Supercooled Water - Explained!

[TiagoTiagoT]

How about superheated water? (it's kinda dangerous, if you reheat some water on a microwave several times, if the water becomes pure enough, it will remain liquid until disturbed and once disturbed it will suddenly explode into vapor)

[danjoelabrenica]

subscribed! thanks Michael.

[Ninterd2]

I assume tap water wouldn't work?

[DaffyDaffyDaffy33322]

@Ninterd2 Correct, WAY to many impurities. (Not that its unheathy to drink)

[fcoalvaradov]

I've seen this on my coca cola bottle after a few hours on the freezer too!!! when you open it it forms that icee--- form :D

[Mr007eds]

what happens when u drink that water after taking out of the freezer n before it freezing :P ???

[TiagoTiagoT]

@Mr007eds From what i've seen of supercooled water, just by pouring it it will freeze; so the odds are it will freeze on your mouth and might even freeze your tongue to the icetentacle coming out of the bottle.

[WakaWakaWakaBoom]

Just wondering, does this work for non-polar liquids or for liquids that do not form a crystal structure when solid?

[Pilot2011able]

Hold on.. theoretically, if u drink super cooled water, and it decided to freeze inside your throat... it wouldnt feel so good would it?

[Tanmark1998]

oranges are orange.

[PykohYT]

When my dad worked at a hospital he did this with donated blood and IV stuff.

(It was supposed to be that cold and frozen, of course.)

[nathanlolo99]

2:21 bang it on the counter

[havban]

it happened to me so often when I took some not-yet-frozen bagged ice tea from the freezer. For some cases, they got frozen instantly, so exciting.

[TheCal351]

One does not simply freeze water into ice...

[zambonisdriver]

for my better knowledge of the subject (an an exam that is in a few days) does not 'pure' water actually make it more difficult to turn into ice since there is less of a chance of a substance to nucleate onto? i was thought in my physical meteorology class that pure homogeneous nucleation is only possible at temperature that could reach into -41 celsius (which i hope for your electricity bill your fridge does not do).

[Spiderboydk]

@zambonisdriver It's probably not completely pure like steril lab quality destilled water, but more pure than tap water, which is full of minerals and stuff.

[tikitaka10]

Nice try Fiji salesman! You aren't gonna fool me!

[spyduderaj]

@tikitaka10 lol, how is he selling it?

[GM2k11]

he looks like Jon Richardson

[jrpone]

I just found the answer to my question there is a video on the side by someone called "Misterseng" click it, you can see him pour out supercooled water, Ive actually done this trick without even knowing it.

[jrpone]

Has anyone ever put a water bottle in the Freezer overnight and the next day end up with what I can only best describe as liquid ice. Its almost like slime because there are no small ice crystals and its viscous. Its like water but thicker and colder..??

[SilverTnkHD]

can i drink this?

[jrpone]

@SilverTnkHD Its just movement of molecules so it safe to drink, even if it freezes up on you when you drink , the ice will melt eventually.

[henry2687]

What happens if I poured this water on some hard surface like a floor, would it freeze in abstract formations? That would be cool!!!

[bigglessy]

@henry2687 Sadly, I believe the act of opening and tipping the bottle would cause it to freeze before being able to leave the bottle.

[littleitalianice]

@henry2687 It freezes in the bottle as you pour it

[1337frog]

@henry2687 well, that is assuming you could pour or even open the bottle without it freezing first...

I am gunna say that it is about a 1 in a million chance... go for it!

[hoolahooop]

@1337frog its not 1 in a million, as in not even close, many videos on youtube show people doing it, its not to difficult, i've done it

[noah962]

2:25 for an epic freezing

[alexanderdamesworth]

btw deer park works awesome leave it in the freezer for 2 hours then take it out usually works everytime

[PrezBHubbard]

doing this in science for extra credit

[princess435010]

0:29 creative gourmet, SPONSOR!

[EverlastingZen]

I was always told that this experiment would work almost every time as long as the area cooling the water doesnt vibrate. Hints why an icemaker vibrates.

[TheAlkhemiaStudio]

i happend to have seen this on my own but with apple soda!!, i left it on the freezer for it to cool down, and i dropped it a bit (for accident) and when i opened the bottle, it just froze itself completle!! (a 3l apple soda)

that was awesome, but it's nice to know why, thanks :)

[livedandletdie]

@ouch992 the water is freezing cold and the tiniest impurity will turn it into ice. And if you managed to make the water somehow even land on your tongue it would freeze thanks to the impurities in saliva. But as you might have guessed it will either freeze when you open it or it will get a lot more energetic and turn into normal water again.

