Dissolving a pure gold bar in acid

What I have here is 100g of pure gold, and at around $57 US per gram, it's worth about $5700. It's one of the most expensive, and precious things that I own, but I think I'm just gonna destroy it using acid.
WARNING: Aqua Regia is an extremely corrosive mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid. It was handled in a controlled environment and it's very dangerous if used improperly.
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[@b3z3jm3nny]

Fun fact, when Germany invaded Denmark in 1940, George de Hevesy dissolved the gold Nobel Prizes of Max von Laue and James Franck to prevent the Nazis from taking them. He just left it in a bottle on a shelf hoping it would remain undisturbed, and then after the war, he got the gold out of the acid, and the Nobel Society recast Franck and von Laue's awards from the original gold.

[@fukpoeslaw3613]

Could have just bury it. Was he a chemist or something?

[@TJStellmach]

@@fukpoeslaw3613 He got a Nobel prize in chemistry of his own in 1943.

[@PaiSAMSEN]

Did he dropped it too?

[@Scipiworld]

@@PaiSAMSEN no, but in 1941, English chemist Alfred Maddock spilt the entire United Kingdom's plutonium supply (10mg at the time) on a wooden table. He chopped up the table, burned it, then used wet chemistry to recover 9.5mg.

[@thedownwardmachine]

My wife: “That’s smart, I guess got that Nobel prize for a reason.”

[@stupidpeoplepodcast1545]

Imagine being a crime lord, dissolving millions and millions of dollars worth of gold into a solution like this to hide it from the cops, just to then drop it while transporting it

[@ian2]

George de Hevesy actually did this to hide his Nobel Prizes from the Nazis. He was able to get them recast with the same gold.

[@kinfongyeung5400]

@@ian2 pretty sure he dissolve Bohr's medal, not his medal

[@ian2]

@@kinfongyeung5400 Ah yeah my mistake, they weren’t his. Pretty cool either way though.

[@zblacky2031]

You gave me an idea

[@egg4792]

aight I will see u next time thx for da tip dud

[@Ace-jz6op]

So that's when the purple gold experiment started And this video is 2 years old, NileRed is really impressive for going on with this for so long

[@bensoncheung2801]

Ye

[@AMTunLimited]

This is why we get random spats of videos, because it's impossible to tell whether or not an idea will take a month or two years. Damn good videos tho...

[@pliktl]

I dont mind it. I didnt catch him back then, so I am thankful it sparked more popularity

[@Chleosl]

He is one flow of the strong man.

[@mnhttn_]

Turned into purple gold after two years

[@piyushmishra1423]

Destroying expensive things with acid is the most Nilered thing.

[@copykat6508]

Your comment is spot's on

[@charmJL]

AMEN 👏👏

[@tappajavittu]

Nah, the most NileRed thing is to make edible things from non edible things.

[@drix4275]

Destroying expensive things with acid is tight! :D

[@firstnamelastname8865]

I destroyed my marriage with acid

[@stdesy]

“This is probably the most expensive thing I own so naturally I’m going to dissolve it in acid.” Is the most Nile statement in the world

[@ridha...]

Bot

[@tf2spyclass09]

@yahiko💫 pls stop

[@skoopdewoop]

@yahiko💫 yahiNO

[@cachalotreal]

Hey guys today we're going to put a baby in a microwave and see what happens

[@furretman3741]

@@cachalotreal that's the cheapest thing he would have tho, only need reproductive cells and 9 months

[@Anabias_Collection]

Fun fact: It doesn't turned yellow when it cool down its just that he couldn't find the matching dye like the acid and gold solution 😂

[@reeva_vlogss]

No no it does turn to light color

[@shifterzx]

You can see the solution in the beaker that breaks is much more transparent. I still LOL'ed though

[@Niagaranobs]

*sigh of relief*

[@devendersingh2]

Bro bunked chemistry lectures

[@noraduong8755]

fairly sure he saved money on food dye and just used his piss

[@ThomasTheThermonuclearBomb]

Knowing where this actually came from is amazing

[@izzaaay]

quite a few of his projects take years to make

[@NikTek]

Why did my brain say “Drink it!” when I saw that gold solution

[@archonwarrior9146]

You could tell everyone that you just drank gold... if you survived

[@0DRONZER]

@Cristina💦 i agree

[@DeReKaeSe]

Forbidden Apple Juice

[@austintillman8297]

My brain did the same

[@MathMagicMoments]

Coz you are afraid of death and want to be immortal,idk what I am telling nothing making sense but take the reply

[@SmileytheSmile]

I expected the ending to happen, and yet I audibly cried out anyway.

