The microwave plasma mystery
Ғылым және технология
Sometime last year, I got really interested in microwave plasma, which can be made from a lot of things like lit matches, aluminum foil or just some grapes. However, when I went searching for more info about it, I really couldn't find much of anything. There was also no explanation as to why it was yellow every time, regardless of what it was made from. So, I decided to investigate this a little bit and try to get to the bottom of it.
Grape plasma paper: www.pnas.org/content/116/10/4...
Video references:
• Applied Science (Ben): / bkraz333
• Applied science video on making potassium glass: • How to chemically stre...
• RUPhys2012: • Microwave Aluminum Foil
• Steve Mould: • How to film the inside...
• Stupideaproductions: • ☢ Microwave Plasma : A...
• Veritasium (new grape video): • Microwaving Grapes Mak...
• Veritasium (old grape video): • Make Plasma With Grape...
• Walter Mitty: • Match in Microwave Cre...
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Пікірлер: 6 500
Man, if there's one thing I've learned during this video (other than the science), it's that Nile really cares about the quality of the video above all else.
@mamupelu565
4 жыл бұрын
He is very meticulous and even bought a phone and some microwaves
@Blazingfireball977
4 жыл бұрын
YES!!!! This video image quality is awesome!
@shatterednova_
4 жыл бұрын
"However my biggest concern wasn't really safety and I was more worried that if any [microwaves] leaked out, it could mess with the camera sensor." "I think I also almost broke my elbow, but thankfully it didn't damage the camera at all." Lol yea
@NileRed
4 жыл бұрын
It's one of the most important things when it comes to my videos. I spend a lot of time planning out the shots.
@ThePassiton
4 жыл бұрын
@@NileRed looks like you didnt lock the white balance of the phone camera? Just a little tip for next time :)
"I think I almost broke my elbow, but thankfully the camera was fine"
@allisad7217
3 жыл бұрын
My fav part 🤣🤣🤣
@josep9016
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@AndroCubed
3 жыл бұрын
movie studios be like
@The_Mimewar
3 жыл бұрын
That’s a scientician for you!
@blowsohawy
3 жыл бұрын
Brief summury of the healthcare system
What a nice collection of beakers i do hope He won’t have to break them all in the future
@kantraa
2 жыл бұрын
Kötü haberlerim var...
@user-je2yu8yu7g
2 жыл бұрын
😏
@akaroyx6068
2 жыл бұрын
Oh no
@melikshah4564
2 жыл бұрын
Videos took seconds before disaster
@zachariahkindle8926
2 жыл бұрын
He literally learns that the plasma is pulling sodium out of the glass, it blows my mind that he didnt think this would damage the beakers
"I think I almost broke my elbow but thankfully it didn't damage the camera at all" is one of my favorite quotes from this channel
@samvogt7031
10 ай бұрын
He has no fear of injury, as long as he can still do chemistry and make videos he’s fine.
@LuisSierra42
6 ай бұрын
He Is a Man of Focus, Commitment and Sheer Fucking Will
@everettengineers4603
2 ай бұрын
"Safety wasn't really my concern.."
Years of experience in spectrometry has taught me that no matter how little sodium you think your sample has, it will always make itself known.
@nameless......................
4 ай бұрын
When you kill 99.99999 percent of sodium: the 0.000001 percent remaining: SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER
@SlyFireVR
3 ай бұрын
Being reactive and hydrophobic has it's pros and cons
@FourthRoot
3 ай бұрын
@@SlyFireVR I'd call them positives and negatives.
“For each run, I didn’t use the same beaker because I didn’t want to damage it by overheating it” Well that comment didn’t age well.
@underscoredfrisk
3 жыл бұрын
10 mil views later, we can say that it was an investiment
@melvin.martis
2 жыл бұрын
"... But I'll destroy some microwaves"
@armalyte9848
2 жыл бұрын
it aged like milk
@fuery.
Жыл бұрын
*"I had to destroy all of my beakers because they started exploding because of the plasma experiment I did"*
@Der_Radiotechniker
7 ай бұрын
@@fuery. And that video answers why the plasma is yellow. Sodium was pulled out of the beakers.
"However, my biggest concern wasn't really safety" --NileRed, 2019
@arnissonsondahl8584
4 жыл бұрын
Austin Powers on having safe sex by having a pistol next to the bed.
@iota-09
4 жыл бұрын
"Thankfully... The camera was fine' Nilered, on how he almost broke his elbow -2019 Remember when cody got the sickest burns due to butter while working with explosives? Same energy.
@julien_mglhs
4 жыл бұрын
*russian accent* "Safety is number one priority" Crazy Russian Hacker (2014 or so)
@Lavaflow9000
4 жыл бұрын
Or the time Colin Furze burned his hand making a cobbled together pulsejet and was back at it almost as soon as the bandages were off
@jkobain
4 жыл бұрын
@@julien_mglhs in Soviet Russia safety kills you.
