Iodine monochloride. Interhalogen compound can dissolve Gold

[@pseudomonad]

That puff of purple smoke with the hot titanium is exactly what cartoons have taught me that Real Chemistry looks like.

[@gustavgnoettgen]

Bonus points for the sparkles

[@Chimera_Photography]

Soo beautiful, yet almost unspeakably toxic at the same time. Like many “Instagram influencers”

[@brazilianambassadordale8223]

@@Chimera_Photography that's... Quite the parallel to draw. I like it lol

[@tsato1980]

looks so amazing

[@v2talk]

That purple gas is iodine (I2)

[@LAppelDuVideo]

1:40 that sparkly wave propagation is really satisfying to watch

[@smokebuur]

The most beautiful reaction ive ever seen, stunning colours.

[@TheSincerety]

omg yes

[@partygoersonlevelfun4485]

@@smokebuur I agree

[@AtlasReburdened]

Those macro and slo-mo shots are spectacular.

[@AmidaNyorai48]

😀

[@jewtubesucks666]

fr the production value on these vids is legendary this channel is criminally undersubbed

[@TheOzarkWizard]

I wouldnt call it a waste, these reactions have been beautifully documented

[@dwaynezilla]

"What can we add this iodine monochloride to?? Hydrazine?? Sounds good!" Absolute madman, hahahahah

[@acronus]

Fascinating reactions and beautiful cinematography. Great work as always!

[@yohaijohn]

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[@ChemicalForce]

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[@francois-pellier]

Super! This is magic

[@unknowunknown9096]

Iz chemistry

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The universe is way better that magic

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Ку

[@chaosday7143]

Love your videos! Especially the ones about interhalogen compounds!

[@sixstringedthing]

I wanted more interhalogen reactions, and wow... 😁

[@sebastiand152]

Wow. I do not only love the reactions, but also seeing your further developing skills of composing them, including carefully selected music. Great job.

[@user255]

3:00 How to make iodized table salt, the hard way.

[@asifhamid5742]

I was going to comment that 😂

[@SkyChaserCom]

Beautiful footage. Also interesting as a search for Iodine Monochloride shows little such reactions, let alone even a picture of the compound (even Wikipedia has such a "boring" page on it)! ...ChemicalForce will show you these compounds like NO ONE else can...

[@karolus28]

this channel is not about chemistry, it's about art

[@Mn-Fe-N]

N₂H₄ could further reduce I₂ to NH₄I, which is the reason that brown smoke (NH₄I + I₂ = NH₄I₃) was forming together with white smoke (NH₄X) and purple smoke (I₂).

[@reguluscorneas3387]

thanks man

[@Psychx_]

Iodine monochloride is when you make those two elements even more angry than hot Bromine.

[@sixstringedthing]

Iodine, bromine, and boranes are like the salt, pepper and spice of colourful angry Chem :)

[@reguluscorneas3387]

@@sixstringedthing lmao noice comparison

[@Negs42]

@@sixstringedthing especially diborane, use it a lot in organic synthesis lol

[@melody3741]

Ok but those shots were incredible. I feel like I saw the birth of stars from a nebula

[@nikolasseidel7306]

These are some of the most stunning shots i've ever seen of a reaction with Iodine! Thank you for sharing :)

[@Muonium1]

those alkali metal reactions are legit some of the wildest shit I've ever seen, and that's including the highspeed video of solvated-electron, Coulombic NaK explosion stuff from Mason et. al from a few years back.

[@luke144]

Another absolutely beautiful video!!!

[@lajoswinkler]

What you're doing here is what I wanted to do when KZbin first started. I never got the resources to do it but now I can at least watch it being done. These are some of the most beautiful videos on chemical reactions ever to be uploaded online.

[@abromination4963]

I absolutely love seeing reactions like these captured in such a cinematic way. Few people would ever witness them otherwise, even when they are conceptually simple

[@evilotis01]

your videos are just getting better and better

[@elijahk.82]

This chemical and its reactions are the most beautiful I've ever seen

[@andie_pants]

That slow-mo is the stuff dreams are made of.

[@TazPessle]

That purple glittering smoke... When RL beats any photoshop imagination

[@AsymptoteInverse]

The "halo" of transparent vapor around the clouds of semi-opaque smoke make the clouds from these reactions really eerie and strange-looking. I like it. I've said it before, but it's worth repeating: the way you demonstrate reactions is excellent. You've yet to put out a video I didn't enjoy. Keep it up!

[@aSinisterKiid]

yeah the smoke seems to have so much more "depth" to it. We can see the volume of the smoke in a much more 3 dimensional space and it's incredibly unique.

[@arjunyg4655]

I just want to say I love the soundtrack on the slow motion. So much better than the fake slow motion sounds that a lot of channels do.

