Mixing sodium with mercury
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Correction: at 12:50 I said that pure nitrogen is denser than air, but that isn't true. The specific gravity of nitrogen vs dry air at STP is ~0.97, meaning that it should rise slightly, but the difference (0.97 vs 1) is so small that there isn't a very noticeable effect. When air is flushed out of a flask by nitrogen, it would take a while, but it should eventually mix with the air out of the flask.
For this video, I'll be making the sodium amalgam, which is commonly used in chemical reactions. It can also be used as a gateway to other amalgams, even some that are normally very hard to form. This is the first official video in my new amalgam series, where I try and combine as many different metals as possible with mercury.
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science man mixes poison shiny water with boom water
@Nawmps
5 жыл бұрын
- science book in big year
@Dominic_LaSalle
5 жыл бұрын
big if true
@Josh-ez3mb
5 жыл бұрын
Much revelation
@user-qq8gy5hc2g
5 жыл бұрын
Based and redpilled
@mr.mercury4247
5 жыл бұрын
His new name is science man and all of his fan will now call him that
"Why the hell would you want to mix explosives and poison?" Me: *A M A L G A M A T I O N S*
@skydragonfire93
3 жыл бұрын
DC and Marvel tried that once. We got Logan Wayne. Fun times.
@solierafromtheultrareconsquad
2 жыл бұрын
Table salt: *....*
@EXQmagikk
2 жыл бұрын
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@phamminhquan5054
2 жыл бұрын
@@solierafromtheultrareconsquad Salty intensified.
@bobsvilla4168
2 жыл бұрын
I read that in Shadiversity's voice lol
Me: Cant afford much Nile: ah yes, let me feed gold to my pet puddle
@gabrielcomim4345
3 жыл бұрын
Nice one.
@GooseWithNoEggs
2 жыл бұрын
the gold was woth like 5 cents
@joelryan8881
2 жыл бұрын
@@GooseWithNoEggs i know, it was a joke stop ruining it
@EXQmagikk
2 жыл бұрын
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@tyes6883
2 жыл бұрын
Ah it's 1 atom thick
9:51 “but anyway, now that all that safety has talks done, i can go back to playing with the amalgam.” lol
@EXQmagikk
2 жыл бұрын
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@elisabethsun7059
2 жыл бұрын
Lol
"There was a thump, and all the sodium instantly disappeared." Sodium in a nutshell lol.
@isaacroebuck9514
4 жыл бұрын
Nope, it reacts with nutshells too, there's no way you could keep it in one.
@serbianspaceforce6873
4 жыл бұрын
Isaac Roebuck lmao
@omnical6135
3 жыл бұрын
sodium LOOKS LIKE CHEESE!
@Sp00kq
3 жыл бұрын
@@isaacroebuck9514 silence
@oliviablundell3733
3 жыл бұрын
@@isaacroebuck9514 Aren't you funny!
"Bro just wash the sodium with water lol" -Famous Last Words
@nabayanchakma2419
3 жыл бұрын
Rip🙏
@Sir_Isaac_Newton_
3 жыл бұрын
bruh just mix chlorine and muriatic acid for a stronger dissolver
@itzpatrick2450
3 жыл бұрын
@@Sir_Isaac_Newton_ Bain?
@ayrendraganas8686
3 жыл бұрын
@@Sir_Isaac_Newton_ dontcha mean bleach and vinegar? :^)
@updownstate
3 жыл бұрын
@@ayrendraganas8686 I thought it was bleach and ammonia.
A poem about my father [who lived to 92, better living through chemistry]: Willie was a chemist. Willie is no more, For what he thought was H20 was H2S04.
@AN-om1qc
3 жыл бұрын
Deam
@tanushreemukherjee292
3 жыл бұрын
Deam
@user-ho1vt8vz2l
3 жыл бұрын
Deam
@updownstate
3 жыл бұрын
@Hand Grabbing Fruits Funny.
