The Science Of Foam

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Explore the fascinating world of foam in this in-depth exploration of its history and properties. From its natural occurrences in sea foam and whipped egg whites to its critical role in modern manufacturing, foam has evolved over centuries. Learn about its structure, stability, and the essential role of surfactants in foam formation. Discover the historical journey of foam, from natural cellular solids like cork to the development of manufactured foams in the late 1800s. Dive into the creation of foam latex and the rise of polymeric foams, including the iconic Styrofoam and versatile polyurethane foams. Understand the environmental concerns surrounding foam products and the ongoing efforts to make them more sustainable. Explore exotic foam compositions like syntactic foams and metal foams, showcasing foam's diverse applications in extreme environments. Join us on this educational journey into the complex and intriguing world of foam.
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  • @NewMind
    @NewMind6 ай бұрын

    ▶ Visit brilliant.org/NewMind to get a 30-day free trial + the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription

  • @737Garrus

    @737Garrus

    4 ай бұрын

    Make me.

  • @Eidolon1andOnly
    @Eidolon1andOnly6 ай бұрын

    Are you saying that Engineering Technology has been used to improve this material? Or in other words, E.T. hones foam.

  • @joshuacheung6518

    @joshuacheung6518

    6 ай бұрын

    Booooo. Have an upvote

  • @drewlop

    @drewlop

    6 ай бұрын

    Quality joke 👏🏻👏🏻

  • @dillan6134

    @dillan6134

    6 ай бұрын

    Good shit, buddy. Good shit lol

  • @jasoncooper1593

    @jasoncooper1593

    6 ай бұрын

    That was awful. Well done.

  • @wylafpv641

    @wylafpv641

    6 ай бұрын

    Jooooker looooll

  • @mphRagnarok
    @mphRagnarok6 ай бұрын

    This one of the few channels that actually give more than factoid-level info. Almost all other KZread channels basically just read you the first few paragraphs from Wikipedia, but this excellent channel actually goes into some deeper info.

  • @axeman2638

    @axeman2638

    6 ай бұрын

    Beat me to it, he makes quality content.

  • @vak5461

    @vak5461

    3 ай бұрын

    Veritasium, smarter everyday, Stephen mold, alpha Phoenix, there are tons of KZread channels that make a great content. I didn't even list half

  • @vak5461

    @vak5461

    3 ай бұрын

    Technology connections and their secondary channel to name more...

  • @AndersonTheAgent
    @AndersonTheAgent6 ай бұрын

    A 23 minute deep dive into the history and development of synthetic foam wasn't really on the agenda. Glad I made the time. Outstanding video, per usual.

  • @C-M-E
    @C-M-E6 ай бұрын

    Being in the composite industry, I can tell you more than you'd ever want to know about various foams mechanical information, but I absolutely appreciated the depth of this vid and even learned a few things about the finer details. 👍

  • @papapatriarchy5372

    @papapatriarchy5372

    6 ай бұрын

    Do furniture fillers really degrade over time?

  • @dakotareid1566

    @dakotareid1566

    6 ай бұрын

    @@papapatriarchy5372yes

  • @joostin123

    @joostin123

    6 ай бұрын

    Same here working in the composites industry as an engineer, foam is under-appreciated as a material

  • @w4439
    @w44396 ай бұрын

    TIL "Sparkling microplastic" can only be called "Styrofoam" if the extruded closed-celled polystyrene foam was made by the Dow Chemical Company in the Midland Michigan reigon of the United States.

  • @dwang085

    @dwang085

    6 ай бұрын

    Lol underrated comment. ;)

  • @nickmagazine1650

    @nickmagazine1650

    2 ай бұрын

    I like to think of it as the Parmesan Cheese of the microplastics world.

