A gram of decaborane is like what, $50? That's one hell of an expensive explosive!

@ChemicalForce

5 ай бұрын

Yes, it turned out to be a very expensive video; I hope KZread doesn’t ban it. 😬

@PixelatedPuzzlements

5 ай бұрын

@@ChemicalForce please generate a VIMEO or similar backup for spicy vids

@Tapajoss

5 ай бұрын

@@PixelatedPuzzlementswhat the fuck

@sprolyborn2554

5 ай бұрын

@@Tapajoss ?

@stevengill1736

5 ай бұрын

You can make awesome flash powders with amorphous elemental boron too, but yes, very costly ones! I was given a few hundred grams years ago and substituted it for aluminum in the usual flash powder mix - high energy stuff.

I worked with a similar reaction during my Ph.D. work and I'm glad to see such a reaction featured here! This type of reaction is called a hypergolic volumetric explosion. Damp ammonium perchlorate with lithium powder or sodium borohydride with >70% H2O2 will do the same thing! Stay safe with these!

@stevengill1736

5 ай бұрын

Like the old KCl03 solution/red P4, yes.....(some friends and I were mixing those underwater and accidentally crushed some chlorate crystals against the phosphorus - it actually ignited underwater! Not a happy moment. Fortunately no injuries.) There's a class of high energy materials called Sprengel (or binary) explosives that utilize this effect. Kinepack is an example that's used commercially by geologists, miners, etc.

@jesseparrish1993

5 ай бұрын

Same mechanism with the borohydride and RFNA I reckon.

@erikbongnilsson246

5 ай бұрын

Wow interesting, do you have any estimation of the reaction velocity? I'm so curious how it compares to other explosives like tannerite, tnt, c4. It's hard to judge for me since you very seldom sees videos blowing those explosives out in this small quantities. And what about compared to the that reaction you worked with during your Ph.D?

@ogedeh

5 ай бұрын

I have a question, I can't stop eating scented candles.

@TKTrooper

5 ай бұрын

You call it a “hypergolic volumetric explosion”, where I’m from we have a similar description for this reaction. We call it cool as shit, or the how much can I set off before the authorities come knocking reaction ?

6:30 not only does ChemicalForce have unlimited amounts of all stuff imaginable regardless of the cost, he is also testing his newest invention: imortal flies.

@WeebRemover4500

5 ай бұрын

thats impresive, the water in the peach would serve to direct the shockwave up onto the fly but it still seemed untouched

@dedec9697

5 ай бұрын

@@WeebRemover4500 Flies are stronger than you think

@RCAvhstape

5 ай бұрын

Pretty sure that fly was dead and just moving past by inertia.

@maolcogi

5 ай бұрын

@@RCAvhstape sadly this cannot be the canon of the lore in this instance, as wings don't continue flapping by inertia alone. :(

@karsan6018

5 ай бұрын

Flies take some time before realizing they are dead 😂

It's awesome seeing that metal bowl shatter, rather than just deform and rip. Really cool reaction!

@poppedweasel

5 ай бұрын

Quick question. How is your comment 14 hours old and this vid has only been uploaded for an hour?

@ChemicalForce

5 ай бұрын

@@poppedweasel Welcome to my Patreon 😎

@GregBadabinski

5 ай бұрын

@@poppedweasel The video came out a bit earlier on Patreon. I'm a member over there so I saw it before it was generally available on KZread.

@erikbongnilsson246

5 ай бұрын

These questions is from watching the first video with boranes, Were you expecting a detonation or were you chocked and unprepared, and what happened to your hearing? That must have been deafening? Was it you in the foreground that jumped when it exploded or something falling because of the powerful chockwave? It would be very interesting if this experiment could be done with a phantom or chronos typ camera so that we could calculate the reaction velocity. This looks like it could well be in the neighborhood of some high explosives especially since it looked like you were only using perhaps 500mg. Do you think the exothermic reaction before the explosive reaction gets hot enough that it would aid the ability to punch a hole through the metal so much that it makes the force less impressive, or is it just a few hundred degrees and probably would have punched a hole no matter if it was heated up or not? Thank you for great videos! What an amazing reaction!@@ChemicalForce

@poppedweasel

5 ай бұрын

Perhaps soon. @@ChemicalForce

Two things I would love to see with this reaction.... 1) Collab with slow mo guys. 2) the reaction on different thicknesses/types of metal. Copper, steel, etc.

