Can you actually smell metal?

Sorry, the shirts shown in this video are no longer available :(
If metal has no odor and you can't smell it, then what are we smelling? It turns out that it's mostly a chemical called 1-octen-3-one, which is generated when your skin oils react with metal that you've touched. I thought this was really interesting, and I decided to try making pure 1-octen-3-one myself and to see what it smelled like.
Procedure:
• www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Background info:
• www.nature.com/news/2006/0610...
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oct-1-e...
1-octen-3-ol:
• shop.perfumersapprentice.com/...
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[@Cheerwine091]

This man’s making robot perfume

[@DjZorlag]

Why would a robot want to smell like what it smells when people touch it? Oh, that really came out sounding wrong.

[@KeaveMind]

@@DjZorlag exactly what i thought xD i also dont think robots can smell 🤔

[@troywhite6039]

Only if you Program them too😆

[@troywhite6039]

And technically he made human perfume for robots.

[@AquaticSCP]

Troy White you can’t just program a robot to smell

[@trashmeme2328]

I mean, if a crab that owns a fast food restaurant can smell a penny from a mile away, I bet humans can.

[@mateuszodrzywoek8658]

Yeah, the one thing thats weird is the fact that a sponge works there and not a spoon

[@bloodyhell8201]

imagine if you used 1-octane-3-one to bait Mr krabs into a trap

[@ratrandom2360]

Ha Ha!

[@asuque7147]

@@ratrandom2360 don't you mean arg arg arg arg arg?

[@Frostyviewer]

Scent carries better under water?

[@jaycee8624]

fascinating! I always assumed the “metal smell” was from some form of oxidation of metal, but had no idea it was actually from skin oils. cool to know!

[@irissupercoolsy]

same!! It's surprising it's the actual metal that reacts with your sweat oils and not just with oxygen

[@hexgraphica]

It's from some other oxidation or oils too. Sometimes you can smell some stinking smell without touching it, when it gets rainbow stained, on a rusting parapet, or near a tram when it rains. The latter one is really stinky and made going to high school very challenging in the morning

[@christopherstewart9874]

What is strange, though, is that nickels smell different than pennies. I can't smell quarters or dimes.

[@skullmax3595]

Spoiilerrss

[@mirandapanda5439]

​@@christopherstewart9874yeah what's up with that? I can smell copper and iron... Why can't I smell the same thing on other coins? And why does my blood smell and taste like a penny??

[@MichaelIhde69]

It's always so satisfying to see him simply poke at a liquid with a stick and see it turn into something completely different

[@littlesnowflakepunk855]

"there ended up being an error" is my new favorite way to say "i fucked up"

[@orue5499]

yes

[@korlyboy282]

we don't fuck up. we have happy accidents.

[@TheSpacecraftX]

That's very reminiscent of a lab report write up. Heavy use of 'passive voice'.

[@icetea.._]

its my kid friendly way

[@orue5499]

@@korlyboy282 *shoots sibling by accident* ANOTHER HAPPY ACCIDENT! :D

[@21copyCat]

chemistry is actually fascinating when you dont have to swot for an exam

[@marioskarakatsanis5351]

A lot of things done in school I love but never cared about in lux now that I am out of school 2 years I'm way more educated and in front in life than the good good students who are now in uni meanwhile I work and building my cv and went to the army...school makes you want to either follow the sheep or be a fail...fuck that

[@rikuk.3776]

I think this is a big problem that should be fixed. The human mind is naturally curious and like me i love watching documents, videos and reading about all kinds of things where I learn something of how the things in this world works but at school that curiosity fades away

[@alexp8785]

@@marioskarakatsanis5351 the army doesn't make u sheep? lmao ok buddy

[@christianmartinez2179]

School: oh no, you made a mistake, you suck and will suck forever therefore you failed the exam Real life: shit I fucked up, oh well it is what it is, let's try again

[@spoonchad5686]

@Jacob King A school with final exams like every school lol

[@billytraver7066]

This chemical may be a life saver! I detected a gastric bleed in one of my patients a few weeks ago because I smelled that “metallic smell.” After noticing no notable bleeding source and running some tests and labs it pointed to a GI bleed. All thanks to (probably) 1-octen-3-one.

[@thulium_3169]

omg no way, I hope they're doing well now.

[@JonathanSchrock]

I've had this weird dish with watery baked eggs and a little bit of ham, and it always makes forks taste way more metallic than usual for some reason. It must be something with the way the eggs were done or something.

[@karlcarlsburg9641]

I think your mom cooks weird. Lol jk. But watery baked eggs sounds… different?

[@mysticmusical]

Maybe the eggs were overcooked? Eggs develop a sulfur ring on the outside of the yoke when overcooked. It takes a greenish-gray hue. Not an expert so don't take my word but it might be the sulfur reacting with the forks.

[@JonathanSchrock]

@@karlcarlsburg9641 Believe me, that's not my mom's cooking, thank goodness

[@karlcarlsburg9641]

@@JonathanSchrock ham is usually preserves with nitrates I think. I wonder if combination of nitrates and something in eggs will amplify metallic taste. I have no chemistry background or knowledge so strictly hypothetical. Glad your description isn’t your moms cooking lmao!