  • @drkastenbrot

    @drkastenbrot

    Ай бұрын

    not really true anymore because its been used so universally that the trademark no longer holds

  • @normanschilling8300
    @normanschilling83006 ай бұрын

    Having worked with foams on a civil engineering level for years, this video helps a lot. Happy I learned something good today 😁

  • @swell07_

    @swell07_

    6 ай бұрын

    having worked with foam on the level of a beachgoer who comea across seafoam, i am glad this helped you a lot.

  • @rab3ar

    @rab3ar

    6 ай бұрын

    Having found that my urine contains a powerful foaming agent, would you like to join my foam party in the pub urinals?

  • @russellg1473

    @russellg1473

    6 ай бұрын

    Having been a foam, thank you for your service.

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds85816 ай бұрын

    I can't tell you enough how much i appreciate and enjoy this channel. It literally feels like a visual audio representation of what it would feel like for Neo when he plugs in a new subject in the Matrix neural machine. Lol idk, it was just a random analogy that seemed suitable for the level of your high quality content. Keep up the amazing work 🤘🏻

  • @markrix
    @markrix6 ай бұрын

    I dont usually get excited about video releases but these always contain information i havent heard, and learning stuff is my drug. This is my hit from one of the best dealers i know. TY

  • @swell07_

    @swell07_

    6 ай бұрын

    thanks for this analogy, if you hadnt used drugs as a comparison i would totally be lost as to what you were saying 🙏

  • @anchorbait6662

    @anchorbait6662

    6 ай бұрын

    Did someone say something about drugs?

  • @russellg1473

    @russellg1473

    6 ай бұрын

    I have definitely overdosed on new mind videos a couple times. I keep coming back though

  • @lbgstzockt8493
    @lbgstzockt84936 ай бұрын

    I love your videos on why some seemingly mundane products are much more interesting than they might seem.

  • @Tazaki
    @Tazaki6 ай бұрын

    21:18 of what?

  • @MeOnStuff

    @MeOnStuff

    6 ай бұрын

    f-

  • @spoookley
    @spoookley3 ай бұрын

    foam is so genuinely complex & all encompassing. i’m seeing foam everywhere now, what is a beanbag chair other than a bean foam filled bag membrane that’s in the shape of chair. once you start thinking of fibers & papers it all just really helps fill in the gaps

  • @martonlerant5672
    @martonlerant56726 ай бұрын

    Its good to see that this channel ALWAYS delivers its usual extreme high quality!

  • @andygozzo72
    @andygozzo723 ай бұрын

    i worked at a packaging company for 20 ish years in the foam conversion department, mostly cutting big blocks or sheets up, for others to glue or heat seal together into the 'end cap' or other fitting, design required ,

  • @andygozzo72

    @andygozzo72

    3 ай бұрын

    where i worked XPS was the term for the expanded type polystyrene not EPS ! maybe a UK/US difference? 😉 in the last few years, i cut up loads of the blue denser extruded type ,

  • @Preinstallable
    @Preinstallable6 ай бұрын

    Did you seriously get me to watch a video on foam? Congratulations! You're a great speaker.

  • @kma3647
    @kma36476 ай бұрын

    This is a very specialized topic and one you wouldn't cover in your standard chemistry survey courses in college, but it's important nonetheless. As you observe, the concept is found ubiquitously. I really appreciate the deep dive here. You earned a sub with this one!

  • @augustmichel

    @augustmichel

    6 ай бұрын

    It was covered in My Chemical Engineering courses in college

  • @nolanmenne7597
    @nolanmenne75975 ай бұрын

    Great video. I built the largest urethane spray foam plant in the U.S. Awesome to see a video about the many uses of foam. You should do a video on elastomers too.

  • @jacobrogers2214
    @jacobrogers22146 ай бұрын

    Recently worked with a company using a Nickel blend foam for batteries. Pretty cool. Phenomenal video.

