"My favorite thing about it is that it reacts with water and turns back into silica, and it can do this in both your lungs and your eyes. The best part too, is that the particles form in the eyes under the surface, and they're way too small to remove so it can lead to permanent blindness." Oh yeah, that's what I love about it too

@andrelin4345

4 жыл бұрын

Tom C. It’s like smashing a shot glass into someone’s face except at a microscopic level

@cherry27

4 жыл бұрын

I have never heard anything more horrifying! I actually shuddered!

@mikhailmikhailov8781

4 жыл бұрын

Chemists

@Kay_Sea251

4 жыл бұрын

My favorite things and your favorite things don't really overlap...

@WolfLykaios

4 жыл бұрын

*This guy is a mad scientist for sure...* Love it though.

Aerogel: I’m 99% air Chip bags: *pathetic*

@adrey2134

4 жыл бұрын

Lol this comment was underrated tho

@BuddhaOfDarkness

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@user-vc6gg1sr3t

4 жыл бұрын

school doritos

@darkmoonthedirewolf9231

4 жыл бұрын

This much is true

@Wolfickle

4 жыл бұрын

I choked on my own saliva due to laughing cuz of this comment. Caught me off guard.

I felt the joy with you when at the end the aerogel finally had no cracks! I watched the whole 40m and feel fresh after it, learned a lot and it was super entertaining! Thank you!

@DiamondPeepOfficial

7 ай бұрын

How much is that into usd? I’m upset you only got 10 likes.

@Mrinaalhere

7 ай бұрын

It's Chilean peso,it's approximately 3 dollars

@DiamondPeepOfficial

7 ай бұрын

@@Mrinaalhere ohh ok thank your 🙏

@nuages8915

6 ай бұрын

​@DiamondPeepOfficial why would you be upset over it not getting likes ??

@DiamondPeepOfficial

6 ай бұрын

@@nuages8915 more than upset is that when someone donates, the KZreadr should give more recognition. I'm more upset for the donator.

NileRed: TMOS Subtitles: tea moss NileRed: **Shredding The Wax** Subtitles: [Music]

@Corner_twisted

Ай бұрын

Don't know what's wrong with your subtitles, mine said tree frogs perfectly fine

@BluesBeeHive

Ай бұрын

Lol

@K3GNX58

21 күн бұрын

If you're wondering about the second one, it's probably because youtube listened to Clutterfunk

@Thesnakerox

14 күн бұрын

Shredding...in more ways than one.

Aerogel: the most confusing substance: Sounds like a brick Breaks like ceramic Looks like jello Weighs like a paper clip And takes heat like a boss

@moonagaming6068

2 жыл бұрын

exactly can't believe just made an chain

@Wgrid93

2 жыл бұрын

@@moonagaming6068 Exactly Edit: his name was something on ''E''

@theguywhoasked8163

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wgrid93 exactly

@Wgrid93

2 жыл бұрын

@@theguywhoasked8163 Exactly

@SoapOfTheMactavish

2 жыл бұрын

Hotels like a Trivago

i love how he casually just said that the best part is how it gets trapped in your eyelids and causes permanent blindness

@uncannyvalley2350

2 жыл бұрын

I tried it and died

@Shep01

2 жыл бұрын

Fear can keep you focused and safe.

@spaghettiopizza8686

2 жыл бұрын

@@uncannyvalley2350 ah, how was it?

@uncannyvalley2350

2 жыл бұрын

Twas not the bestest thing ever

@wynndye

2 жыл бұрын

@@uncannyvalley2350 damn, rip. mustve hurt.

Can we just appreciate how labour intensive this is to make and how Nile actually came up with some great solutions even improving on the instructions he was following. Aerogel is like unobtainium, almost impossible to make. It's a material that literally can not exist without supercritial drying, yet here's a full video on KZread showing exactly how it can be made. Amazing.

that frustrated "MMM" at 12:03 was priceless

@hagenstormann2022

20 күн бұрын

Nah he just busted a nut 😂

@HedgehogVR

12 сағат бұрын

MMM

you know you've have reached peak chemistry when you grate some candle as a mold base to make aerogel

@purplebrick7263

3 жыл бұрын

Wow first comment after a month Ü I feel special

@Darth_Maroon

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@DeepBlacknessRoblox

3 жыл бұрын

Astigmatisme IM THE 1,000TH LIKER! And lol

@Wakingdead14

3 жыл бұрын

@@DeepBlacknessRoblox mmmmm pop rocks

@GMOlester

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine using ur grandmas old smoking voice just to tell her to say this in the voice to text because u can’t say it.

"I had never done anything like this before, but I had faith that I could do it." What a life motto.

