Cold Fire You Can Touch - DIY Cold Plasma Torch

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  • čas přidán 23. 04. 2019
  • Plasma is the 4th state of matter and it comes in many flavors. You probably know it from it's greatest hits, fire and lightning, but there is a lot more to plasma than most people are aware of. Cold plasma is my personal favorite as it has the same beautiful glow that all plasma have, but it's no warmer than room temp and feels cold to the touch. In this video we go through my year long journey to harness this weird state of matter into a torch that can be used for future experiments and in the lab.
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  • @NooneStaar
    @NooneStaar Před 4 lety +5136

    When the hand sanitizer only gets 99.9% of bacteria, so you break out the Cold Plasma torch to get the last .1%.

    • @averagecommenter4623
      @averagecommenter4623 Před 4 lety +131

      Hand desanitizer: 99.99% of all germs given!

    • @maddyterrell0
      @maddyterrell0 Před 4 lety +138

      Then the plasma torch gets bored because it only gets 0.1% so it starts killing your cells ^^

    • @isaiah3491
      @isaiah3491 Před 4 lety +58

      Then we get plasma resistant bacteria.

    • @gnarlynexus8898
      @gnarlynexus8898 Před 4 lety +6

      @@isaiah3491 Remember? Remember? The 5th of November! Guy

    • @tomfson8609
      @tomfson8609 Před 4 lety +36

      Perfect for the corona virus

  • @humanratteler9760
    @humanratteler9760 Před 5 lety +4715

    “It’s safe to touch”
    Later
    “It *rips organisms to shreds”*

    • @zack1140
      @zack1140 Před 5 lety +292

      Human Ratteler micro-organisms*

    • @blackbird7357
      @blackbird7357 Před 5 lety +170

      I mean all you had to do was listen another second and he says it doesn't damage anything larger than bacteria

    • @BananaOwO
      @BananaOwO Před 5 lety +171

      @@blackbird7357 All you had to do was understand a simple joke

    • @RykanVirtual
      @RykanVirtual Před 5 lety +34

      @@blackbird7357 use it on cancer

    • @thetrav2100
      @thetrav2100 Před 5 lety +7

      @@RykanVirtual look up gans and monoatomics/ormus, also, laurence gardner, and think we where able to do this thousands of years ago

  • @Ophaelya
    @Ophaelya Před 4 lety +1926

    "It even kills viruses"
    ...wait--

    • @nipunagunarathne4882
      @nipunagunarathne4882 Před 4 lety +119

      There are plenty of other more practical ways to kill viruses, like... soap. (The plasma is probably not too good to inhale btw)

    • @karbonfx
      @karbonfx Před 4 lety +66

      you thinking what im thinking?

    • @yellowgoose5043
      @yellowgoose5043 Před 4 lety +19

      @@karbonfx no

    • @guaju
      @guaju Před 4 lety +53

      really inefficient compared to ultraviolet light, which can do the same thing and its cheaper

    • @yellowgoose5043
      @yellowgoose5043 Před 4 lety +5

      @@guaju that's why I said "no" lol

  • @markarthguard4443
    @markarthguard4443 Před 4 lety +3048

    This is like when my older brother told me "blue fire is cold"

    • @soupxv213
      @soupxv213 Před 4 lety +75

      Brandon allidaP except this one is true

    • @smellybruhwithattitude7287
      @smellybruhwithattitude7287 Před 4 lety +38

      Brandon allidaP did u touch blue fire

    • @markarthguard4443
      @markarthguard4443 Před 4 lety +108

      @@smellybruhwithattitude7287 maybe
      ...

    • @heliosspecialistarrogant7031
      @heliosspecialistarrogant7031 Před 4 lety +8

      Well it's a legend of Zelda mechanics if you never took the context in context you are the idiot...

    • @vipervidsgamingplus5723
      @vipervidsgamingplus5723 Před 4 lety +31

      The more yellow it is the more dirty the flame, cleaner burning flames are hotter and go blue to clear. Don’t let your brother tell you stuff like that.

  • @matty6146
    @matty6146 Před 5 lety +744

    Someone give this guy a factory and a corporation and let him change the world this is the kind of science/engineering I'm proud to see people make

    • @sarahbalatbat8842
      @sarahbalatbat8842 Před 4 lety +31

      Matt hmmm he’s gotta be the CEO, other corporations will probably try to silence his ideas bc capitalism, there’s just a lot of problems that can arise...

    • @pearz420
      @pearz420 Před 4 lety +24

      He did not invent this technology.

    • @ludvig4752
      @ludvig4752 Před 4 lety +2

      @@sarahbalatbat8842 Why?

    • @ConLLee
      @ConLLee Před 4 lety +16

      Viglud you can cure cancer but the guy making billions off chemotherapy isn’t gonna just sit back and watch

    • @wesstone7571
      @wesstone7571 Před 4 lety +9

      Every time someone makes something that can change the world, they get bought, or made to sound crazy and stupid, or disappeared. Dude does need a plastic and a new metal 3d printer though. If he makes something That could change the world, like a new power supply or engine, he should just make a video just like this one and upload it everywhere before anyone sees it. Then it can't disappear or be denied, can be replicated, and will be used in industry. That's how you stay alive and change the world. You won't get rich, but you'll be the guy. So you won't need to be rich, because everyone will want you around.

  • @Bless-the-Name
    @Bless-the-Name Před 4 lety +816

    I don't claim to be an expert on cold plasma - but I know a Sonic Screwdriver when I see one.

  • @blxck25
    @blxck25 Před 4 lety +323

    "It evens kills viruses and spores in theory"
    Boi do I got a VIRUS for you

  • @Coyoteari
    @Coyoteari Před 4 lety +519

    “I didn’t have any brass tubing so I just made my own”
    Y’know, just casually making brass tubing, like you do

    • @deusexaethera
      @deusexaethera Před 4 lety +22

      Well, _someone_ casually makes brass tubing, I mean the stuff I buy on Amazon must come from _somewhere._

    • @dmwanderer9454
      @dmwanderer9454 Před 3 lety

      Probably melted a jar of pennies

    • @calebhouston5799
      @calebhouston5799 Před 3 lety

      @@dmwanderer9454 That's copper, not brass.

