I don't think I've watched a single video of yours that I didn't like, and I've watched almost every single one. So thank you for keeping me entertained with the wonders of chemistry!

@kevinyuan5343

3 жыл бұрын

Bobby! What are YOU doing here?!??? Btw I'm a BIGGG fan of urs

@davidlarroya

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinyuan5343 ok

@kevinyuan5343

3 жыл бұрын

@Ava Conroy OMG YESSSSS HOW DID I NOT THINK IF THAT?!?!?!!!

@davidlarroya

3 жыл бұрын

@Ava Conroy *wewd*

@dogeggs3961

3 жыл бұрын

Wewd

I love how he’s like “if you have any idea on how to solve this problem put it in the comments”. Idk about you but I came here to enjoy a man work science beyond what I can understand

@justarandomsadperson

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder why don't you have more likes your comment is actually funnier then the rest..😂

@lasagnahog7695

3 жыл бұрын

I wandered down here to see if anyone had a suggestion. Nope.

@kyon-kyon-

3 жыл бұрын

i actually think it’s pretty neat that nile asks for his viewers’ ideas. goes to show he doesn’t think he knows better than everyone

@-Solidwater

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyon-kyon- The thing is that he knows better than most of us.

@mrgreen3028

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyon-kyon- its to generate comment traffic.

I love how he does it like a tutorial, even tho most likely none of us have the knowledge or supplies to do this correctly

@oliverkibbe860

2 жыл бұрын

you remember how you had to explain the process in lab reports?

@oiytd5wugho

Жыл бұрын

more like lab reports sound like tutorials

@cbtillery135

Жыл бұрын

​@@oliverkibbe860 I'm pretty sure most of NileRed's viewers haven't even gotten to a high school level of chemistry, and I never had to write a single lab report in a chemistry class.

@some69person

8 ай бұрын

Supplies lol, its just paper, concentrated vinegar and drain cleaner

@EmeraldForester777

7 ай бұрын

@@cbtillery135that's why he's the professional chemist and you are not

Grocery store: "Paper or plastic?" NileRed: "Hold my 80% acetic acid"

@2peoples785

9 ай бұрын

Ha

@haripushparangoli

2 ай бұрын

Ha

Great, *now let’s do that backwards*

@tovunguyentrang07

4 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I'm thinking

@watema3381

4 жыл бұрын

you two have *big brains*

@watema3381

4 жыл бұрын

respecc

@jackwilson2634

3 жыл бұрын

Yas

@MRFLY513

3 жыл бұрын

ಠ_ʖಠ

I just got 10 brain cells by watching this.

@capncrunchgaming5613

5 жыл бұрын

@@danielliu2382 damn, you really just killed him like that, didn't you?

@zhianxu7992

5 жыл бұрын

I think I lost ten...

@1.4142

5 жыл бұрын

ERROR: SYNTAX divide by 0 calculator.exe has stopped working.

@sleepyghostisme7558

4 жыл бұрын

Wait wait wait. Jesus was just here, where did he go?

@stevenwhite3.1415

4 жыл бұрын

So now you have 10 total?

Next video: turning water into wine

@unitedspacepirates9075

3 жыл бұрын

Wine to water, with special filtration systems

@baguette9758

3 жыл бұрын

chemist jesus

@alexandragatto

3 жыл бұрын

When you think about it ALL vintners turn water (+ grapes) into wine

@JJRage420

3 жыл бұрын

Watch "toilet paper into moon shine"🤣🤣🤣

@OtavioFesoares

Жыл бұрын

Juat add grapes and yeast

this guy makes the best videos to fall asleep too bc his voice is so pleasant and he won’t wake you up with random loud noises

@Moritz___

Жыл бұрын

*hammer hits*

@hakimskikdy

11 ай бұрын

I thought I was the only one sleeping to chemistry videos

@Atetrigrams

8 ай бұрын

@@Moritz___But that’s usually Nileblue

@redwithblue_dex

4 ай бұрын

And the way he pronounces is kinda cute ngl.

@janetmendoza8861

2 ай бұрын

In high school I used to fall asleep in my chemistry class…now I can relive it…but I enjoy it…love your videos Nigel ❤

*Everyone Else:* we need to be able to break down plastics *NileRed:* Turning Paper to Plastic

@CarThings

4 жыл бұрын

AntonMacG 😂

@duskycotw8404

4 жыл бұрын

you drink water?

@ant0n-yt

4 жыл бұрын

@@duskycotw8404 never have, never will. why?

