Turning mercury into a weird sponge

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In this video, I continue my amalgam series and I attempt to make the so-called ammonium amalgam. This was done by combining an ammonium salt with sodium amalgam that I made in a previous video.
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• Link to 1865 paper: goo.gl/3NVehp
• Sodium amalgam video: • Mixing sodium with mer...
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@riseeuterpe2838 3 года назад

“I found a paper from 1865.” That’s how you know Nile is going hardcore mode lol

@polygondwanaland8390 2 года назад

casually whips out a paper older than Canada

@robertstevensii4018 2 года назад

Even more impressive to me is that as a layperson, chemistry is basically magic that you're never allowed to do wrong or you die, and he just wings it on this one.

@harsharya545 2 года назад

Guy reads about amalgum of ammonia on Wikipedia. That's when I knew he is hardcore

@Jezko. 2 года назад

999th likes :)

@shelly-anncurwin7739 2 года назад

1K like😈😈😈

@TheChach 5 лет назад

Sodium amalgam is a gateway amalgam. Friends don't let friends use sodium amalgam.

@Morbacounet 5 лет назад

It starts with a simple sodium amalgam and you end up doing ammonium amalgam in a dark back alley. Winners don't do amalgams.

@MichaelClark-uw7ex 5 лет назад

Simple Sodium amalgam leads to NaK. I know its technically an amalgam too, but i'm a rebel, i say NaK is an alloy.

@stoutlager6325 5 лет назад

Slippery slope.

@b1rd1e81 5 лет назад

@Legion 2633 I hope he means alloy and not amalgum

@cheffrin3751 5 лет назад

If any amalgam is a gateway amalgam it's aluminum and mercury haha

@stopquinn 4 года назад

NileRed: it's *my* turn to be confused by what i'm doing

@brianahambor9147 2 года назад

this comment is fucking killing me

@randomthingthatexists3187 2 года назад

"Mom said it's *my* turn to be confused, you hog it everyday!" idk oop

@bobmcferrin908 2 года назад

@@randomthingthatexists3187 go to your corner

@randomthingthatexists3187 2 года назад

@@bobmcferrin908 understandable have a great day oop

@thisisiampie6946 Год назад

@@randomthingthatexists3187 are you still there?

@ramirorybczuk9100 4 года назад

"The sodium amalgam can be used as a gateway to other amalgams" Sodium. Not even once

@magusperde365 2 года назад

Reading that in Sheev Palpatine's voice

@digitalsuicide0416 2 года назад

Gold

@ProfessionalBugLover 2 года назад

@@digitalsuicide0416 ok

@abrahamo2895 2 года назад

@@digitalsuicide0416 Is that a pun?

@Yikeo 2 года назад

@@ProfessionalBugLover your comment history is cringey as shit

@gcm4312 5 лет назад

Using a paper from the 1800's do conduct an experiment must be quite an interesting experience! Very cool

@garethdean6382 5 лет назад

'To test the purity of your sample, simply lick it, a suitable one will have a vaguely sharp taste. A cigarette is recommended afterwards to cleanse the palate.'

@Paul-gz5dp 5 лет назад

Many of these older publications have things in them that are unknown to many today. In the past many used to experiment more than people do today, and learning from experimenting is one of the few ways to get to know the real world. As such many new and wonderful things have been found among many mistakes along the way, and if someone never made a mistake they have never done anything productive. As things not turning out as planned and then correcting to make things work is how to get anything to work correctly, as nothing is completely right the first time.

@Invictus_Mithra 5 лет назад

@@Paul-gz5dp Citation needed

@Paul-gz5dp 5 лет назад

@@Invictus_Mithra Need a reference when talking about historical books? My sources are my collections and what I have found on Archive.org and many other sites as well.

@Invictus_Mithra 5 лет назад

@@Paul-gz5dpBro, do you think people don't reference historical books? The main thing that irked me was when you said "In the past many used to experiment more than people do today..." that's such a dubious statement and it does need a source lol. Are you in modern academia?

@alpacab 4 года назад

I never have any idea what he's talking about. Or the formulas he puts on screen, but I watch anyways because I wanna see funky silver liquid turn into a sponge.

