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  • can please tell me in which liquid u may not see the magnetic field in ?

  • @jolyzakaria opaque ink or paint won't work (can't see.)

    Most liquids will work, but oil won't rust the steel.

  • magnetic fields as well as electricity moves in a double helix

  • he talks proper look at captions

  • mola mazo tronco!

  • you blew your WAD!!!!

  • @JamalBCHES220 Such is the nature of the internet. It's amazing how tough and forthright someone is when hiding behind a screen-name and computer monitor. Your point is very well taken.

  • Why does this work? EXPLAIN NOW

  • @muffinroxs101 iron fibers always show the invisible pattern of a magnetic field. First each iron fiber becomes a magnet. Then the magnetic force causes it to twist until it aligns with the stronger field.

    If iron fibers are falling slowly through oil, they'll show you a 3-dimensional magnetic field pattern.

  • @wbeaty thanks alot

  • @wbeaty thank you so much

  • sounds like fapping XD

  • why baby oil?

  • @xXPikachiuXx  Any oil works. But this way you get a small bottle with flat clear sides, for free!

  • @wbeaty why oil?

  • wow just up until now I noticed you weren't holding the camera. Did you have it around your neck? Or maybe attached to your shirt some how?

  • @JaySeeAndWe Or I could clamp it in my teeth, then add the audio track later! In the buckyballs/amoebas magnets videos I held it under my chin. Actually this time it was a quick-release tripod against my chest. Tripod equals no camera motions. You can hear the clicking when I connect the base of the camera with the little lever.

  • @JamalBCHES220 Much here is informed by past textbook consulting work. I know where many common widespread mistakes lie. If I mention one, I'm contradicting hundreds of grade-school books and thousands of teachers. I must be wrong? But science isn't determined by voting, so the number of books teaching the same error is irrelevant, it still remains a mistake.

    Plus I can't be competent, since I don't stand in front of a whiteboard wearing a suit+tie! See bit.ly 9B1sT1

  • if you use different liquid will the result change?

  • That looks like pubic hair.

  • every time that guy cuts with the scissors, his fingers are so close to getting cut, lmao. be careful man!

  • wbeaty: re: leaking plexiglass joints: the baby oil expands with heat and will shatter a glass bottle on a hot day: I know, because it happened to my 3D viewer! Unscrew the lid between uses and set in a catch bowl to collect any overflow if the oil expands.

  • Nice, I've always wanted one of those. Good videos.

  • What's the purpose of the baby oil?

  • why the oil. just put them on paper and hold the magnet beneath

  • @95b40 Here's a way to see magnetic fields ...IN THREE DIMENSIONS.

    Yes, you really can see the 3D flux patterns surrounding several magnets. Ever wondered what space-filling magnetic fields really look like? Build this simple device and find out. (Hint: you could also enclose some dry iron filings between two glass plates for a no-mess two-dimensional device. But even in that device, using oil will buoy up and lubricate the iron, making it much more sensitive to very weak fields.

  • @95b40 in other words @95b40 means that oil makes it 3D

  • @161803, You keep your computer in the microwave!!?

  • DO YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH TOO MANY LARGE FILINGS THAT SETTLE OUT TOO QUICKLY?

    Just do this. Shake the bottle vigorously and turn it upside down. Let the big filings settle towards the cap. Put a magnet on the cap so it captures these big filings. Before the small filings slowly settle and get stuck, turn the bottle over while holding the magnet in place. This keeps the large filings trapped in the cap. Remove the cap and wipe the filings out with a paper towel.

    Refill/repeat as often as needed

  • @kurtu5 Wow, excellent trick! I'll add that to the web article.

  • @wbeaty

    I would just like to say that you brought joy to about 20 people at my work. Some kids too.

    At first I filed a screw and filled a travel bottle. Then a co-worker had some toner in a box, and that worked great. I should rig up a magnifying glass to my camera and get a close up shot of the toner piling up.

