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You can mix 10 marbles until they sort themselves. Why not 100?
This is a sequel to my last "ink tube" video, but this time I explain the title of the project, "the entropy of mixing". Entropy is a super weird topic, so I hope this makes sense, and I hope you enjoy!
Special thanks to my top Patreon supporters!
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Bonus thanks to Patreon supporter PJC, who reminded me that "closed" and "isolated" systems are technically very different!
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0:00 Intro / The arrow of time
2:52 The second law of thermodynamics
3:36 Flipping coins
10:08 Marble tracking analysis
13:58 Osmosis
21:31 Microstates, multiplicity, and entropy
23:49 REVERSE osmosis
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Відео

How do fluids actually mix?
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Visit brilliant.org/alphaphoenix/ to start your free 30-day trial, and get 20% off a premium annual subscription! This project has been kicking around in my head for years and I finally got around to building it! (Freshly inspired to make ordering/stochastic art after someone sent me a video of Ivan Miranda's awesome marble clock.) This machine separates ink from water with a reverse osmosis me...
Watch electricity hit a fork in the road at half a billion frames per second
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In this video, I measure a wave of electricity traveling down a wire, and answer the question - how does electricity know where to go? How does "electricity" "decide" where electrons should be moving in wires, and how long does that process take? Spoiler alert - very fast! I've been very excited about this project for a while - it was a lot of work to figure out a reliable way to make these mea...
An intuitive approach for understanding electricity
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In this video, I try to explain electricity Ohm's Law… using a LOT of different demonstrations and analogies. I've been working on this script for like a year and a half now - this took SO long to assemble because electricity is an absolute pain to learn and to explain. I crammed every analogy to describe electricity I could think of into this video (which is why it's... oof... 40 minutes... wh...
Two ways to make asymmetric mirrors (Printing vs. Warping)
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The long-awaited sequel (lol) to my first 3D printed mirrors video, where I take your advice and switch to UV-cure resin, get great results, but not good enough results, and then cheat by silvering a chunk of regular acrylic sheet! This video is a collab with (and the idea of a saddlepoint mirror was from) Steve Mould, so check out his video about this very saddlepoint mirror after you watch th...
How does electricity find the "Path of Least Resistance"?
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Ever wonder how electrons know where they are going? Electricity is a pretty mystifying topic, because electricity seems to be able to do impossible things, or at least things that don't make sense at a normal "human" scale. In this video I use a thermal camera to show electric current through a maze made of aluminum foil. The electric current very efficiently solves the maze, which is awesome,...
IP over AC: Mmmmmm Ppppfffftttt SssshhhhhhhWOOOSH
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I needed better home internet, so I used a plastic bag and a long string. Please DON'T try this at home. It works here, but there are a lot of ways you can screw up your house doing this. Be sure to check out the subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/TryTryAgain/ Music in this video: I Dunno by grapes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) ccmixter...
A laser powered by tiny molecular springs (2^16)
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Do you ever wonder how lasers work? What makes them different from other sources of light? The answer "stimulated emission" is frequently given, but even more important is achieving "population inversion". In this video I try to explain both, starting from ground level (no pun intended). Specifically, I describe the functionality of my cnc CO2 laser cutter. I also show off a woodblock printing ...
Sweeerve (5727 OmegaBytes)
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This past spring I attended the FRC North Carolina State Championships and got to talk to a bunch of the teams. If you've never heard of FIRST Robotics, you're in for a real treat, because this competition is AWESOME. (If you haven't seen the hub video for all these interviews, check it out first! ua-cam.com/video/BycqWYE3Ais/v-deo.html) These teams, thousands of them, have only about 2 months ...
An Interview with the CHAMPS! (587 The Hedgehogs)