Nile: Chemistry is dangerous, It's important to take safety precautions. Also Nile: However, my biggest concern wasn't really safety
"Hey dad, can i borrow your visible light spectrometer?" "Yeah, its in the junk drawer, next to the refractometer."
"I was worried the beaker would crack" well that didn't age well
@heh2393
3 жыл бұрын
@Kats No, as in he had to smash all (I mean ALL) of his beakers because of this.
@charte5485
3 жыл бұрын
@@heh2393 AND THE VIDEO OF HIM SMASHING THEM WAS SO GOOD
@heh2393
3 жыл бұрын
@@charte5485 STOP SHOUTING BUD, I CAN'T HEAR THE AWESOME SOUND OF GLASS BREAKING!
@4virus1
3 жыл бұрын
@@heh2393 YOOOOOOOOOO GLASS BREAKING
@spytf2203
3 жыл бұрын
all of you shut the fuck up!!!! im trying to sleep
"I didn't want to damage the beaker" Welll got to tell you something.
@waffles6280
4 жыл бұрын
*throws hammer at beaker*
@wokwok8401
4 жыл бұрын
I was here for this reason
@everettjames9424
4 жыл бұрын
Nate H I would like it but you have exactly 200
@ImSoUnbelievablyCooked
4 жыл бұрын
Everett James now i made it exactly 220 likes
@Galxyz711
4 жыл бұрын
@@ImSoUnbelievablyCooked I made it 230
"I think I also almost broke my elbow, but thankfully, it didn't damage the camera at all" this man is a gem
@acctsys
Жыл бұрын
"almost" is the operative word. This this Austin Powers irl, living life dangerously.
I love everything about this experiment. Microwaves, plasma, EM waves, light spectra analysis, and chemistry all combined into one. More like this please!
scientist life priority "I explode the screen of my phone and almost broke my elbow .... but thankfully the camera is OK"
@MAMsaki
4 жыл бұрын
If the camera is OK... EVERYTHING DON'T MATHER xD
@SwapPartLLC
4 жыл бұрын
I just paused the video to come see how many people commented on that. 🤣
@beskamir5977
4 жыл бұрын
We've got public healthcare so fixing an elbow is effectively free (excluding pain and inconveniences) while getting a new camera would have cost money.
@lucysparks5326
4 жыл бұрын
I also noticed this xD
@transkryption
4 жыл бұрын
You can just grow a new elbow in the lab!
You know you're sciencing right when you find yourself drilling holes through safety warnings
@MirekHeikkila
3 жыл бұрын
yepppppppp
@MrWarriorcreed
3 жыл бұрын
Wins internets
@rocky_adventure_bay7562
3 жыл бұрын
He’s letting out microwave radiation and potentially heating up his internal organs
@fakename7725
3 жыл бұрын
@@rocky_adventure_bay7562 he’d notice if that was happening
@cambrown5633
3 жыл бұрын
@@rocky_adventure_bay7562 The hole is too small, he's covering it up with a camera, and he's not standing in front of it
"...but it apparently didn't have any problems at all" WHAT A LOVELY SET OF BEAKERS NILE, I HOPE NOTHING HAPPENS TO THEM
Interesting experiments. I recommend to use quartz-based glassware instead of Pyrex glassware to prevent Na plasma generation.
drilling through the microwave safety warning label feels symbolic
@greed0599
3 жыл бұрын
"Where we're going, we dont need safety warnings..."
@bloodstoneore4630
3 жыл бұрын
reminds me of "is it a good idea to microwave this?"
@BetaBreaking
3 жыл бұрын
@@bloodstoneore4630 idk if you're referring to a channel that used to microwave literally anything but if so, good reference!
@bloodstoneore4630
3 жыл бұрын
@@BetaBreaking I was
@whi2gan
3 жыл бұрын
AHAHA
2:43 “All this plasma was incredibly hot, and I was worried that running it for a while would crack the beaker, but it apparently didn't have any problem at all” *“apparently didn't have any problem at all”* Welp, it turns out that there were problems all along. RIP beakers
@sugarsweet3727
4 жыл бұрын
Rest in pieces.
@sreyam6724
4 жыл бұрын
*Yeets beaker across lab*
@Ricar2002YT
4 жыл бұрын
F
@ChelCoh
4 жыл бұрын
Legendary TAT right lol
@nerdypotato7356
4 жыл бұрын
NileBlue's video on Beaker Damage: m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/pnuluK-bcbTOctY.html
If we had KZread and you doing videos like this 40 years ago, I would have my Phd right now. ...Or I would be dead: my mother having arrived home early, found her microwave broken or drilled - and killed me. 🤣 Thanks for yet another phenomenal video!
