Growing lead crystals

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In this video, I'll be recreating an old demonstration called the Tree of Saturn. To do this, I'll be using a zinc block and lead acetate, both of which I made in previous videos.
I was inspired by a video made by TheBackyardScientist, but I used a slightly different method and procedure.
References:
• TheBackYardScientist video: • How to Grow A Lead Cry...
• Making lead acetate: • Making lead crystals t...
• Making the zinc block: • Melting Zinc Battery C...
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@devon5714 6 лет назад

Nilered must not be a great gardener. he managed to kill a metal tree

@Jaybiiird 3 года назад

I guess he doesn't have a silver thumb ;)

@kayagorzan 3 года назад

A metaljack huh

@razorwolf2758 2 года назад

Y’all who are thinking of making a metal joke shush

@thejadesword2520 Год назад

oof

@DarthPotato1123 Год назад

@@razorwolf2758 why

@TheBackyardScientist 6 лет назад

Awesome, I knew you were working on this video for awhile it turned out great and thanks for the shoutout! Shame about not being able to save the crystals. My idea was mix up some polyester resin and inject in into the bottom of the beaker. I bet the lead would still oxidize though.

@zaneabrams7110 6 лет назад

I was thinking the same thing with the resin, not sure if the thickness/weight of the resin would end up damaging the crystals during the pouring process. It would certainly look pretty cool if it worked though.

@TheKnaeckebrot 6 лет назад

why not try to submerge it quickly in silicone-oil ... or try to put it under nitrogen / vacuum with some Iron-powder to get rid of remaining oxygen?

@kehlerpete5379 6 лет назад

I remember in highschool chemistry my teacher showed us the process of lead cyanide (I'm not 100% sure thats what it was) crystalizing after she took the breaker off of the burner. I remember beautiful yellow/gold crystals seeming to form as specks and they grew and grew into an amazing Crystal structure that would all fade away back to a clear liquid as soon as it was put on the burner again. Is there any way you could re create that experiment?

@sydneyhunt6681 3 года назад

Do you think that this could be a way of cleaning up battery acid do you think anyone ?!?!?!?!?!?!? 🤔

@user-pr6ed3ri2k Год назад

300thliker

@carterplasek498 6 лет назад

You should do something along the lines of an "Early Chemistry" type thing, I personally really enjoy the alchemical names of compounds, and think that a series about the more chemistry portions of alchemy would be amazing.

@Heya_Bud 4 года назад

its been a year, lets see how its held up

@Stefan45678 4 года назад

2 now

@rexmortimus5520 4 года назад

Indeed

@slyquick 4 года назад

Show us your tree

@gideonbudd8945 4 года назад

Commun it's ironic that your picture is Saturn

@declanziolkowski 3 года назад

It's been two years let's see how it's held up

@thesentientneuron6550 6 лет назад

You can try to displace out the water with a dense, clear resin. (with no dissolved CO2 of course) Then, once the resin hardens you can take it out and display it

@manickn6819 6 лет назад

That's exactly what i was going to suggest. Some prior experimentation to ensure no reaction would make sense.

@pyro3138 6 лет назад

^My thoughts

@jmpattillo 6 лет назад

My thought exactly. You can get resins that have a low initial viscosity that may work well

@chiragpatil2052 6 лет назад

A good UV resin like NOA68T and 365nm UV bulb from underneath for a few minutes should bake it well.

@nickjc1999 6 лет назад

That's a very good idea, however the resin couldn't be much more viscous than the water or it might disrupt the crystals; they looked very delicate to me.

@dylanvellut 6 лет назад

O chemisTree, O ChemisTree, How steadfast are Your branches!

@lizlee8715 4 года назад

So underrated.

@N1c0T1n3__ 3 года назад

Ok, Mr White.

@sebastianduran2022 4 года назад

I see this video daily in my recommendations, and i still read “Meth crystals” every time

@sina20 Месяц назад

Me too! 😂

@googleeatsdicks 6 лет назад

You can try to seal individual dentrites between glass slides with CA glue. With that technique I was able to preserve a snowflake.

@nameirrelevant1114 6 лет назад

It didn't melt?

@googleeatsdicks 6 лет назад

The CA glue was below 0 °C and cyanoacrylate needs water to polymerize. I left it in the freezer for a day and by that time the ice crystals were replaced by a white CA structure which looks exactly like the snowflake.

@nameirrelevant1114 6 лет назад

Shit dude that's dope

@krtm7231 6 лет назад

photo please!

@googleeatsdicks 6 лет назад

I don't have photos but there are plenty instructions and photos online. Just one edit: one day in the freezer might not be enough.

