Microwaving Grapes Makes Plasma
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2024
- A bisected grape in the microwave makes plasma. But how does it work? A grape is the right size and refractive index to trap microwaves inside it. When you place two (or two halves) close together the fields interact with each other creating a maximum of electromagnetic energy where they touch. This creates heating, sparks, and plasma, which is further fed with energy directly by the microwaves.
Huge thanks to Hamza Khattak, Prof. Pablo Bianucci and Prof. Aaron Slepkov (unavailable for the call) for chatting to me and helping me understand the physics of this cool phenomenon.
Linking plasma formation in grapes to microwave resonances of aqueous dimers
www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/...
Special thanks to Patreon supporters:
Donal Botkin, James M Nicholson, Michael Krugman, Nathan Hansen, Ron Neal, Stan Presolski, Terrance Shepherd
Thanks also to Steve Bosi, my original plasma collaborator.
Animations by Alan Chamberlain
Music from epidemicsound.com "Seaweed"
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I love you Derek, I love your science stuffs and all
I CAN HEAR YOUR VOICE Derek!!
I'm blind and deaf
At 0:55, is the caption supposed to save "microwave great plasma"? Shouldn't it be "microwave grape plasma"?
does that mean spherical fruit or some other thing containing Na and K in it can create plasma ??
At least 1 person from these 14M+ views would have tried this immediately just by looking at the title and broken their microwave, and that person was me. Thank you, Derek.
Good job sid
F
@@infabys2 indeed
Glad I read the comments for just this info first! Because, if I got the "all clear," I was going to my microwave with a grape oh so fast!
it breaks the microwave? do let us know what really happened.
- What did you do for ur PhD?
- I microwaved grapes.
Umm.....the first author Hamza Khattak was an UNDEREGRAD!
*E*
It is the purest sample we have seen yet.
@@Grocel512 Lol
@@aaronslepkov5835 so it was a capstone final year thesis/project?
"Did you do it"
"Yes"
"What did it cost?"
"THE MICROWAVE"
does it damage the micro wave?
@@arthurmackintosh6154 yes
@@fortnitemaps9335 too late
@@arthurmackintosh6154 can you explain how exactly does microwave recieves damage?
@@preritsharma4505 I was joking
I am so happy I found this video! My daughter's Jr High "Science Fair" project was "microwaving grapes" (around 2009 or so). Specifically, "Which gives a better spark, red or green grapes?" Naturally, it was a huge hit with everyone except the microwave!
Somewhere out there is a curious teenager putting a whole bundle of grapes into a microwave because he wants to take this plasma thing further. What have you done Derek. What have you done.
Damn, I literally just commented about putting a whole bunch of grapes 1 comment up...
Am not a teenager but I so want to do that.
@@ataurusqueenofzion916 If I had spare microwave.......
Ruined someone's microwave?
Dammit, I do not own a microwave...
That's what I'm saying you guys: the sun is a giant grape.
Two Giant Grapes!
agreed. i saw a video on here explaining it once but i think they've taken it down
the sun is supercharged water = plasma
Hundreds of millions of dollars in research money every year...and it turns out all you really need is a single grape and a common kitchen microwave oven to get plasma.
And space is the microwave.
I feel like earth is the grape and the sun is the microwave
So I rewatched this video today. And realized (and yes, apparently I'm stupid, can't believe I didnt think of this before.) That microwave ovens and wifi run on almost the same wavelength. And the reason I'm occasionally having wifi issues is because I have a shitty microwave and when it was running, my router was sitting on top of it and it would drop my wifi signal significantly. Thank you. Once again, yes I'm stupid.
thats rly interesting
So what your saying is that wifi is slowly cooking us
No
Wait a sec, that would mean, your microwave is leaking microwave, (which it's not supposed to do.) hence disruptung your WiFi,
( They are both 2.45ghz but the only difference which makes one harmful to the other is that, the microwave from microwave is has much more power {700W}
Whiles your router has about {100mW} 7000x less power.
if you get exposed to the microwave from microwave, it's alter your genes aka cancer... So I really don't think what ever is happening there is safe at all, keep a distance always from your microwave or change it ,
Or am I too stupid to understand?
