Plasma Toroid Experimentation 2

Hi Everyone,
I'm happy to see many people love the plasma toroid as much as me! I did not invent the plasma toroid lamp but am merely replicating the experiment done by the Russian plasma wizard, "magic_plazma" on Instagram, and I want to expand on it to learn how it works and then share it with the world! I've been working with plasma artists and RF engineers to reverse engineer magic_plazma's circuit and we succeeded! Now I just need to optimize the circuit, create a video about my story getting here, and show everyone this incredible demonstration of multiple electromagnetic laws. 'Tis truly, like many of you say, the magnum opus of desktop plasma. Till next time!
You can buy a globe like mine by commissioning Wayne Strattman of Strattman Design to make you "a 1L globe with 15 torr of xenon gas" through this link:
strattman.com/...
You can find the link to the circuit diagram and more details in the description and comment section of Plasma Toroid Experimentation 1.
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[@BackMacSci]

Hi everyone, I noticed when watching this again that the reason the toroid disappeared in all cases in this video is because the turns of the coil shorted by coming into contact with each other. This stops the oscillation and kills the toroid. I'll try to make the coil more sturdy to prevent this in the future.

[@SeanCMonahan]

NM-B 12/2 house wiring cable might be an option to get solid core, insulated Cu wire.

[@pendorch030]

Do you think making the glass sphere more perfectly spherical would help the stability of the toroid? As it happens I am a borosilicate glassblower from Germany and I could make you a sphere without the remains of the ground joint of the round bottom Flask. Hit me up if you think this could contribute to a more reliable system :)

[@blackbeardthepirate7467]

@@pendorch030 can you evacuate and dope the spheres with a partial atmosphere of other gasses? Maybe not mercury for safety reasons, but xenon, neon, etc. would make some cool displays here if nothing else.

[@pendorch030]

@@blackbeardthepirate7467 Have only done it with argon so far since I had a cylinder lying around for welding. I don't have a pressure gauge suited for precise sub-atmospheric measurements, I just know it was somewhere below atmospheric. I'm pretty good at making the glass containers and evac. Preparation though.

[@MegaFictionalCharact]

Reasons not to use the coil as a stand lol

[@RT-qd8yl]

I think there's still hope for youtube, seeing videos like this. Real, true edutainment. Keep it up man, this stuff is great!

[@KM____________]

nah I'd rather watch a video essay on a 15 year old game I never played, haha

[@ADIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII]

@@KM____________ huh

[@KM____________]

@@ADIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII what?

[@executive]

yeah no stupid ads or sponsors or intro wankery

[@RT-qd8yl]

@@KM____________ Что?

[@jrobmccoy]

Around the 4:00 mark, I think I can see arcing from the lower coil to the “elbow” bend that leads to the top. If it is shorting, Could this cause the instabilities? I’m glad the algorithm chose your last video. It’s a phenomenon I’ve never seen and is fascinating!

[@dycotomaskey9258]

The wire shorting would cause a lower length coil which would lower the inductance and reduce electromagnetic force on the plasma

[@SpydersByte]

lol good spot, and yea, thats why you dont make the wiring *also* the stand :'D The thing looks amazing and I give the dude credit, but its also pretty sloppy. He couldve made the coils smooth and uniform and he couldve added some acrylic or 3d printed spacers and stands for just a couple $ and it would not only look vastly better but also function vastly better. Its funny that even the circuit and the pot seem to be floating on a wire connection as well :D

[@duality4y]

these kind of videos remind me of my first interactions with youtube when youtube was still young

[@gabrielhacecosas]

I discovered your channel through the plasma toroid video. I love this kind of content. I also do experiments with high voltage, tesla coils and stuff.

[@jellyjohnny9104]

How are you doing buddy? I just read what you were commenting and I was wondering I also mess around with Tesla coils and high-voltage and stuff like that. I also been watching the videos on the plasma torid I definitely think it’s awesome and I wish I blue glass. I would love to make my own plasma globes or just plasma anything. Anyway I’m just using Tesla coil globes right now to mess around with stuff and some cool vacuum tubes. I got my hands on the knee on lamps and things like that also took a pot of mercury vapour, 220 bulb in the inside glass tube lights up really nice word high-voltage I don’t know if you have any ideas about anything ? it would be helpful. I’m kind of new at getting out there. I don’t even have a KZbin page yet. My wife has been reluctant on helping me get my page up because well let’s just say my Brooklyn slang English it doesn’t come out right all the time well take care yourself hopefully I’ll be hearing back .from u.