@manan-543

4 жыл бұрын

That's him before pretty must every project. And at the end, the result is great. So just shows he has got a lot of experience and the power of the motto

@crayonberry2123

4 жыл бұрын

Me when I see something without a pattern

@crayonberry2123

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I meant sew, but it put see

@spartan108

4 жыл бұрын

Not original but ok

@vincentwidjaja688

4 жыл бұрын

Make it a shirt

Can we all appreciate how much he spent and how much effort he put in for just one video, showing something that we might never try?

@googiegress7459

10 ай бұрын

"might" lol

@speenta4879

4 ай бұрын

@@googiegress7459with the amount of people who watch these vids there’s a good chance someone will

@dammitdad

3 ай бұрын

It is best that we don't make it.

Watching the liquid reach supercritical was super cool. The way the reflection from the bottom of the surface transitioned to refraction and then to transparent was awesome and ithe border between the two phases disappeared was awesome.

"i used a dollar store cheese grater to shred one whole dollar store candle." ah, yes. chemistry

@noahcarlton4625

4 жыл бұрын

An the macro scale

@tomkandy

4 жыл бұрын

Was all he could afford after dropping a few grand at McMaster-Carr

@manan-543

4 жыл бұрын

@@tomkandy gotta save money somewhere

@ohg4338

4 жыл бұрын

he is kemissed

@aboveezsalt6671

4 жыл бұрын

Comestry

Aerogel: is 99% air Lays: Look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power.

@arkhangelskmapping1497

2 жыл бұрын

69 likes Nice

@3dragonprints458

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao I’m eating lays now

@highdefinition450

2 жыл бұрын

Great meme

@kaeifahmedehasan2795

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated

@xiiipara

2 жыл бұрын

i mean...true

Just watched the Veritasium video on aerogel. He went to the Aerogel Technologies in Boston and when they showed the super critical drying process I noticed something that would have made your process much smoother. It appears they poured the gel into small molds and did not remove the gel from the mold until AFTER the super critical drying process was complete, doing so gave the smooth perfect appearance you were looking for.

“My favorite part about this chemical is that the fumes turn your eyes and lungs into literal quartz and cause permanent blindness” Thank you NileRed, very cool.

@captainp.2721

6 ай бұрын

Good parrot. You repeated what he said.

@tomdaboss2885

6 ай бұрын

@@captainp.2721 great observation

@I-Am-Creative-Coops

6 ай бұрын

People who like science can often be secretly very violent people.

@heshewumbo

5 ай бұрын

@@captainp.2721you really enjoy being a judgemental loser dont you

@gneu1527

3 ай бұрын

​@@I-Am-Creative-CoopsSame I never show it but sometimes I say something like that with a neutral face

It amazes me that I can watch a full 43 minute video about aerogel but yet cannot watch my videos for school

@andreafalealili5345

3 жыл бұрын

THIS RIGHT HERE

@amrali1380

3 жыл бұрын

@@andreafalealili5345 SHUT UP STOP YELLING OMG

@gallium-gonzollium

3 жыл бұрын

@@amrali1380 Erm... you cant talk since youre yelling as well

@mangomations

3 жыл бұрын

Damn true

@confs4loona696

3 жыл бұрын

literally watching nine of these while procrastinating watching a nine hour long video

Me: “I’m not going to watch 45 minutes about aerogel” *45 minutes later* “well, that was fascinating”

@djspeed5569

4 жыл бұрын

Yo I had no idea that was 45 minutes. I just watched the whole thing and it felt like 15.

@masacatior

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@JonnyGuns

4 жыл бұрын

Read this comment and said, "Surely I won't as well...43 minutes later - I wonder what mass production of this stuff looks like.."

@Pythonian7

4 жыл бұрын

A video worth watching for sure

@FieryCoal

4 жыл бұрын

Holy shoot! I thought it was twenty, no wonder why it’s so dark outside

>Me reminiscing over his old video budgets after he just spent over $8,000 (mostly on pure gold) in his latest video (late December, 2023) about making purple gold. Our Red-Boi's come a long way over the years! Here's to more success and growth in 2024!

Thanks for all your hard work.❤❤

What I want to learn: How to make aerogel What I learned: A very scientific way to determine when the aerogel is ready is to punch the table

@gboi3500

4 жыл бұрын

LOOOL same tho

@angryginger791

4 жыл бұрын

LOL! Sometimes low tech is best tech.

@gamingtour4085

4 жыл бұрын

I make your 1k from 999

The noise he made when he dropped the gel, “U N H H H”

@jakeob5884

4 жыл бұрын

Commentary Clone probably my favorite part of the video

@anonymous-fm2bg

4 жыл бұрын

When scientists drop things: it eez what it eez When this dude drops things: *orgasm* it isn't HARD enough

@1david1r47

4 жыл бұрын

I could feel the angry energy from my screen.

