Exotic Elements vs. Magnet | Gold and nasty ones | Part 3/6

[@brainiac75]

Thanks for the guess and kind words :) Scandium is tested in the first part of this series. I do need to revisit the rare earth metals though with a more sensitive setup. Also have all of the rare earth oxides to test so stay tuned for more videos :)

[@brainiac75]

I guess a lot of toxic substances including arsenic are only really toxic when swallowed or inhaled :) Thallium is worse - even simple skin contact is considered dangerous. Good thing that they chose a glass ampoule to contain the thallium. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@brainiac75]

Thanks for watching! Part 4 will probably be a while - need to save up for the last expensive elements ;)

[@brainiac75]

Thanks :) It will be a while for part 4 - the last elements are quite expensive. That gold sample set me back on cash :/ But I have lots of other videos coming, so stay tuned.

[@brainiac75]

Thanks for watching and commenting! This video did take a lot of work, 'pulling strings' and hard cash so it's nice to know that people like the result :)

[@brainiac75]

Google+ is new to me so sorry for any errors I make x) Just wanted to share my newest video about elements vs. magnet. Includes the much requested gold and some samples I didn't expect to be able to show! Also includes a little challenge to name an alloy I show. Lots of guesses already but no right answer yet. You could take the honour of guessing right ;)

[@brainiac75]

Thanks for all the quesses on my latest video where I gave you a little challenge on naming an alloy. There have been quite a lot and very different guesses but no right ones yet. Here's a little more help to make it less impossible :) - It's an alloy of two elements. - It's not that expensive (~€5/$6 for the shown piece) - One of the elements in the 'family photo'-part of the video is in it. Can you guess it?

[@giovannifoulmouth7205]

Is it nickel silver (copper + nickel)?

[@brainiac75]

Giovanni Foulmouth Nope, but you're not that far off. Here is my video with the answer: Mystery alloy revealed [cube] Thanks for watching and guessing :)

[@EstCrossings]

I tested aluminium on a sensitive setup and i could see the eddy currents being produced in the aluminium.

[@brainiac75]

***** Thorium is very hard to find and therefore always very expensive. But there are sources for it. So far I have seen a few samples on eBay and onyxmet.com. rgbco.com has also sold it before. Happy hunting :)

[@monke6116]

can you get a sample of krypton-kripton i dont know how to write it i saw it in the photo

[@brainiac75]

Welcome to my channel! I have lots of hobbies but I like to share the more unusual here on KZbin. Stay tuned for more crazy stuff ;)

[@laserfloyd]

I like the diamagnetic ones. Gold is like "leave me alone... get away! argh!" :)

[@awesomesause12]

You make it sound adorable lol

[@devonaylen2987]

Soooooo, Magneto would be able to break us with the calcium in our bones alone?

[@robertesparza7152]

No.The bones are calcium phosphate.

[@manictiger]

Devon Aylen Brain blood vessels would be the first point of critical failure, followed by those surrounding the heart, followed by the heart, itself.

[@robertesparza7152]

***** yes ,yes iron, cobalt, nickel, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, gadolinium, vanadium, platinum and sodium

[@robertesparza7152]

***** 11.cesium

[@redmadness265]

@@manictiger If he had a magnetic field strong enough to tear the calcium out of your very much nonmetallic bones, your physical form would be destroyed and molded along the field lines

[@brainiac75]

A lot of metals are, and most semimetals and non-metals are diamagnetic, so you were close to being right. But quite a lot of metals are actually diamagnetic and repels a magnet. I guess it is counterintuitive that some metals repels a magnet. We grow up having fun with metals being attracted to magnets :) Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

Part 4 for this series? That is gonna be a while - I simply don't have the money for some of the last expensive elements right now. But I have lots of other videos planned. Right now I'm working on one with the mystery alloy in the above video. Hope to release it this week :) Thanks for watching!

[@robertesparza7152]

I have sulfur too.

[@brainiac75]

Platinum is a little paramagnetic (+193) so I should easily be able to show that is attracted to a magnet on a water bath. It's just so expensive :)

[@BigBoy4005]

I told my GF that gold was repulsive, she didn't buy it...

[@four4eight]

9 years old? 42 Likes? But no comments!?!?!? Let me fix that

[@brainiac75]

Thank you :) In part 2 I did put the price and availability on every element - but looking back I don't like it. It almost turns the video into a commercial... During the credit crunch gold turned extremely expensive - more than platinum. Gold has dropped in price since but still is one the most expensive metals. Silver is quite cheap compared to many other metals :) Rhodium samples tend to be extremely expensive because so few people sell it outside the industry :(

[@brainiac75]

Yes, links in video and description for part 1+2 of this video series.