[@KOTSR]

@@karlcarlsburg9641 I think they mean poaching

[@jendostromann6744]

So the only difference between the smell of a mushroom and the smell of metal is a single hydrogen? That's kinda mind blowing tbh

[@jakubchumchal9459]

And the difference between table salt and bleach is one oxygen.

[@jendostromann6744]

@@jakubchumchal9459 yeah but those are both really small molecules, consisting of only a few atoms

[@vivianloney8826]

Idk dude theres also a double bond there. The difference between a hydroxyl group and a carbonyl group is pretty significant in terms of what type of intermolecular forces and reactions are possible. The electronegativity of the O-H is very different than the C-O

[@thedarkness125]

@@jakubchumchal9459 this not quite comparable to what's going on here.

[@salvator4295]

It get's better. The only difference between the taste of caraway and the taste of spearmint is the shape of the molecule. Chemically it's the same molecule, but one is a mirror image of the other.

[@bekkayya]

Congratz, you made pure essence of spoon.

[@xMaverickFPS]

Essence of Spoon sounds like a band name

[@endofmidsummer]

@@xMaverickFPS A metal band name

[@La-playy]

@@endofmidsummer i saw what you did there buddy lol

[@burnttoast6974]

Tell the cashier it’s Essence of Coin and then you can just buy anything

[@La-playy]

@@burnttoast6974 lmaoo

[@tanelehala6422]

He made the worst smelling mixture of substances and didn't think it was too bad. His friends/coworkers didn't agree. People have different sensitivities but probably too many chemicals have contributed to hyposmia. I experienced complete anosmia with Covid several times. Now probably hyposmia at the right nostril. Glad I didn't lose it all.

[@biologosaul]

Amaizing, loved it! For some people panic attacks start with a smell of "metal". In that sense, for me, there's now a lot more to elucubrate on that

[@christianharvey9611]

"This entire process s t a n k" - Nilered 2019

[@crackerjack4833]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lgbtdestruction.9858]

The smell of “S T A N K” is created by the chemical octenium-(III)Fe hypochlorite. Hahahahaha just kidding.

[@SoMNoMW]

Stank is past tense of stink

[@urmomsmymom1276]

@@SoMNoMW *stinked

[@stevej71393]

@@urmomsmymom1276 *stunken

[@ok-qh3qt]

*smells a penny” normal people: that smells like metal nilered: that smells like 1 - o c t e n - 3 - o n e

[@thewindowsexperience489]

Oof. XD.

[@litpath3633]

nah its 1-octen-3-own

[@syncringe1885]

This angers me for some reason

[@intrer8601]

Jake Hooper actually, it’s 1-octen-3-one. The one is pronounced ‘own’ for some reason.

[@dashwinterson8855]

nilered: that smells `stinky`

[@nonamesorry7135]

Being able to smell metal makes a lot of sense with how blood is just a very important thing to smell for anything that has it and hunts things that have it, which is an interesting thing on it's own. The way the smell only activates when it's mixed with your body fluids, it's like it was made this way specifically for creatures to smell it. And you can't even confuse it for metal because metal doesn't smell unless you touch it.

[@Leonrey-ic1wh]

No it to help us track water, it's in the smell of rain. Especially after dry periods.

[@andrewmettler2228]

I have iron patio furniture and after it rains it smells like a murder scene.

[@dbauernf]

Just found this channel randomly few days ago.. pretty good mad scientist content even for people like me that are stuck at elementary school chemistry level and never looked into it more then that. Well done!

[@Roddy556]

It's amazing one person can make such good content. It's better than anything I ever saw in school or on TV.

[@emiliepond2395]

Also metal just smells like blood so I’ve always chalked it up to “iron in blood, iron is metal, logic”

[@fumiko___]

I mean, when you’re smelling blood you’re smelling the iron reacting to your skin oils... so I guess it does have the same smell

[@angriispaghetti6108]

blood also tastes like metal

[@Mr_Lesbian]

@@angriispaghetti6108 I wonder if clean blood tastes of metal...

[@DarkAngelEU]

@@Mr_Lesbian Someone else's blood already tastes different to your own blood, so like the video says, only part of the taste/smell probably comes from this molecule, the rest of it is composed of other compounds that are probably rather unique to your own skin. Now, if you lick a piece of raw meat, you will find that the blood tastes even more different, because it's from another species. Also, if you taste metal, you should probably see a doctor.

[@BulbasaurLeaves]

@@Mr_Lesbian If you accidentally bite your tongue, the blood tastes the same. For that matter, red meats that are rich in heme iron have that faint 'bloody' iron taste. Maybe there are compounds in your mouth that react to the iron the same way as your skin?

[@rrangwooo]

Yes, we can smell metal. Look at the blacksmith! They have smelt metal.

[@livewire9437]

ha ha shut up

[@kennko3]

Live Wire be a dead wire

[@WickedPhase]

bruh

[@saturniunyttech679]

@@livewire9437 booooooooooooooooooooooo

[@how_about_naw]

Dad joke on point

[@jiranma]

I used to make lemon curd and whenever I made it, it inevitably had a metallic taste/smell. And because I had strained the curd through a metal sieve and somehow the acidity from the lemon probably caused some reaction and therefore my curd always ended up with a metallic taste/smell. I guess that metallic taste/smell probably was something leeching off some of the metal and chemically reacted to have similar properties of the chemical you made. Who knows. I suck at chemistry.

