Making Mercury (Part 1)

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In this video, I will be extracting and refining mercury metal from mercury sulfide (cinnabar). This is a chemical method, which is safer than the typical heated one.
It is a follow-up to this video: • Extracting mercury fro...
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@bluesillybeard 3 года назад

"so, how did you die? crushed by human? drowning?" "being dissolved by mercury waste" "oh"

@Brunosky_Inc 2 года назад

Would that count for spider Valhalla or spider Darwin's Awards?

@madattheworld2628 2 года назад

yeah he dead

@TrueRetroflection 2 года назад

Nice hydroxide pun

@spookmeister4528 Год назад

@@Brunosky_Inc Valhalla fs

@deemcgann1695 Год назад

@@Brunosky_Inc Sovengarde awaits

@gafeht 7 лет назад

3 (HgS Na2S) + 8 NaOH + 2 Al + Spider -> 3 Hg + 6 Na2S + 2NaAlO2 + 4 H20 + Dead Spider

@NileRed 7 лет назад

Definitely a viable reaction

@hgmercury7279 6 лет назад

lol rip spider was sacrificed for making me

@henryjiang9664 6 лет назад

gafeht More like a Catalyst:/

@buttstink5763 3 года назад

Imagine the shock and terror of a chemist who did this reaction and wasn’t expecting a spider corpse to appear

@jasonthompson318 3 года назад

@@hgmercury7279 you’re so lame, your parents failed you. You complete mess.

@GrandDawggy 6 лет назад

i always think cinnabar sounds delicious

@whitestorm8287 5 лет назад

Try cinnamon not cinnabar cinnamon

@SupernerdScrawl 5 лет назад

It's just where I go to restore fossils.

@connorthesledneck1398 5 лет назад

Imagine if cinnamon bars had mercury

@iwcj9046 5 лет назад

@@SupernerdScrawl Well can't go there anymore, the volcano went boom after all

@jole5468 4 года назад

SupernerdScrawl i think they used rocks from there to make the pavement in vermillion city

@jetstreamjackie3437 4 года назад

“Due to impurities” like that spider that fell in?

@deathsagent3209 3 года назад

That may be a factor

@naturegirl1999 3 года назад

Poor thing. It had no idea what it got into

@Real_Kaedinh 3 года назад

Where at?

@allskillgaming4806 3 года назад

No that was clearly required

@gallium-gonzollium 3 года назад

*contains trace amounts of spider*

@reubenbredenkamp9218 7 лет назад

I love that spider for sacrificing himself for his love of chemistry.

@CH-su5vj 3 года назад

@Elijah D'Arcy Dominguez probably a better way to go out than to drown normally

@polycrystallinecandy 3 года назад

@Elijah D'Arcy Dominguez you can't really down without a chemical, because otherwise what will you be drowning in

@canesvenatici9588 3 года назад

@@kreuner11 watch the damn video?

@HamsquadBeast 3 года назад

@@kreuner11 9:46

@d4slaimless 3 года назад

The tragedy!

@bigboy6704 7 лет назад

Cinnabar island. Vermillion City. "pokémon-mercury silver"

@Quintinohthree 7 лет назад

Mr. chair buttons *quicksilver.

@bigboy6704 7 лет назад

Quintinohthree aaaaaaaah even better

@ThumbNurBum 5 лет назад

@@Quintinohthree Wasn't that one of the fan made hacks that Nintendo had scrubbed from the internet?

@bastiangalaz4580 4 года назад

Ariados fainted.

@SirTomFoolery 3 года назад

Damn you

@Nufrifin 7 лет назад

contains trace amounts of spider

@NileRed 7 лет назад

+Repth Nufrifin that is the key ingredient

@BillAnt 6 лет назад

Mercury + spider = Hg suspended in a web lattice Also, don't confuse Cinnebar (HgS) with Cinnamonbar, nope not the same .. tsk tsk

@naturegirl1999 5 лет назад

Repth Nufrifin m curious what was going through the soider’s head “Oh an unknown surface surrounded by an unknown liquid? Time to go in and see what’s up...oh wait the liquid is breaking the surface, time to get out of here” *builds web that breaks( “hope I can swim in this, I’m not getting out”

@johndoe3804 5 лет назад

Lmao!!

