2006-11-22 08:59:40 · 6 answers · asked by STORMY K 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
I'm assuming you're asking so you can make some so I posted a recipe for it below. The link below takes you to several other recipies for it.
SILLY PUTTY
Elmer's Glue
Liquid cornstarch (available in a grocery store)
Mix equal parts of starch and glue (5 teaspoons of each is generally a good amount to work with). If the mixture is too stiff, add more glue. If the mixture is too runny, add more starch. Wipe off any excess starch and you have silly putty! Try stretching it, pulling it apart sharply, or bouncing it on the floor. CAUTION: It sticks to rugs! (From the "Sticky Business" Room at The Children's Discovery Museum, Acton, MA)
2006-11-22 09:05:25 · answer #1 · answered by Todd T 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Silly Putty is made primarily from silicone and color pigments. Silly Putty was discovered in 1943 by James Wright who mixed boric acid and silicone oil together. Colors are also added to Silly Putty to create a broad array of fun shades. The combination creates a "solid liquid" which can be molded, stretched and bounced.
A man-eating flowering plant from the deepest, darkest jungles of the Amazon...only kidding. Silly Putty was discovered in 1943 by scientist James Wright, who was working on a synthetic rubber substitute for General Electric during World War II. While the mixture of silicone oil and boric acid was a dud as a rubber substitute, the substance did have some unique properties. Wright found that it could be molded, stretched and bounced.
No practical use for this "bouncing putty" was found until 1949, when a toy shop owner was handed a piece at a party. Her advertising consultant, Peter Hodgson, convinced her to include one ounce pieces of the strange substance in her Block Shop holiday toy catalog. With only a simple description, bouncing putty outsold the catalog's hundred of items except one - a 50 cent box of Crayola® crayons. Certain of its marketing potential, Hodgson, already $12,000 in debt, borrowed $147 to buy another batch. After studying 15 names he settled on one - Silly Putty. He packaged the pliable plaything in red plastic eggs and debuted Silly Putty at the 1950 International Toy Fair in New York City . The rest, as they say, is history.
2006-11-22 09:13:04 · answer #2 · answered by Scarabia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Pretty simple stuff : http://www.chem.umn.edu/outreach/Sillyputty.html
2006-11-22 09:03:51 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
have you looked on the back of the box?
2006-11-22 09:01:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Isn't it left-over sn*t?
2006-11-22 09:01:34 · answer #5 · answered by scotslad60 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is it to you?
2006-11-22 09:01:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