[@shekharr2227]

Like you could have faked that. You didn't have to lose 6 grand for a fucking joke 😭

[@SmileytheSmile]

@@shekharr2227 Well, he probably did. It would be easy to do that with that cutaway and how much the liquid looks like apple juice. But all that precious apple juice... Such tragedy...

[@D00000T]

@@shekharr2227 I highly doubt he would destroy the actual thing for just a joke especially when it’s for a short and not one of his full length videos

[@Frozendude19]

@@SmileytheSmile PLEASE GOD NOT THE APPLE JUICE

[@squelchedotter]

The real reason he wouldn't do that is because aqua regia is extremely corrosive and toxic

[@cheesebreeze2]

Have you been working on the purple gold video for over 2 years, or is this a different time you melted a 100g of gold with Acid and made the same joke about dropping it?

[@pirate1619]

Time Traveler! I Also Was Stunned Watching This!

[@anomaly3215]

is it not obvious that it's the same? do you have eyes? the frames are the same with different audio tracks

[@cheesebreeze2]

@@anomaly3215 Yes, I could tell it is the same, the second part of the question was a joke.

[@MoonlightMirage]

Oh if anyone happens to be here after he made purple gold: To watch him bring the gold back, he had a project a while back on extracting gold from jewelry, and that also shows how he turned the liquid gold into a solid :)

[@adrianvr2837]

Nile: Drops a 5000$ worth gold solution Also Nile: "Oh no"

[@DavidMGiles]

Pure acid gold

[@ErenYILDIZ_01]

Nile red i know you are reading this comment Pls send video to nile red channel (not nile red short)

[@bensamule3252]

lol

[@ogge9296]

because he's joking. do you know what a joke is?

[@erictremblay6867]

His name is Nigel Braun. NileRed is the channel. That was some good acting for a chemist. :)

[@FTotox]

Even though this was staged the fact that you tripped with the tungsten cube makes it funny af. And I sure want to see the reaction bringing that cute gold back.

[@revenevan11]

Omg I didn't even notice the cube!!🤣

[@comforth3898]

Me too

[@HyperVanilo]

As soon as I saw the cube I know what will happen next

[@generalsociety9607]

He's already made a video on his main channel on extracting gold from jewellery. Extracting it from Chloroauric acid is one of the later steps.

[@FTotox]

@@generalsociety9607 I've seen the video but didn't remember the process was in it thx :)

[@chtechindustries4174]

“Most expensive thing I own” “Well, time to dissolve it!”

[@Aditya-wg3lp]

He slipped on his block of tungsten if you caught that💀

[@dangerouscolors]

i knew it was coming and it still hurt my soul watching that beaker shatter. god bless this man carving out a niche in the most scream inducing way possible

[@starsandsus3725]

Girls: I can't believe he didn't cry at titanic Boys:

[@TheLukemcdaniel]

I'm still kinda hoping it's a prank...

[@xirris3299]

@@TheLukemcdaniel probably dropped lead iodide. He did a video on it and it looks near identical

[@masterimbecile]

Most likely just some orange-colored water. A self-respecting chemist ain't gonna spill ACID like that.

[@slimeball4l540]

@@masterimbecile i would

[@9072997]

I'm sure that was food dye, but my brain was panicking more because you spilled acid than because you spilled $5,000

[@iambad7523]

some acid is safe

[@9072997]

@@iambad7523 I remember one of the PCB etchants is absurdly dangerous because it vaporizes at room temperature, and deadens nerves so you don't notice it. I want to say that was hydrochloric acid, but I might be remembering that wrong. I recognize that there are some safe acids (like vinegar).

[@askhowiknow5527]

xD

[@askhowiknow5527]

@@9072997 hydrochloric acid is in my stomach right now so I doubt it

[@9072997]

@@askhowiknow5527 I was thinking of Hydrofluoric acid. My bad.

[@jiyere]

I didn't think it would dissolve like that. The ending had me dying

[@ManWhoIsSus]

So now you know this a part of purple gold project.