@crayoneater68.5 4 года назад

9:45 for anyone that is confused

@Keldor314 6 лет назад

Vermilion was also used historically to dye the lower strings of lutes, and not just for cosmetics. Since Vermilion is based on mercury, it's heavy, so dying the strings increased their density, meaning the strings would vibrate at a lower frequency. Compared to making the strings thicker (making them again heavier and vibrating at lower pitches), the thinner but denser Vermilion dyed strings have a clearer sound for the low notes.

@jay3398 4 года назад

Someone do this for da BASS

@SoulTouchMusic93 4 года назад

Huh, that's cool. Why didn't they just use copper wire?

@Keldor314 4 года назад

@@SoulTouchMusic93 Modern guitar strings are wrapped in copper wire for the base strings, as are piano strings. In the middle ages, however, they just didn't have proper machinery for making large quantities of fine wire. Can you imagine beating out 10s of meters of thin wire using only a hammer? Jewelers would do this, but they could sell their jewelry for a tidy sum. Another thing to consider is that they used gut to make strings out of, since nylon had not yet been invented. Gut strings only last a couple weeks, so all that work making wire and wrapping it would have to be repeated over and over. As far as metal strings, as opposed to strings wrapped with metal wire, these started existing in harpsichords by the time the Baroque period happened. This is well after the end of the middle ages. Also, for some reason, lutes and guitars never ended up with metal strings until much later. I guess they didn't like the sound back then. Another possibility is that steel strings weren't practical on instruments where your sweaty fingers touch the strings until the invention of stainless steel - the strings would rust!

@Keldor314 4 года назад

@@defunctuserchannel I think the only real insight there is that there are a lot of different ways a liquid can end up looking a murky yellow orange. Probably just a coincidence.

@summeronio9751 3 года назад

As someone who.plays an 8 string guitar, I find that interesting

@theCodyReeder 7 лет назад

Great video! I actually forgot about dissolving the cinnabar in the sodium sulfate solution! ( I think it did come up in my ore genesis class) You probably could have used copper metal instead of aluminium since this is chemically pretty much the same as what I did in my video but I think the only real benefit of that here would be a reduction in waste and not also pulling out the lead which I think you didn't have in your mercury.

@howardman3926 7 лет назад

Hi Cody :D

@howardman3926 7 лет назад

I was curious if you knew what to look for when searching for Cinnabar, as it seems you have found some yourself. (Possibly a future video?) If not, that's fine.

@NileRed 7 лет назад

Hey Cody, I dont remember exactly where I read it, but it said that using copper has issues. I also don't remember what issues they were though...

@howardman3926 7 лет назад

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's not necessarily that the copper has a negative affect, but more related to the fact Aluminium amalgamates with the Mercury providing a high efficiency and quality. (Aluminium I think may react with other minority elements or compounds residing in the Mercury Sulfide, or Cinnabar)

@howardman3926 7 лет назад

Oh, I forgot to mention that this process can provide Sodium Sulfide for recycle. :p

@robertbrowne7880 7 лет назад

R.I.P. Lab spider. You will be missed.

@themelancholyofgay3543 3 года назад

Timestamp?

@canesvenatici9588 3 года назад

@@themelancholyofgay3543 watch the video?

@themelancholyofgay3543 3 года назад

@@canesvenatici9588 i watched it but didn't notice

@Labinzel 3 года назад

@@themelancholyofgay3543 10:00

@MontyTheMothman 4 года назад

10:00 “death is too graphic to show”

@watcherofwatchers 3 года назад

Oh, you watched the video!

@justinhamilton8647 3 года назад

Watcher damn you miserable SOB

@watcherofwatchers 3 года назад

@@justinhamilton8647 Well, op literally offered not a single thought. S/he just quoted a line in the video we all JUST watched. Lame.

