Potassium metal is like weird butter

[@U014B]

"Now, just for fun, I chopped off a thin slice of it... and put it on some toast."

[@isodoubIet]

That's honestly where I thought he was going with that.

[@1224chrisng]

well, Cody once bit on some sodium, so it's not too far fetched

[@YounesLayachi]

Toast is dry so that would hold up well I suppose

[@thehackking4419]

You'll found that in NileGreen

[@lolana1783]

Put it in the tostar then that bathtub what happens

[@ShortHax]

Me eating banana and drinking water: “Guess I’ll die”

[@solaceafk]

I THOUGHT THAT TOO LMAOO

[@kimm6589]

The reactivity of alkali metal ions is what keeps us alive.

[@SyceXD]

🤮

[@leadharsh0616]

OMG THIS IS AN AMAZING JOKE BAHAHAH

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

Fun fact If you ate 40,000 bananas in 10 minutes you'd die from radiation poisoning... obviously

[@nikel-]

NileRed : The metal is stuck and it gonna be more annoying than I thought The metal : K

[@kartauf_l8844]

im mean ur not wrong

[@zenz0ha472]

Man, I haven't heard a science joke that good in years XD

[@HarbingerofTKD]

Says a Ni

[@thereforejoemama]

Lol You aren't wrong tho

[@riteshpatel8175]

Are we all some kind of nerds here or what !

[@SSSyndrome214]

It's neat how central that metal is to our nervous systems and our health in general.

[@closedthedor8400]

Queen : *Kris get the banana Queen : *Potassium

[@karatewithelian9014]

​@@closedthedor8400 kris eat it or you'll have potassium deficiency

[@lastchanc3stars]

That makes sense. Btw, never eat seven bananas in one sitting or 30 apples at once. The potassium in the bananas will kill you and the cyanide in apple seeds will kill you.

[@DarkShard5728]

​@@lastchanc3stars who the fuck eats the seeds from apples

[@internetstranger8223]

@@lastchanc3stars You eat apple seeds?

[@brianlam5847]

My chemistry teacher used to have some decades old potassium laying around since the 70s and apparently before the school took it away, he used to have demonstrations outside where he would throw a chunk of potassium into water and it would explode, like “a hand grenade”.

[@MattBasicG]

It also kinda looks like firecrackers or mini fireworks

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

SCHOOL TOOK IT AWAY LOL These modern kids miss out on fun.

[@Inkompetent]

@@BigEightiesNewWave It's like how my chemistry teacher in high school was told to not make white phosphorous with us in class. That's like 20 years ago, but still makes me sad. She did it in the previous school she taught at.

[@raghavpahariya3018]

@@BigEightiesNewWave *cries in modern school*

[@TheNinja131]

At least in uni they still can do stuff like this (well on a college to college basis)

[@ktrieun]

NileRed: “Okay, so it’s apparently stuck and it’s going to be a bit more annoying than I thought.” I fully expected the hammer to fall… My disappointment is immense.

[@qoque2737]

Don't worry man, im sure that him dropping the hammer so fast distorted the fabrics of reality thus making it disappear, he's nilered

[@sergentepolloz17]

"My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined"

[@gabesnooks3549]

These shorts are becomming the low key chemistry version of howtobasic.

[@erneststyczen7071]

Hammer would be useless, because its soft plastic tubing and it wouldnt help, because plastic would bend and crack a little, but nothing more. I was suprised, that he didnt just get some big scissors or a saw, or whatever and cut off the other end, then just push it out. It would be nice and not dented like that. But just in my mind, especially that he cut it into uneven pieces and crushed it with his finger, so it is clear, that this was not important to him

[@РыгорБородулин-ц1е]

... and my day is ruined

[@adams3627]

"Time to butter my toast at Nilered's house!" *explodes and dies*

[@japyap6129]

LMAOOOO

[@pierrecurie]

With that comparison to butter, he totally should have spread some potassium on a slice of toast.

[@AkaiAzul]

To be fair, it'll only explode the moment it touches your tongue.