@Hardts 4 года назад

I was sure the title said "Growing Meth crystals" until I read it properly..

@astbrnrd 6 лет назад

Your love & interest of chemistry and science are inspiring. Keep up the good work!

@kt8oz 4 года назад

“it became a miserable white crusty mess” me during my 3rd week of school

@mambafoo4083 4 года назад

Bruh U stole my joke 4 months before I even got to say it 😭

@heartcrafts3426 4 года назад

@@mambafoo4083 Don't worry bro, you at least got it 3months before I did. 😁

@jbk0 3 года назад

ummm why white...?

@kt8oz 3 года назад

@@jbk0 probably because im white. i wrote this super long ago tho i cant even remember watching the video lol

@jbk0 3 года назад

@@kt8ozoh, I thought it was because of cum lmao

@marcmarc172 6 лет назад

I was hoping for an continuous time lapse and the last one awesome! Also, the pearly white background is really nice for these videos.

@longshot789 6 лет назад

Great videos, thanks for the consistent format!

@robotslug 6 лет назад

My man NileRed for the new year. Yisss. Love your content dude.

@cassandraclark7359 5 лет назад

How’s the tree of Saturn doing?

@industriebauten 6 лет назад

I love this beautiful fractal structure

@Sepp180 6 лет назад

love your channel, and the quality of your videos is just amazing keep it up

@coder0xff 6 лет назад

Cool stuff as always!

@RaExpIn 6 лет назад

Growing metal crystals are always beautiful! Nice video!

@anintelligenttalkingcowtha131 6 лет назад

"I knocked it over..." Thats like, a must for chemists, at least trice...

@rawhamburgerjoe 6 лет назад

That looks super cool!

@sriramsankar8958 6 лет назад

happy new year +nilered

@geurgeury 6 лет назад

You should grow it in a separation funnel, when it has fully grown, you can replace the lead solution with some other liquid by slowly emptying the funnel while you're adding the liquid. The other solution could be either an inert liquid or a clear casting plastic.

@Godspeed7955 6 лет назад

great idea

@pseudomonad 6 лет назад

most casting resins aren't water-soluble, so it'd need to go via a thorough wash with acetone or something.

@TheDrakenZ 6 лет назад

Love your videos, you're a champion. Thank you! :D

@MrDarling1502 6 лет назад

your videos are so freaking cool

@Matty-ep5fb 6 лет назад

that was cool man !

@calyodelphi124 6 лет назад

Maaaan look at that beautiful dendritic crystal structure

@Howie672 11 месяцев назад

Love your video thanks.

@davidsweeney111 6 лет назад

it's so beautiful

@anuraggundeti2906 6 лет назад

Big fan of your videos!! My interest in organic chemistry has grown because of you. Love from India!

@akhilthechemist 6 лет назад

anurag gundeti see my this video you know about common chemicals and where to get them ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CGVA5FbDpSg.html

@Lanetwin 6 лет назад

Another incredible video. You’ve got my 7 year old son interested in chemistry. Couldn’t thank you enough for that!!!!

@shonkysidewayssam6134 6 лет назад

I was watching your new videos from my tent at the Falls Music Festival, whilst I was stuck there during the torrential rain etc. I felt right at home...

@TheDoctorginger 3 года назад

I know it’s old but I love to rewatch it!

@tren 4 года назад

You read "Crystal Meth" and so did I.

@talosine2963 4 года назад

...yeah

@bunnybae483 4 года назад

Me to man

@jayc140 4 года назад

Guilty as charged officer

@TyPoProteus 4 года назад

Try coating it in "CrystalGel by Rosco" - It sets to a transparent plastic-like coating, and can be thinned with water, so should be fine if you go straight from the water bath to the gel.

@lil_weasel219 2 года назад

The first one look the best.nice large protruding crystals

@nicholi8933 6 лет назад

That was really neat. A good example of inorganic chem at work.

@Aaron_Higgins 6 лет назад

Peter Brown might be able to dip some crystals in resin...

@henryjiang9664 6 лет назад

Aaron Higgins Pretty sure that they are too fragile, but it would be cool if it worked

@tuesdaywithanh 4 года назад

I don't know how he'd get the resin in without taking the crystals out of the water, but I would love to see it

@outistynnanyt5153 4 года назад

I was thinking tbe same thing

@cecilialopes9158 4 года назад

This comment is waaay too much underated 😂

@DestructableGames 4 года назад

Duuuuuude. Yes.

@sultanafareen9597 2 года назад

Nice video and fantastic

@americanrebel413 5 лет назад

This was really cool! Thank you. I just subscribed to your channel.

@eliemalki9194 6 лет назад

Amazing!

