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In an attempt to show that sound vibrations can move objects, I put a bit  of 
salt and pepper  on a piece of plastic wrap which was stretched  tight over 
the top of an aluminum can.  I then held a metal cookie  sheet a few inches 
above the wrap, and whacked it with a metal spoon.   Indeed, the salt and pepper 
jumped!
 
I then continued to whack the cookie sheet ten more times, and the salt and  
pepper started to line up in rows!  When I was done, I had three or four  neat 
lines of salt and pepper on my plastic wrap.
 
Were the salt and pepper bits lining up based on the frequency of the  
vibrations I was creating?  Or was something else going on?
 
Thanks so very much!
 
Lisa  

 
Lisa Jo Rudy, Writer/Consultant
625 Chelten  Hills Drive
Elkins Park, PA 19027
_www.lisarudy.com_ (http://www.lisarudy.com/) 
215-635-9735

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