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Guys, its dry ice. Do chemistry and super heat the block. :) -
Hubble424
It's so hot that it's super heating and going straight from ice to vapour (sublimation). -
visitingtiger0
my sister was talking about this, it's pretty cool -
moglie20
ITS A TRAP! -
AdmiralAckbar
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Shyguy5226
thank you riley EXACTY you have it just right but there is actually a peice of metel inside being heated through induction what you see is just projected light LOL some of these comments -
sfxkillaxfs1979
it can't heat up before it has a chance to melt, that is thermodynamically impossible...try it take ice water and heat it with a thermometer inside...it will heat up rapidly and then the temperature will stop exactly at the ices melting point until the ice melts entirely.... This is clearly methane hydrate -
_RyLoP_
Looks to me like it's a block of ice with an induction heating coil around it. There's probably a small piece of iron inside the ice, and I'll bet that sound you hear is the iron dropping out of the bottom of the cube. For those of you not in the know, induction heating does work that fast, faster if you run more amperage through the coil. Induction heating is commonly used in production of steel rod, bolts & nails, wire, etc. With enough energy you can literally drop a bolt through a coil like this one and it will come out the bottom glowing. Neat party trick though! -
-WELDERX-
That isn't ice at all, it's an Energon Cube!! -
TheGodfatherofRap
its actually a methane hydrate which is ice from the bottom of the ocean where the pressure and cold trapped in methane gas -
Jay♣♠
I think it's the hydrogen burning from the ice -
destro_ontario
First I thought ok, so it's orange because it's the iron things around it and it 's starting to burn into the ice so it's orange but then it goes on fire, so Then I figured there has to a chemical in it that's lightable but doesn't melt when frozen, :S anyone see what i'm getting at about this? -
hippierapinc
how the hell is that possible! wouldnt melt? like come on -
cutie_121
I am also a chem student, and I commented before saying this is possible in a extremely high pressure chamber, but as i stated this is not a high pressure chamber, not even close. There aren't many of these chambers in the world and they definately aren't made of see through glass or plexiglass walls. The few that do exists are in various labs throughout the world and cost upwards of a million dollars. This is simply a lighting hoax to get people arguing, and it has succeeded clearly -
1_AaRpRo_1
wow scroll down and look at what shyguy says. hes a friggin nutcase -
SniperKitten0
some people with your essay ansewers need to sit down breath for a bit the brain is lacking some oxygen so sit down and breath a little haha -
Jayce_98
I think you call it induction heating old machine shop tricks, and neat to see -
Jayce_98
there's a metal block in the middle that is going cherry red and lighting up the block from the inside, this video is oooollddddd -
Jayce_98
Its gas hydrate, just because it looks like ice doesn''t mean its frozen water..... -
JohnAtron
sfxkillaxfs1979...typical rebuttal, kinda hard to deny the truth eh? -
Shyguy5226
Thing is shyguy, most people don't care enough about 9-11 anymore, give it up, believing in terrorists is so much easier. Ignorance is bliss =] -
SirGenerik
Its not ice. Its gas hydrate. It looks like ice but when you burn it, methane molecules that are trapped inside are set ablaze. notice how the fire only appears after a few seconds. -
thecrappy11
hahahahaha shyguy did you foget to wear your tinfoil hat today? -
sfxkillaxfs1979
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Shyguy5226
Heating it up so fast it doesn't have time to melt? High pressure chambers? induction? vapour barries? Are you people friggin retarded? If it is indeed ice then none of that crap you idiots came up with could even work. Smarten up and use your heads. It's a freaking trick. -
JohnAlistair
its easy, its all a light show even the flames, there are things out there that you can buy that looks like fire butit isnt even hot. remember what the eye sees and the ears hear the mind believes. look outside the box -
rawrface1
This is a reply to the university chem student, and the skeptic following his comment. I don't know much about high pressure chambers or this type of chemisry, but the skeptic claimed it could not av been a high presre chamber because there is people in the room. Watch the video again, the people seem to be outside of the dark verticle line tha goes stright up the video on the left side. This dark line looks like the corner of a glass box. I believe this exeperiment was contained within some sort of high pressure cube chamber, and filmed from the outside. -
anothersoldier1989
Its most definitely induction. If not, its simply a plastic being heated. -
asdfokiuwqerokjklasdjf
IT'S INDUCTION!!! the ice block has a piece of steel frozen in it. The coil around it is liquid cooled copper tube, it has coolant flowing through it to keep it from melting it's self.. There is a high frequency current running through the copper coil which creates a powerful alternating magnetic feiild in the chunk of metal embedded in the ice. This is called induction, and it causes the molecules of metal to vibrate rapidly and it gets hot.. This is a method used to melt metals in small foundries. Usually the metal is contained in a crucible and the coil goes around the crucible, liqufing the metal contained within it. they also use these coils for heat treating things like drill bits and end mills, which have hardened tool surfaces and a more flexible shank. -
