Molten aluminum into cold water

[HowToHydroponics]

why didnt this explode?

[ThorsgaardFoundry]

for your next video.. actually POUR aluminum into a bucket..be cool if ya could do it in a clear container..makes neat globules of aluminum.. *yes, Ive done it*

[AbsorbantVids]

I think you guyz r morronzzzzzz and i work around it

[al2ka]

I think you guys just pissed it off when you pulled the thing out

[jugarnaut40]

Again, but throw it on a giant block of ice and listen to it scream.

[niuewarrior88]

I want to see that thing in a swimming pool.

[mikee286]

should do this again but with liquid nitrogen instead of water

[daewooparts]

hope you scrapped the aluminum for scrap metal money when done !

[TheNoobApocalypse]

why is this so entertaining to watch?!

[xNyc008X]

why?? now you have to remelt all that..

[210chucktaylor]

dirty water

[a3axon]

making hot chocolate?

[dawgsnsuch]

Nice lab. A plastic bucket on the sidewalk. lol that's how I'd do it.

[MrEestipoiss]

it isnt good to cool down it immideately, longer it cools, stronger it gets

[TET2005]

Water has a large heat capacity... it does the job well...

[codboroks97]

i dare someone to do this in there house or garage or somthing

[ThinkBigStie007]

does the reaction of water and melting aluminium creates an explosion?

[kjaks]

@ThinkBigStie007 there have been about 250 reports of accidents involving molten aluminium accidentally coming into contact with water or vice versa from the aluminium industry since they starting reporting accidents in the 80's. The aluminium would probably need to be hotter than this, and the amount of water should potentially be smaller.

[pcorf]

The water is just cooling the Aluminum from 660C to 100C. It has to be one of the best bubbling displays ever!

[josiah2j]

@HP100ify we built a kiln out of concrete, insulated it with vermiculite, stoked it with charcoal and force fed it with a blower. the crucible was made out of oil field pipe. pretty tough stuff.

[Supermassively]

@josiah2j How much money and experience does it take to build a setup like that? What would be the cheapest and easiest way to build something that can totally liquefy aluminum?

[IOWNA11]

touch it touch it touch it!

[VanHalenFreak99]

lol do u guys live right next to an airport or is it just the camera. anyway this is really cool

[VanHalenFreak99]

lol do u guys live right next to an airport or is it just the camera

[MovieViking]

@ccam96 Well you just go ahead and try it - but well away from innocent bystanders. If you add a flame to this experiment a serious explosion will occur!

[MovieViking]

Those morons are lucky that there is nothing to ignite the hydrogen or they would all be dead!

[UpperYarraAquaponics]

@ccam96 Completely incorrect. Much of the pale mist you see coming off is pure hydrogen. If you dont believe, go argue with you chemistry teacher.

[UpperYarraAquaponics]

@LLCoolPass I have nothing to say, so I figure if I use capitals it might transmute - alchemy style - into gold. Nope. Fail.

[Leivonmies]

@hedelmaaakkoset Ai iltalehti vai?

[ochgottnochma]

why the plastic doesnt melt

[beal4274]

Very lucky guys ... steam reacts with molten aluminum chemically to create hydrogen gas. Has about 200,000x the power of steam expansion

[gromislaw18]

Wasted aluminum. I would pour it into Justin Biebers mouth.

[thekingsora]

it wasn't boiling so vigoriously from before because of the liedenfrost effect

[Awshbuscus]

But will it blend?

[MIketucky350]

Now lets put water in molten aluminum!!. under the surface of the metal. KABOOOOOOOM

[SentryGoinUp]

@MIketucky350 Better idea: Lets put Aluminum in molten water!

[jvcrules]

now thats how to boil water quickly

[dtiydr]

Nice vid!

For those who wonder why nothing happened first was because of the immense heat a very thin layer of isolating steam was formed on the crucible preventing the water to reach but only very slowly to produce more steam. But at a certain temperature this layer will not form anymore and the water will be in direct contact with the crucible and the heat will then start to be transferred to the entire bucket very fast and thus boil.

[adavid7901]

try capping a soda can full of water with steel. be warned water will flash to steam expanding to 5000 times its original volume having said that once the water is capped completely it will explode. ive heard of steel plants having their roofs blown off cause of something like 5tons of molten steel capping a fivegallon bucket full of water.

[neilanboy]

Astounding reaction.........Water vapor in a cool enviroment.

Which reminds me it`s time for a cuppa.

[josiah2j]

If you look at a phase diagram for steel (do a google search) you will see that the highest melting point for steel is 1538 deg C. Some common aluminum alloys can melt as low as 1100 deg C. I guess that we were below 1400. It is tough to get all the way to 5000 deg C while playing in your driveway.

[ilikepie9519]

@josiah2j thermite...

[cjnewson88]

@josiah2j Hi Josiah, just a quick question. I keep hearing that molten aluminum can only glow silvery. Could you confirm for me whether this is true or false?

[john1966elliott]

maybe, it is Super Heat, about 5,000c rough, I think