[@MrFastFox666]

Me: "wow that's some expensive liquid, imagine tossing it down the drain or dropping it" Nile: "say no more"

[@Zero_Cure]

Say goodbye

[@MrFastFox666]

@@redseven4040 yeah, but the thought is still there. Imagine if he actually spilled the acid by accident.

[@archive8080]

He gives no indication that this was staged but it's easy to infer.

[@tf2spyclass09]

@@Zero_Cure you know the rules and so do i

[@tf2spyclass09]

@yahiko💫 pls stop plsssss

[@AdamEmond]

I mean, I got some outstanding medical bills if you're looking to throw another 5grand on the floor.

[@tornadolugia4519]

Baby don't cry

[@SuadeScars555]

It's youtube bud theres kids throwing 15K in the ocean and ppl destroying 1 million dollar cars for the views😭 go find a youtuber wasting significant cash

[@SuadeScars555]

@@tornadolugia4519 dude cryin cuz he broke like its the video makers fault😭😂

[@AdamEmond]

Oops, forgot to show emotion again. Pretend I said this in a light-hearted way. And pretend that I used these emojis: 😂🙃

[@BroSig-mu4pb]

You really think that was the real beaker? 🤨

[@beingcreative2254]

1:10 Le normal guy : Water worth 5700 dollars I am going to drink with some added flavors

[@cheeseboogar]

Lmao after 2 years i would've given up the project and forget about it

[@skyuwerelart2403]

Nile: "This the most expensive thing that i own." Also Nile: "Lets destroy it."

[@goku445]

you got that?

[@MarcellusJasonClay]

Why did i read this in gremlin language

[@C.C.N]

@@pushies5 /r woosh

[@santinodemaria2818]

@@pushies5 r/woooosh

[@Nick-dx2pt]

@@pushies5 umm what???? What does your comment have to do with anything????

[@PrateekSrivastava789]

Nile to his best friend: "I treasure our friendship. You're so precious to me" Best friend: 🏃🏃🏃🏃

[@ripjawsquad]

"you're more precious to me than my 5700 dollar gold bar!"

[@hornstein12]

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@AmazingErrChannel]

@@ripjawsquad “Dissolving my best friend in piranha solution”

[@kimpavfx]

curry

[@aiwwakk7152]

Pajeeth Curry!!

[@deveshchauhan2338]

the last reaction had almost having the same vibe at which you broke a costly thing of your parents 😂🤣 for me too, because it's happened with me 🤐

[@Igor-ui6rv]

I love how spending 5400 dollars gets him 250k views but putting an egg in a microwave got him 3 million

[@duovigintillongaming3779]

Lol

[@mhmkeku]

a random person here 13 days after this comment was posted, the egg video now has 6.1 million but this only has 679k

[@AmandaNavarro]

KZbin didn't even send me the notification on my phone for this one 😭 I had to find out it was posted 2 weeks ago from my home screen. Which is weird because I have it set to send me all notifications.

[@yuncloud6484]

not even a thousand dollars yet.

[@ryulanda9399]

Not even 500

[@mannygutierrez7654]

I was literally thinking "he's gonna drop it to shock me" He does it *AND I STILL GASPED*

[@vincentjenei]

The world doesnt revolve around you.

[@Soarfloh]

@@vincentjenei chicken sandwich

[@M3TR01DFANBOY]

@@Soarfloh I don't want a fucking chicken sandwich you fucking gooback!

[@callmeshaggy5166]

I even saw the block he was going to "trip" over

[@hoogreen]

@@vincentjenei chicken sandwich

[@PhadexLXIV_Greece]

The "Oh no" at the end🤣🤣

[@pintokiller821]

I love you, your content and your account, thank you so much for everything, hug from Portugal ❤

[@elgusaniiiodeljuego6823]

This video is a metaphor on how you can waste your riches and wealth on acid. Stay safe youngsters.

[@rubyrules]

Dude, I ate these wierd looking mushrooms and suddenly I'm in a shack in the middle of nowhere, my $690k Bugatti and all of my jerky is gone

[@lonewretch]

@@rubyrules sounds more like Amanita muscaria!

[@Bruce-Leroy]

@@rubyrules been there.

[@discobecky9179]

funny paper is p cheap tbh

[@Daiceto]

Drugs are bad, m'kay?

[@david.greene]

That reaction at the end was pure-gold!

