Legend has it the lab is still running tests on the waste to this day.

@sirschnee8737

3 ай бұрын

even to this day

@General12th

3 ай бұрын

@@sirschnee8737 The lab got distracted and started running tests on itself.

@yaykruser

3 ай бұрын

legend says ge will recive a 50 million dollar bill in 2030 for 12 years of testing...

@sehnoorsingh1149

Ай бұрын

He is not a chemist he is in waste management 🤵🏻😎

Thanks for showing the other side of chemistry: the cleanup. I swear half of the reason chemists have been pursuing green chemistry so vigorously is because it's easier and cheaper to cleanup up.

@nardwarbill6209

2 жыл бұрын

Welp. This is what "green chemistry" looks like.

@nardwarbill6209

2 жыл бұрын

I think that the key to this is being able to lable and sourt the by- products of the reactions. Some of the by products are relatively pure acids, salts, and solvents, so you can posibly use them for later precesses.

@zukoHD

2 жыл бұрын

its that and the fact that green chemistry allows you to save and reuse a lot more byproducts. we are constantly running into shortages for materials, both from civilians wasting it and also from certain materials having a large amount of applications there for creating a very high demand on already rare substances. One of the worst is the shortage of helium. Its used to cool mri scanners and many other pieces of medical and industrial equipment. in the highest echelons of science its used as a coolant on the LHC, Large Hadron Collider. The LHC is crucial to furthering our understanding of gravity, subatomic and atomic particles, quarks, dark matter/energy, antimatter, quarks, and even the origins of mass which could in turn reveal how gravity works and why it is. Although we do not fully understand much of what occurs during the reactions created by the particle collisions, as the reactions do not last very long. The small pieces of information we obtain from reactions created by the LHC could give us the keys to understanding how the universe around us came to be, and how it actually operates. However none of these things are possible to use without the helium needed to cool and or operate them. Yet people seem to think helium is more important for their children's god damn balloons. Hot air literally rises, People literally ride in wicker baskets propelled by the wind and lifted by nothing but hot air and some heat resistant fabric, yet some how people dont seem to believe that puting hot air in their children's party balloons is viable course of action. theres also Diamonds and cubic zirconia. A lot of it goes into jewelry and fashion items, when in all reality there are ways to produce, ableit less rare, but equally if not more stunning pieces with other gems and materials that are so highly needed by productive and important industries. Cubic zirconia is the main replacement for diamonds in the jewelry industry as when hand cut, it is indistinguishable from a diamond to the average man or woman. However it is also a very needed and highly used material in chemical labs as it has a high mechanical strength and it is able to shield us from harsh chemicals should a reaction go wrong. its what the view window is made out of in most high end reaction chambers. Diamonds and cubic zirconia are very useful when creating lasers and very high end optical equipment. Diamonds are also greatly useful for making steal and concrete cutting blades and grinders, as the hardness of the diamonds really lends itself to shaving away steel and stone at a speedy rate in comparison to other materials. But oh no, nancy landgrab needs 10 2 carat diamonds on each of her ugly hoop earrings top match the other 30 she's got hovering around her body ornamenting various one of a kind pieces of fashion that you have no clue how she even found a way to put on. ugh. Tldr: buy something cooler and less applicable to the science or industrial field than a diamond as an engagement ring to your important someone, And fill your kids balloons with hot air instead of helium so people can keep getting mri in the future/ so we can power our atom smashers and figure out how the universe works, thanks.

@AxoCatWasTaken

2 жыл бұрын

@@zukoHD The Wall of Text has awoken!

@michealpersicko9531

2 жыл бұрын

@@zukoHD You could have literally just used the first three sentences and you'd still get your point across just fine. I swear people only write these walls of texts because it makes them feel good about themselves because literally no one is reading this shit.

One of my last jobs when I was an analytical chemist was determining when a superfund waste site that was contaminated with mercury was sufficiently cleaned up. It turns out that because the HgH system we used to measure the contamination was so sensitive, we could never get to the background level the regulators wanted: no matter what the cleanup people did, there was always residual Hg. So be careful about what you do with the solid waste! The owner of the site died in jail...

@coultercrawford5944

6 жыл бұрын

Funny thing about where I live is mercury and lead is normally at slightly elevated levels in the soil naturally...also for that matter so is uranium and other trace radioactive's so what one person would consider "waste" we consider normal soil lol.

@kinomora-gaming

6 жыл бұрын

Did he die of mercury poisoning in jail? Kappa

@texasdeeslinglead2401

6 жыл бұрын

Background hg levels in my area are normally high.

