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The Phone Book Myth
Entry for a mythbusters contest. Two Phonebooks folded together are inseperable..Or are they?!
Posted 13 years ago by JohnRoss in category: interesting
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FriendlySocks - 13 years ago [ Reply ]
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the amount of combined surface area of all the pages is immense and the pages are rough so the amount friction means that a huge force is required to pull the books apart. this force is much greater than the force needed to rip the books apart

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smithsc - 13 years ago [ Reply ]
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Don't forget there is probably a lot of static electricity contributing to the holding force as well.

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