[@gabrielhacecosas]

@@jellyjohnny9104 I've been thinking and maybe it is possible to make a plasma toroid using the ball of a plasma ball, it's neon instead of argon, but it sure works and it's cheap. I am not very expert in tesla coils although I have made some, I think I have the necessary parts to make this circuit, let's see if I do it.

[@AmanPatel-ye6im]

i like this type of RAW footage where you can really sense the environment of the place, the excitement of person. keep it up man

[@elitejv]

It's the antithesis of modern (popular) KZbin. You actually see a living person, instead of a mask.

[@terrafirma9328]

This would make an awesome kickstarter project, all us geeks want one👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ArtKM]

Lets go! I feel like im watching these videos in real time I just watched the other videos!

[@numoru]

Bro you started in 2015, wtf KZbin alg, now I must binge watch

[@Sensei-jh8yn]

At the presence of history right here

[@LITTLEEXPERIMENTCHANNEL1]

This is exactly the kind of demonstrative videos I love on this subject. The new photonicinduction replacement to continue his marvelous work. Not many people will know this, im a veteran of that channel.

[@Natethesandman1]

This is really neat! Looks like a great invention to get my mind back in my body in case I ever get turned into a Wererabbit.

[@BackMacSci]

Thank you! It turned me from a nerd into a popular nerd so i’m sure it can do anything

[@Wyi-the-rogue]

I need context

[@pacificll8762]

@@Wyi-the-rogue this educated gentleman was referencing the Wallace and Gromit movie where they create this machine that uses very specific round etherial shapes like the toroids in the video (it’s thus machine that turns Wallace into a wererabbit)

[@alystair]

Wonder if the toroid can 'bend' in on itself like it does in those major fusion experiments - not just a donut shape. This is so novel to me in so many ways :D

[@BackMacSci]

it has exhibited a figure 8 shape before, in teslacoilpro's instagram video

[@AdrenolinFlux]

I came for the toroid and must say you delivered.

[@BackMacSci]

Hahah perfect

[@ChristophLehner]

I am amazed, and hooked for a Tutorial

[@darkenedlight3104]

I am so glad to see videos like this popping back up on youtube

[@wynand988]

Would be interesting to see what you can get if you use multiple coils

[@Baleur]

Not to mention if he uses much more symmetrical coils, instead of, pardon the expression, haphazardly steampunk janky wiggly coils.

[@JohnAdams-mu7xd]

This? kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZOniYuNht1-aZo

[@wynand988]

@@JohnAdams-mu7xd I'm embarrassed for these humans who have already spent so much time and energy trying to make something work that's based on a hypothesis that hasn't even been proven. How so much funding can be gathered by an idea that can't even give a small scale demonstration is quite remarkable, very much like Cern or NASA. Modern scientists have their heads so far up their rear's they can't see what they're really doing or where they're going, it's like the humans that try to split water to get hydrogen when water has never been proven to be H2O! One can only laugh at the retardation because if we don't we might cry at this point.

[@JohnAdams-mu7xd]

@wynand988 dude, that was well said!!! Honestly, I don't think I could have worded it better... Pseudoscience!!!

[@wynand988]

@@JohnAdams-mu7xd absolutely:) I suppose we should look at the silver lining which is that the reimplantation of nuclear lies in the hands of those who want to take it not with these government funded institutions anymore

[@kasparsiricenko2240]

This is awesome! Please make a tutorial or at least what components you were using and where we can get it. I really want to make till Halloween. Plus we can share our discoveries together :)

[@livingrightnow930]

Yup! This is the new kind of Science research. This time it is way easier because scientists can connect with each other.

[@KeystoneScience]

Dude, this is so awesome. Great job! I'll be watching all your new content :)

[@BackMacSci]

Ah hell yeah, thanks! Love all your videos too. Made my flyback driver thanks to one of your old videos

[@joeteejoetee]

By the sensitivity of the "Bias" control I think that you need a "10-Turn" Pot instead of a 1 turn Pot.

[@nathan584]

The algorithm brought me here and boy am I glad it did this is awesome man keep it going great content

[@woofiewill]

No way! I just watched the first one like 30 minutes ago! Let's go!!

[@woofiewill]

Looks great! The only thing that makes me nervous is the exposed wires and connections haha. Plasma Channel makes really nice and well-insulated contraptions out of acrylic. Might be a material to consider messing with. I'd love to see more info on how to reproduce this. Since watching the your first toroid video I was searching for how I could get my hands on a xenon-filled glass bulb! No luck

[@xorlop]

Lol me too

[@BackMacSci]

If you live in the US, I suggest commissioning Wayne Strattman of Strattman Design to make you a 1L flask of 15 torr xenon gas. His skill is incredible, he prices fairly, and packages the flask professionally. Good luck!

