Color changing mercury

Today I have some nice and shiny mercury metal, and I'm gonna do something that I think is kind of magical.
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[@mr.spinoza]

That's amazing. Every time you made a mixture I'd think "wow. That must be it" but then you keep adding more mixtures and it kept getting more impressive.

[@CinemaLtd]

Forbidden orange juice

[@holylightsword1208]

@Тhе Gаmе Shorts 🅥

[@cybisz2883]

I thought it was amazing even at the beginning, when he instantly turned liquid chrome into clear yellow by pouring it into something that looked like water. It just got better and better from there. Chemistry really is magic.

[@derrekvanee4567]

Thanks for the play by play cheif.

[@tristanyoungquist7121]

Behold, chemistry!

[@GraceGraceGraceGraceGrace]

The fact that mercury can turn clear and be diluted with water is fascinating and also kinda terrifying

[@XochiCh]

This is what people refer to when they say mercury is scary, they mean the water-soluble compounds, not the metal.

[@zohaibtariq7351]

easy to kill someone with holy mercury water without even getting attention lol

[@saravananjeeva5258]

@@zohaibtariq7351 thats what peole have been doing for centuries

[@F0XD1E]

I was wondering how poisonous it would be and if how it would taste.

[@YounesLayachi]

Not to mention that fine airborne dust

[@jamesusher4650]

From the perspective of history, i'm pretty sure the process for making the philosophers stone is metaphorically in regards to color, remarkably similar to this, which is really cool. in order; Nigredo or reduction, also black in color, albedo, or whitening, citrinitas, or yellowing, and rubedo, or reddening: the ruby red color achieved after it turns back from yellow when cooling is like exactly what I imagine they would've been looking for.

[@samanthaqiu3416]

then it was turned into a crystal of sorts I guess?

[@TheNightbean]

Mix it with lead 👀👀

[@SteveUnperceived]

They misheard him, it wasn't lead into gold, it was RED into gold😅

[@Wekulu]

I think the colors themselves were the most interesting part. That orange was so vibrant I couldn't believe it really was that color haha. The yellow was such a nice gold color and the red ws super pretty too ♡ definitely gonna eyedrop screenshots of these and add it to my palettes

[@Moonstone-Redux]

Mercury compounds were used in paints for their brilliant colours. There is a strange irony that some of the most brilliant colours in art are made from the most toxic elements and chemicals known to mankind.

[@victoralexandervinkenes9193]

⚠️​@@Moonstone-Reduxis suspected to be a part of an online hacktivist organisation. Please report any suspicious activity to KZbin staff.

[@adripin13]

Forbidden Cheeto powder

[@talelgitonga5488]

this guy is a magician wizard scientist all together and his content is the best out there

[@SquishEESpark]

“Magician wizard scientist”. You mean an alchemist?

[@talelgitonga5488]

@@SquishEESpark all of them

[@omniyambot9876]

He is smart and entertaining. But all of these can be found on the internet if you look for it. You don't have to be a wizard scientists all sorts of stuff.

[@TheReck12]

@@omniyambot9876 honestly before college I basically thought it was magic but now I'm in upper division taking metal chemistry and I'm like "yeah makes sense 🧍‍♂️" still cool tho

[@omniyambot9876]

@@TheReck12 absolute agree. I'm electrical engineer tho. Great job👍

[@kozi1918]

Please post longer versions of these that show you explaining every single step. I love watching your 40 minute long videos and getting really really invested into the project

[@lovac_hunt]

it's his shorts channel lol

[@Skiddog.]

Really hope he gets back to making longer videos.

[@BrentLobegeier]

@@Skiddog. If you listen to the podcast he is part of, it's not that he isn't making videos, it's that the videos take really long times to make. Sometimes he might wait months for a reaction, to which it fails, and then has to start over again.

[@runforitman]

I suppose it's because this isnt that long a project he is just showing cool things whereas his video lab reports are usually on much larger scale things

[@andrewbounds]

@@BrentLobegeier just do a bunch of different reactions over time and piece it together. Today I did 4 different reactions, and some cleaning.

[@USE_CODE_HS7]

1:40 the forbidden tang

[@gumarks_]

When the powder starts cooling off tho. It's amazing!!

[@TheMk114]

It is true what they say. It is amazing how many things, both useful and not, that we can do with mercury and lead. Both mercury and lead have amazing properties. The problem is that they are mercury and lead...

[@joshuacantin514]

I am guessing it is their very flexibility that causes both their magic and their ability to get into metabolic processes that we don't want them to get into. With greater power comes greater responsibility...