    • @KitchenSinkDefence
      @KitchenSinkDefence Před 3 lety +1

      @@calebhouston5799 Pennies have zinc in them

    • @CubicApocalypse128
      @CubicApocalypse128 Před 3 lety

      @@calebhouston5799 Pennies are mostly zinc with a copper coating.

  • @zeljkoradojkovic6159
    @zeljkoradojkovic6159 Před 5 lety +2098

    Came here for the WiFi radar, stayed because of the biology, got interested in spider beer, intrigued by the meat glue, and now here I am, learning about cold plasma and ion engines. One of the best rabbit holes on the internet. Keep up the good work man

    • @thethoughtemporium
      @thethoughtemporium  Před 5 lety +151

      Hehe. Just wait till you see the rest of the stuff this year. I'm still just warming up

    • @anunayy
      @anunayy Před 5 lety +6

      Seems many people stay here for the same reasons! Awesome content tbh.

    • @deadeyenation1
      @deadeyenation1 Před 5 lety +1

      yup the same :D

    • @user-tr2dh4xx6u
      @user-tr2dh4xx6u Před 5 lety +8

      Cool, this comment got me to subscribe. I used to do my own odd projects when i was in highschool but never had the budget or time. Now got a job and am going to startup my hobby again

    • @0Arcoverde
      @0Arcoverde Před 5 lety +2

      @@thethoughtemporium as far as I know
      There is nothing like the lab you have near me...
      Not that I can have free(or cheap) access to
      What you do is awesome and I wish I could at least replicate

  • @DarthCuddlefluff
    @DarthCuddlefluff Před 5 lety +1745

    You have yourself a proto-saber. Keep going and you will make a lightsaber.

    • @cthecheese1620
      @cthecheese1620 Před 5 lety +25

      Darth Cuddlefluff Thank you! I was looking for this comment.

    • @Max_Mousse
      @Max_Mousse Před 5 lety +4

      @@cthecheese1620 no problem!

    • @NailZsama
      @NailZsama Před 4 lety +25

      could he collab with the guy that made the proto-saber on youtube, to make an actual lightsaber? 🤔

    • @Joe-tr5uv
      @Joe-tr5uv Před 4 lety +15

      @@NailZsama imagine it just fucking shreds everything it touches due to the size 😂😂

    • @peperoni8101
      @peperoni8101 Před 4 lety +11

      Did u hear the part when he said that its not hot

  • @phantomnarwhal164
    @phantomnarwhal164 Před 3 lety +176

    Him: Accidentally turns on the torch
    Everything living on his table: Gone reduced to atoms

    • @heh2393
      @heh2393 Před 3 lety +1

      I forgot, what reference is this?

    • @jasielrivera1193
      @jasielrivera1193 Před 3 lety +4

      @@heh2393 avengers end game when near the start when thanos is asked where the stones are and he said he destroyed them

    • @heh2393
      @heh2393 Před 3 lety +2

      @@jasielrivera1193 Right, thanks alot!

    • @kingcoveryepic
      @kingcoveryepic Před 3 lety +2

      Jasiel Rivera maybe edit the comment with “spoilers for end game”
      I’ve watched the movie but maybe some people haven’t

    • @rascoid
      @rascoid Před 3 lety +1

      @@kingcoveryepic well they woud stop reading when they see averagers endgame

  • @justangelo94
    @justangelo94 Před 4 lety +817

    Lol. He’s the guy that goes way too far for the science fair. *RESPECT*

    • @davidbergmann8948
      @davidbergmann8948 Před 4 lety

      Haha 🍄🍄🍆🍆🍄🍄🍆🍄

    • @tolkienfan1972
      @tolkienfan1972 Před 3 lety +19

      No such thing as too far when it comes to s science fair!

    • @truffleshuffl
      @truffleshuffl Před 3 lety +5

      Yeah like Tesla and Feynman, 🙄 how is this the top comment? Science is dead. Complete lack of understanding regards to the level of knowledge and effort jt takes to accomplish this over enthusiastic science fair result 🤔 you understand that those kids who did well at the science fair simply understood how slowly and pathetically they teach science at school and probably could have taught the class if they wanted to waste their time? He is not an overly enthusiastic science fair kid, he’s a mechanically minded practical physicist. A very useful human.

    • @mrendroid609
      @mrendroid609 Před 3 lety +6

      @@truffleshuffl It's a joke. Also he followed up with RESPECT. Chill out

    • @truffleshuffl
      @truffleshuffl Před 3 lety

      @@mrendroid609 more the 474 likes that upset me.. you chill out. RESPECT

  • @kechan_
    @kechan_ Před 5 lety +233

    8 Minutes ago, i didn't even know that Cold Fire exists.. Thank you.. learnt something..

    • @realdeal5712
      @realdeal5712 Před 5 lety +1

      Almost anyone on earth dont know lol. Its pretty new thing. Back then , idk if this even possible

    • @ohboy1113
      @ohboy1113 Před 4 lety

      Ahh, the only child.

    • @James.D.B.
      @James.D.B. Před 3 lety

      I'd heard of cold plasma, but that was it, I never knew it could be a real thing

  • @ChiralSymmetry
    @ChiralSymmetry Před 5 lety +517

    I was, briefly, a grad student in physics, and did some research in a low temperature lab (stuff like liquid helium research).
    Anyways, I was told bluntly and wisely, that my first five attempts at an experiment would fail. Because what we were doing was unknown (not only to us, but to anyone in the world), with no road-map. So we didn't even know how things could or would fail. So no matter how carefully you designed and built the first five versions, you would fail due to some unforeseen problems. The problems might be trivial, or they might be deep and complicated.
    Therefore, it was important *not* to spend too much time carefully designing and building the first several tries; that would be a waste of time and effort.
    Only after five tries, would you have learned enough to know what you're doing. Then, it would be good to design and build carefully. At first, that was a difficult lesson for me.
    In other words:
    (1) Fail fast, fail smart. (ie: fail efficiently: that means quickly, and learning as much as possible per failure.)
    (2) Learn from failure, several times.
    (3) Then carefully design and build.

