Cloud in a Bottle - Cool Science Experiment

Have you ever wondered how clouds form? Clouds are formed when water vapor is cooled enough to form tiny water droplets. This is exactly what happens when moist air rises in the atmosphere, cools, and water droplets form into clouds. Making your own cloud is a popular experiment in many science books, but you should know that the results are not very striking. Yes, you'll see a very faint cloud (very faint), but it's a little tricky.

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[sickscience]

The pressure being released is causing the cloud inside, so as long as you can find a way to seal the bottle while pumping the air in it will work. Rubber stoppers just work easiest for this experiment. Hope that helps, thanks for watching out videos and if you use something other than a rubber stopper, post a response video showing us how it worked!

[sickscience]

you can visit stevespanglerscience. com and check out the Science Fair section. We have ideas, tips and some examples to help you out. Hopefully that helps and let me know what you come up with.

[sickscience]

@music120597 You can find it on our site. Just go to

SteveSpanglerScience . com

And search for "Cloud in a Bottle". Hope this helps :)

[Bluemchenwiese]

I tried it at home and its realy easy to build. Just use a cork as a plug and your done. for 0 Dollar. This experiment is so awsome, thanks Steve

[sickscience]

@360Techs we do sell them. Check out

SteveSpanglerScience . com

and search for Cloud in a Bottle

[ZelluxGFXMC]

You can't smoke it because the pressure isn't heavy enough.

Plus, it messes with your systems because of the acohol  <--sorry spelled wrong :)

[ChrisBeatz]

Use a cork from a wine bottle. Make a hole in the middle with a needle. Using a pin ( used for blowing up basketballs, etc) on your foot pump, stick it in the hole you just made. As long as the cork is snug on the bottle opening, you should be able to build up the pressure the same way. Once it's high enough, the cork will just pop out (if it's not TOO snug) and voila, instant cloud.

[TapDatAxe]

Steve! If you take an empty water bottle and twist it up to make a bottle cap rocket.... when you release the cap.. if you do it just right it makes a cloud! ive been doing that since like 7th grade and now you finally explained it to me lol i was always the only one out of my friends who was able to make the cloud! :D

[randyb]

"Rubbing alcohol" is usually a mix of water and isopropyl alcohol in the US, but it can contain ethyl or isopropyl alcohol or a mixture of the two. Another name for this is "surgical spirit". In the US, I get mine from Target's pharmacy section, and I get the 99% isopropyl alcohol. Any alcohol mixture should work. The alcohol vapor saturates the air in the bottle more quickly and thoroughly than water by itself will do.

[destinyferrari]

Is there anything steve can't do!?

[JesusFreak]

I just did the experiment....one
thank you for the fun and the idea

[bigbill]

I did this for my 9th grade earth science class and it worked great, thanks.

[bigbill]

I a earth science teacher and this is the best way I have seen this activity done. Most require matches and I don't like those around my kids.

[Yoganut]

Oh!!! That's fantastic! I could do this for a group of kids without using open flames! cool beans!

[shmickful]

Wow! I love science now! Thank you soo much. You gave me so much science expiraments to try at home. :)

[xandermcn]

love it. maybe they can make it into a lamp or something. i want one that i can play at home

[Mrhahahahatim]

i did this with a bicycle pump and a small hole in the cap and it worked great!!!

[apeaceoftape]

i want to try that it looks so dam cool

[katerinaml]

have you found a substitute for the rubber stopper?

[Abbekej]

Is this really Spangles answering theese questions!?