How to Turn "water" into Balls

1) The chemisty is off. Sodium bicarb (baking soda) plus acetic acid (viniger) does in fact make sodium acetate as the video states, but thats about the only thing accurate in this video. Adding calcium bicarbonate (which doesn't even exist in solid form) or even calcium carbonate will not form any new product as protrayed in this "chemical reaction."

2) The products should be clear, not colored. Nothing that was reportedly added is pink or turns pick on reaction.

3) There is no reason for the spheres to all form the same size. In addition, once one sphere in his hand interacts with another, they should both become one, just as occurs when one ball falls into the glass of liquid.

4) The spheres are too rigid. They are acting more like marbles (which is not even possible), not spheres with liquid inside (which is somewhat more plausible).

5) What the hell is "polar hability." I have never heard that term before. The closest I can think of is something losing it's polarity, which still doesn't make any sence in relation to this video.

Nice try.

Wanna buy a vowel?

you can see the marbles in the water stupid

good luck with this. the first step of adding baking soda and vinegar together will give you nothing but foam.

I have the balls ..u can buy em and then put them in water which makes them grow... F**king dumb..tryin to fool people to do all that..

if the water loses it's "polar hability", whatever that is, the time it makes contact with air. then why the F doesn't all the water turn to a big ball since it's constantly touching the air??? this guy is a loser

special litle balls that in contact whith watter they expand and absorb the watter.. ....the balls r used for flowers to be kept moist.

good one, dumb asses will try this for sure.

Nice try on this hoax but the material is a hydrogel. They start out as little spheres that absorb water. They're showing up in flower shop, but I found them online at stevespanglerscience.com under 'clear sphere'

As awsome as this would be this guy is bull shitting you. there are a few simple observations i made. First where the hell does the pink tint in the water come from? Second if the water solidifies when it hits air why does it always retain the exact same shape instead of making bigger or smaller spheres and likes some one pointed out wouldn't it already cling to itself since it is already touching the air? and finally at about 2:30 you see one roll out shortly after you hear a bang makes me think its a marble or something either way its not real.

you can see the ball idiot!!! try fooling your self better F**k your self

I was just thinking, is there any way to make it bigger. then i can use it as water bombs. LOL!

HAHAHA!!

i could almost clearly see those ball thing in the water

Why does the water turn pink at the end. Duh...I know. Those round balls are those bath bead thingies that my old lady uses in the tub. C'mon....WTF

Your spelling skill (or lack thereof) makes me want to believe either English is a second language, had a putrid education and/or you have no pride in what you put forth in your name. Your hypothesis and experiment were bogus.

Wow, this S**t is actually happened???
No way, u must took some of the spheres n' not from that.
Mm mm, it's couldn't b happening.
Look, I know what u have shown, n' it's not that, SORRY!

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but it will take abt 1 hour..

If you don't try it shut the F**k up

IONIZED salt does not exist dude... it is ioDized....wtf is poar hability? :|

WTF!?

what is it, never heard of it can some one tell me what it is and how to get it.

DUDE who posted this vid, i strongly recomend that u give more detail about it

MAKE THE VIDEO CAPTIONS. i LIKED THE SCROLING LOGO

dude !!
after can i drink the water
will any one be able to see the marbles in the water...

There are some stupid people out there. I'm not even talking about the video, I'm talking about all of the retarded people on here who couldn't spell their way out of kindergarten. And what's with all of the sh*tty grammar? Aren't you H**os learning anything at all in school? You f*ggots are the beginning to be the breakdown of the English language, the most common codec in our means of communication. Communication is something you pus*y @$$ kids take far too much for granted these days... as you sit at home after school on the computer daddy and mommy bought for you posting your retarded comments, making arguments back and forth with no substance or research at all. Instead of wasting your time arguing your uneducated opinions on Metacafe, how about spending some time on homework?

first of all you can't sodium asetate by freezing it... second of all why thoes it gets pink??... third as all are saying that the balls at contact with air they become a little solid and the so nonsense polar ability which has nothing to do with this, for the record polar ability as u say it doesn't even exist, the only common word that comes to my mind is polarity which refers to the intermolecular forces between the slightly positively-charged end of one molecule to the negative end of another or the same molecule thoes this has to do with your experiment??? no, right an that term polar ability doesn'exist!! so don't bother yourself loking at fake vids, plz investigate don't be dumb for all who think it was real, and respect him as he is (stupid) but do not abuse. hope this opened your mind THX.

w8 so im guessin that u can make sodium acetate by just mixin baking soda and vinegar? then do u have to put it in the freezer? plz comment bak on i need help o.o

Okay so what?i think is real.You think its fake?Make a video of this being fake and post the link up here
Test the experiment and get a life other than saying anything you can is fake
i swear if they'd find something that would be life changing everyone here would say its fake...

That was the most, Well I'm just speech-less.

just too much work for my lazy ass

now i have to find a new science project

why dont you submit it to mythbusters and see if they can get the same result

just two questions
1.any scientific explanation for lab?
2.why water looses its polarity?
anybody please............