@bjornzek 3 года назад

@@watcherofwatchers who hurt you

@Jimbo7 3 года назад

@@watcherofwatchers Go outside, meet some people, learn a new hobby

@piranha031091 7 лет назад

9:45 : I've read enough comics to know where this is going!

@jasondoe2596 7 лет назад

Damn, I hope Nile doesn't get bitten by it! ...on second thought, I hope he does xD

@LiborTinka 7 лет назад

He would become a Mercury Man and will be able to change shape like T-1000.

@piranha031091 7 лет назад

Or the Silver Spider!

@pietrotettamanti7239 7 лет назад

piranha031091 quikspilver

@BillAnt 6 лет назад

Or become amalgamated into SpiderMan :D

@AwesometownUSA 5 лет назад

Dang - when the Spider fell into your cauldron, you shoulda tossed in some Deadly Nightshade and the Eyes of a Newt... Then you coulda cast some mad spooky, kooky-ass spells. Ah, well. Missed witchcraft opportunity. What can ya do. Nothing.

@emeka62 4 года назад

"Some impatient people" Am I watching NileShade lmao.

@salty8202 3 года назад

He’s like baugmenter (idk how to spell) restoration where Julian just ROASTS the past conservators it’s so funny

@antimonia 3 года назад

@@salty8202 i don’t like baumgartner restoration :/ a lot of his techniques are outdated and often don’t follow the moral code for restoration- one of them being that the restorations should be reversible, so when better application and techniques are found, the previous restoration can be reversed and the painting restored with the new techniques. some of his work is shockingly poor, and not enough time was put into it. there’s a reason he does family heirlooms, not museum pieces. there’s also all of the legal trouble that he’s gotten himself into (suing one of the most prominent restorers, for example) that makes me really dislike him

@eppssilon 3 года назад

Test

@eppssilon 3 года назад

Testtzt

@msmsmsmsmsmsmsmsmsmsm 2 года назад

@@antimonia that reminds me of when he retouched a lady's arm and I noticed it was a lot different than the original and he made it worse

@halodragonmaster 4 года назад

Me: *has video on in background* NileRed: *Ferroserpent* Me: WHAT THE

@mbsb1376 3 года назад

Pharaoh's Serpent, not Ferroserpent.

@kemphoss-4791 7 лет назад

the spider dident die. he fused with the chemicals and is now roaming the streets

@playful1510 7 лет назад

@13:39 Aww, it's happy to be washed!

@ZivTheWyrd 6 лет назад

Catman ok i died a little from seeing that

@Raiom. 5 лет назад

Omg XD

@shelleyb162 5 лет назад

This was my thought too! 😄

@UltimatelyEverything 4 года назад

You're a pussy i see

@kingcanada2588 3 года назад

13:35 and The solution was a bit murky lol get it Mercury Bad dad joke but I’m not a dad so just a bad joke

@justintr4888 4 года назад

(me watching the aluminum go in) "ah yes, that provides the shiny that the final mercury will need."

@papastalin69 Год назад

the Shiny

@alansmithee419 4 года назад

Spider: *falls in* Solution: *starts bubbling vigorously and spills everywhere* Nile: "so after cleanup I couldn't remember which room I'd done this in, so I just decided to move house"

@critte_r 2 года назад

Ever since I've stumbled upon your channel I have found an unique interest in chemistry. You seem to be informative yet entertaining at the same time. I think your voice inflection has a lot to do with it. You just keep me intrigued and always wanting to learn more. I know nothing about chemistry by the way! I just love science.

@Slayqueengirliepop Год назад

HA nerd/J

@The_Triple_Point 7 лет назад

SPIDER FRIEND WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN

@milkmansteve1 7 лет назад

dicksoutforspiderambe#

@kcgunesq Год назад

For those of us that grew up years ago, we didn't worry about how we stored mercury. When a thermometer or light switch broke, we just put in a glass jar and played with it. Fun times.