  • @LiborTinka
    @LiborTinka6 ай бұрын

    I was recently looking up how defoamers and anti-foaming agents work (defoamers actively kill foam while anti-foaming agents prevent its formation - the terms are often used interchangeably). Unfortunately, I haven't found a good explanation apart from the defoamers spreads better than the surfactant and lowers (or increases? I dont' remember) surface tension. One such example is dimethylpolysiloxane - I've used one such product to remove foam residues from laboratory glassware. It is also useful for reactions that would otherwise foam or froth too much, escaping the container. It would be great to make explaining video on how that actually works - why little amount of defoamer has more effect than tons of soap? What are the differences between cationic, anionic and non-ionic (zwitterionic) surfactants? What are the differences between tensides and detergents? Why quaternary amine compounds are specifically used in fabric softeners? etc. etc.

  • @sebastianflynn1746
    @sebastianflynn17466 ай бұрын

    Really looking forward to this episode, hope it touches on upcoming bio based foams

  • @thomasdickson35
    @thomasdickson35Ай бұрын

    I had a fever, and the only prescription was to watch this at 5:00 am during the week day.

  • @aden3113
    @aden31136 ай бұрын

    You go into impressive depth when explaining these topics, like you've worked in the industry or have hands-on experience. How do you research this stuff?

  • @KangJangkrik

    @KangJangkrik

    6 ай бұрын

    Mind-reading a professor

  • @mohamedchikhaoui2463

    @mohamedchikhaoui2463

    6 ай бұрын

    Everything is on the internet nowadays from an enthusiast's blog post to entire universities programs, corporations patents, an endless sea of academic papers... You just need to search

  • @TThomas-si7yn
    @TThomas-si7yn6 ай бұрын

    Hi. I'm so very happy that I found your channel!! You, sir, are a rock star. You present some of the most deeply complex and esoteric stuff and make it both fascinating and accessible, without dumbing it down...if that makes sense. Anyway, lots of new ideas to dig into. I have a newfound appreciation for sandpaper, thanks to you. I started another video (Pulling Energy Out of Thin Air) and the title had me thinking you would be exploring the theory (?) of Zero-Point Energy. Given your understanding of quantum physics, would you please consider explaining that for us superfans? 🤓🤓😁 I read about it in a Neal Asher novel, full disclosure... And, I forgot to respectfully also request an explainer on Smith Charts. Maybe?

  • @napalmholocaust9093
    @napalmholocaust90936 ай бұрын

    With whipping real cream, freeze the bowl and mixer blade first. A dash of cream of tartar and less powdered sugar than you think you need or it calls for. Get it from a farm if you can. The ones I'd get you couldn't pour out till you broke the slug of milk fat on top. Don't add the milk fat though if it separated. Takes longer to whip peaks and it stays softer. There is my contribution to foam technology.

  • @JesusIsAlphaOmega001
    @JesusIsAlphaOmega0013 ай бұрын

    I have always been curious about foams. Especially since i love crocs so much. Pretty cool stuff, foam is.

  • @jickhertz4124
    @jickhertz41246 ай бұрын

    Loved the video! If you could add subtitles that would be helpful! Thank you, keep up the great work!

  • @krzysztofsoja5301
    @krzysztofsoja53016 ай бұрын

    As always superior quality of content. Thank You!

  • @kowalityjesus
    @kowalityjesus6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the video, I didn't even realize I really wanted to know how to about this.

  • @policedog4030
    @policedog40302 ай бұрын

    I'm here because my neighbor has a millimeter wave or multispectral or hyperspectral imaging system trained on my home that among other things can (and has) turned my porcelain toilet into a type of camera obscura that can form perfect images. These images are from the point of view as if one were looking out from the two of the larger holes around under the rim of the toilet, as well as from the flushing hole at the bottom of the toilet. After accidentally seeing a few images of myself "using the toilet" (straight out the Mooning sequence in the movie American Graffiti, but with an emergent tootsie roll), I came up with the idea of filling the bowl with Dawn blue dishwashing soapsuds before use, I think that this acts to at least reduce the unfortunately excellent resolution that my neighbor previously enjoyed. Now I just need a quick way to make a beachball sized glop of suds quickly and with no mess.. so the search continues..(I'm encouraged by the comment below that mentions a "Foaminator" that sounds promising..

