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Sand on a vibrating plate makes crazy patterns. Chladni.

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When a square plate resonates you can see the pattern of the standing wave formed by adding sand or salt. The particles come to rest on those parts of the plate that are not moving. These parts are called nodes and the patterns are called Chladni patterns.

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  • perfect!!

  • the interesting thing is that those shapes, are the same or very similar to the drawings on the drums and cymbals of some indigenous cultures, i bet they know how to communicate with aliens and stuff :P

  • this is nice !

  • I cant believe I just watched that whole video. I think Im turning into a nerd in my old age lol

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