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Chicken legs in chromic acid - plus we re-visit sulfuric acid with a new approach.
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@unvergebeneid 3 года назад

Famous serial killer: _gets caught because one of his victims only dissolves partially_ Neil: "Amateur."

@abde999 3 года назад

Neil is just agent 47 on his days off

@chemistry4life 3 года назад

Now that's "weak" (if you get it)

@Carveaholic 3 года назад

666 likes

@boombam9611 3 года назад

Should have diluted the acid

@MrThunk 3 года назад

@@boombam9611 amature mistakes

@hazard4606 3 года назад

This guy looks like a friendly mad scientist

@matheussanthiago9685 3 года назад

the exactly cross-section between Bob Ross and Rick Sanchez

@connivingkhajiit 3 года назад

He is a friendly mad scientist

@dustinakadustin 3 года назад

The Doctor🤣

@Loonaticx 3 года назад

They're all friendly when you aren't strapped to a table

@Stormtrooper_luck 3 года назад

Your friendly neighborhood mad scientist

@unvergebeneid 3 года назад

Wow, lowering someone into an acid bath and telling them that they'll be fine as long as they don't sweat really is the ultimate test of someone's ability to remain calm in stressful situations. I hope it doesn't catch on for job interviews.

@eidolor 3 года назад

Genitals, armpits, palms and the soles of feet sweat almost constantly. In most situations people have some cloth nearby to wick that moisture away before they notice it

@unvergebeneid 3 года назад

@@eidolor well, in that case I hope you don't need feet, palms, armpits or genitalia for your next job.

@eidolor 3 года назад

Joke’s on you Mr Bond, I’m 85% tampon.

@bacicinvatteneaca 3 года назад

@@unvergebeneid that would be the first time I'd be glad to have a horrifyingly oily skin type

@garticus4426 3 года назад

@@eidolor your entire body is constantly sweating

@tenshi3492 3 года назад

He looks like a scientist that the government wouldn’t believe in on an apocalyptic movie

@morganzachlfich4309 3 года назад

and it always happens that he's right

@cutiebunnyamber3447 3 года назад

rare insults

@nikjoh06 3 года назад

Weeb...

@matheussanthiago9685 3 года назад

that description fits just about every scientist

@douglasparkinson4123 2 года назад

@@cutiebunnyamber3447 rare compliments

@DanielWillems1995 3 года назад

Why did the chicken cross the road. To get away from Neil!

@roberttelarket4934 3 года назад

Very very very clever!

@RFC-3514 3 года назад

It didn't work, of course; Neil was already waiting for it on the other side.

@roberttelarket4934 3 года назад

@@RFC-3514: Ha ha!

@tommos1 3 года назад

It couldn't cross the road because neil had already dissolved its legs in chromic acid.

@roberttelarket4934 3 года назад

@@tommos1: Very very very clever!

@baumgrt 3 года назад

The bird at 4:00 didn’t seem too happy when the professor started talking about dissolving bodies of its fellows

@xxxsugoitacion 3 года назад

nature trying to make sure the video doesn't get demonitised

@SpitefulAZ 3 года назад

But he meant human bodies. No bid deal birdie.

@brandonlink6568 3 года назад

That's because birds are all government drones and he's talking about illegal things

@SpitefulAZ 3 года назад

@@brandonlink6568 it's true!

@crustman5982 3 года назад

It was trying to tell him the correct acid to use

@abrahamlincoln9758 3 года назад

Every great moment at Nottingham begins with "I persuaded Neill..."

@gavinstarling8737 3 года назад

Oh how I miss Nottingham

@aeriumsoft 3 года назад

600th likey

@mafia1943 3 года назад

@@aeriumsoft 666th for me

@charlottemcdough8342 3 года назад

😳

@dr.rubbertoe7318 3 года назад

Hi Abe. How's it doin.

@gabor6259 3 года назад

"Neil knows a lot more about these things than the rest of us." Until now I wasn't afraid of Neil.

@barnabaszsignar-nagy5261 3 года назад

h o w

@teleman07 3 года назад

@@barnabaszsignar-nagy5261 You see the strange test setup where chicken legs hang into beakers? It so obviously well proficiently done that it is impossible for him to have used the setup for the first time in this video. May be on a smaller scale this is his first time but obviously he is used to it.

