physics of the plasma ball

[@easyerthanyouthink]

Holy crap, one of the first plasma videos thats says the correct process. Yeah yeah yeah yeah finaly. This is the best and most acurate plasma ball explaination i ever seen. Flipping awesome

[@ajaynegi5158]

Childish videos about plasma ball has millions n millions of views but nobody wants to know the Science behind it. Its sad! This video deserves much more views.

[@PhysicsHigh]

Thanks. Hope you share it.

[@a1d0t6]

Basic mandalorian but I do

[@top2not2___]

Not everyone cares about the science...

[@sugardebooger]

As a 27 year old law grad, I never knew how much I actually love science. I've become increasingly curious about the most random questions like how do bumble bees fly, why is milk white and of course, how do plasma globes work. Thank you good sir for this explanation. If only I had you as my teacher in high school, I'm pretty sure I would have taken a very different career path.

[@PhysicsHigh]

Thankyou. Keep learning. Enjoy science Ask questions, find answers. Maybe even consider law and science. Scientific literacy is needed everywhere.

[@oldromanbulldog2675]

He brings up a good point. A lawyer that understands scientific principles I think would be valuable in regard to certain law related issues. I am sure science will come up some way or some how at some time during your career as a lawyer.

[@oldromanbulldog2675]

That was a great explanation. I understood the basics of electron flow before watching this video. However, I couldn't put together my basic understanding of the aforementioned and how a plasma ball actually works. This video tied the two concepts together in a very easy to understand way. I do feel a little less intelligent as I am a 53 year old man and I had to watch something called "high school physics explained" to grasp the concepts. Well, my mother always said to me that's it a good thing that I could lift heavy objects as I wasn't going to make my way in life with the brain power I was endowed with. A nice way to tell me I was dumb as a brick and the best I could hope for in life were manual labor jobs. She didn't want to get my hopes up as a child. 😊 I am glad to know how the plasma ball works so thank you for that.

[@Lokitellus]

Alternate title: this dude explains how a lightning storm in a snowglobe works

[@wretchedslippage3255]

strait up one of the coolest videos ive found in a long time! im going to go buy one or maybe two of these tomorrow

[@PhysicsHigh]

Glad you like it

[@anisuko_youtube]

We are Glad you liked it

[@Jayden_dOwnes_x]

Our they good 😃

[@Lokitellus]

I got one for Christmas and I like it 👍

[@trustw_rthyguy]

Out of all the videos about Plasma Balls on youtube, this one has to be the most informative. Thank you for the great quality of work!

[@juanchgames_yt]

I always wanted to know how that works, interesting...

[@treasuretotrash2067]

In most cases the center of the globe isnt a tesla coil, its just a step-up transformer with one of the output wires connected to ground, with one wire going up to the center of the globe. Grounding it is important because the capacitance between the two wires gets much bigger, hence making it as bright as it is.

[@tomkoelmans4859]

I always wondered how a plasma ball worked. Very helpful explanation.

[@henrychess3]

Hey! Thanks for making this vid, this helps me a lot at explaining how it works. (I'm a volunteer at a science museum in Taiwan, and my job is to explain how things like plasma globe and electromagnets work)

[@PhysicsHigh]

Glad I can help

[@wintutorials2282]

After Corona I’m going to Taiwan! I’d love to see the museum!

[@shawncalderon4950]

Superb explanation!

[@DianneTrussell]

Thanks Paul, you have the identical model of plasma ball that I have. It's very fun, and I love the physics of it!

[@suzannebenitez9720]

Thank you for your video! This is great, I homeschool my children and we purchased a plasma ball and I am going to have them view your wonderful video, thank you for making it and posting it.😊

[@PhysicsHigh]

Thanks

[@spacemanspiff7638]

Now I can show off about plasma balls too. All thanks to you

[@douglaswdb1335]

PhysicsHigh wrote: "Maybe even consider law and science. Scientific literacy is needed everywhere." That's the most valuable thing I've seen on KZbin all month. One of my pet peeves is that it seems that most scientists are utterly incapable of communicating with the outside world. Put another way, most of them seem to be terrible writers (communicators). The most obvious example of this is Wikipedia, pick any technical subject. 😖 Their main problem seems to be the assumption that writing or communicating is *effortless*, that anybody can do it. Wrong! "Communication," is passing an idea or concept from the mind of one person into the mind of other(s). A great deal of technical writing sounds more like somebody talking to himself or his peers who already know the concept. The other mind has been utterly forgotten or ignored. Their goal typically seems to be: reciting error-free trueisms rather than communicating. That can be a terrible, seemingly unbreakable habit. The reason why Wikipedia is such a good example of this is they amplify that problem in their written guidelines. Being error-free is the only value, communication is giving zero value. But a list of facts is almost never an explanation. In fact good writing could be deleted as being "unencyclopedic." I'm guessing that has an effect on Wikipedia's editors, -who that attracts and who that repels. How does one tell a brilliant professional technician or scientist that he couldn't write his way out of a paper bag without getting him defensive? Sheldon Cooper is no joke, they live. In a world of climate change and resource depletion this should be more than a pet peeve, I'm pretty sure that this communication gap is within the top 12 worst problems that Humanity faces. And one of the easiest to fix. I think anybody can learn how to communicate well. But the first step is learning that communication is not effortless it requires both effort and time. It requires knowing that the target audience is not self. And it requires putting yourself in the head of your target audience, it requires a little empathy. It requires remembering the difference between communication and lip-flapping. These are all skills that require learning, practice, and effort, they are not talents. I think anybody can do that, if they just know about it. --Doug Bashford