(Edit): yes I was very stupid
Unfortunately yes these waves aren't ionizing waves so they can't give you cancer or alter dna
But according to someone 120W 2.4ghz can cook you from the inside,
Based on my fear, just don't get exposure to it for long periods over long spans
Just change it,,,,,,,
@@cookedpotato You know how the discovery of the microwave heating food happened right? I think you're over reacting a bit lol.
and then he waddled away waddled waddled away and came back again the very next day, vaporizing the man at the stand with this plasma cannon full of grapes
“You don’t need to use a grape you can use a hydrogel waterbead”
To be fair grapes basically are hydrogel water beads that taste better
*better?*
Not really, the beads expand in water
of course everyone has hydrogel waterbeads lying around in their kitchen.
@@gavy7746 hydrogel waterbeads are extremely cheap so thats something
@@nehankaranch2149 Oh good I had no idea what it was. Yea grapes are way too expensive.
Me looking at my microwave:
Microwave: Don’t even think about that
Homemade sun
*E*
Warning: This can ruin your microwave.
🤣
xD
I came here with every intention of skipping to the part where we see the grape get microwaved, and ended up staying for the whole video. Science!
Awesome Video & thanks for clearing this unique phenomenon up.
if you put a grape in the microwave, the microwave will actually be in the grape. cool
Hahaha
*S C I E N C E*
this is how the BTD6 upgrade "burning hot grapes" works
@Damien Boschert the "micro-wave" is in the grape
@@Qaptyl That was unexpected
Next episode: how putting a Kiwi in an ez-bake oven makes a neutron star.
kiwi fruit or kiwi bird
@@grapehool7699 fruit
@@grapehool7699 did it work?
@@LF-un7nc Instructions unclear, I made a black hole instead
@@grapehool7699 or kiwico
My wife isn't happy that I found your channel. My appliance salesman is very happy.
Derek: "What is this plasma made of?"
Me: "Grapes. The plasma is grape flavored."
2018: They did surgery on a grape
2019: *_They did plasma with grapes_*
It's an older date than that he just explains it in more detail
2020: They made a blackhole with grapes
Grapes are the awnser to all questions
2021: teleportation with grapes
@@uncommonpancake9838 1264: Time traveling with grapes
"Grapes can trap 2.4 Ghz"
Me: *_Puts grapes around a wifi router and then cuts them in half for a free wifi hotspot._*
This will take off.
Nice!!
A being of great intellect, huh??
@@user7499 A being of grape intellect!
@@charleswambolt7116 Anonymous punster strikes again
Really interesting video, hadn't seen you before but now I am subscribed! At all costs I must keep this from my teenager though...
Thanks again for a neat video and a great explanation.
*Fun fact: If you try this at 3am a scary monster called "mom" is gonna show up then beat you up and told you to sleep fast*
This reply is edited and you wont know what the heck happened here
If you would've swore this comment would've had that bigger punch to it
what if
mom left
my mom don’t hit me or my dad
@@itsyaboisunny5072 this reply to a reply will also do nothing.
Next: Ripping the space-time continuum by putting a banana on the freezer
Gel-banana
@@BirdUpFR You're fast))))
El Psy Kongroo
tu tu ru!
I am mad scientist. It's so coooool. Sunovabitch.
What i like about this channel is if you missed the same subject years ago , you can catch the rehash/ rerun here and its sold to you like its a new discovery. Oh joy , the wonderful joy of youtubers rehashing of other tubers, and it never ends, how cool is that.
Waww, so much physics in a grape. Resonance, line broadening, internal reflection, plasma. Very interesting
6 year old me, who microwaved 2 grapes and ate them:
*_INFINITE ELECTRICITY_*
Electro,s origin story
The birth of Black Lightning
Stop the grape genocide
#grapelivesmatter
@@Jason-with-a-game ha ha ha
Legend has it, he’s had super powers to this day
Veritasium dude: "you don't even need to use a grape. You can get the same effect using hydrogel water beads". Me: Whew....thank goodness! Here I was planning a month-long trip all over the country to find grapes.
@@GS_PlayzFN dude... this is a grape video...
(i''ll sub tho bc why not lol)
@@GS_PlayzFN did you get it the pc cause you have 7.5k subs
Ahahhaahhahaahha i didnt get this at first and was about to ask you where you fresking live that you have no grapes! Then I realized it was sarcasm. Im so bad at this 🙈
Th... those are just orbeezs.