[@thisthatotherdude1128]

The forbidden butter

[@Zrillamarion]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2SUnqGPiZWJjNE

[@The.RandomTube]

I've watched this video multiple times in the past but I never noticed the small ignition at 0:43 Really showcases how pottasium can ignite while in contact with air and constant mixing!

[@marspp]

My chemistry teacher (early 90s) showed us what happens when a little piece of lithium is dropped in a breaker of water, from behind a screen. It fizzed and popped. Then he did the same with some sodium and it REALLY fizzed and popped. He then did the same with a piece of potassium and the whole thing exploded. Very cool 🙃 He noted that he wouldn’t do it with caesium as he quite liked the chemistry lab building... I recall the metals were stored in oil-filled jars to keep them away from the moisture in the atmosphere.

[@robinpopps189]

Mine accidentally dropped an entire block of sodium into water. His words before the experiment were "We should hear a squeaky pop".

[@illiji915]

I got the sodium demonstration in 8th grade. Our teacher cut off a bigger than usual chunk before dropping it into the pan of water on her desk. The black mark on the ceiling tiles was still there when I graduated

[@LewisHamiltonMSPR]

It was after these demonstrations that we learned why our chemistry teacher had a bunch of holes in the ceiling above their desk area.

[@Zrillamarion]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6vNpaWogZdrp9k

[@robinpopps189]

@@illiji915 yeah same the black mark is literally still there on the ceiling 🤣

[@Karuzo131]

Nigel: " I chopped of a thin slice of it and..." Me: "Chew on it! Please Chew on it!" *Nigel Drops it in water and it explodes" Me: "Yeah I'm glad I'm not a chemist..."

[@faebalina7786]

yh i was thinking same but then it's like oh yh the saliva!!!

[@joacocortese9937]

HAHA same

[@ms.yawhaw8831]

Oof

[@ms.yawhaw8831]

Understandable, have a nice day

[@KR_3301]

I hope u r joking but this knowledge is given to 6-7th grader that Sodium and Potassium are highly reactive materials that react with air and water😁

[@iammiban]

Everytime NileRed says "Now just for fun" he fulfills some of my fantasies.

[@FactswithAliMurad]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWPOqoqYnruNr68

[@gian-pm4hj]

. ...Read more

[@Inhale_8632]

@@gian-pm4hj I hate you... E

[@TexterEX]

@@gian-pm4hj You got me with the read more like 3 times ngl.

[@PratyashaBaithalu]

@@gian-pm4hj Man, I tapped on your read more, more than 5 times until I realized you fooled us. Good one dude 😁👍

[@Steve197201]

One thing I've learned from your videos is the importance of being careful with seemingly innocuous substances. It doesn't take much to generate a reaction!

[@CyberTheFurry]

My teacher was demonstrating how potassium reacts when it makes contact with water, but the science department gave her a bottle with a huge chunk of it and she even said "I'm so tempted to chuck this in but it'll destroy the class" everyone for the next 10 minutes were asking her to do it, she never did

[@pulykamell]

In my chem class, we did that with a large chunk of sodium (same type of exothermic reaction--it's directly above potassium on the periodic table) and it did the expected, set on fire, a few sparks, and then a chunk just *launched* itself into the ceiling and embedded itself there. The teacher had done this demonstration before, so even he was caught completely off-guard. That hole/burn in the ceiling stayed there for the at least the next few years, when I graduated.

[@BradTheThird]

No science class has ever existed in which the students *didn't* ask the teacher to drop the whole block of Potassium/ Sodium into the water.

[@Joe90h]

In my chemistry class, our teacher was demonstrating these reactive metals by dropping small beads into a huge thick glassed tank of water. Apparently the bottle containing potassium was almost empty, so he emptied the last of it into the tank before calling an end to the experiment... Then the scraps of potassium clumped together and shot the side of the tank like a bullet, blowing a chunk out of it and sending water everywhere.

