Exotic Elements vs. Magnet | Uranium and 40 other metals | Part 1/6

I believe this video is unique. I haven't found a video on KZbin showing so many different metals and their effect with magnets. I dream of getting all the available elemental metals and make updates for this video series.
I have had quite a lot feedback suggesting that I should have put the magnet on a string or scale so smaller effects would be visualized. I use this in newer parts of this series:
Part 2: • Exotic Elements vs. Ma...
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I may at some point redo this video with more sensitive setups, but with 41 metals it is quite a large project :|
Music is by Kevin MacLeod from www.incompetech....
Songs used:
0:31 - 6:13 + 8:55 - 9:54 Sovereign
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6:13 - 8:55 Atlantean Twilight
ISRC: USUAN1100322
9:55 - 10:31 Darkness is coming.
ISRC: USUAN1100584
His music is free and royalty free for download and released under a Common Creative Attribution license which is perfect for an amateur video maker like me but I have made a fair donation since I use his music extensively in my videos.
Close captions are available in English and Danish (click the CC button under the video).

[@trppmdm]

This has to the most jolly part of youtube. ^^ Haha relaxing music, insightful comments, actual politeness. Wait, I'm on youtube?

[@Belfor09]

I believe music is borrowed from K-Pax movie. The piano theme is remind me of that movie.

[@ruhat911]

The force is strong with this one.

[@dakotadirden9834]

trppmdm I know right, it's hard to believe

[@YoutuberBack]

if believe youtube now was as good as it was 7 years ago...

[@trppmdm]

@@KZbinrBack Hey man, check out NileRed! Definitely a similar vibe and community!

[@haikiri2011]

You should remake this video, but this time hang the magnet on a non magnetic wire like a pendulum so we can see the very effect of the very low effect ones and notice the difference between the metals.

[@Cryptonomous]

+Haikiri Nanbo good point

[@MegaMrDanne]

+Haikiri Nanbo He does this in part 2. Dude listens to his audience.

[@Skandalos]

Yea, this video is rather pointless. Nothing to see.

[@owlredshift]

@@Skandalos 13k people are rolling their eyes at you

[@Zhak7]

This guy have all the elements at home 0_o

[@souravzzz]

But I have the Element of Surprise!

[@HighlanderNorth1]

Am I sensing an element of sarcasm? Videos like these should not contain elements of mockery! This information is elementary to our understanding of the elements of science that we learned in elementary school in a very elementary way. We must be serious when discussing all the different elements of scientific discovery, because there will always be an element of mystery that requires an element of maturity to decipher.

[@yolosnuff1476]

He owns the periodic table

[@kimcharly1266]

Polonium is most dangerous element so he cant keep it..

[@Turbo187KillerB]

THIS VIDEO IS THE MOST METAL VIDEO ON KZbin!!!!

[@draygoes]

Ok, that got a chuckle.

[@brainiac75]

+NY Tsou Hi, I can't reply directly to your comment (have you disabled replies?). Hope you see this. The hazard label of cadmium was a European standard that shows that cadmium is an environmental hazard (dead tree and fish). The symbol is now updated to a global standard (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GHS_hazard_pictograms). Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Codmaster4488]

how do you get all these elements 0.O

[@isakmohamed27]

Can you provide a link to where you got those rare earth metals.

[@brainiac75]

Isak Mohamed I bought the set through eBay, but the seller has his own website: www.smart-elements.com/?arg=detail&element=Set&newitems=&limit=1&art=00174&pn=&cat=&view=gl&tr=10&out=1&lid=15&PHPSESSID=a7d2ffd37834b8aaddb26735b7291fad#A

[@Camroc37]

Freeze the mercury with liquid nitrogen, then pull out the glass.

[@Camroc37]

Enrique Suarez Uranium is found in many minerals, but Plutonium is really not, although most elements can be found naturally on Earth, but not in pure form.

