I've always loved how chaotic Cody's chemestry is compared to Nile's lmao

@TylerZoucha

Жыл бұрын

I bet Nile's would be as chaotic if he didn't film it as a presentation with a commentary and filmed in real-time with his commentary. In fact, I'd love to see a video from Nile that feels as personal as Cody's. Like Cody brings us along for his journey while Nile presents his journey.

@attila5221

Жыл бұрын

@@TylerZoucha nile blue my guy nile red, except "live" commentary, and wild wild chaos

@Pro_Triforcer

Жыл бұрын

@@attila5221 nile green for maximum chaos

@TylerZoucha

Жыл бұрын

@@attila5221 I've been a subscriber of NileBlue as long as I can remember finding NileRed. So I definitely know the content there, but I'm not sure if you understand what I am trying to say how Cody's feel really personal and like he's taking us along the journey. NileBlue is even less personal and kinda feels like I'm just watching somebody. Which isn't bad. I wish Nigel would go back to making more material either way.

@dallyingvirus85gaming79

Жыл бұрын

Explosions and Fire...

I feel like Cody is a "best of both worlds" between NileRed and Explosions&Fire. Absolutely solid chemistry with high end chemicals and minerals, while also having the "this was not shot in a high end lab" feel. These three channels are the Triforce of awesome in the chemistry space. Love it!

@WhileTrueCode

Жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly this :) Explosions&Fire has been on Safety Third podcast a time or two, and NileRed is in nearly all of them. I'm hoping Cody shows up there one day!

@md4luckycharms

Жыл бұрын

NileRed's videos are like school grade educational Cody's videos are educational but just a dude in a garage Tom's videos are fantastic shitposts that occasionally get dangerously close to being educational

@mikew735

Жыл бұрын

This is a really really good way to put it, though i like them all i enjoy E&F and Cody's stuff a bit more i;ll never turn down any vid from any of the 3.

@mitchfillbach1115

Жыл бұрын

hot take, but I couldn't disagree more. Nigel does cool stuff that is largely safe, and maybe industrially viable, E&F does some of the highest end organic chemistry bullshit I have seen on the internet, and doesn't care how dangerous it is. Cody is a wild west frontiersman that does things out of necessity because its the only way they get done, things are chaotic and dangerous but only because there isn't a better way that isn't fully getting into a chem lab.

@PhngluiMglwnafh

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget though, Cody is the OG

Years ago, as a high school kid, your channel ignited my interest for chemistry. Now, I'm a second year chemistry undergrad. Your videos have been a great inspiration to me, thanks!

@iparadoxg

Жыл бұрын

Gratz!

@JNaysh

Жыл бұрын

lmao I've been watching Cody for years, and he was probably part of why I applied for undergrad for chem and physics. Now I'm a music major lol

@matthewbrightman3398

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Some day you might inspire a high school kid too!

@xander1052

11 ай бұрын

Helped lead me to now being a Physics Grad.

@ruthsnyder8676

10 ай бұрын

🎉 That's fantastic!🎉

Cody, I swear. I hope you never stop making videos. You're one of the most pure channels out there. No fancy setups, just cool science with camera shots that make sense..

@nicholasneyhart396

6 ай бұрын

Yep, he just has a passion for science and educating others.

Hey, Cody. I've heard of a pigment used between the time of prehistoric Egypt until around the year 800AD, where the method of manufacture was lost. It's called Egyptian Blue, and its method of manufacture was investigated by Humphry Davy in 1815, but he couldn't quite crack it. Then, in the 1980's, the method of manufacture was pretty much rediscovered, but with a few discrepancies. The recipe is to mix together silica (60-70%), calcium oxide (7-15%), and copper oxide (10-20%), and then to heat this mixture to between 800C-1000C for several hours. The result is cuprorivaite, water, and carbon dioxide. Most Egyptian samples seemed to have an excess of silica, AND an excess of either copper oxide OR calcuim oxide. Maybe an idea for a video? To remake Egyptian Blue and see what effects changing the composition has, and maybe seeing why the Egyptians used an excess of silica along with an excess of either copper or calcium. Could be interesting, since it's so weird that something so well known for nearly 4000 years and something so simple to make could be forgotten about. You're a geologist! You like rocks and stuff. Maybe an idea for a video?

