Why Do Acids Burn?

[@angelalmaguer311]

As a chemist myself, this video was great and funny as hell. “He’s your problem now. Byeeee” I felt that one lol

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

I saw a comment where dude said people aren't good representations of atoms for metaphors. Weirdo he was.

[@ohnaw223]

@@TheBluePhoenix008 ur pfp is cancer

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

@@ohnaw223 you don't even have one.

[@Buschkopf111]

Biochemist here, i fully agree. this video is nuts and accurate as well

[@ba-it3xz]

Was looking for this comment

[@marijansmetko6619]

"oh hey have you met harold he's really good well he's your problem now baiiiiiiiii" got me ROFL

[@ianmiller6707]

The single best moment of animation in all of KZbin.

[@noahway13]

Most people who understand this video is a Harold.

[@marijansmetko6619]

@@noahway13 okay buddy

[@no_special_person]

Haha same

[@MadScientist267]

That's Harold in the drum

[@robson6285]

Wow, this is for the first time someone explains acidity in a way i can séé it. I finally have got some intuitive understanding instead of only the abstract hydrogen/proton-giving/taking(-kinda-force?) explaination. I must say, this explaination (&this whole channel!) is great&correct, helpfull and needed! So thanks for making this videolesson so nice&clear!!

[@bravosix5974]

Ikr, i always write "acids are proton donors" in my past papers without understanding it... I just write it there.

[@apolloandwarrior_3229]

Until I saw this I had trouble understanding hydrolysis in my anatomy class and he explained it in an off hand comment.

[@onyxbackstrom3379]

Totally man same here.

[@Kandecid]

"Why am I hanging out with this loser? Give me an excuse, any excuse to ditch this guy so I can hang out with those Chad protons over there" /cuts to breakdancing protons. This is hilarious and informative. Great video and animations man.

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

Hey have you met Harold? He's really good well he's your problem now baiii

[@BawonSamndi]

Who wouldn't?

[@BryonComprehension]

I'm projecting onto Harold 😢

[@alanboro]

I will write the same comment in all your uploads: you are a genius when it comes to explaining things using analogies and making graphics out of those analogies. This channel and this creator is the best thing to happen to KZbin lately

[@Ziggerath]

i like how he actually explains it down to the atom and the rules they operate on. most people will just stop at molecules or even just leave it abstract.

[@waqozhaan8046]

I highly agree I owe my 40% understanding of general relativity to him

[@Nootelley]

This is really well written

[@angryman2767]

I can’t like this noooo

[@brookebethhhh4555]

Loll

[@yarr4429]

Who knew electrons were so adorable?

[@kifi1773]

this honestly clarified so much for me whether is be biology or chemistry. I'm in ninth grade taking honors biology and this guy explained all the topics in this videos miles better than any teacher i've ever had.

[@clover7359]

3:25 I couldn't stop laughing for a minute there, that was too funny.

[@3dpyromaniac560]

3:53 is what got me

[@rottenapple_]

Was it? I didn't think it was that funny

[@arstotzka333]

@@3dpyromaniac560 "ohheyhaveyoumetharoldwellhesyourproblemnow byeee"

[@macon8638]

@@rottenapple_ ok well good for you I guess

[@mariorocha9720]

As a computational Chemist working with all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of biomolecules, I totally felt you when I read the "this took forever to render" bit lol

[@TheMr77469]

Love the clarity and the way it was explained! Wish I had seen this video when I was in chemistry class back in high school!

[@Irreverent_Radiation]

Me: Wow this is really informative and easier to understand than school! "So if you had to dispose of a body..." Me: And practical for life too!

[@penguinsrockrgr8yt216]

A WHAT ! ?👀

[@randomshittutorials]

Your teacher must improve his explanations then! Maybe you could tell him that this explanation isn't working I bet he'd be happy to!

[@Irreverent_Radiation]

@@randomshittutorials Thankfully I'm no longer in school

[@randomshittutorials]

@@Irreverent_Radiation Oh xD

[@user-pr6ed3ri2k]

69thliker

[@NoahSpurrier]

4:17 “… can force almost anyone to take their hydrogens.” When I got to this part I nearly spit out my beer.

[@webx135]

5:20 That animation for resonance is amazing. I've asked professors if this was more or less what was going on and they were usually all stiff and like "no why would you say stupid things. It's just resonance. Resonance is this. There's no vibration or this or that." Like I get that it's more complicated than this with stuff like superposition, but I later discovered I had more or less the right idea and that the professors just didn't have great intuition for the subject material, but more of rote memorization knowledge about it. It was the same with electron orbital shapes simply being spherical harmonics: Basically standing waves you can make on a sphere-shaped drum. Or tipping vs slipping in statics. We learned about tipping vs slipping and the professor said the only way to determine if something is tipping or slipping is to calculate one and see if it works. Then calculate the other. I created a formula to unify the two and he was having NONE OF IT. I swear we need more professors who actually USE what they teach and not just parrot textbooks.

