How to Make a Paper Clip Float on Water

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[@hadialali]

When you added the soap, you have impacted the surface tension of the water by changing the polarity of the water molecules.

[@pharmerpnw]

Yes that's true

[@avaismair962]

I KZbind this because my teacher said to figure out how to make a paper clip float

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Thank you for visiting!

[@erikaserna9954]

Sameeeee

[@dachking6657]

Huh. Me too.

[@eleazarbriones1738]

Same

[@starl1ght_the_kitty]

i hate school

[@Oklama_sam]

I had to do this for an irrelevant class in high school

[@pharmerpnw]

That's great!

[@laflaca6666]

Chemistry?

[@davidwas77]

Me too, freakin biology xD

[@kosumozero]

It is floating by surface tension. Japanese one yen coins will float in the same way.

[@pharmerpnw]

kosumozero yeah you’re right about the surface tension! It’s good to know that Japanese coin can float like this too!

[@ElloRowell]

Legit thought I was watching crazy russian hacker for a second cuz of the intro

[@swayamshah462]

the soap reduced the surface tension of the water and so the vertical forces got unbalanced and we get a net downward force resulting in the paper clip sinking

[@pharmerpnw]

That's correct

[@saniachhabra136]

I came here as it is my project to make it and I think it's gonna be easy for me to do it now. Thanks for helping :)

[@pharmerpnw]

You’re welcome! Good luck with your project!

[@Mr19Nails]

I just watched this too see where I was going wrong, helped a bunch 👍

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I'm glad it helped

[@ralpharielmascardo2596]

My science teacher told me that it's actually "resting" rather than floating on water since there is no volume of water displaced. Therefore, there is no buoyant force applied to the paperclip. Only surface tension.

[@pharmerpnw]

Interesting

[@damianbeganovic2341]

I searched this because i did not have the materials for it so I just watched this video for the awnsers

[@pharmerpnw]

Thank you for watching!

[@josephperocalin2938]

This video helps... i have this experiment in my FoodChemistry class. Thank you 🙏🏻

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I'm glad you found it usefull

[@wesbr193]

you shuld have millions of subscribers by now

[@pharmerpnw]

Hopefully one day :)

[@namanagarwal8552]

2:47 bcz soap will increase density of that liq. is this was the correct reason ?

[@29Aios]

Just wonder 2:40, what a force moved the clip away ? Hope you can explain :)

[@pharmerpnw]

My understanding is that molecules from liquid soap broke bonds of water molecules and the paper clip couldn't hold anymore

[@29Aios]

Crazy Russian Official surely it dive, but for me its more interesting why its moved :) Probably it will explain also why its drowned

[@pharmerpnw]

Oleg Skripnyak it’s probably because molecules around the Paper Clip moved away from soap molecules so they would escape being broken

[@29Aios]

Crazy Russian Official But what the force doing it on atom level ? Its not understandable for me now :)

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Oleg Skripnyak atoms with the same polarity repel each other hence the movement

[@everythingatv335]

Remember to give reason behind it

[@bellewinchester7250]

I had this for a project and forgot how to do it so now it’s about 30 mins till I present and I know what to do now

[@pharmerpnw]

I hope your project went well!

[@confuse_squid6945]

Lol, I KZbind this because we had a Lab on my Ap Bio class and like no one couldn’t figure out how to make a paper clip float... Now I know ;-;

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:)

[@giovega8881]

i just threw it in the cup and it floated

[@CaliforniaandNevada]

I made it as a magic trick. Cool!!!

[@johannaliu2356]

1:50 I have seen that hack somewhere else..

[@rensanity7010]

Is this surface tension or bouyancy?

[@pharmerpnw]

It's a surface tension

[@spicypeppers2019]

Great video! I liked!

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Spicy Peppers thank you!

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You have terrible grammer.

[@lenayeromenko2296]

Interesting trick 👍🏻

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Lena Yeromenko Thanks 😊

[@davidwas77]

What happens if you touch the paperclip? will it sink?

[@pharmerpnw]

It will sink

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@@pharmerpnw thanks!

[@pharmerpnw]

No problem :)

[@PhilipCockram]

Good video thats cool.

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Philip Cockram thank you!

[@PhilipCockram]

Your welcome.KZbin needs way more stuff like this. I'm a big family values person also. No bad language on my channel

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Philip Cockram absolutely agree!!!

[@mrnotnice1211]

it happens because the soap isi oil based and oil floats to the top and the paper clip cant float on oil so it sinks

[@pharmerpnw]

Nick Belavus right on my friend!

[@Sciencewithkids]

You actually don’t need oil. They will float with just regular water.

[@iamthemc9316]

Wow thats awesome

[@pharmerpnw]

Glad you liked it! It's pretty fun experiment!

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Yup it is

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I subscribe to your channel too

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Awesome video Super 👍

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Thank you!!!

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I told my entire class to sub to you so you got like 50 subs

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Thank you :)

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Cool! 😎

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Thank you!

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Amazing., I got to catch some more videos.

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[@gezzz2045]

wicked! i love physics

[@pharmerpnw]

Yes me too!

[@samirahussain8052]

The soap is heavier which could affect the surface of the water :)

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Great friend.. Likee it

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I try my best to read all the comments :)

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reminds me Russisn hacker. No insult.

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Oksana Alabama USA I know :) he doesn’t do experiments anymore

[@reenajadhav9837]

i did it and the expreiments was successful

[@pharmerpnw]

That's awesome :)

[@SeanAndersonThe9th]

it is over my brain.

[@pharmerpnw]

Yeah water surface tension is an interesting thing

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Yuri Tsvetkov Thank you bro!

[@Sciencewithkids]

Great demonstration. We have this experiment on our website. It’s s classic buoyancy/surface tension from hydrogen bonding experiment. Thanks for posting.

[@Antheridium1]

Another cool video! Very entertaining! Thank you! Also, using the word floating was just fine. (float·ing ˈflōdiNG/ adjective buoyant or suspended in water or air.)

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Alex Heyfetz Thank you!!! :)

[@cedarcat5266]

The soap breakes the surface of the water

[@pharmerpnw]

Yes it does! Thank you for commenting.

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Teacher grace ann biswelan told us to watch this videoo

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You have a good teacher!

[@veahflaminia3921]

Yeah. And thanks. I tried that also.

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Awesome!

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Wow

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