  • @hexramdass2644
    @hexramdass26446 ай бұрын

    I love your videos for both the insight into our industrial world and the detailed history and evolution that you pour into it❤. This is perfect for nerds like me, but if you want to reach a wider audience I feel that you'll need to bring in the human stories attached to the history or tangible wider impacts like whether polystyrene foam reduced the cost of delicate appliances as it reduced the number of damaged units from transportation. Compared to, for example, Veritasium you have higher quality information but less, to put it bluntly, 'drama'

  • @stevengill1736
    @stevengill17366 ай бұрын

    It'd be interesting to see more on the environmental aspects of these materials, and their weathering modes - many foams break down into small particles that join the other plastic nanoparticle load. Are they toxic?

  • @georgeau2523
    @georgeau25236 ай бұрын

    I didn't expect to learn so much about foam today

  • @lifeisgood339
    @lifeisgood3394 ай бұрын

    I'm really impressed on how you put this video together really well done 👍

  • @MaximilianonMars
    @MaximilianonMars6 ай бұрын

    This is foamtastic, thank you for your work.

  • @chinook9785
    @chinook97856 ай бұрын

    I haven't seen the video yet. I am quiet exited to see the Video, because Foams have similar Properties to periodic lattice Structures. I write currently on my bachelor's thesis about those structures. I am quiet interested in which properties they highlight of foam.

  • @TurbineResearch
    @TurbineResearch6 ай бұрын

    Love your channel ❤ thanks for the content

  • @bassmaster8988
    @bassmaster89884 ай бұрын

    I never new there was so much that went into foam, very cool

  • @peterparsons7141
    @peterparsons71416 ай бұрын

    Excellent video, well presented!

  • @BladeScraper
    @BladeScraper6 ай бұрын

    Foam is neat. It made the RC airplane hobby cheaper and therefore more easily accessible to more people :)

  • @tristanwegner
    @tristanwegner6 ай бұрын

    great factual style. I learned a lot about foam

  • @AlexFoster2291
    @AlexFoster22916 ай бұрын

    Great as always. Your channel is legendary.

  • @shantanusapru
    @shantanusapru6 ай бұрын

    Very interesting & informative video!

  • @Doitright30X
    @Doitright30X4 ай бұрын

    Nicely done, i have nothing to add, thanks

  • @bogscave
    @bogscave4 ай бұрын

    I need that 3D Redshift Shader for a bread animation, and there I am, looking for foam, thx!

  • @paulomartins1008
    @paulomartins10086 ай бұрын

    10/10 as per usual.

  • @RockBand2Freak78
    @RockBand2Freak78Ай бұрын

    Thank god the algorithm introduced me to this channel 🙏

  • @peternzioki4555
    @peternzioki45556 ай бұрын

    thank you for the great video

  • @urias134
    @urias1346 ай бұрын

    This video is at the same time dense and informative. Thank you for all this. 😊

  • @hazza2247
    @hazza22476 ай бұрын

    i’ve never clicked a video so fast. your videos r so good

  • @iteerrex8166
    @iteerrex81666 ай бұрын

    Great video as always 👍. Though it has very cool physics chemistry and mathematics, with lots of great properties and uses. Synthetics in general have also been the bane of our modern world, especially with careless and money driven practices.

  • @bruce-le-smith
    @bruce-le-smith6 ай бұрын

    fascinating, thanks!

  • @littlehills739
    @littlehills7396 ай бұрын

    video didnt go where i thought it might left me want more

  • @spaminbox
    @spaminbox6 ай бұрын

    given the popularity of beer, 1:57 would seem to be a smart choice of frame for a thumbnail, or a picture with the golden bottom, foam layer, and black background on which to place the text on top.

