DESCRIPTION
"Exploring Materials - Ferrofluid" is a hands-on activity demonstrating that a material can act differently when it's nanometer-sized. Visitors investigate the properties of ferrofluid and magnetic black sand, learning that the surprising difference in the behavior of these two materials is due to size.
DESCRIPTION
"Exploring Materials - Ferrofluid" is a hands-on activity demonstrating that a material can act differently when it's nanometer-sized. Visitors investigate the properties of ferrofluid and magnetic black sand, learning that the surprising difference in the behavior of these two materials is due to size.
TRAINING VIDEOS
OBJECTIVES
BIG IDEA
A material can act differently when it's nanometer-sized.
LEARNING GOALS
A material can act differently when it’s nanometer-sized.
NANO CONTENT MAP
Nanometer-sized things are very small, and often behave differently than larger things do.
Nanoscience, nanotechnology, and nanoengineering lead to new knowledge and innovations that weren't possible before.
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- Exploring Materials Ferrofluid - Guide (DOC)
- Exploring Materials Ferrofluid - Guide (PDF)
- Exploring Materials Ferrofluid - Sign (PDF)
- Exploring Materials Ferrofluid - Sources (DOC)
- Exploring Materials Ferrofluid - Material Safety Data Sheet (PDF)
- Exploring Materials Ferrofluid - Materials (JPG)
- Exploring Materials Ferrofluid - Guide (Spanish) (DOC)
- Exploring Materials Ferrofluid - Guide (Spanish) (PDF)
- Exploring Materials Ferrofluid - Sign (Spanish) (PDF)
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Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 0532536 and 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this product are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.
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