Do-it-yourself measurement (IMAGE)

American Institute of Physics

Do-it-yourself measurement

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Do-it-yourself measurement. A student took a single photo (left) of a carbopol suspension in water scooped with a small spatula. The physics of this flowable gel substance, similar to hair gel, was mathematically modeled to estimate the yield stress.

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M. Tanver Hossain and Randy H. Ewoldt

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