[@charlywx333]

It’s really fun to watch your video while constantly check every reactions on my notes

[@jocabulous]

"you can't smell salt" joke's on you, my dad's been smelling our salt though a straw for the last 30 minutes

[@Itoyokofan]

You can smell salt in salt mines and when they boil salt water in huge quantities to make salt.

[@jocabulous]

good idea, that must've been it

[@austiningalsbe6078]

That's cocaine he's snorting not salt

[@matt4280]

@@austiningalsbe6078 wtf is a cokeainn

[@aliafxx]

@@austiningalsbe6078 r/woooooooosh

[@jerry3790]

“There ended up being an error” *Throws vile into beaker That gave me a laugh

[@SouseMouse]

Skatole was vile. This was just a vial. :P

[@AguaFluorida]

@@SouseMouse Now, if only it turned out that he can also play the viol...

[@pattheplanter]

Discovers 1-octen-3-one makes you clumsy.

[@Bootleg_Jones]

"I honestly have no idea how this happened, tho..."

[@captianmorgan7627]

I make this sort of 'error' on a daily basis. I have no coordination.

[@TommyTindall]

I am so glad this came up on my page, I have wondered this for so long.

[@slavpod9202]

Wow what a great video! I had no Idea the metal smell can be this interesting and unique to each and every one of us! Thanks!

[@buxomant]

Man, I swear you're like the Bob Ross of chemistry videos

[@kidthebilly7766]

yeah...no

[@Stan2016Games]

O my gosh. I feel the same way Cristi POP.

[@plainlogic]

More like the Mo Rocca of chemistry. I keep waiting for him to say lowkey funny shit.

[@stormbear3365]

That made me laugh for some odd reason 😂

[@planarian1772]

Happy accidents...

[@twixerclawford]

I love the concept of describing being clumsy as "there was an error"

[@christina3478]

Lol I’m going to use that

[@LLLadySSS]

Mistakes were made lol

[@oldcowbb]

lab report question: what are the possible errors in this experiment nilered: me being clumsy

[@krisppynugget]

And the fact that he was so shocked by his mistake haha! 😂

[@roxy6137]

There was only little happy accidents

[@-VXE-]

The results are cool! It's definitely interesting how it changed your association with the smell. Cool!

[@madmanminkler1382]

I had always thought about this too and wondered about it. Thanks for the explanation!

[@drewking666_]

"I no longer have this idea that it's a metallic smell" is the saddest thing in this video. Rip Nile perception of metal

[@ivyssauro123]

That was actually slightly saddening

[@Svefngengill]

@@ivyssauro123 I actually think it's more positive. It's more like he's become a metal connoisseur. He can now detect the faint differences between various metals. I think it would be interesting to get desensitized to the smell like he has, and try to identify the sub-aromas in various metallic smells.

[@mawei135]

He disenchanted his world.

[@juanro22]

Go listen some Iron Maiden and come back. Let the paresthesia cure you.

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Edit out the misused big term king -- I am the only Queen / Lady / Princess, so only my protectors (the alphas) are a king / mr / lord / sir / prince etc!

[@EvilParagon4]

I feel like I've been tricked into watching a chemistry video but that's exactly what I clicked on.

[@TheAgamemnon911]

Yeah, the Algorithm suggested this to me for days. Finally clicked it. Wasn't disappointed.

[@andzelavickopaite8214]

1k liker! 👍

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

Lol

[@officolo7u7]

The subtitles are just a beautiful work of art.

[@BM-jy6cb]

Absolutely fascinating. I'm not a chemist, but I've often wondered why I could smell "metal" for the very reason you outlined at the beginning. I now have a completely new perspective. I've learned something else new. Thank you.

[@TheOfficialCzex]

_guitar at beginning of video on metal_ *That's METAL*

[@BidoMaggot]

Hell yeah brother \m/

[@rushthezeppelin]

Meta metal even...

[@lampehthelamp5748]

that was a HARD joke, the IRONy

[@glarynth]

Nailed it.

[@OrangeC7]

Oh man I can just SMELL THE MUSIC

[@knda9780]

“You can’t smell metal.” Fire Fighter at Chernobyl: "Do you taste metal?''

[@TheHappyWanderer]

Me, an intellectual: "Doth thou detect any traces of 1-octen-3-one via the nasal orifices or rather the buccal orifices?"

[@waswat]

@@TheHappyWanderer Dost*

[@jamesgarrett7844]

Someone’s been watching HBO

[@apexlight016]

Braydon Garrett me boi

[@knda9780]

eiii this is kinda pathetic but anyone have link to Chernobyl ep5 ???pleaseee=))))

[@onlywayisforward]

Man I love this channel 💯

[@jarrettnelson2936]

I think this is one of the best forms of your videos

[@peterobinson3678]

Approximately 80 % of this video went straight over my head, but it was still fascinating... Thx.

[@wesleysmith5737]

pete robinson saaaaamm

[@casualcadaver]

Same here.

[@disarray0921]

How ? He explains everything so well and simple, what's not to understand? Was pretty straight forward.

[@rzxv3]

bout 35%

[@chetruane]

@@disarray0921 a lot of the things he explained required prior knowledge to understand, for example when he was explaining chemical formulas.

