Piezoelectricity - why hitting crystals makes electricity
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Certain crystals, like quartz will produce a voltage when hit. It's all to do with the arrangement of atoms and charge in the lattice. It's used in lots of things like piezo lighters, sensors, speakers and oscillators for timekeeping.
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>strike crystals >Get electricity >Redstone IRL
One of the many reasons I loved minecraft. Lil details.
when you flip a lightswitch its just a series of crystals being bopped by spinning gears, self powering itself and the lightbulb
@@chineseboxingstylekanye7147 lol no....thats not whats happening
@@wchurchill419 no duh,that's how it works
@@mmthegreat087 please go on, enlighten us.
Mom - "what did you learn today?" Me - "Steve Mould likes peanut butter."
and has three hands
@@schadenfreudebuddha here 2:58
I had to eat so much peanut butter for this video. No regrets.
@@SteveMould Peanut butter is the best. I like the natural kind. Except for when you first buy it and have to wear out your arm stirring it. That part sucks.
> and has three hands That one is not a finger.
If you rub two quarts together it produces a really cool lighting effect, that jumps through the insides of the stones. Very very cool, I use it when camping to make my friends think I’m a wizard
😂
1:57 fun fact: when you take a rock with lots quartz in it (say, a large chunk of quartz) and rub it against another rock (it's best with another large chuck of quartz), the quartz will make a dust (that is *hazardous to breathe in* ). Those tiny flakes break in such a way that rubbing them will create light. 👍
how much should i huff to make the voices stop
@@DeactivatedAlmonds asking the real questions here
Is it the same effect when you beak a piece of sugar in the dark it make sparks? (blue sparks that let me think it's electricity)
Audio nerds: "be careful when wiring your piezo pickup, they're quite delicate" Steve Mould, literally banging it with a hammer: "IT'S NOT A VERY GOOD MICROPHONE"
Wow just like all the guys we’ve had over to da White House ……
I have the literal 2nd reply to a 600 likes comment ,how? What a coincidence
@@yokohamamike1041 barbaque
@@yokohamamike1041 dh
@@opinionguy7615 Because this comment was posted 2 years after the initial video lol.
I always cordoned off Piezoelectricity as one of those things I just wouldn't ever really understand. It's sort of delightfully simple thanks to your breakdown! Really appreciate this video, it opens up a better understanding of so many electronics.
now the question remains, is a voltage being produced by the impulse or impact from compressing/deforming and relaxing the crystal, or do you think a constant pressure would yield a constant voltage?
Where does the Cristal recharge it's charges from?
@@DANTHETUBEMAN from unicorn blood
@@GabrielCazorlaPersson1 - Are you familiar with the Earthtide theory as the mechanism for Earth's magnetic field? Imo it makes more sense than the core dynamo hypothesis. The gist is that 95% of the Earth's crust is quartz-based, and that tidal forces from the Moon produce a diurnal flexing on the Earth's heavily faulted crust, which generates a piezoelectric field - "magnetic field" is a misnomer. Anyway, it solves many of the mysteries associated with the field and provides predictive ability whereas the dynamo theory does not.
kzhead.info/sun/ab6rf51oeHtmlnA/bejne.html the math and geometry used by Tesla sort of reminds me of the geometry in the crystal.
My electric drum pads have a piezoelectric disc inside of them. That's cool I've always wondered how that worked.
Interesting
Steve covers an amazing range of topics - chemistry, electronics, physics, crystallography and more. Probably one of the best channels on KZhead.
Steve how many hands do you have
Thats not his hand ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@@Matiasss200 this could be read in a few ways
@@SniperSpy10 He meant the wiener. Deal with it lol
@@Chriva *Slow Clap*
haha
Silicon dioxide clears my chakras? That must be why sandy beaches are so relaxing.
Bottled beer > canned
@@777anarchist I get the joke, but canned is cheap as sand compared to bottled
@@dvorak2676 Do not disregard the chakras ;)
Yes
@@koseq7 that isn't a truth in the lie, it's a coincidence.
Up until recently I thought the spring-loaded mechanism was forcing a magnet through an inductor. I'm amazed at the amount of voltage
How the ancient lifted heavy stuf
IAC i9@@thedutchonequestioneveryth41287iu7u uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuoiiuu8
that might work aswell though and it has a similarity in usecases as it aswell is used in audio equipment.
