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A Serious Look at Changeable Silly Putty

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Changeable Silly Putty is a thermochromic material. It changes color due to a change in temperature. This paper describes advanced experiments designed to find the mechanism of the color change, provides a discussion of proposed mechanisms, and describes three experiments using Changeable Silly Putty that are suitable for young children.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, 37132

    Gary D. White, Debora A. Zartman & Judith M. Bonicamp

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White, G.D., Zartman, D.A. & Bonicamp, J.M. A Serious Look at Changeable Silly Putty. Chem. Educator 5, 2–7 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00897990349a

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