@pms4906 6 лет назад

It's so pretty

@sciencealexisro1208 6 лет назад

Happy new year

@TheMotoRebel 6 лет назад

Beauty cannot always be captured, but maybe revisited occasionally.

@muhammadbilalkhan2916 6 лет назад

I have seen almost all your videos and I think it would really cool if you made a series on different elements as you did with Mercury

@imjody 5 лет назад

Man, this was freakin' AWESOME. Just subbed. Hope there's an update! ^_^

@NostalgiaDigital 3 года назад

I love to see those timelapdses, could keeping the vase in ice during the reaction slow the process and form bigger cristals? Thanks!

@sonicthehedshot9789 6 лет назад

Boil the water prior to rid any disolved gasses. If possible see if you can run the reaction in a container where you can drain the bottom. Displace the water with a light solvent like hexane or ethylacetate. Preserve it in the solvent.

@fischX 6 лет назад

I love those crystalisation vieos, for me it is much more than nice looking, it is chemical self organisation at work and I can't wrap my head around it.

@justusfelix2441 6 лет назад

When do you buy or build a fume hood?

@wintersknight9411 3 года назад

Let's see the progress

@adnamamedia 6 лет назад

In very surprised with how affordable your glassware is on your site! I expected it to be much more expensive, due to it being lab-grade and branded with your name. I will definitely be buying some

@TheBackyardScientist 6 лет назад

oh wow just checked it out. its a better deal than stuff from ebay thanks Nile!

@thedude7726 6 лет назад

I have no idea what's going on in half of your videos guys it's always fanaciting

@SteelCurious 6 лет назад

I don't know why but I just love listening to his voice

@TheMarshiiRose Год назад

Yum! Lead crystals!

@arinroy002 6 лет назад

If you keep the solution cool while the crystals are forming, would that result in bigger crystals?

@Rexen1995 6 лет назад

Nice crystals

@tayzatun6351 3 года назад

my class used your video during quarentine because we didn't have lab access (online). so thank you

@Imdor 6 лет назад

Resin dip would probably be your best bet, would also add som buoyancy to make the tree spead out a bit again.

@qvatch 6 лет назад

Why do the crystals preferentally form at the top of the zinc block?

@sonicthehedshot9789 6 лет назад

The lead crystals form at the surface of the zinc because that's where it gains the electrons needed to reduce into elemental lead. Water has high resistivity so the closer the lead is to where the electrical current is strongest it will form.

@jpolowin0 3 года назад

@@sonicthehedshot9789 That doesn't explain why the growth was fastest at the top. My guess is that the feathery crystals were growing from the wire, and were different from the ones that grew directly from the lead. The obvious test would be to repeat the experiment in such a way that the wire wasn't in contact with the solution.

@mariataylor4458 6 лет назад

woooowww i watch your vedios and get very much inspired you are a genius

@NileRed 6 лет назад

lol thanks!

@shwetashenoy3005 6 лет назад

maria Taylor 😁😁😄

@Robocop-qe7le 6 лет назад

Shweta Shenoy groupies

@BIIXBOX 3 года назад

I think that's how the energy shape itself through this element and the solution do something like dismantling and slowing that energy and that's how you can see its shape like this REALLY COOL STUFF I like that

@michaelwho 5 лет назад

Love your channel and you. Thought I'd ask you. what happens with/to the burning lead roof on Notre Dam?

@d3athreaper100 4 года назад

I wonder if there are any resins that would allow the reaction to take place inside of it so you could just let it harden around the tree of Saturn. I'm thinking if you made a hollow cup and then poured the lead acetate solution into the cup did the reaction and then slowly replaced the leftover solution with a thinner resin and then that could Harden and you could make it into a keychain

@koga7349 3 года назад

The crystal growth is like watching paint dry. Fine lead based paint that is

@Miroslav5578 4 года назад

is possible to stop process and seal it in some jello or epoxy - like carefully change liquids?

@irvingkurlinski 6 лет назад

Nice video of the crystal growth. I wonder if zinc in a pure form would be useable to clean-up non-acidic lead waste solutions?

@nothingtoseehere5760 3 года назад

Stumbled on this one by accident, wonder if you would be interested in designing an experiment to determine how much if any lead is actually dissolved out of glass crystal decanters into liquors? My first thought is that over time, any lead on the surface of the crystal will be dissolved out and they will be safe. If so, how long would that take? etc. Thanks for all the cool videos!

@bluevortex7992 6 лет назад

Hi great video there would it be possible to use lead nitrate as it's also a soluble lead salt or would the zinc react with the nitric acid produced by hydrolysis of the nitrate (in solution producing nitric acid) which then would attack the zinc?