I always assumed lighters just used a flint striker to make the spark that ignites them. I never considered that peizo electricity would be easier/cheaper/better than a basic friction striker.
@@jasonreed7522 the problem is, sparks from a flint aren't electric and can't go through metal
So basically crystals are magic
basically
No way, The Karens were right?!
Magic is just unknown science
Protos and Zerg colony😊😊😊
@@G-u-z-i-oonly Gwyneth Paltrow.
This is amazing, I had no idea that's how those lighters worked.
I always assumed they worked like normal lighters! It's amazing that they actually use this (kind of, but not really) high tech!
I always thought they had a battery and the click was from a terminal that initiated contact and sprung off as the gas ignited.
@@TheR971 just goes to show how many different ways one can make a single idea.
i thought it just metal + another metal or rock. didnt know its a crystal actually
I thought it worked like an electron(?) scraper or van de graff generator,
Probably the only person who ACTUALLY DESCRIBES WHY and does not just repeat what they "researched" without understanding.
You mean 'scientists' ..
exactly! Like 95% of all science youtubers are just wikipedia readers :D
He had me until he said chakras don't exists 🤣a bit ignorant for an intelligent man. But that's okay a little research will enlighten you.
@@jeffv2074 that’s because he’s talking about things that exist in real life and not how you feel. Nobody cares how you feel, it holds no bearing on reality. Your gods are fake, your chakras are fake, your demons are fake. It is a waste of all of everyone’s time to speak on the subject
@@jeffv2074 I won't say Chakras definitively don't exist, but you should at least respect it's not the same realm of hard science that this video covers - i.e. directly quantifiable materials physics. At best it's a "softer" or more holistic science closer to the realms of medicine or neurology/psychology. And even within that realm the notion of Chakras is not super well supported in any sort of large scale, peer reviewed, replicable study (that I know of). Which again, doesn't mean it's wrong necessarily, but it's entirely understandable why some people would have doubts about it. At the very least wouldn't be as condescending towards skeptics as you're being. You might be surprised to learn there's a lot of very intelligent people who don't believe in Chakras. Granted I also know plenty of intelligent people who *do* believe in chakras and various other spiritual/semi-spiritual concepts. But even among the latter group I've met, I don't think any ever claimed that there's convincing concrete research behind it at the moment.
In the absence of referencing a textbook for confirmation, I thought this was a very succinct explanation that would be a great starting point for anyone interested in this effect. Thanks for the great work, Steve! Keep it up 👍🏻
This is an incredible video. Thank you for explaining this amazing phenomenon in such simple terms and such an approachable manner.
That sensor microphone is what my random teammates in Overwatch usually use
I need a new microphone. Where do I buy this?
Wait u get mic users on Overwatch ??
Interesting fact: "Piezo" is a greek word ( Πιέζω ) meaning "I compress"
Which, in narrative terms, is approximately the opposite of "I digress".
Quartz protec quartz attac but most importantly quartz piezoelectric
Which is funny, because “electric” is also from Greek - electros, meaning amber, since static electricity was first observed by rubbing silk and amber. So, it means “I compress amber”
@@evanc.1591 awesome
@Dr. M. H. dam
Very cool to see material science getting some love! Piezoelectricity and similar concepts that are driven by spontaneous polarization play an important role in a lot of things we use everyday!
This video was very well put together and clear, preciate it!
1:56 "I don't know if you take it orally or..." That's the hardest I've laughed in a long time X'D
"I don't know if you take it auraly", rather :)
All i know is that that crystal was shaped for purpose
or... well, it's the best thing to do with alternative medicine
You laugh as you think he was correct!
@@bhogarsishyan5769 Fooling manipulable people is not funny, we are not laughing. The fact that people buy these is seriously concerning, as it is not "alternative medicine", it's just a placebo, and for a high price. Accepting the existance of things like chakras without any sort of evidence for them is very childish, same with other dogma. Scepticism is the thing that makes the scientific method the best way to obtain truth about our surroundings: constantly checking if you are wrong, not if you are right. Once you realize that "alternative medicine" (like crystal-healing and homeopathy, etc.) is not medicine, simply a psychology trick to take your money, you might actually start learning that the world is not so simple. It's also good to eradicate your biases, for that I'd recommend yourbias.is , for not commiting logical fallacies, I'd recommend yourlogicalfallacyis.com Self-education is only possible with a good knowledge of debate.