    Again, thanks for spreading this idea. People enjoyed it!

  • @kurtu5 See also - Magnetic oil drain-plugs for your car :)

  • @5h4d0w990

    Yeah but if you find filings on those, that means your engine is tearing it self up. * sad face *

  • you seem to have a lot of baby oil lying around.

  • there are magnets in microwaves? is that why u cant put computer in there?

  • Cool now lets see you wipe it all over you, Then i'll be impressed

  • couldent you get iron poweder from ebay

  • @Shiqna1 Actually you are seing magnetic field patterns. The fields contributed by the fibers are very weak compared to the field from the magnet. The main point is that the fibers align themselves parallel to the local flux; that way their own field isn't important. The patterns made by the fibers look almost identical to the actual field patterns. But real fields are smooth and have no "lines," they only have direction.

  • where did you get that steel wool? from a steel sheep? :P

  • i would love to see my 250 pull force magnets field. also its amusing to put it in a Altoids can and watch confused people look at it while its on teh wall

  • Can the baby oil be used after the experiment is over? LOL

  • COOL

  • Presumably the baby oil could be thickened, I wonder if petroleum jelly dissolves in it. Otherwise engine oil might be better, baby oil is a bit thin.

    I also checked in the wikipedia, iron fillings can also literally be filed off steel- I may try that instead. Has anyone tried that?

  • but wouldnt it be better to use a flat surfaced bottle(but not easy to find). can see clearly without distortion. and more iron fillings for denser streaks. good job, dude

  • wow ur genius. most people use a flat glass and scatter iron . but this seems like a permanent device. (but easier rite. you can demo anytime and fast)

  • I love the sound of your voice! It makes me sleeeeeepy. Even better is the sound of your voice AND the sound of the bottle of baby oil being shaken up.

  • is this physics investigatory project???????

  • I bet this is even more impressive when you see it in glorious real-life 3D! I'd try it if I didn't hate the feel of steel wool, although I think I have a tube of iron filings somewhere...

  • i thought u sed it was the finest steel wool at the start of the video....four x's or sumthing, but then u sed "not so fine steel wool" at the end, sorry..just thought maybe i shud clear if im making a mistake or its actually like that ;p

    big fan by the way :p

  • @ricksteina I tried making these with different steel wool. The "ultra fine" works best. The "not so fine" has darker fibers, but it settles out too fast.

  • @wbeaty you can also use a CRT screen to see the fluxes I believe correct?

  • Wouldn't it be quicker to use an old coffeegrinder?

  • this is good. simple method for a 3d-visualisation of magnetism. great..

  • 3:10, it looks like he trimmed his bush and is going to save it for a sexy disguise.

  • boring!!

  • awsome !!! funny

  • This guy is the fun and smart version of kipkay

  • It's special baby oil! It's full of iron filings! ROFL

  • Yeah kipkay is a wanna be because i learned 100% more watching ONE of your videos compared to 50 of kipkays

  • Heresy! What manner of Black Witch Magic is this!!!!

  • lol "Paper barrior" grrrr

  • can aether be detected by this viewer too?

  • That is really cool. Sorry about your colleague's books.

    

  • i just bought some iron filings from my physics teacher

  • why not get your iron from the dirt with a magnet? also you can sift the iron onto a piece of paper that is laid over a magnet and the field will become visible. no money spent for baby oil lol. Unless you stock that sort of thing in your cupboard ;(

  • I invented somethink awesome ^^ You dont need this steel wool to do this ! Get an old casette ( you know, this ones with magnetic tapes ). Get whole tape off this casette and burn it ! After burning it, take a magnet, wrap it with a paper or somethink like that, and get close to the ash what lasts after burning tape. All small steel needles will come to your magnet ! Now, you only need to get magnet off ( be carefull, dont let steel touch your magnet ). And TADA ! You steel needles on paper !