@lesborui 4 года назад

my favorite thing about this channel is when the funky liquids explode

@fatcats7727 4 года назад

lol i respect that

@d-o-n-u-t 4 года назад

There! My clone! I’ve located him! I MUST ANNIHILATE HIM!

@jordanrodrigues8265 4 года назад

In this case you're in good company. Nobody knows what this stuff is.

@ilovesparklygowns2203 4 года назад

Jiminjiminjiminjiminjimin

@swordsmancs 3 года назад

“I’d like to know what you think” My brain watching the mercury stuff: “haha mercury go fwoosh”

@atulbobade2200 3 года назад

Looolllllll

@chubetube 3 года назад

dig

@everseeker 3 года назад

Very good technical analysis

@RichardHammo 3 года назад

LOL

@Dinosaurianationazation 2 года назад

8:46. Look! It’s the void!

@kraio-sfu 3 года назад

9:03 “Who do I listen to... gravity, or surface tension?”

@GardenNomme 3 года назад

This part actually looks so weird. Like a muscle almost

@spiralcasket 2 года назад

It looks like it’s gonna sneeze

@Thoisoi2 5 лет назад

Excellent video and rare footage!

@cuteanimegirl2922 3 года назад

о, плотный салам всем нашим

@Malik-td2ft 3 года назад

Whoa, it's the русский man

@1kalash 3 года назад

@@Malik-td2ft lmao

@Edge_2 3 года назад

Дарова

@Marcus_Sherman 3 года назад

Hello there. Love your videos

@loveyourself8169 4 года назад

*Nile doesn’t know what to do with something* “So anyway I started blasting”

@Brunosky_Inc 2 года назад

Nile always packing heat

@ryanlarsen6270 3 года назад

I adore that in order to research this experiment he had to go all the way back to 1865 to find another chemist who was like “...what if I added mercury?”

@bensoncheung2801 4 месяца назад

One hundred and twenty three thumbs

@MUGSY-SOY 4 месяца назад

😂

@asamlos 4 месяца назад

It was Nile in a past life, clearly

@Coracii 4 месяца назад

@@asamlos I think you mean current life. Im convinced that nile is some kind of alchemist with some life giving serum

@taben9jake 3 года назад

Neutral Radical, "I have no strong feelings one way or the other, and will fight to the death for them"

@RonJohn63 3 года назад

Neutral President: "I have no strong feelings one way or the other."

@taben9jake 2 года назад

Also, It reminds me of the brain goop things that the flame guys turn into in Heart of Darkness.

@aritrachakraborty602 2 года назад

This guy.

@cynr6406 5 лет назад

I’m a chem major and everytime I watch your videos I feel like I haven’t learned enough.

@Nerdmonides 3 года назад

Same lmao

@glossiangelz 2 года назад

Then you could learn from Nile :>

@camerongiles1420 Год назад

not being cocky or a dickhead, but I’m genuinely curious as to how, I understand a lot of this and I just graduated highschool, is it because uni chem focuses on more practical applications ?

@gentrelane Год назад

@@camerongiles1420 this is not meant to be an insult at all and i'm glad you got a good chemistry education in high school, but there's this messed up thing that happens when you really get deep into a subject where the further you go the more aware you become of how much more there is to learn

@maolcogi Год назад

@@gentrelane That was pretty smooth explaining Dunning Kruger the way that doesn't make the other person feel bad. ;P

@connorfoley8114 5 лет назад

Mercury: Amalgamation sounds like a metal album

@markcerne1313 5 лет назад

Connor Foley honestly sounds like it would be an awesome prog metal album

@ericsalscheider4961 5 лет назад

Bro what kind of fukcing pun god

@incessantsepia 4 года назад

Freddie Mercurys solo album

@sarahhoward9081 4 года назад

I think it is...

@Michael-xg4hj 4 года назад

I think it sounds like an anime

@typofrick 3 года назад

“Turning mercury into weird stuff” is now a great series

@KermitFrazierdotcom Год назад

Now for Bismuth... Fluck Yeah !

