Mixing Sodium and Chlorinated Solvents is Real Bad (Carbon Tetrachloride and Sodium)

[@newem1nem]

Why not just tape the capsule to your hammer next time? 10/10 hit everytime.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

It looks bad in the footage. Also, I'm a dumb idiot who didn't think of it

[@boonec1163]

Get a second rod and make a simple bar with two holes as a weight carriage, like gym equipment lol

[@mbirth]

That would be a 6-minute craft, then.

[@gwaters8067]

Mexican sledgehammer fireworks 👍

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@Maybe, maybe not. The device i'm using that isn't the hammer to hit the sodium on the foil is an attempt at a vertical, consistent drop test device. It... just wasn't consistent enough, so I let it get all rusty and sad :(

[@migarsormrapophis2755]

"aqueous pond" glad he put that little note in, I would've assumed it was liquid methane otherwise

[@woofy1988]

I was more concerned it was a sulfuric acid pond XD

[@audiodood]

It’s all piss

[@wdelgenio]

Better than those anhydrous ponds they got in death valley

[@AliceLoverdrive]

@@audiodood well, dude is an Australian, after all

[@z3rocool]

@@audiodood still aqueous i believe

[@m1k3y48]

"God bless the 1960's" That's my entire book report after reading "Ignition: An informal history to liquid rocket propellants"

[@saftschubse9575]

Haha i read that book too. It's a realy nice book

[@sheepwars2959]

Yeah. I love how casually he mentions shit blowing up by accident all the time. My favorite of his stories is where they blow up their test chamber and found the lid two weeks later in the attic xD I can also recommend ''Atomic Accidents'' where in the first half the author (Jim Mahaffey) describes the early reactor research and they were all like ''hey what happens, when we do this to the reactor. They even (unofficially) sold tickets to watch some of these experiments, where they blew up these small reactors lol. But yes, especially Ignition. Amazing book. totally recommend.

[@Xeno056]

Ah yes, Dimethylmercury. One of the best and safest rocket fuels.

[@Peter_Schluss-Mit-Lustig]

What do you mean? Lithium-Fluorine-Hydrogen engines are the Future of rocketry there is no question about it

[@saftschubse9575]

@@Peter_Schluss-Mit-Lustig yes of course the perform very good and the Lithium and flourine compounds in the are are really good for the inviorment. I agree with you 100 Prozent.

[@codex3693]

This video should be called: “how to aerosolize a carcinogen”

[@crisarn94]

"but there is a My Little Pony figurine at the bottom of every jar, so" You really think you can breeze past that like it was ok?

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

It's all we can do in this situation

[@crisarn94]

just... why?

[@judyfps5059]

crisarn94 I lost years off my life due to that line he said

[@Peter_Schluss-Mit-Lustig]

@@ayylmao7666 now i'm curious

[@sagebalsys7390]

@@Peter_Schluss-Mit-Lustig cum jar Cum jar Cum jar Cum jar Cum jar Cum jar Cum jar Cum jar Cum jar Cum jar Cum jar Cum jar Cum jar

[@ZoonCrypticon]

Once in a German chemistry school class (long time ago) the teacher showed the exact reaction you tried to perform, like this: -he melted little potassium/sodium pieces in a glass test tube (~ 1cm metal at the bottom of the tube) -then after cooling it at room temperature he filled in a layer of CCL4 (tetrachlormethane again around 1cm) -shortly afterwards he dropped the glass tube from the window of the classroom in the 4th floor onto the concrete schoolyard pavement -there was a little explosion with puffy, thick yellow-orange smoke

[@BierBart12]

Are most German chemistry classes just amazing? We also did all kinds of explosive experiments, one of which a volcano that accidentally melted the roof lamp

[@hammerth1421]

@@BierBart12 My chemistry teacher scorched some random plants outside with liquid bromine. German chemistry classes are both amazing and not amazing since a bunch of the chemicals used are just old stock and aren't supposed to be used anymore.

[@Anonymus-ih7yb]

@@BierBart12 My school didn’t have a teacher that was allowed to do any experiments, so we either did something that was as exciting as boiling water or just nothing. But my classmates weren’t the brightest so maybe it was better to not let them handle chemicals.

[@SillySandwich1]

You certainly aren’t the brightest either

[@ellejendario97]

That is Soo cool... Extremely carcinogenic but cool

[@hadinossanosam4459]

8:26 I do speak German, and I find it hilarious how unsafe those experiments must have been: "[...] there was a very violent explosion under tremendous detonation, only luck keeping one of us from being damaged." Real chemists don't get injured, they get damaged! (btw, in German "st" at the start of a word is pronounced like "sht"... aka just pretend you're Sean Connery)

[@kjpmi]

Hadinos Sanosam I love how practical Germans are. People aren’t injured...they’re damaged. Like produce or something.