[@ILikeWafflz]

7:35 I approve of the use of legos. I too have found some random practical purposes for them.

[@brainiac75]

It's been collected over many years so I kinda lost track of cost :/ But all the elements in part 1-3 in this series I wouldn't sell for less than $2500-3000 (not really for sale - some of them are hard to find). Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

You can find most on eBay (like myworld.ebay.co.uk/onyxmetall/­) or in dedicated webshops like smart-elements'com. I don't know much about the American market but there are without doubt also some in the US. Part 3 to this series will come in August - subscribe to get reminded ;)

[@JBoyle-jr9wb]

Very impressive collection. I'm going to have to buy some bismuth now. Thanks for sharing.

[@BleuFire50]

Imagine if he drooled on that lithium, quite the bang i'd say

[@brainiac75]

Thanks for watching! The rare earth metals are rarely seen in pure form and their attraction to a magnet surprises many. I'll revisit them in an upcoming video with more sensitive setups and even include all of their oxides that may also react with a magnet ;)

[@brainiac75]

Not really forgotten - more an issue of money ;) In part two for this video - Exotic Elements vs. Magnet - I promise a gold sample for part three since gold is the most requested. Getting a visible sample of gold is just so expensive that I prioritized to get as many metal samples for the first part instead of just a few expensive ones. Thanks for watching!

[@vikram.pandya]

You should have hung that magnet to a very very long string so that we can better see the effect (Paramagnetic / diamagnetic etc)

[@brainiac75]

+Vikram Pandya Yep, this video was the first in the series. Part 2-4 are much better due to feedback from my viewers (links in the description box). So I may have to revisit these metals in a future video. Especially the rare earth metals which are quite paramagnetic. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@vikram.pandya]

Thanks for your response, I already subscribed due to interesting content. Keep up the good work :)

[@Namorite]

+brainiac75 Hey, you think you could re-do this video with the new methods (Water, magnet on a string, etc...) so we can have a better idea of these metals properties?

[@brainiac75]

Miguel Peralta Yes, that will likely happen in the future. Right now I just have so many video ideas in my head that will be more interesting to make. But I definitely have to re-visit the set with rare earth metals vs. magnet. Most of them should have a very noticeable reaction in a sensitive setup - despite the glass ampoule and small sample size.

[@Namorite]

+brainiac75 Yeeeesss!!! I've been waiting for that ever since I first saw this video. Thank you!

[@enginbilgi]

Even Periodic Table of Videos don't have this much metal samples.

[@brainiac75]

In part two (Exotic Elements vs. Magnet) I use much more sensitive setups. When I have time I will redo some of the tests in this video - especially for the rare earth metals.

[@brainiac75]

Gold is coming in part 3 here in August. Meanwhile you can watch part 2: Exotic Elements vs. Magnet :)

[@Helmutlozzi]

Dat relaxing music. Thanks for the video!

[@519MaLoNeY]

What a GREAT VIDEO!!! Thanks so much for your work, you are a gentleman. Lol. And I agree with the other comments, THIS here is what KZbin is about

[@brainiac75]

Glad you liked it! Remember to watch part two 'Exotic Elements vs. Magnet' for more elements in an improved presentation ;) Links in the description and in the end of the video.

[@brainiac75]

Thank you :) I am providing the energy in the setup. I am holding a 'lifter' magnet above the two discs of bismuth and by moving the lifter magnet up and down I can control the small magnet between the bismuth discs. If I made a rig that could hold the lifter magnet completely steady I could make a more stable levitation (balancing several forces: gravity, magnetic fields and diamagnetic repulsion). Thanks for watching!

[@arturomena834]

That tungsten cylinder sounded like a brick!!! 0__o

[@Yourname942]

Is it possible to mix every (or nearly every) element together? If so what would happen?

[@GreatOxInTheSky]

That's how they make Monsanto Roundup! ;)

[@williamroden8495]

GreatOxInTheSky. That's very funny, good job!