  • @viniciusnoyoutube
    @viniciusnoyoutube6 ай бұрын

    Wow, so much about foam.

  • @circusitch
    @circusitch6 ай бұрын

    Great video. Now I know how to make my famous lead foam.

  • @ryancabell3775
    @ryancabell37754 ай бұрын

    Thanks for posting. You are the foam god

  • @Eidolon1andOnly
    @Eidolon1andOnly6 ай бұрын

    21:18 You cut yourself off there, buddy. "The benefits of f-"

  • @0neIntangible

    @0neIntangible

    6 ай бұрын

    o

  • @0neIntangible

    @0neIntangible

    6 ай бұрын

    a

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    @0neIntangible

    6 ай бұрын

    m

  • @Eidolon1andOnly

    @Eidolon1andOnly

    6 ай бұрын

    @@0neIntangible n

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    @Eidolon1andOnly

    6 ай бұрын

    @@0neIntangible i

  • @Felenari
    @Felenari6 ай бұрын

    Good watch ty.

  • @andreasbeier2431
    @andreasbeier24316 ай бұрын

    Finally Dude. A good Video about Foam. Fucking love Foam.

  • @thegoodsamaritan661
    @thegoodsamaritan6614 ай бұрын

    Yep, that's my middle-of-the-night watch, thank you

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds85816 ай бұрын

    This is just a hypothetical thought: I've always thought that the science of Bubble's is such a unique aspect of our natural world. It has many aspects to it's overall structure & behavior through out our world and possibly throughout space as well in some ways. I like to ponder about the structure and properties of the fabric of our own universe. Maybe with every black hole a bubble in the overall universe is created? Thus creating a structure of unique bubble stability and instability throughout the overall lifespan of the universe...? (Just a hypothetical concept that's fun to ponder about.) In the past people talked about space as a ether. Maybe bubble science theory could end up being a new way to theorize about space and universe as a whole..? On all sorts of different levels.. because im sure bubble science plays roles in all sorts of different types & levels of our universe. From the very small to the very large.. We even see that our own sun has a bubble around it, that is just a single bubble created by our sun's impact and it's interaction create a boundary layer that seems to imply that this is a aspect of the nature of our universe and we are just now starting to learn about it, and measure it, visualize it, theorize about it... It's fascinating

  • @Talalansardeen33
    @Talalansardeen33Ай бұрын

    Thanks 👍

  • @uksonune
    @uksonune8 күн бұрын

    Good Video. But you have not mentioned thermocol by BASF

  • @lance___
    @lance___2 ай бұрын

    That thumbnail gives me chills

  • @anaftube
    @anaftube5 ай бұрын

    How can create foam on ethanol ?? pls practical video

  • @thederpZOMBIES
    @thederpZOMBIES6 ай бұрын

    I use foaming agents extensively in the plastics industry, many products depend on it.

  • @mcspikesky
    @mcspikesky6 ай бұрын

    Now im excited.. who does this sort of content..?

  • @kwandakekana9890
    @kwandakekana98906 ай бұрын

    Its crazy to think we applied this technology to chocolate 🍫

  • @Vulprex
    @Vulprex4 ай бұрын

    21:18 "It has become so integral to numerous everyday items that its difficult to envision our daily lives without the benefits of fu-" What was that xD

  • @mvadu
    @mvadu6 ай бұрын

    As someone just spent two days building an insulation layer for 3d printer using matalic flim foam boards this video couldn't be timelier 😂

  • @Embassy_of_Jupiter
    @Embassy_of_Jupiter6 ай бұрын

    "babe, wake up, a new video about foam theory was just uploaded"

  • @dielaughing73

    @dielaughing73

    6 ай бұрын

    I love it when you talk dirty

  • @Tyler_Becker
    @Tyler_Becker6 ай бұрын

    Sinter stitched dielectric fly ash foam fabric! 😊

  • @newsbender
    @newsbender5 ай бұрын

    1:55 nothing like an ice cold, frothing bear when the day is done.

