This ice cube is too heavy

Ice normally floats on water because as water freezes it expands, and the density of the solid becomes less than the liquid. This on the other hand is an ice cube that I made, but this one's kind of special, because it's able to sink.
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[@avgaskoolaid4572]

It sounds like a bad joke: "How do you make a heavy ice cube? Use heavy water"

[@asunayuuki3583]

omg true that😂😂😂😭

[@ILikeTasks]

Use di-deuterium heavy-oxide water

[@flossenking]

Same vibe as "how do you make square balloons?" 😂

[@Fennetic]

@@flossenking use square air

[@kakyoindonut3213]

@@Fennetic minecraft air

[@gusionparsley1491]

"Can I get some ice cubes on my drink, please?" "Heavy or light?"

[@incredible3504]

Oh.. I like to have heavy one

[@AbbeyKitty1013]

I thought ice cubes always go up to the top though

[@sumithraprathap7868]

Umm...... *LEVI*

[@atnfn]

@@AbbeyKitty1013 If it was a glass of heavy water,it would have floated I guess. But since it was a glass of regular water and a heavy water ice cube, it sank.

[@sumithraprathap7868]

@Strange Traveler 🏳️‍🌈⃠ yeah i know it's a bad joke and if you don't get it, it is basically light and heavy combined and you are supposed to read the i as e

[@Redstonefox7245]

for those who don't know the D in D2O stands for Deuterium which is a hydrogen isotope

[@sammy_slammy]

Mmkay... ...Can you eat it?

[@nekogod]

@@sammy_slammy It's not radioactive, but too much heavy water is dangerous as you replace hydrogen with deuterium in your cells they cease to function properly. A single heavy water ice cube is unlikely to cause any issues, but best to avoid deliberately ingesting it. Though you cannot avoid it completely as all water contains a very small percentage of natural heavy water.

[@Stickers2Go]

Deuterium is in your tap water

[@Liquid_Mike]

THANK YOU

[@MWilk098]

@@nekogodit is radioactive. Nothing you said here is true, actually. Heavy water chemically reacts identically to regular water.

[@Wotwotwotwot]

the ice cube doesn't know how to swim yet, you should teach him

[@Malakai_weird0]

LOL😂

[@asimsoo291]

"I'm not fat, it's just water weight" The water:

[@jayleningram7495]

Good idea bad execution

[@Thosemonkeys]

nikocadoavocado?

[@inerjizer5199]

('_.)

[@Ayanbadin]

bruh nikocado's water weight water is probably 1000 times more heavier than normal water

[@rhainbowrhailien]

I was gonna call this fatphobic, buuut it’s actually a pretty good joke though X’D

[@ruikaeni.5271]

"Can I get light ice in my soda?" "I'm sorry, we're out of light ice. We only have heavy ice now"

[@justinw8716]

Reported, reported, aaannd reported

[@ruikaeni.5271]

@@justinw8716 the bots keep coming and they don't stop coming.

[@danieljoybaguio7975]

@@ruikaeni.5271 Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running

[@quanta7040]

@@justinw8716 did the same bruh🙂

[@lyrixo]

@@justinw8716 I did it too, and I think everyone should

[@HalalMuaz]

Titanic: ice cube the sequel

[@imaNub69420]

"Bro why are you so HEAVY!" "Its because im special"

[@asahearts1]

built different

[@Sigma-xd9]

Nuh uh

[@Magic_Ice]

Me when I see my ice cubes fall to the bottom of the water: *panic*

[@DerDrako]

But why? As long as it is not tritium oxide, there is nothing to fear. Deuterium oxide, or heavy water, is only dangerous in huge amounts. Just an ice cube wont hurt you.

[@shivane_1431]

@@DerDrako I think it means someone drugged it

[@DerDrako]

@@shivane_1431 Oh... Well, then...

[@scrambledsocks9295]

@jestin your ice got some electrolytes

[@whyops]

@@shivane_1431 even better

[@mercury4980]

“I used heavy water” Everyone: *loses brain cells*

[@beleaff]

Actually no

[@kylethompson3218]

Oh the beauty of Protium, Deuterium and Tritium. Aka Hydrogen Isotopes👍

[@lepage55]

neñns

[@extrm161]

. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aniZlmeKlq-roas

[@strawberry_kitty1]

Lol

[@TheSkyCrusher6]

“I’m still thirsty, but my stomach feels weighted already!” “Whoops, accidentally gave you my heavy water!” “What.”

[@cylle3784]

The ice cube looks like a diamond

[@realkingofantarctica]

"Waiter, my ice is broken." "That's because we use crushed ice, sir." "No, look."

[@RGC_animation]

"That too, but look!"

