Dry Ice Crystal Ball Bubble - Sick Science! #112

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[sickscience]

This is the first time we have had the dry ice crystal bubble as a Sick Science! video. This experiment has been done in a few of our other videos, but this is a separate video series and shows how easily it can be done at home.

[sickscience]

The Sick Science! series is a quick video showing exactly what you need, how to do it, and how easily the experiment can be done at home. We always have a different video each week and even though you have seen this done on our other channels, we have never repeated a Sick Science! video.

[sickscience]

We still have a large following of people with access to dry ice, and had several requests for dry ice experiments this halloween. We do try to listen to what everyone would like to see on here though, and after this month the dry ice experiments will be done for a while. What would you like to see on our channel?

[sickscience]

I can do that! Thanks for watching and keep an eye out for some super simple experiments next month:)

[sickscience]

Those are Steve's 9News segments, and these are the Sick Science! videos. You can can see more Steve on Spangler Science TV and The Spangler Effect channels:) Hope that helps.

[sickscience]

I am not sure where you are located, and I am not sure what the weather is going to be like. If I had to guess I would say there is a 50% chance of rain, with a 50% chance of sunshine...I hope that helps you with your Halloween plans:)

[onlyKentrop]

It does have a noticeable liquid phase at about 5 atmospheres.

But at normal pressure, the solid sublimates (goes from solid to gas). Because the gas is significantly less dense than the solid, because the molecules are freer to move around, the gas expands, causing the soap bubble to appear.

If you were to freeze that bubble, you would also see tiny crystals, which would hold the shape perfectly!

[LittleMissRAin]

The Dry ice( solid carbondioxide) is gaining thermal and kinetic energy from its surroundings, during so, the carbon dioxide changes state, from solid to gas, also known as sublimation. There will definitely be an increase in volume of the carbon dioxide, as the outer most molecules of the dry ice gains kinetic energy and "escapes" from the dry ice cube. The pressure exerted on the surface of the bubble and the increasing volume causes the increase of the bubble size :)

[GoldenGrub]

The dry ice effervesces in the warm water and the volume of the gas increases to the point that it causes the bubble to expand.

[JordanJohnstone]

I love how Dry Ice is available at a grocery store in the states.
Cant get it here in Australia.
Well, not as easily as that.

[sambslice]

It's the pressure from the dry ice expanding from solid to gas form

[sickscience]

Can we make a separate channel for dry ice experiments?

[HiloFarmersMarket]

my chem teacher did this and i was totally mind blown and flying out of my seat :D

[MukundanRangarajan]

you can tell the whole thing in a single word
'SUBLIMANTION'

[Macncheesy]

te bubbleing oon the bottom made it bubble up until it made a bubble. thank u steve spangler for ur video!

[yinyang]

Let me see if I've remembered this, one of the factors is the sublimation of the ice, and the other (that I know) is basic knowledge that if seal = flexible then gas will make seal expand

[aserta]

I think the same effect could be achieved with baking soda, well it's less cool since there's no "smoke" and would be slower. I can't remember the exact recipe for it but i know that Chuppa Chups® in Europe had this Halloween jumbo candy with a plastic bubble and you'd mix baking soda with hot water and some other element and some soap and it would make this foam through the hole where the Chuppa Chups® candy stick would get out of the plastic bubble. Either way cool party trick. On my try list.

[Zonekiller]

this is just sick. some super slick sick svideos!

[mouselly]

Hey Steve, tomorrow our scince class is doing this im SO excited :)

[clairez]

Thanks Steve! I am so happy you responded! Have a great Halloween!