Making metal crystals from Pepto-Bismol

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Pepto-Bismol contains bismuth subsalicylate, and it's possible to extract the bismuth from it and use it to grow metal crystals.
This is a re-visit of a project that I attempted a few years ago: • How to Extract Bismuth...
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[@nexurianprime8530]

I love how this guy sounds equally like an expert and like he barely has a clue what he's doing. Just a perfect balance of the two

[@ItsLtime]

@Eli Rinehart That doesn't mean he can be perfect at it, He knows the idea but not the practice. they don't teach shit like how to do bizzare stuff that's for funzies. He is all on his own.

[@neobuddy2010]

@Eli Rinehart im fairly sure he actually dropped out to do youtube full time, so the initial comment is pretty accurate, he half knows what he's doing.

[@asongaboutagirl8776]

@@neobuddy2010 what i understand is that he has an undergraduate degree in chemistry & then half a masters in it too

[@michaellyons3808]

He has an idea of what he's doing he just does bizarre things lol like who does this or makes alcohol out of toilet paper

[@sleepful1917]

the nilered charm

[@zaffyr]

Bismuth is my favourite metal 1. It is hevy, wich feels really cool when holding 2. It melts at a low temperature 3. It is also slightly radioactive 4. When melted, it has cool colors and the scraping off thing is extremely satisfying 5. You can make cool looking crystals with not much effort. 10/10 would recommend

[@thomasmaltais8503]

osmium feels better

[@edgarb.6187]

6. Compared to most heavy metals, it is actually pretty safe to handle.

[@tannersrdr2clips432]

Why is it good to be radioactive that's just added danger

[@castor9907]

@@tannersrdr2clips432 it's stupidly minor, bananas are far more radioactive afaik

[@tannersrdr2clips432]

@@castor9907 oh cool I like it a lot more then

[@leaf1673]

This video I watched 2 yrs ago inspired me to sink a few hundred dollars into bismuth, have a minor bismuth phase, and create some pretty cool shit. Fast forward a year, I get to write a research paper on anything I want for school. I choose bismuth, have the time of my life writing the best paper ever, and get a 100. Idk if ull see this, but thanks Nigel for introducing me to my now favorite element and the rest or ur channel and sparking my interest in chemistry. Ur pretty great

[@rawr6306]

Sweet!!! That’s really great to hear. This is exactly why folks like Nigel produce things like this. I’m a chemist and has an amazing awesome HS chemistry teacher who is precisely the reason why I’m a chemist. He let me (and the few other nerds/geeks) play in the labs and just learn as much as I wanted.

[@Dariakll]

It's mind blowing how much influence a small video can have on someone's future. In my case, Channels like Nigel's are the reason I kept being interested in science and more importantly biochemistry. I never thought I had it in me but fast forward 4 years, I'm now one of the top students in my classes and even got offered some paid internships at my local research labs. Again I never even thought I'd understand anything but his videos (especially the one where he explained crystallisation) kept my curiosity going. Here I am, on my way to *hopefully* open my own lab.

[@WorldifySanity]

It's pretty strange that you took the time to write all that, yet couldn't bring yourself to write 'your' and 'you're.'

[@inayawhiting8333]

​@Crispy-Leaves stop being so picky. You just sound salty and jealous

[@naxmerr7274]

@@WorldifySanity y u care so much tho

[@fuzzysocks229]

I love how this dude doesn't shy away from showing how chaotic and Unpredictable chemistry can be. If he was my science teacher in hs I probably would have been a lot more interested in chemistry instead of just getting into it now thanks to passionate people like him 😅

[@rawr6306]

Actually that’s precisely why I went into chemistry instead of biology! My HS chemistry prof was fantastic and actually let us play. Guided us in not completely destroying his classroom/labs but we still burned and melted a fuckton of stuff. He was tough, critical but knew how to push and challenge us. I know I’ll sound bitter a bit but sadly this sort of literal experimentation just isn’t allowed (liability mostly) any more and it’s made chemistry [wet at least] a lot less interesting. It’s like dissection in biology. I was dissecting fetal pigs and cats, pithing frogs and watching their hearts beat, hooking up gastrocnemius muscles to drum oscillographs and shocking them with different voltages to determine the most efficient and so much more in my 7th (yes SEVENTH) grade biology science lab (it was HS Advanced Placement level). This just doesn’t happen in scene classes today. I absolutely know and so appreciate the invaluable level of education I received. If only that was still happening…

[@sheeshburger-go4qd]

“I’ve always really liked the idea of growing metal crystals from Pepto-Bismol” is something I would have never thought I would literally ever hear.

[@Leet-iz2fz]

Saw this as he said it

[@dreingames9137]

@@Leet-iz2fz I swear that always happens

[@Emiltism]

WAIT ME THREE

[@somekidnamedoscar8651]

@@Leet-iz2fz same lol

[@Txgreyhound]

I laughed so hard when he said it. Like, what a sentence!

[@miialamia1653]

"In hindsight, I probably should've used a larger container." - NileRed 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

[@kindlin]

​@@the_rune_raven2253 You realize that 20000-20000 would be equivalent to 20-20? All you're literally saying is, "Foresight is like looking at something 20000 ft away and seeing as if it were 20000 ft away, but hindsight is seeing something 20 ft away and seeing it as if it were 20 ft away."

[@sideoutside]

300 is blind I believe.

[@ke6gwf]

@@the_rune_raven2253 so then you say 20 - 20,000. (which means that you see as clearly at 20 feet as most people see at 20k feet)

[@jamietaylor8663]

I dont think he has one honestly

[@ke6gwf]

@@the_rune_raven2253, I have never heard of anyone with 20/23 vision needing glasses. That's almost perfect. It's when you get to 20/30 or 20/40 that you start having problems. Although, I have 20/13 vision, so what do I know! But the point is, the example you gave means someone with normal vision, and so isn't an exaggeration

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

there is a reason they're individually packed: it has been shown that separate pills are less prone to overdoses (accidental and deliberate) than just a jar full, exactly because it takes much more effort to open and ingest dangerous amounts.

