Can a Boat Float In Supercritical Fluid? (Stabilized Version)

I posted this video on my main channel but the shaking was distracting. So I motion stabilized the shaking of the chamber in this version. See the original here: • Can a Boat Float In Su...
In this video I turn CO2 into a supercritical fluid with a boat floating on it to see what happens when the fluid passes its critical point!

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  • @lukefuller284
    @lukefuller28423 күн бұрын

    Leaving a comment to increase engagement because I fully support the double-dipping of this video

  • @-_Nuke_-

    @-_Nuke_-

    22 күн бұрын

    me too!

  • @Neumaticgrunt
    @Neumaticgrunt23 күн бұрын

    Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would get to actually see this, you read about it but have to imagine what it looks like. This was very incredible to watch, made my day.

  • @dangerous8333

    @dangerous8333

    22 күн бұрын

    Your wildest dreams, huh? 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @3RR0RNULL

    @3RR0RNULL

    22 күн бұрын

    @@dangerous8333Yeah, those are some pretty lame wildest dreams, especially when there are tons of videos of it on KZread.

  • @Etx-z9
    @Etx-z923 күн бұрын

    "Are you liquid or are you gas?" "Yes" - Supercritical Fluid

  • @pixelatedluis

    @pixelatedluis

    11 күн бұрын

    "I choose.. or" "I'm feeling all of the above today"

  • @reportedstolen3603
    @reportedstolen360323 күн бұрын

    This would be really cool if you recreated it with colored dye in the fluid. Would look really interesting as the phases change!

  • @paradiselost9946

    @paradiselost9946

    23 күн бұрын

    what type of dye do you recommend? hmmm... bromine? fluorine? not many coloured gases...

  • @charlievane

    @charlievane

    23 күн бұрын

    caffeine, maybe

  • @elduderino1329

    @elduderino1329

    22 күн бұрын

    ​@@charlievane I really hope you meant coffee.

  • @n5sdm

    @n5sdm

    22 күн бұрын

    I wonder if it would fall out of "solution" or it it would stay in the "less dense solution/high density gas" that fills the tank.

  • @charlievane

    @charlievane

    22 күн бұрын

    @@elduderino1329 nope, I meant the pure caffeine molecule - coffee is a mixture of impurities.

  • @puellanivis
    @puellanivis23 күн бұрын

    There should be a density of boat that is less dense than the super-critical phase, yet more dense than the gas phase. This boat should still float on the liquid, but when it turns super-critical, it would float on the whole super-critical fluid, rather than just the liquid alone.

  • @Sameer_S_Kulkarni

    @Sameer_S_Kulkarni

    22 күн бұрын

    That range is between 400 g·¹ to 800 gl·¹

  • @LaserFur

    @LaserFur

    22 күн бұрын

    The problem is finding a material that would have that low of density at that pressure. even the Styrofoam lost some of it's buoyancy due to being crushed. and Silicone arogel would fill up with liquid Co2 since that is how it's made. maybe coating the arogel would work, but it's going to shrink some.

  • @ModelLights

    @ModelLights

    13 күн бұрын

    @@LaserFur 'but it's going to shrink some.' Yep, something that would float on the combined phase and move up was the first thought. But most anything should crush or saturate, and then sink instead. But forget a solid object, find a different density liquid or gas that would have the correct properties. Should be able to find something that would work, and be a blob between them and then move up when it goes supercritical.

  • @akulkis

    @akulkis

    5 күн бұрын

    ​@@Sameer_S_Kulkarni No, it would be less than 400 g/l

  • @Sameer_S_Kulkarni

    @Sameer_S_Kulkarni

    5 күн бұрын

    @@akulkis Yes, it would be less than 400 g/l

  • @steveshopworxmachine5716
    @steveshopworxmachine571621 күн бұрын

    I know it's because of the camera's resolution but I could see the line quite clearly where as you couldn't and your shanking it continuously actually made the transition less amazing for the viewer in my opinion. I know why you were shaking it but I would love to see this again but left completely still. The high resolution video makes it much easier to see on screen than you could in person it seems.

