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I can just imagine “So what are you here for?” “Sugar” “And those 13 others?” “Sugar” “Did you eat too much?” “No” “Then why are you here?” “I don’t know, but I saw a bowling ball enter orbit”
Reminds me of rocket engines. They're literally "controlled explosions" (unlike jet engines, which work slightly differently). When things go wrong, you may end up with what engineers euphemistically call "rapid unscheduled disassembly" - that is, the rocket can blow up. (Another delightful rocket science euphemism is "engine-rich exhaust", when the nozzle starts to vaporize - also not good.)
That because"flatten the curve" is based on math, and explosions and marshmallows show other areas where the mash is the same. Integrals and derivatives have real meanings, integrals or the area under the curve for both is the total quantity, the derivative is the rate of change which is basically the rate of infection or the rate of energy release, and if its too high bad things happen.
This coment sure does remind me of how, at least in the UK, we have not. (At time of writing 2021-01-06 we have effectively flattened the curve upwards with 2% of the population testing positive in 1 week)
“So what’s your superpower?” “I can change the rate energy is released” “How does that work?” *Holds up a bag of marshmallows and a lighter* “You’re about to find out”
well, butter have twice the power density sugar have but its very hard to release energy. but in my country there was a truck full of butter crashed and exploded like in the movies. also if you want to make flour go bang, its quite possible to cause explosion with enough air and heat source, like that joke with flour in hairdryer.
Fun fact, this principle is used to make model rocket fuel: simply mixing sugar with an oxidizer such as potassium nitrate (KNO3) gives you something called "rocket candy." Go read about it!
Interesting to think that when you see an explosion, you actually only see part of its power; the part that is left after whatever maximum could get absorbed by the surroundings.
Funnily enough, before cheap ANFO was available for blasting, liquid oxygen mixed with some sort of fuel was, under names like Oxyliquit, popular as a mining explosive. The components were totally safe until mixed, and if a charge misfired, you could simply wait half an hour for all the oxygen to evaporate, and it would be safe again.
Ever heard of guncotton? It's cellulose but chemically altered to attach more oxygen so it becomes explosive. Could probably do the same to other sugars.
Meanwhile in a parallel universe where this was the telephone game episode: "If it's raining a lot, everyone goes inside, and we get a sharp spike in corona cases. But if there's more of a drizzle, some might still be out hiking, and we could flatten the curve."
… With the first chart you drew showing the power released from combusting TNT vs. marshmallows, a certain three-word phrase I first heard in March this year popped into my head. And the last chart you drew, with the capacity of the environment to absorb energy, only reminded me more. It’s 2020; how could you not make a “flatten the curve” reference? Although with the 2020-specific version, the flatter curve hopefully has *less* instead of *more* area, especially since we might soon be able to start getting the metaphorical marshmallow out of the fire.
Hello completely random being reading this carefully arranged assortment of words in this paragraph, I hope you are having a good day and night and take care of yourself :)
However could anyone have guessed that I, a Minute Earth subscriber who habitually reads at least some comments, would end up reading a comment on a Minute Earth video? It must be pure chance!
So why is finely powdered sugar not used as an explosive intentionally the way that TNT is used? I would imagine sugar is less expensive, since it's so ubiquitous even in just everyday cooking. Maybe it's expensive (or dangerous) to process the sugar into powder than it is to prepare TNT? Or is there some other factor I'm not thinking of?
Great question - sugar (even if it's finely ground) has to be distributed in the air at just the right concentration to explode like this, which can be hard to achieve. Plus, since it's relatively stable, it's difficult to detonate in a straightforward way.
Perfect approach for an educational Video. First stir up curiosity and then explain what's going on :) Never thought of this topic this way, very insightful! =)
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That's why Qassam rockets (and similar types of rockets powered with similar ingredients) use sugar, as the ingredient used to make fertilizer burns slower.
I think the video skipped a key part to why the explosion even happens. Since the molecules split/reform into many new molecules that are gaseous, the particles try to spread out. They do this is such a small amount of time that the particles create a spreading wave of heated, dense "air" that is experienced as an explosion.