[@Felixkeeg]

Only now read it, it really is hilarious

[@einfisch3891]

@Evi1M4chine bro that's pretty E D G Y

[@ShouldOfStudiedForTheTest]

@Evi1M4chine Fine, but if you continue being such a dick, then I am not going to attend your funeral.

[@darthplagueis13]

@Evi1M4chine Not psychopathy, just scientific papers.

[@bromisovalum8417]

When I was an 11 year old kid, when I got my first chemistry set, I remember finding a brown glass bottle in my garage labeled "tetra". My dad must have bought it somewhere, used as "stain remover". We also had bottles methanol, ammonia and trichloroethylene. The latter had meanwhile also been pulled from the market, but in the past it was commonly used to dissolve grease and fats. I remember my dad using it to clean bicycle chains. 1,1,1-trichloroethane was also pulled from the market, and so was dichloromethane and perchloroethylene; it seems that we aren't allowed any chlorinated solvents anymore. 😞

[@Stampoable]

You ill be happy to know that New Zealand is, or at least was at the time, one of the only 7 countries that used 'trike' as we called it. Used it to dissolve grease etc, it would be heated it up it a kind steam bath (with a gas mask on0 and leave the room for a while while it did its work.

[@estoc5866]

The my little pony reference brought back a lot of terrible, terrible memories

[@gl1500ctv]

Thank god I'm not the only one. Do you think there was a screw up at the factory, because none of mine had the figurine either!!! 🐎🎠🏇 I almost had the complete set!

[@josephvanas6352]

I remember seeing those threads pop up, keep in mind this is several years ago at this point but last i heard that anon was attempting to restart his "experiment".

[@Kibbles951]

that was fucking great lmfao

[@Peter_Schluss-Mit-Lustig]

@@josephvanas6352 what happened?

[@mamax7169]

I don't get it, please explain it💪😅😂

[@davidh8367]

The US banned the inclusion of DCM in consumer-grade products a year or so back under the pretense of it being toxic, yet more toxic solvents like xylenes are still readily available. My best guess is that it has more to do with the relatively low activation energy of chlorine as a leaving group in SN2 reactions.

[@0x73V14]

it was a grass roots lobby effort by families of the deceased, the danger wasn't long term carcinogen risks, people would use it in poorly ventilated bathrooms to strip tubs then die from the fumes in the process, and the fumes don't stink so it's easy to not realize that you are in danger.

[@tetrabromobisphenol]

While I disagree that xylenes are at all particulary toxic, it is true that DCM is fairly toxic to humans, mainly because it's just a darned good solvent and can cause demylelination of nerve cells as it accumulates in the body. SN2 reactions with DCM require pretty harsh conditions to occur because Cl- is only a moderately good leaving group, and the methyl carbocation intermediate has a very high activation energy. DCM is much more amenable to radical reactions.

[@grenmoyo3968]

The reason is more because of immediate safety risks rather than prolonged exposer risks. Odorless fumes in bad ventilation by non-certifed individuals doing home repair led to some sad times for family.

[@WeebRemover4500]

uses: giving mice cancer, giving yourself cancer at the dock we call the ocean "the blue bin"

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

"ah, nature's other bin" - me, not saying that

[@guytech7310]

If I recall, Blue bins are for recycling.

[@jessepinkman1471]

@@guytech7310 bruh

[@jmoser1030]

I graduated from High School in the early 1980's. We had to use carbon tet several times. We also had to make formaldehyde. And some days I had to distribute the asbestos pads. That was always a mess. The powdered asbestos (from pads rubbing against each other) always got all over my shirt. So I had to try my best to pat it all off my Pink Floyd t-shirt. Physics wasn't nearly as dangerous.

[@Felixkeeg]

"That's right - GERMAN Wikipedia" Am German, can confirm. My organics professor always said: "The mechanism is simple, if you're not sure, just look it up on Wikipedia"

@Evi1M4chine As a long time Wikipedia author, I can confirm your description.

[@roderik1990]

@Evi1M4chine Ah, so.. just like English Wikipedia then.

[@darthplagueis13]

It's a glorious topic. Like, in school whenever the topic of wikipedia comes up it's like "Don't ever use it, it's not a reliable source, anyone can edit it whenever they feel like it...." (which obviously isn't quite accurate) and this year at university I've got a paper to write in history and I kid you not, the document regarding all the formalities for a paper on ancient history is basically like "Yeah, and there's always wikipedia. I mean, you shouldn't use it as a direct source, but, you know... still pretty useful.." several times. I just love how schools teach that wikipedia is just about as trustworthy as your average Trump speech whereas at University you get outright recommended it...

