Mad Hatter

[MultiIPwnage]

what about a circle?

[sw15062]

It won't go back because the path is shorted to ground and no current flows through the mercury.

[healthspot3]

sorry if this sounds dumb im not the best at chemestry electronics is my specialty.. but if you can, ionize the mercury, and it becomes magnetic, is that just magnetic in general? or does it have a N/S differential? and if said differential exists, could you say, instead of positively ionically charge the particle, negatively charge it to create and opposite effect?

[crob227]

@healthspot3 Mercury vapor is very harmful so i try not to mess around to much,but this could be interesting.

[ProjectRedfoot]

the water you used, did you say it was super ionized or did my brain just hear that?

[DemonDik]

If that ionized hydrogen flame is vaporizing that mercury in any way, you are putting yourself at VERY HIGH RISK for mercury poisoning. It takes only a microscopic amount of mercury, vaporized in the air to cause severe neurological damage to human beings!

[westbrionage]

you have to chane the polarity of the current to attract mercury withe the yellow wire duuuur

[crob227]

yes mercury is not magnetic, it is a nonferrous metal............. the magnet under the table shows the mercury attracting to the magnet, which usually don't happen in mercury,,, why cuss???

[x65535x]

@crob227 If you pass current through any conductor it generates a magnetic field, just like in an electric motor. It's not a flame it's an electrical arc, it's a wonder you are alive.

[crob227]

@x65535x you dont pay attention......that is a hho flame that is ignited by th ark

"its a wonder your still alive" what a prick. dontleave anymore negitive comments on my page, if you dont like what you see just ignore or write a positive comment. wonder your still alive thats heart wrenching, i feel sorry for you if thats how you think

[x65535x]

@crob227

You know what, I see there is a very small almost invisible flame, but what you are seeing is the arc caused by the high potential between the electrodes.

It's true since a flame is plasma, it is conductive and an arc will generally carry through it, the arc will exist anyways.

The mercury is moving because there is current flowing through it, try this without any HHO (fake BS term idiots use)

[lildrumerboy0]

@crob227 you go homeboy

[firebomber39]

@x65535x it is a flame, look closely at 2:20

[xWOMBOCOMBOx]

this guy does not know what he is talking about. to make it "go back to the other side" you have to reverse the polarity. and as akito said, mercury CAN be come ions and ions are magnetic. when he is attempting to draw it back to the other side there is no path of conduction through the mercury anyways, he really is a mad hatter.

[crob227]

Thanks for the fuel.

[akito2000]

Finally someone with a knowledge of basic chemistry who can verify my ionization theory. Thank you for your reply. I attempted this at my home and he did in fact ionize the mercury. I am now testing its magnetic capabilities.

[tcscearce]

more than likely it is because of the direction of the current, your flame jumps to the tool rather than the tool creating the flame correct? there for when you try to get it to go back the other way there's no more current running through the murcury, which is why nothing happens, its following the current through the water.

[michaelsvedstrup]

aaarrrrgggghhhh my ears have to kill that sound

[Dimand99]

Looks more like induced current than ferromagnatism.

[endimion17]

Nope, no magnetic mercury. Only electrochemistry here.

[crob227]

well, dont leave me high and dry, least spit on it.

[frankensteinmoneymac]

Interesting experiement....thanks btw for warning to turn the sound down.....I was wearing headphones at the time and you probably saved me a trip to the ground screaming and grabing my ears...LOL! Yeah...Ive got to put some thought into your little exp. Right now it is like 4 in the morning and I am pretty sleepy...So I cant seem to think of a good explanation for what I am seeing. Im gonna have to watch this vid again when I am more awake.....Interesting stuff...

[akito2000]

Mercury can become an ion and the ions are magnetic. What you have done is somehow changed the mercury into one of its ionic forms. Read wikipedia for more info.

[tcscearce]

yeah, check wikipedia, the encyclopedia that anyone can write lol, don't listen to all of the stuff wikipedia says, and no, he didn't ionize it.

[akito2000]

Wikipedia does verify any information placed on their websight before it is posted to the public. Ionization is basic chemistry and anyone with a periodic table can verify that mercury can be ionized to a magnetic level. Someone needs to take high school again and its not me.

[xWOMBOCOMBOx]

i agree.

[carlnuno10]

no wonder that aliens make their sound

[robbosdog]

drop some aluminium foil in water with the mercury and some wire it should melt the foil and make hydrogen

[apuc789]

Could it be part of a circuit where the electrical current be passed down through the water . By moving the current behind the mercury it doesn't effect it because its not apart of the curcuit. So when the circuit is complete it moves to the + side. In electrical currents + moves to - , but the mercury moves towards the + current which seems to be more of a trait of electron partials. thus showing that while the current is ran down the water the mercury pushes in the opposite direction.