    • @corpstilldeath6744
      @corpstilldeath6744 Před 5 lety +9

      How exactly do you fail? How do you go about doing that intelligently?,

    • @ChiralSymmetry
      @ChiralSymmetry Před 5 lety +17

      A very good question! I don't think there are any easy answers. And probably depends greatly on what area you're working in.
      But I think I would say that you should study what other people have done. Maybe some people have worked on areas related to what you are doing. Understand those things, without limiting yourself to what they did. Maybe understand how what they did would be helpful, or would fail.
      Also, sometimes talk to people outside of your area. Something they do might give you a new idea. Or, they could have a very different and fresh perspective on what you're doing.

    • @corpstilldeath6744
      @corpstilldeath6744 Před 5 lety +9

      @@ChiralSymmetry thank you for answering this, you're a very kind person

    • @mauirandall8176
      @mauirandall8176 Před 5 lety +13

      It's the same with art and cooking first couple of times you're going to do bad no matter what.

    • @jameswyatt1304
      @jameswyatt1304 Před 5 lety +4

      @@mauirandall8176 Glodilocks And The Three Generations of Software Objects. First doesn't have enough functionality, second is way overdone, third is about right. Seems to apply to hardware too.

  • @Maison1990
    @Maison1990 Před 3 lety +8

    I. Literally. Just. Thought of this.
    Didn't say a word. Didn't look anything up. Didn't look up or say anything related.
    Just thought about it for the first time in years.
    And 5 minutes later, CZcams recommended it.

  • @fartsponge6680
    @fartsponge6680 Před 4 lety +136

    Puts ice cream on stove
    Mom: lord have mercy

  • @Nighthawkinlight
    @Nighthawkinlight Před 5 lety +692

    Really looking forward to seeing some chemistry done with this!

    • @whiteeyedshadow8423
      @whiteeyedshadow8423 Před 5 lety +1

      @@Tony-nl6pf check out @NightHawkingLight 's channel, because if you like this video, you will like his ones too

    • @thethoughtemporium
      @thethoughtemporium  Před 5 lety +59

      One thing I left out was the stink of ozone when we were running this on air. I'm hoping to set up the system with co2 and water vapor and shoot it into a canister/tank of some sort to see if the collected products become flammable at some ratio of co2 to water. Ought to be fun, but also really dangerous so we're gonna take out time to make sure we do it safely

    • @corpstilldeath6744
      @corpstilldeath6744 Před 5 lety +3

      @@thethoughtemporium I thought people liked that smell

    • @Flightstar
      @Flightstar Před 5 lety +6

      I love the smell of ozone in the morning.

    • @Volvary
      @Volvary Před 5 lety

      I'd love to see a collab between you two to work on some project.

  • @RedLightning306
    @RedLightning306 Před 5 lety +1492

    air and water into fuel?
    **united states would like to know your location**

    • @mikescholz6429
      @mikescholz6429 Před 4 lety +106

      Achievement Unlocked: killed by big oil

    • @hansnielsen4165
      @hansnielsen4165 Před 4 lety +6

      @@mikescholz6429 And the next you will tell us, is the earth is flat and hidden by NASA. Right?

    • @mikescholz6429
      @mikescholz6429 Před 4 lety +56

      Lol no? Unlike that nonsense there are some verifiable deaths under odd circumstances with alternative energy. Its was also slightly a joke.

    • @fava7753
      @fava7753 Před 4 lety +14

      Look what happened to the american guy that ran his vehicle on this . He died in very suspicious circumstances , and his plans disappeared from his home , no witnesses . . So america already has this information . Strange how this happened after he refused to sell the plans to the corporate oil companies and government . . Its all there for anyone to lookup on the tube . He was going to give the plans freely to the public , he never had the chance to do so , this could be classed by some as speculation . . But ...

    • @PuffyRainbowCloud
      @PuffyRainbowCloud Před 4 lety +7

      There's actually a city in Sweden where I think some government vehicles and a few private ones run on methane produced using a similar method. They take CO2 from the air and I believe the water is rainwater and they also capture the water to be reused when they refuel. They're basically electric vehicles which have had their batteries swapped out for generators running on methane.

  • @wave5009
    @wave5009 Před 4 lety +73

    Imagine being this smart

    • @quanquan4363
      @quanquan4363 Před 3 lety +4

      Couldn't be me

    • @calvindiebold9048
      @calvindiebold9048 Před 3 lety +2

      Imagine being smart

    • @wave5009
      @wave5009 Před 3 lety +3

      @@calvindiebold9048 me reading this after checking my final grades for this semester hit hard

  • @sadieblanchard1120
    @sadieblanchard1120 Před 3 lety +36

    I feel like I just learned more in this video than in all four years of high-school

  • @ChemicalFlames55
    @ChemicalFlames55 Před 5 lety +898

    put a phosphor on the tip so u can tell when its in use (from the uv light)

    • @htmagic
      @htmagic Před 5 lety +94

      Better yet, get some 12 mm neon tubing with the phosphor already coated inside. You can make this a shroud on the output end of the torch.

    • @Ucceah
      @Ucceah Před 5 lety +22

      great idea. a bit of glow in the dark pigment will do the trick.
      finding the raw materials for neon tubes isnt exactly easy, especially in small quantities. and most phosphorescent coatings used there arent durable.

