How Strong is a Giant Ball of Obsidian?!?!?

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[@LifeNINE]

I have notifications turn on and I haven't been get notified when your videos come out glass 2 or 3 just thought I'd let you know

[@andreaskapaj1801]

Hey mat i got you a creazy idea you should buy a short barrel shotgun and have a custom rifled barrel for it and shoot bird shot to see the spread

[@jaqadyfletcher9463]

Can you just ship the pieces out there so freaking cool looking

[@markaleptic]

Maybe try saying "sphere" next time, my 12 year old inner self couldnt concentrate on the video cus everytime you said "ball" I giggled and thought to myself.." hehe balls" it's no wonder my wife calls me a 45 year old toddler!

[@CityRD]

Can I have a gun? 🙋🏽‍♂️

[@derpataur1162]

Whoever polished that ball of Obsidian is watching this in tears.

[@xtinctthief]

Happy tears 🥲

[@rickcs7050]

@Gabriel Isaac Palima yeah, sad tears, obsidian may be among the hardest things to shape into anything else

[@kevincrawford7439]

“Polished that ball”

[@ascendingmaster3510]

Then they look at the $1300 they got for it and everything is okay again

[@thursdaybird]

As soon as I heard Matt say it was polished Obsidian I just shook my head, as there is truly no reason to have used polished Obsidian (cut to a sphere? sure! semi-polished? sure! full polish? Nah, that's for someone's study...eight semi-polished balls would have cost the same as that one)

[@nickh9071]

Walking barefoot in matts backyard is actually a form of capital punishment in texas

[@3ggx315]

Yess

[@dememeitized8048]

Didnt pay taxes

[@bryantinin1587]

why not mine Obsidian but that awesome

[@JuanPablo-pg3vx]

His backyard smells like big red, gun powder, asbestos, and death...

[@txcgladiator4030]

Mainly asbestos

[@slipangle3027]

Now I'm wondering what an archaeologist will think in a few hundred years seeing all this volcanic glass in this random spot.

[@jur1297]

"I need to find a real job"

[@Dadecorban]

it will match the crater that probably ends the ranch one day. Obvious ELE

[@NIKOS_GEROSIDERIS]

@@jur1297 Well that hurt but you were strait forward and i appreciate it.

[@jur1297]

@@NIKOS_GEROSIDERIS If looking at pebbles can make you money then you're one lucky guy!

[@jeffmiller903]

Nothing, because it already has been distributed around the world to places it doesn't naturally occur.

[@zacharybowman9231]

I’m a physics major not an expert but I believe when you hit the sphere Center you compressed the sphere and made that point very strong. Your other rounds cause compression waves making the sphere resonate weakening it. The slug compressed a small area and the compression wave shattered the weaker sections that have already lost internal integrity. I’m going to show my professor this video tomorrow for sure!

[@JRodriguez]

I'm a musician, not an expert but I agree.

[@JohnMkrv]

I'm a human, not an expert but I agree.

[@zombie445hehe]

I'm an expert, not a human, but agree

[@accountdua9375]

I'm a male, not a male, but I agree.

[@maui5441]

I’m a chem major whatever he said

[@fhn497moto3]

mat always uses the foldable tables but he hasn’t seen how many can stop a bullet

[@NSW_Rage]

He needs to see this

[@GFMmastermaxwell]

I agree

[@silver3462]

Yes. Just yes

[@glowingsme7943]

Then no tables to shoot on.

[@bodiefisher8798]

We need to blow this comment up

[@NeoWick_]

You reeeeaaaaally need to do a collaborative video with the slow mo guys. Watching the effects of shooting this thing in 100,000 FPS would be awesome

[@dillonvillon]

Get this comment to the top!

[@Menta1Waste1and]

They already worked with Smarter Every Day to pull off some shots like that, go check it out!

[@mortasso]

In 10 mi subs.. in 10 mi...

[@greggollaher5053]

I agree, slow mo of the glass coming apart would be interesting. I wonder if in the right light you would be able to see the compressive energy going through the ball.

[@dragaunas]

Yes please

[@adamrohrbach8748]

Fun fact about obsidian; it breaks so that the edge is only one molecule thick, which makes it extremely sharp. For this reasons, some surgeons use obsidian knives. Be careful if you touch obsidian shards…

[@Sad_cat_studio]

he should buy 10 of these obsidian blocks and light it

[@MechanicalMooCow]

6:20 "That actually looks really similar to the glass" Who is going to break the news to him that obsidian is literally glass?

[@beze5444]

Actually it's volcanic rock that acts like a glass

[@MechanicalMooCow]

@@beze5444 glass is literally made from highly heated rock, my guy. Literally identical, the difference is glass is made primarily from sedimentary rock so has a lot of air trapped (hence transparency) whereas obsidian is made under identical conditions, except using igneous rocks and not sedimentary. They both flow over time, they are practically, physically identical in every way. In fact, geologically it is literally classified as a glass. It's dark, opaque look is because of it's "impurities", what with it comprising of a large amalgamation of other rock types.

[@beze5444]

@@MechanicalMooCow you should Google what is obsidian made of. I never speak facts without facts!

[@LET4M4RU]

@@beze5444 «Obsidian (/ˌɒbˈsɪdiən/; /əb-/) is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed when lava extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimal crystal growth.» Wikipedia Those are facts.