@brain5853

4 жыл бұрын

Oof

@CowyC

4 жыл бұрын

Here guys 12:01

i watched this at night for 43 mins (including sponsor and outro) i made my own now i gave it to my brother, he loved it. without you i couldnt have been happier, Nile! and also now my brother and oldersister watch you for science, hope you live as a legend!

i’ve been watching and falling asleep to these videos for years. Your voice is very therapeutic. 💕

@ahmed_jubair_964

3 ай бұрын

Same 😀

Aerogel: 99.98% air Everyone: wow that’s so cool Air: wtf, I’m 100% air

@dorpg26

3 жыл бұрын

Lays: *pathetic*

@krishc.8980

3 жыл бұрын

@@dorpg26 copied from the chip bag comment

@JuanPablo-nb3om

3 жыл бұрын

bro that was so funny I almost forgot to laugh O_O_O_O_O

@luey0822

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@kesaya3806

3 жыл бұрын

SueDeNoob bro I didn’t ask O-o

"I've got 5 minutes to spare - lets watch a quick KZread video!" .......................................................................... 43 minutes later, I'm still here! So fascinating to watch! Good stuff Nile!

@RaptorNX01

3 жыл бұрын

yeah. youtube lied to me, too. said it was only 15m on the thumbnail. still ended up watching it all.

@jeejiahui1644

3 жыл бұрын

Didn’t realised it was such a long video. The best 43 minutes spent. Although it will not be apply to my daily life.

Even if you can't see the aerogel at 23:34's shooting, like Nile wanted, the scene still looks really pretty to me in an abstract way. Something about the lighting around the chamber walls and the liquid CO₂, and the straight-on perspective, is such a visually-appealing shot to me. I don't know.

Watching this as a chemical engineering student genuinely about 500 million more times more interesting than the stuff we do in lectures and labs fair play

792 dollars for some little windows, so the dude could get some "cool shots" for us. what a legend.

@ThePickles69

3 жыл бұрын

You’re broke

@xenodefined

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePickles69 I doubt you're better

@majikss

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePickles69 your last names Epstein lmao

@Joe-gv4zn

3 жыл бұрын

Kevin Epstein that’s coming out of the dudes own money if your gonna be a little bitch about it then just don’t say anything at all

@tartaloof

3 жыл бұрын

I am mad pufferfish @Kevin Epstein you are big mean you cheese it

"I found that it was good to punch the table in general." - NileRed, anger management therapist

@sanjanamacharla6945

3 жыл бұрын

lmaoo

@unbeatableox3846

3 жыл бұрын

I laughed... LMAO,Lol

@losilliyusvangonra5252

3 жыл бұрын

I hate that I realate

@thineevee7345

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@heroinmom153

3 жыл бұрын

"I found it was good to punch the drywall in general." -KyleRed

Addressing the orange light in the chamber: CO2 not only absorbs in the IR area of the EM-Spectrum but also in the VIS area at about 430 nm (blue to violet), resulting in the light passing it to be orange (complementary color).

wow this is very helpful I always wanted to know how to make aerogel and thank for all the effort and time it took for this i really appreciate it keep up the good work

FBI: He HAS to be making Meth this time. NileRed: *making bone-in air*

@SoggyWaffles1984

3 жыл бұрын

This time? There has been more?

@JasonBlack66

3 жыл бұрын

i make a bone in the air almost every day. whats new?

@JasonBlack66

3 жыл бұрын

U.S. Law = Kick his door in anyway just we can see what this fricker is doing

@h20cozmic84

3 жыл бұрын

nice

@lewisho8114

3 жыл бұрын

*meth* anol

Hexagon gel: breaks just slightly Nile: audible pain

@anonymebande8561

3 жыл бұрын

„hMmMhPf“

@hotmessmb4683

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@nagmumulto9305

3 жыл бұрын

that was kinda hot ngl

@loaf3826

3 жыл бұрын

@@nagmumulto9305 i-

@michelleobamafootcream9292

3 жыл бұрын

@@nagmumulto9305 ✝️

The dedication just crazy. Good job Nile

Thanks for the rundown of a simple high pressure CO2 setup; we've made this setup in our lab for experiments (with modifications ofc)

The entire video "the instructions said to do this but instead, I did that"

@rizcore

3 жыл бұрын

He "winging it" ;p (taken from mulan two)

@shyeskyeskyeksye

3 жыл бұрын

"And it ended up working."

@darkmaitri

3 жыл бұрын

Tsk!! It's because my nephew a genius! You no laugh at him!

@sceplecture2382

3 жыл бұрын

the instructions said to do that but instead, I did this

@CowboyBeansss

3 жыл бұрын

@@darkmaitri huh

''I came up with a *very scientific method* to figure this out... where I would occasionally *just punch the table* and see how it shook.''

