Nitrotetrazoles - Explosions&Fire

[@MushVPeets]

....Soooo, is explosives chemistry just the science of drawing way too many nitrogens in your molecular diagrams?

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

yes

[@andreaspaschalis7277]

Pretty accurate description

[@oskargh402]

more or less

[@ajshell2]

Derek Lowe has a series called "THINGS I WON'T WORK WITH", and "Way too many nitrogens" is a running theme in many of them. So yes.

[@simondUK]

Nitrogen really, really likes being a gas, and wants to return to that state as quickly as possible.

[@Malephex]

It must be hard work making all those empty Strongbow cans, but you do it for science anyway ;)

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

For the science

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Actually this isn't so much a joke, I prefer the bottles but will drink the cans so I can use them in the videos haha

[@SA-xf1eb]

Better than Whiteclaw. I wouldn't respect you if they were whiteclaw.

[@physsnake]

@@ExplosionsAndFire As an Eastern European, I agree to your methods of procuring object to test your chemical endeavours.

[@IzzyMyall-rf4yf]

@@ExplosionsAndFiremaybe try a glass bottle to see how much you need for it to break lol

[@SuperShyerGuy]

I love how half the in-video comments are just you complaining about how everything you make is yellow.

[@Puckosar]

I really really want so see a kilogram of that silver stuff go off now. Feel like it would blow a hole in wall or something

[@Kanitoxx]

0.12g shredded that can... 8000 times that would blow a car to shreds easily holy shit

[@ElMage11]

You really don't want to make comments like that on the internet friend.

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@@ElMage11 it's not really a problem..

[@KingHalbatorix]

@@ElMage11 edgy script kiddie

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@@ElMage11 i'm quaking in me boots

[@MagnusDangerMagnus]

Just discovered your channel last night. I do a kid's chemistry stage show called Magnus'Explosion Laboratory and this channel is utter gold. Your Cu(I)/Cu(II) description gave me a top shelf laugh. Thanks for a great channel.

[@bulbchangingmonkey]

My ex wife is definitely cu(l)

[@spiderdude2099]

Copper (I) is real jackass, he’s right

[@ARandomTroll]

ok... let me get this right: that stuff is so powerful, that an amount so small, that you can't even see it blows a hole into the foil?? i am seriously impressed

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

yeah right?? like most stuff wont even detonate at that level, let alone break a hole!

[@matthewcox7985]

AgNTz.... I'd pronounce that as "Angst."

[@ODA-392]

Ya. It should have been first synthesized at a German Lab.

[@that_escalated_quickly2720]

Lmfao 😂😂😂

[@sleepy_boi7552]

lol i thought of that

[@sleepy_boi7552]

It's actually made out of the angst energy from linkin park

Agnitz is cooler

[@professortrog7742]

One and a half year and the channel is still there, thank the youtube-gods

[@southernkatrina8161]

They're too busy pulling down Cody's Lab.

[@EmyrDerfel]

4.5 years now, the policies must have changed.

[@AllChemystery]

Sweet! You did it! The messing around trying to get the synthesis correct was worth it just to see how brilliant these compounds really are. I must say though that the HgNTZ variant is better still( if possible) but obviously bad is that it is mercury based, however it is beastly stuff. It is a monster. The yellow colour of your original NaNTZ is unusual- maybe it’s just that method since mine was crystal white with a very pale yellow beige silver counterpart. Again Nice job! Great to see you still want to make new videos.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

AllChemystery it is a very annoying yellow colour that somehow makes it through into all the products. I'm surprised the DBX-1 wasn't bloody yellow as well. But yeah, if I was to do this again I'd make the NaNTz on a bigger scale so I could do the recryst better, and that should clear it up. As for the mercury salt, yeah, I need to get into mercury chemistry but it scares me a little.... It should be fine but goddamn I am messy sometimes and I really should not ever do mercury chemistry messily

[@oitthegroit1297]

@@ExplosionsAndFire I have a quick question: why are silver (I) and copper (I) salts more unstable than alkali metal salts, even though the anion has the exact same charge? Not trying to sound dumb, I'm just curious.

[@greggrobinson5116]

@@oitthegroit1297 My guess is that in general the bonds formed by transition metal salts of these unstable cpds are more covalent in character and therefore better able to stabilize the transition states, which means lower activation energies? But then, I wouldn't screw around with any of these N-rich cpds.

[@Ravnican127]

"CuNTZ = sensitive" during the shock test had me cracking up.

