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NNCI Outreach Demonstration Guide
Teaching Materials | 10 Feb 2020 | Contributor(s):: Nancy Healy, NNCI Nano
This compendium of demonstrations includes 17 activities that can be used to demonstrate topics to students and the general public. They are useful for science festivals, family science nights, and science cafes. ...
What Does Nanotechnology Have to Do with Magnetism? A Ferrofluids Activity
Teaching Materials | 13 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s):: Joyce Allen, NNCI Nano
Ferrofluid is a unique material that has both magnetic and liquid properties. It is a colloidal solution of nano-sized particles of magnetite suspended in a liquid. This activity will review what students know about magnetism and compares that knowledge to how ferrofluid behaves.