[@DrunkenGuitarGuy]

well i'm old and was a bad kid but my chem class our teacher had a big container of potassium, it somehow found its way into my possession.... i threw a good sized chunk in my local creek, nothing happened at first but then it shot about 15 feet into the air! that was my only experiment, and after the teacher threatened to get the police involved unless it was returned and somehow it returned! ya i was a dumbass, smartened up quick though, luckily!

[@dilbopillobobip7528]

My Chemistry teacher was named Mr. Butt. He was such a chad, extremely buff dude, and yes, he copped it for having that name, but had a bulletproof demeanor and was a fantastic teacher. When we had our potassium experiment, everyone did as these comments are saying and begged him to throw the whole block in. He took us to a nearby lake at our school and like a shotput (with gloves on) hurled the 1 kilo block of potassium into the water. Type of guy to suddenly smash a watermelon and look at you and just say "physics". Shoutout Mr. Butt you were/ are a legend.

[@777denremonxxx8]

NileRed few years ago: you shouldn't cut old potassium metal in case of superoxides mix with unreacted metal and produce violent fire NileRed now: cuts it

[@Eggscargot]

Well, it's not old potassium this time.

[@Kostchei]

@@Eggscargot I heard they are quite good at changing the content in test tubes in russia.^^

[@blackferrets820]

When you see old Pottasium you’ll know it instantly trust me

[@filthycasul1804]

@@melissa5553 don't click this link guys

[@manaswinkath9301]

@@filthycasul1804 yup

[@robertmiller9687]

Are we gonna talk about how it made a small spark and smoke when Nigel was trying to get it out the tube? Lol

[@sunpay2310]

yup xD

[@phizc]

I was about to. Potassium can form superoxides on the surface, which are contact explosive. If he were to squish the yellow stuff, bad things could've happened.

[@sabrakt]

@@phizc What yellow stuff?

[@trongdung1306]

@@sabrakt the yellow stuff on the potassium, that’s potassium superoxide (KO2)

[@YounesLayachi]

Yeah, that's really tame

[@geostorm8192]

"So I bought this from Russia..." is how the legends start

[@SOLOMON-ALEXANDER]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@rohansfactworld9534]

💀

[@EverBread1]

My chemistry teacher demonstrated with this before. This stuff is so reactive that you can’t touch it with your fingers otherwise the moisture of your hands will cause a reaction.

[@siler7]

a reactions

[@SuboptimalPrime]

a reactions

[@IHadAWeirdDreamLastNight]

a reactions

[@WhiteAccel]

a reactions

[@brushbros]

Same thing if you drop a banana in water, or your mouth. Fake news hahaha

[@Woodpeckah]

Nile: 'Honey, why does the sandwich taste different?' His wife: 'We ran out of butter so I used the one in your lab.'

[@hackgod_nd4906]

Nile : My time has come🤣🤣

[@NOT_A_ROBOT]

*Instantaneous combustion and explosions ensue*

[@Woodpeckah]

@@NOT_A_ROBOT LMAO😂😂

[@fictionindianspaceprogram-222]

I don't get it

[@NOT_A_ROBOT]

@@fictionindianspaceprogram-222 so she used potassium instead of butter. potassium explodes in water so...

[@marghea4008]

It's widely known at my uni that some years ago at the chemistry department (which is where I study) there was a pretty big explosion (no one died or anything but some people had to go to the hospital) and like half a lab was destroyed. From what my general chemistry professor says it was actually potassium that caused the explosion.

[@obiwancannoli1920]

My teacher did that in class once, nobody got hurt but I'm pretty sure the principal called her

[@newnetworkclassics2729]

KRIS EAT THE DEADLY EXPLOSIVE BANANA

[@ajvarninja415]

1:02 Nice cook on the Potassium, very moist and tender inside, full of flavours. Perfectly seasoned, a stunning dish.

[@nilnileer]

LMAO

[@afshankhan5156]

A metal that is soft and blow up when put in water. Just unimaginable. Edit: What is truly unimaginable is how someone bought up how Islamic God doesn't exist on a chemistry video in my reply section.

