Am I the only one who barely understands these videos but find them very interesting?

@Hawk013

7 жыл бұрын

I understand a lot of the basic chemistry, and the rudimentary molecular physics behind it, but my memory is so far gone that I can't retain the formulas or even the chemicals for more than a minute or two. The ideas, yes, but not any specifics. The organic chemistry just completely loses me after two or three reactions. Still immensely interesting though.

@trymatic7151

7 жыл бұрын

Chamous x Yes

@NicolaiSyvertsen

7 жыл бұрын

They are interesting. You don't have to dumb things way down in order to make it interesting for a layperson. You can still get the gist of it.

@horner385

7 жыл бұрын

Chamous x I'm not an english speaker I'm very good at chemistry in my language but in english I barely understand (I'm Romanian Na2S in romanian is Sulfat de Sodiu not Sodium Sulfite)

@cbbblue8348

6 жыл бұрын

You'll learn something,so thats quite good

That 5000ml beaker is an absolute unit

@dawsondaniels3589

4 жыл бұрын

Just say 5 liter?

@wolfboi7104

4 жыл бұрын

@@dawsondaniels3589 ,mm mm no

@kaldenelphick7079

4 жыл бұрын

@@wolfboi7104 r/notopbutok

@wolfboi7104

4 жыл бұрын

@@kaldenelphick7079 r/sfu

@trinitythemiata2197

4 жыл бұрын

What an absolute unit!!!

Waste disposal and management is an often forgotten and obscured part. People love to see reactions and might think to do these things themselves, without thinking about the disposal process. This video is invaluable, since it shows it's not all fun and games.

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@user255

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, good reason not to experiment with mercury, lead, etc.

@Mephistahpheles

5 жыл бұрын

Waste disposal is easy. 1) Political donation 2) Dump it anywhere

@that1nerdyblackgirl736

5 жыл бұрын

That's why i really rather watch it than to do the experiment

@davegiard2221

4 жыл бұрын

What scares me is imagine all the people who DONT see this and just flush waste down the drain. Its a shame people can be so ignorant.

I usually just add a wad of bare copper wire to my waste mercury jug and get pure mercury metal in one step, But I have always wanted to see this method. Any chance you can convert it to the red mercury sulfide? I haven't figured out how to do it yet.

@Seff2

7 жыл бұрын

I always wondered how you clean up your waste cody :D

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

It's funny that I honestly never thought of just adding a metal to reduce it. That is probably the better way, ha. I imagine is takes a long time though. I think to convert it you need high temp and pressure or something. In the end, the chemistry of the two kinds are pretty similar. Why do you want the red sulfide? As a dye or colorant?

@amosz5726

7 жыл бұрын

I'll be trying to do this pretty soon, actually. I'm after a full set of historical paint pigments and so I'm intentionally making mercuric sulfide for it. There are vague references to the black sulfide being heated to temperatures in excess of 300 degrees celsius to convert its crystal structure to that of vermillion, and even to sublimation occurring at those temperatures. This could be useful for separating the mercuric sulfide from your celite, NileRed. I'll let you all know of my findings when I get around to it.

@MuzikBike

7 жыл бұрын

I think it would be pretty interesting to see a liquid metal being cemented out onto a piece of solid metal. Especially copper with its deep, cold-coloured ions. Would the Hg bead up and only fall when it gets big enough? Or would it appear absolutely everywhere in the form of microscopic drops like condensation?

@CollegeChemistry

7 жыл бұрын

Amos Z Historical paints? I just did a video on Prussian Blue, and I really wanna make Mauverine, but that is just too expensive!

This is amazing - finally a channel that has modern, accessible, sciency high-quality videos on waste treatment. Great idea for a series, my chem department is going to love this!

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@vulgardisplayoftruth2060

7 жыл бұрын

NileRed please do a video on C10H5ClN2...pleeeease.

@thomasneal9291

3 жыл бұрын

"my chem department is going to love this!" no, they aren't. the things Nile does are slipshod and VERY sloppy. no chem professor in their right mind would use these videos of anything except as examples of how NOT to do these things. "Good enough" is not what a good professor teaches.

