This is supercooled water in a bottle, poured into an open container. It's pretty damn awesome watching it turn to ice as it hits the surface. Read more about supercooling here.
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Tags: water, cool, science, supercooled
Posted by: paulraj 29 April 22:59
new move like
Posted by: emily 30 April 15:21
dude how'd u do it?
Posted by: Maliko 2 May 14:52
Woah... O_O Thats kinda cool... What would happen if you drank it? ^_^
Posted by: Mabus 2 May 15:08
Its only cool water nothing would happen if you drank it.
Posted by: joseph tyree 2 May 20:22
It would be a problem to drink "water can be supercooled at standard pressure down to its crystal homogeneous nucleation at almost 231 K (−42.15 °C)." (from the wiki article).
Posted by: sheniqua 2 May 20:37
WWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! How did he do that. how cold is that water.????
Posted by: sheniqua 2 May 20:37
ZOOOOMMMMMGGGG!!
Posted by: brian 2 May 21:17
holy shiza how the poop did you do that berry amazing neeto trick!!!! WOW
Posted by: Elena 2 May 21:21
the vid is awesome. but the explanation on the wikipedia is kinda hard to understand. wish u explained it in an easier ways and with pictures, plz;)
Posted by: Hillary 3 May 01:50
Can I pour this on Obama to shut him up... ;-)
Posted by: jarno 3 May 05:32
IIRC melting a gram of ice takes about twice as much energy as warming water 40C so drinking it doesn't sound that dangerous to me. Although it could still be pretty nasty if supercooled water absorbed heat significantly faster than ice.
Posted by: WildWill 3 May 06:18
next experiment: Ice-9
Posted by: ilkbkbj 7 May 16:58
hey hillary you should go fuck yourself you stupid bitch.;-)
Posted by: Thomas 9 May 13:42
Yeah this is a cool video, and I agree with ilkbkbj
Posted by: Akagi 11 May 15:28
If it's harmless to drink then add some flavored syrup and instant ICEE!
Posted by: madfish 14 May 15:09
how da hell??? i wanna know
Posted by: aklyatne 17 May 20:39
How it works: The water gets really cold, but they make it not able to freeze because it needs something to freeze on-like if you poured sand onto a perfectly round ball; it wouldn't stick. When you pour the water into something else, it has something to freeze on-like pouring sand onto a cube.
Posted by: Aaron 17 May 23:06
Freakin morons! You think you're clever, Akagi? "instance ICEE!" You are such a douchebag.
Posted by: sean 26 May 15:08
"hey hillary you should go fuck yourself you stupid bitch.;-)" i like this.
Posted by: mohamed 6 June 12:24
we can do it in morocco...dont be amazed...you will come to see
Posted by: scott 19 June 01:33
Why does it appear mushy and barely stable? The content that solidifies in the bottle isn't even solid either. There's another agent at work here. This acts like the stuff found in hand warmers, but your solution is too watered down. Link to wikipedia Sodium acetate Nice job. Are you special, or just condescending because you fooled us?
Posted by: galkoman 28 June 11:59
how can he or she do this
Posted by: SiriS 15 September 23:42
Scott you arrogant douche, it's not sodium acetate. Nice attempt at being smart though. What happens is water doesn't necessarily freeze at 0 degrees C, it has to have something to freeze on, such as a some dust, salt, any impurities in the water. By putting thoroughly filtered water in the freezer, it will cool down past the freezing point without anything to freeze on. Once it is poured out, it hits dust, dirt, etc and freezes. The water being poured out then freezes onto the crystals from the already frozen water. You can also do this by just putting some salt into the water while still in the bottle and it all freezes. It looks pretty cool. When water freezes, it also releases some heat, which because it's freezing so fast warms some of it above freezing point, keeping it a slush instead of solid ice.
Posted by: Justin 21 September 17:26
But... why doesn't freeze to the bottle?
Posted by: Ed Abrams 15 February 17:00
In 1944 at Bombardier school I learned about Supercooled Water. We learned what it was called in ONE word. I cannot think of that word. Can you help me?
Posted by: Thatoneguy 8 August 08:11
dude didn't he just get water at the freezing and melting temperture?
Posted by: felicia 29 April 14:48
WOW. thats awesome. How the hell do you do this?