How to Make Flash Cotton

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The bit for the ad was cool but you guys need to rethink being sponsored by Raid. Take a look at their reviews on the app store. More than half of them talk about how it's pay to win and how predatory the microtransactions are. They literally have a paywall for you to be able to progress past a certain point.

[@codybaker1255]

7:33 I graduated my chem class around a month ago, the color difference is due to concentration of the acid, and concentration of other contaminants. My class and I did a lab working with acids, and we made muriatic (Hydrochloric acid(stomach)) acid crystals, then reconstituted them and diluted them to avoid danger. The crystals were tan in color due to some contamination that we added in one of the trials. (Edit 1) The “fumpyness” in the white fluffy cotton is due to better nitration, and washing (theoretically). My advice: try longer nitrations, more baking soda bathes (separated by more water bathes (use distilled for best results ( new water each time))), and then let it dry under more controlled conditions. Other than that: TheKingOfRandom released a video a few years ago on several forms of nitrocellulose, I recommend checking it out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6OvgaOobLOZb7c

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I might try this and post a video on it... Thank you for the idea, I will give you guys credit though.

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16:28 kwhitest of the kwhite

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if more ads were like this, I would watch more of them.

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@@cya6109 it's not as much as you would think most of the time. They make an engaging advertisement, with a million subs. I am sure they probably got like 2 grand to advertise that game. That isn't that much. That's probably less then the developer spent on the computer used to make the game.

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[@gelerson1642]

Chemist in a previous life here: 1. Cover the bowl when you leave it to nitrate. You'll lose water to evaporation, and your side products can crystallize... and apparently turn green. 2. Rinse your final product ad nauseum. You don't want anything but the nitrocellulose. Any other compounds left over will leave a residue when burning. You've done well if the final cotton is white and there's no evidence it ever existed when you burn it. 3. FLUFF IT UP. Even though it's more flammable than the default cotton, it's still just a fuel. You need a fuel-air mixture to burn quickly. edit: 4. Don't leave it to dry in the sunshine. Just in case you did the preparation well, there's a tiny chance you'll come back to an empty sheet of aluminum.

[@Coentjemons]

What does ad nauseam mean?

[@HaydenX]

@@Coentjemons It technically means "until nauseated" when translated directly from Latin, but in practice it means "repeatedly...well more than you'd think you need".

[@InfernalBanana]

Coen M Loosly, “until you’re sick of doing it.” It basically means to do it a lot, and then some. More than you’d think is necessary.

[@ChrisJ-mf7cj]

Does a longer nitrate time matter to engage a longer or fiercer burn, or does it hit a simple saturation point and whatever’s leftover is just lost to waste?

[@InfernalBanana]

Chris J Peavy It mostly depends on the concentration and quantity of the reactants used. It doesn’t hurt to wait a short while for the nitration to go to completion, but what determines how long it takes is how much nitric acid to cotton you have. Too much cotton and not all of it nitrates, and too much acid could mean you’re wasting excess acid down the line if you don’t know how to purify it. If anything, waiting too long could destabilize the flash cotton or cause too many unwanted byproducts to contaminate it, like in the video, but giving it like a day to nitrate while covered shouldn’t hurt anything, and it should ensure the reaction has gone to completion. Just make sure to clean the cotton very thoroughly before using it. It should look like ordinary cotton by the time you’re done cleaning it, or with a slight yellow tinge at the very most.

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I'm disappointed that they were sponsored by Raid, but that disappointment is gone after seeing how creative their sponsor segment was

[@nind3282]

Hey the yellow stuff is impurities from the nitration. I see you didnt use the pure acids so its all the gunk which wasnt nitric acid or sulfuric acid. Could also be due to not washing it enough Bsc hons chemistry

[@scottmichaelharris]

Could be the potassium sulphate that wasn’t washed off too

[@ComradePhoenix]

Good to see some validation for my hypothesis.

[@TheAttacker732]

So, if you use budget ingredients, you get budget results? Makes sense to me.

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Thanks!

[@defenestrated23]

They should check out NurdRage channel on how to purify sulfuric acid.

