Pyrophoric gases (with

[@NileRed]

I was just sitting here peacefully, cleaning my desk and then out of nowhere, I get called out :(

[@ChaosMagnet]

NileRed I’ve got your back, fellow Canuck! Canadians are awesome.

[@kuberootwastaken]

Huh, I wonder if KZbin recommended the video to me now specifically because of this comment

[@andie_pants]

Gotta keep an eye on that NileRed character... running around like a maniacal mad scientist all jacked up on maple syrup and double-doubles. :-P

[@andie_pants]

@@ChaosMagnet I worked at Tim Hortons here in Ohio for a couple of years. Can I join your club? Things are getting REALLY weird down here.

[@cherrybacon9790]

NileRed: I am not exactly sure why he was trying this reaction....

[@connor4317]

"Most things burn if they get hot enough" -An Australian

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Me as the bushfires close in

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@@Rhodanide they'll never take my liver alive!!

[@among-us-99999]

Do Australians burn too if they get hot enough?

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@@among-us-99999 unfortunately :(

[@nigeljohnson9820]

@@ExplosionsAndFire how close are you to those terrible bush fires? A serious and concerned question. I hope you have disposed of those bromine ampules. They must be getting a little unstable in the ambient heat, given the impurities that they contain.

[@Peterscraps]

That boron tribromide looks the the stereotypical "Don't fucking touch me or I will end you" chemical.

[@rcjd7834]

Didn't expect to see you here...

[@PenelopeIsAce]

what, your here, huh cool

[@michaelmerritt7406]

"Fuck with me and I'll kill us both m8" vibes with Boron Tribromide.

[@markharder3676]

Chemical Force has a vid in which he plays around BBr3.

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

You know your chemistry is working when not only aren't the reagents or product yellow, but even the flame turns a nice green color.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

There's barely any yellow in this video at all, was quite proud of myself

[@imperialphoenix1229]

@@ExplosionsAndFire that orange background thing was almost yellow my guy, better watch out, sumthing might explode wrong at this rate

[@lucaslucas191202]

@@imperialphoenix1229 Nah orange is fine, it's the yellow-orange that he's unsure about

[@thethoughtemporium]

Well that was cool as hell. That lithium/boron flame at the end looking like something straight out fantasy. Also, I can only imagine where that dude gets all his chemicals. Most of those are hard to get short of buying from sigma

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Maybe he runs Sigma? If I was the CEO of Sigma, this is what I would do with my time, apart from rolling around on piles on money

[@thethoughtemporium]

@@ExplosionsAndFire How would he have the time? He'd be too busy filling swimming pools with money XD My bet is it's old stock from the slavic countries. Old USSR materials can be craazzzzy. I've got a friend who bought a radar vacuum tube the size of my head. That thing could roast someone alive if you connected it to an antenna and aimed it at someone and he got it for like 10 bucks. Same with a massive xenon lamp. I just picked up a massive 3" NaI scintillator for super cheap from a guy in latvia.

[@forksaber8950]

holy shit, my two favorite youtubers

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@@thethoughtemporium yeah for sure, it's got big Eastern European vibes about it. I mean, I could just ask him what the deal is, but it's more fun to speculate honestly

[@Zenzicubic]

Bunnings

[@Samonie67]

The madlad just whips out the boring tribromide like it's nothing.

[@Rhodanide]

Hey it's not boring

[@Samonie67]

@@Rhodanide well first off all its a spelling mistake, second of all it makes it funnier. and last but not least he acts like its an OTC chemical you can buy.

[@Rhodanide]

@@Samonie67 BECAUSE HE'S CHEMICAL FORCE

[@Samonie67]

@@Rhodanide but seriously what is he up too.

