Braingle: 'Big Molecule' Brain Teaser

Big Molecule

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Puzzle ID:	#42220
Fun:	(2.18)
Difficulty:	(2.55)
Category:	Science
Submitted By:	AndrewWalker

John looked at a freeway and saw a giant molecule on the car with his naked eye, and at a distance of ten yards. How?

Answer

Polymers in the paint of the car can actually bond the molecules of the paint together to form a giant molecule on the car's surface!
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Comments

castillion Jun 13, 2008	I don't understand this at all! What ?????
kunju Jun 13, 2008	hard one
sourdough Jun 19, 2008	Uh huh --- Righhhhht !!! $D
castillion Jun 19, 2008	Come on Andrew - what does it mean????
AndrewWalker Jun 19, 2008	okay, the paint has polymers, or chain like molecules that are stretchy and sticky, and each individule molecule attaches to these polymers to form bigger molecules, and these bigger molecules keep attaching to each other until all the paint is just one molecule.
tommysmo Jun 20, 2008	the same is true of a bowling ball. it's a cross-linked polymer. So, the molecular wt of a bowling ball is like 16#.
carawilson Jul 08, 2008	cool!! learn something new everyday!
Paladin Apr 09, 2009	Cute fact.
princess2007 Mar 08, 2011	This is SO obvious, dude. How does this even have such a high difficulty rating? Anyways, I like the way you put across the teaser.