  • cool! keep up the good work bud!

  • Can I pretty please visit your lab? I'm a huge fan of magnetics!

    

  • I wouldn't want this guy as my barber

  • just put it in a blender blender = faster :-p

  • Great video man!

  • looks like sperm

  • A very nice lo-tech instrument. Big respect :)

  • Steel Wool is dangerous! I had some come in contact with the end of a universal A/C adapter (not plugged in) and it almost burned my house down! The adapter WAS NOT PLUGGED IN and hadn't been for some time.

  • this guy is creepy

  • Do you know what kind of places in the U.K. you can get steel wool?

  • @manurok1901 most hardware shops sell steel wool in the U.K. homebase or B&Q should, if not then find small DIY shops.

  • @kingalingable ok thanks!

  • what do you do with the left over stuff after an experiment

  • they look like .. sperm ...

  • i'd try many of your projects but alas i live in a country where it is hard to find this stuff :(

  • cool

  • where'd you get the steel wool?

  • where do you get that?

  • How the fukc is this like kipkay. Kipkay takes apart useless stuff and mixes them up making a cool new invention. Wbeaty gets alot of little things mixes them up making a cool science experiment.

  • Great idea for kinetic art!

  • Looks neat. Did anyone try this with a finer stuff? You can get some fine ferrite dust by grinding ferrite chokes on medium-rough sandpaper.

  • kinda annoying

  • are this can used to be a levitating magic..card trick??

  • why dont u use the magnetic field viewer there quite expensive but no liquids involved and its 2d

  • Amazing! This is a very unique magnetism activity.... Why didn't the teachers think about three dimensional magnetic fields? It's always flat on the paper? LOL

  • > kipkay wanna be

    The reverse, actually. Most of my projects have been online since 1998, and are frequently plagarized.

  • screw him/her/it i love your videos

  • I like your stuff more anyways lol

  • @wbeaty I much rather prefer your work to Kipkays. He seems too "Look what I can do!" When you are much more personal and seem more of a tutor more than someone who just reads schematics out of a book.

  • @ilovebootydew just because you saw someones videos before another one's doesn't mean that the first one you saw is the "original" one. Think before you make an action

  • @ilovebootydew stfu

  • @ilovebootydew plus he's cooler than kipkay xD

  • @ilovebootydew Kipkay is big and gay and weird

  • @TurtleTunfungul he also has a pedophile beard

  • What about using iron filings? They are inexpensive, equal size, and plentiful in a small container.

  • can i also use the dust that a magnet attracts??When i accidentally dropped my magnet on the ground...some dust stick to it...can i use it as alternative to the iron fillingS??

  • duh

  • are there any alternative on steel wool or iron fillings? I mean i cant seem to buy one...how can i make this in home using things i can also see at home.....please i really need this project.

  • would it work in veggie oil?

  • yes but the more viscus the fluid the better so the iron filings don't sink or move so fast.

  • does it still work with normal water?

  • Not really. Because The Baby Oil Is Thick So It Acts A Lot Slower.

  • > work with normal water?

    Try it.

    Note: water causes rapid rusting.

  • @wbeaty lol.

  • @dragongod1231 it should work with it, i think he puted it into baby oil, cuz then the iron would get to the bottom of the bottle too fast, and in baby oil, it stays in place for a shor time, and then it starts to going down :)

  • Any idea on how to build a home made device to detect pulse modulated microwave radiation aimed at the eighth cranial nerve?

    I've been electronically harassed by the organized crime here in Brazil and the authorities are doing absolutely nothing.

    Please answer before I get fried

  • > detect pulse modulated microwave

    First determine whether it's really microwaves. Temporarily reflect and block the beam with sheet metal or foil, (or hold a metal box or wastebasket over your head.) Or climb inside a large box completely covered with aluminum foil. If you cannot block it using metal, then it's not microwaves.

