What is kinetic sand and how does it work?

Kinetic sand is regular sand that's been coated with silicone oil. Silicones are polymers, meaning they're molecules made up of long chains of repeated units.

Silicone oils have unique properties in that they can be liquids that flow freely, or semisolids that flow slowly in the absence of pressure, but act like rubbery solids under stress.

Imagine long strings of spaghetti. They stick together, so they can hold a shape, but place a ball of them on the counter and, over time, they slowly sink down into a low pile. Longer strings of spaghetti hold their shape better than shorter ones, as described by Rick Sachleben, a member of the American Chemical Society.

Similarly, with kinetic sand, the polymer chains within the silicone oil make the sand particles stick together so you can form them into a ball. However, the ball will slowly flatten out over time.

But the silicone-oil-coated sand particles stick only to each other, not to other surfaces. This is why kinetic sand doesn't seem "sticky" and is easy to clean up.

⭐ Kinetic Sand Girl's Wacky-Trinities Theme Accessory Pack

It's more fun when it's wacky. Kinetic Sand is the squeezable sand where you can feel the fun. You've seen it before, but you've never felt anything like it.

Pack it, pull it, shape it and love it, Kinetic Sand is so incredible you can't put it down. It's kinetic - meaning it sticks to itself and not to you. It oozes, moves and melts right before your eyes. It flows through your fingers like a slow-moving liquid, but leaves them completely dry.

Kinetic Sand stimulates children's creative skills allowing them to create anything they can imagine over and over again. Kinetic Sand never dries out and is gluten free. This soft and stretchy sand easily cleans up while delivering non-stop fun. It's squeezable sand you can't put down. Feel the difference with Kinetic Sand.

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Kinetic sand tops the choice for a sand toy nowadays. It offers more choices to choose from. But aside from kinetics sand, other sand alternatives are available in the market.

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