@DylanMeek7 4 года назад

2:23 “now, as far as I know, what’s going on here isn’t really known” When you have to write a paper on something and you have to turn 100 words into 1000 words

@SoulDelSol 3 года назад

Now, based on the thousands of articles that I've read and browsed and reviewed, what i believe to have most likely found is the following, that the mechanism of action does not yet seem to be known by mankind and this could be an area of very interesting further research. How am i doing? Haha. He could've just said "i dunno"

@Noname-67 3 года назад

@@SoulDelSol if he said he didn't know, that would mean he just didn't know, what he said is that he knew that no one knew about that

@theflyingspaget 3 года назад

@@Noname-67 "we dunno"

@davidshelly9142 5 лет назад

8:51- showing off your face like that. smh your vanity clearly has no bounds

@xebrandon2772 5 лет назад

David Shelly lmao you must brace yourself to embrace yourself.

@KL005 5 лет назад

Hey, he's sexy! 😍

@Tower0fHeaven 5 лет назад

Yo wtf why are your safety googles down Nile

@user-dy9ut5nf5m 5 лет назад

plz can help me preparation of Hg(NH2)Cl

@qwerty975311 5 лет назад

@@Tower0fHeaven he's using his safety squints it's cool

@ThAlEdison 5 лет назад

Are you considering putting images of the amalgam into the wikimedia commons?

@thingnasty__ 5 лет назад

bump

@sereysothe.a 5 лет назад

Erin Cobb great great idea

@sigmamale4147 4 года назад

Your profile pic is ironic right ?

@Inseut 4 года назад

Yeah please do it

@xyz-zyx 4 года назад

@@sigmamale4147 Your profile pic is ironic right? It seems you got stuck in 2012

@LillaVya 3 года назад

"it generated a lot of heat" Translation: It exploded

@websterri 3 года назад

No, it generated a lot of heat.

@ppppppqqqppp 3 года назад

I know it's just a shitpost but explosions can be generated without heat, they're entirely different phenomena

@websterri 3 года назад

@@ppppppqqqppp Exactly.

@frankiefrankie1120 2 года назад

@@ppppppqqqppp so it did both.

@TUNDIRE409 2 года назад

@@frankiefrankie1120 yes

@jason_man 4 года назад

13:26 It reminded me of those toys that grow in water me: yes but with more tOxiC fUmEs

@h.pgugcraft1329 5 лет назад

He has made the beginning of the T-1000

@anklexpress2789 5 лет назад

I am surprised all of the comments are not this comment

@cheffrin3751 5 лет назад

Thought the same thing.

@fano72 5 лет назад

hehehe

@kinetikx 5 лет назад

Came here to say the same thing. Thanks for helping the robot overlords destroy us Nilered.

@muffinman3111 4 года назад

Tbh this very similar to Polly alloy

@TheEAtoday 5 лет назад

12:30 ohh man that would be awesome to sculpt with, if it stayed at that state

@MushVPeets 4 года назад

Just need to find another polyatomic "metal" that doesn't want to fall apart so easily, I suppose.

@h.r.9563 3 года назад

I got anxious when he was poking it. All I could think about was "what if there waa mercury still?!" Like ahhh.

@munjee2 3 года назад

That is what dental Mercury is , Cody's lab did a video on it

@chrismanuel9768 2 года назад

@@h.r.9563 What if there was? Mercury isn't some evil curse that slowly consumes all things. It's a poisonous liquid metal. Don't eat it, don't touch it with bare skin, and you're never in any danger.

@svaucyi 5 месяцев назад

I’ve watched all seasons of this guy and never have a clue on what anything he’s talking about. Hes just the perfect voice to have on to sleep to

@natesky6603 4 года назад

The amalgam holds shape @ 12:40 because you effectively "tempered" the alloy, crystallizing enough of it to lock it's shape. I'm not sure, but I think it's because of the remaining sodium in the solution that it allows this

@cockmaster314 Год назад

Thanks rainbow dash

@KaiserTom Год назад

Yeah, I imagined the heat while it was a sponge is what the difference is. The heat forced a rapid expulsion of the ammonium chloride from the mercury before it has time to coalesce again. And likely briefly crystalizes it with the high energy, at least to an amorphous solid extent.