@theCodyReeder

Жыл бұрын

I didn't know what it was at the time but I think Ive made some of that by mistake before.

@candyman9635

Жыл бұрын

I suspect that the Egyptians had an excess because they simply weren't that precise be it in the heating or the amounts.

@-r-495

Жыл бұрын

Are you sure that‘s not „Egyptian Yellow“?

@technoman9000

Жыл бұрын

I prefer the Norwegian Blue myself...

@ghlscitel6714

Жыл бұрын

@@technoman9000 I prefer Prussian blue

Best thing about Cody is how honestly imperfect he is... he shows us that getting 10% yield (and nearly spilling it while trying to weigh it) is perfectly okay :)

@Wulthrin

Жыл бұрын

i dont do chemistry but the moment he nearly spilled it was a real clencher

@garyhuntress6871

Жыл бұрын

my butt clenched there for a second

@americangamer1632

Жыл бұрын

the crucible tipped when he took it out for the second time, thought it was gonna spill lol

@chrisbleurgh7425

Жыл бұрын

It was great, you could feel him charging up a heavy sigh just after it almost happened - just in case he needed it lol.

@erich1394

Жыл бұрын

It's important not to fall victim to perfectionism - Cody does a great job of getting stuff done without letting fear of failure stop him.

"I have been trying to prevent poisoning myself" is a very Cody thing to say

Cody as a Geologist you make me extremely happy carrying out all the experimenting I could have ever dreamed of. Thank you for the exploration!

It’s always a great day when Cody uploads. Also, man, _gold_ being the impurity one wants to remove is weird as heck

@xxxm981

Жыл бұрын

Well, have a look at the price of Rhodium.......

@RicoElectrico

Жыл бұрын

And silver is an impurity when processing copper, so KGHM makes a shitload of it.

@spugintrntl

Жыл бұрын

​@@xxxm981I'd never even heard of rhodium until now...

@Mikemk_

Жыл бұрын

​@@spugintrntl you very likely own about $300-$500 of Rhodium. It's in catalytic converters

@spugintrntl

Жыл бұрын

@@Mikemk_ huh. I'd always heard those were platinum.

Cody, I'm so glad you're still on KZread. I've been watching You Good Sir for years. Youve definitely made chemistry very interesting and all the other experiments you do are really awesome.

@TMS9918A

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@ChIGuY-town22_

Жыл бұрын

Me 3

@rnedisc

Жыл бұрын

He's very active on his patreon! He should probably advertise it more himself but I understand if he doesn't want to... Check it out!

For a schooled geologist, your knowledge of chemistry is astounding! :D I am schooled chemist and when i see the experiments you make on your channel, they just blow my mind to smithereens. I couldn't do half of experiments you do because of my lack of knowledge about advanced chemistry, and that really shows how much self learning outruns those legitimate school programs. Well done man, much love to you and keep up the good work! :)

@whateversmurfette

Жыл бұрын

you win the internet with that comment, because humbleness is the rarest element. i was so excited to see this video when i searched "rhodium recovery" because i think im ready to do the process myself, and here he is having just posted this a couple days before i looked for new practical insight, and i know i can trust his perspective wont be bs. that said, how fun is it to wonder what he means to do with the purified rhodium?! i cant wait to find out🤓

@gasptis8534

Жыл бұрын

@@whateversmurfette Everything happens for a reason and at the precisely right time! :D The way Cody explains and shows these experiments is just beautifull and so insightfull. I too cant wait to see what will he do with this rhodium. :P Good luck with your own experiments and stay safe man. :)

@Zraknul

Жыл бұрын

I would imagine a geologist learns a fair bit about refining material.

@Leadvest

Жыл бұрын

There's more overlap than you might think, and scrounging behaviour, (as apposed to consumption of risk) tends to lead to cross discipline learning by necessity. As far as what he's going to do with it. He kept it as a powder, and only needs a small amount, so probably as a catalyst. I'm honestly very interested what speculations you might have for what projects it would be good for.

@Leadvest

Жыл бұрын

I did come up with something, kind of hairbrained, but it's been years since I did any actual chemistry. Hydrogenating algae oil as a continuous process in order to make it precipitate as a solid, removing the need for a phase separation step.

