Making a squishy rubber bouncy ball from scratch

For this one, I'm going to try to synthesize a bouncy ball. Basically I'm making something called Thiokol rubber, and hopefully as a ball, it'll be bouncy.
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Evil Nile Red: makes normal stuff

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LMAO I LOVE THIS MEME

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evil nile red: does experiments carefully without throwing them

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@@Princemasti what

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I fucking love the Evil [ Blank ] meme format

[@lizardperson780]

Wow he finally made something that you're *supposed to* throw at the groud after years of just throwing random chemicals for fun

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well not really supposed to but *is not dangerous* to throw at the ground

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@@RimuKora nothing is really supposed to, we make it that way man 🤷🏼‍♂️

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LMAOOO

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And it was hilariously anticlimactic. What a video

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and it doesn't even work that well

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This looks like something you'd find between the couch cushions at 3am, and then stare at for a couple solid minutes before getting grossed out and throwing it away

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man im wheezing

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This took me out 💀

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So rude

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We need to get this guy to an arcade so he can get an actual bouncy ball.

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Where did he study?

[@colin5227]

chemists need to use funny beakers full of reagents, they can't just *get* a bouncy ball or they'll get depression

[@Ash_Carnelian]

@@colin5227 What if they got a bouncy ball, bounced it around for a bit, then ran some tests on it? Maybe they could dip it in different chemicals, then see if the amount of bounciness changes.

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I LOVE the idea of making an artificial Sponge Bob with drain cleaner and sulphure

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sulfur*

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You should sell merch with the phrase “At first it doesn’t seem like much is happening”

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and a “to do this” pin

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This could be the inscription on the tombstone of many bad chemists ... ;)

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And "the yield is honestly pretty pathetic."

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Let's not forget "anyway..."

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@@masterimbecile I'd buy this

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bro turned it into a literal spongebob squarepants💀💀

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0:53 forbidden beer

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I was disappointed at the “Bounce” of the so called “Bouncy Ball” until it turned into SpongeFrank SquareShirt

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Oh hell nah spoing chob got turned into a spunch ball

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One of the things I love about chemistry is the exacting nature of it. Measuring in units of "some", "about" or "a bunch" really sparks the clinical part of my brain.

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Engineers have a similar counting system: 1, 2, some, many, lots.

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1:40 forbidden orange juice

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“For a while it kinda just looked like a mess, But then it started clumping into a chunk that was rolling around the beaker” man just described the way my braincells exist inside my head

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@@user-oj6qk4hj6g i don't think that's how you use hiragana

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hijacking your post because shitty orwellian youtube deletes every other top level comment I make now apparently: Nige have you ever been approached by instrument manufacturers that make NMR, HPLC, or FTIR instruments or have you approached them to maybe get some of these things for the channel for free? If not, you should. Many of these instruments have been so miniaturized and pared down for cost that they now sit on a benchtop and take up no more area than a laptop. Like Digikey giving away their oscilloscopes to electronics channels as a form of advertising I'm sure you could find at least a couple companies willing to do this for chemistry instrumentation. A simple 80MHz NMR or ATR FTIR machine would be a wonderful asset to the channel and the younger viewers learning about chemistry...

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I never thought id see you make something so arbitrary lol but this has actually been one of your most fascinating videos

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2:07 "What i had to do next was pull it out" ...

[@FAB1150]

I think it's just the fact that it's spongy, so it absorbs a lot of the energy and doesn't bounce. A completely solid one would be a perfect bouncy cube

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Maybe he can melt it and reform it

[@SianaGearz]

@@nasdfghidgf8081 not a thermoplastic. Will pretty much turn into permanent sticky goo if you try to heat it.

[@Gaellka]

@@SianaGearz yup! Done it before, it turned to a dark sticky goo.

[@mikobernardino9971]

It needs to squish at least a little, because that's how bouncing works. (note if the sulfur is elastic (bendy) enough it can still squish but I don't know how elastic sulfur is)

[@FAB1150]

@@mikobernardino9971 it needs to deform and then spring back to put the energy back into the system. If it just squishes it will just heat up the material and absorb the energy, not bouncing

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Almost a jump scare.

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@@BaneOfXistence4 Glad I wasn't planning on sleeping tonight.

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Needs more eggs. I'd say Explosions&Fire is the shitposty, How To Basic chemist, only instead of eggs he uses nitro groups.

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I'd love to see that crossover.

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I'm afraid that he might do it something relatable Imagine a KZbin notification "Making eggs using a little pet rock"

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what do you mean slowly, he always has been chemisty how to basic with a touch of educational

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​@@lrizzard He made superconductors from scratch, not exactly basic

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Everything always ends up more rectangular than expected

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2:26 The Forbidden Lemonade.

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"I think it should be able to bounce." *intense bouncing montage*

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"Really slow" "Half an hour" *Sobbing Research chemistry noises*

[@thoomish3556]

maybe if you repeat the process with a spherical flask you'll get a rounder ball, also you probably have to start with a huge ball and compress it down until most of the liquid is gone before it will hold it's form enough to bounce back

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The ending is perfect - love your videos

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Nile has chemically synthesised Spongebob! The wonders of organic chemistry.

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only one of the compounds was organic, which is the dichloroethane.

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At least now I know how SpongeBob was created! 👍🏽

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Shout out to that spinny thing, definitely the MVP of this video💯💪

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Magnificent bounce. And perfectly round too. We need a part 2.

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@@user-oj6qk4hj6g It works! Thank you!