I love the fact that he literally just doesn’t care about his safety nearly as much as he does for his cameras, I love nile
"I almost broke my elbow, but thankfully it didn't damage the camera at all" Lol for the content!
@TimTheHumanBeing
4 жыл бұрын
Mike Fish gotta love Nile red
@jasonbritchie
4 жыл бұрын
7:28
@mossy2975
4 жыл бұрын
Carefully, he's a hero
@mj6463
4 жыл бұрын
999 likes!
@toxicgamer2835
4 жыл бұрын
lol he has his priorities
"Worried it would Crack the beaker but didn't cause any problems at all" lol if only he knew
@aerialphotoeutin844
3 жыл бұрын
😂🤣🤣
@morofry
3 жыл бұрын
Yes it's true that the plasma is super hot but somewhat because of this it is also not dense at all, so the energy transfer to the glass surface is likely minimal at best.
@Trithis2077
3 жыл бұрын
@@morofry Turns out it did damage some of the beakers but since he didn't know which ones he had used for this experiment, he had to sacrifice them all. There's a pretty fun video of him just smashing all his beakers over on NileBlue.
@fuery.
Жыл бұрын
*to be continued*
@spikesandcurles961
Жыл бұрын
ur right
Although as you said this project was a bit different than your usual stuff, This video was, as usual, both entertaining and informative. Thank you for the content that you create, and please don't stop anytime soon.
Thanks for this video! You have saved many of our microwaves from experimenting to see these amazing views, while also helped learning of this phenomenon. Please do more videos like this.
"Don't try this in your own microwave." Got it, will steal the neighbors'
@outside8312
4 жыл бұрын
*borrow
@zenicstraebel1949
4 жыл бұрын
Rooster teeth RT Life and achievement Hunter sent me here
@MmeHyraelle
4 жыл бұрын
Try thief simulator
@treborironwolfe978
4 жыл бұрын
*Neighbor:* "We don't *use* egg products; why does this damn microwave *smell like* metallic eggs all the time?"
@seanspartan2023
4 жыл бұрын
*appropriate
>I nearly broke my elbow >thankfully I didn’t damage the phone much Nile’s priorities are straight
@ThePCguy17
4 жыл бұрын
Elbows grow back. Phones don't.
@SangheiliSpecOp
4 жыл бұрын
@@ThePCguy17 ayyy
@AirNeat
4 жыл бұрын
He said "thankfully *it* didn't damage the *camera* *at all* ", you got 4 words out of this sentence correct, congratulations! (that's 50%)
@SangheiliSpecOp
4 жыл бұрын
@@AirNeat science bitches
@MAGGOT_VOMIT
4 жыл бұрын
*This guy sounds like he has an Injury Notebook that says, "Charlie Babbitt squeezed and pulled and hurt my neck".*
This is really interesting. I think one of the reasons is your approach from a curious perspective. It's fascinating watching someone go through the mental processes, and asking the pertinent questions, and also, not being afraid to acknowledge one's own mistakes, missteps, or misinterpretations. I get the same kind of enjoyments here as I do watching mustie1. Thanks, and subbed.
Nilered: Begins to explain basic stuff. His hands: Enter epileptic parkinson super mode.
"I always heard forks were dangerous to put in the microwave, so I tried those."
@comrademcsalty7676
4 жыл бұрын
Science.
@trollfacegaming1111
4 жыл бұрын
How did it go?
@michael636336
4 жыл бұрын
The forks had to much heat capacity.
@Anklejbiter
3 жыл бұрын
@@trollfacegaming1111 how did what go?
@Anklejbiter
3 жыл бұрын
@Wei Zhao are you okay?
“my first attempt was with forks because i heard it was dangerous to put them in the microwave” nothing can stop this man-
@shadowinza4690
3 жыл бұрын
146 likes and no comments. Together we can change this
@606ZeOceanid
2 жыл бұрын
198 likes and one comment, together we can change this.
@mayflower-emjay
2 жыл бұрын
237 likes and two comments, together we can change this.
@quotablegaming7767
2 жыл бұрын
242 likes and three comments, together we can change this.
@baranorak4080
2 жыл бұрын
256 likes and four comments, together we can stop this
Its pretty cool that you're doing spectral analysis on a microwave, found a surprising result, and then worked hard to resolve it. There is hope for the future of science afterall!
Dude, you had me almost yelling at my phone about the sodium oxide in the glass. I thought that the beaker was one of the main variables that didn't change between each experiment. I've had a number of instances where I was trying to think "what's wrong with how I'm approaching this?" Only to have a friend come up with a solution in 5 seconds, and making me look brain dead 🤦♂️. This was an excellent video either way.
@ThePandaKingFTW
Жыл бұрын
🤓
“I think I also almost broke my elbow, but thankfully, it didn’t damage the camera at all.” Ah, finally, someone who understands my priorities.