[@marcosradaelli2364]

man, kerbal space program themes are everywere

[@TheDiamondBladeHD]

Yeeeee

[@marcosradaelli2364]

+TheDiamondBladeHD 2.0 hehe

[@overlysarcastic9227]

Finally somone who knows the game

[@BaconMinion]

You must buy sealed gold and release it from its tomb FOR SCIENCE.

[@brainiac75]

I'm not surprised that Kevin MacLeods music is used in many places. The best royalty-free music I have found so far :) Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

Thanks for all the quesses! The guesses are getting closer but fewer and no right ones yet. Here's some help: - It's an alloy of two elements. - It's a non-sparking alloy

[@galacticgaming5058]

This is a great series please continue it!!

[@martinshoosterman]

Not impressed untill I see a 1 kg sample of ununoctium, No but I just watch all 3 videos, and wow. just wow. simply amazing. Their is nothing I love more than pure elements being shown in such quality.

[@AhnafAbdullah]

Roughly, 315 ng of Uuo-294 was made. They cancelled because Uuo-294 breaks down into other elements in 0.089 sec.

[@martinshoosterman]

Ahnaf Abdullah so get a good slow motion camera and make 12 orders of magnitude more

[@AhnafAbdullah]

martinshoosterman Yeah, unless they have speed of light shipping. And brainiac75 can open a package in 1/10000 of a second.

[@martinshoosterman]

Ahnaf Abdullah or just film it as its being made.

[@AhnafAbdullah]

Yes, yes, where the temperatures while smashing particles reach 200000 times hotter than the center of the Sun

[@letsfigure5032]

I love how you have these really cool tools and element samples, and your scale setup is just a magnet on top of a Lego.

[@brainiac75]

+Let'sFigure Hehe, as an amateur my experiments are often quite ghetto. But as long as they work I think it can encourage others to experiment in their own homes. It doesn't always take elaborate laboratory setups to experience science ;)

[@henry67278]

+Brainiac75 that no so ghetto the closest thing that I have come to gold is when I went to a shop this man was buying gold like yours

[@brainiac75]

Thanks :) You can send me a private message here on KZbin. Click on my channel name to go to my channel. Choose 'About' and click on 'Send message'

[@lillydoye7418]

I would feel safer if you hadn't used papyrus.

[@user-hz7pk9vb6z]

Samuel Doye Or that creepy music...

[@somefool6409]

4:10 actually I am... >:) Why not do a series where you test the magnetism of common compounds? I want to see how rust and sodium hydroxide are attracted to a magnet

[@brainiac75]

+Connor Steppie I may continue with compounds when I run out of elements. I have a collection of rare earth oxides that are known to react visibly with a strong magnet. I will make a video with them in the future...

[@brainiac75]

Yes, two samples of antimony in part 2 (link in description).

[@brainiac75]

Thanks for watching :)

[@Kikilang60]

I wish I seen the sodium one. Our school had a six pound bar of Sodium that someone stole. The thief threw the sodium in the school's pound. They had to close the school.

[@robertesparza7152]

You mean pond. right?

[@Kikilang60]

Robert Esparza Yes pond. If it was a pound, think of the puppies? I do think a bunch of turtles, and frogs had a bad time.

[@lordvarys6163]

One of the students at my old school stole about a kilogram of 99.9% pure sodium metal from the lab. When confronted with the possible consequences of his action the bright boy decided to flush it down the toilet to discard of the evidence. The reaction blew a hole into the girls bathroom. Naturally, the boy was expelled .

[@thelanner22b]

Is it possible to liquefy some gases and then testing for the activity? by using a magnet :D

[@brainiac75]

Yes, here's an example with oxygen: Paramagnetism of Oxygen

[@thelanner22b]

brainiac75 Thanks

[@thelanner22b]

brainiac75 Is there part 4? :D

[@brainiac75]

Landau Martin No, not at the moment. Of the last elements I only have ruthenium at the moment so not enough to make a video. But I'll get more over time and just make other videos meanwhile :)

[@thelanner22b]

brainiac75 Hmm, how much did all elements you have cost? just curious :D

[@godsgutz]

I love how your videos are so like informational in a fun way, and barely any audio with just your voice is very relaxing and sort of ASMR-ish, keep up the good videos!