@RumiNyx

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasneal9291 like... could you elaborate? Rather than just claim that hes sloppy and a bad chemist.

@RumiNyx

3 жыл бұрын

Personally, he reminds me of my microbio teacher, and my ap chem teacher, making lab work fun and interesting and easy to get a better understanding than a textbook

I think if I ever had to do this much work to clean up back in grad school I would have just quit. Kudos to you for doing the responsible thing and cleaning this up properly. Such a mess....

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

haha yeah. I miss the luxury of just putting it in a container and forgetting about it.

Just noticed you have "NileRed" printed on some of your beakers. Pretty legit.

17:47 a very very fatal lemonade

@toomu9425

4 жыл бұрын

Forbidden lemonade

@thefableparable215

4 жыл бұрын

well he poured it down the drain so it probably isn't that lethal

@diablotry5154

3 жыл бұрын

@@thefableparable215 You're not swallowing what your pouring in the drain... It had bleach...

Waste recycling videos are really useful for lab techs such as myself. I know my college lab would love to see them continue!

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

Sounds good!

@zrazghost

7 жыл бұрын

I'm not a lab tech or anything but more extraction videos is more better for me too!!! i would love to see them continue myself x3\ {{REASON REDACTED}}

@aslanburnley

7 жыл бұрын

Pollution control is very important!

@Knite_13

7 жыл бұрын

Your college doesn't have a protocol for disposing of waste?? That's bad. Real bad.

@xenonram

7 жыл бұрын

College labs (or ANY commercial lab) will require waste to be sent out. Trying to treat your own waste is irresponsible. As we all know reactions and experiments don't always go properly or to completion.

The way the filter paper floated to the bottom of your makeshift filter was rather gratifying.

2:55 Dirty Mercury is also the name of my sexually explicit Queen cover band.

@ThePhantomSafetyPin

5 жыл бұрын

@@timfondiggle2582 Sounds like you're the perfect first band member of Dirty Mercury.

@timfondiggle2582

5 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhantomSafetyPin are you asking for a second asshole? Because thats how you get a second asshole

@missingno2401

5 жыл бұрын

@@timfondiggle2582 not suggesting ideas but you have all the holes you need

@timfondiggle2582

5 жыл бұрын

@@missingno2401 Yeah but I don't have all the holes I want

@missingno2401

5 жыл бұрын

@@timfondiggle2582 add a new one or as many as you want

NileRed: Complicated filtration cycles. Me: FUNNY COLOURS!!! YAAAY!!! Do more funny colours! :D

First chemistry lab at university was like this per experiment: 5-10min getting the stuff you need, 10-15min the actual experiment, 30min-2h waste management.

9:19 Ok did anyone else find that the filter paper just falling so perfectly to be satisfying?? Or just me...?

@rylanhix5371

3 жыл бұрын

I came to look to see if anyone said anything about it. I also thought it was strange

Very practical use of chemistry and educational from several standpoints. Thanks for your posting. After thought: If you sandwich the diatomaceous earth between two sheets of "fast" filter paper it is easier to deal with.

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

that is a very good point. I didnt even think of that

@jakers141

4 жыл бұрын

lmfao I wrote the exact same comment

Dirty Mercury?? Dang. Well, now that I got the name, I better go recruit some bandmates!

@BugsydorPrime

3 жыл бұрын

What kind of band? Heavy metal?

@malwaretestingfan

3 жыл бұрын

@@BugsydorPrime Of course, but especially death metal.

Great video, as always. I have suggestion for future synthesis - the Crystal violet dye, also known as gentian violet. It can be used for staining biological samples (like Eosin), it has some antibacterial effects and it can be used as pH indicator. In strongly acidic solutions, the color of the dye changes from violet to green and to yellow. In basic solutions, it decomposes and becomes colorless.

When filtering with DE (Diatomaceous Earth) you can continue to add small amounts of DE while you are filtering to keep the filter surface from being blinded. This keeps the filter process from slowing down.

i suggested videos like this a little while ago, so happy you are doing it. it show's an interesting side to chemistry that doesn't get covered much

Couldn't you add another filter paper on top of the sand, to prevent any of the sand from getting displaced?