@doodlebobascending8505
4 жыл бұрын
This was a strangely worded sentence, my first reaction thought was that he had a camera in his elbow.
@andredelacerdasantos4439
Жыл бұрын
Elbows be recovering on their own, but I've never seen a camera do it.
"However, my biggest concern wasn't really safety" alright codyslab
@heideknight9122
4 жыл бұрын
Or Georg Sprave.
@snipsnip9534
4 жыл бұрын
I read this as Cody slab
@alteringreality348
4 жыл бұрын
@@heideknight9122 or styropyro
@jeffcuyvers1193
4 жыл бұрын
AlteringReality you are on mobile/tablet
@AnnoPoke
4 жыл бұрын
Any relation to Etho Slab?
I once placed a circular fluorescent bulb in our kitchen microwave oven. As expected it illuminated brighter than the usual level. I asked my wife to come take a look. She fled the kitchen. It took a week to convince her the oven is back to normal use only.
@TheFedora-on8dc
3 ай бұрын
OK now that's just funny.
absolutely love your videos! you always pose very interesting questions and your dedication to getting the answers to your own questions is inspiring, also found out that timber is treated with sodium silicate as a preservative, the match sticks themselves more than likely were treated with it also
"My biggest concern wasnt safety." - NileRed, 2019 Somewhere, somehow, Jamie Heyneman is weeping with joy.
@Xartab
4 жыл бұрын
And Cody is laughing.
@LadyLexyStarwatcher
4 жыл бұрын
Mike Row would be proud though. His motto is Safety Second.
@privatetaxcollector1957
4 жыл бұрын
@Fergus McGregor **angry russian sounds**
@alecnolastname4362
4 жыл бұрын
@Fergus McGregor hey did you know that the CrazyRussianHacker not only stole (plagiarism is illegal) a Video but it is an absolutely horrible idea aswell? If you don't Believe me... m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/oKp_mqeJnJi-fMY.html
@NoTraceOfSense
4 жыл бұрын
Science Revolution say sike right now
Dangerous chemicals , no problem Wet floor, almost takes him out
@swordsmancs
4 жыл бұрын
Well, he’s chemist, he knows how to handle dangerous chemicals He ain’t no carpenter
@FZBck
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@Rurumeto
4 жыл бұрын
Dihydrogen monoxide: is also known as hydroxyl acid, and is the major component of acid rain. contributes to the "greenhouse effect". may cause severe burns. contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape. accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals. may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes. has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients. Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used: as an industrial solvent and coolant. in nuclear power plants. in the production of styrofoam. as a fire retardant. in many forms of cruel animal research. in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce remains contaminated by this chemical. as an additive in certain "junk-foods" and other food products.
@ThePandafriend
4 жыл бұрын
@@Rurumeto The problem is that this dangerous chemical is also used for the washing itself.
@szidoniazsigmondbaticzky2848
3 жыл бұрын
@@Rurumeto water H20
Nile, I could feel myself getting depressed. So I took a shower and turned on your video. Its really helping. Thank you so much brother 👍
This looks like the ball lighting I saw once. It stayed more circular but moved and glowed just like this. Too cool.
Late 2000s KZread: Microwave plasma 2019 KZread: Microwave plasma but in HD 60FPS and with a lot more science
@laurenpinschannels
4 жыл бұрын
veritasium, years ago: grape plasma! very old-youtube style (5min 30sec, 2,334,003 views over its six years) veritasium, months ago: hey someone was inspired and did research about grape plasma! here's the answer. (8min 16sec, 7,870,771 views over six months) nilered, this week: have a goddamn half hour high production value experiment log presentation of me actually doing research on microwave plasma (27min 51sec, 471,345 views in the first week)
@hulavux8145
4 жыл бұрын
@@laurenpinschannels content decides i guess?
@brandanimations3790
4 жыл бұрын
KZread in 2020: PLASMA ROCKET LAUNCHERS!!!
@unitedspacepirates9075
4 жыл бұрын
@@brandanimations3790 plasma pumped yag laser rod cuts ring around microwave
thank you for this well-researched video. I had also been interested in this topic but gave up the research (and trial) attempts due to not knowing if the info i found was legit. You certainly know your chemistry, so I believe you know your microwave plasma. Keep up the good work.
i love his storytelling skills, he keeps us invested and asking questions along with him before explaining the true nature of what we’re viewing!
@2complex43
2 жыл бұрын
I like science, dont get me wrong, but for my taste there was too much talking about whether the plasma is from sodium, potassium or whatever. It would be more fun if he focused on maximizing the size of it and measure the temperature temperature of it and maybe try to max it out as well.
@yaseenayoub4561
2 жыл бұрын
@@2complex43 i totally get that, he was pretty insistent on why the color changed.