[@cobalt_ink6114]

👏

[@fruitbouquet5479]

I see what you did there 👀

[@skyefossey179]

Brh

[@orphicyan826]

ye literally

[@holyassbutts]

Akchually **snorts** it was a combination of gold, hydrochloric acid, and nitric acid **farts** try to get your facts right next time, nerd **adjusts glasses**

[@TheLunarLegend]

The fact they actually show what he trips on is a nice touch instead of just 'oops i dropped it for no reason'

[@boat378]

After watching this channel for a while, I've learned that nothing is ever really destroyed, it's just changed into something else at the chemical level.

[@kroneexe]

everyone knew that already. It's quite intuitive.

[@nikkimoon1533]

itsnt that some law of conservation?

[@seniorgamer1495]

@@nikkimoon1533 law of conservation of mass

[@casper64]

R/iam14andthisisdeep

[@organicleaf]

@@casper64 i mean, what do you expect from someone with an underaged girl as their profilepic

[@loho1125]

I need to know: Did he really drop the 5000$ liquid or did he swap it for something else?????

[@evanf111og]

id like to think something else but i wouldn't put it past him

[@AhmadBakdash07]

🤔 nice question

[@Shimo_28]

@@LUNA-rr8zo this bot shit is for now the worst thing that I have experienced on youtube

[@frostjune6072]

almost guarantee he swapped it, he captured it too perfectly

[@Zzudwa]

Initially he said it's 5700 dollars. So we may assume that he managed to collect from the floor and restore only $5000 worth of liquid

[@4doorsmorehoes-tg1ug]

The mix of Hcl and Nitric acid is called Aqua regia

[@py8554]

Chloroauric acid is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula H[AuCl4]. It forms hydrates H[AuCl4]·nH2O. Both the trihydrate and tetrahydrate are known. Both are orange-yellow solids consisting of the planar [AuCl4]− anion. Often chloroauric acid is handled as a solution, such as those obtained by dissolution of gold in aqua regia. These solutions can be converted to other gold complexes or reduced to metallic gold or gold nanoparticles. Chloroauric acid is produced by dissolving gold in aqua regia (a mixture of concentrated nitric and hydrochloric acids) followed by careful evaporation of the solution: Au(s) + HNO3(aq) + 4 HCl(aq) → H[AuCl4](aq) + NO(g) + 2 H2O(l) - Wikipedia

[@laz4rd215]

Gold be “what did I do tho”?

[@heroic8322]

Not much

[@dondon5791]

@@LUNA-rr8zo No thanks, I like my Donut churros dry with a hot cup of coffee

[@ErenYILDIZ_01]

Nile red i know you are reading this comment Pls send video to nile red channel (not nile red short)

[@SHACOBES123]

Gold be like "what the dog doin"

[@kkkkkk5905]

Its better when you gifted to someone who Need it, to mě fór example.😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@rileyf.838]

let’s be honest, the second we saw him walking with it we all knew

[@mikesmith7620]

😂😂😂😂

[@satansbarman]

Yeah holding the beaker from the top was a dead giveaway 🤣

[@divyasoni3834]

Absolutely 😂😂

[@thulium_3169]

@Honey same

[@randomalt9617]

Thankfully it wasn’t the actual solution of chloroauric acid

[@TotallyGaming1]

Nile: This bar of pure gold is the most expensive and precious thing I own Also Nile: Let’s dissolve it in acid 😊

[@expilectakunai]

My college debt could have used a gold bar like that lmaooo

[@elljorgo]

That wasn't the real solution. It was cleverly swapped by a solution of potassium dichromate which is virtually indistinguishable in color. And a lot, lot, lot less expensive.

[@everettbruckerhoff6029]

Yes Officer, He's the guy who ruined the joke!

[@alifizharulhaq3370]

@@everettbruckerhoff6029 I mean... I would like to know what he swapped it with

[@radolfshitter8694]

@@everettbruckerhoff6029 I least he helped a lot of people who tought this were real

[@addysaurus_gayii]

I knew from that start that it wasn’t the real solution, but I still really want to believe that it was.

[@mcmystix]

@@everettbruckerhoff6029 it wasnt that big of a secret cuz dropping aqua regia on the floor is definitely not a good idea

[@mayurchavhan8590]

He took "liquidating gold" asset meaning literally .