[@solaceafk]

fr

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

You might want to look into group 1 of the periodic table

[@picklecraft164]

Forbidden butter

[@lobotomi_magduru]

check the other alkaline metals u may find them interesting

[@cheapcheese.]

I suppose your a stranger to chemistry

[@kelving420]

1:27 Nigel: “I chopped off a thin slice of it…” My Brain: “…and ate it”

[@AD-ui6sk]

The forbidden steak

[@wernerhiemer406]

@@AD-ui6sk That would be bananas.

[@GingerBun]

"and put it on toast" i thought he was going to say :(

[@Vaani_Bhardwaj]

😂

[@matiasalejandrogomezjatab1263]

I was looking for this comment

[@Kerze]

This man has to have incredible discipline to not just toss the whole thing into some water for a bigger boom.

[@DoiInthanon1897]

Who said he didn’t after the video?

[@johndododoe1411]

Self preservation.

[@Jay_Forgor_How]

you know its character development too early when nilered does this in his lab instead of an open area later on in his videos

[@myself3209]

I legit thought he is going to spread it onto a weird slice of bread

[@FactswithAliMurad]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWPOqoqYnruNr68

[@WIZARD-zg4yl]

Damn XD

[@sweedelnishadsa]

Loll, weird bread!? 😂😂😂

[@DrakiniteOfficial]

I appreciate that your videos are over a minute long, so that the normal KZbin player is used. I absolutely hate the YT shorts player because I can't rewind.

[@TwinShards]

Potassium's reaction to water is so unstable that even the small fragment with high surface area plus the moisture on Nile's tool at was enough to self-ignite. That's insane.

[@bryanboone7363]

All of the Alkaline metals will do this. The farther down the periodic table you go, the more violent the reaction.

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

@@bryanboone7363 You mean reaction to water?

[@bryanboone7363]

@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 Yes.

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

@@bryanboone7363 Very interesting thanks

[@personperson8712]

@@bryanboone7363 time to put francium in water-

[@TinyDragonGamer250]

The teacher wondering what I'm doing with a dirty bar if butter and a huge bucket of water.

[@trip_tc]

@Miles Doyle noone cares

[@hungryhamster4567]

@@trip_tc I care

[@nilnileer]

*_POOOOOOF_*

[@KororaPenguin]

And I came up with a Shakespearean style insult for lame "comedians": "Thy wit is like potassium in air: "'Tis caustic, but how briefly doth it shine "Ere tarnishing before our very eyne."

[@DNJHNN]

Me: Mom, can we get some butter? Mom: We have butter at home. The Butter at home:

[@kennandunn7533]

that's some expensive ass butter.

[@remaindertheorem6897]

The other way around, butter is the cheap potassium.

[@alvitodev]

the forbidden butter

[@merenkov]

Its really dangerous to cut potassium like that, especially if it's not new. Potassium superoxide (KO2) may form in oxide layer. When it is being pushed into potassium, they may react and self-ignite. (KO2 + K = K2O + Heat) You can actually see some smoke at 0:42, it may be the result of this reaction occurring on his putty knife. If that large piece caught fire, it would be a disaster.

[@merenkov]

Such accident happened to me once. Luckily, the chunk i was cutting was oxidized and had almost no potassium in it. Still got a minor burn.

[@nihil2157]

@@merenkov iirc he already did a video about it a year or two ago

[@vertyisprobablydead]

I'm sure he was ready for that.

[@paigeconnelly4244]

REALLY surprised it didn't arrive with an oil coating around it. In school, that's how our teacher kept lithium and potassium, to revent them from reacting with the oxygen in the air/water vapour or exploading if any liquid water touched it.

[@BlurbFish]

Also noticed this and found it a bit concerning.

[@JustAnotherAccount8]

think the oil is just so it doesnt tarnish and degrade. Sodium and potassium don't really pose a danger in open air unless the humidity is ridiculous

[@anhvule9009]

it's from Russia dude what do you expect joking though, K and Na doesn't react in open air unless it's too humid.

