Chemistry of Creme Eggs - Periodic Table of Videos

[@teagansmith3326]

NEIL IS THE UNSUNG HERO THAT CHEMISTRY NEEDS THANK YOU NEIL YOU ARE INDISPENSABLE AND ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL

[@marinamartinez9667]

+Teagan Smith Every chemist has a Neil.

[@teagansmith3326]

THIS IS MY NEIL THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT, BUT THIS ONE IS MINE WITHOUT ME THIS NEIL IS NOTHING WITHOUT MY NEIL I AM NOTHING

[@jacksyrett3132]

Legend.

[@DJMBredonk]

+Teagan Smith I would like to image Neil never talks. He is a perfectionist and a genius, but does not waste his energy speaking or meddling in useless social formalities. A true unsung hero.

[@texasdeeslinglead2401]

Neil is the parental order to their entropy

[@EmpereurNapoleonex]

This video should have been titled "Neil's Cleaning Checklist" or something like that

[@Sean_Coyne]

So Neil tossed and turned that night, dreaming of freezing chemists in liquid nitrogen and whacking them with a giant hammer... ;-)

[@Temp0raryName]

Sometimes I dream of having a x 10 thumbs up button!

[@MrSauceman09]

Whens Neil appreciation day?

[@RTSmaster787]

MrSauceman09 Neil Revenge Day*

[@UmmadikTas]

He's a soviet assassin he just doesn't want to give his accent in

[@frtard]

Mert İndibi Some say that his breath smells of magnesium, and that he's scared of bells... all we know is, he's called Neil.

[@UmmadikTas]

frtard dude it sounds like you just made that up lol

[@GraveUypo]

Mert İndibi top gear reference.

[@mattiasdevlin1363]

What ever you lot are paying Neil, it will never be enough! The man deserves a knighthood for his patience.

[@glenrothwell6608]

That's even more funny cause Martin was knighted

[@TheNecromancer6666]

Poor Neil you should make a video to celebrate him

[@texasdeeslinglead2401]

I second this

[@julianjimenez4046]

I third this

[@aparnavellala624]

@@matthewbrown1617 Yes,of course

[@Oldnotweak]

Neils gonna shank you guys one of these days

[@DeseveMaple]

+oldnotweak true

[@MrGamerman001]

+oldnotweak Only if they take his swingline stapler.

[@karrachr000]

+oldnotweak I would like to think that he would do something a little more fitting... like trap them in a giant bell jar and then evacuate the oxygen...

[@texasdeeslinglead2401]

+karrachr000 haha!

[@Justin-sl3sb]

Neil scares me sometimes.

[@MichaelHazell]

I wish Neil spoke more often! He's like an unsung hero in Periodic Videos and needs to have an interview!

[@Riiyan]

I'm glad you guys and gals appreciate how much we love Neil, HAHA he's my favorite! Defiantly the strong silent type.

[@ricksanchez694]

i like neil :) he is like if Heisenberg and agent 47 had a baby or something, cool as ice

[@andresemilfer]

Cool as liquid nitrogen

[@ricksanchez694]

haha yea

[@miguelbenavides9160]

Cool as solid helium

[@Vixikats]

Is anyone else really craving some Cadbury Cream Eggs right now?

[@owenmcquarrie586]

I lived very near to Canada as a kid in the U.S. and I remember Cadbury Creme Eggs illegal to cross back into the U.S. with.

[@christopherender8164]

Yes Kinder eggs are illegal but cream eggs are not

[@professionallyclueless2395]

I don't know how i got to this channel, but I'm happy I arrived.

[@lizzy-wb5ii]

Same

[@tron-8140]

One day Neil has to do a nice big messy experiment, and everyone else has to clean it hehe. Loving the video's. Going to watch them all. >:D

[@alflurin]

I would love to see that.

[@vipervidsgamingplus5723]

or he just needs to make a mess for them to clean

[@LunarFurorGames]

poor neil

[@ExzoSSG]

The next day Neil came to work with an automatic rifle to "clean up".

[@ExzoSSG]

"Wood" comes from trees.

