Why does paper tear easily when folded?

When you fold a piece of paper hard enough there is a permanent elongation along the line of fold. So now this region has a lesser yield point ( i.e. can take lesser amount of stress). It thus forms the line of least resistance and the paper is torn along that line.

What type of a reaction do you get when you tear a piece of paper in half?

During the physical change neither the chemical composition nor chemical nature of the substance changes. For example:Tearing a paper is a physical change because when the paper is torn only the appearance of paper is changed. 2. Physical changes are reversible.

What happens if you fold paper 50 times?

In fact, if you had a sheet of paper, and folded it in half 50 times, how thick would it be? The answer is about 100 million kilometres, which is about two thirds of the distance between the Sun and the Earth.

What would happen if you folded a paper 100 times?

With just over 100 folds, the thickness of the paper would be equal to 93 billion light-years. The reason for this is exponential growth. When you perfectly fold the paper in half, you will double its thickness. Folding the paper in half a third time will get you about the thickness of a nail.

Why do I like folding paper?

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What kind of changes is shown by tearing of paper?

Answer: Tearing paper is a physical change that cannot be reversed.

How many times can you rip paper in half?

The commonly accepted wisdom is that you can’t fold a single sheet of paper in half more than seven times. The problem with folding paper in half multiple times is that the paper’s surface area decreases by half with each fold.

What happens when you fold a paper 42 times?

Given a paper large enough—and enough energy—you can fold it as many times as you want . Problem: If you fold it 103 times (only if you could ) , the thickness of your paper will be larger than the observable Universe: 93 billion light-years. Yes,on folding the paper 42 times ,it would reach the moon.