[@Athazago]

"I need a better mic than this" Even three years later he still uses that same Roland mic and I respect the shit outta that.

[@joshualester1211]

I feel I need a mythbusters style concrete mixer explosion to really grasp the power of these explosions

[@audiocrush]

I think stuff like your videos are very important. There is not many sources for "ordinary" people to see what explosives really are, and how dangerous they can be even in these tiny amounts. KZbin shouldn't delete this, they should also bring your old videos back (if you haven't already :D)

[@tatemcaluney7269]

NO WAY HE DID ITTT

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Tate McAluney I DID ITTTT

[@nikolaiturcan6963]

Love your attitude and the fact that you show the actual research makes it even better, sincerly u are the best, i wasn't so interested in chemistry since fifth grade. Love for copper I However i really don't see a reason for shutting down your channel, but if it happens, i'll be the first subscriber to Explosions&Fire3

[@therasm244c]

Loved the CuNTz and the classic description rant! Just started supporting on patreon, only with a few bucks though. The rest of my spare change is saved for pyrotechnician and explosive training in the future

[@StreuB1]

You passion for this stuff is so awesome, so pure. Hope things are going well on your phd and research group thingggg!

[@mitchellkuske6339]

Look into shaped charges.. That i would pay to see

[@robotman99lolface]

I would like my man to stay alive actually haha

[@adumbrate5889]

That silver salt is insane

[@CanoTheVolcano]

>age-restricted video >youtube recommends me 10 cocomelon videos

[@science_and_anonymous]

OW HELL YEAH!!! KING OF THE PRIMARY EXPLOSIVES!!!

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

science_and_anonymous I'll put that on my official name badge oh yeahh

[@franzkass5639]

Well, if you love copper, try tetrammine copper perchlorate, or bis-ethylenediammine copper perchlorate. they flash beautifully green-blue. Detonation is not extreme; far away from e.g. lead azide

[@markdombrovan8849]

1:16 that little notice in the corner made me reconsider my life and change it in what turned out to be a positive way, so thank you and bless you

[@pottervi]

I found your channel a while ago and I'm pretty happy about it. This might be my favorite explosive you've made

[@HeaanLasai]

4:41 That may be the most Australian way to describe chemistry in history.

[@jaredgarden2455]

How about CNTz or cyanoNTz, ok 5-cyanotetrazole. Given that nitriles are even stronger electron withdrawing groups than nitro groups then we would expect lower stability or lower activation evergy. Which i can see might be undesirable, but you should try it anyway, i reckon you could diazotize the 5-aminotetrazole with sodium nitrite and HCl and then react that with copper copper(I)cyanide which should yield you your desirable material. Just make sure you use a stoichiometric quantity of HCl, dont wanna be making no hydrocyanic acid now do ya.

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5:14 holy shit couldn't learn anything from that point on, I just kept laughing

[@JK03011997]

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[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Thanks! Oh and I forgot to link it, but here is all the videos of the making process: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jITbm2qCp5qrpqc On my second channel. Took a while, I got a bit stuck for a year or two but I got there haha

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You should rent out an actual bomb range and set off a kg of the silver salt. I want to see a yard shed turned into splinters.

[@5roundsrapid263]

There was a video where an old barn was obliterated with 65kg of tannerite. That’s long gone now...

[@GRBtutorials]

That would be... quite dangerous.

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I don't think he has bomb range ad revenue $ yet lol

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You'd be surprised how little it costs.

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@Nolyism this is Australia... we live in a nanny nation.. there’s no such thing as bomb range access paid or not.. I’m actually perplexed as to how or why the government hasn’t shredded this channel a new one yet (glad it hasn’t) even under the guise of science.. making explosives would be viewed pretty dimly.

[@terawattyear]

Absolutely excellent! I’ll have to watch it again to pause it and read the tiny comments. They add a lot to your vids.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

terawattyear Thanks! Glad you like the tiny comments!

[@punishedexistence]

Damn, that's pretty powerful stuff. A firecracker taped to a can barely makes that kind of damage, and firecrackers are more of fast deflagration. This is straight up powerful, imagine a kg of that stuff in a confined thick cardboard tube...I'd be willing to bet it would blow a hole in concrete. Very cool video, man and I enjoy watching your series.

[@TheGoodChap]

or imagine it in a thick pipe :( lool. Are firecrackers fast deflagration? I was just reading about it the other day and I never ever knew but apparently some chemists were arguing about how flash powder is a strange composition because it actually does detonate when slightly confined but it's hard to define whether or not its an "explosive" because it produces no gas! They were saying the only byproducts of the reaction are some solids and heat, and its the extremely rapidly released heat which causes the power and report. you should check out this guys channel though... kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipa0mmd5h71sobM

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Of course you would.