@daveslamjam Год назад

are you bragging about having mercury poisoning

@kcgunesq Год назад

@@daveslamjam Elemental mercury is relatively safe in the amounts we used to have access to. Eating too much of the wrong kind of fish is likely a much larger risk. The organic forms are far more dangerous.

@Xnoob545 Год назад

@@kcgunesqis fish you can normally get safe

@OmniversalInsect 11 месяцев назад

@@Xnoob545I think larger predatory fish like tuna have more mercury because it builds up in the food web

@dudoklasovity2093 9 месяцев назад

lol exactly! once when i was 8 i brought it to school and we played with it. These days someone would probably call emergency with fire brigade and twenty ambulances and the whole building would be evacuated 🚑 😂😂😂

@Tatourice1 4 года назад

Dude I've been watching your vids for a while, just found this one and just lost it when you included the spider xD

@Robert-iw2xq 4 года назад

13:39 mercury made a smiley face

@nagulasrilatha 3 года назад

@crabsaresilly8317 Год назад

Barney

@tek4 7 лет назад

I followed you on the twitter but I never use it, so I don't know how helpful it is. of course I love your science videos, the methodology, and implementation of the procedures is top notch and very enjoyable. while I do not share your love of smelly reactions, I find it wonderfully fun to watch and hope some say to be able to replicate some experiments with my kids. Science for the win

@NileRed 7 лет назад

I appreciate it! Also, smelly compounds is definitely not something for everyone.

@holasoyalejandro9822 6 лет назад

RIP Spider (2017-2017) 1 like, 1 prayer

@AlldaylongRock 7 лет назад

Guess this reaction had a bug :'D

@kordami28 4 года назад

Spiders aren't bugs tho

@erlingnesbakken9871 4 года назад

kordami r/woooosh

@kordami28 4 года назад

@@erlingnesbakken9871 no

@erlingnesbakken9871 4 года назад

kordami yes

@kordami28 4 года назад

@@erlingnesbakken9871 okay then explain how I'm wooshed here.

@brianbethea3069 4 года назад

13:48 Of course it was all merc-y, it's mercury. That stuff tends to be pretty merc-y.

@isabel-to4os 3 года назад

You can still buy cinnabar sumi sticks, these are ground with an ink stone and water and used to paint. It’s really one of the most gorgeous colors, and crazily enough it used to be used for tattooing, of course we don’t use that anymore. In traditional Japanese tattooing they used to do only small sections at a time because it would make people very ill with fevers, because the inks were basically poison.

@matt25675 Год назад

Yikes

@BatttleBun 4 года назад

13:40 mercury hopes you have a good day

@sha-384-2-electricboogaloo 4 года назад

Me: "-Island" "-City" NR: "Cinnabar" "Vermillion"

@sha-384-2-electricboogaloo 4 года назад

This was posted on my alt

@SirTomFoolery 3 года назад

Pikachu?

@TheSkogemann 7 лет назад

Your timelapses has improved significantly - Great job!

@nathanlamberth7631 5 лет назад

I need a video making a red mercury crystal. I assume it’s actually a pretty safe way to store it

@luisp.3788 4 года назад

The "red mercury crystal" is mercury sulfide, so you'd have to make the mercury a second time if you'd store it as that.

@Rivodtadin 4 года назад

@@luisp.3788 Isn't mercury sulfide a salt of mercury ?

@luisp.3788 3 года назад

@@Rivodtadin ?Yes it is, but why make mercury from mercury sulfide and then make the mercury to mercury sulfide again

@BenHess02 4 года назад

The comments: 25% actually about chemistry, 25% “idk what’s going on but it’s cool”, 50% “rIP tHe sPideR”

@happysongs4kyrone 3 года назад

f 2 ze spooder

@apoorvadash7729 4 года назад

the first spider to get this much attention for his/her love for chemistry

@tankdadank6804 3 года назад

I like how he’s giving instructions like we about to do this 😭😭

@nitroxylictv Год назад

just take college chemistry you would be doing this every day

@atashgallagher5139 2 года назад

This guy made mercury, then made that pure mercury into mercury ore, then processed the mercury ore back into mercury. Legend.