[@Bro1212_]

Crazy that suicides go down when pharma companies make it a pain in the ass to OD, I would say it’s funny but in reality it’s kinda sad

[@lordarthur2165]

@@Bro1212_ This usually works because suicide is a quicky thought, you don't plan ir and anything, so when the method you was going to use takes more time, it's enough for the suicidal ideation to simply go away. That's why it's also recommended, if you have guns, to live the ammunition and the gun in different rooms. This little time of complicating the suicide method can be enough to make the person stop themselves.

[@iiiii94]

@@lordarthur2165 thats simply not true. Suicide is often planned rather then an "impulse".

[@Sharklops]

while that's a great point, I imagine they're also packaged that way because it's the sort of medicine you might want to carry with you in a pocket or purse or something if you know you'll be eating something that might unsettle your stomach

[@spritely]

Bismuth subsalicylate's LDLo in humans is 700mg/kg so I doubt that was the reason I'm this case

[@TheFoxfirelight]

You should revisit this. I think a lot of people would enjoy seeing this. It will also be a good opportunity to show what you've learned since this attempt.

[@hashbrown777]

I've definitely seen him use argon injection when heating stuff and another vid with a tube furnace he could use to smelt the bismuth out of oxidative air

[@rawr6306]

@@hashbrown777yeah I was like don’t you have any N2 gas around? Sheesh… Hell generate some CO2 and blanket the tube with that for crying out loud 😅

[@Roblidon]

I just realized why I like his videos so much, after like half a dozen of them in a row: it's the way he always sounds like he's leading to something, even when he isn't. Sometimes he's just clearly detailing what he's doing, but with forward motion and anticipation. My Adhd stays hooked on so I can watch entire videos without getting distracted.

[@blxckmxrkxt]

_yes_

[@ortussiridus1680]

Tbh, his videos are some of the only ones I never get bored of. Almost every other youtuber has this problem where it's hard to keep track of their content and stay "fully" in tune, but not with nigel. He always knows just what to say without sounding like a full on narrator and knows how to keep things interesting. That's one of the reasons I love his videos.

[@jii.]

Yep. That cadence. Every sentence is a journey; towards some wacky science...

[@geoffreyentwistle8176]

I'd never thought about it that way... It would explain why I really enjoy a number of educational and maker channels - there's a story with each video, and a driven and enthusiastic narrator.

[@LaikasFriend]

I have thought about it before but didn't have the words for it, you nailed it!

[@temra7063]

I love how he didn't stop pouring it out of the bottle in that one scene. He just let it overflow all over the table. (hey yall, i hate to be cringy, but i really do appreciate the likes and comments. thanks!

[@Altazor-fh9of]

He poured *harder* when it was about to overflow

[@fraffen2677]

a true anarchist

[@mariepatricia1975]

I watched with such confusion and then shrugged. We should know if hes going crazy we won't notice because he's a chemist and we've seen the other things he does.

[@chess4926]

After he says it’s *expensive*

[@justinleggett4769]

That gave me soooooo much OCD

[@BobBob-bz6kw]

his ability to pronounce 8 complex chemical names in 1 sentence without messing up is crazy

[@Sword-of-Ruin]

It's normal, what?

[@winonarose7488]

The power of being a scientist. When you use and study these things a million times, it’s pretty easy.

[@cypherusuh]

Chemist learned parseltongue before they graduated, just like how doctor able to make runic inscription.

[@Sword-of-Ruin]

@@cypherusuh :V

[@ExplosivePine]

He also does these are voice overs so he has alot of tries.

[@AKA253]

I’ve been working my way through these videos that are a few years old and I always think about Nigel on Trash Taste talking about how he was interested in pyrotechnics when he was young and would put a firecracker into a pipe with a bb to shoot the bb out. When confronted that he had made a rudimentary gun, he mentioned he would sometimes put multiple bbs in the pipe at once. So he made a shotgun.

[@CertifiedDeadMemes]

I salute you for not eating the salicylic acid, it looked soo good.

[@Winlonghorn_iso]

yea I would have tried to eat it

[@valentine6162]

It could be edible, though i wouldn’t risk it

[@saucelessbones5872]

information is best for damage control

[@---kp1hm]

It would be edible in small doses.

[@nico8439]

@@---kp1hm thank you for this information

[@VeMM0]

You can tell how difficult of a reaction it’ll be by how long the video is:

[@Kaymeleon]

Almost actual alchemy for this one lol

[@geoffreyentwistle8176]

Alchemy? You mean the dreaded Yellow Chemistry? 😂

[@yuriMartyr]

1h+: what the fuck

[@lemmetalkaboutthis]

I've never seen someone stay so absolutely calm while everything was going wrong ...I love it

[@rxzLKhxljYI55KK]

new possible ship of this sub and nile red

[@NiminaeOld]

#chemist

[@lemmetalkaboutthis]

@@rxzLKhxljYI55KK never been shipped before, thank you for this, 10/10

[@Arctheicecube]

jesse. get the pepto bismol. we're gonna make some crystals.

[@Dayreaverthe_Theo]

bismuth crystals right? ...right?

[@Sonic.exe_uwu666]

YEAAAA

[@the26thLetteroftheAlphabet]

Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today

[@the_bruised_bard]

@@the26thLetteroftheAlphabet What you doin; Phineas?

[@RANDINTER]

breaking bismuth

[@zenflow4life]

Love this! I used to be a technician that MADE pepto!! I used to love playing with the Bismuth (by the barrel). Making it is a beautiful process!

[@antkoz6370]

I was the dude that made your guys child safety caps! Plastic isn't quite as fun.

