Bouncing Bearings on Liquid Metal

[TheBerserkerCompany]

The only question I have for this video is: How are the balls bouncing so quickly? Gravity would not pull them down that quick after they bounce when they hit the alloy. My only guess would be a magnet, mabye to speed up the process of the demonstration.

[OldKingSol]

@TheBerserkerCompany The bounce speed looks very realistic to me for an alloy that's losing less momentum. Like a coin, when it's settling down, it vibrates so fast you can't see it (or it's very blurred). The speed is not at all unrealistic, imho. The shorter the distance it has to bounce, the faster it will appear to bounce - but that's an illusion.

[asumazilla]

@TheBerserkerCompany This is just the speed they fall and bounce in gravity. You might have problem to judge speed if you guess the size wrongly I guess.

[LucasRMiller]

floating ball at 0:27 O.o

[webkar]

repulsion gel!

[cullotte3]

@webkar I hope I'm not the only one who gets this.

[AlexIsSmalll]

@webkar lol

[Full4God]

As a single-digit handicap golfer, I have used a Liquidmetal driver for about 8 years now, so this company and its technology are not new to me. It is by far the most powerful driver I have ever hit, but Liquidmetal sold the golf club manufacturing rights to another company, so they could focus on military applications.

Liquidmetal alloy is a combination of five metals and cooled rapidly to prevent a crystalline pattern from forming. Thus, they are superior in every way.

[OldKingSol]

@Full4God Ordinarily, I'd think a comment like this is from someone involved in the selling/making of the product. But in this case, even if you'd happen to be that, I do believe you're right. Unless there's some sort of trick to the video, this kind of material would -have- to be a pretty awesome club. I don't think they'd do that (video trickery) because it would be too easy to falsify. Very interesting vid! :-)

[Full4God]

@OldKingSol I have seen that ball-bouncing demo live, and I have no connection with the Liquidmetal Corporation, except that I use their golf clubs. I recently purchased a set of Liquidmetal irons from eBay. My 7-iron used to be good for 155-yards. Now, my 9-iron is a consistent 150-yard club. The driver FAR EXCEEDED the PGA's coefficient of restitution limit, so it is now illegal in USGA-regulated tournaments; but the putter (I own one) and irons are.

[Full4God]

@OldKingSol I am not involved in either the selling or making of any Liquidmetal product. I happen to own the following Liquidmetal sporting equipment: Professor Johnson 9-degree driver, 3-wood, putter, 3-PW irons, and a Head-Liquidmetal tennis racquet. My original driver sold me on this fantastic metal alloy.

My only question right now is when and where is Apple planning on using this alloy? Being that Apple purchased the exclusive IP rights in Aug '10 to use it in consumer electronics.

[superjezz]

Sounds like a bad case of the runs

[DjinnJuggler]

Who named it "Liquid Metal" when it's not a liquid???? Who's bright idea was that??

[jeep6242]

@DjinnJuggler Whose bright idea was it to comment about something they don't understand in the slightest. Derp.

[DjinnJuggler]

@jeep6242 I know it's some super-hard zirconium alloy, but I don't know why they're calling it liquid when it's quite obviously a solid. Can you tell me why?

[marquedesade]

@DjinnJuggler Its because of its molecular matrix, metals have a crystalline matrix, liquid metal has an amorphous matrix.

[cathy0007]

@DjinnJuggler Liquid doesn't have a defined crystal structure so does glass. A metal that is rapidly cooled doesn't get a chance to make a crystal structure. So for this reason such metal is called liquid metal or glass metal (well, metallic glass).

[DjinnJuggler]

@cathy0007 Point well proven, name now understood. Thank you.

[ducttaperulestheworl]

that's bouncy

[tnoyy34rt]

just freaking incredible! no wonder Apple bought them!

[vkorinfsky]

thats not liquid! thats solid metal. wtf is this!?! salesmen 101?!!!!!!!!!

[spentfromnz]

@vkorinfsky

It's not liquid metal, it's Liquidmetal (TM). :-)

Technically, it's not even a metal, it's a glass, ie amorphous (non-crystalline).

[sciencoking]

Seems to be quite efficient at energy conversion =)

[JuanPaBJxGothic]

¿¿¿...???

[0SukMunky0]

Whatever's on the left, I want THAT for a drum practice pad...

[iWriteOink]

OMFG VIETNAM FLASHBACKS!

[jngwatson]

Didn't understand it, but it looked good.

[Pimpmedown]

LOL :D:D:D:D:D:D

LEFT ON WINS !!!

WUHU

[Sinxseal]

@thehealguy LOL

[dlyavhoda]

fly u dont stop!

[filitalian]

@thehealguy rolf

[terente22]

Metals are crystalline structures (long range order). When a melt is cooled down fast enough in order to avoid the recrystallization (up to couple of millions degree per second), the new structure keeps his amorphous structure (liquid). Because there are not defects like in a crystal, the properties of liquid metal increase: high elasticity, hardness, etc

[dmars444]

WHOO LOOK AT HIM GO

[mrgreatauk]

hmm... so what is this liquid metal?