@juanbensusan 2 года назад

This videos are so good that I still watch them over and over again despite not understanding a single word.

@SpydersByte Год назад

when I was in High School my grandfather owned an Incinerator building business. In his shop he had a bunch of old thermometers that he'd take the mercury out of. He gave me a vial full of the stuff and I would always take it to school and break it out in science class to play with it with my buddys putting it on our palms or dripping it on the table to watch it shatter into a bunch of little spheres. Its one of my fonder memories of High School :D I think when my nieces get a bit older Ill have to buy some to show them, Im doing everything I can to educate them in science and hopefully lead them to a good STEM degree :D

@905SunnyGachaGaming 5 лет назад

For thermal one, I think you can cover the beaker with a watching glass with ice on it to liquefy the mercury vapor.

@jukeboy6657 4 года назад

I clicked on this vid thinking it was turning queen songs into metal songs

@oj3738 3 года назад

Actually?

@eironjorgedamaso6198 4 года назад

Oh my... Freddie's parents are science geniuses

@typhon8047 4 года назад

Spider: ight imma head in. Ight imma head out. Web: I'm about to end this man's whole career.

@SpaceyBrain 5 лет назад

Between you and Cody'sLab, I find myself really wishing I had the time and patience to do this. I had this idea one time of taking samples of water from different mining zones that were notorious of using Mercury in the purifying process for Gold. This video and the previous one has really ignited that spark and I just might do it. Thanks for the brain food :)

@Dreadpirateflappy 2 года назад

3 years later and i wonder if you ever did it.

@SpaceyBrain 2 года назад

@@Dreadpirateflappy 3 years later and I'm severely depressed and unmotivated. Also disabled thanks to a wonderful workplace accident. Thanks for checking in though

@avacadomangobanana2588 Год назад

@@SpaceyBrain 1 year later checking to see if you’re alive (not dead from mercury poisoning)

@SpaceyBrain Год назад

@@avacadomangobanana2588 Alright, who's not dead. Sound off

@avacadomangobanana2588 Год назад

@@SpaceyBrain hahahaha glad you’re still round here mate keep goin. trust life is brutal but ghaddamn if there isn’t some beauty in the pain

@justinwebber9968 3 года назад

I don't get what's going on I've discovered your channel recently, I really couldn't care less about mercury or chemistry yet I'm somehow compelled to watch, what trickery is this.

@Blazevgr 7 лет назад

18:22 has an audio problem... Scared the hell out of me 😲

@Noah-iv2vs 7 лет назад

Blazevgr same 😭

@issachocolate5116 7 лет назад

Blazevgr saaame

@Alxasaurus 7 лет назад

Deserves another reupload.

@yatagarasu1495 7 лет назад

i fucking jump scared

@willemkossen 7 лет назад

Blazevgr i think there was quite a large reaction going on that second

@somedude1313 Год назад

the spider at 9:46 had a more compelling story than wakanda forever

@mgritsch 7 лет назад

You might check the reaction progress with a spot test on filter paper for mercury to verify the completeness of Hg precipitation. I remember there was a highly sensitive one involving iodide and copper. If you're interested I might look it up.

@4louisMC 2 года назад

I am 100% sure, that you are on every government watchlist there currently is.

@marythatcher6941 4 года назад

Thank you I enjoy watching your videos. Stuff I would never search out or care to know about.. But I like listening to you and I'm learning 👍

@369vkr 4 года назад

Hi Ii have a few questions. 1. How to extract mercury from natural cinnabar ore? 2. Extracted mercury off cinnabar, is it 100% pure? 3. Is there a way to turn mercury into pure red mercury? By the way I am just 51 year old enthusiast. Love learning new things everyday.

@chrischristen8904 7 лет назад

So i am writing my lab report for my chemistry class and while i was re-reading my discussion essay i couldn't help but notice it sounds exactly like you at the end of your videos. I'm laughing so hard right now. XD

@NileRed 7 лет назад

You sound like a monotonous robot?