[@Robert.R.83]

this is some really fascinating stuff. thankyou for posting this series. its so cool to see how nearly all metals react to magnetism in some way

[@neonred7985]

where did you get those three elements that aren't yours?

[@sagiksp4979]

Don't ask...

[@souravsekharnayak]

Govt labs maybe

[@maxmouland]

I will be happy when you do francium ;)

[@Gasolina25]

+Max Mouland mohaha xD

[@Ryan-zf3rq]

There was a place near where I live were in the 1600's people would use arsenic and other toxic metals which ended up seeping into the soil and groundwater. I'm so glad it was a Superfund site and it was all cleaned up!

[@brainiac75]

Thanks for your quesses - you have found some really interesting alloys :) But noone got it right yet. You are more than welcome to try again!

[@tanmayagarwal4767]

5g is more than enough gold u da best

[@Snake95pwn]

2 people thought magnets melted metal.

[@monke6116]

3

[@monke6116]

im not one of them :D

[@robertesparza7152]

4

[@popularfrontfortheliberati4299]

Heimskir The Mighty Prophet of Talos. Trust in his wise words. You all mofos need Talos

[@TylerFurrison]

Communist Disco isn't that the guy who I shot with a bow and arrow in Skyrim?

[@brainiac75]

Thanks for all the quesses! They have been very different but no right ones yet. Here's a little more help to make it less impossible :) - It's an alloy of two elements. - It's not that expensive (~€5/$6 for the shown piece) - One of the elements in the 'family photo'-collection is in it.

[@miraak542]

3:02 You just made it into orbit. Good job Jeb.

[@XxacedragonxX]

Silver?

[@YildirimOguzhan]

Platinium

[@circle4602]

Oğuzhan YILDIRIM an alloy not an element

[@thedood7930]

That gold bar looks so cool and professional... I have got to buy some gold. I just love it.... such a beautiful rare metal.

[@brainiac75]

Me too :) It is a fantastic metal, superdense and supershiny. Unfortunately also very expensive. There will be a part 4 at some point but at the moment I can't say when. With my current economy it is gonna be at least a year from now on - I need to look for a way to fund my project >: / But I have other interesting videos on the way so you don't have to wait a year for my next video :)

[@rockface112233]

platinum ts platinum

[@teengene]

if he could only afford 5 grams of Gold then how can he afford 100+ grams of platinum?

[@ominousgrace8728]

teengene Platinum is worth less then gold though..

[@robertesparza7152]

Ominous Grace no...gold costs less.

[@ominousgrace8728]

Robert Esparza www.kitco.com/market/ Here you go mate.

[@robertesparza7152]

Ominous Grace Thank you.

[@chanhien4000]

stupid question: Why can't you find heavy elements like lawrencium,... anymore?

[@brainiac75]

The very heavy elements are extremely unstable and quickly turns into other 'lighter' elements through radioactive decay or spontaneous fission. The half life of the most stable isotope of lawrencium for example is 11 hours. So even if they were formed in freak accidents of galactic proportions they would disappear quickly. As far as we know the very heavy elements like lawrencium have only been made by man and never in nature.

[@chanhien4000]

brainiac75 Thanks,so that means they're so rare and cant be seen?(

[@brainiac75]

Chan Hien Exactly, the elements above atomic number 100 (fermium) have only been made in invisible amounts in laboratories by smashing smaller atoms together in large man-made machines. A few atoms can be detected in day-long experiments but we have never seen them with our naked eyes. Uranium with atomic number 92 is the highest we can collect in visible amounts in nature. Anything above is extremely rare or doesn't exist at all in nature. More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transuranium_element

[@chanhien4000]

Thanks for the explaination,I really love chemistry and English is not my first langauge :)

[@richcampoverde]

It's actually because I ate them

[@oddguygasgoldenshekelstein5494]

Fascinating! Pure gold looks beautiful!

[@brainiac75]

Thanks! Welcome to my channel. Only few people find it but as long as the right ones do - I'm more than happy :)

[@chrisplug7032]

very cool love the golds reaction when you move fast totally worth watching cheers man

[@brainiac75]

Thanks for watching :)

[@brainiac75]

So it's been a week since my upload and I'm surprised by the many guesses on the alloy. Thanks for participating! I did make it a challenge and gave very little information in the video (or my brilliant subscribers would guess it within the first hours). Many of the guesses have been very interesting - I have learned about alloys I didn't know off - cool! Here's a tiny bit of help to make it less impossible: - It's an alloy of two elements. - It's not that expensive (~€5/$6 for the shown piece)

[@mimas165]

Got so disappointed when you decided not to open the gold bar! Love your humor. Love your accent too.