[hai2410]

Its a misnomer. Its actually metallic glass, by which I mean it was cooled so fast that there wasn't enough time for the atoms to arrange neatly, like in normal metals- so its like a freeze-framed version of a liquid- complete disorder or isotropy. I don't know why it bounces better- presumably this atomic arrangement is more efficient. Anyone know?

[npinson]

@hai2410 Because the material on the left is so much harder. By hardness I mean that compare steel to wood. The bearing might bounce once on the wood and would bounce many times on the steel. Brunell hardness testers use the same concept to measure hardness of materials by dropping a ball bearing in a tube and measuring the distance the bearing bounces back up. It would bounce higher for a hard material and less for a softer material. Hope that helps.

[hai2410]

@npinson cheers! Do we know why its harder- is it something to do with the atomic arrangement? Never mind if its a complicated explanation haha, but I do find it interesting

[kriegkatse]

@hai2410 Metallic glasses have an amorphous or non-crystalline arrangement of atoms, this causes no crystal defects like dislocations that limit the strength of the crystal form of the metal, and also the nature of how metallic glasses are made add a high resistance to flow, which is what prevents the crystal structure from forming during the cooling process. the normal metal properties such as malleability are lessened in their glass state.

[hai2410]

@kriegkatse Cheers mate. Everything you've said makes sense- but I was trying to think of a different example for example amorphous carbon and crystalline carbon and its the other way round. Any idea why that is?

[kriegkatse]

@hai2410 With allotropes of carbon, the bonds are covalent and therefore a lot stronger than normal, also you don't have to deal with properties of metals that allow for some give. Diamond, a structured form of carbon is a 3-D convalently linked structure that is very ordered. On the other hand amorphous carbon is highly disorganized with a greater degree of strain on the bonds and imperfections robbing it of its strength

[mrgreatauk]

hmmm... so what is this liquid metal?

[madjimms]

We come up with groundbreaking technology & we use it in golf clubs? WTF?

[thatcucumberbicycle]

i like how at 0:25 the balls look like they are floating because his camera is so bad

[steve0crzy]

It is not because his camera is bad... it is because the bearings were bouncing so frequently, it appears as if it is floating..

[SNMstudiosHD]

new high-end vibrator technology

[vortigauntfan]

DDDDAAAAAAAMMMMNNN

[bobobano]

epic bouncing

[heretowatch11]

Its like Flubber!

[MidnightDC696969]

TRIPPY!!!

[happyguy82]

Ahh cool that's the same material that's used to make the SanDisk USB drivess LiquidMetal

[Lmpfapo1]

CRAZY ASS BASS PEDAL! XD

[GraveTypeBed]

Bahaha totally, Listen to, The Head Table - Slaughterbox

He actually gets around that speed with double bass!

[Purplepen123783]

@Lmpfapo1 Fuck you!

[BlueLamp614]

Glass = Amorphous Solid.

[paronfisk]

fuck the golf club, I want the marble :D

[bregonz]

oh,my god!!! a new liquid metal golf club!!! XD

[MattBlytheTheOne]

it wouldn't take much in the way of resonance to keep those balls bouncing!

[Scion79]

i need 1 of those now !!

[azrial4421]

wow i watched that 4 times, good weed

[jozzymosbourn]

where do you get that

[dinmagic]

Material of the future.

[peabnuts123]

The main thing confusing people here is that LiquidMetal is actually just the name of this Alloy these people have made... there is no actual metal in liquid form here...

[OuterHe4ven]

then what do you call mercury >_> its a liquid metal at room temperature

[peabnuts123]

Idiot! "LiquidMetal" is the name of their metal alloy.

[idotechno]

lol yeah.... i love hg btw. wish i could get my hands on some of it

[TKnightcrawler]

Ugh, it's called "liquid metal" because it technically is a liquid, just like glass. There is no crystalline structure in metallic glass, the molecules are arranged as a liquid even though they retain their shape macroscopically.

[metamaterial]

Rather, it takes its name from the popular conception of glasses as liquids. Pitch is a good example of a very slow liquid, glass is not.

[vmelkon]

glass is a liquid? Feels solid to me.

[jozzymosbourn]

glass is a semi solid if you had a time laps camra that could run for 100,000,000 year and scienties in 100,000,000 years saw they would see that the glass slowly starts to sag.

[paronfisk]

In support of the assertion that glass is a liquid, people often point to old church windows where the glass is thicker at the bottom of the pane.

The reason for this is not that the glass has flowed over time, but that medieval glaziers sometimes couldn't cast perfectly uniform sheets of glass. when that happened they preferred to stand the glass into the window with the thick edge at the bottom, for obvious reasons.

[elliott12591]

Thats called plagiarism. Cite your work next time.

[BryanBeatsYouAll]

it's a solid you idiot. I feel sorry for your teachers.

[paronfisk]

blow me

[BryanBeatsYouAll]

/facepalm

[chanchan84]

I dunno why you're voted down, cuz you're right, glass is an amorphous solid

[jjames9826]

that is bizarre

[JD161]

Liquid metal is an alloy? Well, I"m not realy to surprised. :P

[TwistofFateHardyBoyz]

from 0:22 it sounds like a helicopter taking off

[Hooligan7777777]

your right it does sound like Elmo laughing

[boobtbam]

hahahahahahhahaha, WIN!