[@Zi7ar21]

“But there was an error.” *Drops vial into beaker*

[@shubhangikundu2827]

Vial

[@Zi7ar21]

Shubhangi Kundu that’s what I said. Lol I edited it... It’s ironic I got this notification after watching a Vsauce video about Homonyms!

[@ottolehikoinen6193]

Thanks for reminding me what i missed by not doing organic synthesis 4th year lab courses.

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

I've smelt it in non-skin oil situations though. Most notably wiping up some spilled saltwater on an old coffee table with metal decor. The smell was strong

[@zachlap3020]

You sound like an actually interested chemistry teacher

[@jhoughjr1]

Being a teacher is hard, being a great teacher even more so. I'm sure most were interested but highschoolers and college ppl for years would have to break one down.\ Not to mention administration. Vs doing cool fun research or becoming a drug kingpin.

[@grongolawless1396]

A what now?

[@iterroz.on.i]

Zooted

[@flairpundit7960]

Doogie Howser M.D. for Millennials lol

[@IamDryEuropa]

He smells like an interesting chemistry teacher

[@RogerBarraud]

Thus a new hobby was born: Connoisseur Metal-Smelling.

[@gianata]

but.. you cant smell.. metal

[@weeekly7]

Violet Payne does put a smile on my face

[@bashkillszombies]

Maybe that's why Joe Biden sniffs young women's hair all the time?

[@cartoonsforall6469]

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[@kjsyt6743]

Getting this on my FYP on KZbin and I love it

[@zetertheduck]

Nilered 3 years ago: easily smells the substance Nilered making super stinky stuff: I can't smell it

[@YOSFP]

lmaoooo

[@ikwordwakker]

Having worked in an aluminium factory making profiles, I can attest to this. The packing section always smelled way more than the rest of the factory.

[@thedemonreupblican5803]

Your most likely smelling oxides metals among other things like the slag and other impurities

[@ikwordwakker]

@@Chris-rg6nm Yes, but as soon as it enters your nostrils, it oxidizes and gives off the smell.

[@SuperMike32]

Worked in a steel warehouse, my idea of what metal smells like is the distinct grease and cleaner.

[@amcghie7]

I always thought that Aluminium was odorless even with skin oils tbh

[@ikwordwakker]

@@amcghie7 It stains, so there is oxidation. People think it's inoxidable, but it forms a layer of aluminiumoxide on the surface.

[@RandomCapeDude]

22:27 HE'S NOT WAFTING THE FUMES!! HE'S BREAKING THE RULES OF SCIENCE!!

[@heidip3736]

FINALLY SOMEONE NOTICED

[@Eurobeat_fan]

HE'S GONNA GET SUSPENDED

[@genericrandom64]

middle school science teachers in a 100 mile radius: *winces in pain*

[@bricktamland9907]

AHHHH

[@ghost_ship_supreme]

_gets written up_

[@mechez774]

@27:00 I had this same change in perception. When I was working at the octen-one factory I stopped associating this smell with metal, and more with just work and life in general. Yea we made truckfuls of this stuff - they spray it on all the freshly minted coins to make them feel more natural before release to the public.

[@Owen_loves_Butters]

Wait really? I mean, it makes perfect sense, but that's still very interesting.

[@izzyizzy2spd158]

I am a chemist in the pharmaceutical industry. More recently I have been doing more proposals, but my graduate research was synthetic inorganic chemistry, and professionally I was more of a synthetic organic chemist. These videos are awesome, and make me miss working in a lab. It also reminds me that I miss undergrad and grad research less... I don't think I could distill off solvent without a rotovap, and a combiflash would have been pretty awesome. It would be cool to try to reproduce the exact reaction that goes on when the oil of your skin comes in contact with metal.

[@captaincat1743]

If you're a synthetic organic chemist I have a lab you can work in. Well it's actually more of a garden shed, but perfectly fine for the task. And there are no measuring flasks but I have lots of empty soda bottles and stuff that I have marked up with a felt-tip pen. And I made a fume cupboard using a vacuum cleaner so it's all safe, I guess...

[@izzyizzy2spd158]

@@captaincat1743 Where does the "fume cupboard" vent to? Eh, either way its probably the best offer I've had in a while. When do I start?

[@indig_0361]

"I've never done something so clumsy before" Twenty minutes later, chucks a penny

[@baganatube]

Well, that was after the error. :D

[@ethanblanke6873]

Soumalya Pramanik same

[@jskratnyarlathotep8411]

it definitely messed with his brain =D

[@nathant.3299]

"I was left with this nice white powder.." "Hold up... what is this guy making?"

[@miyukiteishi9051]

1-octen-3-one? Its literally what the entire video is about. Were you even paying attention?

[@johnt8703]

@@miyukiteishi9051 r/wooooooosh

[@Grimpep]

@@johnt8703 woooooooooooooooooooow

[@nathant.3299]

@@miyukiteishi9051 I was making a joke... :)

[@miyukiteishi9051]

@@nathant.3299 What's the joke?

[@Ikbeneengeit]

Love this video, Mr. Red

[@SimonMarseille]

Amazing. Thank you so much!

[@CoolAsFreya]

"You know spoons? It smells like spoons" is still my favourite quote from this video (29:28)

[@thelqualomee1040]

yeah, i've heard of them.

[@I_Hat123]

Isnt it on his wall now?

[@caelacalista]

Y'know spoons?

[@5Andysalive]

There is no spoon.