  • @jakespencer6781
    @jakespencer678123 күн бұрын

    This is very watchable now 🙏 I didn't realize how eyestrainy it was until i saw this version

  • @vincenttrigg4521

    @vincenttrigg4521

    22 күн бұрын

    Yeah, even with small motions of the eye staying focused on the "boat", the eye still has the motions to do

  • @alihms

    @alihms

    21 күн бұрын

    I do not understand why there was a need to shake the whole apparatus in the first place. If everything else stood still, the minute changes in the meniscus will automatically draw our eyes towards it. This is better versus shaking it where everything is in motion and we can't even focus on the important thing (ie the meniscus).

  • @MawDaws
    @MawDaws23 күн бұрын

    i like your funny words, magic man.

  • @Back_To_Pray
    @Back_To_Pray23 күн бұрын

    Thanks for showing how matter behaves under extreme conditions😊

  • @oriongurtner7293
    @oriongurtner729323 күн бұрын

    Pretty sure if I’m on a lake that suddenly went super critical that I’d already be dead from the conditions that brought about a super critical lake That’s definitely a “You died” type experience right there

  • @blueslime5855

    @blueslime5855

    22 күн бұрын

    Congrats, you understood the joke

  • @ATOM-vv3xu
    @ATOM-vv3xu21 күн бұрын

    This video is so incredibly much better. Uploading it again was a great idea

  • @clairecelestin8437
    @clairecelestin843721 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the stabilized version. This is much more comfortable to watch.

  • @conor7154
    @conor715422 күн бұрын

    You should definitely reshoot it without the shaking and with some of the suggestions about dye coloring and background patterns and stuff

  • @Bnslamb
    @Bnslamb23 күн бұрын

    This reminds me about Applied Science and his video from 12 years ago --> A close look at supercritical carbon dioxide CO2.

  • @MrMalu01
    @MrMalu0123 күн бұрын

    what if you add dye to the liquid? what will it look like because now everything is transparent.

  • @vincenttrigg4521

    @vincenttrigg4521

    22 күн бұрын

    Most dyes that we use are used in water or alcohol so making those supercritical are a lot harder to achieve. I'm personally unsure how the pigments would react on their own. Maybe they would stain the vessel due to the pressures implemented.

  • @AndreyMikhaylovlolmaus
    @AndreyMikhaylovlolmaus22 күн бұрын

    The squished half-sphere of styrofoam totally looks like a brain! 😍

  • @chamber1
    @chamber122 күн бұрын

    I have been watching you since I was a kid. Keep up the good work. Love! ❤

  • @dubemdebrie1460
    @dubemdebrie146023 күн бұрын

    One of your many good ones. Thank you 🌀

  • @MustafaKalafat
    @MustafaKalafat22 күн бұрын

    That is the most amazing video I watched. Thanks for the efforts making and sharing it.

  • @Ch1pp007
    @Ch1pp00721 күн бұрын

    Glad you posted this version

  • @zacharhia
    @zacharhia8 күн бұрын

    I used to be subscribed to you and somehow now I'm not. Resubbed. Glad i found you AGAIN!! Absolutely love your content.

  • @Zytron
    @Zytron20 күн бұрын

    The motion stabilization makes a surprisingly large difference, thanks!

  • @shifterzx
    @shifterzx22 күн бұрын

    "so next time you're on a lake that goes super critical, be sure to get to shore quickly" - GOAT advice 😊

  • @BadgerFiresFoam
    @BadgerFiresFoam22 күн бұрын

    this is super awesome to see and deserves more views so im leaving a comment to help with engagement

  • @alexandreperron6106
    @alexandreperron610621 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this. I needed to see this.

  • @ggsay1687
    @ggsay168722 күн бұрын

    Great experiment, never thought that it could be done in that way.

