Shrinking paper money with ammonia

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Support Applied Science on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AppliedScience As a follow-up to my previous video on bending wood, I show how ammonia can shrink paper money. The money is dipped into liquid anhydrous ammonia, then dried, and the process is repeated about a dozen times. As the money dries, it shrinks due to the surface tension of the boiling/evaporating ammonia. Video on bending wood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z0SsAyHKzc Making aerogel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X24np30GS2o

Published 2015-05-07 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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