, rjones@itchy.dsd.es.com (Ray Jones - Perp) says:

>
>Ublick.
>
>Or Ooblick.
>
>I'm not sure of the spelling.  I am pretty sure that there aren't many
>substances with such a high 
>
>	(bizarrity) / (accessibility, ease of creation, cost) 
>
>ratio.
>
>For the uninitiated:
>
>	Ublick is usually a liquid.  It's interesting propoerty is
[B>	that when you try to change its shape quickly, it resists.  In
>	other words, you can roll a ball of it in your hands, and as
>	long as you continue to change the axis along which you're
>	rolling it, it will stay a solid ball.  If you stop, you're
>	left holding a liquid.  Or not holding a liquid, really.  
>
>	You can play catch with it, if you're coordinated enough.
>	Catch it with a sort of slap, to harden it, then roll it to
>	reform it into a ball.  Toss it back to whoever.  It goes
>	liquid in midair.
>
>	In a bowl, mix equal parts of water and corn starch by volume.
>	Continue adding one or the other until the contents reach the
>	*weird* point.  This point can be tested by trying to put your
>	finger into the bowl.  If you move slowly, you'll encounter as
>	much resistance as you'd expect from water.  If you move
>	quickly, you should get an inch or so into it before your
>	finger is stopped as if it hit a rock.  If you move very
>	quickly, your finger should bounce off the surface.  If it's
>	too resistant to change, add a little water.  If it's too
>	liquid to allow you to tear off handfuls, add corn starch.
>
>	Cleaning up can be a problem.  If you drop a large amount of
>	it, most of it can be picked up by slapping it and then
>	scraping it off the ground.  Small bits can be left to dry and
>	vacuumed later.  It's not suggested you play with this stuff
>	over shag carpet.
>
>Now, what I'd like to know is an explanation of why it acts the way it
>does.  I'm assuming it's some sort of motion sensitive polymer.  Does
>anyone know?
>
>Ray
>--
>                                          rjones@dsd.es.com
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>

Yes, Iknow exactly how it works.  When you try to move it quickly, the
water molecules move away from the starch, and the starch molecules are
left to for a solid.  When the water flow back, disolving the starch again,
turning it into what you could call a liquid.   It is fun stuff though.
Yes, Iknow I used disolved loosly.

Geoff