[@Kotih]

and arousel

[@CHEVYCAMARO4GEN]

They are not in America

[@LCdrDerrick]

Neil has this second job, where also might be some fellows around, making their jokes at his costs. You know he's the reticent guy with the hard biceps but the soft heart. But there he can hide his face under his white helmet and he can put on the white racing suit and he is allowed to let off all the steam, which built up at the campus during the week.

[@mordekaihorowitz]

you watch too many movies....although that's not totally implausible

[@EssJay1095]

LCdrDerrick Are you saying Neil is... our tame racing driver?

[@joeandjoe2]

Is this Neil? Even if you clean streets for a living at least your earning a living

[@george77772moons]

+LCdrDerrick Neil confirmed for The Stig

[@Zanodia]

Neil looks so sad, you guys should throw him a party.

[@ryanaldridge1682]

Poor Neil.

[@statingthe_obvious6309]

cadbury's cremé egg, how do you eat your?: with a huge pair of tongs and a welding glove.

[@strika2000]

I love how these people spend their time not lecturing / researching on screwing around with eggs (and other equally ridiculous experiments). Best lecturer to have...

[@mohammedalzahrani6376]

1:35 i have a feeling that You might be that next clean up job for Neil.

[@izzyG710]

I'm sure Neil's plotting silently for revenge.

[@Waterbottles711]

Poor Neil! hahaha

[@nathanehrlich2621]

Poor Neil! There is always some mess that they are making that he has to clean up.

[@TDH12]

Did anyone hear Niel's voice for the first time???

[@jczeigler]

“Yeah, right”, at the very end...

[@rustyshackelford9612]

He said thanks Gabe as well

[@donaldslayton2769]

First time I believe I have seen him smirk as well

[@U014B]

3:40 I love Neil's reaction. "Yeah, your friend. Sure."

[@PatrickOyarzun]

This was the first video from Nottingham I saw. Now I'm subscribed to all of your channels! Thanks for adding quality science to youtube.

[@MoriturHostis]

Lol, Neil is always like "What are you idiots doing again" :D

[@iTsStEpHyyyy]

seriously instructors like this should be paid like crazy to teach, knowledge like this is priceless!

[@barnabydixon]

Yeah Neil might have to do a messy experiment of his own :D

[@steamer1]

3:45 Neil speaks "thanks, mate"

[@svspen7701]

I'm just saying the guys who are paying Neil should start paying him double 'cause you never know when that dude's temp is going to go on high and burst just like Mr.Cream Egg did,except he would burst through the door that's closest to him!

[@ZeikHunter]

Neil's an excellent sport to play the straight man in all these shenanigans. I enjoy watching you fellows make science accessible to a wider audience.

[@AmatuerAstronomer2014]

"The rare Neil in his natural habitat" 6:38

[@Aassymcass]

5:36 was a BEAUTIFUL hit! Really spot on!

[@stephenbrookes7268]

Neil should get a pay increase!

[@MarceloDezem]

NEIL is the true hero who makes everything possible. Thank you Neil!!!

[@MikeGtrMan]

I think there should be a special video for Neal! A day in the life of Neal or something :P

[@Neo_to]

I did this experiment with the potassium chlorate (but with other candy) once in front of some elementary-school kids. actually made some of them cry.

[@NATESOR]

Anyone else notice Neil is essentially Ser Ilyn Payne?

[@andyroid7339]

These videos have everything: a knowledgeable Professor who looks as a Professor should look; bite-size educational explanations which encourage the viewer to seek out more and; fun experiements! How can these videos be targeted at school-age people because this would be a sure-fire way to increase the number chemistry graduates in the U.K. with many probably requesting to study at Nottingham. Great work, I found these videos by accident and have learnt more chemistry in an afternoon than I learnt in two years at school. I must remember though, if I see a vacancy for a lab technician at Notts, Uni don't apply - the workload is must be horrendous! (besides, it looks as though Neil has it covered).

[@Fritzbedeek]

I vote Neil watches them clean up the next mess

[@SanyaSagar]

so good to see people having so much fun in the workplace

[@yishaqdavid2029]

Why does he have so many short cuts on his desktop omg. That would drive me nuts. 1:41

[@hotaru8309]

I always eat them frozen from a regular freezer. It makes the center well basically the texture of a glue stick which, as you eat the outer shell, melts into a slime that is just cold enough the stick to itself in one blob.

