How to Make Magnetic Bubbles With Paramagnetic Oxygen and a Giant Neodymium Magnet

In this video I show you how to make magnetic bubbles. I show you a few experiments to show how oxygen is paramagnetic and is thus attracted to a magnet. In other experiments this has been shown by pouring liquid oxygen over two magnets and watching it stick to the space between the magnets. In this video I use a giant monster neodymium magnet with gaseous oxygen in order to show you that it is still attracted to the magnet. I blow bubbles with oxygen and show how they are attracted to the magnet! This is an amazing experiment.
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Action Lab: *uses magnets on mices in a harmless way* PETA: Now this is an Avenger level threat

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[@schelsullivan]

4:38 What effect do the magnets have on the styrofoam alone?

[@RomanoPRODUCTION]

Probably diamagnetic

[@ViliamF.]

I don't know, but it's probably a lot weaker than oxygen... I'm going to try it maybe tomorrow at school with 18-gram silver coin, which should repel due to its diamagnetism (something like the opposite of paramagnetism) and 5*2 cm cylinder neodymium magnet. I can try moving styrofoam and I will write another comment about it.

[@DANGJOS]

Styrofoam, along with other plastics, should be diamagnetic I believe. Very weakly though

[@chrisawesome3091]

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@@ViliamF. it's been 1 year since this comment… did you do it?

[@amarnathck574]

If some examiner watched this they'll ask some questions like " FOR what distance x can you keep the magnet above bubble so that it cancels gravitational attraction which effectively levitates the bubble.Take g= 9.87596 :) "

[@pi6141]

not quite because it's really unstable.

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Lol

[@erikhendrych190]

With that many digits of g someone may try to pinpoint your location.

[@erikhendrych190]

With 9.87 we at least know you don't live anywhere near the equator.

[@LTRX_]

But I thought G is a constant 9.807m/s (squared).

[@user-sk8sj2fu9m]

can you push humans away with a big enough magnet?? honest question i need it

[@pukkandan]

Yes. Technically MRI does that. Though it's only pushing some parts of the body and only in small amounts

[@pi6141]

too much friction

[@atriyakoller136]

@@pi6141 how about humans being in a pool of water with life vests on? Or on top of air mattresses (I mean the ones that you inflate and float on, I don't have a clue what those are really called in English)

[@DANGJOS]

You would need a magnet much stronger than any neodymium magnet. Perhaps some giant electromagnet with hundreds of Tesla.

[@pi6141]

@@atriyakoller136 Water increases friction, and yes metal vest can be used to stick a human body on a big magnet.

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Today's fact: The state of Ohio gives out different colored license plates for those convicted of DUI.

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We call those "Party Plates" in OH

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@@froggaman123 you mean DNC plates, the people of the left like weed, alcohol, coke and heroine

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[@KJMagnetics]

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[@Abner-em6ov]

My *bubbles* are magnetic *towards my hands*

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my rocket balloon too

[@coolmonkey619]

Wat

[@princeofrandom6734]

isn't the static pulling that bubbles? how can air be magnetic, lol! My son, come lets DRAG some air I've big Lithium bromide ROFL.

[@Abner-em6ov]

Prince of Random my bubbles are pulled into black holes STRONG MAGNETIC FIELD

[@Metal_Master_YT]

@@princeofrandom6734 air is not really magnetic but pure O2 is slightly paramagnetic.

[@4jonah]

Does the styrofoam have any interaction with the magnet? As a control, that would be helpful

[@RaivoltG]

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6:52. The bubble sticks to his hand. Because he is attractive

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Lol

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[@princeofrandom6734]

I think it's Static Electricity. However, I must understand his reasoning later and I'm not ready for it yet.

[@princeofrandom6734]

I want to understand his idea because a lot of bubbles pulled by his lithium magnet.

[@labin2213]

@@princeofrandom6734 do you mean neodymium magnet? Lithium is .... too unsafe in that quantity for Mr.Action lab to handle and I don't think it is super magnetic...

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[@talhajobayer9863]

How do you know that this isn't static electricity that is being attracted ??

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Good question

[@Metal_Master_YT]

you don't. it is very likely your right, its probably just static electricity.

[@TechNextLetsGo]

I'm surprised you didn't levitate a magnet with graphite, I did that like 8 years ago

[@henoch5625]

There is a video on yt where they levitate 3 pieces of graphite on a permanent magnet without electricity at all, the channel is from "magnetic tricks" but Im not shure.