@dakota5432 10 месяцев назад

God I just want to put that in my mouth and chew on it

@anumidium6641 5 лет назад

The amalgam series is so interesting!! By the way, you should consider synthesizing tyrian purple (6,6'-dibromoindigo), the most expensive pigment in history!

@CAMSLAYER13 5 лет назад

@@Baitrix1 I don't think they make dye from that

@CAMSLAYER13 5 лет назад

@@Baitrix1 yea you're right

@mumintrollable 5 лет назад

There is uranium oxide glass made in the 30's and 40's you can still find it antique shops and the glass has fluorescent green glow under ultraviolet light and some ceramic glazes was made with uranium.

@geyotepilkington2892 5 лет назад

@@mumintrollable Used to have a shelf of uranium glass with a blacklight above it. Was super cool.

@pemuelmichaelis8961 5 лет назад

Baitrix Heh, I remember being *very* confused as a kid when I found out that Marie Curie had isolated radium from „pitchblende“ tailings, i.e. radioactive waste she could obtain for free from the Austro-Hungarian uranium mines in Bohemia. After all, it seemed strange that people had already been running major uranium mining operations long before the discovery of nuclear fission, and before they even knew about uranium‘s radioactive properties. It took me years to realize that uranium had already been used to make yellow glazes and translucent green glass throughout the 1800‘s. That said, I‘m not even sure if uranium was ever considered a particularly expensive pigment back in the day. Atleast by the time the early 20th century rolled around, yellowcake uranium was apparently considered a less valuable byproduct of the production of radium and vanadium.

@glaedr_4_life685 5 лет назад

Love all your videos 😍😍 I’m currently doing a chemistry degree & you were a big influence to deciding to do it! Keep doing what you’re doing,

@Splarff 5 лет назад

I was recently accepted to UCSB for pre chem, and I was inspired by this guy, and Cody's lab!

@justADeni 5 лет назад

@@Splarff also NurdRage and DougsLab are good channels

@Splarff 5 лет назад

@@justADeni I'll check them out

@jonathonstoner33 5 лет назад

Glaedr_4_life :/ thumbs up half for doing something great that I wish I could do and learning more chemistry than needed to finish high school (no matter how much I loved it) because of @NileRed and half for the name! One of the strongest dragons we know of!!

@glaedr_4_life685 5 лет назад

@@jonathonstoner33 youre like the only one who has ever recognized the name 👌👌 best book series ever!!

@TheLocomono9 3 года назад

The strangest thing is I might have a perspective to this. It could be a similar effect that yeast has in bread where it consumes sugar and lets off gas. The difference between the first one and second one is proofing (not sure what you would call it in chemistry) where since your giving the Mercury time to react with the ammonia the ammonia starts to replace the sodium allowing it to permeate the surface which them easily lets the hydrochloric acid quickly penetrate and react inside the mercury liquid as well as on the surface

@Kiannka 2 года назад

I literally never had chemistry in school and I ended up failing a biology course because it was mainly chemistry for that term, but your videos give me hope that it's actually something I could learn if I put my time into it. You explain everything so well even someone like me, with no clue whats happening, can follow you!

@williambouthillier8611 5 лет назад

@8:50 Busted. Glasses on forehead aren't as efficient as in front of your eyes Nile

@lanksart 4 года назад

You must not be near-sighted 😘

@wesleygreenhow8843 4 года назад

Lol

@dedley2664 3 года назад

I think he might also wear them as a precaution. Like in the lab safety video he talked about how glasses offer minor protection.

@anantkerur557 3 года назад

Remember, it's not safety first-it's stupidity last

@uptown-p 3 года назад

little do you know is that it actually improves ir vision!!!