[@PorWik]

Darthplagueis13 because anything before uni is too basic to use Wikipedia for

[@MrDJAK777]

It's almost like pre uni school is for prep and learning how to learn and or how to take orders from someone who chose continued learning as they are not innate skills or something.

[@YakiAttaki]

So glad that Tommy Tallarico helped make this chemistry video with you Tom awesome to see him branch out like this.

[@Jdwzl]

His mother must be very proud

[@trashcompactorYT]

YES IT’S TIME FOR THE YEARLY UPLOAD

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Sad but truee

[@trashcompactorYT]

@@ExplosionsAndFire Quality over quantity ay ;)

[@adamknowles1]

@@ExplosionsAndFire Why don't you glue the prison wallet to the hammer?

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@@adamknowles1 it looks bad on film, it's nothing but blur and also I didn't really think of it

[@RepukeinScapegoat]

Explosions&Fire i hear in the american civil war soldiers used Urine aka HUMAN PEE to make black powder for guns and cannon IS THAT PISSABLE? I want Davy to film a piss cannon firing a turd ball

[@Jbrimbelibap]

5:57 *the atmosphere is nature's bin* oh god he's really australian

[@JooseyJay]

The solution to pollution is dilution 😊

[@tomn8932]

This youtube channel is why I am now doing a chemistry degree, and lets just say that I have not regretted it after seeing the following: - Someone pouring dry ice and acetone down a sink and hearing a "boom" - Someone pouring dry ice and acetone into the chlorinated waste bin basket filled with some carcinogens - Someone pouring LiALH4 into acetenaline (I think) and then running away as it started smoking

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Tiny brain: only Ex&F does dangerous things Galaxy brain: Everyone does terrible chemistry things without admitting it Glad you like the degree mate!

[@billybonkas3590]

Living the dream mate

[@nikolashadjipaschalis5629]

same mate as soon as I'm out of quarantine gonna get myself a chem degree totally not GonNa Be UnEmPloYed WitHin 4 YrS but hey its fun

[@mamax7169]

@Evi1M4chine Evi1M4chine don't be triggered, but imho nascar is boring 😅 (to watch at least). I know you need lots of skill and endurance, but compared to wrc rally und the isle of man it is just boring to look at imho.😅 Are you American? You all have a nice day and dont get bored by quarantine.

[@mfree80286]

@Evi1M4chine " Like the crashes at Nascar, it’s really the only reason to do it." Like the crashes at NASCAR, nobody's died since 2001...

[@-NGC-6302-]

Patron saint of railguns is a position that I'm interested in.

[@atechnicalshitpost2304]

"How are we all?" Back to jars, courtesy of Queensland Police Force.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Oof, they take all your glassware?

[@atechnicalshitpost2304]

@@ExplosionsAndFire, Yeah and most of my chemicals too, can't even develop photos.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Damnn, didn't think they could do that???

[@prateekkarn9277]

@@atechnicalshitpost2304 wait what happened?

[@eriklindbergs5017]

@@ExplosionsAndFire They class is as drug paraphernalia. Even if your making photos or explosives. Go figure they allow them in schools, universities, medical clinics, pathology labs, industrial labs... pretty much anywhere actually. Just don't annoy your local copper, make sure he (or she) understands what you are doing and why and you should be mostly OK as long as you don't go procuring mass quantities of red phosphorus and other precursors.

[@scuttt1752]

I have absolutely no background in chemistry and have no idea what you're talking about but I'm loving every second of your videos! keep up the great work

[@gluesniffingdude]

"Kosher salt" I can't believe this turned into an episode of Binging with Babish

[@manowa3395]

Mmmmmm..... Delicious! I'd sip.

[@Zpicismrad]

Babish uses up 10x more plastic gloves while cooking than this guy does when handling acids and making explosives.

[@MrDJAK777]

Tbf 99% of the time they are much more important for the chef.

[@marc-andreservant201]

It's because table salt is iodized and would likely contaminate the product with iodinated halocarbons. Kosher salt is essentially pure NaCl. On an unrelated note, Jews are allowed to eat table salt, and the reason there's a separate kosher salt is because it makes meat kosher by drawing out excess blood.

[@wesleymays1931]

Binging with Tom

[@dr.weirdbeard6054]

Not only do I realy like your aussie accent but your honesty. you r showing all the damn takes it took, to get this tiny (but well worth it in my opinion) explosion filmed. You are awesome mate!

[@redacted5052]

lol i just upped my patreon tier because "the atmosphere is natures bin"

[@ElementalMaker]

Huge congrats on breaking the 100k mark!!