[@handfulofmushrooms1135]

@@connorlancaster7541 not the best way to spread the Word buddy

[@RGC_animation]

@@connorlancaster7541 No, don't teach people about the Bible, the Bible is full of shit anyway.

[@vladimirirkhin]

@@connorlancaster7541 you'll have more luck by being a regular door-to-door

[@dontclickmyicon3534]

Underrated comment I am dying if laughter

[@agent.cheeseballs267]

"this is just a regular ice cube." Me: "HE HAS REGULAR THINGS?!"

[@smellslikeanvil9257]

impossible

[@Erhannis]

He DID have to remove the extra neutrons from it first, to be fair

[@uthmanmosh9565]

@dash shut up dash

[@Harpotos]

That shit looks like a spider made a 4D web inside it, def not regular.

[@artistaloca4]

🤣🤣🤣👍👍

[@lipranditoys]

Most people don't know that heavy water is what gave Jay Garrick's Flash his superspeed

[@Weirdocringe1234]

That one video: If YoU’rE iCe CuBeS sInK, yOuR dRiNk MiGhT bE pOiSoNeD This video: ✨heavy water✨

[@justindavis6406]

"This is just a regular ice cube... and if I drop it in water... it floats." I was really hoping this would be the whole video. Standing ovation. I would leave a like right there.

[@justindavis6406]

@Llify maybe that would be more of a NileBlue thing to do

[@justindavis6406]

@Llify I'd honestly like to see YT's numbers on the shorts watch time. Definitely a lot of people watch the shorts.

[@Amezith]

@@justindavis6406 but you can see, you just have to press the "3 dots" right below the "share buttom" and them go in "description"

[@Life_42]

LMAO

[@airportdocumentaries]

@Llify can i drink heavy water?

[@poopysquarepants24]

“this one’s kinda special” i get told that ever so often

[@dummydummy2842]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIWtoYCgj5Zrptk Finally it's here,

[@SHADOWofJUSTiCE]

agreed...

[@glizzy8349]

Same

[@TrippyShasta]

It's sucks to be patronized, nothing feels more insulting and degrading, and the worst part of it is you can't even say anything to get them to stop or everyone treats you like you're the asshole.

[@djcjsncksn]

@@TrippyShasta this is literally a video on a sinking ice cube

[@softwhiteund3rarm0r]

Nile gonna make a mini reactor like that kid in his parents garage.

[@mrk1608]

on the other hand, if ur ice cube dosent sink it means theres also poison

[@dahat1992]

I love how you can see the liquid sinking as it melts.

[@xxportalxx.]

I'm pretty sure that effect isn't specifically from the d2o, although it may make it more pronounced. Bc the water coming off any ice cube will be colder, thus will sink, and as it's colder it's going to have a higher density and therfore different optical properties (refraction). It's the same reason you see 'heat waves' rising off hot asphalt, although literally the opposite conditions.

[@kresnic02cr45]

It's due to density of the D2O being more than H2O remember that light refraction depends on the density of the medium it goes through. Therefore we can see it melting and looks cool.

[@zekanner]

@@kresnic02cr45 It does still do that with a normal ice cube, just the d2o makes it *way* more obvious. Another way to make it more obvious is for the beverage/water to be much hotter. It is quite visible if you're making iced tea in a clear container, for example.

[@kresnic02cr45]

@@zekanner would look cool, I hope @nile does it

[@hridaydesai5175]

True

[@UncleSpenkor]

‘how do you make square balloons?’ ‘blow square breaths’

[@thenoobalmighty8790]

😔

[@RainbowVibes1708]

WHAWT KIND OF FUCKERY IS THIS...?!

[@Sahaib3005]

@@thenoobalmighty8790 lmao

[@BigD283]

Thanks for the tip, I've been trying for 10 years.

[@Minun61]

@ASDAN-VME TMJ-CC why the fucking bots

[@nuclearsynapse5319]

The fact that you can see the heavy water sinking off the ice cube as it melts is pretty neat too

[@Hextragon]

"This on other hand" no no no bro it is the same hand

[@Teaquamarine]

"I think its pretty cool" icy what you did there.

[@secretjosh5619]

Awww cmon

[@oreogd1500]

BRUH

[@emgutter]

@@secretjosh5619 Chill out. 😎 I’ll see my way out.

[@fIourine]

Water you talking about this time???

[@MajProblem09]

cmooon

[@dannyreynaldi8735]

"it sinks because it's made with heavy water." Well uhm, that explains a lot..

[@siryeetzalot957]

He said it’s called d2o making us work for it google ☝️🤣

[@danielong1011]

@@trevorsanchez2470 yeah XD

[@prajwalbharambe343]

@@siryeetzalot957 you don't learn it in school science?

