Adam Savage on Helium and Sulfur Hexafluoride

[ojima510]

So thats how they did Darth Vader...

[ScienceHideout]

Don't inhale that stuff. Really. Because it's heavier is is also harder to mix with air and get out of your lungs than helium is. No one wants to be asphyxiated by an inert gas. It's like being beaten up by a nerd.

[1997mxrider]

That's frickin funny lol

[vi54]

i lolled so damn hard with the sulfer hexafluoride voice!!!

[MrMegasaurass]

@ninjajesus  you have no understanding on how sound works when we talk.

[MrEngelchen]

Hahaha - 0:29 - Enter Penn Jillette!

[Lunerlol]

HOLY CRAP BEST LAUGH EVAR.

[weimerweimer]

Ninjajesus81 who cares? Its still funny so shut up

[drwhofan34]

Where did you download this? I would like to use it for a project I have to do in school on Sulfur.

[spikemilliganfan]

i wanna try it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BradMarkTelford]

hahahhahahahahahahaa this is fucking hilarious the sulfur hexafluride was awesome

[alvarogc128b]

i do both with weed

[Qcforever2121]

i have never laugh like this

[heermatt]

He mentions that sound travels slower in sulfur hex, but that doesn't make sense and I believe him to be wrong. Sound generally travels faster in more dense things such as liquids or solids. Since your vocal cords are vibrating at certain frequencies to talk and if those compressions and rarefacations are propagating faster through a more dense medium, the wave-fronts will be farther apart and hence have a longer wavelength. The longer wavelength translates into a lower tone to our ears.

[Triforce4311]

@heermatt I think he means that because Sulfur hex is denser than air, the sound waves have a lot more to travel through, and so are resisted slightly by it, but in the heliem the exact opposite is achieved. Then again, who am I to question the logic of someone who uses big words XD.

[ninjajesus81]

@Triforce4311 Adam's explanation is wrong. Think about it, he says the sound waves travel through helium faster than normal air, which is what causes his voice to sound higher pitched. Well, if that were true, all the air in the room would have to be helium. The sound waves of his voice travel from his mouth to the camera microphone. Well, the space between his mouth and the microphone has normal air, not helium, so the sound traveling to the microphone isn't going any faster than normal sound.

[jpalkicksass]

@ninjajesus81 good point but they have wireless mics on their SHIRTS as in inches away from their mouth. in other words, try again

[ninjajesus81]

@jpalkicksass First of all, they don't have wireless mics on their shirts. They have a guy holding a microphone over their head. And even if there was one on his shirt, you think there's no normal air in between his mouth and his shirt? And even if there wasn't normal air between his microphone and his mouth, why does it sound the same whenever ANYONE inhales helium, regardless if they're wearing a microphone or not?

You ass, you're wrong on 3 counts and you have the gall to say "try again"?

[jpalkicksass]

@ninjajesus81 if you actually pay attention, 80% of the time they have a lavalier pack on their belt. there is air between the mic and there mouth which is what i implied by saying "inches away" close enough to have an effect but not far enough away cancel it out together. And it sounds the same when anyone inhales helium because there is a constant factor: THEY'RE USING THE SAME GAS.

No need for language. Glad you managed to make a fool of yourself. Cheers mate

[ninjajesus81]

@jpalkicksass You're not even making sense. Did you even understand what I'm saying?

Answer this: Why does it matter where his mic is?

After you answer that, we can continue to make you understand why you're a fucking idiot.

[jpalkicksass]

@ninjajesus81 I understand everything you're saying. You're saying that if there is normal oxygen in the room it should be deterring the way that the helium is affecting his sound waves and the way that it's recorded.

The mics make a huge difference when you're recording anything. If there is normal oxygen in the room and there is a boom mic hanging feet away from him then theoretically there is a larger amount of oxygen that Adam's sound waves have to pass through to reach where the

[jpalkicksass]

@ninjajesus81 mic is actually recording his voice. Oxygen is denser than helium and therefore it would slow down the sound waves coming from Adam's vocal chords. But if the mic is only inches away from him (like it would be with a wireless lavalier) you would get the purest sound possible, losing none of the effect.

Even then you would need an incredible concentration of oxygen to slow down those sound waves before it hits the mic. It's not like the brakes on a car it takes a long time.

