All about Mercury, the Liquid Metal | Element Series

In this video, I'll be talking about the very interesting element Mercury. I try to cover as much as I can, including its properties, its history and interesting reactions.
Let me know what other element you would like to see. Keep in mind that this takes a lot of work though, and that not all elements will be possible (due to rarity and/or danger).
Let me know if I forgot anything in the description. I probably left out links or something.
Video Sources:
• Freezing Mercury (Periodic Videos): • Pouring Mercury into L...
• Hand in mercury (Cody's Lab): • Bare Hand vs Liquid Me...
• Mercury Distillation: • Distilling Mercury Metal
• Mercury Vapor (Periodic Videos): • Looking at Mercury Vap...
• Mercury Switches: • Mercury Tilt Switch an...
• Mercury Conductivity Test: • Video
• Mercury Nitrate: • Making Mercury Thiocya...
• Pharaoh's Serpent (original): • The Pharaoh's Serpent ...
• Pharaoh's Serpent 4K: • Making the Pharaoh's S...
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[@deocactuss27]

NileRed: touches mercury Science teachers: You know the rules, its time to die

[@minilamma4879]

DeoCactuss27 say goodbye

[@user-iq2ng3qc7x]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@thineevee7345]

@Boi Exist lol same

[@jimtsap04]

*SAY GOODBYE🔫*

[@adi_g]

You know the rules, say goodbye

[@vladimirlegrand2917]

Gold: I am a Precious solid metal, I can make you rich Gold + 1 proton : I am liquid and I can poison you

[@lolxd4871]

Man arent chemicals weird

[@sugarwater8254]

@@lolxd4871 kinda

[@sugarwater8254]

@Berry Squadin lol nice

[@sugarwater8254]

@@sciousane8872 yes 100%

[@zgcolorforce214]

Gold + 2 protons: I am now solid again, but 'I'll still poison you.

[@Penzuh]

2:11 I have an old landline phone that has a mercury switch as a mute function. If the handset is placed horizontally, like on a table, it mutes the microphone. When held on the ear, it is unmuted. Cool to see here how it actually works (together with a lot of other interesting info about mercury of course)👍🏻

[@Gr13fKvlt]

That’s brilliant.

[@amadeoperezgrille2214]

I'm allergic to mercury, can't even touch it without getting really really sick. This allergy is so rare and weird to find out that when I told my science teacher back in high school he didn't believe me and mocked me saying "Everyone is "allergic" to poison". I found this allergy when a thermometer broke on my leg and I touched a drop of mercury smaller than a drop of water, I don't want to imagine how sick I would get by putting a finger like in the video.

[@hanbigim]

bro that teacher though but that's cool. of all the metals you could be allergic to, it's mercury

[@sirfyodor]

@@hanbigim cool but also a blessing that they're not allergic to any of the common metals in everyday life.

[@hanbigim]

@@sirfyodor imagine you were allergic to prolonged contact with stainless steel which i find like everywhere

[@Wizzkidwas]

As someone with a lot of allergies I'm always interested in hearing about allergies that I don't have, wasn't aware it was possible to be allergic to Mercury! Would you be willing to mention how bad your reaction was?

[@user-iw1qn3mt7e]

try not to leave offspring

[@LunaI00v0]

*Another fact about mercury is that it can sing very well*

[@orangutato]

Good one 😂

[@melaniepellens1152]

I was waiting for this joke😂

[@corndogconnoisseur]

I forgot where this is referencing from but I still got it

[@orangutato]

@@corndogconnoisseur It's referenced for Freddie Mercury

[@ariffaizad695]

I thought it referred to Mariah Carey (kinda sounds like Mercury when pronounced fastly)

[@amy-leigh4962]

All my science teachers: mercury is toxic never touch it NileRed: hehe touchy touchy

[@fennecflew]

Lol ikr

[@nwfyandex]

@@fennecflew ik its a joke but there are different types of mercury.

[@LiborTinka]

Our physics teacher put hand in a large bath of mercury and so did her students. It was however back in times where common sense still had some say over paranoid chemophobia that rules today.

[@amy-leigh4962]

We were never even allowed to have it in our lab 😂😂 I guess there was too many asshole trouble makers for that

[@micah_wong]

Nile: hold my beer

[@xavierjiang7112]

They are also used in super-high-current electrical switches (usually in marine applications) that controls hundreds of amps of current because the ability for mercury to "heal" contact spots.

If only my science teacher could be this interesting

[@anwoo8825]

"it can be turned into Mercury by roasting it" me: you look like a weak metal

[@justalittleblackraincloud]

I lol'd

[@dddmemaybe]

me: You're a trash food supplement but I'm still gonna shit you out with my excess cereal.

