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Demonstrating two gases that ignite on contact with air, diborane and silane.
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[@NileRed]

I was just sitting here peacefully, cleaning my desk and then out of nowhere, I get called out :(

[@ChaosMagnet]

NileRed I’ve got your back, fellow Canuck! Canadians are awesome.

[@kuberootwastaken]

Huh, I wonder if KZbin recommended the video to me now specifically because of this comment

[@grovermatic]

Gotta keep an eye on that NileRed character... running around like a maniacal mad scientist all jacked up on maple syrup and double-doubles. :-P

[@grovermatic]

@@ChaosMagnet I worked at Tim Hortons here in Ohio for a couple of years. Can I join your club? Things are getting REALLY weird down here.

[@cherrybacon9790]

NileRed: I am not exactly sure why he was trying this reaction....

[@ConstantlyDamaged]

You know your chemistry is working when not only aren't the reagents or product yellow, but even the flame turns a nice green color.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

There's barely any yellow in this video at all, was quite proud of myself

[@imperialphoenix1229]

@@ExplosionsAndFire that orange background thing was almost yellow my guy, better watch out, sumthing might explode wrong at this rate

[@lucaslucas191202]

@@imperialphoenix1229 Nah orange is fine, it's the yellow-orange that he's unsure about

[@connor4317]

"Most things burn if they get hot enough" -An Australian

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Me as the bushfires close in

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@@Rhodanide they'll never take my liver alive!!

[@among-us-99999]

Do Australians burn too if they get hot enough?

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@@among-us-99999 unfortunately :(

[@nigeljohnson9820]

@@ExplosionsAndFire how close are you to those terrible bush fires? A serious and concerned question. I hope you have disposed of those bromine ampules. They must be getting a little unstable in the ambient heat, given the impurities that they contain.

[@Peterscraps]

That boron tribromide looks the the stereotypical "Don't fucking touch me or I will end you" chemical.

[@rcjd7834]

Didn't expect to see you here...

[@PenelopeIsAce]

what, your here, huh cool

[@michaelmerritt7406]

"Fuck with me and I'll kill us both m8" vibes with Boron Tribromide.

[@markharder3676]

Chemical Force has a vid in which he plays around BBr3.

[@thethoughtemporium]

Well that was cool as hell. That lithium/boron flame at the end looking like something straight out fantasy. Also, I can only imagine where that dude gets all his chemicals. Most of those are hard to get short of buying from sigma

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Maybe he runs Sigma? If I was the CEO of Sigma, this is what I would do with my time, apart from rolling around on piles on money

[@thethoughtemporium]

@@ExplosionsAndFire How would he have the time? He'd be too busy filling swimming pools with money XD My bet is it's old stock from the slavic countries. Old USSR materials can be craazzzzy. I've got a friend who bought a radar vacuum tube the size of my head. That thing could roast someone alive if you connected it to an antenna and aimed it at someone and he got it for like 10 bucks. Same with a massive xenon lamp. I just picked up a massive 3" NaI scintillator for super cheap from a guy in latvia.

[@forksaber8950]

holy shit, my two favorite youtubers

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@@thethoughtemporium yeah for sure, it's got big Eastern European vibes about it. I mean, I could just ask him what the deal is, but it's more fun to speculate honestly

[@Zenzicubic]

Bunnings

[@Samonie67]

The madlad just whips out the boring tribromide like it's nothing.

[@Rhodanide]

Hey it's not boring

[@Samonie67]

@@Rhodanide well first off all its a spelling mistake, second of all it makes it funnier. and last but not least he acts like its an OTC chemical you can buy.

[@Rhodanide]

@@Samonie67 BECAUSE HE'S CHEMICAL FORCE

[@Samonie67]

@@Rhodanide but seriously what is he up too.

[@Rhodanide]

@@Samonie67 HMMMMM

[@trustthewater]

"What the hell? I thought I logged out of Discord. Who is messaging... oh... "

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Probably the worst thing I've done in a video

[@snowcat9308]

@@ExplosionsAndFire Definitely the worst thing you've done in a video

[@zacharypower7674]

"electrons arent real"-me as soon as electron clouds replaced bohr diagrams in my homework.

[@DarkExcalibur42]

"Let's press on. And NOT think about the consequences of our actions." Words to live by.

[@SupaDanteX]

My favorite part of this, is he says that And then immediately starts blowing air into acid. "Sir you're making even more consequences! SIR!" "NANANANANACANT HEAR YOUNANANA"

[@DarkExcalibur42]

@@SupaDanteX I fucking love this channel. A sane channel would just show you a highly edited "perfect" example of whatever. Not here. Here we get to see things go wrong and how to handle it (or not), which is much much more important.

