Friday, April 26, 2013

Giant Dry Ice Bubble Experiment


http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/dry-ice-crystal-ball-bubble

22 comments:

Izzy☆☺☮✌♥✎ said...

Oh my gosh! This is so simple but yet so AWESOME! I mean, I've seen this before, but nothing as big as this. I think that the effects that came after the actual "happening" made it cooler. Especially on the bigger bowl part, it looked like the sun and on the last clip, it looked like the sun and clouds. So cool! It would be really cool if maybe the bubbles could be colored so that it would make maybe like blue "fog." I wish that they used a barrel to make a bubble, but still, I loved it. The fabric in soap to cover the outside was pretty smart since if they just poured the soap on the outside, it would drip in the middle, causing a very soapy bubble.

Overall, I really liked this experiment I hope to see it again "live."

Finn said...

OMG this is so awesome. I loved how they did the backlight to add that really cool effect. I agree with Izzy that they should color the bubble or the dry ice...

That was a really cool video!!!!!

Elle~~Directioner ;) said...

Wow! I have seen this experiment before, but like Izzy said, never on this scale. I would really love it if they dyed the bubbles. Maybe it could be like a rainbow of colors! Anyway, it was very clever how they put fabric to cover the outside, if they didn't do that, they would have had an overly soapy bubble. Overall, this experiment was really cool. I would like to see more videos on the blog that have experiments like this one.

Tessa :) said...

This video is so cool. The bubble was amazing! I kept watching it over and over again. I would love to know what happened to the dry ice and the mixture. It would be so cool if the dry ice was dyed red or blue it would look phenomenal. I loved this experiment! I would love to learn how to make it on my own.

Dylan said...

Whoa!!! That was a very cool video. The coloring of the bubbles is a good idea, but imagine if they put more ice in the same bowl... that could be cool. But seriously that was an amazing video and I can't wait to see what other videos might be on the blog in the future.

Jonah said...

I thought this video was awesome. I loved it a lot, and i think that the chemical reaction is great to watch. After seeing it a few times I wanted to relive the experience live because of its coolness. We have done it in class a few times, and I loved it. The only thing that I did not like about the video was that there was no explanation on what happened how it happened or why it happened. I would have liked to know why a bubble was created? Are there different materials that could've been used? Why did this reaction happen? Which elements are bonding, and what is the catalyst? I would have liked to have these questions answered. I give it an A

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Sophia said:

Wow, this is cool. I think that the experiment is awesome. I also agree with Izzy. I would be so much cooler if they colored the dry ice.

Mila Jones said...

I thought that this video was super cool!! I also agree with Izzy that if they colored the bubbles it would be really cool. I also like when they made it all dark accept for the one light and it looked like the sun was going down and the clouds were coming up and the clouds just exploded into mist!!!!!!!!!!

Weston said...

Well, this was cool. Although most of us have seen this in real life in Mrs. Maulin's class, it was still cool. I liked the different effects that the person is using, and it was just overall pretty cool.

Gracie C. said...

I think that it would be cool if you colored the dry ice. Since it is basically compressed gas, I am wondering if that would be even possible. The light was really cool. I think it would be cool if there were more dry ice experiments like this. I was wondering if you could make shapes out of the dry ice by blowing it through like a shape stencil or something.

CHris said...

Well, that was great. I think that the dry ice was really cool. The lighting was great and you could see the science perfectly. Even though I have seen a lot of these, this one was especially cool.

Annie:):) said...

Wow!!! This is really easy to do (well you need dry ice but...) and it looks so simple but if you really think, it is very complicated. If this is a chemical reaction and they used die or did it on a huge bowl, think about what could happen! I wonder what would happen if you substituted the dry ice with anything else :)
That would be so awesome!

This was amazing!!! And very interesting also, thanks for posting it!

Kallie said...