Maddax-1967
simple u take a block of ice and heat it up faster than it can melt its like the trade off between hilium and weight and some point u'll achieve lift and in this case u'll heat up ice before it has a chance to melt... how to heat it up that fast i don't know what tools u need -
Chronicboy9
This is actually what's called the Leidenfrost effect. Basically, when a liquid (in this case water, though it isn't in liquid form) is heated by something that is much hotter than the boiling point of the aforementioned liquid,a layer of vapor around the liquid is produced, preventing it from boiling. That's why you can dip your hands into liquid nitrogen for a few seconds and not feel any intense, damaging cold. -
MilanM94
how hard is it to put an orange light bulb underneath that block of ice with a dimmer swicth not to far away?? I mean, wow, i have 3 of theme home guys!! -
ChickenMeister2
I could be that ur heating it to such a high level in such a short period of time that the ice is turning right to a gas and since it is such a big peice it is taking chunks off at a time not just evaporating all at once:) -
Gienus12
This video doesn't necessarily prove anything. It doesn't show that this is actually ice, it could just be a transparent plastic. The red doesn't even denote heat for sure, it could just be a light that gets brighter under the ice or plastic. And then steam just looks like it's coming from Dry Ice, which would also be below the plastic. If you look you can see that the block of "ice" is on a stand and everything that your chemistry can't explain would be beneath that. -
ColdbloodedAngel17
haha yes you are quite right mr univerity chem student but one thing you may have missed there is a guy standing there this is no high pressure room -
sfxkillaxfs1979
ANIMAL ABUSE! -
conaaaaa3
Induction is a strange way to heat things yet it works really well. I use to use it for steel and it's great put it in the coils and take it out and it's ready to be formed. It works with magnatism. It creates a field that will move the molecules so fast by making them want to pull in all directions at once. Instant heat as far as ice glowing it is strange. There may have been a small piece of metal in the center of the ice and the ice may carry the light to make it look like the whole thing is glowing. It ice is melting though so it is ice. I don't think it's chemistry at work it's physics. -
Stretch724
also note the shape of thecube doesn ot change at all. The light is from some other light source, like an LED and is not from heat. Water does not glow when it gets hot, it changes form. The glowing is a quality inherent in metals, not H2O. Also you can hear soem sort of pressure release before the fire begins, likely propane or gas or something... This is not a block of ice, its an optical illusion at best. -
marcous223
Maybe the block is frosted glass?! ... i dont think this is a 'high pressure case' Its like quarter inch glass around this display. the water in the bottom is a decoy to make the block seem like ice. -
marcous223
To me this looks like its just a block of ice with some LED's underneath and a mist machine or something of the sort -
Coldfury8
University chem student here. I'm pretty sure that this is in a chamber which can create extremely high pressures. Most people think that water melts at 0 degrees Celcius; however, with higher pressure, the melting point increases a rather large bit. This would also explain the gas being released from a solid block of ice, as heating ice at this kind of pressure causes it to sublimate, skipping the liquid stage entirely. If it were being heated from the inside, the gas pressures would crack through the ice and cause a burst similar to the one observed. The theory regarding heating metal inside by induction seems plausible, except that heating something in contact with ice would heat the ice by conduction, melting it. And the light given off would suggest heat too high for the ice to remain solid.. maybe if Tungsten was used? Regardless, this is all speculative at best. -
Neurotic_Assassin
Its funny when people are stupid, yeah the ice is heating up sure morons! -
c_thib1
there is nothing new or exiting here it just looks impressive -
sfxkillaxfs1979
look you guys your missing the point ok so theres a peice of metal inside being heated through induction it is not a hot block of ice its a cold block of ice with something really hot inside it that just hasent been givin time to melt it yet -
sfxkillaxfs1979
this is an induction heating demo of a piece of metal frozen in ice being heated to the point it glows white hot. It's meant to show that only metallic objects would be heated in the process...so u won't get burned for accidentally touching the heating surface of an induction range ...and no, the flames aren't caused by the hydrogen...since the sublimation process of water would only create water vapor, and not Hydrogen gas -
seifeijai
At least ice is a solid, glass isn't. It could also be a "supersolid" which would be awesome though I don't know if they continue to exist in "normal" space. -
Dr_Taverner
Highly compressed pure ice will not melt easily. Ice, like that found in the Antarctic and inside icebergs is so condensed that it takes a VERY long time to melt. -
Dr_Taverner
its not ice its glass lol -
Lorne_johnson1