[ninjajesus81]

@jpalkicksass If I were to inhale helium and talk, you would hear my high pitched voice no matter how far away you were standing. You don't have to be right next to my mouth to hear it. So where his mic is located makes no difference.

[jpalkicksass]

@ninjajesus81 i know that. hence why i said "even then you would need an incredible concentration of oxygen to slow down those sound waves". Im' glad you are capable of repeating what you're told

[ninjajesus81]

@jpalkicksass Wait a minute, you think sound waves have momentum? Do you even fucking know how sound travels? Jesus fucking christ, you're serious?

[jpalkicksass]

@ninjajesus81 see now you're putting words in my mouth. momentum requires mass that sound waves don't have. but the density of what they move through disperses them in certain ways. why do you think that trying to speak under water makes it difficult for the listener to understand what's being said. It's a matter of dispersal

[ninjajesus81]

@jpalkicksass What the fuck are you even arguing anymore? I proved his explanation is wrong, now what about my explanation is incorrect? Are you siding with his explanation?

[jpalkicksass]

@ninjajesus81 I've been arguing from the start that your explanation is wrong. It doesn't matter what gases the atmosphere is made up of so long as the helium is the gas interacting with his vocal chords

[ninjajesus81]

@jpalkicksass Look back to my original post. I was explaining why HIS explanation was wrong and I explained that for his explanation to be correct, the entire room would have to be filled with helium.

So I'm still unclear if you agree with his explanation or not.

[jpalkicksass]

@ninjajesus81 I agree with his explanation. I may not be as in depth as you'd like but it is accurate.

[ninjajesus81]

@jpalkicksass He's saying that the sound waves travel faster through helium, therefore we hear his higher voice. That's wrong. I was saying that FOR THAT EXPLANATION TO BE CORRECT, all the air between his mouth and the microphone, or if you were the one inhaling the helium, all the air between your mouth and my ears would have to be helium. The sound waves coming from your mouth are going through normal air, not helium, on the way to my ears.

[rm06c]

@ninjajesus81

Adam's explanation IS correct. The entire room need not be filled with helium or Sulfur hexafluoride. Once the sound has slowed down within his vocal tract, it remains that speed. It does not suddenly speed up after it has exited his mouth. So at remaining at its reduced (or increased) speed, it reaches your ears at that timbre.

[jpalkicksass]

@ninjajesus81 because according to your reasoning, this effect isn't possible unless the entire room contains helium, therefore you could never recreate this effect on your own time

[verusquo]

Furthermore, Jay Leno did this same thing live on The Tonight Show once. Not fake.

[inuyome1008]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­EEES!!!!!!!!!!!!

[iluvwerewolves88]

justin bieber needs that sulfur stuff

[KawaiiGeek]

He sounds like a scary Jhonen Vasquez character on the Hexafluoride. XDDD

YES!

[Laurawp0391]

oh gosh, i love this.

and everything about mythbusters <3

[TheJuggernaut85]

it isnt fake, look up other videos of sulfur hexafluoride. regular people try it even a radio broadcasting group. the video shows them inhaling the stuff with the same effect

[game1114]

fake

[bigman495]

@game1114 - I think we should hold you down and force-feed you some sulfur hexafluoride to prove that the video is not fake. :-p

[cappellettij13]

It's funny, when he says don't try this at home, THATS ALL I WANT TO DO!

[gekizai]

Wow, when he takes a hit of the Sulfur Hexafluoride, he sounds like Penn Gillette of Penn & Teller fame.

[ExTechOp]

@gekizai

That would be Penn Jillette. The resemblance is uncanny.

As noted in the Wikipedia page for sulphur hexafluoride, claims have been made that the gas is too dense to be completely exhaled by the human lungs, and one has to bend over double to "pour" the gas out through the trachea. Sounds kinda iffy, but may still worth thinking about.

[Serostern]

@ExTechOp Yes, sulfurhexaflouride IS a nasty thing to get in your loungesl. Mainly because it collecs at the bottom. Stand on your head and breathe deeply and you will get it out^^

[hiPlasma]

AHHHAHAHAHHAHA

[iceman1731]

Thats frightenly funny

[hhhhbk1994]

i need to get dome of that thing

[0SukMunky0]

Lol my uncle just got a little canister of Sulfur Hexafluoride and it's the coolest thing ever!

