Surprising Results With Full Oxygen Tanks...

[@DemolitionRanch]

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[@exodicdorito946]

Bet

[@CuttButtNFT]

Ok

[@kebromglidewell7896]

Hi i am so early

[@lifeinthe208.]

come to idahoooo pleaseeee

[@Rusty.1776]

Is this going to be a live video?

[@sparthankitty2775]

Matt! Oxygen isn't explosive or flammable it's an OXIDIZER it accelerates flames... Shoot some acetylene it's flammable and explosive :)

[@davidshaw164]

Acetylene would be crazy!!! Also you are 100% correct on the first part.

[@prandomable]

Oxygen isn't flammable? I think air is needed in order to burn. Air contains mostly Nitrogen but Oxygen as well.

[@acidfall3747]

You weld?

[@MarkMcDaniel]

@@prandomable -- Right, but oxygen isn't flammable. But, flames aren't possible without the presence of oxygen.

[@youngt96i]

Yes

[@georghammerschmid8577]

Keep in mind that oxygen itself is NOT flammable, it acts as an oxidiser when something else burns. What you see here isn't the oxygen burning, it's literally the steel being on fire. Pure oxygen is extremely aggressive, a tiny spark is enough to light many materials, including metals like iron or nickel, on fire. This also explains the holes in the tank getting bigger while the steel burns and everything around them melting away - metal fires are pretty hot, usually between 2000-3000°C.

[@heimatkanal8737]

Thats some fine ass Information

[@kashifhanif7709]

i was just about to type this i remember that from mythbusters lol

[@redfog2010]

Not only that but in large enough doses oxygen can kill you, due to poisoning

[@hughmann3952]

I came to the comments to say exactly this. Strong oxidizers are honestly more terrifying than most flammable substances because they cause things to burn that most sane folk would think can't be burned. Look up Chlorine Trifluoride. Makes pure oxygen look tame.

[@kashifhanif7709]

@@Am4gedon if he dented it to an extreme degree the first thing to go i would say is the nozzle but if he had a bigger tank a bullet might make it explode since more oxygen is more fuel for the fire

[@creepjax]

You know it’s good when even the camera man says “dude”

[@inplxf]

this comment needs more likes

[@graybentley6153]

The guy who almost never talks says "dude" thats hou you know its cool af

[@jefffreeman8905]

In Paul Harrell recent video he's telling a story and the camera guy bursts out with "are you fucking kidding me!?"

[@bruh1129]

@@jefffreeman8905 what video??

[@jefffreeman8905]

@@bruh1129 wilderness survival mistakes IIRC

[@ShadoSlayor]

is no one gonna talk about how good this man's aim is

[@alexvillalobos8245]

That explosion was so insane its the first time I've ever heard cameraman speak a word "Dude..." -Demo Ranch Cameraman 2021

[@Brayden-zl9rz]

Watch the ranch dressing video lol

[@brandonclements7875]

And the pudding video

[@maybearkamaybenot11]

Hey Matt , a little correction, oxygen is not inflammable but it makes other things burn. Things that normally would not burn. It was not the oxygen burning, it was the steel and the bullet. Basically you created a very powerful and highly concentrated thermite jet. That's why the holes were that big. It burnt the iron in the tank. It can also be used as an solid-liquid hybrid rocket fuel. Edit:- After a research I believe that it was not thermite Jet but burnt ferrous/ ferric oxide jet aka rust. Still I believe the temperature was close to the thermite since in thermite it's usually aluminium that gets oxidized. Still this is really interesting. Also petition to Matt to make a hybrid rocket out of it.

[@MrBenTheBear]

Was about to post the same. It's a complete misconception that oxygen itself actually burn.

[@AlexanderTzalumen]

Nothing like a nice class D fire to liven up your day.

[@shackle7866]

@@Cringistan yes but NO2 needs to be exposed to high temperatures before it will release the O2. So split second heat from a bullet won't be enough to ignite NO2

[@koninja1986]

bump

[@thespicemelange4536]

@@MrBenTheBear Isn’t oxygen an oxidizer? Much in the same way NO2 (nitrous oxide) works for car engines, helping the fuel burn faster and more completely but not actually “combusting” itself?