@Drjusmar

6 жыл бұрын

Plant manager got a few hundred years in jail. Looks like it was a plant using mercury cell chlor-alkali to make chlorine and sodium hydroxide. cfpub.epa.gov/compliance/criminal_prosecution/index.cfm?action=3&prosecution_summary_id=782&searchParams=M5%2C%3A%2FXT%2A%5CCYZ%40%5BO%5CDFMBC%26N%2FLR_%5C%23MPMZ29RVH%20%0AM

@ryangeorge346

5 жыл бұрын

Arizona?

We know a couple of mg spider is present. RIP Spidey you were my only friend. ;_;7

put a second filter paper on top of the celite. it keeps it from fluttering up when you add the liquid.

I like the movie style title, can't wait for Part 3: Vengeance of the mercury.

@StephenGillie

3 жыл бұрын

I'm looking forward to Part 4: Son of Mercury

@CallMeMimi27

3 жыл бұрын

Part 5 mercury reloaded

@HieuNguyen-dv3ld

3 жыл бұрын

Part 6: Thy Spooder Hath Returned

@andreasobama9487

3 жыл бұрын

part 7: the last mercury

@johnladuke6475

3 жыл бұрын

Part 8 Faster and Mercuriouser

How to deal with mercury waste: Be sure to have a secure container handy because this process will create some mercury waste.

You should try to extract mercury from tuna or other mercury-rich fish. The yields would be pathetic but it'd be a nice ride.

@gregandark8571

7 жыл бұрын

try to extract mercury from tuna

@Tom-pj9ts

7 жыл бұрын

Tuna would contain way under 1mg Hg per kg.

@Gabriel-yd4bq

5 жыл бұрын

Tuna is pretty expensive and contains very little mercury

@JakeFace0

4 жыл бұрын

Extract mercury from tuna and then from a vaccine and see how they compare lol

@jadeblades

4 жыл бұрын

@@JakeFace0 None in the vaccine, unless its one of a few influenza vaccines, which contains approximately 25 mcg per shot.

When treating your waste water results in more waste than when you started....

@KnakuanaRka

5 жыл бұрын

Fern Moore I think he was mostly trying to get back his mercury, but whatever.

@isaiahpoole4389

5 жыл бұрын

Fern Moore i think he was trying to eliminate waste and get his mercury back but true

@OrangeC7

5 жыл бұрын

He was making sure the waste would not harm the environment when he disposed of it. A lot of the waste eventually got evaporated or dumped down the drain but only because it was safe enough to dump out. I'm not sure what he's going to do with the rest of the solid stuff, but I assume that when you mess around with chemicals like he does you start to accumulate a lot of non-disposable waste bags. :P

@Appri

5 жыл бұрын

@@OrangeC7 The solid mercury waste is just contained, and not thrown out unless you send it out to an actual waste company, which is VERY expensive. Thus, you just keep it contained in a waste bin.

@zhiqiandu3110

5 жыл бұрын

That is the power of ever increasing entropy!

"...from when i was liberating the mercury" and now that i've thought abt it for a brief moment upon hearing this... i honestly think 'mercury liberation' would be a _super_ cool band name, lol.

Thanks for doing this one, Nile. So many experiments you see on YT omit the clean up. It is really encouraging and instructive to see good practice for this kind of thing.

That 5L beaker is an absolute unit

@NileRed Hi, the link to part 1 in the video description is broken. Should be kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yplrmqtyj9KuYag.html I think.

@mincemeat1016

3 жыл бұрын

Works fine 4 me

@chickenspaceprogram

3 жыл бұрын

Damn... I thought this was a rickroll but clicked it anyway... I was wrong, thankfully

@LeeFall

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

Did you ever send it out to a lab?

@General12th

4 жыл бұрын

They're still doing tests.

@masacatior

3 жыл бұрын

How's it going now? lol

@daniellima4391

3 жыл бұрын

@@masacatior they're still doing tests probably (clearly a joke)

@kcalbxof

3 жыл бұрын

t e s t ?

@wultna

3 жыл бұрын

shurely he did not

After watching this, the method using copper metal to get the Mercury looks so much better

@KnakuanaRka

5 жыл бұрын

Bill Smathers Yeah, that would probably be way easier than this whole mess. Less interesting in terms of chemistry, though.

Big thumbs up for showing some responsible waste treatment! Probably a lot of the brown goo is just sulfur. Poly-sulfides tend to give off sulfur instead of being oxidised to sulfate.

Nice one! I would certainly not have the patience to do this whole process. Are there also test strips for measuring the concentration of suicide spider present in solution? :D

"The very fun filtering process" I love the sarcasm in his voice haha

I really appreciate these waste clean-up videos. I think it's very important to teach what to do with chemical waste in an amateur environment to at least mitigate hazards and allow for easier clean-up via approved environmental protection agencies and companies.

