Why is ketchup so hard to pour? | George Zaidan
TED-Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing
TED
4.4 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2019
⏱️ ? minutes
Summary
Ever go to pour ketchup on your fries...and nothing comes out? Or the opposite happens, and your plate is suddenly swimming in a sea of red? George Zaidan describes the physics behind this frustrating phenomenon, explaining how ketchup and other non-Newtonian fluids can suddenly transition from solid to liquid and back again. [Directed by TOGETHER, narrated by George Zaidan].
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