Making Magnesium Silicide and Explosive Silane Gas

[@TheBackyardScientist]

That hood won't look good for long! Haha. I had no idea you could just make silane like that very cool. It's also eye opening, I sometimes work in a lab with a large cylinders of silane with tubes running all over yikes.

[@NileRed]

haha, luckily hood seems to be quite resilient despite my best efforts to destroy it.

[@terencetan1188]

Wow no replies :)

[@benjiw8454]

Yea harsh Kevin

[@warywolfen]

A word of caution regarding the sand: not all sand is SiO2. The typical "play sand," used for kids' play-boxes, or for making concrete is likely to contain various silicates and other minerals. Remember, sand is nothing more than rock, which was pulverized by erosion, and has the same composition as the original rock. Be sure to get silica sand, or quartz sand. This is sold for sand blasting. You'll note it is pure white in color, whereas other sand is usually tan.

[@elephystry]

Clyde Wary Do you think the sun might have caused decay?

[@spiderdude2099]

ecstasy.apostasy no, the difference in color between Quartz or silica sand is due to small amounts of other minerals in the crystal structure. Same way that causes diamonds and other minerals to have different colors.

[@spiderdude2099]

Clyde Wary if you get playground or beach sand that is usually a pure enough source of silicon dioxide for most purposes. The most important thing is to wash whatever sand you use with acid several times to remove any carbonates or non silica based minerals. Nitric or hydrochloric acids can be used for this. After washing with acid and rinsing with distilled water, even crude sources of silicon dioxide should be usable for most purposes.

[@everettduncan7543]

How would you reduce said silicates to silica?

[@hargroves240]

​@@everettduncan7543 a tube furnace possibly

[@nooblangpoo]

ExF: Yeah Nilered is a pyromaniac.

[@moistcake5345]

Also came from that vid

[@ralaksostrov5448]

Yep

[@looFA_4]

Three years later and I too came from that video.

[@ShadowDancer1000]

Hah same Edit: I’m talking about being a pyromaniac but sure

[@skuzlebut82]

Wow. Your old videos are so much different from the new ones. New ones, you have a lot more lab equipment and your voice over sounds much more professional.

[@nabeelfarooq3573]

Practice makes perfect

[@skuzlebut82]

@@nabeelfarooq3573 Absolutely!

[@EvelynnEleonore]

proposed use: Hydrochloric acid is the stuff you have in your stomach. Eat magnesium silicide to burp flames.

[@solarsombrero227]

I kinda wanna try now...but I don't think it's a good idea

[@ericsalscheider4961]

The fbi would like to know ur location

[@woosix7735]

What about silane turbo charged balloon?

[@Hg61544]

There is only about 1% Hydrochlorid in our stomach

[@petevenuti7355]

Most of it would be burning inside your stomach, very bad, also what doesn't burn will turn to sand inside your lungs and eyes! Even inside the cells! That also *bad*. try calcium carbide instead and just ignite it when burping.. if you don't silicide yourself let me know how it goes.. Or do like me when I was younger and just suck in some butane from your lighter.. then light it when burping, fun at bars, just don't hiccup, that bad too. You have to expel the gas fast enough that the flame front don't work its way back into you. Also if you are doing this at a bar, it doesn't mix well with things of 150 proof or more... ...may result in an arson charge.

[@andrewstone8999]

Thank you for posting chemistry videos on youtube! It seems to be a dying art...

[@NileRed]

Thanks! I am glad to hear you appreciate them.

[@NileRed]

atomosphysica i absolutely had no idea that you could make aerogel from magnesium silicide. I am definitely going to look into this. Thanks!

[@StefanReich]

Why would it be a "dying art"?

