to go out look at this one l kept
prepared there – sir – what’s up guys
I’m back out here again with my good
friend Matt Pat from game theory yep wet
wild and ready to size we are down here
with an experiment requested by triple
trouble who wants to know what if you
mix thermite with water and try to light
it off great question it also is a
question that I was looking to answer
how could Mario throw fireballs
underwater before a scientific thing
I’ve been wondering about for a while so
today we’re killing two birds with one
stone
to make this happen I went on Amazon or
some of these colored tennis balls and
the idea is we’re going to mix up a
fresh batch of thermite use an
improvised funnel to fill these balls up
light them off with a sparkler and run a
number of tests and hopefully not get
arrested on a public beach along the way
tell us again Matt what is your
interested in actually seeing a thermite
ball burn underwater when it comes to
video games
Mario’s fireball ability and how we want
to fire balls underwater is probably one
of videogames weirdest scientific myths
right because fire and water in real
life just don’t mix so is there a way
today that we can prove that you can
light a fire under water and this is
really interesting thought because we
know that the thermite itself burns
around 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit water
seems to extinguish every fire that we
put into it right so what happens when
the two extremes mix and furthermore if
you wet thermite in advance can you even
get it to let off at all what I’m
wondering here Matt is once we’ve packed
the thermite into a tennis ball it’s
going to be confined does that mean it’s
going to just burn normally or do you
think it’s going to explode I think it’s
going to burn normally that’s my
prediction but there’s only one way to
find out I think so so let’s go mix up a
batch of thermite pour these things in
and throw in some sparklers getting
ready to let up create some underwater
fireballs Mario eat your heart out
[Music]
so this equation here guys we finished
mixing up three parts of rust powder
with one part of aluminum powder to
create our thermite I’m thinking we’ve
got three different experiments here
we’ve got the one where we just fill it
up with thermite and light it off to see
how it reacts when it’s dry the second
experiment we’re going to soak it to see
how it reacts when it’s wet yep and for
our grand finale we’re going to fill one
of these things up light it on fire and
then drop it into a fish tank full of
water to see how this stuff reacts
completely similar hopefully that’s
creating our underwater fireball let’s
put an assessment see if we can make it
work
I’m a scale of danger from one to ten
loads you lift this it I’m going to put
this up there to solid ten Wow
this is dangerous that is that is some
quality you see science thing going on
that’s why we’re doing on a public beach
with lifeguard supervision who is doing
it yeah there we go that’s the SEPA
satisfying top cool
yes
there’s our improvised funnel queued for
the win
oh that’s cute that looks pretty cute
look at that good job Matt you know what
it looks like as an improvised badminton
birdie Hey hmm oh we got a built-in
scoop oh no we just take it in I’m
thinking yeah okay that’s delicious
yeah that’s going to be super state
there’s quite a bit in there it’s almost
almost filled to the top that is loaded
up there we go cool there’s one ball set
that down we may as well pack the other
ones while we’re here
Matt Pat is a natural through my hearing
aid language let’s let’s not spread the
word about that one too widely Jeff we
want to get put on any walk with all
right here we go guys experiment number
one this is our dry thermite we’re
putting this to the test just to see how
it reacts in an environment that we
understand right it’s kind of the
control of this experiment so we know
that this is going to light up we just
want to see how big there goes one way
move the smoke right there we go I was
wondering if it actually pick up now I’m
just going to bury that with sand to get
rid of the smoke come check this out so
just throwing in a little bit of sound
there to kind of help cool it down but
if we dig that back out we’re going to
find a hot pile of molten iron oh and
apparently a part of the people yeah
look at that right there incredible this
is what’s left of our tennis ball that’s
our tennis ball in that molten iron that
right there has molten iron in it Wow
it’s covered in flag and the molten iron
is like buried on the inside like a gem
incredible so let’s talk about what just
happened there matpat what you do so at
first I didn’t think that sparkler was
going to light it off it went below the
line of the tennis ball and it seemed to
fizzle out yeah and just when all hope