[@prajwalbharambe343]

@@siryeetzalot957 you don't learn it in school science?

[@regulargoat7259]

Heavy water is an entirely different chemical compound to regular water. Calling it water is kiiinda misleading cause of that but eh, thats what common names for compounds do

[@elainechin6074]

Bro ice cube has a heavy Poison. Bro has an heavy killer in his closet

[@Armyblink87]

Did u poison my ice cubes!?" No sir thats our heavy water

[@aa01blue38]

I mean I don't think it's good for you

[@bjornrie]

Does ice really sink if someone drugs your drink? Seems unplausible to me. You don't need much of a bioactive substance in someones drink usually, compared to the water minimal amounts, which shouldn't change density at all. But I could be wrong, idk.

[@just_some_dude_my_guy]

​@bjornrie Yeah I've seen a lot of comments like that too. As far as I can tell, it's all hearsay. There's no way it would make ice sink.

[@5k_Sub_challenge_with_no_video]

"It's all cool untill you realise that the heavy water costs *100$/liter almost* "

[@7stiano123]

It costs 100 dollars for 100 mL

[@douweosinga6079]

For chemists that price is actually not that bad

[@beepbeepgamer1305]

that's it?

[@glasslinger]

@@douweosinga6079 I wanted to fill my swimming pool with it so I would float better! :(

[@leaalul]

yeah now try buying T2O

[@raianaratti9943]

For anyone wondering, heavy water is basically H20 but it uses hydrogen's isotope which has one neutron (instead of the regular hydrogen atom which has no neutrons) known as deuterium which doubles the mass of the hydrogen atoms making the compound 11% denser

[@jasonden6465]

Is it safe to drink tho?

[@spacebar2759]

​@@jasonden6465no

[@shainmays667]

Top comment

[@sentience8821]

@@jasonden6465 Drinking a glass of it doesn’t really give you any problems, but if you drink about 1L~ worth of heavy water over consecutive days alone, it’s only going to make you dizzy because, like all fluids, our body intakes and incorporates fluid that is taken into our system, and for this instance, the vestibular system in our ears will be heavier than usual due to the heavy water being used, so yeah. So far, there has been no adverse poisonous reaction with intaking deuterium., just slightly mild discomfort

[@CavegirlMelanieHobby]

Thank you

[@CookifingDishes]

"Look! I've bought water dumbbells! I'll fill it with water" "It's too light, better use heavy water." "what"

[@CharlotteFairchild]

The Ultimate Human is talking about hydrogen water for physical conditions.

[@cameron6644]

“Can I get a Pepsi with heavy ice?” The waiter: “wtf”

[@outerspaceproduction]

Lmao

[@cyansus4523]

"get the hell outta here"

[@dummydummy2842]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4KoeK2rmNiBapI Finally it's here .

[@rockoutdude4902]

@@outerspaceproduction Is the waiter saying wtf also like not what the fuck but just wtf because he/she put wtf that stands for what the fuck but he/she didn’t put what the fuck he/she put wtf which is making me think he/she is saying that the waiter is saying wtf

[@ragdoll6534]

xD

[@ManoOCE]

When he said ‘heavy water’, I thought he was joking.

[@microbe6379]

maybe you don't know chemistry 🙄😉 edit: better now? 🤔

[@JF59122]

Uh no D2O is commonly known as heavy water...

[@CTBStudio3]

@@microbe6379 dont be rude

[@darthraider450]

Deuterium 😎

[@siriusharsha]

Moderator in nuclear reactors

[@IEatBombs883]

"Hey why is my ice cubes sinking?" "You made it with heavy water"

[@Toby-Wan_Kenobi]

What's cooler is that you can see the heavy water melting off the heavy oce underneath it, making a hazy effect in the water

[@BOEING--mh6xm]

Who else thought he was gonna violently throw the regular ice cube across the room

[@scalz420]

lol what part did you think he was gonna do that? or are you just referring to the title of the video

[@connorwhite2782]

@@scalz420 he's known for throwing things/being brash in his videos. Watch a few and you'll see it too

[@Amari_900]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@simppolice2899]

“This…is not meth”

[@someoadamson9073]

you dont know me and this is completely irrelevant but in 2019 i had this profile picture on discord of the exact jet you have in your pfp on youtube. i just found out it was a boeing 747-400. thank you stranger.

[@kylefisher4883]

I like how you can see the heavy ice cube melting and that liquid sinking to the bottom

[@IndrasChildDeepAsleep]

I came here to see this observation

[@DaveWillis1]

That is a trip

[@TheGenericNoobTGN]

The link takes you to a video called One video has been found with a second update.