[@lekks2190]

Matt: I’m scared it’s gunna light everything on fire *loads incendiary round*

[@JuniorCasipe2424]

Wheres comments?

[@RaiO_o]

@@JuniorCasipe2424 idk

[@zxd1_plays]

Lol

[@UltimatelyEverything]

Well that's just Matt for you but this is why we love him.

[@ronsaunders3170]

Hence his own fire truck on site and not having any low dence shrubs nearby less than likely to start a real forest fire

[@bamer6000]

Shooting the empty tank actually turned out to be a really good control group so you could see the difference when the metal actually ignited. On another note, Matt: *Makes a rocket by jettisoning hot and rapidly expanding pure Oxygen through a small hole.* Also Matt: "Why did my straps break?" *head scratch*

[@6272355463637]

Maybe because the iron torch burned through them. Or possibly because the straps themselves burned in pure oxygen. Probably both.

[@jonasswartz7584]

@@6272355463637 my nuts are on fire

[@gudea5207]

This was not a skit. Matt has finally cracked and is talking to the imaginary gun range people.

[@ethansiegfried4056]

ok so remember be careful do not bring a 50 BMG into a vet and shoot the canister

[@basildaoust2821]

I'm sure many love the starting skits but me personally I could do without :) Having said that great video.

[@delphicdescant]

@@basildaoust2821 Especially when the skit is too real. When you have to put up with so many people that are actually just like that, the funniness wears off after a while.

[@alex_123more]

Finally? Shiiittt he's been talking to himself "literally/figuratively"... Haven't you seen the ones where he acts like he's talking to another person in his shop and dresses like he is that person and cuts himself into the video and makes it look like he's talking to his twin. He's pretty talented at making funny content actually. Just a likeable personality, really

[@susanna6462]

@@basildaoust2821 I usually like them...this one not so much

[@joernd8449]

When using a cutting torch, once you start cutting you can turn the fuel off and continue cutting with the O2 because the metal is what is burning/oxidizing. The bullet impact lit the steel on fire and the O2 kept it burning.

[@Bulldog_65_2]

I'm a welder and it took me a min just to figure out what was burning lol. But ya your right. Its the steel that's actually burning away

[@wilfreddv]

Ohhh, I was wondering why Matt was so worried, since oxygen isn't flammable.

[@annaplojharova1400]

@@wilfreddv But the steel in the presence of the oxygen is. So it still can become a very fiery uncontrolled rocket...

[@pulsarphil]

Finally found the comment I was searching for. Yes it's the metal of the tank that's burning, the oxygen is just helping.

[@joernd8449]

@@annaplojharova1400 2500 + degree steel blowing all over the property might just start a small fire or hurt a bit if it lands on your skin!🤔

[@brextenbenson1]

This would be an awesome one to collaborate with SmarterEveryDay to get high-speed shots and go in depth into what is happening

[@gstealer11]

Destin already did a what 3000 mph baseball cannon? This is child's play...lol

[@Miles26545]

Matt’s too fringe politically. Destin wouldn’t be able to keep his image with him

[@Thatonedude917]

It would be cool to see in slow-mo the moment of impact and the oxygen start to fuel the melting of the tank, if there's some kind of filter they could use to deal with the brightness

[@freeestyleobsessed]

@@Miles26545 just avoid politics duh

[@big_red_606]

Honestly SmarterEveryDay should collaborate with so many KZbinrs soon many ideas 💡

[@alexbanks7115]

I like the video! I’m super impressed with the care and preparation you took for this video like filling the pipes with concrete.

[@syx3s]

as someone that has a huge number of hours using an oxygen torch i've always wanted to do something like this. this was great.

[@andrewterry9577]

Now he needs to blow some acetylene tanks and I'll be happy

[@justinrobbins85]

Me too.