@updownstate
3 жыл бұрын
@@AN-om1qc What does that mean?
I dont understand why people dislike videos like this. There is LITERALLY NOTHING to dislike.
@JulianMarkau
7 ай бұрын
They probably hold their phones upside down while watching.
@sunnyd9321
5 ай бұрын
Maybe it has something to do with something political he said at one point? Or maybe they don't like his voice. I dunno lol
@nameless......................
4 ай бұрын
Or they hate not understanding and feel insulted by not being a supergenius
Gets mercury poisoning. "This is not ideal"
@danielmaher2388
4 жыл бұрын
This is not okie dokie
@LaskyLabs
3 жыл бұрын
This seems rather unfortunate...
@AcrayMEM
3 жыл бұрын
The situation at hand is currently not the most desirable.
@user-sw8te8sb2j
3 жыл бұрын
Move your ass!
@AcrayMEM
3 жыл бұрын
An unfavorable outcome has arrived in which it does not meet the ideal nor is it sought after, which puts the situation at a disadvantage due to its lack of meeting an appropriate result.
NileRed: "working with mercury is almost always a pain, requires waste management and special handling..." Cody: "in this video we'll mix liquid mercury with Kool Aid and drink it!"
@pikeyboo8608
5 жыл бұрын
Danilo Pinheiro lol that’s Cody
@lanadoesathing
5 жыл бұрын
That's Cody for ya.
@shangrel110
5 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@johnbecker3116
5 жыл бұрын
@@scdhl1856 why the politics? Keep that shit out of here
@fishboy2644
5 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing lol
I actually like chemistry unlike most of my family and I definitely LOVE this channel because it shows the extremely fun (and dangerous) aspects of chemistry
@wooy1701
3 жыл бұрын
then you should watch explosions and fire al you need to know is in the name
20:01 "I'm sorry Mistress, I'm SURE I can fit all of them in my mouth" LOLWUT? Is that someone's name?
Years ago my roommate and I played around with a material we nicknamed "Hell Metal." Not a mercury amalgam but an alloy of gallium and aluminum. We dissolved powdered aluminum in molten gallium into no more would go in, then removed the aluminum oxides dross. Result is a liquid alloy that is relatively stable in dry air, wets glass, makes great mirrors of all your glassware, and if not disturbed may remain liquid at room temperature for anywhere from hours to weeks before it solidifies. It tears apart water on contact to produce hydrogen, evolving a fair amount of heat - learned that the hard way when I tried washing some off a gloved hand and received a burn for my trouble. Handy reductive agent.
@maximiliancollins1748
Жыл бұрын
I am totally gonna try this. I love youtubers that run their own experiments lol stay safe and never give up!
@mihailmilev9909
Жыл бұрын
@@maximiliancollins1748 this sounds cool lol
@Dji00
Жыл бұрын
@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist2 🍆🤡🎯
@gameseeker6307
Жыл бұрын
Imagine this in a water squirt gun, or pellet form while it is raining
@RavenVargas27
Жыл бұрын
Thanks that's really cool and interesting
This is the chemistry I always wanted to see. Weird KZread recommendation has finally something good!
@evilgoesunpunished3122
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 good one
@killerkirby366
3 жыл бұрын
Watch backyard scientist
@doonutaprivoise9917
3 жыл бұрын
It is not wierd!!! It is Nile red 😍😍😍
@msim28
3 жыл бұрын
I suggest you start with an english recommendation, first.
@KazzArie
3 жыл бұрын
@@killerkirby366 or applied science or AvE or Cody’s lab
I think this is my favorite video that you've done. I really like these amalgamations.
I work with HID lighting and found this episode the answer to many of my questions. Great video!
I've just gotta say that I have absolutely nothing to do with chemistry. I am not a chemistry student nor do I have anything to do with chemistry in my job, yet I really enjoy all of your videos as they are super interesting and extremely high quality. You are so good at making interesting and educational videos that you attract people that have barely anything to do with the matters you cover in your videos. I'll have to thank you for all your effort you put into your videos, it's really obvious that you value high quality content and take great effort to produce your videos! Cheers!