[@blankface.34]

@@dddmemaybe whoo it's getting hot in here

[@gabrielgan369]

Vermillion: How dare you? I’m going to kill you Vermillion: Splits into Mercury

[@nodnarbthegreatest]

R o a s t e d

[@josephikrakowskiwithflextape]

Imagine renaming something as epic as "Hydrargyrum" to just "Mercury"

[@costis1979]

We still call it hydrargyrum (υδράργυρος) in Greece

[@DaveBits]

In Dutch it's called 'kwik'

[@inlegend2129]

In Korean, the word is 수은, which is literally water+silver

[@coralbytes]

InLegend 212 Ayyyy Korean Squad!

[@rome.u]

Tbh its not that hard to pronounce and memorize

[@JohnSmith-kg3im]

Thanks for the informative video. Mercury-filled gauges are an essential tool for maintenance of multi-carburetor engines. (read: most motorcycles before EFI.) And it’s getting harder to get mercury refills for them because everyone is so freaked out about how dangerous it is.

[@calthepal312]

“It’s elemental symbol is HG, because it’s based off its older and much harder to pronounce name” The pause after this made me think he wasn’t gonna tell us the old name.

[@Electroblade360]

It's old name is Hydrargyrum, and yes it's a nightmare to even pronounce

[@DerpyNub]

*Why are you lying, Mercury is the closest planet to sun in Solar System*

[@Thwarptide]

There's a reason why the folks keep you locked in the basement. (yer noodles have stuck to the pan, the meds don't work and they can't afford to have you institutionalized) 🤪 just kid'n.

[@battleblox9334]

ha ha XD

[@humongousppenergy6693]

@@Thwarptide *laughs in satire*

[@thischannelwillbedeletedve460]

*_laughter_*

[@battleblox9334]

lol xD

[@nickpurnell2769]

Me: thats toxic Brain: how does it feel in our mouth

[@sakurarope6049]

He said the mercury is inside sea fish. So you know how it taste. The bigger (predator) like shark have much mercury than small fish like salmon

[@nickpurnell2769]

@@sakurarope6049 I'm talking about taste I'm wondering what that cup of liquid mercury would feel like moving around my mouth

[@namedrop721]

@@nickpurnell2769 you can find out you know. Shame about the poisoning part.

[@matezwizard9764]

I tried it Now I'm flying around

[@nickpurnell2769]

@@matezwizard9764 was.....was it worth it

[@trevorvanbremen4718]

Hi Nigel, I know it's already been done (notably by periodic videos), I'd like to see you gradually traverse though the ENTIRE periodic table of elements. (Your video 'style' is somewhat different to that of Martin / Brady et al so it's worth having you do the whole lot)

[@Garbhj]

Here is a more detailed explanation, from what I understand, since "6s valance, electons don't tend to bond" isn't a very satisfying answer by itself (please note that I am not a chemist, so correct me if i'm wrong). Mercury has all of its electron subshells fully fulled (1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p, 3d, 4s, 4p, 4d, 4f, 5s, 5p, 5d, and 6s), sort of resembling a noble gas, which reduces the strengths of intermolecular bonds since full orbitals are most stable. Furthermore, the 4f (lanthanide) orbital is comparatively ineffective at electron shielding, which is when inner electron orbitals shield the outer electrons from the positive charge of the nucleus. In this case, the valance 6s shell is poorly sheilded, resulting in a stronger bond between the valance electrons and nucleus, further weakening intermolecular bonds since the 6s electrons are less likely to contribute to the sea of electrons in metallic bonding. This 4f shell is what sets mercury apart from zinc and cadmium, which have full subshells and low melting points, but not as low as mercury's. The 4f shell's shielding does not counteract the effects of the greater total atomic charges to the same degree for the 6s electrons, compared to, say, the 4d electrons shielding the 5s valance in cadmium. This is also why mercury atoms are abnormally small; less electron shielding results in the orbitals being pulled in more, also relating to its high density. Do note that copernicium, due to the comparitively even weaker shielding of the 5f shell, may have an even lower melting point than mercury, though it is extremely unstable. There are also relativistic quantem effects involved, as the kinetic energy of inner electons increase in large atoms. However, the actual mechanics of how this affects things is beyond my understanding.

[@bobschnitzenheimer9192]

"I'm very careful when I use it" _shakes container violently_

[@frstnme316]

Came to post this, good work.

[@errorfox6871]

timestamp?

[@franciscajardimcorreia6968]

@@errorfox6871 7:47

[@errorfox6871]

@@franciscajardimcorreia6968 thxx

[@animegod9221]

LOL

[@ExtremeAwesome81010]

Him: **dips fingers in Mercury** Me: *wait, that's illegal*

[@ahamedmaluk1493]

*Then Dips whole hand in Mercury*

[@akidoomar]

It would go up his........ That turned dirty quickly

[@cheef9504]

Correction; Teacher: *Wait, that’s illegal.*

[@akidoomar]

Some kid is probably going to see this and think "what are they talking about" Come to think of it .......why would a kid come here?

[@adrijachai7591]

Do you watch sssniperwolf?

