Oobleck
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Oobleck is a fictional green precipitation invented by children's author Dr. Seuss in the book Bartholomew and the Oobleck.
In Bartholomew and the Oobleck, a king bored with ordinary rain, sunshine, fog, and snow orders wizards to create something new. They cause green precipitation called Oobleck to fall from the sky. The Oobleck proves so sticky that it gums up the whole kingdom until the day is saved by Bartholomew Cubbins, the titular character from Dr. Seuss' 1938 book The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins.
[edit] As a non-Newtonian fluid
The word has since been adopted to describe a mixture of corn starch and water used to demonstrate the dilatant property of non-Newtonian fluids.[1]
This substance is also known in the United Kingdom as "goop" or "gloop" in many primary and nursery schools.
"Glurch" is the nickname given to a similar substance created in many science courses. It consists of starch, glue and food coloring. It is used to show the process of polymerization.
[edit] Notes
- ^ For examples, see "Oobleck: The Dr. Seuss Science Experiment" and "Oobleck".