@MrCh0o

6 жыл бұрын

Alot of mercury sulfide would still go through it and into the sand tho. But it could increase the yield of non-mixed sulfide.

@andynz7

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's what I was thinking. We essentially did that with our protein purification chromatography columns to stop the separation media getting churned up. Works well, would recommend :)

@jakers141

4 жыл бұрын

me and 5 other people said this and he said he didn't even think of it community innovation

I love your videos so much, because I rarely can make experiments so I can watch them only lol. Also, your voice is cool!

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

haha, thanks!

@floriandaler5327

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, the same goes for me. And did you notice that this really is the first Comment on that Video, the one you've posted?

@iskrem596

7 жыл бұрын

Florian Daßler Yes 😂 This is the first time that I'm early.

@rexczi6299

7 жыл бұрын

iskrem er pa veggene XD lol du også ser han her? Sykt bra, porno

@iskrem596

7 жыл бұрын

Olav Amh Jeg bor i Serbien lol, men jeg liker norsk og norge så jeg lære norsk. Nilered er beste!

I really enjoyed this video. It gives another angle to chemistry that not many KZread's take advantage of. Great work!

Its really nice of you, that you handle contaminated stuff with such care, instead of just washing them down the sink. I am interested in more contamination related videos in the future :)

Will you be my valentine tomorrow nile

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

Yes

@AbrarKhan-kb9nn

5 жыл бұрын

@@NileRed so you answer

@rawhamburgerjoe

4 жыл бұрын

@@AbrarKhan-kb9nn Only to Arivinda. That's his valentine, after all.

@GokuOffersYouAPotara

3 жыл бұрын

@@NileRed Killer Queen has already touched your set up, 1st bomb!

@firelord7776

3 жыл бұрын

marian taic sandu why th is this comment still active?😂

"It gets too basic" soon Starbucks will be everywhere

Excellent series. Waste disposal was a big concern for me in the past. Not doing any chemistry now. Found your channel to be very enjoyable to watch.

I will admit. I don't know much about chemistry. But I can't seem to stop watching these videos. Very educating and interesting. Learning alot. And loving it. Keep them coming please.

after seeing this I'm very curious how they deal with this stuff after you've given it to the disposal people

@matan7899

5 жыл бұрын

They neutralize and react the waste into unharmful chemicels. Then dump it

@margiethenunblessyoursoul9946

5 жыл бұрын

dump it where

@bagusariiq

5 жыл бұрын

@@margiethenunblessyoursoul9946 somewhere

@neolexiousneolexian6079

5 жыл бұрын

@@matan7899 Okay um what's an "unharmful" mercury-containing chemical then?

@lhaegreenleaf5552

5 жыл бұрын

Neolexious Neolexian precisely

Assuming this is a process used on a scale this size it makes one question what to do with an entire great lake. At least in western Lake Ontario they're dredging the PAH. The volume is astounding. Your informative video shows it's perhaps best to deal with such issues while they're still within more manageable volumes. Thanks, as always, for providing such informative videos.

tbh I find the waste disposal process the most interesting stuff. I've always wondered about what happens to chemical waste and always got oblique answers when I asked. Showing the waste processing feels behind-the-scenes

Excellent video. Kudos for demonstrating responsibility.

Love this series already. Waste processing has always been something that interested me

It appears that you did a good, thorough job, and I am glad to see that you have the responsibility to (attempt to) properly recycle the chemical waste. Thank you.

I think this is a wonderful idea - I mean making a series of waste recycling. It is very important to see what happens after your reactions. And you made it very interesting as well! You should do this more often!

I like to listen to this at 2 am and it really helps me sleep, your voice is very calming.

I usually just pour my mercury waste in a duck pond at the park. Funny though, all the ducks died recently for some reason.

@luisp.3788

4 жыл бұрын

hmmmm, that's so strange maybe pouring in more will help?