[@jaredgarden2455]

Stefan Reich technically its not really, it will always be a component of youtube for as long as amateur chemistry exists, the thing is amateur chemistry has gotten quite difficult to do because of government regulations in some places such as Australia. Amateur chemistry is also difficult in that its a very expensive and a time consuming hobby and it can often fail miserably and requires some serious persistence. Not to mention the dangers of doing it and the fearful chemophobic society that we live in tends to push young people away from it. Many recent channels have lost their pace such as Chemplayer NurdRage and Doug's lab. Of coarse in reality amateur chemistry will never die for as long as humanity holds on to its current knowledge their will always be those lone warlocks on the outskirts of society conjuring there potions with home made equipment and OTC or naturally occurring reagent, after all a sufficiently knowledgeable chemist can make almost anything provided they have access to the elements.

[@StefanReich]

+jared garden Yes I am aware of those government regulations... it is really annoying. I am hoping for change

[@hardwareful]

I only heard of silicides in the context of Nickel silicides in ohmic contacts on Si wafers where they exist as nanometer thick boundary layers. Curiously, a Ni2Si MSDS states "To the best of our knowledge the chemical, physical and toxicological properties of nickel silicide have not been thoroughly investigated and recorded."

[@JerryGiesler09]

Impressive that you made yourself a flash cannon reaction!

[@KB4QAA]

Top notch! I didn't pick up on this one in college. Thanks.

[@pablopicasso6699]

Wonderful video as always, only thing I do not understand is why some people have disliked it? If they don't like the subject matter, why watch? Makes no sense. Great video anyway, ignore the jealous people who do not understand what they are watching.

[@warywolfen]

In the organic chemistry class I took, we did "sodium fusion" reactions. It's done like this. A small piece of Na is placed in a test tube, and is heated intensely. An organic chemical you want to analyze is then squirted into the test tube. The reaction is pretty vigorous. Then, while the test tube is still really hot, it's plunged into water. It shatters. The glass peices sink to the bottom, leaving a clear solution that then undergoes elemental analysis. I think this method would be ideal for the experiment described here.

[@sonalkumar8196]

Yes, it's called the Lassaigne's Test, and it is used for converting the covalent bond into an ionic one, so you can easily identify the atom present. Usually done for detecting the presence of nitrogen, sulphur, and halogens!

[@swinka-zielona-stare]

You could make a lighter out of it. When hydrochloric acid touched magnesium silicide, it would ignite immediately and an instant fire could be created.

[@Scenery-1976]

This really has been our Jujutsu Kaisen

[@earthwormandruw]

I'm just here for anyone else leaving a comment in 2024

[@ThePaulPyro]

Silane Gas is one of my new favourite chemicals...

[@petebuxton3341]

Superb demonstration.....nuff said ;-)

[@olshevch]

What would happen if you eat magnesium silicide and it reacts with hydrochloric acid in yur stomach? If there is not enought air in your esophagus, will you breath fire upon the gas reaching your mouth?

[@elephystry]

olshevch Warning, do not attempt.

[@rakebluewallgaming6185]

Its also toxic

[@adrianmiguelderoxas4427]

Classic video. Would you be able to revisit this?

[@terryenby2304]

It’s so pretty!!! Like tiny stars!

[@ryanmusselman9172]

Would you still be able to make magnesium silicide if you substituted sodium silicate for sand?

[@NileRed]

I honestly have no idea. You might have to try it out yourself to see if it works.

[@turgutbelen6374]

Exciting nice work

[@daviddarras7466]

I do alot of these experiments without any proper safety equiptment and it really melted my legos but nothing sevir, only an arm and face burn.

[@eunaekim9216]

This is why they invented fume hoods and why you can't skimp on fire protection.

[@Bowtie41]

How many grams of silica gel would I use,as opposed to the 3.1g sand?

[@stamasd8500]

Hmm wonder if it would work with aluminum instead of magnesium.

[@olegshevchenko5869]

I'm afraid aluminum and silicon might turn out to be incompatible in terms of their radii. Plus, since they're so close int he periodic table, I would expect there to bee too low of an electronegativity difference, substantially decreasing the energy output of such a reaction. Plus, even if it is possible, the activation energy might be too high. I mean there must be a reason every textbook out there gives the reaction with manganese and not aluminum.

[@brachypelmasmith]

what gases should be allowed to escape from the tube with Mg/Silica gel? What gases are produced? Water vapor?