@tiborvarga5391

5 ай бұрын

Collab with explosions&fire

@The.Drunk-Koala

5 ай бұрын

He had slow motion in this video. The explosion is too quick even for a 250,000 fps camera

@sakesaurus1706

5 ай бұрын

I'd like Slow mo guys to film a fly getting shot out of the air with a powerful explosion, zoom in on it and everything. It's probably hard tho

@kendallbelles42

5 ай бұрын

I only regret that I can only like this comment once.

@leocurious9919

5 ай бұрын

@@The.Drunk-Koala They (and others) can film detonating cord going off at >6 km/s, they will have no big problem with this.

That is 100% a supersonic detonation. I wonder if the reaction produces some kind of super sensitive explosive that builds up until it spontaneously detonates.

@reneceulemans

5 ай бұрын

Yea, probably highly nitrated decaboranes. Gonna check this….

@Gin-toki

5 ай бұрын

That's the definition of a detonation. The shockwave propagates at supersonic speed. Otherwise it would be an explosion or deflagration.

@VeilofStars-yp3ey

5 ай бұрын

It might just be a deflagration that turns into a detonation, like what happens when a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen is ignited. Then again, depending on what intermediate reaction products are formed, the distinction might not be all that clear-cut. . . .

@mduckernz

5 ай бұрын

@@VeilofStars-yp3eyPretty much all primary explosives also have this behaviour, though. It’s called the deflagration to detonation transition (DDT, not that other DDT heh) time. Most useful primaries will have this in the low milliseconds, some are incredibly low however, like microseconds; IIRC lead azide is a example of one like this

@akkudakkupl

5 ай бұрын

It's a hypergolic reaction.

The burnning decaborane with LOX has got to be the single most beautiful chemistry camera shot I've ever seen!

The explosive expansion is in the order of high velocity explosives, its extremely energetic

I used decaborane a lot for my degree thesis. If only I had known it could be this much fun!

@josephnevin

5 ай бұрын

Then you wouldn't have much left for your thesis 😅

I feel like, as the Chemical Force reaction, you should do a further deep dive explaining the chemistry behind why this is such an impressive explosive combination. I definitely agree this was pretty spectacular!

A buddy of mine used to use decaborane reactions to launch potatoes out of tubes. He worked for a sketchy chem lab that produced it for cancer treatments and stole a snapple bottle full of it. Ironically died of cancer last year. He was an awesome dude.

That is truly terrifying. I'll say one thing... I did not respect nitric acid enough in grad school, and it nearly killed me. The two experiments here that really show the power of this reaction are the metal tin and the block of wood. Such a small mass of UNCONTAINED material creating enough force to shred that metal and force a huge wood slab down hard enough to crack your table? Damn.

@waynesmallwood6027

2 ай бұрын

Not packing. Makes me wonder what the velocity is.

JDClark noted in the part of 'Ignition!" dedicated to boranes: * Dick Holzmann was at ARPA at the time, and it is due to him that all this chemistry is available, and not buried forever in the files of the contractors and the services. He had all the information collected, heckled Ronald Hughes, Ivan Smith, and Ed Lawless of Midwest Research Institute into putting it together in one volume, and finally edited "Production of the Boranes and Related Research", which was published by Academic Press in 1967.

I think I know what Explosions And Fire's next video is going to be about 😃😅 This is SERIOUSLY impressive and cool, so energetic! I'm really curious about the volume of gas generation. Isn't Decoborane really expensive?

@JaakkoF

5 ай бұрын

Yellow chem bad, so not going to be his favorite

@gohunt001-5

5 ай бұрын

Another comment said that a gram of decaborane is like $50, so yes, quite expensive!

