Battery made with Prime - Periodic Table of Videos

[@periodicvideos]

Extra footage at: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHW0mZmwlt-tbdU

[@SeanBZA]

That battery with the Prime as electrolyte is rather toxic, due to the copper in it, which is a toxic metal to fish and other invertebrates living in water.

[@saintchuck9857]

@@SeanBZA better not go swimming except in pools. Wouldn't want the copper leaching out of your body. And fish aren't invertabrates.

[@srgarathnor]

the drink is rather bad for you, even compared to other similar energy drinks

[@SeanBZA]

@@srgarathnor No idea, never tried it, even after all the hoopla around it.

[@metern]

How expensive is a bottle of PRIME in you contry these days? In Norway 🇳🇴, you can get any bottle for around 3,78, and up to 5,00 USD 😁.

[@sshuggi]

"Always put the top back on the reagent bottle." Martyn, ever the instructor.

[@johnwarr7552]

I can almost hear my old chemistry teacher, Robin Hillman saying that too :-)

[@MahmudulHasan-wc4jb]

why was matrn drinking from the reagent bottle? :P

[@daddymuggle]

​@@MahmudulHasan-wc4jbI wondered the same thing.

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

The professor is not buying the hype, he's old school and will stick with the tea ☕

[@odinfromcentr2]

I'm with Dr. Poliakoff.

[@VeroTesta]

"Always put the cap back on the reagent bottle" =)

[@realityveil6151]

I love Martyn. He's so delightfully old school. I wish I had even 10% of his work mentality. I'd get so much more done.

[@kelvinsparks4651]

Don't blame him , my son drinks prime but I think it is awful stuff 😂

[@EverettWilson]

"It's unobjectionable, I suppose." About as good of a review as I expected.

[@unvergebeneid]

Or, depending on the flavour "distinctly funny." 😄

[@jurjenbos228]

And "I've drunk worse things." From the mouth of a chemistry professor, this doesn't mean a lot.

[@unvergebeneid]

@@jurjenbos228 or does it...?

[@samsmith1580]

It tastes like battery acid so not surprising it works.

[@Nachos-sk7od]

0:11 I love the professor's new tie with the periodic table written in Chinese.😃✨

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

*_"Prime, it's got what batteries crave."_*

[@akuyume7]

7:53 I 100% agree with the professor on this one. I don’t know what it’s called in the UK but I find that one to taste like cherry Robitussin.

[@pattheplanter]

We had a lot of cherry-flavoured medicinal syrups in the UK when I was a child. Anything vile and the chemist would add cherry or raspberry flavour so you got vile cherry syrup. Now I can't stay in a lift with someone wearing an artificial cherry perfume.

[@Electronzap]

Brawndo the thirst mutilator has electrolytes.

[@aspzx]

It's what plants crave!

[@Sonny_McMacsson]

I came here for the Brawndo jokes. I left because of the Brawndo jokes.

[@NGC-7635]

Ah yes Prime..the sports drink company founded by two individuals who couldn't pass a grade 11 chemistry test if both of them teamed up AND you gave them the textbook.

[@Rachel_M_]

_"It's got Electrolytes"_

[@NGC-7635]

I'm just pointing out the facts.

[@MRJ_17]

@@NGC-7635 but why does it matter ?

[@OmniversalInsect]

And one of them has knowledge tattooed on his chest.

[@MrBrax]

​@@MRJ_17because it doesn't do what a sports drink should

[@JustOneAsbesto]

5:45 The Professor takes part in the most dangerous experiment of his career.

[@Stevethebear]

Rightfully, the only "PRIME" The Professor knows is "prime" numbers.

[@018CCHC]

Please ask him what he drank before that was worse than Prime.

[@phonotical]

Raw sewage is the closest I could think of that would be worse, but nobody markets that to children!

[@odinfromcentr2]

I don't know if we want to know...

[@brianm6337]

@phonotical Nope- they advertise that to parents to give to their kids.

