What's Inside A Lava Lamp?

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4 жыл бұрын

What's inside a lava lamp? They're not meant to be opened, but if you do pop off the cap, you’ll find paraffin wax, water, and some mystery chemicals that are essential for making the wax - or lava - rise and fall.
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What's Inside A Lava Lamp?

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@yourdailydada4184 4 жыл бұрын

Lava obviously, why else would it be called a “Lava Lamp”?

@yourdad6501 4 жыл бұрын

Duuu

@yourdailydada4184 4 жыл бұрын

Spencer Reynolds people who woooosh on KZfaq are pretty much idiots

@yourdailydada4184 4 жыл бұрын

mnemonic Max you didn’t even spell it correctly idot

@sksiqkddks4590 4 жыл бұрын

Your Daily Dad Joke yeet

@sksiqkddks4590 4 жыл бұрын

Your Daily Dad Joke i dare you to reply to my comment

@piperbennett2776 4 жыл бұрын

*this is taking me back to when i would fill a plastic bottle with oil and water and watch it for hours* _oh the days_

@uselesspenguins363 4 жыл бұрын

*yes*

@gothboiclique7688 4 жыл бұрын

😭😥

@Jaden_Huang 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@guardraillover5044 4 жыл бұрын

-yes-

@epiccrik4521 4 жыл бұрын

_yes_

@therandomnexus 4 жыл бұрын

Make your own homeade lava lamp: 1) a lamp 2) 3 grams of LSD

@phat-kid 3 жыл бұрын

3 grams? so one hit is 25-50 micrograms. 3 grams is 3 million micrograms. you would be tripping for the rest of your life and you would be the lava lamp.

@AccordingToWillow Ай бұрын

one hit is 100mcg, 25mcg is just the active threshold

@Convxty. 4 жыл бұрын

Me realising there is no lava in lava lamp *(Surprised Pikachu)*

@PhantomicalAir 4 жыл бұрын

How dare you make fun of me and my family

@dkwhattouseasusername1012 4 жыл бұрын

@@PhantomicalAir lol

@austinsstuff3302 4 жыл бұрын

PEOPLE ARE GETTING SALKED BY PIKACHUS

@Convxty. 4 жыл бұрын

@@PhantomicalAir you are a good meme

@PhantomicalAir 4 жыл бұрын

Minecraftaholic we’re running out of memes that make sense. I’m the last fat pikachu of theeeeeeeee..……… Pikaland Y u bully me

@muhammadalifazmi8037 4 жыл бұрын

Does throwing out the lava lamp content helps you to identify what the ingredients are? Seems like you guys are just playing with it😂

@nickwilson3499 4 жыл бұрын

ghahaha 43 yes, and some footage for the video.

@jackkraken3888 4 жыл бұрын

My thought's exactly. It's like when you have to dissect a frog in biology class, you don't have to do it and there are better options then killing a frog.

@heatherswanson1664 4 жыл бұрын

Ikr it's not that difficult to identify it if you run a few samples for isolating organic compounds

@jordandlugosch3995 4 жыл бұрын

Parrafin wax melted at low temperature and perchloroethylene is added to change both the chemical structure as well as the density of the wax. (That is why a bottle of PE weighs more at around 1.6units than the same bottle of water at around 1 unit) This is why the wax is mushymushy. PE is used in dry cleaning. The water part of the lamp is purified / distilled / deionized water. A miniscule amount of a chemical such as dishsoap is added to break surface tension... i am talking drop for drop of the soap os added until the wax actually "lifts" off the bottom when heated.. Adding too much of the soap will turn the water cloudy and the lamp won't work. Adding too little will do absolutely nothing either. There was a recipe for this on the internet which i had found back in 2005, but whether it is still out there is the question. Please do remember that a lava lamp is not a child's toy, but actually a highly balanced science experiment. All ingredients and components have to be perfectly balanced in order for the lava to fuction properly. Poor or improper heating / type of coil used inside the bottle is also a major factor.

@Superfandangoo 4 жыл бұрын

jordandlugosch exactly. The distilled water has a mixture of glycol also. First comment I’ve seen that’s correct in years 👍

@jordandlugosch3995 4 жыл бұрын

@@Superfandangoo scifibeer.com/lava method 3. This is the recipe I remember. Think i might just give it another go this weekend!

@Superfandangoo 4 жыл бұрын

jordandlugosch thanks I have read that sometime ago, I’ve a large mathmos grande I need to change fluid on will be doing soon. At this moment changing wax on a smaller mathmos.

