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Create a mini magical wonderland with the liquid found in hand warmers! Join Tara and Anthony as they make instant holiday fun with sodium acetate. Experiment Tips: -You only need a small crystal to start the reaction, a little goes a long way -If using the re-usable hand warmers, open a very small corner where the air bubble is -Try not to let the sodium stalagmite touch the pouring liquid How Sodium Acetate Hand Warmers Work http://home.howstuffworks.com/question290.htm Sodium acetate is very good at supercooling. It "freezes" at 130 degrees F but it is happy to exist as a liquid at a much lower temperature and is extremely stable. Make Your Own Sodium Acetate http://chemistry.about.com/od/homeexperiments/a/make-hot-ice-sodium-acetate.htm Hot ice is an amazing chemical you can prepare yourself from baking soda and vinegar. Sodium Acetate in Foods http://www.livestrong.com/article/261886-foods-containing-sodium-acetate/ Sodium acetate is predominantly used as an emulsifier and preservative in processed cheeses and dairy. Join Anthony Carboni and Tara Long as they turn the world around them into a giant science experiment. New episodes every Wednesday! Watch Hard Science on TestTube: http://testtube.com/hardscience Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=hardscienceshow Watch extra footage from Hard Science here: http://testtube.com/hardscienceextras Follow Hard Science on Twitter: http://twitter.com/hardscienceshow Like Hard Science on Facebook: http://facebook.com/hardscienceshow Add Hard Science on Google+: http://goo.gl/BKfY3U Anthony on Twitter: http://twitter.com/acarboni Tara on Twitter: http://twitter.com/taralongest TestTube on Twitter: http://twitter.com/testtube