  • @Drachenfang
    @Drachenfang11 күн бұрын

    A nice alternate view. Thank you for showing the motion stabilized version

  • @AndreyMikhaylovlolmaus
    @AndreyMikhaylovlolmaus22 күн бұрын

    It is absolutely amazing to see the "boat" slowly sinking, indicating that the liquid becomes LESS DENSE, which is something a normal liquid absolutely cannot do, which in turn indicates that the liquid is no longer normal. It's supercritical - a gas-like liquid, or a liquid-like gas. It's an effing fourth state of matter aggregate! I say plasma is demoted to the fifth place.

  • @alllove1754
    @alllove175417 күн бұрын

    Thank you for finding a question and answer to something I may have never has the imagination to ask and try to answer

  • @Whom1337
    @Whom133721 күн бұрын

    loving the new look

  • @someone120e
    @someone120e23 күн бұрын

    you learn something new everyday

  • @BIG-DIPPER-56
    @BIG-DIPPER-5620 күн бұрын

    Man - EXCELLENT, BRILLIANT -- THANKS!

  • @elduderino1329
    @elduderino132922 күн бұрын

    What an awesome experiment. I love your creativity. BTW everything went exactly as I expected.

  • @alannull3497
    @alannull349721 күн бұрын

    Much better than the shaky version. Thank you :-)

  • @MrScottev
    @MrScottev23 күн бұрын

    Why are you shaking it so much?

  • @chasewilltin8567

    @chasewilltin8567

    22 күн бұрын

    It annoys me as well

  • @SoulDelSol

    @SoulDelSol

    22 күн бұрын

    To show miniscus

  • @akulkis
    @akulkis5 күн бұрын

    I will definitely remember this for the next time Lake Superior goes supercritical.

  • @NuisanceMan
    @NuisanceMan2 күн бұрын

    Poor little foam. It suffered so much for you.

  • @marietrans8950
    @marietrans895022 күн бұрын

    I think you should have done this with something that uses displacement to float instead of Styrofoam which is just buoyant, because that's how an actual boat works

  • @godslayer9000

    @godslayer9000

    22 күн бұрын

    Everything that floats is using what you're calling displacement. Styrofoam is mostly air, which is why it's good at floating no matter what kind of shape you make out of it. Boats are like if you took a huge block of styrofoam but all the foam was compressed into a "boat shape" and all the microscopic air pockets were consolidated to be the place where you'd sit in a boat. Styrofoam was arguably the better choice here as action lab could shake it as much he wanted and not risk tipping the "boat" over, ruining the experiment. I imagine normal boat would've behaved exactly the same as the styrofoam piece except maybe up until the supercritical fluid was cooled back down to a normal fluid, as it could have filled the boat with a lot of liquid and sunk it.

  • @AeroGraphica
    @AeroGraphica23 күн бұрын

    Mesmerizing !

  • @MarkHill45
    @MarkHill454 күн бұрын

    Cool experiment

  • @julianpiper240
    @julianpiper24022 күн бұрын

    What a beautiful sight

  • @chalky_white
    @chalky_white23 күн бұрын

    Action Lab is the hero we never knew we needed 👌🏼

  • @mickymoist
    @mickymoist23 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this... I was going crazy

  • @AlienXtream1
    @AlienXtream122 күн бұрын

    that is MUCH better. lesson learned for future videos. avoid rapid/large movements with macro shots XD

  • @avazgaziz
    @avazgaziz22 күн бұрын

    impressive!

  • @syx3s
    @syx3s17 күн бұрын

    super-fluids are amazing.

  • @muneeb-khan
    @muneeb-khan22 күн бұрын

    Weird short, cool video

  • @darylefleming1191
    @darylefleming119122 күн бұрын

    I learned about supercritical fluids in Walt Brown's book "In The Beginning". Strange things happens in a supercritical state.

  • @harmon802
    @harmon80220 күн бұрын

    Amazing

  • @BruceLeeAlwaysWins
    @BruceLeeAlwaysWins22 күн бұрын

    Started off pretty cool until things got heated.. Still, it's a solid demo overall. Or was it liquid? Gas? Congrats on inventing the world's first supercritical Sterling engine. Hope to see this carbon capture wonder engine in the next clip. Keep it up!