Right.... like if grapes are a lot harder to find. Lol
You teach me things I never thought I wanted to know.
Thanks so much for the explanation!
Day 15 of Quarantine, I’ve started microwaving grapes
Day fifty something:
Edit: why do I have all these likes
Lmfao😭🤣😂🤣
Day 50: help the grapes are microwaving me now
@@senorpizza Reverse Card
He stopped responding because his house caught fire and burned down.
Imagine being the person who found this out
He just wanted some cooked grapes
Worrm græyp
We all pay for our sins.
Just imagine his reaction
Lol
Dragon Jràįph🍇
I keep coming back to this video almost 8 years ago
Absolutely love this video. Thanks.
Forget quantum physics, grape science is the newest freshest field everyone wants in on
Can't wait to take my PhD in 'Interactions between grapes under the influence of electromagnetic radiation'
Remember when they did surgery on a grape
Literally "The freshest" XD
Plasma grapes and grape surgery are just the beginning
"Hiiiiii! I was wondering... is this PhD program Farm-to-Microwave-Plate?"
"If you don't have grapes tho, u can still use hydrogel water beads." Like everyone has hydrogel water beads but not grapes😂
That's exactly I was thinking 😂 they are speaking like hydrogel more common than grapes
Orbeeeeeeez
That is, in fact, what she said
It's called orbeses buddy
I have never heard of hydrogel beads
very satisfying follow-up video tbh
I enjoyed learning about grapes and microwaves for eight minutes.
Just tried with a cherry. It started moving around the plate like a possessed hex-bug before exploding
For science
hex bugs
truly the nerdiest comment section, I totally forgot those existed
I remember those i played with them when i was you ger
6:20 could explain why. Cherries tend to be more "fleshy" on the inside with considerably less water than grapes to absorb the microwaves, therefore making it less stable while being pelted with microwaves.
possessed hex bug lmaoo
The sun is just some grapes being micro-waved in the sky
That's not too far off.
nonono the grapes are the suns the sun is a grape
In the space**
Lol
@@wayasho5284 Hmm.. 😜
LoL😆
I feel like i understood it clearly but the fact that we cannot think of it when it is common is really amazing
That was cool, the simplest thing to think of and no one did, much more to find I guess?, Pretty interesting when considering how many stuff people have put in microwaves over the years
I love how Einstein came up with general relativity in 1915 but we didn’t even know why a grape in a microwave created plasma until 2019
Ah, _human evolution_
*insert brain intelligence meme*
To be fair the microwave oven was invented about 8 years before Einstein died, so he didn't have a lot of time to ponder the Grape Plasma Conundrum. 😁
considerin which one we actually wanted to undertand this is surprising
i mean people these days are doing wilder stuff, like who in their right mind would decide to cut a grape in half, and put the halves next to eachother in a microwave
I also found it interesting how he knew that a grape in a microwave created plasma in 2019, when he was aive.
Does this glitch still work or did it get patched yet?
ruclips.net/video/BJzJtm7OfdQ/видео.html
Patched. They just explode. Science....pssssh
Lmao
Ye, 1.11.7 patch notes
Lmao
So does this mean you could technically weld using grapes? Putting it very simplistically but you get the basic idea im going for
Or any gelly bead
Excellent video. But one thing was wrong, that the amplification of the waves varies with the electromagnetic absorption extent. This absorption extent depends on the bulk of the substance and not the surface area, as the internal as well as external absorption happens within the grape. Also, there is a continuous absorption and deflection of the microwaves within the grape, which does not allow the waves to escape out, somewhat similar to an optical medium in which light gets trapped as a result of total internal reflection. That's why the amplification, and therefore the concentration of the electromagnetic waves is maximum at the centre of the grape, and hence the two fields of electromagnetism interact with each other because of ionisation of periarieal air.
Credit - Satvik Lahiry Bhattacharya
From the minds that brought you “surgery on a grape”, we now present:
What?
