The Strange Physics Behind the Smell of Rubber Bands

submitted by Huzzaz on 02/03/19 1

If you've spent any time trying to explode a pumpkin with rubber bands you know that they have a distinct smell to them when stretched, and you have physics to thank for that. Hosted by: Olivia Gordon SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Alex Schuerch, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: www.scientificamerican.com/article/stretch-it-how-does-temperature-affect-a-rubber-band/ scifun.chem.wisc.edu/HomeExpts/rubberband.html www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK236241/ www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00020/full pdfs.semanticscholar.org/bdc0/ebfa064d6062325e7a2728ff58b48c848bf4.pdf depts.washington.edu/chem/facilserv/lecturedemo/EntropyofRubber-UWDept.ofChemistry.html nile.physics.ncsu.edu/pub/Publications/papers/Brzinski-2015-RubberStretch.pdf www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08990229870925?journalCode=ismr20 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/app.39356 www.scholarpedia.org/article/Thermal_touch

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