[@Rhodanide]

@@Samonie67 HMMMMM

[@brianlocke6561]

I worked in the semiconductor industry and worked with Silane all the time. Nasty stuff. Useful stuff but nasty. Used it with Ammonia to create a layer of Silicon Nitride in a PECVD system.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Yeah I'm amazed how much it is used industrially. But I guess so much silicon chemistry happens to make the modern world go around

[@panykfelidae9018]

@@ExplosionsAndFire I'd imagine the usual course of the conversation is 'we're doing a coating using the silane process' followed by a very vigorous 'um'

[@brianlocke6561]

@@ExplosionsAndFire We used the silicon Nitride as a protective and insulating layer. It was one of the final steps in making the microprocessors. We also had systems that used TEOS (Tetra Ethyl Ortho Silicate) which was a liquid that had to be heated and a gas run through it to carry it into the process chamber were it was used to make a layer of Silicon dioxide. Other areas used wet etch processes involving HF among other nasty stuff. Thankfully I never had to mess with that stuff.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@@brianlocke6561 very cool to hear!

[@Zetsuke4]

You mean tasty stuff

[@DarkExcalibur42]

"Let's press on. And NOT think about the consequences of our actions." Words to live by.

[@SupaDanteX]

My favorite part of this, is he says that And then immediately starts blowing air into acid. "Sir you're making even more consequences! SIR!" "NANANANANACANT HEAR YOUNANANA"

[@DarkExcalibur42]

@@SupaDanteX I fucking love this channel. A sane channel would just show you a highly edited "perfect" example of whatever. Not here. Here we get to see things go wrong and how to handle it (or not), which is much much more important.

[@sixstringedthing]

"Words to live by." For a while.

[@DarkExcalibur42]

@@sixstringedthing XD as an old supervisor of mine used to say: "You can do anything once!"

[@sixstringedthing]

@@DarkExcalibur42 "Practice makes perfect", for suitably non-lethal values of "imperfect". I believe this concept is also referred to in some Asian cultures as "catching the Tiger by his tail". You may survive, but in any case it's going to be an exciting day. Cheers ;)

[@trustthewater]

"What the hell? I thought I logged out of Discord. Who is messaging... oh... "

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Probably the worst thing I've done in a video

[@snowcat9308]

@@ExplosionsAndFire Definitely the worst thing you've done in a video

[@zacharypower7674]

"electrons arent real"-me as soon as electron clouds replaced bohr diagrams in my homework.

[@JustinPallo]

Awesome video. Always love your content. Idk if it's the Australian wit or the crazy explosions, but I just can't get enough of this channel.

[@josecoelho5703]

What kind of whitch are you, posting a comment 15 hours before the video is even released.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@@josecoelho5703 Patreon magic ;) But thanks Justin!!

[@SupaDanteX]

Its the crazy wit and the Australian explosions.

[@JadianRadiator]

1:58 "There's more to chemistry than lighting fires" - A Channel That's All About Lighting Fires

[@rhonafenwick5643]

No no no, not JUST about lighting fires. Also explosions.

[@ChemicalForce]

Great video, awesome channel! I wish I could collaborate with you! :D

[@BackYardScience2000]

Very cool colab, man! You do some crazy ass reactions! Some that even I won't touch. I'll stick to my alkali metals and other pure elements. Lol! Keep up the great work!

[@GodlikeIridium]

I see what you did there Mr. Force 😅

[@joeflosion]

I've been a fan of Tom for almost 5 years and Felix for almost 3 now, how am I just seeing this? Seriously you two are nuts. I love it

[@kaseymathew1893]

7:42 Knowing how to read those diamond things, "Oh. Oh sh*t." Layman's terms: it's extremely toxic, extremely flammable, highly reactive, and don't get it wet.

[@hrki_tk]

"Don't get it wet" in this case is almost always "If you don't like dying excruciatingly painful deaths, for the love of God, don't mix this shit with water"

[@Flesh_Wizard]

​@@hrki_tk I don't care the cesium is going in the doggie bowl and you can't stop me

[@hrki_tk]

@@Flesh_Wizard relatable

[@hrki_tk]

more simple terms: this will kill you

[@GodlikeIridium]

8:25 I love the green boron flame getting interrupted by a violet lithium flame! Absolutely beautiful!