[blkhackr]

this works in reverse too with superheating water

[GodDamnPontiac]

it is this same process that produces freezing rain

[Ghosterman200]

Would Poland spring work??

[MagusArdan]

this happened to me with a pop once. It was odd i got home from work put on in the freezer. After about 5 hours I went up it was still water i was confused. As soon as i opened it it became slush. It was cool to watch the pop become slush.

[momothelemur]

Someone has seen mythbusters...

[Piercemxpx]

What happens if you drink it and jump?

[ILSLanding]

Or you could just use distilled water.

[maskedmage77]

xd he could have got a gallon of pure distilled water at walmart.

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[sharpielover58]

My really lame friend showed me this video.. But the videos pretty cool :P

[gyhbhujn]

@sharpielover58 STFU you whore

[sharpielover58]

@gyhbhujn GO FALL IN A HOLE -___-

[gyhbhujn]

@sharpielover58 so you can trap me and rape me

[themag221]

whyt isn't the bottle exploding ? or the cap craking ?, ever heard of ice taking more place than the same weight of water

[murdocha]

It's probably been said before, I didn't read through all the comments. Tap water works just fine. I have done this experiment for my kids a couple of times and just used straight tap water. The cool part was when the temp was just below freezing, I thought it hadn't worked, but after 20 seconds or so I saw flat sheets like snowflakes growing slowly. It took almost 2.5 minutes to completely freeze, very very cool!

[TheAlertHusky]

Are you Australian? I think I'm picking a hint of an accent up but I'm not sure...

[Immortal242]

@TheAlertHusky in one of his earlier videos he commented that he was Canadian

[TheAlertHusky]

@Immortal242 EVEN BETTER

[XoXCrazyVietDudeXoX]

im aboriginal derek so give me back my land

[cutiepie316289]

I've seen this happen during the summer when I get those ice pop things, I open up the freezer to get my self a delicious ice pop and I see one start to freeze right before my eyes! It was slower then it was in this video, but it looked amazing!

[hunt5714]

Try this with Gatorade, it works very well. Maybe its the glucose molecules that help it to 'seed'.

[ShockRawTecTalk]

I have a question. What would happen if you drink the water??

[Cdlgirl443]

Who needs drugs?!

[TheNachter]

3:05 WOW^^

[crabpeoplesi]

this happened to me today and i was like *gasp*

[chapogyr]

so this could be done with distilled water

[123roundtable123]

how long do you need to put the water in the frezer

[nexas16]

you can do that with beer

[AF1KingKid]

yea this is cool but its nothing new i've been doin this for awhile u could also shake the bottle and it will work

[hiram181]

what happens if you drink it like that ?

[Angryjanitor3]

next time drink it before banging it.

[flarestrike]

does it work if you open the bottle and close it back then putting it back in the freezer. wait a while then when its super cooled, open the bottle in the freezer carefully then just squeezing it out. will it freeze?

[XoXCrazyVietDudeXoX]

is there anywhere of making distilled water at home easily

[OhJoyLOL]

i hate Fiji water...

[drsahni]

Awesome

[dmbeaster]

The same phenomena is what causes icing on airplanes. The airplane flying into supercooled water induces freezing on its surfaces. Conditions have to be just right (or just wrong, so to speak).

[MangaMaster99]

i suggest deer park too. had this happen like every morning b4 school.

[MTran0708]

i actually did this before by accident, I dropped my water bottle on the floor and I could see it freezing up.

[akshay059]

I happened once when I took the bottle out of freezer and when I opened the lid, the water in bottle froze in an instant. But I could not do that ever again and no body believed me when I told them.

[PackOwolflets]

I swear, ONE LAST video, then I'll go to bed.

[0hthswhy]

hehehe.... he banged it on the counter... gigity gigity :D

[klacklery]

You guys spelled lemonade wrong....

[EmilyGRogers]

that happened to me!! exept with gatorade!!! and i didnt even mean too!!! i tried to freeze it, but it too long so i took it out and opened it! and it did the same thing! like it slowly frose and i could see it!!

[test123ok]

Why does nucleation happen from the top to the bottom of the bottle ? is it because of the curvature ?

I noticed that sharper edges on ponds freeze first ...so i wonder if that is the reason

[yudilks]

@test123ok Listen to him, we need to agitate the water to make molecules to align (just by chance) and form a small ice crystal as a nucleation sites for the subsequent ice to grow. This event has a greater chance to occur on the water surface where it will be agitated more vigorously.

