Tungsten vs. Hydraulic Press: Who Will Win?

Crushing liquid nitrogen cooled Tungsten, Titanium, Aluminium, Magnesium and Copper cubes with a 150 ton Hydraulic Press. We also explode piece of brass, similar to that broke our windows. Used force is measured with 240 ton force sensor and explosion is filmed with Chronos 2.1 high speed camera 1500 frames per second in this viral experiment video!More manufacturing footage and other information about rings here → hydraulic.squaremade.com also remember to use code hydraulic for 15% off from your order!
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[@HydraulicPressChannel]

I filmed this before the ball bearing one, so some of the teachings of that video are not present here because of that :D

[@vargskelethor]

ok

[@gallium-gonzollium]

ok

[@FCFDave]

The sounds from the close-up of the brass was terrifying.

[@konstantinosgunparts1875]

Which is your most favorite KZbin channel?

[@jasonbirch1182]

Aw man. I was hoping this was new. I love the videos with Anni. Tell her to come back please!!!

[@tankberserkererer]

Press lose, husband lose, tungsten wins, and the wife wins 😂

[@94XJ]

Never bet that W will take the L!

[@danielpapania6117]

and when wife wins, everybody wins

[@lexavlogs7149]

Titanium too

[@crazydave152]

woohoo!

[@graysonnemets9154]

If anyone's curious as to why some of these explode and others don't: Different metals have a few different crystal structures they can arrange their atoms in. The most common ones are Face-Centered Cubic (FCC), Body-Centered Cubic (BCC), and Hexagonal Close-Packed (HCP). The metals that have a BCC structure experience something called a ductile-to-brittle transition at low temperatures, which is what causes them to shatter instead of squishing. This is unique to BCC metals, such as steel. Interestingly, Tungsten is actually below its DBTT at room temperature, so it would explode if the press didn't give out first, which is why the ring shattered.

[@BrokenSofa]

So what’s DBTT?

[@jasonbirch1182]

Good question. This is a very informative comment. I never thought about the structures of metals being different as how crystal are formed differently in nature. And it would make sense the cubic shape is the weakest compared to a bunch of packed together hexagons. All the sides of a hexagon would be distributing the force instead of shearing like squares would.

[@graysonnemets9154]

@@BrokenSofa Ductile to Brittle Transition Temperature. My bad, thought I spelled it out earlier. Tungsten's is around 300 C.

[@mavisgrace5403]

I just got out of school and got onto KZbin to relax but I'm still learning. Life's just one blow after an other

[@mann_idonotreadreplies]

cool story bro

[@scottcortus9590]

It’s cool seeing the heat move through the metals as the frost melts

[@BaronVonBeef]

It's always nice having Anni back, hope she's doing well

[@scottgoddard7794]

Videos are ALWAYS better with Anni in them! You both react so much better.😁😁😁

[@ryansmithza]

That was very cool! Watching the frost melt as the pressure causes the metal to heat up is interesting to see. Maybe you can try using a thermal camera during some of these tests to see the temperature changing.

[@KernelLeak]

ITYM "super-cool"

[@ArchangelUltra]

Thermal cameras wouldn't work very well on metals. The surface is generally too reflective to get a good camera reading. You'd need to coat them in something matte.

[@nominalvelocity]

@@ArchangelUltra thermal cameras work on detecting an object's infrared black body radiation. Reflectivity of the surface does not really matter.

[@ArchangelUltra]

@@nominalvelocity reflectivity = 1- emissivity. The more reflective something is, the less accurate your reading will be, since you cannot see the temperature of a strongly reflective material, you'll just see the temperature of the surroundings that it is reflecting. To properly read temperature of something lustrous with an IR camera, you need to put something matte on it like painter's tape.

[@sromrell]

The safety rating videos were fun. Maybe more of those, love seeing Anni

[@kiloyardstare]

I felt a great disturbance... like a million windows crying out at once and then... silence.

[@float32]

With the titanium and tungsten you can see two “waves”. My guess is the first is the ice melting, and the second is water evaporating.