on another site, i saw something proposed that makes a hell of a lot of sense. there COULD be a solid metal piece in the center, which is why the center expands and melts a little from 0:00 to 0:05. water on its own will not heat through an induction coil. this means that the center of the ice cube will melt because of the metal piece, then turn to vapor, and, once heated enough, the oxygen and hydrogen will split. at about 0:15, this superhot gas finally melts its way through the ice cube, and escapes (hence the pshh sound). once it hits outside air, it can ignite because of its own heat. from a practical perspective, it makes sense, too. the company would want to show that they can heat metal inside an ice cube, without directly heating the ice itself; which is pretty impressive to a layman. -
Porgyy
It is possible that it isnt even ice, it could be be other chemical properties -
McLeaner14
i think that it heats up so fast it doesnt get a chance to melt that fast. but u can see it melting abit as it goes on. and yes i do know a fair bit about chemistry -
CoolBruce42
What about the theory that its not ice. Maybe it was something that someone built to look like ice and light up like that. -
MapleLeafs51
Please stop trying to use your high school chemistry to explain this. -
KristophKP8
PIECE OF METAL FROZEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK OF ICE. GAHHH WATCH THE BEGINNING OF THE VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE THE TINY PIECE OF METAL LIGHT UP AND GLOW. K.I.S.S KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID, The simplest answer is often the right one! -
JoeRocket0
you guys i know you need to feel smart but I know about this kind of thing this is a hoaks if you flash ice with An instant heat source it behaves exactly as you would expect it melts you can not get the heat into the interior that fast the real world just doesnt work that way -
sfxkillaxfs1979
hello. well from what I gather from this clip I am pretty sure that my prediction of whats going on is true. as you may know water is made up of one part oxygen and two parts hydrogen (H20) and using the particle theory we can see that molecules slow down and are closely packed when frozen (such as ice) when the sudden heat hits the block of ice, its going from solid to liquid, to gas so fast that the heat ignites the particles as they break apart causing the flames which are actually mini particle explosions. -
Nutt_Mister2
why doesnt someone just send it into mythbusters already and stop arguing about it on here -
DCshoeCOusa8882
this is THEORETICALLY possible if H2O is under extreme pressure at around 10^12 Pa there is a type of ice substance that can be formed at a very high temperature around 600K (327 degrees celcius) . However in this video the chamber clearly isn't capable of maintaining that type of pressure, and is definately not real. I am not sure if this existance of this ice is experimentally proven or a theory. Interestingly enough at this high pressure theory states ice will change directly to a vapour which is observed in this video as well. -
1_AaRpRo_1
Well, I'm no scientist, but as a wizard I can tell you that is definately not possible. -
Eisenpony1
Basically the reaction is exothermic meaning that it gives off heat so this is most likely the type of reaction that is used in some hand warmers. The reaction results in a solid but not specifically ice. -
TayKen3
bosung3, stop trying to sound smart, ur not -
Kitty318
Ice cube has probably been made with inflammable subtances -
SmartOne1017
it's called an induction heater. -
burnyoux
Easy...its not ice! -
nfldman5
its an ice or other substance with light underneath it. Any element will release a photon if it has a temperature, and high enough temperature releases a photon of high enough frequency for us to see with eyes. If the metal was actually heating up the substance in the middle, it would light up the cover of the cube first, however, you can clearly see that the light comes out of the center (or the bottom) of the ice. Another obvious fact is that if the metal was heating up the substance, and the substance was at a high temperature that actually glows red, metal has to be at that temperature too at least shortly after the substance starts to glow, however, you don't see the metal glow at all. -
bosung3
that was glass ! -
Khalil_y92
I just thought of something to ponder: Could it be that using an induction coil on water (ice) induces a splitting of the water molecule thereby releasing hydrogen and oxygen atoms? If this was possible, then maybe the intense heat on the external surface of the coil combusts the hydrogen and-or oxygen - the origin of the flames we see. A crazy passing thought, but maybe... maybe... -
FluffierCanadian
I don't know what to think of this video, and I am not familiar with the science behind it, so I won't make any assumptions about it. Here is the video on Youtube.com: www.youtube.com(slash)watch?v=aLwaPP9cxT4 The poster says "At the EMO in Hanover, I ran into a cool demonstration of non-contact heating. Huettinger, a German manufacturer of induction heating generators showed this ice cube running red-hot." Judge it yourselves. -
FluffierCanadian
i'm more inclined to believe the sodium acetate explanation than the methane ice one, because an induction coil couldn't heat methane -- it doesn't have any metallic elements. i know for certain that the metal thing is an induction coil, i've seen and used them before. you could probably stick your hand through it if you wanted, only electricity-conducting materials get heated (it works through induced electrical currents.) ...sodium is a metallic element, and so conducive to electricity. so sodium would heat up, methane would not. -