I really needed this video, Cody. My youtube has just been full of some of the worst, most disappointing, shame-in-the-species videos that were nonetheless entertaining I needed a reminder that awesome people do exist, and they refine exotic metals in their home lab setup for us to see and learn from. I know it sounds stupid but this random video of yours is really restoring my faith in humanity today, so thank you for being you.

Can we take a moment to appreciate how cool that intro was

@juris9546

Жыл бұрын

Indeed

@txwhyxbeetsx4ever381

Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY😎😎 No joke this really was the coolest a channel intro could be

@DerLiesl

Жыл бұрын

Cody showed us a cation, he looks so positive

It's been so long since I've seen a notification of yours!! Oh my goodness!! So great to see you!! I love how much I learn from you, you're a great teacher!🙏🏼💛

This was such a cool video. I love when we get these chemistry centric videos mixed in among all the other cool stuff Cody does. Really looking forward to what this stuff will be used for and I actually hope we get a follow up video on cleaning and isolating more rhodium from the waste materials.

13:17 Cody's mad scientist giggle never ceases to bring great joy

Holy Shit, HE'S BACK! Been a long time fan, I actually was recently watching your old refining videos over on the internet archive (cause most have been removed from youtube >=( , anyways good to see you put out another video man, keep it up and i hope you are doing well. love from Australia

Im a PhD student in organometallic chemistry. I mostly work with rhodium and iridium. Its insane to see you go through all this effort to get some pure rhodium. Just the other day i was holding in my hands 15g of RhCl3 (about $7500). I only used 2grams of it for a reaction but stil...

@curlyvideos

Жыл бұрын

I'm not a PhD, and I intend to eat this RhCl3.

@georgekircher4307

8 ай бұрын

​@@curlyvideosit sounds yummy honestly, it might pear well with code red mountain dew

@user-sc6cl4vw1i

Ай бұрын

How do you decant and extract metallic iridium when it is dissolved with chlorine?

Cody, you are such a lovely, real and honest person. You cherish everything good that happens to you and it looks like you also grow and learn from the unfortunate things that happen instead of going into a depressed state. It would be great to have you as a friend, but watching your videos is a good substitute

You've taught me so much by now... think I've been watching for 6 years now and I really like how transparent you are with us and how sub count never changed you. I hope I get to meet you some day so I can give back, a hug at the very least.

Nice to see that you're doing well Cody 👍

The only channel i have the bell set on, always learn new things from Cody in a way i can grasp

@simon_far

Жыл бұрын

Love the XKCD reference!

@CodingWithCameron

Жыл бұрын

@@simon_far thanks!

Another classic from Cody. Thank you for all your work and your curiosity!

One of the OG's and still one of the best KZread scientists.

When Cody -Cody, of all people!!!- shows up wearing full protective gear and working in the fume hood, you know shit is gonna go down xD

Only Cody can call "impurity" the Gold.

@mosfet7575

Жыл бұрын

The rhodium is worth over 5 times more than the gold.

@Alberto_Travagin

Жыл бұрын

@@mosfet7575 Yes i know that

@Tekdruid

Жыл бұрын

"Ew my rhodium is contaminated with all this worthless gold!" 😬

@kingtoad2234

Жыл бұрын

@Don't Read My Profile Photo okay I won’t

@sanityormadness

Жыл бұрын

@@Tekdruid We'll just call it "gold-pressed rhodium", that should fix it 😁

I love bootstrap chemistry videos. You make people feel that chemistry isn’t has hard as it seems. 🎉

No one’s talking about the super cute kitty!!! What an angel

Isn't that more one episode of "Precious Metal Refining & Recovery"? Anyway, I like when Cody is refining stuff!

I like how you store all of your chemicals in ziplock bags

"row, row, row your rhodium" .... Good to see you posting Cody!

@Best-um3eq

Жыл бұрын

Lana rhodium

always a good day when you hear "welcome back to cody's lab"

Holy mother of God I have been waiting so soooo long for someone, ANYONE ANYWHERE, to post a rhodium refining! Thank you Cody from the bottom of my heart. I needed this. If you can show a recovery from a source of ewaste I would become a premium patron and send you half of the first recovery

@herrhaber9076

Жыл бұрын

I was also waiting for someone to post this kind of video. Rhodium from ewaste ? I dont see it used in electronic components. Am I wrong ?