[@cgtrademark]

Right? Same problem here! I need concepts not memorization!

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

Teaching materials are getting better over the years, and rapidly these days with computer technology. It is not uncommon that the students actually understand the material much better than the teacher does. In fact, a lot of people learn the subject better by browsing KZbin videos than they ever would have by taking college classes. It's similar to how gamers who have played Kerbal Space Program usually understand orbital dynamics way better than NASA engineers who haven't played it. It's all intuitive, if taught right. And the younger you have it taught right, and the less you have it taught wrong, the better you understand it. The better you understand it, the more interested you are to learn more and the better you retain it and apply it to life.

[@cgtrademark]

@Matteo Tironi I don’t think so. What you’re speaking is purely theoretical so you shouldn’t state as fact but rather a hypothesis. The same as this concept is also theoretical.

[@cgtrademark]

@Matteo Tironi the theory of hybridization and and valence bonds are literally theories. You’re being really extra here man.

[@cgtrademark]

@Matteo Tironi your pompous arrogance is what’s gross. According to my understanding bond lengths can be experimentally measured through a couple of methods. In simpler terms through the use of light waves. However, all of these are calculated lengths. So in the same sense this is still at its primitive stage of measurement so I still stand by what I said. I understand what a hypothesis and most of chemistry is still at the experimental stage since it’s still so new. I can handle my chemistry just fine, I don’t need to arrogantly sound of in a basic video explaining concepts rather than the small details.

[@yuegodelg]

This is the best chemistry video I’ve ever seen in my life

[@gddanielk8491]

This is just gold. I’m gonna ask my chem teacher to show this to the class

[@sr.y27]

Man, i got say: I watched just 2 minutes and this is the best video about chemistry I've seen.

[@AbeMangum]

Keep making videos dude. You have a real talent for teaching. Thanks and keep it up

[@nutzerdatent7960]

I commented this under another video from you, but I have to say it again: I have NEVER seen someone explainging these topics sooooo good as you, RESPECT man!

[@SatireStation]

This video deserves a million views, the animation is indie feeling but very comfortable. It feels like the creepy side of 3D animation without the attempt to make it creepy which makes us really awesome cause it’s an informative video.

[@adymorris7347]

I'm getting on in years but it's true what they say, "you learn something every day"! Thanks brother x

[@williamrosenqvist5465]

This dude just taught me more then i was expecting and did it in a fun way

[@zuttoaragi8349]

I FINALLY understand how acids work. I've seen so many videos about, but none of them have presented it in such a simple way. Honestly, your videos remind me of those old 1930s educational videos, just with better visuals. Which is a good thing, IMO.

[@anac1053]

THIS IS SIMPLY THE BEST CHEMISTRY VIDEO IVE EVER WATCHED THANK YOU

[@ІванСтасюк-ш4и]

that was like.. more than i've learned from my 8-th grade chemistry. Very nicely animated, very understandable, a lot easier to understand than all of that gibberish we get taught in school

[@alexafan7]

As a 15 turning 16 years old, I thank you for this simplified explanation! It helps me to connect chapters that I am learning together in a fun way.

[@moldynature]

Your videos have changed my whole view on life. I found your channel about a week ago, and after only watching a handful of your videos....i am absolutely blown away. Thank you. Thank you for taking the time to explain and animate these concepts in a way that really encourages deeper understanding. Im in Uni right now, taking molecular biology and chem, with O chem in my near future, and im constantly confused by the complex ideas shown to me. It can be really hard to want to keep going, to force understanding, and to remember why i started in the first place. You have genuinely saved my love for science. I have gained a MUCH deeper understanding of what i am learning by watching your videos. Just....Thank you so much.

[@xd2k944]

I love your videos man they're super fun and informative and you break it down in such an understandable way

[@johns1625]

You're really great at explaining this stuff. The visuals are incredibly helpful as well!

[@georgewashington938]

chemistry is fascinating - we I had the energy to learn am understand it

[@khqlifq]

I see lots of potential for your channel, it will definitely grow to something huge, amazing work and beautiful explanation.

[@hm.91]

This channel is such a gem ❤

[@grimunleashed9583]

I love how you explain the insanity of atoms. I wish this vid. came earlyer. My teacher was not able to teach me how it works. Thanks

[@VoidTempests]

The animations were both amazing and hilarious. Great job

[@awez_mehtab]

A very very very good explanation and this is very easy for all curious students. Hope this channel makes similar interesting videos frequently.