[egyptiscool]

It's sounds so fake! The fact that your voice actually goes that deep is very interesting and very funny. (I know it's real).

[KalKal27]

otflmao

[opcer]

sounds like satin! lol!

[Otacon237]

What's the deal with "don't try this at home", I mean seriously, who HASN'T done the helium joke?

[jbiggs12]

just for liability's sake, if you were to pass out on helium or something.

[Otacon237]

Good point, it's probably just so they can say they warned us and not be held responsible.

[demon1023]

Wait.... Isnt Sulfur Hexafluoride toxic?

[eggman9713]

Nah, its relatively inert.

[guyon2342]

so are dende's balls man...

[corky675]

BUT SOMEHOW IM STILL FUNNY!!!

LOL!!!

[jennahemmena]

BUT SOMEHOW I'M STILL FUNNY

I love it when he says that.

[lababantang555666]

Adam can join The Black Metal Band With Dat Sulfur Hexafluoride.....Bwahahahaha

[d00deiloveyew]

lmaoo.

[xoxoAbiiixoxo]

wow hahah

[DrGWR11]

LOL THATS SO COOL!!!! I wanna try some :DD

[Chibikyon13]

the whole reason that people say that helium is dangerous is misunderstood. The helium itself will not hurt you. However, while you are inhaling helium, you are not breathing air. That is the whole problem.

[chiefen123]

Which has created the rumour/myth of the two people getting inside a huge balloon filled with helium, laughing themselves to death.

[GlintTheStrong]

But it would be so cool if we could breathe helium... Granted the appeal would end really fast.

[emilen2]

You can breathe helium, just make sure it's a mix of oxygen and He. That will do the trick!

[kintarben]

i tried the sulfur hexafloride (dads a gas engineer) it feels like your throat is gonna tear because of how hard your vocal chords vibrate

[dakevinboyo]

do you know where you could get some?(:

[kintarben]

not even kidding when i say this... black market id otn know anywhere else sorry maybe online? ive never checked

[dakevinboyo]

DDDD:

can i get some from your dad?(:

[kintarben]

lol have an extra 350$ just for a funny voice? lol

[dakevinboyo]

just kidding then(:

[MONKEYTASTEFUNNY]

lol it sounded like the persian god dude from 300

[neillturnerwestIII]

i sooo want some sulferhexaflouride!

[squirrelbait101]

I know. any idea where i can get my hands on some of that stuff?? Freakin' SWEET!!!!!!!!

[kintarben]

late notice but check out my comment above XD

[Bottledcan]

The risk of inhaling helium is suffocation. Just inhale air in between.

Helium is actually used as a nitrogen replacement in scuba tanks for deep-sea diving. It has something to do with how it dissolves in solution under pressure. We discussed it in chemistry class.

[lilmarine93]

isnt it because u cant inhale 100% oxygen?

[Bottledcan]

Well, air is over 70% nitrogen to begin with.

I've never heard you can't inhale 100% oxygen, but I would definitely believe it.

[sagesaria]

Yeah, when I was messing around with a helium balloon my first year of high school I took breaks of at least five minutes before doing it again, 'cause I'd been warned ahead of time that you're not getting any oxygen when you do it. Probably overkill, but hey, it made the experience more enjoyable.

[POTATOESLOL]

The Hulk in an Adam suit... clever...

[brndnnrtn92]

No you cant from helium, idk about sulfur hexafluoride...but he sounds so funny though!

[brndnnrtn92]

You can not die from this....the worse thing that would happen would be your throat could start to bleed....but you cant die!

[zeppelinfan444]

you can suffocate

[athousandtimesrepent]

your lungs could explode if you take too much in

[KingdomFan112]

Thats also with normal air.

If you holt too much breath in for too long, that could happen too.

[nerdgurl89]

I've met him :)

[poplolcool]

u can die from this....

alot of people (special kids) have died form this---

[zoxer95]

that was frieken asome

[reecejohnclark]

mythbuster they make me pay atention in class they make me a lvl7a in scienst class they make me wana be a scinset!!!!!!!