    • @whatevernamegoeshere3644
      @whatevernamegoeshere3644 Před 5 lety +9

      @@Ucceah glow in the dark powder charges up. You need UV fluorescent dyes

    • @gokalpcetin4763
      @gokalpcetin4763 Před 5 lety +11

      no not phosphor, I think you mean photo-luminescent or fluorescent material but phosphor is highly reactive to oxygen so it will start burning in place not only when the torch is on but continuously until it is finished.

    • @Ucceah
      @Ucceah Před 5 lety +15

      the "phsphor" in CRTs has a very faint afterglow too. just like some white LEDs. it's falsely called phosphor, but that's what it's called.
      glow pigment has makes a great UV indicator, it's much brighter under UV, that it could glow on it's own. (the shorter the wavelength the brighter)

  • @EmancipatedSquirrel
    @EmancipatedSquirrel Před 5 lety +370

    Amazing how low funded projects driven by passion can yeild great results! Good stuff!

    • @0Arcoverde
      @0Arcoverde Před 5 lety +17

      No extreme pressure nor a bunch of burocracy to get stuff done
      Public funded science is suffering a lot out of burocracy and scarcity of money
      Scientist in University have more burocratic work than scientific work, and don't know shit about sharing their knowledge to the public who funded them

    • @quohime1824
      @quohime1824 Před 5 lety +4

      @@0Arcoverde the device you typed that on is an aggregate of publicly funded research. You just have to read up on all the vast amount of publicly funded technology that gets sold to private corporations so that they can "invent" it.

    • @0Arcoverde
      @0Arcoverde Před 5 lety +3

      @@quohime1824 the scientfic journal mafia doesn't help
      The "not spreadnes" of science doesn't help
      The huge burocratic work scientist need to do is equal or greater than the scientfic work they already have

    • @quohime1824
      @quohime1824 Před 5 lety +2

      @@0Arcoverde what work tho? I've tried looking this up an I haven't found anything. If anything, the bureaucracy would be handled by the university. I don't see how or why a researcher would be doing government paperwork? Am I missing something here? The most I could see a researcher doing is submitting a request for funds from the University to get money for their research. And as far as I know this isn't as monumental as their research is. It's just a plan of what you are looking to do and a justification for the money you want to spend on it.

    • @0Arcoverde
      @0Arcoverde Před 5 lety +1

      @@quohime1824 money is scarce
      They are basically competing against each other to write the best possible proposal and get founded
      They need to justify every paid student they have
      There is a video on veritasium on the matter
      At last, the lack of solution doesn't mean we can't point out the problems

  • @ChaseThePinballWizard
    @ChaseThePinballWizard Před 4 lety +233

    My big brother: "I told you, blue fire is cold."

  • @isnow8278
    @isnow8278 Před 4 lety +100

    I want my house to be on fire constantly with this stuff

    • @predator3299
      @predator3299 Před 4 lety +17

      it means the house is cold and free of coronavirus
      buuuut it also means the atmosphere of the house is entirely argon so hope you brought an oxygen mask

    • @yellowgoose5043
      @yellowgoose5043 Před 4 lety +1

      @@predator3299 you mean human can't breath argon? Well shit what is this then... (Ik maak een grapje, ik ben geen goed Engels haha)

    • @yellowgoose5043
      @yellowgoose5043 Před 3 lety +7

      @カモメcheegulls ever seen another language before.......

    • @timonc6302
      @timonc6302 Před 3 lety

      @@yellowgoose5043 dude, your dutch was worse than your English? You literally said 'i'm making a joke, i'm not a good english'
      So next time you're coming for someone 'not seeing a different language' try to not emberass yourself..

    • @jackal292
      @jackal292 Před 3 lety

      @@timonc6302 what are you using, Google translate?

  • @ferny0825
    @ferny0825 Před 4 lety +138

    “Well if you’ve ever played with high voltage...”
    Dude, who the hell...

  • @godrel6177
    @godrel6177 Před 5 lety +256

    You are officially a wizard!

  • @beansupplier1786
    @beansupplier1786 Před 4 lety +106

    1990: we will have flying cars in the future
    2019: *COLD* *FIRE*

    • @Mario-wt7ey
      @Mario-wt7ey Před 4 lety +2

      I'd much rather have a totally undeserved 'I told you so' moment with the kids I've told blue fire is cold to than worry about haphazard idiots going in another axis of movement on the 'road' xD

    • @maskedredstonerproz
      @maskedredstonerproz Před 3 lety

      we do actually have a flying car now , although not as popular and widely used as expected

  • @calebnoble3098
    @calebnoble3098 Před 5 lety +25

    Found this channel 5 minutes ago, watched for 1 minute, subscribed.

  • @Martin-zx5ip
    @Martin-zx5ip Před 5 lety +521

    Hell yeah, instant like.

    • @enclis
      @enclis Před 5 lety

      Cannot understand why all so interested about this particular video. Spending a year on trying to get atmospheric-pressure plasma jet with DC voltage is not so clever decision.

    • @DarkDragonEgg
      @DarkDragonEgg Před 5 lety

      Instant subscription

    • @enclis
      @enclis Před 5 lety

      @@user255 This was explained directly in the video. Starting from 4:49 to 5:54.

    • @enclis
      @enclis Před 5 lety

      @@user255 I've already answered you, try to be more perceptive.

    • @enclis
      @enclis Před 5 lety

      ​@@LoganDark4357 The Thought Emporium is talking about using AC (starting from 4:49 to 5:54) or at least oscillating voltage for atmospheric-pressure plasma jet, but using computer monitor flyback transformer (that is shown at 7:02) which have capacitor at the output - so the output voltage is constant. He spent a year on trying to get atmospheric-pressure plasma jet with constant voltage. Please, try to be more perceptive.

  • @kirbs0001
    @kirbs0001 Před 5 lety +156

    I am EXTREMELY excited to see that gecko tape project!