[@JuanGonzalez-nn6dw]

This is one of if not the best KZbin Channel, Ive gotten to understand certain topics intuitively which I would never would've been able to understand without this chanel. Thank you for doing such a great service to the science community

[@spookywizard4980]

This was a hilarious demo, one of the best ways I've seen acids explained XD

[@malgudipublicschool2527]

I am an educator for the last 9 years who was an engineer for almost 15 years before that. I must admit I now know what and acid precisely is after watching this video .. Thanks a tonne and please make more of such videos .. Loads of love and respect from India .

[@hanchen267]

the simple way that youve explained it with examples and metaphors are both funny and easy to learn, keep up the hard work!

[@lexscarlet]

"I won't go super chemistry on you" Aww man but you're so good at it

[@mikeock2087]

That was a nice educational and entertaining video, this is how I imagine education in the future instead of schools.

[@nickthompson1812]

“Those CHAD protons over there!”

[@Thatonedude917]

What a great explanation of electron shells, I never quite understood it until now

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

You'd think a chemistry teacher of all people would know to use a base to dispose of a body.

[@JudeFurr]

You have a very unique and intuitive way of explaining physics.

[@apolloandwarrior_3229]

Your explanation of hydrolysis finally makes sense! It may not include water at first but the base forms water as a side product which then goes to react and break down stuff!

[@bobchelsy163]

nothing but support for this guy

[@wurststar9023]

3:52 You explained this easier to me than my teacher did xD

[@onyxia8786]

And it's also funny😀

[@richtigmann1]

I love how humorous yet humourous this is

[@TACCOFSX]

Very cool and well done video. The stuff with the stability is a bit janky but then again you can't throw entropy at ppl in a 7 min video. The reason for the burns was actually new to me so even learnt something new :)

[@ryla22]

This explains it better than any of my middle and highschool teaches did. If I ever go through with being a teacher I need to remember this channel

[@bradymaravich4149]

Awesome video, very well explained!

[@davidgusquiloor2665]

Finally an explanation of why acid does what it does i can understand. This is like when i learned how radiation works, great video

[@threestans9096]

so many little nuggets of info explained in a very relatable way.

[@thegamingdragonslayer6972]

Explanations are on point and very easy to understand

[@thegamingdragonslayer6972]

You should honestly have so many more subs than you currently have

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[@TON-vz3pe]

Hey, Did you know ! You have made learning more intuitive and logical. Wow ! Such a great explanation dude. Keep it up. This video deserves a 100 K likes.

[@alexkaiser118]

One of the best explanation videos I've ever seen. Fantastic job.

[@tacct1kk715]

This channel has no right being this good

[@mitchellmiller9026]

Absolutely amazing way of describing the chemistry of acids/bases. Visuals and metaphors were stellar as well, thank you for this masterpiece

[@pinkmell0w]

Singlehandedly helped me understand why are some of the electron layers shaped the way they are better than school. Legitimately

[@tompeters1242]

Already knew most of this but thanks for filling in the gaps my teachers didnt

[@clintonwashington8609]

Dude where were you when I was in chem 1? This made way more since then my class.

[@crude-dude]

Wow, this video and channel have exceeded my expectations by a long shot! Great video, I love the detailed (and funny) animations and the fantastic care put into it. Subscribed!

[@moosekababs]

learned more about chemistry and the like from this single 10 minute video than 12 years of public school. thank you for finally helping me to understand some chemistry stuff :)

[@2Sor2Fig]

As someone who taught high-school science for a few years, I loved this video. You took complex concepts and found really good analogies and your delivery was great (the explanation of proton dissociation and why the electrons seek to abandon it was hilarious).

[@panostsak]

Great video and so well explained! It's amazing that when we look at things in the microscopic level, it's just protons/electrons just being moved around, "breaking" the foundations of something and we experience this as trauma or worse. It's also fascinating to see how poisoning works, it looks so violent (take cyanide poisoning for example) and it basically just prevents electron transport. Just tiny things simply interacting and following the laws of physics but we experience destruction.

[@BabyEnginee0]

Thank you for this explanation. I was searching this for about 30 minutes and found now.

[@thecomprehensionhub4612]

Every once in while, a YT channel will come up that explains things the way it should be; with sense

[@paulrichardson2554]

Best chemistry animation I have ever seen.

[@donkylefernandez4680]

Those are some really clean animations

[@notatakennick]

This is amazing, edit in some pauses for questions and ship it to schools

[@TACCOFSX]

I loved the little faces on the polyethylene electrons at the end

[@gloobark]

dude there are a lot of educators on KZbin (and content creators in general) whose attempts at humor suck and just derail an otherwise interesting and informative video. you are not one of those educators. you're actually very funny and a talented voice actor and animator.