[@executive]

ordinary cold water would sink too

[@Marsh370]

Oh! That's so wierd!

[@thousandvangs3715]

Ice Cube is having identity crisis over this

[@pinekpj]

now THIS is what i think of everytime someone says "if the ice cubes arent floating, your drink is poisoned"

[@radrno7]

*heavy water is discovered in 1785* People before 1785: "If it floats, it's human. If it sinks, it's a witch."

[@longbow192]

Not the witch hunters thinking ice is human.

[@kilobytes4537]

You've got it wrong. Witches would be rejected by a body of water and so would float; humans would be accepted by the water and so would sink.

[@IsraelCountryCube]

LMAO what witches are human? Literally I'm not a liberal weirdo. But witches are weird bastards that basically worship the devil and do magic but still human. I don't know why people think witches are aliens or weird thoughts bruh

[@angelascotney3204]

They’d throw you into a pond to see if you were a witch. If you swam out of the pond, you were a witch and would be executed. If you drowned, you weren’t a witch

[@PixelogistFacts]

​@@angelascotney3204 so you saying either way they would die?

[@CoconutMilker89]

"How do you like your water?" "Heavy."

[@NMG.11]

"I like my water how I like my music. *Heavy* "

[@twistedtachyon5877]

Heavy. You keep saying that. Is they're some sort of problem with the Earth's gravitational field in the future?

[@derekjackson3980]

@dash hahahaha

[@wayne1019]

Yea we are going to the park now and I’ll let you know if you park in the park park in the driveway or park on the front porch

[@timohara7717]

Bros gonna die

[@lucky_railfans_trains_2009]

“Today’s a great day to be a heavy AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *splash* [unidentable muffled screaming]” - Ice Cube (Icy)

[@azharsiddiqui]

"Hey where is my ice?" "Oh, its just at the bottom using heavy water"

[@fatalexception3845]

D stands for Deuterium. Basically hydrogen atom with an added neutron. Risibly so, but denser than regular H2O. Called "heavy water", it's commonly used in nuclear reactors. Add one more neutron to Deuterium and we have Tritium, which is straight up radioactive.

[@CoClock]

Thank you for telling us wtf the D stands for!!! It could have been D[ark magic]2O for all I knew without the info.

[@toastttttttt]

soooo you cant drink heavy water?

[@fatalexception3845]

@@toastttttttt I wouldn't suggest it.

[@stellarwanderers5855]

Not another molecule just another neutron.. another molecule wud mean a proton and an electron... Hydrogen has 1 proton 1 electron and no neutron while Deuterium has 1proton 1electron and 1 neutron while Tritium has 1 proton 1 electron and 2 neutrons

[@fatalexception3845]

@@stellarwanderers5855 True dat. I admit I made a mistake there. EDIT: corrected OP as per righteous fact-checking.

[@togglegaming6315]

“This is a regular ice cube and when I put it in water it floats” *clapping intensifies*

[@RodyTheRoad]

@dash finally your bot ass is here

[@triparadox.c]

@dash shut up bot

[@deusvult6920]

But yet the "trust the science" people think despite water expanding when frozen somehow sea levels rise when ice melts. It's literally how I figured out the "climate change" bs was a lie.

[@shauryaverma3001]

@dash i don't care

[@oishikhan9633]

@dash what's here bro? And no one asked?

[@TheHirohikoAraki]

“Can I drink the hea-“ *drops another ice cube* _”Never mind. This one’s interesting.”_

[@IanM-id8or]

Clearly, heavy water lives up to its name

[@mopthegod]

“If your ice isn’t floating, don’t drink it.”

[@Sacrengard]

what if the glass is full of ice?

[@mopthegod]

@@Sacrengardthen it’s time to play Russian roulette

[@Sacrengard]

@@mopthegod oh geez, that is why I dont like ice on my drinks :B

[@mopthegod]

@@Sacrengardtell me about it 😂

[@Sacrengard]

@@mopthegod xd

[@hoodieman3272]

For anyone wanting to know, you can drink heavy water, just not in large quantities without having symptoms of dizziness and low blood pressure

[@imagination.junkyard]

I was about to Google that actually, thanks LOL

[@Boss_Tanaka]

Now l m worried about the upcoming "heavy water drinking tiktok challenge"

[@leftnao]

Thanks for the info. Also, define what constitutes large quantities for this case.

[@qvindicator]

@@leftnao large quantities would be multiple glasses of this

[@emoment1088]

Isn't it also supposed to taste sweet or something?

