Silver Fulminate - Ex&F

[@robotslug]

Awe, he's such a bright eyed lil' bugger back then

[@WineScrounger]

It’s pure luck that he’s still got both of them.

[@MicrowaveFanFic]

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[@notafurrysogoaway]

69th like

[@neillcoetzer9133]

@@MicrowaveFanFic I'm studying chemical engineering and god knows it's killed any will to live within me as well

[@steampunkastronaut7081]

@@neillcoetzer9133 :c

[@benjones5478]

You had a sub at "shitdicks."

[@audiocrush]

If you are from another country like me, it is really helpful to understand what he said. As well as quite entertaining :D

[@luisp.3788]

i destroyed the 300 likes

[@mrfluffytailthethird]

“Whatever you call Those things you throw at the ground and they make a loud noise and that’s about all they do" babies?

[@gremlin23_youtube]

babhabahba

[@gremlin23_youtube]

@Fungo Slungo yup i agree

[@miraak542]

@potato Not feeling the same way you do about something is cringe? Hoo boy, are you in for a nasty shock when you end up in the outside world.

[@miraak542]

@potato There is absolutely nothing wrong with not liking babies. It's a personal preference. Different people appreciate different things. Not everyone _has_ to love babies just because you think it should be the norm. As for having an 'obvious neurological problem' being cringe, are you suggesting that having an _actual_ neurological problem (y'know a problem that _isn't_ made up by people who think anyone thinking differently is touched in the head) such as depression or ADHD is cringe? Dunno man, that kind of thinking sounds pretty 'cringe' to me.

[@miraak542]

@potato You sure do like the word literally. Do you know what it actually means, or are you just vomiting it out willy nilly because everyone else does? I've read plenty about evolution. Have you? Humans are animals, having supposedly evolved from apes . Do you know what apes do? They kill (and sometimes eat the corpses of) each other's babies to reduce their enemy's family strength. Sure says 'love of babies', doesn't it? Clearly..

[@user-qf3dn6sz6e]

The subtitles are vey nice. "Indicating that there isnt really a loss of power when the female is still wet"

[@EriCLion-rt7sz]

Where's the lie

[@mynigga730]

But there is, my son, there is.

[@parkerstewart1920]

This is the chemistry content that I never knew I was craving

[@OkieDokieSmokie]

Ex&F and NileRed are without a doubt the best chemistry content in existence.

[@TomKappeln]

@@OkieDokieSmokie : Codys lab also was ... until the FED's showed up. If you read this Cody ... HI !

[@OkieDokieSmokie]

@@TomKappeln I enjoy cody but the other two just entertain me more

[@hhe5218]

@@TomKappeln wait, cody was raided by the feds?

[@steevepizza]

Tom Cooper who would’ve thought messing around with uranium would get you in trouble

[@AtlasReburdened]

Nice, you actually punctured the can with pieces of itself.

[@bababooey7015]

Just one quick question . Is a metric fuckton comparable to that of a metric fuckload or a metric shitton??

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

The official order goes shitload < shitton < fuckload < fuckton

[@bababooey7015]

Explosions&Fire2 ok thanks for the clarification mate

[@Kumquat_Lord]

@@bababooey7015 fun fact, 'buttload' is an actual measure equal to 126 gallons

[@tailehuynhphat9570]

@@Kumquat_Lord why are you replying to a one year old comment? Also nice fun fact

[@medexamtoolscom]

The exact relation is, there are 10 metric shittons in a metric fuckton and 10 metric fuckloads in a metric shitton. Thus being metric units, alternate names for the fuckload is a centifuckton or a decishitton.

[@doggonemess1]

When my brother-in-law was 13 he was sitting in a car with a friend and they were unwrapping all the snapping pops in one of those bargain packs you get from Sams Club. They had almost a thumbnail size ball of it on a sheet of paper before it went off from friction, or shock, or because it was having a bad day. The bang was LOUD. They both could barely hear for about an hour and it blew a hole in the fabric it was on top of. I learned an important lesson about silver fulminate that day.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Yeah, fulminates doesn't play fair

[@sammyk1155]

I did that once, sadly when I threw it at the ground it barely detonated at all... :,,,(

[@stephenjacks8196]

I knew a guy who recrystalized a pound of Lead Azide (like Silver Fulminate, a detonator.)