@duskycotw8404

4 жыл бұрын

@@ant0n-yt idk its just ive always questioned what water is and if people in the old days had it and if they did how di d they filter it?

@ant0n-yt

4 жыл бұрын

@@duskycotw8404 they probably filtered it through their socks

“So just to be safe, I transferred it to a much larger container.” HE LEARNS!!! 🙌👏🙌👏

@sohamsengupta6470

4 жыл бұрын

This was the exception, sadly

@jayashreelaxmekuppuswami8600

3 жыл бұрын

I guess we all became invested into his works so much ...that we just started to look out for the fellow and his growth.....it's kinda sweet....

@masondipperpines5009

3 жыл бұрын

I read that when he said it

@aayushpaswan2941

2 жыл бұрын

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@aayushpaswan2941

2 жыл бұрын

intresting fun fact:- kzread.info/dash/bejne/i32nldahYJS0hpM.html

nilered is always there for me when i get struck w/ periods of insomnia. entertaining, informative, and narrated with a very calm voice. perfect for late night watching

Hey NileRed, while drying out the acetone of cellulose acetate, try adding diluted sodium hydroxide mixture and heat dry (temperature between 30 - 40 degree Celsius) them and you will get great cellulose acetate film and highly flexible too. If you are uptown doing it again and have any results please let me know. Reason: Removal of few more acetyl groups and allowing the cellulose polymerise evenly as well as the sodium hydroxide solution would reduce the contraction due to shock drying of acetone.

@riskelshadowwalker7042

5 ай бұрын

@NileRed hope you saw/see this, please do it again and show us if this works 😅

Cashier: Paper or plastic? NileRed: Yes.

@luckybookairvids

6 жыл бұрын

winner

@miamama9776

6 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@daviddow5591

6 жыл бұрын

Perfect

@ExplizitDuester

6 жыл бұрын

:D

@galacticgaming5058

6 жыл бұрын

You win

I don't know what he's talking about, *but I love watching this*

@alyssashih2895

4 жыл бұрын

Oml this is me

@berriee7848

4 жыл бұрын

I still didn't learn these things yet so same hehe

@Daisy_Darkly

4 жыл бұрын

I don't understand a lot either but it's so interesting! Sometimes I Google around but that's frequently a rabbit hole

@crystalking2468

4 жыл бұрын

same

@entirelybonkers8832

4 жыл бұрын

I listen to these to go to sleep because I don’t understand the words but they aren’t like scary words

Can’t wait for you to redo this one, probably one of the least gratifying results but we have to appreciate the time and effort you put into showing not just your successes but failures too

His videos give iq , in the sameway putting stickers on a racecar give horsepower , its just magic

@FruitRooster

3 жыл бұрын

The rock and morty of youtube

@mrbappoo7430

3 жыл бұрын

@@FruitRooster or the rick and mirty of KZread

@anishka4207

3 жыл бұрын

@J Hemphill it was obviously a joke dumbass

@TheWorldPillow

3 жыл бұрын

@@anishka4207 I think he was joking too, and had a fond memory of that Simpsons clip. People just do really strange things sometimes.

@Bananamations

3 жыл бұрын

@@anishka4207 it was obviously a joke dumbass

*makes something beautiful* *immediately breaks it for science*

@DEATHMOONPRODUCTIONS

4 жыл бұрын

*”A soul for a soul”*

@corison2058

4 жыл бұрын

If you see this Subscribe 👌 noice

@thejbo777

4 жыл бұрын

We can make something beautiful, too, but I gotta break yo back first ;))))))

@josephpeters7014

4 жыл бұрын

Corison20 got you dawg

@pleasebesilent7089

3 жыл бұрын

👏 420 likes 👏

NileRed 2018: Turning paper into plastic (sounds plausible) NileRed 2019: Turning paper into moonshine (???)

@superlolgal555

4 жыл бұрын

I love how this sounds like a meme but it's straight up not

@geck2235

3 жыл бұрын

021 - JJ - Sc'19 NileRed 2030: Turning paper into Ur-235 NileRed 2031: Making nukes

@user-ul1wg4zt9p

3 жыл бұрын

NileRed 2020: tuning moonshine into plastic

@akio5250

3 жыл бұрын

This aged I guess

@dylansheaves4743

3 жыл бұрын

Nile red 2020: turning face masks into meat?

NileRed: I know it isn't the best piece of plastic but I am still very impressed Also NileRed: *InStAnTlY BrEaKs It*

@SiveenO

Жыл бұрын

"I created you, I can destroy you."