  • @smaragtbooster
    @smaragtbooster22 күн бұрын

    Thats much better :D I mean I saw the first video to the end, so it's not necessary for me to look it again. xD But I let a like and a comment here ^^

  • @Relkond
    @Relkond20 күн бұрын

    Styrofoam is porous - and surface tension will help to keep it from soaking up liquid CO2. Try this again with a solid plastic cube to eliminate porosity questions (one with density near that of sea-water should yield similar results)

  • @c.jishnu378
    @c.jishnu37811 күн бұрын

    Are you a liquid because you were a solid that gained latent heat or are you a liquid because you were a gas that cooled? Nah, i am Supercritical.

  • @patty1991
    @patty199121 күн бұрын

    Nice Lightner

  • @reneceulemans
    @reneceulemans22 күн бұрын

    The styrofoam crushes because of increased pressure. That seems to me another factor; it’s specific gravity rises so it sinks a bit even in the liquid CO2.

  • @Soguwe
    @Soguwe22 күн бұрын

    I wonder if that happens sometimes in ice giants. Do they have enough gravitational pull to create these pressures? Would certainly be a cool premise for a sci-fi story. Trying to rescue yourself while the liquid your ship floats on just disappears.

  • @keithjurena9319
    @keithjurena931920 күн бұрын

    Polystyrene is foamed by use of water vapor flash evaporated. Which means carbon dioxide vapor can enter which is probably why it won't float as well.

  • @yiftachgross5878
    @yiftachgross587822 күн бұрын

    You are great

  • @ichbrauchmehrkaffee5785
    @ichbrauchmehrkaffee578521 күн бұрын

    As cool as this video is, the squeaky table drives me insane

  • @parad0x765
    @parad0x76523 күн бұрын

    Looks like a big tardigrade dk why 😭

  • @frogz
    @frogz23 күн бұрын

    omg you uploaded a non short to your shorts channel, now you will have to rename it to Action lab: action-ier

  • @frogz

    @frogz

    23 күн бұрын

    also, you probably diffused the air out of the styrofoam and it is full of co2 at that point, i suspect it would do the same thing if you put it in water with high pressure for a while until all of the air contained was crushed, if you were to fully diffuse co2 into the styrofoam by soaking it beforehand for a while at higher pressure you might be able to keep the pressure in the "boat" higher than the surrounding supercritical fluid...but... that is just a guess and i am basing it on my own knowledge and no actual research

  • @TheMilkman710
    @TheMilkman71022 күн бұрын

    😂 I can't believe you did this!

  • @OtamaLuke
    @OtamaLuke21 күн бұрын

    That thing floating in the beginning looks like the air bison Appa from Avatar 😂

  • @blackbear92201
    @blackbear9220123 күн бұрын

    Awesome :D

  • @yudodis
    @yudodis23 күн бұрын

    Vodka and Scotch are MY supercritical fluids 🫡

  • @Yezpahr
    @Yezpahr21 күн бұрын

    The "boat" looks too much like a brain.

  • @nebricback1430
    @nebricback143023 күн бұрын

    Love it

  • @pietpetrus2343

    @pietpetrus2343

    23 күн бұрын

    Yes speciallly the tip at the end

  • @helipilotuh1
    @helipilotuh120 күн бұрын

    I want to build one of these just to have a mini rain shower on my desk. Wonder if you built a tall enough one if you could make mini snow.

  • @user-xj8wy4uu1q
    @user-xj8wy4uu1q20 күн бұрын

    Either float to top or sink depending on boat density

  • @Calamity-Spice
    @Calamity-Spice22 күн бұрын

    Much better.

  • @coryste5583
    @coryste558321 күн бұрын

    I'm just glad he cut his hair finally...😊

  • @rogeriocosta1035
    @rogeriocosta103523 күн бұрын

    Surprising how the styrofoam could resist to more than 1000 PSI without collapsing.

