abstract:Flubber (named from the film The Absent-Minded Professor), gluep, glurch, or slime are common names referring to a rubbery polymer formed by cross linking of polyvinyl alcohol with a boron compound. Making flubber from polyvinyl-alcohol-based glues, such as Elmer's Glue, and borax can be done as an elementary science education experiment.
The professor comesup with awell thought-outscheme: First figure out how to get Flubber back into his hands, andthen defeat the bad guys with thehelp of Flubber.