    • @sailingsolar2371
      @sailingsolar2371 Před 5 lety +9

      Keep holding your breath for that to happen along with all the other projects he puts one or two video's on and claims is on going. I've lost count of all the projects he's claims he's working on. Throw him some money, that is the main goal after all.

    • @hiiambob89
      @hiiambob89 Před 5 lety +1

      Same

    • @Riley_Edgar25
      @Riley_Edgar25 Před 5 lety

      hmmm I’m looking at his channel you wouldn’t believe what video I saw gecko tape..

  • @The_Nonchalant_Shallot
    @The_Nonchalant_Shallot Před 4 lety +2

    In 5 minutes, you helped explain HOW plasma is created, whereas my science teachers throughout my entire childhood were never able to properly explain it.
    I salute you, good sir.

  • @bunchofretards2375
    @bunchofretards2375 Před 4 lety +3

    It is satisfying to see people that are able to do complex calculations and work with machinery. Good job Sir!

  • @princenierva2600
    @princenierva2600 Před 5 lety +96

    Next episode:making a cold flamethrower

    • @creeperizak8971
      @creeperizak8971 Před 4 lety +1

      You're gonna need a whole lotta argon.

    • @nikkiofthevalley
      @nikkiofthevalley Před 3 lety +2

      @@creeperizak8971 yea.. and argon is expensive.. so it could maybe be possible but would be really expensive and hard to build..

    • @kaz-kb
      @kaz-kb Před 3 lety

      just throw the flames with your hands lmao

    • @HaroldoPinheiro-OK
      @HaroldoPinheiro-OK Před 3 lety

      @@nikkiofthevalley and once it is expended, things argon.

    • @MRGF78
      @MRGF78 Před 3 lety

      That would be a plasmacaster...

  • @Spirit532
    @Spirit532 Před 5 lety +60

    Fun fact: a lot of the mass market semiconductor industry uses plasma torches to superclean wafers. They use blown discharge in air though, not argon. Very similar to what you've built.

    • @gregandark8571
      @gregandark8571 Před 5 lety

      Are you sure ?
      is plasma ESD safe for this kind of process ?

    • @Spirit532
      @Spirit532 Před 5 lety +5

      @@gregandark8571 I'm not sure exactly *what* they use, but I'm absolutely certain I've seen plasma used to clean wafers during production.
      I don't see why it wouldn't be.

    • @kylejacobs1247
      @kylejacobs1247 Před 5 lety +3

      Plasma is indeed used for a variety of things in the semiconductor industry. I believe the process most similar to what you mean is a simple plasma clean. It's not a cold plasma but typically an argon plasma that physically cleans the surface by the bombardment of ions. A more aggressive clean uses oxygen plasma which will react with any organics on the surface, turning them into CO2 and H2O

    • @vivekmathur3514
      @vivekmathur3514 Před 5 lety

      Interesting.

    • @bowenyang3348
      @bowenyang3348 Před 5 lety +4

      @@gregandark8571 The monocrystalline silicon before doping is an intrinsic semiconductor, which means it conducts electricity very poorly. Actually, undoped monocrystalline silicon is widely used as an insulator in semiconductor devices.
      Plus, ESD damages electronic devices largely because they permanently breakdown the thin dielectric layer in, e.g., MOSFETs. The dielectric layer is applied way after cleaning the wafers.

  • @limbo8749
    @limbo8749 Před 3 lety +22

    Him: “It’s safe to touch” and “It rips organisms to shreds”
    COVID-19: I gotta run

    • @limbo8749
      @limbo8749 Před 2 lety

      Bruh I just thought its the first time I've watched the video and i found my comment from last year

  • @tupolz
    @tupolz Před 4 lety +5

    "Cold plasma is amazing and I wanted to see it for myself" - I love you man.

  • @devrim-oguz
    @devrim-oguz Před 5 lety +130

    Flyback transformers have high voltage diodes in them for rectification, because CRT TVs require polarized electric fields. That is why they act "weird".

    • @jameswyatt1304
      @jameswyatt1304 Před 5 lety +6

      Yep, they're charging a large capacitor for the electron gun to fire at the phosphor. Also, DC allows a build-up of charge over time more than HF AC can, so a small current can charge a HV storage w/o everything having to be so beefy/costly/bulky.

    • @slayedthatdragon9049
      @slayedthatdragon9049 Před 5 lety +1

      Ali Devrim OGUZ not all do actually, I got lucky several times with older color TV's no diodes, or caps in it just the circle tube of windings, sealed of course and the ferrite going to ground also 3 of them only have 5 lead's very easy to work with added benefits imo. I think this convince me to take apart the old Commodore 64 and monitor and see what kind of fly back is in there since when I was on vacation are old 30 or so inch screen TV that was black white mysteriously got recycled during spring cleaning sigh

    • @slayedthatdragon9049
      @slayedthatdragon9049 Před 5 lety +1

      Also on the ones I have came even from recent TV the recent cr-mo more recent CRT TVs the AC ones are actually a bit smaller and are said to be able to produce a lot more beneficial variances but I've yet to experiment with all the possibilitys, let alone therorys. I rebuilt one would definitely be the way to go for anybody interested and using flybacks in their project so they don't have to use the fix diodes and the fix capacitor you can use them additionally added on to your own needs which makes it a lot more versatile Imo. you can always depot one with the diodes in there in the capacitor and Rewind it to your own needs just a Crock-Pot with some sand and it until the epoxy starts getting loose enough to crack away gently I've seen homemade ones make my 3 Series fly back Tower look like an arc lighter.

    • @waspking5105
      @waspking5105 Před 5 lety +1

      Are you by any case attend my lectures. You sound like my students

    • @isasametturkmen
      @isasametturkmen Před 4 lety

      teşekkürler

  • @doggo00
    @doggo00 Před 5 lety +200

    cold plasma
    *wait that's illegal*

    • @StoicNutria
      @StoicNutria Před 4 lety

      A Dogtor no it’s not

    • @edwardli6724
      @edwardli6724 Před 4 lety +2

      the illegal meme is the epitome of ignorance

    • @lovely-0009
      @lovely-0009 Před 4 lety +9

      @@edwardli6724 people getting their panties in a knot over an obvious joke is the epitome of ignorance

  • @ixisuprflyixi
    @ixisuprflyixi Před 5 lety +8

    This is awesome. I just found you, and I'm happy to say you produce some of the most sophisticated science content on CZcams. Thanks.