The 7 gm TNT, which has all the necessary component atoms inside, releases less energy than the marshmallow because the 7 gm marshmallow, when it burns, also takes up (I don't know how many) grams of oxygen, in order to release its energy. That means the marshmallow combustion is more than 7 gm total.
Does the 7 gram of marshmallows include the mass of all the oxygen required for the reaction? if the mass of oxygen is not accounted for, the overall mass of reactants may be higher in the case of marshmallows.
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Somehow I doubt that TNT is really that strong. I'm trained to work with explosives for a few years now and 7g of TNT is powerful and will for sure rip off your hand, but I can hardly imagine that it will lift a bowling ball 7600m into the air. If we talk about the perfect covertion from TNT to energy and nothing is lost then maybe, but in reality much of the energy will be wasted to everything that is not the bowling ball. If not, MinuteEarth should let me know because in that case I have to get a bowling ball and put this to the test and sience my way through this!
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No lol
Good science... strong science
Hi
@@Andy_Hendrix_9842 hi
My first thought was: how can I weaponize marshmallows?
a bag of powdered sugar and an oxygen tank.
Well if you mixed in an oxidizer into it you could probably get it to burn faster, maybe not explosively fast but fast enough to be interesting.
Maybe add a little cynade
@@Blast335pokemineblox Sugar rockets are really neat. add a bit of potassium nitrate/chlorate, and you turn it into a decent solid rocket fuel.
A bent stick, string, a marshmallow stick, fire.
Light marshmallow on fire and shoot it at a pile of powered sugar
2:22
"and killed 14 people"
*peaceful uplifting guitar riff continues*
🤣🤣
Yeah that made me stop for a minute haha
Yeah sugar is deadly..
It was not "peaceful" but "mostly peaceful". ;)
I can just imagine
“So what are you here for?”
“Sugar”
“And those 13 others?”
“Sugar”
“Did you eat too much?”
“No”
“Then why are you here?”
“I don’t know, but I saw a bowling ball enter orbit”
Slow and steady may not necessarily win the race, but it's more controllable.
Yeah, that's why I will never do a speedrun.
Reminds me of rocket engines. They're literally "controlled explosions" (unlike jet engines, which work slightly differently). When things go wrong, you may end up with what engineers euphemistically call "rapid unscheduled disassembly" - that is, the rocket can blow up.
(Another delightful rocket science euphemism is "engine-rich exhaust", when the nozzle starts to vaporize - also not good.)
Funne number
Same with the covid-19 pandemic
@@columbus8myhw
I swear, I am going to find a way, to use that phrase somehow. 😂
Dust explosions are crazy, and not just powdered sugar. But everything from flour to brick dust can be terrifyingly explosive.
Combustible dust is no joke. The US Chemical Safety Board has a series of videos devoted to just that hazard.
Ask goblin slayer that. He knows.
Ground cinnamon can be very entertaining
Those who watched baki knows
I immediately thought of the show “Goblin Slayer” and was confused as to how fine-ground flour could be explosive. Now I know.
Huh so the curve that gets highest means worse and the flattened one is better.
Now where and due to what pandemic have i heard this concept before?
😂
Also the global he- I mean the dissipating limit
"How can I say flatten the curve without mentioning COVID?"
"TNT and marshmallows."
"... What?"
+
Just my thought 😂
That because"flatten the curve" is based on math, and explosions and marshmallows show other areas where the mash is the same.
Integrals and derivatives have real meanings, integrals or the area under the curve for both is the total quantity, the derivative is the rate of change which is basically the rate of infection or the rate of energy release, and if its too high bad things happen.
I find it funny how "flatten the curve" became "BE AFRAID!".
The subliminal messaging game is strong
These concepts sure do remind me of flattening the curve for Corona virus.
Me to
I was waiting for that to be mentioned in the video, but alas
pretty sure the first one would flatline society as a whole.