[@keiyangoshin3650]

I had no idea how interesting mercury could be. 😃 That reaction on aluminium and gold is amazing.

[@genericbreeze5637]

Hey thank’s for telling necessary information’s about this I hope you make more!

[@nick_gold2327]

yo my teacher played this on a lesson so well done you've earned science teacher approval

[@rosynguyen9075]

Niceeee pog

[@nasknifeboi]

What a lazy teacher.

[@nick_gold2327]

@@nasknifeboi she's actually quite nice

[@ktrsh]

@@nick_gold2327 Niiiiice

[@theguywhoasked6104]

@@nick_gold2327 lucky

[@CaptainCoolzCT-]

"In terms of toxicity, Mercury Metal is not that dangerous" School teachers: "You would be more likely to survive the Chernobyl blast than survive mercury touchy"

[@devilmaycry1980]

Well billions of people survived Chernoby compared to how many died, sure a lot of the people that survived were no where near the reactor, most even lived outside Ukraine but they were alive before Chernobyl and still alive after.

[@DIO-lq1bv]

@@devilmaycry1980 lmao billions?

[@zadiczane7618]

@@devilmaycry1980 lol someone doesnt know their numbers rofl xD

[@devilmaycry1980]

@@DIO-lq1bv and Zane, whoosh. the joke was that the whole population of earth survived Chernobyl which is numbered in the billions. They were alive before the event and they were alive after so "survived".

[@jasonchen9982]

Mohamed Ashraf I mean maybe a little context would of been nice

[@NarutoUzumaki-wq3xs]

Ty so much for all this information. Now I know more about mercury so when I come across it I know everything about it. Have a great day.😀

[@shelleyhicks2099]

Excellent video, excellent ! It was very educational Bill Nye the Science Guy can not put a candle flame to you. Kudos to you dude! This is coming to you from Mobile Alabama the Gulf of Mexico the deepest of the South. Thank you, they should put your videos in science classes in, grammar schools and jr. colleges and so on. You have a way of making a person want to watch, listen and learn. I love science. Your video was Made Simple and easy-to-understand it helps to have someone who can get something across that is so hard but made simple enough that the Layman can understand. Thank you dude 😊

[@annette_lu]

7:08 "Generally less scary" I'm starting to doubt if anything can be scarier than that image

[@ajme_]

HEHE

[@Litovskyy]

Cursed image

[@minecraftworld5684]

It would scary if those funny teeths are taken off....

[@minecraftworld5684]

@Merlin thnx for the info...

[@nunpho]

@@minecraftworld5684 the worlds oldest shark has no teeth. That's what you get though when you're over 400 years old.

[@Silvera-Avian]

NileRed: woah, look at all these cool aluminium oxide fibres Everyone else on the plane:

[@thepoptartgamingguys2768]

0-0

[@UwU........]

👁👄👁

[@davidpichardo6240]

NONONONONONO THAT'S BAD

[@baige76]

Guess I'll die

[@Bramon83]

Oh my meme

[@cinemartin3530]

Who would have thought that mercury looks so amazing! And how it interacts with aluminum and mercury thiocyanate can be viewed endlessly. A very relaxing sight. It's a pity teacher didn't show me this in chemistry lessons.

[@xcoolchoixandanjgaming1076]

Thanks for helping me make mercury, I got cinabbar and called it stupid and ugly and got the metal. Keep up with the amazing content!

[@binayadharmapala8744]

I was dead when he said "For some reason if you decided to swallow it" in a completely flat voice.

[@burnsbooks69]

The first Chinese emperor would shallow Mercury believing it will make him immortal

[@Iamyourgrandpa.]

And in the end the emperor died due to mercury i think

[@justanormalguy1921]

The true end, emperor became immortal in history.

[@sisyphus-the-big-guy979]

@@burnsbooks69 what happened next?

[@gault6546]

@@sisyphus-the-big-guy979 transfer student shows up with even bigger bonkhonagahoogs. humongous hungolomghononoloughongous

[@andrewc.2952]

When I was a child, I was told that mercury would eat the flesh off my hand if I ever touched it. So seeing this hand and finger plunging at 36 years of age has blown my mind.

[@lota13]

We were told that one can poop out their own intestines if mercury gets into the body.

[@vdd1001]

That's good, they tried to keep you safe and away from it. Imagine if you were a kid who tended to have cuts in your hands, like me, and got curious when a thermometer broke and the mercury spilled

[@Metal_Master_YT]

@@vdd1001 you know, you would still probably have been fine. mercury metal is mostly harmless when it comes to short exposures like that, you should really research it, its cool stuff. on the other hand, these people lied to us with the intent to deceive us, I don't know about you, but I definitely don't appreciate that. (regardless of safety, lies are still lies) mercury absorbs super slowly through skin, its not very dangerous to touch, even with a cut on your hand, its only like 5% faster compared to undamaged skin. your "danger scenario" isn't all that dangerous. and the actual problem here is not the mercury, its the storing of it in a fragile container. broken glass is also sharp, why not mention that? in fact... that could even be the _cause_ for the cuts on your hand xD

[@vdd1001]

@@Metal_Master_YT bruh chill out. Like the video says, it likes to stick around and is dangerous to have in your body, our parents didn't want us to touch it just in case. You're talking about it as if it were a good substance

[@Metal_Master_YT]

@@vdd1001 dude, you literally said it was good for our parents to lie to us? and no, I'm not talking about mercury as if it were *good,* I'm actually just treating it like something neutral, because the vast majority of the time, *that's exactly what it is.* again, plz research this, mercury is a fairly _inert_ metal, people have exaggerated the danger for attention.