Yeaaa it was a hoax. He even meant it to be a hoax. Even look in his tags. It said hoax. And to all the people who are complaining that this is fake - it's fake, but you looked at it. Then you did it. So that means that it really looked real. I thought that was a really good illusion.

yea yea yea ... he tricked you. but you guys fell for it, right ? thats waht i call an illusion. it really looked like waht it was supposed to be. so dont critisise him guys...

If it actually is artificial (most of you disbelievers believe it's glass marbles) which I don't think it is wouldn't the marbles sink not float

I just tried it and it works if you dont beleive me try it yourself it costs less than 10$

eat that thing?? coz looks like pearl where we usually put it into juice..

I don't have a problem with the experiment of the sharing of physics ideas, I have a serious problem with the design choice of that over the top illegible font. Cool stuff otherwise. ;)

the proces that the guy maked in the begening is fake....those r some litle balls that if kept in watter long enough they expand depending on the time spent in the water....they r used 4 placing fresh cut flovers in them to keep moist and fresh 4 a longer time.....

Polar hability

NOT LOOSE.

LEARN HOW TO SPELL!

Die. Just die. You can't spell, you can't make a decent trick, and your taste in "music" reminds me of people begging for food at highway offramps.

wouldn't the top of the liquid be somewhat solid or ball-like? etc.

does not make sense.
fake.

Watch for the 'water ball' that falls off his hand. Notice about 3-5 seconds later when it rolls off the table you hear a 'THUD' noise? that's the marble hitting the ground.

Fake.

Baking soda and White vinegar can produce a chemical product called sodium acetate. When heat right, it seconds it can turn to ice or if poured slowly will mound up into this white mount. Also it is called "hot ice" because it when it stiffens it heats up and is used in some of those pocket bagged hand warmers. So for those that say baking soda and vinegar do no thing but make foam, well don't talk till you tried it. Look up videos on making hot ice or making sodium acetate and do as it says and you'll see that what I explained is true. Now I kind of get the experiment but if sodium acetate is white how do the balls become clear and also in so round balls? Is it the salt? This is cool. Not a trick is it? Can someone who knows about the chemical process tell me how this works and also if someone has tried this experiment tell me if it really works like the video shows? Cool.

this is one is good!

this is very cooooool!!!

Just don't mind them coz me being a filipino, i say their KSP, Kulang sa pansin. it means they just wanna get some attention, they don't read instructions properly

is it fake or real?i think it is iodized salt not ionized salt n there is only calcium carbonate no calcium bicarbonate

you seriously ruined my day, i was tripping balls when i saw this, but since its not possible... a;slkdLKqj23lij1o23!!!!!!!!!!!!

and I still have better grammar and spelling than most of you. Take advatange of your educational system. You probably spell moron "moran".

Trebuie incercat. Sper sa gasim substantele necesare.

It was awsome

thx I'll try it

I hope my students will get a new interest with chemistry

woow that was awsome!
i will try it for fun.....
more power guys!
teach us more. . hahahaha

I think I saw this same experiment on Captain Kangaroo which translates to one conclusion - Kids aged 10 and under are the only ones that would be gallable enough to believe this...LOL...! 229tom - settle this once and for-all ...... Make another video showing us what happens when you take that container and dump the whole thing on your table instead of using just your hand...LOL ------ I didn't think so...HA-Ha-Ha..!

totally fake dude. nice try.
next time try to make water come out from your mother!

the Mixture he makes is has actually same light difracting index as glass, so when he puts glass marbles in they are not visible.

The addition of Sodium bicarbonate and Acetic acid (baking soda and vinegar) will not produce Calcium acetate. Two, Calcium bicarbonate does not exist in a solid form. It is only found in solution. What may have been intended was calcium carbonate, which is simply chalk and is non-soluble in water. In the first reaction, sodium bicarbonate and aqueous acetic acid will yield the following: carbon dioxide, carbonic acid and NaCH3COO, also, water is present and produced in the course of this reaction.

You were talking about the other balls...still...very cool.

You were talking about the other balls...still...very cool.

Whenever im low on ammo in my watergun fights i can get some Ionized salt some other crap and more crap and have water ball projectiles in 10 minutes? imagine a whole tank of that water.. i can throw endless waterballs without reloading! ok ill stfu now.. lol anyway have u tried putting that water in a watergun

The research for polar ability does not exixst so offer more explanation please is this vid true or fake i think its fake

Not impressed

what exactly is "polar hability"??
tried searching for that in wikipedia which gave me nothing. shouldn't it be polar ability? which by the way isn't very common when speaking of science terms

those titles got really anoying though
**** :)

How about you try it, tape it and if it's wrong you post the video otherwise SHUT UP! God! Someone could give us the solution to energy and everyone would just S**t all over it..

Thanks for sharing this nice experiment.

And ignore the morons in the comments :)
BTW Its "Iodized" not "Ionized" salt ...

Eol, QA guy

thanks man this was awsom

Thats just a bunch of clear or pink tinted clear marbles in water. One of them actually bounces off the table. Nice try.

do they pop? is it fake?

So of course it's spelled LOOSES cuz your a moran.

can anyone tell me the title of the second song? thanks in advance ;)

Thaanks dude ... nice one :)

The result is amazing

where can u find calcium bicarbonate

Very interesting, never knew it was possible.!! Thanks for showing us all this interesting video ... good work.

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what is it for?