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[@Shocktrue1]

DO NOT LEAVE THE NITRIC ACID COTTON MIX OVERNIGHT. Soak in acid for a couple minutes, rinse thoroughly in clean water, allow to dry (air dry or oven dry with extremely low heat, no flame). Ignite and stand back :) If you rinseit thoroughly, there will be very little yellowing of the cotton and very little residue. Impurities in your nitric acid solution can lead to more discoloration and a slower burn, depending on the impurity. The sodium bicarbonate solution is only necessary to deactivate the remaining acid when you finish nitrating the cotton and in case of acid spill emergencies. Allowing the nitric acid to form a cake around the cotton makes it significantly harder to wash the impurities and leftover nitric acid from the cotton. Please like this response to get it to Brian's attention.

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Then the way he lowers his mask

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Fire boy and captain grandpa pants

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14:15 (Watching Brian stuff gun cotton into a firework) "Get ready to reset the clock!"

[@Reddotzebra]

"You don't want runaway heat... So..." No, no, no... Say it like it is: "You don't want boiling acid in your face." XD

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

technically a runaway would be worse than just boiling acid in the face once it reaches a certain temperature all the nitrocellulose detonates at once and the container becomes a frag grenade

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@@Aaron-zu3xn an acidic frag grenade at that

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16:25 - Excellent out of context soundbite "I think we really want the whitest of the white within the party". Couldn't help myself

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Instantly demonitized

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That's too easily done for this show. They've gotta have content.

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Molotov cocktail

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That's a terrible idea *next time on modern rogue*

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Check out “The King of Random” they’ve built at least a couple of them.

[@Kristian179]

easy get like a super soaker fill it with corn starch and ta da!

[@fruitcasket]

The "yellow" cotton likely has more impurities and is more condensed, whereas the "white" has more volume and less non-burning impurities. No reaction is 100% efficient, so the fact there was fillers and other things in the household ingredients you had means there will be way more impurities than if you had used pure chemistry-grade reactants. Your nitrocellulose still works very well!

[@adamkeohane3963]

My mans be rubbing his face with the glove on at 9:27

[@B_Skizzle]

You must be new here; Jason and Brian aren’t known for their adherence to lab safety.

[@Biomaterials_Science]

Have thrown students out of lab for that.

[@hfoslayer6195]

@Gary Oak it's all fun and games till someone gets deformed.

[@Reddotzebra]

As someone who works at a medical lab, I'm not gonna lie, I've seen people do that. Yes it is exactly as cringe inducing as it sounds...

[@misterdanny8644]

He was pushing his glasses up.

[@shaitoledano5867]

I have done this a couple of times and I would recommend using concentrated (98%) sulfuric acid and pure potassium nitrate. They are both very easy to find online and you can get both for under $25. Great video!

[@amyshaw893]

Wow, the mythbusters made it seem so much more complicated and dangerous

[@NPS69]

That's because they had much more conservative lawyers

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That's because they had -much more conservative- lawyers

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@@basmeijs6973 And insurance company. And producer. They didn't even show how to make thermite or gunpowder when they made their own (which all is now readily available on the internet). You have to be careful on big network tv, you know, ads and stuff. (OH WAIT!)

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LukelikesLego what do you think the episode on reading legislation was for?

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Holy shit! A KZbin channel that actually demonetizes their own videos that include a paid advertisement! No one does this they all put ads in their videos against KZbin rules but you guys actually follow rules and I love you for that!

[@Maninawig]

Thank you for that ad skit.... They truely are a gem.

[@FantasticHaz_2]

Holy crap, props to Brandt for learning the science. Lots of complicated chemistry and research in this one, so to go out of your way to piece together the actual science for the video is pretty cool.

[@ModernRogue]

This one was a John video, but thanks!

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"it looks just like a triple a console game!" "Shut up" xd

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Come on kid. I'm doing a bit here.

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Always fun seeing people sell out...

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That's actually real. There was a commercial in the 80s or 90s for a video-game where a barker was shouting the features of the game to a bunch of people and actually responded to a question with "shut up!" (I can't remember what game it was for, Sonic? Mario? 🤔)

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You know, I can probably recite that Raid script by heart with how many channels are advertising it but that was without a doubt the best version of it yet!