[@phonotical]

@@brianm6337 no, it was advertised to kids, maybe you don't remember, but I do, all those videos suddenly appearing as a paid sponsorship, kids wondering into corner shops specifically asking for it, kids fighting over the last bottle, the whole thing was scummy

[@scriptorpaulina]

I don’t know, but nystatin is very, very bad

[@mahlakabano3412]

I am just a fan of this professor

[@PTNLemay]

For a second I thought it was referring to prime numbers, and it was somehow a numberphile collab

[@NathanaelNewton]

'I will finally get my kids interested in my day job' Good luck! This might actually work 😂😂

[@Jimorian]

For anybody wondering where the "energy" comes from in the battery, it comes from the energy used to smelt the metals from their oxides (ores) to make them pure metal.

[@Groink1]

Well, that is exactly what is _not_ happening here. It is exactly the opposite: the pure metal Zink gets "destroyed" and "disappears" as Zink ions into the aquaeous electrolyte, creating a Voltage.

[@Jimorian]

@@Groink1 Correct, the zinc changing to an ion is what is releasing the energy put into the metal by purifying it earlier in a smelter. (or from recharging the battery to change the ions back into metallic zinc). My only point is that we don't get "free" energy from creating battery piles, we're only releasing energy put into the materials from another process earlier.

[@EtepBeyard]

This is a very interesting/important point. We (as a society) first have to input energy to drive the oxidation reaction in reverse to extract the pure metals from their ores. Part of that energy is then the "chemical potential" that can be liberated by the spontaneous forward reaction.

[@Sköldpadda-77]

“Always put the top back on the reagent bottle”. And cue the new Prime advertising campaign: “It’s awfully sweet but it’s unobjectionable, I suppose” and “I’m not sure I’d drink it for pleasure…but I’ve drunk worse things”. “Reminds me of medicine when I was a child” and “I wouldn’t drink this one, it tastes distinctly funny”. 😂

[@eddiemarohl5789]

That's cool! I'll have to toss this over to my hometown school science teacher. The kids would love it.

[@PaulG.x]

6:12 Ah yes! Prof will be referring to the unfortunate incident were he temporarily stored some hydrofluoric acid in his teacup and then forgot about it.

[@johnopalko5223]

The new advertising slogan for Prime: "It's unobjectionable."

[@mrsledge]

Hahaha I was expecting this comment

[@LordpittCZ]

While PRIME has one of the better flavor profiles in the Electrolyte Drink section, and has extremely big amount of electrolytes in it... there is a slight problem. Well, not slight, but a potentially fatal problem. Electrolyte drinks usually contain huge amounts of sodium. Sodium makes them taste salty, and the saltiness has to be covered by something else (usually sugar). PRIME doesn't do that, it uses potassium as its main electrolyte, potassium in the form of non-sugar sweeteners. PRIME contains 200 times the ratio of potassium : sodium than what the human body ejects in sweat during sport. A person gets thirsty during exercise, causing them to take a drink. So they drink PRIME - this doesn't replenish the sodium their body needs, so the body stays thirsty, resulting in the consummation of more and more PRIME, possibly (under very extreme circumstances) resulting in potassium overdose, which can result in arrhythmia, which can lead to death.

[@OmniversalInsect]

I doubt any real athletes who need an electrolyte drink would actually use prime, but they still do advertise it as such so that's a problem.

[@RDEnduro]

Extreme cases happen, your theory is not unfounded, hopefully noone does this

[@saintchuck9857]

Under not so extreme circumstances, you can drink too much water resulting in chemical imbalances in the body with health consequences (including death). Should there be a sports drink category? No, in my opinion, but it is allowed. Hopefully, consumers are informed that they are no better than soft drinks,

[@ColMcWillis]

Like Brondo, It's got what plants crave!

[@3800S1]

Literally was going to comment the same.

[@psychosis7325]

"I've drank worse things" - The Doc

[@danielliptrot9594]

We use prime to demonstrate amino acid chromatography and Ninhydrin

[@ericwebster6911]

I dont know what it is either but I know it's got what plants crave!

[@edward_dantonio]

It’s always nice to see Professor Poliakoff in these videos. Cheers to electrochemistry and galvanic cells.

[@pattheplanter]

It is generally recommended that children under 16 should not have energy drinks. The labelling for Prime Energy says 18 plus. The caffeine in Prime is two and a half times that of a Red Bull. For a child half the weight of an adult that is five times the effective dose of one Red Bull. Would you drink such a huge dose in one drink? I know caffeine is generally accepted by society but why get children addicted to it before their brains are fully developed?