[@burntmarshmallow9331]

@@antkoz6370 what

[@awerelia]

@@burntmarshmallow9331 ant koz made caps for medicine bottles where you have to push down and turn, and/or grab onto the cap in a specific way to open the bottle, making it "child proof"

[@astralityyy]

@@awerelia only to children who can’t read or open a water bottle

[@awerelia]

@@astralityyy i dont know how to read or open a bottle

[@Alovatololo]

"This brand, Life, chose to make things difficult" Life is a struggle after all.

[@zezus001]

underrated

[@JushGraham]

"Chose to make things difficult" As if they anticipated this maniac to exist lol

[@aayushpaswan2941]

dopplers effect :- kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIaspnepi8qto68

[@SerBDG]

Holy shit that’s deep

[@CrypticSkies0]

Bro only 4 replies

[@catz_ee]

3:00 That was quite possibly one of the most cursed actions I have ever witnessed.

[@Xeroskia]

Watching that actually made me upset for a solid minute because I couldn't do anything about it, lmao.

[@samuelhald8471]

That shit fucked me over hard goddamn

[@jacintovski]

Yep

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

The chunks. The thiccness. The dump. The pancake. Horrific and cursed, all.

[@SilverGummiShark]

I felt so much ANGRY.

[@HUSTL3HOLIC69]

From a medical standpoint Bismuth is also sometimes used as a hemostatic agent. It helps stop bleeding. Which is why it used to be so effective in Pepto, a lot of people would drink it for peptic ulcers and maybe even early stages of small bowel Crohns or Ulcerative Colitis relief. We of course have much better and widely standardized methods of treatments and better hemostat agents as well but a very interesting element nonetheless

[@grape_protogen]

Bismuth is one of my favorite elements. It's radioactive; yet it's half-life is so long it could be considered stable. It has such a unique crystal structure and color, just a piece of bismuth could be called a sculpture. It ranges from blue to purple to yellow. It's all around a beautiful pure element.

[@JustJdyn]

Nile: its expensive Also nile:dumps the whole bottle on the table

[@theautodan7095]

Not to mention the pile of broken beakers and tubes. 😂

[@negljbreakergaming]

Also Nile: Burns diamonds to carbonate water

[@jazberrybear]

At this point he’s just flexing on us ;-;

[@DBK4165]

He does it cause he knows we all wanna see money thrown away like toilet paper 🤣. Some accidents do happen tho lol

[@chess4926]

@@negljbreakergaming Yeeee

[@isupposethisismynmw640]

This is basically 1/2 the chemical process of making bismuth from pepto, and half “I really had no idea at this point so I just started heating it up”. Love it

[@aayushpaswan2941]

dopplers effect :- kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIaspnepi8qto68

[@billjohnston882]

I did this! It took several tries but I successfully extracted bismuth metal from pepto bismo pills. I had repeated difficulty with converting from the granulated bismuth to metallic bismuth. I added borax and that solved the problem.

[@Bolt99K]

3:05 that overpour was unexpected lol

[@loupandsnoop]

For a moment, I thought I was watching a collab with HowToBasic

[@ZeLunatic]

The absolute madlad!

[@damnfez]

I got scared when that happened. Idk why. Then i got mad.

[@2FAB4U2B]

That guy was screaming inside of me: "IT'S TIME TO STOP!"

[@voelz1670]

I was laughing when that happened due to how weird and out of place it was.

[@chillingonthesofa]

watching this in the hospital while waiting for the doctor to come in to see me. thank you for intriguing me and helping me to calm down.

[@wettoast8902]

You good chief?

[@ssbmfiji5079]

oh hey i have watched nilered in the hospital a few times hope ur doing better now

[@TheBeybladeBuds]

Same

[@lj1393]

Hope your ok now 👍

[@chillingonthesofa]

@@wettoast8902 yep!

[@KaityKat117]

"I don't recommend any of you trying this" Bold of you to assume I can understand any of this well enough to replicate it.

[@Quirkyhndl]

For real. Me at the start: "this might be a fun science experiment to try..." At the end: " I would not survive..."

[@weopdurdegenes6598]

Good profile picture.

[@KaityKat117]

@@weopdurdegenes6598 y thank you. It'll be changing soon, tho.

[@weopdurdegenes6598]

@@KaityKat117 NOOOOOO

[@KaityKat117]

@@weopdurdegenes6598 It's a new picture of my pony OC. With some major differences.

[@vynalldash_og]

"I thought it might just be PH sensitive, but when i tested it out... i found out i was right. Moving on-" I know hes trying to take us through his thoughts step-by-step but it just sounds like the best subtle flex ever-

[@ceruleanwake8876]

The overflow of the pepto at the beginning was really startling lol. I enjoy it when Nile is goofy:)

[@insert_username_here]

You’d have a field day over on NileBlue and NileRed Shorts.

[@chanchanchan7031]

Bro you should check out some of the videos on William Osman 2, he’s in some

[@TETOMOKOROKI]

he was in a silly goofy mood Ü

[@screamur]

3:07

[@megagaming8337]

top 10 dangerous chemicals:- kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXndp2ljqK6lodU

[@pleaseclap3335]

Before watching the video: "those crystals look so pretty, I wanna make some myself!" After watching the video: "...nevermind"

[@alexubel]

No kidding. Pretty convoluted process really. This also isn't the best video to go by, given how poorly his came out.

[@The_Big_Jay]

$120 4 days work Tons of lab stuff

[@pleaseclap3335]

@@The_Big_Jay It's a lot more expensive if you don't have all the necessary lab stuff, which I don't

[@The_Big_Jay]

@@pleaseclap3335 R.I.P.

[@pleaseclap3335]

@@coleshelly283 I also wanted to make it because I like doing arts n crafts n shit you know? But I'll probably end up just buying the bismuth

[@EGamez]

23:50 "So for these reasons, I don't recommend anyone trying this." *_Yes, NileRed, I was definitely planning on following these steps and doing this myself._*

[@yublockme]

William Partridge deep... very deep.......