"While I was handling mercury-contaminated waste, I made a lot of mercury-contaminated waste."

What was the result of the lab tests?

I'd love more procedural videos like this! Video of your setup, for example, would be interesting. Maybe some videos about the equipment? For example, about when you choose to use different sorts of filtering.

i dont know that much about chemistry myself, but i feel like you are going in circles while adding stuff

Love the chocolate mousse+ marshmallow mix!

Nile, please for a video of responsible waste treatment. like where to find a legitimate company, how to find out what containers they prefer their waste to be keep in, the categories of waste and how to keep separate waste containers to minimize the disposal costs, where to buy containers, how to label/store the containers, etc. I hear of too many people in the comments trying to treat their own waste. Like people that don't have basic lab equipment, but want us to believe that they are qualified to properly treat waste. I don't want some idiot polluting our water.

@Viper54K

7 жыл бұрын

I second this - one of my big fears of getting into amateur chemistry is failing to properly dispose of waste chemicals. I personally have no clue how to do this.

@Viper54K

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the starting point. Personally I generally never start a project without having the end already planned out (thus disposal and storage). More specifically, I've been trying to wrap my head around proper glass cleaning processes to ensure a pure environment for the next experiment.

@texasdeeslinglead2401

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Delashaw your too late

@drjwilber

5 жыл бұрын

such as humpty dump ?????????????????????????

@Sauspreme

3 жыл бұрын

If someone's not going to take the time to look these things up, they probably weren't planning on disposing of their hazardous waste properly to begin with. I think these videos serve as a pretty good indication that you shouldn't be doing this unless you know what you're doing.

I have zero understanding of what you're doing but I enjoy it!

"I just continue adding bleach and occasionally mixing things until the blackness completely disappears" Solid life advice

@AnonyMous-gj7qq

4 жыл бұрын

*o no-*

@HSamee

4 жыл бұрын

@@AnonyMous-gj7qq oh yess

8:14 that looks like a delicious batch of cookie dough

@Pyxis10

3 жыл бұрын

Mmmm......death cookies.

@HieuNguyen-dv3ld

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, THY SUICIDE COOKIES (a once in a lifetime cookie! Order now for 15% off! Offer lasts for 2 weeks) Also there’s free shipping, enjoy!

@gavindvorak4906

3 жыл бұрын

Forbidden peanut butter

Very educational!

the forbidden chocolate milk at 07:24

Did you ever get the results back in from the lab? I'm curious as to how much mercury was left in the waste.

@prapanthebachelorette6803

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@callmeshaggy5166

Жыл бұрын

The results are still unknown lol

Love the cursed coffee at 7:21

I think im a bit more nerd now because i agreed when nile-red said: "Its time to start the very fun filtering process"

Why do you decide to send it to a lab in the end? Could be some nice videos about analytical chemistry

What happens generally to your waste in the end? Does it return to the environment in some way? Do you send it off for further processing and recovery?

Thanks for showing how to make home made mercury

amazing video, lol'd many times. Will watch again.

7:13 forbidden choccy milk

because of him inventing mercury we have thermometers, thanks nigel

Love your videos real neat keep it up!

Great MR

Damn.. look at that peanut butter ice cream 😍😍

8:40 Peanut Butter of death (now without peanuts)

filtration using Celite tends to be messy due to it mixing with the solids right? Could you have topped the celite layer with another filter paper to somewhat mitigate the mixing of celite?

So.... Did you found the dead spider?

7:20 the forbidden chocolate milk

@Baggytrousers27

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what went through my head.

So I'm guessing most mercury is refined using the thermal method.

what a laborious process

You and Cody must be long lost brothers ;) Looking forward to the results of the giveaway!

Next edible chemistry episode: Lead Acetate. Hahaha

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

+simplicated99 I was so tempted but then I realized, there is no way to make lead food grade :(

I'm just wondering why won't you crush the tablets to make the reaction goes faster

Watch you work with mercury waste makes my heart beat more than when im watching a horror movie...

I think you definitely should have kept the 59 grams of pure stuff separate from the 200 grams of celite crud.59 g of HgS has like 40+g of elemental Hg in it right?

Pro tip:dump it all in the ocean, it will dilute and nothing wrong will happen. Also mercury is cool and fish deserve it too.

"Make sure to watch the first one, or else this may not make a lot of sense." Sir, bold of you to assume I understand even half of what you say in most of these videos. I just love to watch them.