[@mediocreman6323]

He got it over a month ago, and nothing happened. Unless you expose the metal to “nondry” air, it does not do anything, so a vile in a vacuum sealed bag is just fine.

[@yuhinnn]

Its probably vacuum sealed

[@user_561L]

My brain: this is not butter we are not putting it on toast Also my brain: *forbidden b u t t e r*

[@aoivaquero]

I can't believe it's not butter!

[@nilnileer]

Also me shocked asf that bananas has metal in them :○

[@BillyCobbOfficial]

I like my potassium metal medium rare

[@shanelin1465]

"Kris! Get the banana!" "Potassium"

[@ducky_urban]

I knew im not the only deltarune fan that clicked on this because of the meme. Cheers mate!

[@shanelin1465]

@@ducky_urban Cheers to you too chap!

[@tyokabina2829]

Ah. I was looking for you. Pretty sure the reason I got recommended this is that half of the deltarune meme videos have 'potassium' as a keyword

[@doodoo2065]

I expected this to be the top comment tbh

[@pokemonultraz1262]

Potassium indeed.

[@OddJobEntertainment]

It's always so strange to see how these elements react to things while knowing that potassium for example is an essential nutrient.

[@lilkurd2000]

Ye i got some raw potassium nuts for my flowers, guess they not so raw as they say or my water container would have blown up long ago

[@blackkennedy3966]

their ability to react and bind to so many things is what makes these elements good for sustaining life.

[@asmagamer728]

@@lilkurd2000 It’s not exactly raw but the concentration of an element that affects it. But mostly it’s just advertising right there.

[@UmVtCg]

Without it your hart stops

[@GhostfaceDylan]

@lilkurd2000 it is probably not pure potassium but potassium sulfate or potassium chloride. And even then it's probably diluted to about 50% concentration.

[@manspeej]

At first I was like "I wonder what it'll be like to chew it" then I saw what happens when it reacts with water and instantly changed my mind I don't wanna know what it'll be like

[@bug7756]

Whenever words "Russia" and "experiment" will come together, the shit is gonna be good

[@scalemerald]

ah yes, motion tracking potassium. exactly how i thought i would start my day.

[@danielperales3958]

lmao

[@TriMoblin]

Kris get the banana

[@amoeba_with_rizz]

Imagine if someone got potassium metal as a gift from someone and tries washing it because it looks “dirty”

[@txtp]

the perfect murder

[@legitimate8463]

Guys dont reply to the 3rd reply if you ignore the bots enough they will dissapear hopefully

[@cyrucom]

@@legitimate8463 if everyone reports them, hopefully the account will get shut down

[@yottacat]

@@cyrucom then they'll just make another account

[@razzmatazz6125]

That would be so funny

[@kanishkjaiswal7260]

I always get the vibe to use potassium and sodium crackers in festives

[@estebson]

When the chemistry teacher at my school still worked a a uni many years ago, he did a demonstration of alkaline relations like he always did. He got a small piece of sodium and put it in a glass conic flask with water, and held it up for the class to see as it reacted. However, the flask he had used was wider on the bottom and narrower on top that usual, causing a gas buildup to happen inside without anyone noticing. So when he put another now smaller piece of sodium in, the spark ignited the gas and caused the flask to explode in his hand. Nobody was hurt, but I do believe a student's phone was destroyed. A video of the incident exists online somewhere iirc.

[@liliana.6053]

What can also happen is the bead of potassium sticking to the side of the beaker while it's burning and heat shattering it immediately.