@muralibhat8776 5 лет назад

Just wanted to know condition of your lead crystals(tree of saturn). Has been over a year

@asei231 3 года назад

Has been over 2 years-

@R3pliC0py 3 года назад

Bruh this comment was 2 years ago

@dog-ez2nu 3 года назад

whaT HAPPENS AT 4 YEARS

@GarryDumblowski 2 года назад

He did make a video on it, but I'm having trouble finding it. I think it was titled as growing metal crystals.

@alybe1801 3 года назад

8:37 Now that, that was cool

@noe1521 2 года назад

10:30 "and when I added a whole bunch, it murdered it"

@Samuelchallenge 5 лет назад

I think the answer to 12:36 is that you heated the material which gave it enough energy to form a more stable crystal structure. When you keep heating it, it doesn't work because the crystal structure will not be fully formed and it will still be in a "melted" state. But because you cooled it the crystal was stable enough to last for a while.

@heh7177 2 года назад

he bugged the thing out

@erbenwerben93 2 года назад

Basically tempering the amalgam?

@vsaucenou323 5 лет назад

I have two words for you 1:Metal 2:Play-doh

@SoulTouchMusic93 3 года назад

1 forbidden 2 metal 3 play dough

@b0ark1ng21 3 года назад

That’s 3

@b0ark1ng21 3 года назад

@@SoulTouchMusic93 that’s 4

@b0ark1ng21 3 года назад

@HalfaheartYT what do you mean

@the_cat_the_cat 3 года назад

@HalfaheartYT “play dough” = 2 words

@masonwice2713 4 года назад

Hey nileRed, thank you so so much for this channel. I am currently enrolled in a high school chemistry class, and i might not know what most of this is, it is really interesting and what some might call “fun” for me. These small tidbits and facts are incredibly interesting, and i am always talking to my chemistry teacher about this kind of stuff. Thanks!!

@Kubalopl 4 года назад

8:46 when u accidentally turn on your front camera

@travisimmortalis2135 5 лет назад

I gotta say how awesome it is, that you found an obscure substance and experiment from the 1800's, which had almost faded into oblivion due to a lack of understanding, and managed to resurrect it into 21st century consciousness. Well done!!

@adriano.augusto 5 лет назад

Came here for the chemistry. Stayed for the relaxing voice and cute face reflected in the mercury drop. ❤️

@cervichthyoquine 3 года назад

Oh damn, someone's got a crush

@BinglesP 2 года назад

*Insert joke about science and romance here*

@jeremiahevans4175 2 года назад

Chemistry is in the air (I'm technically not wrong because chemical reactions are happening constantly in Earth's atmosphere)

@PopYTP 2 года назад

no stanning

@Ace_Of_Crows727 2 года назад

at this point same

@hectorpereira9331 4 года назад

Hi! I’am doing an essay about mercury for school. You videos are helping me a lot. Thank you and carry on with this great series!

@memedesima7953 3 года назад

I really love how you put everything in practice! Really interesting series!

@moomoo2214 5 лет назад

The reason it doesn't work with the nitrate might be because of the strong oxidising nature of nitrate ions. I imagine NH4 radicals would be very good reducing agents and the nitrate ions might just oxidise them as soon as they are formed. Ammonium nitrate in itself decomposes on heating to make H2O and N2O as the NO3- ions oxidise the NH4+ ions. You could try adding ammonium nitrite instead and seeing if any nitrogen gas gets evolved. All in all an amazing video. Looked forward to it since that Instagram post. 🙌

@user-dy9ut5nf5m 5 лет назад

plz can help me preparation of Hg(NH2)Cl

@pemuelmichaelis8961 5 лет назад

Moo Moo Yeah, even plain old ammonium nitrate will comproportionate to form nitrous oxide upon slow heating, and N2 and O2 when exploding. And I would expect NH4 radicals to be *much* more reactive in redox reactions than NH4+ cations.

@moomoo2214 5 лет назад

@@pemuelmichaelis8961 Wow. Thanks! I didn't know that 😁. And yes, NH4 radicals must be very good at reducing but the problem with my theory is that why does ammonium sulphate work in that case. Sulphate ions are weakly oxidising and they should oxidise NH4 radicals quite easily. NileRed says that only ammonium nitrate caused a problem. Can you think of a reason for that? Maybe it has something to do with the solubility of HgSO4 and HgNO3. Hg might interfere with the reaction and cause only the sulphate ions to precipitate. I really don't know, I'm still in high school 😅.

