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Water Turns Into a Super Acid Under Certain Conditions

2026-07-11 Science & Technology
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about water turning into a super acid under certain conditions Links: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.10849 https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.adp8614 Other water videos: https://youtu.be/mkyGK2FQs7c https://youtu.be/U-hsN9VIgEY https://youtu.be/s-Tk4JO4Ohc https://youtu.be/upJxH1cTvVE https://youtu.be/ZhHc3xDNfGw #water #acid #science 0:00 Water turns out to be bizarre 1:30 What is superacidity? 3:20 What this study focused on 3:55 What happens to water in extreme conditions 5:05 Exact effects 6:20 This explains so much! 7:15 Supercritical water 9:08 Superionic ice water 11:05 Strange behavior at small scales 12:05 Viscosity anomalies 12:50 Implications and conclusions Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF The hardware used to record these videos: New Camera: https://amzn.to/4pCVINS CPU: https://amzn.to/4qXIaxC Video Card: https://amzn.to/2M1W26C Motherboard: https://amzn.to/2JYGiQQ RAM: https://amzn.to/2Mwy2t4 PSU: https://amzn.to/2LZcrIH Case: https://amzn.to/2MwJZz4 Microphone: https://amzn.to/2t5jTv0 Mixer: https://amzn.to/2JOL0oF Recording and Editing: https://amzn.to/2LX6uvU Some of the above are affiliate links, meaning I would get a (very small) percentage of the price paid. Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Credit: Mark Garlick www.markgarlick.com Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

Top Comments (10)

@ThePetricore 2026-07-11

Alien Xenobiologist: They're made of *what*?

232 15 replies
@therealsquirrelyone 2026-07-11

So many immensely fascinating scientific discoveries have been happening recently... I don't know how to process it all. Science fiction has nothing on the actual real scientific discoveries and advancements of the future. Thanks for these videos, Anton. Science Communicators are so, so important and I've been watching your channel for YEARS.

216 32 replies
@freequest 2026-07-11

So Basically Water is the Swiss army knife of the universe. (●__●)

178 9 replies
@OneironauticalOne 2026-07-11

My eyes! The goggles do nothing!

119 12 replies
@Juttutin 2026-07-12

I thought we already knew sky diamonds were acid. Something about a girl named Lucy.

105 8 replies
@jackvos8047 2026-07-10

If we ever send a probe to investigate these "sky diamonds" we should call it Lucy

100 6 replies
@RazvanMihaeanu 2026-07-11

Other names for WATER: Hydrogen oxide Hydrogen hydroxide (H2O or HOH) Hydroxylic acid Dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO) (parody name) Dihydrogen oxide Hydric acid Hydrohydroxic acid Hydroxic acid Hydroxoic acid Hydrol[3] μ-Oxidodihydrogen κ1-Hydroxylhydrogen(0) Aqua Neutral liquid Oxygen dihydride (may be considered incorrect) ____ Yep, it's an acid. A super-acid

62 6 replies
@aDiscreteFirm 2026-07-11

The Universal Solvent

55 10 replies
@gcewing 2026-07-12

Elephants per square finger is my favourite unit of pressure now.

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@TVirus91 2026-07-12

Bruce Lee's "Be water my friend!" suddenly hits different

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