@cesar_salad7486

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree, they’re probably just hungry. Poor ducks not being fed enough mercury smh

"My PH Paper is pretty crappy", Proceeds to use it for the next 4 years.

NileRed, I love your videos. They are so well put together and nice to watch. In fact, I'm watching this a second time!

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I am glad you liked it :)

Very interesting. :) Could you do a video on dealing with halogeneted wastes? Those containing Chlorine and Bromine and stuff like that? (:

Great to see such a responsible video. The only thing I would make sure in the future is, never use water bottles for any chemical storage - but if you do make sure is it clearly labelled with hi-viz labels so if someone else is coming along behind you they know exactly whats in the bottles. keep up the great videos.

I love waste management. It is an interesting part of lab work. You have to be creative and adaptive because every batch of waste is unique.

Great idea for a series. Really informative and interesting!

I appreciate your care in disposing your chemicals. Respect.

Hello. I would like to know if the plastic and other containers in contact with the waste Mercury remain contaminated. If so, how is it dealt with?

"Over the years I have collected a decent amount of waste" ... your entry for the worst pickup line in 2017? ^^

so many people doing chemistry on youtube clearly have no idea what to do with waste so it's great to see this. these might be your most important videos

Excellent idea to make a video on chemical waste management. Truly amazing. Looking forward to many such videos.

Neat video. I'd like to see lead waste recycling, mainly Lead (II,IV) Oxide (red lead). Should be able to react it back into metallic lead with a hot enough furnace and a reducing agent.

I'm a simple human being. I see "Mercury", I click

So thorough. N yr explaining, is so good. Tyvm

Very useful and informative! I hope you will keep going

awesome video man always super informative. your actually inspiring me to take chemistry any tips on pursuing chemistry as a career ?

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

Make sure to take sciences in high school and then choose to do chemistry in university. While you are doing your undergrad, youill have to decide whether you want to work in academics or industry.

@nicholaspena8522

7 жыл бұрын

+NileRed yeh I'm actually talking to an administrator at a college close to where I live so I'm gonna take an intro test next week

@SpaghettiEnterprises

7 жыл бұрын

Good luck man! Keep the STEM alive!!

@mike7546

4 жыл бұрын

So are you in chemistry now? Hows it going?

@literallyafishhook

2 жыл бұрын

op please update i need to know how your science journey is going

You need to build yourself a proper fume hood because those bubbles bursting are emitting mercury vapors.Include a carbon filter to catch noxious gases.

@pietrotettamanti7239

6 жыл бұрын

meagain2222 he's wprking in a fumehood. Otherwise, he would no longer have lungs

@Ratchet4647

5 жыл бұрын

the rougemillenial What is the name of this disorder?

@fuduzan5562

5 жыл бұрын

@the rougemillenial Oh, completeBullshit-itis?

@fancypantshan4481

4 жыл бұрын

@the rougemillenial that sounds cool, minus the mobility inconvenience of course

You should definitely continue this series

6:51 looks awesome :D The whole process looks messy and tedious, but very interesting. One question remained though: How do the specialised facilities process the contaminated solid waste?

@vjaceslavsavsjaniks6431

4 жыл бұрын

If it safe to burn just lit the things up. As far as I know all biocontaminated scalpels go back to liquid steel.

@ThoolooExpress

4 жыл бұрын

@@vjaceslavsavsjaniks6431 You can't burn an element though, no matter what compounds you make you'll always have Mercury atoms.

@kclai939

4 жыл бұрын

They ship to SEA country dump it here. That's how waste management in the west works

@Kyle-gw6qp

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThoolooExpress some mercury compounds are safe.

@ThoolooExpress

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kyle-gw6qp Yeah, I'm aware of that, I was just explaining why you can't burn it and expect whatever's left to be safe (and also not potentially create toxic fumes).

The quantitative precipitation of mercury sulfide works at a pH = 0 - 1 as well. No need to put in large quantities of NaHCO3. During the ion separation procedure in analytics you will bubble in H2S-gas into the acidic solution with a pH of about 0-1. HgS 's solubility product is VERY low!😉

Love this series! Keep it going!