[@katiegernert5650]

Thank you for the videos they post, they are very interesting and helping me decide whether or not to take physics!👏

[@PhysicsHigh]

🤓 well I hope they help you decide to DO take physics! 😉

[@angel-hb8wl]

@@PhysicsHigh 1)do this plasma ball releases negative ion in air? 2)can we use it as negative ion generator?

[@skjameelakhtar]

Exactly..... It completely cleared my concept....... Thanks man😌

[@PhysicsHigh]

You’re welcome.

[@logicalfacts6283]

i am doing my presentation on plasma and that helped a lot

[@vinnypoo5374]

So is the charge going through you negative or positive charge? Do you think I could use a plasma ball to either attract or repel certain materials depending on their charge? i.e. Flower pollen are negatively charged, if the plasma ball is releasing negative charge on the other side of the glass then it would repel the small pollen particles?

[@Random-nq4xj]

If 9V means that 9 joules of energy is transferred by every coulomb of charge, then if all of this energy carried by the electrical current is transferred into light/thermal energy in the lamp, then how does the electrons have any energy or "pushing force" left to return to the opposite side of the cell? Any help is appreciated!

[@mswriter3612]

Good question

[@MaayanHere12]

Thank you! Amazing vid

[@PhysicsHigh]

Glad you liked it!

[@yusufaamir1338]

really loved the video, thanks for the explanation :)

[@PhysicsHigh]

Glad you like it.

[@wriga007]

Best plasma ball explanation I have watched, great job :-)

[@PhysicsHigh]

Thanks

[@mswriter3612]

This explains why people get drained by events or other people. As we engage we lose energy

[@yrdyork1261]

Is it just me that knew what these things were from childhood but never knew they were a Tesla coil until now. Even after learning about Nikola Tesla, plasma and so on it still didn’t click hahah

[@cosmictywlite]

G day Mate : I have a 8 inch Plasma Ball & I think its a fantastic, I got one because, I am into Astrophotography.& Plasma makes up 99% of space & I wanted to see up close how it works ! Cheers

[@azfarahsan]

my questions answered really well

[@whirledpeas3477]

Blasma Pall "Paul" 😊❤

[@v8pilot]

This explanation seems to have some holes. Electrons passing through the glass? Glass is normally a reasonable insulator so how can that be? Gas giving off light because it is heated? As explained elsewhere in the video, plasma gives off light because of quantum effects as electrons in the ionised gas change energy levels, not because of heating.

[@nickkirastoulis4617]

electrons don't go through the glass. Ions are flowing from the center outward toward the glass and streaming across the inner surface of the glass back to the ground. only magnetic fields can travel through glass.

[@trollmcclure1884]

does it produce negative ions when it's AC? I've read that the current doesnt end where the glass is and it's only not visible. It also produces sparks and ozone when you touch it and it's affecting electronics in the room. Mouses and keyboards behave weird when they are too close

[@leusmaximusx]

can you please provide links to the information about the formulas for thermodynamic energy conversion that takes place and how to effect a concentrated released of ionized gas energy to simulate a blast thanks

[@TSC-Detroit]

Thank you Great video You explain very well

[@bjornbelderbos1617]

I have a little plasma bulb at home. the only thing that does not show you that you can measure 110 volts at 11 cm from the plasma sphere. and that at two cm from the plasma sphere that you can light a lamp. a CFL. as well as LED lamp

[@abhisheksingh-mh9cv]

Thank u sir very well explained

[@angel-hb8wl]

@PhysicsHigh 1)do this plasma ball releases negative ion in air? 2)can we use it as negative ion generator?

[@Nur-sb3xn]

Is is very useful from my class

[@PhysicsHigh]

Excellent

[@Signevad]

Nice video!

[@cheesewheezeknees9348]

My left ear liked this

[@therobot1080]

My spleen liked this

[@mickey7660]

Could you make this without the globe if you have a steady flow of gas?

[@PhysicsHigh]

Not really. What’s also important is the gas pressure, ie the amount. The gas would dissipate really quickly when heated.