@isabelfranqui3504

3 жыл бұрын

That common sense.

@haroldsaxon1075

3 жыл бұрын

This is about as scientific as it gets. Form hypothesis, make observations, adjust hypothesis, more tests and repeat.

@mikhaitzacuceritorul0074

3 жыл бұрын

He lied about getting rid of bubbles it's just to release the stress

@ilyamosin3090

3 жыл бұрын

"Its good to punch the table in general" NileRed 2020

@equaius893

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilyamosin3090 scientific or not

Thanks for going to this much effort, Nigel. Although quite soul destroying and tedious, you accomplished something truly amazing. If i ever find a spare month I too shall attempt this.

Excellent description of your method, three years later and you're as thorough as you are now. Love your content dude

“I came up with a very scientific solution” Proceeds to punch table

@bskcj1149

4 жыл бұрын

You don’t do that?

@lordelliott42

4 жыл бұрын

It's percussive maintenance.

@jasonkeith2832

4 жыл бұрын

Often some of the best results can come from technically simple means. One example is how one of the nationally approved methods of obtaining unit weights of fine aggregates (small rocks of fairly consistent size) and sands is by filling and slightly tipping a calibrated, flat based bowl and then letting it fall flat, repeated 50 times.

@fishcultist9513

4 жыл бұрын

yeah, that was the joke.

@tdf_worldkey8568

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

He’s definitely on like seven different fbi watch lists with how much pure chemicals he buys

@rogue6827

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. He does buy some sketchy things

@robertpoff8442

2 жыл бұрын

Funniest part is that if he ever got raided every cop would see his lab and be certain he’s making drugs

@flappyjay_gaming

2 жыл бұрын

*Breaking Red*

@juliaf_

2 жыл бұрын

Nah he's Canadian. CSIS is probably watching though

@JimmyHey

2 жыл бұрын

@@flappyjay_gaming I love that comment, gave me a good chuckle :')

Congratulations on your persistence!!! The result was fantastic! Hugs from Brazil

Very cool, thank you for showing us incredible chemistry behind all this

One of the reasons Nile is so relaxing to watch is because his voice sounds like how a lab report looks.

@lexscarlet

4 жыл бұрын

You must have read some pretty good lab reports

@-danR

4 жыл бұрын

His lab looks like a lab though I'd rather he replaced the ceiling lighting with low-intensity raking blue-white illumination. Because movie lab.

@grishwhanted

4 жыл бұрын

How is this so accurate

@vbgvbg1133

4 жыл бұрын

why does this just work

@dalfifran7572

4 жыл бұрын

Well. Originally he made the early video for a lab report stuff though. I guess it took it forms from there and grew on us ;)

"Best part is the particles get stuck in your eyes and cause blindness", he says in the most cheery tone like a psychopath

@reesespuffs335

2 жыл бұрын

he's a total phyco- look how much effort he put into making aerogel man also probably knows how to make meth

@evanbarnes2484

2 жыл бұрын

@@reesespuffs335 Meth is easy, you don't need to go to university to learn how to make it. Also, most chemists (while taking safety extremely seriously) joke about the terrible things their chemicals can do.

@zezus001

2 жыл бұрын

@@reesespuffs335 People still don’t know how to spell psycho, huh?

@reesespuffs335

2 жыл бұрын

@@zezus001 no i think it's just the dyslexia

@Hari-wm3yc

2 жыл бұрын

@@reesespuffs335 I think here is a serious conversation

I’m just amazed at this guys work ethic and genius. Thanks for brightening the world dude.

Honestly I would love to see you retruning to this. It's such a fascinating topic and it also feels easy enough to understand as a layman. The sous vide cooker was ingenious. would a taller basin help mitigate heat loss? Also would vibration during the curing help mitigate the bubbles?

NileRed: The Aerogel is really fragile, so I'll need to make a tiny pizza spatula to carefully load it in to the container. Also Nile: *Shakes the container*

@mackado

4 жыл бұрын

NileRed: spends thousands on setup Also NileRed: can't get bucket for souvide to cover setup

@helpicantchangemypfp9832

4 жыл бұрын

Mr. Lucca lmao imagine having Murderous intent because you saw a comment

@GordyBro

4 жыл бұрын

@Mr. Lucca imagine being as cringy and as much of a try hard psycho as you are

@pyrrehraus6571

4 жыл бұрын

@Mr. Lucca Me: "I hate unoriginal formats" also me: *insert unoriginal dead humor format here*

"I found a very scientific way of seeing if theyre dry" *Proceeds to destroy his table*

@wolfyaksoygalaxy1406

3 жыл бұрын

Xd

@thelocalmilkman1533

3 жыл бұрын

You forgot an apostrophe

@Alecu-kx6by

3 жыл бұрын

Just punching a table wont destory it

@tomotime9284

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alecu-kx6by It depends on how much force you use

@heathv8558

3 жыл бұрын

Kenan D. A. Was about to comment the same thing.