[@beze5444]

@@LET4M4RU no that's wiki someone added

[@PlasmaChannel]

Great video Matt. Physics stepping in here. That pressure cone you see on the entry, is due to how force is distributed. When the bullet hits, it compresses all the material under it, however, that force also spreads out. Shear force on glass (sideways) causes it to fracture radially away, while pressure downward does not. So, you get a cone of compression underneath the impact, and blown out glass around it. This is a really general explanation.

[@FrankDaBank25]

Bro you are so insanely big brained.

[@roberthobbs6318]

Huh, believe it or not that was my guess, compression at the point of impact and the energy has to go somewhere. And the fracturing on the opposite side is due to the compression at the point of impact creating a chain reaction in a straight line through the material causing stress on the opposite pole causing fracturing. There is more to it than that, but that's basically what's happening.

[@Nuze17]

came down to mention this and glad to see you beat me to it. said it better than I could've

[@synical6817]

You are fuckin Gigabrain

[@davidrice4873]

@@roberthobbs6318 would it be similar to spalling like on the inside of tanks armor when it's hit with a round

[@sepd1110]

“Hey bro, got the obsidian for the Nether Portal?” Matt: “yeeee, about that”

[@ariz0naheat622]

😂😂

[@NoNo-fy3kr]

Damn Creepers .. Be creepin ...... Edit.. herm.. New mod for MC.. Give Creepers 50bmg's :P

[@uselessscreen]

No spheres in Minecraft

[@mapsofbeing5937]

Obsidian is like the epic version of flint. regarding how sharp it was, the first 'advanced' cutting surgical tools thousands of years ago were made of obsidian too Edit: the wispy, swily gray patterns is not a feature of all obsidian, this ball you had was what we call silver-sheen obsidian, much rarer than normal black obsidian

[@oddball119]

rock

[@seankelly378]

The Aztecs famously had some cool ass swords made from it. Tho I think European steel blades were probably more practical

[@mapsofbeing5937]

@@seankelly378 I'm no historian but from what I understand it was rather ceremonial daggers and stuff to delicately cut organs out, not for actual battle I looked into it and they had wooden paddles with obsidian axe-heads all around, it looks savage but knowing that obsidian is very brittle, it would be useless against metal armor, steel swords had less sharpness but so much more durable it wasn't even the same league

[@seankelly378]

@@mapsofbeing5937 yea in paintings they look badass but clearly no match for the Spaniards steel , and diseases pahhaha

[@TsarDragon]

"this ball you had was what we call silver-sheen obsidian, much rarer than normal black obsidian" And he made it esplode

[@peteabrh-fairest9463]

Obsidian volcanic is very brittle and is natural volcanic glass... Native Americans used obsidian to make arrowheads, spearheads, knives, scrapers, and drills. Nice to see some fellow veterans on KZbin.. Great channel guys and thank you for your service. Myself a 20 year British military veteran. ⚔️🇺🇲🇬🇧⚔️

[@paulhartford8266]

Him: it’s very similar to glass. The obsidian: literally volcanic glass

[@youngdagger3708]

You think obsidian is volcanic glass?

[@paulhartford8266]

@@youngdagger3708 it is...

[@youngdagger3708]

Not actual glass it just looks like it 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@paulhartford8266]

@@youngdagger3708 obsidian is made when naturally formed molten silica is rapidly cooled in a volcanic environment... Glass. Make sure you know what you are talking about before you talk.

[@BillyT886]

@@youngdagger3708 LoL, obsidian is LITERALLY glass...... LoL, you put the 🤦‍♂️!!!! Lmao! Make sure you know what you’re talking about before you correct people....

[@overknight5226]

Obsidian still isn’t as tough as Kentucky Ballistics 💪 Praying for a speedy recovery

[@nikolasnescustomrodssager1269]

No kiddin

[@joeboxer6998]

Just put a thumb in it.

[@wyattl6830]

Shut up

[@thetheandthe6371]

@@wyattl6830 no u

[@alexelrod242]

Ah fuck, now I gotta delete my comment 😅

[@patheddles4004]

Really cool video. Fun facts: - Obsidian /is/ glass. So yeah, you're right that it's semi-transparent. - The backside effects are from shockwave lensing, and our planet does the same thing for large meteor impacts. Also how shaped charges work. - No cracking in the middle behind where the bullet hit, because that bit has nowhere to go. Shockwave passes straight through it. - Glass means it doesn't have internal crystal structure like most rocks - that's why the shockwave can go straight through. - That obsidian blade is about a thousand times sharper than a steel scalpel or razor. - Also three times sharper than even a diamond scalpel blade. - Dangerous sharp. I once sliced my thumb open quite badly with a quarter-inch-long spike of normal glass - it was stuck in the sole of my sandal, and my hand slipped a bit while I was trying to pull it out. Lot of blood, had to go to the doctor. Do not recommend. I was honestly really relieved when you put gloves on. - Largest diamond in the world is just under 12 inches wide, so yeah that actually does exist. Give the researchers half a million dollars and they'll probably make another one for you, though that might be complicated since they made the first one in what's currently a warzone (Kyiv). - I could have predicted most of the results in this video, but I have no idea what a 12" diamond ball would do. Could explode, could shatter, could just completely ignore whatever you hit it with. And hell yeah I'd love to see you try it.

[@derkaderka6260]

10:55 I’m no physics expert but the center of the sphere has the highest density of mass and the shockwave of the impact has less mass on the surrounding surfaces just 4 inches from the impact site alone is the difference in something like tissue paper vs the center impact point being cardboard paper. Bad analogy but hope that clears it up a bit. Center dense snow withhold the shockwave sides are fragile and that’s why often time you get those razor sharp sheers

[@jah6197]

Imagine in like 1000 years someone stumbles upon volcanic glass in the middle of a Forrest with no volcano close by

[@victorfox9623]

Surrounded by a field of lead and brass.