[@henriquestanke]

I think the most amazing scientific example is right there: 23 minutes of a video which are small cuts of hours of work, showing step by step of what not to do because of these reasons. Even negative findings are useful. Still, it looks pretty damn advanced, but that's the purest form of chemistry. Imo tho. Every science can be difficult, but difficult is only a way of thinking more. Its trial and error - getting data and converting it into context. Maybe, one person will see this and say: I'll try this tomorrow - maybe I can find a way. As much more numbers we get, more chances of this video having a solution.

[@mech1x]

@@yublockme not as deep as your dad was

[@rosemarypaul6093]

If I can't make some cool crystals, why is he teasing me with his video? I need something to help a grandkids with a project about homegrown crystals. This video was no help then? Great!

[@EGamez]

Rosemary Paul If you watch NileRed, you’d know that he makes videos just to show the scientific process.

[@wilting_alocasia]

I'll never get over the thought of Nile going into Shoppers and buying $100 worth of stomach tablets xD

[@rawr6306]

Omg! This is my first view of one of his videos and had no idea he’s Canadian. 😅 I’m not but my partner is and I spend a lot of time in Canada so yup totally know Shoppers.

[@wilting_alocasia]

@@rawr6306 Im not Canadian, but my partner is, too! XD Shoppers is one of my go-to stores 😂

[@chanchanchan7031]

33:42 the calmness with which he says “and it was genuinely terrible” I love him so much

[@CrypticSkies0]

Only this reply in a yeR

[@talkalexis]

2

[@StonedtotheBones13]

Very Canadian.

[@PRODNEZUMI]

Word percentages in the video: Science words: 33% “However,”: 67%

[@sauercrowder]

"I was worried that there would be way too much stuff in it, but there turned out to be a lot less than I thought."

[@christopherjz]

Though

[@nato6831]

Christopher JZ aaaaaaaah

[@clarastevens8683]

"To fix this,"

[@CosmaPaulaton]

Or "of a problem"/"bismuth"

[@northdakotabeast1547]

My heart starting racing as he poured the whole Pepto bottle. That's new lmao

[@marbleswan6664]

NorthDakotaBeast your heart was racing? Some pepto could help.

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

I love this video for 2 reasons: 1. bismuth is my favorite metal and it's beautifully mesmerizing when crystalized, and 2. I love how Nile explains everything in an interesting and fun way.

[@sonofredearth]

"Had some quick drying plaster that I had lying around", as one does

[@partypickle1015]

Working in general construction, I can relate.

[@Winlonghorn_iso]

Black Gradient I read this right before he said it

[@Fin-xw8in]

random happens here same

[@b.m.4415]

I know I have some

[@margretrosenberg420]

Not to mention all the test tubes, beakers, spare measuring cups and spoons, vacuum filter, blowtorch...

[@DaRkLoRdZoRc]

I love how this dude includes so many nuanced and professional laboratory techniques in his videos. >bismuth is stuck in test tube *"So I smashed it with a hammer..."* >crystals refuse to grow *"I tried poking it with a stick..."*

[@starsandsus3725]

What did you sayyyy?

[@timvanderheijden7922]

@rhys clayton so true

[@LucaDornseifer]

Timestamps: bismuth stuck in tube > 17:25 & 20:10 & 21:35 crystals refuse to grow > 28:17 & 30:39

[@potatopishee5683]

'well I need some energy to do this so I just gave my son 50L of sugar and sat him down in the lab'

[@adamyung5296]

the crystals technique is actually a legit technique tho to promote crystal growth

[@The_Horizon]

dude the cashier must have thought you were trying to get high off of it or something

[@CellyWelly]

Who says he isnt going to?

[@that_one_mha_fan6312]

Yeah... He must've been like,"...Is this *glue?"*

[@jomiyahminerve5431]

that would be interesting

[@nikoproto]

i guess cashiers are so sick and tired of their job that they cease to care

[@PhantomMods4]

what the fuck are you doing on a nile red video-

[@draexian530]

I like these videos. Nile has an understanding of base principles which allows him to explore chemistry in a safe and effective manner. It just so happens he's also a masterful producer of video edutainment.

[@charleskanyarusoke797]

A true scientist. You experiment, learn from your mistakes, try again, and again till you get quantifiable results. Excellent teaching voice. Please continue sharing your scientific ventures.

[@OrangeC7]

You chemists are all crazy, please never change.

[@LeCharles07]

You should see the chemists that are also rocket scientists. "There are, after all, some chemicals that explode shatteringly, some that flame ravenously, some that corrode hellishly, some that poison sneakily, and some that stink stenchily. As far as I know, though, only liquid rocket fuels have all these delightful properties combined into one delectable whole." Isaac Asimov, Foreword to _Ignition!_ by John D. Clark (Which you should totally read. It helps if you know chemistry but there are sections that you don't need to know much chemistry to follow along.)

[@KizuRai]

...Was this a chemistry joke?

[@denzelnganga1914]

True, we all need mad scientists to hold up civilization

[@wetraccs5747]

society is held up by mad scientists

[@denzelnganga1914]

@@wetraccs5747 how else will we get flying cars and light sabers and laser guns?

[@adrianbik3366]

Alternate title: "Watch me masacre all the measuring cups in my lab"

[@FoxZFiend]

Lmao thats a fun name

[@CrowAkechi_The_Luminary]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@theplaguedoctor1248]

You mean beakers right?