You take practical approaches to making chemical products that bewilder the public. You’re a genius for blending your passions, content and eduction like this.

I love all of your videos! I was curious when I distilled my ethanol and I found some interesting things about distillation. when under a vacuum, water seems to separate out better, the issue is that the alcohol is more dangerous as it's flash point is lowered under lower atmospheric pressures. Also I managed to figure out that Graphene can separate Water out of the ethanol.. I'm not sure if that would work for methanol but graphene should work for all alcohols, I know sieves work but the process takes a long time, The graphene settles overnight, if left for 48 hours in a deep freezer the ethanol can be run in a generator. I imagine different layered graphene has different storage amounts and properties regarding this theory.

Me: maybe I should make aerogel Nile: this will cause permanent blindness if it gets in your eyes Me: nvm

@monroespoja3039

3 жыл бұрын

why was this the exact same time when I said nah 😂

@gorlakthegreat4885

3 жыл бұрын

bruv u'v gotten 420 likes

@hahanerd8153

3 жыл бұрын

i should still make aerogel

@bink5242

3 жыл бұрын

madeleine field just don’t get it in your eyes

@bink5242

3 жыл бұрын

It isn’t the aerogel it’s the chemical

Nile red: relatively easy Also Nile red: has an almost 44 minute long video Also Nile red 2x: 12:03

@legionjames1822

4 жыл бұрын

44 min video. 4 months of sporadic effort. 2 weeks constant.

@8ce1

4 жыл бұрын

That's fucking funny 😂😂😂

@xander1052

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't even notice it was 44 minutes long lol

@dELTA13579111315

4 жыл бұрын

@@xander1052 same lol

@Jmjholden

4 жыл бұрын

I scrolled down to see if this was a comment

I am literally speechless. You are amazing man kudos to you 🙌🏽

love the content, been a fan for a while, when assembling use Hercules 'Mega Tape' (the gray stuff with the knight holding a shield) and 'Leak Lock' blue joint sealing compound, put the tape on (at least 3 wraps, then paint the leak lock on the tape that's on the threads in an even layer (going with the tape/threads, not against it so you don't unravel your tape!), then crank it down. never back a fitting out to straighten it up, you'll get a leak, if you have to go backwards more than ~1/16th of a turn then your best bet is to take that fitting out, retape and dope it, then do it again. the worst thing you can do on pipe fittings is back them out for any reason once you've started tightening. -Friendly steam boiler tech :) -edit 'Leak Lock' is produced by highside chemicals. get the 4oz bottles as the larger ones the brush is unwieldy on stuff smaller than 2" pipe thread, and you won't use the larger bottles before they start hardening. if you have a smaller bottle that hardens, get some carburetor cleaner or brake cleaner from o'reilly's auto parts and give it a generous squirt, shake it/stir it and it should fix it right up.

"I used a dollar store grater" "I bought a 2000$ chamber"

@butteredbuns3491

3 жыл бұрын

gotta save money somewhere

@peanutbutterclams7798

3 жыл бұрын

@Pawel Puchalski lol

@ian59

3 жыл бұрын

That was $2K before the additional 2 $400 windows...

@AndrewVII

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, he should have bought a 2000$ grater. Very disappointed with this video because of this.

@atkindabell6417

3 жыл бұрын

The dollar or cent symbol is before the number

the idea of “sand forming inside your eyes” is going to become my awful intrusive thought of the day. Great

@misguidedsaint3693

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah not very pleasant

@M5ive87

3 жыл бұрын

Lol on the money with the comments

@Ur_fokin_nan

3 жыл бұрын

I find it funny how he talks about it like a good thing

@hippieduck

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ur_fokin_nan right? 😅

@isaacdufour

3 жыл бұрын

@@misguidedsaint3693 tête et

Excellent application. I really appreciate the effort and determination to resolve issues in a practical way, to get results!

Well done! Subscribed! Makes you wonder how they ever figured out how to make it to begin with without any instructions..crazy! Love this channel ..cheers

"The best part is that it can lead to permanent blindness" This guy is literally the definition of mad scientist

@EthanMeatan

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@yeezuschrist420

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Jayasree0627

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Mariammahmad1

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@sarthaksingh6526

2 жыл бұрын

yeah methanol can definitely do that

"On a personal note, projects like these...kind of destroy my soul."

@jackcallahan1848

4 жыл бұрын

Danielwgk what, was your mom an airogel or something?