[@Jiblits007]

Ya know? SPOONS?

[@centurybug]

So THIS is where "Y'know, Spoons?" came from!

[@peceminecraftjem2151]

Can you provide time stamps?

[@amia560]

@@peceminecraftjem2151 around 29:28

[@celias.1560]

i came down here looking for this comment

[@matthewfink2543]

Oh F***! That mercury vapor demonstration was mind blowing.

[@katzofant]

Rotavaps are so great. I just realized what a luxury they are. They safe you so much time and trouble.

[@spectrickx1678]

"There was an error," that is by far one of my favourite things Nile has ever said.

[@Cruz-tc6df]

It was pretty funny 😂

[@VlazeSkylax]

He clumsy as fuq fr

[@thegamerplays8915]

Fr that was very funny

[@Koofy224]

then you go over to nile blue

[@thegamerplays8915]

@@Koofy224 ? I don't understand English please

[@kartikanand6236]

*paper calls for pulling a vacuum* NileRed: Nah doesn't matter Future NileRed: Okay am pulling a vacuum

[@BennyLlama39]

Scientist 1: "Okay, Kevin, weigh it in a vacuum." Scientist 2: "We don't have one, Jeff." Scientist 1: "Weigh it near a vacuum *cleaner* then... "

[@jefferysmalls2296]

i love that i barely know anything about chemistry and i still watch a bunch of these videos

[@Dartheomus]

Cool video. You might have used a mildly acidic aqueous extraction in the beginning in order to remove the TEA. I'm surprised you didn't get too much polymerization or even Michael additions into the enone. One thing you can do to help avoid unwanted polymerizations is add a tiny bit of BHT (Butylated hydroxytoluene) to your distillation flask. This is a radical inhibitor which can help suppress unwanted polymerization. Finally, while IR is okay for fingerprinting the material, if you really want to get an idea of the purity, I would highly recommend NMR if you can find someone to run it for you! Depending on the nature of future experiments, I could probably help you out there! :)

[@tuuthreee]

NileRed: "you can't smell metal". Chernobyl: "you can taste it tho."

[@Casperdghost618]

@Advocatus Diaboli is that because it's reacting with the copper in your blood? Or is it just because of the way our brain intrepets smells? Edit NVM I read too much into ur comment lol

[@AquaticSCP]

Darren Murphy do you mean iron in your blood

[@Casperdghost618]

@@AquaticSCP honestly, I re-read my comment and can't understand wth I was trying to say 😂 maybe the copper taste from blood is because of the iron, could be from hemoglobin, or oxygen in the hemoglobin,,,

[@AquaticSCP]

Darren Murphy lol

[@tomfoolery4490]

I thought it had to do with the tremendous amount of gamma radiation present interfering with the brain's taste circuits.

[@Sebastian-ur7lg]

Loving the new lab and background! Keep up the good work.

[@NileRed]

Thanks!

[@rattyboi7646]

But who wrote “hi bae”?

[@ElectraFlarefire]

I suspect his friends where allowed to play with the chalk when they came over.. Or they just found it on their own..

[@technopoptart]

it's not doing it for me. it looks like it's only there to entice children which is a rather tired trend many hundreds of youtubers have been following over the last several months to get the algorithm to give them more attention

[@ssl3546]

@@rattyboi7646 probably that fine woman who sniffs his vial?

[@v8pilot]

I remember that using old radio tubes for airgun target practice there was a very characteristic smell. The getter (cesium?) oxidises rapidly when exposed to the air.

[@SpartanB292]

Thank you for explaining the wierd musty smell that all toolboxes eventually harbor, I've always wondered where that came from. Us!

[@supersophisticated9943]

9:05 Now you can’t fool me, that’s actually just a running stick man.

[@nelsblair2667]

Super Sophisticated LOL 😂

[@volvu490]

With a big ass leg

[@hoodedR]

Lmao

[@yaykruser]

Decapitaded at 9:16

[@PixelTree404]

"it might seem very simple... (25 minutes left in the video)" yea I know how this goes

[@chem1417]

spends days of hard work to make a chemical that is simply made by touching a coin

[@MrKotBonifacy]

@@chem1417 _Spend days of hard work to make in large quantity, then isolate and purify a chemical that is also "produced" (sorta-kinda), in miniscule amounts, when our "skin oils" get in contact with coin and other metalic objects_, you mean?

[@Fallenemiko]

No look, I read this comment AS HE SAID IT lmao

[@MrKotBonifacy]