[@SaffronWitch]

NileRed called out damn

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

diss track dropping soon

[@gmrads]

NileRed diss track would be pretty fire

[@sleepy_boi7552]

@@gmrads sick puns bro

[@nerfinator03]

@@ExplosionsAndFire please make a diss track

[@boofhead711]

​@@ExplosionsAndFire Gonna hold you to that son.

[@overdrive8876]

"is it hot enough?" You are in Australia It doesn't need to get hotter.

[@MFKR696]

You think Australia's hot, eh? * Laughs in *Africa* * lol

[@agentc7020]

“Ok so it’s bloody hot but is it hot enough?” Yeah don’t worry bout that, just wait a few years and we’ll get there

[@marciaosullivan3200]

Two extremely underrated channels

[@soccermastax]

and so is TheThoughtEmporium but holy crap is it weird to see three of the best content channels destined to be giants all talking to each other.

[@ocloud7389]

soccermastax that channel is awesome

[@WG1417Gaming]

"so we grind it up" i legit choked on my drink

[@zeratulrus142]

I did not read the last word correctly the first time.

[@GamerPro132]

Diborane: *has hydrogens with two bonds* Me: Wait that's illegal.

[@T3sl4]

*Boron has entered the chat*

[@T3sl4]

Also: Lewis: "Cool, I solved the 8-electron rule that underlies all organic chemistry!" Boron, sulfur, transition metals, literally everything else: "Watch us destroy this guy's whole career"

[@GamerPro132]

@Captain_Morgan while we're on the subject wtf is carbon monoxide's deal?

[@GamerPro132]

@Captain_Morgan Thank you alcohol man.

[@mizuki4002]

@Captain_Morgan so wtf is nitric oxide's deal?

[@gordonlawrence1448]

I watch this for the presentation as much as the chemistry.

[@sawyere2496]

Me too

[@chir0pter]

Can’t believe this guy turned doing chemistry into actual funny standup comedy

[@gamingmarcus]

Holy Bazookaz. I'm a chemist myself and I've seen a bunch of demonstrations on youtube but I think I was truly scared for the first time when he poured the BBr3 onto the molten LiH. Creating a bunch of super toxic gas within a fraction of a second is definitely my worst fear.

[@ericmueller6836]

You should never eat at a Taco Bell.

[@belacickekl7579]

You may wish to avoid synthesizing any of the fluorine based rocket propellants lol

[@WineScrounger]

Belac Ickekl generally just avoid fluorine

[@fromagefrizzbizz9377]

@@WineScrounger I've seen the results of hydrofluoric acid on humans, and had the misfortune to have had a whiff of HF. No. Just no.

[@leechowning2712]

@@belacickekl7579 awe, no N Stuff for us?

[@aweirddude3829]

everyone: so how's your life going? me: **watching an australian man make explosive air at 4 am**

[@cherrydragon3120]

FBI OPEN UP! LoL

[@Undy1]

4:04 here ;_;

[@Krieggs]

God damnit I checked Discord cos of your in video notifications :/

[@DarkExcalibur42]

Same.

[@Palerider1942]

I know im a year late... but if you do go with a background, choose yellow, that way if your chemicals turn yellow you can just hold them up to the background and convince yourself its perfectly clear and everything is fine

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

This is a good thought

[@Rhodanide]

Nice collab!

[@densestlemon6241]

So if I got an A in general chemistry I’m qualified to own a swimming pool full of hydrofluoric acid yeah? Love me some bone hurting juice

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

They are your own bones I suppose, you're allowed to do what you want with them

[@HansenSWE]

@@ExplosionsAndFire For future reference, here is a song about what he may not do with his bones: My knucklebones' connected to your... jawbone. My fingerbones' connected to you.... skull bone. My forehead's connected to your... nosebone. My kneebone's connected to your... rib bone. My elbow's connected to your.... spinal bone. My feet bones' connected to your... rib bone. My feet bones' connected to your... rib bone. My feet bones' connected to your... rib bone. My feet bones' connected to your... rib bone. My feet bones' connected to your... rib bone. My feet bones' connected to your... rib bone. My feet bones' connected to your... rib bone.