[@sixstringedthing]

"Words to live by." For a while.

[@DarkExcalibur42]

@@sixstringedthing XD as an old supervisor of mine used to say: "You can do anything once!"

[@sixstringedthing]

@@DarkExcalibur42 "Practice makes perfect", for suitably non-lethal values of "imperfect". I believe this concept is also referred to in some Asian cultures as "catching the Tiger by his tail". You may survive, but in any case it's going to be an exciting day. Cheers ;)

[@overdrive8876]

"is it hot enough?" You are in Australia It doesn't need to get hotter.

[@MFKR696]

You think Australia's hot, eh? * Laughs in *Africa* * lol

[@ChemicalForce]

Great video, awesome channel! I wish I could collaborate with you! :D

[@BackYardScience2000]

Very cool colab, man! You do some crazy ass reactions! Some that even I won't touch. I'll stick to my alkali metals and other pure elements. Lol! Keep up the great work!

[@GodlikeIridium]

I see what you did there Mr. Force 😅

[@joeflosion]

I've been a fan of Tom for almost 5 years and Felix for almost 3 now, how am I just seeing this? Seriously you two are nuts. I love it

[@brianlocke6561]

I worked in the semiconductor industry and worked with Silane all the time. Nasty stuff. Useful stuff but nasty. Used it with Ammonia to create a layer of Silicon Nitride in a PECVD system.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Yeah I'm amazed how much it is used industrially. But I guess so much silicon chemistry happens to make the modern world go around

[@panykfelidae9018]

@@ExplosionsAndFire I'd imagine the usual course of the conversation is 'we're doing a coating using the silane process' followed by a very vigorous 'um'

[@brianlocke6561]

@@ExplosionsAndFire We used the silicon Nitride as a protective and insulating layer. It was one of the final steps in making the microprocessors. We also had systems that used TEOS (Tetra Ethyl Ortho Silicate) which was a liquid that had to be heated and a gas run through it to carry it into the process chamber were it was used to make a layer of Silicon dioxide. Other areas used wet etch processes involving HF among other nasty stuff. Thankfully I never had to mess with that stuff.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@@brianlocke6561 very cool to hear!

[@Zetsuke4]

You mean tasty stuff

[@JadianRadiator]

1:58 "There's more to chemistry than lighting fires" - A Channel That's All About Lighting Fires

[@agentc7020]

“Ok so it’s bloody hot but is it hot enough?” Yeah don’t worry bout that, just wait a few years and we’ll get there

[@GamerPro132]

Diborane: *has hydrogens with two bonds* Me: Wait that's illegal.

[@T3sl4]

*Boron has entered the chat*

[@T3sl4]

Also: Lewis: "Cool, I solved the 8-electron rule that underlies all organic chemistry!" Boron, sulfur, transition metals, literally everything else: "Watch us destroy this guy's whole career"

[@GamerPro132]

@Captain_Morgan while we're on the subject wtf is carbon monoxide's deal?

[@GamerPro132]

@Captain_Morgan Thank you alcohol man.

[@mizuki4002]

@Captain_Morgan so wtf is nitric oxide's deal?

[@WG1417Gaming]

"so we grind it up" i legit choked on my drink

[@zeratulrus142]

I did not read the last word correctly the first time.

[@SaffronWitch]

NileRed called out damn

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

diss track dropping soon

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NileRed diss track would be pretty fire

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​@@ExplosionsAndFire Gonna hold you to that son.

[@kaseymathew1893]

7:42 Knowing how to read those diamond things, "Oh. Oh sh*t." Layman's terms: it's extremely toxic, extremely flammable, highly reactive, and don't get it wet.

[@PersephoneP]

"Don't get it wet" in this case is almost always "If you don't like dying excruciatingly painful deaths, for the love of God, don't mix this shit with water"

[@mikeoxmall69420]

​@@PersephoneP I don't care the cesium is going in the doggie bowl and you can't stop me

[@PersephoneP]

@@mikeoxmall69420 relatable

[@PersephoneP]

more simple terms: this will kill you

[@Palerider1942]

I know im a year late... but if you do go with a background, choose yellow, that way if your chemicals turn yellow you can just hold them up to the background and convince yourself its perfectly clear and everything is fine

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

This is a good thought

[@GodlikeIridium]

8:25 I love the green boron flame getting interrupted by a violet lithium flame! Absolutely beautiful!