[@dotChrollo]

That "Shut up!" in the ad blasted me back to ads I didn't even realized I watched.

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

I remember a commercial where that actually happened, the barker responded to a question with "shut up!" I can't remember what game it was for. 🤔

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That is how they do research. Outsourcing.

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Watch the latest Captain Disillusion for an example, though KZbinrs are very aware that anything they do wrong will be called out in the comments. So why not turn that into your tool?

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This is a top 5 MR episode ever, possibly the best. Amazing content, and even the ad in the beginning was great.

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Thanks so much!

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Okay this is the best commercial I've ever seen that hasn't been aired on the Super Bowl.

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Clicked off a modern rogue video to a modern rogue video

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This episode is more Modern. lol

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Sometimes it be like that

[@michaelparham1328]

I sincerely can't express how appreciative I am that they do these types of vids, by the seat of their pants. It not only does answer questions like "Can I do it like this instead?" but it shows what will happen if you do take those little shortcuts. And really, this only works because they give actual facts and data over the moments they're improvising.

[@denisfpsman8733]

7:38 Maybe nitric acid was decomposing into water and nitrous dioxide

[@cubrakadabra]

Doubt it, the solution had no3- ions that reacted with the cellulose, leaving behind an acidic solution (the lone h+ cations had nothing to react with so they stayed dissolved)

[@EthanGeye]

Nitric acid decomposes in to nitrogen dioxide which is brown

[@cubrakadabra]

@@EthanGeye technically, nitrogen dioxide gas dissolves in water to create nitric acid (it is a reversible reaction, but if anything, they're promoting acid creation, as opposed to dioxide creation because they're using up dissolved nitrate ions)

[@ComradePhoenix]

My bet is on dye decomposition.

[@ComradePhoenix]

@@TheScuds I was talking about the dye used in the H2SO4. That shit looked like grape koolaid.

[@bushidobrown9857]

Ive watched the entirety of that raid ad twice now because it is the best version of a raid ad on youtube

[@TheStrangerous]

Thanks! We had fun.

[@diamondflaw]

"So that's the sulfuric acid" - proceeds to hold face shield up so it doesn't accidentally actually protect face.

[@Lambda_Ovine]

That commercial was spot on.

[@phantomsea8987]

Next week at The Modern Rouge, Brian: We are going make Flare Gun Jason: Exactly

[@thebob5240]

Fun fact if i recall some large caliber naval guns used gun cotton as propellent in favor of a traditional a primer shell to reduce weight, for example the shells for a 16 Inch gun could weigh over 1000-1200 pounds alone but gun cotton could be lifted into the barrel by a single man with little effort.

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The summary of The Modern Rogue: Two dudes doing "science" in hopes of geting superpowers.

[@HomeGrownPyrotechnics]

i was cringing

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thank you guys so much i recently lost my dog/my best friend and the only thing that has made me laugh are you guys thanks for all you guys do.

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Only channel I actually watch the ads on 😂 absolute class

[@MrSchism]

"Don't try this at home" Listen, Murphy, I live in -FLORIDA-. If I don't, who will?

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Someone from Poland or Russia?

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"Mom do we have drain cleaner?!"

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Florida man says "hold my beer, I got this" ie: If I don't, who will? Me and every other moron watching this video, obviously!

[@shizounu2480]

I just noticed, Murphy says White just like Bob Ross does

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TITANIUM HWHITE.

[@sleightlyhandy889]

Apparently that's how it was pronounced through the centuries up through I think the 1950s and 60s and then it very gradually changed. Clearly it didnt disappear entirely, I here a lot of older people and/or more people from rural and southern parts of the U.S. pronounce it that way still

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Johhny Cash also pronounced that combination of letters the same way, as you can hear in "Folsom Prisom Blues" in the words "when" and "whistle"

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I think that was the only paid promotion ad that I liked

[@bigchooch4434]

"Is there a traditional use?" Cue Balls, film, lacquer, ping pong balls, just to name a few old uses.