@sephthesatanist6558 3 года назад

@@teleman07 To be fair if I were Neil and had access to an array of pure, lab-quality chemicals I would probably be tempted to hang chicken legs in random acids to see what happens too...

@barnabaszsignar-nagy5261 3 года назад

@@teleman07 Sorry for the vaugeness in my reply, i was stating my disbelief about OP not being afraid of Neil until now xD

@fritzdaddy-135mmgetstagger4 3 года назад

😒 shush

@FabioLeprechaun 3 года назад

Do not mess with Neill. He knows how to get rid of a body.

@michaeld2416 3 года назад

Neill or pig farmers

@Sucharush31 3 года назад

"Needs to dissociate before it can attack the chicken leg" sounds like me

@UsmanMuhammadNooruddin 3 года назад

I found gold! 🤣

@roberth.5938 3 года назад

I get it 😂 if you've got a little knowledge in psychology you understand what he means

@RobinTheBot 3 года назад

Yeah yourself I'm dissociated

@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316 3 года назад

Ketamine or PCP or what? If your dissociative is PCP i would definitely think twice about attacking a chicken leg, it could be a person or a dog or something

@googlesucks925 3 года назад

You'd be fun at a BBQ

@dent5426 3 года назад

RU-vid Algorithm: “yeah this guy will watch anything just toss em the old chicken leg in chromic acid”

@Tony-112 3 года назад

Yep .

@jbstepchild 3 года назад

If you haven't watch more of the professors videos your truly missing out amazing helped with school so very much

@JetJockey87 3 года назад

'Chromic acid is much more effecient at dissolving flesh' *cartel members furiously taking notes*

@suriya_619 3 года назад

Hahaha😂😂😂

@R4in46 3 года назад

"The cartel Will remember that"

@xpapadeliciosox3986 3 года назад

Lol fr but they don't give af, they will most likely just throw the body in a bush lol

@raidensnake9471016 3 года назад

Or hang it from a bridge...freaking Mexico is a very mad place!

@Loonaticx 3 года назад

The cartel need to mind their station and learn how to sharpen a damn machete.

@ZankGarage3DPrintingAndDIY 3 года назад

I've got to admit that prof. Poliakoff with that jacket on looks almost as tough as Neil

@danmcdonald4275 3 года назад

I'm convinced they're both immortal.

@BalticLab 3 года назад

Plot twist: They're the same Person.

@Gilberto90 3 года назад

Tough as Neils.

@theCidisIn 3 года назад

Almost

@SWard-oe8oj 3 года назад

@@Gilberto90 that needs to be a t-shirt

@Anonarchist 3 года назад

great, now when I'm splashed with concentrated sulfuric acid, I'm going to have a dilemma over getting into the emergency shower.

@alicewyan 3 года назад

Neutralize it first with dry sodium carbonate or similar

@bacicinvatteneaca 3 года назад

If you're in a school lab, just burst into the nearby classroom and crush the chalk on yourself

@silverstorm1000 2 года назад

Definitely don’t. If you’re covered in any acid do not wash it with water. Water reacts to acid and creates a lot of heat

@deadstreet1675 2 года назад

@@silverstorm1000 dependant on what acid u r talking about... hydrochloric acid is perfectly safe to wash of with water. I work with multiple acids ranging in strengths on a daily basis.. we carry cans of diphotorine around with us. If u get any acid on u, we spray with this and it neutralises the acid immediately. Again this product is suitable for the acids and alkalis we work with.

@NakedUnderMyClothes 3 года назад

"Neil knows a lot more about this than the rest of us." On the low, has anybody disappeared around Neil?

@camlevine7730 3 года назад

Yes.

@devinschuhs798 3 года назад

Lol

@wilymuppet8941 3 года назад

Keep it down alright or we'll all go missing.

@matheussanthiago9685 3 года назад

not anyone that could be proved

@KanedaSyndrome 3 года назад

This guy really pulls off the "crazy chemist" look.

@momouwu1937 3 года назад

nah he looks friendly

@Rubrickety 3 года назад

“He thought he ought to neutralize the chicken legs.” -Great sentences in history

@TheNefastor 3 года назад

Could be a great KFC slogan : "neutralize those chicken legs !"

