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Why do ice cubes crack in drinks? (SLOW MOTION)

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Dropping ice cubes in water (and liquid nitrogen) produce interesting results. Differential expansion. More slow motion from periodic videos: http://bit.ly/chemslomo Follow us on Facebook at   / periodicvideos   More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ And on Twitter at   / periodicvideos   From the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/NottChem Periodic Videos films are by video journalist Brady Haran: http://www.bradyharan.com/ Some sound design courtesy of Alan Stewart. A run-down of Brady's channels: http://bit.ly/bradychannels ...more
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Why do ice cubes crack in drinks? (SLOW MOTION)
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643,749Views
2014Jun 30
Dropping ice cubes in water (and liquid nitrogen) produce interesting results. Differential expansion. More slow motion from periodic videos: http://bit.ly/chemslomo Follow us on Facebook at   / periodicvideos   More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ And on Twitter at   / periodicvideos   From the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/NottChem Periodic Videos films are by video journalist Brady Haran: http://www.bradyharan.com/ Some sound design courtesy of Alan Stewart. A run-down of Brady's channels: http://bit.ly/bradychannels

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