[@syx3s]

@@andrewterry9577 just make a big black cloud without oxygen with it

[@andrewterry9577]

@@syx3s acetylene creates heat by separating carbon and hydrogen it is also very explosive by nature although I don't think it would burn like the oxygen would. Wich is probably the reason they use acetylene in conjunction with oxygen. But I do think it would be cool to see what a incendiary round would do when fired at it.

[@dakodabeaver6698]

@@andrewterry9577 Oxygen is used in conjunction with a lot of flammable gasses. Its used to make the flame even hotter. Acetylene by itself does burn hot but they use oxygen to make it burn even hotter to cut through metal. Also the oxygen during cutting will blow away the molten metal do prevent whats called dross from forming on the bottom side of the cut. I do agree with you though it would be cool to see Matt shoot an Acetylene tank with an incendiary round.

[@WanderingPaladin]

When he ratchet-strapped it down he didn't pat it and say "That's not going anywhere." That's why it broke. Duh.

[@dakotamcdaniel8217]

Thats the one dad line he missed in the intro

[@lorditsprobingtime6668]

@@dakotamcdaniel8217 He wasn't holding his tongue just right either. That'll guarantee a failure every time. Not that I'd call this a failure as far as surprising and impressive destruction goes, it was great in that department.

[@mossranchoutdoors7249]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@christianwilliams8967]

Birch

[@lorditsprobingtime6668]

@@christianwilliams8967 "Birch" WTF??? OK then. Maple. Cop that.

[@Recklessnerd]

I love Demo when he pulls out a gun, fires and goes “yeah, probably should’ve sighted it in” kills me every time

[@awareqwx]

How can it kill you with a miss that bad?

[@mrday5212]

It took me till today, after years or watching, to get that line! Let's all drink one for the demolitia and Matthew!

[@davidreem7716]

This is one of my favorite videos ever. I think I have watched it at least 5 or 6 times since it came out and I'm sure I will watch it many more times.

[@Windupmykilt]

When you even get the silent camera man to finally go "Dude......." You know you done good. Hats off sir.

[@russian06374]

In the ranch video he got him laughing

[@elijahsellers3727]

@@russian06374 a lot

[@Feyolen]

“Kinda a far shot with a revolver” nails the shot, what a flex

[@BradleyBeeksAdventures]

Haha I thought that was funny to 😅

[@diamondmelon9827]

@@BradleyBeeksAdventures same

[@christopherpisha4392]

You know... it is posssible... To edit... video...

[@kringe_krew]

The fact we were able to hear camera man's voice at that one explosion has to mean something.

[@brandoncarral-jimenez1324]

Fax manzz was really amazed 🤯

[@tonypajamaz7079]

Right for real

[@thelegacyshow4248]

Oh yeah, first time in ages we hear him

[@Seelenschmiede]

@@thelegacyshow4248 we heard him in like 4 of the last 5 vids...

[@anthonyjohnson100]

Still one of my favorite demo vids. We need more DEMOLITION!🤘🇺🇲

[@simmo7670]

Matt, please buy a high end slow motion camera! These would look even more epic! Thanks for the content mate.

[@TRUSTLIFENOW]

Or he should do at least a collaboration with the slomo guys

[@cerealkiller7143]

Cameras do not survive long on Demo Ranch.

[@jettschepen6879]

@@cerealkiller7143 definitely some high quality ones they'd be that far away there'd be no point of using them hahaha

[@simmo7670]

@@cerealkiller7143 He could just set them up inside his new armoured vehicle!

[@prjndigo]

The shock heat of the penetrating round was enough to reach the ignition point of the tanks in the pure oxygen volume that then began incinerating the tank metal as it rushed out the hole. The *metal* was the fuel that was burning.

[@michaeljerman3938]

damn

[@vicroc4]

It's basically the principal behind a hybrid rocket. Which also explains why the tank twisted around so violently - you have a plume of burning steel and pressurized oxygen being expelled from one side of the tank, which produces enough thrust to tear the whole thing from its mounting.

[@nealkeeble]

YEAH SCIENCE BI***

[@jendric8533]

Yeah oxygen isn't flammable itself. Pure oxygen is scary because it makes stuff burn that shouldnt burn.