[@SBY77.]

Wow. Great video. Everything I've always wanted to know about Mercury without taking a science course. Thanks!

[@SaunaShruti]

Informative!! Thanks for making these videos.

[@Offroadcircus]

Boiling mercury? You sir are a brave fella

[@kristofszilvasi9021]

in his own home… oh boi what I wonder what could go wrong… ecks dhe

[@PogMcDog]

swoooooooooosh

[@seamuspink9098]

sicc boi

[@wangruochuan]

inside a house well pretty dangerous but boiling mercury is a common to take out the impurity

[@brunofurtado8382]

You should check out Codyslab lol the guy lives on mercury

[@thtuwrawld_nE]

"I'm very careful with it" *Aggressively Shakes bottle*

[@asalt1872]

Tf is ur nickname

[@thtuwrawld_nE]

@@asalt1872 lol

[@TripType72_YT]

copied comment

[@thtuwrawld_nE]

@@TripType72_YT its original, any others are coincidental

[@wdjh3434]

@@asalt1872 Translator for dummies: 1 th0t u w3r3 a w1ld_0n3 aka "I thought you were a wild one"

[@user-je3fx6li3w]

Very interesting. If you could tell in more detail about the reactions in which mercury compounds can serve as catalysts, it would be especially good

[@DervishV2Nihil]

Was really interesting. Second video fo yours that I've watched. it would be nice to see some quiz questions to see if I've learned anything from this video

[@benrey5144]

I know that mercury sticks to itself but i bet it wants to break free

[@dead2675]

No because its underpressure

[@tuuvet]

Nice 1

[@deckyg1816]

Eight Trailer r/whooosh

[@kittyNya38]

Decky G r/whoosh

[@deckyg1816]

D-man747 r/doublewhammy

[@nathanwalker7975]

Nile red: so anyways I made a small atomic bomb and it’s pretty dangerous. I sleep with it at night.

[@deadboy783]

Lmao totally he actually played with radiation before sooooo...

[@_Highxway]

@@deadboy783 explains the 7 fingers then

[@Sugarsail1]

@@deadboy783 you play with radiation every day and just don't know it.

[@ModernGentleman]

@@deadboy783 so do you. You are right at this moment as you read this..

[@acethecat3466]

Bro its 3 in the morning and this made my day

[@mondoseguendo6113]

There’s nothing like a good shot of mercury in the morning 😀I love this stuff.

[@michiganprospectors]

Really informative video with a lot of details. I am interested because I see people using it (on videos) when refining gold from ore. And I heard about that woman who died. Your video explained the differences quite well. I still have no plans to touch or use or get near the stuff voluntarily.

[@Nightmare-pj4fg]

I’m REALLY surprised you didn’t mention how hatters used mercury to stiffen and shine hats and the ensuing mental issues caused by a constant intake of mercury gas caused many to go mad, and thus “mad hatters” were common during this time, and the phrase “mad as a hatter” was born, and the Alice in Wonderland character was based on such a concept of a “mad” or insane hatter. This is from the 18th to 20th century btw,

[@wge621]

Omg! So interesting 😁 would love to know more historical trivia like this

[@MightyFineMan]

Thank you for the clarification on this. I’ve been confused when folks I’ve known used that term without context.

[@larryhoover2541]

PROVE it! Take a POOP in front of us!

[@fuffboi7570]

@@larryhoover2541 AND IT TURN IT INTO WINE

[@anawkwardsweetpotato4728]

@@fuffboi7570 AND THEN MAKE IT DISAPPEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@consmos]

07:42 "I'm very careful when I use it" *shakes the shit out of it*

[@brianbethea3069]

Shaking it's not going to do anything. That's not the danger here.

[@consmos]

@@brianbethea3069 I'm aware. I thought the context and timing was entertaining

[@LLLadySSS]

Puts finger in it

[@ShadowLobster]

Eeew that 0 before 7. Ughhh i am feeling horrible.