[@doggonemess1]

@@stephenjacks8196 Knew? Did he survive? XD

[@stephenjacks8196]

@@doggonemess1 The block he lived on still stands. Azides are on par with fulminates, some metal Azides are more stable than fulminate and vice versa. Sodium Azide decomposes into Sodium metal and Nitrogen gas. Mixture of Sodium Azide and Sodium Nitrate is used for air-bag gas generators. (Air bag explosive test blew off the hand of the guy who had the job before me.)

[@cypherdk85]

"Maggie! That kid next door is blowing shit up again!"

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Yeah yeah... Gerald, you old fuzzpot, he'll grow out of it eventually. They all do.

[@spiderdude2099]

Non chemists will never understand the pissing-yourself levels of fear when a reaction pops and is just generally unstable.

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

Especially stuff that can explode, give off poison gas, or is corrosive. Hearing a "tink" when distilling sulfuric acid...

[@spiderdude2099]

@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 try making piranha solution. You mix concentrated hydrogen peroxide and 98% sulfuric acid. It’s just a VIOLENT boiling sound and popping. Even making it safely it has a splashing and explosion hazard.

[@fooferutter3001]

As long as its not just a single tink I'm fine its those single loud ones during a step of the reaction you've never heard a peep from that make my skin crawl.

[@hx5525]

@@fooferutter3001 You have experience with chemical accidents?

[@dsandoval9396]

"Honestly officer, I learned it all on KZbin! It was a channel called..."

[@mono_si]

That wasn't just a dance, that was a well-earned manly victory hop.

[@AmaroqStarwind]

Silver fulminate is so volatile that large piles of it can detonate under their own weight. Silver fulminate is so dangerous that not even the military uses it... And yet it's used in those little TNT poppers that you throw on the ground. What could possibly go wrong?

[@MakeItWithCalvin]

The amount in the poppers is in the order of milligrams and it is impregnated in the little friction rocks. That being said, larger quantities are when you have potential issues with it self detonating which is quite frankly TERRIFYING.

[@robertpatrick8447]

Not quite milligrams. Closer ~75 micrograms. I’ve had a couple of milligrams spontaneously (and explosively) decompose while weighing in lab. That stuff is no joke.

[@stephenjacks8196]

Silver fulminate is often confused with silver nitride, silver azide, or fulminating silver. "Fulminating silver", though always referring to an explosive silver-containing substance, is an ambiguous term. While it may be a synonym of silver fulminate, it may also refer to the nitride or azide, the decomposition product of Tollen's reagent, or an alchemical mixture, which does not contain the fulminate anion.

[@myrmesuwu607]

0:39 omg it's yellow that's why

[@jim4671]

ayyy I get that reference

[@S730SD]

During the 1920's & 30's, it was common to use paper wads with a bit of silver fulminate as "throw downs" in vaudeville acts. Isn't history interesting? :)

[@maxmccormick3376]

I'm pretty sure those snapper fireworks that you throw at the ground still contain silver fulminate

[@SonsOfLorgar]

The question is, if silver fulminate is suitable for re-loading primer cups for hand loading cartridges.

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

@@SonsOfLorgar doesn't seem like it's quite as sensitive as the lead fulminate used in standard primers. Of course, if you can get lead, ethanol, and nitric acid, you could probably make the lead fulminate and bullets, then you just need some sulfuric acid and cotton to make nitrocellulose, and you're pretty much done.

[@TheAttacker732]

@@theapexsurvivor9538 If you want double-base propellant, you'll need to add some nitroglycerin. I'd look at cordite as a starting point.

