Melting and combining 19 elements! Does it make a Super-Alloy?!

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[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Now you should combine 69 elements, I bet the resulting alloy would be *nice*

[@adogwhoapparentlyknowshowt4391]

Just Some Bigfoot With Internet Access how can he add gases into the mixed

[@louisgarbour2737]

Bruh

[@NapalmOrange]

I have completed to 69 likes; do not add any more

[@jypsridic]

@@adogwhoapparentlyknowshowt4391 With chemistry

[@sqcmstudios7889]

Nice

[@theCodyReeder]

Separating them sounds like it could be fun.

[@theflano23]

How would you even go about separating metals? It seems pretty hard.

[@dandanthedandan7558]

My gosh everyone commented about you it's amazing seeing you here

[@Vistrus]

Please do it

[@Petertronic]

Charge him at least 30%

[@dhruvpatel2107]

The legend himself is here

[@rj9955hi]

This is the Grown up version of mixing all the paint together trying to get black, when all you actually make is a crappy brown XD

[@ThylineTheGay]

in my case i tried to make white.....

[@generalford5469]

Introducing light paint

[@ThylineTheGay]

@@generalford5469 AKA: poo brown

[@cattinaaa]

Or a crappy grey that is on the edge of ugly

[@halfofabucket1346]

LOL

[@enzo_frsh]

"i'll never see that piece of gold again" Just ask NileRed. He'll get it back for you haha

[@Kenionatus]

Or Cody.

[@datboi5298]

Lol true

[@jacobbartlett331]

Yea it would just take super long

[@kbee225]

Cody's the best for gold extraction.

[@doeverything2707]

*Nigel

[@Vivi_Sterling]

Imagine killing someone with this knife, and they run a mass spec on the fragments and dust left in the wounds and then the technician just looks at the reading and mouths "WTF" because some florida man made a knife with 19 elements

[@Goofygooberdawg]

Perhaps you might just be right...

[@joemelton4747]

Forensics is gonna have a field day with this one

[@MajorWagz418]

Make it 100 elements

[@mojn4249]

@@MajorWagz418 Xkcd: NOOOOOOO

[@w_ldan]

"This is the way" The way of Florida man

[@AmusementLabs]

Alternate title: Florida man left alone with 19 elements and a metal foundry

[@darstar217]

He is basically Florida man, but in the best way

[@ANNON10123]

@@darstar217 Florida's leading scientist

[@MrE_]

I'm proud to be a Florida man

[@DaveC2729]

And his girlfriend. Don't forget the girlfriend.

[@guyinaroom7771]

That's just bad

[@comndrchf1097]

Fun fact, alloying a lot of different alloys increase the number of dislocations in the crystal structure which increases its hardness but at the cost of making the alloy much more brittle, annealing can help to reduce the brittleness.

[@mikehart6193]

i would rea like to see what the alloy would be after annealing it

[@nutmeg9005]

Whats annealing mean/do to the structure?

[@nutmeg9005]

J•Erik oh okay thnx

[@ryandean3162]

@@nutmeg9005 Annealing is heating the metal up to the point that the atoms in it can move around pretty freely and then letting it cool down slowly. This lets the atoms move around to where they are more "comfortable", as it were, in the lattice structure of the metal, which they don't get a chance to do if you quench it/cool it down quickly. The dislocations that ComndrChf referred to are places where the atoms don't connect up to one another, due to an atom (or bunch of atoms) being next to an atom (or bunch of atoms) that's already got its connections filled up. All these breaks in the crystal lattice make it very easy to break. Letting it cool slowly gives them time to move around to find a place that they can link up, improving the ability for the whole structure to hold together under stress.

[@wazabi41]

Adding to the dislocation part : we know the grains were small because of the quench(idk if water or oil would've been nest here tbh), dislocations move through the metal from one atom to the other. When they meet a grain joint(where the structure changes) the dislocations get stuck hardening the metal. Its also possible that the difference in size of the atoms and/or new compounds acted as obstacles. The annealing would be useless and would most likely fracture the alloy(if the mix isn't homogenous) with the stress being released at different moment from the kinetic energy gain. A diagram of that alloy would be insane, three main components make it hard to read already xD. Also, english is a second language, my scientific jargon is not the best and i know it.