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

He wasn't wearing glerves

[@richardwernst]

Old video I know but wonderful, thanks. I'm 72 and when I was a kid, we had plastic maze toys that had a blob of mercury in them that you tilted the toy to get it from one end/start to the other. LOTS of fun. Of course, eventually we broke one, not sure if intentionally or not, and then played with the mercury on something flat (no idea what, perhaps plastic?). Also, my dad had a small bottle (very small, maybe 4 ounces?) of mercury. NO idea why he had it and never thought to ask how/why he got it. I think I actually took it when they moved out of the house so it's somewhere in my garage... :)

[@bobdobbs3848]

I've seen videos of electricity added to mercury and it flows clockwise or counterclockwise (depending on pos or neg direction.) (The Tinfoil hat part) Supposedly mercury electrified is part of mechanical workings that makes "flying saucers" fly

[@vanon3293]

rotating metal without friction and then include a magnetic field and bingo away you go.

[@victorwitness7414]

I'm guessing that putting the mercury in a vacuum and the magnetic fields of the electrical charges is what pulls energy from Zero Point energy. That is then stored in capacitors on anti gravity vehicles.

[@SuperWowstyle]

If my chemistry lessons looked this interesting...I would... ...nah, I would have still failed the exams. Never mind.

[@chottabeamm]

Well we might have still failed it but at least with less snoring in class tho

[@sukhdev9411]

🤣🤣🤣

[@rising0675]

I really like your honesty

[@hansdayo]

I probably still fail the exams but atleast I'll attend at every lesson

[@nutsbeta1325]

But I wouldn't

[@Kai-gk8qy]

my teacher: so, don't touch mercury because it's dangerous others: *puts their hands on a glass of mercury*

[@Diffping]

It should be backbenchers than others😂😂😂

[@drn6741]

Billie Eyelash beach When I was in high school, we could put our hand in a cup of mercury and roll around some drops in our hands. Only years later, I learned it was toxic.

[@aresRebellion]

There's a certain mercury that can be handled

[@nunpho]

@@aresRebellion yeah there's a mercury substitute that is used for teaching etc

[@doggyspeak]

they probably used gallium or something

[@shaalis]

amazng video. You always do quality stuff.

[@Ryanhelpmeunderstand]

I’m so thankful I don’t live next to you.

[@Lethal.G37]

How do yo know? 👀

[@MrZer000]

plottwit: he does

[@glitzyx4x852]

MrZer000 you forgot the s

[@elizabetharden5406]

He lives in Montréal

[@sagnu745]

@Tricky Niky leave him alone dude

[@virgo113]

Mercury is the reason the saying "mad as a hatter" exists. Hatters historically treated leather with mercury to give it the soft quality required to sew into hats. Hence, they regularly breathed in mercury vapors, which in turn caused permanent nervous damage.

[@georgealderson4424]

The man who wrote Alice In Wonderland and so on lived only 15 miles from me (but a hundred and fity years before me)

[@tetsujin_144]

Then given the rate at which the sun orbits the galactic center, he actually lived about a trillion kilometers away from you...

[@georgealderson4424]

@@tetsujin_144 I'm sorry but I do not understand what you mean.

[@felixgonzalez9776]

@@georgealderson4424 basically 150 years ago the Earth was a trillion Kms from where it is now lol

[@michaew9093]

Alex lol

[@cameronlamont3405]

I love the idea of an element series

[@user-hj8ud1cv6n]

Bro your videos are cool and really help me learn my chemistry, for example, I thought mercury couldn't be so dangerous but now that I watched this video I get it

[@Adequacy]

"Here's some mercuric chloride that I made, which is quite toxic. I'm very careful when I use it." *shakes the bottle vigorously*

[@d_i_a_v_l_o3827]

knowledge

[@sarabjeetsodhi3283]

Adequacy seems lyk you broke a lot of thermometers nd got a lot of mercury

[@americancheese9103]

sarabjeet Sodhi English?

[@MrGP-us4oz]

it was sealed, lol

[@edumw4163]

*Explodes*

[@abdu8359]

This really says something, I thought I didn’t like chemistry and didn’t enjoy the class. Now I’m sitting here willing to binge these videos.

[@theregalproletariat]

Yup. If you don't like chemistry, it was just poorly taught to you.

[@nathantoews152]

Haha I almost failed Chem my teacher passed me if I wouldn't take the class again. I hated it so much. Now I'm watching all this stuff going wait a minute it wasn't nearly this cool or useful back then. That was 14 years ago

[@dububro]

well you don't need to memorize any formulae to watch these videos

[@AceStrife]

What schools should do, and never did (at least when I was in them), is every year poll the students about what topics they were interested in, what ones they weren't, why, and how fun the classes were. (among other things for older students) Teachers can make or break your future, literally. They deserve respect and a well paying salary for what they have to do every day.. but they also deserve scrutiny about their capability and performance too. For me, school was the absolute worst part of my life, and my career choice is something that wasn't touched by schooling at all.

[@KingRidley]

These videos are essentially fun information and trivia. They're not giving you anything and then making you apply the information, or figure out formulas, or asking you to (basically) work. They're great to supplement what you learn in a classroom, but do you really learn anything functional from this?