  • @mollyharris2876
    @mollyharris2876 Před 4 lety +1

    This channel is like How It’s Made meets Biology and I am absolutely fascinated by every concept that has been presented to me. I didn’t even think some of this was possible. Wow.

  • @jacobhempel1855
    @jacobhempel1855 Před 5 lety +20

    You should include a simple T-shirt with the Thought Emporium logo + text for your merch store. I'd totally buy it.

  • @VaradMahashabde
    @VaradMahashabde Před 5 lety +124

    Next time : Citizen Scientist completely eclipses real university scientists with grants to make an orbital rocket

    • @Watergox
      @Watergox Před 5 lety +2

      #CopenhagenSuborbitals

  • @RogueJyn
    @RogueJyn Před 4 lety +51

    So. Possible applications to an Ion engine?
    *Tie fighter noises*

    • @user-tk5nb7mi1j
      @user-tk5nb7mi1j Před 3 lety +1

      Satelites running ion engines are already being made.

  • @MohdAradi
    @MohdAradi Před 4 lety

    exactly a year ago this video showed up in my recommended.
    got me hooked on your channel,
    what got me was clean voice
    the way of explaining
    and the wealth of information
    and a year later here I am looking like a junkie waiting for another video to be released .

  • @samuelfrancis9143
    @samuelfrancis9143 Před 5 lety +110

    If you do end up publishing a paper on this where can i find it?

    • @GamingAmbienceLive
      @GamingAmbienceLive Před 5 lety +10

      he is not a university and he is not doing it in a university, so whatever he finds will go to grave with him

    • @st4t253
      @st4t253 Před 5 lety +6

      @@GamingAmbienceLive not true, we live in the modern age, not hard to post something online

    • @thethoughtemporium
      @thethoughtemporium  Před 5 lety +78

      @Cody Slab
      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Sorry I almost fell out of my chair. You realize this video has (at time of writing this) 1.2M watch minutes and ~200k views. More people will see this video than any paper I could ever write, even if I came up with a better theory of gravity. And when I do write the paper, there's no requirement that I be part of any university to publish. Anyone who pays the fee and passes the journals quality standards and peer review gets published. I'll be looking to publish in peerJ or hardware X, both of which couldn't give a single fuck about university status. And even if I didn't publish, I post links to code on github and show extreme detail in videos, more than enough t replicate anything I do. The videos come out in essentially real time. When I make a video, I just finished working on the project a day or two before.

    • @orion10x10
      @orion10x10 Před 5 lety +10

      @@thethoughtemporium Thanks for being the grand CZcams wizard of science.

    • @user-ux6pb3vb5i
      @user-ux6pb3vb5i Před 5 lety +17

      Cody Slab: "so whatever he finds will go to grave with him"
      And yet, you're here, seeing his/their findings.
      What, a, fckng, irony.

  • @joshuabondurant456
    @joshuabondurant456 Před 5 lety +20

    Watching your videos inspires me to keep on working on my projects even though they don't come out perfect.

    • @sailingsolar2371
      @sailingsolar2371 Před 5 lety +1

      That has got to count for something.

    • @sofuckingannoying
      @sofuckingannoying Před 5 lety +1

      Same. I got started on a discone antenna for rtl-sdr some 7 years ago, never finished. Still have the parts, but now I think I'll be going straight to some sort of a helical antenna to earn the "my other camera is in space" badge. This summer will be it.

    • @joshuabondurant456
      @joshuabondurant456 Před 5 lety +1

      That's why I like people inspiring other people. too bad there's no place for at home inventors to come together and work on projects just to work on them and have fun and learn more.

  • @S7udio1381
    @S7udio1381 Před 4 lety

    That's the best explanation of cold plasma I have ever heard. Great job!

  • @JoesAutoElectric
    @JoesAutoElectric Před 4 lety

    Very neat! Fantastic that you had the tenacity to stay with it.

  • @tylerdolph886
    @tylerdolph886 Před 5 lety +32

    The Thought Emporium: *makes ion engines*
    Nasa: *sad government corporation noises*

    • @MushVPeets
      @MushVPeets Před 5 lety +2

      If I'm not mistaken, this is basically an _un_ - ion engine. An ion engine uses electric fields and plasma physics to shoot cold gas out at high speeds, where the speed is the important part. This torch uses a source of pressurized gas and a bit of electrical engineering to blow cold _plasma_ out at fairly pedestrian speeds, where the plasma is the important part.

  • @matty6146
    @matty6146 Před 5 lety +7

    I'd love to see you change the chemistry up so I can see how it reacts and bravo btw glad to see not everyone's just sitting at home doing nothing...this is legitimate motivation

  • @MGoat76
    @MGoat76 Před 5 lety

    Very well produced video with nice animations. Great work.

  • @ArminYekkalam
    @ArminYekkalam Před 4 lety +1

    You read lots of scientific papers, made a device which probably worth an arm and a leg commercially, and took a year to build, and is better than all those in academic papers, and put it here for free, in favor of humankind. Wow! Good job!

  • @ilikegamestoo9
    @ilikegamestoo9 Před 5 lety +39

    Cold to the touch, yet melts metal. That would be cool.

    • @solidagold115
      @solidagold115 Před 5 lety +2

      How would that work exactly? It's cold because of it's low energy level, right? If I understood correctlyt the intention is that it can destroy MOs.

