Login | Register
The Engineer's Place for News and Discussion®

Previous in Forum: Fumes from FRP Product Making   Next in Forum: Removing Water from Oil
Close

Comments Format:






Change Mode
Close

Subscribe to Discussion:

CR4 allows you to "subscribe" to a discussion
so that you can be notified of new comments to
the discussion via email.

Close

Rating Vote:







Add Vote
5 comments
Subscribe Rate this Comments: Nested
Mousejockey
Commentator

Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: On Top of the World
Posts: 83

Scotch Tape Fractals

12/10/2010 9:30 AM

A couple of years ago there was an article posted on CR4 about x-rays emitted by peeling scotch tape. Now scientist have found fractal patterns in scotch tape.

Seems like Scotch Tape is magic.

__________________
Metaphors Be With You
Register to Reply
Pathfinder Tags: fractal polymers scotch tape
Interested in this topic? By joining CR4 you can "subscribe" to
this discussion and receive notification when new comments are added.

Comments rated to be Good Answers:

These comments received enough positive ratings to make them "good answers".
PWSlack
Guru
United Kingdom - Member - Indeterminate Engineering Fields - Control Engineering - New Member

Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing. Kettle's on.
Posts: 19592
Good Answers: 469
#1

Re: Scotch Tape Fractals

12/10/2010 9:48 AM

Is that why Scotch also produce a product called Majic Tape? Curious minds want to know....

__________________
There was a time, not long ago, when people were smarter than their phones... (tips hat to CR4 user Harley.)
Register to Reply
kramarat
Guru
Hobbies - Fishing - New Member

Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Raleigh, NC USA
Posts: 9195
Good Answers: 329
#2

Re: Scotch Tape Fractals

12/10/2010 9:59 AM
__________________
If you expect what you've learned to outlive you............give it away.
Register to Reply
2
Anonymous Poster
#3

Re: Scotch Tape Fractals

12/10/2010 10:16 AM

Aye, we Scots culd hae told ye thut the Scotch whiskey kin do right proper miracles if ye apply it in correct quantities for th' situation at hand!

But it's beyond our ken on how in blazes ye make it inta tape!
Register to Reply Good Answer (Score 2)
No more Good Answers.
Kilowatt0
Guru

Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Earth - I think.
Posts: 947
Good Answers: 58
#4
In reply to #3

Re: Scotch Tape Fractals

12/10/2010 11:14 AM

Or why!

__________________
TANSTAAFL (If you don't know what that means, Google it - yourself)
Register to Reply Off Topic (Score 4)
Leonf
Power-User
Popular Science - Weaponology - New Member Engineering Fields - Electrical Engineering - Not so new Member Hobbies - Fishing - New Member, old hobby.

Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Windhoek, Namibia, South west africa
Posts: 297
Good Answers: 10
#5
In reply to #3

Re: Scotch Tape Fractals

12/11/2010 5:04 AM

I'm not as scotched as thinkle peep I am!

__________________
the days of good english has went.
Register to Reply Off Topic (Score 5)
Register to Reply 5 comments
Interested in this topic? By joining CR4 you can "subscribe" to
this discussion and receive notification when new comments are added.

Comments rated to be Good Answers:

These comments received enough positive ratings to make them "good answers".
Copy to Clipboard

Users who posted comments:

Anonymous Poster (1); Kilowatt0 (1); kramarat (1); Leonf (1); PWSlack (1)

Previous in Forum: Fumes from FRP Product Making   Next in Forum: Removing Water from Oil
You might be interested in: Tape Dispensers and Tape Dispensing Machines, Adhesive Tapes, Industrial Tapes


"The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), playwright

All times are displayed in US/Eastern (EDT) (Register to change time zone)

Got Something to Say?
Ask a Question
Start a Discussion

Search this Forum
Chemical & Material Science:
Go

Search all of CR4
Go

CR4 Sections
Aerospace
BioMech & BioMed
Chemical & Material Science
Civil Engineering
Communications & Electronics
Education and Engineering Careers
Electrical Engineering
General
Instrumentation
Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
New Technologies & Research
Software & Programming
Sustainable Engineering
Transportation

Site Directories
Forum Directory
Blog Directory
User Group Directory
RSS Feeds
CR4 Store

CR4 Rules of Conduct
CR4 FAQ
Site Glossary

Who's Online (89 right now)
Show Members