[@LFTRnow]

FYI, the HF will kill you by stopping your heart long before you need to worry about your bones. :)

[@guythat779]

For future reference, HF will destroy your nerves way before it can feasibly make you feel the pain so it's not a pain juice

[@rowangallagher4579]

Hey, if it isn’t too dangerous, I’d love to see a video on highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide, I’ve never messed with high test hydrogen peroxide, and don’t plan to.

[@SophiaAstatine]

Good news

[@aaronschocke2147]

I have a little bit. You touch the cap with a Qtip, you touch a popsicle stick with the Qtip, you touch a hair pin with the popsicle stick, you touch the door knob with the hair pin, and then a few minutes later, you touch the door knob... Give it a few minutes, and your skin will be bleached white as A4 paper. Don't play with high test. It's like Lye. It is NOT A TOY Unless your chemistry teacher is awesome, then yea, it's kind of like a toy 🤣

[@tangentfox4677]

It's fun to see this comment now that he's done that video, including screwing up maths when calculating concentration.

[@rowangallagher4579]

I forgot about this comment, but yeah the high test peroxide video is one of my favorites of his.

[@chemiekanal4926]

Nice Video :) Thank you very much… It’s very easy to generate pure magnesium silicone if you take a food can, open it in a way, that you can put the lid back on, consume whatever is inside, clean and dry the can, fill it with magnesium and silicon dioxide. Then you cut a hole in the lid (0.5 cm in diameter) and put it back on. It has to sit relatively tight in the can (but it’s important that it can flow away, if there is to much pressure in the can). After that you can heat the can with a gas torch until the metal gets red hot (only in one point). After that the reaction will continue for itself. There will be fire coming out of the hole in the lid. After that you let it all cool down and then you have a completely black lump of product. I always used a food can with a volume of ca. 50-100 ml and filled it to the half with the reaction mixture. The closed can prevents the formation of MgO through the reaction with oxygen from the air nearly completely…

[@jacobt3962]

I’ve been watching for about a year now and I’ve watched every video you’ve put out several times. I always was more interested in physics and astronomy than chemistry in school but your channel, and now chemical force, have sparked a fervent interest in me. Thank you for making your content entertaining, educational, and accessible!

[@Kumquat_Lord]

If you can, try making TEA-TEB. It's used as a rocket engine ignition fluid, and also lit the afterburners of the SR-71

[@oitthegroit1297]

What's it made of?

[@Kumquat_Lord]

@@oitthegroit1297 teraethyl aluminum and teraethyl borane

[@sixstringedthing]

@@Kumquat_Lord *Triethylaluminium-Triethylborane. TEB was used by itself to light the engines/afterburners in the Blackbird. It was mixed with 10-15% TEA when used to light the F1 engines on the Saturn V.

[@oitthegroit1297]

@@Kumquat_Lord thanks

[@deflatedfruit4716]

@@sixstringedthing Also used to ignite the restartable Merlin engine on the Falcon 9. It restarts twice in flight

[@LeroyJ12]

5:00 "nothing happening" as someone carries a dead bird off camera! Lmao

[@messiermitchell4901]

Breaking news: Local chemist commits Magnesium Silicide

[@steveschein2619]

Hey! Back in my University days I ran a semiconductor research lab. Got to play with all this stuff. If it was acidic, basic, pyrophoric, cryogenic, toxic or otherwise hazardous we had it. I think my favorite was the re-discovery of fulminating gold. Its purple is really intense. Have fun and try to keep all of your fingers (I have).