I started this thinking there was no way I was sitting through a 30 minute video on microwave plasma. I was wrong. This is fascinating and you clearly spent a lot of effort on it - awesome! May your days be full of interesting discoveries.
@NileRed
4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you liked it!
@Theflash9
4 жыл бұрын
Actually I didn't noticed that it is 30 min untill I read your comment
@9000giannis
4 жыл бұрын
@@Theflash9 Same here
@simpledate
4 жыл бұрын
You don't miss much running the videos at 1.5 the speed ;) saves you some time
@weekendle5564
4 жыл бұрын
Same here xD
My dad always gets mad when I borrow his visible light spectrometer...
@ethangoldsmith9332
4 жыл бұрын
Smh, sounds like wimp suace
@isaiahhiggins
4 жыл бұрын
#relatable
@Anvilshock
4 жыл бұрын
My dad always gets mad when I borrow his _invisible_ spectrometer for light, because he can't even tell that it's gone at first.
@2mc29
4 жыл бұрын
my dad has a small growshop, so he actually have a visible light spectrometer. I will definitely borrow it from him to ruin the microwave.
This is one of the prettiest videos I've ever seen. I love all the plasma colors!
@nilered dude I want to say congratulations on doing such a better job at making observations than your peers! I think it’s amazing that the observations you made where quite simple to observe and required minimal scientific knowledge. You didn’t need to have a Dr in front of your name to be able to make these observations and get down to the bottom of them. Personally I did assume that the yellow was from the air or beaker and you did a great job of showing why and measuring it. Also showing that when we saw less yellow in most cases the yellow was not reduced just the other colors had increased! So dude great job! Out of ALL the plasma microwave videos this one was my ABSOLUTE favorite because you did what is taught in middle school! I really feel like so many of my peers are failing at their jobs or life in general because they don’t understand some very simple concepts that they should have learned in middle school. Like making observations or one of the most important things imaginable (correlation doesn’t imply causation). So people like you that get normal people and especially children interested in science are very important to humanities future! People are learning differently! While I learned all the concepts in this video in middle school it must have been because I was interested because my peers and even my brilliant wife do not have a grasp on how to apply this stuff to everyday life in order to improve life and to avoid and solve conflict. You have inspired thousands of people to give this video a thumbs up! Congrat!
You know this man got some courage when he literally drills a hole right in the middle of a red, shiny, glittery danger warning
@lanthan598
2 жыл бұрын
Or a death wish
@alastorlapid2365
11 ай бұрын
@@lanthan598why not both?
@LuisSierra42
6 ай бұрын
It was worth it for science
@cursedfetus8129
4 ай бұрын
for SCIENCE!
@jonnywilson9117
3 ай бұрын
@@lanthan598 He definitely doesn't have a death wish. Other than this, he's far too safe with everything else he does. Some things might look reckless, but great thought and research goes into everything, before he actually does the dangerous thing. But with science and chemicals, pretty much everything is dangerous. We've had advancements in medicine and technology, because of people willing to test dangerous shit in search for answers about how things work.
"...and I DIED when I saw that there was still this massive sodium spike." So relatable.
@mj6463
4 жыл бұрын
111 likes lol
@philip1382
3 жыл бұрын
The thing that was most relatable for me was grasping at straws and googling "air plasma yellow".
Cool video, it actually answered two questions I’ve always had but never had answers for. One regard the spectra of light glow from a burnt match being heated. Another light and sound waves having a correlation. Thanks dude.
Great investigation. So it was simply the sodium from the glass. Very cool. From a chemistry point of view the glass is always inert, but Ben is more of a physics guy. Thanks very much Nile.
"I just bought a new phone for a better shot" I wish I could say that, I really do
@Laxz0r1
4 жыл бұрын
The Great Wolf It's his job, so thats like a business purchase.
@ThePCguy17
4 жыл бұрын
Well it was also because his old phone was cutting his fingers. I think most people would have to find another option at that point, even if it might not be an upgraded phone.
@davidmedford1166
4 жыл бұрын
Then just say it. It doesn't cost any money to say "I just bought a new phone for a better shot." Sorry, I'll be quiet now. Lol
@YounesLayachi
4 жыл бұрын
Except the new phone has the same camera as the old one
@jonathandaniel9644
4 жыл бұрын
I can say i bought one because i broke the previous one.
Yes, I remember the first time I borrowed my dad's visible light spectrometer. It was such a proud moment for him and a real rite of passage for me. My grandfather wept after we told him. It was quite the family moment.
@charlesbaker7703
3 жыл бұрын
Yes! The family that geeks together stays together.
@bigsyrup8567
3 жыл бұрын
Seriously? He wept? What a load of bullshit.