@user-km4fs5vj2v
2 жыл бұрын
Great inspiration 👏
@tomking6926
2 жыл бұрын
I get a light-hearted chuckle out of some of the comments but of course I do realize that like myself you're on novice and experimentation is how we learn. Many times by watching one another's experiments we learn not to do that other times we learn to take chances and other times to go forward for if it wasn't for the novice experimenter bathtub chemist a lot of what we have now wouldn't be possible.
@1904Ernst
Жыл бұрын
@@tomking6926 Lets stop calling it chemistry though. The word has been hijacked
"Smashing it a BIT" *destroys flask completely*
@rhythmjain5639
5 жыл бұрын
Happened with me soo many times it's not even funny.
@bluesap7318
5 жыл бұрын
Rhythm Jain same here.
@Schradermusic
5 жыл бұрын
Well, he started out very carefully...
@BillAnt
4 жыл бұрын
@Matrix29bear < You mean pushing Sodium under Mercury with furry paws. lol
Love the behind the scenes look at your channel! Glad to see it’s so successful!!
another great video been watching you for a while love your content you're really good work I love how you've grown and love your knowledge it's amazing keep up the great work me and my children and my wife and my brothers love watching it
Imagine having science channels like this on KZread, and then showcasing “melting lipstick” as a science experiment representing all science channels.
@unfetteredparacosmian
5 жыл бұрын
And imagine that that was actually one of the better parts of the video. Oof KZread Rewind was bad
@xenonram
5 жыл бұрын
I'm still trying to figure out why everyone is talking about that stupid video. I never even knew KZread rewind was a think until electro boom did a video about it. Who cares? It's just a stupid video put out by KZread. K-pop!
@unfetteredparacosmian
5 жыл бұрын
@@xenonram Everyone is talking about it precisely because it's so stupid
@WG55
5 жыл бұрын
What if they combined mercury and lipstick? 🤔
@ArtDesignHobby
5 жыл бұрын
@@WG55 Kardasian
Nile, you fuel all of my nerd needs. I love your channel and recommend it to all.
@user-bd2bk3kc7k
5 жыл бұрын
Indeed.
@rushthezeppelin
5 жыл бұрын
With Cody's Lab and AvE in the mix my physics/enginerding nerdiness is fulfilled.
I really enjoyed your test, I like mercury. Looking for to seeing your other videos. Thank you for making them!
This video deserves to be in the list of Really useful videos
1:22 "But first, let me show you some of my exotic cheese collection."
@explosivedude8295
3 жыл бұрын
Forbidden cheddar
One of the best high school chemistry teachers I know of: "OK students, today we're going to the school pool. Why? Because there's an important lesson for us to learn there. We are not allowed, as teachers, to allow students to handle sodium, because it's very dangerous. We are also not allowed to put sodium into water in the classroom. Today, *WE ARE NOT IN THE CLASSROOM* because of this rule." A year later: "OK students, today we're going to the school pool. Why? Because there's an important lesson for us to learn there. We are not allowed, as teachers, to allow students to handle sodium, because it's very dangerous. We are also not allowed to put raw sodium into water under any circumstances. So instead, I am going to carefully lay out this sheet of paper so it's floating on the surface of the water. And now, I will drop this piece of sodium onto the paper. Remember, I'm not dropping the sodium into water, because that would be breaking the rules and rules are important to follow."
@kimberlymarsh9687
3 жыл бұрын
Best teacher ever
@itz_grass5890
3 жыл бұрын
I wish I had this teacher
@johnrtylertyler7713
3 жыл бұрын
Mr.Lowe
@clockworkkirlia7475
3 жыл бұрын
Sodium speedboats! Always fun to play around with. That and the jelly baby cannon.