[@MD-bf2ce]

Im going back to school and finally learning about [H+] ions, hydrogen bonds... its also SO FASINATING and makes understanding these videos.....just a bit easier.

[@diegopusineri472]

A collab with NileRed please!

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

He's too much of a pyromaniac

[@soccermastax]

@@ExplosionsAndFire lmao XD

[@saltedfish9194]

Explosions&Fire2 well that’s why

[@idkwhattocallmyselfsothiswilld]

@@ExplosionsAndFire Since when is that a bad thing?

[@absinthe7266]

Explosions&Fire2 that's why

[@terawattyear]

Glad to see you collab w/ Chemical Force. He has a great channel too. Both of you should have way more subscribers.

[@Sniperboy5551]

Chemical Force is easily the best videographer out of all KZbin chemists. His angles, backgrounds and slow-mos are undefeated. He’s also a great chemist.

[@amyshaw893]

That's scary and very cool, like a lot of the crazy shit on this channel. May the New year bring you more explosions, more fire and less demonetization

[@MattyT_86]

"There's more to chemistry than lighting fires" - Yes! Putting them out!

[@pikatheminecrafter]

CH4: A useful flammable gas SiH4: Methane but angery

[@jessetrottier7179]

Never seen anything from the original Explosions and Fire but I'm definitely gunna stick around for all your new videos. Shits both cool and informative.

[@lemmonsinmyeyes]

-reminisces about fond memories made with friends- *SO WE GRIND IT UP* hahaha and 'we press on, without thinking about the consequences of our actions' haha sooo good!

[@BenWatson1996]

Been dying to see an upload from you mate. Constantly reminds me that I actually love chemistry, and that there are some really good chemistry based channels on the 'Tube!

[@Metallica4Life92]

Boron tribromide looked like fun times. especially the fumigation the second the bottle was opened.

[@zorro456]

Always a good sign when it starts smoking when you open it,

[@TayloresFish]

I feel like I'm gonna get put on a list if I keep watching your videos

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

A list of people I like

[@mitchek6509]

love the Discord notification around 9:10 had to rewind after realizing I didn't have discord open

[@AllisterCaine]

at 7:40 you sound a bit like those were umm... disadvantages? That's PERFECT!

[@TheSgtCynical]

Love your videos, been watching for a few months now! Any tips for a 20 year old converting to science after having done a literary degree?

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

I think you'll do great, so much of a science degree is writing and reading, and if you have a good background in that, you'll ace it

[@MrLookky]

I need more memes and more minutes of video. God, I love your sense of humor. Waiting for the next one! ❤️

[@WilliamFord972]

“Silicide” (n.) - the killing of silicon

[@pirobot668beta]

SR-71 used triethylborane to ignite their engines. Green-flash was something ground-crews knew to stay away from!

[@micmacha]

8:28 : A great screensaver, I think.

[@scottm2553]

Why does he have a glory hole in the chalkboard? 9:00

[@robertlapointe4093]

Another fun pyrophoric gas is a mix of phosphine (PH3) and phosphene (P2H2). Put ~ 200 mLs of 40% KOH/water in a 500 mL round bottom, add a gram or two of white phosphorus and close the flask with a two hole rubber stopper equipped with one sub-surface tube and one head-space tube. Run the outlet tube into a bowl of water. Flush the apparatus with natural gas or propane via the sub-surface tube then slow the gas flow down to just a few bubbles per minute in the bowl. Next, heat the flask to near boiling. Once the reaction is up to temperature the bubbles will begin to spontaneously ignite and form P2O5 smoke rings. This is from Leonard A. Ford's "Chemical Magic", 1959 published by Fawcett World Library, NY, NY. It is pretty easy and well worth the effort. Safety note: when you shut down, keep the gas flow going while the flask cools until the bubbles no longer ignite. This way the flask probably won't explode when you pull the stopper.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Interesting! I had a run in with phosphine once and it wasn't pleasant, but that's probably the only other pyrophoric gas that's currently within reach for me. Cool suggestion!