[@sorbet7085]

there's a video on his alt account that fits this name better lol

[@theautodan7095]

🎖🏅 please take first and second prize for most hilarious comment. 😂😂🤣

[@mr.mcphoenix]

Imagine playing video games and then your parent is just like “sweetie, please feed the bismuth” and you just have to shovel aluminum foil rolls into barn troughs like you’re feeding horses

[@dream_walker9726]

this had me giggling off and on for about an hour so thanks for that lmao

[@BinglesP]

Nerd/genius characters from 90's and 2000's cartoons be like:

[@Sonic.exe_uwu666]

😂😂😂

[@bestcreations4703]

I just did this experiment with my girlfriend to get her more interested in science, I followed your directions mostly and it worked out pretty decent. I made sure to check the ingredients throughly beforehand and we went with the pill form which it looks like you used in the previous video. They were also only about 2$ per 40 pills so we did 5 bottles of them. The pills were more concentrated and probably did not have the same amount of base in them so I went with my gut on the amount of acid/water but I think I over did it a bit. Our reaction was clearly quite exothermic once we added the foil into it as opposed to the more gentle bubbling you had but we did it outside with proper safety equipment so it was honestly the one part my girlfriend actually liked as it made her feel like a witch. I didn’t bore her with any calculations so I don’t have a percent yield but it was clearly working quite well and I’m sure she will get a decent small chunk of bismuth from all of the powder that she can say she made herself.

[@cloudytheconqueror6180]

That's so sweet!

[@kkaattyy]

this is adorable and sounds so fun!!

[@siddharthamondal4346]

That's an awwww moment hehe lol

[@GraceWhip]

Aww I should do that with my boyfriend! He likes physics and math, but chemistry is just the weird magic science to him. So making a weird magic rock would be pretty fun!

[@vvskiitlesvv]

did you make a video? how did this work? I'm thinking future science fair

[@GraceWhip]

I love the hastily-sharpied "NOT FOOD" on the side of the strainer 😆

[@AlwaysBolttheBird]

The only way to do it. I I have some I use for woodworking and you got to label them

[@kwibloupthesomething]

@@AlwaysBolttheBird have you eaten wood shavings instead of noodles by accident?

[@Yeetuz.Deletuz]

@@kwibloupthesomething so relatable man😔

[@granttherock9121]

When a chemistry channel includes “making” and “crystal ” in the title, you know you’re gonna have a good time.

[@csturgis]

making crystal meth

[@granttherock9121]

Charles Sturgis Yeah...that would be the joke.

[@jamesbliss9533]

9:04 Uncanny....this guy sounds just like Dinesh D'Souza

[@ArmanBaig]

But if you’re not safe... you’re gonna have a bad time!

[@granttherock9121]

@Pierce Markusic yes.

[@EmilyThomson-lg4lr]

your patience and perseverance is astounding

[@nope_avi8164]

nilered: completely overflows the measuring spoon me: *_internal screeching_*

[@brodieholderness3897]

The worst part is the bit that got on the handle :(

[@fightergala4655]

Me: internal laughing

[@Ammoulamalid]

Me: intenal cries in screams in Jedi lord

[@zaccheus5270]

Me: external screeching

[@kalamitinoiz9251]

Yes

[@fandiandan]

i know this video is old, but this channel is quickly becoming one i binge man, this stuff is fascinating

[@fandiandan]

@@duckling2108 properly assumed

[@insert_username_here]

@@fandiandan I can recommend Tom Scott. I binge a lot of his videos.

[@b1tfl1p]

The bismuth smith really missed an opportunity to call himself the bismith

[@MalkavSaiyaYautja]

To the top!

[@SomethingSeemsOff]

So a blacksmith that plays for both sides?

[@MerpIsMe]

Something Seems Off Please never say that again LOL

[@danujus77]

Is that a motherfuckin Steven universe reference!

[@whoopssteyrs]

AngryShark it's not, but i appreciate your enthusiasm.

[@azuredragonofnether5433]

I'd like to add another thing to 1:47 where Bismuth is used commercially; Due to its low melting point, it is/was also used as a fuse, to keep households from catching fire when high amperages flow. Although simple and relatively cheap, the downside of it is that the fuse cannot be repaired and you have to resort to buying new ones when one or many are affected. To add insult to injury, many old households including the one I live in still maintain such archaic methods while new or renovated households use switch circuit breakers.

[@bludraws094]

Imagine the cashiers reaction when he bought ten boxes of antacid.

[@Dave_0115]

Meth

[@bludraws094]

@@Dave_0115 .............................

[@Berghendorf]

Cashier: "Rough Week?" Nile: "Yeah something like that."

[@reinatr4848]

*M Y G O A L S A R E B E Y O N D Y O U R U N D E R S T A N D I N G*

[@gabeharris926]

"you pooping sand or"

[@ultranitro437]

"Be careful not to cause splashes in the acid solution". (Proceeds to messily dump a bunch of tablets into the beaker of acid splashing droplets everywhere.)

[@mars5277]

People who buy loads of medicine for seemingly no reason: -Crackheads -Chemists

[@AkwarkBlue]

I don’t see a difference within that list

[@Sue_Me_Too]

Uhh you need to be a chemist to cook meth...

[@copium5513]

So a crackhead, a chemist, and a drug dealer all walk into a bar. He sits down and orders a drink.

[@maxerpants2876]

Regolith 引きこもり he is both lol

[@inthestudy]

-Photographers. Potassium Permangate, Paracetamol, Hydrogen Peroxide, Prussian Blue - all useful chemicals for traditional photography!

[@TheFlyBullet]

Somebody else possibly already suggested this, but to isolate the bismuth from air, you could have used the same technique that is used in welding metals, because hot metal wants to oxidize too - just blow some argon or xenon on it, to separate it from air..

[@BinglesP]

He did this technique in his purple gold video for Aluminum actually

[@briannac1374]

I'd love to see extracting aluminum from deodorants/antiperspirants!

[@Terrus_38]

Brianna Chamuris It would be so cool :)

[@King_Flippy_Nips]

some of them contain zinc as well i believe

[@amisner2k]

Yes. You listening to this NileRed? The people demand it!