[@Nami8302_OwO]

This is why I love chemistry, metal as fuck

[@tacopizzasandwich621]

@@Nami8302_OwO “ *metal* as fuck” I see what you did there

[@Nami8302_OwO]

@@tacopizzasandwich621 and I'm so glad you did, also, your name sounds like a very interesting hangover induced monstrosity

[@tacopizzasandwich621]

@@Nami8302_OwO somewhere out there, someone crushed up some tacos, put it on a pizza to make a taco pizza, and then put it in between 2 pieces of bread to make a taco pizza sandwich

[@BuiHieuDong]

*Butter + Creeper = Potassium.*

[@starsandsus3725]

Making banana more useful

[@Mokkachino]

"Kris, get the potassium block" "Potassium"

[@oklandon09]

It took an astonishingly long time for this to show up

[@mysteryman8787]

Potassium

[@whatsthisidonteven]

This is what I came to the comments section for.

[@Bacony_Cakes]

What the fuck did just happen here?

[@mysteryman8787]

@@Bacony_Cakes I'll tell you what, Potassium's what happened.

[@shreyjain3197]

this reaction would be even more insane with smthg like caesium and with larger amounts of it

[@nilnileer]

Yea

[@metroplexprime9901]

Despite my full awareness that this is, in fact, an extremely deadly material which can explode at the slightest notice, monke brain say "is soft, put soft thing in mouth."

[@fabroncio]

every single time, i wanna taste plutonium so bad

[@discomfortzone]

There is a KZbin channel where somebody bit into a piece. Should be able to find it easily enough I think.

[@Roboprogs]

Yeah, but it’s kinda bitter tasting 😁

[@saturnsandjupiters358]

@@Roboprogs hol up, how do you know?

[@Roboprogs]

@@saturnsandjupiters358 I was joking. Column I metals in the periodic table are known as alkali metals, such as sodium turning in lye. Alkalines (high pH solutions) are bitter.

[@haze5069]

"Kris Get The Potassium." *It's Like Weird Butter. "Banana."

[@Bananappleboy]

What is it.

[@haze5069]

@@Bananappleboy ???

[@jordanyoung1404]

When he cut off a thin slice I definitely thought he was going to spread it on toast.

[@leadharsh0616]

Me too lmao!!!!!

[@sethbrooks7174]

Glad I wasn’t the only one with this thought

[@Rizu-kc3ze]

Anybody ever notice you can always get interesting, fascinating and unique things from Russia?

[@zabade3888]

01:25 "now, just for fun, i chopped off a thin slice of it..." for a second i thought you'll gonna eat that thing 😂

[@enzoys]

chemistry really is crazy man, how can you expect to throw this random soft metal on WATER of all things and it turns into explosive fire, amazing

[@JETZcorp]

My favorite thing about potassium is something I learned rather recently. It's the name. By taking the ashes of burnt wood or other plants in a pot, mixing in and then evaporating away the water, a useful material was created called potash (very clever naming). The mineral substance created was useful for various things in ye olde pre-industrial times. Eventually, when people were getting around to discovering elements, a new one was discovered that was found in large quantities in this potash. This great genius effectively named it potashium, but decided that "potassium" sounded much more latin and science-y. That's just so... charming. Like, "Hey I found a new element, I got the sample from my basement, I shall call it basmentium."

[@Bacony_Cakes]

Nowadays you can only name elements after famous people or the same town.

[@bdnugget]

@@Bacony_Cakes That's not a rule, you could name it Buttfuckium if you get IUPAC to agree on it

[@Bacony_Cakes]

@@bdnugget I swear the IUPAC has a Ytterby fetish.

[@dan-nutu]

JETZcorp I'm sure there's a dad joke waiting to be made about the true reason why they changed that last letter in potash :)

[@grtdgrtcvbn]

al-qali Kalium

[@jinn2722]

My high school physics teacher used to chuck a wad of this in a giant fishbowl filled with water. One day he put too much and the whole bowl exploded - I don’t think he does demonstrations anymore 😂😂

[@roghits9780]

All great stories start from "What I have here is a something I bought from Russia"

[@wernerhiemer406]

Only like their stream of warming gaz from the north.

[@Bananappleboy]

Aged horribly... ...like every comment suddenly getting 70 replies supporting a now bad country doing bad things to a small random country. (youtube do not demonetize me, i am not even 1k subs to earn ad revenue nor would i want to)

[@RamielEdits]

"Kris you did it" "Potassium"

[@T3RRY_T3RR0R]

"Now, just for some fun..." - The prelude to every bad idea ever.