@TheFalseJared

5 ай бұрын

Might be a bit out of toms price range lmao. ChemicalForce seems to have infinite money

@superthe

3 ай бұрын

just give E&F 5 years and some teeth whitening agents, he'll get there eventually

My day wasn't going very well, until I hopped on KZread and saw this. Thanks for brightening my day.

@maybearkamaybenot11

3 ай бұрын

I hope you are doing better now

That was probably the coolest Reaction chemistry Reaction Video i have seen in 2 years. Thank you for having always well made content

That was awesome. That is one heck of an explosion and must be releasing a lot of energy. Our boy Tom at Explosions and Fire mentioned that an explosive does well putting holes in pieces of thin aluminium. That stuff you mixed put a massive hole in a steel dish!

@nathanieljames7462

5 ай бұрын

I believe Tom's "crude estimate of detonation velocity" was to observe the size of the holes in the backside of the can left by the shattered frontside. Smaller holes = higher fragmentation and therefor higher detonation velocity Stacking a 2 steel bowls like an orb with a sleet plate between them might accomplish a similar demonstration of detonation velocity while keeping the all-steel-kitchenware theme

@Sniperboy5551

5 ай бұрын

@nathanieljames7462 Ah, the good old “can test.” I hope Tom makes a video on this particular reaction!

@icandreamstream

5 ай бұрын

Tom is also using wayyyy less explosives in testing than the reagents used here.

1:08 - All I can think of is that bit from Dexter's Lab: "MY HAIR IS ON FIRE! MY HAIR IS ON FIRE! MY HAIR IS ON FIRE!"

I spent over 40 years in laboratories and never used this mixture! Thank goodness. I enjoyed the video. Thank you.

Never in my life I ever saw clear fuming nitric acid

2:32 OMG that's the infamous prawn flamethrower from the movie District 9 🤯

Thanks for your efforts Felix, always entertaining and informative.

Not only did you discover this chemical force reaction, but also the ultimate heavy snare-drum sound! Great video as always!

Definitely one of the most powerful reactions I’ve ever seen

I love that you've discovered something pretty cool. I also love that you call it Chemical Force! You're a pretty cool guy, Felicks! Really awesome! 😊 P.S. You are so sweet to spend a good amount of money on a video to entertain us!

@ChemicalForce

5 ай бұрын

While many people come to KZread to make money I come to spend it 😂

Best chemistry channel ever🙏❤ Amazing quality , perfect slow motion and dramatic music❤ Thank you👍

Thanks for making a video about this chemical reaction! When I saw the first video I wanted to see more! This video was so cool!

I have to say this is my favourite video u have ever made!!! I love EMs and Decaborane mixes are extreamly powerful HEs. The higer the Nitrogen content the more powerful it is. Sadly most mixes are very sensitive or even self-detonate like this one u showed. A very promising mix is the mixture of NH4N3O4(Ammoniumdinitramid) and Decaborane it is insanly powerful probably the best EM I have ever tested. If u want u can test it its a primary with Vod of prob 8-10km/s.

@MasterBlaster3545

5 ай бұрын

No the mini nuclear bomb is the best.

@mduckernz

5 ай бұрын

That would be a detonation velocity exceeding even azidotetrazoles. I am… skeptical

@HighEnergeticEnthusiast

5 ай бұрын

​@@mduckernz It is better than Tetrazoles.

@Paonporteur

5 ай бұрын

Has anybody tried hydrazine azide?

@jasonsolomon5407

5 ай бұрын

Hey man. You have discord? Always like to talk about excotic EMs What is the sensitivity like compared to SADS?

This is extremely energetic. Wow.

Holy cow...I'm impressed that some of these reactions were so powerful they broke your tables! Thanks for making stuff blow up for us!

Wow, after you blew the Watermelon up, you could see its soul on its way to Heaven.

Luckiest fly in the world going over the peach. 😋🤓

Wow! Impressive damage inflicted on that metal bowl. So interesting too is the delayed reaction. Did you have any idea just how energetic this reaction would be before you tried it? That delay probably saved your fingers.

Absolutely outstanding cinematic footage, just as usual!

Feliks is back! Great to see your videos again. Missed your content very much. Chemicalforce is the best!