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Thanks man!!!

[@milklover4253]

i really like milk

[@jednewman430]

I get you

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Now this, this is relatable

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@Evi1M4chine oh yeah that's hot, more milk comments please

[@Co60-Ni60]

I like milk to

[@milklover4253]

@Evi1M4chine i'm buying plane tickets rn

[@timc333]

@12:30 , when hitting the ampule , I like how the steel beam keeps ringing for such a long time , very good demonstration of the huge level of energy that was cast into the beam , nicely done . Also it would seem to me that the energy came from the explosion rather than the hammer strike , the beam only rings for about a third as long in every other demonstration , that's why I think the energy comes from the reaction and not the hammer blow .

[@superfluousscience2960]

It wouldn't be an Explosions&Fire video without Tom making a reference to the sixties now would it?

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Wouldn't be an Explosions&Fire without the sixties

[@superfluousscience2960]

@@ExplosionsAndFire indeed

[@mernok2001]

God bless the 1960s.

[@segfault-]

@@mernok2001 amen

[@brocksterification]

Shit we had TET fire extinguishers everywhere in a past career, (the whole industry was about the last to embrace touchy feely non toxic emergency products that didn't work anywhere as well), when overhauling the TET extinguishers the apprentices were sent to depressurise and then empty them. We had another highly carcinogenic product that we used and it was engineered to smell like peeled orange so we could know if it was leaking. Problem was that in the environment we worked in, by the time you got the orange smell it was too late. The world is so whimpy these days. I know zero about chemistry but your videos are awesome. I wish I or my kids had a chemistry teacher like you....

[@Peterscraps]

2:01 I remember watching that and seeing the det cable running out of the tub clearly in shot, did they think we wouldn't notice?

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

They did try the cesium, but it wasn't very impressive, and they just had access to explosives on the day (somehow?) So they filmed that as well. To give them the benefit of the doubt, it seems like they were meant to just show it as a theoretical comparison, which is why the guy mentions depth charges, but during editing they fucked it

[@1st_ProCactus]

I thought they did francium, which is practically unobtainium.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@@1st_ProCactus they allude to it at the end, saying "There is one more, but they wouldn't let us try it... " as if it was too explosive. And that's the least of your concern when handling it honestly

[@Pockyie]

TF2 surely takes people to different places huh

[@Peterscraps]

@@ExplosionsAndFire It sounds like the producers wanted a more entertaining demonstration.

[@CMDonovann]

gotta say, your editing and comedic timing is incredibly good in these videos

[@An_Average_Arsonist]

With content like this I'm not surprised to see you've "blown up😉" over these past months, keep at it my friend! Your editing is amazing!

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Thanks! And yes, nearly at 100K subscribers, crazy times

[@Steeyuv]

@@ExplosionsAndFire and one year on from that, with 2.5 times as many? How crazy is that?

[@niclikescakes]

@@Steeyuv Im surprised he doesnt have 2 million, this is the content youtube was made for.

[@Andrew-my1cp]

Have you ever looked into making a secondary like small scale reaction of trinitrotoluene or RDX? I'd love to see someone make it. I know Darian Ballard made RDX but I haven't seen anyone make TNT.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

I don't tend to make secondaries, because I don't do large scale testing, and you can't do small scale explosions of secondaries well

[@Andrew-my1cp]

@@ExplosionsAndFire Yea that's a good point. I find primaries to be very fun to test because you don't need to make detonators and have large plots of property away from people to test them. So it makes a lot of sense. The only way I can think of to do small scale testing is to make a straw full of some secondary and then put the primary on top. Basically a detonator with a booster but those get very loud very quick and certain secondaries wouldn't even fully detonate like that. I use that method to test my ETN but ETN then again ETN is very sensitive for being a secondary and detonates easily. So I totally get where you're coming from. Thanks and I love your videos keep it up!

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@@Andrew-my1cp yeah it just gets too loud too quickly really. Loudest I've done was 500mg of ETN and that was too loud... so yeah. Plenty of stuff to explore from the world of primaries though!

[@Andrew-my1cp]

@@ExplosionsAndFire Yea I had a test of 200mg of SADS in my backyard and I was certain cops would be swarming the place soon and I know ETN is a lot louder so I can't imagine that much going off. It's weird though because I did some larger testing in the middle of nowhere with some louder stuff and the stuff that sounded like straight up gunshots in my backyard sounded like a little pop over there. Might have to do with the sound waves not having anywhere to bounce off of. Some of the bigger stuff I've done was really loud in the middle of nowhere so I can't fathom how loud that would be in my backyard. Although I'll never get to try that because of obvious reasons lol. But I agree primaries have loads of things to discover. So far I've only made SADS,

[@pierreuntel1970]

2:40 I get that one and I hate it

[@MillionFoul]

This meme is too mainstream and it is not okay. It should have died, like all memes, but it just keeps feeding and growing like some sort of yellow nano-machine infested quagmire of hate.