@expresso4thedeppresso
3 жыл бұрын
Can I have that teacher? :)
Congratulations on your promotion! I'm proud of you. The new place looks excellent. Here's to growing out of this one too!
Wow! You’re a diehard research chemist! As a former chemist I really enjoy these videos ! Best wishes for success in your endeavors !
“So to get things started, I added a few drops of acid.” Me, at every party
@zivbarr
4 жыл бұрын
was searching for this
@fss1704
4 жыл бұрын
that's the rule
@Hachiae
3 жыл бұрын
you drop cid at parties? i got big doubts
@fendysusanto876
3 жыл бұрын
You need gallons of LSD
@JJ-si4qh
3 жыл бұрын
Actually lol
0:14 "It's almost always a bit of a pain because it requires special handling" *proceeds to mix it with another metal that requires special handling*
@astra3766
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly
Just found your channel and it’s amazing bro!
This is great chemistry and entertaining! Thank you.
I can't believe I end up watching every one of his videos in their entirety when I couldn't stay awake in school courses I paid for haha
@randallriley9455
3 жыл бұрын
Intro to chem day 1 the professor mixed up this "liquid" that spent the entire class changing colors as it was stirred. I never missed his class... guess you have to lead with cool science to draw us in... it worked !!!
I would like to see NaK mixed with mercury, you just know that has to be fun.
@challox3840
5 жыл бұрын
I had that idea too! Like!
@christopherleubner6633
3 жыл бұрын
The reaction is violent, but similar to the sodium one. The nak splatters and boils. Can be done in argon.
So happy to brought back to your Channel!
Fantastic Channel, and amazing storytelling gifts you have. Keep up the great work! 👍
I used to dabble in Chemistry related experiments in my younger years (back in the 1970's). I remember ordering some sodium. It came crated in a wooden box filled with sand. The sodium was in an airtight can embedded in this sand. When I got done with my experiments I stored the unused portion of the sodium in a jar filled with kerosene such that the sodium was completely covered by the kerosene. Now the funny part is over time I noticed the remaining sodium was dwindling. In fact, every time I looked at the jar there was less and less sodium. Turns out my younger brother was "borrowing" some of my sodium every now and then to put on a little "fireworks show" for his friends. He would cut a piece of sodium and toss it into a puddle and watch the "fireworks" LOL. P.S. I should add that the reason I stored the leftover sodium in kerosene was to keep it from reacting with water and oxygen in the atmosphere.
@Someone-ig7we
2 жыл бұрын
LOL That sounds so funny! That's so cool that you did that :)
@Nananana-dj3qm
Жыл бұрын
Lmao
@WitchidWitchid
Жыл бұрын
@@Someone-ig7we Yes, it was. I was cool about my brother using some of the sodium. Namely because I would have done the same damned thing...LOL
@NiqIce
Жыл бұрын
Funny lil story 😃👍
@bruno-xg5dl8tr7x
Жыл бұрын
Good man!
It would be cool to see the crystals under a microscope.
Y'know, you've inspired me to want to become a chemistry teacher. Keep up all your great work.
@ziiik4398
2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully your dream becomes true!
I love this. We need this mercury series to keep going. It's super interesting.
@junkyyard2273
Жыл бұрын
If this keeps on going then Nilered won't be.
I know i am writing this 2 years late but please continue with this series of Mercury experiments, I see a huge potential for generating info by exploring an obscure area of chemistry. In order to get a pH.D don't you have to develop information that was previously unknown, it would be cool to see you get a doctorate in chem and document it online.
Hg? Na...
@mimimitsu
5 жыл бұрын
Ha!
@SlippySocks
5 жыл бұрын
That’s great...
@tommy.rc3
5 жыл бұрын
Nice
@electronicsandroboticsclub750
5 жыл бұрын
K.
@Rindew
5 жыл бұрын
He He He
No idea how I got here but you have an interesting channel and I am curious about amalgams now. Job well done buddy !!! Thank You
I love how the sodium dissolved/boiled off in the water like an effervescent tablet reversing the initial reaction and restoring the mercury back to original liquid state 😃 awesome!