The Sludge That Remained... great band name.

Okay but when is the spider backstory arc gonna begin?

What would happen if you started pouring all this stuff down the sink without treating it?

1 milly subscribers soon

Can you put some beakers on the merch shop? That will be awesome!!!

Can you try extracting other metals from the insoluble waste?

@MuzikBike

7 жыл бұрын

Or if he refined natural cinnabar. Which, as he said, would probably be quite different, but there would be more metal impurities to investigate

I have high interests in seeing the lead acetate video. The other aspect of it is how to make less toxic lead from lead acetate so it doesn't get absorbed through the skin. Some online chem forum posted nacl or better yet sodium carbondate supposedly to reduce its "toxicity". But want to see something more concrete. Don't take my words for it.

i know this video has been dead for years but is there a reason Nile didn't use just fine-ground CaOCl pool tablets? same surface area as liquid, much much more effective with less volume.

Funny as a kid we knew of the danger, still got to play with it. One day someone sneezed and dropped a bottle. The cleanup was scooping most of it backup and mopping the floor. Good thing trace elemental mercury is not all that bad. For human life anyway as less that 1% can be absorbed if you manage to eat it, and though vapor is a concern, the low vapor pressure of mercury combined with the small amount mean it was not a huge deal. Regulations and whatnot though today are a bit different. The funny cleanups when I was in the military are mostly iridium. They act like the world has come to and end and everyone is gonna die. :P Good video and I will have to up my game when it comes to recovery and cleanup before I work with certain elements for sure.

7:07 NileRed makes the forbidden choccy milk.

7:13 the forbidden chocky melk

"Anyways" "I got impatient" I am here not for a long time but you say that really often. XD Anyways, great job and very interesting videos.

7:00 the forbidden chocolate milk

Mercury cleanup 2: THE Cleanup Its like some movie title

7:13 the forbidden cappuccino

Some say he’s still cleaning that mercury waste to date

What happens with the bags now. Are you keeping them?

7:00 the nilered brand forbidden coffee

Yo dawg I heard you like cleaning up mercury waste

9:20 mmmm got brown/white sugar perfect for baking

All 1970s PRN Jokes Aside... "Look at the size of that Beaker!" Didn't even knew they made em that size? What 😅is that like a Mega or Ultra Magnum. 😅 (oH look here's the door 🚪, oh wait what is the biggest stir bar that can be used for a beaker of that yield and magnitude!?!) 😅

8:35 forbidden cookie dough

Why did this just show up as a fresh upload in my notifications? It's from 6 years ago! I'm a little disappointed. . . . . . Still gonna watch it of course. 😂

@HydrogenPyrotechnic

5 ай бұрын

Same thing with me, KZread is broken 😂

Thank you for your beautiful voice and prasantstatiin please explain nitric acid and zinc mixed and how to separate zinc from nitric acid

I got a question could you not just distill the water of a be left with mostly dry waste

man thats a LOT of work to recover a tiny bit of mercury. i wonder if it woukdnt have been better to just dipose of the original cinnibar as mercury waste.

@NileRed

7 жыл бұрын

Well, if it was pure mercury sulfide, id have much much more.

7:18 looks like latte coffee

One day earth will run out of bleach due to Nile !!!

The dark and miserable side of chemistry... you must be insanely responsible and patient to deal with this stuff, i cant even imagine. ill just stick to my baking soda and vinegar bombs lol keep up the good work

Gosh, such a massive amount of effort just to clean up the results of getting a spoonful of pure mercury...

Is mercury salts heavy since mercury itself is a heavier metal?

@Chem-iu5jx

7 жыл бұрын

Jon Irvine yes

What do you do with the stuff in the bags now?

your video link doesn't work it says that video is removed?

I'd love to watch the first one but it's not available:(

@samoht8916

Жыл бұрын

it's this one kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yplrmqtyj9KuYag.html

You said you filtered the waste with sea light? Or c light? I tried googling it, I’m just curious what type of filter it is.

@102blue

3 жыл бұрын

Celite (diatomaceous earth)

So oxidizer+oxidizer= Neutralized solution?

The link in the description is broken.

so if the test from the lab comes back as no mercury what do you do next? toss it in the garbage bin?

what was the concentration in the insoluble waste?

How can i give the silver mercury the red color?

Can use sodium polysulfide to dispose toxic heavy metals?

7:08 that be looking like a giant thing of coffee with lots of creamer ( I don't know why or what makes me think like this)

@herbert164

3 жыл бұрын

i was thinking chocolate milk lol

8:30 Forbidden cookie dough

Ah, the forbidden peanut butter!

Damn that lab must be really busy