[@JustinPallo]

Awesome video. Always love your content. Idk if it's the Australian wit or the crazy explosions, but I just can't get enough of this channel.

[@josecoelho5703]

What kind of whitch are you, posting a comment 15 hours before the video is even released.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

@@josecoelho5703 Patreon magic ;) But thanks Justin!!

[@SupaDanteX]

Its the crazy wit and the Australian explosions.

[@aweirddude3829]

everyone: so how's your life going? me: **watching an australian man make explosive air at 4 am**

[@cherrydragon3120]

FBI OPEN UP! LoL

[@Undy1]

4:04 here ;_;

[@gamingmarcus]

Holy Bazookaz. I'm a chemist myself and I've seen a bunch of demonstrations on youtube but I think I was truly scared for the first time when he poured the BBr3 onto the molten LiH. Creating a bunch of super toxic gas within a fraction of a second is definitely my worst fear.

[@ericmueller6836]

You should never eat at a Taco Bell.

[@belacickekl7579]

You may wish to avoid synthesizing any of the fluorine based rocket propellants lol

[@WineScrounger]

Belac Ickekl generally just avoid fluorine

[@fromagefrizzbizz9377]

@@WineScrounger I've seen the results of hydrofluoric acid on humans, and had the misfortune to have had a whiff of HF. No. Just no.

[@leechowning2712]

@@belacickekl7579 awe, no N Stuff for us?

[@Krieggs]

God damnit I checked Discord cos of your in video notifications :/

[@DarkExcalibur42]

Same.

[@densestlemon6241]

So if I got an A in general chemistry I’m qualified to own a swimming pool full of hydrofluoric acid yeah? Love me some bone hurting juice

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

They are your own bones I suppose, you're allowed to do what you want with them

[@HansenSWE]

@@ExplosionsAndFire For future reference, here is a song about what he may not do with his bones: My knucklebones' connected to your... jawbone. My fingerbones' connected to you.... skull bone. My forehead's connected to your... nosebone. My kneebone's connected to your... rib bone. My elbow's connected to your.... spinal bone. My feet bones' connected to your... rib bone. My feet bones' connected to your... rib bone. My feet bones' connected to your... rib bone. My feet bones' connected to your... rib bone. My feet bones' connected to your... rib bone. My feet bones' connected to your... rib bone. My feet bones' connected to your... rib bone.

[@LFTRnow]

FYI, the HF will kill you by stopping your heart long before you need to worry about your bones. :)

[@guythat779]

For future reference, HF will destroy your nerves way before it can feasibly make you feel the pain so it's not a pain juice

[@gordonlawrence1448]

I watch this for the presentation as much as the chemistry.

[@sawyere2496]

Me too

[@marciaosullivan3200]

Two extremely underrated channels

[@soccermastax]

and so is TheThoughtEmporium but holy crap is it weird to see three of the best content channels destined to be giants all talking to each other.

[@ocloud7389]

soccermastax that channel is awesome

[@MattyT_86]

"There's more to chemistry than lighting fires" - Yes! Putting them out!

[@WilliamFord972]

“Silicide” (n.) - the killing of silicon

[@pikatheminecrafter]

CH4: A useful flammable gas SiH4: Methane but angery

[@Kumquat_Lord]

If you can, try making TEA-TEB. It's used as a rocket engine ignition fluid, and also lit the afterburners of the SR-71

[@oitthegroit1297]

What's it made of?

[@Kumquat_Lord]

@@oitthegroit1297 teraethyl aluminum and teraethyl borane

[@sixstringedthing]

@@Kumquat_Lord *Triethylaluminium-Triethylborane. TEB was used by itself to light the engines/afterburners in the Blackbird. It was mixed with 10-15% TEA when used to light the F1 engines on the Saturn V.

[@oitthegroit1297]

@@Kumquat_Lord thanks

[@deflatedfruit4716]

@@sixstringedthing Also used to ignite the restartable Merlin engine on the Falcon 9. It restarts twice in flight

[@jacobt3962]

I’ve been watching for about a year now and I’ve watched every video you’ve put out several times. I always was more interested in physics and astronomy than chemistry in school but your channel, and now chemical force, have sparked a fervent interest in me. Thank you for making your content entertaining, educational, and accessible!

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Always a good sign when it starts smoking when you open it,

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A collab with NileRed please!