@chrischristen8904 7 лет назад

well its just I speak the same way you do.... at least when it comes to chemistry so like I could help but narrate with your voice.

@Sup3rman1c 7 лет назад

can't help but narrate with your voice* I thought you were offering to narrate his videos at first.

@santiagokoprummel7340 4 года назад

10:09 *_Where men cried_*

@crabsaresilly8317 Год назад

Al the kings horses and all the KINGS *MEN* couldn't put up with a NAME THIS LONG!!!

@PumpernickelWonton 2 года назад

I know nothing about chemistry but absolutely love watching and (sorta) learning with these videos

@Thingsthatgopew22 7 лет назад

Protip for cleaning the surface of dull Mercury. Take any container for example a jar. Spray the inside with spray glue. Dump in the mercury and swirl it around. Pour it of and it's clean. Dispose of the jar as mercury waste.

@Digephil 7 лет назад

Fantastic video! I would love to see more Ore to refined metal videos. Perhaps you could show copper enrichment from Malachite and Chalcopyrite.

@qetuR 3 года назад

Me being a Pokemon player and immediately reacting to "Cinnabar" and "Vermillion"

@otterconnor942 7 лет назад

Buddy, you're not a monster for saving an eight-legged demon soul eater 9:56

@madkirk7431 3 года назад

"I made mercury using spider... *and didn't hum spider dance"*

@Crowborn 7 лет назад

Great channel :) an idea: could you try extracting gum/oil from myrrh leaves? Where i live the thing is lying everywhere on the ground, and i know there is a way of using them but idk how :)

@f1awsy 3 года назад

Rest in piece ricky. You were an entertaining spider.

@mbanana23456 7 лет назад

Removes Mercury from contaminated waste, contaminates waste in the process :I

@KnakuanaRka 5 лет назад

mbanana23456 At least he gets his mercury back.

@KnowledgePerformance7 5 лет назад

It's put in safe storage. He has a video of the decontamination process

@bcubed72 5 лет назад

If he got the mercury out, though, what's left...the dregs of mercury? Exactly how low do you need to get the concentration before it's just waste?"

@nonec384 4 года назад

@@bcubed72 i dont think its worth to do that ,he did for the video i guess

@luisp.3788 4 года назад

Waste is chemical trash. Concentrated elemental mercury can be waste, too, provided you don't need it anymore, so "just waste" doesn't quite define it correctly.

@BonnieBoi 2 года назад

Rip spider, you will be forever missed

@williamjemeyson5101 4 года назад

5:35 when your game is lagging but finally buffers

@sledger2066 7 месяцев назад

Watching this channel after a bit of Chemistry class is amazing

@RusZugunder 6 лет назад

Is there a reason for alpha-HgS to form more frequently than beta-HgS, or is it just the fact that it's easier to spot why we have more of it?

@cddevelopment363 4 года назад

Conspiracy theory: Nile didn't show the spider death because it didn't happen. He saved the spider, but didn't want to start a flame war in the comments about whether it deserved to live or not.

@rouxman212 3 года назад

my little brother found this and he said "wait he made the planet Mercury?"

@Hethalean 5 лет назад

I'm always so curious just how much all these fluids, acids, bases, and other ingredients you use in each step costs. Especially for your gold recovery videos.

@Metrion77 3 года назад

Cinnabar is ground up for vermillion. This makes sense because Cinnabar is fire and Vermillion is lightning, and both are weak to ground.

@alessandropandolfi213 7 лет назад

hi Nile I really like your videos, I wanted to know is it possible extracting fructose from fruits? its probably a stupid question but i d like to know thanks

@NileRed 7 лет назад

hmm, it might be possible. I imagine it would be very hard to get pure though

@alessandropandolfi213 7 лет назад

NileRed OK thanks for the help

@BH2K6 3 года назад

this video is so close to 1 mil views that it's affecting my OCD.

@Oddminitue 2 года назад

9:40 screw the mixture can we get some f’s in the reply’s for that spider

@ashmitakaran6755 2 года назад

It's awesome to see the chemical reactions in you videos.........pls keep uploading.