This coment sure does remind me of how, at least in the UK, we have not. (At time of writing 2021-01-06 we have effectively flattened the curve upwards with 2% of the population testing positive in 1 week)
Yep
“So what’s your superpower?”
“I can change the rate energy is released”
“How does that work?”
*Holds up a bag of marshmallows and a lighter*
“You’re about to find out”
*explodes office*
GET OOUUUT
10 photos taken right before diseaster
*brings ultra-fine ground sugar, an oxygen tank, and spark ignition*
For science!
Catalystman?
well, butter have twice the power density sugar have but its very hard to release energy.
but in my country there was a truck full of butter crashed and exploded like in the movies.
also if you want to make flour go bang, its quite possible to cause explosion with enough air and heat source, like that joke with flour in hairdryer.
".. Extra energy ends up as destructive waves"
That explains toddlers pretty well actually..
I need s'more of this awesome content
Ba-Dum Tshhh!
*punch sounds*
@@saidaflafal660 You need to mallow down
@AINIEL YABUT You got them backwards
I will never think about marshmallows the same way I did a few minutes ago
lol same
Mine never changed
@@donaldduong6855 same
Same here
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"
Stop roasting that marshmallow, he is crying already!
Ha ha marsh mellow white fatty
@@99999bomb That was not kind you uncultured swine
Ha ha marsh mellow white fatty
@@99999bomb don't talk about my mother that way!
@@TheFerretofEarth it’s a jok ok?
Watch the quiet kid bring marshmallows to school-
Wanna see me do it again?!
the quiet nerd
*Pumped Up Kicks
starts to play* *
@@manjensen1710 "Better run better run, faster than my- _marshmellow..._
Watch the nerd kid bring powderized sugar.
KA-BOOM
The title is something that would come out of a movie
The sequel to Mars Attacks: Dangerous Marshmallows.
ASDF movie?
Band name.
If James Bond were adapted into a Saturday morning cartoon
Like, say... Ghostbusters 2?
I've literally just finished eating a bag of marshmallows for the first time in years, then I see a notification for this video. I am scared.
they're watching youuuu
Don't fart near flames.
lol I've never eaten a marshmallow, I don't like sugar, I prefer eating some olives (I'm from Italy)
@@lucabralia5125 good on you for a healthier life style.
@@mudcake_andworms thanks, normally the only sugar I take is from cakes and I only eat them at birthdays, I prefer more salty food
Fun fact, this principle is used to make model rocket fuel: simply mixing sugar with an oxidizer such as potassium nitrate (KNO3) gives you something called "rocket candy." Go read about it!
Interesting to think that when you see an explosion, you actually only see part of its power; the part that is left after whatever maximum could get absorbed by the surroundings.
Brain went: That’s not TNT, it’s not red and there’s not a white line that says TNT in black, bold lettering
Creeper?
And no droopy-nosed canid staring sorrowfully at us.
@@catandcomparator aw man
@@FewVidsJustComments So we back in the mine
@@omnitroph1501 Got our pickaxe swinging from side to side, side side to side.
This looks like covid "flatten the curve"
It is the same principle
Flatten the smore!
no, then all the DELICIOUS chocolate will Leak Out
(if you like it like that, then You can I guess)
the lost opportunity
TNT: exists
Marshmallows: Let me introduce myself
So, what you're saying is that we need to make marshmallows with pure oxygen so we can have shiny new marshmallow guns.
Funnily enough, before cheap ANFO was available for blasting, liquid oxygen mixed with some sort of fuel was, under names like Oxyliquit, popular as a mining explosive. The components were totally safe until mixed, and if a charge misfired, you could simply wait half an hour for all the oxygen to evaporate, and it would be safe again.
well... freeze dry it. soak it in liquid oxygen, and lighting it *might* do something
Just mix it in a pure oxygen environment and you'll trap oxygen bubbles instead of air
@@zuthalsoraniz6764 I can imagine carting round a heavy dewar full of boiling oxygen wasn't fun though.
Ever heard of guncotton? It's cellulose but chemically altered to attach more oxygen so it becomes explosive. Could probably do the same to other sugars.