[infamous741]

damn they bounce fast!

[HotRockx]

I dont understand. what does liquid metal have to do with it?

[davidzzz94]

what kind of metal is each metal ball?

[trebor121290]

thats cool...

[Panimations]

lol that was cool :D

[DirkDigglerGuy]

You can buy liguid metal at Walmart.

[Oh861]

yes make it work with cars so we don't have to fix a dent

[themecman01]

flubber

[SobeDragon7]

Dude that's not liquid metal it's metallic glass. Big difference

[Stephenlee5]

Lol, liquid metal is just the name. Like those FireDog tech guys, they're not flaming dogs.

[H0dges]

The correct name would be amorphous metal as its amorphous nature is what gives rise to its excellent elastic properties.

[Stephenlee5]

Well, too bad, i didn't name their product. Go send them a support ticket or something...

[Ace020]

LEVETAION AT :27 - :28 AWSHOME!!

[turunen45]

its not levitation. the movement is just so quick you cant see it anymore.

[scilonthreat]

It occurs at > 60 oscillations/sec

[turunen45]

Cool :D

[13loodhound17]

i found this entertaining heheeeeeeeeeeee

[earthbenderzore15]

man,liquid metal is wierd,no wonder the past chinamen use to thought it was a pure substance of magical properties..well..it is actually,lol

just not made to prolong life

[Lokivoid]

Thats becuse Qin Shi Huang was a tyranical nutjob that was so Obsessed with Eternal life that ended up killing him. The story behind him is the utter definition of irony. .

[kingdemon815]

he consumed murcury pills and died. etc etc etc..

[Lokivoid]

Exactly the point but not just pills, potions and so on. Believeing it would make him live forever. Insted it made him even more insane, eventauly killed him.

[aplayaz2000]

man thats a weird substance

[c2thew]

where did you buy this contraption?

[krystian1333]

********

[ignishun]

that is so fun. i would rather get this than the golf club.

[proNoobist]

its called "Liquidmetal" not "Liquid metal" no space.

[danedaworld]

?????

[asumazilla]

!!!!!

[Awesometastick]

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[hotrain101]

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[coolfool102191]

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[STCodes]

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[Adstarr70]

%%%%%

[danedaworld]

dumass liquick metal alloy is a strong metal that is in liquid form at room tempurature : gallium or mercury

[asumazilla]

lean to smell u dumass

[Jamesjkl2]

lol

[LilMohMoney]

lmaoo!!!

[thedudethatmadevideo]

@asumazilla u both learn how to spell XD

[WiiSuper123SmashU]

Now imagine if you put a ball of that metal stuff onto the metal stuff it would look like it's floating for a bit.

[poisonivy14p]

The racquet that I use for tennis is made out of liquidmetal.

[DEATHxValor]

I want to get a sledgehammer and smack it on that metal surface =D

[greatscottsham]

looks like it's floating when it's about to stop bouncing

[frizspin175]

Do you know where I could get some of this?

[asumazilla]

No idea - contact liquidmetal dot com possibly.

[mshemgotbanned]

i don't get it..... how r they bouncing like that and whats this "Liquid Metal Alloy"

[lake425xrt]

did u show this as fast-forward becasu those balls are falling faster than gravity? and the sounds shows they bounce so fast i think this isnt real

[asumazilla]

No it's not in fast forward. The balls aren't moving very far, the length of the tubes is about 20-30 cm.

[DEATHxValor]

framerate of the camera makes it look like that..and makes it look like its floating

[matthew11174]

at ::24 it looks like its flying :o

[sinistermoon]

I would like to see what happens with a bigger ball. Like on out of a Pinball machine.

[asumazilla]

Should be similar, maybe louder, probably bounce less long because I think size was probably chosen to show best results.

[defiance0fchaos]

can u take liquidmetal out of a tennis racquet? like the head ones

[asumazilla]

Sure. I don't know how much of the racket is liquid-metal though.

[tempnamehere]

the metal is not liquid, it is metal glass.

[asumazilla]

Thanks for comment.

LiquidMetal is the brand name. However glasses are fairly similar to liquids, the atoms are arranged with no long range order (not in an ordered periodic structure like is found in crystals).

[Tristanvash38]

My balls don't do that

[asumazilla]

Not really stronger, the energy absorbed in the material is much less in an impact (it's stores energy elastically and returns that energy to the ball efficiently). This would make it a good material for golf clubs etc.

[shamburger1234]

where did you get that demonstration piece, I would sure love to have one

[asumazilla]

I borrowed it from a Professor of Metallurgy, it was made for demonstrating at golf shops for a sales display.

[gaucho147]

What he's basically saying with this video is that there is a new kind of material with the common name "liquid metal" that has properties making it, in essence, stronger than titanium.

[niislelhuu]

Amazing!

[Raymasaki]

waste of time ( did i spell it right? )

[asumazilla]

too many e's