[@TheGayestPersononYouTube]

MillionFoul the meme doesn’t die, it just gets set on a shelf to ferment for a while

[@milklover4253]

oh god oh fuck

[@Mae_is_gae]

OH NO I ONLY JUST REALISED

[@KingHalbatorix]

I don'geddit Edit: judging by the innuendo I probably don't _want_ to either, so I'm not going to come back and check this thread again. But feel free to explain it and scar anyone else dumb enough to read beyond this comment.

[@stonedyeet2675]

I’m relatively new to the channel, but I would like to thank you for keeping me up late at night. This is some really interesting content and I’m really impressed with the chemistry involved. I hope everything is going alright for you. Please don’t like die or some shit so you can continue to make these dope ass videos. Peace out brother

[@Bloated_Tony_Danza]

I was machining some aluminum and I was using “tap magic” as a cutting fluid, it contained chlorinated hydrocarbon waxes. I ended up breathing the vaporized oil for a few hours lol, next day, I completely lost my voice. I genuinely could not speak, no sound would come out, it was wild! If I used an extremely deep voice then I could speak but any higher pitched tones just sounded like hot air. I sounded like a monster for a few days, it was actually pretty sick. Highly recommend

[@magusperde365]

I want to inject that in my veins and become a real demon

[@australiananarchist480]

​@@magusperde365dawg i doubt that would work, it probably fucks up your vocal cords, so youd need to breathe it in

[@TALKCalgary]

My first job was back in the late 70's working in an electronics and high energy optics lab. Back then we used carbon tetrachloride for just about everything we used gallons of the stuff. We had it in squirty bottles, steel trays even large open steel tanks. All this in unventilated rooms with no breathing apparatus.

[@iang1650]

That’s insane, do you know if many people developed heath problems?

[@Flanker35]

Everytime he hammered it, I could feel the cancerous CCl4 fumes hitting my nostrils🤢

[@mina47879]

Really enjoy coming back and watching the tom gets liver cancer episode every time KZbin randomly recommends it to me

[@johnathancorgan3994]

"The solution to pollution is dilution."

[@dwaynezilla]

what if you dilute the pollution with more pollution?

[@kevinmarrs3372]

The the OP: you need to consider the environmental fate of whatever compound is being released. Will it decompose into something harmless? Will it sit there and do nothing? Will it bioaccumulate? Will it end up in air? Water? Sediment? Also the toxicity is important. If something has very low toxicity and doesn’t accumulate then it’s risk to the environment is minimal whereas if you have something very toxic and/or accumulates then that can be a major problem. Take DDT in large predatory birds for example. Accumulates up the food chain and has greater toxic effects as it accumulates more.

[@mamax7169]

It is the same with homeopathy: It is the solution (survival of the fittest/people with brain) to pollution (stupid people) by dilution.😂😂

[@luisp.3788]

The sky is nature's bin, remember? Just dump it all into the atmosphere, I'm sure it'll all be alright.

[@5roundsrapid263]

To be fair, he destroyed a lot of carbon tet, more than he released.

[@Doping1234]

Gotta love 1920s paper writing style. 8:37 contains "seconds after breaking the bomb a strong explosion with extreme detonation occured, which only by lucky accident did not injure one of us. Another non-sealed bomb which also contained Oxalylbromide with NaK did not explode in 2 days, when - due to the experience with the previous experiment - it was destroyed in open field by stone throw another strong explosion occured." Just a bit of a personal touch :)

[@josephrossman1600]

NOAA: "So a new ozone hole opened opened up over Australia" "where?".....

[@patrickbo2045]

So glad you make sure there will never be any ozone above Australia!

[@gavin479]

I laughed so much when you said the atmosphere is a rubbish bin! Also when you worried about the CCl4 splashing around giving off lovely fumes. Epic video, hope to see more soon!

[@Vok250]

I used to work in a university campus and my building blew up from this. One guy got a faceload of glass and the evacuated the building.