@jackcallahan1848

4 жыл бұрын

Oh wait that’s a quote. WHOOPSIE

@o0ooo0

4 жыл бұрын

Yea lmao

@OhLookItsDavid

4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of grad school...

@carlosrendo4970

4 жыл бұрын

Months of work, some gratifying replies- but yes, that was doozy of a project was rewarding to us... thanks!

I love how he takes his time and tries to make the best product he can. He doesn't half ass it and I love it.

It was way more difficult to make than I was thought....i appreciate the hardwork ❤

NileRed: *spends thousands of dollars on a pressure system to make a very delicate material* Also NileRed: "Shakey shakey eggs and bacy."

@KuraIthys

4 жыл бұрын

@20Ian Jury He didn't SAY it. But he did appear to shake the chamber rather violently partway through...

@no1caresanymore

4 жыл бұрын

I imagined him trying to put a baby to sleep by aggressively rocking it and now I can't get it out of my head

@Vikesh7896

4 жыл бұрын

@@no1caresanymore more like building a mechanical rocker to do the deed

@angelemmanuelperezmuniz1474

4 жыл бұрын

He turned full Daddy Yankee mode for a moment.

@imthemistermaster

4 жыл бұрын

He went on McMaster Carr though, I doubt it was thousands. I haven't actually looked but that's just steel fittings. The window was almost certainly the most expensive part.

I'm convinced that "A Local Hardware Store" is just the name of a chemical supply company in Canada

@CraftQueenJr

2 жыл бұрын

Eh. Everyhting he mentions getting there are pretty standard household chemicals you can find at the majority of hardware and quite a few grocery stores.

@laughinggoat9343

2 жыл бұрын

He’s probably a local customer

@tobiaskrchnak1347

2 жыл бұрын

@@CraftQueenJr You didn't get the joke?

@xx_duck_xx9319

2 жыл бұрын

na its just your normal canadian tire

@kylerivera3470

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, it's a local hardware store, but it's also the cover for the secret society of mad scientists that NileRed is a part of.

Hello, I have a question. For the production of aerogel, I've only been able to obtain 500g of TMOS (Si(OCH3)4) and not the 100g version. Would this affect the aerogel production? If so, how can I use the 500g instead of the 100g along with the other materials? Thank you.

The minimum focus distance of a lens is a given spec. With that distance in mind you measure the distance from the plane of the sensor which is marked with a circle with a line through it on the camera body. That line is the sensor plane.

2:08 "the best part..." *proceeds to talk about how silica can cause permanent blindness*

@ThisIsTaco1

4 жыл бұрын

As a chemist, the most fun part of any substance to work with is their hazards. Oh, it destroys my nervous system *AND* is pyrophoric? _n i c e_

@smallsthetimelord4066

4 жыл бұрын

I mean that's pretty dang cool though.

@cooledicecubes2805

4 жыл бұрын

Put it in a water balloon and throw it at your friend’s face

@Kyle-gw6qp

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThisIsTaco1 what does pyrophoric mean?

@Tw3akst3r

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kyle-gw6qp 1. Spontaneously igniting in air, especially when in a finely divided state 2. Producing sparks, especially by friction 3. (fire investigation) Able to oxidize with exposure to atmospheric oxygen at normal temperatures.

I love how he actually shows us the measurements and precise instructions as if we were gonna make aerogel

@doak_

3 жыл бұрын

Of course we will, its just the natural way of things.

@fahimamoidu5161

3 жыл бұрын

Lol so true

@danielleung275

3 жыл бұрын

I made it lol

@bridgotaj6578

3 жыл бұрын

Daniel Leung oml, your a champion

@thomascable9447

3 жыл бұрын

I am

The yellowing 39:04 is likely due to Rayleigh scattering. It is observed when you have bright light behind the gel as seen when you put it on top of the bright white paper. Also it has a bluish tint when illuminated from the side. I have observed similar in my silica xerogel samples.

This whole video was so entertaining that it felt like 10 minutes. Keep up the good work!

If you are a person who has successfully created and shaped aerogel, does that make you an Aerosmith?

@fakehesap1731

4 жыл бұрын

Dude looks like a wizard

@porkdumpring

4 жыл бұрын

Vola vola?

@flabbergabber

4 жыл бұрын

@@porkdumpring volare via?? 🤔

@swwetsour7697

4 жыл бұрын

Is that a motherfucking JoJo's references???

@brianfeddersen8124

4 жыл бұрын

@@swwetsour7697 Welcome to youtube comments :P

My favorite part was the most random, when using tongs to pull out the aerogel on the hex shape, you clicked the tongs a few time - just like a dad about to grill something. Proving it is impossible to use tongs at all, in any way, without clicking them.