@@randomperson1934 _"This sentence is grammatically correct, but it's wordy, and hard to read"_ - yeah, right. Go and tell that to James Joyce, heh heh... Y'see, I grew up reading books by Stanisław Lem, and oftentimes in his writings a sentence was like half a page long - but then Slavic languages (and in fact any other language with a proper grammar, that is with declension and inflections - be it German, French, Greek, Latin and others) tend to use long sentences, which are non-issue for their native speakers. English, on the other hand, being a highly developed Creole language fares poorly in this aspect, so native speakers tend to keep their sentences short - and since they do so, all the time, they do not have much exercise in "composing and understanding highly complex multi-tiered compound sentences", and thus when they see one they just perplexed. "It's all Greek to me"... Yes, I am aware of this problem - I encountered it before; many years ago I tried to explain some complex issue to a certain English gal, and she cut me in half-sentence saying "I already forgot what was at the beginning of the sentence". Which in turn really puzzled me, and I thought "how come, how bizarre - here I am, a non-native English speaker, and I have no problem with following such constructs - yet she, who's been speaking this language every day of her life for well over twenty years..." Yes, she has been, but I digress here. Y'see, my point (in my previous comment) was NOT to make a convoluted piece of speech (read: "writing"), but merely to point out to my "disagreeator" [disagreeator - a person with whom we are in disagreement], that he missed the point of the exercise done by Nile Red, which was... Well, we all know what it was, don't we? Therefore no need to explain, QED. And yes, my "CHOICE OF WORDS" might not be the best of the best, but y'know - that's the problem with non-native speakers... "Grammarly's cutting edge technology helps" - well, it doesn't really help much - in fact, most of the time it is more distraction and annoyance than "help". The problem with "artificial intelligence" is that it is still more "artificial" than "intelligence" - Tom Scott has made couple of videos on the subject "why computers suck at translation" and related issues - if you're interested here are links: Why Computers Suck At Translation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXLKoWqkjcmegrc Crash Blossoms and Being Drunk - Ambiguity: kzbin.info/www/bejne/opW3Y5popqmEhLM The Sentences Computers Can't Understand, But Humans Can: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2TZeniBjNeDb7M and - to some extent - The Hidden Rules of Conversation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3uokoCqg7OSmq8 All of those videos show how complex, context-dependent and vague/ undefined in "zero-one" fashion all natural languages are - and therefore how confusing they can be for any "IA parser". It's like the problem with spellchecker - should I type, by mistake, "steel" instead of "still" no spellchecker would pointy it as a mistake - but if I type "pyta" in Polish text (a verb, third person singular, present tense - "[he] asks"; the personal pronoun is omitted, as Slavic languages are "pro-dop/ null subject" languages) Word would flag it as an "obscene word" - since "pyta" (a noun, feminine gender, singular, nominative case) is kinda vulgar, albeit dated, term for "penis". And about "compelling, understandable writing that makes an impact on your reader" - sorry, I don't give a... erm, "I couldn't care less" whether a half-educated and/ or "thickish" reader would "understand" my writing, find it "compelling" or whether it would make any "impact" on him or her (I hope I'm not misgenderrymandering anybody, heh heh...). But, kidding aside - the truth is I DON'T CARE. I'm doing my writings with an educated and sharp-witted reader in mind - and if someone finds reading my comments difficult, then my advice can be summed up in a two-word sentence. (Which is "don't read", in case anyone wonders...). And yes, absolutely - I could just say that right at the beginning, but... now you know. Still, "better late then never", as my auntie used to say whenever she was late for a train... Cheers!

[@MrKotBonifacy]

@@randomperson1934 Sorry, seems like I didn't get it (the joke). My first reaction was like "whaaaa...? What the eff...?" - is it some comment made by a bot "employed" to advertise that Grammarly "miracle" ("miracle" being the fact they actually make any money off it...). So I just decided to treat you to some complex sentences... and see what comes off of it. Just for fun, or for kicks - and a little linguistical exercise as well, as "practice makes perfect". ;-) Cheers!

[@rescrel]

I almost thought I was watching NileGreen for a second there... haha Also, I just have to say: You do a great job of making your content interesting! Rock on!

[@vidiotsyndrome]

I love NILE's videos..... Even if I don't understand all the technical-chemestry stuff exactly... But the fact that You're presenting "everyday chemistry" in an understandable way is awesome. Here's a request: can you do a video on possible processes to "de-alloy" metals? Like taking the tin out of brass leaving the copper behind?

[@draugn5823]

You have his video on making gold bars from jewelry that involves extracting silver and I think potassium from gold

[@YashKMusic]

*Metal might be odorless but Grunge smells like teen spirit...*

[@hongandy]

Best comment 😂

[@marialiyubman]

Yash Kshirsagar win!

[@SonArdhynata]

Oh no.

[@anhero6410]

I lost

[@kid.artist]

Great joke I rate it 9/11

[@andor_yoko]

My coins have a very weird cent to them

[@larrybigmanson6067]

Bruh

[@mcdoodlesnap]

Bruh

[@snortmemes9899]

*bruh*

[@MarkarthCityGuard]

Bruh

[@mitsuruchan1480]

Bruh

[@FrankLin-mb4ns]

we just did a rotovap to isolate DCM away from caffeine we extracted from tea leaves this is so cool!

[@rorysimpson8716]

Certain ones for sure, especially ones that have been rained on for whatever reason.

[@theCodyReeder]

You cant taste it either: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZrPiHSBmJ2Iopo

[@trevorjaster4072]

Realy? I feel like there is a taste that certin metala have but ima have to perfectlt clean som raw metal and do the lick test

[@Quarksi]

So you're tasting a reaction of your saliva to the metal?

[@josheco4]

3rd comment

[@trevorjaster4072]

@@Quarksi i guess it could be that

[@jozefkucera8402]

How about being exposed to high levels of radioactivity ?

[@SincerityAF]

Can't be a NileRed video without a low yield 😂

[@johnathancorgan3994]

Ouch.