[@BrianB14471]

These weren't prime energy drinks (the kind with caffeine), these were the sports drinks.

[@pattheplanter]

@@BrianB14471 Indeed. but they were confused about that, referring to them as energy drinks. The branding should be much more clear so that children are not given the wrong type.

[@kelvinsparks4651]

They weren't using the prime energy here .

[@AllenYordy]

The professor drinking prime is KZbin gold thank you Brady and team

[@NathanaelNewton]

7:49 oh oh.. this distinctly looks like a PTSD bad memory reaction I'm so sorry Professor 😮😂

[@aldovictoria8925]

Hello sir Martin and the team... continue the great work

[@brianm6337]

Prime: It's what Autobots crave! Should do a followup video- this stuff vs vinegar vs I don't know- beer. Just for a sideways choice. Have a volt off.

[@pattheplanter]

One lemon will outperform it easily.

[@droppedpasta]

Dr. Walsh saying “stack” instead of “pile” is killing me. Just leaving a dad-level pun like that unused

[@DanielRenardAnimation]

I recall there was a huge fuss about these Prime beverages and all the little pre-teens in the EU gobbling up the KZbin content of its creator, begged parents to pay hundreds times the price, just so they could have some shipped over. They eventually hit the shelves here and I tried to see if there was really anything to them, but was met with this mediocre, synthetic flavor, that didn't really motivate me for seconds. Amazing experiment! ⚡🔋⚡ (both experiments, of creating a battery, as well having Martyn sample some 😉)

[@HRM.H]

The title had me thinking it was april 1st

[@UncleBadT]

i get it, and how it works. but it will always blow my mind how you can get power like that. i also wonder how long you can run 3 LED's with that setup? hours? days? if you can keep it wet that is

[@BengalBoy16]

I work in retail and the store I work in sells so much Prime to kids or parents giving in to their kids screaming for it, really proves to me most people shouldn't have children.

[@pattheplanter]

The Energy version with huge amounts of caffeine or the "sports drink" version? The label says kids whould not have the Energy drink.

[@Tardis1217]

Please don't let your kids drink this. The company is being sued for having really high doses of PFAs present in the drink.

[@hantrio4327]

I also contains a pretty high amount of potassium which is bad for the electrolyte balance

[@Mikee512]

​@@hantrio4327 a single banana has 4x more potassium than one of these drinks.

[@deereboy8400]

I used Tide detergent in my copper/zinc battery in 7th grade. They say you shouldn't drink Tide either. What a load of dirty laundry.

[@Suninrags]

While I loathe defending the owners of this drink the studies are very exaggerated they have no more pfas than most drinks, the only one that had slightly more than average pfas was the grape flavor and even then it was still negligible. Logan and ksi are still morally bankrupt but let's try and not spread false info, we have plenty of more substantial evidence showcasing their sins

[@3800S1]

@@hantrio4327 It has potassium phosphate, perfect for my aquarium as a fertiliser haha.

[@mrgreenguy]

As cringe as Prime is, I think this video could actually be helpful to get children excited about science

[@Nyphur]

While this is true, you can see all these suspicious comments already popping up talking about how great a certain product is. They've created an advertising platform for a product, whether they meant to or not. I can appreciate the science and the education engagement but still be disappointed in the lack of brand awareness and social impact.

[@OmniversalInsect]

Eh the kids have all moved on from prime, as with all the mindless fads they don't last long.

[@mrgreenguy]

​@@Nyphur I guess I'm just trying to look at the positives. But yeah, I agree there's definitely negatives to showing it. It doesn't look great. But since they weren't sponsored, and their intentions were solid, I can't really blame them for not looking deeper into it. You don't typically need to search a brands controversies when buying a drink from the store or think about the social impact of doing a taste test on KZbin. It was a fun little experiment, and I think most kids who click this video would probably be clicking because they're already interested in the drink anyway

[@saintchuck9857]

@@mrgreenguy If it were a BetterHealth ad randomly placed in the video, I'd unsub like every other channel that has done it. I suppose they could have removed branding but this was less about Prime and more about electrolytes, in my opinion.