[@jaynap1970]

@@victorfox9623 @Swordfish There was a great battle waged that day, all for the Giant Ball of Obsidian, known for it's mystical future telling prophecies.

[@allcapsboy9139]

CARBON DATING HAS THIS BATTLE FIELD SET TO 56.93 BILLION YEARS AGO

[@heyhoe168]

Congratulations! You just discovered how archeology works.

[@jamesTBurke]

They will think they found some ancient volcano

[@Cuthawolf]

Man you're gonna need to be careful around the Ranch for a loooong time. Obsidian is hella sharp.

[@chillvro.]

(2077) is this a native american spearhead? someone said its from the native who lived here. nah it was a native texan who shot a ball of obsidian on his ranch.

[@johncollison362]

Yeah. Basically the sharpest stuff in the world lol. Be careful!

[@BINX-RR]

@E C I don’t think they make square mile tarps lol

[@isaacsmith1686]

Yes obsidian is razor sharp and very dangerous to be playing with, and obsidian is formed from volcanoes, way different from glass more density

[@isaacsmith1686]

@@chillvro. obsidian can be found in America but Native Americans mainly use bone, sticks, stone, or flint for arrowhead or spearhead. There’s a rare chance to find an obsidian shard in America.

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

About the weird crack in the back. I recently saw a video on I-beam testing, when you apply a load, it actually rotates inside, pull neutral & press, so the bullet is like a load on a brick (I-beam), the center is compressed the sides are fine & the back is pulled away. Additionally, since it's a kinetic hit, it can act as a marble swing set, where a ball hits a set of balls & the end ball only moves (compression to decompression like a water wave splash). This is how I currently understand it from random videos off the internet.

[@pbabiesinspace6112]

Obsidian...a volvanic rock. This is actually extremely interesting from a scientific viewpoint. They have recently discovered a planet made of obsidian that sucks in more light than if reflects. Good stuff.

[@ablacktemplar1971]

Oh boy, imagine the damage you could cause just by shooting the surface

[@smithsmith1956]

Neat. Wish I could have been born later to explore space. I seriously doubt maned space exploration will be a thing while I'm alive.

[@snazzyjovialwyrm3314]

@@smithsmith1956 It may never be a thing, unfortunately, at last not outside our galaxy. Such travel would probably require a massive space ship where life can sustain itself for generations. There's so many factors that come into play.

[@Laingrave]

Nuke it, I wanna see how bad the fractures are. That, or throw a fatass asteroid at it. Would be dope

[@petergoestohollywood382]

An object that absorbs more light than it is reflecting? That’s not fancy at all… Literally any object which absorbs at least >50% of the incoming light fits that definition. Earth absorbes around 70% of the incoming light so what’s the big deal?

[@Styxhexenhammer666]

Nobody will be able to walk there shoeless for about a century

[@darklotusdx]

The man, the myth, the legend.

[@tomerabitbuleizen4992]

Why would you ?

[@berettaroadchronicles9637]

Marked safe from white walkers

[@Marcel204_]

:)

[@Blindashitmetalasfuck]

"Hello everyone!".

[@davidodonovan1699]

6:20-6:23 Camera man exists. He's not just a mythical creature, that hangs out in the woods, filming demo ranch episodes and putting them online.

[@tomascostaPT]

8:15: Another sighting of the legendary "Camera Man"

[@wrongtoolwillie9927]

Notice how he also got caught off guard and jumped when Matt shot the 9mm

[@cristianrivas4606]

Or that's just Matt from the future recording himself They look the same so there's a lot of evidence

[@MrChupacabradude]

@@wrongtoolwillie9927 I think a piece of obsidian might of bounced off and hit him Matt said before pieces went flying with the 22 so a 9 would send more flying

[@matthewdecker2299]

And at least for this episode we know that it is not Mere...

[@roger091392]

How bout a non newtonian fluid bro. Soft and chewy on the outside but hard as steel when pressure is applied 😊

[@cakeattitude]

This I want to see!

[@paulploughe3472]

Not sure if it's at all close to the same thing but diamond saw blades? The giant balls are pretty interesting. Be neat to see a Side by side some days of a bunch of different minerals or maybe get ingots of different metals.

[@lincolns9462]

"that actually looks really similar to glass" Obsidian: bitch I am glass

[@mexicansnorlax909]

Underrated

[@humbleclay79]

Thank you.

[@MiMi420_]

Yes

[@InterprisesTV]

Heard that conversation here, too, Doc. 🤣👍

[@supergearhead152]

Just way way way sharper

[@TheNinjaDC]

Matt: Lets explode some volcanic glass! Matt's Lungs: No, please no. *50BMG cocking noises*

[@nazarderkach9320]

_Breaking News: Texas man dies from silicosis after shooting a huge volcanic glass ball with an anti-materiel rifle_

[@utbdoug]

Next Off The Ranch: "We're back from the hospital where I'm getting treatment for pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis"

[@theldraspneumonoultramicro405]

@@utbdoug you called?

[@utbdoug]

@@theldraspneumonoultramicro405 You absolute legend!!