@oceanbreeze6455

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, I'm starting chem in college and I checked out the lab last week, the teacher had us look in our individual drawers to make sure everything was there and I immediately saw beaker tongs, took them out and clicked them (We're supposed to take everything out of the drawers to make sure we have everything we need for the labs in the future)

@gamingmoyai3950

2 жыл бұрын

@@oceanbreeze6455 I was grilling chicken, i have to click them, it’s impossible not to, then I chase my dogs around the house with them.

@coreygolphenee9633

2 жыл бұрын

How else would I know if they are working

@undeadluciel

2 жыл бұрын

the crab instinct

@boxyk9

2 жыл бұрын

@@undeadluciel reject modernarity, return to crab

Your story telling ability is amazing i would rate it above your expertise in science. I started watching you i know i am not a scientist i would never try this at home but I love the way you explain it and it looks no less than billions of dollars budgeted tv Documentary NAT GEO etc I am in love with your show.

I think it goes without saying you did a really good job putting this together guy! Really enjoyed watching the whole damn thing and I learnt so much! Much appreciated!

His goals for aerogel are the same I have for my kids. Keeping it crack free.

@pajis_xd

3 жыл бұрын

*_hmmmm_*

@st4s.and.fl0w3rs

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmmmmnmmm lol

@TuttaltroChe_quello

3 жыл бұрын

This is actually the best comment here lol

@EdgarQS

3 жыл бұрын

𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺

@thehiddenleafgamer5863

3 жыл бұрын

Ok that is a good one

I love how the spending range for the materials uses was so extreme. He was like "I spent 100 bucks on this bottle of chemicals" but also "I got this stuff from the dollarstore."

@gravy4708

2 жыл бұрын

It's because you can't get those expensive items for any less cost than that. But you can get certain items for cheap and they would work perfectly.

@fresco4500

2 жыл бұрын

Need to break even somehow

@edmondhung6097

2 жыл бұрын

@@gravy4708 This is the key point of this channel. All of his HCl and H2SO4 is from Drain cleaner

@johnnystankiewicz295

2 жыл бұрын

Glass from ikea furniture

@vishaltmz3275

Жыл бұрын

and then he dropped like 50k for the nmr machine

the *click* as the labeled aerogel container closed shut was like the ark being stored away at the end of raiders… this was a fantastic video on such a difficult process, it was basically a movie

The persistence and patience this man has, is out of this world. Great work

@captainp.2721

6 ай бұрын

Nah. It's not. You clearly don't know what great patience is.

@dream_walker9726

2 ай бұрын

@@captainp.2721bro????

@captainp.2721

2 ай бұрын

@@dream_walker9726 Not your bro. Next time you have a question, I suggest you use words to convey it. Instead of 20 question marks. Understand?????????????????

“and I ideally wanted mine to be crack-free” don’t we all nile... don’t we all

@elbowsbuns1896

4 жыл бұрын

*SNORTS* IM SORRY WHAT

@GrandWiziy101

4 жыл бұрын

"One of the biggest factors in making crack-free aerogel is using speed"

@RVPNK161

4 жыл бұрын

@@GrandWiziy101 you won the internet for tonight.

@Uhette

4 жыл бұрын

At the end looks like h wasn’t successful. Got that SPOON

@Stonewulf

4 жыл бұрын

@@RVPNK161 Nah, the guy that commented the same thing 30 minutes before him already did.

This broke everything I thought about how aerogel felt. Never seen or heard it crushed. That's cool af.

@graygiv6927

3 жыл бұрын

Nice pfp!

@tylerhernandez521

3 жыл бұрын

ikr?? I thought it would be squishy like silicone

@ashykins

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it would be slightly flexible

@samandrews7856

3 жыл бұрын

I mean it looked kinda like glass so that's just what I assumed lol.

@ScarrednCharred

3 жыл бұрын

Gel being in the name deceived me

Would it be possible to build a little rack so instead of 1 you can load say 4 gels at a time stacked on top of one another to maximise the vertical space in the chamber?

Fantastic. Just a great project and video. Very well done.

NileRed: "A very scientific method" Also NileRed: "Occasionally punch the table" THis one had me laughing so hard 😭

@Hyrule-Postman

2 жыл бұрын

Same, my friends on discord even ask me to send them what made me laugh like that. then we alll laugh together

@petlop412

2 жыл бұрын

Its physics. sorta

@malbogia8003

2 жыл бұрын

Punches are VERY SCIENCE

@devinskelton6457

2 жыл бұрын

lmao same. hahaha

@stinkypoo7109

2 жыл бұрын

How can water be spicy 😭🤣

eventually he's going to snap and teach us how to make meth.

@user-nn9el3jd1m

3 жыл бұрын

That blew my mind

@rockyroad5682

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like he’s gonna turn into some chemist version of michael reeves soon

@guystokesable

3 жыл бұрын

Its far cheaper to buy anyway

@SolidBased

3 жыл бұрын

Lol nah there’s already all kinds of videos on that shit!!!

