What makes polymer balls bounce highest?
What makes polymer balls bounce highest? 3aoqm
At the afternoon, at the streets or playground, there’re always many children standing there and playing bouncing ball. Almost every place, different country… You could all see some children are playing bouncing ball. Bouncing polymer ball is a toy that can bounce very high when it hit the ground. It’s not a normal bouncing ball. It’s a little different, because if it put too long, it will become dry, and the function of bounce will be reduced. And you could also make it very easy, you just need some mean material, such as glue, cornstarch, borax and worm water. Polymer is many small materials stick together, it uses covalent bond to keep them stick together, the first example of polymer is come from Henri Braconnot in 1830s. Certain ingredients will affect how high a polymer ball can bounce because different materials have different functions affecting its bounce: borax links the molecules together, glue mix with the ingredients and help shape it into a ball, and corn starch makes the ball harder.
Glue will help mixing other martial. First ingredient, glue. The glue will mix all the ingredients but also shape it. Because if you add borax inside, the liquid of borax and glue will become thicker. The liquid will become something more like slime. This is because the borax will change Polyvinyl alcohol, a water soluble molecule, a kind of like plastic and rubber (PVA) inside the glue. If add more the ball will be a liquid that is more like honey. But if add less the ball can’t be shape, it may be too hard, and it will very easily break apart, too.
Borax will help the ball shape and links the molecules together. The next ingredient, borax. Borax can let the material linked together, it will also affect some ingredient of the ball. For example, it will help Polyvinyl alcohol(PVA) change. If you add too many borax, the ball will be too hard, it makes the ball very easy to broke apart, and hard to shape to a ball. According from the article “Strong and stretchable double network (DN) hydrogels are reported here which are consisting of first network of PVA-borax double strand and cross linked P(AM-co-HEMA) as the second network” (Dixit, Bag and Kalra). Explanation Borax can make glue harder. When borax mix with glue, the PVA inside the glue will change, it will become harder, kind of like slime.
Cornstarch will help the ball shape. The last ingredient, cornstarch. Cornstarch is make of corn. Not just use it in kitchen, cornstarch can also let the bouncing ball be harder either. According to the source “By adding cornflour to the PVA and Borax mixture you now have a material which becomes harder when you give it more pressure” (Fizzicseducation). Cornstarch help ball be harder and make it more like clay. Because it is powder, so when it adds water it will become thicker, if you add more, it will make it hard.
The different amount of ingredient will affect the high of the ball bounce. Different ingredient has different work to do, so it can be a bouncing ball. If you add too much, it will be something else, just like food, you need to eat vegetable, rice, and meat to let you be healthy, but if you eat too much, you will become unhealthy. The material will change how high the ball will bounce because every material has different function. Because the borax will let the glue become hard, if you add too much, you can’t shape it to a ball. The corn starch can let the ball bounce very high, if you didn’t add it or just add few it will become very soft.
At the afternoon, at the streets or playground, there’re always
many
children standing there and playing
bouncing
ball. Almost every place,
different
country… You could all
see
some
children are playing
bouncing
ball.
Bouncing
polymer ball is a toy that can
bounce
very
high
when it hit the ground. It’s not a normal
bouncing
ball. It’s a
little
different
,
because
if it put too long, it will
become
dry, and the function of
bounce
will be
reduced
. And you could
also
make
it
very
easy, you
just
need
some
mean
material
, such as
glue
, cornstarch, borax and worm water. Polymer is
many
small
materials
stick together, it
uses
covalent bond to
keep
them stick together, the
first
example of polymer is
come
from Henri
Braconnot
in 1830s
. Certain
ingredients
will affect how
high
a polymer ball can
bounce
because
different
materials
have
different
functions affecting its
bounce
: borax links the molecules together,
glue
mix with the
ingredients
and
help
shape
it into a ball, and corn starch
makes
the ball harder.
Glue will
help
mixing
other martial.
First
ingredient
,
glue
. The
glue
will mix all the
ingredients
but
also
shape
it.
Because
if you
add
borax inside, the liquid of borax and
glue
will
become
thicker. The liquid will
become
something more like slime. This is
because
the borax will
change
Polyvinyl alcohol, a
water soluble
molecule, a kind of like plastic and rubber (PVA) inside the
glue
.
If
add
more the ball will be a liquid
that is
more like honey.
But
if
add
less the ball can’t be
shape
, it may be too
hard
, and it will
very
easily
break apart, too.
Borax will
help
the ball
shape
and links the molecules together. The
next
ingredient
, borax. Borax can
let
the
material
linked together, it will
also
affect
some
ingredient
of the ball.
For example
, it will
help
Polyvinyl alcohol(PVA)
change
. If you
add
too
many borax
, the ball will be too
hard
, it
makes
the ball
very
easy to broke apart, and
hard
to
shape
to a ball.
According from
the article “Strong and stretchable double network (DN) hydrogels
are reported
here which
are consisting
of
first
network of PVA-borax double strand and
cross linked
P(
AM-co-HEMA
) as the second network” (
Dixit
, Bag and
Kalra
). Explanation Borax can
make
glue
harder
. When borax mix with
glue
, the PVA inside the
glue
will
change
, it will
become
harder
, kind of like slime.
Cornstarch will
help
the ball
shape
. The last
ingredient
, cornstarch. Cornstarch is
make
of corn. Not
just
use
it in kitchen, cornstarch can
also
let
the
bouncing
ball be
harder
either. According to the source “By adding cornflour to the PVA and Borax mixture you
now
have a
material
which
becomes
harder
when you give it more pressure” (
Fizzicseducation
). Cornstarch
help
ball be
harder
and
make
it more like clay.
Because
it is powder,
so
when it
adds
water it will
become
thicker, if you
add
more, it will
make
it
hard
.
The
different
amount of
ingredient
will affect the
high
of the ball
bounce
.
Different
ingredient
has
different
work to do,
so
it can be a
bouncing
ball. If you
add
too much, it will be something else,
just
like food, you need to eat vegetable, rice, and meat to
let
you be healthy,
but
if you eat too much, you will
become
unhealthy. The
material
will
change
how
high
the ball will
bounce
because
every
material
has
different
function.
Because
the borax will
let
the
glue
become
hard
, if you
add
too much, you can’t
shape
it to a ball. The corn starch can
let
the ball
bounce
very
high
, if you didn’t
add
it or
just
add
few it will
become
very
soft.