How to make balls of “water” with a few household ingredients - Magic.
How to make balls of “water” with a few household ingredients - Magic.
Posted by Drew on Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 at 8:12 pm under Miscelaneous Manip, Random. RSS 2.0 feed of comments for this post. Trackback.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Please share!
Sounds very interesting.
Thanks,
James
September 10th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Hey Drew !!
Yes please give the link !!
^^
September 10th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Ingredient:
water, a fridge -18° C, dans 2 bowls ???
too simple reponse to be right. no?!
September 10th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1693189/how_to_turn_water_into_balls/
September 10th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Sorry Guy’s a few problems with updating MoM’s software/ Link fixed now. Enjoy, Drew. Yep Mafiaboy, thats the same one.
September 12th, 2008 at 1:46 am
has anyone tried this? i’m having my doubts about it, and most people commenting on both youtube and metacafe that have tried it say it’s not working for them.
September 12th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
According to my Chemistry Teacher sister, this is not possible for various reasons. And the science terms presented in the video make no sense. It wouldn’t form a sphere if it was true anyway, the most it would do is form some type of gel when picked up, like toy slime or something. I can go into a bit more detail, but a comment field isn’t really long enough.
September 14th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
According to the sister of your chemistry teacher, or according to your sister who is a chemistry teacher? Please bear with my english
Anyway, around the net is said that you indeed don’t get solid marbles, but rather some pretty slimy and squishy round thingies that feels like, duh, slimy and squishi rubber things. And if you squeeze them, they burst, like a bubble would do.
September 14th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
My sister who is a Chemistry Teacher. I wouldn’t bother mentioning unless I got it directly from someone who studies these things. Here’s a couple of interesting things that she said.
‘And prolly the most important thing is NONE of the chemicals used are large enough to react in a way that would cause any large molecules at all, which is what you need for a substance that sticks to itself.’
‘Even the explanation doesn’t make sense, loses it’s polar hability? Water ALREADY sticks to itself better than almost any other (pure) liquid.’
At 2:38 or so in this video, you can see him playing without moving the liquid into the air or apart from each other, and it’s forming ’spheres’ while the liquid is still in the container. So even the very idea of ‘pulling’ the liquid into the air and then forming the sphere as it leaves the liquid is disproved. What is in the container is a group of solid ’sphere’ like objects, and a liquid. Not a liquid that turns into ’sphere’ like objects after removal from the body of the liquid.
September 15th, 2008 at 9:24 am
We don’t know! But we’re loving the debate. It could be either, If it’s real, it’s cool, and if it is fake it is one of the best magic tricks I’ve seen recently. So either way it’s a win. This morning I’m leaning towards thinking that they are marbles, and it’s “magic”.
October 27th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
If you watch closely right after the ‘Time for Fun’ part of the video when he is moving his hand through the liquid, one of the ‘water balls’ falls out of the right side of the container and bounces away. Also when he drops the balls into the cup why does the cup already have liquid in it? Perhaps to hide the fact that this is fake. You don’t have to be a chemist to figure that out. Probably would be funny to know how many people wasted half an hour of their lives and some baking soda and salt to realize they aren’t very smart.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Nice try.
2:11 - 2:16 you can see the “spheres” that are only supposed to exist when exposed to the atmosphere INSIDE the solution.
H O A X
November 6th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
watch it carefully at about 2:15 behind the words and you can see the “balls” move at the bottom of the container
November 7th, 2008 at 1:46 am
They’re most likely marbles with a refractive index very close to that of water.
November 10th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
What a dirty hoax, btw you can buy these ‘water balls’ at most gadget shops… Oh yeah and do step one (vinegar and baking soda) and expect to have a big foamy mess to clean up =P
November 11th, 2008 at 3:05 am
I’ve been trying to find calcium bicarbonate for weeks and apparently it doesn’t even exist in solid form. I’m leaning towards thinking it’s fake, but if it isn’t, I need some calcium bicarbonate.
November 11th, 2008 at 4:59 am
Perhaps he meant sodium bicarbonate? Its just the chemical name of baking soda. Worth a shot I guess.
November 12th, 2008 at 3:16 am
I think calcium bicarbonate can be found in alka seltzer, but look it up before you take my word for it.
November 15th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
He Dosnt Say Exactly How much of the Ingredients You Need, Does Anyone Know?
November 15th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Calcium bicarbonate doesn’t even exist as a solid according to the encylopedia!
November 16th, 2008 at 5:35 am
Nice hoax! Too bad “polar hability” does not exist and calcium bicarbonate is a liquid solution. BTW, I’m a A.P. chemistry teacher.
November 16th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Utter hoax…but a great jump off spot to write about water and polarity!
November 18th, 2008 at 1:04 am
Not a hoax! The spheres form along with water in the reaction, that is why the water around the spheres is in the container. The spheres are calcium bicarbonate crystals that are hydrated, meaning they contain water locked inside the crystal. This trapped water pulls against the other crystalline trapped water, causing it to form the spheres. The byproduct, water, is just leftover from the reaction and the spheres are submerged in it. Don’t let the spheres dry out on the floor or counter, it will ruin them and leave spots.
November 18th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
yes i belive cow is right i belive that it is a byproduct and that it really does turn in to marbles i have tried it and it does work there is no lie
November 22nd, 2008 at 2:16 am
this experient sounds really stinkin awesome, but i can’t figure out where the calcium bicarbonte comes from/is made/where i can get it…maybe i’m being blonde, lol, but i need this explained
December 4th, 2008 at 5:14 am
im trying this tommorrow with my science teacher
December 6th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Calcium bicarbonate is a solution… Of what? Water and calcium carbonate… Bi- means two and I’m not sure if thisll work but I’m thinking about trying it, with a couple theories… I think towards the end he has boiling water in the pan because when he dumps it in that fridge pack it more than what was in his cup…
December 8th, 2008 at 3:34 am
Calcium bicarbonate is a by product of calcium carbonate and water so its true that the guy had calcium bicarbonate but only after he mixed it with the water.
December 8th, 2008 at 3:35 am
Sorry forgot to mention that chalk and lime are forms of calcium carbonate
December 12th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
it does work man you just need calcium bicarbonate with you can creat by ur self by mixing calcium pills and baking soda and mineral water its very eazy