Anything with Cellulose in it: Exists NileRed: I CAN HARVEST YOU

Expected clickbait, actually found an educated man who is a great explainer. Noicee

@wrentheelf2656

5 жыл бұрын

You're obviously new to this channel

@yasyasmarangoz3577

5 жыл бұрын

@redxpen xD wtf

@dphorgan

5 жыл бұрын

Ya. The kid knows his shit...

@flop5041

5 жыл бұрын

A chemist? Perhaps?

@drsolo7

5 жыл бұрын

He has done...*exciting* things before

At first I thought he said acidic acid and I was like "no really?"

@lifeonfire2390

4 жыл бұрын

Acetic acid sounds like acidic acid

@candysweets6647

3 жыл бұрын

I .......just heard that while looking at this comment, but yeah, sounds like something I would do

@youssefefram6371

3 жыл бұрын

@@candysweets6647 me too!!

@unknownsauce69

3 жыл бұрын

6:56

@ellenorbjornsdottir1166

3 жыл бұрын

ethanoic

10:15 .. That shrinking effect is used in covering RC airplanes with paper or silk (and also for real airplanes with cloth covering!). You paint the paper with a laquer made of it, as it dries it sticks to the structure and tightens very well. The forces can be strong enough to BREAK the structure under it, if you use to much of it at once on a very light build. In this case, campher is used as a plasticizer. It also works with nitrocellulose and is sometimes still done, because it also greatly improves the flammability if you want to burn your plane after a bad crash. So, if you still try to make it again, maybe try campher. Don't have any idea about the relative amount needed, though.

Me in 2050 watching this dude turn water into wine because you can be intoxicated by water

i fail to understand how im failing high school science yet could spend hours binging these videos...

@ActuallyRocatex

4 жыл бұрын

ditto

@eliannevdlinden6047

4 жыл бұрын

the educational system isn't for everyone, don't let it discourage you! My brother is super smart and is always doing this kind of stuff, he didn't finish school either. As for me it is kinda the same, I like this kind of stuff but I'm very bad at math, I went to art school and frankly it's so much more fun! Do what makes you happy, you can learn school subjects you really enjoy via books. And you can filter out the boring stuff too.

@kennethstreet7868

4 жыл бұрын

Delivery and setting

@LolLol-hk4cv

4 жыл бұрын

Better not pursue any further

@leonardopessanha5128

4 жыл бұрын

It's because what you have here is just an apresentation, I highly doubt you had learned anything. You didn't see the calculation, didn't really learned how the reaction works and how to predict some reaction. This is why you binge this, is nothing more than this, binge

i dont know how i always end up here in the middle of the night anyways, enjoying my stay, seen most of the vids now

@nikkiofthevalley

3 жыл бұрын

Yea, me too..

@gavinheath3094

3 жыл бұрын

Pyro yeah even me

@Extrimty_yt

3 жыл бұрын

Me 2

@konrad8509

3 жыл бұрын

We are all in this together

@coolpaint183

2 жыл бұрын

in the middle of the night~ You predicted the song ehe

To wash out the acid I would wash it with methanol or ethanol instead of water (or maybe a different solvent). You could also just soxhlet extract it overnight with an organic solvent. It might give you a drier polymer to work with and ensure you don’t have any moisture in your films. To extrude it into fiber, you should look up some videos on processing with thermoplastics since that’s the kind of polymer it is. Also, when casting your films you might want to try a different solvent and since you’re able to adjust the viscosity of the liquid before drying, you could try to spread it evenly across a glass plate. Then flow nitrogen over it to slowly dry the film.

Checkout lady: paper or plastic Nile: yes.

Cashier: We don’t take cash here. NileRed: give me a minute

@omegagamer1860

4 жыл бұрын

Alex C i under stood this and that made my day

@solfindus

4 жыл бұрын

Omega Gamer i didnt what’s the joke?

@DavidL-qb8cl

4 жыл бұрын

@@solfindus the joke is that he would turn his plastic shopping bags into dollar bills to pay

@mahirooyama9424

4 жыл бұрын

The joke is he would take his cash and turn it into plastic

@mahirooyama9424

4 жыл бұрын

But money isnt made of paper so it doesnt really work out.

Remember talking about photography? The cellulose in wood is 40% while the cellulose in cotton is 90%... which is why cotton is used for wet plate photography. Try again with cotton and see if it changes your impurity problems. When I worked with collodion for wet plate photography the collodion was slightly yellow but was more "plastic" in nature. Hope this helps since I'm not a chemist but experienced in one of these 2 forms of chemistry.