@love2fight205
3 жыл бұрын
@@bigsyrup8567 r/whooosh
@donavanb1534
3 жыл бұрын
@@bigsyrup8567 r/whooosh
@catgoesgaming
3 жыл бұрын
lemme guess that everyone clapped
I commend you for all your efforts, hard work and for your critical thinking! I was delighted with this exciting demonstration of the plasma phenomenon and you application of the scientific method. Well done! You can almost publish a paper with all the experimental results that you have obtained and analized. Which proves that sometimes you dont need a lot of sophisticated instruments to do good science. Keep it going!
12:09 This completely contradicts the hypothesis of the Veritasium video as well as the PNAS paper it's based on. Great job!
I like how his dad has a visible light spectrometer kicking around. Good job!
@JustTayo
2 жыл бұрын
Like it was simply normal for dad to have a Visible Light Spectrometer Lol. It’s funny how he casually said that.
@MattH-wg7ou
Жыл бұрын
That thing is awesome!
@LuisSierra42
6 ай бұрын
Science runs in the family
A company called Robson scientific (first on Google) does quartz "glassware", contains very little of anything other than SiO2 something like 99.995% and they take orders from individuals ! That could definitely handle the heat, pricey though (Edit: there are cheaper sources: e.g. Amazon which seems to source off celscientific)
@comradegarrett1202
4 жыл бұрын
seconding quartz apparatus, extremely high temperature tolerance too
@Bert0ld0
4 жыл бұрын
Whoa, great find! We've got something here
@terriplays1726
4 жыл бұрын
I guess 4-figure prices per unit?
@AngDavies
4 жыл бұрын
@@terriplays1726 for a 500ml flask from the high purity hand crafted place I think it was $134, with the cheaper stuff from Amazon etc being about half that? A lot, but you typically only need 1 and just put it inside another thing
@MrAidanFrancis
4 жыл бұрын
He shows at the end that he did try quartz
The one rule our parents taught was to never put foil in the microwave and this man has done what they warned us not to
First time watching NileRed on my desktop, and I have to say, his gaze is waaaaay to intense for this format.
"And I died" NileRed - 2019
@r.b_7875
4 жыл бұрын
Thomas Youssef I was gonna comment this lmaoo
@neodintchly
4 жыл бұрын
He's got a clone made from his own shit
@diamondbrony8550
4 жыл бұрын
SHIET
@U014B
Ай бұрын
RIP in Peace Riley Ned before 2019 - 2019 Died of spikey sodium
NileRed: "almost broke my elbow .... but thankfully the camera was ok".
@ImaginationToForm
4 жыл бұрын
A smart person would have stopped then. What these tubers do for ratings, LUL.
@QPUNeptune
4 жыл бұрын
Priorities
@rentaspoon219
4 жыл бұрын
Sometimes you have to make sacrifices for science
@sardonicsardonyx359
4 жыл бұрын
@@ImaginationToForm But then we wouldn't have gotten this video.
Im think im gonna do this for my science project thx for the idea and for the explanation it was really clear and im gonna check all the other channel you mention for more detail
I am surprised that you didn't think of the glass! You have done some glasswork, you must have seen the distinct sodium orange? Excellent video, as always 👍
Convenient, completely inert, and made of SODIUM SILICATES Nile.
@umbrakinesis2011
4 жыл бұрын
I was mentally screaming this every time he failed to determine the source of the yellow color, and was really hoping he wouldn't end the experiment without realizing this. I'm glad he figured it out in the end though and confirmed my suspicions.
@safaiaryu12
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I know nothing about the chemical compositions of things, but when he said it had to be something that was the same every time, I was like, "Oh, the beaker?" And it took ages for him to figure it out after that. But we all miss dumb things sometimes...
@SnowblindOtter
4 жыл бұрын
@@safaiaryu12 Borosilicate glass is actually a very large chunk Sodium by weight. The two main ingredients in making it are Sand and Boron(AKA sodium borate). A lot of people don't realize this. Somebody else had commented something about how they didn't think there would be any sodium in the glass, but they deleted it apparently. Must have googled what borosilicate glass was made of lol.
@moki2093
4 жыл бұрын
@@SnowblindOtter sand is quartz tho And quartz is made of silicon dioxide Edit : quartz is made of silicon and oxygen atoms***
@SnowblindOtter
4 жыл бұрын
@@moki2093 Yes, and the main component of Borosilicate glass is Borax. Borax is made of Sodium and Boron atoms.
I love how he narrated that little part of him slipping as if it was a narration for a quantum physics documentary
One thing this video showed me is how important collaboration is. Sometimes you just can't see what others can
@NeilRed: the weired "electric" sound comes as the magnetron itself is pumped by the flank occuring every half-wave from your 60 Herz sinusoidal mains. The effect can be also heared in the transformer hum. The same effect appears everytime when you are making electrical arcs directly driven by a transformer from the mains. In many electric-arc videos on youtube the arc is driven by A high frequency flyback converter what you then clearly can hear in the weird high frequency PWM sound what also can be heared directly in the characteristic coil whine of switched mode power supplies.