[@crazyepicfortnitegamer8426]

Yourname942 it would probably be a highly explosive device

[@brainiac75]

Coming in part three that I will release late in August. You can watch part two in the mean time: Exotic Elements vs. Magnet :)

[@brainiac75]

It is in part two: Exotic Elements vs. Magnet. Check my channel :)

[@rajeshshahi1000]

What's the cost of uranium and where did you buy that

[@lol49031]

People online sell it

[@videolabguy]

Cheap. Ebay. Duh!

[@philswift592]

I really wish he was my science teach

[@brainiac75]

Thanks for watching! Part 2 is called 'Exotic Elements vs. Magnet' - I tried to make it even more interesting :)

[@brainiac75]

Thank you! There are also some rare samples in part 2 for this video: 'Exotic Elements vs. Magnet'. Part 3 is only a month or two away and will include samples I didn't expect to have access to - so stay tuned ;)

[@au5music]

I didn't even know diamagnetism was a thing

[@brainiac75]

You're not the only one :) For some reason we are only really tought about the ferromagnetism in school. The other forms of magnetism are 'forgotten'.

[@NwoDispatcher]

@@brainiac75 what do diamagnets do when dropped down a copper pipe?

[@priyanthisandarath1365]

Oh no Au5 in here 😃😃

[@Rich_ard]

a guy on youtube channel taofledermaus does a bunch of videos on mecury and he cleans his mecury with a sponge but he has 5 pounds of mercury... you would need a small sponge.

[@brainiac75]

Thank you! Remember to watch part 2: Exotic Elements vs. Magnet. Part 3 is coming here late in August and will in my opinion have the best samples! Thanks for watching :)

[@brainiac75]

Yes. Check part two of this video serie: 'Exotic Elements vs. Magnet'. I'm planning sort of a remake of this video with the rare earth metals and their oxides in a more sensitive setup. Stay tuned!

[@EternalDB1]

here because of part 5/5

[@brainiac75]

Nice :) This video is starting to feel old compared to my never videos but it still shows 41 elements in pure form.

[@MastorusGamingPlays]

The music :'(

[@MastorusGamingPlays]

tHE cOMUNIST pIZZA I like it too, but It makes me sad

[@TheNightrunner666]

i wonder what music it is

[@BBadCraft]

yes jeff

[@brainiac75]

More sensitive setups in part 2 Exotic Elements vs. Magnet. I may redo this video. It's however quite a task and you may be disappointed of how little reaction there is even in a string setup. But at least I show the elements :)

[@brainiac75]

It is readily available from smart-elements'com so you can get your own. I admit it is quite expensive - took some saving up for me. But I really wanted it and was lucky to find it for sale in their eBay-shop some years ago (they still regularly have it for sale on eBay - not right now though). Thanks for watching :)

[@thefattesthagrid]

so basically u wanted to show us ur variety of elements..?

[@danielyorke5238]

Obviously because every element didn't do anything

[@danielyorke5238]

Literally the most boring video ever😂😂

[@ionelmarin4446]

Daniel Yorke id interstibg he know all metals of the planet

[@Kingjeffkoch]

GreenFlu TheWicked Did i miss something or is he really a show off, i mean gas pistol, ammunition etc. wtf.

[@offbeat4772]

He has ammunition and stuff to show real world applications for that metal...

[@brainiac75]

Thank you for watching! Part 2 is called Exotic Elements vs. Magnet. Part 3 is coming late in August and will have some stunning samples :)

[@brainiac75]

You may have experienced eddy currents (reaction with highly conducting metal and movement) which can be confused with paramagnetism (reaction even when metal and magnet is not moved). More about this phenomenon is in my video 'Eddy currents ad libitum'. Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

Thank you :) Remember to watch part 2 + 3 if you haven't already. Links in the description. Especially part 3 has some hard-to-find elements.