[@brainiac75]

Thank you. It's comments like yours that motivates me to carry on :) I'll give all a little while to come with a guess. It is free to give it a try with several guesses ;) Greetings from Denmark!

[@gruntoverlord19]

Great content! Love the Kerbal Space Program music around 5:00. Haha.

[@brainiac75]

Thanks for your comment. Made my day ;)

[@519MaLoNeY]

THESE VIDS ARE WICKED!!! Lol. I sooooooo love these videos!! Thanks for your work and congrats on the views!! You def earned it!!

[@MathIguess]

Arsenic.. "Stay away from this shit!" XD

[@AishaDracoGryph]

Such serious action movieish sounding music makes the magnet pushing the gold sound dangerous.

[@brainiac75]

Thanks! I'm actually quite pleased with having 9000+ subscribers - more than I ever imagined. But I guess it is quite a small number compared to the big ones with millions. They probably receive over 10 000 new subscribers a day x)

[@NolorW]

Just found this channel, and all I can say (besides awesome videos), is that you have very very interesting hobby :D

[@brainiac75]

Radioactivity does not really change the conductivity of a material. Radioactivity is related to the nuclear core whereas electricity is about the electrons around the nuclear core. Beta radiation is electrons but even very powerful beta sources would not really emit enough electrons to change conductivity in a metal. Alpha sources are however used in smoke detectors to ionize the air inside a metal dome enough to make the air a little conductive (which smoke blocks and triggers the alarm).

[@brainiac75]

Yes, because I always test the styrofoam alone with the magnet before putting the element on to make sure no impurities, static electricity or just basic draft etc. isn't affecting the result. I also use these tests personally to give a little extra guarantee that I have the element that the seller claim to have sold me :) And wouldn't a static charge in the styrofoam be discharged on a water bath? I have yet to see an effect with just styrofom and a magnet on a water bath.

[@Deathbite166]

great videos! i relly enjoyed them! but as a normal youtube viewer i have to say it: the reflection on the spheric magnet shows that you are bold ;-) keep on going!

[@brainiac75]

Thanks :) The cesium is from smart-elements´com. It's a hazmat so they don't ship to all countries. More about cesium in part 2/3 in this series if you haven't watched already.

[@robertesparza7152]

Ruthenium?

[@robertesparza7152]

Awesome videos!

[@jawsrock1]

Wow. This was fun and educational. Thanks for the video!

[@abdullah32592]

such a high quality video like this deserve a medal . god bless you . you serve the humanity . thank you very much n_n

[@kkonstantinosss2]

The element you showed there is silver, that is why it is so brilliant!

[@Rebasepoiss]

This is what youtube was supposed to be about: small channels that produce awesome content. :)

[@general_prodigy]

I love this youtuber's accent, so amazing!! I sub and liked, I will share this with my science manic friend :)

[@brainiac75]

Awesome! Welcome aboard and thanks for sharing :)

[@brainiac75]

Testing gas with a magnet is not easy because of their low density, that makes it hard to have a significant mass close to the magnet. It is possible with gasses cooled to they are a liquid (search for a video of 'paramagnetism of liquid oxygen') - but I don't have access to liquid gasses.

[@brainiac75]

Thanks :) It is supposed to be a challenge. It would boring if the first one to comment got it right :) The video has only been up for two days so it's too early to give clues. But let me repeat what you can tell from the video: 1) It's an alloy - so there's more than one element in it. 2) It has a color - a little more faint than the other three shown but still a yellowreddish color. It hasn't been guessed yet :) I'm positivily surprised by the many guesses already - keep 'em coming!

[@brainiac75]

Neodymium magnets that are thin compared to their diameter are extremely fragile. Never let them smash together or fly/fall towards iron. You can wrap them in something like cloth or many layers of tape but you loose magnetic power when you put something between the magnet and what it works on. I have non-magnetic brick walls ;) You must have found a screw, nail or steel tube in the wall?

[@dinocro111]

I laughed so hard when you said "Stay away from this shit." It was something really unexpected. xD

[@Xaplelul]

You should do a video about the rest of the elements either telling why samples are unavailable, like price or hazard. Maybe give us a little info about each element and let us know if you ever plan on getting it for your collection.

[@brainiac75]

During the making of this series so far I have learned that more is available than I ever thought. So I may make an error if I named the elements I can't get a sample off to test. Eg. thorium is very difficult to get but it's not impossible... Money is generally the limitation in this project ;) Any element in particular you are interested in hearing about?