“My first attempt was with forks, because I was always told it was really dangerous to put them in the microwaves” “It didn’t end up working very well”
Your dad just had a visible light spectrometer laying around? Your dad's cooler than my dad 😂
@Archiekunst
4 жыл бұрын
@@RyanGaryLeTomo Ouch! Sorry.
@Aconitum_napellus
4 жыл бұрын
@@RyanGaryLeTomo You don't need a cool dad, you're so cool yourself! You're awesome.
@1997adnan
4 жыл бұрын
@@RyanGaryLeTomo F
@cutiemary
4 жыл бұрын
@@RyanGaryLeTomo F
@S.ASmith
4 жыл бұрын
@@RyanGaryLeTomo OOF..... I know many people aged 25 and under with that experience. There's still plenty of people you can look up to in life & it's something you can learn from as well, helping make you a much better person than your dad seemed to have been... Sucks when a parent just ups and leaves or passes away.
i did this at home, worked like a charm! the plasma was very good looking and since i used some sort of kitchen measuring cup and not a beaker i did not get a yellow flame most of the time but a very vivid red one
@shockwave5012
Жыл бұрын
Is this safe to do at home? I really want to try it on an old microwave but I’m scared it might blow up or something 😅
Great video and wonderful demonstration of the scientific method!!
1:51 The seriousness in his face while he says "I also thought that it was just a decent excuse to just have fun and play around with plasma"
@blissfulnirvana1137
Жыл бұрын
Haha, brilliant isn’t it? 🤣🤣
I think the real highlight of this video was being able to watch an egg actually sweat at 26:41 - like Jesus Nile what did you tell it that made it so nervous
@toku7319
3 жыл бұрын
If you scream at them long enough then they'll sweat.
@tuser8
3 жыл бұрын
If you scream at them too loudly they’ll explode, an important balance to keep
@unrelatedK
3 жыл бұрын
condensation?
Fun fact: the plasma did in fact break every single one of those beakers. Typical Nigel.
I was just watching the Veritasium video you mentioned and got curios about the fireball. What a legend for already having done a video on it ☠
Out of curiosity, what does your dad do? A visible light spectrometer isn't exactly a piece of standard kit like a multimeter.
@TheKnaeckebrot
4 жыл бұрын
maybe just a hobby-astronomer? :)
@drrrrockzo
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheKnaeckebrot I'm not an astronomical hobbyist...are they common in the hobby? I suppose a professional or advanced hobbyist photographer could also use one. I work with high-end LED lighting, we have one to qualify new products but I had never seen one before I started in my current industry.
@-Burb
4 жыл бұрын
dr.rockzo Yeah a lot of people in astronomy have one because using it you can see what the stars you’re looking at are made of.
@THEinSEnDeaieri
4 жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, he talks about that in the video documenting his move to the new laboratory.
@drrrrockzo
4 жыл бұрын
@@-Burb I knew you could do that with a observatory sized telescope, but it never occurred to me that you could do it at home...thats pretty damn impressive.
"However, my biggest concern wasn't safety" is the most badass line I've heard on a science channel
@KirbzYyY
4 жыл бұрын
I believe you would enjoy Cody's Lab in that case, where safety is a foreign term
@martinloh5553
4 жыл бұрын
@@KirbzYyY long time sub of his, he almost died in his last video lol
@frankzaffuto3670
4 жыл бұрын
@@martinloh5553 the coyotes?
@rrkred3561
4 жыл бұрын
@@frankzaffuto3670 yup i guess. he really needs a stun buton or some real strong pepper spray. bear spray maybe
@rjwaters3
4 жыл бұрын
wouldnt have helped him, he left everything he was carrying inside his car which was the problem.
very nice work there you sure put alot into your plasma experiments , you have the makings for a future plasma canon and propulsion system , now try putting a powerful neodymium magnet against the front door of the microwave when you have your plasma going see if it deflects it more or moves it in any way
When researchers analyse liquid samples with mass spectrometry, Na adducts are regularly seen in data due to sample being held in glass sample vial. Lol I was happily guessing Glass as Na source and so happy when tested here. Excellent science videos, I will be suggesting these to my students at the University of Strathclyde :)
"And it also made a characteristic sound" MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
@Mockingbird-sg8vv
3 жыл бұрын
Omg I'm dying with this thing ahahahahahahahha
"..and I died when I saw that there was still this massive sodium spike. Now at this point, I was dead"
@daveslamjam
11 ай бұрын
i laughed so hard when he said he died so dramatically
I have now learned that keeping my smartphone safe is more important than keeping my elbow safe. Thanks for the advice Nile!
Scary stuff @NileRed making me think about Maui fires
Now imagine a collaboration with SloMo Guys. Plasma at 1000000 fps.