*reads title* sounds safe
I'm watching this in late 2020 and all I can say is CONGRATS! Love the videos and keep doing them please! So interesting and I love trying to guess what happens and also wish I majored in this field. So interesting. Good format. Love it!
Request: Try an ultrasonic bath (jewelry cleaner) to mix the amalgam and keep it from solidifying. Possibly also breaking the surface tension so a glass rod is not needed. Also try with tuning forks (and a rubber butt to prevent breaking the glass on contact).
Some reductions with sodium amalgam are actually done in dil. HCl. Alternatively, if too high or too low pH is to be avoided, boric acid can be used as a buffer.
"there was a thunk and the sodium disappeared" Yea... That's kinda what sodium tends to do
@Timeward76
3 жыл бұрын
Sodium: aight imma head out
*NileRed hiring his brother* Me: "Chemical Brothers"
@pickle_muffins
3 жыл бұрын
Fullmetal alchemist live action
I love this video. I have been a huge fan of chemistry sine I was around 7-8 but never really got into it other than basic kid experiments.
Made sodium amalgam many times when in graduate school for organic chemistry. The procedure I used was to melt the sodium by boiling in toluene, allow the toluene to evaporate and quickly add the mercury via an addition funnel. The resulting liquid was then quickly poured into a mortar and stirred with a pestal while it solidified. This would result in a course powder which could be easily stored and weighed when needed.
Really excited to see this series continue; I don't understand most of what you're saying but the amalgam at the end looked so cool
I want to say I really appreciate your channel. I'm still a high school student and I have yet to take a chemistry course, but your channel helps me understand so many different reactions. You explain things in a manner I can comprehend and I've learned so much. Thank you.
@JakeKlineMusic
2 жыл бұрын
How was your chemistry class? 😃
You can measure the concentration of sodium by decomposing the amalgam in water, then titrating the liquid with acid until neutral: 2 NaHg + 2 H2O -> 2 NaOH + 2 Hg + 2 H2 NaOH + HCl -> NaCl
I’ve no idea why this popped up in my feed, but I’m glad it did. New sub here.
I love how informative you are about absolutely everything you talk about.
I feel like you’re gonna get elemental fluorine at some point. Cody will probably be first though
@NileRed
5 жыл бұрын
Fluorine scares me
@Sebastian-ur7lg
5 жыл бұрын
@@NileRed I think every chemistry based youtube channel says that.
@chemistryofquestionablequa6252
5 жыл бұрын
@@NileRed flourine scares everyone!
@kadergumus2598
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, Cody likes dangerous things.
@SuperAngelofglory
5 жыл бұрын
it is even possible to make it without electricity, but it requires some nasty chemical intermediates
Always love ur channel is really helpful
Back in the early 80’s I worked in an aluminum foundry, and we used sodium to refine the eutectic silicon grain distribution. The sodium was encapsulated in small aluminum cans making it safe for storage. These would be preheated, then added and stirred into the molten aluminum. As years passed, the industry turned to Titanium boron as a much safer grain refinement option, and our inventory of sodium capsules was forgotten…by most😂. I would take a handful of these on weekends down to the river, poke holes in the can, tie to a rock, then drop them into the 70-100 foot deep river. In the darkness, you would see flashes in the deep and a muffled rumble. A few seconds later the surface would boil up with bubbles and smoke, and tiny pieces of sodium would burn purple and pop about as they reacted. Unfortunately, we didn’t have cell phones with video capability back then (and pretty sure I wouldn’t video that today).
"Mercury requires special handling, as well as waste management" Codyslab: "haha, Mercury go brrrr"
@raymondweaver8526
3 жыл бұрын
No gloves
@jannejohansson3383
3 жыл бұрын
Mercury is very nasty but aluminium can be too, If it go to lungs.