was lost right it will hit back up and
just for a brief moment in time would
say about one or two seconds
it was spring almost like a fireworks
spray a fireworks fountain of sparks
about five or six thousand degrees
Fahrenheit in your direction in my
defense right in my general direction
now that was incredible because it looks
the tennis ball itself is pretty much
disintegrated if you feel that even five
minutes later you can see this is quite
were weighted Wow it is super hot it’s
got an interesting texture to it a lot
of its burned away and you could see the
tennis ball burning into a billow of
black smoke yeah you can even smell it
you can still smell the like burning
rubber yeah yeah so to put out the fire
the only thing we can do really is pour
sand on top that extinguish the fire but
you can see when we dug this back up we
had a glowing piece of iron sitting on
top of our pile of sand which even right
now is extremely extremely hot yeah you
can you could actually hear the like
sand popping off of it so yeah digging
down here a little bit more I don’t know
what if this is from us but there’s
another piece right there my other piece
right there this stand right here feels
incredibly hot at least some parts yeah
Felix I feel like Oh roll right down
here I felt it right here it’s like you
hit hot pop yeah where there’s little
little layers of key yeah and you can
smell that as I dig into the sand whoo
so we are love the smell of thermite in
the afternoon we are cleaning the Beezus
leave the beach how you found it sorry
only mildly polluted don’t leave your
thermite behind yeah geez guys come on
this is the remnants of our Mara
fireball in open air right setting the
next thing is to light it off and
submerge it in water and see what kind
of a difference that makes let’s do that
next see if I was a Koopa I would
totally be afraid of that
I’m not a Koopa I’m a human I’m totally
afraid of that so legitimate weapon
option good job Mario good job I think
that’s pretty wet oh yeah suppose one of
the goods right just like wet sand
actually it’s kind of resilient like
it’s not really soaking in a whole lot
excuse that let it a little bit longer
okay so here you go guys experiment
number two will wet thermite light off
we soak this in an aquarium full of
water and tell us about as thoroughly
constituted with water as they can get
it almost looks like a red mud at that
point so we’re sticking our sparkler set
it down the sand light it and run away
run away as best as we can yes
[Music]
justice it looks like that just went out
yeah just went out I didn’t see anything
nothing I mean that’s kind of what I
expected it would have to dry out the
water first and the amount of energy it
takes to actually vaporize the water it
is a lot more than one of these
sparklers can deliver exactly so
theoretically like in order to light off
what thermite you’d have to dry it out
with Wright heat which in turn just
defeats the purpose right because that
was the beginning of then it’s no longer
wet yeah and then it’s no longer what
thermite which was what we were setting
out to crew that’s right all right guys
this is the big kahuna of the grand
finale we have this tennis ball that
we’re going to light it is dry so we
know that it’s going to go off right and
just does it start sparking I’m going to
drop that down into our do I really want
to drop it or should i suspend it for
some kind of string I think you could
suspend it from a string body like
you’re literally holding a bowl of
thermite in your hand as it’s about to
go off
although although the purpose of
experiments to see if wets thermite will
burn and so once we know that it’s
burning if we drop it and it continues
to burn it’ll prove that point
I mean I’ll prove the point but that
says nothing about the safety and
security of your hand right yeah well I
am willing to put my hands on the line
for you today we’re going to take this
ball we’re going to light it off until
we see sparks starting to fly I’m going
to drop it in the aquarium and we will
observe whether or not it continues to
burn I mean while you’re testing it in
the process if you do it that way you
are expecting weather like a Mario type
figure could throw a ball like this and
this is important information to know
this is let’s put it to the test these
are the most important questions that
video gamers since the 80s needed to
know whoo all right get pumped you’re a
braver man than I
follow through is there right wait for
it be closed go out here there it is oh
look at that Wow Wow careful careful
where you kneel down careful Oh oh my
goodness guys did you just literally
witness what happened there I stood like
I thought it had gone out me too
and then as soon as you like turn it
towards you it just lights up I thought