[@DaniellesMicoMarley]

I had some old shirts in storage and on the arm pit area is all sparkly and I think thats the aluminum lol

[@mrreisskeks3441]

@@@DaniellesMicoMarley I dont want to disapoint you, but that would be impossible. The most likely form of Al in deo is Aluminum Chlorohydrate(Al2Cl(OH)5) which is a salt and not a metal. Though salts might be sparkling a bit as they reflect light it should be easy to see the difference, espacially with aluminum because it oxidizes at very low temperatures which means if you had aluminum on your shirts and the shirt is old than you would have dull powder that is sort of blackish on your clothes.

[@AsymptoteInverse]

Bismuth subsalicylate is one of those strange medicines where I wonder how its effects got discovered. It doesn't seem like a very obvious leap to me. "Well, I've successfully dissolved bismuth metal in salicylic acid. Guess I'll eat it now."

[@Mazaskazi]

lol

[@TheCurle]

Don't forget that the person had to have had indigestion for it to actually do anything, too.

[@sylvie_on]

Nice fractal pfp

[@castlehill6717]

Curle I can see the commercial now... “Johns heartburn was so bad, he decided to end it all by drinking the unknown chemical concoction he threw together that evening...... And END the pain he did. Way to go John.. Way to go.” “Woo Pepto-Bismol”

[@FastForwardPlans]

The secret of most weird discoveries is they were made on accedent.

[@monkeseeaction21987]

Me at 10pm: imma go to bed early. Me at 3am: Making metal crystal from pepto bismol

[@user-xp9jo2rv3q]

When I read that I thought it said making crystal meth.

[@ngstop2603]

Martin Ma I don’t need sleep I need answers

[@Mickeyboopybop]

3:03 am 😂🤣

[@pokerface1225]

Haha ha 🤣freaking hilarious!

[@londonr6422]

Ahahahahha

[@myquiescentmind]

First video I ever saw of Nile's. Was hooked from here on out, despite having a rather massive disdain for chemistry at the time. Still don't have an interest or love for it but it's always beautiful watching and listening to people who do. And I can say I have a genuine appreciation for the field now.

[@sheepwars2959]

With all that oxidation you should really think about invensting in a nitrogen or argon bottle. Flushing the top with argon would have made the workup so much easier. Other projects would benefit from this too. And compared to 10 packs of Pepto-Bismol i dont think it would be that much more expensive :D

[@109268]

This. Also put your poor liquid bismuth into a pre heated insulated container and let is slowly cool over hours. Or find a metal working friend and use their tempering oven to slowly step down in Temp.

[@NileRed]

I actually have nitrogen. I just wanted to keep it as simple as possible. If I melted it properly in the tube, loss would've been minimal anyway.

[@willynebula6193]

Can bismuth be melted buy electrical induction heating if so you can buy module's on eBay for cheap.

[@sheepwars2959]

@@NileRed In the end trying to keep it simple propably made it much more complicated for you. Just like with trying to carry all the groceries in one go. In the end it might also be me. After working in organic chemistry for a couple years and synthesizing highly sensitive catalysts it just feels unnatural to not work with argon ^^ Anyway. good video and I always like that you include your mistakes. I think knowing how its not working is just as important as knowing the right way.

[@grgvv]

Well, with that temperatures the Argon would be gone (pun intended) quite quickly

[@adamDoesMath]

i rlly don’t know how you got me to watch 37 minutes of science

[@vynniev9611]

Cuz he's having fun 😏 Public school teaching without passion go brrrr

[@DanteTimberwolf]

@@vynniev9611 I'm like failing everything. Just stopped caring

[@vynniev9611]

@@DanteTimberwolf lol I'm the wrong person to come for advice. I barely got through my senior year and almost went to court because of how often I was late or absent. Only reason I graduated is because irl I'm a short, timid and polite girl and people felt bad jevdkbekdhfkf. Also covid make school mean fuckall. Uh. Hm. Anyways don't be like me because you'll ABSOLUTELY fail but just try to get as much sleep as you can because its the cause of like 50% of people's issues and the free time you get in place of it isn't actually worth it. You weren't even asking for advice I'm just mad rn

[@xEvilRaptorx]

@@vynniev9611 gawd damn, I almost got held back cause of credit hours. I hated doing the homework cause it was so basic feeling. Almost never made it to school on time but my first hour teacher, senior year, liked me. Got out with half a credit hour to spare

[@gage3180]

Humans are naturally curious and enjoy learning new things but it's not the same when your being forced to learn those things (in school) it's kind of like when people say "I hate learning" You don't hate learning you hate having information shoved down your throat

[@ytivarg5371]

Smart choice making your sponsership directly related to the subject matter of the video

[@SoulDelSol]

I don't think it was really a choice

[@degened2990]

You don't even look old enough to have had time to learn all this stuff. Hats off to you bro. Love your shows.

[@NileRed]

I had to take down and re-upload this video because of a few editing errors, as well as some major problems with the Patreon credits. I hope it's all better now.

[@willemschipper7736]

Cool cool

[@ari_archer]

Oh......i was intrested why you deleted previous video

[@rhettbrega4203]

Ah. Makes sense

[@omidrastin3745]

yea

[@zoopdterdoobdter5743]

Not better. Needs more footage of adding foil. 😒 You MUST add *MORE* foil...

[@lesto12321]

"i did it slowly" proceed to pour acid less carefully than i would pour water.

[@Trebinhas]

The video was sped up. It's literally in the corner of the screen

[@aerisdragon8952]

The one thing that i learned in chemistry was to pour with confidence and speed. You don't want chemicals tricking down your arm

[@camrollins2314]

This dude sounds like he's tryin to explain why he's late for work

[@hesperaux]

I lold hard

[@johnnye87]

Friend: where have you been for the last week? Me: Well I was reading the back of a bottle of Pepto-Bismol and I noticed.... *ADHD rabbitholes: know the warning signs*

[@WA7272IO72]

Haha

[@chriskrausesmovie]

i believe any reason he has

[@Nick-nh4nf]

LMAOOOO

[@drriccy6063]

For the melting process, I would've said to use some sort of inert gas like Argon to prevent any oxidation

[@slinkytime8412]

watching this video is like listening to a friend trying to explain a very complicated TV series that youve never watched.