[@DeconvertedMan]

*Shocking!* 💡

[@IceMetalPunk]

As soon as you got over 6V from the battery, you already had more than enough voltage to power a microcontoller, like an Arduino, which typically runs on 5V (though some smaller ones will run on 3.3V). I wonder how long that battery would last powering a simple Arduino with minimal load on it?

[@timharig]

Not necessarily. They measured the voltage open circuit so you have no idea how much the output impedance of the battery is. If the output impedance is high, then attempting to draw much current will simply result in pulling down the voltage.

[@johnl2727]

Hello Sir Martyn. Great video. Thank you as well as your experimenters.

[@Harpoquondrax]

What a great video, keep doing what you do! Love it!

[@sarchlalaith8836]

You should make a battery with Robert murray Smith the man made a battery with chlorophyll.

[@notalizardperson]

It's got what plants crave.

[@BLUEOVALJ1]

It’s got What plants crave!

[@deltadigger2833]

Question, are those coins really copper? Most pennies are not copper after 1982

[@Quintinohthree]

They're not in the US. UK pennies have been copper-plated steel since 1992 and were bronze prior. In any case, it's what's on the outside that matters, and that is copper.

[@tyrantfox7801]

The reaction happens on the surface , so the copper plating would do just fine

[@TheSpooniest]

Trying to use Prime as an electrolyte for plating in sodium or potassium would obviously be a very bad idea. But couuld you use it as the electrolyte to plate something in magnesium?

[@noncompulsoryl]

Sure, let's give those knobs more exposure.

[@seanw890]

Thanks for the easy science experiment. We gave it a try and worked great!

[@aenima462]

The professor is such a gem ❤

[@dementionalpotato]

finally, a use for prime

[@jamest.5001]

What if you were to melt salt inside a copper cup and placed graphite rod invthe center, keeping it 1mm from the bottom . To prevent a short. And maintained heat to keep it Molten. Cinnect a volt meter to the cup and graphite would there be a voltage? And would the temperature make a difference?

[@lumpyfishgravy]

How thick is the copper plating on a 2p anyway?

[@haoyuan92]

Prof Martyn wearing the Chinese periodic table tie is mind blowing

[@roybm3124]

Nice video, try to reverse the polarity with a charger when it is empty. and see if you can revive it.

[@jerril42]

Excellent video. Thank you. I would have thought that the nine volts would have burned out the LEDs. I guess the internal resitance of the battery was high enough to keep the current in check.

[@Richardincancale]

3 LEDs were on series with a typical diode drop of around 3v each - hence OK on 9 volts. As you say the internal resistance is probably quite high plus the effect of hydrogen evolution causes a very rapid surface effect where minute cells are set up in the surface of the zinc, reducing the efficiency rapidly.

[@jerril42]

@@Richardincancale I just gave it a try with a rechargeable 9v battery and the same LED configuration. I was getting around 85 mA, which is quite high, and the LEDs were very bright. The red LED was fluctuating (as was the current) and got warm. The battery was not fully charged with about 8.15v.

[@444ranger444]

@@jerril42 voltage on the red LED should be less than 2V right?

[@loftlo]

I really like the tie with a Periodic Table in Chinese worn by the Professor.

[@1Welshdylan]

This is an interesting way to generate energy, you can get power from the battery it's self and use the hydrogen gas for other applications.

[@bundiesel8472]

I made my own voltaic stack out of copper/ zinc pennies. Fun and interesting!

[@ragecharacter4743]

Happy to see the Professor

[@zodd0001]

how much current was generated by the battery ?

[@jperez7893]

can you please show how to construct a t-s diagram or p-t diagram of a substance from scratch?

[@metern]

How expensive is a bottle of PRIME in you contry these days? In Norway 🇳🇴, you can get any bottle for around 3,78, and up to 5,00 USD 😁.

[@penguin44ca]

It's got what plants need.

[@rtpoe]

I wonder - do different flavors give different voltages?

[@fep_ptcp883]

This video has great quality, maybe this channel is in its prime

[@danielmadar9938]

Brilliant 😂 For a greater communication effect, you should've put the coins directly in the bottles. Harder, but worth it.