[@CyberNako]

xDD

[@ItsANamelol68]

imagine being one of the miners who took months finding that gold only for it to be destroyed in a nilered video

[@seemayadav4319]

Chads don't follow the 3:1 ratio bullshit, they just keep adding nitric acid 🗿

[@maxwhite4732]

This was a major turning point in the great metal war when the tungsten nation deployed its infamous tungsten cube to intercept the gold empires logistics, this allowed the tungsten forces to take advantage of the golds weakened state during transportation.

[@helper_bot]

i'd tell you your comment is gold, but Nigel already dropped the joke

[@Weelki]

"Tungsten. Gold. Platinum. Silver. My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days, a time of peace when NileRed kept balance between the Silver Tribes, Gold Kingdom, Tungsten Nation, and Platinum Nomads. But that all changed when the Tungsten Nation attacked..."

[@pramodpoddar1015]

Fun fact Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down

[@sohaibal-hadheri5998]

@@pramodpoddar1015 never gonna run around and..... wait dammit I fell for it again.

[@Zed9659]

Gg

[@nathantang9964]

I love how he purposely left a tungsten block on the ground just to make the drop more believable lmaoo

[@Jetsonn]

Yeah😂😂😂 ope, forgot that block of tungsten right there

[@stevenhines5550]

What a great idea. I don't know why I never thought of dissolving gold bars in acid.

[@dishakalita6208]

The Solution Is Aqua Regia Which Is A Mixture Of Hydrochloric Acid And Nitric Acid In 3:1 Ratio. Gold And Platinum Can Only Be Dissolved In This Solution But Neither HCl Nor HNO3 Could Do It Alone. ( I Am In Class 10th. Got It In My NCERT Book )

[@daisies865]

Nile: “it’s one of the most precious things that I own” Also Nile: I’m just gonna destroy it using acid

[@daisies865]

@@boanerge5885 maybe

[@loho1125]

Well, he can get the gold back completely by just dropping some other metal in the solution. But that stuff needs to be melted and put into a mould to become a bar again

[@Straumnes]

Yes, that's what he said. Congratulations on... quoting the video I guess?

[@ErenYILDIZ_01]

Nile red i know you are reading this comment Pls send video to nile red channel (not nile red short)

[@burpbot7555]

@S O F I A If he's a regular person in the US, that's not one of the most expensive things he owns, tho.

[@sadia_zinia]

1:21 I had a mini heart attack 🙂..

[@reyphobic]

studied about aquaregia in sophomore year and wasn’t worried till you poured that concentrated nitric acid in. also, please add a jumpscare warning because its 2am and i was gonna cry😭

[@cteckerman]

kind of sad that a few in the comments dont seem to get that dissolving it in acid doesnt ruin it, and that the last part is a joke.

[@RCT3Crashes100]

As an additional fun fact, the traditional and common name for the mix of Hydrochloric and Nitric acid used to turn the gold into Chloroauric acid is referred to as ‘aqua regia’, or literally ‘royal water’. Aqua regia can also react with other precious metals such as silver and platinum, but curiously, silver doesn’t dissolve as well as the other metals, in part because it forms a protective layer of silver chloride during the reaction which blocks more of the aqua regia from reaching the metal underneath.

[@luiseduardolima1223]

Interesting. I heard about the aqua regia (here we call of água régia) and the interaction with the gold. But with the silver I've never expecting it. Could this reaction, which occurred in the aqua regia + nitric acid, have some kind of anti-corrosive mechanism such as passivation?

[@AdityaTiwari-es3lq]

Pff we were taught that in 9th grade 😏

[@synthesizer8026]

However silver can also be dissolved in other acids, including plain HCl(aq) (hydrochloric acid) as silver oxidizes rather easy, gold on the other had needs an oxidizing acid such as nitric acid added.

[@synthesizer8026]

I forgot to add, as you mentioned with the aqua regia, in HCl you need to remove the layer of AgCl in order to keep the reaction going.

[@Greentogreener]

Wow 🤩

[@innovationtalk3734]

*and it’s one of the most expensive, precious things I own. But any way, I think I’m just gonna destroy it using acid.* Classic Nilered

[@Eugenekrabs8988]

He could extract that gold out of that solution that he dissolved it in, and make it into sold gold again. The gold didn't just disappear it is in the solution.

[@innovationtalk3734]

@@Eugenekrabs8988 you might want to watch the whole video (1:21)

[@Eugenekrabs8988]

@@innovationtalk3734 Someone replyed to me that the solution was highly corrosive and was like "you think he is dumb enough to do that". I don't know if he did or not but shoot lol.