[@shanon1217]

One of the best videos I have ever seen, as a chemical engineer

[@jjlomanning6045]

“If you decide to swallow it your stomach acid can react and make something dangerous” well damn there goes my weekend plans.

[@bonleofen]

Bro! You alive?

[@InvalidUser_]

@@bonleofen he's not

[@thineevee7345]

Are you still alive

[@moonlightnymph7975]

Bro are you still alive BRO?! BRO ARE YOU STILL ALIVE

[@ceff01]

Stfu now

[@marshallcotting1176]

Him: the way to change the red powder into mercury is by roasting it. Me: STUPID LOOKING TOMATO-

[@c4rt00nk1d]

O:

[@Le_xy]

Woow just offended a tomato man >:V

[@stevenkembro5891]

Fascinating! I'm learning about the uses of yyttrium in the making of alloys and strengthening or softening metals and how it relates to the human body and the fluorite that contains it. They say the body doesn't have a use for yyttrium but it does fight cancer, and thinking of the alchemy, what might we learn from studying it's effect on mercury, lead, sulphur and ether connected? Food for thought.

[@88arakvita]

Awesome video . Thanks for the educational video . 🙏🙏🙏 . I think a video about plutonium would be awesome.

[@kieravermeal9127]

Fun fact: My chemistry teacher actually had a bottle of mercury! Apparently back in the day there was some kind of accident or controversy or something with mercury, and some of the teachers (including her) took some of it. They kept it very secret, otherwise the school would automatically take it away. My class actually got to hold the bottle. It was so mesmerizing.

[@oddsbodskins6322]

The school wouldn't care, all of the chemistry teachers at my school had some, and most had gallium too.

[@crimpy972]

I am a caterpillar

[@theneighbourhoodqueer4423]

Damm u have cool teachers I have lame ones

[@thineevee7345]

Cool

[@aishwaryar1290]

Fun fact: my chemistry teacher did not do this

[@8bitbystander586]

Teachers: don’t touch the Mercury it will kill you. Me who is drinking the funny silver milk: don’t worry I won’t

[@That_Guy_Ty]

How am I even supposed to touch another planet

[@ITZ.URGIRLNIMA]

...

[@bonnie5079]

@@ITZ.URGIRLNIMA what's with the dots ma'am

[@ITZ.URGIRLNIMA]

@@bonnie5079 it is my reaction.

[@bencenagy5459]

@@That_Guy_Ty you fucking idiot you watched a video all about a metal, not a fucking planet

[@terribryan5457]

Thank you forever for your expertise

[@gaylecheung3087]

Fascinating, thank you

[@Pidgey95]

As a chemist, I developed an irrational fear of mercury. When this guy touched it withouth any protection, my heart missed a beat

[@melaniatrump2166]

its not irrational fear: getting that shit on your skin can kill you maybe fingertips are different from e.g. wrists

[@pietrotettamanti7239]

@@melaniatrump2166 No it's that mercury isn't absorbed. through the skin. Nile literally said in the video that potentially you could swallow it and you would shit out every last microgram of it. Potentially.

[@aced_1606]

Melania Trump you’re wrong, the danger is only organic mercury, not elemental

[@bogdanmeoff2399]

@@aced_1606 you mean metallic

[@tuckersmith7991]

Bogdanmeoff no, elemental mercury

[@hydrohomie254]

I think its important to add that Karen Wetterhahn didn't die immediately from the mercury exposure, which in itself happened within seconds. She had the accident in August 1996 and only died in June 1997. First Symptoms of her Mercury poisoning became apparent in January 1997. Reports say the mercury concentration in her blood was more than 80 times the toxic dosage. This was from 1-2 drops of Dimethylmercury that she accidentally spilled from a pipette on her latex gloves and it only hit her ~5 months after it had happened. Scary stuff.

[@d.h.dd.h.d.5230]

It's in our flu shots as a preservative.

[@lauren880]

@@d.h.dd.h.d.5230 dimethylmercury isn’t, thimerosal is. no real evidence of thinerosal having same affects.

[@Moritz___]

Sad thing is that she even had the proper savety gear for handling it but obv they didnt know enough abt it back then

[@hydrohomie254]

@@Moritz___ yeah at the time latex gloves were part of the proper safety gear. Sadly unbeknownst to them back then dimethylmercury permeates through those. After this accident the requirements for handling dimethylmercury were overhauled.

[@Woopor]

@@d.h.dd.h.d.5230 maybe in the 1840’s

[@caljam2476]

Thanks! Used this as a reference for my homework.

[@pauleherrera]

Nice video, thanks for sharing 👍

[@oscarman8070]

I was recently watching Queen music videos and thats What yt reccomended me...

[@mic-shellcrackson3800]

I mean Freddy Mercury haha

[@essenceisaway3633]

queen is a science

[@tsquitz]

@@essenceisaway3633 yep, music is science

[@levetatorgaming]

69 likes nice

[@adnanhimaloy3665]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

How the hell did someone melt a planet?