[@mickey7660]

@@PhysicsHigh I had another person tell me that because of it no longer being in a vacuum you would have to exponentially increase the voltage due to the atmospheric pressure. I've recently learned to forge and enjoy making swords. What I want to do is integrate this into various parts of the swords blade. I would have to use a smaller battery with the tank of gas being in a backpack or satchel. I don't want to make a death stick though, just a sceptical.

[@scimagine8122]

That's a nice explanation Sir

[@PhysicsHigh]

Thanks

[@justinnitsuj7041]

This video has been particularly useful :D Thanks!

[@PhysicsHigh]

You’re welcome.

[@bunnty9065]

Does the light work as traverse wave as well as longitude wave when the electron pop in and out??????

[@PhysicsHigh]

Light only travels as a transverse wave

[@bunnty9065]

Thanks

[@hdjksa52]

I have a question: Why is a noble gas used instead of a gas that's easier to "shake off" the electrons? Since noble gases have a complete out shell, it requires more energy for them to lose a valence electron. I understand why you can't use the gases on the left of the noble gases on the periodic table, but what about the gases in the Oxygen family?

[@therobot1080]

Because noble gasses are not gonna have bonds that require even more energy to break

[@TheAtheist22]

And why is the low pressure so important for the tendrils to form?

[@ThetaPower]

Thank you for your very excellent video. I have a question: What is the pressure inside the globe in Torr (if you know)? I'm building a very different type of plasma bulb with a plasma emitter. It gets one end of a 15K neon transformer. I've experimented with Torr between 15 and 300 using neon as the gas. I'm trying to find out if I am anywhere in the correct range compared with you plasma globe. Thank you.

[@PhysicsHigh]

I'm not sure in terms of this plasma dome. Sorry I cant be of any more help

[@ThetaPower]

@@PhysicsHigh - I appreciate the response. It was a long-shot question anyway...

[@Nxck2440]

How are the radio waves said to be high energy? Aren’t they the lowest energy EM wave? They certainly are not ionizing. And where do they come from? So many questions … :/

[@meetjr.9295]

Sir I have a question is their any difference between Electric Field and Radio Waves ?

[@PhysicsHigh]

There is but they are related. An electric field is simply a region in space where charge particle experience a force. In other words, if you have a charge particle and you see its experiencing a force, you know that there is an electric field. The strength of that force tells you the strength of the field. The direction of the force tells you the direction of the field. A radio wave (in fact, any form of electromagnetic radiation) is a fluctuating electric field (with a fluctuating magnetic field) radiating out from a source. In essence it is a wave and travels at the speed of light. See my video on Maxwell for a deeper discussion

[@mswriter3612]

Do magnetic fields travel along plasma ?

[@manitsony6703]

Thanks for the know ledge

[@TheAzylum]

What is the life of these globes? Give the fact that ions and electrons should be bombarding the glass I would expect some deterioration over time.

[@glory3767]

TheAzylum as long as the gas is in the orb and there is an electrical current it should last a long time. If you got a hole in the orb it wouldn’t work because the gases would escape.

[@Username-or9nr]

One year at least depends on how much you use it

[@sandyacombs]

Plasma is not a gas and electric current acts very different when flowing through plasma.

[@SevenDeMagnus]

So cool. Is my being delivered Plasma globe an artificial aurora borealis? If yes, is a flourescent bulb an artificial aurora borealis?

[@jeffw6692]

My son’s cat just knocked his plasma ball off his shelf and shattered it. Are there any health concerns that I should be worried about? Do plasma balls have toxic chemicals that can be transferred to the floor? Like with regular light bulbs there’s that powdery substance, do I need to wipe the floor down with anything?

[@PhysicsHigh]

But really the only thing you need to clean up is the glass. The gases that were inside were small amounts of noble gases, therefore safe but now in the atmosphere..

[@jeffw6692]

@@PhysicsHigh thanks for the info. And the informative video as well.

[@balajisriram6363]

Min question, Is the light emitted by the plasma dependent on supply frequency?

[@wuhaosheng-n7o]

electron moving from high potential to low potential? Electron are negative charge…..

[@meatychunkz8875]

What happens if you put your hand on a plasma ball and jump? You’re no longer connected to the ground so is the plasma ball simply unaffected? Or do you explode? Asking for a friend

[@PhysicsHigh]

Good question to rest. I’d expect the dome be unaffected, similar to touching a van de graaf whilst isolated. Explode?. Errrr....no

[@maryamsan3855]

thanks

[@fellowadventurer6519]

Very nice educational video. Now I understand depending on the materials used, there can be arcs conducted off of the exterior. Here is my question - is it safe to hold 20 gauge copper wire next to the plasma ball? The reason I ask is because I plan to use both for a Halloween costume and would like to ask first.