@Knasen3

6 жыл бұрын

HamrickCE The cellulose in wood is 40 %, yes. Filter paper is completely ash free and I would guess it's above 96 % cellulose, the rest being hemicellulose.

@MrCreeper1O2

6 жыл бұрын

HamrickCE This is what I was thinking. Impurities in the paper of not being completely cellulose

@alllove1754

6 жыл бұрын

I did similar with nitration of cellulose rich paper, but with nitric acid, then acetone, making a putty which would dry into a dirty white plastic, which of course burns w a quickness

@h4d266

5 жыл бұрын

HamrickCE what the fuck did you say

@erickmark2

4 жыл бұрын

@@h4d266 I think its science?

Alternative title : *Scientist man uses trees to harm the earth itself.*

@TheWorldPillow

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, I think this type of plastic might be more easily reversible than most plastics, to get rid of the acetate and again convert it into a biodegradable cellulose product. Besides, the actual point of doing bio-based plastics is not necessarily to deal with the waste product, but to meet the demand for plastics in a more renewably /sourced/ way -- trees can grow again, but most plastics currently are made of petroleum products, which cannot be renewed. So it's a step in the right direction. Plus, as plastic recycling grows and becomes more standardized, the dream is that the created plastics can be recycled and reused a lot before going to waste. That required consumer participation though and good collection facilities. And I think for handling the end-of-life waste streams of plastic, there's also a lot of research being done into how to convert plastics back into biodegradable materials (i.e. better able to dissolve in water and be eaten by bacteria). Right now, I believe it's just so energy-intensive that it's not economically or environmentally really worth it, but as time goes on, the research will improve. Efforts are already definitely being made in this direction. The creation of plastic itself is not evil; there's a reason why people use it so frequently and unless you can change the demand-side reasons for why plastic is so highly used everywhere, for now we're just trying to deal with how to better deal with renewably sourcing the material and also dealing with the end waste product. You can check out Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) techniques for more info on this.

nile i need you. chemistry at 1 am is fascinating, your youtube channel is the best keep it up

Her : "Can you get me the plastic bag ?" *NileRed handing a paper bag*

@mariarashid3677

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@MythMediocre

Жыл бұрын

Corporate needs you to find the difference between this picture and this picture. Nilered looking at a paper and plastic bag: *they're the same picture.*

Everyone: we need to start using paper straws! This guy: cheats the system

@berriee7848

4 жыл бұрын

Hehe

@athendavis100

4 жыл бұрын

OK BUT THATS SMART I hate paper straws

@lil_weasel219

3 жыл бұрын

@@athendavis100 buy metal ones. plastic cutting into wildlife's noses and organs cus humans "dont like paper ones" is unethical max

@n2k970

3 жыл бұрын

It's the fox! u rather have the (relatively) small amount of animals dying from plastic (which is a LOT less than the amount hunted/killed from other causes) or kill the earth with the 100x more pollution from paper straws? Personally I’d rather save the planet and save 99.99% of animals as opposed to 0.01%. Not sure about metal straws, though I assume they also cause a lot of pollution.

@lil_weasel219

3 жыл бұрын

@@n2k970 metal straws dont pollute. they are inert and heavy, and sink to the sea floor. Animals dont eat it. Please, for the love of everything start Ecology 101

Always Refreshing to see you. It's good to know you are alive, knowing you might one time try out something that will blow your mind literally

You can try to cool it down very fast after melting, so it will polymerize in amorphic form. It will be clear, flexible and will consist less to no cracks.

People: we *need* to ban plastics! It’s killing the world! Nilered: *hold my chromyl chloride!*

I love how you couldn't stop playing with the wet triacetate. I would've done the same, it looks so fun

They don't seem to use much of this kind of plastic anymore. But I remember it on donuts and things like this that were in a box. and I remember it was quite fragile even then very frustrating because your finger would go right through it and then your donuts would dry out. Great job keep up the good work!

i have watched like 20 videos of you, i still don't understand a single one nor learning nothing but it keeps me entertained so thank you for that! and please keep making videos

Imagine doing this for a 6th grade science fair

@asahearts1

3 жыл бұрын

They wouldn't let you use acids or glass lest you accidentally cut yourself or eat it or something.

@mystaplays3569

3 жыл бұрын

@@asahearts1 um sixth grade is relatively high enough to know all those I believe

@asahearts1

3 жыл бұрын

@@mystaplays3569 That's the point. The education system treats even 17 and 18 year olds like toddlers. They're never made to take responsibility or grow up. Heck, even college students are infantilized. Makes for easier to control sheep.

