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Nature Materials 7, 174 - 175 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nmat2131
Granular matter: Sticky sand
Arshad Kudrolli1
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Arshad Kudrolli is in the Department of Physics, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610, USA.
e-mail: akudrolli@clarku.edu
Abstract
The mechanical properties of granular matter are affected by the addition of liquid — however, over a wide range, the actual amount of liquid is unimportant. Now, imaging techniques look inside the wet granular pile, or 'sandcastle', to help solve this puzzle.
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