[@Metal_Master_YT]

@@henoch5625 how the heck would you do that without any energy input? resistance will slowly suck up energy and turn it into heat. it should fall eventually.

[@DANGJOS]

@The Action Lab Another fascinating video, thanks! Just to add some info, paramagnetism is when random spins align with applied magnetic fields, ferromagnetism is when spins are permanently locked in a specific direction (usually separated in regions called domains). Diamagnetism is when applied fields induce the an opposing field. What's cool is the response of a diamagnetic or paramagnetic material to a magnetic field depends on the material. Epsom salt, for example, is repelled more strongly than water is. Copper sulfate is much more paramagnetic than aluminum. In fact paramagnetism can be fairly strong for some materials, but it's weak most of the time.

[@pollyannarocks]

How fun the grandkids would love this

[@brfisher1123]

You're welcome, not a lot of people have done demonstrations on the paramagnetic properties of oxygen while it's a gas which is why I pointed it out! :) Splendid idea using a paper bag BTW! :)

[@rahuldevchauhan9451]

This Para and diamagnetic properties were studied by me for checking different Compound solution like (KMnO4), to check their flow rate ... This is totally upgraded form of it...

[@MaxxTosh]

Love your videos! There’s something I want to know: Can you sustain a flame under water by continuously blowing oxygen and a fuel?

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Itd be interesting to see you make your own ferrocell and do experiments with it

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I've already seen this video, leave a like and he appears again, without my like. I did it again

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Really cool. Great video. ☺

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Nice vid. Consider the visual effect of suspending a cloud of bubbles in the air..

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2:10 Cavendish experiment of Mouse Magnitational constant 😂 😀

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[@NexxuSix]

Safety tip: PLEASE secure your oxygen tank to something. If that tank tips over and breaks off the regulator, it can go through a wall or worse. Cool experiments though, and I learned a bit more about the three states of magnetism. it makes me wonder if we couldn’t apply this technology to a warp drive of sorts.

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The best teacher ever! I think out of the box so this is fuel for my fire. Let’s crack the code together.

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That's awesome!

[@sunnyraxy197]

9:30 Saying 0.49% increase in oxygen Doing like 490% extra oxygen taking in 😆

[@boxypunkchick3357]

What a great thing to do as a magic trick for kids. Having bubbles follow you... 😂 They would go crazy

[@dennistravers7926]

Just for the clarity of science I have to ask if there could be some static electricity involed which should be eliminated as a possible influence espesialy as to have used polystyrene an a plastic bag. Of course I don't know if bubbles have any static properties but maybe you could demonstrate that they don't by placing a charged item near by and seeing which has the stronger pull.

[@swr1240]

I saw those oxygen huffers at my local liquor store. They advertise that it will get rid of a hangover. Not sure if it works though. Haven't tried it

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2 of my favorite things magnets and bubbles.

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How intense is the magnet you used to attract oxygen bubbles?

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Cool!

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Wonderful.

[@vickielawson3114]

The Mythbuster in me says you should have shown that regular bubbles are not attracted to the magnet, so we know it's not just static drawing the bubbles toward the magnet. I'm not saying that it was, but that you should have shown regular bubbles first so we see the difference.

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Alternative title: "What do magnets smell like?"

[@F_L_U_X]

Does this mean that all magnets have a thin film of invisible oxygen stuck to them? Can you somehow color oxygen and see?

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😂No!

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It only been 13 mins after its uploaded.

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This experiment is fantastic

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catching bubbles seems like a really fun game 👍

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2:10 do you have always Mouse available for experiments 😂😂

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VERY GOOD DEMMO AND VIDEO!!!🤗

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@4:29, doesn't the dielectric nature of plastics kind of contaminate the experiment?

[@radicalxedward8047]

9:30 LMFAO OMG IM DYING!

[@saqibmudabbar]

Does this mean that there is higher concentration of oxygen near magnets? (You asked this later in the video 😊)

[@Tony770jr]

I've seen a similar experiment with O2 filled balloons as well...

[@kittykat5090]

Today I learned that oxygen is magnetic!

[@AmaroqStarwind]

I wonder if you can make version of that long-lasting bubble polymer that is itself magnetic.

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How very No Man's Sky of you Cody!

[@AxcelleratorT]

Interesting demo but I wish you would have tested the null hypothesis as well--try filling bubbles and bags with a different gas that is not paramagnetic to see how they performed. Electrostatic fields can creep in and really mess with things. Especially when working with things like plastic and styrofoam. Note: I'm not disagreeing with your results. It's just nice to show the youngsters how we do the science.