  • @TiagoTiagoT
    @TiagoTiagoT17 күн бұрын

    Could you do this again but with some fine neutrally-buoyant glitter sprinkled in there to help visualize the flow of material? Or would that risk damaging the chamber too much?

  • @blue7724
    @blue772423 күн бұрын

    I know how that piece of styrofoam feels

  • @hinge8626
    @hinge862622 күн бұрын

    Still a bit shaky but it’s definitely better

  • @aididdat1749
    @aididdat174923 күн бұрын

    Where can I find such a pressure vessel?

  • @mitchconner403
    @mitchconner40323 күн бұрын

    8:43 So if the average density of the supercritical mixture is greater than the average density of the boat then would it float to the top? Hypothetically if you used a different substance that was less dense than styrofoam, and it is less dense to the average, supercritical density

  • @entswaggles
    @entswaggles22 күн бұрын

    Cool

  • @maker0824
    @maker082421 күн бұрын

    Even with it stabilised the constant shaking annoyed the heck out of me.

  • @MrCommentGod
    @MrCommentGod23 күн бұрын

    *Timestamps for the video* Start: 0:00 End: 9:12

  • @pietpetrus2343

    @pietpetrus2343

    23 күн бұрын

    Legend

  • @thewon6506
    @thewon650622 күн бұрын

    Really think about this video, internet. There's something hidden here

  • @aashutoshchauhan1208
    @aashutoshchauhan120822 күн бұрын

    Can you do it with more dry ice and less air above it, I think boat might float in this case

  • @allentuggle2837
    @allentuggle283723 күн бұрын

    Yeah it can but it comes out feeling really bad about itself.

  • @aonpl
    @aonpl22 күн бұрын

    For me it was surprising that the styrophoam has bigger density than the supercritical CO2..

  • @user-te8io5vi6q
    @user-te8io5vi6q22 күн бұрын

    Is Jupiter a super critical atmosphere? I heard somewhere if we were to have a suit that could keep us safe and we drop into jupiter we would be in a state thats not quite liquid but not quite gas.

  • @kryptoid2568
    @kryptoid256814 күн бұрын

    If you're on a lake and it turns critical be sure to get to the shores quickly 8:53 for more practical tips like this...

  • @lordhexon
    @lordhexon19 күн бұрын

    Put a bug in there for purposes of science

  • @asmoth6466
    @asmoth646622 күн бұрын

    cool

  • @Melechtna
    @Melechtna22 күн бұрын

    Wow, it's almost like, you could have figured this out by just remembering what density is :D

  • @billr3053
    @billr305321 күн бұрын

    I would have used a torque wrench to ensure equal bolt tension.

  • @dubemdebrie1460
    @dubemdebrie146022 күн бұрын

    What would happen to the density if you had filled the chamber with liquid to 95% full and then heated it to supercritical? Would the boat float? What would the pressure be?

  • @billschwandt1
    @billschwandt119 күн бұрын

    Ya know how a feather and a rock fall at the same rate in a vacuum? Would the same thing happen in this environment?

  • @rohilkhan2015
    @rohilkhan20154 күн бұрын

    Can anyone give me the link to buy this vessel, it would be very helpful

  • @aadik4458
    @aadik445822 күн бұрын

    What I've actually learned from this video is that supercriticality is not anything too different from other states Its normal

  • @lukaspc2892
    @lukaspc289219 күн бұрын

    So is it just that we cannot see the line anymore or is it the liquid and gas becoming one because of the high pressure?

  • @robymaru03
    @robymaru0318 күн бұрын

    If that aint magic I don't know what is.

  • @billynomates920
    @billynomates92017 күн бұрын

    still shaking it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @madrigalmejia
    @madrigalmejia22 күн бұрын

    What about the air inside the styrofoam compressing under the pressure, not being buoyant anymore? I'm confused...

  • @hysteria3503
    @hysteria350323 күн бұрын

    What Would Happen If You Release The Pressure When Its Super Critical?

  • @elizabethCorkins83
    @elizabethCorkins8323 күн бұрын

    👍🏻