[@mackdog3270]

Outstanding slow motion, I think the iodine reactions are amongst the most beautiful.

[@6alecapristrudel]

2:15 is just surreal! Like an exploding space nebula in a petri dish!

[@sixstringedthing]

Whole galaxies of stars created in the blink of an eye, remarkable!

[@j.h.jun.2214]

Wow - extremly beautiful ! Thanks a lot !

[@energytv3536]

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[@shadowtheimpure]

It doesn't just dissolve gold, it vigorously assimilates it.

[@ashyslashy5818]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN.

[@shadowtheimpure]

​@@ashyslashy5818 To dissolve gold would be to hold gold molecules in stable suspension. Instead, it forms an entirely different molecule, thus assimilate.

[@Mn-Fe-N]

There is no strict difference between physical and chemical dissolving... even NaCl crystal forms Na(H₂O)ₓ⁺ and Cl(H₂O)ₓ⁻ in water

[@Another_Online_Alias]

The music and the visuals oddly match really well. Also the chemistry is cool

[@b1i12baihaqimuhammadsyani9]

Thank you so much for making this video and others that you do, sometimes it's kinda hard for me to understand reactions when studying chemistry just by the equation and formula, but you just make it so fun to watch alongside the explanation you give, once again I deeply thanks to you

[@Kaffeesuchti1985]

@ChemicalForce Your Videos are NO waste of chemicals! I myself am a chemist, and need for some experiments need to know how the chemicals behave. Make no mistake, your videos are not just for fun, but very useful for serious research! It saves time for me and makes work less dangerous. Thanks for such videos!

[@flaplaya]

One of the things I like is the spooky music. Spooky chemicals deserve nothing less.

[@mystamo]

You are a god and a legend at making chemistry videos that just keep me in awe the whole time. Such a cool and new perspective on how to record reactions.

[@piotao]

CONGRATULATIONS, to have one of the most beautiful chemical footage ever existing! This movie was not only valuable scientifically, but also DAMN PLEASANT to watch! Extraordinary details, astonishing time control, and well, just very beautiful reactions! If we only can see this in micro-scale, on molecules level... that will look like pure chaos! :)

[@smokebuur]

Best video yet! Really great cinematography, music and editing here.

[@jmir33]

Just blown away by how fast these reactions take place. Even with slow motion, it's only a couple frames before the bulk of the reaction has left the screen!

[@superciliousdude]

Absolutely fascinating and truly beautiful footage once again!

[@lm5050]

As fun as it was playing with any type of halogens in my backyard many years ago I really don't miss the piercing smell or risk involved. Your slow motion camera and infinite access to exotic chemicals makes your videos so incredible to watch!

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[@BlakeEggemeyer]

These are so well produced! With the great video shots and beautiful music!

[@joshp4536]

Incredible and beautiful footage!

[@christmassnow3465]

The wonderful world of Halogens. I would also like to see how these reactions behave in an inert atmosphere (without oxygen) or vacuum.

[@uraniumfever8175]

Although I worked - and sometimes played - with most of the stuff you show in your videos you continue to amaze me! These slow mos, especially that of Ti in ICl are so mesmerizing.

[@Thats-It]

Your content is not only stunning but it's absolutely amazing.

[@rougenaxela]

I'm glad you got the slow-mo shots of the reaction with the heated titanium, because damn are the sparkles and the swirling purple clouds beautiful.

[@ansleylobo8042]

Absolutely love the slo-mo shots of the experiments!!! Makes it look like I'm in some movie

[@Screedomy]

Your channel holds so much inorganic chemistry knowledge it's fascinating

[@Ex_impius]

The Titanium powder into it was beautiful!

[@JB-Was-Here]

If a genie coming out of a lamp was a real thing that is what it would look like! A beautiful reaction to say the least

[@unknowunknown9096]

A wise man once said everything is eatable some only eatables once

[@GammaStyleGaming]

Edible*

[@reneceulemans]

Beautifull Felix, realy beautifull. The titanium reaction exactly expressed what hooked me on chemistry as a child; the magic of expression. So much improvement in recording quality. Keep on doing these things man!

[@barry7608]

Thanks one of your best yet, loved the Na and K slow motion awesome.

[@jarmovalitalo2969]

Beautiful chemistry. Here slowMo works best!

[@sixstringedthing]

I wanted to see more interhalogen reactions, and once again you have exceeded expectations Feliks! Amazing video, thank you!

[@Name-js5uq]

I absolutely love this video and it's actually making me get some great ideas that I want to try, but the music in the background is epic I absolutely love the music the music makes the video super great job A+

[@nathanieljames7462]

Best channel ever! I still want to see some epic Chlorine Triflouride scenes some day. You're the only one who would do it justice!

[@washqz7775]

Absolutely beautiful footage! Iodine has some of the most amazingly pretty reactions

[@sebastianspan]

Awesome! Those Slomos are so gorgeous! Thank you!