[@titan1853]

I don't know, but we'll get the bastard who done it!

[@envycollar]

must be one of those giant fuckin lasers nasa has.

[@redsusoverparadise2700]

Even the sun can't melt mercury!

[@eggroll3055]

You just gotta ask nicely, smh.

[@imhereforthememes500]

Leaving a comment here to roast the guy who gets whooshed

[@Techno-Universal]

Also mercury tilt switches were also used in early tilt/motion controllers in the 1970s/1980s! :)

[@marcob4630]

Thanks a lot! This is highly interesting

[@Lianmin27]

Gallium: *"I used to rule the world..."*

[@oswqld]

“Seas would rise when I gave the word” or for those, “chunks would load when I gave the word”

[@cgv9234]

That song brings back amazing and horrible memories about Minecraft.

[@murkd3414]

Seas would rise when i gave the word...

[@miguelbaltazar7606]

Well, davehax played with gallium. So not completely remove from the throne. Just moved to second in command.

[@miguelbaltazar7606]

Haahahahaahahahaa chunks would load!

[@magmadude_]

‘Both the mercuries can be brought back to metal, this is usually done by roasting it.’ Mercury, you’re named after a planet because you aren’t original enough to be given an original name. *instant liquid*

[@deepeshmeena3117]

0oooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@cooleslaw]

Actually both Mercury the planet and Mercury the liquid metal are named after Mercury the god therefore Mercury (the liquid metal) is somewhat godlike. *instant solid*

[@solstice1977]

Dental filings? I thought they stopped using mercury in tooth filliings.

[@JitSlayer]

They did stop using them in fillings and Mercury is liquid metal imaginge what would happen to your brain if you digest it

[@applepen7727]

Magmadude999 that’s what I thought!

[@insultchannel5971]

All the elements! Pls. We got time to wait.

[@2005powerranger]

Thanks for this I already knew all of this but it's still cool

[@stefanohua1346]

You know, the first Chinese emperor was obsessed with immortality and to prolong his life he used to ingest mercury sulfide which caused his death at the age of 39... (insert “How ironically” meme here) Edit: Qin Shi Huang, who died aged 49 in 210 BC, was the first emperor to unite the warring states of China into a single nation (Credit: Wikipedia) he died at the age of 49 not 39 sorry.

[@eline8087]

no, mercurally, not iron(ically). I'll see myself out.

[@stefanohua1346]

Eline JESUS

[@eline8087]

@@stefanohua1346 sorry XD

[@scythe123_]

No I don’t want to go back to humanity’s class

[@syedaanisha7128]

@@scythe123_ xD

[@M1A0U.]

Him: You have to roast the powder to make the liquid mercury Me: *starts to scream insults at the powder*

[@Harlem55]

Some people never get it.

[@joj3403]

UR SO SMALL THAT ATOMS WOULDNT BE ABLE TO TOUCH U

[@timothyjholloway]

I thought this was a reference to Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4PUiXWpnNOMpc0

[@thineevee7345]

Yes, that's what you're supposed to do

[@JaliceTheShort]

@@thineevee7345 yea

[@Tucker3014]

I would like see videos on how to attract/pull the atmospheric static electricity from the air. Also investigate electromagnets and mercury. Also investigate magnetic fields and mercury.

[@franciscoguizardane9552]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR VIDEO, REALY INTERESTING

[@nikkilengyel]

My brain: that's toxic Also my brain: °~☆ I wanna play with the pretty shiny liquid silver ☆~°

[@daidus4689]

Try gallium then it's pretty cheap

[@chunyingzhang6252]

@@daidus4689 it’s not cheap

[@daidus4689]

@@chunyingzhang6252 it's 2€ for 5 gram that's cheap as hell

[@zeddie4153]

@@chunyingzhang6252 lol what? Its dirt cheap.

[@daidus4689]

@Krazy Kommando It could easily be dealt with by coating the the aluminium with another metal

[@khaiphamba5991]

Teachers: "Mercury is very toxic." NileRed: "I'm about to end all you teachers' career!" Mercury: "I'm about to end this man's life!"

[@sindu6715]

😒

[@ashleysabharwal6662]

bleh

[@LordBrainz]

mercury is so precious, definitely one of my favourites🤩

[@da4711]

Very interesting and thorough video

[@jamesmccullough9999]

The other thing that's neat about Mercury is that when you touch it, it feels "wet". But because it's self-attracting, none of it stays on your skin, so your skin stays "dry". It's a very unique sensation.

[@seignee]

MERCURY IS METALLIC SLIME

[@Prismate]

When you touch it it feels wet let that sink in

[@BradyIsAfagInHeat]

I masturbate with mercury.

[@nathaniel7432]

Yeah, Jim Hutton makes him wet, too

[@yasyasmin654]

Fun fact: in the past rich people used to fill swimming pools with mercury just because of that feeling of "wet" and obviously, they eventually died lmao

[@joj3403]

7:44 Nile: "I'm very careful when I use it" Also Nile: *SHAKES BOTTLE VIGOROUSLY*

[@PaulJuliusAnderson]

Came to the comments to find this one.