[@Les__Mack]

Thank you for making another great video my friends. I appreciate your hard work. 🙂

[@larsvannoort8760]

all the crushing turned it to like not very cold 😂 this dude cracks me up everytime

[@endangeredmarmot4518]

This is a very interesting exploration of the properties of certain metals - you can see why titanium and tungsten are valued the way they are

[@TedBackus]

if you point a laser temp gauge at the item being crushed, you'll see that the temp will rise very quickly of whatever youre crushing as soon as the press starts crushing it. youre forcing the molecules together & that friction heats it fast

[@trayolphia5756]

One thing to notice of course is that when you press/crush metals, the warping of their shape generates heat…no matter hot cold some blocks will get, pressing them like this “thaws” the block out…you can actually SEE this process in some of the clips where the surface has a sudden and quick “de-mist” effect, like when you start a car on a cold day and the fog on the windshield slowly goes away The pressing heats and thaws the block thus preventing the majority of the blocks from exploding from being brittle

[@_______DR_______]

Could it be possible that brass is made of paper?

[@f800gt76]

Interesting to see how quickly metal heats up (you can see how ice melts) under pressure

[@voicetest6019]

Thanks for making a video about different metals and whether they have transition temperatures. If you want to expand on this, different alloys of steel can either have or not have the flaw of a transition temperature. Fun fact: The management that built the Titanic cheaped out on materials and used metal with a transition temperature *higher* than the temperature of the North Atlantic waters in which it sank.

[@WoodworkerDon]

From Heavy Metal to Red Hot Metal to Explody Metal to Frozen Metal...this channel has it all. 👍 Prrritti Guud.

[@ikut4888]

idea, what if you crushed things submerged in liquid nitrogen? Like, put a transparent acrylic container around the anvil base, fill it with LN2, and put the object to crush into there? Maybe the container would only survive a couple explosions, but you could try less explosive things first?

[@superpaul79]

I've missed Ani. And I legitimately jumped when the brass exploded. My headphones were too loud.

[@superbaas8822]

A funny thing on that final high speed. You can see a shard that is rotating and launching at a "fast but not fast enough" speed towards the camera directly, and likely would have completely obliterated the front of the camera. You can catch a few seconds later that a secondary fragmentation of the cylinder launches another piece out, which collides with the first piece, and both get launched in separate directions, likely saving the interior camera from needing some heavy repair.

[@timmyingelbrecht6977]

Have you tried pressing or cooling and pressing freshly cut logs, when they still contain a lot of water? Kinda intested to see the water squeezing out or what would happen if the water turns to ice, maybe log will break from expanding ice?

[@jrbedford]

HPC: Don't try this at home, kids Me: Aw, dang. *turns off my 150 ton hydraulic press and puts away my liquid nitrogen*

[@sambrose1]

I love how the "frozen" metal doesn't behave like one would think.

[@licensetodrive9930]

There's something almost unsettling about seeing cubes of metal being squashed like bubblegum, yet absolutely fascinating to watch.

[@8beef4u]

You should do hot-cold cycles by moving it in LN2 and then heating it and cycling this a few times. This should make things really brittle

[@randybobandy9208]

Wow, even having been cooled down so much it's still ductile enough to deform, and that seems to produce just enough heat to completely wipe away it's cryogenic temperature in a domino-like effect. Fascinating!

[@internetexplorer1057]

I see you.

[@youraveragechannel9825]

@@internetexplorer1057 👍

[@ouch1011]

It’s amazing how many of these metals remain ductile when they’re so cold. It would be fun to see a thermal camera shot when crushing these metals. I know that would be perilous since you would have to remove the protective acrylic between the crushing and the cameras, so maybe it isn’t feasible.

[@jackallison3884]

They’re not cold. You can see them heat up almost immediately when pressed.

[@davidharding3647]

I missed having Anni in your videos. I get that she is busy with work etc. But the videos are great with the two of you! Love you guys.

[@AdamosDad]

Anni gives the show a special attraction. You are a fortunate man.

[@NilsRohwer]

This was great, was fantastic to see Anni back

[@TWX1138]

Yeah, her squeals of delight and horror are the icing on the cake in these videos.

[@zeldathomas3498]

I am glad Anni is back! I have missed her nervous sounds

[@victoryfirst2878]

Hard to believe that metal has so many unique properties including explosions. Nice work fella too.

[@BetaMayra]

Jännä video oli, bonuspeukut Annista! :D

[@Ginger_Dalek]

Nice to see (and hear) Ani back!

[@JustinMF11]

I'd be interested in using a hardness tester on each piece before and after crushing.

[@Oicu8]

Can we get thermal imaging while pressing? That would be helpful with slow motion and doing calculations on different materials. Awesome Videos as ALWAYS!