[@comsigninc]

Never disappointing. Taking chemistry to a new level.

[@petkotzvetkov6528]

One of the beautifukest reactions I have seen.. Great video. Congratulations!

[@masacatior]

You're a real wizard

[@hoggif]

That was interesting. Interhalogen compounds are not that common.

[@KallePihlajasaari]

Perhaps the most artistic exothermic reaction on youtube. Bravo!

[@williamtesson5150]

Your camera work just keeps getting better man you got some great shots

[@ProjectPhysX]

I love the chemical reactions in slow motion. Great work! I think it would be even more amazing to see some explosion reactions like at 4:32, where the time scale is much shorter, in much higher framerate and more zoomed in. Maybe ask the SlowMo Guys to do a collaboration.

[@notmyname327]

That was beautiful, really awesome shots

[@Ario_111]

Legit looks like a documentary, such a beautiful video!! Keep up like this

[@nigeldepledge3790]

This was mesmerising! The slow-mo footage is excellent! I have come to realise that I really don't know much halogen chemistry at all.

[@montsaintleondr7491]

God, it is so aesthetically pleasing the way you record your videos!

[@ChemicalForce]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@bur1t0]

Oh my god your filming has levelled up tremendously over the past few months. I mean it was good before, but it's amazing now.

[@ianphilip6281]

Excellent photography! Enjoyed some of the music too actually.

[@lucienreyes9]

Your footage is SO DAMN BEAUTIFUL!!

[@brucezar9517]

Interesting chemical reactions. Amazing photography/videography. Extremely high production quality.

[@BigParadox]

One of your best videos.

[@PyroFalcon]

Magnificent videography! This was a PLEASURE to watch. Good job 👏

[@SoulDelSol]

Love seeing interhalogen chemistry - some of iodine and bromine compounds and vapors in particular have beautiful colors. Where do you get music? Fits perfectly with slow motion reaction footage

[@aSinisterKiid]

I had to search for the one song and it came up as "Spring Morning" by Peter Sandberg

[@thehyperscientist1961]

8:41 That must be the most overcomplicated way to produce ammonium chloride I've see yet 😂 Keep the quality chem content coming, Feliks! Can't wait for the next one!

[@AppliedCryogenics]

That first reaction is so beautiful!!

[@giantmidgetfreak1298]

I absolutely love the visuals man

[@scrotiemcbogerballs8286]

Wow that was awesome video love the violet colors in the smoke

[@simonbecker748]

That's got to be the most beautiful reaction I've ever seen

[@OrqwithVagrant]

Wow that ate through the gold a LOT faster than aqua regia! I wonder if even Iridium would react with this.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

The more I learn chemistry the more I've come to think gold isn't all that noble. It can't even be used as an anode for making chlorates.

[@jasondworkin6597]

Beautifully filmed and an excellent choice of music. What does ICI do with anhydrous N2H4?

[@exidy-yt]

Those reactions were awesome! Potassium one was WAY more reactive then I thought it would be compared to the Sodium one where you had to drive the chems together. VERY interesting, I need to go through your back catalog now!

[@petevenuti7355]

Amalgam of Na and potassium is liquid, make it an aerosol and mix. Make it rocket fuel.

[@jamesg1367]

Fantastic camera work. Thank you!

[@mikaljan]

Awesome video as always!! Love the music too!!

[@anoimo9013]

Amazing images. And the sound of fume extractor acting like drums for a sense of suspense jaja. Id like to se more chemical formulas of these rare and not so rare compounds

[@pihop]

Beautiful! High quality content as usual.

[@r3struction]

What material are covers and seals of these storage flasks made of? And reaction with titanium powder is the one of the most beautiful reactions i've seen. Fire, sparks and a dense cloud of purple-pink smoke with toxic corrosive fumes!

[@ChristianMiersch]

probably HDPE or maybe PTFE in some cases

[@tomb.4580]

Wow there are some really beautiful shots in this video. Great job!

[@russbilzing5348]

You have created a new art form in the field of chemically reactive, slow motion exo-thermography. The Ti+ICl shots held an extraordinary beauty.

[@jaeweld19]

Absolutely beautiful slow-mo shots. Keep it up man 👍

[@mikeboyle2108]

This is the most artistic and beautifully made video of chemical reactions ever!

[@sunshineFireIT]

This some of your best video work, really awesome reactions

[@victorvalnad5340]

Chemistry is so beautiful.

[@imarocklobster]

That pink smoke from the titanium reaction is straight out of a fantasy world

[@reguluscorneas3387]

its iodine gas :)

[@calvaryassemblyofgodsouthi8046]

Very good job. Superb slow motion camera work Great choices for accompanying music Professional quality narration and annunciation!!!