@jamesdurkin7894 7 лет назад

I love all of your videos, they are very well constructed and explained. However I'd be interested to see state symbols on the equations you use for the reactions - if not then it's fine. Curiosity is all :)

@patrickbliss9264 2 года назад

14:15 pretty purple colour 💜.

@daisy9756 3 года назад

The spider part was interesting. I am thinking of a nickname for it, maybe Mercury Spider-man?

@trindalas 3 года назад

I’ve always thought mercury was nifty because of it being a liquid at room temp. I’ve got a very small amount of it I salvaged from an old temperature dial someone was throwing away. It’s definitely in my top 4 favorite metals although I’m not sure it’s exact position. (Tungsten, silver, and platinum are the other 3. I’ve got one of those tiny tungsten cubes but I’d love a bigger one, but sadly they are very expensive. I haven’t got any platinum due to its price, but have gathered a small amount of silver in the form of some jewelry I got second hand and a pair of pilot wings I got from a pawn shop (those are really cool, while I’m tempted to melt down the others and make a small ingot, the wings I love in its current form)

@Correct_Opinion 3 года назад

What a horrible top 4 metal list

@Correct_Opinion 3 года назад

Obviously the correct top 4 is titanium, cobalt, lithium, and uranium. No in will not explain myself.

@trindalas 3 года назад

@@Correct_Opinion I like what I like, mate.

@chikkenbonz Год назад

Element collector here. Top 4 is a tough one. I gotta go with the coolest samples I actually have. In no particular order: Tungsten - Just holding some is a strange feeling. The density difference in it and every day metals you encounter is mind bottling. Basically the same density as gold. I have a bar that's 1" thick, 12" long, and about 2 1/2" wide. It weighs 20+ lbs. Thorium - I FINALLY got a sample of this element (in pure metal form). I got 5 grams of Th powder. Guy was nice enough to sell it for half price. A bargain at $100/gram. The Holy Grail of element collecting**. Don't believe me? Just try getting some.... Cesium - It's one you have to see in person to appreciate. I have a 20 gram ampoule of Cesium. It's a very shiny golden color. It's solid at room temperature, but hold it in your hand and it starts melting after about 10 seconds. Gorgeous element! Mercury - Yeah I love Mercury. There I said it. And it feels good! =========================== Honorable mentions: Osmium, Gold, Beryllium, Uranium, Arsenic, Carbon. ** Actually I'm close to closing a deal on possibly a new Holy Grail.... A strip of Technetium metal. Pinch me....... (How did I get this way?? My parents weren't nerds...I wasn't raised nerd, Grandparents weren't geeks....I.......just......don't.......know.......)

@chikkenbonz Год назад

Great thread, trindalas. 🙂 👍 EDIT: I think Nile needs to chime in here...what are your top 4 elements Nile??

@Crazed_Delirium 3 года назад

Me: yo can you pass me a drink That ONE friend: yeah sure let me go get one 11:55

@Mekanik.b 7 лет назад

THC Keychain 🙌🙌🙌

@icecarbondiabloclips9355 3 года назад

What

@GregBlum 2 года назад

@@icecarbondiabloclips9355 tetrahydrocannabinol baby!

@Iamchuca420 7 месяцев назад

Got curious about mercury manufacturing and knew exactly where to find it 🤘🏽

@grunions9648 3 года назад

So you're saying alphas are prettier than betas, but if a beta becomes super hot it can become an alpha? Good to know.

@cozzy7804 3 года назад

Imagine opening a cinnabar rock like a coconut and the mercury coming out.

@agvulpine 6 лет назад

Dear NileRed: Can you explain the nature of your Mercury Sulfide waste source, and why it contains sealite(sp), silica gel and paper? What is sealite and how are silica gel and paper used in processes involving mercury that would produce such waste? I'm not very familiar with what sorts of mercury waste would commonly be encountered or why.

