Shocking Discovery That Water Ice Can Produce Electricity, Possibly Explaining Lightning

Anton Petrov • September 15, 2025

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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 a discovery that ice can indeed create electricity Links: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2212.00323 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-025-02995-6 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39501989/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexoelectricity Other ice discoveries: https://youtu.be/BxAvat0PD8g https://youtu.be/s-Tk4JO4Ohc https://youtu.be/tNBv_U-95SM https://youtu.be/Lqp4_I6JxAs #electric #ice #physics 0:00 Water ice just surprised us! Flexoelectricity 1:20 What is flexoelectricity? 3:05 Piezoelectricity comparison 4:20 Water molecules and ice structure 5:20 Study that demonstrates piezoelectricity in water ice 6:25 Anomaly at low temperatures - ferroelectricity 9:20 Why does this matter? Lightning formation! 11:30 Technological application 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 Credit: Tizeff CC BY-SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezoelectricity#/media/File:SchemaPiezo.gif Gophi CC BY-SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezoelectricity#/media/File:2007-07-24_Piezoelectric_buzzer.jpg Papa November CC BY-SA 3.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezoelectricity#/media/File:Capacitor_schematic_with_dielectric.svg Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses