Granular Material Task
Posted: November 30th, 2011, 7:31 pm
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Granular Material Task
Posted: December 30th, 2011, 7:29 am
What is considered "granular material"? My Science Olympiad group was planning on using BB pellets for this task and the final task. Do BB pellets qualify as "granular material" or do we have to use sand or gravel?
Re: Granular Material Task
Posted: December 30th, 2011, 7:32 am
Here is the official clarification from soinc.org, regarding the definition of an "organic granular material":
Granular material is a conglomeration of discrete solid, macroscopic particles characterized by a loss of energy whenever the particles interact (the most common example would be friction when grains collide). Thus, organic granular material could be described as a collection of pieces of organic material. Some examples of organic granular materials are rice, coffee, corn flakes, sugar, nuts, popcorn, coal, pieces of cork, leaves, etc.
Ignore the part about organic, as that only applies to Keep The Heat/Thermodynamics.
Granular material is a conglomeration of discrete solid, macroscopic particles characterized by a loss of energy whenever the particles interact (the most common example would be friction when grains collide). Thus, organic granular material could be described as a collection of pieces of organic material. Some examples of organic granular materials are rice, coffee, corn flakes, sugar, nuts, popcorn, coal, pieces of cork, leaves, etc.
Ignore the part about organic, as that only applies to Keep The Heat/Thermodynamics.
Re: Granular Material Task
Posted: January 17th, 2012, 9:45 pm
Is A Funnel Considered A Container? Thanks 
Re: Granular Material Task
Posted: January 18th, 2012, 6:50 am
Yes, it is.Itsanthonguise wrote:Is A Funnel Considered A Container? Thanks
Re: Granular Material Task
Posted: January 18th, 2012, 4:05 pm
Just to be sure, I submitted an official clarification. Not sure if someone else already has done so.
Re: Granular Material Task
Posted: January 20th, 2012, 10:40 pm
you're sure right? because I don't want to get disqualified D;
Re: Granular Material Task
Posted: January 21st, 2012, 11:01 am
Someone already did...
10/28/2011 - 09:08 What describes a granular material?
A granular material is a conglomeration of discrete solid, macroscopic particles characterized by a loss of energy whenever the particles interact (the most common example would be friction when grains collide). Some examples of granular materials are nuts, coal, sand, rice, coffee, corn flakes, fertilizer, sugar, nuts, popcorn, ball bearings, etc.
10/28/2011 - 09:08 What describes a granular material?
A granular material is a conglomeration of discrete solid, macroscopic particles characterized by a loss of energy whenever the particles interact (the most common example would be friction when grains collide). Some examples of granular materials are nuts, coal, sand, rice, coffee, corn flakes, fertilizer, sugar, nuts, popcorn, ball bearings, etc.
Re: Granular Material Task
Posted: January 22nd, 2012, 6:08 am
I submitted one on if a funnel is a container.A Person wrote:Someone already did...
10/28/2011 - 09:08 What describes a granular material?
A granular material is a conglomeration of discrete solid, macroscopic particles characterized by a loss of energy whenever the particles interact (the most common example would be friction when grains collide). Some examples of granular materials are nuts, coal, sand, rice, coffee, corn flakes, fertilizer, sugar, nuts, popcorn, ball bearings, etc.
Re: Granular Material Task
Posted: January 24th, 2012, 2:00 pm
Sorry, I missed that post because I scrolled down to the bottom to look for new posts, but good question.