[WRanon]

you can do this with beer too

[ouch992]

hey derek, what happens if its exposed to air? would it just... freeze? if not, what happens if i drink this water and run into a wall? will my insides freeeeeeze?

[refrigeratemypoo]

@ouch992 one of the funniest things ive ever heard no joke

[yudilks]

@ouch992 Water freezes at 0 deg celsius. your body temperature cannot be that low if you still alive. So it won't freeze inside your body.

[nookie5]

@ouch992 haha good point

[felixthemaster1]

@ouch992 i was thinking the same question!

[datim2010]

@ouch992 No. Your body is 98 degrees. The water would definitely be liquid.

[AxLstyle]

@ouch992 im pretty sure the water will change its temperature as soon as you put it in your mouth....

[blkhackr]

@ouch992 the moment it hits your tongue the water will meet an impurity and start to crystalize

[fatima520]

What water is considered umpire? Like how do I know that?

[ChillTime240]

that was really...cool :D

[iqbalsafi143]

Question. What is the phenomenon of hitting or forcing the bottle? What happens to water when we do it with the bottle? plz explain it and send it to on my email; safiguru@yahoo.com

[SubBny]

works with Vos

[aznerd999]

i still dont get it lol

[Numbawa]

Great video, thanks for the detailed explanation :)

[cdaniel2011]

I put water in one bottle and i put it into the freezer and i make it work at the first try :D

[ufopiloot]

i just tried it with a bottle of water from the store (no tap), but it just frooze up (less then 3h in -18°C). I also tried it with a rip off limonade (fake fanta), not frozen but when opening it didn't do anything...What's wrong???

[1veritasium]

@ufopiloot the water has got to be quite pure - so it won't work with all bottled water (or limonade). Plus -18C is quite cold. Might have to leave it in for a shorter time, e.g. 1 hr

[origamishishou]

@1veritasium so do you distill it or ...?

[turbotonic27]

@1veritasium well i tried with orange juice,(no carbon dioxide), and it worked

[valdezfa18]

@ufopiloot i do it all the time, i use zephyrhills 19 fl oz, put it in for an hour (i usually put 3 in while i go jogging) and it always works... i actually sometimes hate it because it freezes on me and i have to wait to drink it.

[blkhackr]

@ufopiloot go find some distilled water and use that

[Arghira]

1:56 - 2:05 I think you said that on every failed attempt... :)

[ylw]

Why does it freeze from the top down when the force was applied from the bottom?

[Qwtrplx]

@ylw as the bottle is right-side-up, the air bubble was at the top, and if you apply some force to it, it makes a bunch of tiny bubbles at the top where the larger bubble is. I am unsure as of why this happens but that's what I know. :]

[werdnativ]

So, we all know water expands when it freezes. Does it expand from the change in temperature (as super-cooled water), or just when it crystallizes into ice?

[1veritasium]

@werdnativ good question! Just when it crystallizes into ice. Ice has a hexagon crystal structure that means the water molecules are further apart on average than at 4 degrees Celsius (when water is densest)

[chaudstroker]

Haha, "bang the water bottle"

[33200]

correction: the water didn't start freezing when you banged it on the counter it started freezing when you just simply lifted it when you were about to bang

[Sykedhorse]

Great video! Thanks!!

[Desterado]

This is like those super cooled sodium acetate heat packs, yes?

[KRiSTiNAsparkles]

bang me!

[xxZiki]

Question, if you open it and pour it into your cup would that force be strong enough to arrange the particles into freezing?

[1veritasium]

@xxZiki It should be but the water needs to be colder than my freezer would cool it

[xxZiki]

@1veritasium thats got the potential to be some magic trick yeah? :D thanks derrick!

[Sanimangas]

@1veritasium

please don't buy imported fiji water or any imported water, or even bottled water for that matter cause it just wastes gas to import it here to the US and then to make the bottle out of petroleum and then since it's made out of petroleum it's bad for us and most of it is just recycled tap water.

tap water will always be safer and healtier

[DanteAlucardAluxes]

great videos :)

[trixiebarretto]

omg that was so cool (some might even say Super cool. hah!)

i'm so going to try that at home

nice one Derek

[MrPianrange]

@trixiebarretto

like even though my name isn't derek =p

[MikeyBustosVideos]

Love this! Awesome! My beer does this, too. LOL!

[trixiebarretto]

@MikeyBustosVideos omg you're Mikey Bustos! saw your filo accent vid on fb the other week - hi-LAR-ious!

[simoncapon]

Interesting house Derek! :)

[ghrpdx]

Interesting ...

[bloodysaph]

could possibly be future fiji water ad...

but great video derek! :D

[Okora11]

so freaking awesome :)