[@FullModernAlchemist]

I did this reaction slightly differently and I got a much gentler reaction. If you ever revisit this, try adding the silver nitrate to the tube, adding the ethanol on top of that and a tiny smidge of water, maybe 10%-20% to get the silver nitrate to dissolve in the ethanolic solution, then you heat this up to the reaction temperature of 60C (I used a carefully monitored water bath) and slowly add your nitric acid in last. For me it bubbled a bit, but not to the point where it would even risk bubbling over, and didn't produce really any visible nitrogen dioxide. I was able to make about 500 mg at once and it was gentle as a lamb.

[@K0ester]

I made a few grams of this stuff awhile back. Played with it for a day and then put the rest of it inside a folded up filter paper, and then put that inside a water filled container and stored it with the rest of my energetics. Months later, I was cleaning up my lab, and found it, decided to dispose of it as I had to real use for it other than playing with it. Now, this was before I should of been making and playing with stuff like this, before I knew safety protocols and how to handle and properly dispose of energetic compounds. I took the paper out, put it on the ground and started to hit it with a blow torch, now I've done this before to dispose of things, and having been wet I expected it to pop and fizzle until it was all burned up. Well it didn't, it detonated the whole amount ( a few grams). Shook the hell out of me, I had a ringing in my ears for the rest of the day and learned a valuable lesson. After that, I took a step back from energetics to learn basics and proper handling. No accidents since

[@Intelwinsbigly]

2:50 This is the traditional australian dance of achievement, also seen performed by the sniper in TF2.

[@TheSerotonine]

Hint: airbags contain a large pellet of NaN3. Agno3 is not a problem.

[@n0username0n]

NaN3 aint that bad man compared to the way this detonates. Ive used and burnt it a few times

[@korypavao3649]

You are an artist of the highest caliber im glad i found ur channel

[@olevik2005]

Never subbed and binged a channel faster in my life

[@uboajohnson5043]

I heard Newborn, by Muse. Great music taste!

[@lawabidingcitizen5153]

Was about to comment this :D

[@InTrancedState]

I can immediatwly tell if the video is an old one based on how much life he has in his eyes before the thesis stole his soul

[@killroy255]

you know it's going to end well when the thumbnail says panic on it!

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Nothing but flawless, well executed chemistry here

[@killroy255]

I knew there was a reason I support you on patreon!

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

aw thanks for being there! I haven't given Patreon much attention recently, but that will change shortly. Gotta think about the goals and the rewards as well, hmmmm

[@zitronenwasser]

KZbin recommended really likes your channel. I hope it manages to stay up for atleast a few years again

[@jamesparslow4939]

“I’ve just lost control of my life” hahah laughed for legit 5 minutes

[@alanhelton]

I love the secondary penetrations of the can from the far side spalling. Clean little holes!!!

[@spencermanyet5336]

Glad to know you're a fellow Muse fan!

[@rebeccarivers4797]

I absolutely loved your jump celebration!

[@jonboshears7767]

Dude how excited you get..I love it.

[@stevedettmann4370]

E&F: practice saftey when making explosives Also E&F: doesnt lace up shoes

[@1337fraggzb00N]

This episode was sponsored by Strongbow Cider. Strongbow - get wasted and blow shit up.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Sponsor me Strongbow

[@thomasa5619]

Explosions&Fire somehow I feel the sponsorship fell through

[@Cypherwraith001]

You have to wonder where all of these empty Strongbow cans come from

[@joeflosion]

Look how god damn clean the chalkboard is! Pre-Davy

[@deadrepublic5238]

every time i watch a video....im all like....Damn, this dude is so Australian. Its the best.

[@ARandomTroll]

one of my favorites copper acetylide next pls

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Alright, can do!

[@amyshaw893]

@@ExplosionsAndFire Did youtube take that one down? cant find it =(

[@sir_vix]

look how damn clean that blackboard is!

[@Tranarpnorra]

Love your videos! Blowing cans left to right and in the background the most snoozing elevator music.

[@SireSquish]

I bet your home-made Christmas bonbons are amazing.