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Had to answer questions from KZbin just to watch. Definitely in the right place. Carry on.

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I agree with you, it should be called that, considering that engineering has a bastard file and I have literally used one that says Kennedy Bastard on it I think chemistry hast to have a swear compound

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This is definitely my favourite chemistry video ever. Excellent work

[@joela.4058]

Great channel man, keep it up. Makes cody's lab look like sesame street

[@ElementalMaker]

Now that's some impressive stuff!

[@ronweikert4278]

Dude your amazing!!! You bring comedy into science! Love watching your shit!!!

[@abbott2426]

Nicely done! Those are some pretty interesting explosives to say the least. Good work!

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Abbott242 thanks!

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Great work, yet another great chemical comedy show :) Congrats!

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Nathan Pimental thanks mate!!

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every time i watch this channel i feel like i climb one step of my governments watch list ladder. i kinda love that.

[@olivert7526]

Stumbled across this video while working on my postgrad, would love to see a video on DBX-1 (If 5 years isn't too late lmao)

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Welcome back ADHD hetero Hugh Grant

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The Shocker no one asked you to go that hard just now...

[@blight1934]

(4:30) My dude, those are Shaped charge, you're making Anti-can explosive.

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[@wtfpwnz0red]

@explosionsandfire with all of the exotic chemistry you've done, I'm kind of surprised you never put out a nitro glycerin video

[@gitbig333]

5:14 *Incredible, Absolutely Phenomenal*

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I totally love your videos!

[@renchesandsords]

after binging this channel for days, NOW is when I come across my FIRST!?! content warning?

[@MareSerenitis]

Same. I have watched this previously, but now I'm 'not allowed' for some arbitrary reason.

[@vojtechpesl4471]

Is there going to be more of Nitrotetrazoles ? Lovely compounds :D

[@joshuahymel9750]

THANK YOU. You're doing a service.

[@Alloran]

The yellow chemistry is killing me. Thank you for this.

[@Add_Infinitum]

So if AgNTz and Silver Fulminate are both very sensitive and explosive, what's the deal with silver? Why it do that?

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the little subtexts in this vid had me in tears XD

[@JP_NameThatIsntTaken]

Thanks for another great video! Have you considered livestreaming / raw uploading just bulk footage of you performing the syntheses? It'd be interesting to watch general videos of you just shooting the breeze as you're working on the videos, and would (hopefully) be easier to film. Just a thought, but it could be something worth looking into! Welcome back!

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

J P I have an I'd love to do more livestreaming. I did do some last year on Extractions&Ire about unboxing some mystery glassware, but the biggest obstacle is my internet speed. I get a maximum of 0.2Mbps upload speed. This meant the Livestream was limited to about 144p and still had frequent interruptions. I don't know a way of improving this. Most of Australia has been getting fiber optic connections, but they don't give it to everyone. My neighbour gets it, but I am just outside the boundry, so they have internet that's likely 100x faster than mine, and mine will remain this slow for years to come.

[@ODA-392]

Very good vid. Professional and educational with just de right sip of madness...speaking of which it's maybe a good idea not to blast an alu can with high energy matters cuz of de shrapnel. Seeing de insane power of that stuff in tiny quantities is an eye-opener. We as a former hobbyist never made it past easy chemistry like HMTD. Back then, we were fairly impressed but ye stuff in that vid...just great. It also seems that Ag is better than Cu for de Bang.

[@fulsame1]

The aluminum shrapnel has such a poor balistic coefficient that it is not dangerous past a few meters. Its so light with such a high surface area that it will quickly slow down to safe speeds.

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i think i found my new favorite channel :D

[@TheTaylorhorton]

I wanna see a straight kilo of this blow tf up!

[@lukast4r]

the thumbnail on this vid is the only reason I clicked it

[@pmckinlay653]

Is there much of a correlation between atomic weight of the metal attached to the nitrotetrazole and energetic properties, or am I inferring that wrongly?

[@poolshoesandrandomscrews1156]

Critical mass is word of the day for me, from flash powder to nukes i sure do understand critical mass now.

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This guy could fix my life long problem!!

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I think I found my new favourite explosive... To be clear, it would be my favourite by its name alone, but it certainly helps to be able to defend it with something other than saying "explosive lady-garden".