[@sefiscool9864]

This makes sense, I remember on a camping trip we dropped a long long ball in the fire and it lit up like crazy

[@PhilieBlunt666]

Smokeless powder

[@cubrakadabra]

Smokeless gunpowder and ping pong balls mostly, yeah

[@lanep1813]

Also in early mining as an alternative to gunpowder for splitting boulders⛏

[@ComradePhoenix]

Rocket propellant.

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Usually I skip the ads but sweet Lord I would watch an entire video of ads like that

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Modern Rogue: We're doing science! Actual Scientists: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?!

[@bradywells1293]

I was thinking it wasn't a bad representation of actual scientists (minus the gaping holes in knowledge). A lot of science goes something like: Scientist1: 'Hey, I read online about a cool thing we can do with some stuff laying around.' Scientist2: 'Ok neat. So we just add this stuff together and do this to it... is that normal?' Scientist1:'uhhh.. I don't know they didn't mention that... should be ok?' Scientist2: 'oh wow.. I can't believe that worked!'

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The only difference between science and screwing around is writing it down.

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@@bradywells1293 Exhibit A of misrepresentation of science.

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We love you editor! You're the real one for including all the extra information

[@gabrielmilanesi6341]

You know why the nitrocellulose is more flammable and does not “choke” when you put a bunch in a confined space? That is because of the added nitro groups (NO2) that give more oxygen to the hydrocarbon molecule of cellulose. This mixes a fuel and a oxidizer together. It means that the combustion of nitrocellulose does not need O2 (oxygen gas in the air) to occur, because it already has its own oxygen. That is roughly why the difference is so big. C6H10O5 (cellulose) C6H7(NO2)3O5 (nitrocellulose) ~> 5 oxygen atoms ~> 11 oxygen atoms

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These guys are legends at making commercials.

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Ok but can we appreciate how much effort they put into making that ad for RAID 😂 like they should show that as a commercial from now on on other platforms. It was pretty good.

[@skepticallypwnd]

Thank you! 😊

[@ShinoSarna]

I saw many ads for Raid but this is the first one that actually got me somewhat interested to try it. Good job, guys!

[@bradywells1293]

Nitrocellulose has applications in old-timey film development and gets a lot of current use in biochemistry labs and probably other industrial uses. It's useful for adhering proteins samples to a thin sheet of it, which can then be used for binding things like antibody-bound-fluorescent tags so you can look for specific proteins in samples. Some other nitration reactions that should be familiar is TNT (tri-nitro-toluene) or nitro-glycerin, if you add some nitro groups to an organic molecule called toluene or glycerin (glycerol) you get a much more combustible/explosive version of them - similar to what you guys did here. You probably don't want to fuck with homemade TNT or nitroglycerin though.

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Honestly the best sponsorship add

[@LughSummerson]

Ah yes, the 1990s, when your hair got blown back every time you opened a new comic or tried a new cereal or switched on the modem.

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That game ad was as good as the Big Rigs commercial made by the Angry Videogame Nerd. It was really Rad.

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That’s one of the best Raid ads I’ve seen yet. Well done. Also, this stuff can be used for some pretty legit cannons

[@markog1999]

I've seen tutorials for most of the stuff they do on this channel, but it's stillreally nice to watch because this shows me what would happen if I actually tried

[@Scavenger82]

Was anyone else getting more and more anxious and worried for Brian and Jason while reading through the Material Safety Data Sheet?

[@animula6908]

Don’t over react to those. The one for play doh will make you terrified if you take it too seriously.

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I gotta admit this has to be my favourite ad for Raid that I’ve seen on KZbin, especially in a sponsorship. In which there has been a lot. For other uses of this I would have said Pro Wrestling, but that’s also a form of magic so

[@Gunbudder]

I always watch your ad integrations because they are genuinely entertaining. I'll never buy the product, but I watched your ad lol

[@Tornadopelt]

5:56 There are other uses. Nitrocellulose is used in the following: Ping-Pong Balls Smokeless Gunpowder Low-Smoke Firework Shows Quarries (back then)

[@samuraiBSD]

If you dissolve nitrocellulose in acetone, you can also make nitrocellulose lacquer for a DIY clear coat!