[@Oicu8]

I guess I will comment this every video I watch now. Just saw some more new ones and they would be awesome watching a thermal Side by Side with slow motion... Just get a cheap laser one for now 😂

[@wisdomofnotch]

I would love to know how just much these metals are heating up under pressure! Perhaps you could use a few disposable thermocouples (Termopari) to get real time data on this without exposing any sensitive equipment.

[@My_Gaming_Mind]

"don't try this at home kids" didn't know 10 ton press were such a common household item?

[@nonna_sof5889]

I recall hearing that the ductile to brittle transition of the type of iron used in early iron hulled ships occurs between room temperature and the water temperature of the North Atlantic. A modern analog would be interesting to test.

[@blueredbrick]

Thinking of the Titanic disaster right?

[@martkbanjoboy8853]

The waters of the Cabot Strait have claimed at least two bulk carriers, the MV Kurdistan and the MV Flare. In the case of the MV Flare brittle metallurgy due to the low sea temperature was investigated as a possible cause. The survivors of the MV Flare recalled there was a sound like an explosion or thunderclap? which was the sound of the hull failing in an instant. Edit: the stern section of the MV Kurdistan was towed to Europe and a new bow section was added, she was renamed and continued in the trade for a while.

[@afreiden]

Constance Tipper and the Liberty Ships iirc!

[@burn1none]

I love your videos guys!! stay safe!!

[@thom1218]

The top of the press that's coming down on the metal sample is warm metal, imparting that heat to the sample quickly under pressure - you need to cool that too...

[@Truckerman63]

Love your videos. Thinking you should use Velcro or something for the cameras inside the chamber to stop them from falling over.

[@madeofscars9355]

At 7:48 would have to be one of the most unsettling sounds you can hear if you have a good understanding of the sound metal makes just before it fails catastrophically.

[@sou1daddy503]

That creaking sound from the bronze - scary!

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

I think it would be fun to order 3 solid glass balls: 1 to be the control sample crush. 1 to be crushed after being in an LN2 bath. 1 to be crushed after being super-heated with the Oxy-Acetylene torch. 😁 Also, to sort of re-do the green (wet) log test, except cut each wood into a square (like fist-sized?) and then let them spend awhile in LN2 before being crushed. _(but make sure they are laid on the press with their grain oriented vertically for compression strength)_ Although if you DO try the wood idea... you might want to do a quick test of just the LN2 portion, to make sure the wood doesn't split from its water rapidly freezing. If not 👍 Proceed with making more cubes for test day! (but don't use the "test cube", make a fresh one, so that it's apples to apples testing 😉)

[@bettyswallocks6411]

“Don’t do this at home”? But what else am I supposed to do with the 150 ton hydraulic press I received for my birthday?

[@WoodworkerDon]

"Really bad sounds..."💥 A Hallmark of this channel. 👏

[@pouncytaur]

You should have an IR camera to watch the temperature change as the metal is compressed. It is clear that it is warming up pretty fast, because we can see the frost melting in a fast wave from top to bottom.

[@davyaldy76]

Great to see you again Anni!

[@samvega827]

Lol this was very interesting I'm curious if the shape matters. But it was cool to see the tungsten cube get warm as it was crushed.

[@Dan-C-71]

Welcome back Anni. 👍

[@seannot-telling9806]

Do you have access to a thermal camera? I think that might tell something about how crushing might cause warming of the frozen metals.

[@sg2823]

Great to see Anni again!!

[@mike-drums-maine]

It is nice to have Aunye back !!!!

[@chrisj4570g]

Hearing Annie’s voice again is awesome. 😊

[@enormhi]

Fun to have Anni around again!

[@ricklove5051]

Would be cool to see this under a thermal camera to see how the pressure heats it up.

[@acomingextinction]

I knew what was coming and I *still* jumped when the piece of brass exploded. Terrifying.

[@tantamounted]

The magnesium and copper cubes were very satisfying.

[@danielreed5199]

I could never work in a high pressure environment like this.

[@Dank-gb6jn]

Hmm. Maybe you could deep freeze different cuts and types of meat and bones? A deep frozen ribeye or rib roast getting smashed by the press would be neat.

[@JohnnyDee62]

Would love to see a nice, juicy piece of cake (with fancy icing!) get frozen solid in LN2 and mashed under the press!! 👀😳

[@rtr5301]

I know it freaks you out, but the brass explosion is amazing!!