[@sarchlalaith8836]

Hey, 29 years casting here. You need a sprue, on the back, towards the tip of your knife create an L shape with a straw, so you have two holes in the the top of the mold. This let's the trapped air escape to avoid air pockets. Also make the mold deeper than the knife by an extra 30% that way you have space to create a reservoir cone that you pour into to avoid lost metal and if possible, preheat the mold near to the pouring temperature to keep the flow going better, then quench when it's still hot to align the crystals in the metal, anneal gently to stress relieve, then dip in a used motor oil, lots of crushed charcoal and petrol and carbon dust and burn the oil off, the petrol will make it burn rapidly, surface hardening, then quench in cold oil, again plenty of carbon like crushed charcoal, you don't have to do that but it gives you a very tough surface that's whether resistant and the core is fully stress relieved so it's not fragile.

[@susanbrearley437]

What do I need and in what quantities for stainless steel

[@TantalumPolytope]

@@susanbrearley437 Google it.

[@Metal_Master_YT]

" instead of hearing me say bloop 20 more times, how bout I show you this cool box from kiwico" honestly, I'd rather hear you say bloop 20 more times.

[@whatthefridge1o1]

Samw

[@JimboJuice]

WHERE ARE THE VIDEO METAL MASTER?

[@Metal_Master_YT]

@@JimboJuice wdym? I mean, I haven't posted any youtube videos because I've been really busy working to keep my family stable. xD

[@JimboJuice]

@@Metal_Master_YT your supreme terror ends soon

[@amogusmeme7]

same

[@justinteal495]

"Im probably never gonna see this gold again" Cody's lab: I got you bro

[@vinnyacosta9673]

IKR

[@LordDragox412]

Cody: I took out the gold, silver and made a perfect 17 element alloy.

[@garyhoward8321]

Challenge: send. It to “Cody’s lab” and see if he can separate all the elements again!

[@snepNL]

Yeah or nileRed

[@raverkidloki]

@@snepNL Nile red doesn't do the same type of chemical work

[@jasontaylor7419]

And sell the gold to buy a knife blank from the water jet channel

[@snepNL]

@@raverkidloki is that so.

[@MrOllitheOne]

He can.

[@methyllithium323]

Him: Randomly mixing 19 different elements into a metalloid mess The guys who had to spend days obtaining and purifying this stuff: -_-

[@MrrSirrr]

3:09 "too expensive" **melts gold**

[@AstronomyKid]

**laughs in 100M+ einsteinium**

[@pyromaniac000000]

If you want that gold back, send your alloy to Cody, he’s good at separating metals

[@breadman32398]

That would be a cool follow up video.

[@BitcoinJake09]

@@breadman32398 I would be interesting to see how much Cody could recover from it...

[@nutmeg9005]

Yes that would be super cool

[@kylewilliams2101]

I was about to say this, Get Out of My Head

[@deansdrawings6844]

Yup

[@GunnarTobus]

I swear if Chernobyl happens again it’s his damn fault.

[@STA-3]

LOL

[@noah2067]

Hey Kevin, I’m a high school student who just learned chemistry and the main reason I think your alloy may have been brittle was because you put in metaloids such as Boron, Germanium, and Silicon which are basically transition elements from the metals to gases. I think if you try this again without the metalloids this time it may work a lot better. The metalloid elements you want to avoid putting in are Boron, Silicon, Germanium, Arsenic, Selenium, Tellurium, and Astatine. I love your vids man keep up the good work!!!

[@Henchman1977]

Send the alloy to Cody, make him un-alloy it.

[@simloverify]

Or nile red

[@among-us-99999]

@Zion castillo NileRed has no proper furnace for this, he tried it a few times in the past

[@The_Keeper]

Congratulations, you've made Anti-Mithril: A silvery, heavy, and super brittle metal.

[@saffroncoasts6950]

anthril

[@Retrenorium]

@@saffroncoasts6950 anvil

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anthill

[@epicgaming11195]

smallant

[@ripjawsquad]

69th like

[@OffbeatJoe]

After having found this channel, I'm beginning to feel like a kid again, with actual inspiration to keep me going forward right when I thought I was running out of steam. Thank you.

[@h7ngz]

9:17 Wow, thats a nice transition taking off your gloves 😎

[@dylanwells9769]

Nobody: Backyard Scientist: This bad boy can fit so many elements in it.

[@aaronkintner3049]

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[@tdsk774]

"Some things were just too expensive" *melts some gold*

[@Mazaroth]

Gold isn't even that expensive, relatively speaking. Osmium is actually way more expensive, it's actually one of the most expensive elements that are non-radioactive and easiest to get but again, relatively speaking, because osmium is quite rare.

[@ZenoDLC]

What are you? A Conquistador visiting the Incas?

