Stuck in cornstarch pool

Stuck in the cornstarch! The trick is to move very slowly when pulling your foot out... Taken at the University of South Carolina College of Engineering and Computing Engineer's Week activities, usually held in February.

Recipe: 1000 lbs of corn starch and 100 gallons of water + 1 cement mixer.

A cornstarch mixture (oobleck) acts as a Non-Newtonian fluid. Specifically, it is a shear thickening (dilatant) material, meaning the viscosity (thickness) increases with the rate of shear strain, which is proportional to the rate of deformation. So if you keep your feet moving you can walk on it. Stop moving and you sink in slowly...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7HwIx...

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[DiorGut09]

He didn't mold his Chakra well.

[WhyYouFearedTheDark]

"let him sink!"

[sovietmight808]

u know what would be funny, if someone sank full-body inside lol

[Steven Vuong]

He didn't learn how to maintain his chakra at the surface of the water xD

[8jsimone]

Wow..That is scary lol.

[Joseph Chang]

ooblek

[Syk0andXPGMgaming]

uh oh think he forgot

[Sanjeet Jaiswal]

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[ThatCampingOwl]

0:17 "-Let him sink! Let him sink!"

Should have just said fuck it and amputated his leg, more smiley faces all around

[sillydevin12]

I know, it just popped in my head

[Deangelo Vickers]

The kid who says "I shall never sink" is my hero

[Larithia13]

If you read the description of the video, this was taken at the University of South Carolina College of Engineering and Computing Engineer's Week activities. It's probably like a summer camp for kids and this is a fun science trick.