[@brainiac75]

Well, they exist and are out there - just gotta search for them :) Like mercury in thermometers. Try searching eBay, Amazon or dedicated element webshops. Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

Most of it is from eBay (like the seller 'onyxmet'). But also from dedicated element webshops like smart-elements´com. Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

This is my hobby and filmed at home. eBay is my friend when I need to find the rarer stuff ;)

[@brainiac75]

It's one of my favorite metals too! It is used in the world's most powerful permanent magnets, in the lovely green lasers and it's compounds often have some interesting color-changing effects. I'm planning to show this in an upcoming video with neodymium chloride and neodymium fluoride.

[@jameswright1879]

Them slow movements hovering the metals over the magnet are unintentional ASMR triggers

[@brainiac75]

Yes! As soon as I get more pure samples (including gold) I will make part three. Search the channel 'periodicvideos' videos about the elements to hear how the different elements are pronounced by chemistry professors - that's how I learned... :)

[@MegaFitthora]

Gosh, I get all excited getting a look at all these different metal-elements!

[@phoenizboiisawesome]

This was one of the first videos I ever watched on KZbin, and it brings back so many memories

[@brainiac75]

Full credits are in the description under the video. Click 'Show more'.

[@brainiac75]

Thank you very much. I'm currently buying stuff for part 1½ in this video series where I show all the rare earth metals and their beautiful oxides in a more sensitive setup. While you wait you could watch part 2: Exotic Elements vs. magnet :)

[@TGears314]

Love that this is still available. Quality content from a much younger KZbin. Very nice to see the difference in your editing and stuff as well. Great work!

[@brainiac75]

I do have some smoke detector americium discs (watch my video 'Radioactivity | My collection so far'). The problem is that it's not the pure element/metal. It is americium dioxide lodged in a disc of another metal (often made of gold actually) so it will not show the magnetic property of pure americium. Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

You're right: scandium + yttrium + lanthanides = rare earth metals. Should have clarified this in the video. I'll make it more clear in my upcoming video where I retest all rare earth metals in more sensitive setups including their oxides. Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

It's moving because I hold a 'lifter' magnet above the setup. If I made a rig for the lifter magnet and balanced it perfectly it could levitate for hundreds of years (until the magnet loses it magnetism - partly because of background radiation). Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

Thanks for the suggestion. I have so far cleaned it somewhat with the simplest method: double-sided tape. It's not optimal but was quick and easy :) I have actually bought a new mercury sample from a source without broken glass (sphygmomanometers) ;) Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@brainiac75]

Thanks, and welcome to my channel :) Hope you remembered to watch part 2 and 3 in this series. I tried to improve them based on the feedback on this video.

[@soulsbreaker]

Watching this guy "pet" that magnet for 10 minutes, is one of the best decisions I took today

[@brainiac75]

Thank you for your story about mercury! In the good ol'days mercury really wasn't taken as seriously as today where each new study seems to suggest that ANY exposure to mercury is really bad. A little dramatic as your story proves ;) Pure elemental mercury is not madly poisonous (the fumes are dangerous in long term exposure though). It's the organic mercury compounds that builds up in nature that's the real problem. Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

Good thing that you know about conservation of energy! I am providing the energy in the setup. I am holding a 'lifter' magnet about the two discs of bismuth and by moving the lifter magnet up and down I can control the small magnet between the bismuth discs. If I made a rig that could hold the lifter magnet steady I could make a more stable levitation (balancing several forces: gravity, magnetic fields and diamagnetic repulsion). Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

Full credits in the description under the video (click 'Show more' under the video).

