1. Because you would understand what’s happening with this mercury:
2. Because you would understand why the devil spawns from mercury (II) thiocyanate:
3. Because you would understand what’s happening with this electrical treeing:
4. Because you would understand why your cup of coffee just punched you in the face:
5. Because you would understand what’s happening with this magnetic liquid:
6. Because you would know that mixing liquid nitrogen with ping pong balls is a great way to pass the time:
7. In fact, just dropping anything in liquid nitrogen, especially an orange LED light, is a great way to pass the time:
8. Because you would know how to never let a candle go out:
9. Because you would understand what’s happening in this jar:
10. Because you would know to stay far away from magnetic silly putty:
11. Because you would understand what’s happening with this magnet and copper pipe:
13. Because you would know what’s going on with this elephant’s toothpaste:
14. Because you would know to keep your cesium far away from water:
16. And know never to eat with a gallium spoon:
20. Because you would know to keep feathers FAR AWAY from nitrogen triiodine:
21. And keep tennis rackets very close to flaming tennis balls:
ALWAYS keep a tennis racket handy to hit things that are on fire. ALWAYS.
22. And now in video form!
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Shamain Jackson 4 months agowish I was smart enough to even comprehend whats going on in each GIF lol
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ImALoserBaby 4 months agoi never did any of this in my science classes (from what i can remember).
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melissam51 4 months agoI would really, really like to know how these things are happening. I think that you’re right - they’re all awesome. But with only a couple of exceptions (things from Holy Molecules Batman), there are no explanations. I’d have loved to at least have links I could follow to learn more. It would be nice to see evidence that the writer of the article did more than google “Cool science gifs”.
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watch me boogie 4 months agoWhy the hell would you put up this post and explain nothing? Lazy, lazy, lazy.
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Chris Rosa 4 months ago#1 is fake. Mercury doesn’t change volume just by being split in half.
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tofuttiklein 4 months agoYeah, it’s the stuff they put in diapers that soaks up the moisture…I saw it on QI
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ohmygoditsamonkey 4 months agoYou’re not wrong! The chemical substance in the gif is sodium polyacrylate - a sodium salt, and a super-absorbent polymer (hence its ability to absorb 2-3 hundred times its mass in water.) It’s used to make fake snow and is as tofuttiklein said, put in diapers to soak up moisture. :)
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