@XxyGoddam 2 жыл бұрын

@@jordandlugosch3995 site doesn't work anymore :(

@brockbah2048 4 жыл бұрын

Answer: they have no idea what's in a lava lamp. Just saved you 4 minutes of your life, go outside!

@Superfandangoo 4 жыл бұрын

Brock Bah not so, Distilled water, glycol, a drop of clear surfactant liquid, the paraffin wax also has petroleum jelly and Perchloroethylene added all at specific amounts

@aradeanugraha4662 4 жыл бұрын

too late..

@hollllowpurple 3 жыл бұрын

@kevinpham3093 2 жыл бұрын

@@Superfandangoo r/wooosh

@RianHagebeuk 2 жыл бұрын

*mutter* mass spec *mutter*

@edboss36 4 жыл бұрын

It tastes like the same thing in batteries. 6/10

@asphyxiazzz 4 жыл бұрын

Yo wtf

@MariShoob 4 жыл бұрын

Hold up-

@AlvaChris 4 жыл бұрын

should we tell him

@drea409 4 жыл бұрын

edboss 0.0

@drea409 4 жыл бұрын

ceep lol

@candiceharrell8221 4 жыл бұрын

moths be like "lämp?"

@makalism 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen an employee and their boss have so much fun together

@PROnickDUDE 4 жыл бұрын

The inside of the lava lamp looks like my girl's cooking.

@seiya6144 4 жыл бұрын

break up with her

@ken948 4 жыл бұрын

if she can’t cook, she’s useless

@mrgreen2646 4 жыл бұрын

Teach her how to cook bro.

@SMACKADOOS 4 жыл бұрын

@Mr psychometrics *Your reply is the nicest one out of all the others.*

@scythal 4 жыл бұрын

Get yo girl some forms for a cooking class.

@adventurefighter7501 4 жыл бұрын

When i was a kid i always thought lava lamps has actual lava, i was scared to touch them

@chibi_okami 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@stevethea5250 3 жыл бұрын

@@chibi_okami did he get inside his boss

@shmookins 4 жыл бұрын

So what exactly where you planning to do when you poured one out and had two people squeeze the contents? What were you expecting to learn from this? What reason made you think of this?

@OrionZera 4 жыл бұрын

Whats inside a lava lamp? Remains of bowser

@fabian5840 4 жыл бұрын

that chemist is low key hot 😳😳😭

@intro.vertex 4 жыл бұрын

I think you mean "less dense"

@Star-jw3xh 4 жыл бұрын

When you're early and dont know what to say... Like honestly, NOTHING TO SAY.

@Star-jw3xh 4 жыл бұрын

@mnemonic Max nothing to say, and just say that iconic line

@RJtoon1 Жыл бұрын

Just bought my first one today same brand Shylling. The 25 W bulbs so tiny is it easy to get replacement bulbs for this?

@AverytheCubanAmerican 4 жыл бұрын

Möths love any type of lämp

@dbxvhero9006 4 жыл бұрын

Dead meme

@theishaanandankitashow 4 жыл бұрын

I find you everywhere so with the help of our glorious leader I subscribed to you

@Silent_Valor 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like he’s protecting his lamp from knock-offs.

@keems2142 4 жыл бұрын

Cake money

@unleashingpotential-psycho9433 4 жыл бұрын

Lava lamps are amazing 😉

@tal2862 4 жыл бұрын

Tbh was never curious until now

@stephenfeely4857 4 жыл бұрын

Join # team tree 🌲

@miaamisya 4 жыл бұрын

Save tree

@ymcajil6816 4 жыл бұрын

#teamtree

@mixtligutierrez 4 жыл бұрын

And shop mr.beast.com

@sekarsasi9836 3 жыл бұрын

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@Cheeseburger699 2 жыл бұрын

I don't plant any trees yet but I can support the cause

@Djoodibooti 3 жыл бұрын

Here's what in the lava lamps: Perchlorate (brake fluid) and parrafin wax, with distilled water, Epsom Salt, and a surfactant (like dish soap)

@samsiegel3672 2 жыл бұрын

What does the salt do?

@eunibae 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for benefiting me and the Fufus. Now we truly know what's inside of a Lava Lamp! You see, my neighbor's, husband's cousin's, sister yearned to know what was inside. She developed Stage 3 Lymphoma and was on her death bed. But, after this video she recovered, jumped 7 feet into the air and exclaimed "Yurika!" She now is a full-time teacher working in the education industry for more than 7 years and her life couldn't be more positive. Thank you, Science Insider! We hope to see more videos and content from you. Science builds and extracts information from young minds.