[@_shadow_1]

@@woofiewill One option is to get the xenon gas bulb custom made from someone who has the right equipment to do it correctly. If you provide the xenon and a glass globe I am sure that there is someone out there who can turn it into something like the one in this video.

[@JanBroekhuisen]

This has my BIG interest!

[@keyscook]

The demonstration I saw on the 1800s version of the plasma torus, copper tubing instead of wire for the circular "wire coil" for current flow or signals to pass (all based on vibration and the law of Affinity) Thanks & Cheers from Seattle 🍻

[@dreadfoggy6693]

i hope you all know that this is the guy that will invent something that humanity will use every day 20 years from now

[@ozricm]

Absolutely inspiring stuff man!

[@SpectrumDIY]

I'm really glad I found your channel, this is fascinating stuff dude!

[@chemicalvamp]

Thats so cool. And it looks much safer than the time I fed a huge CFL power supply to a TV's flyback transformer in a burnt out large clear bulb. It was so cool watching how the plasma stream would go up to the top and then ride the glass across the center to the other side. It must have had some gas current and heat pushing it. That is such low voltage, I would love to know more about the device. maybe a video on how you made it.

[@CallMeCarlos1]

It would be interesting to see how different gases affect the colours of the plasma

[@rudrasharma2297]

Bro just controlled fire 🔥🔥

[@thirds8243]

Im actually a new viewer so ithink this is also how tokamak fusion reactors work but much larger i actually really like your content keep up with the content and be safe with your high voltage projects

[@BackMacSci]

Thank you, third’s! I’ll be careful, I always research before testing. Also this is shaped plasma that is not hot enough to achieve fusion, and the gas inside, xenon, most likely isnt fusable.

[@freelancedentist9480]

@@BackMacSci lmao most likely

[@TCBYEAHCUZ]

@@BackMacSci What I want to know is if you can use microwave beams to increase the temperature of the plasma? for decades physicists and scientist have been battling to get a stable plasma torroid and here you are with a stable plasma torroid. I don't think you understand just how large of a discovery this is. Now you just have to make a proper setup with deuterium gas and microwave emitters to heat the plasma up to fusion conditions.

[@corygilbert5666]

This would make for an incredible desk decoration item, like have 3 switches on the front and a momentary button, a little box that you set this glass globe on and press the buttons and it's a nightlight for nerds.

[@alystair]

Just realized the base itself is a heatsink, cool! If you use the exciter for other projects I suggest putting googly eyes on it... you know... for uh.. personality 👀

[@BackMacSci]

hahah yeah we could make the procedure a whole fun thing loll

[@Wyi-the-rogue]

Name it something like… Plasma slayer Zap and taze until it is done.

[@TheMLover]

Keep them comming G! Awesome work!

[@gawlikcreations6956]

Am experimenting with plasma too. You are good :)

[@king_wing34]

This is awesome! I have a few question tho: 1- where can I buy that sorta bulb filled with xenon or whatever it has in it? 2- Is the clicking sound I hear in the background from a geiger counter? 3- how can I build that mini tesla coil thats used for ionizing the bulb (in the video)? Keep experimenting! :)

[@among-us-99999]

if that is a Geiger counter, I don’t expect much useful data from it.. high frequency makes G-M tubes go crazy

[@emaster360xlol3]

What gas is in the glass. Also the waving back and forth is very interesting as well.

[@terranovarain6570]

really cool your vids just showed up in my recommendations I watch plasma channel and styropyro this is still the coolest thing I've seen keep it up

[@simonmaverick9201]

This is amazing, real science and experimentation on KZbin, I am excited to see your other videos.

[@xeno1503]

good stuff mate! this sort of stuff is super fun to watch; reminds me that you don't have to be in a fancy lab to play around. keep it up!

[@hevosenleukajoe]

I have no idea what is going on but this is awesome!

[@Critter145]

I think you might be the only person on KZbin doing this type of experiment. Flipping cool!!!!

[@rodriguezfranco3839]

Oh brother I want to build a hfsstc so bad , thanks so much for sharing this wizardy

[@mithrandirmaiar4241]

Really interesting, What king of Bulb you use? What kind of Gas is filled in? which pressure? Keep the research!!! Thanks

[@reporter5321]

hmmm this got me wondering can u make a toroid in klein bottle?

[@danac2259]

Be more safe my friend. Great work.

[@jamesballock1768]

Totally Awesome! Get test results from detectors, gauss',radio, EMF,hest,ir, etc... Tuneable coil?