@tonylopez2987 6 лет назад

Can you freeze it to harden the crystal structures, the beaker may have to be sacrificed but or try it again in an open beaker, but it could result in a more stable crystal structure

@Ir8Xe 6 лет назад

I did not try but it possible to dissolve Pb(OAc)2 in hardener (2nd part of epoxy resin), put peace of Zn? grow up Pb crystals and than slowly added epoxy component.

@hoseja 6 лет назад

Wonder if you could gently replace the water with resin gently somehow.

@cookingwithcorey3346 2 года назад

Would there be a way to replace the water with resin after the crystals form? Like add the resin to it from the bottom with like a tube or something and just displace the water? Or would the resin react with the water and ruin in?

@Ludvictv 6 лет назад

At the first part of video i see the lead acetate nucleation some like the sodium acetate reaction..maybe other solution react like sodium acetate, what do you think?

@icewolf9067 Год назад

I wonder if you can make one of these but put it in some very strong shatter prof glass then have it sealed and sell them as a fun knickknack?

@anthonydavidson6139 4 года назад

Could you displace the water with anything like an acrylic?

@BrunoHenrique-bg8kj 6 лет назад

What if you put mineral oil or other thing less dense than the solution that when you push out the cristals of the solution it imediately coat against the air?

@anthonyrocco2341 6 лет назад

Can you do the gold rain experiment

@Godspeed7955 6 лет назад

he already did

@trymatic7151 6 лет назад

Godspeed7955 He has not?

@chuffpup 6 лет назад

Is that you, mr Trump?

@BrunoHenrique-bg8kj 6 лет назад

It may be a Trump video

@NileRed 6 лет назад

I will!

@TizonaAmanthia 6 лет назад

I think some how transfer the crystal into an acrylic and make a casting? but doing so with something soooooo fragile... Idunno how you'd manage it. unless. maybe you make a LARGE ampule, with a small "seed" or several of the zink, and seal the solution in with the lead, and just make a good seal on the ampule. is there any downside to leaving the lead crystals in that solution indefinitely?

@7328971 6 лет назад

I like to see from you some basic lessons of chemistry.it will be amazing !Thank you anyway!!

@nunyabizzness8844 4 года назад

one question would it grow upwards if you placed the zink at the bottom and using a mold to hold it in place inside of the bottle and then completely fill it up with the lead astatine then seal it for a completely sealed with nearly no air inside the bottle? I know this is an old video but still was curious

@chasharris1976 6 месяцев назад

That was interesting

@brandondotson8035 5 лет назад

Could you work in a tub or something with one of the Noble gasses to displace the air before trying preserving metal crystals?

@NapoleonPicard 3 года назад

would it be a ood idea to fill the rest of the bottle at the end with clear oil to keep any and all air out? Would it last longer then?

@Convolutedtubules 6 лет назад

I Wonder if it is possible to do this reaction in some kind of resin that will set after the rxn is complete.

@cmmc3400 5 лет назад

That explains the white crust on the lead pipes I had removed in my flip houses.

@maxischerr 6 лет назад

Is by a elektrolysis with trisodium citrate something as oxygen and hydroxen generated (Trisodium citrate works well with cheap iron electrodes)? Thanks, and sorry for that question here, but i didn't found anything about it... :D

@LiborTinka 6 лет назад

This would make a nice Christmas decoration. Who needs snoflakes when we have lead crystals!

@damungo9142 6 лет назад

Is it possible to use this reaction to detect lead in a solution of various metal salts?

@captainhoarse 3 года назад

The colour of Galena (PbS) is pretty close to these lead crystals with slightly more blueish purple tint to it. neat.

@kieranhall1998 6 лет назад

could you possibly dip it into a clear resin to preserve the formations created?

@logicomix7976 5 лет назад

How is it possible that the redox reaction take place beyond the surface of the zinc bar?

@asm_nop 6 лет назад

You could make the lead trees then dilute/displace any ions in the solution before electroplating it with a more durable metal, and also a nice shine. Gold would look really interesting.

@Pow3llMorgan 6 лет назад

It would be super awesome if the reaction could be done in some sort of concoction that could be polymerized into a plastic / acrylic matrix, without removing or disturbing the crystals!

@yorgle 5 лет назад

Is there a follow-up video for this? (have you tried replacing the water with something like nitrogen, rather than room-air?)

@Tenajeh Год назад

Interesting video! Those trees are really pretty. ^^ What would happen if you started with a more filigrane zink "seed" like just the tip of a zink needle dipping into the water or a small crumb fixed to the wire? And would there be a way to slowly replace the water with some other liquid that can go into all the small gaps and then turn solid after a semi-long while?