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

He's too much of a pyromaniac

[@soccermastax]

@@ExplosionsAndFire lmao XD

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@@ExplosionsAndFire Since when is that a bad thing?

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Explosions&Fire2 that's why

[@TayloresFish]

I feel like I'm gonna get put on a list if I keep watching your videos

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

A list of people I like

[@Rhodanide]

Nice collab!

[@LeroyJ12]

5:00 "nothing happening" as someone carries a dead bird off camera! Lmao

[@rowangallagher4579]

Hey, if it isn’t too dangerous, I’d love to see a video on highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide, I’ve never messed with high test hydrogen peroxide, and don’t plan to.

[@SophiaAstatine]

Good news

[@aaronschocke2147]

I have a little bit. You touch the cap with a Qtip, you touch a popsicle stick with the Qtip, you touch a hair pin with the popsicle stick, you touch the door knob with the hair pin, and then a few minutes later, you touch the door knob... Give it a few minutes, and your skin will be bleached white as A4 paper. Don't play with high test. It's like Lye. It is NOT A TOY Unless your chemistry teacher is awesome, then yea, it's kind of like a toy 🤣

[@tangentfox4677]

It's fun to see this comment now that he's done that video, including screwing up maths when calculating concentration.

[@rowangallagher4579]

I forgot about this comment, but yeah the high test peroxide video is one of my favorites of his.

[@jessetrottier7179]

Never seen anything from the original Explosions and Fire but I'm definitely gunna stick around for all your new videos. Shits both cool and informative.

[@terawattyear]

Glad to see you collab w/ Chemical Force. He has a great channel too. Both of you should have way more subscribers.

[@BenWatson1996]

Been dying to see an upload from you mate. Constantly reminds me that I actually love chemistry, and that there are some really good chemistry based channels on the 'Tube!

[@dannin1278]

Welp, that's one of the scariest fire diamonds I've seen

[@stanstrum]

At some point you have to just give up. Slap on a skull and crossbones and call it a day :)

[@leocalderon2774]

You're videos are awesome, i love them, keep doing your best :'D

[@pirobot668beta]

SR-71 used triethylborane to ignite their engines. Green-flash was something ground-crews knew to stay away from!

[@Freizeitflugsphaere]

Great to see two great chemistry channels collaboration👍🏼

[@amyshaw893]

That's scary and very cool, like a lot of the crazy shit on this channel. May the New year bring you more explosions, more fire and less demonetization

[@Johnmiccael1]

Thank God! Another video!!! I'm always afraid that every new video I watch is going to be the last 🥺 You rekindled my interest in chemistry and your videos always remind me how much fun it can be. Please don't stop and thank you

[@steveschein2619]

Hey! Back in my University days I ran a semiconductor research lab. Got to play with all this stuff. If it was acidic, basic, pyrophoric, cryogenic, toxic or otherwise hazardous we had it. I think my favorite was the re-discovery of fulminating gold. Its purple is really intense. Have fun and try to keep all of your fingers (I have).

[@SC-RGX7]

"there's more to chemistry than lighting fires" Can someone check if he's ok? He sounds wrong

[@ephjaymusic]

OMG 🤣 I'm crying here! Your vids are brilliant!

[@sparthankitty2775]

Again love your stuff bro!

[@chemiekanal4926]

Nice Video :) Thank you very much… It’s very easy to generate pure magnesium silicone if you take a food can, open it in a way, that you can put the lid back on, consume whatever is inside, clean and dry the can, fill it with magnesium and silicon dioxide. Then you cut a hole in the lid (0.5 cm in diameter) and put it back on. It has to sit relatively tight in the can (but it’s important that it can flow away, if there is to much pressure in the can). After that you can heat the can with a gas torch until the metal gets red hot (only in one point). After that the reaction will continue for itself. There will be fire coming out of the hole in the lid. After that you let it all cool down and then you have a completely black lump of product. I always used a food can with a volume of ca. 50-100 ml and filled it to the half with the reaction mixture. The closed can prevents the formation of MgO through the reaction with oxygen from the air nearly completely…

[@MrLookky]

I need more memes and more minutes of video. God, I love your sense of humor. Waiting for the next one! ❤️

[@k20greene]

Need more vids lol love this channel

[@KazzArie]

Good video. So was the intro song, that POTUSA cd was one of my faves.

[@sukhisingh5482]

Dude your videos are epic. I'd watch your video over chemical force any day your hilarious and just as cool.

[@lemmonsinmyeyes]

-reminisces about fond memories made with friends- *SO WE GRIND IT UP* hahaha and 'we press on, without thinking about the consequences of our actions' haha sooo good!

