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Thin liquids threads are formed when two slices of okra (Abelmoschus
esculentusare) pulled apart. Biopolymers (polyshacharides)
present in the fruit sap stabilize are stretched during the operation and
provide elastic stresses which stabilize the threads.
Contributed by Jose Bico and Prof. Gareth
McKinley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
http://web.mit.edu/nnf
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