    • @FFuckYouTube
      @FFuckYouTube Před 5 lety +1

      idk the specifics but i have a few water torches, of varying complexity as to the the separation, scrubbing/drying and delivery from the cells as well as in the design of torch burners; and most configurations result in a flame that will cut metal but so far in my most gracefully clumsy mishandling hasnt burned my skin or clothing or furniture, and rarely it burns paper if i let it stay in flame too long. in the same conditions but with conventional gas (propane or MAPP) cylinder as fuel i have accidentally burned many things and acquired many scars. my best guess would be that its an effect kinda similar to induction cooking but focused to a pencil tip, with some extra jazz about poteintial held in the flame and theres probably a good amount of charge in the in the fuel and some small amount of liquid droplets with dissolved KOH. i never really thought about it and now am curious as to the actual reason from someone who knows.

    • @haivhan506
      @haivhan506 Před 4 lety

      It exists, some metals melt at very low heat, sometimes lower than the wax.

    • @dexterdequoitdikkentheworl87
      @dexterdequoitdikkentheworl87 Před 4 lety +1

      that would be browns gas...water molecules where the hydroxyl di hydrogen has been dissociated,leaving 2h+o...this results in a plasma that,when combusted,cuts metal but doesnt burn skin...

    • @Retrenorium
      @Retrenorium Před 4 lety

      @@FFuckCZcams watch out for the extra monsters and demons

  • @empru4553
    @empru4553 Před 5 lety +4

    Very interesting and well explained, as always!

  • @littlelemmingful
    @littlelemmingful Před 4 lety +1

    brilliantly played out. well done and thank you for sharing.

  • @eqcicil
    @eqcicil Před 4 lety

    This is awesome! Congratulations on your success after so much effort!

  • @DisdainforPlebs
    @DisdainforPlebs Před 5 lety +21

    Please let us know when you upload your preprint to Arxiv, would be awesome to read about this in more detail!

  • @johniccia6175
    @johniccia6175 Před 5 lety +20

    The whole video make me say: can you repeat the whole thing again

  • @maskedredstonerproz
    @maskedredstonerproz Před 3 lety

    I expected this thing to be an absolute behemoth of a thing , but you can hold it in your hand , cool , makes it even better IMO

  • @shumeister1059
    @shumeister1059 Před 4 lety

    Thank you for your detailed explanation, it really helps for following what you're trying to do.

  • @You-dm2eh
    @You-dm2eh Před 5 lety +8

    Lightning, the cold-blooded fire.

  • @fireandcopper
    @fireandcopper Před 5 lety +8

    I guess you could also "weld" ice if the ambient temperature is cold

  • @chronold1246
    @chronold1246 Před 3 lety

    I respect your honesty that most people shy away from👌

  • @mrtracyut
    @mrtracyut Před 4 lety

    This is such a great video for anyone that enjoys plasma science and engineering.

  • @tjf9948
    @tjf9948 Před 5 lety +5

    Hello cold plasma torch, welcome to my late night recommended.
    p.s. I never knew I needed to see this so thank you Mr. AI for the wizardry.

  • @henrymarckisotto9025
    @henrymarckisotto9025 Před 5 lety +3

    Wow that's truly amazing. Excellent work you've just earned a new supporter. Keep in the good work

  • @mohnishverma
    @mohnishverma Před 3 lety

    I'm just glad I found your channel!

  • @55ATA3
    @55ATA3 Před 4 lety

    Very nice work, thank you for taking the time to show us your work on your Plasma torch. This is an area that is not covered well in most information as the transformers used can kill just as easy as they can make thing work. You may want to add more shielding on the exposed wire as it can breakdown over time and has led to issues with other peoples work.

  • @Zaniahiononzenbei
    @Zaniahiononzenbei Před 5 lety +7

    Awesome as always. Is there any hope that you could use this in place of a plasma chamber for sticking PDMS and Glass together for Microfluidics?

  • @crazytd9536
    @crazytd9536 Před 4 lety +3

    "kills vruses"
    2020: I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK

  • @shmehfleh3115
    @shmehfleh3115 Před 4 lety

    I really dig this video. In case you were curios, a CRT's flyback transformer is used to control the horizontal sweep of the electron beam. It basically takes in pulsed DC and spits out a sawtooth signal that never crosses 0v.

  • @dougthfret7796
    @dougthfret7796 Před 4 lety

    Hat's off for an excellent presentation with explanations!

  • @deliveryman7001
    @deliveryman7001 Před 5 lety +20

    Cold Plasma Torch: *Exists*
    Me: Wait, that's illegal

  • @bryceallen1334
    @bryceallen1334 Před 5 lety +89

    U trying to say “Cap-ill-LARRY!!!”?? Bro?

    • @diji5071
      @diji5071 Před 5 lety +8

      Yo dawg, I knew ILL LARRY and he did get capped.

    • @GoodHydration
      @GoodHydration Před 5 lety +1

      I believe he sounds Canadian/Dakotan... maybe?

    • @intriqet8776
      @intriqet8776 Před 4 lety +1

      holy crap that was nagging at me

    • @thekito4623
      @thekito4623 Před 4 lety

      Oh no. Larry is ill? Hope he gets better soon

    • @rawhidelamp
      @rawhidelamp Před 4 lety +1

      Holy shit people, its a different pronunciation, I understand being confused, but ruling out that a different pronunciation is even possible is stupid. Stop being stupid

  • @anubis63000jd
    @anubis63000jd Před 4 lety

    The world needs people doing things like this.

    • @wkruse84
      @wkruse84 Před 4 lety

      It's been done before, probably. There was a guy named Stanley Meyer who had a device that used a "capacitor" to break water down into hydrogen and oxygen for fuel in a car and he drove it around the country and they even showed him on the news. It sounded like it harnessed a similar technology to the one this guy is demonstrating. Anyways, Mr. Meyer died at a Cracker Barrel with his last words being, "They poisoned me." Despite scientists at the time acknowledging it did the impossible, the history books call him a fraud. If we aren't buying our energy from somewhere then that technology doesn't exist or is impossible.
      We live in a world where America invades countries that don't sell their oil for the US dollar, so yeah, we definitely need something like this.