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This past spring I attended the FRC North Carolina State Championships and got to talk to a bunch of the teams. If you've never heard of FIRST Robotics, you're in for a real treat, because this competition is AWESOME. (If you haven't seen the hub video for all these interviews, check it out first! ua-cam.com/video/BycqWYE3Ais/v-deo.html) These teams, thousands of them, have only about 2 months ...
This robot swings like Tarzan (3737 Roto Raptors)
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This past spring I attended the FRC North Carolina State Championships and got to talk to a bunch of the teams. If you've never heard of FIRST Robotics, you're in for a real treat, because this competition is AWESOME. (If you haven't seen the hub video for all these interviews, check it out first! ua-cam.com/video/BycqWYE3Ais/v-deo.html) These teams, thousands of them, have only about 2 months ...
Playing defense with literal thin air? (8634 Bootstraps!)
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This past spring I attended the FRC North Carolina State Championships and got to talk to a bunch of the teams. If you've never heard of FIRST Robotics, you're in for a real treat, because this competition is AWESOME. (If you haven't seen the hub video for all these interviews, check it out first! ua-cam.com/video/BycqWYE3Ais/v-deo.html) These teams, thousands of them, have only about 2 months ...
The most enthusiastic programmers I've ever met (6502 Darc Side)
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This past spring I attended the FRC North Carolina State Championships and got to talk to a bunch of the teams. If you've never heard of FIRST Robotics, you're in for a real treat, because this competition is AWESOME. (If you haven't seen the hub video for all these interviews, check it out first! ua-cam.com/video/BycqWYE3Ais/v-deo.html) These teams, thousands of them, have only about 2 months ...
Rack and Pinion (2642 Pitt Pirates)
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This past spring I attended the FRC North Carolina State Championships and got to talk to a bunch of the teams. If you've never heard of FIRST Robotics, you're in for a real treat, because this competition is AWESOME. (If you haven't seen the hub video for all these interviews, check it out first! ua-cam.com/video/BycqWYE3Ais/v-deo.html) These teams, thousands of them, have only about 2 months ...
Psyche out your opponent with LEDs (8727 Glitch 2.0)
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This past spring I attended the FRC North Carolina State Championships and got to talk to a bunch of the teams. If you've never heard of FIRST Robotics, you're in for a real treat, because this competition is AWESOME. (If you haven't seen the hub video for all these interviews, check it out first! ua-cam.com/video/BycqWYE3Ais/v-deo.html) These teams, thousands of them, have only about 2 months ...
Why does WATER change the speed of electricity?
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Why does WATER change the speed of electricity?
The annual engineering puzzle with 3,225 correct answers
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The annual engineering puzzle with 3,225 correct answers
Five years in 49 minutes
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Five years in 49 minutes
50,000,000x Magnification
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50,000,000x Magnification
The most realistic eclipse timelapse I've ever taken - Spring 2022 Lunar Eclipse HDR stack
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The most realistic eclipse timelapse I've ever taken - Spring 2022 Lunar Eclipse HDR stack
Eye vs Camera: Why it's nearly impossible to film an eclipse
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Eye vs Camera: Why it's nearly impossible to film an eclipse
Introducing the Magneto-Turboencabulator
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Introducing the Magneto-Turboencabulator
Are solid objects really “solid”?
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Are solid objects really “solid”?
I bought 1000 meters of wire to settle a physics debate
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I bought 1000 meters of wire to settle a physics debate
How to predict random numbers
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How to predict random numbers
How does a "first surface" mirror work? (2^15 sub special!)
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How does a "first surface" mirror work? (2^15 sub special!)
Algorithmic Redistricting: Elections made-to-order
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Algorithmic Redistricting: Elections made-to-order
Ditch the DSLR? The 200-year-old science of my new favorite camera (2^14 sub special!)
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Ditch the DSLR? The 200-year-old science of my new favorite camera (2^14 sub special!)
I went to a Delta IV Heavy Launch!
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I went to a Delta IV Heavy Launch!
Growing Giant Snowflakes (Timelapse Supercut)
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Growing Giant Snowflakes (Timelapse Supercut)