"Orally, or..." Priceless reaction. Your videos are fantastic.
If you didn’t make a comment like this, I would have.
This is exactly what he said to make me wanna go to the comments lmao
Well the first Chakra is the root/earth chakra located at... *cough*... the "base of the spine". It would make sense to apply a healing crystal there
jessica lmfao
kzhead.info/sun/pJ2chK6dnWadrX0/bejne.html
Amazing explanation! Thank you. Many years ago my 8 year old son asked why two quartz rocks make sparks when you bang then together. I had him forward his question to a CBC radio science program. Their "expert" gave a totally unsatisfying answer. You sir, have satisfied my curiosity! I'll forward the link to this page to him....I'm sure he'll appreciate your explanation.
What a quality maker. Patient and deliberate and thorough. Gentle in release of a critical power. Thank you Steve.
"It's not a great speaker, but IT IS a speaker". I don't know exactly why but this line is funny af
"it's not a great microphone, but IT IS a microphone" is also funny lol
@@exyon4741 hells yeah it is!
Comedy 🤣❤️
Bobcat Goldthwait also isn't a great speaker, but he is a speaker
Tell that to all the crappy boomboxes and garbage stereos of the 90's.
The 68 dislikes in this video are possibly from crystals exhausted of being hammered over and over again.
Nah they're from people who thought the quartz crystal was a suppository
I disliked. The quartz was obviously a paid actor. FAKE
Or... maybe... because he uses a fake thumbnail and doesnt shows anything happening with that large crystal...?
@@leocurious9919 Is that why you disliked the video?
Guessing crystal is a hooker.
Thanks, I've worked in electronics almost sixty years, never pursued this answer, but find it quite logical and reasonable. Thanks, I enjoy your videos.
I've been looking at how this work for a while, and you actually explained it in the most simple and understandable way. Thank you very much man!
Combine red and yellow to make green. *THAT'S ILLEGAL*
That is science
Tell that to the cop
@@ItsMe-fd4pe Science does not exist
@@PrinceJes you do not exist.
@@shayanmoosavi9139 F
U reminded me of my high school teacher who would go extents, to make students understand the beauty of science in everyday things. Loved it man. Excellent work.😊
Captivating and inspiring an audience is a rare ability
These types of teachers are the only ones I really learned anything from, because I could relate to every day life, this stayed interested.
It's good to see that you don't try and impress your audience by speak too quickly like most KZheadrs. Your teaching is very good because of this. You take the time to explain things in detail. It's about time a KZheadr had the sense to know that an audience learns better when a teacher explains things at a slower rate than other KZheadrs priding themselves at how quickly they can speak.
ur very lucky to have teacher like that
This is amazing. I am so fascinated with Quartz. It is mind boggling what this stone is capable of. This is not just a shiny stone! Thank you for making such wonderful and educational videos. I have been hooked to your channel. I will also subscribe to curiosity stream. We need more science channels like these on youtube! Thank you.
Did you know that Gemstones radiate frequencies that match the frequencies of our body? Lookup Gemstones and Chakras.
@@easygrows2699 💀💀
@@easygrows2699I don't think stones make heartbeat sounds
I dont think it is true but it may be possible I guess we use the resonation of quartz to keep time so what's to say other stones done resonate in some way.@@easygrows2699
What an outstanding video! This level of clarity and presentation is very rare. Congratulations and thank you.
"Its not a great microphone but it is a microphone" Sounds like " good morning ladies and gentleman, this is your captain speaking " lol
lol so true
What's wrong with the audio. Nothing
Brandon Anthony its just very static
Electroboom: *interesting*
This video: Audiophile companies: this is not a great speaker, but it is a very expensive crystal speaker
Herman Grove yeah because quartz is expensive
Piezoelectric pickups are usually used as contact mics just like in acoustic guitars.