    • @anubis63000jd
      @anubis63000jd Před 4 lety

      ​@@wkruse84 Being done before is a good thing. Concept is proven. Then various designs and unique applications follow.
      That's progress. More people need to be involved in that process. That's all I meant.

  • @DavidLindes
    @DavidLindes Před 4 lety

    2:46 - I love watching the wood boil. :) (Something I noticed when doing my own slowmo of a match burning, a while back... and so I was immediately looking for it here, and there it was.)

  • @cramercane
    @cramercane Před 5 lety +8

    Awesome project I love the thousands of applications it could have quick question isn't it possible that it is the UV light that destroys the bacteria eccentric cetera because like at water treatment plants and other applications UV light is used to sterilize stuff just curious and if it is the ions and uv combination man ramp this technology up to a bigger thing and you could be sterilizing all kinds of things

  • @HadesXero
    @HadesXero Před 5 lety +3

    Bro I saw this in my recommended, immediately interested, then heard cold plasma torch and immediately subscribed

  • @fjs1111
    @fjs1111 Před 4 lety

    Very good work my friend, and you're quite the speaker!

  • @jonnaphendoonsberg365
    @jonnaphendoonsberg365 Před 3 lety

    great work, I'm impressed

  • @Lyle-xc9pg
    @Lyle-xc9pg Před 5 lety +6

    Never have I seen someone have 749 likes and 0 dislikes

  • @Reu248
    @Reu248 Před 3 lety +5

    6:00 Is this how powder coating works (minus the argon)?

  • @bassmechanic237
    @bassmechanic237 Před 3 lety

    Great stuff sir. Thank you for sharing and teaching. Godspeed.

  • @DepressionKnowsBest
    @DepressionKnowsBest Před 3 lety

    This is the video that introduced me to your channel, Thank you for being smart and kinda crazy

  • @fragrooster375
    @fragrooster375 Před 4 lety +5

    I heard him say that the cold plasma torch "rips organisms to shreds" so I scrolled down to the comments to first, check if anyone had made a joke about it killing the Corona virus, and then ultimately make it myself. But, when I scrolled back up to the video, I so happened to pause it at 1:36 and and noticed what it said in the first sentence of the first paragraph, and the second to last word in the index terms directly underneath.
    Kinda spooky, eh?

  • @Xezian
    @Xezian Před 5 lety +8

    "i didnt have any brass tubing so i just made my own"

  • @davidrice4873
    @davidrice4873 Před 3 lety

    I'm so impressed that this actually works

  • @markflores375
    @markflores375 Před 3 lety

    I thank you for your time.

  • @johnortiz6129
    @johnortiz6129 Před 4 lety +3

    Guess who's motivated to do good in my CHEMISTRY CLASS

  • @nuclearshorts1243
    @nuclearshorts1243 Před 4 lety +27

    "it even kills viruses"
    CZcams: HES TALKING ABOUT CORONAVIRUS! DEMONETISED!!!

  • @brandoncallin2382
    @brandoncallin2382 Před 2 lety

    Good physics . Very well explained . Thank you .

  • @thomasackerman3995
    @thomasackerman3995 Před 4 lety

    New to your channel.BRAVO! This project is very interesting. Subscribed.

  • @midgetman4206
    @midgetman4206 Před 5 lety +3

    Your life seems fun. I was actually looking at random crap earlier today, it was plasma jets, which blew my mind, how do you even man
    Edit: could echolocation be used with a visor? Like a visualization of your surroundings, but you display the objects on something like oculus rift

  • @TheChemicalWorkshop
    @TheChemicalWorkshop Před 5 lety +11

    "Cold plasma torch kit"(zws not included) 19.99€ ? If so then i'm in !

    • @claudiog.7397
      @claudiog.7397 Před 5 lety +1

      Lol a dot slipped after the first two digits.

    • @TheChemicalWorkshop
      @TheChemicalWorkshop Před 5 lety +1

      @@claudiog.7397 i dont think that quarz tube, some teflon and acrilic cost that much.... also he plans to release it to public... 20 bucks isnt a lot but cmon the parts dont cost shitton

    • @claudiog.7397
      @claudiog.7397 Před 5 lety

      @@TheChemicalWorkshop oh yes if you do it yourself, have the machines, the time and skills. I thought you meant the price to buy the whole thing ...finished.

    • @TheChemicalWorkshop
      @TheChemicalWorkshop Před 5 lety

      @@claudiog.7397 most things finished
      But cutting gasket out of silicone or whatever anyone can do
      Not everyone has a lave but a drillbit...

    • @godfreypoon5148
      @godfreypoon5148 Před 5 lety

      That could absolutely be arranged.

  • @georgkuhn3986
    @georgkuhn3986 Před 5 lety +1

    A+ quality content, instant sub!
    You're awesome and inspiring

  • @bryanstellfox8521
    @bryanstellfox8521 Před 4 lety

    This is incredible, cutting edge science...
    The platform (CZcams) would seem to deny that, but as you said, this has never been done before. This is true scientific engineering, and I feel so lucky to have stumbled upon this channel. I will be donating to your Patreon and look forward to your future endeavors.

    • @daniela.delacruz1559
      @daniela.delacruz1559 Před 3 lety

      wouldn't call 100 year old science cutting edge... his application at home, perhaps? regardless a great explainer vid

  • @marcus7423
    @marcus7423 Před 3 lety +4

    this is perfect for the Coronavirus.

  • @Chubbicat
    @Chubbicat Před 5 lety +3

    bed time can wait

  • @clintkennedy8374
    @clintkennedy8374 Před 4 lety

    Very cool! That required an insane amount of patience

  • @jakobezick4442
    @jakobezick4442 Před 4 lety

    I wanna learn so much more about this I’m so amazed by what the human mind is capable of creating and I wanna know every little bit behind this