How to turn water into balls

An amazing experiment: in contact with the air, this liquid looses polar hability and sticks to itself, transforming into solid water spheres.
Update: as pointed out in the comments, this video is fake. Still looks cool though

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1 Posted 390 days ago by murdoc

awesome!!!trying it right away!!

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2 Posted 390 days ago by rufinus

nice one, chemistry: making drugs, and amaze the masses :-)

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3 Posted 390 days ago by USAnumber1

I wonder how long the spheres will maintain their round shape if not returned to the glass quickly? Cool experiment.

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4 Posted 390 days ago by zevvv

Sorry to inform you, but this video is a hoax. The balls are simply made of plastic with the same diffraction index as water. This causes them to be virutally invisible under water, and show up as soon as they are lifted out of the liquid.

Also, there is no such thing as 'polar hability'.

If still not conviced, try to explain why all the balls would be of the exact same size, and why the bal falling out at 02:31 is happily bouncing around the table.

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5 Posted 390 days ago by mdv

Agree with #4. It's actually possible to make dense water that's sort-of-similar to this in a lab, but baking soda, vinegar, and salt definitely are not going to do it.

The stupid font choice, misspellings, and vague measurements (a small amount of...) should be hints enough.

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6 Posted 390 days ago by jesse_f

At 2:27 you can clearly see that there are balls in the water because once the person puts their hand in the water, they are pushed to one side and protrude above the water's surface even before they leave the water thus proving that they are physical objects

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7 Posted 390 days ago by alexnader

also if it sticks to itself shouldn't it theoretically create a ball the size of the amount of water that is scooped out. not a whole bunch of small marbles.
BS. to bad.

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8 Posted 390 days ago by SuperDave

FAKE

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9 Posted 390 days ago by mafiaBH

It means i cant see my neighbour die choking with my new DIY Fresh Soda ?? =(

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10 Posted 390 days ago by supra11000

#4 I agree, its quite visibly fake. Would be awesome if it were true.

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11 Posted 390 days ago by puffedkirby

#10 yea it'd be awesome.

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12 Posted 390 days ago by saatanaperkele

Kill the person who posted this. I mean it, really, kill him. the world would be a better place without him. damn fake poster.

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13 Posted 390 days ago by nooitaf

#1 i wouldnt
#4 agreed
#5 agreed
#6 agreed
#10 agreed
#11 agreed
#12 don't agree

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14 Posted 390 days ago by Niek (admin)

The guys at Reddit agree with you: http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/79ky0/how_to_turn_water_into_balls/

Too bad this video is fake... it looked awesome

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15 Posted 390 days ago by Noobeater

The bass scared my neighbours

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16 Posted 389 days ago by Atkinc088

I have those same drinking glasses

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17 Posted 389 days ago by martynbiker

#1 roflmao!

#12 Are you for real? Kill someone for this? I hope they never let you have a Gun. Idiot!

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18 Posted 389 days ago by BombDiggady (moderator)

So that's how you make marbles.

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19 Posted 389 days ago by chance

Im trying it right now! AWESOME!

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20 Posted 389 days ago by DarkiKun

Lol how would anyone believe something like this? its like so obvious that its just not real.

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21 Posted 389 days ago by leviathan

I've got just test it and I had a bit of D.N.A. and ... OH MY GOD !!

IT JUST CAME TO LIFE !! THAT'S SO A FUCKING ADVANCE IN ...

Assholes -_-'

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22 Posted 389 days ago by x3style

I got this home its a decoration its like nr #4 said they are mainly in a vase for plastic flowers the balls are of a rubbery/gelatine they are not solid substance with a similar diffraction level of water they are allways in a collored water substance in clear water you are able to distinguish them.
I'm sure this video was only made to receive more subscriptions on you tube.

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23 Posted 389 days ago by MsZoomy (admin)

Ok, I never even took high school chemistry, but I can tell you that no freakin household chemicals like salt and vinegar and baking soda are going to make some magical substance. Yes I know we all know it's fake, but it just goes to show how gullible some people really are!! Sad..........

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24 Posted 389 days ago by MsZoomy (admin)

Oh yeah, I forgot, science is fun, but only when it's real, soooo...
No Monkey for you, Loser!!

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25 Posted 389 days ago by revilowo

lol this experiment is soooo fake. Once I saw them on holyday in Italy, where you chould buy 20 of them for 2 euros!!!

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26 Posted 388 days ago by SpikedSilver

so if it is fake. what is it? something like these soap balls you get in hotels?

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27 Posted 388 days ago by zf1 (moderator)

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28 Posted 388 days ago by zf1 (moderator)

people who create hoaxes usually are not smart enough to show legitimate findings, not to mention successfully tricking people into believing that a hoax is real.

with some exceptions, you should check out "the hutchinson effect". apparently, this guy has been showing experimental findings for decades, and til this day, no one is certain if it is a hoax or not.

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29 Posted 388 days ago by McLovin

I need to know if I drink it, I could piss those balls???