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Adam Savage on Helium and Sulfur Hexafluoride

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Uploaded by on Sep 6, 2008

Adam Savage shows us the effects of Helium and sulfur hexafluoride on his voice and explains why.

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  • It's funny, when he says don't try this at home, THATS ALL I WANT TO DO!

  • Adam can join The Black Metal Band With Dat Sulfur Hexafluoride.....Bwahahahaha

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  • So thats how they did Darth Vader...

  • Don't inhale that stuff. Really. Because it's heavier is is also harder to mix with air and get out of your lungs than helium is. No one wants to be asphyxiated by an inert gas. It's like being beaten up by a nerd.

  • That's frickin funny lol

  • i lolled so damn hard with the sulfer hexafluoride voice!!!

  • @ninjajesus you have no understanding on how sound works when we talk.

  • Hahaha - 0:29 - Enter Penn Jillette!

  • @ninjajesus81

    Adam's explanation IS correct. The entire room need not be filled with helium or Sulfur hexafluoride. Once the sound has slowed down within his vocal tract, it remains that speed. It does not suddenly speed up after it has exited his mouth. So at remaining at its reduced (or increased) speed, it reaches your ears at that timbre.

  • HOLY CRAP BEST LAUGH EVAR.

  • Ninjajesus81 who cares? Its still funny so shut up

  • Where did you download this? I would like to use it for a project I have to do in school on Sulfur.

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