[@xaytana]

If there's a way to make the turn on sequence reliable to where it can work with just a normal switch, and if there's a way to reliably make the toroid pseudorandomly dance around, with a simple control circuit to adjust the frequency instead of a knob, without it shutting off, this would be a cool plasma lamp, like an updated variant of those plasma ball lamps from decades ago.

[@BackMacSci]

You think exactly like me! I believe it is only a matter of time before this device becomes what you described!

[@xaytana]

@@BackMacSci Biggest challenge would be reliable startup. Programming a chip with a sweep of the stable frequencies would be fairly simple. Circuit design would also be simple, as there's only a small amount of components. Which would leave the bulb, a better design would be having two nipples on the neck, rather than one on top of the globe, and the neck should sit down inside the coil so that only the globe itself is visible once there's a case around the coil and circuitry; which shouldn't make manufacturing any more difficult as air could still be purged in this method due to the discrepancy in densities, though it is an atypical method as far as I know. As for the startup sequence, I wonder if this could be benefited by a mechanical arm that provides the additional grounding. Switch on, IC provides the frequency, HV coil zaps the bulb, then the grounding arm assists with toroid formation. Might include a camera with a very basic computer vision program to monitor toroid status, and this could be what controls the grounding arm and re-fires the HV coil if the plasma didn't initially form. A bit more complex, but not overly complex, and with some tweaking should provide a high amount of reliability; could also re-initiate the toroid if a certain frequency destabilizes it.

[@tsm688]

@@xaytana The frequency changes significantly when the toroid appears. it'd take some calibration but detecting / restarting it should be possible.

[@jacktherip7750]

stunning mate!!!

[@freelancedentist9480]

Can’t wait for the tutorial like seriously I’m building one, and I just got a 3d printer that I need to break in too

[@AlbySilly]

When you accidentally hit the glass bulb I started to wonder 3 things; How dangerous would it be if it broke (implosion causing glass to shatter, ect.), how expensive is it to get your hands on a new one, and how difficult would it be to make one if buying isn't an option

[@sanjubodra4864]

Awasom Plasma Toroid Experiment watching your video makes me doing things like you..I have a suggestion on circuit - can u make the toriod without the potentiometer..I hope ur hard work never get robbed by some foolish idea keep going..Love from India 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@BackMacSci]

Thanks for the idea, Sanju! I will replace the potentiometer when I have a reliable setup, and I'll note the resistance ratio in the pot, and create a permanent voltage divider.

[@Buzzhumma]

Its Casper the friendly plasma ghost

[@charlesmartin1972]

Eagerly waiting for that tutorial

[@ChickenCaeser]

Make your base nine squares bigger, modular and shield as much as you can. Great video can't wait to see more!

[@BackMacSci]

Hahah thanks!

[@witoo]

“It looks like a straight up ghost”. I think you should rebrand this as a alchemy channel at this point. Shit so wild it counts as magic.

[@masonrichardson9075]

I would really love a full explain like I'm 5 type explanation video for this. This is the coolest shit on earth.

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

Lovely, make some toys and sell them to fund further investigation :)

[@modzpop]

Very cool!

[@MrHichammohsen1]

Where were you before! I will hit the bell in case you drop new magic!

[@shutupimlearning]

great video man , sure beats a plasma lamp!

[@heleezy]

You should create a kit where people can make these!

[@janmackovcak]

Looks like magic, does magic sounds - I think this guy’s a sorcerer:)

[@egor_niko]

Люминисцентная лампа работает по этому же принципу. Стартер разжигает дугу и далее происходит поддержание процесса свечения.

[@richardaldrich4865]

really cool stuff! certainly nothing I know about it, but just be careful. i'd hate if you got hurt because I love your enthusiasm!!

[@Miguel_Noether]

Wow this guy just solved the energy crisis by making fusion real!!

[@willfrank961]

It’s amazing that oscillations in the MHz range result in plasma oscillations in the

[@chiksat1]

электроны от Теслы свернулись в тороид. над магнитным полем катушки, в вакуме, КЛАСС.

[@YoungPhysicistsClub1729]

Dude, this is sick, and it's even sicker that i have all the stuff to make one of these, so please tell me how you actually create a toroid and the magnetic fields

[@vapormissile]

"Three, Two, ... Ow!" Subscribed

[@jodys607]

Great job. I'm working on HV projects as well and have really been into your vids! Keep it up

[@deeppatoliya4303]

Solid , liquid , gas , plasma we all seen Now it's time for Bose Einstein condensate

[@erentil6528]

astounding experiment! does the slayer exciter only provides high voltage for the initial ionization or its frequency is necessary to go "in tune" with the toroid stabilizer circuit? have you tried to use different high voltage generators like fliback transformers, car ignition transformers, electrick racket circuit etc?