@douglascollins3036 3 года назад

I had a High school chemistry teacher; he said he had to make tests using concentrated sulfuric acid. The teacher drew the sulfuric acid into his mouth the promptly spit the acid out. The acid got onto his shoes and ate a hole in them the next day. The teachers mouth was unharmed. He seemed like a general who sent his troops into battle and won even though he forgot the ammunition.

@carck6442 3 года назад

brilliant story

@guapoindustries5030 Год назад

Walter white.

@TheValorious 3 года назад

"And I wouldn't let Neil try either." So are we in agreement that Neil wanted to? haha

@spooky4124 2 года назад

Neil: touchy touchy? Professor: No.

@_Mr.Tuvok_ 3 года назад

Neil is just like, “nah bruv, u wanna get rid of a body it’s Chromic all the way”

@TheFinktron 3 года назад

I do something similar with chicken eggs to demonstrate to my students the effect of acids on naked protein (the egg white or your eyes). Therefore, the need to wear goggles in lab. When I see a student without their goggles, I remind them of the eggs, and they quickly put their goggles back on.

@patrickbo2045 3 года назад

That's proper education!

@JabrHawr 2 года назад

i salute you for that. Excellent

@adamw2785 3 года назад

Strong bases like NaOH work better for breaking down fleshy things than acids. The channel Modern Rogue did it once. "How not to dissolve a body in Lye"

@GRBtutorials 3 года назад

Yeah, they usually work better with organic compounds, which is why NaOH commonly used as a drain cleaner (Project Farm tested a few products if you’re interested). Piranha solution might work even better, though.

@anamariabolo 3 года назад

there is also an "aquamation" process to dispose of bodies, instead of cremation. it utilizes KOH in a heated bath chamber, which disolves all the body but the inorganic parts in your bones

@photonicpizza1466 3 года назад

@@GRBtutorials Piranha is unbelievably effective at rapidly destroying organics, highly doubt a simple base solution can beat it, even a concentrated one.

@DevideNull 3 года назад

Piranha Solution: What are they fighting for?

@austinv1182 3 года назад

3:40 "but I didn't want to try it, and I wouldn't allow Neil to try it" Of course Neil wanted to try it...

@MuzikBike 3 года назад

Neil must be kept under control at all times for the sake of all humanity.

@BlockOrDeleteMeansIOwnYou 3 года назад

@@MuzikBike the mask isn’t for fashion, it’s for containment.

@MuzikBike 3 года назад

@@BlockOrDeleteMeansIOwnYou So that's what the point of the mask is.

@BlockOrDeleteMeansIOwnYou 3 года назад

@@MuzikBike me when I don’t take my ñörmâł pįłlś

@murasakirin8998 3 года назад

He seems like such a sweet person. I feel like I'd love taking a class taught by him.

@scotts918 3 года назад

"and I wouldn't let Neil try either" 😂

@user-uw7ui3si6y 3 года назад

The comment I was looking for.

@The_Story_Of_Us 3 года назад

Are we sure this guy isn’t just trying to get rid of a body stashed in his cellar?

@dimitrihinds9583 3 года назад

Would you take the chance to reveal him as a killer and then mysteriously be melted?

@madmaniac6778 3 года назад

@@dimitrihinds9583 ._.

@Romello.a 3 года назад

You never asked that question. And I don't know who you are.

@steve1711 3 года назад

When I worked in the chemical industry the sulphuric acid was delivered in steel tankers. To check there was no water present before the acid was unloaded the driver used to check the density of the concentrated acid using a special hydrometer.

@probablyaxenomorph5375 2 года назад

I remember watching this guy in middle school! So glad to see he's still around.

@xja85mac 3 года назад

I heard once in the university laboratory that if you spill concentrated sulphuric acid onto your skin you should rinse it very thoroughly, not just splash a bit of water, because of dissociation. That is that if you just dilute the acid is worse than keeping it there.

@KonradTheWizzard 3 года назад

We were taught pretty much the same thing in safety trainings in industry - whatever you spilled, use LOTS of water!

@christiankiss2666 3 года назад

"with a spare chicken leg as a control on the bench" I'm dying

@PrinsPrygel 3 года назад

Remember, the difference between science and mucking about is documenting what you are doing.

@tommym321 3 года назад

“Mucking about” LOL one of my favorite Britishisms

@jollykirby2138 3 года назад

also remember, the only difference between science, and *hiding a body* is how you do it.