Prepare to get copied
@@ismailhussein9582 I thought it was sarcasm but you profile pic says otherwise
I would like this comment but then it wouldn’t have 666 likes
And now you know how plasma t.v. works. It's a whole lot of grapes being microwaved.
hahaha imagine the power draw
I still have a plasma tv
Lord Cucumber how many times a month do you have to resupply the grapes?
Did anyone else read that in a scruffy voice
@@aaronjackson4541 see one grape lasts over 30 years in the form of plasma. As long as it has a catalyst.
PS. Microwave is the catalyst and the grapes go in a freezer when your done
Badass! i want to try this. I just subscribed to your RUclips channel.
Me and my colleagues professors appear to have found some answer the same some 4 years ago...AMAZING
I’m sure a quick “don’t try this at home” disclaimer could have prevented a couple of house fires 😅
would probably be the other way around,remember those highly dangerous video that told you *not* to do that?Well,lets just say it didnt turn out well.
@Taramafor Haikido encourage them*
Stupid people will always be stupid no matter if you warn them or not.
If you really think that disclaimer would sway anyone you are a morron
@@allangarddegriss6798 Sure, only morons believe that any human other than themselves is capable of caution. A disclaimer would very much have been the difference in me trying this or not. Instead I had to rely on comments
Best part of the video is when a guy watching the plasma float in the microwave yells “Whoa, who needs drugs!”
but is he taking a pole or making an offer? lol
Lol made me craxk tf up
5:51
This
I think it was a drugdealer walking in on the experiment and going "Whoa!" at the plasma. Then he asks a completely unrelated question.
This is great for chefs to understand how microwave cookery works
As a physicist I find it amazing!!
In a parallel universe:
How Evaporating Plasma Makes Grapes
In a parallel universe:
-graps. lets put human in microwave and create plasma
* de sublimation
Laws of physics remains same in parallel universe
@UC48TLF72NeUzBmUXZqRooww parallel universes as a concept weren't created in Rick and Morty, dumbass
@@tusharbkumar6035 I thought the basic idea of universes is that their separated by the laws of physics. Wouldn't that mean their being acted on by the same overall force then?
End the surgeries
End the microwaving
*grape lives matter*
#GrapeLivesMatter
End the Wineries, too! The MILLENNIA of abuse from Wineries is unfathomable and incomprehensible...
A grape isn’t even alive though
Racist
And BILLIONS of grapes get eaten by vegans every year
#grapelivesmatter
I'm gonna Grape you in the mouth
Great video! I got my degree in Physics and Math in 1995; however, I have been working in the field of IT instead, mostly because when I graduated I was informed that in order to do work in Physics I really needed a Master's degree at a minimum. :-(
Its a weird point of pride for me that i did this thing before you posted your original video 11 years ago. Im a total og
2019: Making plasma with grapes
2022: Making neutron stars with grapes
Grapes are great!
Pls nerf grapes, they can do too much
Lars's Wig 2021: Making universes with grapes
2030: making black holes with grapes
2036: Making a planet out of grape
"The size of the grapes is important"
*checks own grapes*
Time to microwave these bad bois
Make sure you cut them off otherwise you won't get them in the microwave
SUBSCRIBING TO ME RANDOMLY MICROWAVES GRAPES
*Whips out the verniers*
Randy xD
😂😂😂😂
Though we were microwaving leftovers and something happened with the microwave. We don’t know what, but it was suddenly producing plasma. Everyone was freaked out. We concluded that we would stop using it - for tonight! - then conduct experiments tomorrow.
Note: it was not grapes. But definitely plasma. We’re very excited.
I genuinely have a stronger, more intuitive understanding of physics because of you. Thank you.
-some uneducated laborer
"You don't even need to use a grape!"
Yes, because I don't have grapes at home, but I do have 'hydrogel water beads'.
Edit: A lot of people are commenting that these beads are actually pretty common household objects, such as Orbeez and the like. I kinda forgot those existed... oops! Thanks y’all for letting me know.
There actually pretty common
If you have children you definitely have them laying around
But your joke was still hilarious
Charliegrace Halawa Brown exactly
It's true...
You get them a lot in hipster reed diffusers, and I think the weird toy "orbeez" are the same thing.
