Hooked On Science - Expanding Soap

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.

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, causes the ivory soap to expand.

For hooked on science, i'm jason lindsey."

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