  • No, it will not help and will make you look ridiculous

    In my case, it is the organized crime and I need proofs against them, so I found a way with Cd's (see my other comment), but they will not protect

    Protection is another story, there is a German paint to paint the walls and roof, you can use lead (a thick layer), you can avoid electric current (they're not good for you), I switch it all off whenever I can

  • there is no need to do that. just get yourself some aluminum foil and wrap it around your head. whenever the brazilian mafia is targetting you with electromagnetic weapons, simply slip on the aluminum helmet, problem solved :)

  • It is not funny and not helpful to say that.

    Actually I found out my own way to detect the rays with CD's.

    If the microwaves are too intense they will scorch the CD's I left in the room reflecting the rays.

    They did this to two CD's and they don't want me to have proofs of their crime, so they stopped.

    There is another to detect the strong electrosmog they send:

    devices without batteries start to work, it's creepy.

  • tell them to stop targetting you with electro-smog, and tell them to send some of that juice my way, im sick of replacing my wiimote batteries.

    if youre having trouble communicating with them just write your message in heiroglyphics using MS paint and put it on a CD, cause you know they are scrubbing the data off your CD's before they fry them.

    microwave ovens do the same thing, you put a cd in it and it sends all the porn to bill clinton.

  • M$ Paint?

    I don't use Micro$oft any longer, any demented donkey can crack and  hack this operational system

    I use UNIX and I advise you do the same

  • sorry, MS paint is the only universally recognized application for the construction of heiroglyphics.

    if you use anything else, the glorpians from planet goot will ridicule you, and possibly dispatch a team of krampus's to ruin your holiday.

  • @monicatov build a faraday cage, is it cellmast.?

  • @monicatov LOL

  • i got A in my physics class with this.

    tnx wbeaty :]

    more projects, powers :P

  • Awesome dude, I'm just getting interested in magnets ,this was very interesting to me! thanks for sharing this w/the world !

  • so by the way thanks for more information also for wbeaty and thanks to all , it really help to my science project.

  • U shape magnet can be use,right?

  • aaah. Thanks for information , yeah Im using small magnet.If I use big then the magnetic field shown large image and if small then small magnetic field shown so thanks again

  • ooops not 0:35 it 0:25 hehehe

  • yeah yeah I do it also but my question is I can't see the real magnetic field,go back to 0:37 and that's what I want and to my work , go back to 0:35 and it shown to my work and can I spatter more iron fillings on the bottle?

  • > can't show the magnetic

    Use a large magnet? Loudspeaker magnets (black ring magnets) work well. If the magnet is too small, then the steel fibers won't align unless you place the magnet against the bottle.

    Don't place the magnet against the bottle. That just pulls the fibers to the side.

    Best is to buy many small rectangle magnets, then stack them up to form a large "bar magnet."

    If you place flat rectangle magnets side by side so that they repel, then the field becomes strong.

  • try the fine chips of cast iron, after drilling,

    every time when i clean the machine with a magnet it shows also the field, but it works only with casted iron not steel.

  • and when I point the magnet side of the bottle, the iron fillings go slow to the location of the magnet and can't show the magnetic field hmmm..I follow the direction but why?

  • oh ok.. I have a last question. Can weak magnet work on it?or only a strong magnet because my magnet is weak.

  • can I use vegetable oil?

  • can I use vegetable oil?

  • > vegetable oil?

    Sure.

    But a flat, white-painted bottle lets you better see the patterns.

  • I try this for my science fair but the magnetic field didn't show.I use stainless steel rubbing dish,baby oil and a magnet. I shake it well but it go fast to the location where the magnet is.

  • > go fast to the location

    Don't put the magnet against the bottle. Watch 0:35, with the magnet a cm or two distant

  • mhm but im doing a science fair and what would be the question?

  • is it possible to view electomagnetic fields useing household items? =0

  • Awesome, thanks a lot! :D

  • what would be a question for the science fair if u were doing this?