@Jrny32
4 жыл бұрын
120hz
@TheFrontyer
4 жыл бұрын
Would be hard getting a good shot of it tho.
@DarlockAhe
4 жыл бұрын
I'm sure they can ask HTME guys and build a microwave or something. Though it will probably take 10-20 years till we get this video. xD
@markp8295
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheFrontyer Maybe easier with their new probe lens.
@finnthewastebin1503
4 жыл бұрын
Darlock Ahe all hail Jen our lord and saviour
I made a simple "supercharging" method for an old microwave once.. Simply distancing the tempsensor on the magnetron alittle makes the time needed to heat things decrease alot. Can also make the microwave set itself on fire. I have a new microwave now.
@Kenionatus
Жыл бұрын
Pro unalive tip right here.
@sabrinaleedance
Жыл бұрын
I hear that "dumb ways to die" sound in the distance😅
@mynamejef7963
Жыл бұрын
Almost an Icarus moment lol
@marcospelaez5970
7 ай бұрын
Insane there’s a part called a magnetron in a microwave
@jblob5764
6 ай бұрын
@@marcospelaez5970more crazy is that every single microwave brand is made by one company
This friggin guy is one of my favorites! Great technique 👌🏼
One of the things I like most about you is the way you share all your successes as well as failures, no matter how they may make you look. (we're all human and make mistakes). Anyway point is you take us along for the whole ride from start to finish, all speed bumps included. And thank you for that
"I stopped the beaker from rotating to get a better shot" "it turns out rotation was nessacary, which I expected to be the case" Sure Nilered. Sure you did.
Your videos are really entertaining and relaxing to watch. good work, keep it up!
@fabri___1883
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah his voice is so rellasing..
@fabri___1883
4 жыл бұрын
Relaxing *
@treborironwolfe978
4 жыл бұрын
Does anyone else find their own hobbies a bit "blah" after watching these videos? ;)
@Aconitum_napellus
4 жыл бұрын
@@treborironwolfe978 My only real hobby is shooting things.
@fabri___1883
4 жыл бұрын
@@Aconitum_napellus wtf ?lol 🤣🤣
I saw the video about the broken beakers ages ago and didnt realize it was from this channel lol i only started watching regularly recently
Literally the bane of science life - "sometime last year i started getting really interested in..." haha, i love it
12:30 "I borrowed this thing from my dad!" WHY IS YOUR DAD SO COOL?
@AdricM
4 жыл бұрын
probably a factor in why Nile is as well.
@TomatoBreadOrgasm
4 жыл бұрын
"Yo Dad can I have some scientific apparatus you just happen to have lying around?"
@NA-yq4pe
4 жыл бұрын
@@TomatoBreadOrgasm maybe his dead is a chemist or something
@TomatoBreadOrgasm
4 жыл бұрын
@@NA-yq4pe Yeah, maybe. I know my kids, once I have some, will be able to ask for the same.
@Xnoob545
4 жыл бұрын
@@NA-yq4pe his dead?
finally, the triumphant return of "Is It A Good Idea To Microwave This?"
@bsibbs2667
2 жыл бұрын
Nobody likes roasted nuts
@DawnAfternoon
2 жыл бұрын
Ventilation is key
@bradynationhayes8562
Жыл бұрын
Safety is our first concern.
Cool but I feel like I'm at least a little more blind now
You know this could be a great chemistry class lesson Lol teaching that chemistry glass can react with somethings and you should always account for the glass if you get stuck with everything else lol
Taras: “Safety is number one priority “ NileRed: “Safety wasn’t really my main priority “ LOL 😂
@Mr.LaughingDuck
4 жыл бұрын
He's like a character straight from xkcd
@InTimeTraveller
4 жыл бұрын
Oh come on, drilling a small hole in the microwave and attaching a camera to it is hardly a safety issue. Worst case you damage your phone. The microwaves are WAY bigger than that hole.
@monad_tcp
4 жыл бұрын
Bit, please, microwaves are very safe, (grinds and sniffs the beryllium)
“And I DIEEED when there was still that big sodium spike” when dat science not adding up
@teefpowder9770
4 жыл бұрын
Science always adds up, it's the theory that doesn't.
@Patchess
4 жыл бұрын
@@teefpowder9770 if science always adds up, explain how my dog is flying
@flashdetonate
4 жыл бұрын
@@Patchess that is a flamingo. leave it alone patchess
@logangraham2956
4 жыл бұрын
1+1=sodium . wait what? XD
@deangraves7462
4 жыл бұрын
I immediately knew it was the glass in the beakers. It was the only common thing he never consider.
oh boy, what lovely beakers. They seem very good quality and suck must be expensive to withstand so many chemical experiments
Very interesting video! Plasma is an amazing phenomena.