[@Kenda-iy7rc]

"DID YOU ADD SOMETHING IN MY DRINK?!?!" "NO SIR, THATS OUR HEAVY ICE CUBES"

[@AdrianColley]

If you let it melt, you'll see the water separate itself into light water on top and heavy water on the bottom. The melting D2O cube will float at the boundary between the two liquids.

[@ajunlimited]

“This isn’t some weird ice cube making trick. I just used heavy water” So a weird ice cube making trick.

[@iamaddictedtobread1860]

He literally explained what heavy water is, you just didn't take the time to pay attention. It's just a different molecule.

[@ajunlimited]

@@iamaddictedtobread1860 well I bet you’re fun at parties 🤓☝️

[@rodneygayle2371]

​@@ajunlimitedJust accept you didn't pay attention

[@Yeshuah6]

The trick is having an extra neutron

[@ajunlimited]

@@rodneygayle2371 😑

[@ynotw57]

“Today was a heavy day.” - Ice Cube

[@mayank...9702]

Lol

[@fernandog4009]

Yoooo

[@Christopherdrums]

Nice one

[@hectichive889]

Nice man. Actually clever

[@ANineonYouTube]

take my like lmaoo

[@NewtsOnAcid]

I think it's cool that due to the different diffeactive indices, you can see the D2O melting in the H20O

[@xian2633]

the way it rocks back in forth in the water reminds me off the floating rocks from journey to the center of the earth

[@CalledCracki]

"I want a coke light" gets a completely new meaning.

[@josephineosei1151]

Now i want a coke heavy

[@digitalgaming6889]

@@TheRealBatabii people in mexico

[@reallyfijateperocomocono1131]

@@TheRealBatabii it’s the sweeteners that are used it’s not like Diet Coke in the US. I prefer Diet Coke, but Mexican Coke is way better that US Coke… hmm 🤔 yes I’m talking the pop not the drug 😂

[@pu2f551]

John 3:16 Romans 10:9 John 3:3 Matthew 7:21 .

[@martys5481]

Even at £100 the coke be light on the coke

[@FriskMeemur]

"I am heavy water guy, and this is my water gun. It costs 400,000 dollars to water this gun for 12 seconds."

[@esoheil3985]

To water*

[@FriskMeemur]

@@esoheil3985 oh yeah I forgor

[@arandomzoomer4837]

Heavy water is genuinely that expense I wouldn’t be surprised

[@futureelement924]

You mean your HEAVY water gun😂😂

[@stickinthemudstudios]

"I, am the heavy water guy." **Procedes to place a comically large glass of water down**

[@Dialectic42]

It’s neat that you can see heavy water melting off of the heavy ice and sinking to the bottom. Now, drink it!

[@MrIedeblok_dragon_beast]

That ice cube design is sick

[@goncalobaia1574]

So in other words, if you put it in heavy water, it would still float

[@yosheymc8193]

Yes

[@_Luck__]

I am confused now

[@tripolarmdisorder7696]

Heavy water is used in nuclear reactors. It isnt H2O, its D2O the D is Deuterium. A heavy water Ice cube would float in heavy water, just like a regular Ice cube floats in regular water.

[@ImSpun13]

So if you try to put a normal H2O ice cube in to a glass of D2O (heavy water) will the H2O ice cube levitate above it? 🤔💭🤯

[@BaconHer0]

​@@ImSpun13no

[@akshitachhikara3781]

Man: "Bring some ice cubes" Waiter: "heavy sir?" Man: "excuse me?"

[@priyaaggarwal262]

2 replies and both bots🤦 *Life*

[@SavageReviewing]

🤣🤣🤣

[@juliazarinana7989]

LOL 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ohnomywaterwiggle4678]

🤣

[@entitypolyhedron]

@それ与える no

[@memenergy]

"what about a normal ice cube in heavy water?" drops it in "hmm." *minecraft music plays*

[@jasonthepanda4144]

This is probably why my little bro sinks so well in water, he IS extra dense

[@i.h.h.b.w.m]

"Heavy Ice cubes are made of heavy water" This wood floor is made of wood.

[@icecreamoffical2300]

Yep

[@Cocaine4kids69s]

No the wooden floor is made out of wooden floor

[@robinhoodquincy9760]

@@Cocaine4kids69s the wall is made out of wall

[@YB-91]

@@robinhoodquincy9760 soil is made by the breaking down of rocks due to the process called weathering in which natural elements of the nature breaks down the rock along with some some organisms to form soil

[@neverlandsupremacy60]

Why df did I read "made of floor" 💀🔪

[@whysomad]

For anyone wondering: yes, you can drink it. Don't drink too much and over a longer period of time tho, as it can fuck up your blood pressure.