[@matthew5145]

"yeah that's real interesting, which one are we talkin about now?"

[@mele8332]

Disco Deaky 😂😂😂 Pleasure doing bismuth WITH you

[@mele8332]

Peka Silk “you really dont remember do you”

[@applemauzel]

3:38 NileRed: "I would like to buy 10 boxes of Bismuth." CVS worker: "You have my sympathies."

[@reneepardee1653]

I love how committed you are to your experiments. You don't give up! You are a true scientist.

[@LIRRFAN426]

I said “pesto-bismuth” and couldn’t stop laughing for a minute. I need help

[@axehead45]

Nah it’s fine. It made you happy :)

[@nilnileer]

that is actually funny :D

[@moosedraw3731]

“Until it looks mixed” **is mixing 2 clear liquids**

[@redfaldas7524]

If you mix HCl and water, you can see them both.

[@robinconkel-hannan6629]

You can see fine planes as the liquids mix if you have good lighting..

[@alexjff3018]

yeah what they said, mixing 2 clear liquids you can see a clear separation. Take acetone and hexane for example in an extraction, it looks like a surface of water that separates the two miscible layers.

[@subject204ghost3]

The mixture actually looks a bit yellow after the mixing

[@chadnewville6980]

Go back and look at the bottom of the container when he first starts pouring the acid in and you can see the "ripples". They slowly go away as he adds more and then all together when it was stirred.

[@lelaluvzapollo1097]

(I WAS) watching at 4:40 am... insomnia and depression sucks, but the wonders of science helps keep my mind cleared. I'll be tired today, but I'll have learned a new thing.

[@gabrielpatten6939]

They definitely do suck. But to quote a wise fish "just keep swimming" 🙂

[@MeezCheese]

Same.

[@gummygrape-catsproductions8686]

f

[@driftingbrandonc.6480]

it's 4:05/ yep. its sucksssssss

[@VoxiVox]

5:28am here. Goml

[@Wltrwllyngaeiou]

I think this was the most effective sponsorship I have ever seen. At the beginning of the video I was like, 'why would anyone want that?' to now really wishing I had the money to buy a crystal!

[@Lonniebelle1979]

The crystals are quite affordable. I got one from my local rock hound store for about $5. And I'm sure the local store has a much higher price padding then say, China.

[@Emg2463]

lol....same here.....I actually went to the guy's site and looked through "all" of his merchandise x-D

[@OkOkOkJeez]

they're so cheap

[@reinatycoon3644]

Oh wow @2:18 Bismuth crystals are sooo pretty! I think I just discovered my favorite mineral on Earth.

[@koocl1949]

“Which was not safe, but anyways” Me when I have fun but what I am doing is not safe

[@VitorPereira-xy6bx]

i love how i scrolled through this comment right as i heard him say that

[@toomuchiridium]

Me making potions in the bathroom

[@josep9016]

lol

[@commie281]

"Oh no! Anyways..." -Jeremy Clarkson

[@sepsysmurf6982]

Me walking on the thin cement wall on the side of the street

[@thisismyname1920]

It is evident how much time went into making this video. From the actual experiment, to recording, to editing; its very apparent a lot of work goes into these videos. Though chemistry isn't my field of study, I still find myself learning way more than I expect. Thank you NileRed!

[@NileRed]

No problem! I'm glad you liked it :)

[@IDKmyBFFVoldie]

I have no idea why KZbin recommended this to me but I'm not complaining.

[@TheAoide82]

Same

[@alcalamotors2728]

I just lost 38 minutes of my morning....it could have been worse, i think.

[@hannahwyatt4830]

Same

[@Bongtasia]

lol, Same xD

[@Zacarriss]

Same here!

[@aaronsprojects9622]

I really want to believe that Nile bought groceries too when he got 10 BOXES of pepto 🤣. To be a fly on the wall when he was checking out.

[@raphaelswaran510]

I got such an appreciation for what the Bismuth Smith does after seeing how difficult it is to get the crystals, let alone creating such detailed sculptures with such a neat rainbow pattern. Such extraordinary craftsmanship!

[@Wik3dNuTS4k]

Prepare for almost 40 mins of "initially this worked until it didnt"

[@NeuronalAxon]

Science, eh?

[@DanteTorn]

Nilered in a nutshell. Home projects in a nutshell.

[@babycarl9585]

Oh yeah yeah

[@kimbreawhaleywhaley6767]

don't tell me that lol

[@sauercrowder]

'I decided to try another method though, and even though I really didn't expect much, I was actually surprised by how well it worked."

[@SupaDanteX]

R.I.P. vial 1, 2, 3, beaker 1, 2, test tube 1, heating mantle 1...

[@aidangreen6376]

F

[@Nathan_p68]

The pharmacy worker was probably so confused like "Why did this guy come in, study the boxes, then buy 10 of them"

[@Vikanuck]

This dude is going to accidentally invent Flubber one day.

[@Ravidist]

I'm dead

[@barjammar]

@@Ravidist Bismuth kills Helicobacter which causes most ulcers. It also blocks attachment of bacteria onto the wall of the intestine. It is not a very good antacid, but these other effects make it worthwile. Who could have guessed! www.helico.com

[@wingsofthunder170]

@@barjammar i have no idea where you got all that from that 2-worded sentence lol.

[@eternal9497]

@@wingsofthunder170 art analyzing ap classes be like

[@FalconOfStorms]

@@barjammar he's DEAD, Barry!

[@greenatom]

When he started overflowing the measuring cup with Pepto, I started thinking he was about to go full HowToBasic.

[@letsnotdothat975]

Doing CHEMISTRY like HOWTOBASIC?? **GONE WRONG** **GONE SEXUAL** **18+** **I ALMOST DIED**

[@killmimes]

Me too!