[@zinsanez]

@@theldraspneumonoultramicro405 lol 😂

[@HdQualityVideos1]

8:48 SUPER SHARP! "CONTINUES RUBBING FINGER ON IT" 😂

[@owennnnnnnnn2003]

I always love the skits at the beginning of every episode

[@Lighthammer072]

8:46 "Dude, it's sharp." -some guy who lived in a cave ~700,000BC

[@Sir-Worthington]

"Wow that was real similar to the glass" "is it more rock or glass?" Because it's volcanic glass

[@liligloo]

America fuck yeah

[@ayumikuro3768]

It's essentially impure glass. Both are sillicon oxides. Obsidian just contains some impurities (different other metal oxides like aluminum, sodium and potassium oxides, maybe even some boron oxides).

[@fortnitedancer1017]

A .357 magnum is slightly larger than a 9mm. A 9mm is basically a .354 caliber. Also, the Native Americans used obsidian for arrowheads because it can get razor sharp. Also, the reason that the back end gets damaged is because of energy transfer. If you have seen a Newton’s cradle, it is basically the same concept. The energy passes through the obsidian and to the back side. The reason the bullet is intact in the center of the impact is because the obsidian absorbs most of the energy, taking it away from the bullet, leaving it intact. It is the same reason meteors don’t get completely destroyed on impact.

[@lachlann420]

The point of pressure becomes the most dense point when the bullet hits so is stays together and the sides break off. As for the back the force from the bullet pushes through and makes a crack on the back of the ball. Hope that helps with your questions😁👍

[@euroamerican92]

The bit in line with the bullet trajectory compresses, making it stronger. The shockwave then rolls around the newly compressed lump in the middle.

[@itachi112059]

"This rock is almost like glass" obsidian: literally glass

[@eskil5306]

it's a metallic glass no? Aztec/Mayan's used it for their swords

[@crazycatlady4391]

It’s cooled magma I believe.. so hardened melted rock.

[@prestoncampbell7095]

@@eskil5306 Volcanic glass, but yeah they did use it

[@rundownaxe]

@@eskil5306 They used shards of obsidian on their weapons but it's too brittle to have a whole blade made out of it. The one quality of obsidian is it's molecular edge. I don't think anything can get sharper,

[@Bitofastupidbrit]

@@rundownaxe pretty sure Flint is on the same level

[@ryansmithza]

Archaeologist 100 000 years from now: "This is the site where an ancient civilisation made sacrifices to their lead god."

[@Adam-dr4ox]

yea i was about to comment that this video willl for sure stump archaeologist in the future

[@lukez9721]

The cult of demolitia

[@konradterlikowski8788]

You read my mind.

[@Bilabius]

... which they dismembered with shards of obsiian.

[@christianthompson688]

While ryan 100,000 yrs from now earth not going to be earth no more. Cause the dang rich ass republican wants to make more money.and they are destroying the earth 🌎 by cutting the trees down. Drill oil pockets so they can monopolies.tjey will destroy earth like trump destroy the past 4 yrs of my life....

[@pohatunuva3771]

This is like ballistic flint knapping. Really interesting!

[@viscache1]

“Wait, wait….only shoes!” Classic Humor GOLD! This is the difference between a mineral semi-liquid and a mineral crystal solid. It will behave similarly to the glass but it will not demonstrate reverse transference….the impact energy wave will only travel along the direction of the crystal. I can break in rounded patterns but they will be in the opposite direction as the glass. Both types of glass are formed through heat. As far as the sharpness. Western Native Americans. Used Obsidian for arrowheads and for shaving the face and head. It remains razor sharp and can be resharpened by chipping the edges.

[@Flying_fisher]

“It’s just like the glass!” Someone gonna tell him? Lmao

[@pr_disaster2238]

Lol I was tempted to post a comment. This one’ll suffice.

[@Ricky-wy6dl]

Yeah I but Matt does not look at his comment’s

[@Anonymous-eh3bt]

@@Ricky-wy6dl Plot twist :he does look at the comments but doesn’t heart them

[@keegkrino]

Tell him what?

[@CaeruluemPrime]

Is a glass bro

[@manmangames]

i like how the camera man jumps when he shot the 9😂😂😂

[@Matt-dy7uq]

Probably forgot to put ears in

[@gavinlarson4520]

Matt or maybe he got hit with a piece of obsidian

[@josephm4514]

Lol

[@gracen7461]

I was looking In the comments for someone who saw it to

[@matthewmorrissey9678]

I thought maybe they got hit

[@kafazyshorthop9909]

Obsidian is an extrusive igneous rock. It is the result of rapid cooling of viscous lava. It does not display cleavage, and fractures in a conchoidal pattern (it fractures like glass). Despite its dark coloration, Obsidian is Felsic, meaning it containes a high amount of Silica, which tend to make rocks lighter in coloration. Unlike most rocks, Obsidian has a very low amount of mineral crystal's present. The Streak coloration is white on average, and it has an average hardness of 5.

[@shineon7641]

Cheers to you for having this depth of knowledge on the subject...That is, unless you're just bull shitting us? Which in that case, it's off to the spanking machine at high noon and down the middle of Main.Street for you Mr. ShortHop. We'll see who's laughing then, right?!

[@kafazyshorthop9909]

@@shineon7641 _Sweats Nervously_

[@shineon7641]

@@kafazyshorthop9909 Yea, that's right Mister. So, take that! Did you know that I got Spanked by the "bots" saying that I need to familiarize myself with the General Guidelines for Proper decorum? (I'm paraphrasing here.) But that's getting awfully strict, I think anyway. Pretty soon we simply won't be able to communicate at all. We can't allow anyone to be offended, in any way. Sheesh! Take care friend. Perhaps our paths will cross again in here.