[@NeoAemaeth]

@@Eugenekrabs8988 If it was the actual solution, the floor and wall would start to sizzle and the aqua regia would immediately start reacting with everything, releasing toxic fumes. It would look quite different.

[@innovationtalk3734]

@NeoAemaeth Dude aqua regia can only dissolve some of the noble metals. Its not some super science fiction liquid

[@angelicdream708]

"Tell me your rich without telling me your rich" "I dissolve gold and spill it on the floor..."

[@fubbernuckin]

When you leave your pure tungsten cube on the floor while transporting your gold juice 😭

[@plasma555cathode7]

Seeing the new purple gold video made me unclench my butt

[@flozon5240]

The tungsten cube strikes again

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

I'm not the only one that remembers it!

[@RandomGS]

Tungsten cube likes seeing gold in liquid form being spilled.

[@Estazhe]

Nilered lore??

[@TheBluePhoenix008]

@@Estazhe yes indeed. It's a video called tungsten cube lmao

[@tomikun8057]

reminds me of kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWiooJZ3Zs2mebc

[@sutripanchaudhuri2246]

For people who don't know about this thing .. A combination of HCl(Hydrochloric acid) and H2NO3 (nitric acid) is called aqua regia that is used to dissolve gold. Its a common practice Ong gold Smiths who shaped pure gold into ornaments and wearables:)

[@sheev9852]

Nitric acid is HNO3 not H2NO3, the latter is nitrooxonium

[@EIevenBytes]

🤓

[@kaz_augustus]

It's royal water

[@Astromath]

​@@kaz_augustus"aqua regia" = royal water

[@kaz_augustus]

@@Astromath no shit Sherlock

[@Scaaa-es7hn]

The tungsten cube strikes back

[@jackychan7758]

That devious Tungsten cube has came back.

[@catto9207]

Pls tell me that that is just colored water

[@RylTheValstrax]

After the soysauce bromine, I saw that coming! XD - Pity that the soysauce couldnt easily be made to give off brown fumes (safely at least), so it was harder to convincingly reproduce than the chloroauric acid, which was probably reproduced with just the right amount of food coloring for the drop shot. Looking forward to seeing the extraction of the gold back out of the solution, growing metal crystals from a solution is always fun.

[@kumarjoshi66]

Probably needs a bit of electrochemistry to get it back.

[@a.j.miller872]

In his other gold extraction video I think he just used a single replacement reaction to reform the gold metal

[@neelo420]

wouldn't just adding some base work?

[@kumarjoshi66]

@@neelo420 Yeah a base could be added, once a hydroxide is obtained it can be heated and baked and metal gold could be obtained.

[@alolanstarboy]

What bromine video are you talking about though

[@arjuns.2831]

it’s because when you mix conc. hcl with conc. hno3 in the 3:1 ratio that’s aqua regia(royal water in latin) and that mixture is able to dissolve gold when non of the acids can do alone it’s those few acids that can also fuck up the platinum. hope that helped

[@Niagaranobs]

If only he didn't leave that huge tungsten block on the ground...

[@Atzee]

Nilered : drops a solution having 6grand worth gold. Everyone : ah shit, here we go again.

[@FrozenBusChannel]

Here we *gold* again

[@matguimond92]

it looks like orange drink

[@Atzee]

@@candylover6419 tbh it could be anything, even water with added colours maybe..

[@nggodplayer9383]

@@candylover6419 he replaced it with something almost exactly that color called potassium dichromate

[@octoquetra9198]

57 grand

[@ykpoff]

Nile: “it’s one of the most precious things that I own” Also Nile: I’m just gonna destroy it using acid And Then Nile: I will recover it since I am chemist.

[@thecyberrabbit1440]

But actually also Nile: oh no

[@thenemesis7114]

@@thecyberrabbit1440 actually it was staged, you can see the really hevay metal cube in the gound and he tripped on it so he changed the becker within the cut and then just fake tripped on the cube

[@FallSkyX]

@@thenemesis7114 ok, he does all of this on purpose.

[@thenemesis7114]

@@FallSkyX for a moment i fell for that too btw

[@1brytol]

And then Nile: well i won't because i'm clumsy af

[@williamrobinson7328]

Cool to see the full video on this

[@robanderson4137]

Priceless ending.