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @ksotar
    @ksotar Годину тому

    This is exactly like I teach electricity, and electric current, that starts as waves of electron density inside the wire. And I guess that pretty much summarize the notorious question "does electricity flow in wires". Thank you for your video and your animations are beyond helpful.

  • @Anon-Ymous2065
    @Anon-Ymous2065 4 години тому

    Don't get too attached to the model shown here of electrons as little ball bearings lined up like ducks in a row, patiently waiting for someone to close the switch so they can start moving. The conductor in a wire is a crystal lattice of gazillions of metallic nuclei whose electrons (29 for each copper atom), exist in the surrounding space. The electrons are in constant random motion whether or not a battery is a part of the picture. When a battery is connected this motion becomes a little less random and tends toward the source of positive electric charge at a drift velocity which is far less than the speed of light. What is felt almost immediately when you close the switch is the electric field.

  • @AKHILPUTHUSHEERY
    @AKHILPUTHUSHEERY 5 годин тому

    Sir, You need a different potential (negative and positive) setup in water channel to match electricity and they match the potential stay for some time to make current/flow.

  • @samuelthecamel
    @samuelthecamel 6 годин тому

    Me finding a girlfriend is a low entropy state

  • @scrotex6592
    @scrotex6592 6 годин тому

    Kind of like the ship of Theseus, if you replace one board at a time, the system (ship) will remain stable and appear unchanged, whereas if you replace every plank at once, then you have a completely new system.. not sure what I’m trying to say here 😅

  • @zxcytdfxy256
    @zxcytdfxy256 6 годин тому

    This is the way youtube was meant to be used

  • @buggerlugz6753
    @buggerlugz6753 6 годин тому

    wouldn't discharging a capacitor across the wires be better than using a battery in this experiment?

  • @sebastienberger2890
    @sebastienberger2890 6 годин тому

    This is the most impressive video and explanation about electricity I ever saw.

  • @shanky5089
    @shanky5089 7 годин тому

    I have no words just thanks a lot 🙏

  • @bettyg7710
    @bettyg7710 9 годин тому

    You induced a currant and created 3 separate electric fields. Cool. You went into the first field, ran the currant out and slit it into two field one shorted and one not. Correct so far? Why would I be surprised to find out that the shorted field would take longer to saturate than an open one. Even though the open field has no where to go, that does not mean it does not have a voltage potential. The reason we use twisted pairs is to combat induction crossover in high speed circuits.

  • @danielwiczew
    @danielwiczew 9 годин тому

    There is an easy way to introduce concept of entropy, without introducing entropy. Assuming a set of moves with some probability, and always fallow them according to this probability; You end up with a phenomena very similar to entropy itself. For example, if you have an open container, it is mor probable to move to the empty space, than to a crowded area. The same it is more probable for ink to go from a drop to the solution, than from the solution to the drop. The same applies with basically anything, until the probability is biased toward some point (e.g. a point of attraction).

    • @danielwiczew
      @danielwiczew 9 годин тому

      So next time, if you go shopping and find out that, it's easier for your money "go out of your pocket" than into it, you may call it "Entropy" 😅

  • @theDebel1
    @theDebel1 10 годин тому

    You just gave me an 'aha!' moment when you're separating the ink from the water. That's exactly what is also being done in a desalination plant, as seen in Practical Engineering's video.

  • @NicksStuff
    @NicksStuff 11 годин тому

    Less entropy isn't equivalent to more energy but to more *available* energy

  • @trixit
    @trixit 11 годин тому

    C

  • @techh3x4
    @techh3x4 11 годин тому

    this explained it so well, i like it

  • @Quantris
    @Quantris 13 годин тому

    Amazing work! It's kind of mindblowing how far we (well, the giants whose shoulders we're standing on) got *without* the experimental capability to observe at these timescales.

  • @emilybjoerk
    @emilybjoerk 13 годин тому

    Guessing what will happen before watching the rest: The initial state of the wire is uncharged. For simplicity let's assume the negative terminal is connected first and settles. When connecting the positive terminal, a "wave" will propagate through the cable and split at the junction. The field will propagate to the end of the unterminated end and a small amount of current will pass between these wires as the mutual capacitance of the twisted wire pair is charged. However once the capacitance is charged, no more current will flow. Technically the wave will reflect on the unterminated end, but let's not bring that into this. On the terminated branches the same wave propagates all the way to the negative terminal and as the EM field is established and there's an electrical connection, the current will flow.

  • @askemervigbahnson333
    @askemervigbahnson333 13 годин тому

    Veritasium level explaining + >steve mould level demonstrating. Very well done, immediately saved to my physics playlist!

  • @vanshdeepsingh8367
    @vanshdeepsingh8367 14 годин тому

    NICE CAPTURE how you diffrentiate when to capture more light in certain areas to see the stars

  • @michahcc
    @michahcc 15 годин тому

    Ohmmmmm... Ohmmmmmmmm

  • @warstory798
    @warstory798 17 годин тому

    seeing the distance apart of your wires i will say your getting induction on the table

  • @forlies
    @forlies 19 годин тому

    Thank you so much for this demonstration. It is absolutely amazing to see. Brilliant!

  • @Ssp-sv7dp
    @Ssp-sv7dp 20 годин тому

    Nope

  • @viewatyourownrisk
    @viewatyourownrisk 20 годин тому

    That was excellent. TY The behavior you're demonstrating here seems like it could also be visually represented using hoses and pressurized water.

  • @JayDownSouth
    @JayDownSouth 21 годину тому

    D. Is my guess

  • @TunifyBasic
    @TunifyBasic 21 годину тому

    do a strong magnet or a transreceiver using the cropper and share a video. i am struggling to understand how the drones antenna works i mean they transreceive for long distances but they aren't huge transrecivers.

  • @Sausketo
    @Sausketo 23 години тому

    So if im not mistaken, the fastest a spring could decompress is at the speed of sound

  • @user-ct6sy5ky8p
    @user-ct6sy5ky8p День тому

    Thank you!