Making sodium amalgam is a lingering (half-day) work, it requires paying attention. The most important thing the inert atmoshere (do it under argon or nitrogen) Depending on the quantity but you have to use KPG stirrer. The second important step is to use freshly cut sodium (before washed the mineral oil with dry hexane or petrolether) and you have to cut the sodium to small slices and added to to the mercury in small portions. The mercury reacts so violently with the sodium that it boils locally. (after every slices you can hear a loud hissing) :)
your videos are clear and engaging, and somehow you manage to pack actual chemistry into them
@tucker8951
11 ай бұрын
Somehow.... He literally does chemistry so I'm sure it's pretty easy for him
I guess the advantage of an amalgam is the mercury working as a medium for electron transfer. This allows reductions that would be more difficult with just sodium and a proton source (e.g. sodium in ethanol). Examples I know of include reduction of decalin to tetralin and of harmaline to leptaflorine.
I like your videos as they are easy to understand and fun too, they help me a lot in my Chemistry, Thank You @NileRed.
That ammonia reaction was the coolest thing I have ever seen! Keep up the awesome work!
The ammonia amalgam reaction looks vaguely like what you see of a screen from an MRI to be honest. Super damn cool!!
Good luck my friend.👍🏻👏🏼
Hey Nile, huge fan of your work. One thing I'd like to suggest that I think would be cool is some slow motion of these reactions that you do. Especially with the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. It would be neat to be able to see how these reactions originate and maybe have you break down each stage and discuss it. Just an idea. Keep it up, can't wait to see what else you come up with
I don't know why but i feel sad every time you smash a glass tube. You always say something like "i was hoping i could just pop it out, but i can't." That always makes me feel like you're all disappointed. it always comes off as like, "I tried to save my near and dear glass tube. I truly did, but alas, my efforts were futile. I'm sorry, my glass tube, that it has to end in this way. But your contributions will not be forgotten. Your end will not be in vain. you will be a part of something much greater. Hundreds of thousands of people shall see your ultimate sacrifice to science," Mr.Science man says, tears building in his eyes. And then you give the glass tube a slow death with a hammer, and it takes a few tries, like the glass tube is trying to resist. it just makes me feel like I've lost something. and I feel so silly every time it happens.
@christianoconnor9031
4 жыл бұрын
J_mac225 7:31
@nurcanagar7593
4 жыл бұрын
@@christianoconnor9031 thanks
@limeangelo6019
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks im crying now.
@bhavendralalsharma19
4 жыл бұрын
@Audiocronic Please...no more
@wetraccs5747
4 жыл бұрын
Glass Tube: Dad it hurts! Please stop! Dad.... I love you..
I hated chemistry in school always Im much more biology and zoology science minded but I always love these videos you break down everything as best as you can for simple people like me if you taught my chemistry class I would have loved chemistry haha
Science class was always fun with energetic reactions. I remember we got a hold of a strong laser is class and melted the whiteboard lol.
This channel always reminds me why I decided to pursue a chemistry major. I love watching your videos when I’m in need of motivation to actually study
I love you’re videos.You really inspire me to pursue chemistry.Thanks Nile
@daemoh3696
5 жыл бұрын
anyone gonna press videos.you ?
@moritzschaferalthaus3461
5 жыл бұрын
I just did.Nothin’ appeared unfortunately
@marbleswan6664
5 жыл бұрын
Moritz Schäfer now i want to make a site for that
@moritzschaferalthaus3461
5 жыл бұрын
The question is what kinda site we are gonna make?!
@daemoh3696
5 жыл бұрын
@@moritzschaferalthaus3461 the site sounds like something youll find on the dark web lmao
I realized science is actually very fun when u understand everything. I just studied the chapter about s-block elements, and this whole reaction was there to prepare caustic soda (NaOH) so i understood everything word by word. This video reminded me why i took science lol.