@qwmx 2 года назад

You can do both at the same time. I love mucking around and taking notes.

@jollykirby2138 2 года назад

@@qwmx HIDING A BODY????

@qwmx 2 года назад

@@jollykirby2138 Errrgh...I'm not denying, but I'm not admitting it either...

@GristlyDread 3 года назад

do concentrated bases next like sodium hydroxide!

@Poopyduckling9999 3 года назад

4:01 that smile, that damn smile.

@maff1975 3 года назад

2:28 can it be true? A nugget of purest green!

@psygn0sis 3 года назад

Who knows, or dares to dream.

@Christopher-N 3 года назад

Those two can create the finest "green" at will.

@AsmodeusMictian 3 года назад

Every time I see a new vid from here it makes me happy. Love seeing Prof. Poliakoff :-) Thanks for the amazing vids, looking forward to more in the future!

@Blackcloud288 3 года назад

And my chemistry teacher said there was no such thing as "Joker acid".

@PiercingSight 3 года назад

It even turns green the same way.

@ishaboy5090 3 года назад

@@PiercingSight I think that was the point

@ImplodedAtom 3 года назад

Moral of the story: Don't get on Neil's bad side!

@massia.72 3 года назад

An advice on the cancer risks of Cr(VI) salts is mandatory.

@noecarrier5035 3 года назад

Hexavalent chromium is a pretty infamous carcinogen, it's true. But that's what fume hoods are for.

@6alecapristrudel 3 года назад

@@noecarrier5035 Fume hood isn't doing much here....

@noecarrier5035 3 года назад

@@6alecapristrudel The drumstick experiments were all carried out in the special science box with the whatsits preventing dangerous stuff escaping. I thought that was the fume hood?

@Psychx_ 3 года назад

Gotta wash all of the lab glass and the inside of the fume hood with reducing agents. Sulfites?

@Fiyaaaahh 3 года назад

Yeah we wouldn't want murderers to get cancer.

@niagarawarrior9623 3 года назад

i'm always appreciative of a new video released by Periodic Videos!

@alanna4858 3 года назад

Prof. is looking very well!!l so glad to see any time he pops up on my feed. Such a longtime fan. Love this channel x

@hotdogs1026 3 года назад

Neil should grow a goatee and wear an _I AM THE DANGER_ tshirt.

@ThePerradox 3 года назад

I wholeheartedly support this.

@beaudweiser 3 года назад

Breaking Bad is Neil's origin story

@KonradTheWizzard 3 года назад

@@beaudweiser ...you mean Walt didn't die after all?

@AleK0451 3 года назад

@@KonradTheWizzard it was left ambiguous on purpose

@eshanbanerjee243 3 года назад

turns out Neil has a huge drug empire running throughout the British Midlands and he truly is the British Heisenburg haha

@charlottemcdough8342 3 года назад

If Chromic acid was advertised in the 18th century: The miracle substance to boil your chicken drumsticks!

@brendonducharme3527 3 года назад

This has seriously been one of my favorite science channel since I was in grade 9. I've long been graduated now, but still watch the videos because I'm still very interested in science

@GalacticCoffee2077 3 года назад

I love this man. He could talk about the material properties of wood and I would watch it. He’s just so wholesome.

@memyopinionsche6610 3 года назад

If I ever could picture a stereotype of a scientist in my head. He would have the top prize. SCIENCE!

@whazzup_teacup 3 года назад

I hope you write a paper on this. The silliest of experiments are the most interesting to read.

@LostTimeLady 3 года назад

Certainly Ig-noble prize worthy!

@mubtasik 3 года назад

Aerodynamics of a cow

@LondonarabS 3 года назад

I wish I met you 40 years ago when I was an undergraduate ….. most interesting channel. Thank you

@matthewb3113 3 года назад

Deep Sky and Periodic Video all on the same day. One of the best RU-vid days ever.

@saladiniv7968 3 года назад

i guess what this video proves, is that neil knows how to get rid of a body

@budlight2k 3 года назад

Neil got a past we should worry about?

@patrickbo2045 3 года назад

We'll never know since he never left any witnesses.

@L7Mcmacdaddy 3 года назад

Many blessings and many more years of mentorship and teaching for The Professor, Martin!