@thebros4907

3 жыл бұрын

It only takes 4 days for you to finish you project

@aviralsood8141

3 жыл бұрын

@@asahearts1 Someone has an out of control superiority complex.

My old celluloid fountain pens are terrified of you and your solvents…

Maybe you could do a series called something like "Alchemy" where you do crazy transformations and turn things into other things like in this video or maybe one on chemistry projects/experiments that can be done with readily available household ingredients/equipment.

I'm am fascinated by this! I understand a few of these terms but only by paying extra attention in science and printing out my own materials.

The butterfly broke easily, but the ladybug put up quite a fight. The new season of Miraculous is getting pretty intense.

@thepathogenicruler1399

4 жыл бұрын

I love Miraculous!

@sylvie_on

4 жыл бұрын

Ayyyyyyyyy

@unoriginalhazard

4 жыл бұрын

Jesus christ, never thought I'd see a MLB reference here.

@OptimusPhillip

3 жыл бұрын

@@jenisdauncle _Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir_ (commonly called _Miraculous_ or _Miraculous Ladybug_ for short) is a French cartoon about two superheroes, Ladybug and Cat Noir, who fight against a butterfly-themed supervillain.

@Elijahbanta

3 жыл бұрын

@@OptimusPhillip i believe its a moth themed guy

I’m beyond clueless about this, but I feel smart watching this

my dad and i love these videos, thisis like, the one thing we bond over so thankkk youu

would love to see a video on plasticizers and different cellulose derivatives!

This was very cool, I had no idea about this process too.

@246-trinitromethylbenzene8

6 жыл бұрын

Questions for Science You here?Nice!

@NileRed

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@anthonygrow1482

3 жыл бұрын

@@NileRed big brain

@aayushpaswan2941

2 жыл бұрын

intresting fun fact:- kzread.info/dash/bejne/i32nldahYJS0hpM.html

"[It] wasn't very strong, and with a bit of force, I was able to crack it into several pieces." - NileRed, the Martial arts master

Sorbitol is another plasticiser, which is often used for PLA blends.

I love this channel, its so fascinating

If you’re worried about it being opaque go talk to a chemistry professor they’ll clear it right up lol

@jakobygames

6 жыл бұрын

Boooo get off the stage

@hennyblanc01

6 жыл бұрын

lmao

@m3n4lyf

5 жыл бұрын

I tried this. Terrible advice. He said that what I was doing was _clearly_ illegal, and that the outlook for my future was _cloudy_ .

@corison2058

4 жыл бұрын

Joshua Lansell-Kenny well played.

@ravenprincess3243

4 жыл бұрын

Zed Smith we need a backstory 😭

Next video: *Turning lead into gold like an alchemist*

@pestilence.and.plague

4 жыл бұрын

Well, theoretically, it can be done, although just a small area will be converted and it will be very costly.

@rainbow_angel8225

2 жыл бұрын

@@pestilence.and.plague sell the gold to make more money

You should have added one of the brominated flame retardants to see if you could make your own burn-proof plastic

These videos help so much with my chemistry homework cant thank you enough

now do it in reverse

I started college last week for pre-nursing and was thrilled that I could understand the biochemistry portion of A&P a little better because of your videos. Thank you so much!! I’ve been subscribed to your channel for well over a year, maybe even two. I’m not a chemist, I’m just genuinely interested in your content- you’re a great teacher to boot.

@chazmichaelmichaels88

Жыл бұрын

Sooooo, have you graduated?

Please make a video about the possibilites of deconstructing plastic.

4:20: That stir bar was very excited to be a part of this.

Try cotton, because the molecules in paper are shorter due to processing. It should be more stable with longer molecules. You could add just a bit of this solution to the mold, wait some minutes and repeat this, so the object does not shrink too much. EDIT: I guess this brown-stuff may be because of lignin, which is present in paper (but afaik not in cotton).

@HattmannenNilsson

6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Periodically adding plastic to the moulds to compensate for the contraction. Another thought that struck me was to put the mould on a vibrating bed to encourage any air bubbles to wander out of the goo. Sort of the same thing you do when pouring concrete - you vibrate the wet concrete to get the air bubbled to migrate to the top so you don't end up with a voids that make the finished product more brittle. I might be completely off on this one, though. There's lots of things I know nothing about. Moulding cellulose acetate is just one of them.

@RyanDB

6 жыл бұрын

I don't imagine that would work very well, You'd end up with structural defects throughout the moulded piece, and it would probably come out very clouded as the defects scattered light

@RepublikSivizien

6 жыл бұрын

thats true, but still better than this ugly formed crap.