  • @peterbonnema8913
    @peterbonnema8913 День тому

    Jup. A for effort

  • @computername
    @computername День тому

    Wow, great visualization!

  • @Rondows
    @Rondows День тому

    16:18 bro is racist

  • @gmh5484
    @gmh5484 День тому

    Don't forget the electromagnetic field around all conductors, that is transmitting the push-impuls, of the valence-electrons that jump out of the orbitals of the conductor atoms! it is like coupled freight wagons, where the coupling-impuls goes through almost immediately (voltage), but the "work" of the current only starts when the freight wagons have the tensions (are straightened) and start pulling, doing their "work", that is start causing a "resistance" in the metal grid !

  • @FallenStarFeatures
    @FallenStarFeatures День тому

    It looks like you're using a battery to power this experiment? The battery is built out of a series of cells stacked together to produce its voltage. The current that flows through the circuit is generated by chemical reactions inside the battery. While there is a static voltage potential across the battery terminals before the electronic switch closes, no current is yet flowing through the wire. When the switch closes, the voltage potential causes current to flow out of the battery, which triggers chemical reactions inside the battery that generate additional electric current. However, those chemical reactions take time to accumulate within the battery, which may account for the one microsecond delay where a small initial current is observed before the main pulse occurs on the oscilloscope trace. ua-cam.com/video/PXNKkcB0pI4/v-deo.html

  • @dar0971
    @dar0971 День тому

    maybe I need to start calling my scope a half billion frame per second electronic camera 😂

  • @jasonpowell8832
    @jasonpowell8832 День тому

    Even though I already understand ohms law and work with control systems and electric motors i still enjoyed the visual explanations of ohms law. Specially voltage. My 24v control switches control 480v motors.

  • @vicenteherrera
    @vicenteherrera День тому

    You could put a metal wire going in the line that divides in half the wood frame, then use slightly bigger black balls that can't fit under it and would rebound. Maybe something worth trying to see what happens statistically!

  • @johnyoung9649
    @johnyoung9649 День тому

    One addition to the video might be informative: after getting the steady state at the end, overlay a skeleton of the steady state outcome to the colorized flows earlier. This would show areas that are over/under their eventual steady state. But otherwise a great video. I have never seen someone attempt something like this.

  • @kc2sho
    @kc2sho День тому

    ua-cam.com/video/DovunOxlY1k/v-deo.htmlsi=OxUh_66R2qicrG18

  • @onyxdandelion2704
    @onyxdandelion2704 День тому

    Couldn’t you have used a logic analyzer???

  • @user-hv6ur6us5p
    @user-hv6ur6us5p День тому

    Показать четыре атома? Что куришь мальчик? Хватит обманывать людей

  • @Melo7849
    @Melo7849 День тому

    What voltage?? What’s the voltage drop?? Then the speed of the circuit…. This is a good experiment. Thanks.

  • @irinkx
    @irinkx День тому

    I'm very grateful for this video and explanation. The animations were so clear, I could finally understand what voltage is. Thank you🙏

  • @nngnnadas
    @nngnnadas День тому

    I'm afraid I don't only believe it's possible for you to win the lottery every day for the rest of your life. Even for a theoretical immortal being, there has to exist a possiblity that he will win the lottery every day forever, otherwise probability feels wrong.

  • @stevebton
    @stevebton День тому

    Amazing video! People like yourself making high quality videos of difficulot subjects is what makes UA-cam invaluable.

  • @AmazingSurrogats
    @AmazingSurrogats День тому

    No, it doesnt. Save your time watching this Its 5th grade physics class (at least where I m from). The resistor in the medium decreases it to up to 30% of c. Thats it. Now go on with your life.

    • @AlphaPhoenixChannel
      @AlphaPhoenixChannel День тому

      In this experiment (and in the follow up video) it’s near 99% of c. Resistance has nothing to do with it

  • @engageit
    @engageit День тому

    Try the resin in the vaccuum chamber before appliction maybe?

  • @iHATEbigots666
    @iHATEbigots666 День тому

    ok wait this is the best video i've ever seen.... about math or science.... what you've accomplished here is extraordinary

  • @iHATEbigots666
    @iHATEbigots666 День тому

    TENET ruined christopher nolan for me and now also chemistry/physics. thanks

  • @darkomiku8902
    @darkomiku8902 День тому

    Same principle as to why there are wars. The energy required to make billions of people agree with the same stuff is out of this world. Thermodynamics are awesome.

  • @thomas316
    @thomas316 День тому

    This is a very good explanation, excellent work.