[@NilesChamberland]

NileRed: *purchases 10 packages of antacid chewables* The cashier: what are all these for?? NileRed: none of your bismuth

[@Shinrakaichu]

:]

[@grizlo6716]

Underrated comment

[@Dr.Mantis-Toboggan-M.D.]

F*uck you and your creativity.

[@reetaal5338]

This made me laugh :D

[@sabby7]

Hahah clever

[@Cavemankind_]

As I now understand, sucking on a nickel-size coin of bismuth metal will relieve upset stomach, and save space in my first aid kit..? Yep, that’s my plan going forward. Thanks Nile Red!

[@lava3218]

Imagine walking into a store and purchasing their entire stock of pepto bismol only to have to explain to the cashier that you're not buying it to get high you're buying it to extract the bismuth

[@tink6225]

how does Pepto bismol get you high

[@lava3218]

@@tink6225 irrelevant, as long as the cashier doesn't know.

[@pessinieminen4341]

@@tink6225 i think you can make meth from it but im not sure

[@tink6225]

@@pessinieminen4341 inch resting

[@MahoganyFem]

@@tink6225 LOL LOL

[@yaboifab2]

Salicylic acid foam? more like forbidden whipped cream

[@leeeeeeeeeeeeeviathan]

nothing's forbidden if you're not a coward

[@theboiwhokraveskrave3416]

@@leeeeeeeeeeeeeviathan fax

[@dannyb.2911]

Spicy whipped cream

[@terrence5423]

@@dannyb.2911 you monster.

[@wiwaxiasilver827]

Really soothes your inflammation lol

[@samstevens2945]

Whenever I watch a NileRed video, I get more and more worried that there will be nothing left at the end because each step loses a bit more of what he originally had.

[@mow_cat]

same i never even realized why each step made me a little anxious until u said that

[@xaidenbooth2438]

I love how this guy sounds equally like an expert and like he barely has a clue what he's doing. Just a perfect balance of the two whoever said this yes i agree

[@imdone8243]

It's inspiring to see him fail time and time again only to keep chill and keep trying to find a way. Damm awesome

[@kinetikx]

You're watching the video with voiceover after the fact. If my own experiences are anything to go by, there is a ton of cursing and yelling during the fuckups.

[@raaston9761]

@@kinetikx yeah especially me when I mess up I say every cuss word I know but the wh and n word

[@Sharpless2]

@@raaston9761 but its much more satisfying to use *all* the words, including niBBa and whatever you use wh for. EDIT: JUST ABSOLUTELY MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO DARK-SKIN COLORED PEOPLE AROUND.

[@raaston9761]

@@Sharpless2 nah I dont use those as there for people or really extreme pain

[@DavidMaryCustom]

It is by far more satisfying to have control over emotions and not use bad language, but simply assess, reorient and retry.

[@danielb42oswagg53]

*Every video Nile Red Ever Makes* “In hindsight I should have used a bigger container”

[@jonnamechange6854]

I'm not sure if he could have found an antiflocculant to stop the frothing? Aside from being a little bit labour intensive regarding the recovery of bismuth, would it be too rude for me to suggest he should have let the bismuthsmith make the video instead?

[@zedbags]

3:02

[@sushidood3388]

3:06 my ocd :(

[@malhaark882]

You could say the yield of this process was quite "abismol"

[@Meatiest-Loaf]

God damnit

[@thepettiestpersonever6534]

Lol

[@rebeccamellito2857]

Lolol

[@ethancooksey7350]

I love how I always think it’ll work out the first time he gets me every video

[@zerou24]

"This is really flameable" "i used my heatgun to speed it up"

[@blitz7488]

I see absolutely no problem with this process of time efficiency

[@LL-tr5et]

@@blitz7488 good luck *staying alive*

[@unicornqueen268]

I was the 333 like

[@deoxal7947]

So is flux but I still put my soldering irons to it

[@Saveord]

Speed is key

[@HasvenWorld]

"Generates heat and hydrogen gas, which is flammable and dangerous" *violently stirring*

[@tag7299]

As long as you're not hammering the sides of a metal container with a metal spoon, everythings a-okay.

[@nullpoint3346]

It's only dangerous if something sparks. (Introduces to much energy)

[@tag7299]

@@nullpoint3346 >stirring intensifies

[@26muca07]

It's not really about how dangerous chemistry can be, it's all about the "10.000 hours of flight" that gives you the right experience of how you handle the possible instance of danger and risky variables over and over again. Accidents can happen and most truly experienced professionals know how to deal with it (unless it's catastrophic...)

[@travismiller5548]

@@tag7299 LoL and as long as you have systems in place to dissipate static charges and explosion proof ventilation, THEN everything's a-okay.

[@ExiaDuzzry]

Students: Chemistry is stupid. NileRed: Hold my distilled water.

[@butwhydoh2482]

I think you mean *distilled mercury*

[@andrewwilkerson8186]

Bet you wont drink 5 gallons of pure distilled water

[@CptWindwalker82]

@@andrewwilkerson8186 i wouldn't drink 5 gallons of normal water lol

[@aeviwright7846]

@@andrewwilkerson8186 I drink about a gallon of distilled water a day because of old pipes in our house and the local spring water tastes bitter. It's not dangerous in any way as long as you maintain a healthy diet seeing as you get more electrolytes from food than water anyway. It may have a slightly easier time penetrating and over-hydrating cells but the journey to the stomach where it then mixes with acid and food is a short one and after mixing it's no longer an over-hydration risk.

[@Sharpless2]

@@aeviwright7846 about the same here. Just that our pipes are fresh as we renewed them a few years ago, i just like the "taste" of distilled water.

[@kiranoliveira5377]

I know at least two medicines that have bismuth as their main component: Pepto-bismol and Peptulan who uses bismuth subcitrate instead of bismuth subsalicylate. As a side note, Peptulan are tablets, not syrup.