A new way to mix oil and water

A team of researchers in the Varanasi Lab at MIT has developed a way to create nanoscale emulsions, of oil and water, stable enough to last indefinitely, and with no mixing required. (Learn more: news.mit.edu/2017/new-way-mix-oil-and-water-1108)
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[@bee_irl]

That was oddly satisfying.

[@eth6706]

I was doing research at the University of Oklahoma and they were already doing this 3 years ago

[@pavanisweety2392]

Better u can buy mixing agent it will combine both water and oil together

[@sayedsekandar]

MIT is always cool on invention.

[@sachinkishore4115]

excellent .thank you

[@PacoOtis]

Our cats really like this video! It needs to be about an hour long though!!!

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This Ha been one of the videos that I have found for so long.

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[@hithamhh606]

Hi, I would like to thank you for this wonderful video and I would like to ask you about the best food emulsifier for palm oil and what is the ratio of emulsifier to oil

[@ha1ban3]

Ohhhhh i can't wait to go here!

[@bingshen7473]

For a normal emulsion process, mechanical energy will be required to break down the size of water in oil. In this particular process, water is heated up to become steam (ENERGY) to accomplish size breakdown, then condense to micro drops of water. Before they have the chance to meet and coalescence into large ones, they are coated with surfactant molecules and settle to the bottom in oil.

[@heididecker707]

I wish I knew the details to duplicate!

[@carlomagnotm]

So basically a working on veggie steamer with a vessel with oil+surfactant inside could replicate it??🤔

[@Hunnter2k3]

Great idea. I just wonder if it could potentially lead to issues down the line like with other nanoparticles in recent years. Hopefully not. It would help in a lot of industries. Preferably not food since the issues it seems to cause to the gut flora and inflammation risk. But who am I kidding, of course the food industry will be all over that.

[@samj1185]

Hand lotion, shampoo, toothpaste, etc, etc. I've never seen any of these separate after 'just a few months'. They seem to be very stable.

[@IntarwebUser]

What is the surfactant made from? Whatever it is, I don't think I'd want to eat it. I'll just stick with shaking the jar really hard.

[@trppytoes]

Yummy processed foods!

[@devanshroyal8372]

Who knew condensation could change the game. Btw gravity is unable to separate them because of Brownian movement right? Just curious about it.

[@seethetruth7427]

Devansh Royal I always thought it's due to different density & the non polar nature of oil (hydrophobic) but idk man I'm just a high schooler

[@mayankshrivastava3554]

Gravity is responsible for the denser material to be lower when the two liquids separate, i guess!

[@manavsivaram15]

Yes

[@SumantKumar-nv5hj]

ayy lmao so, it's not due to non polar nature of oil?

[@wenbeiwu]

like o2 in h2o, there is no surface tension between each other of them

[@hugoabe1809]

Super

[@knowhow8490]

Surfactant name plz??

[@theyoutuber686]

somebody help me how to break the mayonnaise emulsion?

[@spasticnutcase]

Or just use lecithin

[@mrtaliano3164]

Can I ask u question in private?

[@zeeshantractors4655]

How much quantity of lacithin is used

[@st0n3ywelifted76]

Doesn't always work, it'll seperate slowly

[@umrbekmavlonov7283]

I am now doing research on mixing oil and water. How can I get further information about it or how can I get advice from one of experts.

[@davidbroadfoot1864]

If you have to ask how to get further information, then you are not a good researcher.

[@Zhaosijie]

@Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May I asked what is the Background music of this source.

[@sunnumnzr8843]

Name of equipment used for condensation

[@slumz12]

Please need a name

[@mrwednesday687]

I learned this shit in cosmetology school 😂

[@tanaypatel5546]

Nice.. Varansi lab mit?

[@AlanJerish]

TANAY PATEL no no

[@meltdown6856]

Massachusets

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hah looks like cait and vi are finally getting together huh

[@jigyanshushrivastava6153]

How it can be used in drug delivery?

[@aisongpool]

This is a mixture of Oil, Water and a soap like substance. lol

[@mihigyver]

i have an water - oil emulsion in my motorcycles motor. and its not separading... no labatory needed xD

[@sghaiermohamed2905]

Not a clishe. Its more of an idiom or an analogy

[@Skunkhunt_42]

Canna make hash with that? Lots of delivery issues with natural cannabinoids...maybe this is an alternative to lypholyzation tech, n whatnots

[@georgesanchez1875]

many companies are doing liposomes or nano emulsions , but with time they separate . so they don't work for beverages

[@aleksveyg6919]

Such a complicate process. We make water soluble oils in both water and powder forms without any special equipment

[@lochkal7060]

Could this be used as a fuel, 50% water, 50% oil. If it works it might help with the extreme consumption of oil.

[@juckya9660]

I'd assume that would separate the particles?

[@thesummitdesign]

said absolutely nothing🥰🥰🥰

[@foxtrot9633]

You could do this... but why? Why? Why would ya do that?

[@carlomagnotm]

Cuz of energy consumption, time spend in the factory producing the product, labels of expiration ,remove products that becomes un stable again and phases get oxidized.....

[@taramas5582]

Has science gone too far?

[@sree9555]

adding soap water.... Sreiously......We've learned it in elementary school

[@carsonlujan8134]

This isn’t new and they didn’t mix water and oil can NEVER MIX WHEN CAN YOU GET IT RIGHT

[@whitemansucks]

not new....BOOOOO!!!!

[@abril6156]

@arcane

[@NoNameTbh4]

I'm in denial from that line in Arcane