[@brody1153]

6:35 the cameraman was not ready for that 😂😂😂

[@exstatik788]

An artist somewhere: *Makes Beautiful obsidian spheres of fancy decoration* Matt: *Shoots it with a variety of calibers*

[@edgewood99]

Surprisingly...not that costly and can be mass produced. Tons available online.

[@exstatik788]

@@edgewood99 $1500 for a decorative sphere is pretty pricey in my eyes 😂

[@dopelettuce6446]

Wouldn’t we all?

[@CPFMTKV]

@@exstatik788 they only cost like 30 bucks on amazon wym

[@edgewood99]

@@exstatik788 Its a naturally occurring material...basically from LAVA. Its GLASS...not worth $1500

[@johnhurley8453]

Best wishes out to Kentucky Ballistics. He's a living miracle.

[@Biollante000]

mans took a gun to the chest, he was surviving out of sheer will for a bit

[@Biollante000]

i'm glad he is making a good recovery

[@danielfaupl520]

Amen!

[@jacenolmsted6293]

Literally his willpower combined with his dad’s willpower kept him going

[@scottodonahoe9505]

Taufledermaus dissed Scott and I deleted them . Hitting a man while he's down because it might effect your bottom line is not how things should work !

[@TonyGingrich]

In downtown Wimberley, there used to be a store called the Rock Shop. All sorts of cool stones, natural and synthetic. Geodes too. You should check them out next time you're in the San Marcos area.

[@gailowens7312]

Stress cracks from other shots are why when you hit it on the back , and the side blew out

[@lwxairsoft2786]

The cameraman on the 9mm got me 😂😂😂

[@chaseattaway7722]

He was not ready lmao

[@HymmnosSentry]

Think he was missing ear-pro or something.

[@soneotk5332]

I was searching for someone to mention this 😂

[@Not-A-Content-Creator]

@@HymmnosSentry probably

[@Draven76MDJ]

@@HymmnosSentry lol was thinking the same thing!

[@scrotiemcbogerballs8286]

Praying for Scott a speedy recovery from his 50 cal injury

[@AxxLAfriku]

Chill out, what ya yellin' for? Lay back, it's all been done before. And if you could only let it be, you will see that I am the funniest YouT*ber of all time. Admit it, my dear follow*r g

[@benjaminfarrar934]

I can no longer ignore your internet lable.

[@desertsmeagol7073]

@@AxxLAfriku AXXL SHUT UP LMAO UR HELLA ANNOYING

[@Hydra_6544]

@@AxxLAfriku who are you and why should I care

[@818valle_cannabis]

lol that username lmao

[@willblizard3610]

Its like watching the slow motion of a gold ball being struck. The equator expands quite a bit more in relation to the point where it is struck. The glass ball reacts in a similar way, the point of impact doesnt stretch as much as the equator wants to, so the waves cause more cracks and fissures where as the point of impact less damaged relatively, since the point of impact has less of the force felt closer to the equators. In short when shot the glass ball wants to react like a golf ball, there is pressure trying to stretch at the equator while the point of impact has been less affected by stretch.

[@Slidezy]

Obsidian is a crystalline material like glass and steal. When you hit it with a round the energy is transferred from the round, through the ball and back to the round/smallest pieces of mass. Same phenomenon as "Ruperts drop" occurs. Since Obsidian is very hard and brittle, the round compresses the front without breaking the crystalline structure. Then the shockwave cracks the now weakened points of the crystalline structures that have micro cracks(the sides) because there is a difference in density(same reason the area the bullet hits is dust, the compression causes an extreme number of fractures). Then that shockwave travels back to the round and any small(relatively speaking) pieces. The same thing happens to the back. The energy transphers through the ball to the back, finds the weakest point and cracks it. From there the energy MUST travel to the smallest objects. Since the area's in the back that are cracked from the original shockwave they are much smaller(have less mass) then the big ball so the energy shatters them.

[@nemesio9164]

Next on Demolition Ranch : How hard is a block of netherite

[@theblobfish5919]

lmao

[@thecacco2310]

Next on demolition ranch: can a 50. Cal penetrate bedrock?

[@daboi7031]

Next: Invisible barrier vs 500 magnum

[@lounatik]

Is that badger as your pfp

[@totomac3600]

First he’s gotta get a bunch of ancient debris... He could make a video shooting through the netherrack with a 50. BMG

[@T00SM00TH]

Nobody gone talk about how hard the cameraman flinched when he shot the 9 😂😂 i started dying laughing

[@zivby1750]

I was looking for a comment saying this 😂🤣😂🤣

[@timothydavis9777]

Plot twist, camera man is Mayer

[@auxtinjx9421]

@@zivby1750 same 🤣

[@stamos1751]

Yep saw it too

[@spearhunked1369]

Probably just forgot to put his ear pro back in

[@Mysucculentchinesemeal]

This is definitely my favorite “let’s shoot shit and see what happens” channel on KZbin!