I doubt this will get seen because older video but, coal contains a lot of impurities like mercury, I found some chunks of coal by railroad tracks went "oh neato" and kept them. Tossed them in my aluminum truck tool box and kinda forgot about it. Even in the coal and in small amounts it still damaged and started pitting the box. Kinda cool really, didn't do any serious damage but still awesome. And I only knew it was mercury in the coal thanks to awesome people like you and Cody's lab not trying to promote him but you both have expanded my knowledge on science and chemistry so thank you for that.
An interesting video. Thanx for the upload, NileRed. A couple of points - as mentioned by other commenters, nitrogen is slightly lighter than air, not heavier. But it's OK for creating an inert covering for your amalgam if you're quick enough at stoppering the container. Mineral oil is not, of course, a solvent for sodium metal (if it were, your sodium would be in solution, wouldn't it!) It should have come as no surprise to you that the article by Read and Lucarini on the large-scale preparation of sodium amalgam in the lab was an old paper - it says so at the bottom of the page! (Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, 1925, vol. 17, part 5, p. 480 [a one-page-only article] for those of you voyeurs who understand that there's more to chemistry than the miserly offerings we find on the internet). Interesting and great news that you've found a kind landlord who's provided you with some premises to work in - they know about the nature of your experiments I take it? You're not sure what use to make of your sodium amalgam? Ooooooh! Do you not have access to any alpha, beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds (or similar)? Your amalgam should work a treat at reducing them. Also, try a reaction with an alcohol to make the corresponding sodium alcoholate as a strong base. You may like to try making an amalgam with about 35-45% Na by weight; this should also be a liquid at round about room temperature or a little above. The (approx. 40%) eutectic melts at about 21 C. Good luck, best wishes, and please do keep up the good work :)
On getting the percentage of sodium higher, my bet would be higher temperatures, either initially, or through adding more sodium leading to a longer positive feedback loop.
@jonathanodude6660
5 жыл бұрын
you dont want the positive feedback loop, what you want is low temperatures and a very deep chamber to mix in so that the sodium doesnt reach the surface
really interesting! Thank you, and nicely explained.
Could you do a video on your chemistry journey? Would love to see it!!
My favorite mercury reaction was the gold foil one. the way the mercury almost eats the gold leaf paper looks so cool!
8:15 "I have absolutely no ideia what the concentration of sodium is here" "but I think it's somewhere around 5%"
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3 жыл бұрын
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When i first took chemistry as a prerequisite for my science degree these were the experiments i thought we would be doing. I could not have been anymore wrong. Chemistry was easily the worst science class i ever took. So much math and very little interesting experiments. However with that being said i really enjoy your channel because you take everything that captivated me about chemistry and make it interesting. I wish you were my teacher. I think what people don't understand or respect about this channel is just how much of an education you have to have in order to be able to safely perform these experiments correctly. You have to be far into a chemistry degree before ever being able to do this kinda of stuff lol. Ill stick to my biology courses lol.
@slevinchannel7589
2 жыл бұрын
Nile Red is an example for what we should all Sub to: Good Channel with the concept of rare-but-epic Uploads. I mean, Tier Zoo, Oversimplified and Hbomberguy, they are all Top-Tier but dont put any Strain on youre Time-Schedule, right?
Nile red can you showcase laboratory reactions on carbohydrates like beirut test or molisch test etc it will be of great help
Can you do a video on making (synthesising I guess) ethanol? I know it's far far easier to ferment sugar but a chemical process would be fascinating.
@fuckthis8547
5 жыл бұрын
....takes me back to my alcoholism days
@quickscience5090
4 жыл бұрын
Burn ethane
@photonicpizza1466
3 жыл бұрын
@@quickscience5090 That'll just produce water and CO2, like all other simple hydrocarbons. Some ethanol might be produced as an intermediary here and there, but that's highly unlikely, and if it were to happen, it'd immediately burn as well. And since it'd be only an intermediary, the reaction wouldn't constitute a synthesis.