The very thought that the Stay Puft marshmellow man could become a nuclear device with sliiightly different chemistry is absolutely horrifying.
**marshmallow
You know when 2020 couldnt get any worse when marshmellows can blow up.
Well they can't. That was kinda the point of the video.
With enough o2 it would
@@Skorpien. Thought they said it had to be finely ground first. Not very marshmallow-y at that point.
@@brendanrisney2449 true
@Sofia Ganstal The best jokes make sense.
Meanwhile in a parallel universe where this was the telephone game episode:
"If it's raining a lot, everyone goes inside, and we get a sharp spike in corona cases. But if there's more of a drizzle, some might still be out hiking, and we could flatten the curve."
Sounds like everyone shares a home.
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What is this comment you speak about? Is it food?
@@donaldduong6855 Sir, look down three comments.
I learned recently that it also counts comments within comments
@@flamefriends3842 yes
@@EntergeticalakaBot patreons has early access to videos so they comment early
0:57 Hexagons are the bestagons.
Marshmallow: gets entirely set on fire by a plane jet
The marshmallow: b o o m
2:59
You ever just roast a marshmallow and cause a flash flood?
2:06 "I could watch this for days"
said apparently a lot of people
Flat the TNT curve.
… With the first chart you drew showing the power released from combusting TNT vs. marshmallows, a certain three-word phrase I first heard in March this year popped into my head. And the last chart you drew, with the capacity of the environment to absorb energy, only reminded me more. It’s 2020; how could you not make a “flatten the curve” reference?
Although with the 2020-specific version, the flatter curve hopefully has *less* instead of *more* area, especially since we might soon be able to start getting the metaphorical marshmallow out of the fire.
I am so emotionally beaten lately that...all I took from this video was ".....so, can I detonate a marshmallow or what?"
No wonder he plead guilty on asdfmovie 13
me if i get tab for a cause: *casually spams tabs*
Minute earth: "2,4,6 trinitrotoluene"
me: its sooo cute
Minute earth : "in short, TNT"
me:
Hello completely random being reading this carefully arranged assortment of words in this paragraph,
I hope you are having a good day and night and take care of yourself :)
However could anyone have guessed that I, a Minute Earth subscriber who habitually reads at least some comments, would end up reading a comment on a Minute Earth video? It must be pure chance!
.-.
I needed that today
Thank you
i literally had to read the first line a few times for it to make sense lol
thank you though! you too
one of my coworkers worked at that factory in Savannah and called in sick the day of the explosion
So why is finely powdered sugar not used as an explosive intentionally the way that TNT is used? I would imagine sugar is less expensive, since it's so ubiquitous even in just everyday cooking. Maybe it's expensive (or dangerous) to process the sugar into powder than it is to prepare TNT? Or is there some other factor I'm not thinking of?
Great question - sugar (even if it's finely ground) has to be distributed in the air at just the right concentration to explode like this, which can be hard to achieve. Plus, since it's relatively stable, it's difficult to detonate in a straightforward way.
I thought why cant we foam up marshmallow with oxygen to make it quicker and then I realized that I just reinvented a sugar rockets
Also,can we all just appreciate the fact this channel is so amazing and makes us learn stuff in a fun way?
I think we all thought the same thing as soon as that line was drawn at 2:48.
Perfect approach for an educational Video. First stir up curiosity and then explain what's going on :)
Never thought of this topic this way, very insightful! =)
*Stay Puft Mashmallow Man enters chat*
Is that limit sound barrier?
My enemies will burn in my marshmallow goo
Me: *sees this video
Me next: *Google "marshmallow IED schematics"
I love marshmallows
I realize
I'm eating nukes
1:21 hey how did you get a fireproof stick
2:18 that brings a whole new meaning to sugar bomb
yep
I love that there is a yeen in the intro. The world need more yeens.
Neat to learn about this! Sometimes I forgot how potent sugar could be as a fuel. Thanks for uploading!
I never thought about a comparison between explosives and food. This is awesome!
PvP games should add marshmallows as an attack
Your videos are amazing!!