  • @jonr6680
    @jonr66806 ай бұрын

    Very interesting. Like so much modern industrial science, unfortunately price beats eco credentials every time bc regulation is slow and hogtied by economic realities of global markets.

  • @FryingMike
    @FryingMike6 ай бұрын

    The foaminator! For when you need foam but lack it

  • @Rize420
    @Rize4204 ай бұрын

    So what youre saying is that if you take the ultra partical matrix and COMBINE it with the unilateral motion flux dimension, youll be left with a hyperkenetic radial collapse?

  • @everettw
    @everettw6 ай бұрын

    Good video

  • @jonr6680
    @jonr66806 ай бұрын

    Could take a look at the same materials that are NOT foamed. PU especially is a wildly adaptable material.

  • @hehmda678
    @hehmda6785 ай бұрын

    How is the world not lagging with this much going on?

  • @helidrones
    @helidrones3 ай бұрын

    As I saw the thumbnail, a quote came to my mind. „We are the Foam. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.“

  • @GeoffryGifari
    @GeoffryGifari6 ай бұрын

    Does the type of gas inside the foam bubble affect foam properties?

  • @Eidolon1andOnly

    @Eidolon1andOnly

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes.

  • @evobsm2328
    @evobsm23284 ай бұрын

    When you realise you are watching a video about the loteral lore of foam... bruh that hit me hard.

  • @nixielee
    @nixielee6 ай бұрын

    First half maybe needlessly technical, but great from 9 min

  • @petevenuti7355
    @petevenuti73552 ай бұрын

    How are zeolites and 3a molecular sieves made? Their like rock foam.

  • @DE-dz9db
    @DE-dz9db6 ай бұрын

    When I see the foam I’m the zone!

  • @KDHRproductions
    @KDHRproductions6 ай бұрын

    I love foam

  • @Sagittarius-A-Star
    @Sagittarius-A-StarАй бұрын

    5:38 Van der Waals force.

  • @Erik_Swiger
    @Erik_Swiger6 ай бұрын

    @ 19:00 Star Trek Food!

  • @TeslaElonSpaceXFan
    @TeslaElonSpaceXFan6 ай бұрын

    ❤❤

  • @LarryPeteet
    @LarryPeteet6 ай бұрын

    Impressive Facts and Explanations but a bit too detailed for me.

  • @x.its.tongue9784
    @x.its.tongue97846 ай бұрын

    ME? 3:40,,,,,,, got...... Graphene Bubbles, empty ones = Interesting Electric Neural net ? AND it seems they can be created in layers as well? Curious.

  • @nuberiffic
    @nuberiffic6 ай бұрын

    While this video is amazingly well made and very informative, it was still hard to take seriously at times just hearing him say "bubble" over and over XD

  • @hawksights
    @hawksights6 ай бұрын

    That documentation was yet informative as well as SATISFYING to watch

  • @Dr_b_
    @Dr_b_6 ай бұрын

    never gave foam much thought, until now...

  • @petergoestohollywood382
    @petergoestohollywood3825 ай бұрын

    Bread is basically a nutritious type of foam. Do with that information what you want.

  • @xraylukasPL
    @xraylukasPLАй бұрын

    16:00 Instant Brainiac vibes

  • @PaulCharming
    @PaulCharming6 ай бұрын

    Oh yay I love bubbles

  • @ShikamaruXT
    @ShikamaruXT6 ай бұрын

    Child: Why do bubbles form? Me, profusely sweating: It's complicated Kid: Try. Me, panicing: I CANT

  • @pirateradioFPV
    @pirateradioFPV6 ай бұрын

    Watching this drinking coffee with frothed milk 👀

  • @kizzjd9578
    @kizzjd95786 ай бұрын

    You left out epe foam which is used in packaging, boat positive buoyancy etc.