@scrappydoo7887

Жыл бұрын

@@herrhaber9076 some LCD screens use rhodium oxide and there are other sources I believe

@herrhaber9076

Жыл бұрын

@@scrappydoo7887 Ok, I only knew of indium oxide in touch screens but never heard of rhodium used in electronics.

Always a good day when Cody uploads. I like ur new intro

@streamdotexe

Жыл бұрын

And cat lol

I'm awestruck at the fact you still upload, you have changed quite a bit. I recently rediscovered your channel. When I was younger I was digging this massive hole in my backyard as a result of watching cody's mine.

I used to do Rhodium plating all the time at work, it was pretty fun.

Missed your refining vids, Cody. Glad to see this new video.

So glad to see a video bud. Love the refining videos!

Please do a part two! I'd love to know your final yield and it's also very relaxing to watch you process the metals 🤓

I think my favorite thing about your show is the fact that it won't cost a million dollars to do this. I call you the garage scientist. Most projects can be replicated with stuff we have in the garage.

@m.w.4508

Жыл бұрын

I don't think you've watched half of Cody's videos, to be honest. He obviously has money flying out of the gazoo.

@jimmycincinnati3714

Жыл бұрын

@@m.w.4508 You may be right but thought emporium's glasses cost more than this project.

@kylebowles9820

Жыл бұрын

I do think that academics try to monopolize science, but if you were to quantify how much of an impact people like Cody make, one would be quite surprised!

@jimmycincinnati3714

Жыл бұрын

@@kylebowles9820 I have seen other scientists cite his work.

@RaygingBacon

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmycincinnati3714 Any chance you could link one of those papers? I'd love to read up on published work referring to Cody's work.

Interesting fact: the price of platinum group metals have been on the rise lately because South Africa has had major electricity shortages.

Thanks Cody. I've somehow missed your channel updates for most of the pandemic. Your chemistry-fu is top notch. Cheers!

So glad to see you smiling. Great vid. I miss your gold series from a while back.

Was having a rough morning till this dropped. This man/robot is a treasure. The impurities being a treasure is some sort of life lesson I am sure.

@IslandC0der

Жыл бұрын

Robot?

@jeffspaulding9834

Жыл бұрын

@@IslandC0der Watch Cody's Chickenhole Base videos - he often has "Robo-Cody" do manual work around the base.

@scotttod6954

Жыл бұрын

@@IslandC0der long running funny. RoboCody.

@IslandC0der

Жыл бұрын

I don't know what you people are talking about! RoboCody and Cody are obviously different entities, this is clearly Cody ;)

I've always liked your neat intros

Love your content Cody! Thank you for posting through thick and thin!

Cody you are a DAWG! Wish you the Best Glad you are doing better LOVE THIS KIND OF CONTENT OF YOURS

Good to see a video Cody! I'm an organic chemist and so it's always really fun seeing some straight inorganic chemistry. You look great and your cat is wonderful. Looking forward to future videos

Finally the fume hood has a nice, cleanable surface! :D

@theCodyReeder

Жыл бұрын

The more I use it the blacker it gets!

@isaacm1929

Жыл бұрын

​@@theCodyReeder Great. Now you can make a patent for Tar Coated Glass!

Always happy to see your vids back in my sun feed!

It's great to see Cody is still doing well

I'm happy to see Cody seems to be more like his old self. I don't know what was going on but for a while watching his videos made me worried for his health. I can't put my finger on why I was feeling this way, just glad to see that the feeling is gone now. I hope you're doing well Cody, I've learned a lot watching your videos over the years

@DM-jh9eh

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking this same thing.

Nice! A new Cody's lab. CHEERS MY FRIENDS.

I am so happy every time I see new Cody'sLab. Dude has a great way of explaining things

Cody I've really missed these refining videos. These are what got me watching u. Let's do more of these please. Classics.

Cody, you're a madman! But I always enjoy your forays into both entertaining and educating us with your projects.

Always fun to see the problem solving process at work. Thanks for the video Cody! I can't wait to see what project you have planned for the rhodium.

Lot of work for a little catalyst! Awesome that you're still uploading!

Im glad to see your still making videos Cody Love your work and would love to meet you someday.

I love the new intro!