[@blindandwatching]

Neil should get a CBE since the Doc has been Knighted.

[@blindandwatching]

Cleaner of the British Empire.

[@43IWD]

3:45 The stig of chemistry spoke

[@steamer1]

I commented the same timestamp

[@Freakreader]

i would love to work and laugh at the same time like these guys

[@JoshLeo13]

neil is da real mvp

[@Jeffrey_Wong]

I love the camera shake when the mallet comes down. :)

[@cmd2tuts]

Science was made to figure out what the heck the cooks where up to.

[@svspen7701]

I'm guessing that Neil in other words means get on the ground and clean this up!After I watched this video I vow to never eat another cream egg for the rest of my life!!!!!!!!!!!!I loved the video so much!!!!!!!!!

[@johnjackson4511]

Poor Neil, I do feel sorry for the fella.

[@jameymueller2328]

I want to see an episode on poor neil !!!! He needs his moment in the sun for all his hard work!!!

[@Autom_te]

Still one of the most horrible and disgustingly sweet things to eat

[@kennethh3790]

+Ninos FL and for Neil to clean...

[@BenjaminGoose]

+Ninos FL You mean yummy and lovely.

[@sundewfundew]

They taste like a unicorn made entirely of sugar is having a bad case of diarrhea in your mouth.

[@Guineh76]

It's nice to see scientists having some good fun. Poor Neil. :)

[@TehKhronicler]

The pity level for Neil in these comments is impressive.

[@douglasparkinson4123]

i read this in david mitchells voice and it fit perfectly

[@psychedelicpython]

These guys (and gal) are funny! I knew the chocolate cream egg would just break into small pieces before it was hit by a mallet. Fun video. I love the periodic videos!

[@seirramoon388]

moral of this channel: Science is fun XD

[@Geolaminar]

Also, that Neil doesn't get enough respect.

[@Kurix5011]

Neil be like: "Fuck this shit. I'm out."

[@vutroslavgandic]

1:50 the desktop ugggh so nasty...

[@niko1even]

Jaka Korosec professors have a lot of files...

[@fatbloke26]

I can't believe you destroyed Neil's workshop! I was a lab tech there 16 years ago and enjoyed working with him. He hasn't aged a single day.

[@lacombar]

For some reason I was expecting some vapor phase chromatography of the egg :-(

[@PhantomHoover]

That thing about the crystal structure of chocolate is really interesting. I'm totally doing my chemistry project on that.

[@TeamAnbu65]

Neil....hmmm? Its more like Mr. Clean.

[@emilyrln]

Dang it; now I can't get that image out of my head! (Mr. Clean has always struck me as a bit ominous, like you don't wanna mess with that guy or he'll clean you off the face of the earth or something. Adding Neal to that mix just seems... incredibly dangerous and foolhardy...)

[@davidhankey2887]

If the creme egg was properly sealed so the filling couldn't escape in vacuum, would you get sputtering of the chocolate?

[@Halinspark]

David Hankey the pressure of the creme would still break the egg open, seald or not.

[@MAFiA303]

DO MARSHMALLOWS

[@tieck4408]

Do ice crystals get smaller as the temp goes down? I feel pretty confident you could freeze the egg in such a way that it would hold up a bit against the mallet... from my experiences with ice almost 200 degrees hotter.

[@agent475816]

Is Neil a janitor or something? or an assistant?

[@ToastiLP]

He's the technician...so basically a janitor

[@texasdeeslinglead2401]

+red toasti and the parental balance who doesn't go bat shi* over a graphite block, lol. ;)

[@starked1]

I love Neil's sideways glance. Sort of a "just you wait til later Mate"

[@gamerphile7060]

Poor Neil...

[@ognog3489]

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS!!!! Thank you everyone in these videos

[@maffhunt]

These chemists are just big kids really...

[@aaabbb-gd8no]

Thats why I want to be one !