[@ObjectsInMotion]

Meanwhile there's hardly anything fun you can do with gold, but it's nonreactivity is why you can just chomp down on as much gold foil as you want

[@Bialy_1]

@@ObjectsInMotion You propably writing this comment thx to gold in electronics. There is plenty you can do with gold but its too expensive to use its full potential.

[@battleoid2411]

Physically it has great properties, but chemically it really doesn't do much

[@_ikako_]

You should eat them it's completely safe and fun :D

[@lazarusmekhane439]

It's fascinating how the reaction between Mercury and Nitric Acid has their precipitate go from: clear, yellow, urine, black and yellow, and then (metaphorical) Bromine (orange fumes and all), then back to clear.

[@californium-2526]

Not bromine, it's nitrogen dioxide gas. Similar in color, similar in toxicity.

[@WanderTheNomad]

@@californium-2526 perhaps he was using "literally" in the metaphorical sense? 🤔

[@bregottmannen2706]

@@WanderTheNomad also know as "figuratively"

[@Weelki]

Urine is not a colour... *ruffles your hair*

[@sinanck7228]

@@Weelki dont tell them that

[@Horesmi]

"I'm gonna do something magical. The first thing I'll need is some concentrated nitric acid"

[@AriyantMishra235]

😂😂

[@mcjaders5508]

Please please please make more videos! We miss you here and NileBlue!!!

[@waynecribbs8853]

I was already impressed by the chemistry magic in the first half, then at 2:23 he said: "and [now] it's time for the magical part" and it blew my mind.

[@BazukinBelyugovich]

That was a really awesome transition, just the way the Potassium Iodide liquid turned into the Mercury Iodide solid powder within the dilute solution was really cool to watch. But definitely, the final reaction was awesome. Chemistry is cool to watch!

[@smaransure2234]

Reminds me of heat sensitive car paint

[@TheSimoc]

@@smaransure2234 Yes, and color-changing temperature-sensitive toys, as well as those temperature-indicator labels on some beverages showing when they have proper "cool" temperature. And there were even "sticker thermometers" which had a stack of different numeric temperature values showing up in corresponding temperature conditions. Remember seeing those often in aquariums in 90s.

[@ricplays5905]

I did a similar thing in October during my chemistry class, but instead of having mercury nitrate we had lead nitrate and potassium iodide. We had the same type of reaction occuring, a ion exchange between 2 salts, and the lead iodide precipitated, forming a nice yellow cloud once the two liquids that looked like water were mixed.

[@dummydummy2842]

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[@redmercury2663]

@@ricplays5905 please give me ur number i want u to help me in my graduated project

[@charlesvattimo4674]

I think it’s so cool how colorless elements can combine into compounds with unique hues.

[@happyman1911]

guys, he haven't uploaded from a month, RIP Bro! 🥺✌🏼

[@shreyanshjain9473]

😂😂 No bro. Check his instagram, he is posting there. Hence, he is alive.

[@GonDragon]

Use that powder to make some paint, and paint a mug with it. Now you have a neat color changing mug. And Mercury poisoning, probably.

[@isokrah]

That's a weapon

[@FrozenBusChannel]

If the paint is between 2 layers, it won't be poisonous and will still look good

[@kiranrajkp]

Search vermilion. Not exactly this, but still a mercuric compound with a bright red color. It was used for variety of purposes including art and cosmetics 🙂

[@bentonjackson8698]

I’ll ask my pottery studio manager if I can do that. Spoiler alert- she won’t let mercury within a mile of the studio.

[@sachiperez]

I really appreciate the silent beat at the end. We need a moment to appreciate what we’ve just seen. I wish more videos on YT did that so you don’t get hit in the face with a commercial and forget what just happened.

[@Odima16]

Turn on adblock

[@toxicpsychotic6356]

@@Odima16 they mean a commercial that's integrated into the video itself

[@canigetahoooyyyaaaaa7319]

What an interesting observation. I agree, it is nice :)

[@dummydummy2842]

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[@joshgiesbrecht]

@@toxicpsychotic6356 my adblock can actually auto-skip in-video sponsorship ads too.

[@CenobiteBeldar]

2:49 So that's how Mars formed....

[@gregorywasingerjr8084]

1:35 forbidden tomato soup

[@jerolfrojas9864]

POV:You got tomato soup from the dark web

[@udon2741]

2:10 The Forbidden Cheeto Dust.

[@fridaylauren4078]

3:05 its like a map showing coronavirus spreading over the globe.