@groupraitodigital9784

5 жыл бұрын

In order to mix it properly, u have to break it down. Cotton wont help. U will have to break cotton into paper eventually.

@heylee2766

3 жыл бұрын

thanks rainbow dash

*Isn't this the opposite of recycling?*

it's wild how interesting his videos are. i have no idea why i've been learning about chemistry, there is 0 chance i will ever need this information.

I had this idea and did it for my uni project, but was inspired by your paper to moonshine video

Seems you're basically making Tenite plastic, one version of which (Tenite Butyrate) was used for making telephone parts in the US, and today, said telephones smell like rotting cheese due to the plastic slowly breaking down and releasing a foot-odour type smell... :)

@NickC_222

4 жыл бұрын

That's interesting as hell. This is the kind of comment we need more of.

Hiya! I don't know if you've re-visited this project, but if you did, then i would recommend trying to use Camphor as a plasticiser. That's typically what is used in making celluloid for fountain pens, which is what I was trying to learn by watching your video. Definitely have a good idea of where to begin.

The filtering part at the beginning of the video you could use a clumping agent the same thing which is used to take clean water from dirty water

i think you need to heat the mixture as it dissolves so you can add more of the "plastic" to the mix. that way you can get a super concentrate when you pour.

"Would you like paper or plastic?" "Yes."

@ilostsomebody4143

4 жыл бұрын

did you know you can turn plastic into rubber and rubber into tar and tar into acid and the acid into a diy chem bomb and that means paper is just a bomb in the shadows

i'm working on actalisation and recognizing this reaction and the anhydrid hydrolysation made me more interested in my chemistry class x)

If you got a filament extruder you could make the plastic into a filament that might be able to be used for 3d printing

To seperate the triacetate and diacetate, you could powder it and dissolve it in acetone. The diacetate would dissolve, and the triacetate could be filtered

@dhiyangada8826

3 жыл бұрын

I dont know if it would work

California: ban plastic straws, they’re killing the turtles NileRed: I’m a boutta end this states whole career

@creeperawman.9399

4 жыл бұрын

Hi other me

@m0rtez713

4 жыл бұрын

Hello green friends!

@demoniack81

4 жыл бұрын

He doesn't randomly throw the plastic in the environment, unlike the sort of people who use lots of plastic straws.

@Luciel.680

4 жыл бұрын

demoniack81 Ok so I have to use plastic straws because my family can’t find metal or paper ones anywhere to buy but we recycle them responsibly and in the right way, would it be ok to keep on using them then?

@demoniack81

4 жыл бұрын

​@@Luciel.680 Well I guess mine was an over generalization, but there is definitely an issue with people getting fast food to eat on the go and then just discarding the trash somewhere instead of disposing of it properly. What I have to ask you though is: do you really even need the straw? Why not just drink from the glass?

do a vid on how to turn lead into gold next.

@darkscienceyt

6 жыл бұрын

He's gonna need a reactor.

@ericmueller6836

6 жыл бұрын

Questions for Science That's for mercury to gold.

@darkscienceyt

6 жыл бұрын

you can convert lead into gold via beta decay. Which is why you'd need a reactor

@Muonium1

6 жыл бұрын

you can also do it with lead and bismuth. really pretty much any heavy metal would work, you just have to choose the correct ion beam to bombard it with to get to 79P ~118N.

@Nae_Ayy

6 жыл бұрын

It's easy. Just take the lead, add or remove the correct amount of protons, then BAM! Au everywhere.

Hearty congrats... sir... mind blowing.....😃 best wishes for u'r future researches....🤯

If you still have any plastic gloves left from the grape soda, extract some phthalate and try that as a plasticiser. If you can get the diacetate to melt, you might be able to spin threads using the cotton candy machine. Might also be able to grind it and feed it through a 3-d printer head.

drinking game: drink one shot of vodka every time he says cellulose

@masonwilliamson5388

4 жыл бұрын

You’re being charged with murder lol

@runes5407

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I value my life

@sanatjain4670

2 жыл бұрын

the vodka must be made from toilet paper

Please redo this with your current level of skill and experience. I'd love to see the improvement!

There are pulp mills that make dissolving pulp which is used to make cellulose acetate. They remove more lignin than standard bleached pulp

This is actually interesting, not that I know anything, but l like seeing the steps.

8:22 "when it's done I'm left wwith some nice hard and crunchy powder"

Anyone on for an "anyway" drinking game?

@lupituh

6 жыл бұрын

Cynthia Brogan that's why😂

@jackwright7014

5 жыл бұрын

What about the "though" drinking game?

