Silly Putty Dropped From Roof

In 1989 a graduate student at alfred university in new york state dropped a 100 pound ball of silly putty from the roof of a campus building to see what would happen.

Silly putty dropped from roof.

Silly putty is a pliable putty toy that has been particularly popular among children since its invention and in 2001 it earned a place in the national toy hall of fame. Silly putty is a toy based on silicone polymers that have unusual physical properties. It contains a viscoelastic liquid silicone a type of non newtonian fluid which makes it act as a viscous liquid over a long time period but as an elastic solid over a short time period. Although silly putty is very stretchy it also breaks cleanly and strangely enough even shatters if hit with enough force.

John wight s 100 pound silly putty drop at alfred university november 4 1989. Throw it from a roof and it shatters into pieces. We putty the silly putty to a silly test by wrapping an ipad air with lots of silly putty and throwing it off a redic 80 ft d. Camp from the department of p.

It bounces but it breaks when given a sharp blow and it can also flow like a liquid. Silly putty is a liquid solid drop a ball of silly putty and it bounces. Luckily hodgson did manage to get silly putty stocked at both nieman marcus and doubleday bookstores. In february 1950 hodgson took silly putty to the international toy fair in new york but most people there did not see the potential for the new toy.

Would it bounce break or just turn into a giant. Pull it apart and it stretches. Silly putty is everything you would want in one.