[@adams6782]

Super freaking awesome!

[@uri.]

I still don't understand a thing but it looks amazing

[@mariodistefano2973]

I wonder if the gas molecules runs in circles inside the toroid or like in the smoke rings circularly but orthogonally the ring axis.

[@blackbeardthepirate7467]

Excellent work!

[@BackMacSci]

Glad you like it!

[@blackbeardthepirate7467]

@@BackMacSci maybe not easy to find, but Crookes did some really neat stuff with plasma besides the typical iron cross CRT demonstration you'll see when you search for "Crookes tubes". His radiometer is a neat one too, but I imagine you'd more enjoy some of his plasma creations if you have not seen them.

[@kairu_b]

Awesome, sir!

[@FortheSoulFtS]

plasmoid is the close future for sure.

[@roelofelsman7646]

"Hey man come check this out" Proceeds to meddle with it and it dissapears xD

[@christopherweaver8601]

Wow what!!!! 😆😮😮😆 this is really awesome

[@ThiagoBenazziMaia]

"oh, he is getting mad. Do you guys hear this?" And that's how sci-fi horror movies start :)

[@Lance_MadCat]

Incredible!

[@AaronMorrisTheSteamFox]

You should use a computer like a Raspberry Pi or Arduino or such to control the phase frequency of the plasma! Also, I would tidy up those coils... they may be causing some of the turbulence.

[@michelfrance75]

Put some low pressure H2 in the tube and let us know if you observe any fast neutrons. There are detectors in the form of an ampoule where bubbles appear.

[@fatemaybe8456]

怎一个牛逼了得，we are eagerly awaiting your tutorial video !!!!!!

[@nektoxyz1013]

Awesome painting on the Background, bro)) You painted it by yourself? Also i'm wondering, would it be toroid if the gas vessel would differ from round shape? Have you calculated power consumption at resonance frequency? And please, make video with toroid reacting on magnetic field.

[@daroniussubdeviant3869]

new here. dude that is absolutely magical. love it.

[@daroniussubdeviant3869]

would a cheap starter from a fluorescent tube work in a starter circuit?

[@BackMacSci]

Good question. I don’t think it would produce a plasma toroid but it would probably be able to ionize the xenon

[@choppermonster2176]

This is the coolest shit I've seen in a long time

[@ezekielsbot]

Nice! That’s awesome

[@CoolDudeClem]

How does it work? btw, I'm new here, I only just discovered your channel yesterday.

[@BackMacSci]

The circuit sends HF current through the coil, producing a HV EM field to ionize the gas into plasma and shape the plasma into a toroid.

[@rikimitchell916]

Beautiful string if pearls standing wave at the beginning

[@Xeno_Bardock]

What if you added another two turn coil but have it 180 out of phase to the first two turn coil and have it sitting on top of glass bulb? Would be interesting to see what result it gives. Another idea i have is what if top coil is smaller in diameter and at higher frequency while bottom coil is larger in diameter but at relatively lower frequency? Also what if there's voltage difference between two coils?

[@milogonzalez1334]

came here to make these same suggestions. also to wonder what changes would occur if a bifilar coil was used?

[@Xeno_Bardock]

Also i wonder what if the coil were the shape of number 8?

[@slomnim]

Have you considered heterodyning another frequency into the circuit?

[@ApostleOfCats]

I hope he sees this

[@slomnim]

@@ApostleOfCats same, I wanna see some john hutchinson level experiments :P

[@itrstt66]

how did ou first came up with this idea, please can you share with us the genesis of this experient? is there any goal through this tecnology?

[@ubergeraldine]

The beaded rope before the torpid though!!

[@paulneilson6117]

Looks great.

[@billymonday8388]

hey thats a really nice video. plasmas are indeed conductive so treating them like conductors and building a "transformer" is a really seminal idea. the toroid is energized by the primary coil and thats cool. I have a question regarding this device, if you pointed a laser to the plasma, would the light get amplified? i assume that the plasma is excited so stimulated emission should be prevelant in the gas. of course you would need some kind of way to measure the light intensity of the beam.

[@BackMacSci]

ooh, yeah i haven't thought of how a laser would interact with the plasma toroid!

[@orionmontgomery238]

I dare you to make a smaller one and harmonize the oscillations, the smaller one being the lower frequency. Could make some pretty cool ambient ionization. Also, wouldn't the oscillations them selves, like the plasma moving the way it does, imply that it's actually oscillating 720 degrees before reaching noon? Kinda like a toroidal sphere? Or the zero gravity wing nut?

[@hydrogenbond7303]

This is so awesome