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Love my extra 4.9% increase in oxygen. Thank you action lab.

[@RomanoPRODUCTION]

Please James the Action Lab, can you make your O2 bubble test near a MRI (big magnet)? edit: I would also measure the % of O2 in the MRI tube to check if the % is over 18% (or not) of breathing air, at least, it is funnier than putting a magnet on my nose :)

[@shemidreamer8701]

Dude,not trying to be rude or anything but, where the hell do you think he'll fet access to a MRI?

[@RomanoPRODUCTION]

@@shemidreamer8701 ok, no problem :) I guess you can find an MRI in any hospital. Chances are a technician or a doctor is watching the show. He only needs 5 minutes, possibly at night when there are only emergencies. It is not a crazy impossible idea. MRI magnets are 1.5 Teslas, probably on the top of the strongest daily magnets

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*THE ACTION LAB* Can you do an experiment on magnetic shielding?

[@hamsterSNAKE]

Cool, so it works exaclty like the earth gravity giving us our atmosphere by pulling the oxygen toward the core. Never thought of that.

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[@swr1240]

Is there any static attraction with the bubbles? Where they might be attraced to any object due to static charge build up?

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Next make magnetic enemies so i can use that on my enemies

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7:27 your hand got magnetised!!

[@paul_warner]

So if you fixed the magnet and the wood or cup of water or mouse to one piece of floating styrofoam and create a self-moving machine? Or would it not work because they are now part of a closed system?

[@DANGJOS]

@The Action Lab Also, I've successfully attracted liquid air to my neodymium magnet. The liquid nitrogen just goes along with the liquid oxygen. Also, I noticed that the oxygen automatically concentrates through fractional distillation because the nitrogen has a higher vapor pressure. It would be cool if you did a video on that.

[@theirishaxe9405]

So if your on top of mount Everest but surrounded by magnets you would get more oxygen?

[@SillyMakesVids]

No, the magnets will draw oxygen away from you.

[@theirishaxe9405]

@@SillyMakesVids if the magnets are all around you like in a small room would they not suck oxygen into the room? I don't think all the oxygen will magically stick to the magnet only right?

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So can you use a magnet in top of a bubble and float that bubble in the air ? or even making them moving upwards ?

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I am a scientist on a shoe string budget so the experiments I can't afford to do I sometimes see in your videos, Thank you.

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Conclusion: Don't go hiking without your 50-pound magnet!

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Could it concentrate o2 maybe using a thermal electric cooler, and magnets, maybe a series compound system? There is likely cheaper more efficient devices? But could it work in a post apocalypse world??

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hmmmm it seems like there could be some creative products made from neodymium magnets for the 'breathing near magnet for more oxygen' idea...

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Where do you get all these ideas???

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Does this only work with pure oxygen or can it be a mixture like air, that is made of helium, oxygen etc.?

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Could fill a container with argon, then have the bubbles float in it :)

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Mom: what are you watching? Me: A grown man playing with bubbles.

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Nice vid

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I'm glad you did this video because mainstream climate science seems to think that the out of flux jet streams and polar vortex is due to the melting of the polar ice caps. I knew in 2017 when the news talked about how weak then I need a sphere was becoming oh, that this would cause the jet streams to move around the Earth in a more vertical wavy pattern then previous years. Like you said it depends on temperature. Magnetic versus thermal energy. If the Earth's temperature is consistent and the magnetics become week, The Sons thermal influence will overpower the arse magnetic influence upkeeping the jet streams in a straight line. Mainstream science we'll find any excuse to blame CO2. Even if it means pushing the propaganda throughout the entire curriculum. If you look close enough and take every Siri back to the drawing board using Aristotle's first principle thinking you will find that there is a multitude of discrepancies that are obvious. If you do further research to why this is happening oh, you will find that it is political.

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Mom 20 years ago: "what are you doing?" Action lab guy: "blowing bubbles" Mom now: "what are you doing?" Action lab guy: "blowing bubbles with science!"

[@kirjuschaks]

yeah

What do the molecules do when you bring the magnet??? How do they react???

[@radicalxedward8047]

Could you make soda with oxygen instead of CO2?

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Heard of H2O2 ?

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whatever my mother throws that hits me, I AM PARAMAGNETIC TO EVERYTHING. 😁😁👍