[@ChickenNEO]

Plague Inc

[@Geimper]

Since he hasn't uploaded something in 3 months i think he died recording a video or something, or it's just recording a long video

[@butters_147]

There's no doubt in my mind if you were ANY of my science teachers growing up, I would have definitely leaned more toward chemistry. You have an uncanny way of making it seem so much more interesting just from your own enthusiasm. I'm proud you're Canaidan Nigel, even if you do live in Quebec. 😉

[@vishwambhatt2710]

2:20 I really thought it was cheeto dust 😂

[@OfficiallySnek]

The color reminds me of ammonium dichromate

[@plane493]

0:55 it's bromine!

[@deusexaethera]

The fact that you made an entire beaker full of water-soluble mercury is truly terrifying. If you had poured that down the drain you would've poisoned thousands of people.

[@DantyPig]

Imagine Nile as a magician… Nile: “What colour did you think of?” Audience: “Yellow” Nile:”watch this” *turns on hot plate*

[@generalginger7804]

Purple.

[@arson6997]

@@generalginger7804 then he has grape soda made from plastic gloves for you

[@I-love-boston-moms]

Orange

[@candacecoyle6810]

@@I-love-boston-moms da mercury iodide orange juice stuff

[@andrewchapman2039]

This could well have been a full video, but instead we're treated to a short. So much work to get just a few minutes of distilled, easily consumed content. Lovely.

[@Luffy_wastaken]

Uhhh it must have been a 20-30 min long video in his official channel, this is NILERED SHORTS, so I presume it obviously will be....small👀

[@nicolegonzalez3277]

Ratio

[@LouSaydus]

@@Luffy_wastaken nah hes basically given up on making full length videos.

[@pyxylation]

@@LouSaydus What are you talking about? He released a new video last month. Sure hes uploading less than he used to, but his videos are longer than ever.

[@eboone]

@@nicolegonzalez3277 ratio

[@testerbeing5578]

Really a great informative video sir You have lots of patience

[@nicolajvangsgaard6144]

This is ur best video yet. Just kept going and getting better and better

[@vertixx7370]

0:40 It looks like Bromine

[@AdricM]

I love thermochromism. in some industrial settings they made a yellow/orange thermochromic paint. (probably exactly this with a binder) to paint onto bearing holders and such. so a technician/operator could quickly visually inspect to see if any were starting to heat up and therefore could predict failures.

[@californium-2526]

Mercury is toxic, I assume they used a different one. Maybe they did.

[@AdricM]

@@californium-2526 nope, was a different world before osha.

[@dummydummy2842]

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[@wyattb455]

​@@AdricM0:00

[@karthikthakur5221]

As a person who loves watching chemistry videos I have enjoyed the whole preparation.

[@SaxonRanger94]

2:05 And THATS how they make Kraft Mac n Cheese powder 😉

[@nenish4007]

0:56 i legit thought that was how u made bromine

[@Uniquenameosaurus]

I was so ready for you to say the final ingredient was orange food dye.

[@hoyinching9313]

I love chemistry so much. Glad that you mentioned back my memory.

[@BelieveThePanda]

It would be dope to see stuff like this used for practical effects in movies / TV

[@raskov75]

Anything with mercury makes me tense. I know you know what you’re doing so I guess I’ll just have sweaty palms for both of us.

[@tsm688]

The mercury can do subtle brain damage over chronic exposure. All that brown nitric gas - not sure what kind, but certainly corrosive - can rapidly cook your lungs. :D

[@tyronejohnsaquian9279]

Yeah it's pretty scary lol, I get anxious when I see him handling it

[@heliusuniverse7460]

inorganic mercury isn't as dangerous as organic mercury. it's an important distinction

[@init_yeah]

Thermochromism is probably my best kind of reaction so far,can you keep oscillating it indefinitely or is thefe like a threshold wherin it becomes irreversible after that?

[@joeljustin]

I assume the compound degrades over multiple heating/cooling cycles and the effect isn't as prevalent.

[@kallekangasmaki311]

@@joeljustin The colour change in this case is related to the crystal structure. The compound probably wouldn't degrade much (air might react a bit with it), but the crystals would break down when they shift, probably crushing the powder even finer, which could affect the observed colour.

[@derpymule7977]

I guess after enough heating it would just turn to mercury iodate or oxide so it probably couldn’t go forever but that would probably take a while

[@timkurz6086]

But there is another pretty common compound that does this. its zinc oxide, it turns from pure white into bright yellow when heated. and since it already is an oxide it should not degrade over many heating cycles

[@dummydummy2842]

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[@spectate0074]

Dude you're voice during these shorts sounds so good. It keeps my interest. Love your stuff.