[TEMPESTSPARK]

Obviously! (ofcourse) Are you making it easy for the mercury to travel or move north, you should get your compass out it would be interesting to know what direction it's moving, my money is on north.

[jimmimak]

This is very strange, because mercury is in a liquid state at room temp, you would expect the atoms not to be able to align themselves, therefore the electrons could not rotate in the same direction, producing magnetism. Ferrofluids are different because they contain solid particles which align to any magnetic induction. You probably ionized the mercury giving it electric charge, but it's still strange.

[crob227]

yea, wonder why you dont see stuff like this in books, maybe one day we will....

[Rel7eGaDe]

dude i think its normal that it doesnt go the other side.. cause theres no electricity passing in the mercury.. since it jumps directly from one thingy to another.. just inverse it.. put orange thingy to the right and the other one to the left.. i think its because the mercury follows the flow of the electricity

sry for my english :s

[TSNam]

Im a chemistry student thats not particularly fond of physics, but Ill try. In the first experiment, I think that there is an electrical current going between your instrument to the wire tip and the mercury is simply going with the flow. Id presume if you could see the current going through the air out of your instrument, it must be a very strong current because air is a poor conductor. Id think with weaker currents, the effect would be significantly less or not observable at all.

[TSNam]

I think the second experiment is the same phenomena as the first one. It was hard to see but I think there was an ionized water connection between your instrument to the magnet (not sure if you mentioned this) and the magnet is probably just conducting the electric currently between the ionized water to the wire. Once theres a current, the mercury will just go with the flow again.

[crob227]

no ionized water connection with the magnet, this is easily replicated with just putting 2 leads into mercury, charging the mercury up and removing the leads.

the mercury then stays charged. and becomes magnetic, and also if i put metal into the mercury after charging it, it makes the mercury produce gas "whenever submerged into salt water...

[TSNam]

The third one is tough and I think someone else tried to explain it, but it is a rather difficult explanation with words alone or if youre unfamiliar with the concepts. What youre seeing is the changing magnetic field producing induced currents which are pulled by the magnetic field. When youre moving the magnet away from the mercury, youre inducing a current that would attempt to restore the magnetic field that it previously had such that the current inside the loop remains unchanged

[TSNam]

The loops itself is made of moving charges and moving charges are subject to magnetic forces. The side closest to the magnetic will feel the strongest force and when you move the magnet away, the side that is closest will be pulled toward the magnet. The opposite side of the loop will try to pull away from the magnet, but the magnetic field there is weaker than the closest side so the closest side wins.

[TSNam]

This is what I would think is happening at first glance, but Im not particularly confidant in my skills in physics. If you have any ideas on how this works, Id be glad to hear your explanation.

[crob227]

as i said this is easily replicated, by just charging the mercury with 12 dc current

[Krawnikal]

Great shit man, now all you need to do is get that stuff inside of a circular pipe of some sort and find a way for the magnet to spin WITH the mercury as described by alien scientist.

[eligao]

use a small piece of alu foil and see if it does the same with the mercury！！

[new01]

Hmm you should research further and find out exactly what is happening to the mercury. If you know anymore now than from what is in the video please let me know, mercury is some really interesting stuff.

[michael11185]

move the other lead to the other side if you want it to go the other way.

[oryanphox]

amazing, i have been watching you vlog from the start. most of this stuff is over my head, but i noticed that the mercury is magnetized only from one side. is that linked to the same rule as when you pulled the mercury in the water trail and it would never go in revers, and have you tried to make the mercury go in a never ending loop? if you explain any of this in a vlog that is already posted, i'll see it in a minute. ps your work is every interesting, thank for sharing!

[melissacarl2002]

watch out man! mercury emits harmful mercury vapor that destroys your immune system and brain!!!!!!!!!

[B15h73k]

2) i don't think the mercury is becoming magnetic. things can move with electricity, like making your hair stand up when touching a van-der-graph gen. "like" charges repel. "opposite" charges attract. here you have a circuit with one electrode touching the water and one on the torch. when you put the torch on the other side of the mercury you just bypass it and it is not in the circuit anymore as the electron flow follows the "path of least resistance" straight to the other electrode.