[@HeisenTwerk]

all scientists are big kids, that's why science is so damn awesome :D

[@mordekaihorowitz]

HeisenTwerk affirmative, sir. *snicker* _I said affirmative_ *snicker*

[@Hugh.Manatee]

maffhunt Any adult who can't ever act like a big kid is doing something wrong with their life.

[@soudippandit9965]

maffhun

[@ted_b]

not if it is in a small amount. If i were to dip my hand into liquid nitrigen for a second, the nitrigen around my hand would vaporise instantly, creating a 'bubble' around my hand and protecting it. so if i dropped a drop of liquid nitrogen onto a surface, the nitrogen at the bottom of the droplet vaporises, and creates a layer that the nitrogen floats on, before all of it evaporates.

[@Riiyan]

Clean up, aisle Neil!!!

[@spirit6001]

What temperature is purple flame ranged at 2,000 to 2,500 or less because I now orange-ish red-ish is around 150 to 850 or 750

[@Ryan.Huntley]

Well I must say that Neil is my favorite person in the lab portions to these videos, so go Neil!

[@zombieregime]

at 4:58 what is that apparatus in the background? the one built on the blue frame. anyone know?

[@LaserHV]

Thats a high vacuum system. Does a similar job like the single pump used in the video and can achieve very very low pressures.

[@scarymonsterfilms]

Its almost easter and those eggs are in stok everywhere!!!!! best time of the year!!!!!!

[@AleK0451]

this video is a landmark on this channel because you can actually hear neil speak

[@TheCanadianGoose22]

I love how they just have so much fun as scientists.

[@anonimoculto]

This professor seems to be very carismatic. I would like to be one of his students. Thanks for the videos.

[@pfreddyp]

So, I would like to know more about what Neil does to clean up those messes and prepare the apparatus for the next use. Like, that's a lot of surface to sterilize after smashing that frozen egg all over the place all of which is going to melt before you find it all. Keeping your lab clean is more than half the battle, IMO. I may be wrong but an unexpected result would more often than not mean something unexpected in the environment.

[@warrmr]

Well done Brady Periodic table of videos have hit the front page of Gizmodo . com. I think there editors are a little slow as its only taken them a year to find this video.

[@elisedoan7089]

We need to start a new thing where we comment something nice for Neil each video so... I love you Neil!

[@starked1]

Neil - The strong silent type. Probably voted the most likely to go postal. These are the absolutely best videos for a chem geek like me. I want to take a tour of U of Nottingham.

[@forensix78]

The way Neil lights that match at 2:22 is just so damn cool. 😎

[@joshgreen2164]

Some of your vids reaffirm the "mad scientist" stereotypes. Love it

[@fazerman]

Neil, you are the real poor guy and thus also the hero in this series.

[@ChemMay100]

I want to send a special Hi to Neil... I wish we have someone so understanding like you in my college! we can never dream of doing anything like that... And great experiment guys :)

[@benjaminlehman3221]

Shouldn't the chocolate keeps seal or is the pump too strong?

[@ImaginalDisc]

That's a very interesting looking double walled vessel for holding the liquid nitrogen. It it as well insulated as it looks?

[@fartx211]

We often smash gelatine snakes that were frozen to demonstrate ductile to brittle transition. Its not a totally good portrayal though, because the water in there also freezes which contributes mostly to its brittleness, but the visitors still find it fun.

[@WickedKatze]

"Let's see what happens when I hit this with my mallet!" Science at its finest.

[@KatherineClairmont]

if you listen in the background, you can hear Neil going "Hey, you know what?" after being told he's got a massive cleanup job. But I mean really, cleaning up means washing the glassware in acetone, which isn't a hard thing to do.

[@wheetcracker]

"Show us a smile!" "Yeah right..." Poor Neil lol

[@cludo88]

How do you eat yours? Egg and soldier method? Bite and lick? Vacuum Desiccator?

[@EATSxBABIES]

I never want to hear Neil's voice, I rather like the idea of him having a Penn and Teller sort of elegance about him in a world of chemical chaos.

[@DrummingSpain]

Still, it was good to see them finally coming out of their shells!

[@RanaKamikaze]

6:12 Bringing a whole new meaning to Frozen Mallet