[@Yarkoonian]

Oh yeah I read something about how this was an explosive they used in torpedo detonators for wet guncotton torpedos because it works when wet

[@AsymptoteInverse]

I spent far too much of my life thinking that the little crystalline chunks in bang-snaps were the explosive bit. Turns out those are just coarse sand grains with a little silver fulminate on them. My entire life is a lie. Edit: Apparently, in bang snaps, there's sometimes some potassium stuff in there, too. My life is even more of a lie.

[@Backyardmech1]

Even in the bang snap concentrations it’s still pretty sensitive. I know because I was a dumb kid once who decided to unwrap an entire box of them to make a single large one. I got to the last one and just dropped a fragment of the crystals inside the paper wrapper onto the pile. Damn thing pretty much blew up in my face, and thankfully didn’t blow the ashtray I was using to hold the tissue paper into more pieces than the halves it made.

[@Sniperboy5551]

I did the same thing when I was a kid and had a very similar experience…

[@ElementalMaker]

Excellent video!

[@AadityaKhare42]

Just watched all of your videos together recently. Apparently silver and Nitrogen make the best, most powerful explosives in my opinion. Saw this Silver fulmimate and also AgNTZ. Quite powerful and the most damaging to the can. Who said Azidoazide azide was the most powerful explosive. Certainly didn't look so 😌

[@AdamWilberLikesBeer]

Subbed and hit the bell when I heard my favorite exclamation, "shitdicks"

[@lifes2short]

I have been watching your videos, old and new(er). Love the content 'mate' haha You seem to be more or less yourself the entire time and that's the key, honesty and being humble. Being authentic I suppose. It makes everything easy to digest and you explain complex chemistry in an easier manor to understand. Why not become a professor? At a college or something? Anyway. Keep it going and excuse this long comment if you would haha just love the channel

[@SeabornNomad]

This is my new favorite channel.

[@MrKittykat111]

I'm sure there must be a critical mass. I tried making giant Snap-it's as a kid and could never get above a certain amount. Lucky really because I thought I'd lost my fingers the first time it went bang.

[@mynigga730]

James Estill bruh what’s the mass (approximate) because I want to use this for an impact grenade ( this wouldn’t be the body of the grenade, It’ll also spew molten acid everywhere, which is highly flammable, but takes about 2 seconds to react with Oxygen)

[@jefftreat9537]

Embrace awkwardity! It makes you unique also I love your videos dude. Been sharin em like I’m tryna have no more friends. I don’t even chemistry! Keep up the good work bro I’m literally watching everything you’ve ever made rn.

[@SimplyFenton]

This is like, way late, but excellent choice in music at 0:38!

[@Core_VII]

I'm now on some sort of watch list😅

[@darkmage35]

When did surveillance state bullshit become so pervasive?

[@stanwashighski3553]

If this came in your recommended you were already on one🤓

[@Pimpikalns]

That chalkboard looks so clean compared to now

[@kieranodea771]

Ughhh gotta love those run away nitrations. Man I had that happen to me a lot with nitro glycerin, I learned the importance of a GOOD cooling bath.

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

Oooh with nitroglycerin, that's pretty frightening

[@cabwaldo]

Silver fulminate is so dangerous that even with a Hazmat CDL, you are forbidden from transporting any quantity without a special designation from the federal government.

[@matnar0285]

Ok, so we have seen what 130 milligrams does, to put this in perspective, a dime, like the coin, weighes 2,200 milligrams. So, that should put in perspective the power of this shit

[@PasserEminibey]

waatching this older vids feels so weird, he's so.... smooth....

[@felixb.1756]

0:37 the song in the background is new born by muse i like muse

[@prinzeugenvansovoyen732]

I challenge you to make Mercury(II) fulminate and Lead acetate then you could make Primers for reloading ammunition also meny explosives have a destinct colour and are soluable , so can you paint a picture with explosives?

[@Truck_Company_84]

Wow you’ve come a long way! Look how empty the chalkboard is!

[@Reddotzebra]

"Awright so this is 130 milligrams..." This is where you run for the door...

[@ThunderChunky101]

Every chemist has a blue pocket. Fact.

[@Andrew-my1cp]

What is a blue pocket?

