What happens when 50 pounds of silly putty hits the ground?

[freeradical]

The video takes a little while to load, but it's kind of interesting. The silly putty shatters when it hits the ground.

Oh those bored geeks...

http://csc2.sunbelt-software.com/putty/

[Paul F.]

Silly Putty... the 5th state of matter?

[BigGuynRusty]

[quote Paul F.]Silly Putty... the 5th state of matter? Yes, and Zectron is the sixth!:
http://www.superballs.com/

BGnR

[incognegro]

What kind of name for a toy is Balzac?

http://www.balzactoys.com/

(warning, loud obnoxious site)

[the_poochies]

[quote incognegro]What kind of name for a toy is Balzac?

http://www.balzactoys.com/

(warning, loud obnoxious site)
Maybe that company can sell this (marginally NSFW).

[Jimmypoo]

bad experiment. it should have been machine rolled under pressure.

[BigGuynRusty]

[quote Jimmypoo]bad experiment. it should have been machine rolled under pressure. I don't know anything about the pressure, but temperature and height of the drop has a lot to do with the breakage.
If I remember my "Silly Putty" science correctly, it stretches if you pull it slowly, and breaks if you pull it quickly.
Maybe a lower floor?

BGnR

[mikebw]

Silly putty is kind of like a non-newtonian fluid, the more force is applied to it the putty will become more like a solid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Newtonian_fluid

You can make pools of the stuff and run across without falling in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2XQ97XHjVw

[Acer]

So it makes a great toy and a youtube video, but does Silly Putty have a practical application?

[beerman]