I'd long been curious about how you dealt with all of the chemical waste that your experiments generated. I have a new respect for the people who process toxic waste -- although it almost seems as if you generate as much new waste (e.g., paper towels) as you recover. Thank you for posting this video. If I ever use mercury salts, I'll be sure to study it.

Waste disposal is just another part of the deal and by no means glorious but very important. I really enjoyed this video, just like the other ones you put up

I really like these videos on safe disposal. I think for anyone who likes to experiment it can be really useful to atleast know how to deal with waste. Personally I'd love to see something on the safe disposal of chromium salts/solutions(dichromates)!

This is the first time i find chemistry to be so interesting, i´m a civil engineer, took 2 chemistry classes, witch were mandatory some 15 years ago, i really suffer those, this on the contrary, i find really amazing and entertaining. Great job. ( i dont understand much, but i find your videos really appealing and well edited, and interesting)

I really think you need to seriously consider doing an ICP analysis on your waste material to prove that it's safe to discharge as wastewater.

@KnakuanaRka

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, definitely could use a double-check.

@Kyle-gw6qp

4 жыл бұрын

Just drink it, if your fine it's safe to pour down the drain.

why don't you put a second filter paper over the celite to avoid getting it in your finally product

Good stuff. You can tell he's learned and improved over the years just look at how he used to stick the litmus paper into his creation rather than drop a sample on it externally.

This is the first video I've seen on waste recycling, it would be useful to see one on even more mundane things that have steps.

The problem is I’ve learned more about chem from this channel than I ever did in my honors chem class 😭❤️

do a qualitative anorganic analysis series in which you showcase the tests for different ions

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

I think what ill end up doing is several small videos and then compile that into one mega one

@TheRolemodel1337

7 жыл бұрын

you could also try to detect ions in waste, soil or sth like that to see/prove whats in there :)

brilliant, love all your videos. you have helped me so much in my adventures though consciousness

I’m a Chemistry major and I just love seeing all the cool things you can do with the processes we learn about, damn chemistry is interesting

Just dump it in your neighbour's bushes bro.

@zelo533

6 жыл бұрын

meme haha

@rainey2045

5 жыл бұрын

neighbor:HAVE YOU BEEN DUMPING YOUR SEWAGE INTO MY BUSHES? me:no *whispers* its toxic waste

@bagusariiq

5 жыл бұрын

Hope they dont find out

@zwitter_zwitter

5 жыл бұрын

No the poor garden

@gnupfo

5 жыл бұрын

Just dump it in your neighbours water supply bro

Thank you for your videos. The recycling videos are great because it is modelling good behavior. As far as ideas for videos, I know you've done a lot of scents, can you do Geosmin? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosmin Or maybe extract what makes wasabi (or horseradish) so spicy? I still want to see aspirin from bark too.

@JustinKoenigSilica

7 жыл бұрын

what isn't good behaviour though is how he stores his waste 100% wholly unprofessional.

@user255

7 жыл бұрын

+Justin Koenig So what is the problem?

@user255

7 жыл бұрын

+Mad araH Except that synthesis of aspirin and heroin has pretty much nothing in common.

@xenonram

7 жыл бұрын

Justin Koenig You're right. They should be in approved waste containers, or at the very least say something other than just "Hg" Most people don't know what Hg means. Also, leading people to believe that they can treat their own waste is more irresponsible. Don't try treating your own waste people!

@JustinKoenigSilica

7 жыл бұрын

user255 - not labeling the waste containers properly -using food containers as waste containers -who knows where this is stored? i assume it doesn't fullfill any standards set by the industry, though, seeing what he did here Mercury is ESPECIALLY difficult waste to work with. breaking several regulations doesn't help.

I like your Videos. They seem simple, to the point, and a step by step process of what you are doing. I wouldn't mind if your voice sounded a tad more interesting, however I am glad it also isn't over the top for something like this. It is also nice that you point out what you are doing correctly, incorrectly, and even point out your half-assed attempts. That type of honesty is what is needed when dealing with !!SCIENCE!! Thank you for the intriguing and informative videos.