@jordanpeterson5038 2 года назад

Professors like this are always fun to have as a teacher. They have a vast amount of knowledge that's better than any Wikipedia

@giordy9013 3 года назад

Love when you bring more exotic thing like chromic acid on the channel

@donlitos 3 года назад

1:11 Only Neil could find the only acid in the world with a dissolving chicken leg on the warning label

@LeeRaven-rb4dp 3 года назад

His calmness when explaining the gruesome experiment gives me the chills

@tobygraham45 3 года назад

I was lucky enough to meet Mr Poliakoff on the street last week! We had a lovely chat about chemistry

@Lucifurion 3 года назад

It'd be nice to see you guys do Piranha Solution and Fluoroantimonic Acid.

@JoshuaSobel 3 года назад

I concur

@Strutingeagle 3 года назад

Sounds like Neil has given this matter a lot of thought. Has anyone gone missing in your area?

@SunilKumar-pu7me 2 года назад

After all this years, you think what more is there to discuss. And then ... Mind-blowing

@Valok 3 года назад

i love this man so much. while there definetely are people with nicer voices and beautiful speech patterns, no doubt ... but this man overshadows a lot of them just by being interested in the subject he is talking about. bless him ^^

@AutisticAl 3 года назад

Dude went from staring at that bird with ill intentions, to talking about murdering women in about 10 seconds. Absolute mad lad! 😂👏

@adamkilroe9840 3 года назад

I would love to see a chicken leg in fluoro-antimonic acid versus caesium hydroxide

@FOS1993 3 года назад

I am in literal awe of you, Professor!

@milosristic7766 3 года назад

Your videos is a kind of drug to me.You're probably the best on the whole YTB!

@sir.richardarmstrong3rd759 3 года назад

@Periodic Videos, It could be interesting to do the same experiment but with strong bases.

@jaredwebber5383 3 года назад

I’d love to see you use the “piranha solution” a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and sulfuric acid

@mosurax 3 года назад

Nice video saved me a lot of trouble. i might be able to partake in this hobby a lot more often now

@shahrulaiezam924 3 года назад

Its been a while since i visit this channel... And it never disappoint me

@KhanTheDapperGreat 3 года назад

This man's hair has more knowledge than my brain. Sad.

@lundsweden 3 года назад

I don't think I'd eat a chicken dinner at these guy's house!

@seanp8220 3 года назад

This channel is a kind of really nice throwback to the days of the learned gentlemen teaching you things - Attenborough and Bronowski etc

@CausticLemons7 3 года назад

Interesting subject yet a calming video. Well done!

@Rachel_M_ 3 года назад

I watched a documentary a few years ago about "The Body Farm" in the US..... According to the researcher on there biological laundry soap is the best thing to break down a body, including the bones

@kilroy987 3 года назад

Neil has sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their heads.

@mineners 3 года назад

Very nice to see you, Prof.

@jasminahaverinen5759 2 года назад

I just love everything about this lovely scientist Edit how adorable when he stopped talking to look and smile at the bird that chirped next to him 💖 so wholesom Professor!

@Edo_Luna_ 3 года назад

This man looks like the Albert Einstein of another reality

@charlottemcdough8342 3 года назад

He actually loosely reminds me of Doc in back to the future

@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 3 года назад

I've seen videos about victims of acid attacks where bystanders do nothing. Can you pour baking soda on the victim's face to help counteract the acid? Or would that make it worse?

@pi1392 2 года назад

What an intense video. I love the professor.

@JoJoGaminG36 3 года назад

This man is probaly on of the coolest chemistry prof's in the world :D

@electronicsNmore 3 года назад

Very appetizing drumsticks. LOL

@g.s.5110 3 года назад

Guga Foods: "I DRY AGED Steaks in CHROMIC ACID and this happened!"

@Crawfishness 3 года назад

I never thought RU-vid would bring me to videos of an older British gentleman talking about melting bodies, but here we are. I'm not disappointed

@foodank_atr817 3 года назад

I just realized this was released 6 hours ago. Glad to see a new video.

@mojosbigsticks 3 года назад

Neil tonight: "What's on the barbie love?" "Fizzing chicken legs." "Hard pass!"

@kevgermany 3 года назад

There is a firm in the USA promoting disposal of human bodies using alkali, not acid. Can't remember which one. Update. There's an article on Wikipedia under the title Alkaline hydrolysis (Body Disposal). Guess this would work better on the chicken leg.