[@godlesswolf5816]

Bloop

[@throwaway80345]

@Mazaroth | Osmium is also the element with the highest density.

[@Stegibbon]

Saffron costs more than gold

[@averagepo4474]

2:56 When he said Manganese I instantly thought of the JonTron halloween thing where he threw Manganese in the fire and flash banged himself. Classic.

[@anthonysoto6988]

I love this guy. Makes science actually fun. Should've been my bio teacher

[@TechyBen]

"Never been done before" The industrial revolution and many other times in history have left the chat:

[@JommerMan]

TechyBen your account was in my sub box years ago what are the odds

[@dylanfisher3022]

Industrial revolution ever mixed alloys. Just advancing in technology

[@jamar3905]

Him: This cost me 700 dollars, my soul, and my whole pack of legos Also Him: **plOoOp**

[@jenniferhome5657]

its like a cookie it is hard then when warmed up it just falls apart

[@jessiecordero8304]

Wait Mr. Aizawa?

[@derekpeltzer26]

2:05 parents signing their signature on the restaurant bill be like

[@olincarpenter6337]

Love how he was surprised when he couldn't melt the tungsten cube...

[@Jordan-sk9po]

“Trying to melt tungsten” I just learned how hard tungsten is to melt in dr stone lmao

[@borgar1738]

Ah, a man of culture I see

[@thejaguarmc6647]

To melt it, just use an arc furnace. Simple as that

[@SKYWALKER-fo5lh]

Man of culture

[@Lawrence_Krystle]

Yep

[@coreybircher8413]

Omfg same

[@amarug]

BYS: "i am probably not gonna see that piece of gold ever again" cody: "hold my xray gun"

[@mirobulj8187]

I've been wondering about what would happen if you mixed that many elements for years, great video!

[@braderbell6814]

The metal mixture was sweating when you re-heated it after quenching it because the solution is saturated and the max dissolved concentration becomes less and less as the temperature drops. Normally you would observe this sweating as the solid solution is cooling, but since you quenched it, the solution was frozen in a saturated state and didn't have enough energy to escape into its favored concentration until you gave it an energy boost with the blowtorch which is why it started sweating

[@yeticrab7901]

Backyard Scientists: says the metals names perfectly Me: bless you

[@masac2853]

69 likes nice

[@yeticrab7901]

@@masac2853 bro let’s go

[@tomf3150]

Aluminum....

[@JacobMcGee69]

Send it to Cody’s lab so he can make a video recovering the original ore. Somehow

[@thetexc]

somehow

[@RedMoonsEcho]

And this guy can’t do the same? Cody to to suck out his own metal

[@abhi.m6165]

Yeah😂😂

[@priyanshugoel3030]

At least take out the gold.

[@Vistrus]

Have him recover the gold

[@ZstackZip]

This metal COULD maybe have some kind of use for making breakaway props for movies

[@annalynhisoler4293]

He making a super duper ultra metal

[@SirArcherOfficial]

I have always wondered what happens if several diffrent metal element got mixed and here is the answer. That was one of my childhood fantasy. tnx dude.

[@koneeche]

I swear, this guy. The next thing you know he's gonna try making a philosopher's stone in his backyard by sacrificing his whole neighborhood

[@picklesmoothieproductions9599]

This man's posts are like water in the dessert

[@Whitemale69]

Yeah nothing better than pouring a nice cold glass of water over some cheesecake

[@m0w0ss]

did you mean desert perhaps

[@mitchelllally732]

The Tylenol I take when my head hurts

[@RWBHere]

Well, a dessert without any water in it would be very unappetising. Desiccated strawberries and clotted cream solids, anyone?

[@m0w0ss]

@@RWBHere i mean those oven cooked foam thing made of egg are dry and tasty

[@revertnormal8529]

I've always wanted to try this but never had the money but then I came across this and I can finally see it, thank you

[@patrickczader3995]

I think a big part why the metal was so brittle is the way you quenched it. Normally, blacksmiths have a process they follow so that the metal doesn’t become weak

[@johnw9589]

Someone has been watching too much "Forged in Fire"

[@culinarycow3181]

Yeah watching him try to cast a knife with random elements expecting a knife like result made me cringe unbelievably hard

[@tavishdangri6212]

It will just make brittle garbage and he added non metals(silicon)?Why?

[@JMRSplatt]

Yes, will it "KEAL"?

[@KristoffLam1]

Its a damascus blend.

[@packetdrinks9215]

@@JMRSplatt it will *k e a l*

[@AmusementLabs]

Can it cut cheese? I see the joke budget was 5¢...