it starts sparking that’s when I know
the thermite was going in full force
yeah
dropped it into the water and it did not
go out no it did not go in fact I almost
think it like the reaction accelerated
you can see that burning underwater as
dirty as this water is you could see it
burning yeah absolutely and then the
tennis ball floated to the top and
continued to burn
where I quickly try to submerge it with
a stick right yeah the ball I think the
ball itself was one of the things I
wasn’t expecting I thought loaded with
that mixture of metallic powders that it
would definitely sink to the bottom
yeah but no it kept it afloat the entire
time so you just had this like bubbling
burning mass of thermite at the surface
of the water underwater right I’ve got
one more should we light that off just
for fun I think so it’s action time yeah
here comes the calm before the storm
right there it is fault
there we go whoo so what we’ve learned
for this experiment is that wet thermite
itself will not ignite it actually takes
a substantial amount of heat to vaporize
the water before it will light off but
once it actually is lit it’s very very
difficult to extinguish it will not go
out even under water it will continue to
burn so when the fireball travel as far
as we see Mario’s throw them under water
no probably not
but for short-range combat underwater
thermite fireball definitely a viable
option but you saw it here on the
beaches of California underwater
thermite fireballs absolutely a
scientific fact and of course a huge
shout-out to Triple Trouble for leaving
this and just in the comments below and
go ahead and check your youtube inbox
because we are sending you 25 bucks just
yeah but remember that’s just a theory a
random theory thanks for watching
there’s the b-roll action for you all
over this so we’ve got her fault Oh whoo
geez and there’s actually iron inside
look at this oh wow it’s also worth
noting the aquarium is actually crap is
it yeah oh no way the heat from the
burning thermite actually cracked the
aquarium hey guys one more thing let’s
go ahead and show our friend Matt Pat
some love by clicking this little button
down in the right hand corner that will
subscribe you to game theorists where we
just posted a new video on Pokemon fire
swirled in real life so go check out
their video leave a comment that you
came from the king of random I’ll see
you there
[Music]
prepared there – sir – what’s up guys
I’m back out here again with my good
friend Matt Pat from game theory yep wet
wild and ready to size we are down here
with an experiment requested by triple
trouble who wants to know what if you
mix thermite with water and try to light
it off great question it also is a
question that I was looking to answer
how could Mario throw fireballs
underwater before a scientific thing
I’ve been wondering about for a while so
today we’re killing two birds with one
stone
to make this happen I went on Amazon or
some of these colored tennis balls and
the idea is we’re going to mix up a
fresh batch of thermite use an
improvised funnel to fill these balls up
light them off with a sparkler and run a
number of tests and hopefully not get
arrested on a public beach along the way
tell us again Matt what is your
interested in actually seeing a thermite
ball burn underwater when it comes to
video games
Mario’s fireball ability and how we want
to fire balls underwater is probably one
of videogames weirdest scientific myths
right because fire and water in real
life just don’t mix so is there a way
today that we can prove that you can
light a fire under water and this is
really interesting thought because we
know that the thermite itself burns
around 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit water
seems to extinguish every fire that we
put into it right so what happens when
the two extremes mix and furthermore if
you wet thermite in advance can you even
get it to let off at all what I’m
wondering here Matt is once we’ve packed
the thermite into a tennis ball it’s
going to be confined does that mean it’s
going to just burn normally or do you
think it’s going to explode I think it’s
going to burn normally that’s my
prediction but there’s only one way to
find out I think so so let’s go mix up a
batch of thermite pour these things in
and throw in some sparklers getting
ready to let up create some underwater
fireballs Mario eat your heart out
[Music]
so this equation here guys we finished
mixing up three parts of rust powder
with one part of aluminum powder to
create our thermite I’m thinking we’ve
got three different experiments here
we’ve got the one where we just fill it
up with thermite and light it off to see
how it reacts when it’s dry the second
experiment we’re going to soak it to see
how it reacts when it’s wet yep and for