[@purrkz]

This is really cool! Silver sheen Obsidian. It’s formed the same way obsidian is but air bubbles in the lava can give it different sheens. Gold/silver/rainbow

[@Newtonturtle95]

Matt needs a slow mo camera. Imagine the replays 🤯

[@its_goul]

Fax

[@jacobtollison890]

And the videos will start being 30 minutes long I’ve watched channels that do that

[@regal105]

Needs to collaborate with taofledermaus

[@Nptsl]

yesss

[@masonlayman5879]

Health tip for Matt: Don’t blow on powdered glass... You’ll live to make us more videos. 💪🏻

[@EliteWarrior13]

This comment needs to be on top

[@rickyish]

When he did the glass balls he walked right into the glass powder cloud

[@EliteWarrior13]

Yeah he needs to wear a Respirator or something

[@z00mg0at5]

“Oooh I’m sorry, I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMERICAA”

[@xxefamxx3518]

@@z00mg0at5 Oooooh I’m sorry, I thought he has kids and a family

[@etharchildres3976]

Wow! I just fell asleep and missed the other third of the video. Oh well, I guess I’ll go see my favorite Ball of Obsidian when I go visit the ranch!

[@86TheMedia]

Because when the energy is focus in one spot it's absorbed and then it's spread out around the impact zone

[@leovaldez680]

Just to explain the weird shearing... When a bullet hits the sphere dead-on, it's compressing the sphere. The sphere has enough strength to resist the compression, rejecting the force of the bullet. That's why the bullet doesn't really penetrate. And because that force has been stopped from going forwards, it has to go somewhere else, so it crashes outwards and sideways, shearing off the pieces.

[@sreesyammohan2349]

also its amplified by the crystalline structure

[@lovelessperformance4457]

It’s called conchoidal fracture. Happens on material with no planar crystal structure. Plastic, glass, Resins, and most silicate minerals break that way.

[@connorgoldsberry2700]

Yeah, I really love this content but I'm tired of hearing "weeeeeeird" over simple physics you can figure out from playing with a beer bottle, drunk.

[@nickthoreson1250]

sreesyam mohan glass has no crystalline structure, it’s amorphous

[@Helldiver44326]

@@connorgoldsberry2700 you make the videos then

[@paperbagsheriff6072]

Obsidian- one of the sharpest things on earth Matt- *touches the chipped hole*

[@shq7621]

I didnt even know it was known for being sharp lol

[@mistertaz94]

@@shq7621 yep. New Zealand tribes used chipped obsidian on their weapons because of its cutting power. Turned wooden swords into essential chainsaws

[@Genesis23OPB]

@@mistertaz94 dont forget the aztecs, the used obsidian blades, axes and spears for warfare. google Macuahuitl for more infos

[@danw8153]

I have a friend that makes scalpels for a eye surgeon in VA for hundreds of dollars out of this.

[@mojomanrosie]

They use obsidian scalpels for surgery..word is it cuts on the subatomic level

[@nichhodge8503]

10:54 the reason the other side broke away when you shot it with the slug is because that was the original side you were shooting before you moved it so that side was already weakened from the other bullets Matt (I did get my doctorate in quantum physics from Cambridge University but we didn’t study shooting things with different guns though, which is a shame as I would’ve enjoyed that. They say simple things for simple minds but that isn’t true)

[@brucestockwell2221]

you can buy giant rocks online that look like normal rocks, but are hollow and filled with crystals inside. They are really cool. I've gotten some smaller ones to break open at home with my kids. But we used hammers and things like that to bust them apart. Would be neat to see what all the various calibers do to them. Plus you'll get some awesome souvenirs afterwards....I might actually do this myself now that I'm thinking of it. Just some small fist-sized ones. But you can get enormous ones as well. For more $$$

[@EVIL-SF]

Pretty sure this is the closest we've ever come to seeing Matt's camera man for all the demolition ranch videos thanks to a polished rock.

[@bryansantana4597]

I was thinking the same lol

[@OvelNick]

Not a man...

[@nicojokelin5547]

@brichy LV well it might be the camera mans choice to not be "included"

[@EVIL-SF]

@@OvelNick yeah it's a man. Look closely, muscles, the hat, pretty sure he has a light beard

[@OvelNick]

@@EVIL-SF so that's what we're doing now? See someone with muscular features, short hair, and automatically it's a man? Really toxic ideology there bro!! Get that bias in check!

[@wishdeus]

6:34 scared the camera operator pretty good lol

[@MrSpannners]

Yeah I was wondering what was happening there, maybe he's a new guy

[@aidencampbell4681]

Maybe forgot ear protection

[@alteredbeast192]

I think it was because he fired the shot halfway through his sentence, so maybe the camera guy wasn't fully prepared for the shot

[@newvideosweekly]

Selling bgs 25k

[@Ray-ng3ke]

@@newvideosweekly ayo that’s too expensive

[@jjthomas8542]

After the shot gun shot, when y'all are doing the close up, it's noticable that it did fracture the back. You can see the fracture lines, they are the circular foggy areas inside. That lump where it's struck is normal btw, its to do with compression and shock waves. Shock waves are the reason for the fracturing in the back and sides. Its also part why the brakes are wavey not straight lines. It is "physics magic" lol.

[@Junaid.sh.]

This is the first video I watch of him and he got me .. it was like 5-6 months I am still a regular watcher

[@trollingwithcookies3828]

When the cameraman jumped on 9mm lmfao 😂😂

[@obesoivan]

Probably forgot his ears 🤣

[@MKNick10]

Look closely, the bullet's case hit him, that's why he jumped!

[@chrismcgarrity463]

@@MKNick10 I don’t think so you can see the shell go to the right and he jumps before it even is out

[@azbubba0546]

Obsidian flew back at them

[@MKNick10]

@@azbubba0546 nahh, it's just the bullet case

[@lazylizard6532]

Shout out to Scooter. I hope he keeps healing quickly.