[@brainiac75]

Yes, it should be if you have a sufficiently large lifter magnet above the setup (and some seriously big slabs af bismuth). I doubt it would be spectacular though. It would still only be a few millimeters of levitation and therefore hardly visible with such a large magnet. It's better to use small magnets and pyrolytic carbon in stead af bismuth. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@brainiac75]

Not all elements are possible to get in visible amounts - even in a laboratory. But collecting the available elements still takes some dedication and cash. If you can live with tiny samples and not to high purity I think a couple of thousands dollars + shipping could get you all available elements. I have just started collecting the precious metals. Their price tags are painfully high :( Thanks for watching - more to come when I can afford it ;)

[@brainiac75]

No, you need a superconductor cooled to superconduction to shield like that. At normal temperatures you need something magnetic with high magnetic permeability to 'shield' (actually redirect) magnetic fields. Search mu-metal which is an alloy commonly used for magnetic shielding. Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

The rare earth set is from smart-elements´com. Current cost is €385/~$500. Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

It's the number of protons that determines an element from another. Electrons can vary for an element (called ions, but still the same element). The number of neutrons can also vary for an element (called isotopes, but still the same element). Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

They don't ship to Denmark and their pure uranium has been sold out for a very long time. They only have uranium ore for sale (mineral samples containing uranium). The sample in this video is pure uranium metal. If you want to see some of my stronger radioactive samples watch the video 'Radioactivity | My collection so far'. Thanks for watching!

[@JuanArroyoRios]

Congratulations. You make KZbin worth while. Great job.

[@brainiac75]

It's from eBay. There's a similar cylinder for sale right now for $240 (search 'tungsten cylinder 1 kg'). 7 out of 10 are already sold so it is quite a popular item despite the high price :) Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

Yep. The old term rare earth metals is quite misleading because many of them are as 'rare' as cupper, nickel lead and tin in the Earth's crust. However they are rarely seen in pure metal form by most people because they are expensive to separate from each other and most of them will corrode very easily in the air. Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

Thank you very much! I hope to upload part 3 within the next month. Very-hard-to-find samples in part 3 ;)

[@brainiac75]

I do have some smoke detector americium discs (watch my video 'Radioactivity | My collection so far'). The problem is that it's not the pure element/metal. It is americium dioxide lodged in a disc of another metal (often made of gold actually) so it will not show the magnetic property of pure americium. With that said it is fantastic that we have a man-made element in our homes in a detectable amount (and it is the decay product of plutonium-241!). Thanks for watching!

[@drylabfab]

I found myself most fascinated by actually seeing most of these metals for the first time.

[@brainiac75]

Thanks :) I get very mixed reactions to this video but as long as the people that do like this video remembers to press like I'm more than happy. I have tried to improve some aspects in part 2 (Exotic Elements vs. Magnet). And I'm working on getting some really hard to find elements for part 3!

[@MrTheorac]

Wow, thanks for taking the time to collect and set up every sample testing shot

[@brainiac75]

Exactly! Unpaired electrons gives a net charge that causes ferro- or paramagnetic effects. Paired electrons gives diamagnetic effects.

[@brainiac75]

No, magnetism is an effect between electrons. Radioactivity is from the nucleus (protons+neutrons) so no real linkage. Thanks for watching!

[@jlw1911]

You have no idea how envious I am of that collection.

[@brainiac75]

You are exactly right! Most of the helium in a party balloon actually used to be part of uranium or thorium in the underground that decayed with an alpha particle. The alpha particle then grabbed electrons from its environment and became a helium atom. Quite fantastic - I love science :)

[@brainiac75]

I've heard that before so there must be something about it. I don't think so myself though - I'm not that badass :) Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

Thanks :) Very short and simplified: in matter with some unpaired electrons the magnetic moment of the electrons is not cancelled out so there is a para- or even ferromagnetic reaction. In matter with only paired electrons the magnetic moment of the electrons is cancelled out so they have a diamagnetic reaction.

[@brainiac75]

Palladium is attracted to a magnet (paramagnetic +540). I haven't been able to afford a sample of it... yet. Thanks for watching!

[@brainiac75]

Coming in part three. Too expensive to be my first priority ;)

[@CptGuapo]

The bismuth levitation thing was really cool! Finally YT has suggested some really interesting matter to me. Subscribed.