[@brainiac75]

The 1 kg sample in this video is from the UK eBay. My 5 kg bar is from the German eBay. There are a lot of copper ingots for sale on the German eBay but they rarely ship outside Germany :(

[@Sharpman76]

Awesome music, awesome content, awesome voice; definitely subscribing! Keep up the great work!

[@brainiac75]

Nice! Welcome aboard :)

[@brainiac75]

I have made a video with the answer. Check 'Mystery alloy revealed [cube]'. You got it right ;)

[@gers1702]

the white foam can be energized becouse of the static energy , so when you get the magnet near to the gold, piece, is not pushing the gold, is pushin the foam that carry the gold

[@brainiac75]

My reflection is all over in this video... Near mirror-surfaced metals are beautiful but a challenge in front of a camera x)

[@brainiac75]

Thank you very much :) I always put quality over quantity and like being a small channel with a few but awesome subscribers. It is in my opinion impossible to combine broad commercial appeal with deep passion. I go for the deep passion - more giving for the ones that share my passion and myself ;)

[@brainiac75]

Yes, this Finnish brand is a very popular choice in Denmark (all Nordic countries?).

[@519MaLoNeY]

@6:55 the music is hilarious!!! Lol. Love it

[@Nipunsayswtf]

Thanks for uploading this video... It was great watching it just like ALL your other videos :) Looking forward to more intriguing stuff from you in the future! :)

[@brainiac75]

Very interesting and qualified quess (color also seems to be a close match). But no, it's not one of the Panchaloha-alloys. Feel free to try again. No one got it yet :)

[@itachi999987]

love these videos man, can't wait for part 4!

[@Faldrian]

I really like the caption that is floating along the gold! :)

[@brainiac75]

+Faldrian Hehe, the built-in tracker in my editing program, HitFilm, did a really good job on tracking the styrofoam and 'hooking' the text to it. Thanks for watching!

[@TheMCCraftingTable]

The magnet sticks to the wall because the sand that mixed with the cement to attach bricks contain iron. That's why I can get iron sand easily here. The walls of my school, my house, my magnets can stick to them. Not really strong pull force, but at least strong enough for some strong magnets to stick...

[@zapster109]

this guy deserves more subscribers!

[@totallySafeUsername]

Wow, that was really great! Thank you.

[@helloboy123able]

Brainiac, you deserve WAAAAY more subscribers :)

[@irrlicht2008]

Wow very nice, and interresting. GREAT video series. Could not wait for next videos. THANKS alot for making this videos..

[@Korrupzion]

Very interesting video, you managed to make an attractive way to show chemistry to common youtube users :)

[@brainiac75]

Thanks! I'm not scientifically educated or professional so my videos are basically my way of understanding things and having fun with science at my home :) I have just always been interested in science and studied everything I could get hold of at home - so why not share it here on KZbin ;) Thanks for watching!

[@deadfreightwest5956]

Funny about mentioning the sound of osmium against the glass... osmium was once used for phonograph needles.

[@danieldvergsnes3831]

I've been playing a whole lot of Kerbal Space Program lately, and that song at 5:00 is in the game. Also funny considering it's an object floating around.

[@Ace0077]

Great video again. FYI Arsenic in metal form isn't allll that toxic. It gets biotransformed to toxic compounds in your body though - substitutes phosphorus. Single touch should not be dangerous, but you're right, safety first! The infamous toxicity of arsenic comes in its ionic form (+III, +V oxidation states), +III being more toxic and +V more carcinogenic.

[@CarlZ]

I absolutely love your videos man keep up the good work!

[@MarkRose1337]

True. Rhodium was recently over $300/g. It's now around $30/g. Platinum and palladium are not at a historically low price right now, but rhodium is a bargain.

[@rebeccadonoghue8993]

Stay away from this *bleep* sh*t. LOL THAT LITTERATELY GOT ME 😂😂

[@footballfc100]

Very interesting, you are inspiration. Thanks for the great videos. P.S. your humour is very funny.

[@gddeen1]

It looks like strontium. You have an AMAZING collection of elements... I can hardly wait for the trillions of alloys possible for you to collect and measure.

[@brainiac75]

Thanks :) It's not strontium - link to video with the answer in the description box.

[@gddeen1]

Do you need help collecting/storing this stuff for educational used?

[@brainiac75]

Not really. Most of my samples are freely available online, but with some I need to know the right person and be trusted.

[@williamsmith455]

I think what you were seeing with the phosphorus is the aluminium foil in the package being attracted to the magnet.