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Polymer Chains Of Slime

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The “slime” tore apart when pulled hard and fast. The substance broke apart as the polymer chains were stretched. The substance when pulled slowly did stretch and did not break apart. Slime is a non-Newtonian fluid and therefore has a different viscosity depending on the amount of force applied to the slime. This explains why pulling with more force caused the slime to thicken then break and less force simply increased the surface area or was stretched.
Polymer chains of the slime also stretch which provides some viscosity. A cross-linking agent is the other reason why the substance stretches. Borax, which has borate ions, is a cross-linking agent and holds the polymer chains together with weak ionic bonds for short time limits.
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