@fatimaikhlaq2146 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know what to say 💀

@ziljin 4 жыл бұрын

It contains the spirit of Pierce Hawthorne's deceased mother.

@halzan5043 3 жыл бұрын

I love community

@ziljin 3 жыл бұрын

@@halzan5043 it's a funny show

@khor1976 4 жыл бұрын

Next video: Raiding Lava Lamp Headquarters

@someguywhopostsextremelycr2607 4 жыл бұрын

Short answer: lava Long answer:

@TheAdonisDude 4 жыл бұрын

Wait you not supposed to drink lava lamp me and the boys always pop them open and drink them while watching the sunset😮

@zaqintosh 2 ай бұрын

They used to use very dangerous chemicals inside a lava lamp (carbon tetracholride)… I seriously hope they no longer use that (especially since it was banned in cleaning products decades ago). If you broke an old one, do not touch any of the ingredients

@SwittyKiwi 4 жыл бұрын

How lava lamp companies get new customers: If you can’t convince them, confuse them.

@SoundBlackRecordings 4 жыл бұрын

This was such clickbait. Like you guys couldn't have sent it off to a lab to be tested.

@poggers213 4 жыл бұрын

It's anti freeze and kerosene and wax

@algemgulmatico7534 4 жыл бұрын

I think they added detergent to it. I accidentally put a little detergent powder into a toilet bowl with domex (toilet bowl cleaner, color blue) around it, and the detergent never stopped ascending and descending.

@randomzack8338 4 жыл бұрын

Im try to change the water because my lava lamp water is become cloudy, in the first try it fail. That wax doesnt move at all .. and i try to search it again. Then i found some information about it, to add the water a bit of salt and liquid dish soap. And now it works perfectly and i can change my lava lamp water colour to if i want it. But clear is my favourite.

@samtres6605 4 жыл бұрын

I thought there would be a definitive answer to what is inside but theres none.disappointed!

@Superfandangoo 4 жыл бұрын

sam tres not so, Distilled water, glycol, a drop of clear surfactant liquid, the paraffin wax also has petroleum jelly and Perchloroethylene added all at specific amounts

@harshalbhoir1262 4 жыл бұрын

a guy actually drank lava lamp thinking it was alcohol :3

@poggers213 4 жыл бұрын

It actually contains formaldehyde

@harshalbhoir1262 4 жыл бұрын

@@poggers213 yeah ik thats what!

@satriaamiluhur622 4 жыл бұрын

It's mostly a DIY product if you have enough patience. Then some companies take the patent and spare you the hassle

@SomethingSeemsOff 4 жыл бұрын

All I wanted to know was what were the additives and you guys didn't name any besides Kerosene.

@skittles2861 4 жыл бұрын

So basically lava lamps are portable examples of mantle convection?

@Dr_Pepper_King621 4 жыл бұрын

I used to have one

@idylledoll 4 жыл бұрын

As a teen we always thought it was just wax and water!

@mypupiscool 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I miss my lava lamp now. I wonder where I misplaced it..

@stormwatcher1299 4 жыл бұрын

I think it might have a little dish soap in it because if you shake it, bubbles form.

@69Solo 4 жыл бұрын

If she is your boss. Can she hire me?

@69Solo 4 жыл бұрын

@mnemonic Max criminal

@user-fq2ty 4 жыл бұрын

you can add kerosene or alcohol

@jazzherrera6894 4 жыл бұрын

Convection current in a lamp! HAHAHAH

@ainsleyharriot6060 4 жыл бұрын

The forbidden drink

@BAFVintage 4 жыл бұрын

Lava-Simplex, the original American manufacturer, put kerosene in the liquid apparently. When they changed the formula to be less toxic, the quality of the flow unfortunately suffered.

@redstaria963 3 жыл бұрын

I have a weird lava lamp..... It goes up and down but it usually or almost always goes In circles, I'm not complaining but I've seen other videos and it doesn't do that

@kaushiknath833 4 жыл бұрын

Chilling with the boss

@RegWyom Жыл бұрын

Salt is the magical additive

@tusharrajput6192 4 жыл бұрын

Damn..look at those goosebumps on lady's arm at 1:11😂

@WTP_1776 4 жыл бұрын

did you even mention Archimedes principle?

@shunovachronodearu 4 жыл бұрын

0:21 this..this sounds familiar ✝

@chloebeldad4286 4 жыл бұрын

WHERE'S THE LAVA?!

