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Supercooled Water: watch as bottled water turns into ice in seconds
f0rked.com — This article details a practical experience with liquid water cooled below its freezing point. When disturbed, the water turns into ice within a matter of seconds. It's called supercooling, and occurs when molecules in the pure water cannot fuse together.
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- jessecrouch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0AWSOME videos.
- davemac, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Except that his decision to post process them has made them not work on my Mac. Anyone got a PC I can borrow?
- jkearney, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Sucks to be you. Try VLC
- f0rked, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Try VLC (http://videolan.org) if the videos will not play for you.
- WackyT, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1"Except that his decision to post process them has made them not work on my Mac. Anyone got a PC I can borrow?"
He should've posted a warning that his site does not adhere to open video standards. - fudgebrown, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2work fine for me on Mac - do you have divx installed?
- duke_nate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5It works as long as the water is free of impurities(sp?). The same thing happens when you superheat water. It can go way above the boiling point but when you add something to it like a sugar cube or something like it the water violently starts evaporating. very cool, well hot, no, its cool.
- STKD, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1No IE support? Fine. No viewing your site for me then.
- shuffle, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0IE support is for pussies!
- NeMeSiS187, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I discovered this last year with a bottle of Dasani. It would sit in my freezer for a few days and I'd take it out just to find that it was still not frozen! As soon as I shook the bottle or openened it however ht instantly turned to ice. Pretty cool stuff I'm not sure if it works in all freezers or just mine but it was awesome.
- Saiyaman156, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2If you put water in the microwave in a smooth bowl (no ridges or cracks or anything) and heat it up for a few minutes, then tap the microwave, it explodes.
- unclejesse0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I love science!
- breakdown, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I watched them on Ubuntu Linux. If that works, Mac OSX certainly should have something that works...
- hyphn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0digg efffect (already!)
- squirt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Watch as the web server goes supercritical in seconds!
- spect3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0site is "f0rked".
- kylef, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0new to me.
- abdultaiyeb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Mirrored:
http://www.zippyvideos.com/5629632672595146/supercooling1/*whatchamacallit
http://www.zippyvideos.com/5978105842595166/supercooling2/*whatchamacallit
http://www.zippyvideos.com/9426972772595206/supercooling3/*whatchamacallit - buddha_mjs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ive actually experienced this sort of thing with super heated water spontaneously boiling but not super cooled freezing. digg
- Stopher, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's Ice-9
- vniow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Video 1: http://rapidshare.de/files/8839818/supercooling1.avi.html
Video 2: http://rapidshare.de/files/8839862/supercooling2.avi.html
Video 3: http://rapidshare.de/files/8839960/supercooling3.avi.html - vniow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0*****, got beaten.
- CeruleanCowboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0happened to me in the dorm last year. pulled a bottle of water out of my fridge, opened the cap and it immediately froze. very cool to see the paths of the air bubbles as it tries to escape the rapidly freezing fluid.
- orian76, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0This video is bullsh*t, the water is not freezing or frozen. He is pouring in a gelatinous powder. This powder is the same stuff used in baby diapers and Maxy pads. The powder is designed to absorb water quickly.
- soccerob, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3i'm gonna have to say i'm a bit skeptical as to whether or not i believe this. and it's not that i am unwilling to believe scientific phenomena, it's just that this is questionably FAKE. notice in video #2 that by stirring the liquid with his straw it "instantly" freezes... but also note that he magically continues to move his straw throughout this solid block of ice. odd huh? i used to play around with magic in my younger days and i recall this gag of pouring a glass of water into a cup (which had a special powder in it) and waiting a few seconds and then turning the cup upside down and the water magically disappeared and didn't fall out. its a special powder you can buy that turns these liquids into a solid gel substance, much like what you see him moving his straw through. a quick google turned up this page that sells this magic powder.
http://www.magictrick.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=10&products_id=119&zenid=6caf12d2a35c2d8470efa31f36c2c7fe
Now i'm not saying this isn't possible... i'm just saying its strongly questionable... - roflcopterdown, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5This is cool. I would have dugg it if the site had let me view it with any damn browser I feel like instead of telling me what computer programs are evil. Let me guess. The Nazis used IE, right?