[@RaExpIn]

This is exactly what I wanted to try within the next days! There where some german papers in which it was written, that sodium and chloroform do always explode, so I was curious. Btw there had been a demonstration at german universities, which translates as "Coulombic Bomb". First you hit the potassium with a hammer to flatten it out and making it stick to the hammer. Then you add carbon tetrachloride to the anvil and hit it with the hammer. Nice and entertaining video as usual! :)

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

This seems to be a very weirdly regional experiment. All the info on it comes out of Germany, and all the demos of it were only done in Germany or surrounding areas. Maybe one of those pre WWII things that didn't get picked up by English literature, who knows. But yeah, I think it's still worth doing, especially the sodium and chloroform. There's a thought I have that maybe my chloroform reacted that way because it was in sunlight? Like the redness and quick tarring up seems like a radical thing, no doubt brought on by the sodium but maybe UV kicks it off quicker??

[@RaExpIn]

@@ExplosionsAndFire I would guess the colored product is due to the formation of complexer molecules and radicals. It could be possible that the reaction begins similar to a Grignard or Wurtz reaction (look for "Grignard reagent"/"Wurtz reaction" on Wiki). There you'll see the "Single electron transfer" and once you've got radicals in there a lot of bonds could be formed in a runaway, which produces a lot of heat. The "Wurtz reaction" is similar to Grignard, but with sodium.

[@shannondove9029]

@@RaExpIn will sodium pull the chlorine atom off of loperamide? Will loperamide cross the bbb if the chlorine atom is removed?

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

@@shannondove9029 I assure you that NOBODY (or NOTHING, in this case) crosses the Better Business Bureau and gets away with it........ _(I also have no clue about it crossing the blood brain barrier, sorry, I only came to make that horrible joke... since no one else did in half a year lol)_

[@durshurrikun150]

@@RaExpIn The Wurtz reaction is a coupling reaction between alkyl halides using sodium. Alkyl halides give oxydative addition to sodium, generating an alkyl sodium species in the reaction mixture which then the coupling. But organosodium species are too reactive and unstable, so this reaction isn't used for coupling between alkyl fragments( organocopper reagents are used instead and maybe in some cases, organopalladium catalysis is employed). Of course there are many side reaction such as alpha-eliminations to produce carbenes and carbenoids.

[@brianzimmerman4837]

I haven't thought about the rainbow dash jar in years, yet here you are thrusting it back into my mind...

[@jessepinkman1471]

This is a true story, this happened in the last October (can't remember the date), I spilled my jar of chloroform, and didn't ventilate my room or clean anything, 5 mins later, I passed out and puked everywhere, and on my way to the bathroom after puking on my desk, it reminded my of when I used to get high off of dextromethorphan, bumbling the whole way there.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Wow yeah ok, a good reminder to everyone that chloroform actually isn't a pleasant experience

[@wheelit1207]

I'm living in Wuppertal, so I laughed so hard when I heard that Schwebebahn joke.

[@dwaynezilla]

Yes, I remember when Brianiac LIED to me. I almost completely gave up on science. Then I realised I should just give up on Brianiac instead, and then I did. Very unfortunate (for them).

[@lewallen2897]

By far one of the best channels I watch just wish he uploaded more

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

same

[@bushhawk5460]

Ah yes, 20th century germany. The pinacle of exposive and toxic chemistry.

[@darthplagueis13]

@@Isometrix116 More like "I WANT IN!"

[@petertaylor4980]

Not the pinnacle, no. 21st century Germany (and specifically Klapötke in Munich) is reaching new heights of explosive insanity.

[@adriansaidan1736]

@@petertaylor4980 I'm sorry that two world wars isn't explosive enough for you

[@lloydevans2900]

During my own Ph.D studies we had a safety lecture given by the head of Organic chemistry, who also emphasised the "danger" of mixing chlorinated solvents with sodium. He poured some carbon tetrachloride in a plastic bucket, dropped a chunk of sodium in, and nothing happened. Which I had predicted, since the week before I had done a preparation of the weirdo compound C(SiMe3)4 - which is done by taking carbon tetrachloride, 4 equivalents of chlorotrimethylsilane, 8 equivalents of sodium metal and refluxing the hell out of it in a sealed glass tube for a few days. The sodium rips the chlorides off everything in sight to make a load of NaCl, and the remainder forms the target compound in essentially quantitative yield. Anyway, if sodium and carbon tetrachloride don't explode under prolonged reflux conditions (I did this preparation more than once and it never exploded on me), then what are the chances of the same combination exploding at room temperature? Pretty slim, I would say!

[@edi9892]

BTW: if you ever need a German translator, I can do it. Old German Chemistry books are fun: tasting chemicals distilling Äther (ether) over open flames etc.