[@chronosorion6911]

Hey, those Babybel single semisofts are 75¢ before tax thanks you very much. :-p

[@AmusementLabs]

@@chronosorion6911 😅

[@VideoGameMontagination]

This is exactly what I’ve been wanting

[@sharadkumarsingh8972]

9:06 the best Halloween lamp

[@mr.raymond9176]

"How to make a brittle cheese knife with 19 household elements in 3 simple steps!!" - I revised your title, you're welcome.

[@scottkelley9013]

“It’s a monthly subscription serv-“ *10 Seconds >>*

[@sovietwar320]

Do not like his comment its at 69

[@MrCG35]

Well, now we gotta get it to 420, obviously.

[@larrylentini5688]

>> 30 seconds

[@twig4661]

every time dude

[@buglab2285]

Kingo crimson

[@ldee5478]

I love you backyard scientist! 😁 Edit: 5:55 he cut the cheese. 😆

[@peteragurkis3590]

Thank you for the periodic table color coded with red=dead and flammable stuff. Will come in handy as I am smart enough and handy enough to be curious and experiment but not smart enough to not do something dangerous

[@diegosanchez894]

I'm studying materials engineering, have a class called "metals and alloys" Let me just say I would want to have the phase diagram of that monstrosity.

[@charlesmatlock2177]

Hey! I'm studying Metallurgical engineering (mostly metals)! Just letting ya know, it would be impossible to have a phase diagram of that many components. As it is the most components we can do and have a full phase diagram is 3 (Ternary phase diagram with temperature on the z-axis. Good luck with materials engineering!

[@y.w.6243]

Charles Matlock yeah true. Our computational power is limited. Btw, dealing with the lattice mismatch from the very beginning is impossible

[@charlesmatlock2177]

@@y.w.6243 Yeah, I feel like a little more research about the structures of each metal would have gone a looonng way. Plus, he added a ton of Boron which embrittles the metal.

[@poowhynot1268]

thought you material guys might enjoy this, but at my workplace we get to machine this alloy called "toughmet" its insane stuff, copper nickle tin alloy

[@fractal_lynn]

@@y.w.6243 How much more computing power would be needed to calculate more? Perhaps a quantum computer could be of great benefit to this.

[@arshith3733]

0:44 "it cost $150... meh... let's put it in the furnace." Yep that's Kevin. PS awesome video........as always Edit:a 100 likes...wow never got this many THanks people

[@gamergarb8375]

Oof

[@wasmadeinthe80s]

I mean, PressTube did like 40k in gold. Lol

[@theambergryphon4266]

@@wasmadeinthe80s Yes but you can just melt it and get back all if not most of it and then cast it again and boom it's back to how it was

[@virtualtools_3021]

Don't worry he probs got more than that from the shillscription box

[@sonamdua87]

Wrong 101

[@eurus8516]

Just the type of video I was looking for.

[@milktestingwoman]

the demo for kiwico is a lot more interesting than shown; it ends up being a very good demonstration for the concept of "chaos theory," a concept in theoretical physics. basically, we can determine any outcome from the starting values, but since the starting values cant be known to a satisfying degree of certainty, there will always be major variation

[@yeeturmcbeetur8197]

You should’ve done some different testing of the metal like electrical conductivity and what not.

[@brandonfoley7519]

Next time

[@vincedibona4687]

It’s mostly copper. Probably very conductive.

[@AxeMan04x]

This guy could do a killer Kermit the frog impression.

[@Daswassuphomie]

LOL

[@stevenb3554]

I can't stop watching your videos! Super amazing content! Even your ads are entertaining well placed, thank you! P.S. please don't hurt yourself!

[@MrMakulit1959]

We didn't have kiwico. We had rusty bits of metal, used nails, steel cans and cast off appliances and we were glad to have em

[@fabiosantana3226]

Ya know he's the backyard scientist when he knows the scent of burnt watermelon

[@procterdocter]

No no,you got a point.

[@koolaidman007]

You're going to make brittle garbage. Love, An actual metallurgist

[@heitman78]

I wasn't expecting anything good from the title, but putting silicon in seems like it would guarantee brittleness. Thoughts?

[@bamberghh1691]

@@heitman78 boron too

[@koolaidman007]

Silicon and Boron on their own don't guarantee brittleness necessarily. Me real explanation is much longer than a youtube comment (I actually do quite a bit of work with high entropy alloys). The quick and simple explanation for this is, throwing all this together with no rhyme or reason is guaranteed to formed incoherent intermetallic compounds which, unless done in a purposeful and controlled way, pretty much guarantees your end product will be useless junk. This isn't science. This is uncoordinated flailing for views. 10 minutes on google would've predicted this result.