[@brainiac75]

The magnet is a neodymium magnet made of iron, neodymium and boron (~Nd2Fe14B). The strongest permanent magnet material we know of. Yes, alloying and combining elements can change the results completely. Magnetism is all about the electrons and their behaviour can be very different in pure elements and alloys/compounds with the element. That's why I try to find very pure element samples for this video series. In part 2 and 3 I have samples that are not pure enough to behave in the right way...

[@MontananMillionaire]

Amazingly nice set of samples. A very classy science setup...great video!

[@brainiac75]

Thank you very much :) I have just uploaded part three of this series - some very-hard-to-find elements so I think it's worth a look too.

[@tannerjohnson6327]

In all honesty, I don't know what it is, but you seem like a really genuinely nice person. Don't know why that comes to mind, it's just how I feel.

[@brainiac75]

+The amazing Jay Well, that's nice :) Thanks for watching!

[@Attak1999]

Among the music and his voice it's pretty relaxing to watch at it, I'll watch it before to sleep.

[@brainiac75]

Depleted uranium is sometimes for sale - usually on the US eBay (in the US up to 15 lbs is allowed without a permit). Unitednuclear'com also used to have some for sale but they seem to be out of it. The rare earth metal set can be bought on smart-elements'com.

[@brainiac75]

A magnetic field line is a magnetic field line so in that sense there's no difference. However there are differences in sizes, intensity and the origin of the magnetic field between the field from the Earths core and the neodymium magnet in this video.

[@brainiac75]

Because I'm Danish and forgot I was writing English (or the autocorrect corrected it to Danish - I don't know...). Thanks for watching carefully ;)

[@brainiac75]

The 'neodymium' magnets are actually made of a crystalline material of roughly 14 parts iron, 2 parts neodymium and 1 part boron. It is a special, symmetrical arrangement of the elements in the crystal that give this material such powerful magnetic properties that no pure element has.

[@brainiac75]

Then you should watch part 2: Exotic Elements vs. Magnet!

[@brainiac75]

Short and simplified: It is because of unpaired electrons. Paired electrons cancel each others magnetic moments - unpaired have a magnetic moment. The more unpaired electrons - the more magnetic moment. Many metals have more or less free electrons and therefore a magnetic moment.

[@brainiac75]

Not kidding. Try searching eBay. You may be surprised by what is available! Tungsten/wolfram is easily available though expensive ($240 for the shown 1 kg cylinder + shipping from UK - search for 'tungsten metal cylinder'). Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@petvrg]

That was fun, watching somebody touch magnet with metals for minutes :)

[@brainiac75]

There's a little more about mercury and gallium in my video 'Metal Meltdown' - not on the magnetic properties though :) I may try to show the weak magnetic properties of them in revisit-video with more sensitive setups.

[@brainiac75]

Thanks :) You definitely can if you really want. I was over 30 years old before I seriously started collecting and was able to find money for the more expensive items. Most samples are easily available on eBay, Amazon etc. so cool cash is the only (big) limitation.

[@brainiac75]

Thanks :) In part 2 'Exotic Elements vs. Magnet' I do use this setup for some new samples. I may have to revisit this video with much more sensitive setups - it'll be a big project though...And you're right about the problem with my samples being so different in size. It will be hard to make comparable measurements. But at least it should show if the magnet is repelled or attracted. I'm planning a revisit with the rare earth metals where a 0.01 g scale will be used - including their oxides!

[@GreatOxInTheSky]

Thank you so much for this amazing video! I'd grown up thinking that iron was the only element that was magnetic, despite having heard of neodymium magnets etc. This makes a lot more sense now. :) It would be very interesting to see how the magnetism varies on the periodic table. I'm away to Google that now, along with why magnets are magnetic. Thanks again!

[@brainiac75]

+GreatOxInTheSky Thanks for watching :) In the newer parts of this video series I actually color the tested elements on a periodic table. Links for the newer video are in the description box for this video.