[@GarryBoyer]

Btw you can buy elemental silicon powder from pyrotechnic shops -- then you won't have to worry about the magnesium oxide contaminating your final product.

[@TheChemistryShack]

Can you make a video showing how to make silicon tetrachloride? It is a really interesting compound, but I have no idea how to make it. I have seen procedures calling for "treating silicon metal with chlorine gas" but I don't know how that should be done. If you can figure anythiing out let me know

[@NileRed]

hmmm, actually very interesting! I will look into this :)

[@NileRed]

heat silicon metal and pass over DRY chlorine gas.

[@TheChemistryShack]

And for heating the Si metal should it just be gently heated or heated strongly? Also could you give me the source from which you found this? Thanks!!

[@NileRed]

Strongly with a bunsen burner. Here is the link: www.chemiedidaktik.uni-wuppertal.de/disido_cy/en/exp/m_fact01.htm

[@ConnorAustin]

What percentage of Mg2Si was produced

[@Antimonium_Griseo]

But reaction between Mg and silica: Mg + SiO2 --> Mg2Si + MgO•SiO2 (- not free "MgO").

[@jon11383]

Would the reaction to create silane work with any acid? I saw another video from Frankium where he spoke about the reaction occurring in water but is sped up in an acidic solution.

[@Alexs23743]

5:37: *E X P L O S I O N* I almost read the video's title as "magnesium SUICIDE".

[@earthwormandruw]

more like 5:35

[@joeyrubalcava4024]

if u want to b the first to see the light field it explains chirality NileRed

[@sorsorscience0787]

2 questions- 1-was the sand you used just typical beach sand? 2- Could you make a video on elemental boron from borax?

[@elephystry]

Sor Sor Science07 If the sand he used was beach sand, it should have been filtered through a fine mesh.

[@rajeshshahi1000]

Why aren't you using silicon powder.

[@elephystry]

unusual chemist IONIZING HYDROGEN I presume because SiO2 is very easily obtainable.

[@Camroc37]

I have access to a creek. The sand is about the size of a grain of salt. Will it still work, or does it need to be ground? How do I grind it, with a mortar and pestle?

[@NileRed]

It should still work, but you should use grain sizes of Mg and sand that are equal if you can. You should be able to grind it using a mortar and pestle, but i am not sure if you can. I'v never tried. Just be sure to dry the sand thoroughly before using it and it should be okay.

[@sjoerdnijnatten3411]

i blended glass i a fine powder can i use it as the sand and if i can should i cover the magnesium mixture in the testtube with the blended glass andif i can't use it does the sand have to be acidified?

[@FSXGOLDKING]

Can you just use one of the silica gel packets that say don't eat on them and throw those in the test tube and heat up???

[@NileRed]

I have never tried, but you would have to first dehydrate them and then crush them. Their purpose in that little packet is to absorb water, so you can imagine they will be pretty wet. Also, if the grain size is too big, it won't react properly with the magnesium. If you do try this, be careful. Silical gel and magnesium together can be quite dangerous.

[@noimnotarobotcanubeleiveit7024]

instead of sand is it better to use powdered glass?

[@yucelkucukcirkin4252]

When does the silicone became metal? Wasn't it a metalloid?

[@Mr.krabz2182]

I was wondering,would the sand help space the particles between the magnesium? Possibly aiding in the excelleration? Probably not so much related to the reaction but i was just curious

[@Clay300]

Is it more violent because of the vapor fumes? Silicon dioxide gel

[@canadafelixproductions4036]

Can we use magnesium turnings instead of magnesium powder?

[@bkblabs1124]

Do you have any suggestions for the synthesis of calcium silicide ?

[@benjaminpainter378]

Did you ever figure out anything for this?

[@teamseshmason]

can you teach us how to make nitroglyceren

[@Paddeiii]

how did you clean that up? :D

[@GreenuniverseEuro]

thank god I found you! NileBlue is just too wannabe cool throw stuff around guy...

