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Hooked On Science: Expanding Soap

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Hooked On Science: Expanding Soap
Hooked On Science: Expanding Soap

The water and air trapped inside the bar of Ivory Soap are heated by the microwave.

This causes the water to evaporate and the air to expand.

The expanding air, forces the Ivory Soap to puff up.

C1 3 b13 the braves get pounded in this one ... 14-1 your final ... some of you might use it in the shower, but have you ever considered putting it in the microwave?

We're talking about ivory soap and our "science guy," jason lindsey, shows us what happens when the air, in your soap, is heated.

You are not going to believe what i'm cooking inside of my microwave.

It's something you might find in the bathroom.

Ivory soap!

Let's see what's happening.

Do you see that?

Yea!

It's puffed up!

Here's the science behind the trick.

Inside of the soap, a whole bunch of air molecules.

When they're heated, they get excited, they bounce around,

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