[@somenathjana2510]

"something i bought from Russia" secretly brought some uranium

[@SilverDashies]

Nobody: ah yes soft metal. Me: KRIS GET THE BANANA

[@brendenirving7463]

Disclaimer: don’t cut old potassium because over time it can form potassium superoxide which reacts with potassium metal when you cut it causing it to catch. fire

[@JoshuaUltimax]

This literally would help Science students understand better ✨

[@saerain]

*butter

[@sayanpandit4664]

Yes

[@t45tt4tr]

You spelled butter wrong

[@ab_4583]

That's called chemistry

[@ifykyk679]

@@saerain better* I get ur joke but still

[@alexprokhorov407]

Potassium is always doomed to be thrown in water

[@apocryphgaming9995]

My chemistry teacher showed us the reactivity of each metal in the 'Reactivity Series of Metals' - first in water, then in acid. It was something he was happy for us students to try out, too, albeit under direct supervision. Also: The packaging of your sample was really odd. Normally it's sold in a small jar of oil, in which the metal is completely submerged, to prevent oxidation and similar reactions. I always found it satisfying to cut into what looked brown and sludgy, to reveal this lovely silvery metal underneath.

[@watermelon520b]

he got it from russia, they don’t care 😂

[@AbradolfLincler]

1:35 well that looks like mighty fun.. how about dropping a big block into a public swimming pool... at night when it's closed obviously..

[@kpjammerwolf330]

Massive underwater fireworks show

[@The-su4pj]

Drop it in the swimming pool in a hot Summer at 11:00 AM for a minimum ammount of trolling

[@windowsxpmemesandstufflol]

It’s just a prank

[@toast7150]

“Nile Get The Potassium”

[@amaruqlonewolf3350]

I love that it almost combusted when he was trying to get it out.

[@beowulf2772]

When you first hear that it's from Russia, you know it's gonna be good.

[@johndododoe1411]

Imagine if it was Cs metal instead.

[@Leopard_211]

kris get the banana potassium

[@willumman]

Only good things can happen after the sentence "something that I bought from Russia"

[@Boop__Doop]

useful tip if you mix it with sodium it makes an alloy that is innert and makes the potasium safe and you can seporate them by dumping them into water

[@notanalien9041]

Nile, can you make another video focusing other elements in periodic table like these? I really love this and I never knew that Potassium are like weird butter. They didn't teach these in HS. What a shame! I wonder on how the other elements' pure form are.

[@caveblaster]

Cesium and Sodium also behave similar to Potassium, cesium being the most reactive of the three

[@amirhosseinmaghsoodi388]

Strange that this wasn't taught in your high school

[@crayoneater2089]

You don't learn about group 1 metals in high school?

[@fuckaduck5748]

I think you just didnt pay attention dude

[@monetstallion9363]

Chemistry was one of my favorite classes in high school. Unfortunately, we learned more about our teacher's drunken escapades with one of the coaches than anything beyond basic Chemistry. The teacher left for the rest of the semester and the substitutes knew even less than we did. Heck, I WISH we had been able to learn even a fraction of what Niles teaches. I probably would have gone on to pursue this more and make a career of it.

[@connection_ok]

1:30 "Oh yeah potassium does that too"

[@randomperson-s4b]

Bro said: “I don’t need fireworks, I can just have a whole fire in a glass!”

[@scrappyknees]

My urge to mold and knead it like clay and my following urge to bite it are immense. Never let me in a lab

[@FactswithAliMurad]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWPOqoqYnruNr68

[@mihan2d]

Breaking news: man's jaw was found in another lab across the street

[@Sun_BearsRV]

“What I have here is something I bought from Russia” *The beginning of every catastrophic disaster that has happened*

[@The_Exorcist]

"Kris Get The Knife" "Insert Sans Reference"

[@Balla445]

The queen would be proud of all that potassium you got there

[@dyjhjfrtt6607]

Kris get the banana! Potassium.