@00gracy

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah bring it on

Nile I love your videos!!!! You are so dang smart! You don’t get this type of education in a classroom nowadays. I was wondering…is there a way to take plastic “disposable” bottles and make them “not plastic”? I don’t know jack about chemistry, but if that’s possible, that would be super cool.

This method of turning plastic into paper has been used commonly for decreasing the amount of plastic in the coasts of many countries in Southeast Asia. Thailand is one of or the most effected. They reuse plastic for building homes and paper.

Can you reverse this?

@kidpog3d101

6 жыл бұрын

Hblog yyes but we probably haven't figured it out yet

everyone: * does this* environment: am i a joke to you? wait no support teamtrees

@DimT670

3 жыл бұрын

Yea the fun part about bioplastics is that they aren't all biodegradable so it's really not that good for the environment or the waste cycle. Some of them aren't even recyclable!

@z9nc982

3 жыл бұрын

Shadow Gamer its better to have them decompose because if they dont then they will float around indefinitely, slowly leaching/outgassing toxins

@TheWorldPillow

3 жыл бұрын

@@DimT670 The major point about bioplastics is actually not the end-of-life but instead the sourcing. Currently plastics are largely made via petroleum-sourced products, so they are doubly bad since they are neither renewable sourced nor are the products well biodegradable when they go to landfill. Bioplastics at least are renewably sourced, since trees can be regrown and are a very efficient way of extracting cellulose (and foresting companies, to my understanding, are increasingly trying to manage their land and replanting of trees; it's only in their long-term benefit as well, especially given all the PR about being eco-friendly and the slow death of traditional mass paper products like... paper). Since this doesn't change the demand for plastics at all, it's reasonable to at least try to improve one part of the plastic life cycle to make it more environmentally friendly. There's also been a lot of research into not just using trees for cellulose extraction, but also many other alternate fibers like wheat straw residues (typically a waste product), elephant grass, hemp, sugar cane, bamboo, etc. -- many of which have their own problems and are not typically as convenient as trees, but still also a very renewable resource that grow faster than trees. But yeah, it's true that the waste side/end-of-life of these bioplastics needs to be dealt with better. I think there's a ton of research being done into that. For example in this case I think the plastics he was making would be very chemically reversible; you just need to continue the steps he did for turning the triacetate version into the diacetate version, and then it's normal cellulose again that can be dissolved real easy. But a lot of the more effective and in use bioplastics don't have such an easy reversing mechanism. It's a lot of case-by-case analysis and trying to figure out what's both economically and environmentally effective. You can learn more about Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for more info. :) (And of course, btw, these aren't the only research efforts being made -- there's a ton of people in universities and even in some companies trying to target specific areas of paper product production or cellulose usage to make them more efficient, which in turn also makes them more environmentally friendly. If you want to listen to me ramble on I can list some of them here too.)

@TheWorldPillow

3 жыл бұрын

Here's also a good article on the clearing of trees and the different ways its done and why: www.canr.msu.edu/news/timber_harvest_methods It's not always done perfectly and there can be a lot of sloppy practices in practice, I think, but generally it's getting better and there are a lot of smart ways to go about it. Note: I especially kind of liked the article's point of sort clearcutting (just chopping down all the mature trees in the area to let sapling that require full sunlight to grow) essentially "doing natures work for it" by clearing trees when historically usually forest fires and stuff would take the role of clearing all the trees and renewing the forests. (So this basically allows us to use the trees for our own processes rather than them just being burned -- which ofc might provide good fertilizer but also I think just releases more CO2 in the air probably and we can come up with some replacement fertilizers or see how the ecological system well accounts for it). In practice, it can also just help people's lives by preventing the spread of forest fires when applied in the right areas. You just really have to look at it on a per-regional and ecological basis.

i always fall asleep to this. better than anything else

About 30 years ago, I made cellulose nitrate from a cotton ball. I treated the cotton with nitric acid and a small amount of sulfuric acid as a catalyst. By only letting it react for a short time, I nitrified the cellulose on the surface of the cotton fibers, without destroying the structure of the cotton ball. I washed the cotton ball in water and let it dry. Acetone dissolved the cellulose nitrate, but not the remaining unreacted cellulose. I dripped the solution onto a glass plate. Once dry, I easily peeled off a sheet of plastic that was fully transparent. It was flexible, but broke like your acetate. When ignited, it burned up in a quick flash.

