2007-07-11 23:57:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
A little guy in northeast minnesota called silly Pete!
2007-07-12 14:53:10 · answer #1 · answered by chris j 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Now that is a very very very silly question! (Just kidding).
Silly Putty (originally called nutty putty, and also known as Potty Putty) is a silicone plastic clay, marketed as a toy for children by Jeffrey Lyons Inc. It was originally created as a scientific accident on the way to solving another problem: finding a rubber substitute for use by the United States during World War II.
Want to make somw Silly Putty?
Silly putty
Background:
The history of silly putty is quite amusing. In 1943 James Wright, an engineer, was attempting to create a synthetic rubber. He was unable to achieve the properties he was looking for and put his creation (later to be called silly putty) on the shelf as a failure. A few years later, a salesman for the Dow Corning Corporation was using the putty to entertain some customers. One of his customers became intrigued with the putty and saw that it had potential as a new toy. In 1957, after being endorsed on the "Howdy Doody Show", silly putty became a toy fad. Recently new uses such as a grip strengthener and as an art medium have been developed. Silly putt even went into space on the Apollo 8 mission.
The polymers in silly putty have covalent bonds within the molecules, but hydrogen bonds between the molecules. The hydrogen bonds are easily broken. When small amounts of stress are slowly applied to the putty, only a few bonds are broken and the putty "flows". When larger amounts of stress are applied quickly, there are many hydrogen bonds that break, causing the putty to break or tear.
Materials:
Large flask of 55% Elmer's glue solution in water
Large flask of 16% sodium borate
Small styrofoam or Dixie cups
Wooden stir sticks
Food coloring
Zip lock bags
Procedure:
The Elmer's glue solution and the sodium borate are mixed in a 4:1 ratio. The procedure can be followed from the slime procedure above.
2007-07-12 00:00:35 · answer #2 · answered by Michael N 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Silly putty was invented in 1943 by the General Electric engineer James Wright, who was trying to invent a synthetic rubber during World War 2. He made it from boric acid and silicone oil, which forms a weird polymerized compound. Wright could find no uses for this bouncy, gooey substance. Peter Hodgson, who worked in marketing, realized its future as a novelty toy in 1949, and it was a success. It was even taken to the moon in 1968 by the Apollo 8 Astronauts.
2007-07-12 00:01:17 · answer #3 · answered by curlicuesue 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you have to do is freeze it with a flexible ice pack, or ice cubes in a towel. Due to the very low thermal conductivity of Silly Putty, you will have to leave the ice on for about an hour. Then you can shatter it with a hammer or a brick.
2016-05-20 06:37:26 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
great stuff....remember spreading it out on the comic pages so you could transfer the cartoon onto the silly putty! lol
2007-07-12 00:00:49 · answer #5 · answered by dianehaslegs 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not from smart putty! ha ha
2007-07-12 00:12:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A plastic egg.
2007-07-11 23:59:38 · answer #7 · answered by ~ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this website it says it all!
2007-07-12 00:04:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not know but that person is a genius ^_^
2007-07-12 00:01:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
someone who was obviously very bored
2007-07-11 23:59:28 · answer #10 · answered by . 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