[CxC2007]

Haahaha, Love this guy !

[seanrquinn]

lol that is freakin awesome

[joeyjoejoe2008]

fuck i want some

[jeroen365]

why shouldn't we do this at home ?

[RaynorX]

Because it can kill you if you don't know what you're doing.

[ZomgLolPants]

Ya' just gotta stand on your head to get the sulfur hexaflouride outta' your lungs, otherwise it stays in there and you slowly suffocate to death.

[Skillusion]

Wicked, (ahem) savagely wild ;).

[deaker123]

where can you get that stuff

[ApocOfWind]

Sulfur hexafluoride rox!

[TzekeT]

AND MY VOICE GETS REALLY LOW lmao

[0discover0]

ROFL!

[CFLNHLFIFAFAN]

that's awesome

[chocolatesaltyballs3]

i gotta due that shit :D

[trifarceproductions]

He told you right at the beginning not to D:

[unworthyofaname]

o flippin well who listens to these guys

[Skillusion]

Gotta "due"? Are you serious? It's DO!

[skyseeker901]

It IS scientific.

Science is awesome.

[domobranc1]

uou

[ShakkoX3]

He sounds so evil with the denser gas! Frickin' awesome! XD

[yellan13]

truly its not really that dangerous... as long as you dont keep doing it over and over... and over. Doing it once can be very funny, and I would actually use that to make a video (im working on something). The only think you have to be worried about is it pooling in your lungs. Just take some quick short breaths. there are scientific problems. It turns into disulfur decafluoride.... just make sure your not standing next to a tesla coil... lol

[megzzie123]

thx.. that really really helped me with my project thx alot i love ya byezz

[HaBzO123]

i shit my self laughing so har LOL LMFAO

[nose700]

god that is just strange

[XxpineappleexpressxX]

thats pretty cool you guys from mythbusters should try some more internetyths like bme pain olympics lol

[djFrog11]

LOL

[ArexNightSKULL]

I want that shirt!

or at least a similiar one

[merc662]

I gotta get me some-a that!

[larry50]

Although inhaling SF6 can be a novel amusement, the practice can be dangerous because, like other inert gases, it displaces not only the oxygen needed for life, but also the CO2 that is the primary trigger of the breathing reflex

[hernyxxx]

how do you do that

[MGlBlaze]

I DIED LAUGHING FROM 0:29 ONWARDS xDDD

[ArexNightSKULL]

then how did you wrote this comment?

[shazi95]

HAHAHAHA read his shirt

[jjws]

he sounds like an evil overlord

[VGBrothers]

I love that laugh when he inhaled Sulfur Hexaflouride. It seriously makes me want to try it someday. (Cus that's what High School and College kids do <_<)

[joeyarchuleta]

bahahaha that was funny

[pop1290]

or you sound like tay zonday from chocolate rain

[theanonymousboy1]

looks fun. i gottq try that

[gruntmaster1]

I knew he was on something.

[YouknowitisCarl]

May I please warn you that sulfur hexafluoride is much more dangerous to inhale than helium.

Since it is heavier than air, inhaling too much can result in you drowning. It is much safer to watch than experience.

[sagesaria]

I've inhaled helium before, the only worry is if you don't catch your breath between helium puffs; you could pass out that way. But indeed, I will never try sulfer hexafluoride because I can tell right away that denser than air=not fit for inhalation.

[CpBroadcasting]

Haha. Helium is pretty fun.

[harveychen555hotmail]

ITS SCIENTIFIC!

[MarxistKnight]

HAHAHAHAHA - AWESOME!

[slashfan33]

"but some how im still funny"

[toxicity202]

lol

[masterofuall]

cool! imma try it at home

[MapleTheory]

LOL

[mikeoosting009]

realy i loug every time that is see this video

[ChaosNinja00]

The Exorcism of Adam Savage...coming to a theater near you.

[tres310]

He almost sounded like John Madden - lol

[vercelli999]

ahahah true!

[Sharalynn18]

hahaha I love that. I want that gas now. Helium is fun but Sulfur Hexafluoride sounds more fun lol. It make a great prank call tool.

[iamironman662]

oh no hes possessed

[vercelli999]

ahahah i love this video