Understanding the chain fountain

The Royal Society · 205K views · 2014 · 12:21

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Everyday physics & science demosother

Why the open web links it

Explores the physics behind the counterintuitive chain fountain phenomenon with scientific analysis and demonstration.

Linked by 6 independent sites, 2 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including wikipedia.org, smu.ca, festivalofthespokennerd.com, loutrel.org, sciencedemo.org.

Cited in 2 Wikipedia articles, including Chain fountain, Steve Mould.