[@Axel23410]

@@koolaidman007 since you're a metallurgist I just wanted to ask a question: Is it true that pouring molten metal (more specificaly aluminum) into water is extremely dangerous and that the only way thebackyardscientist is still alive today after his precedent videos about molten aluminum is due to the poor conditions he melted the metal in, preventing it from reacting with water thanks to an oxyde layer ?

[@yeeturmcbeetur8197]

Axel23410 this^

[@jacobj5567]

This is like a cooking show for crazy science

[@michaelzheng5250]

1:05 People over 104: 𝔄𝔯𝔱 𝔴𝔢 𝔧𝔬𝔨𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔢?

[@niceguy1891]

It's hilarious hearing the word "Tungsten" as a swede. The words comes from Swedish. Tung=Heavy Sten=Stone

[@possiblebot6858]

Some words theirself in swedish are funny like kock

[@niceguy1891]

@@possiblebot6858 hahahha well, if your a Swede, it doesn't sound weird at all. But you can also use the word "Köksmästare".

[@burningpentagram666]

@@niceguy1891 Swedish Chef ? ;)

[@virtualtools_3021]

@@niceguy1891 tungsten ore is kinda like a stone, and it is probably heavy too

[@AltarParssoy]

i mean, not because i don't like the language, in the matter of fact, i do and i'd love to learn swedish... but seriously bro, is it really that boring to be in sweden?

[@bundleoffuck2986]

This guy gonna make an element that blows up half the damn earth.

[@striver2180]

I would call it Hygon

[@kobayashi9123]

Is it bc its going to come (Hi) and go(gone)

[@condorcircus323]

Wholesome nugget why do you have a none wholesome comment

[@Shock_Treatment]

I don't think there are any elements left to discover. Maybe it could still be possible with a particle accelerator, but the chance of it happening would be super rare. We've already gone up to the atomic number 118, and anything above that is very unstable and will decay very rapidly into other elements, probably within nanoseconds. Anyway, you definitely can't make a new element by combining existing elements like this; all you get is an alloy.

[@manolososadavinci1937]

@Duner250R you stoopid foc those are our nukes not just the governments if you want to use it Issa okay just put it back where you found it when you’re done with it

[@mikasopenlehto7376]

I love this channel bc it’s so cool and fun to watch

[@onelext3166]

9:55 I like the fact that burnt watermelon is something he has smelled.

[@judahbest0719]

“Florida man found dead with a new element “

[@SuperTux20]

Wait, how the hell did he get Lofteum?!

[@judahbest0719]

Idk😂

[@Darek225Army]

He is making compounds not elements.

[@obama9859]

Not a new element bud

[@gnostaoticanarchangautalch4225]

@@Darek225Army you and this Obama account both seem to have severe brain damage.

[@ironbiscuit]

(puts bismuth and aluminum in) "it's so brittle!"

[@travis4798]

I would mix elements based on their melting point, aka, add the highest temperature elements first, then work your way to the lowest. They might bond better. Also adding chemicals into the mix will help change properties of the metal.

[@nygelmartin]

You are the best KZbinr The backyard science

[@bent.5687]

"This piece of gold is more than 150 dollars!" (Throws it away)

[@tiankuohua5167]

2:51 Kevin: Aluminum *shows symbols for Iron*

[@ILI.D.]

Who knew that molten glowing metal poured on grapes would look so satisfying

[@foongchowfong3318]

This is what i am looking for from youtube and found about this video. Thank you. Maybe you can mix with some other element such as barium, strontium?

[@LoyalSol]

Looks like you ended up with a heterogeneous metal that was loosely bound together. The little molten balls likely indicate that some of the metal didn't mix at all.

[@speed2574]

0:37 Au= Gold Au=Australia And that gold coin is from Australia

[@cjmanueldalimot2068]

Aurum is waving at you

[@godlesswolf5816]

I read coin cidence.

[@jackrogersjr.4014]

Wow that looks really cool! It looks like coral or something!!!!!!

[@LoliLoveJuice]

love how he's doin all that infront of his pc 😂

[@Warhawk76]

@Azula X ah you beat me to it!

[@Warhawk76]

I was hoping he would set his toy "computer" on fire. That is about the only good use for a Mac.