[@joostspohler2964]

Ich würde sie als einfallsreich beschreiben

[@edi9892]

@@joostspohler2964 Post WWII, Germans had quite some disregard for safety, maybe even their own life. It manifests in their unsafe instructions. But, yes, they were a creative bunch. Even today, there´s Angewandte Chemie, even though it´s no longer in German. Psychology, engineering, etc. all have German loan words and the Japanese were total fanboys of Germans so much so that even today like every 3rd anime has German words in it or references German culture or folklore. Just imagine that in the 1950s it was easier to find a Japanese speaking German than English! Similarly, if we go back a little further, Sissi used English whenever she wanted to make sure that spies around her should not understand her! Slovenian, Hungarian, old Greek, you name it, were all more commonly understood than English!

[@Peter_Schluss-Mit-Lustig]

@@joostspohler2964 ihnen war einfach langweilig und sie hatten solch interessante dinge einfach rumliegen 2 tage später hatten sie O2F2 destilliert

[@raaston9761]

@@edi9892 well they are smart enough to not use chlorine trifloride in flame throwers

[@edi9892]

@@raaston9761 I think that it was intended for bombs, not flame throwers, but they couldn't store it securely...

[@jamesoates1334]

I was in the Army in the 60s /70s and initially all vehicles had carbon tet extinguishers.

[@Shiraumere]

"but you do get a free my little pony figurine at the bottom of every jar" my dude, just no.

[@W4t3rf1r3]

Someone pls explain this to me :(

[@sarahmathias9463]

W4t3rf1r3 someone took MLP figurines, put them in a jar, and filled the jar with cum, if im remembering this right

[@luisp.3788]

@@ayylmao7666 wait how do you accidentally cook a jar with hell 2 in it

[@proxy90909]

@@luisp.3788 Hell 1 tried to get rid of it cause it was to disgusting?

[@Eric-sy1xu]

@@luisp.3788 Put it on the radiator by accident

[@liquicrum]

When I'm feeling down, E&F reruns cheer me up.

[@edi9892]

I had once a discussion on the narcotic properties of these compounds. During my Chemistry studies it happened in a week that a colleague of mine got showered in DCM and a few days later, I got soaked in Chloroform. Neither of us got unconscious. However, I had to change my clothes and was sent back home. During that time, my driver complained about getting drowsy... For those that like to know what had happened to me: I was supposed to wash the solution with 1N NaHCO3 and then collect the organic phase for a few more washing steps. In order to wash, I had to shake the separating funnel and the acid within the oil reacted with the base and CO2 made it go boom, blowing out the plug. I tried to push the plug back in creating something like a valve that distributed the content all over the lab... Fun times.

[@Maharani1991]

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[@wormbaby666]

I couldn't go past this vid and *not* subscribe. You're doing all of the experiments that I wanted to mess around with as a youngster chemist and then some - with style and flair, so thank you. Thank you for that. Stay safe. We need you. :)

[@icestorm_rb9057]

6:37 might have done this in my research class during our research defence... might've

[@adamsfusion]

"Aqueous Pond" Ah yes, all of those non-aqueous ponds worth swimming in

[@cleoking6312]

Chem is easy just learn all the rules and all the exceptions to the rules Me:starts having flashbacks of the Octave rule

[@GammaStyleGaming]

Octet*

[@cleoking6312]

@@GammaStyleGaming shhhh no one has to knooww

[@Bulbasauros]

@@cleoking6312 if u understand everything there is to know about chemistry then technically there are no exceptions

[@Lizlodude]

Coming back to this years later and somehow it's even more chaotic. Even knowing it's coming the deadpan "so I found some" is still amazing

[@matty8944]

"I'm Richard Hammle and this is my Blast Lab!"

[@Firestar9]

At 6:10 I'm pretty sure it didn't do much is because it turned yellow before anything else.

[@xian81_33]

I know nothing about chemistry but i really enjoy your sense of humor... i mean shitposting

[@jameswhatsit]

@3:43 the neighbours totally called the cops about a backyard meth lab

[@grenmoyo3968]

And when the cops come by to see. His explanation wouldn't be much better to a cop. "Uhhhhhh......I'm making explosives."

[@danhill4808]

That my little pony jar comment was like being hit by a truck

[@biowiener7825]

great video, also pretty interesting that german wikipedia had more infos since i usually switch to english wikipedia when the article feels incomplete

[@panzerschiff9805]

7:49 *Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit intensifies*

[@Maharani1991]

Hahahaha

[@sinpi314]

Für das Deutsche Vaterland

[@mcsaatana1614]

Really interesting and educational video. Also you have great persona, which makes your videos really enjoyable to watch! Thanks for making these 🤘 (edit. erased my taping advice away from this comment cause the same advice was already commented)

[@cyberpup8213]

god your channel is amazing with the humor and chemistry mix. Love you and NileRed

[@martinivers489]

You're so incredible good-naturated, knowledgeable and entertaining. A rare combination.