For when you want that perfectly staticky sound.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 he was hitting it with a hammer, what do you expect
So you're saying it wasn't "crystal clear? LMAO
Steve, thank you for helping me to understand,( what would have been) something waaay too scientific for me to grasp, by keeping it simple, to the point, and the visuals. (I loved the peanut butter lids) I am a crystal collector and I have recently become very intrigued by orgonite crystal pyramids (have you heard of them?) and how they work. I was skeptical as to if a man made construction as such could actually produce piezoelectric energy as they claim, and thanks to this video, it all makes sense. 👍🙂.
Some people believe the pyramids in Egypt were power plants. They say the outside was an insulator, and the inside was a conductor, and when the ground water would rise and fall, energy was generated. That may be a reason it was such a huge accomplishment. Idk about the crystal pyramids, but I'll check it out.
Hey STEVE you truely are a genius. I haven't seen a person ever to understand demonstrate and explain such high level science so casually... means with that ease... always love to watch u..
"you can squeeze a diamond as much as you like". Turns out no, I can't.
The only way to squeeze a diamond is get a black hole 🕳 lol
He means as much as you like.... but it won't emit a current.
Send me a diamond, I'll do it 😉
@@dat2ra yes we all understand that, they're attempting to make a joke *facepalm*
Your supposed to use an iron pick axe
HEY! QUARTZ CRYSTALS DO ALIGN THE CHAKRAS! Of our watches...
I see what you did there!
HAHAHA good memes mate xD
chakras => gears? lmao
Literally chacras translates to circles
In Sanskrit/Hindi, the origin of the word, _chakra_ literally translates to rings/circles.
Interesting stuff and a fabulous explanation! Keep up the great work Steve!
You made this SO perfect to understand! Such an exciting topic. Thank you so much!
This is one of the most fascinating concepts in all of science to me. It seems like there could be a lot more hidden potential here.
Agreed...
Like the old tech all around the world with the churches and temples 🛕 that they hide truth from us
Inb4 the great pyramids were giant piezoelectric crystals
@@codpug You're lying to yourself and you're lying to the world when you say these things. Nobody is trying to hide history, what would anyone have to gain from that?
@@haywoodjablomi9393 trust your govt l,take your shot slave .
There's a severe lack of pouring things out of beakers in this video.
Adam Plavinskis Ik I’m really upset 😢😢😢😢
that's the comment i was looking for
But he poured his speaker into his microphone and his microphone into his speaker.
He's done a lot more than just a viral video...
🤔🤔👍😂😂😂
You put so much work into each video, don’t let anyone tell you eating peanut butter isn’t work. I learned about lattice structures and piezoelectric crystals on Star Trek.
I'm a biologist, but our confocal microscopes also make use of the piezoelectric effect. To adjust the focus, there are of course mechanical gears that adjust the position of the objective relative to the sample with exquisite precision. But for some application where both speed and even higher precision are needed, microscopes can be outfitted with a piezoelectric focusing system. The range of motion is smaller, but the objective can be moved tiny amounts with a precision down to 10s of nanometres within microseconds. This is especially useful for certain modes the microscopes can use, such as resonance scanning mode, which allow us to capture images at very high speed in the xy plane. The piezoelectric focus adjuster gives us a matching fast way to adjust the z-plane. I don't know which specific materials they use, but the principle is the same. By applying a specific voltage, the crystals deform in length and can be used to position the objective.
“I don’t know if you take it aura-ly or...” I’ll see myself out... 😂
🤣
Take it aura-ly with a cup of chi...
As The wise professor Farnsworth once said "it's a suppository"
Okay, yeah, that's funny... 😂 😂 😂 😂.
Up de butt
No fancy dubstep intro, just starting to tell something. I love you.
Good explanation, hv read about piezoelectricity 4 so many years, but never been able to fully comprehend thanks a lot for opening my understanding.
This reminded me of an old crystal radio kit I had as a kid. I remember the it has a special piezoelectric ear bud with it. About 25 years later I think I understand a bit about how that kit worked after watching this video.
6:40 you just explained piezoelectric pickups for guitars! Thank you good sir
Great, another creator I gotta sub to because they make good content *sigh* my crowded dashboard, woe is me. 😉
I remember an old interview with guitarist and multi-instrumentalist David Lindley, talking about having used earthquake sensors, little piezoelectric discs, as guitar pickups.
What is this? Something to record the guitar from inside?