[@prismagaming832]

I’m starting to love these accidental shorts now lol first I love the fake soy sauce bromine thing and now gold spill xD

[@d.a.r.n1869]

lmao, the replies here

[@thepranjaljain]

Fake soy sauce bromine thing? Fill us in on this dude

[@Alphax36]

@@thepranjaljain watch his short on bromine

[@moosedoug]

@@Alphax36 I just watched that short, I'm not sure I understand

[@Ninjaeule97]

@@thepranjaljain watch the short of him making the deadliest popcicle.

[@TheKrighter]

I worked in a factory many years ago where a guy did this same thing. The gold bar was mean to to be in the acid for about an hour, but he forgot about it until the next day, when he discovered that it was gone. Oopsy.

[@Nik-6675]

Oh uh over 5k down the drain, no big deal.

[@hgu]

It’s not gone it can be recovered

[@williammielenz3752]

Did he leave work with His Thermos full?

[@TheKrighter]

@@rsh650 Not sure, I was in Production Control, but if I remember correctly they were just trying to clean it up before putting it through some sort of process. The company made electrical connectors, including the ones that went on the Apollo spacecraft., which by the way were made of gold, as was all of the wiring in the moon lander, etc.

[@loojawmanandhar9808]

Then he discovered that his job was gone.

[@Spix-Macaw]

"Why..?" "Science." "Makes sense."

[@cyberspacesupersoldier]

I'm really hoping that NR makes a follow-up video to this one in the near future, where he tells us what chemicals were actually used in the beaker that he dropped, broke and spilled everywhere, and where he shows us how he's supposed to get the gold back out of the acid and oxidizer solution.

[@MoonlightMirage]

Hey, he finally revealed what happened after tripping over the Tungsten cube and breaking the beaker The good news is he spilled water with coloring so his health's still fine The bad news is that beaker has now been long gone... :(

[@shivamdubey3982]

Make a video on how to get it back

[@hosseinsalehi8821]

The one that broke was not the same solution. Its volume was around 400 ml, while the Au-containing solution was about 425 ml. Colors are also slightly different ;)

[@Mis7erSeven]

Wow, you must be so smart for noticing what thousands of people already wrote in the comments...

[@camulodunon]

@@Mis7erSeven not those specifically, the other comments just knew that logically he didn't actually drop the gold acid.

[@ramunasstulga8264]

Do you not notice the illumination is not the same?

[@kallmekaveen6060]

@@Mis7erSeven someone is jealous that they didn't get to it first lmao

[@sssbattleaxe]

Stop spreading false information

[@mwiz100]

I fully predicted a (staged) drop coming and I still jumped when it happened. Also the timing on the "oh no" is utterly perfect.

[@spicybook]

@yahiko💫 i clicked on the link and this windows defender thing came up on my laptop and it says there is a trojan what is it pls tell 😭😭😭

[@FunniBloop]

@@spicybook don’t click on random links strangers send, also pretty sure it’s like a 18+ link cuz it says 18

[@HypnosisBear]

@@spicybook Don't click on random links, those are just scams. Please take my advice seriously.

[@lolpop2118]

@@spicybook Dont click random links they could contain malware, virus, and they can collect your IP address to know your location which could get in the hands of the wrong people

[@lolpop2118]

@@spicybook Trojan is a virus or some malicious stuff

[@jalen2222]

I ain’t gone lie you pissed me off with this one

[@Just1MoreYear]

That’s cool and all but do you have enough acid to dissolve something around 170 lbs?

[@MachoMan_Vert]

"Oh wait he probably can extract the gold from it" **Carries the beaker slowly with one hand** "He's going to waste the solution isn't he?" **Drops it** "Instant classic"

[@urldroidsuperbot2139]

We learned in school chemistry hydrochloric acid + nitric acid mixture is called "Aqua Regia" because it can dissolve gold, the king of metals. Neither hydrochloric acid nor nitric acid alone can do it and gold's specialty is not getting oxidized or forming compounds due to weathering and remaining in shining pure element form. Thanks NileRed for videographing something which we could only read about in books. Modern generation has much more fun learning, I suppose.

[@joelrumal74]

Good bro...i was searching for this whether i'm right or wrong.....was it aqua regia....we learned this in 9th standard.

[@dataquester]

Aqua regia... sounds like a stripper name..lol

[@kf10147]

He goes into the whole process in a longer main channel video about turning gold jewelry into a gold bar!