[@ajingolk7716]

So how to make it right with large amount of silica gel?

[@MuzikBike]

Any good ways to purify sand so it's essentially just as good as using silica gel?

[@erslippers3805]

1. Take impure sand 2. Remove impurities 3. Search it online, I'm an expert in being annoying, not chemistry!

[@chickenspaceprogram]

@@erslippers3805 can confirm, this works well.

[@thebestofall007]

Would you be able to do this with powdered glass instead of sand or silica gel?

[@JustinKoenigSilica]

+thebestofall007 as long as your glass is silicate glass, i assume so. Nile Red, any info on that?

[@elephystry]

Justin Koenig I guess not xD

[@saunakdey1559]

Hey can you make a video showing the preparation of Grignard reagent.

[@jakekimds]

How come the magnesium doesn't react with the test tube glass?

[@petervozdolsky9256]

Jake Kim I think it is borosilicate glass not Sio2

[@jakekimds]

Eastern Slav Isn't that mostly silica still? Do the other ingredients prevent it from reacting?

[@petervozdolsky9256]

Jake Kim it also is not in a fine powder so it doesn't react, but with the one that exploded it may have reacted with the glass.

[@kyoadam1593]

How to collect silane ?

[@crystalmik8410]

Can I use 25% vinegar instead of 10% HCl ?

[@pietrotettamanti7239]

Winny Puch no

[@matthewweitz1949]

Cool

[@joeyrubalcava4024]

NileRed

[@MrRaccoon21]

Does Silane react with water or not?

[@Shaheen_Hassan]

It doesn't react but magnesium silicide react with water to form Silane and Magnesium oxide. Mg₂Si + 2H₂O = 2MgO + SiH₄

[@Skrillfreak]

How is silane used Edit: wait this isn't google

[@manolobrinks]

Making silica crystals inside your eyes throat and lungs

[@susmansusman346]

WHAAA WHAA WHAAA WHAAA THE HUGE TEXT

[@JimCyanide]

So here we have the pyromaniac NileRed just lighting fires in his fume hood like a maniac. Come on NileRed, there's more to chemistry than just lighting fires. Come on, just settle down.

[@Rhythm65536]

5:56 tactical nuke, incoming!

[@herkuskaminskas1409]

Is Silicon a metal?

[@JustinKoenigSilica]

+Herkus Kaminskas If you are unsure of anything. GOOGLE IT PLEASE. It takes 2 seconds to type into google: "is silicon a metal?" What you will get is a wikipedia article telling you: it is a metalloid and a metalloid is, if you clicked on the blue link in wikipedia, an element that has properties of metals and nonmetals.

[@JustinKoenigSilica]

Alan Ball if the answer is already out there, there is no need to repeat it.

[@ARVash]

Incorrect. What the fuck do you think school is?

[@JustinKoenigSilica]

Alan Ball Sorry for assuming that everyone on the internet has access to the internet. Not everyone who goes to a school has internet access. not all schools teach the same things. Repeating the answer in the case of a school is supposed to give a basic understanding of certain topics, not an in-depth look. The question he asked is so basic, any school at grades 8+ should have given him the answer, and just typing the same phrase into google actually gives you the answer within 0.48 seconds (google response time)

[@ARVash]

+Justin Koenig if everyone did that there wouldn't be discussion.

[@andersvik6210]

Haha now i can Explode birds

[@kweels9027]

Look at this pyromaniac. Horrifying

[@annelieseocallaghan801]

2:11 " Silicon metal " isn't silicon a metalloid.

[@angelonapolitano888]

Yeah but it would be weird to say silicon metalloid :)

[@annelieseocallaghan801]

Ha Ha !

[@beef_stew420]

😂

[@markom.258]

By the way, silicon is not a metal.

[@NileRed]

metalloid :)

[@eshwarseplay]

Nile Red its SOMETIMES considered as a non-metal!

[@Rhythm65536]

0:30 that was like a nuke effect

[@JoseMGomez-fl6yg]

Is this a tutorial on how to get demonetized? lol