@@Enrique-peralta , since piezoelectric crystal's produce voltage when vibrated, you can stick them inside the body of an acoustic guitar and they will pick up the vibrations of the wood, which is somewhat analogous to the vibrations of the strings. The trick to getting a good sound, of course, would be placement of the piezo pickup, or pickups (plural), and whether you blend it with some kind of internal or external microphone or even a magnetic pickup that senses the string vibration directly. At least one company makes piezo type pickups that go underneath the bridge saddle and have six individual piezo crystals for the contact points of the six strings. I don't know what the favorite pick up systems are now, but back in the 80s and 90s Sunrise and Fishman, and to a lesser extent Barcus-Barry, were the ones that people were mostly using. I believe at least one of these systems had an internal microphone as well as the piezo pickup.
I thought they worked by em induction, oh i guess multiple types.
My friend... I'm 34 and I've tried to mentally visualize how this stuff works, and I've watched many videos in my time on KZhead, but you nailed it. This is amazing! I am gonna watch more of your vids and subscribe!
MR.MOULD, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW NUCH I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND HOW MUCH YOU'VE TAUGHT ME AND KEEP EXCITED ABOUT THESE PHYSICAL PHENOMENA. I'm a dentist and we studied about the piezoelectric theory in orthodontics (braces work). Yes piezoelectric happens in your body too, but i never quite understood what it really was. There are a lot of stuff we study and just get over it not actually quite going into the depth of each phenomena (for understandable reasons) and i wpuld stop and think about them. Somehow too often i end up finding a video of yours explaining the phenomena and satisfying my curiosity. So thank you Mr. Mould. I've a deep passion for learning. Alhamdulilah.
Absolutely love your presentation. Very succinct. And clear! Self educated and rely on guys like you to do my reading and homework, condense and pass along. You should write a book. Reading and watching are my learning strengths.
Another common use is in ultrasound machines where the crystal is used as both a speaker and microphone/reciever.
Same with drive-through speakers.
Loved this video. It's hard to put my finger on it, but there seems to be a sense of excitement and wonder about scientific discovery that Steve just exudes, and its totally contagious.
an arm
I never studied the physical/earth sciences in school..did more in biological but wish I had studied both This is fascinating
The energy generation aspect of piezoelectricity is way underrated. Especially when thinking at large scale.
I had a quartz watch that was off by a minute per month. Every month it was faster by a minute. Guess they didn't get the crystal right in that one, and it still passed their limited in-the-assembly-line QC test.
Dude your videos are SO GOOD I knew of the piezoelectric effect and had been explained it, but you do it in such a clear and concise way, it's great to listen to and finally be able to internalize it. Thanks a lot!
I swear I learn more stuff from a few hours of KZhead than I did during my entire 4 years in higher education lol
Just finished a 4 year electrician apprenticeship. I was today years old when I learned how the piezoelectric components I've been working with actually function.
@@vincentcrowely6772 im starting my apprenticeship next month any advice or experiences you can share much appreciated.
no
I've been saying this for years
Self-education is everything
Excellent presentation and explanation, thanks, I always wanted to know how these lighters worked.
This was the most amazing video i have seen this year. You brightened up my mind too much. Thank u ❤❤❤❤❤
Me at the beginning: "Piezoelectric," sounds like a Piezo pickup. Me at the end when you used it as a microphone: OH THAT'S WHY!
Logan Strong Hi I’m an elementary audio guy here, what does a Piezo pick do?
@@natheniel it's a pickup for acoustic instruments, like cello or acoustic guitar. Idk exactly how it works, but by the name I'm guessing it's the piezoelectric effect.
As the vibrations travel through the crystalline structure theres compression and expansion happening, producing an electric voltage. Well, something along those lines anyways.
@@natheniel Also known as contact microphones, they are used to pick up only the sound from the instrument/object they placed in contact with, not picking up surrounding air vibrations like an ordinary microphone, isolating the sound.
The sound waves (aka compression waves) in the instrument's body make its way to the piezo pick-up and consequently compress it, in turn generating an electric signal which is then sent to an amplifier. Piezo pick-ups work better when they have direct contact with a hard surfaces as you might've guessed from this video.
Thank you, you just connected a lot of dots in the knowledge I have
Love this, takes me back to my days with the old toy crystal radio
Crystal radio?