[@crackedemerald4930]

This is like putting loads of play-dough together and seeing whatever it does.

[@miketwo482]

Backyard scientist does an experiment that could lead to a groundbreaking new material that stronger that steel Also backyard scientist takes said material and pours it into grapes

[@among-us-99999]

"groundbreaking new material" That’s not how metallurgy works. I pretty much expected it to become a brittle mess. Real superalloys use one base metal (nickel is quite popular for this) and some carefully chosen additives.

[@koneeche]

@@among-us-99999 I don't know too much about metallurgy, but what about titanium? It's just an element on the periodic table, but our shop uses it rather often for sturdy projects. Stronger and lighter than steel (and stainless steel). Can it be 'superalloyed'?

[@koneeche]

@@awashburn6944 Good to know! I've always wondered why some of our contracts require titanium. The more you know I guess. Whats the price difference between titanium and nickel-based superalloys?

[@yurr7408]

Forging in a vacuum with your induction heater might be able to get a better result... The metals are cooling at different rates and the oxidation happens at different times. The different cooling rates of each metal and oxidation is what is creating the spongey effect of the metal, which you see when re-heating. Oxidation occurring on the metals at different times creates pores throughout the metal, when you reheat the alloy the oxidation layer evaporates and metal can melt through the pores.

[@Lyssebabz]

You should send the metals you got from these experiments of to be analysed, would be cool to see what metals actually stuck together

[@ThijmenGThN]

*Everyone:* has furnace outside. *Backyard scientist:* Nah inside should be fine, its not that hot anyway.

[@koneeche]

A cheap solution for heating during the winter season!

[@navotj3528]

let me just pour some excess liquid metal on my table right here

[@darkshadowsx5949]

a friend of mine has a large kiln in his garage. there is no way were wheeling that thing outside to melt stuff. plus schools use them without dragging them outside too.

[@nineballking06351]

Send it to Codys Lab. He'll separate the metals back out.

[@Kai-Made]

there is a reason that it has never been done before... also, a lot of times metal alloys that are hard and brittle can be made into something like a knife with tempering, after annealing.

[@esnethen5915]

Congratulations, you have created that mythical substance known as silver peanut brittle, except you forgot the peanuts.

[@schwaahh1021]

1:56 The pendulum makes a wholesome love heart

[@onehere8690]

How to die in only in 19 steps

[@OldSport3291]

I think that the metals that didn't melt would've really helped its strength, maybe try it again if you get a better crucible

[@goldenandesite]

I wonder if you kept melting it down and removing the slag if it would eventually become less brittle. (Not a chemist, don’t know if that’s how it works)

[@YCorey]

"this has never really been done before" later... "their doing this already to create new metals" -_-

[@saltyhalaman]

That pendulum in the dark looks like my cursor movement while playing osu

[@SuperTux20]

Lol, too true!

[@philb8437]

Very cool art !

[@pallien7501]

I remember back when i was a teacher at a blacksmithing school we tried to make crucible steel without any instructions. It was equal parts wrought Iron, cast iron, chrome, tungsten, vanadium and cobalt. It turned out great, but was completely useless for anything. It could not be scratched with a carbide insert, but could be dented with a hammer.

[@kevtris]

It looks like he made an expensive version of pot metal. pot metal tends to be brittle and crack over time because it's an unstable mixture of several low melting point metals.

[@agcacustoms2852]

We all really know he's just trying to make some real life beskar.

[@balls536]

Seeing someone mix random metals hurts my soul to the point where god is only a concept and pain is the true master of the universe.

[@verticaljayden4312]

This guy makes learning fun

[@cowboy777120031]

To the backyard scientist I love your videos I wish you would put more out

[@coltonhelicke]

I’m not surprised he’s from Florida

[@sidharth8291]

I like it when in some videos hes super hyped then another video hes like he didnt sleep tonight

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Basically make a Damascus knife. A good method would be to fill a thick metal box with a high melting point with the fragments, tig weld the lid on, drill a small hole for ventilation and weld the box to a rebar, heat up the box, then hammer the box, compacting it. Reheat and keep smashing the box on all 4 sides, then cut the box off and see what you have. Let it AIR cool and stop quenching it. Hopefully this will give you something strong enough to start cutting and layering, tig welding the sections together and to the rebar. Then heat up slow and hammer it tighter. Then repeat...by quenching it hot you literally defeat the purpose. I've worked in a forge for years and you only quench after its below 150 degrees if you wish to preserve the part, which in my case was steel. Since you are using a combination metal its best to just air cool.