@@artstsym Likely the sodium reduced to a point where the amount in the first explosion was less than the second. While the second explosion was larger, it behaved the same.
no. lava is just molten rock. just like molten metal is metal. its not wet.(that is if you will not take it in atomic level). better question is is water wet?
@@aelolul He already lost his mind by the point he did that research and published, but for such a... person.... I'm still amazed at the novelty and quality of that paper. Apparently you can be an asshole AND a scientist.
My dad was in a frat at Cal in the early 60s. They'd snag sodium from the lab on campus, cut notches in the block to give it more surface area, then throw in in a garbage can full of water. BOOM! Outside experiment for sure.
I know someone who stole some magnesium when we did experiments in science class. She took it home, tried to light it on the stove to show to her family. Didn't manage to do it. I've seen their kitchen. She could've easily set it on fire.
There is a thing called aerated water, it's used in water treatment, I guess to separate the 💩 out. You can't swim in it, you will sink. The density of the aerated water is low so the force of buoyancy is not high enough for people to float.
@@dominicfindlay Aerated water can also be highly dangerous, even for boats, IIRC occasionally this can occur naturally though underwater volcanism and hydrothermal vents
This is a three step reaction, all three of which are very energetic. In the first stage, sodium metal initially reacts with the water until it becomes molten. During stage 2, as a hot fluid, it will react violently with fumed silica in a thermite type reaction, forming elemental silicon and sodium oxides. A third reaction sees the sodium oxides react with the entrained water forming sodium hydroxide and hydrogen. Place a lump of sodium in dry fumed silica and remotely initiate the reaction with a propane torch. You will be surprised at the ferocity of the redox reaction. No water needed.
@@jskelton25 You might be right. I googled it and found conflicting reactions. One school of thought says that sodium peroxide and water form NaOH and oxygen. A second claims that the products are NaOH and hydrogen peroxide. Either way, the third reaction is spicy.
@@kindlin I know, was following him since the dawn of RU-vid, when he was had his epic clash with Hovind and VenomFangX. And tbh, I learned a lot from his approach. And got really interested in biology thanks to him. But when you get his approach, when you understand his line of thinking... all you left with is rather boring and toxic rants of the guy enjoying him being the smartest kid in the room. I have extremely mixed feelings about that guy.
6:12 You show the paper by Philip E. Mason, also known as Thunderf00t here on RU-vid. You really should mention his videos where he explains the Coulomb explosion, and link to his alkali metal explosion videos in general.
“There are inside experiments and outside experiments. I learned a long time ago, sodium is an outside experiment”. I cracked up up at that point and had to pause….
30s in, my hypothesis is no, it won't react because it never makes contact. But if the coating is not complete and it can make contact then yes it will. I will be interested to see sodium in ice (what I thought this was going to be when I read "dry water")
Really interesting experiment I've never thought about. Good to see you're still rockin' your old video style, contrary to a lot of youtubers who change their style on a whim.
What's even better to watch is first by pausing the video,(space bar), right on the explosion, (2:47). Then move one frame at a time,(comma [ , ] for back & period [ . ] for forward), to see the reaction and it's AWESOME...
I think the first explosion created micro cracks that were small enough that the glass didn't break. But the 2nd explosion made those initial cracks propagate till it fractured