[@RubyNemesis]

Can't be a NileRed video without some connection to 1-octen-3-ol

[@jackykieu2815]

"Low yield is better than no yield" Lmaooooo

[@ninjaassassin27]

High yield is honestly something you should expect after multiple attempts and lots of streamlining. Despite being as careful as he is, he is lucky to get these yields with so many steps and products involved, often doing these as a first attempt.

[@Kycilak]

NileRed has quite high yields compared to my friend at uni. His yield is normally below 10% and in labs of inorganic chemistry. I don't understand how he manages to get so little without pouring it down the drain.

[@skeilnet]

Thank you ❤

[@AlexPortRacing]

I thought much the same thank for providing the answer.

[@aarianmalhotra7440]

Nile Red: ugh it’s probably just diphenhydramine-oxide-physono-duo-hydro phosphate Me: duh why dudnt u think of that sooner.

[@melindawang8568]

Ugh no. He said it was triphenophosphiateoxide. Duh. My gosh. People these days. 😤

[@kylewitter2806]

lol diphenhydramine 😂

[@hahano61]

No its- die⚰ pen🖋 hi👋 dyanamite🧨 ox🐂 eyed👀 python's🐍 son👪 deo🌬 hi👋 drone🛸 fox🦊 paste🥣

[@jt-la777]

@@hahano61 😂😂😂👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@hyperfox0934]

My aut-spec ass can't figure out whether you called it "diphenhydramine" as part of the joke or not, but either way, I need you to know that that was thing that made me actually snort out loud. That, a chemistry confusion joke, made me snort out loud. Congratulations internet person, you have done the impossible. Have a good evening. Edit: this replys section is filled with a terrifying amount of emojis, holy shit. ...wait crap was i supposed to use one..? Uhhh,,, fucking,,, 😬..? _Idk maybe someone will explain this shit to me if I'm visibly confused enough_

[@Askejm]

Me: decides to watch video at 2am (halfway through) wait what was this about

[@djinnstar8123]

4:55am i had to re rewind n remind myself

[@madshelmermller4836]

Sheeps i tinke

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

Too much reefer

[@rachell5745]

thats what im doing rn and i have school today oops

[@ryanmastin5309]

ME TOO

[@CyberSprite]

This is a great video to leave in the backround while you do something else

[@Imstany9909]

I don't understand anything he says and don't know about any metals and science stuff and Im still watching,love it

[@stevenlimanda5143]

The TROUBLESHOOTING skill here is damn insane ._.

[@Sulq]

Yes, it made it a lot more interesting video than just getting it right on the first try.

[@scottbruner9987]

@@Sulq Nile has always been like that. He doesn't edit out the errors/failures. He says (truthfully) that it accurately shows us the process of how lab work (and life) goes. Its ok to make mistakes, its how we learn

[@barmetler]

Man this is really getting professional! Not that you weren't before, but the new studio looks absolutely amazing. Also sound quality!

[@ExternusArmy]

Daniel Kintigh, he’s not ‘always making mistakes.’ He is just extremely transparent about his process, including his somewhat cavalier attitude for his yield. He does this as a hobby and typically does not go out of his way to if something is too much work. His actual mistakes and clumsiness are pretty far and few between. He’s by far one of the safest amateur chemists on KZbin. Check NurdRage if you want to see a very professional chemist attitude with great regard for safety. They’re very similar though NileRed is more casual.

[@MattGDesign]

A pile of trash and wood offcuts in the corner is very professional :D

[@-vermin-]

@@MattGDesign He's just moved studio. Things are probably still being constructed.

[@MattGDesign]

@@-vermin- I know, just kidding, it looks pretty smart nonetheless :D

[@Dockhead]

this is probably going to sound retarded, but i honestly believe metal has a smell and it does, just because it doesn't fit the narrative or rule of what a smell should be doesnt mean it isnt, there is many things in science and such that break the laws they apply. like the popular one with people saying bees technically shouldn't be able to fly under there own weight to the ratio of the size of there wings, so are they flying? yes, is that bending the possibility that people have said otherwise? yes. same i think with metals, although not being relevant to that. i just dont understand how every metal ive had the experience of seeing all had different smells, regardless of people touching. ive smelt metal used by others for a large period of time and it had the EXACT same smell.

[@mikecrabtree8200]

You can absolutely smell metal. Silver, copper and iron are three I can tell by smell. Never thought to give brass a sniff and never had gold in hand to try.

[@victorthiago5115]

i'm learned on organic chemistry 2 at college that pcc, an weak oxidizing agent, is able to oxidize just the hidroxile group, it's not strong enough to oxidize the double bond. It's all on Solomons.

[@RobertEOSpeedwagon]

I love how you respect everyone's intelligence and provide us with all the information. And somehow manage to make it interesting.

[@c0rvidz359]

Making fun of someones intelligence is like making fun of a terminal cancer victim for dying. Like wtf are they gonna do

[@halamadruuid2380]

Angel Of Death I used to be such a fucking annoying kid, because I used to have good grades, and make fun of the kids in my class that that can’t understand anything like I do, now I look back at my self and think “I’m a dick” it’s like making fun of people because they’re ugly.

[@c0rvidz359]

@ That's the only time where its ok, that and joking with friends

[@leventeszabo690]

@@c0rvidz359 making fun of someones intelligence is like making fun of an arsonist and an orphanage,who are they going to tell,their parents?