[@Wesley_H]

My brain at seeing the title: Why do acids burn? Because they’re made of wood? And therefore… … … A WITCH!

[@joshuabessire9169]

So I've been wasting time and money on litmus paper and I just need to throw in a duck to test Ph?

[@Variety_Pack]

The sad polyethylene electrons cracked me up

[@sadnosuckdont6454]

Underrated channel

[@Watchoutwinston]

Just found you on reddit, this is my first video. Dude super awesome job! Love the animations, super informative like I actually learned something, you explain it in a very fun and easy to understand way and that's saying alot considering it's chem. But just subscribed keep doing your thing, it's great content.

[@mcb187]

This is super cool! I have always wondered why acids were… acid-y, and this does a great job explaining it. Thanks!

[@Gunbudder]

if you really want to get technical, piranha solution is ideal for cleaning organic matter. it can clean the nastiest tar from the hardest to reach spots. and piranha is a mixture of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide, so the acid part dissolves and does its acid thing, but then the H2O2 part reacts with the left over carbon containing residue and turns it into CO2 (more or less). you are left with literally nothing but water and gasses. its expensive to make though so cleaning organic matter larger than a fritted filter would be pretty extreme. also, they used HF in Breaking Bad because HF can break down glass (silicon dioxide) which sets up the gag with Jessie thinking he outsmarted Walt by using a bath tub instead of a PE tub. If the show were going for more "real" criminal activities, they criminals would have just used pigs to dispose of the evidence. pigs will eat absolutely every single part of a carcass, even the bones. and their stomachs contain the acids needed to dissolve them. its why mobsters often had pig farms they could go to during the height of organized crime in the US. outside of pigs, criminals would use regular lye in a 50 gallon drum, or even just water or oil in a 50 gallon drum. one of the drums that washed up from Lake Mead recently had a body in it, and looks like it was just a body sealed in the drum and chucked in the drink. pretty chilling stuff to think of mobsters going around and doing that kind of thing. some of them got really freaky with it like Richard Kuklinski

[@sandybell4913]

The animation in this is top quality!!!!

[@idromano]

LOL I can't believe I haven't seen this channel before! I'm high as f-, had fun and learned more about something I've never fully understood in school! 10/10 Liked and subscribed!

[@reecec626]

I love these animations! Brilliant!

[@tuff_lover]

What a lovely, Primer-style of animation.

[@dragonartgroup6982]

This is literally the only video that helped me understand the acids and base thankkkkkkk uuuuuuu soooooooo muchhhhhhh

[@deephorizon1365]

These animations are top notch

[@LekkerNootje]

thank you for rendering Actin

[@sinephase]

chemical stability is like anti-entropy and seems to prove that the universe tends toward balance, not disorder

[@TheAlps36]

This was an amazing video! As a professional chemist I'm sure I knew the answer to this question in the back of my mind but I've never deeply thought why acids are so willing to donate their proton. I also really like how you included more advanced chemical aspects like delta + and -, pKa and electrochemical values. The cherry on top had to be those 3D protein models - talk about going the extra mile! I'd highly recommend this video to any high school or even college level chemistry teacher! Much kudos to you!

[@javjuegos_8917]

Thank you soooo much for doing this video, I can finally understand how acids work

[@mangle9143]

Those protein renders were really cool

[@mandaragodagama495]

Wow keep this thing going. I subscribe channels rarely and you deserve it.

[@Andrew-ep4kw]

Really excellent video!!! I've always tried to explain chemical interactions in human social terms (for example, sodium has an electron it's dying to get rid of and chlorine is dying to get an electron so hey, let's get them together! The marriage is called a salt.). So, it was very cool to see someone else thinks of it this way. Also, i loved the comment at 4:57. I cringed at the render time needed to draw all those little spheres.

[@NettyNetwork]

Wow, I'm amazed by the animations

[@PhillipAmthor]

This was so well made and even funny. This has meta meme potential

[@NiqIce]

Love how he fluctuates and vibrates the bonds and atoms to demonstrate that the position and orientation is not fixed but is only shown as balls for illustrative purposes

[@FromBCE]

Thank you for the advice, I'll use it next time

[@FoxDog1080]

I like that little note "This to forget to render"

[@nyscersul42]

Great intro explanation, not saying it wasnt, just... thought you could have mentioned how electricity uses the path of least resistance ... love your "for new scientists" explanation approach. :)

[@ricardasist]

There is an innacuracy when displaying the H3O+ ion, which should be a trigonal pyramid, not a planar triangular

[@redmadness265]

Yeah I noticed too