Maybe try it with wood dust instead of paper? I imagine you'd get a purer sample of cellulose since it doesn't have all the stuff put into paper. (Perhaps even the lignin will help hold everything together and make it stronger?) Ooh, even better, make papyrus and use that!

The last 2 brain cells in my head: Mmm Yes, This will make you very smart

"Paper or plastic?" Nile:"yes."

Hey friend -- I worked at a cellulose film factory for awhile in Topeka, KS. They used the carbon disulfide route for biodegradable packaging film. Space-age technology developed in the early 1900s, there used to be hundreds of engineers who spent their life on this in the 1950s-1980s, then polyester and polyethylene erased their factories. We had to look at notes from that era to troubleshoot complex chemistry issues on a high-speed production line

11:15 The doctor when I was born

@blizzard_the_seal9863

3 жыл бұрын

@Dylan Bodkin CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE LMAO I’M FPDYING HFHBHJSJANA

Excellent video as always, Red. I've recently gotten into chemistry myself; I think it's amazing that we can control the fundamental makeup of our world to bend to our needs. I really, really love your, I guess, experimentation videos, where you really don't know what you're going to end up with, but you try it anyway. My grandma had this old bottle from her youth that contained wintergreen and menthol, which you rub on your skin to make pain disappear and to leave a weird "minty fresh" feeling on your skin - and she loved it. She, being old and all, has a lot of random pains. Once I get a lab up and running I plan on using your wintergreen from aspirin guide to make her some pain relieving lotion or oil. I'm already growing mint, so all I need is to distill the menthol from the leaves to make the other ingredient. I dont really know why I'm sharing this, but I guess I just wanted to tell someone since I'm keeping it a surprise for my gma. I look forward to more videos!

@72I32895305634058340

6 жыл бұрын

menthol, not Methanol

@Nae_Ayy

6 жыл бұрын

HoboSammiches do you know what the difference between methanol and menthol is?

@WhoisA__

5 жыл бұрын

update?

I guess this is a couple of years ago, but I think the most obvious improvement to the end product that I can see is having a more uniform melting system. A lot of the cracking seen in the end products in the video I think were due to the disuniform grains and imperfections already created inside the end product; the strength along those grain planes would be so much weaker than the mass product that it could easily fall there. No doubt the impurities were also involved, preventing stronger internal bonding, but I think the mechanical side for these end products contributed more than the chemical side. How to do this in practice: could you put it in boiling water or something? (If the test tube is graded to stand that level of heat) Then, if it's not hot enough, then maybe you can stick in the heat gun. Then at least you have a more uniform heating environment and you can sort of just let it go for a while until the mixture becomes more uniform and the grain boundaries dissolve as it melts, until it resolidifies. Probably time is the key for that again. As for spinning plastic at home... maybe just get like a yarn extruder or something? Like a small box with a hole where the entrance region is a large cylinder that tapers into a smaller, thinner nozzle and a motor at the end side pulls the product through and wraps it around itself (you pull it rather than push/extrude it for yarns for better quality, for big things like steel you just push stuff through the extruder). Then, optionally, you could spin it along a couple different motors/cylinders after the pulling motor to keep the shape uniform and store it. Most factories have several iterations of extruder box and motor-pull coils to get a thin fiber width, since there's a limit to how much thinner you can make it on each iteration. If you have a motor I think you could jury rig something that would look sometihng like a mini plastic yarn-spinning factory. Could be pretty fun. (Diagrams online can probably explain it better than I can lol, but point is, I think you could definitely due it with a slow-spinning motor and maybe even a hand-made box with a tapered cylinder hole. Just need to make sure that the hole coating doesn't stick to the plastic you're pulling through and your taper isn't too too big.) And really, awesome video. Thanks for posting this.

I would love to see you make polypropylene! I don't fully understand the Wikipedia explanations, but when you explain stuff I at least sort of get it!

13:00 do you have a reference for the paper regarding which plasticiser to use in the cellulose?

I absolutely adore how you say “mills” instead of “milligrams.” I love that I’m not the only one :)

@KatieTheDev

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was milliliters not milligrams

@Zach.O

Жыл бұрын

@@KatieTheDev i thought it was millimeters not milliliters

@KatieTheDev

Жыл бұрын

@@Zach.O mm is a measure of distance, not volume.

Another idea to make a form of "plastic" would be to make either collodion or cellulose nitrate and adding camphor to make celluloid, retracing the history. Two names to research for this experiment would be Alexander Parkes and John Wesley Hyatt. I find retracing history as an educational and fascinating experience.

I don’t think you’ve ever clickbaited me with your thumbnails before and I appreciate that.