When air is pumped through sand at high pressure, the particles separate and the sand behaves like a liquid, allowing it to be poured, swum through, and have heavy objects float on its surface; however, when the air stops, it instantly returns to solid sand. This fluidized bed technology is used in industrial reactors, oil refineries, and chocolate factories worldwide.
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This Sand Behaves Like Liquid — Real Physics 😱 #mystery #automobile #facts #physics #satisfyingAdded:
What if sand could flow like [music] water? This is called a fluidized bed.
When air is pumped through sand at high pressure, the [music] particles separate from each other and suddenly the sand behaves exactly like liquid.
You can pour it like water. You can swim through [music] it. You can even float heavy objects on its surface. But the moment the air stops, [music] it instantly returns to solid sand.
Like nothing ever happened.
>> [music] >> This is not a trick. This is real physics. And this same technology is used every single day [music] in massive industrial reactors, oil refineries, and believe it or not, even chocolate factories around the world. The sand you walk on every day is capable of things most people will never see in their lifetime. Follow for more mind-blowing science.
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