Nylon Rope Trick

This is a demonstration of an interfacial polymerization reaction. One reagent is dissolved in the aqueous phase (on the bottom) and the other in the organic phase on the top. The reagents diffuse to the interface to form a polymer film. As the film is lifted from the interface, more reagent molecules diffuse to the interface, and regenerate the film.

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• polymer
• rope
• cool
• trick

[weylin6]

It's like those boogers that you try to yank out, but they keep coming out in an endless string that tickles the inside of your nose

[mistermuffin420]

this is so cool. I just learned about in polymer chemistry. basically one reactant (monomer) dissolves only in the aqueous phase while the other reactant dissolves only in the organic phase. Since the reaction is very fast and occurs only at the interface, the rate of reaction depends on the rate of diffusion. therefore, the polymer is produced as fast as you can pull it! awesome

[deathneed]

watch?v=yFEHKRdXb9Y&feature=re­lated

if you want the name of the ingredients or what ever its called

[douro20]

What are the reactants?

[scilonthreat]

lol

[JaGaJaZzIsT]

weird0s

[Brookers]

Wow thats really cool but kind of gross it makes me think of the people in africa and what not that get tape worms and they cut a little hole in thier flesh and pull them out as they wrap them around a twig...it looks almost identical to what this person is doing with the nylon rope and the little metal rod