[@robertlapointe4093]

@@ExplosionsAndFire Yeah, phosphine is rather stinky and toxic. When pure it is not pyrophoric, but the P4/KOH reaction is not very selective and the co product phosphene (actually cis and trans diphosphene, to be more accurate) is seriously endothermic (~ 30 Kcal/mol, or 125 KJ/mol) and very pyrophoric.

[@jessecrossan9714]

You are the best person on KZbin your content is fantastic

[@neuroplush7657]

7:58 That is unironically a cartoon poison. It's comical how evil the bottle and fumes appear.

[@sukhisingh5482]

Dude your videos are epic. I'd watch your video over chemical force any day your hilarious and just as cool.

[@elliotthebastard9418]

"Lets move on and not think about the consequences of our actions" is such a great line.

[@Freizeitflugsphaere]

Great to see two great chemistry channels collaboration👍🏼

[@dannin1278]

Welp, that's one of the scariest fire diamonds I've seen

[@stanstrum]

At some point you have to just give up. Slap on a skull and crossbones and call it a day :)

[@SC-RGX7]

"there's more to chemistry than lighting fires" Can someone check if he's ok? He sounds wrong

[@jonathonboshears6281]

Been awhile since I’ve been back. Hopefully the new vids are gonna be a shitshow like before. I love em

[@JoshStLouis314]

ChemicalForce is my jam! Nice crossover

[@phalanxbrrt8747]

Your like Nile red I can watch your videos without getting bored. There so funny and knowledgeable. Really enjoyable.

Yay, a Christmas episode! It doesn't matter if you were late, if we watch it even more late!

[@leocalderon2774]

You're videos are awesome, i love them, keep doing your best :'D

[@KazzArie]

Good video. So was the intro song, that POTUSA cd was one of my faves.

[@fromagefrizzbizz9377]

Another fun one: put some white phosphorus into a flask containing a strongish NaOH or KOH solution. Purge the air out with pure N2, cork it with a tube going down to a wide beaker of water, and heat the flask with a bench burner. Under a gentle boil it produces a combination of PH3 (phosphine, not the war gas phosgene) and P2H4 that bubbles out the end of the tube above the beaker. The P2H4 (a hydrazine analog) is spontaneously flammable in air and takes the phosphine with it. Purging with N2 is to prevent it blowing the flask apart. This occur in nature over some swamps, and causes ghostly flashes of light. Known as "wil-o-the-wisp". Do this with a vent hood or other good ventilation, not only are phosphorus combustion products (mostly phosphorus pentoxide) highly toxic, phosphine itself is hideously toxic. [Phosphine is used in chip fabrication and other things.] Did this as a high school chemistry project.

[@Johnmiccael1]

Thank God! Another video!!! I'm always afraid that every new video I watch is going to be the last 🥺 You rekindled my interest in chemistry and your videos always remind me how much fun it can be. Please don't stop and thank you

[@CasaiAgicap]

"There's more the chemistry than lighting fires." --Explosions&Fire

[@sparthankitty2775]

Again love your stuff bro!

[@ephjaymusic]

OMG 🤣 I'm crying here! Your vids are brilliant!

[@stevenholmes5099]

Keep making videos. Aussie laws might be tough but you might be able to convince them to give you some kind of "Mythbusters" deal

[@beaubeaukitty5301]

explosions & fire2 ? Is this the best channel name you could come up with gheez its very Literal and Lacks inspiration & deep thought.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

I originally went for 'shitblowingup' lol

[@conorwong4868]

This man's such a homie. Idk what's going on really but I enjoy all of it

[@AA-gl1dr]

*entire country on fire* *makes gas that combusts on contact with the air* Australia: “am I a fucking joke to You?”

[@Hoshimaru57]

I have to pause the video so my FBI agent can go get some more aspirin to continue dealing with my strange ass. My coworker was rather curious today as I went from watching a chemistry video, to casually explaining that nukes aren’t powered by magnets, to playing an anime game all in the course of about 2 minutes.

