What Happens When You Keep Cutting Paper Forever?
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REFERENCES
Composition of cellulose https://tinyurl.com/29w7yy3e
Paper microstructure https://tinyurl.com/2967qq7z
Bond energies https://tinyurl.com/22pn53va
Contribution of hydrogen bonds to paper strength https://tinyurl.com/24bsmxoa
Modeling of forces cutting with scissors https://tinyurl.com/26eznsax
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What if you kept cutting paper forever
0:50
What is paper made of?
1:45
Covalent bonds, Hydrogen bonds and Van der Waals forces
3:08
What happens when scissors cut step-by-step?
5:48
Do molecules get cut by scissors?
7:14
Geometry limit. Scissors aren't infinitely sharp.
8:03
How far can the cuts go? Energy scales
10:22
What is the hard stop cutting limit for scissors
10:45
How to "cut" atoms. Nuclear splitting.
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