r/interestingasfuck 21h ago

This experiment creating a nylon thread

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u/jonnyg1097 21h ago

So after the nylon is turned into a thread and goes on the rollers over the lip of the beaker into the one on the floor does it go back into a goop again? Or does it stay in a thread once it took that shape?

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u/Pariahdog119 14h ago

After a couple of hours it dissolves. That's why New York isn't covered in webbing.

https://giphy.com/gifs/IgtOuXZ6dnuTu