Started using Tab for a Cause since you exposed me to it. Happy to help! I may be late for the prizes but I can still help fund charities! Thank you MinuteEarth! : D
I use lots of tabs everyday because research go brrrr. Have a great day and keep up the great work!
Thanks for all the great videos :)
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MINUTEEARTH!!
That's why Qassam rockets (and similar types of rockets powered with similar ingredients) use sugar, as the ingredient used to make fertilizer burns slower.
ok now i see why airports took my marshmellos
Are they ground very finely?
all the inanimate insanity fans: **starts singing afterlife in the limelight**
A Georgia sugar refinery killed 14 people.
Kate: "La la la. life is good, I'm so happy."
😕
TNT: very fast energy released
Marshmallow: Passes the time to burn itself
I love this random minuit chemistry episode
I was about to say first, but then I remembered that I have a brain.
Much love, your friends at Rev Media!!
This channel is amazing
62 HOURS TILL MY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Also great video!
Got done with a long day of school to learn more... but I like learning
youtubers:open as many tabs as possible to see how much their pc can handle
tab for a cause: tell em to bring me my money
I love your videos!
Oh so THAT'S why the marshmallow burned for so long on the Bunsen burner in my high school science class! I finally get it!
This has to be the cutest channel.
0:18 no, please say the chemical formula of the sugar of the marshmallow. Every component is equally important
Shouldn’t the graph be power/time, not energy/time? An energy/time graph would be the integral of those curves we were being shown.
I think the video skipped a key part to why the explosion even happens. Since the molecules split/reform into many new molecules that are gaseous, the particles try to spread out. They do this is such a small amount of time that the particles create a spreading wave of heated, dense "air" that is experienced as an explosion.
really fantastic metaphor!!!
The 7 gm TNT, which has all the necessary component atoms inside, releases less energy than the marshmallow because the 7 gm marshmallow, when it burns, also takes up (I don't know how many) grams of oxygen, in order to release its energy. That means the marshmallow combustion is more than 7 gm total.
The title : marshmello can explode
Me : this is a world war 3 weapon or even marshmello war 1
When i saw the curve plot i was shocked at how clever this was
2:14 Wow! I didn't know that until now. That's wild!
I’m scared for the day that marshmallow stop taking their time and start vaporizing people’s arms.
Does the 7 gram of marshmallows include the mass of all the oxygen required for the reaction? if the mass of oxygen is not accounted for, the overall mass of reactants may be higher in the case of marshmallows.
Me while eating marshmallow in the corner:
Love this video, the extra science knowledge I never knew I need
Minute earth miss you soo much, please upload faster
Wait, isn't toluene like pain thinner?
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USCSB did a video on the sugar factory explosion. Very good one.
Dear MinuteEarth thumbnail maker,
DUDE CHANGE THE THUMBNAIL I MEAN WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THIS WAS A MINUTE EARTH VIDEO😂
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So you're telling me that there's a chance that a marshmallow will explode when i cook it?
Noted we shall use this info for ‘personal research’
This is the same concept behind grain elevator explosions. Grain dust mixed in air burns extremely quickly.
Thx for info
Dangerous marshmallows to words I'd thought I'd never here in the same sentence
That flour-exploding scene from Goblin Slayer suddenly makes a whole lot of sense now.
WW1: Introduces tanks
WW2: Introduces Nukes
WW 3: Introduces Marshmallow Missles
You had my attention at "TNT".
Then at about 0:53 the short answer basically is, "The brightest flame burns out the fastest."
0:25
WHAT
Now I fear marshmallows
Somehow I doubt that TNT is really that strong.
I'm trained to work with explosives for a few years now and 7g of TNT is powerful and will for sure rip off your hand, but I can hardly imagine that it will lift a bowling ball 7600m into the air.
If we talk about the perfect covertion from TNT to energy and nothing is lost then maybe, but in reality much of the energy will be wasted to everything that is not the bowling ball.
If not, MinuteEarth should let me know because in that case I have to get a bowling ball and put this to the test and sience my way through this!