[@leppeppel]

"That's wonderful and terribly irresponsible; I love it!" -Jason Murphy, 16:11, 2019

[@DjFiyaFrost]

Best quote ever

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"Oh, I would prefer the goggles over the face shield" said no one wearing glasses.

[@MrJolaf22]

When we did this in college, we tore it appart to be really fine before we dried it, also we didnt use sulfuric acid and potassium nitrate, but hydrochloric acid and nitric acid, which we mixed in a ratio of 3:1... then soak it, let it dry, tear appart again and then boom :)

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Sexually?

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My balls are tingling as I’m writing this

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@@jambi2118 is there any other way?

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Whoever does the research and whoever does the animations; you do not go unappreciated

[@NoName-ku7nb]

Watching you two attempting basic chemistry is the best lol

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That game ad bit felt like a real KZbin ad.

[@ssaucysam6685]

The color could be from oxidation maybe, or some sort of reaction. I think the white burned better because the wetness moved to the outside. possibly.

[@philippr20]

The brown stuff is acid that hasn't been wahed out

[@joblakh]

the white is fluffy which means more surface area for it to react with the oxygen in the air.

[@JoeyC-ss2tl]

Yo this was legit my favorite type of modern rogue video. As for tips, nitric acid will eat through most types of gloves, so make sure the gloves you use are made out of tert-butyl rubber. Also, to make your cellulose nitrate better, use a mix of fuming nitric and sulfuric acid. You can distil the fuming nitric acid your self. Fuming nitric will catch nitrile gloves on fire, and quickly eat through other types, so make sure you use tert-butyl rubber. Again, I love these ghetto chemistry videos.

[@scoutsapp5624]

I for real always thought it was “Science and Jason” 😂

[@lich.possum]

Science and Jason with Evan and katelyn

[@Notkidding69420]

That sponsorship section was so entertaining .

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The modern rogue ads are becoming an epic foe for Scam Nation’s

[@drakewalker3815]

this is probably the best RSL ad i've ever seen. thank you, modern rogue.

[@fallingfloor6924]

It's a different color because of oxidation. Nitric acid is an oxidizer. The acid we use to disolve gold also turns yellow/orange. Could also be trace elements from drain cleaner.

[@jimmytesta1454]

Pretty much my thoughts exactly I doubt if they got their hands on some more pure sulfuric acid It would discolor so much

[@kcorbyerd6879]

The Potassium Nitrate (Stump remover) and the Sulfuric Acid (Drain Cleaner) are reacting together In this reaction KNO3 + H2SO4 -> KHSO4 + HNO3 The HNO3 is Nitric Acid, and older samples, like the one Jason had that had been settling for 48 hours, can often acquire a yellow cast due to decomposition into oxides of nitrogen and water, which explains why the older solution had the yellow tint and the new solution didn't have the yellow tint. KHSO4 is the other product of the reaction, commonly known as Potassium Bisulfate is white and water soluble, and doesn't really play much part in the end product of flash cotton, however KHSO4 is corrosive and an irritant

[@kcorbyerd6879]

Also the white cotton burns better than the yellow cotton because, the yellow cotton likely has some leftover dried out nitric acid, and is probably inhibiting the reaction with the gun cotton

[@kcorbyerd6879]

Brian "3, 2, 1! Fire in the hole. OH JESUS!!!"

[@libertyts]

"That's wonderful and terribly irresponsible!" = Title of your next book!

[@DjFiyaFrost]

If he ever titled his next book that, I am so buying it.

[@bugatti153]

I'm no scientist. But I would say the white fluffy stuff burns better because more oxygen can get there. So the chemical reaction happens much faster.

[@peterknutsen3070]

Yeah. Depending on the chemistry, which I don’t understand well enough, it might just be a question of more surface area.

[@avrahamwolosh5001]

please for your own sake do not ever neutralize acid that is on your hand wash it off instead. neutralizing causes a thermal reaction that may burn you

[@spaceblockb5284]

Honestly its a case to case basis with acids on how to react. Quite often it is safer not to were gloves, sometimes gloves will save your life. Some acids are safe to neutralize others are not. But you are right, if your not sure it is best to just wash it off, not neutralize it.