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How's it perfectly ROUND? Its a cube

[@ithewho6603]

@@ashmitakaran6755 You clearly need to visit specsavers, it is as round and bouncy as any superball.

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Nile: So now i've created this bouncy ball! Bouncy ball: You will treat me gently right? *Nile: ...* *Bouncy ball: You will treat me gently right?*

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Would love to see another shot at this. So cool

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Yes

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I wish this was a full length video!

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1:20 forbidden coffee

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The ending just epic! ✨

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3:08 This cube looks hilarious though

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Nigel: Makes something that's supposed to be thrown Rubber cube: Fails Nigel: Pain

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thats the best kind of bouncy cube i have ever seen, dont be so hard o yourself!

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I remember doing something like this in college. Brings back some memories.

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Ngl, I fully expected this to completely splatter when he threw it😂

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The end caught me off guard...my lord

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I think that rectangel just like a sponge :D Idk how to state my feeling but it was amazing :D I like chemistry :3

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I'm litrelly 11 and I was learning abt the periodic table, elements, compounds, atoms and that stuff and I've seen some of the elements and played with em and it's just so satisfying 😌 👌

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Rubber ball: Not breaking Also rubber ball: YOU UNDERESTIMATE ME.

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what a perfect ending 😂

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It looks like you have created some really awesome packing material.

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U should sell this stuffs These are amazing stuffs Really liked it

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2:50 When Spongebob burns the crabby patty

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I laughed a lot during this video, great work!

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NileRed:- 1,2 dichloroethane Everyone:- yea dat sounds weird and sciency and confusing Me whose slogging my ass studying organic chemistry:- *screams in pain from horrific memories of drawing the structure of 1,2 dichloroethane*

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Ah yes, scratch, the best of all materials

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Hey Nigel I have an idea for a project for you: turning urine into rocket fuel (using the ammonia in the urine to make hydrazine a type of rocket fuel)

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This needs to be pinned

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piss rocket

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[@prcervi]

an excellent proof of concept, even if it is several degrees a failure(yes it's squishy, yes it's rubbery, but i'd likely get more bounce out of a glass marble then you got out of that)

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Finally, the perfect toy for Nile to slam it on the floor: A bouncing parallelepiped

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Alright, Nile is throwing stuff again

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I love you. Found your show a while ago and now it’s all shorts and I’m super Sad. I hope you do some more longform videos. Pls. I have gone back and watched your older vids at this point and don’t hsave much more to watch. You also got me back into chemistry so I’m sorry for yelling. This is minimal footage and not enough for xcplanation (purposely left the mess ups. Cuz I wanna wanted y more long shit )

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Makes you wonder how someone even got the idea of how to make the first ever bouncy ball

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Who else started watching this guy and now couldnt stop watching him? 😀🍪

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Me

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Throwing just about anything at the ground hard enough will cause it to bounce. Job well done.

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That was like science asmr when he squished it! 🤩

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Maybe use a ball bearing so that way when it's the rubber forms it adheres to it and makes it more fierce shape a little has more mass to like slam into the ground and bounce

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I actually made it in my school lab and used it as a cork for playing badminton

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The end was amazing 😂

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DIY projects taken to a whole new level

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Great final scene

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This is how chemistry is suppose to be, fun and exciting using a good and playful example

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Hey Nile! Love your work! I was wondering if you could show us how FEP is made? Its used in resin 3d printing.

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I really wanna make this, lol. That looks so cute.

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I never trust chemists serve my coffee anyway

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Disclaimer: 'No bouncy cube was harmed in the making..'

[@Roryact]

Will it react without stirring? Lack of bounce will be because it's full of voids. Could you fill the inside of a tennis ball and cast it into a ball?

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0:04 Nile Red making a [pipis] reference?

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The bounce compilation is the best part

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It looks like diseased spongebob lmao. Love your videos so much man, thanks for making the channel(s) and continuing to post.

[@keithyinger3326]

That raises a question in my mind watching you make that solution of polysulphides. I take some drain cleaner crystals and add some sulfur to it, then slowly heat it up in a big metal pipe cap until it all melts and reacts. Then while it's liquid, pour it out into an aluminum dish and let it cool and solidify. It's called the liver of sulfur. You put a little piece of it in some water to get a yellow solution which we can use to patina copper or bronze. Problem is, once you make it, it doesn't tend to last very long before turning white and going bad. I'm guessing that liquid solution that you made wouldn't last just sitting in a jar for a couple of months either? I'm not a chemist so I don't really know why the liver of sulfur solution breaks down over time. My guess would be the complex with sulfur breaks down and it falls out of solution.

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The polysulfides aren't very stable in general, and in particular they break down in low pH; exposure to CO2 in the air will tend to slowly lower the pH over time, and the polysulfides break down into just sulfur and fall out of solution, just as you suspect.

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"really slow" he says but it takes only 30 minutes. chemistry in college had me sitting there for 4 hours. sometimes weeks for a polymer to set up. sometimes these things take a very long time to react! days! im sure he's spent so much time just friggin waiting for shit to work lol but having to keep an eye on in incase it goes badly

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I love it when I watch a channel that speaks a different language, metaphorically

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You can feel and hear the disappointment and mild frustration in the bouncing lol

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2:42 Blursed SpongeBob SquarePants.

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@ 3:00 -- You can't bounce a sponge!.. 😂

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1:12 *hmm... coffee looking good*

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That spongebob thing at the last frame was the climax of the whole experiment.

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I'm guessing it would work better if it wasn't full of pockets could you melt it?

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Last shot was epic

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The spongebob was a nice touch, made me smile