Soup Can Race

From UO Physics Demonstration Catalog

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Description:

Campbell's Bean and Bacon soup has a distinctively different moment of inertia than Chicken Noodle. Compare with racing a solid vs a liquid inside a container. Another variation. Two cans of soda will reach the bottom at the same time. Shake one of the cans and then race. The one not shaken wins... WHY??

Location:

  • Sh. B-2 Gilbert's Cans!!