Ship floating on nothing! :: Physikshow Uni Bonn

Get enchanted by a aluminium foil ship floating above ground on sulphur hexafluoride (gas significantly denser than air) at the Physikshow of the University of Bonn!
http://www.physikshow.uni-bonn.de/

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[KittyaaRutheaa583]

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[tappakeggaday1]

@lim0333 helium would have floated away , like you said it's lighter than air.there are gasses heavier than air that will do this. i think argon would be one of them

[zeron8195]

@liquidrock2u Obviously you don't understand how gravity works...

[903harman]

what would happen if they threw some rice in there. would the rice float?

[liquidrock2u]

if you wanted to do this with helium, couldn't you just make the box upside down and trap it that way?

[wojteklew]

@tappakeggaday1 it's obviously SF6 :)

[DarthNihilus1]

if u used helium, you would have to keep the cover on, and the foil would almost "Stick" to the bottom of the board from the helium pushing up on it

[TheFantasticCorndog]

it IS floating on something

[mudskeeter101]

@lim0333 sulphur hexafluoride, not helium, helium would dissipate... helium is lighter, therefore would float above air.

[AndrosForever]

I would like to see him drink from that cup

[jakeproductions15]

wha????????