welcome back to science on
householdhacker it's been a year and a
half strong run scientific Tuesdays but
one thing came up via comments and
emails they kept coming in day in day
out you guys want more science you don't
just want a Tuesday you might want it on
a Wednesday Thursday Friday whatever so
you know what we came up with an idea
scientific shuffle welcome bubbles
miracles of physics delightful to
children and adults alike but what if
you could make your own scientific super
bubbles today we're gonna show you
exactly how to do that and find your 10
bucks well let's jump right in because
that's exactly what we do on scientific
shuffle here's what you need for some
super scientific bubbles it's time the
world finds out glycerin corn syrup and
dish soap the glycerin keeps the bubbles
from evaporating that's really key here
because you don't want these things
popping as soon as you start making a
bubble it may seem like bubbles are
unpredictable but they have to follow
nature's basic laws they act like a
prism and reflect basic colors of the
universe and you know what you get to
learn about light reflection and
refraction as a bonus the nearer you get
bubbles are teeming with colors bubbles
always have to be shaped like an orb
even if they're initially not they're
going to attempt to work themselves into
that no matter what next we're gonna add
one single cup of corn syrup you can get
this right next to the maple syrup you
know for your waffles next we're adding
three cups of dish soap you can use
anything you find the grocery store the
cheaper the better now here's a fun
factoid even dolphins play with bubbles
it's quite amazing really and it's a
behavior recently learned they spout
bubbles out of their blowhole and make
huge bubble rings by directing their
heads they push them with their heads
and play games with each other they've
learned this over time and it's a
learned skill much like making huge
bubbles is
so it's pretty easy to make the little
contraption that we use to make bubbles
you get to dowel rods just like this
they're about 50 cents a piece at any
hardware store then you get some cotton
string tie a length across the top and
then tie one string to the left end and
one string to the red end very simple
make sure there's a washer there cuz you
want it to be weighted down when you put
it into the balls it's that simple
when bubbles pop looks like they just
exploded but you know what in reality
you have complex science occurring right
in front of your eyes
what you're seeing is surface tension
holding the soap bubble together in the
air is forcing the molecules apart when
the bubble rips
this causes soap molecules to shoot out
everywhere as tiny droplets keep in mind
there's a ton of technique and skill
involved if you want to make gigantic
bubbles we're talking school bus size
bubbles nom nom
when you touch a bubble it pops to
prevent that you can touch a bubble with
anything covered in the soap solution
itself or possibly even wet when bubbles
pop looks like they just exploded but
you know what in reality you have
complex science occurring right in front
of your eyes what you're seeing is
surface tension holding the soap bubble
together in the air is forcing the
molecules apart when the bubble rips
this causes soap molecules to shoot out
everywhere as tiny droplets
Hey look we've got more superhot hot
bubble action click on the video here
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next time for scientific shell
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