Like everyone, I think that this experiment was really cool. Also like everyone, I think that it would be really cool if there was a colored bubble. It would also be really cool if the bowls were on shelves and all the bubbles popped at the same time, it would look like a waterfall or a fountain. It would look even cooler if the bowls on the shelves were differently colored. I also think that the video could have used a LOT more explanations. Why does this create a bubble? Why does it turn into mist, unlike a water-and-soap bubble? The video should have included details like these. Overall, I give this video a 5/10 for being really cool but not having explanations at all.

Gurl, you know it's Bryan said...

I thought this post was oober cool. I have to say, the lighting of the video really helped the dramatic effect of the dry ice bubble exploding. I think it would be really cool to use colored water so you can get more of a view of the dry ice bubble. Overall, pretty awesome!

Hey Girl Hey I'm Simone...jk its Rachel said...

I think experiment is pretty cool. I have seen this before, but nothing as big as the last bubble. I especially like the backlight version. I agree with Elle. It would have been a lot cooler if they died the bubbles. It is a really cool experiment that i always love no matter how many times I see it. It is different every time I see it.
Overall I give this experiment an A.

Bianca :) said...

Dry ice is commonly used to make mist on Halloween, it looks kinda like it did in the video after the bubble popped. I believe the huge bubble was caused by the LD, because it looked soapy. That was cool. I liked the last effect, it looked like the end of a movie. I agree with elle that it would be cool to see in rainbow color :)

Miles said...

I think this experiment was very interesting. How the bubbles formed a dome above on the top was extremely cool. I think this can be related to how water creates a dome like surface on top of circular objects so it sticks together.

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This was not very cool because we have all seen this and done this many times. When you see it for the 50th time, it loses effect.

Savi :) said...

OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! Even my brother thought it was cool... and Cameron is, well, Cameron. The only he thinks is cool is himself *cough* not true *cough*. So like seriously. When they used the bigger bowl and had backlit it looked so cool... I wanted to step in it and film it. It would look like I am in a dramatic scene in a meta horror film and I like would be coming out of my 'lair' where I am making the sharpest chop sticks anyone would ever see so that I can stab the main character and his or her whole family. Then take out their eyes and keep them in jars above my desk place where I can be reminded that I caused pain for my mortal enemy who I then stabbed after he watches me kill his family. Maybe this would be just plain out horror not a meta horror. I don't know... I will leave that for you to chose.

Where do all of these people get all of this dry ice. Is there like dryice.com where they sell dry ice to anyone who wants it for different shapes and sizes? Like seriously. Who would give out dry ice to an amateur??? Then again, maybe this dude is like this big shot science guy who lives in the basement and does experiments in a little room. Hmmm... a lot to think about isn't there?

I wonder if these guys with dry ice have like walked through it all dramatic and stuff. OOHHH!!! Maybe they can do this and I could like email them or tell them my meta horror/horror movie and we can film it (I will star in it of course... don't worry) and I would like win TONS of Oscars and MTV Movie Awards. Then the director will get an Oscar and he won't mention me, so then I yell at him and sue him (I will win of course...) and make him pay.

Sammie :) :) :) said...

Wow! Like Izzy said, I was surprised that something so amazing could be so simple. It was so cool! Also like Izzy said, I think it would be cool if the dry ice was like shimmery pink or something.

I rate this video an A.

Elena said...

This is SOOOOOO cool! How does this even work? I would love to do this experiment at my house! This is awesome! But I am confused on how it works? Is there something in the materials that makes it "blow up" or is it something else?
This was really interesting!

Alyssa said...

Wow! I know this is late but it is still cool! What is the fog coming from the dry ice? Is it gas? I wonder where you can get dry ice because it could be fun to do at home as an experiment. I also don't know what would happen if you dyed the dry ice a different color. It would be cool if the bubble was red or blue. During Halloween, some people have these dry ice bubble machines that look really "spooky" and you can't see through it so maybe this the same concept. This was a cool video!