wow did you just see that fireball
today we're talking about fire and water now normally you think that
water would put out fire but given the right circumstances you can go from flame
to fireball accidentally and magically like that welcome to impossible science
hey guys it's jason latimer world champion of magic coming to you with another impossible
science now that illusion you just saw with the bbq lighter turning to a fireball
well that is just a trick but today i will show you how a flame can become an unexpected fireball
and we're going to do it by understanding volume which is why we're here with the
ventura county fire department to learn about an unexpected and dangerous science experiment
so whatever you do do not try this at home okay so i'm here with captain mcgrath because
i've heard that deep frying a turkey could be very dangerous and i've never done it before
so i feel like i followed the instructions i've got the right temperature i've got the
right level of oil that i feel that i did right and i've got my turkey is i think
i got it let's let's go deep-fried turkey what could possibly go wrong
okay so we just put it in nope because we're going to do it your way first
i need you to just kind of hang it over the pot and step back
oh did you just see that fireball turns out water doesn't always put out fire
let me explain matter is the substance that makes up everything and volume refers to the amount of
space that matter takes up this ping-pong ball is filled with air and the volume of air is this size
of the ping-pong ball by placing this ping-pong ball into a liquid you can see the amount of
volume it displaces by overflowing the liquid okay now let's get back into it
so what went wrong well the turkey was the culprit see the turkey was wet and it was frozen
had a thin layer of ice and water in the molecules all the way around the skin
and that water expanded now why is that important because earlier remember we were
talking about volume well the volume of one ping pong ball of water when it expands to a gas at
that temperature is roughly 1700 times what does that mean it means a ping-pong ball full of water
transforms into this beach ball and when that expanded the oil caught fire and kaboom we went
from flame to fireball so let's go over how to do it the safe way okay captain mcgrath show me how
what the secret is to drink success first you gotta start make sure the right volume of oil
put the turkey in dry and then put water into it and that's gonna be your oil marker
i'm gonna pull this out
that's correct that's gonna be your oil level so you can just mark that on the outside
if your bucket doesn't have it okay now that we have the levels what's next
uh you wanna make sure you pat your turkey nice and dry and pick your
location
pick your location what do you mean by location well we want you to be outside
away from a house no overheat overhang and somewhere on the concrete not on a wood patio guys
you wanted to be outside no decking no overhangs yep someplace free of an area where it's going
to be nothing there's not going to be any kind of flammable just in case there is an accident
follow those steps and you'll end up with a perfect turkey
how good does that look all right now let's eat well that's it for today i hope you enjoyed
learning about the unexpected and if you enjoy making the impossible possible through science
let me know by liking the video and sharing it with your friends especially if you're going to
be frying a turkey this holiday and i just want to make sure i say thank you so much captain
mcgrath and ventura county fire for everything you guys do and for doing this video with us
and from everybody at impossible science and ventura county fire have a happy holiday you