our grand finale we’re going to fill one
of these things up light it on fire and
then drop it into a fish tank full of
water to see how this stuff reacts
completely similar hopefully that’s
creating our underwater fireball let’s
put an assessment see if we can make it
work
I’m a scale of danger from one to ten
loads you lift this it I’m going to put
this up there to solid ten Wow
this is dangerous that is that is some
quality you see science thing going on
that’s why we’re doing on a public beach
with lifeguard supervision who is doing
it yeah there we go that’s the SEPA
satisfying top cool
yes
there’s our improvised funnel queued for
the win
oh that’s cute that looks pretty cute
look at that good job Matt you know what
it looks like as an improvised badminton
birdie Hey hmm oh we got a built-in
scoop oh no we just take it in I’m
thinking yeah okay that’s delicious
yeah that’s going to be super state
there’s quite a bit in there it’s almost
almost filled to the top that is loaded
up there we go cool there’s one ball set
that down we may as well pack the other
ones while we’re here
Matt Pat is a natural through my hearing
aid language let’s let’s not spread the
word about that one too widely Jeff we
want to get put on any walk with all
right here we go guys experiment number
one this is our dry thermite we’re
putting this to the test just to see how
it reacts in an environment that we
understand right it’s kind of the
control of this experiment so we know
that this is going to light up we just
want to see how big there goes one way
move the smoke right there we go I was
wondering if it actually pick up now I’m
just going to bury that with sand to get
rid of the smoke come check this out so
just throwing in a little bit of sound
there to kind of help cool it down but
if we dig that back out we’re going to
find a hot pile of molten iron oh and
apparently a part of the people yeah
look at that right there incredible this
is what’s left of our tennis ball that’s
our tennis ball in that molten iron that
right there has molten iron in it Wow
it’s covered in flag and the molten iron
is like buried on the inside like a gem
incredible so let’s talk about what just
happened there matpat what you do so at
first I didn’t think that sparkler was
going to light it off it went below the
line of the tennis ball and it seemed to
fizzle out yeah and just when all hope
was lost right it will hit back up and
just for a brief moment in time would
say about one or two seconds
it was spring almost like a fireworks
spray a fireworks fountain of sparks
about five or six thousand degrees
Fahrenheit in your direction in my
defense right in my general direction
now that was incredible because it looks
the tennis ball itself is pretty much
disintegrated if you feel that even five
minutes later you can see this is quite
were weighted Wow it is super hot it’s
got an interesting texture to it a lot
of its burned away and you could see the
tennis ball burning into a billow of
black smoke yeah you can even smell it
you can still smell the like burning
rubber yeah yeah so to put out the fire
the only thing we can do really is pour
sand on top that extinguish the fire but
you can see when we dug this back up we
had a glowing piece of iron sitting on
top of our pile of sand which even right
now is extremely extremely hot yeah you
can you could actually hear the like
sand popping off of it so yeah digging
down here a little bit more I don’t know
what if this is from us but there’s
another piece right there my other piece
right there this stand right here feels
incredibly hot at least some parts yeah
Felix I feel like Oh roll right down
here I felt it right here it’s like you
hit hot pop yeah where there’s little
little layers of key yeah and you can
smell that as I dig into the sand whoo
so we are love the smell of thermite in
the afternoon we are cleaning the Beezus
leave the beach how you found it sorry
only mildly polluted don’t leave your
thermite behind yeah geez guys come on
this is the remnants of our Mara
fireball in open air right setting the
next thing is to light it off and
submerge it in water and see what kind
of a difference that makes let’s do that
next see if I was a Koopa I would
totally be afraid of that
I’m not a Koopa I’m a human I’m totally
afraid of that so legitimate weapon
option good job Mario good job I think
that’s pretty wet oh yeah suppose one of
the goods right just like wet sand
actually it’s kind of resilient like
it’s not really soaking in a whole lot
excuse that let it a little bit longer
okay so here you go guys experiment
number two will wet thermite light off
we soak this in an aquarium full of
water and tell us about as thoroughly
constituted with water as they can get
it almost looks like a red mud at that
point so we’re sticking our sparkler set