[@benaycock1646]

Glad to see that tetrachoromethane put to use! What a journey that was😂 top notch editing and humor as always!

[@nobody4248]

I recently started reading a US improvised munitions manual (from the 60s) and one of the recipes is a pipe bomb filled with mixture carbon tet (or tetrachloroethylene) with powdered aluminum.

[@Richard.Andersson]

You should do magnesium or alkali metals plus Teflon (PTFE). Easier to heat without boiling and should burn really hot! Raw PTEF is sold as a fine powder, so should be easy to mix with powdered metals.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Thats actually a great idea. I should get a ball mill and make some metal powders

[@bradenorgeron1340]

I literally love your videos, don’t stop man.

[@OnePointVIBE]

The Atmosphere is nature's bin. F-ing hilarious.

[@KlodFather]

I know... I have been releasing noxious gasses for years leaking from my pants. That is why I am wearing my hanes corona mask LOL

[@grkvlt]

not just an explosion, but at 8:32 we see it is an *außerordentlich heftige* explosion! with _heftige_ strangely translated as _stiff_ which just makes me uncomfortable, but alternatively could be _fierce_ or _vehment_ which sound much more awesome, and _außerordentlich_ means _extraordinary_ so an *extraordinarily fierce* explosion - nice!

[@santasdeath1]

Your backyard must be classified as contaminated site 🤔

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

My dad still disposes of engine oil in the yard in the typical boomer way

[@AguaFluorida]

@@ExplosionsAndFire Your groundwater is fucked.

[@theSILKROAD210]

@@ExplosionsAndFire instructions unclear : what exactly is the boomer way ?

[@shannondove9029]

@@ExplosionsAndFire the oil came out the ground, so it should be ok to put it back in the ground

[@Warhawk76]

An old school chemist I used to know always said "the solution to pollution is dilution" as he dumped all sorts of waste down the drain.... I feel like this works even better for letting waste evaporate into the atmosphere! 🤣

[@nonchip]

"In einer starken Bombe..." yup sounds like our breed of scientist :'D

[@manulenjoyer]

Never expected a Top Gear reference on a chemistry video. This is now officially the best KZbin channel ever

[@chaos-ivy]

This is the best thing I have ever watched.

[@scrotiemcbogerballs8286]

Love the vids buddy can’t wait to see you back when you get your thesis done

[@maxnathe4862]

Who all is excited for the next video, Australian Tries To Pronounce More German Names

[@DaveScurlock]

Subscribed for the descriptions as much as the videos!

[@JayHendricksWorld]

"Aqueous pond" :D

[@Maharani1991]

yeah lmao

[@ProStealthy]

Congrats on 100k 😁 been watching it climb from 99k waiting

[@epsilonjay4123]

Yes, I remember the brainiac version. You should do a video with cesium. It would be cool, and there aren't many real ones on youtube.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Yeah, I do plan to make cesium metal at some point! I've always wanted to

[@mernok2001]

Codys Lab had one for the 1 million subscribers i think.

[@deepfriedsalt567]

"I found some." This line always makes me laugh. One of the things I love most about comedy, the shit post variety in particular, with a bit of set up and perfection execution, the most innocuous statements become hilarious and darkly foreboding.

2:45 i understood that reference. You owe me a lung, mate (please i'm italian my grandpa needed that lung, give my yours).

[@Maharani1991]

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[@SheldonMLee]

New to the channel this is probably my 5th video. I was sitting here thinking about putting a comment along the lines of "Where can I get one of those fancy fan's" then I saw the clean me sticker on it. Is this a super original joke? Nope, but it was so perfect I was laughing real hard. At a sticker in the background, This is quality boy's and girl's sub for life

[@MrPirateBroadcast]

0:18 Everything is still fine

[@kbdsm7809]

im gonna be real, your brand of humor mixed with cool chemicals is my kind of show. I hope you make more videos sometime soon. Thanks for the laughs

[@Crazy___Ginger]

That perfect 6 minute craft was so satisfying, it blasted my very soul out of my body and turned me into a ginger. Thanks for making me soulless!

[@ThatOneOddGuy]

8:42 diamonds and explosions double win I'll do this when I'm more experienced and have the food equipment

[@iWillWakeYouUp]

11:15 "aqueous pond" lmao

[@ajpothast]

man i rarely comment for youtube videos, but every single one of your videos, is educational and relatable to anyone. You make me feel like watler white, but legally. You passion bleeds through your humor and your demeanor, we're lucky to have content creators like yourself!

[@thevinstigator2511]

"But you do get a free MLP figurine at the bottom of every jar" Oh dear go why did he just reference that...

[@medexamtoolscom]

I liked your method of proper disposal at 5:42.