[@callmegoats]

This could easily have been sold as a philosopher stone with how magical the whole process seems.

[@khaos3758]

0:43 looks like bromine

[@KayeHalliwell]

I’m so happy you picked up more mercury experiments! I was just thinking about your series on mercury alloys and wishing it would come back.

[@dummydummy2842]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWmygGuInrGljqc Finally it’s here,

[@alternate1242]

2:30 **cursed cheese powder**

[@Muslim-uc2bh]

Thank you for your experiments!

[@Foxani_]

My mind throughout this: “omg he just mad forbidden V8” *moments later* “OMG He just made forbidden Flamin Hot Cheeto dust that can turn itself back to regular cheesy Cheeto Dust” *late night thoughts*

[@TabsLove]

I miss your longer videos, even though I didn't 100% understand everything that was happening, I love those videos. I know it takes a long time and a lot of effort, I'm waiting for the day you upload a new one💖

[@solehsavage]

your videos make me fall in love with chemistry

[@k-807]

The fact that this was discovered, is completely fascinating So cool to watch!

[@MehakdeepKaur]

This video was so interesting 🤩 Thank you so much Literally, your channel has made me love chemistry ,you deserve a lot more million subs 🥰

[@satiatedpanda]

I see now why mercury is called the fast-footed messenger. he brings us NileRed videos faster!

[@mostafa4631]

The powder looks incredible with it's color, it has a nice yellow and red to it and the texture kinda looks cool

[@marianapadilla9634]

So cool!! Love the colors

[@sheshakrishna1111]

Mercuric iodide colour was a very soothing and satisfying one

[@trickvro]

2:36 It turns Nile red, you might say!

[@indranighoshroy4920]

This is the most satisfying form of infotainment 😍

[@wilczajagoda734]

I love this thing in chemistry when you mix two colorless liquids and gets some solid colorfull stuff

[@slightpro3447]

2:18 forbidden cheeto dust

[@PCG06]

I love organic chemistry, hope to see you do those more in the future!

[@priyanshrawat442]

It's inorganic here

[@hyperplayer22]

Organic chemistry always contains carbon and hydrogen like CH4

[@PCG06]

@@priyanshrawat442 did I ask?

[@PCG06]

@@hyperplayer22 it's called hydrocarbons, and yes, everything with carbon is fascinating. I just gave my suggestion :(

[@PCG06]

@kuyswe?

[@momento..]

Soooo beautiful!!! I liked both reactions

[@tacoexpressSEEDEEholeeveryones]

Leaving on a RED LAMP IN THE BEDROOM ABD OVAL LIGHT IN TGE OFFICE..

[@shyamalnirmal8280]

3:20 the unholy holi

[@expoogaloo]

Even though he does reactions that are pretty basic that almost anyone can do, it’s still magical to watch any of them all the way through

[@tayyabali6418]

I think the real magical part was when two colorless liquids mixed and formed an orange solution. One of the most beautiful chemical reactions I have seen.

[@FeenieVonKarma]

2:17 my favourite sound I've heard this year. that's like a "you can feel this sound" sound

[@incognito1376]

Please post longer videos explaining each and every cause of the effects

[@AageV]

At 1:11 it basically looks like water, but imagine how heavy it would be.

[@Eurotool]

2:55 forbidden kraft dinner

[@dannyl8876]

Love the presentation.

[@Ace_Tails]

The red color of that powder looks really beautiful.

[@E-Box]

Imagine if the mercury for this demonstration of thermochromism was sourced from a bunch of broken thermometers. It would be like a full-circle magic trick.

[@mightbefluffy1486]

2:43 "some of it started turning yellow" *oh no*

[@michaelhermann4213]

Good video. Have you ever considered working with round-bottomed flasks with ground joints and glass funnels etc.? How did you dispose of the waste (filter paper and solvent)?

[@ismaileminbasaran8844]

This channel omg. AWESOME❤

[@arhamsaeedpasha]

This 3:30 min short has the energy of an 1 hour project.

[@V.C.5036]

So THAT’S how they make cheeto dust! 2:07

[@genesiogk]

Dude, you make me love chemistry so much!

[@carazhou4520]

1:48 What my orange juice looks like after a year.