[crob227]

i should have the shown the magnetic mercury it with a piece of metal instead of the magnet.

ok you said electricity moves with the vandegraff "hooked up". good point but there was no power source on the mercury when i had the magnet under it...and wici says mercury can never become magnetic.

now with the mercury and the flame you could be rite, but thats why i posted this video, i appriciate the comments.

[ehsanul]

It did somewhat seem like perhaps the magnetic flux going through the mercury induced a current by Faraday's law. Then by Lenz's law, the current would be in such a direction as to oppose the motion, so it would present a N to a S that is moving away for example, and thus follow it due to magnetic attraction.

However, there's the fact that it seemed to keep on following sometimes, making the flux "flow" negligible. But the experiment still sorta bothers me. Would like something more concrete.

[NOBOX7]

hey friend just wanted to let you no wiki is full sht you should stop using it people post bullshit on wikik thats total speculation,any thing conducting current produces magfields, the reason the mercury was only moving one way may be because of electron flow placing the mercury in between cuases it to cunduct current as it is less resistave then water to currnet flow then when you put the wire

behind the mercury it no longer is in the flow path.

very cool experiment,,

[crob227]

what you think about it holding a charge and staying magnetic?

[NOBOX7]

not shure friend i wouldnt whant to speak about something i dont understand let me watch your vid agian and see if it could be the device your using to move

the mercury usualy when a conducter generates a current in something threw

mag induction it is an opposing force thats produced

[NOBOX7]

you know how copper influances a magnent falling down a tube of copper

mercury moves so easily that perhaps the magnetic tip of your prod is inducing micro currents that then generate an opposing field causing the mercury to move,,,see if some other non ferous metal will do the same by floating it in a little bote,, or raft,,, sorry i cant spell

non ferous metals do emit mag fields when cut by mag fields ,,let me no if you get what im saying if not ill try to send a copper pipe video if i can

[B15h73k]

ok a couple of thing i would just like to add for everyone to think about: (i'll make this a two part post)

1) i don't think you are pulling the water as well as the mercury. it looks like more water coming off the flame as the product of the hydrogen and oxygen burning and condensing on the the surface.

[tcoffin1]

Nuclear magnetic resonance - i believe this is the phrase were looking for.

[tcoffin1]

ok i think ive figured this 1 out? just my opinion, although im no chemist. wikipedia would answer better any other qs. the electrolisys process is liberating radioisotopes. there aligning unidirectionally in a magnetic field. thats why the mercury only goes 1 way. ofcourse if you moved the ground to the other side it would align magneticly and go the other direction. simple magnetics but radioisotopes/electrons are dangerous especially for kids.

[tcoffin1]

I believe the screwdriver question could be answered with the following info. like i said extremely dangerous and especially for kids. radioisotopes and radiation will kill u dead and or sterilize a person. nevertheless i wonder how many days your mercury is remaining active.

[tcoffin1]

There are seven stable isotopes of mercury with Hg-202 being the most abundant (29.86%). The longest-lived radioisotopes are 194Hg with a half-life of 444 years, and 203Hg with a half-life of 46.612 days. Most of the remaining radioisotopes have half-lives that are less than a day. 199Hg and 201Hg are the most often studied NMR-active nuclei, having spins of 1/2 and 3/2 respectively.

[tcoffin1]

a guy could make all sorts of things with that stuff seems like. liquid generators / brakes / motors / paint / surfaces for aircraft / thermometers hey theres another posiblility maybe its acting like a thermometer in the water? whoknows thanks for the vid

[tcoffin1]

like in water h20, hydrogen turns deuterium/deuteric/h2 can turn into tritium or h3. when turned into h3 and its become radioactive and stays around for 11.5 yrs which would b positivly charged. when electrolyzed. of course thats not good for a guys sexlife especially kids, and posibilitys of mysterious food poisoning could arise. say the screwdrivers negative or ground and your getting a hho electrolisys reaction? i wonder, anyway interestin stuff thkz :)

[tcoffin1]

theres only really a coupple options i can think of. have you put and ohm meter on the stuff for fun? if its not charged or showing any electrical charge, maybe its becoming radioactive. maybe under an electric charge theres some sort of molecule in mercury that becomes radioactive when separated by an electic charge.

[tcoffin1]

thats interesting. i wonder whats in that stuff to make it become some sort of capacitor. obviously the molecules in the mercury are a changing and aligning to become magnetic. to be able react with unidirectional force in a magnetic field. is it a chemical battery type reaction with the screwdriver? or some sort of capacator? or some sort of chemical reaction. whoknows

[marthale7]

The ionized flame is kool...

[cribcat1]

Interesting vid ... gotta check out the rest