[@larryy5166]

He would heal faster but his doctor recommended an eggplant diet

[@pianogaming2304]

i hope he dont use that 50cal. sniper again whats wrong with his barret

[@a-a-rondavis9438]

@@pianogaming2304 he kinda can't, it broke in half lmao.

[@Carda_Lowkz]

@@pianogaming2304 there is nothing wrong with his barret he just didn’t want to use it that day

[@michaelanthony2520]

Watching that was crazy I'm glad the guys ok that savage

[@nathanlawrence2259]

Just found this channel and its amazing wish it could be in extra slow mo

[@saltysergeant4284]

10:44 it's the spalling. The round is hitting the ball, digging into it, and then splashing outward, ins8de the hole it just created, so the outward pressure flakes off chunks of the obsidian/glass.

[@spod1781]

6:36 r.i.p cameraman... dude just felt his soul leave his body

[@ImConSki]

Bro fr😂

[@timdottillis0420]

Probably didn't have his ears on lol

[@bobbyjones22]

I came to the comments looking for this comment🤣

[@Medix_TRK]

Camera man: *dies after .22* Man: "ThAn ThE .22"

[@jimdarhower4945]

@ Bryson Mcconnell - Pretty bold and ironic calling someone gay when your name is fucking “Bryson”

[@MrPlead]

Can we get one where matt and the cameraman switch and pretend like it has always been that way

[@LemonHCP]

That would be a great April fools video

[@timothyjones4959]

I swear I thought it was his twin. Wearing the same tight ass shirt and hat. Lol

[@Nosleep8558]

You are witnessing a version if how material knapping works. It’s how ancient hunters used to make stone points, the physics of how these substances fracture are how they were able to make those points.

[@PsychoBenches]

10:30 This is due to mainly the law of conservation of mass-energy, the inner mass of the ball is too much so the energy coming from the projectile will instead go towards the weakest part of the ball, which is the right side.

[@TheRedBaron24]

9.9m subs,someone's gotta show off an entire gun collection soon Matt😇

[@mr.smalllegs5725]

Good luck atf

[@tessgarcia7979]

Robber: put yo hands up! Matt: *films* Let's see if a robber can stop a 50 BMG round. Matt: but first let's start with a 9 mm and work our way up to the big guns. Matt: after 308. Lapua now let's go to 50. BMG.

[@onikage777able]

Obsidian is a volcanic glass. And as with the clear glass ball, the cool way it breaks has to do with how is formed. Natural glasses are formed into its shaped in a nearly liquid form at high temps. Super cool

[@nathanhughes16]

I’d LOVE to see this while collaborating with ‘The Slow Mo Guys’ I think it’d be super crazy to watch the cracks appear so we can actually see what’s going on!

[@MattsAwesomeStuff]

Matt - As a vet surgeon, you'll appreciate this: obsidian slivers are 10-100x as sharp as the sharpest scalpels, and they are used medically some places where that sharpness is necessary.

[@Biggels36]

Obsidian is used by some surgeons for scalpel blades, as well-crafted obsidian blades have a cutting edge many times sharper than high-quality steel surgical scalpels, the cutting edge of the blade being only about 3 nanometers thick. Source: expandusceramics.com/qa/what-is-the-sharpest-scalpel-blade.html#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20sharpest%20scalpel%3F%20Obsidian%20is%20used,much%20sharper%20is%20a%20scalpel%20than%20a%20razor%3F

[@Y.M...]

it's not approved on humans, but for vets it might be okay

[@kyraptor2521]

The surgical blades can also split a cell

[@messagedeleted1922]

@@Y.M... obsidian blades are used for human surgery.

[@housegoth]

@@Y.M... obsidian blades are used on any surgery where minimizing scarring is critical. Most commonly used on heart surgery.

[@ethanbrad2933]

6:32 cameraman wasn’t ready 😂😂😂

[@kayn9651]

Not sure if you've shot quartz yet, but that'd be interesting... and I'm definitely curious to see how marble would behave, after you had the granite tombstone. Also, 50 BMG vs Tungsten, anyone? Rock salt is also an idea.

[@taylorhall5865]

Are we gonna talk about how Matt spooked the camera man by shooting the 9😂

[@benweber8623]

i was wondering wtf happened

[@MyLordSpartan]

I think the casing ejected directly at him considering the shot angle

[@csr801996]

Probably didn't have his ear protection on

[@doggochan]

Can we talk about how when the camera does the zoom ups on the obsidian ball how he almost looks like matt on the reflection lmao

[@igotcoolpants2257]

that back blast hurt the cameraman more than the 9 hitting the ball

[@ShiftyCDN]

150+ years from now, historians and treasure hunters are going to think some epic war took place on Matt's property.

[@ron5889]

Omg yes 😂😂

[@Mjones8383]

Or police brutality against an innocent young man who accidentally shot at the cops.

[@rizalwan1838]

In the year 3171: Historian: Here we have a primitive Experimental range where Talented marksman Test fired the ancient Weapons called guns. What really happened: The video Outro.

[@gfries4906]

@@Mjones8383 always gotta be that person huh

[@nrs-fv7cv]

@@Mjones8383 why be like that?

[@parzival7165]

The shockwave travels around it, and makes it vibrate,this causes it to shatter somewhere else than the actual hit

[@jamesfriend6109]

Should do this again but with the super slow mo guys. Would be dope to see the 50 cal enter the obsidian and watch it explode

[@edwardbateman3094]

A thousand years from now, an geologist is going to be really confused as to why there’s so much obsidian in a random wood.