This reaction should be done in low temps, I think activation heat is required so cooling the compound might stabilize it

@jacobkudrowich

5 ай бұрын

That is exactly what I thought. I bet there is sodium decaborane nitrate or something like that forming and having a runaway reaction leading to detonation.

@michaelmichalski4588

5 ай бұрын

Stabilizing it could be even more dangerous. There are things where a tablespoon of it will take your hand off.

@fireandcopper

5 ай бұрын

@@michaelmichalski4588 generally when I work with volitile compounds I don't hold them in my palm, I use a 4 ft. chicken stick, the stick is sacrificial, I don't want to be known as "3 finger joe"

You need to collaborate with SloMo Guys for this reaction

Dude. Your content is top notch, finely polished material. Thanks!

That reaction with liquid oxygen produced an amazing green flame! Started needing out a bit. The later explosive reactions were incredible. You can really get a feel with that percussive force.

6:07 is a recreation of what would happen if I put this mixture up my… well… you know

That fly at 6:28 must have a huge heart attack. Incredible lucky to survive that 😂 🦟

At 8:16 there happened a clear and serious case of melon cruelty.

that's amazing! the reaction is not unlike a firearm discharging, without any need for pressurized confined space for the reaction to occur. You may have something special here. cant wait to see more!

I just LOVE your love of Decaborane! ❤

I was about to comment: If you don't do a watermelon, then the spirit of Gallagher (RIP 🍉🔨) will come back and haunt you. So glad that you did not disappoint!! Amazing video, as always. This is top-tier KZread chemistry content. Please keep them coming!

I wanna see what happens if you scale it up by like 10. But that would be very expensive.

8:30 well thats one way to make seedless watermellon

Outstanding. My inner sketchy kid is wanting an additional wing in my shop with some new equipment and chem lockers stocked by you sir.

Looks like it could be a chemical initiator for other explosives like TNT. I wonder if this has been tried yet.

@_thisnameistaken

5 ай бұрын

I believe that boranes were generally phased out for most industrial and commercial use because they are expensive and are horrible for the environment.

@Kirillissimus

5 ай бұрын

That is very unlikely because the need to handle pure HNO3 is already enough to make it unsuitable for any commercial or general military use. Good stuff must be completely sealed and stable for decades until you either heat it up or hit it really hard. Mixing stuff up manually inevitably creates mess and unreliability. Mixing dangerous and corrosive stuff creates dangerous and corrosive mess and causes accidents. Noone wants that.

@mduckernz

5 ай бұрын

@@_thisnameistakenYup, and there is a recent push for non toxic primaries (in particular to phase out use of lead azide) so this is very much the wrong direction lol Putting aside it’s impracticality for use haha. That said it would be very interesting and possibly also useful theoretically to know the mechanism for how it works, in case it may be useful for something else!

@christopherleubner6633

5 ай бұрын

Yup that would definitely set off almost any HE to be sure. A small spoonful of it did damage worse than a number 8 blasting cap. Also the Vdet was extremely high for it to shatter a steel bowl like that. At 50 bucks a gram though it would be really spendy compared to a typical cap.😂

@Derederi

5 ай бұрын

It looks strong enough to rip atoms apart should it be concentrated.

Just discovered your channel. Fun stuff & great presentation. Will be watching more. You seriously should consider doing a collaboration with the Slo-mo guys. They'd be able to slow these reactions down to millionths of a second so you could see more detail.

@ChemicalForce

5 ай бұрын

You've missed a lot over all these years! 😀

You're insane to mess with this stuff. That's a compliment. Subscribed

Офигительная реакция, офигенное видео, респект человеку делающее это. Я когда пацаном был , слегка увлекался химией, выращивание кристалов , выделение и концентрация запахов из цветов и конечно взрывоопасные смеси. Я баловался азидом йода, сухие кристалы взрывались от любого прикосновения, скорость взрыва тоже очень высока , но смесь предложенная в видео - просто бомба, красотища обалденная.👍

Welp, glad I saw this video before it inevitably gets taken down. That's absurdly powerful.

Could you perhaps isolate the compound responsible by keeping it really cold?