[@samanthacauvin7253]

lol why are you the only person in here saying this - of COURSE we all want to know that 😂

[@stacieharris]

When he said D2O... I was like w h a t ? 😢

[@bookies24k8]

​@Stacie Harris its deuterium 2 oxygen Deuterium can be written as D or as ²H Essentially denser hydrogen

[@whysomad]

@@samanthacauvin7253 good question 🤷‍♂️😂

[@NickWrightDataYT]

​@@stacieharris roll for Constitution

[@ezzelgohary7428]

Bro took "my water is poisoned"to another level

[@The_Infamous_Boogyman]

Did I just hear an educational narrator say "denser"?

[@just_some_dude_my_guy]

dense adjective comparative adjective: denser 1. closely compacted in substance. "dense volcanic rock"

[@sadmoment7117]

Alternate title: Special ice cube is rejected from ice cube society because he doesn't know how to float

[@willw1980]

Purple pill bugs: "join the club"

[@esther1994]

then he starts a war to eradicate all light ice in the world.

[@keithduckworth3829]

Well I guess you could say the ice cube just kind of fell away from society.

[@bernhardtbruzzel5]

​​@@esther1994 yeah it starts a nuclear war

[@oxide9679]

We all float down here

[@Nikhil-Tomar]

Fun fact: Heavy water is also used in Nuclear Reactor as a moderator, So chain of reactions happening can be controlled.

[@hax.q]

I know some heavy moderators

[@JF59122]

Oh to slow down neutrons during nuclear fission?

[@steadycreeping8508]

I want someone to set all of the reactors off so that we all die

[@sebastiansiswick2903]

@@JF59122 yep exactly that. It’s used to slow the neutrons to become “thermal neutrons” (a neutron at the right energy state to be absorbed by a nucleus). Without it most neutrons would just go straight through the radioactive nuclei without causing fission

[@JF59122]

@@sebastiansiswick2903 Oh... what's the speed of it?

[@lnx4845]

I like that you can see the melted D2O mix with the water and fall to the bottom of the beaker

[@BaeNick-b1x]

Deuterium oxide (D2O), also known as heavy water, can be made from normal water through electrolysis.

[@multiagustin2]

"This isn't because of some weird, ice cube making trick" Proceedes to explain a weird, ice cube making trick

[@extrm161]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aniZlmeKlq-roas ice

[@sloptop72]

i mean its just a different liquid so theres not really any “ice cube making tricks”

[@alanoranday4448]

@@sloptop72 THAT is the trick

[@grishanthmanoharan5578]

@@alanoranday4448 that's not a trick in the process of the making the ice cubes though, its just not made out of regular water. The way the ice cube was made is presumably the same

[@theimperfectguitarist974]

@@grishanthmanoharan5578 it's like saying I haven't used any trick here, I just did it in a different way. That different way itself is a trick, isn't it?

[@xenia1250]

I love how as the heavy ice cube melts u can see the heavy water sinking as well

[@dekabmyco]

Those are called schlieren lines! I love them! It usually happens in a solution that something is dissolving into.

[@Kwint.]

@@dekabmyco omg u are a hero, ive always wanted to know what those lines are called but i never knew. Thank you so much

[@Kwint.]

@@dekabmyco cant find any info on schreilej lines doe:(

[@dekabmyco]

@@Kwint. waves might help you out. That word is German I believe for streaks :)

[@MD-ex7cg]

@@brianna7763 for real

[@Warriormedic68]

Watching the melt flow off the ice cube is pretty cool too.

[@DominicCarosello]

Moral ice cubes sink to the top and heavy ice cubes float to the bottom

[@zacharyberridge7239]

You can even see ripples of the heavier water melting off of it, and drifting down. Neat.

[@AmixLiark]

This would happen with normal water too. Cold liquids are usually denser than hot liquids and this responsible for convection.

[@Gr3ypsTFT]

​@@AmixLiarkyou wouldn't be able to see it though. The cool part is that the liquid melting off is visible.

[@tanelehala6422]

@@Gr3ypsTFT With big enough temp differences this should be quite visible even with the same substance.

[@Bibibosh]

@@AmixLiark thanks for explaining it better than i would have!

[@tanelehala6422]

I should clarify substance is substance. I meant different states of matter. Hope I saved myself.

[@trs5127]

For anyone wondering, the D in D2O stands for Deuterium. Deuterium is basically a Hydrogen atom, but with 1 neutron in its nucleus instead of 0. This makes the total weight higher (just double, actually. Weight of hydrogen is 1 amu due to just 1 proton. Weight of Deuterium is 2 amu due to 1 proton and 1 neutron) but doesn't increase volume, hence increasing the density. These kinds of atoms where they're of the same element (same number of protons and electrons) but differ by the number of neutrons and hence differ by Atomic weight are called Isotopes. Hydrogen has 3 Isotopes: Protium (the normal one), Deuterium (with 1 neutron), and Tritium (with 2 neutrons).