[@Eidotekomsi]

Not to mention the little fragments of all the other stuff he’s blown up and shot

[@filipseema]

Then they will find out that there was such thing as making youtube videos and think we were so primal and stupid lmao

[@Lve2bike]

Matt: “I can’t figure out why my knife is always dull” Also Matt: *drags knife across the giant ball of obsidian for 5 minutes”

[@random_bs_goo9154]

Ewww gross

[@fshalor738]

I cringed at that too. Twice. Notice the blood on hands a few in too. THEN he finally goes for the gloves. Obsidian is sharp as it fractures.

[@clblanchard08]

@@_yujin_ Obsidian can get way sharper than glass.

[@Metal_Master_YT]

@@clblanchard08 you people are comparing it to the wrong thing, compare shattered quartz aka silicon dioxide to obsidian. glass has quartz in it, but there's a bunch of other junk to make it less brittle and less sharp and have a lower melting point and therefore also a lower hardness. quartz is untreated, try to rival obsidian to quartz. quartz is a 7 on the Mohs scale while obsidian is only a 6 or often just a 5. basically, the less treated the silicon dioxide is, the harder and usually also sharper it gets.

[@brainseason850]

Notice how the obsidian sphere is cracking in cone shaped sections that extend from the point of contact. My understanding is that this is due to the surface radial tensile stress generated from the bullet impacting the surface of the obsidian sphere in a circular region, resembling the bullets round shape.

[@m16a1sauce3]

Sick with a flu on the week of christmas, and this man makes it bearable.

[@fhaddad3]

"some kind of magic physics happened here" is how I usually answer tough physics exam questions

[@stoneseabolt]

"Given that the moon is approximately 239,000 miles from Earth, orbits at a speed of 2,300 miles an hour, and Earth is approximately 25,000 miles in diameter how long would it take the moon to travel 8,000 miles if measured in land distance on Earth?" "Some kind of magic physics happened...." Technically that is still a correct answer ;D

[@ryank8113]

Six months from now Matt will tactical roll out there and have all the regrets.

[@efng21]

Every last damn one lol

[@thegamedevil5632]

And his back will bleed so much lol

[@braydinq]

I really hope he doesnt broken obsidian is nasty

[@carbon_no6]

Ryan - you’re wrong! He won’t have any regrets! He’ll have all the RAGRETS! Ha, stupid movie pun.

[@bigzig-dw3tp]

Or his kids will be there with him and then fall...

[@theothershadrack]

matt never disappoints

[@billysmith5409]

Obsidian is just another form of glass formed when lava cools extremely rapidly.

[@tuberdumb7377]

Everything, even obsidian, can be destroyed Bedrock has entered the chat

[@epauletshark3793]

Mods and creative mode.

[@demonic_myst4503]

irony of games maki8ng obsidiaamn hard to break when irl its so brittle we shape it by hitting rocks against it

[@epauletshark3793]

@@demonic_myst4503 I want to see minecraft make knapping obsidian a thing. You could use it as arrowheads, making a maccanana, etc.

[@WeaponizedGoochsweat]

Will a 50 BMG BREAK FIVE POUNDS of BEDROCK WITHOUT CREATIVE MODE?

[@aluminumsalmongames6277]

Matt in 2050 "We're here today with a twelve inch sphere of Uranium!"

[@OffWhiteZay]

The Demon core

[@willambler9482]

If there is a 2050

[@Moosewoodworks]

@@willambler9482 that’s how I’m thinking

[@adrianruck9896]

LOL

[@necrobynerton7384]

Matt in 2500: "Today we are shooting an anti-matter sphere with the legendary 20mm anti tank rifle"

[@Andrew-ix6ni]

Yeah shards of Obsidian are known to be the sharpest material known to man

[@deeznuts3418]

Wow thats cooo

[@greg5145]

If anyone is curious why it cracks so weird. it’s likely tension from its cooling process. Also the obvious vibration causing a ripple effect at different frequencies all the way around. Glass is a really weird substance and one of the easiest to see these processes from.

[@gurpie8090]

this guys whole range is gonna be labeled as radioactive soon

[@tristonmurdock4586]

TODAY ON DEMOLITIONRANCH, WE'RE GONNA BE SHOOTING THIS SOLID URANIUM

[@Azrael79a]

@@tristonmurdock4586 Could be possible to get ore lol.

[@enderman5423]

@@Azrael79a codyslab

[@NickkAtNyte]

If Minecraft taught me anything, matt won't be able to get through this without a diamond pickaxe.

[@mrcyberpunk]

Nope it only took a gold plated 50cal. But you were close.

[@TheyHateCal]

i know youre just making a funny comment but you can actually break obsidian without a diamond pick, it just wont drop

[@knownas2017]

@@TheyHateCal Can confirm. Every time I break obsidian, it disappears and I can't pick it up :(

[@thegamedevil5632]

@@knownas2017 i punched through obsidian lol

[@amaterasu737]

Do bedrock next

[@sirgluk8904]

I always feel bad for whatever you're shooting, because i always worry it wont make it to the 50 BMG. I think shooting the obsidian ball with every bullet it makes the ball weaker (because of the Shockwaves making mini cracks or big crack inside). I know it was expensive. But we need a fresh on of everything specifically for the 50BMG please and thank you 😁🙏 lol Also i think its my first comment. Love your content, thanks for shooting stuff so i dont have too ❤

[@tiaanvosloo6935]

Maaaaaattt broooooo! All the way from South Africa! Please shoot a glass ball or obsidian ball with 50 BMG first time. No fun when its already wrecked