@KnakuanaRka 5 лет назад

agvulpine It’s the waste created during this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S4T57SFntIs.html

@NZC_Meow 2 года назад

It's celite not sealite

@CaptnArcher 4 года назад

I remember in mineralogy we used to call cinnabar Hugs to remember the chemical formula.

@can9564 3 года назад

I find it funny how this guy just tells you how to make deadly substances for educational purposes

@mrunalmhatre9295 7 лет назад

plz make video on GOLD purification

@sunfireThu 3 года назад

Just stumbled upon this channel. Takes me back to my high school chemistry classes.

@JoshHopkinsYT 7 лет назад

Jumpscare at 18:22

@NileRed 7 лет назад

Yeah, that is bad :s

@thehost9817 7 лет назад

In spooked mate.

@michaelbaerga8932 6 лет назад

I don't get it

@atd9945 6 лет назад

Huh?

@vivimannequin 5 лет назад

I don't see it

@akbarrmd7714 5 лет назад

My friend you are an alchemist 👍👍👍 keep up posting great educational videos like this

@codeartha 7 лет назад

nile red promoting THC...

@NileRed 7 лет назад

I guess I am to a certain degree. Even though I am not a fan of drugs in general

@codeartha 7 лет назад

I guess it's about being consistent, after all you do have the same keychain for cafein. You should theme all keychains around mild everyday psychoactive substances (ex: mescaline, codeine, nicotine,...) Another cool theme would be essentials amino acids or perhaps nucleic acids

@TheBackyardChemist 7 лет назад

"mild everyday psychoactive substances (ex: mescaline"LMAO, that might be the understatement of the year, mescaline is most definitely neither a mild or everyday substance

@bcubed72 5 лет назад

@@TheBackyardChemist You kidding? I go down to the diner every Saturday and get the "bacon, egg and peyote special!" The servings are large, and seem to move around a lot.

@pauleichenberger4966 5 месяцев назад

The black gunk in the reaction mixture is likely due to the lacquer coating on the Al foil. This has a dull side and a shiny side, so removal of the coating from the shiny side is important. Or, use pure aluminum.

@TPGGGG__ 3 года назад

The spider actually lived and bit NileRed turning him into *The Amazing HydrargyroArachno Man*

@imockrartedcomments7672 6 лет назад

2:10 I don’t think that mercury vapour should be the only thing that you should be concerned about. Sulphur Dioxide is also pretty bad.

@Bisqwit 5 лет назад

So, in the process of cleaning up some mercury-contaminated water you ended up with mercury sulfide waste that needs cleaning up. In the process of cleaning up that mercury sulfide waste and isolating the mercury from it you generated a ton of new waste that needs cleaning up - also contaminated with mercury. Entertaining videos for sure but not very productive it seems.

@crocogile2352 3 года назад

He is more extracting Mercury rather than cleaning waste up. Probably because you can't buy Mercury metal wholesale

@luisp.3788 3 года назад

Well, the waste will have lower and lower mercury content. This is better than just sending it to a waste company and getting rid of what use the waste still could've been.

@lifehack3902 5 лет назад

Hello sir. Can we make mercury invisible when we see it in mirror?

@prabhakella1169 3 года назад

Impossible

@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening 5 лет назад

Rip spider... 2017~2017 you will be missed you did not die in vain

@justsomenerd8925 6 лет назад

I live near an old cinnibar mine, and mercury processing site. When the mine was up the town around it was extremely wealthy. The town (New Idra) had the first lighted baseball field in California. Also, it is one of the few places on earth that gem quality benitoite has ever been found. Now New Idra is an EPA super fund site, which is code for fucked. The EPA has pretty much stated it would cost too much to clean up the area. The best part is, that just a few miles from this place was a massive serpentine mine. Which also produced asbestos.

@Thephotonguy 6 лет назад

Fuck You is the town abandoned or fenced off?

@justsomenerd8925 6 лет назад

It's abandoned.

@alextaplin7354 Год назад

I remember smelting a block of cinnabar in my garden firepit when I was a kid. I got a little bit of mercury but ended up regretting destroying my rock because they're harder to find these days.