[@BoyPadForDan]

But can I drink it?

[@PigHumanoid]

@@BoyPadForDanIn small amounts it’s not likely to be harmful but in large amounts it can cause health problems like low blood pressure. Probably better to just not drink it.

[@candicegraham8660]

Thanks dude

[@user-uu2ru8gp7r]

googol

[@felixevers478]

@@BoyPadForDanYes. Like someone said, having too much of it in your blood can cause issues, but you'd need to drink nothing except heavy water for weeks before you noticed anything.

[@Butterfingers3]

"This is just a regular ice cube" Me: Are you going to destroy it?

[@annmargarettebraza2420]

"waiter why does my ice cube dont float" "bc its special"

[@Raddflyer]

Finally! ...we can hit the Titanic with a second iceberg!

[@Sylveon2589]

no way

[@Hyraethian]

It took millions, and three governments, but we did it sir, we crashed an iceberg into the titanic.

[@SwarmSSBM]

Bro I can see the "attack" conspiracies now... Mr. President a second burg has hit the Titanic

[@OrxngeSoda]

Nah.. 💀

[@Brownie2015]

Sir i took this iceberg and lifted its wit I think 100 helicopters or more but we managed to crash the iceberg into titanic

[@Myblockofice]

I’m now gonna troll my friend with this ice to make seem like it’s poison 😂😂😂

[@Denstoradiskmaskinen]

Do you want ice on the bottom? Heat rises, cold sinks Floating ice has the right buoyancy

[@KnuttyEntertainment]

For those wondering, the water is made using an isotope of hydrogen called Deuterium. Atoms are made of positive heavy protons in the core of the atom, and tiny negative electrons that orbit the core. There are also neutral neutrons in the core that are a little heavier than protons. Typically for lighter elements, the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons is equal. Oxygen for example most often has 8 protons, 8 electrons, and 8 neutrons, for a total weight of 16 (electrons don't really contribute to the weight). Hydrogen often doesn't have any Neutrons and is just one proton and one electron. So when you make H2O using two hydrogen atoms and an Oxygen atom, the weight of that molecule is 16+1+1 = 18. Deuterium is a hydrogen atom that also has a neutron for a total weight of 2, so when you make D2O, you get 16+2+2 = 20, or about 11% heavier. Now adding neutrons doesn't really make the atom any bigger, just heavier, which is why the ice sinks.

[@medosabry4391]

Thank you for information. I really like chemistry

[@J7Handle]

I’ve always wondered if you can get heavier water, two deuteriums and an oxygen-18 atom. Do you know if anybody makes that stuff?

[@KnuttyEntertainment]

@@J7Handle No idea, but it’s a stable isotope so I don’t see why it wouldn’t be possible.

[@pteven4874]

Is it drinkable?

[@KnuttyEntertainment]

@@pteven4874 Should be, it’s stable and you can find trace amounts of deuterium in regular water.

[@feItye]

"heavy ice cubes are made of heavy water." "ah yes, the floor here is made out of floor"

[@uncrustable9923]

Well how would we know he used heavy water

[@araa.galaxy]

@@uncrustable9923 because ice is made out of water

[@uncrustable9923]

@@araa.galaxy I said *heavy* water...

[@araa.galaxy]

@@uncrustable9923 maybe I got what you said wrong

[@kn1993gua]

This has me straight rolling on the floor 😂😂😂

[@SRHtheHedgehog]

I learned a little bit about heavy water from the neutrino experiments, so learning more about it is really interesting.

[@hadassah356]

Like Superman, the ice cube has a dense molecular structure.

[@DoiInthanon1897]

Almost every NileRed short: “And I think that’s pretty cool”

[@MegaEmmanuel09]

If he starts saying "Pretty cool, riiight?", then we know who he was kidnapped by

[@flora_kispal]

literally, in this case

[@ferrum9309]

Right?

[@eier5472]

"...and it would be a shame if I drop~" (drops super expensive ominous liquid)

[@loleq2137]

@@MegaEmmanuel09 ...the infamous styrofoam pyrotechnic!

[@MarwanHadidi]

NileRed:This is just a regular ice cube Me: Or is it? *VSauce music starts*

[@ColorfulPawz0_0]

THATS WHAT I THOUGHT OF TOO HELP

[@maxtaylor5164]

Hey VSauce, Michael here

[@XalioXantar]

😂 “THIS is an ice cube. But there’s just one problem, ( *whispers* ) it’s not.” 💀

[@Argo_Rouge]

@Marwanhadidi The next short that I got after this is a vsauce short. Coincidence I think not.

