Do Styrofoam Cups become Thimbles in the Ocean Abyss?

[@bartillo1336]

Damn I thought I was watching a channel with at least 500k subs. Keep up the good work and make even more quality content🎉

[@llahneb10]

Your channel is gonna grow quickly. Your subject and technique are unique, high quality execution and composition, pleasant personality. Perfect storm of awesomeness

[@tfrowlett8752]

Yes, finally! I’ve come up with some other objects to implode, a vacuum tube, a sand timer and one of those glass fishing floats.

[@TheDropzoneChannel]

You got it. I think I can fit that into one episode.

[@paradiselost9946]

@@TheDropzoneChannel a thermometer, alcohol type (can you find a mercury one?)... well, while at it, why not a galileo one? lol... barbie :) she needs a good squeezing. versus lego man, of course. those squishy silicone toys with the eyes that pop out? a stress ball? a lightbulb? whilst lit? heat pipes from a heatsink. liithium batteries :) any battery? the idea of vacuum tubes, batteries, and operating lightbulbs... electronic circuits, of course... silly toys... like that over voltage channel, lol... cigarette lighter, empty vs full. can go on and on ;)

[@exciting-burp]

Ah the nemesis of Styropyro: Styrohydro

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

😂

[@Lysdexis]

Ahh yes. The old tig welder sealant. Finicky stuff to those lacking the skills to apply it properly but no better sealant can be had

[@Reventon777]

The quality of this channel is off the charts. Congratulations on the 5k subs, I bet the next 5k will come even quicker!

[@RichardT2112]

Congratulations…well deserved! Happy to have been a part of the journey!

[@Slowpode]

Adding the ruler in the chamber was a great idea; Much better than a banana for scale.

[@LM-ek2hb]

Another excellent video. Especially liked learning a little about how the rig works. BTW - nice pump!

[@vonny7386]

i hope you keep crushing random stuff i feel like i learn so much from your videos

[@justinsane210]

Hey I'm so glad to see that you took my suggestion to put the "not styrofoam" cup into the Dropzone. I don't know if other's also made the comment but it doesn't matter. Thank you and good luck with your channel!

[@sdrrshock5594]

Loving the channel, would be nice to see a video about the chamber construction, it looks amazing

[@betulaobscura]

Informative, interesting and entertaining.

[@I.Live4oldcars.prospecting]

That was really awesome. Congratulations on the 5000 subs. What about crushing icecream cones ?

[@MarzannaBestPony]

Today I had a dream where I dug 20m deep hole filled with water and tried to marinate chicken breasts on the bottom of this hole. I wonder, is marination faster under high pressure?

[@tomholroyd7519]

Candy bars? Oranges? Sort of in general food ...

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

Wafers!

[@phoenixsmith6026]

nice crush, enjoyed this, much better with out all the screaming and shouting that many channels have these days

[@PastorJamesGillespie]

Tinned Fish!

[@WarfRat]

Always fascinating results. Great content. 👍

[@kentworch]

Congrats on the milestone.👍

[@jaquigreenlees]

congratulations on reaching 5k subscribers. an interesting comparison for the 10k subscriber mark would be how both plywood and koosa react to the pressure. koosa is a fibreglass version of plywood.

[@justin2221]

the XPS foam after compressing, looks identical to a microscopic view of the edge of a steel chip from machining

[@S9gd4]

Submerge a Prince Rupert's drop !

[@MrScoffins]

Murdoc, you deserve more subs. One day this channel is gonna umm.. What's the opposite of "implode" ?

[@JonMurray]

Awesome man! And congrats on the subs!

[@JesusGarcia-ec7jo]

Gracias por tanto Dropzone uwu Te queremos! 🫶

[@Alienalloy]

This channel,is so niche I’m glad I was here so early….

[@Space_Reptile]

congrats on 5k!

[@TheBollockz]

I have a interesting question. What besides the obvious things would you think would be unsafe to put in your pressure chamber.

[@blar2112]

Do a co2 capsule

[@mrdouglasfromthedepartment8440]

Good idea! CO₂ only needs like 73 atmospheres to compress to a liquid/supercritical fluid, and he puts his chamber up to 430atm in the experiments shown in his videos

[@jonathansquires1403]

Could be worth putting a glow stick in the dropzone see how deep it can go before cracking. Love your channel keep up the good work . Still waiting for the coconut 🥥 👍

[@JumpingSpiderDesign]

Congratulations! I wonder if a (small) loaf of bread suitably bagged would spring back, or would it become a loaf of dough.

[@Sembazuru]

Honestly, I'm surprised that the EPS continued to float at depth. I expected the volume of the compressed air to drop below the displacement of the plastic foam matrix allowing it to sink. I guess I underestimated the amount of air in the sample. I'm wondering how aerogel would react. Is the aerogel matrix open cell or closed cell? I suspect open cell, but don't know for sure. Even if open cell, I would suspect the holes to be small enough that surface tension might cause unexpected results.

[@locouk]

This chamber is designed to hold a lot of pressure.. Have you thought about having sodium sealed into a glass vile? What would a sodium explosion look like in the abyssal zone? Would it even explode at such a high pressure?

[@4D0R1NGF4N]

Thank you!

[@HoneySoakedSeagull]

Could be interesting to see a joint of meat getting compressed and expanding again, I know pressure cooking really tenderises meat, how does cold pressure and going much higher do though.

[@xploration1437]

Try some NERF darts. Non Expanding Rubberized Foam

[@KingNast]

congrats!

[@SBennett-70sKid]

Very cool

[@hdcsuio]

What if you put the cup in a ziploc bag ?

[@aceathor]

Cool 6500 now Be careful with this pressure your device becomes a little bomb.

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

Lol, no. That's not how this works.

[@Sped55]

i mean, it is a foam that is styro.

[@brianb-p6586]

it is a foam which is styrene.

[@opieshomeshop]

What do you mean do they? I have one that has been to one of the deepest places in the ocean and mine was compressed to the size of a thimble. Complements of the US Navy….

[@TheDropzoneChannel]

It's possible that they crushed an 8oz foam cup which would be smaller. The one in the video is 12oz.

[@kobusvanrensburg4092]

Like Matt Damon, you look like you science the shit out of your builds. Well done 👌

[@gustavgnoettgen]

The actor?

[@associatedblacksheepandmisfits]

Elevator music ? Really dude ! Funk it 😊

[@therichieboy]

Called styrofoam by Americans. Us brits.and Aussies have always called it polystyrene.

[@TheDropzoneChannel]

Thanks for the clarification! I stand corrected.

[@brianb-p6586]

"Styrofoam" is a trademark (owned by DuPont and it's Dow division) for one specific brand of extruded polystyrene (XPS) foam. Dow is a US company, so it's not surprising that the misuse of this trademark as a generic name is common in North America but not elsewhere... but there are no Styrofoam cups, or any other moulded item made of Styrofoam or other XPS; cups are moulded from beads of expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam. Just say "foam cup", or "polystyrene foam cup" if you want to be precise about the material. It is normally called "EPS", but not everyone knows what that acronym means. It would make sense to also try simple rectangular blocks of EPS and XPS foam, to compare the materials.