[@azepato]

you may not be able to smell metal... but you wont take the iron flavour from me

[@birdy5475]

*Vampire*

[@coskunagra1636]

hey did you realize dat blood tastes as same as iron?

[@birdy5475]

@@coskunagra1636 r/wooosh

[@azepato]

@@coskunagra1636 when I was 4 I tasted the blood after one of my teeth fell off and I was dumb when I was 4 so I also liked my coats zip Wich was made of iron soooo

[@TruGadgetmaker]

@@birdy5475 r/wooooshwithFourOs

[@eduardotrillaud696]

Oh, also some metals tend to give a stronger odor, maybe related to some zinc reaction I guess? Since I remember those particular metals being zinc alloys like cupronickel and pewter.

[@mattiviljanen8109]

You had me at "maybe ... mess with my brain"

[@mystamo]

There should be some sort of legitimate award show or system for youtubers of this caliber providing this kind of content.. Instead of streamy's or whatever hyping up these so called "influencers"

[@0Arcoverde]

This is very niche I do hope some contest include science separate from education, but I think it will take awhile

[@ChrisChoi123]

Man, awards are overrated, and people like him dont need awards to be legitamised

[@mystamo]

@@ChrisChoi123 He deserves to be recognized for his achievements and contributions to this community and science as a whole.

[@givemesubssoicangetaplaybu5183]

@Gabriel Well done, troll. You go back to not having your parents love you.

[@trickytreyperfected1482]

@@givemesubssoicangetaplaybu5183 Obviously his parents love him... otherwise they wouldn't let him live in their basement.

[@MegaChickenpower]

NileRed:spitting straight facts Me: *intensly sniffing scissors and anything else metal on my desk*

[@DhrithionVocals]

LMAO WHY IS THIS LEGIT ME EYE-

[@DIYToPen]

Make sure to find an old school thermometer and sniff the mercury, just to cover all bases.

[@mdog11400]

I absolutely hated chemistry in school, you make it fun, engaging and enjoyable!

[@Jeffrey_Tyler]

I have no idea what a hexane is but they've saved the day in multiple videos. And the name is really cool 😂

[@parallelalpha]

you can smell metal but it wont smell like anything

[@AguaFluorida]

@@emailhook534 As explained in the video... no, mercury still has no odour!

[@parallelalpha]

@@emailhook534 can you smell, that smelly smell

[@Althemor]

If you define "smelling" as taking in air past olfactory receptors, then yes. If you define "smelling" as taking in air past olfactory receptors which are activated in response, then probably not? If they were activated, we should perceive a smell, right?

[@MrFredsAdventures]

You can smell metal but it can't smell you.

[@damnthebran]

Sounds like some Confucianism saying.

[@RandallStephens397]

@3:46 "I'm going to do chemistry for something weird and see if it does stuff to my brain." The greatest justification for a scientific experiment ever.

[@dannyboy12244]

Randall Stephens that’s also what Dr Hofmann said on the 19th April 1943

[@f1ringfed]

dannyboy12244 He most certainly did not say that, on that fateful day. With that said: *drops a tab*

[@ihato8535]

It's certainly fitting coming from a Chemist.

[@-42-47]

It made me think of Alexander Shulgin, author of the books PIHKAL and TIHKAL (Phenethylamines and Tryptamines I Have Known And Loved), where he describes how to synthesize different psychotropic drugs as well as what effects they had on him as he tested them.

[@ghostnoodle9721]

How do you think crack was made?

[@rasmAn2]

i have very little to no sense of smell, which at first totally kills taste in pretty much everything. after a few years taste gets more nuanced and you get to find that stuff that doesn't smell, like metals, do taste like stuff. for my work i deal a lot with different and somewhat exotic alloys, and especially aluminium alloys can be distinct in taste. mostly because aluminium by itself taste mostly of spiky sand, so metals like zinc and copper can still be made out. Iron tastes very heavily like blood, which seems to be a hard wired alarm taste so it overrules a lot, except for lead, which is so sweet it can overpower iron.

[@bishiyouei1328]

Nile, you are my GOD! 🙌🙌🙌

[@At0mix]

Your IR spectrum showed a little OH-stretch vibration, so your main contaminant is probably some unreacted 1-octen-3-ol. Could that be why it smelled earthy directly from the vial?

[@tylerswanson6358]

either that or hydration of the ketone in the presence of water

[@e_neko]

The scientific level of youtube comments has just gone through the roof on this one (tips hat)

[@frikinmaya4301]

​@@e_neko mlady

[@Splarff]

I want to understand what these people are saying. I'm going to become a chemist, if only for the purpose to return to these comments.

[@seess8251]

@@Splarff lmao im picking chemical engineering, so I might return to this thread as well, see ya in 3 to 5 years!

[@marcy3594]

what I've learned from watching nile red is that chemistry is really just "what happens when i combine these two highly specific substances in this very specific way at this very specific temperature range?"

[@Crow.c]

it's like baking, but more difficult and more dangerous!

[@MicheleDelGiudice-mykys]

Temperature and pressure

[@marcy3594]

@@Crow.c baking is, in fact, chemistry

[@fluffsynthesis]

Baking²

[@drachenfeuer5042]

I like pizza!!!!!!

[@hadil4169]

That's something i never thought i was curious about

[@Alice_Walker]

This channel is everything I loved about chemistry class... Without having to do all the maths that made me cry