[@amarug]

Since reading the case of the prof who dropped one drop of Dimethylmercury on her glove and died a absolutely horrifying death and have an absolute phobia of mercury compounds, especially organic ones. So my questions: 1) How deadly is that red fume, and does it even contain mercury at all? 2) At the stage where you make the orange powder, how bad would it be to inhale some of the powder if it "puffed" a bit into the air from handling it?

[@glebkudr1]

1. It is NO2. Very irritating but not so deadly. 2. Pretty much deadly. I wouldn't stay nearby without a good respirator.

[@jasonchiu272]

Answers to your questions 1) Why do I even need to answer the questions? Just do not inhale anything that seems toxic or dangerous to your health and wear protection to minimize inhalance of the material. And if you acidentally inhale what you think is a lethal amount, you'd probably want to get it checked out right away. 2) Forbidden orange cheeto powder

[@lagomoof]

1) The red fumes will be mostly NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) which is being given off due to the nitric acid decomposing / reacting with the mercury. It's toxic in its own right, but since there's mercury nitrate being formed, there's bound to be a small amount being carried away with it. Mercury nitrate is what used to make hat-makers go mad. It's not as lethal / dangerous as dimethyl mercury, but still something to take extreme care with. It's pretty clear Nile did all that in his fume hood. 2) The orange powder (mercury iodide) is about as toxic as the mercury nitrate, but maybe slightly safer because it can't vaporise.

[@JPMontello]

I was able to make mercury iodide by direct reaction with the two elements mercury and iodine. the double displacement rxn you did was pretty cool looking though! Nice stuff!

[@dummydummy2842]

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[@alexpotts6520]

This seems a much cleaner way of doing it. Mercury isn't very reactive so I'd imagine to get it to combine directly with iodine you'd have to get it pretty hot, and then there are whole bunch of concerns about the final purity (how do you stop the mercury reacting with atmospheric oxygen as well as the iodine?) and moreover safety (the mercury can vaporise and you end up breathing it in).

[@JPMontello]

@@alexpotts6520 The two actually react at room temperature! It is just slow. I left the stoppered flask outside in the sun to react and it took less than 2 days for it to react completely

[@jdgonzo1982]

everything you do is magic Nile...you should look into opening your own Chemistry Online school or something...you've certainly made chemistry an interesting subject to me...and I'm sure others feel the same...

[@sefyravelvetpaw8166]

That's now in my list of favorite reactions!

[@ZENMASTERME1]

I’ll admit, I get giddy every time I see a new Nile video Notification!

[@Siriwarbreakerskz]

1:31 looks like cheese puff dust😳

[@The.squishmellow.girl.]

Sameeeeee

[@Nsodnoajdjksl]

And why so shy like a virgin?

[@gameslayre8950]

There are some videos that just deserve a like

[@humanstew8866]

Started watching this, muted, without seeing who posted it and I could tell from the subtitles that it was NileRed. This dude has such distinct speech patterns I can hear his voice when I'm reading his words.

[@christiannorf1680]

Pretty cool. It even went from an amorphous powder to a crystalline one. Afterwards it is sparkly! Man I miss working in the lab...

[@nikolausdeems1922]

Just FYI, it was always crystalline

[@RaExpIn]

That's interesting! Back then, I made silver tetraiodomercurate(II), which is yellow and turns orange, when heated.

[@omegamog]

Such vivid colours. Could they be used as pigments? Perhaps a colour changing pigment?

[@icebounder]

this is beautiful

[@olhson587]

3:14 look like plague inc

[@mx_nana_banana]

Chemistry can be so beautiful some times.

[@elisquared8491]

This is a mind-blowing 🤯 .. I'm falling in love with Chemistry

[@garrysucks4190]

When the orange fumes started going off, I thought: "Nooo... *BROMINE..."*

[@honorwebb7593]

This is so cool! And the powder reminds me of thermal pigments that are pretty easily found online for crafts. My question is, what are those pigments made out of? Mercury? Or other thermochromic substances? (As there are different colored ones available, not just red/yellow.)

[@ninijusan2906]

As a chemist I'm pretty sure there is no mercury used in toys. Those are organic compounds I think. Inorganic pigments are often toxic because of the metals like cadmium, mercury oder lead.

[@honorwebb7593]

@@ninijusan2906 Ah, ok, interesting, thank you!

[@loloqween2130]

@@ninijusan2906 Can I talk to you on WhatsApp

[@sumyunguy5593]

That was the most satisfying thing I've seen in a long time

[@drunkydrunk2351]

WOW! THAT'S LITERALLY AMAZING

[@dontCram07]

1:05 I thought it was bromine 😅