[@oli3645]

I look at this video and then I look on my shelf where there is a very « big » chunk of elemental silicone.

[@diapysik]

good stuff glad it was recommended, subbed since I loved the white phosphorus video.

[@IanS158]

I really enjoyed this. Thanks for the content.

[@theSILKROAD210]

and I really enjoyed your alias!

[@vikramkrishnan6414]

7:20 - Mate, this is the most Christmas-y non-Christmas thing since Die Hard

[@TheCammerhammer]

It might be a little late to mention but there is a pretty interesting book talking about the borane boom of the sixties driven by the US military! The Green Flame by Andrew Dequasie talks about what went into the production of diborane primarily, with less in-depth looks into its equally bastardrous brothers penta- and decaborane. If you are curious what the industrial process of refining toxic and explosive experimental superfuels is like I strongly recommend giving it a read.

[@richardwebb5317]

See also Ignition! by John D Clarke. Lots of exotic hypergolics in there - it's rocket science, Yay!

[@richardwebb5317]

Link library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pdf

[@matttucker3]

Amazing video my dood can’t wait for the next one!!

[@bdivin8298]

Try dimethylaluminum chloride. I work maintenance shutdowns and was at a plastics plant in Texas one time. At the end of the job we were assisting operations with removing isolation blinds (steel plates to isolate equipment). Was given orders and a permit to remove the blinds off of a tank that had held a couple of thousand gallons of this stuff. Well there was some residual and upon breaking the flange and removing the blind there were a few puffs of smoke followed by flames about 3ft high shooting out. I yelled at my partner not to open the second flange and to help me. People below us started running after the initial whoosh and upon seeing the flames. I figured I wouldn’t be able to get off the top of the tank before it blew so we hurried up stuck the blind back through the flames and tightened down on the flange. Eventually we were given those aluminized flash suits that the airport firefighters wear and told to do it again lol. 10 years after the fact and I’ll never forget the name of that chemical.

[@AllChemystery]

Wait! What?? There's more to chemistry than lighting fires??? well you ARE right there! Blowing shit up with hard to synthesize, touchy, toxic substances is far more fun!!!

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

You are correct!

[@Ricekrispy10]

I can always appreciate humor in science videos, thank you for the many laughs *what are you up to?*

[@tomaspabon2484]

7:42 Oh OK, that's one of the most horrific fire diamonds I've ever seen. Fuck everything about that chemical.

[@Kumquat_Lord]

8:17 I just noticed the red torch flame from the lithium

[@alexvanhorn6895]

As a chem 1 student i was blown away by learning that a hydrogen can bond to 2 things ... never seen a negative hydrogen ion

[@headcheese3]

That popping Silane was very satisfying

[@samschannel531]

Imagine carbonating a soda with one of these gases so as soon as someone drinks it it sets their stomach on fire.

[@Jeffry_Ab]

Me watching any chemistry video on a dangerous compound: "what were they doing that they stumbled upon this reaction by accident?" "It as discovered in the 60'" Me: oh..

[@chrisw8114]

Don’t understand most of the spells or magic you conjure but it’s always interesting and entertaining.

[@roachboy97]

Lol "greetings fellow nurds" then the sauce clip then nilered getting called out.... man's a savage.

[@Blowcrafter]

this video is a christmas present from Tom :D

[@christopherleubner6633]

Years ago when i operated a mocvd machine at Boston Lasers, it used all kinds of frighteningly flammable and toxic gasses. Germane, silane, phosphane, arsane, triethyl aluminum, trimethyl gallium, hydrogen selenide, hydrogen telluride, dimethylborane etc. All of these to make specialized laser and LED wafers ranging from 608nm to 3180nm baked to perfection over the course of days. Im not gonna lie, operating the machine was as much a black art as it was science. You had no idea weither or not you suceeded until you retrieved the wafers and probed them. Good times. 😲 🤓