@blitzphd: By the way, I did leave out inertial effects. But this was enough for a single video! Consider this next time you have some mixed nuts. #physics #brazilnuteffect #explained
How do you turn off this effect on cereal boxes or chip bags?
2026-09-18 16:45:55
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Ursa Major :
Is this why my bagged granola is strictly DUST by the time I’m close to finishing it…?
2026-09-18 21:19:42
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xarxes :
hehe nuts
2026-09-18 16:00:47
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geovani.sagastume97 :
PERCOLATOR MENTIONED 🗣️
2026-09-18 16:42:50
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Damon Alvarez :
sticks and seeds in a grinder for example....
2026-09-20 05:00:55
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KingSnitch🇨🇦 :
So that's why there's more raisins from my raisin bran in the first few bowls
2026-09-20 01:35:06
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NormalNPC :
That’s why I’m always on top
2026-09-18 20:12:40
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jaymay :
something similar also happens in a silo of grain. If you fill a silo with cleaned wheat and start drawing it out of the bottom, you'll notice wheatheads will start working there way to the top and the last bit of wheat to go through will appear very dirty.
2026-09-20 02:29:39
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And Peeps :
I noticed this as a kid when playing with Legos. The bigger ones always ended up at the top of the container when l shook it. My intuition told me that the smaller ones can fall through the holes between bricks easier while the big ones can't. Which I guess is basically the percolation effect mentioned here
2026-09-18 16:39:50
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Iraq lobster :
This has important real world implications. It affects mixing pharmaceuticals where you absolutely need low variance in the concentration of the active molecule in any sample
2026-09-18 16:46:34
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Pier :
That makes perfect sense, i figured it out when I was like 13
2026-09-18 18:39:12
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FarkleGriffen :
If you take the limit of this effect, can it describe buoyancy? Where the tiny nuts are molecules of water, and "shaking" is just the natural brownian motion.
2026-09-18 16:11:26
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MaxDWolf :
Kent Hovind tried to use this as an argument for Noah's flood. It was hilarious.
2026-09-20 00:07:23
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Popocola :
This is the rational behind avalanche airbags. They don’t “float” because of air but because they make you bigger and rise to the top with all the shaking
2026-09-19 05:58:56
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🇺🇸🫷roddy_raw_dawg🫸🇺🇸 :
This is the hard hitting science I crave… thank you sir
2026-09-18 16:02:37
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Rylan :
there's an old story about potato farmers driving over bumpy roads on the way to the market to sort their produce by size
2026-09-19 20:15:01
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Carter James :
this kind of sounds like buoyancy if water molecules were macroscopic
2026-09-18 16:23:46
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Gucs cunha :
brazil mentioned 🇧🇷🇧🇷
2026-09-18 21:51:03
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Mr.Nawzajem :
AAAAaaaahhhh, so that's why rocks show up on fields every year
2026-09-18 19:13:50
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octironic :
And yet people sink into grain in silos by wiggling around.
2026-09-19 07:02:49
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scroaty :
if you look at grain being loaded into a silo.. why does the smaller lighter depries 'float' to the top then.. like grain husks and insects etc..theres alot of turbulence going on ther too??
2026-09-18 20:09:34
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Mr.Nawzajem :
isn't this buoyancy
2026-09-18 19:15:30
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A l e x :
Is this more or less buoyancy with extra steps?
2026-09-18 18:59:25
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m1crorapt0r_ :
This effect is really annoying with crunchy nut clusters, you end up with all the big pieces at the top and basically crumbs at the bottom
2026-09-18 19:27:33
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