it down the sand light it and run away
run away as best as we can yes
[Music]
justice it looks like that just went out
yeah just went out I didn’t see anything
nothing I mean that’s kind of what I
expected it would have to dry out the
water first and the amount of energy it
takes to actually vaporize the water it
is a lot more than one of these
sparklers can deliver exactly so
theoretically like in order to light off
what thermite you’d have to dry it out
with Wright heat which in turn just
defeats the purpose right because that
was the beginning of then it’s no longer
wet yeah and then it’s no longer what
thermite which was what we were setting
out to crew that’s right all right guys
this is the big kahuna of the grand
finale we have this tennis ball that
we’re going to light it is dry so we
know that it’s going to go off right and
just does it start sparking I’m going to
drop that down into our do I really want
to drop it or should i suspend it for
some kind of string I think you could
suspend it from a string body like
you’re literally holding a bowl of
thermite in your hand as it’s about to
go off
although although the purpose of
experiments to see if wets thermite will
burn and so once we know that it’s
burning if we drop it and it continues
to burn it’ll prove that point
I mean I’ll prove the point but that
says nothing about the safety and
security of your hand right yeah well I
am willing to put my hands on the line
for you today we’re going to take this
ball we’re going to light it off until
we see sparks starting to fly I’m going
to drop it in the aquarium and we will
observe whether or not it continues to
burn I mean while you’re testing it in
the process if you do it that way you
are expecting weather like a Mario type
figure could throw a ball like this and
this is important information to know
this is let’s put it to the test these
are the most important questions that
video gamers since the 80s needed to
know whoo all right get pumped you’re a
braver man than I
follow through is there right wait for
it be closed go out here there it is oh
look at that Wow Wow careful careful
where you kneel down careful Oh oh my
goodness guys did you just literally
witness what happened there I stood like
I thought it had gone out me too
and then as soon as you like turn it
towards you it just lights up I thought
it starts sparking that’s when I know
the thermite was going in full force
yeah
dropped it into the water and it did not
go out no it did not go in fact I almost
think it like the reaction accelerated
you can see that burning underwater as
dirty as this water is you could see it
burning yeah absolutely and then the
tennis ball floated to the top and
continued to burn
where I quickly try to submerge it with
a stick right yeah the ball I think the
ball itself was one of the things I
wasn’t expecting I thought loaded with
that mixture of metallic powders that it
would definitely sink to the bottom
yeah but no it kept it afloat the entire
time so you just had this like bubbling
burning mass of thermite at the surface
of the water underwater right I’ve got
one more should we light that off just
for fun I think so it’s action time yeah
here comes the calm before the storm
right there it is fault
there we go whoo so what we’ve learned
for this experiment is that wet thermite
itself will not ignite it actually takes
a substantial amount of heat to vaporize
the water before it will light off but
once it actually is lit it’s very very
difficult to extinguish it will not go
out even under water it will continue to
burn so when the fireball travel as far
as we see Mario’s throw them under water
no probably not
but for short-range combat underwater
thermite fireball definitely a viable
option but you saw it here on the
beaches of California underwater
thermite fireballs absolutely a
scientific fact and of course a huge
shout-out to Triple Trouble for leaving
this and just in the comments below and
go ahead and check your youtube inbox
because we are sending you 25 bucks just
yeah but remember that’s just a theory a
random theory thanks for watching
there’s the b-roll action for you all
over this so we’ve got her fault Oh whoo
geez and there’s actually iron inside
look at this oh wow it’s also worth
noting the aquarium is actually crap is
it yeah oh no way the heat from the
burning thermite actually cracked the
aquarium hey guys one more thing let’s
go ahead and show our friend Matt Pat
some love by clicking this little button
down in the right hand corner that will
subscribe you to game theorists where we
just posted a new video on Pokemon fire
swirled in real life so go check out
their video leave a comment that you
came from the king of random I’ll see
you there
[Music]
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