Me: mom can you get me some grapes
Mom: since when did you eat grapes
Me:just get me some grapes
Taxhon lul
@@frgwyn3760 lel
@@francisconunes9851 lal
Someone With No Life lil
Black Screen lxl
0:51 "they came up with an explanation that is pretty satisfying"
Mr. Bean: Magic
This morning I was stunned and concerned when in my microwave I saw a blueberry ( or two maybe?) spark frantically. It seemed that the microwave would go kaput, but apparently not. I like to put frozen blueberries on top my Cheerios. It started sparking and it was 15 sec. earlier than I keep them in there. I took it immediately out. It stunk and I had to remove the blueberry and any stinky neighboring Cheerios.
Same thing once happened with a roasted Korean sweet potato from HMart. That stink lasted for weeks thought-out the house. 😖
Thanks for the explanation!
A warning to those who might try this at home: when I created a small plasma in my microwave the plasma caused some kind of stress riser in the glass bowl I was using as a container and the moment I touched the glass with my fingers the glass exploded in all directions, with enough force that small pieces of glass that happened to have a straight shot out of the microwave ended up on the other side of the kitchen, about 3m away. I suggest using only plastic or wooden containers when working with plasma in the microwave.
Thank you for the warning.
Thanks for the warning, I was going to try this.
Man are you alright?
Thanks for the advice 👍
Thanks! Perhaps this should be one of those "don't try this at home" things
2012:
*_They surgery a Grape_*
2019:
*_THEY microwaved a GRAPE_*
2025:
*They teleport GraPe*
2050:
We *are* grape
2025 : they grape a grape
2020: they eat grape
@DrAgON fAMilY tOY rEvIEWs
The grapes peak us lol
I saw a comment somewhere else explaining that you could do this & almost did, but decided to look up a video first. Goddamn.
I find your videos exceptionally interesting and great fun! No surprise that your parents are South Africans!! 😁🇿🇦
5th Grade teacher: “There are three states of matter”
6th grader: “hAvE yOu EveR tRiEd MiCrOwAvInG a GrApE?”
Solid, liquid. gas, m i c r o w a v e d g r a p e
@@thorlock yes... A microwaved grap xD
@@flattttttttttt >:(
Thorlock hahaha I'm sowwy
Sorry i think you got that wrong, thats what the 7th graders say. The 6th graders say "•■○■○♤○《~■☆■•• ○€◇•¥¥₩•£¥☆♡•♤•♡》•ğ!;°°♤♤○■**$^[×♤•"
Everybody gangsta until the grape turns into Thor
Normie
Odin it would be Loki destruction, but Hella fun
@@salimmazid9948 lol I see what you did there
Until the grape goes Ragnarok
Yes
Yknow it’s really good that I decided to actually watch the video before putting grapes in a microwave
Great Channel !
1990: We will have flying cars in 2018.
2018: They did Surgery on a grape.
2019: They microwaved a graped.
Surgery on a grape is older it's not from 2019...
the grape surgery took place in 2008
2020 they burned a grape
We have about 11 months left to build the t800 original terminator.
Acid Trip as someone who sexually identifies as a Russian attack helicopter, I'm offended. As I'm sure you well know, offending someone in 2019 is punishable by death. Enjoy your last moments on earth my friend. "I'm just a strong young helicopter in the city, who don't need no man."
“So, in conclusion, don’t put grapes in the microwave.”
Been doing this since I was a kid. So fun!
*puts two grapes in microwave*
"Woah! who needs drugs?!"
Woah who needs drugs to see stuff when you have plasma grapes?
@PvtMadnage - Bro. Matthew Crack cocaine... hmmmm ... Yummy
XDDD
@rustytr 5:50 also whoosh
@rustytr this quote was said in the video, not by the commenter
1968: We will have Flying Cars in the future!
2019: Electric grapes
David Andrews 1968? More like 1868
This joke is so stupid.
Yes, electric grapes in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, no less.
I feel an ok Boomer coming
2020: Studying QED with a grape.
Worked as well with cherry tomatoes.
Very entertaining.
100% recommend.
One of hungarian scientist made one machine (a resonator actualy) with plasma, based on similar effects. His name is György Egely.
I can just imagine a plasma blade being filled to the brim with grapes and has a microwave-like structure
“One second here, just gotta pull my grape sword outta the mircrowave and we are good to fight”
@@Zieer_ PlasmaGrape
@@briondalion3696 Light sabers, with extra sweetness!