@moomoo2214 5 лет назад

@@user-dy9ut5nf5m I don't know about Hg(NH2)Cl but I think Nessler's reagent (K2HgI4) reacts with ammonia to make Hg(NH2)I. This then reacts with water to make something called iodide of Millon's base. I can't type the structure of that over here although it's just two mercury atoms bridged by one -O- bond and one -(NH2+)- bond.

@tutinof 5 лет назад

@@moomoo2214 Dear Moo, I suspect that in evaluating the sulfate ion kinetic considerations are strongly relevant beside the mere reduction potentials. However, it would interesting to test some quaternary ammonium compounds. They should solve many difficulties.

@chekovsgunman 5 лет назад

That aluminum snake at the start looked a lot like my reaction to the notification that there was a new Nile Red video

@ConstantChaos1 5 лет назад

@@dylankhandaker8988 true

@mannys9130 5 лет назад

@@dylankhandaker8988 I know I sure did. He's a QTπ!

@theoryames146 5 лет назад

mannys9130 good joke though I do agree

@mateuszodrzywoek8658 4 года назад

It reminded me of my crotch in the morning Morning boners are a regular for me, but boy are they annoying

@SoulDelSol 3 года назад

You went poo in your pants?

@DinoGoofHybridHero7531 2 года назад

When you said it was soft, had very little resistance but kept its shape, I immediately thought of clay, specifically the colored kind you buy at craft stores and dry it in a conventional oven! I used to play with clay all the time and they way you described it sounds exactly like that!

@zcurridor_q_r_td680 4 года назад

"Thats what I said, sodium chloride!"

@Mae_is_gae 4 года назад

Uh. Dude? That would be salt

@apdroidgeek1737 3 года назад

Lol

@Raymuk 3 года назад

@KimuTone *You 're supposted to push the buttons with the pictures food of on them*

@channelitusdeletus8586 5 лет назад

I love your NileRed mug. Keep up the good work.

@travisimmortalis2135 5 лет назад

I also think the final test, with the solid amalgam, looked the coolest since it retained a lot of the original shape/structure. It also expressed really interesting properties, that the other tests lacked.

@omniviber2891 3 года назад

12:30 It has similar properties as cold chocolate pudding

@williamlaucirica2055 3 года назад

Its funny he says whats going on here isn't really known: (then proceeds to explain most likely what literally is happening)

@KeaveMind 3 года назад

well hes just kinda guessing

@jeremiahevans4175 2 года назад

Yes, but it is what many people think is happening

@chrismanuel9768 2 года назад

Known and believed are different words for a reason. They mean different things. Once you figure that out you can try again

@bruni5289 5 лет назад

Mercury is probably the weirdest element out there

@bruni5289 3 года назад

Every other metal at room temp: nothing Mercury: makes weird fucking amalgams that nobody understands

@DavidSartor0 3 года назад

@c6amp Gallium? Edit: No.

@DavidSartor0 3 года назад

@c6amp Thank you.

@rogerhamilton8029 5 лет назад

WOW! that was so beautiful when you were paying with it with your hands. truly one of your most visually appealing videos

@pfefferfilm 3 года назад

"As far as I know, no one knows what's going on"

@tsukki_amv2848 4 года назад

His channels are amazing I love how fun it is to watch his videos his channels makes me want to learn more about our planets properties and what it can do and provide

@TRx-oj5nw 5 лет назад

I know you screamed "it's alive!!!" at least once filming this reaction

@BuIIetBiII 5 лет назад

Here's to your amazing channel! There's so many things I like about your channel: You do a lot of interesting chemistry that isn't just explosions or gimmicks You explain everything that's going on to the best of your ability You don't pretend to know everything and do a lot of your experiments on a 'trial and error' basis You look at bits of chemistry that aren't as well-known or studied Keep up the good work :)

@fazbruh 3 года назад

9:50 one of the coolest things I’ve seen

@allenslucher8555 2 года назад

I'm so in love with all the blue that is created!!! sooo cool!

