• Question: what was your least fav smart material

    Asked by xox_queen_xox to Niamh on 21 Jun 2017.
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      Niamh Ryall answered on 21 Jun 2017:

      Hello xox_queen_xox
      My least favorite smart material? Difficult question as smart material is something which changes it’s properties according to a stimulus. So do I choose something whose function I dislike? Many of the ones under development are helpful in some way.

      Ketchup is a non-Newtonian fluid which means it changes it doesn’t flow with the force applied, but with the rate that the force is applied. So I’m saying I hate it when I can’t get ketchup out of the bottle. I don’t like custard much either. Smart fluids can be useful though, they can be used in earthquake regions to damp the vibrations.

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