[@CGT80]

I never expected brass to explode like that, but I have had small brass pipe fittings crack from being tightened too much, so it kind of makes sense. The aluminum was no surprise and I thought tungsten might explode but was kind of surprised it smashed the way it did.

[@tracybowling1156]

Yay Anni! You're getting good at guessing correctly.

[@SpathiCaptainFwiffo]

Holding the tungsten cube in my hand has made me immune to gravity

[@aaronallgrunn7845]

A thermal camera would be interesting on these

[@jimbobur]

Pre-watch prediction: the tungsten will just make a dent in the softer metal of the press and won't break.

[@CoffeeKillersClub]

and smaller pieces for other windows..... love it, hilarious

[@markedis5902]

Pure metals are surprisingly soft compared to alloys

[@Ittiz]

How about metals that are normally liquid at or near room temperature like mercury and gallium?

[@them0leisback]

The low temperature doesn't effect metals as much as it does effect plastics, when in a near static loading. But when used with dynamic loads, like in impact tests, you'll see drastically different results in strenght with lower temperatures.

[@nickwolf805]

Pleasure to see Anni and her reactions

[@Liteg0]

You should buy a thermal camera, that would be cool for this.

[@pouncytaur]

In the GoPro view of the Brass block, it looks like the ram of the press starts moving sideways when it is under full load.. and I think that is what is making the brass sheer diagonally like that.

[@apollolux]

"Holy shit, this is stupid!" For a channel that crushes things with a hydraulic press, I'm surprised y'all don't say that more often! XD

[@Nefville]

I would love to see you crush sapphire crystal, which is just crystallized aluminum oxide but it is second in hardness only to diamond. Not entirely sure where to find a large piece of it, typically its only used on watches but I expect it would be extremely explosive, I have purposely smashed a sapphire crystal and it went everywhere.

[@keenobservations3050]

Gotta a thought for you to try next. Do this same experiment with the metals in a small cup of liquid nitrogen those little clear ones. Freeze it first, then drop it in a small cup with the juice in it and then crush both.

[@TeslaElonSpaceXFan]

Thermal/infrared camera please! ❤

[@josh33025]

You took the time to flomascus anodize the titanium one cool.

[@TheCaptainLulz]

The magnesium was awesome! Its fractured entirely on grain boundaries, thats why it was all in diagonals.

[@88divinegrace]

Super freeze rocks. Also, buy more rocks for Anni. Thanks for the video.

[@GamerDave1974]

Laury, I apologize if I came off "offensive" in my last comment about the sledge hammers you made cuts in to. I think your videos are great and entertaining and always look forward to your uploads man. Much love from the USA my friend.

[@tammyhollandaise]

Maybe you could try depleted uranium? I know it's legal in small quantities in the US, not sure about Finland.

[@bettyswallocks6411]

How about some super-frozen fruit & veg, sticky notes, a deck of cards?

[@GamerDave1974]

At first it was the heat generated by the compression of the metal that kept it from exploding/shattering but hey man of course...you figured it out lol

[@9217666]

What a fun way to make a living. Great channel

[@artsmith1347]

How quickly does the metal heat? The specific heat of the metal times the temperature difference would be overcome by the strain working of the metal to achieve room temperature at some amount of deflection.

[@robertmile]

"don't try this at home kids": yes I'm sure many of them have a hydraulic press and liquid nitrogen at home

[@s9509657]

I love this channel.

[@slaphappyduplenty2436]

Should have had a thermal camera on them.

[@denysishear]

Definitely different then in movies where metal just shatters into a million pieces from any source if it's just ice cold.

[@nanolfo_]

Maybe try to hyper-freeze them with liquid Helium, which is an *even colder* liquid :D Also, great video as always.

[@notsonominal]

Annis sound effects makes all the difference!

[@danielreed5199]

It is the year 2042, the Hydraulic Press Channel has now compressed every object in existence, the Big Bang can now occur again.

[@joshp6061]

Best ideas for freeze/crushing: manganese (not ductile), heat treated/hardened 440C stainless knife steel (you’ll love this one), vanadium (very hard and low ductility), elemental silicon or germanium (very brittle), cast aluminum (harder than typical aluminum)

[@sweepingtime]

The titanium ring is beautiful. The colors are nice.

[@davejackowski2112]

Sometimes late at night i like to lay down and cover myself with dirt and pretend im a carrot.

[@torerickson5165]

Using a thermal camera would be cool to see what temperature it starts at and increases from cold to hot under what weight the press is using