@@Slay_No_More Oh yea; you can find an article about them on wikipedia. Basically you take a coil of wire, a capacitor, a crystal detector, and earphones to make a simple radio. Moving the contact to different spots on the coil lets you receive different radio frequencies. Some companies sell little science project kits of them
Peiezoelectric pick ups for guitar is the first thing that sprung to mind. I remember faffing about with a speaker when I was a kid, and realising that it worked as a microphone. I love this guy's videos.
It's a suppository ;-; align them chakras right up.
Laughing so hard right now
Butt plug
Love this....and funny how he shows the world how narrow minded he is.
@@dstruthers2950 bruh chakras are not real
@@doomguy1167 more real than all the video games you choose to waste your time with. Just saying
Fantastic video, as always. Another interesting use of piezoelectric crystals is when you need extreme accuracy in the measurement of distancies (for example in interferometers), by applying a small voltage to the crystal you can shift it's length with a resolution of a fraction of a nanometer (10^-9 meters)!
Talented Teacher! Thank you for sharing the knowledge in the way you do
As calm as you sound and simplicity in the way you're describing details of known components, if you're not an instructor, well you'd be a great one.
The presentation of this was amazing. Each idea flowed to the next, very well thought out.
for the quartz crystal to have a healing effect and align your chakras, it needs to be taken as a suppository.
I know! And Often...
bro...
If it's not working, you probably put it the wrong way in.
@@dynamicworlds1 Yeah like a USB sometimes you have to try it 2 or 3 times
My favourite application of the piezo effect is a marine depth finder. Same element acts as transmitter and receiver. That's cool. Thanks Steve.
Fabulous way to communicate this phenomena. Well done!
I love the demonstration of "It is not a great one but it is one" XD
You're one to critique. What have you presented?
@@ZechMadox Not a critique, it's a compliment on his two demonstrations of speaker and microphone ^^
A good content as i expected, sir thanks for this informative video
It's not a great content, but it is a content.
Happy New Year 2023 Steve.All the Best for you...thanks you so much for your effort to make such great Video....👍👍
A máster in action. Your understanding of this phenomenon is such, that I finally got it. The lid diagram was the key for me. Thanks.
Dear Steve Mould, this is an absolutely great video. Thank you for sharing that knowledge in such an efficient and easily conceivable way.
"Pizzaelectric effect" *that's how it's pronounced in Italy
Top!!!
Always at leat three different pies for the pie zoo electric effect!
I wish I could give that comment a thousand more likes
From "PISO"....who invented the susej pizza.
Underrated 😂
I learned a ton. Thanks for describing the need for a lack of a certain type of symmetry for piezoelectricity to work. It leads me to my next question. Since there's so much quartz in the earth. What happens with the earth compresses with the gravitational pull of the moon?
This was a fantastic explanation! Thank you!
It will only open your third eye and align your chakra colors with the magical powers of its piezoelectricity if you *INSERT IT R E C T A L L Y* !!! One of the most exotic and nonintuitive uses of the effect is for making electron beam evaporated optical coatings on glass. Little wafers of PZ quartz are located in the vacuum chamber near the glass and the change in resonance frequency of the crystals corresponds exactly to the amount of reflective material that's been deposited thus far. It is exquisitely sensitive, nearly being able to sense the weight of individual atoms and is able to detect coating deposition rates of mere angstroms per minute.
Another Applied Science fan? :D
Very interesting video. I used to work for a company in San Jose, CA that designed and manufactured silicon microstructures that behaved as either pressure sensors or accelerometers. These devices were designed as a essentially a "micro" piezoelectric device using a Whetstone bridge as the primary circuit. Wow, that was over 30 years ago now!
*points to 3 things with 3 separate hands*
I really want a quartz watch now and will love knowing in some detail why and how it works! Thanks.
I actually use piezoelectric actuators a lot in my work, but I never pay attention to how it actually works in molecular level until I saw this video. Thank you for the effort!
Do you do MRI-compatible neurorobotics? My buddy Greg Cole did his master's thesis designing a piezo actuated brain surgery robot that had less than 1% MRI signal interference. They're loud as anything
A moment of silence when he said "it's also a healing crystal"
He’s got amazing comedic timing
It is, but only when used as a suppository pounded in with a hammer.
