NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS

BY OJAS AND AADI

WHAT ARE NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS?

• A NON NEWTONIAN FLUID IS A FLUID THAT DOES NOT FOLLOW NEWTON’S LAW OF
VISCOSITY.
• UNLIKE NEWTONIAN FLUIDS, NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS DON’T HAVE A FIXED VISCOSITY. THEY
HAVE DIFFERENT VISCOSITY UNDER DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF PRESSURE.
 HOW WERE NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS FOUND?

• SIR ISAAC NEWTON DISCOVERED NEWTONIAN AND NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS WHILE
DETERMINING THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF VISCOSITY.
• EARLY HUMANS COULD HAVE INTERACTED WITH NATURAL NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS FOR
EXAMPLE: QUICKSAND AND HONEY MORE THAN 100,000 YEARS AGO.
 EXAMPLES OF NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS

• OOBLECK • LAVA
• MAGMA
• SLIME • MELTED BUTTER
• PLANT RESIN • CUSTARD
• CORN STARCH
• QUICKSAND • PAINT
• BLOOD PLASMA
• KETCHUP • SHAMPOO
• HONEY • TOOTHPASTE
• PEANUT BUTTER
PICTURES OF SOME NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS

Lava Toothpaste
Paint Slime

Oobleck Plant resin Quicksand

Peanut butter