[@PhysicsHigh]

Touching it with any metal will give you a shock. It won't be dangerous, (high voltage but low current) but it will hurt as it concentrates the electric field. I probably wouldn't do it. I feel I must add the disclaimer that I do not take any responsibility for any injury it might cause, directly or indirectly :)

[@fellowadventurer6519]

@@PhysicsHighThank you so much. And don't worry, I'm responsible for my own shocks! 🤠

[@Aelous98]

Why the gas from the center and from the glass emit a different color than in the rest of the ball?

[@PhysicsHigh]

Different gases

[@CultureTripGuide-HilmarHWerner]

you didn't really explain why filaments (!) are formed (without touching the glass)?! you might have sheats, e.g. turbulent spherical waves...

[@johnakridge2916]

I think Static Electricity is the Main Contributor in Here

[@carriewhite2378]

Nice one

[@PhysicsHigh]

Thanks

[@carriewhite2378]

@@PhysicsHigh welcome

[@Purple431]

I want to make one with different gases other than neon.

[@1.4142]

The question is what temperature is the air inside?

[@norliyajulaihi5538]

tell me if im wrong... sooo if sound moves trough air, the medium for the sound wave to transfer energy would be air right? what about radio wave? electrons???

[@PhysicsHigh]

In regards to sound, you are correct. Radio waves, a form of EMR, do not need a medium. Electrons, if we consider them as particles also theoretically do not need a medium but the medium does improve conductance if present and depends on the medium.

[@snippletrap]

Electromagnetic field

[@LUVGOD2222]

This video is key

[@PhysicsHigh]

thanks

[@Fr0st3630]

Is it dangerous to touch

[@PhysicsHigh]

No. Not at all

[@Tymz89]

[@edwardlewis1963]

Put the whole thing inside a vacuum chamber.

[@lokilokern3565]

FIngers smell weird after touching the glass.I read its ozone. Is this dangerous?

[@PhysicsHigh]

If you get sparks you are generating ozone but extremely little if at all. Dangerous? No

[@lokilokern3565]

@@PhysicsHigh Cool thx for answer:)

[@agnaldo317]

Anyone knows if i can leave the Plasm Ball turned on all night without any problem? Like using as source of light in the room at night?

[@PhysicsHigh]

Should be no problem

[@acemii3331]

Buzzin'..

[@hrisheekesh.r.prabhu5647]

but plasma is really hot you know all stars are a balls of plasma

[@la_communarde]

now i just want to know what happens if someone shatters one of these in space or high up in the aptmosphere

[@PhysicsHigh]

Absolutely nothing.

[@kyliedelisle9746]

OMG! HOW DOES THAT WORK?

[@brodsfeet8154]

same plasma ball,with same gases, I think it's ionization energy, with the same wavelength, conducts or means more easilyair conductor which conduct in air!!?!! What!!!!!!!!!!

[@brodsfeet8154]

try to experiment with both same gases, which act as a good conductor through radiation

[@meerkalra2203]

whichbrandisit

[@-Oxy]

I'm here because I broke mine

[@arthurrobey4945]

The streamers rise, not because of convection, but because of electro-gravitics. Prove me wrong.

[@PhysicsHigh]

Since it is your claim I think the onus is up to you to provide the evidence. That’s how science works.

[@arthurrobey4945]

@@PhysicsHigh Not at all. The way science works is that a Model is proposed and then everybody attacks it. It is valid until it is proven false. Hence the demand for falsification. I have proposed and alternative model, It is up to the scientific community to destroy it.

[@PhysicsHigh]

But your model must be based on evidence. Conjecture isn’t enough. I could argue the centre of the moon is made of cheese but I won’t be taken seriously unless I provide some evidence to support that claim.

[@arthurrobey4945]

@@PhysicsHigh Incredulity is not an argument. Science isn't a democracy, it does not require that the majority take it seriously. Peer review means nothing as a truly revolutionary idea has no peers to review it.

[@thebigimaginary7470]

I do not think string theory of mecho kaku is correct, I mean Einstein's goal is not yet achieved

[@PhysicsHigh]

??

[@thebigimaginary7470]

​@@PhysicsHigh i was talking about the string theory i think that it is not complete as it is said

[@amfvideos6810]

*Michio

[@thebigimaginary7470]

@@amfvideos6810 thx

[@TheAtheist22]

How come the ball doesn't run out of electrons since they're moving outwards?

[@hans3045]

Who is watching this channel at 9 year old

[@ther6989]

boooorinnggg *shoots spitball across the room*

[@ingamesniperr]

I think it just rewound the video wtf?b Just figured out i can telepathically control my phone with a plasma ball

[@grieys]

?? How

[@therobot1080]

@@grieys because touch screens measure the electric potential of the fingers And the plasma ball changes it

[@SimonSozzi7258]

Your pole is crooked.