[@azrobbins01]

How much current can it produce, though?

[@asheep7797]

Battery made with Composite next?

[@MahmudulHasan-wc4jb]

why was martyn drinking from the reagent bottle? :P

[@ryanjohnson4565]

I want more footage of the professor reviewing new beverages.

[@henryisnotafraid]

Hey you guys made the battery from the TV show breaking bad when the camper was broke down.

[@bertblankenstein3738]

Well, I have to say that lighting up the leds probably takes 10 times more power than running the calculator. Lcd calculators run on a sniff of an oily rag.

[@billynomates920]

prime had to be explained to me what is it? it's a drink 😄😄😄😄😄 and another great video begins!😄😄😄😄😄

[@docwhogr]

battery made with primus?

[@johnnysun6495]

Please make a video on a chemical mystery like yellow powder explosive

[@Amprobiuss]

Great to see martin again bravo🎉

[@BethKjos]

It's got what batteries crave!

[@charlesurrea1451]

How much current can you draw from that pile? Want your kids to perk up and pay attention? Have them assemble one of those piles dry with the wires on. Place it inside a container and then pour their drink over it. Then watch it energize an led or better yet, a spark gap generator!

[@TheAzurTim]

Why doesnt it short out internaly??

[@alexcarniglia8141]

Thank you so much

[@Ytmmery878]

5:50 Periodic videos is super stressed about what's gonna happen to him after drinking that scary prime chemical

[@flipthecoin.]

Some voltage and corresponding current measurements wouldve been interesting.

[@1TakoyakiStore]

Lab tech: You might say this is a Prime example of an electrolyte.

[@JaydoEOfficial]

Your camera man is Australian? Are y’all from Australia or is he just working over there?

[@duran9664]

This could encourage kids to drink even more PRIME! 🤷‍♀️

[@Bluelightzero]

Drinking battery acid doesn't seem as dangerous now.

[@ZomBeeNature]

I thought each metal had to be separated with a membrane, not directly touching each other like they did it.

[@pattheplanter]

Two connect directly to pass the current from one to the other, then there is a membrane between those coins and the next ones. See the diagram at 5:11

[@jurjenbos228]

From the comments below, this drink is way more suitable for making batteries than for drinking.

[@chemnobeliumlab1520]

I hope one day I finally meet you at Nottingham. All of you, the prof and other scientists :)

[@MP-oh9lt]

Are electrolytes that thing what plants crave? 🤔

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

Plants don't have a brain so they can't crave anything. Or is this a meme and I'm going to get whooshed?

[@VeroTesta]

@@DanceySteveYNWA It's a meme from the 2006 'documentary' Idiocracy =)

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

@@VeroTesta ah, I see. Thanks for the enlightenment sir

[@Slikx666]

I've never got round to making one of those batteries, maybe one day... But I'll never buy choice drink any of those energy drinks.

[@duran9664]

👇The true challenge is 👇 Make PRIME out of a car battary🔥

[@megan_alnico]

Shhhh nobody tell them about the sports drink named 'battery'.

[@adamwishneusky]

Thank you to our sponsor Prime, “it’s unobjectionable” 😜

[@exaMAB]

camera work was on prime too!

[@GeirGunnarss]

That is not an energy drink. Prime Energy is but that is Prime Hydration. A bit like Gatorade.

[@vick229]

KSI will watch this and be like yeah...PRIME

[@alanrosenthal6958]

I hope Prime Hydration LLC gave you a donation in exchange for the plug.

[@periodicvideos]

We received no money (and The Prof did say it tasted like medicine!)... We hope a few people who would not otherwise watch our videos might watch and see some chemistry!

[@saintchuck9857]

I don't think they've given in to BetterHealth, yet, like some channels, so I hold out hope they are here for the science education rather than money.

[@yoshtg]

@@periodicvideos yea, getting them kids excited to watch some chemistry, from what i heard 90% of the Prime drink company is owned by just 4 young people, 2 of them are Logan Paul and KSI who own 20% of the company each. both Logan Paul and KSI did some shady things in the past like pump and dump crypto nonsense but nowadays they seem to be more mature and i hope they spent the fortune they made with prime selflessly and in a responsible way