@thebiggestidiot4963 4 жыл бұрын

The sound at the first part sounded wrong

@bothavik8254 4 жыл бұрын

Nobody uses a lava lamp to actually try to see something

@alexsmith1207 Жыл бұрын

Now that you mentioned it I really think that the secret ingredient is animal fat

@febrianarifin7723 4 жыл бұрын

I think the inside is really lava

@rberryllefz 4 жыл бұрын

Well, that's disappointing.. What's inside a lava lamp? -Wax and water, and some additives. Okay

@T.F.BlackStar 4 жыл бұрын

Ah yeah, I forgot that those exist.

@frav3n 4 жыл бұрын

What’s Inside: r u kidding meh

@naim8982 4 жыл бұрын

the forbidden juice

@georggross1232 4 жыл бұрын

Who already knew that thanks to 'What's Inside'?

@robertnichols2283 4 жыл бұрын

Some things should just be left sealed.

@ii_strangerxxthings 4 жыл бұрын

Thanos’ ear wax be like

@pabasaravimukthi8370 4 жыл бұрын

Is it contains polyethylene glycol?

@Exotropical 4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was lava

@StephJ0seph 4 жыл бұрын

What does it smell like?

@bruhmoment6217 4 жыл бұрын

IDK but it's tasts good

@shl24yw89 4 жыл бұрын

So, no one run a chemical test on it? You could easily know all the list of chemical used in the liquid.

@Mpompadour 3 жыл бұрын

Yea, you could find out the ingredients, but you still need to know the ratios of how to mix the liquids, that's the secret.

@davedennis6042 2 жыл бұрын

Water and wax. Simple answer

@Inveria1 4 жыл бұрын

Listen to the audio at the beginning sound like the game theorist

@ashutoshmourya4748 4 жыл бұрын

#scienceinsider please check the video volume level before uploading , had problem listening to it!

@keanusw3369 4 жыл бұрын

Me after drinking this stuff from lava lamp o 0 8 oo

@sqwizzix781 4 жыл бұрын

I have the same one but bigger and it is a custom one I ordered from the original lava company for 49.99 purpal liquid yellow wax

@brianellingson7948 Жыл бұрын

Purple lol

@justarandomperson6401 4 жыл бұрын

we learned about this in school

@James-hg5tk 4 жыл бұрын

Justin where you at my dude?

@jesusbrown9276 4 жыл бұрын

Forbidden margarita

@YuBeace 2 жыл бұрын

What’s inside a lava lamp? Ask the guy featured on Chubbyemu. :)

@SirAmicVarze 4 жыл бұрын

This video took four minutes to tell us they don't know.

@vegetableoil3204 4 жыл бұрын

Its wax and water

@jackwhitetron 3 жыл бұрын

They really needed an "expert" to say theres a secretive additive in the liquid? I thought it was obvious.

@aldmyboi 4 жыл бұрын

i love drinking these

@austinsstuff3302 4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was dyed lava

@ruskiryan2398 2 жыл бұрын

Salt and parrafin

@alexarias2028 Ай бұрын

I have a lava lamp but it’s 3 feet tall it’s a very tall lamp

@frankjohn1332 4 жыл бұрын

So, magic not ruled out.

@perfectlyslicedegg3348 4 жыл бұрын

*Lava*

@Pro_Vs_Con 4 жыл бұрын

He made a less dense "water" with certain chemicals.. The wax is dyed with nothing else added to change density. Problem solved.

@seandalo 4 жыл бұрын

Uhhh, lava?

@hurryharry8 4 жыл бұрын

why to name the video "whats inside the lamp" if the answer is "we dont know" ?

@nopenope2635 4 жыл бұрын

Don't watch it while having breakfast 😅.

@caitlinunderwood8447 4 жыл бұрын

Guys donate to #teamtrees. Save the environment!!!

@andrewhines939 3 жыл бұрын

the narrator sounds like nick swardson

@TheLostMedici 4 жыл бұрын

So the point of this "Science" video is to say, um, we don't know? Throw up some question marks and profit, right?

@Account1746 4 жыл бұрын

Wax

@francoisrd 4 жыл бұрын

Normally I like the videos on this channel, but this is basically clickbait. Next time, title it “we don’t really know what’s in a lava lamp”

@matthewsano6006 Жыл бұрын

So volcanoes are just giant lamps? Im the smartest man on the world.

@sandrornelas8903 4 жыл бұрын

I shouldn’t be drinking it huh

@thepope2412 4 жыл бұрын

Holy hell that guy is not straight