A plasma blade😈
@@pyro4206 Plasma Grape candy, 8- 75 years old only.
I swear science is just finding glitches in life
Thats basically what science is
It's called play testing, were still in the beta and someone has hacked the game and inserted a virus, it's still better than the crash sixty five million years ago though. The servers were down a long while after that
Evo trooper I like the way you think my friend
Day:69
I shoved my phone in my anus, and it’s now edible
It's not a bug it's a "feature" lol
This occured when my companion placed diced apples into our microwave. Granted the reaction was not as significant as those captured in this video. The apple had been in our fridge ,cut in half,for four days. Do you think the apple being left open in the fridge could have changed the chemical levels of the fruit thus making it possible for ions to be created more easily? Science is so exciting! Have a great day!
Intresting, I'm not in to science, but sure it's a great way to learn things
Title: How Plasma Grapes ruined my parents microwave.
Oof
SOUND IN THE CITY płäśmá gräpè
Epic Hacks38 plæsma græpe
Chicken Nuggies yes
Next title: How I was the reason for my parents divorce.
My 3 favourite things: veritasium videos + grapes + plasma. Oh yes. The stars have aligned!
Aspect Science the unlikeliest of combos are sometimes the best haha!
my 3 favorite things:
not
my
face
because i am the unprettiest youtuber WORLDWIDE
Oh yeah, everybody's favourite thing is plasma.
@@rbdriftin you are so right plasma is incredibly interesting
Is it possible that the floating "ion cloud" might be an ionized puff of super heated steam escaping the grapes, in other words not just pure ionized air? This cloud might also contain other carbon based organic materials vaporized from the grape, which might actually be necessary to sustain the floating ion cloud above the grapes.
Hmmmm...
Any precaution tips for people who want to try this at home? Like looking at your video it seems like a great idea to cover grapes with something so that plasma won't extend further. Anything else?
Also does power of microwave matters for this?
And once again - thank you for educating people!
Fascinating stuff. Not sure if continuing Moore's Law is a good thing or not though. I kind of like the idea of limits on how powerful technology can become. We already see the "HAVE's" using tech to trade stocks more profitably than the "HAVE NOT's", automate their lives in ways the rest of the world cannot, etc.
The concept of a limit to that raw tech power sits well in my head...
instructions unclear Microwave took the kids and all my money
That's kinda dark when you think about it.
Dad get me outl
It is probably karen 500 edition.
Why was the first thing that came to mind was you sold the kids for money and used all the money to fix the microwave.....
that was karen
Hmmm, What if I use 3 Grapes ? ( Mushroom-cloud covers Europe)
its for the best.
Save that for the year 2020
Good one! Thx for the laugh.
The Holy 69 likes!
🤣
I think this would help more in a cosmic field, cosmic microwave backgroud n all
watched this video specifically so i WOULDNT ruin my microwave. thank you, brave scientists for ruining your appliances for curious folks like me
me: trying to watch a grape get microwaved
video: teaches science
Word
Only IE did NOT release a patch for this yet.
"MOM, Do we have grapes?"
same, I'm going to the shop
@@jocoder255 how’d it go
@@okas425 I must know
Tryna make microwave plasma
In a microwave
I am on that wave, I am on that wave
Tryna make microwave plasma
How can someone be this perfect? Perfect facial symmetry, proportion, and a physicist too??? What kind of genetic experiment is this guy? Has he ever thought of donating his stool to stool banks?!?!?
"Who needs drugs" is the last thing I was expecting 🤣😂😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Ya me too, i thought these guys were junkies for sure
@@datunes science junkies
well, at least you DID expect it...
😂😂
Trish I was wondering if I heard that correctly! Lol!
about 2 years ago a professor showed me the microwave/grape trick and asked me (and the rest of us) to explain it. We couldn't, of course. Thanks to you and the two physicists!!!!
The only person who listened to explaining)
I think that many important scientific discoveries have been sorted by the starting observation, "that's interesting..." From microwave grape pyrotechnics to namometric chip lithography, who knew? Thanks.
I just tried it with two grapes next to each other, not much results, but I think I did see one spark. Then I tried it with the cut grape, wow that sparked!