@ricinaddict 5 лет назад

been watching a ton of your videos recently (even more than usual), i was craving a new video!!!! thank you !!

@NileRed 5 лет назад

enjoy! :)

@BugattiVeryonSS 5 лет назад

Oddly the same, I’ve binged through over the last two weeks and laughed when I saw he posted a video, literally thought of that the night before he posted this.

@TheNewton 5 лет назад

12:35 Imagine a non-toxic handable metal that traps gas acting like a malleable clay until it airs out retaining the shape you give it.

@al34traz41 3 года назад

Almost through with all the older videos. Binge watching anything for the first time!That's the price for being late and discovering Nile's channel a few days ago...

@isaaccain853 2 года назад

this is genuinely one of the most fascinating things i’ve ever seen

@Alium4060Obero 2 года назад

1:17 Hardcore mode ON

@atomicmelonz5918 5 лет назад

Love the science video's man!!! Keep it up!!!

@ironfistorganics8854 4 года назад

amazing video. Love your channel man! It's nice to have a scientific chemistry channel that is fun, explorative, and inquisitive.

@heheheiamderpmatter375 2 года назад

Seeing the amalgam when it was "frozen" reminded me a lot of something you use for modeling, the way it holds its shape.

@elfodelputoinfierno 3 года назад

Hey dude. Just wanted to thank you for my 7.5/10 in chemestry. I was never good at it, but your videos help me to retain stuff better!

@cezarcatalin1406 4 года назад

Can we try the following experiment: In liquid ammonia add a cathode of mercury and an anode of platinum. Pass a current through the solution and see if the cathode turns into this ammonia amalgam.

@jeremiahevans4175 2 года назад

I want to see this

@theEtch Год назад

what is the platinum supposed to do?

@cezarcatalin1406 Год назад

@@theEtch be sufficiently inert ?

@jaythehulkmoeller6648 4 года назад

This is a really cool reaction. I'd love to see it on a bigger scale.

@fairuzmaileen5691 2 года назад

This is awesome... thanks for sharing. Mercury is a really interesting element to study, has so many properties

@LemonScentedSharpie 5 лет назад

Watching your videos always reminds me of how much I loved chemistry, it's such a fascinating subject.

@youtubesonemancountertime-374 5 лет назад

12:50 You created a mercury playdoh that I can see being used as an expensive 3D printer filament for PCBs. It looks fun to squish.

@tdoge 4 года назад

3d printer filament that only lasts for a few minutes?

@cabbage5114 Год назад

I searched up ammonium amalgam in google images for a project I'm doing for school and screenshots from your video are the only ones available. As a faithful subscriber for many years, I thank thee.

@randomcrap7682 2 года назад

12:20 like the texture of almost below room temperature play-doh

@kiuuuhk2364 3 года назад

12:50 Looks like a silver toxic blue tack

@carbonatedwater2866 4 года назад

This is how I feel like I sound to my friends when I say "carbohydrate," and they say "Speak English-"

@apothecurio 4 года назад

Carbonated Water oh man that hurt to read. I’m sorry

@aeriumsoft 4 года назад

that fucking stings

@johnyrocketch 3 года назад

That is so interesting. Awesome footage!

@kra_hme 2 года назад

Magic man you have just a way with your words- -I may not no what is happening or what your saying but- -I love these videos-

@Zi7ar21 5 лет назад

Very pretty in 1080p60! I really enjoy your videos quality, physically and non-physically! You are paced perfect and have great filming skills. Your voice is also nice.

@aeropajitabetangular512 5 лет назад

I would love to have a t-shirt with the cobra on it ! Keep it up , love your vids.

@Sam-dn7jk 3 года назад

I recon this is one of your coolest underrated videos!

@allie_thatkrow2689 2 года назад

If I actually end up having a chemistry job, I might be able to do something with this. Thanks for all the cool experiments and explanations

@gitpusher2400 4 года назад

12:15 this is amazing

@verdatum 5 лет назад

Ammonium and mercury: two great tastes that taste great together!!