[@SolarSeeker45]

That little puff of smoke when trying to remove it from the container was a warning. Heavily corroded potassium auto ignites when handled roughly.

[@yourordinarycarl8010]

"now you will become potassium deficient" -queen

[@imanuelc143]

Serial number Q5U4EX7YY2E9N

[@limusedion5941]

Fun fact: In reality, this is a promotional video for the Husky knife. "Husky! Cut through metal like butter! "

[@elenagaprindashvili]

KRIS CUT THE POTASSIUM

[@renaissancebumi]

finnaly we found it, the forbidden butter

[@miuhahh]

5yr me trying get the the Playdough out of the container with a fork: 0:34

[@SubscriberStats]

I didn't laugh.

[@ChaosRevealsOrder]

1:18 Omfg I was thinking how it would taste

[@The-su4pj]

Like 1:33, considerring saliva would make contact with the weird butter.

[@realtad6761]

"What I have here is something that I bought from Russia" Amazing introduction as always 😆

[@thearchyunfair1462]

My childhood is now on here

[@Night_Hawk_475]

I was really hoping you were going to take that thin slice and try to spread it onto a slice of bread, like butter :c I want to see potassium-buttered surfaces next time :D

[@MantrTheSpiceGuy]

Bread contains water :(

[@Night_Hawk_475]

@@MantrTheSpiceGuy I'd settle for potassium-buttered table top, or really any other surface.

[@johndododoe1411]

Potassium buttered Lithium sponge?

[@zurkke]

This is so fun but scary at the same time! I remember my class had an experiment years ago and one of my classmates casually put one slice in his pocket. Imagine what happened after.

[@emilyofjane]

Ah, yes. It’s videos like this that inspired me to become a Chemistry major.

[@TucsonDude]

Get ready for some heavy math and complex thinking.

[@rqhpientity84850]

Nilered: getting potassium out of the bottle me: my poop be like

[@justchilling1169]

All my favourite of your videos is starting with "I bought this thing from Russia".

[@robots9146]

I know it would catch fire if I tried, but I really wonder how it would feel to bite into a piece of potassium.

[@FactswithAliMurad]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWPOqoqYnruNr68

[@xyrokai6343]

Potassium when being cut: Nooooo don't hurt me :( Potassium when you eat a million bananas (or throw it in the water): You are already dead.

[@knux5796]

the way the knife went thru it and hit the table, ughhhh that was so satisfying

[@blackhawkcz1895]

1:10 Off topic comment but whenever i hear "tarnish" i got strong PTSD but with cool theme music.

[@sidharthsarkar5712]

You Know The Shit Is Gonna Get Real When Nile Starts The Video Like "WHAT I HAVE HERE IS SOMETHING I BOUGHT FROM RUSSIA"...🤣

[@robbieaulia6462]

"Welcome to Russia where everything wants to kill you, even the wind." -Some Russian

[@komander2365]

@@robbieaulia6462 as russian, I approve this

[@steve_urchin8536]

Although he refers to it as “weird butter” I would not recommend consuming it. RIP Johnny the test subject who I kidnapped and forced to eat potassium.

[@Ironman-hz2bd]

f

[@ileanagheorghisor]

F

[@imnot8691]

F

[@ElvisKalpa]

the forbidden butter

[@Blergph]

Okay but is it edible? I wanna make a special restaurant which has its logo say: " *all our products are made with potassium butter* "

[@scalemerald]

do it anyways. if it turns out to be bad and the health inspectors ask you about it, give them some toast

[@blackkennedy3966]

if it looks cool it must be edible is all im gonna say. radium is shiny and they used to eat it because they thought absorbing its waves was good for you.

[@madsli]

I was expecting: "I chopped off a thin slice of it and had it on some toast".

[@sanu20082008]

Now that’s some sparkling water! ✨

[@Honerkamp]

Now if only Bananas exploded like that when you put them in water, Tropical Island Wars would be much more fun!