Heinsbergrelatz Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Could anyone give me some ideas on an experiment with tissue paper which in relation to physics? Any simple experiment will do. thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x(x-y) Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) First thing that came to my head was "material deformation", so perhaps an experiment involving Young's Modulus of the tissue paper - measuring the stress [latex]\frac{F}{A}[/latex] and strain [latex]\frac{\Delta L}{L}[/latex] on the tissue paper? I don't know, maybe that's silly but it's the first thing I thought of, I'm sure someone here can come up with something more interesting/exciting. Edited February 1, 2013 by x(x-y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinsbergrelatz Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 so basically measuring the young's modulus of the tissue paper? Hmm that is very interesting, would you share how you would do this more preceisely?? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enthalpy Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Capillary action fits tissue paper well. Like: it separate a mix of two liquids. Choose them of different colours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Capillary action fits tissue paper well. Like: it separate a mix of two liquids. Choose them of different colours. Black ink works well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel123456 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 (edited) Capillarity is fine. Take attention that tissue paper is not isotropic. One direction is not the same as the other because the tissue is woven in a certain way. That's why you can tear in two a piece of tissue along one direction without any difficulty, while not along the other. The same happens with newspapers. ----------------- that makes me think that you could measure the resistance to traction in one direction and then the other. ------------------------- other: put the tissue flat on a table top. Then blow hard in the direction parallel to the table top.Horizontally, tangent to the surface. If you do it correctly, the tissue will collate to the table instead of fly away as expected. Then find the physical explanation. ------------------ other Ask how to measure the thickness of a paper tissue with a common wooden ruler or a tape measure. ----------------- other Ask to fold it in half twelve times. Or 36 times. Then explain why it is not feasible. Edited February 2, 2013 by michel123456 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha2cen Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Paper chromatography. Carrier liquid is water, water+ethanol or water +methanol, etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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