I would love if you continue this chemical waste recycling series. It's so interesting.

me: sees chlorine tablets my brain: eat it

So every time you had to clean something out with water, did you effectively create more mercury waste?

@dutchik5107

5 жыл бұрын

Everytime he cleaned something with mercury in it. Yes.

@SleepingPepper

5 жыл бұрын

@@dutchik5107 I never thought about how important and difficult it is to re-purpose chemical waste.

Very echo friendly. Respect

Wow currently I’m taking an Analytical Chemistry course and I was learning about complexes and qualitative inorganic analysis and watching this video I can understand some of the things you are saying

Could you tell me more about your glassware? What makes it cheaper than others? Some short research shows the 500ml beakers are roughly 11 usd. Yours are 6 in comparison, are there compromises in quality? Looking into getting some glassware but I wanna make sure about things.

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

Where are you searching that it is 11 USD? I just priced mine similar to the price that I could get it from china, or locally. There should be no real difference. Some glassware is "thick-walled" which comes at a premium price.

@nanobytez6881

7 жыл бұрын

Just from Amazon, however I just did another search and found another on Amazon with a similar price point. So maybe the first one I found was thicker. It didn't mention anything about thickness though.

@TheKnaeckebrot

7 жыл бұрын

hey just be grateful that he doesnt overprize them just because theres 'nileRed' written on them :D

@nanobytez6881

7 жыл бұрын

Oh I am, I was just curious of how the pricing was decided is all lol.

"If things get more basic..." weil, I guess it would start a blog in tumblr

love your stuff Nile Just ordered some merch as a gift.

Very interesting and useful, love to see more like it... we should do what we can to protect the enviroment.

Do your neighbors think you are cooking meth?

I like your new profile picture mate! 👍

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

very impressed you didn't throw it down the drain well-done

Thank you, that you show us how to deal with hazardous substances!

I should never be a chemist. I'm not nearly organized enough to keep everything labeled. Probably end up accidentally drinking a bottle of mercury.

r/outofcontext *”over the years i’ve collected a lot of waste”*

Great Video, I did enjoy it as always

Great to see such a responsible video. The only thing I would make sure in the future is never use water bottles for any chemical storage - but if you do make sure is it clearly labelled with hi viz labels so if someone else if coming along behind you they know exactly whats in the bottles. keep up the great videos.

Seems questionable using "celite" for filtration, when you have no way of separating the filter medium from the precipitate!

"Bottoms up!"

That is a great idea for a series, actually! Lacking knowledge on how to deal with chemical waste is one of the main things that prevents me from performing more extensive experiments.. Also, I do assume lead is processed in a very similar way?

I think its amazing that you do this, this make you save some mercury, which is cool, and useful. Thanks, long, great videos like these are amazing

Why's your workspace so cold? This seems like it might be bad for some chemicals or do they get more stable at those temperatures?

@laharl2k

7 жыл бұрын

Henry Schmale you need low temperatures to make lsd.

@2450logan

7 жыл бұрын

Laharl Krichevskoy he opened the back door for air (cold weather)

@TheKnaeckebrot

7 жыл бұрын

he is Canadian, thats their normal temparature ;D and usually cold isnt as bad as heat for chemicals, but you might watch out for some solutions that could freeze or participate out

@andynz7

6 жыл бұрын

I'm kinda amused how you seem more concerned about NileRed's chemicals than NileRed himself working in freezing temperatures!

I usually just pour my mercury waste directly into baby bottles for mass distribution

Nice series. Keep it up!

This is very informative, thanks.

Do you secretly make meth in your basement lol

@gachajames5481

4 жыл бұрын

He would say some smart kid stuff and make the police think it's not meth

@uxleumas

3 жыл бұрын

he could, but i don't think he would

Hey NR, DO A REDDIT/KZread AMA!!! If you aren't able to, what do you have a degree in and what's your profession?

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

I want to do a live steam at some point

I suggest adding a second piece of filter paper above the celite to be an isolation layer for the product inside the buchner funnel. This should facilitate the removal of the product while keeping most of the celite out of it.