[@xAntisune]

I got a kfc ad when I clicked the timestamp lmao

[@lordbanetheplayer8844]

When did Nile say he was very careful wiht the bottle?

[@humancat1844]

and he is not wearing any gloves while doing it lmao

[@megagaming8337]

dopplers effect :- kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIaspnepi8qto68

[@aria3443]

“I’m very careful when I use it” he says as he shakes the bottle violently

[@skyethebi]

I think it’s important to mention that the amount of thimerosal in vaccines is so extremely low and the main metabolite: monomethyl mercury doesn’t bioaccumulate very much compared to dimethyl mercury.

[@carlogaytan7010]

My grandma: *Careful dont break the Thermometer!* Me as soon as she leaves:

[@humanperson9480]

@@atomicnumber8051 relax

[@AM-uo1iq]

@@atomicnumber8051 chillax bro

[@m0rk898]

@@atomicnumber8051 chill

[@diamondthing2858]

Guys I'm pretty sure that the person named mercury is joking, as they are literally called mercury

[@aori583]

@@atomicnumber8051

[@someaccount3438]

I once tried to roast HgS, but instead of turning to Mercury metal, it just started crying.

[@ravenmaster1077]

Ahhahaahahha

[@CricketTheHivewing]

The tears are liquid, I think u did it

[@Fluffypotatoes4]

Yes you finally mentioned dimethylemercury

[@davidpack4158]

Nile I love all your science videos. Please do eliment metal ti titanium. I find it to be the most fascinating metal on earth

[@tehcheese7485]

7:46 Him:" I Am very careful when i use it..." Him: Shakes bottle extremely...

[@raragrace5040]

I searched for this specific comment, thank you

[@name3313]

In his defence it’s not like it’s gonna get out sooooo ya and I know I am commenting on a comment that was made two months ago

[@r91976]

So the previous name meant liquid silver. Pretty accurate as far as appearence goes i guess. Those greek & latin names always make sense.

[@techno_tuna]

r91976 technically it'd be literally translated to "silver water"

[@garethdean6382]

And let's not forget the old English name, quicksilver.

[@zanpekosak2383]

r91976 In our language if you translate directly it means live silver!

[@Felixkeeg]

The German name for it is Quecksilber. "Queck" being an old Germanic word for "alive/fast" hence the English name.

[@passer2by]

Mercury's Chinese name "水银" also directly translates to "liquid silver". I guess ancient people name things just by the appearance of it, then people learn about science to correct the names so they make sense scientifically.

[@Omeniferous]

Very interesting videos indeed if you are interested in amazing science, like most of us are. Awesome video on Mercury.

[@cassandragrandon6662]

đón chờ những ca khúc tiếp theo của Phúc, càng nghe càng thích giọng ca của Phúc ❤️

[@poisonpotato1]

6:20 this is where “mad hatters” come from Mercury was used in hat making process so they were exposed to small amounts throughout their life.

[@quicksilver3431]

🙄 what

[@aaronrodgers5852]

Quick Silver ok zoomer

[@nomblob5592]

Quick Silver It had phased out already but yea. They used to make hats with mercury back then

[@quicksilver3431]

@@nomblob5592 thanks for the information bruh, just trying to know, but some asshole messed up above.. Nevermind, do you have any paper about it.. about mercury hats!?

[@fibs1]

True

[@bogan420]

I first saw it was 12 minutes and thought "oh what the hell could he go on about for that long" Turns out it was very informative and a great video! Well done!

[@NileRed]

Thanks for sticking around for the whole thing!

[@psygn0sis]

I thought, "Man, I know all about mercury." .......I didn't know shit.

[@connor4317]

NileRed 2:54 so i can use a spice roast to turn cinnabar to mercury. NICE

[@hgmercury7279]

thank you for making a vidio about my elenent

[@MK-ex4pb]

ashley maddison same

[@iHATEbigots666]

2:00 this is a great shot, with all the camera reflections and different shapes!!

[@andinetgetahun6206]

Thanks for your information 🙏🙏🙏

[@thevillageinn]

Related to mercury - would be interesting to learn more about mercurochrome which I heard about from a much older gentleman who said when he was young it was used on cuts and abrasions as an antiseptic. I believe he said it was pink or left a pink color on the skin.

[@GoelWCS]

Red, dark red, used a lot in hospitals because you could clearly see where you put it (to prevent wound infections)

[@anonymousartist2176]

It’d be really cool if you went through all the elements in the periodic table and talk about them all on this much detail. Different compounds, uses, etc.

[@greatmeatball2978]

There is a channel just like what you've described.

[@lavenderlilacs]

@@greatmeatball2978 Do tell.

[@greatmeatball2978]

"Periodic Videos"