Porgyy
chemistry was never my forte, but i know a few things for sure. 1) the metal around it is an induction coil. it can only induce heat in metallic elements. 2) no matter how hot water gets, it will never glow red. water heated to very high temperatures will sublimate, or spontaneously turn from solid to vapor. the vapor still can't glow red, no matter the pressure. knowing these things, it may or may not be ice, but by inductive thinking (ha. ha.) it must contain a metallic component. since an incredibly hot piece of metal will only sublimate the ice cube, it's not metal IN the ice cube. a light would pass right through the ice cube, following refraction rules, so it's not a light. it must be a frozen solution containing metal. also, if this solution melts at such a high temperature, it must be solid at room temperature. -
Porgyy
I'm leaning towards agreeing on it being methane ice. -
asdasdasdasdasdsaas
lmao conman hes bein sarcastic dumbass -
ski7777
harrow, ur a comeplete idiot. u can freeze other subtances other then water. infact, most liquids will freeze. and other subtances in the water will freeze 2. this a covelent bond between 2 elements, and then it is frozen. harrow, ur an idiot. plz get off the internet -
conman0613
ha, that's awesome -
Snakeman_89
ohh.. so the kind of ice you'd probably find in hell, right? ^^ -
hellcat-it-is
It's not Normal ice, you might think it's Just H20, But actual this water consits of sodium acetate. To make the ice you over Saturate water and heat it up till it the water cannot be dissociated with the Sodium acetate, then u let it cool down a bit and put more of the acetate into it and it turns into warm ice that can handle more higher temperatures.... As you can see in the video, ive done this before and have made ice like this -
Chouiney
It's Methane Ice aka "burning ice". It is in fact a water ice cube but inside, the water molecules trap in methane. The coil thing around it heats the ice, melting it and releasing the methane. The methane then ignites, causing the flames. I learned this in one of my chem lectures. Check wiki if you don't believe me :P. -
DDonuts0
Yeah guise. It obviously MUST be water. It's completely IMPOSSIBLE to freeze another substance. ... Damnit people, I thought you were smarter. -
Harrow½
it defiantly not real ice it cant turn red unless u shine a light threw it. It will defiantly not turn red hot ever it will melt way b4 that -
Odins1337
lol im glad your all scientists and "its obviously not ice". The reason it is on display is because the average Joe Blow will not understand it and say exactly that "it cant be ice thats impossible" -
steve_dee_9364
Its EASY. That "COIL" Induces HEAT into a piece of METAL frozen in the block of ICE. The METAL GLOWS RED. ICE GLOWS RED! ICE melts from the inside out. Notice any other pieces of metal in that shot? NOOOO. They would all be turning RED. The "glass" around the outside is to protect against flying ice and to allow people to look inside. Duhhh -
JoeRocket0
k i'm no scientist...but i know it could simply NOT BE ICE -
VitriolicHarmlesskilla
LOL if it was in a vacuum it would lower the melting point.. and even if it was under pressure to increase the melting point .. the glass container wouldn't be stong enough to handle the preasure required to make ice glow red before melting .. which is just stupid. All it is is a dumb red light underneath making glow red slowely .. and then propane or natural gass comes out the inside of the black tubes to make it look like it's burning .... bc we all now H2O + O2 = FIRE LOL!!! so dumb... -
LoUwReNs
They must have found a chemical that increased the SPH of the water exponentially... if this same method could be applied in an enviromentally concious way to the polar ice caps... they would never melt... eliminating the heaviest danger of the allegded "global warming" -
TheHellWithIt
well the coil around it is an inductor and depending on it's frequency you could heat the inside of the block before the outside, which would cause that glow were seeing ........though i still doubt it's a piece of ice, probably something else that looks like it -
Tupper_1990
I dont see what is so cool about this. It's a block of ice with fire underneath it. It's still a very LARGE block of ice, so it's going to take some time to melt. The video is only 15 freaking seconds long. If it was 5 minutes long, and still the ice was unaffected, then i might think it was cool. You can see that it's melting as it should be, and that the fires glow is showing through the ice, just like it should be. The ice is not "hot" just because you can see light through it. Put on your thinking hats people. If i shine a red flashlight at a peice of plastic, it glows, that does not mean it's HOT! -
whatnameisnottaken2025
This could simply be crystalized sodium acetate which is similiar to ice but it gives off heat instead of giving off the cold. Here a video of "Hot Ice" or sodium Acetate. On youtube just search "Hot Ice" or Sodium Acetate to see it. P.S. Sodium acetate is also cool because if it comes in contact with an S-A Crystal It almost instantly "freezes". -
2geek4u
It's probably glass. -
Hex036
Well its obviously not ice because ice doesn't get red hot no matter what you do to it. Chances are its some type of glass. The only way for it to be ice is if there's a light underneath it that makes it seem like its turning red from the heat. -
Velorium117
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