[@R00K1]

Have u ever tried to make MEDINA or MEDNA my dude? Or even some of the FOX designation energetics they take a lot to make, but it could make a good series. Love you 😁

[@NetRolller3D]

A fine selection of expletives and explosives.

[@Boarderforlife15]

+50 points for listening to Muse.

[@N1mdok]

wtf it looks clean

[@shawnio]

I have never seen that chalk board so clean, whoa

[@spurgurnaspurgelius2390]

This is what is in the canister.

[@vincedibona4687]

The kitty isn’t even up on the chalkboard yet. Hunh.

[@KriegZombie]

What a clean chalkboard. Spoilers: That changes.

[@michalchik]

His neighbors are far more chill than mine are

[@casperghost830]

the bags under his eyes in the intro really tell the story

[@barry7608]

You have a great personality, anyone who can poke fun at themselves has a strong personality….”…you awkward man” .Take care use plastic

[@ericcabral5745]

This is a fun channel to watch. Well worth all of the watchlist I've been added to

[@epicthief]

Sooo clean, he's gone full Walter white now

[@stephenjacks8196]

Dehydrating Nitromethane salts is also a route to fulminates.

[@trackthismotherfuckers9805]

Fucking love your humor 👍

[@whodini2067]

Didnt learn a thing, but laughed like a madman

[@shazamshazamski4490]

Would like to see the reaction mechanism. Also would like to know why other low reactivity metals (Pb,Cu etc) can't be used in a similar reaction..

[@archerymidnight3422]

Both of those elements can be used in similar reactions though. Lead fulminate is commonly used as a primer for bullets, if memory serves (dont quote me on that

[@TheAttacker732]

@@archerymidnight3422 You're generally right. Some companies are phasing it out, to reduce long-term health risks and over environmental concerns.

[@nathanenfinger9559]

When you claim that it's for science, you can do anything you want

[@R.J._Lewis]

This man took a long time to finish his thesis.

[@avlsage]

yellow chem BAD

[@jwfelde]

Someone’s been drinking a lot of cider

[@gfhrtshergheghegewgewgew1730]

seems to have much less detonating force confined than unconfined

[@PotatoBoiOfficial]

applause before the can exploded 3:03 cc

[@andrew051968]

Love these videos. After watching a few, I have to wonder if you sponsored by Srongbow?

[@ExplosionsAndFire]

I bloody well should be

[@СергейПетровских-х7г]

Прекрасное соединение! Однако...

[@tankatruck1354]

Inspired to learn more chemistry thanks fire safe 👦

[@rocketmentor]

Reminds me of my NI3 days in high school. - Ken

[@extracrazyguy]

Full can of strongbow ... but the top of the can like.

[@guillotinepod9988]

Fantastic video.

[@amarr8634]

Omg the chalkboard is clean....

[@altejoh]

Should do some gold fulminate. No definite crystal structure or chemical formula, two or three different synthesis processes that yield somewhat different results, one of the first explosive chemicals ever discovered, and an excuse to do the notoriously difficult task of dissolving gold. Oh, and supposedly more shock sensitive and energetic than fulminating silver, since both gold and nitrogen really, really want to be in elemental forms.

[@hindsight2022]

YOU CLEANED THE FANNNN!!!!!!!!!

[@A_piece_of_broccoli]

i used to take the bags of poppits and unload all of it into the bag that held all the poppits and wood chips and make a mega poppit. you can break concrete with enough of it lol, i know because i had to redo our front patio when i scared my sister when she was unloading them and the bag just dropped onto the ground between her feet lmao. merica

[@chotramnauthprabhu7538]

Hey did u add silver nitrate crystal to fuming nitric acid then add the ethanol? Or did u add silver to nitric acid then add the ethanol

[@Pyromaniax]

That's the last time we saw that chalkboard clean

[@mihael64]

Oh wow, this is still while the whiteboard was clean

[@wemme]

Ha the chalkboard is like mint

[@radioactivespider-man5709]

Would you be able to do a video on making Boron Triflouride ?