[@cubrakadabra]

Nitric acid (if concentrated) reacts with gloves Generally, though, I have been taught to wipe the chemical off with a towel (if possible) and then quickly rinse in loads of water

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I like these guys. They’re doing what they want to do and I seriously envy that

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If the Rouges say its a good game, im willing to try it.

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I've gotta say, the ad was brilliant I usually dont like ads but this ad was absolutely wonderful

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Look at the level of detail in these mobile game sponsorships!

[@WardsROverrated]

7:32 Someone might already have answered this, but Nitric Acid can react with atmospheric oxygen, decomposes and forms Nitrogen dioxide, and while HNO3 is transparent, NO2 is actually yellow, that's why the color is different. The reaction goes: 4HNO3 ---> 4NO2 + 2H 2 O +O2 Edit: Also, the white burnt better than the yellow for this same reason, you could, theoretically, wash it a couple more times with baking soda to remove the excess of HNO3 which would, in turn, reduce the amount of NO2 left in the cotton (that's why its yellow) but HNO3 doesn't always react the way it ""should"" and you will ALWAYS have NO2. OR you could've used a fresh batch, since the one Jason did already had a lot of NO2 in it,.

[@jeremyowen1]

"Better than a Tamagochi" Bold claim friend.

[@kingofthespazs]

So a Chemistry student's best guess as to why is brown is either yellowing from sunlight or contamination, as I haven't seen nitrocellulose turn yellow with lab grade chemicals. Also the fluffy stuff probably burns better because it has more surface area not because of a difference in the composition. if once you spread out your nitrocellulose as much as possible it's still doesn't perform to the standard that you want getting pure sulfuric acid and potassium nitrate will most likely be the the way forward. Making your dynamite more explosive may not be the best option for you guys though especially with the sparking tools your using.

[@HopelessBromantic]

They tried harder on the ads than on the episode 😂

[@jrmyadventr]

Best video game commercial of 2019, 'cause you're a modern rogue!

[@killrenns]

1.5k views, 0 dislikes. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

[@yosiahsmith]

And the reason the fluffier cotton worked faster than the wad of cotton was because of dencity, the wad was so compact that it didn't have enough oxygen to flare up faster. Take all of the cotton and just pull it apart more space means bigger flare...

[@OldBuford]

you had drain cleaner and tin foil, one 2 liter soda bottle later and you could have easily made two fun projects in one video 😉

[@JBBost]

Works bomb!

[@JBBost]

Hm, maybe I shouldn't say the b-word

[@evilcanofdrpepper]

add in some lithium batteries and sudafed and it would have been a 24 hr party with 3 science experiments... I think.

[@franklyanogre00000]

@@JBBost DEMONETIZED!

[@fantesykikachu]

not quite, there are many types of drain cleaner but the two most common are sulfuric acid or sodium hydroxide. theirs was sulfuric acid so it wouldn't work, you are thinking of sodium hydroxide which reacts with tin foil (actually aluminum) to produce hydrogen gas; like in the other video they mention.

[@austino216]

I appreciate the fact that you put this out 2 weeks before the Fourth of July

[@averywhere6921]

“So this stuff is- is what, flammable at this point?” *Uhh* “yEAH.” 7:39

[@teegee87]

This has the BEST Raid ad on KZbin, I almost skipped it cause I'm so sick of hearing about this game now, but you guys nailed it.

[@normalist769]

Why did that Raid commercial give me such Mr. Robot vibes?

[@JTGallant]

Because Brian looks and sounds like Christian Slater, and there was that one episode that was like a 90's fever dream for Elliot. EDIT:: That just made rewatching that ad so much funnier

[@Charles-e2u]

If I'm remembering my A level chemistry correctly. Burning can be described as rapid oxidation. One or more of the chemicals used is turning the cotton yellow and leaving a non gaseous and non liquid compound (ash) which is going to be formed of carbon compounds and oxides of the chemical in question.

[@jordandamewood6469]

“It seems like a lot of science is happening.” -Brian 2019 (10:08)

[@valandilvieneriff9229]

Modern Rogue is the only channel i actually enjoy watching sponsors ads on !