[@just_a_pogo2572]

*Moon Men starts playing*

[@bot-x23]

it sounds like a bad joke: “How do you make a heavy ice cube? Use heavy water”

[@lynngriffin2106]

At the end when he lifts it off the bottom, you can see the strings of molecules moving off of the ice and turning back into water :o

[@karangupta4615]

you can see the slightly heavier D20 that is melting off of the heavy ice sinking to the bottom, because it is also optically denser and is refracting light, really cool.

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

Holy shit you're right!!!

[@dominiklehn2866]

Could also be just the cold water depending on how warm that water is, but it looks more than just that

[@jasonlosiewicz8491]

​@@dominiklehn2866 you would see the same convention currents coming from the upper Ice cube if that was the case. If it was truly convection currents the top most water should be the warmest and therefore have the most movement!!!!

[@roushstge2]

"MOM!!! THE ICE IS BLEEDING!!!"

[@BerzerkaDurk]

D2O, not D20 also, temperature affects a liquid's index of refraction. if you look closely, you can see the water around the regular ice cube doing it, too.

[@ValentineC137]

It's really weird seeing the water flowing down as it melts off the ice cube

[@whyban4533]

Usually, because D2O and H2O can not chemically mix together, kinda similar to how oil and water don't mix.

[@chumerranion778]

@@whyban4533 No, D2O and H2O mix just fine. The wavy lines are caused by the difference in temperature between the water in the beaker and the water melting off the cube. You see the same effect with a normal ice cube.

[@4ndytrout46]

​@@chumerranion778 yeah the difference in temperature causes llght to scatter differently causing the visual effect. Pretty cool stuff.

[@agelessrpg1440]

@@chumerranion778 The top cube is normal ice though, and there doesn't seem to be any wavy lines coming off of it. Is that just because of the video or something?

[@Somewheresouthof]

🎉

[@dvin5170]

That 1st ice cube is a beautiful individual bro, it deserves better, no wonder your single

[@tangcheemeng4449]

"I made this heavy ice cube with heavy water" *Hmm yes, this wall is made out of wall*

[@avni6602]

the amount of sciencetarded people here got me laughin🤣🤣

[@Name-ru1kt]

@dash number 1 Stop spamming in the comments or using a bot to Number two don’t hack youtube and make your comment count as two

[@therandomboy8476]

@dash It’s not tho

[@classicvlogs7910]

*heavy* wall

[@awesomeaustenkitty]

Not rlly

[@FalloutUrMum]

"Excuse me, waiter, my ice is too heavy" "Fuck you" "....ok thank you"

[@amaterasu3237]

69 likes, nice

[@FalloutUrMum]

@@amaterasu3237 Nice

[@Romulo_aint_shyt]

This shit had me laughing for a solid 3 minutes 😂

[@TheREALSIXTY6]

*understandable, have a nice day*

[@SirQuack-mi9sz]

Be happy, more cold for the same size

[@technicalfriend8517]

Put that heavy cube in heavy water it will also float!!

[@tegathemenace]

"I'm not overweight, I just drink heavy water"

[@ADBBuild]

Imagine never getting hit in the teeth again when taking a sip of ice water.

[@davisdf3064]

Imagine paying more than 100 dollars for a 100 g ice cube

[@Michaelonyoutub]

except since the ice turns into cold water at the bottom of the container, and since cold water is more dense than warm water, it will mostly remain on the bottom instead of like a normal ice cube where the cold water would sink from the top and mix around

[@jetsamrover]

Heavy water causes kidney failure.

[@TheJuggernoob1]

You don’t want to drink heavy water.

[@sjk7467]

Imagine if that was actually how it was tho. Fish and wildlife would not be able to stay alive under the surface of frozen lakes for example. The ice sheets would crush them, later by layer. They excape one? Well, another one is coming soon. Every season all life would die under there, and it would become desolate after a single season. Same with arctic life. It would throw off the balance of ecosystems massively and honestly most likely humanity wouldn't survive that change. I'll take the ice cubes hitting me in the teeth. Think about how lucky we are next time an ice cube hits your teeth!

[@blackman5867]

"Yo why is your metal guitar so heavy, bro?" "Cuz it's made of heavy metal of course! 😤😠"

[@xornedge8204]

😂😂

[@blackman5867]

@@xornedge8204 thxs ❤

[@townofapples]

😭

[@christianthompson9140]

Nice one

[@fezkina3557]

🤣