"I don't know if you take it orally or...." i fukken died
Strangely enough, I'm guessing people got a slight shock or tingle, when striking a crystal, and so thought there was some kind of ''magic'' energy inside them. That's probably how they first started being used as ''healing crystals''. Turns out that magical energy was just electricity. 😏
@@KaityKat117 that is what happens when you are IGNORANT on something, LOL. quartz are used in almost EVERYTHING. it has ENERGYm yes, so if science does NOT KNOWS how to study its effect in AURA, or chakra or human energy field or CHI, then it means THAT science is limited and archaic, since many countries MEDICINE and SCIENCE uses CHAKRAS and CHI to help the body heal faster...... but seems here we have 5 ignorant human lemmings, so sad..... science, sometimes its just science..... and science DOES NOT explains everything...... so sad...... some people seem they are like a religious science organization, very limited mind.
I love watching your video smooth, informative
this is a great video. Thank you for explaining why the butane long neck lighters are difficult to light (but you left out another main reason, they make them child proof now, lighters weren't that hard to light years ago, they didn't have the extra safety button you have to hold, so that factors into it). I bought a piezo electric long neck lighter about 5 years ago (primarily to light candles in glass candle holders where a smaller lighter won't reach), it works great, never have an issue lighting candles. Before having the piezo lighter, I used to go through many butane lighters, they would stop working quickly (even after refilling with butane).
100% i often remove the extra safety spring or try use a rly old lighter it annoys me i have to consider safety! Theres no kids getting it how about teaching parenting rather than making laws about safety lighters that then inconvenience me for a kid who dont exists safety! I hate the after 2000s world so much lol!
I didn't know that when you record the word "microphone", and you play it back, it sounds like "speaker". That's pretty meta
Acoustic guitar pickups use them also. By picking up the vibrations of the guitar and turning them into an electrical charge that's played through a speaker as music.
where
Wtf. Where's the comment I replied to?
@@blazer6248 lol
If you record a "fart" and play it back, it sounds like "current modern music" Now that's meta!
Toy story.... Buzz light-year "I need to finish repairing my ship, do you guys use fossil fuels or have you discovered crystallic fusion yet?
I use garbage sir😋😙😎😏
alex redelman My ship runs on concentrated dark matter. Two parts Plutonic Quarks, one part Cesium, and a bottle of water. Wubba lubba dub dub!
@@TKO593 LOL that wasn't concentrated dark matter. It was a fake recipe to blow those aliens up😂😂😂
shayan moosavi Yeah. Cesium should of been a dead giveaway, but tell that to Samsung and hover board manufactures.
our scientists make *really* nice phones
A very exceptional channel, you explained Piezoelectricity, but introduced everyone to the edge of a whole new world that few understand. very definitely worth a tick and subscribe. (and yes I'm a bit spooked by long videos, definitely preferring the 2/3 minute Vids, but you can't spell something like this out in 2/3 minutes)
Brilliant. Love your stuff!! Keep at it please
This is also a part of why load bearing exercise is important for bone density Ie calcium resorption!
daaaamn notification is so on! I WANNA SEE THAT QUARTZ vibrating video :D your videos are just amazing! Love it!
i've ALWAYS WONDERED HOW those grill lighter igniters worked. THANK YOU!!
I once found one of those lighter ignition parts as a kid, didnt know what it was, held it in my hands and pressed down on it. It shocked me, and I never knew why. This explains everything lol
Step 1: find a crystal that is into BDSM Step 2: hit crystal as many as you like Step 3:???? Step 4: unlimited electricity
Don't tell the European Commission or we will be using piezoelectric nails in 2022.
Step 3: Store the electricity Step 3.5: Use the stored electricity to an electric hammer that uses only a tiny bit of electricity to hammer the crystals (Impossible?) Step 4: Unlimited Electricity
@@jdf7149 use water wheel to raise hammer from river.
There is no such thing like free or infinite energy,especially with pezio electric because voltage is very low
@@BallisticDamage ah I see, thanks for clearing that up
I don’t know how you are really able to do it, but every video I watch of yours i can totally understand what you are explaining! :0
3 years old and still interesting!!! Amazing how much of that voltage is used everyday all around the worl,just lighting those"COFFIN NAILS"!!
That was one good explanation ❤thank you