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Making Sand Swim with Fluidization

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From the Ri Channel‘s View the Tales from the Prep Room series, this is how you make a fluidized bed of sand:Β Making Sand Swim with Ri Demo Technician Andy Marmery. Watch how these solids suddenly behave a lot like a fluid as air escapes between the sand particles, causing them to float.

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Aided by a troop of floating objects Andy dusts off the fluidised bed, a classic piece of Ri demonstration kit handed down from the 1950s.

It’s definitely one of the more strange and fascinating demonstrations that we’ve seen.

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Watch more science, technology, engineering, and math videos, including this related gem: Liquid Sand Hot Tub.

Plus: The Amazing Life of Sand, a Deep Look video.

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