I've never seen this before. Amazing! It's almost unreal. Thank you for the entertainment!

Adding that to the list of chemicals I don't want to go anywhere near. Thanks for doing these so we don't have to. Please stay safe!

Well I Bet That Smells Nice🤣- 1:15

1:26 i can smell this video,,, barf

these reactions are so beautiful.

Congrats on the discovery!!!

6:25 my ass the next morning after taco bell.

please be careful with this man, I'm seeing widely varying times between mixture and detonation, it appears that when the db is in a column, like in the baseball, it detonates much faster. also, i would be very interested to see the reaction mixing with something that has been nitrated or is otherwise in solid/powder form, but still highly acidic, as opposed to the liquid acid.

@hevado01

5 ай бұрын

Could the acid burning the fibres of the ball (large surface) cause the faster process

@ray32245mv

5 ай бұрын

@@hevado01possibly, and i'm only familiar with basic explosives/nitration like ETN, etc. to my eyes, it seems like the DB is being nitrated, but also heated to it's boiling point by the nitration causing it to detonate. ETN i know will detonate at boiling point. (NEVER melt that with a torch, always with a hot plate at controlled temp) if burning fibers in the ball are adding additional heat causing boiling faster, that may very well be the case. but i think having the DB in a column will also increase the speed at which it reaches boiling temp.

Wow nice job! Loved seeing different objects. Subscribed! 👍

blowing up shit ... my new favorite channel thx for your work

I challenge you to make benzene from acetone(hint: use aldol condensation

Great to end the year with a bang. Thanks for all your wonderful videos.😊 P.S. glad the fly survived.

Woah that is terrifying and cool at the same time... Great Video! :)

Sin lugar a dudas el mejor contenido de química que se puede encontrar en la web está en este canal , he visto todos tus vídeos y esté en particular ha superado todas mis espectativas ... Saludos desde Cuba

@dgpsartscrafts

5 ай бұрын

Videos así hacen que la química sea interesante

This is better than watching the press channel

Chemistry is so cool. These videos make me want to go back and re learn my forgotten chemistry.

🤯 I'm impressed. That's some serious velocity.

1:52 wow that’s beautiful

Interesting display of chemical reactions.

This experiment was very excited to watch And I was very surprised on how precise it was On that can

Truly magnificent video. Awesome. Impressive. Well done.

5:58 the thing I thought about when you did that scared me

Your uploads make my day. Every time

It's so awesome to see the destructive power of raw chemicals. It's so fascinating.

0:40 Fuming nitric acid is pretty destructive on its own anyway. To say its really nasty would be an understatement.

The 5:00 clip makes me want to name it "The Chemical Karate Chop" ! Incredible work.

Very well made video. Thanks for sharing your hard earned knowledge with me. 😊

Ok those two chemicals were impressive, very impressive...

Looking forward to do such a nice card trick for Christmas diner. I'm sure my Mother-in-law will be blown away !

Wow! That was incredible!

2:50 Ok, that is sick.

That first reaction actually got a "Holy shit." From me. That is insane for such a small amount of undirected explosives

Your camera work is fantastic. Truly miles above most youtubers.

thats crazy powerful, i enjoyed that

Best card trick I've seen!

One of the best card tricks, no hands needed!

That's so interesting and cool!

This blew me away.

Thank you for shortening your lifespan to amuse us.

Beautiful (and terrifying) chemistry

Amazing content at always!

Amazing Stuff!

This is insane. I didnt knew there were such chemicals that can generate enourmous of energy even in tiny amounts. What's also impressive is the fact that how that explosive energy is concentrated in one particular direction.

@mduckernz

5 ай бұрын

This is very typical of a primary explosive. An amount as small as 50mg of lead azide can punch a neat hole through (thin) metal plate, for example They do this by generating enormous localised pressures, in the tens of gigapascals.

@jannikheidemann3805

4 ай бұрын

The energy release by the chemicals is not directional. Thier surounding is what gives them direction.

thanks for the video man :)

I thought youtube didn't like this kind of content yet it was recommended to me. Very good video

What is the name of the materials?