[@urldroidsuperbot2139]

@@kf10147 That is a different set of experiments.

[@joelrumal74]

@@dataquester Its not less than that too....it can lol

[@sbanks1289]

"And it's one of the most expensive and precious things that I own." casually puts it in a bowl an says "I think I'm gonna destroy it with acid"

[@CassandraPantaristi]

"One of the most expensive and precious things that I own... But anyway, I think I'm going to destroy it using acid."

[@FarhanKhan-ye2ve]

Me: “Bro imagine if someone had a gold solution” Nile:backs away nervously

[@a-rex1.5gb10]

Breh

[@lifepasses1875]

Gold soup

[@the_rising_phoenix7019]

nile in future *my baby is the most precious person i hv...* *also nile: proceeds to make it a test subject of anti gravitation*

[@nattodatto]

"Oh dear, my wife is going to kill me"

[@VishnuPandey93]

💀

[@doctordemon5076]

The ending was expected 😅

[@whatdoinamethischannel9749]

The editing at the end was almost flawless

[@waavhal]

The solution which dissolves the gold is called 'Aqua regia', a mixture of HCl and HNO3. This was in our textbook for 9th or 10th grade to make us a bit aware I suppose. This is the method which goldsmiths use to steal a little bit of gold every time someone came to polish their jewelry.

[@Pratyush2124]

Correct, my grandmother told me about an incident when someone came to polish her jewelry where he dipped her gold chain in that mixture and gave her back. She told that the weight of the chain decreased by half but after that she made him throw that solution away 😂

[@waavhal]

@@Pratyush2124 Sad. Your grammy is a genius though😂

[@Pratyush2124]

@@waavhal 😅😂

[@shinchan4216]

10th grade

[@geraldwallsjr8380]

Ahhhhh so that how some jewelry stores stay in business for soo long

[@chloethesatisfyinggirl3413]

I love how he said “this is the most valuable thing i own. But let’s destroy it!

[@Yora21]

Let's *transform* it!

[@ranjitrathod3463]

It was aqua regia 3 parts of conc. HCL and 1 part of conc. Nitric acid which can dissolve royal metals

[@MilkAndCerealYTP]

"It's one of the most expensive and precious things I own" "Anyway I think I'm just gonna destroy it using acid"

[@YourRealSantaClaus]

I am in 10th grade and this same thing our chemistry teacher taught us a few months ago Not like by experiment but by explaining The mixture of Hydrochloric acid and nitric acid is called Aqua regia in which HCL and HNO3 is dissolved in a rario of 3:1 When I found out about this I was completely amazed by this and still am Chemistry is fun!

[@jayapradamaddela8489]

Same!

[@dhanarajm3500]

We too learnt about it

[@hiteshsaroha170]

It's fun until you have to struggle for marks in 12th

[@jayapradamaddela8489]

@@hiteshsaroha170 Maybe that's true but some people have a knack for it and are interested in it. Not everyone struggles for marks in 12th. Chemistry is FUN when we understand it.

[@hiteshsaroha170]

@@jayapradamaddela8489 bro it's not fun when you don't understand it my board exam is on 28 Feb

[@dredddizzah9705]

"Did you drop it?" "Yes." "What did it cost?" "5,700 dollars."

[@user-id4em2ud8n]

Its really cool !!! Can some tell me how to recover the gold back !!!😮

[@sparshsingh3991]

fun detail. the tungsten block placed there to trip him, has almost exactly the same density as the gold he dropped.

[@kyzercube]

There's no way he'd hold it like that. If that really was the gold solution, just sprinkle SMBS all over the floor so the gold crashes out of solution and start sweeping 🤣

[@sillfsxa1927]

Well done Sherlock, how did you guess?

[@kyzercube]

@@sillfsxa1927 Idk, maybe it's all the pederass spamming in the comments that gave it away.

[@hallowacko]

No way that Nile dropped that, that has to be a stunt with some other yellow liquid.

[@robertcuff5704]

Obviously

[@robertcuff5704]

It never turned orange, look at the volume difference

[@cooknaris]

duh

[@praveenawesome2182]

Hehe

[@juliusbernotas]

That was his piss

[@n1xcamic]

I'm actually interested in how you precipitate it out, is there a video on it?

[@kalebjones5891]

The video dropped today

[@emmanuelthesasuke4688]

This solution is called aqua regia, it is one of the only few reagents which can dissolve gold ajd silver