For 200 Years We Were Wrong About Why Water Ice Is Slippery

Anton Petrov September 18, 2025
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My name is Anton and I explain science, math or other complicated topics using simulations, video games and easy to understand words. This is a (mostly) family friendly channel with the focus on science education. All of the videos are meant to be informative and will teach you fun facts about science you probably didn't know. So subscribe and stuff Because people keep asking me about background: -Bachelor of Science, McGill University (2006) -Worked as Astrobiology researcher in the Dr Hojatollah Vali lab at McGill -Master of Science and Math Education, University of Toronto (2014) -Math/Science/Coding teacher since 2007 in various schools, currently South Korea If you want to help this channel grow and want to donate a bitcoin or a satoshi, here's my wallet: bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF (send me a private message so I can put you in the permanent list of contributors) Thank you!

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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 new study that challenges 200 years of physics about why ice is slippery Links: https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/1plj-7p4z https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/6/1/26 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11249-016-0665-z Other ice videos: https://youtu.be/upJxH1cTvVE https://youtu.be/tNBv_U-95SM https://youtu.be/s-Tk4JO4Ohc https://youtu.be/BxAvat0PD8g 0:00 Why is ice slippery? 1:30 What we thought previously - liquid layer 2:50 Pressure melting proposition 3:43 Frictional heating proposition 4:17 Experiments couldn't prove it 5:20 New research using molecular simulations and exciting discoveries 8:10 Evidence from the study 8:45 Unusual findings 10:15 Amorphization, viscosity and surface types 11:40 What all of this means 12:40 Conclusions and what's next #ice #water #physics Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

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