- TheROK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0From water that doesn't get you wet to water freezing in seconds. What will they think of next?
- soccerob, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0wow, i didn't even get done with my rant before 2 or 3 other people realized these videos are BS. good job diggers!
- klaupacius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0vlc works. very cool!
- Zammo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0works great with "Fiji water" in the bottle.
- jessecrouch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i promise you it's not fake. i know this guy personally =) he wouldn't do something stupid like that.
- orian76, on 10/12/2007, -7/+0If you digged,
Step 1. Remove head from anus
step 2. undigg the story before you buddies see that your a tard. - dbxz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0i call bull... i think that he put some kind of gel powder in the water...
- lickmygiggle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2what would happen if someone was to, say, stir the water with their penis?
- LucidUmbrage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Any way you can prove that? that powder doesn't work instantly, it takes a good deal of stirring. Besides, does that account for other testimonies?
- tidu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"No IE support? Fine. No viewing your site for me then."
Fine. No living for you, then. - f0rked, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Of course you're going to think that something was added to the water if you've never seen it before. If you're skeptical, look it up, there are links on the article, and a few people have posted their experience with this as well. As it has been said, this is similar to superheating, only on the other end of the spectrum.
- soccerob, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0actually i've used that powder, and it takes all of about 5 seconds to work.
- RevFry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It is a real effect, of course. But, what happens if you supercool something that has a freezing point of 130 degrees F? Like Sodium Acetate?
Nat Friedman found this cool gizmo in China.
http://www.nat.org/2005/september/#Let-Me-Tell-You-About-My-Sacks
Here's how it works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question290.htm - soccerob, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0actually its called lying...
- abhatia, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0This is a hoax. You can buy powder that turns water into gel at any novelty magic store.
- screensnot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Seen this happen many times. Usually it was when I put beer or soda in the freezer to cool it quicker.
- fli7e, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"Warning! You are using an evil browser that does not comply to web standards and is known to have numerous serious vulnerabilities. This site adheres to w3c standards. To view this site as it should be, do yourself a favor and trash Microsoft's Internet Explorer for a much safer and featureful alternative from Opera.com or Mozilla.org."
I have IE locked down pretty well, thanks.
No "continue anyway" button, No digg. - Rocksteady, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The blueprint for freezing Han Solo..
Solo muh ha ha - f0rked, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You don't need a "continue anyway" button. Learn to use your scrollbar; all the content is still there.
- ThinkBox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have messed with all that powder stuff before - this acts differently - specifically when it comes out of the straw in the hardened shape of the straw - and the nise it makes when he spins the straw - the gel won't do that - i got suspended ffrom school once for a TON of pranks involving that gel... lol
- scaaven2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This works with *some* beers (not the cheapy cheap ones). one time I kept some Sierra Nevada pale ale in the freezer and when i took it out, it was still liquid inside. But when i opened it, after about 3 seconds it froze up and beer slush kept gushing out the top (since all the water/ice expanded). I had to drink it all or make a mess, it was pretty good actually. Kinda like a beer slushy.
- psycho_on_e, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3For the ones that do not believe this just try it for yourself. It does happen. It is a predictable and repeatable experiment. It has happen to me as well.
It is similar to how if you leave a sealed unopened coke bottle in the cold for a while. Then open the bottle when the coke is still liquid inside and instantly you have slush forming.
> soccerob
The water does not turn completely into SOLID ice. It is more of a slush. That is why the guy can move a straw threw it. - _HAM_, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Well if you watch the videos in reverse order (for some reason thats the way I did it) Then when you watch the second video you will automatically realize something isn't right.
video number three the water 'freezes' so fast that he can't pour water into the cup without it freezing.
video number two he has a full cup of water. How'd it get in there without freezing?
Obviously a hoax. The poweder sounds like the best culprit. - jasqwerty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0LOL @ orian76 and others
Such stupid, stupid people. I don't even know what your arguement is. That supercooling doesn't exist? -
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