@narcleptik

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

My favorite part is when he said that punching the table was very scientific

I love your new content as well. You are amazing. I feel like you are in the level of veratasium

"then i blasted it with my heat gun, which is basically an overpowered hair dryer" "so, i came up with a very scientific method to figure this out where i would occasionally just punch the table" i love it when this channel is just out of context, true content

@ascendedcat260

2 жыл бұрын

my first exposure to this guy was an out of context clip of him going "After about 10 minutes, [the metal] shouldn't be as hot anymore. Now what I have to do, is try and carefully get it out of the tube." then he takes a hammer to it and the clip cuts off right before contact.

@9WEAVER9

2 жыл бұрын

"So anyways, I started blasting.."

@7daystolive

2 жыл бұрын

1100th like

@M364A

2 жыл бұрын

what time stamp for the 2nd?

@ft6637

2 жыл бұрын

"It is just good to punch the table in general" 😂😂

NileRed: "I wanted my aerogel recipe to be as easy as possible." So anyway, I started pouring L I Q U I D S A N D.

@theshuman100

2 жыл бұрын

Liquid sand. You mean molten glass

@pineapplepenumbra

2 жыл бұрын

@@theshuman100 "Liquid sand. You mean molten glass" No, you'd think so but no (although molten glass in the eye would blind you too, but in a different way). It's like LPG, which is Liquified Petroleum Gas, but what's petrol? A liquid form of petroleum, which Americans call "gas", even though it isn't when it's being stored, both at petrol stations and in the petrol tank, and is only gas when it's literally going into the cylinder (just watch, someone will point out that that's not quite correct). So LPG and petrol should be the same, _but they're not!_ Science, eh?

@shubhamsarkar3591

2 жыл бұрын

@@pineapplepenumbra r/wooosh

@pineapplepenumbra

2 жыл бұрын

@@shubhamsarkar3591 You might be right, I'm too tired to work out if you are or not, and too normal to care.

@blanchbacker

2 жыл бұрын

@@pineapplepenumbra Americans call it gas because it’s short for gasoline. Has nothing to do with being a gas. Are you trying to say LPG is the same as gasoline? If so, it’s not

I think the yellowing of it is possibly due to you using the candle wax possible cross contamination from the chemicals in the candle wax that got transferred to the jell

How this guy is not dead amazes me

I wonder what living with him would be "Hey I just bought two little windows for 800 dollars"

@giin97

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was thinking that too, lol

@shimpscampy

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but u would also maybe get some of the aerogel... as a treat

@outside8312

4 жыл бұрын

For science...

@shogun3866

4 жыл бұрын

Bill Gates: "Interesting"

@FayezButts

4 жыл бұрын

@@shimpscampy lmao

let's just take a moment to appreciate all the pain this man has gone through to make a good youtube video

@lyubomirmirchev1121

4 жыл бұрын

And all of his frustration, to finding the perfect method to prevent cracks

@jadenisbased3508

4 жыл бұрын

69th like, *nice*

@herrscherofdomination

4 жыл бұрын

And all the money

@lyubomirmirchev1121

4 жыл бұрын

@princesspumpkinpanty well its his job duh , no one works for free

@-danR

4 жыл бұрын

@Holden Hess-Wilson Yes; he's hired a production assistant. They have to eat.

That patience and consistency man....

Thats true dedication and persistence!

Me: "Cool! I'd like to try this out." NR: "I wanted it to be simple" Me: "Great! Me too!" NR: "My favorite part is how it mixes with your tears to turn into microscopic sand crystals that blind you..." Me: "buyaerogel.com it is then!"

@kasai7272

4 жыл бұрын

That’s so metal

@KiraSlith

4 жыл бұрын

I kinda wonder how they're making their mass-produced Aerogel, it's only 95% ABV rather than the 98-99% ABV of typical lab-produced Aerogel. Could it be something about how they're mixing the gel?

@betsegg

4 жыл бұрын

@@kasai7272 it's nonmetal and metalloid tho

“My favorite part... leads to permanent blindness” ah yes. This is why I love this channel

@sirmiles1820

4 жыл бұрын

better to watch him than make our own ourselves 😂

@goodvibejay6437

4 жыл бұрын

Caustic be like

@GeneralCam

4 жыл бұрын

S A N D

@memesareanswerforeverythin9927

3 жыл бұрын

When he said it?

@Dazzwidd

3 жыл бұрын

It doesn't like being looked out or breathed. Maybe he likes it because of its challenging personality

To wash the aerogel, would it be possible to add a 3Å molecular sieve to the methanol?

I love all the science. Thanks for making such great videos