@Jackofallmotards 3 года назад

Ive never seen acid look "smokey" before. Never ever, awesome experiment nile really enjoying your content

@NitrogenTheBlackCat 5 месяцев назад

Please keep this series going

@williamdalcour2389 3 года назад

8:52 hey you should be wearing eye protection

@DOCTORDERANGED 5 лет назад

Hey I know you probably don’t read comments but I love your channel and enthusiasm for chemistry. I’m no chemist but you’ve inspired interest in a previously uninteresting subject for me. Thank you!!!!

@peterrabbit2965 3 года назад

Wow! The test without water at 9:50 could be the coolest thing I have ever seen.

@RandomCapeDude 4 года назад

8:48 lmao the reflection

@alexschatzki-lumpkin1707 4 года назад

This reminds me of the Incredibles scene where he tries to escape but those black balls attach to him and expand

@general_prodigy 5 лет назад

Why does this man not have even a million subs? We need to spread news about this great chemistry god

@zoebrugg7594 2 года назад

I think you would have been a great teacher for me back in high school for chemistry. I hate chemistry, but you make it look like magic.

@ryleeburnand9776 3 года назад

I’m the best possible way, your videos help me fall asleep. Sleeping is really difficult for me but your videos are relaxing, interesting, and overall just peaceful. I also really enjoy your content when I’m not trying to sleep but I really treasure it because of how much it helps me. Just thanks I guess.

@rektexcalibur5254 3 года назад

12:17 ah I see, it's okay to be amazed on your first time 😏

@joopahfoopah 5 лет назад

I’m in grade 9 currently and know nothing about Chemistry but I love watching your videos as Chemistry is my favourite subject of science and I’m learning things about this chemicals and reactions. Keep doing what your doing! Loving the content!

@smiledogjgp 5 лет назад

Perserve your interest as long as you possibly can! There is so much beauty in the sciences. It is wonderful to see that you are interested at your age. Many people don't find a passion for science until they are much older. Most people are very intimidated by strange and complicated things like chemistry. That being said, some people pick up with a curiosity for them. You should always try to keep your curiosity, because that will be what tones down the learning curve of chemistry, or physics, or otherwise. Please, keep indulging in science. It makes the unknowns more comfortable, and the great issues more solvable. That is what we all need for the future. Good luck.

@alexanderbridges4448 5 лет назад

@Oh yeah yeah What?

@darellroasa6846 5 лет назад

Oh yeah yeah S.O.A.D. Chopsuey wake up! grab a brush and put a little make up hide the scars to fade-away the shakeup

@0x45s 3 года назад

I love how I know nothing about science but I still watch your videos cause I like them.

@joerichter7990 3 года назад

i think the reason it turned semi-solid after applying heat, was as you saw, it was full of gas bubbles, you made a mercury foam with fine enough bubbles that they werent combining together. another way i could describe it is, ammonia-whipped-mercury

@saheramr.5712 5 лет назад

Please do osmium and mercury amalgam there is no documentation on it

@alexandrupostole7234 5 лет назад

Osmium is really expensive so i dont think we would do it

@thedankside2552 5 лет назад

Alexandru Postole ya osmium is quite expensive so I highly doubt he’ll be doing it anytime soon

@pixelpatter01 5 лет назад

Wasn't mercury used to make osmium alloy pen nibs? I don't have a link but I remember somebody back in the fountain pen era used mercury to form an alloy with osmium and iridium that could be melted and machined.

@Cadwaladr 5 лет назад

@@pixelpatter01 Osmium and iridium nibs are still made today, I dunno what the manufacturing process is though.

@skyrailmaxima 5 лет назад

That would be ridiculously poisonous.

@takkun215 3 года назад

2:20 "as far as I know, what's going on here isn't really known" did he just work his way around saying he doesn't know what's happening?

@mothsweb5362 Год назад

Love this slime tutorial!

@geotheo10550 4 года назад

Sounds like an question for EPR/ESR experiments. You can map the proton electron interaction and quadrupolar interactions of the 14N with the radical e-, and even do D and N15 experiments.