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Ex&F is the Alexander Shulgin of explosives.

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Just an old cuntry boy here with not much education in chemistry but from experiments i found HMTD strengthens considerably just by adding about 3 percent Dextrin. Simplest cuntry boy primary made better simply.

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I love your videos

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0:46 safer explosive!!! LOL 😹😹 love your videos.

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Love the channel

[@roquri]

Have a reference for the 5 NTZ from 5 ATZ reacting with sodium nitrite?

[@TheZabbiemaster]

Cool and Nice!

[@doctormcgoveran2194]

good work, those nitrogen compounds are often tricky and blow when you make them, nice to see you doing miligrams, instead of ounces!!!

[@B-System]

@Evi1M4chine There's a meaningful difference between making a million milligrams and making one kilogram in process chemistry.

[@chromecrescent]

@3:41, thanks for answering my question

[@gavincarstens6497]

Like a matchstick rocket.

[@jeffed3608]

Two and a half years going and this channel is still up. You lied to me

[@Pablo668]

Sometimes it goes so hard, it rips the foil.

[@austindenning3692]

No doubt that these are powerful, but would the underside flame be causing the aluminum to heat up and become more malleable, in turn succumbing to an explosion easier?

[@loominous_flux]

Could the yellow be caused by contamination with an azo compound? I found this online and it mentioned on page 14 that a solution of sodium 5,5'-azotetrazolate had a "yellow collor characteric for azo compounds". sciencemadness.org/scipics/tetrazoles%28english%29.pdf

[@disruptivegarage]

honestly you seem like an absolute lad, did you do a vid on nitrogentriiodine yet?

[@johnpruittpruitt4677]

God Bless you SIR

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Awesome work Sir. You haven't been deleted so far so carry on!

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Your channels are like fountains of accumulated knowledge.

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So much educational fun.

[@marinogarym]

OK. So, what would happen if one were to mix one of these Nitrotetrazoles with, say, KNO3, as an Oxidizer?

[@sunwukong1754]

MisterGee Marino bad things

[@heintjealdrich3048]

Also you should try perchlorate salts of transition metal-carbonylhydrazine, for example, Nickel Tricarbonylhydrazine Perchlorate. It is easy as to make, stable. But at the same time its a fucking beast! Luv from nz

[@edi9892]

How would the ammonium salt be in comparison? I bet it's better than sodium but less than copper.

[@raptor4916]

Congrats on the synthesis

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

raptor4916 Thanks dudee

[@quantumlab9130]

Could you re upload that explosions&fire video about that explosive from methyl ethyl ketone.

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Keep blowing shit up, it's great!

[@jsc1436]

There was another channel?? Is this content still available somewhere on the internet? So many questions, much hype

[@lewallen2897]

What's the law on this type of stuff in oz? I'm scared to even like a video from the UK 😂

[@cobrasniper555]

Can you talk about the in situ reduction of copper (II) with copper metal? Did you just add a wire?

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

It was just a lump of copper pipe yeah

[@CHNO-eb4et]

To reduce cucl2 to CuCl heat the CuCl2 withcoooer metal until the solution (conc. , mine was dark brownish greenish) changes from nearly none transparent to black-tea-like colour Then you pour the tea of H[CuCl2] into much cold destilled water White CuCl falls out of solution

[@qinjikofoxx5580]

(The match went into orbit) You win, you made me laugh.

[@Andrew-my1cp]

Hey did you make the Cu(i)Cl? Did you go through the Cu(ii)Cl2 and ascorbic acid reduction route or how did you make yours? I am looking to make copper acetylide and it requires a copper oxidation state of +1. I fucking love your channel btw. I learn a lot from your videos and energetic chemistry is fun.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

I tried with stuff I extracted from vitamin C tablets and it was a mess, so I used metabisulfute. Stay safe out there mate!

[@Andrew-my1cp]

@@ExplosionsAndFire oh thanks man. Just wondering if you used sodium or potassium metabisulfate because the potassium salt is a byproduct of my nitric acid production and usually just gets disposed of but now I could have a use for it. I wonder if there'd be any significant difference between the two.

[@moebendayan2588]

Chemistry is just a bunch of dudes racing to see who can make the biggest explosion with the least amount of materials or the biggest explosion with new and improved materials

[@JohnJackson-mn4ts]

Chemistry - The art of blowing shit up.

[@natoninemilfirepower7996]

Could you make a tetrazole polymer chaining them off of the carbon?

[@eamonia]

You rock.