[@jessecrossan9714]

You are the best person on KZbin your content is fantastic

[@elliotthebastard9418]

"Lets move on and not think about the consequences of our actions" is such a great line.

[@mitchek6509]

love the Discord notification around 9:10 had to rewind after realizing I didn't have discord open

[@diapysik]

good stuff glad it was recommended, subbed since I loved the white phosphorus video.

[@matttucker3]

Amazing video my dood can’t wait for the next one!!

[@Metallica4Life92]

Boron tribromide looked like fun times. especially the fumigation the second the bottle was opened.

[@IanS158]

I really enjoyed this. Thanks for the content.

[@theSILKROAD210]

and I really enjoyed your alias!

[@stevenholmes5099]

Keep making videos. Aussie laws might be tough but you might be able to convince them to give you some kind of "Mythbusters" deal

[@danielcezar4599]

this is the best collab possible

[@AguaFluorida]

Comic timing is on point - keep it up!

[@Sniperboy5551]

Chemical Force is easily the best videographer out of all KZbin chemists. His angles, backgrounds and slow-mos are undefeated. He’s also a great chemist.

[@notyou6674]

yay the science explosion funny man is back

[@conorwong4868]

This man's such a homie. Idk what's going on really but I enjoy all of it

[@draculicacid6927]

Awesome video dude

[@CasaiAgicap]

"There's more the chemistry than lighting fires." --Explosions&Fire

[@jonathonboshears6281]

Been awhile since I’ve been back. Hopefully the new vids are gonna be a shitshow like before. I love em

[@AllisterCaine]

at 7:40 you sound a bit like those were umm... disadvantages? That's PERFECT!

[@JoshStLouis314]

ChemicalForce is my jam! Nice crossover

[@AliaAsten]

Yay, a Christmas episode! It doesn't matter if you were late, if we watch it even more late!

[@cherrybacon9790]

Phantastic colaboration video!!! But now we all want to know what happens to your least favorite 5l reaction vessel.

[@ronanclark2129]

Man I'm glad your lab is your background

[@phalanxbrrt8747]

Your like Nile red I can watch your videos without getting bored. There so funny and knowledgeable. Really enjoyable.

[@conorhackley1634]

I’ve been waiting for this moment

[@euler2589]

love your background

[@samschannel531]

Imagine carbonating a soda with one of these gases so as soon as someone drinks it it sets their stomach on fire.

[@headcheese3]

That popping Silane was very satisfying

[@gouldiie14]

Gotta love being up at 2am in the UK to watch this :)

[@neillcoetzer9133]

Didn't even fimish the intro and I've already upvoted

[@MD-bf2ce]

Im going back to school and finally learning about [H+] ions, hydrogen bonds... its also SO FASINATING and makes understanding these videos.....just a bit easier.

[@chrisw8114]

Don’t understand most of the spells or magic you conjure but it’s always interesting and entertaining.

[@Ricekrispy10]

I can always appreciate humor in science videos, thank you for the many laughs *what are you up to?*

[@seacreature1705]

yay a new vid!

[@warwolfsoad4270]

so nice to see chemicalroce in the video this guy ia GENIUS

[@Hoshimaru57]

I have to pause the video so my FBI agent can go get some more aspirin to continue dealing with my strange ass. My coworker was rather curious today as I went from watching a chemistry video, to casually explaining that nukes aren’t powered by magnets, to playing an anime game all in the course of about 2 minutes.

[@daviddonaghy7568]

Love the diborine reaction.

[@chir0pter]

Can’t believe this guy turned doing chemistry into actual funny standup comedy

[@BohemianGnostic]

@3:58 - I'm clipping that for a new ringtone on my phone. I have a couple friends that would be very suitable for.

[@ccenk367]

This channel is soo underrated.

[@rydplrs71]

When I need silane or diborane I leave my desk and walk 2 hallways. Watching it flare is impressive and a bit scary. I’ve seen those mini flares using acid to strip silicon from quartz, but they only occur when it’s contaminated with phosphorus.

[@beaubeaukitty5301]

explosions & fire2 ? Is this the best channel name you could come up with gheez its very Literal and Lacks inspiration & deep thought.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

I originally went for 'shitblowingup' lol

[@mattbuchanan2580]

This episode is my favotive on so many levels.

[@fano72]

Nice video, so much smoke.

[@ArtofRanael]

God, I love your channel even if I have zero clue what youre talkin' about