SciShow: Scientists Just Figured Out How Washing Machines Work?!

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Content of the Lesson: According to the math, washing machines should take several hours to get your clothes clean, but in reality it only takes a single hour or less. Now, scientists have finally figured out how they truly work. Hosted by: Olivia Gordon SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://edisontechcenter.org/WashingMachines.html https://www.ipcol.com/blog/an-easy-guide-to-understanding-surfactants/ https://journals.aps.org/prapplied/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.9.034012 https://physics.aps.org/articles/v11/28 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12053-009-9072-8 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12053-019-09778-y Images: https://www.videoblocks.com/video/clothes-is-washing-in-the-washer-with-a-lot-of-foam-in-the-laundry-washday-using-the-washer-rhzhjw0dx4jpv99so3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Woman%27s_Friend_-_Indiana_State_Museum_-_DSC00433.JPG https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/cationic-micelle-gm692373598-127759255 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/fabric-with-particles-gm675518622-123897909 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/modern-washing-machine-sfsvmi3ibj86i1yy7 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/sack-texture-background-gm516957418-89242971 https://physics.aps.org/articles/v11/28 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/woman-pouring-washing-powder-into-the-washing-machine-close-up-hsq3xue8njsnisgx6


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