  • I think it would be "will there ever be a man born wot can swim faster than a shark". Ken ye?

  • yap its cool

  • can we put the steel wool in a water or we have to use a baby oil?

  • if you put it in water it would probably all just go straight to the magnet. but since baby oil is thick it will go slow, showing the field.

  • i think it will just "sink" in water. it will go fast to the location where the magnet is pointed at. in baby oil the steel pieces will move slower and make a "figure"

  • Thank you very much! I could use this for our science fair :D

  • wow... that was really cool!!

  • nice tank u for giving me an idea for my science project!!!!!!!!!

  • hmm i once burnt a video cassette (just the magnetic film strip) and crushed the ash and it made a very sensitive magnetic powder (I think it must of left magnetite or some form of iron oxide and just burnt the plastic strip away). I wonder if you could use that in the oil? Probably. I was just thinking of something that could maybe let you put a little more in the oil so you could see it a little clearer. Or does it get too cluttered?

  • geniusly

  • How do you get the iron filings out?

    My gf wants a massage.

  • heh. but seriously, you can pull out the steel wool by using a huge effing... MAGNET

  • @PhilJonesIII Wait until her back is itchy too.

  • @PhilJonesIII

    Try a coffee filter lol

  • COOL!

  • Very nice practical idea, wbeaty.

    I'm not satisfied with the green magnetic viewing film I bought from KJ Magnetics online. With the viewing film I get this sharp line in the middle of the N-S pole, and so I don't see the B field envelope that way.

  • You can just get a piece of paper, put iron filings on top of it and put a magnet underneath it.

  • the paper way is much easier but messier, this way is more exact because there is no friction from the paper and you can try it from a lot o diffrent angels, nothing but benefits

  • > iron filings on top

    This is a 3D viewer. The whole point is to see three-dimensional magnetic fields. Paper and iron filings only let you see two dimensions.

  • also it being short fibers instead of mere particles (as in iron filings) makes it show off the magnetic field better. you can see them pointing in a direction. You can't see that with just a speck or dot or particle if you like.

  • i bet regular iron filings work better

  • > regular iron filings

    Try it, see why I used fine steel wool instead.

  • im going to private message my reply to you ok.

  • would water work any different/better?

  • water is not as viscous. Therefore it would be worse, the filings would settle too quickly. You want a combination of the filings being movable to meet the magnetic field, but slow enough not to settle too quickly.

  • yeah i figured but it would be less shaking ; )

  • That, and it would rust the steel wool.

  • > water work

    Try it. Water rusts the metal within hours.

  • sounds pretty cool i will try it

    i will call it liquid rust :D

  • > i will call it liquid rust

    Actually that would make a fine science fair project for middle school: comparing steel fibers with iron filings, and comparing bottles of baby oil with bottles of water, corn syrup, olive oil, heavy motor oil, etc. You could also try different thickness steel wool (I think there are four types.) See which combination works best.

  • wow (this is going to seem like a dumb question but) why does it rust so quickly?

  • when a sheet of metal rusts, it does so fairly slowly because the rust itself forms a protective layer over the 'clean' metal and restricts its exposure to oxygen.

    movement of the water will remove the oxidized surface and re expose it almost immediately. And of course you have a large volume of water with dissolved oxygen to accelerate it even further.

  • And with thin fibers, you have enormous surface to volume ratio. It doesn't take much surface rust before the fibers are gone. Melt them all into a spherical droplet, and it might take weeks or months to rust it all away.

    The fibers even rust in oil, but it takes years. The fibers survive, but the oil turns reddish color.

  • I remember the experiment during the school years but it was different. They use to apply the iron fibers on a paper or a plexiglas surface, and use the magnet from below the paper. Or they had a solenoid attached to the plexiglass, dropping the fibers on the surface. When we applied the battery at the solenoid, the magnetic field showed clearly.

  • thsi si saeeosme!

  • this guy is sick