@alanclarke4646
3 жыл бұрын
The industrial method is to pass ethene and steam over a silicon dioxide and phosphoric acid catalyst. This has to be done multiple times, as only about 5% of the ethene is converted to ethanol in each pass. It has to be done at 300 deg C, and 60 to 70 atm pressure.
As much as I love your experiments one of the main things I use your channel for is to fall asleep lol no disrespect at all your commentary is just super relaxing lol
@TinySwanGrandAdventures
2 жыл бұрын
You use the long video playlist for sleep aid as well? His voice is super relaxing and it's always fun to guess which video you'll wake up to if you put the playlist on loop. 😌💙
I would be really interested watching the reaction of this amalgum happening inside of bismuth. If possible to mix bismuth and mercury, before the reaction, and use very small amounts of sodium to avoid exothermic reactions to not disrupt or displace the bismuth, and to perhaps be able to watch the different layers of crystal forming between sodium and mercury, and how that would form the bismuth.
I love watching your videos!! It's sooo! Coool
I died when he dropped sodium after washing with toluene
@bcdm999
3 жыл бұрын
So did he
I love this series so much hey NileRed have you ever thought of doing like a chemistry tips and trick to help students learning chemistry to better understand the basics? #NileRed
Fascinating! I appreciate your concern for safety. When scientist like yourself ends up with useful applications (saving lives, reducing carbon emissions and wastes, etc.) we all benefit. So you and your brother's efforts are laudable. And (a bonus) it's a delight to hear you speak the lingo while providing simple explanations. More from you will always be welcome!
When you first cut that big piece of sodium, I thought, OMG. 🌋. Love your videos. Especially working with the Mercury . Schools in UK no longer use it for H&S reasons, which is pretty understandable. Have you ever considered working with frequency?
is it possible to make sodium wool, like steel wool, so u have a ton of surface area. if u put this in water how violent would it be with the increased surface area
@chemistryofquestionablequa6252
5 жыл бұрын
I'm sure you could, but you would have to draw it into very fine wire in an inert atmosphere so that the sodium wouldn't almost instantly react with the oxygen in the air.
@deflatedfruit4716
5 жыл бұрын
Hell, make it out of caesium
@Zelnyair
5 жыл бұрын
There's no point to that when you could grind it to powder instead for an even larger surface area.
@theCodyReeder
5 жыл бұрын
Sodium actually reacts with water fat faster in the form of solid lumps due to electrically driven mixing
@chemistryofquestionablequa6252
5 жыл бұрын
@@theCodyReeder funny seeing you here. I've seen your comments on lots of science channels I watch. We must have similar scientific interests.
Did you ever end up doing this series, I'm really interested in the amalgamation of different metals.
1:23 The sodium metal looks like cheese- *The forbidden cheddar*
Watching these videos is making me miss my junior high science class, our science teacher did some wild demonstrations with every highly reactive metal he could get his hands on
You should do a chemistry-off with Cody
@randominternetprofile8270
5 жыл бұрын
Nilered would win. He's an actual chemist.
@Matt_Deluca
5 жыл бұрын
Nile would win. I like both of them, but cody's specialty is geology.
@coryman125
5 жыл бұрын
Maybe not a competition (as was said, NileRed seems to have more proper chemistry experience, whereas Cody just knows enough to use for practical purposes), but definitely a collaboration between the two would be interesting.
@jonathanodude6660
5 жыл бұрын
cody is doing physical chem while nile is doing synthetic chem. you cant really compare them
@EduardoWalcacer
5 жыл бұрын
A colab is what they should do, would be awesome.
15:55 i did a double take and thought you said in a round about way "I got bored so i dropped some lsd' and laughed my guts out. On review that was not the case.
If I'm not mistaken this is a way to 'charge' the mercury. Old gold mines would use a copper plate, coated with 'charged' mercury on a shaker table to capture and amalgamate the fine gold from the oar being mined. Charged mercury is like a gold magnet
I always watch through ads for nile's videos so he can do more chemistry