Good to see you back to your "Get the rhodium from other stuff using other stuff" dissolving/melting stuff series :) Greetings from Norway :)

Awesome to see experiments happen! They're not always completely successful, but like you said you leaned a lot and that's awesome!

Glad to see you back to doing interesting chemical extractions in the "Lab". Looking forward to seeing what you are doing with your Rhodium.

Please post more often Cody. We miss you.

Hahahaha, Gold as the contamination gave me a chuckle. It's good to see an upload from you, they always give me the opportunity to learn something and with rare exception make me smile. Shoot, even if giving sad news you still seem to find a way to encourage and uplift. My wife and I have had her ring Rhodium plated but I went straight for Palladium for mine. I liked the look of the metal and didn't know anyone else who had one at the time. I just have to stay out of high H2 environments for one extra reason now.

@everettduncan7543

Жыл бұрын

Why you have to stay out of high hydrogen environments?

@SuqMadiq

Жыл бұрын

​@@everettduncan7543 big boom

@tungsten2009

Жыл бұрын

@@SuqMadiq catalysis amirite

Despite the fact I have ANY clue about chemistry, I could watch you doing these things for hours ;) Thank you Cody. You're awesome!

Love seeing every time you post Cody. Great video, thanks!

Always a good day when Cody uploads!

I was just checking your channel yesterday wondering if I'd missed anything new! Love seeing a new video.

@theCodyReeder

Жыл бұрын

You should try checking the playlists. ;)

Good Job Cody, love your videos.

Cody cutting in the clips a lil too early where he repeats the beginning of the things he's gonna say twice really put a smile to my face as it made me appreciate how much effort goes into these videos 😁 keep up the awesome work champ!

glad you are still doing your amazing projects.

I love the intro.

Great to see you again Cody. Thanks for another interesting and entertaining video!

Love your intros! So many different ingenious ideas. Just great. :) Thank you.

Rh is a tough bugger to refine. Fun to watch, Cody!

Your chemistry videos are always fantastic!

16:32 I physically gasped right here, when it almost spilled. "Okay, moment of truth..." and then me "OH NO". Lol

Those zinc flakes brought back a memory of playing with my friend's chemistry set when I was a kid. They had a packet of zinc with that same texture.

That almost spill at the very end made me cringe lol. Keep up the good stuff Cody! Best wishes from Mexico.

I was gonna buy some rhodium but it’s almost 30k per ounce ugh idk why it’s so rare love the videos bro

I died by the cuteness of that intro

"Guess how I know that" [camera shot of powder all over the inside of the furnace] 😂😂😂 I laughed because I was startled and what a mood. Here's to learning the hard way 🥂

I like how Cody is an improper proper chemistry lab. He has a similar lab to me, but still better than mine.

How is your algae panel doing?

Dude! Can't wait until you update Chicken hole base and some bee updates! Stay safe brother!✌️😎🏴‍☠️

I'm glad you're doing more videos. I hope everything is well and you are happy.

Well then! I bet Sreetips will be happy to see that this IS possible at home. Thank you Cody!

I hope cody is able to get his Adsense working again. He deserves the extra income

@johnsmith-sp6yl

Жыл бұрын

He turned it off a few weeks ago since it wasn't worth the headache, probably just going to stick with Patreon

Never really thought about this but cool af

Great video, always look forward to your mineral/metal extractions. Keep up the good work, and God bless you!

Great to see you. As always it was a really interesting video. Would love to see a part two and am curious as to how much more you recover when reprocessing.

It's really cool to see you do this unusual kind of chemistry! BTW, I seem to recall you having an X-ray fluorescence gun in a previous video. Perhaps you could use it to qualitatively asses the amount of rhodium in the waste you produced at different steps of the process. That way you could spot which step caused the biggest losses, and where optimization is needed.

while watching, I was like : why not just buy 1oz of it .... then I looked at sellers : $10k/oz 😮

Glad to see you are back. Greetings from Elko

My first thought @ 13:50 was that's the most expensive expensive flask of piss I've ever seen. Great video Cody!

Secretly Cody is collecting all the miner's diseases in the world...

Total noob question, could the gold-rhodium powder have been separated physically? Since one element is heavier.

Always glad to come back to this channel yo Good job

Cody: "Rhodium is extremely silver and shiny" Cody's Rhodium concentration: *Black or orange at every stage after starting processing*