[@A_Bit_of_Thought]

Think on how an Oxyacetylene cutting torch works. Oxyacetylene flame to heat up the metal, then pull the trigger to send a blast of pure oxygen to actually burn the metal away.

[@Ianburkhart89]

Livin on the edge this guy. He didn’t once say “that ain’t goin anywhere”

[@Hope-Solos-Darkstar]

Right. Every dad knows you pluck them straps and announce that to anyone standing around

[@trinitywright7122]

Dude!!! No wonder people love you so much. Like I only started watching all y'all gun guys about a year and a half ago and I just watched high-speed ballistics blow up some propane tanks and somebody mentioned," remember when Matt blew up the oxygen tanks??" So I had to come find this My goodness. That's some exciting stuff there brother and I'm glad you was way way back up the hill where the fire truck. Sorry about your poles😂😂

[@NotFluplaxio]

One day we will just get to the “I set off warheads on my ranch” video

[@ItsJustVirgil]

Chances are he’ll probably do that, but with the candies.

[@BronsonWestbrook]

Can .50 BMG stop a live nuclear warhead?

[@nonamemountianbiking.372]

Hopefully

[@reallyjusthalo]

The final video.

[@l8n614]

on god

[@SimplyElectronicsOfficial]

Hydrogen for sure.

[@literallyrandomlyeverythin5365]

Boom

[@kd5nrh]

Two hydrogen tanks and one oxygen tank. 20mm Lahti should go through all three. Nice way to make pure water.

[@dominikmeril1720]

Now we're talking

[@dominikmeril1720]

@@kd5nrh yeah but I think he doesn't have a 20mm cannon

[@BruceTonge]

@@dominikmeril1720 yet.

[@halfassedprojectsthatwork8376]

Matt lets see the tanks counter part. Get a acetylene tank. Definitely a step up and very dangerous. Acetylene is highly unstable and does not tolerate high pressures most tanks are well under oxy tanks ( about 250) Psi. All acetylene cylinders contain a porous honeycomb material called a monolithic mass. They also contain a solvent (acetone) which is absorbed by the porous mass. The acetylene dissolves in the acetone and holds the acetylene in a stable condition. Very interesting stuff.

[@hulkhogan1942]

You just blew my mind. Is that why acetylene tanks are fatter usually?

[@Real_Claudy_Focan]

Dont play with that..

[@TheGodsrighthandman]

I believe the tanks are also double-skinned . . .

[@Raaask]

It's pretty much standard procedure to deploy snipers to puncture acetylene tanks in burning buildings. This is to release the pressure and prevent the tanks from exploding.

[@finnkennedy2401]

@@Raaask don’t they usually have plugs that melt out?

[@chincemagnet]

Matt is usually fairly safe, but this here was crazy, those tanks are basically rockets once punctured.

[@rickyjagodowski69]

Don’t worry, he’s got straps! 😂

[@mojebi3804]

'Murica!

[@tshep44]

14:35 you know it's wild when the cameraman speaks

[@benjamincudney6510]

First time he ever spoke... it’s crazy.

[@fuckmylife4403]

@@benjamincudney6510 second

[@benjamincudney6510]

@fuck my life Wait what video was the first

[@fuckmylife4403]

@@benjamincudney6510 i think it was the ranch sauce

[@samtilly5797]

I’ve been watching demo for like 6 years and that’s the first time I’ve ever heard the cameraman speak that had me shook

[@glennbeckner9355]

Oxygen by it's self is not flamable but it makes any combustable more so. the three side of the fire triangle are heat, fuel and oxygen. Your bullet hit provided enough heat to make the steel fuel in the presence of excessive oxygen when the tank ran out there was not enough oxyegen to keep the reaction going.

[@yowtfputthemaskbackon9202]

so you are telling me that that wasnt oxygen burning but that that was actualy the steel itself on fire? thats cool af

[@psychodog8117]

If oxygen was flammable the earth would be in flames, and probably not even alive anymore.

[@yuyu900726]

That! I was wondering when will he realize not the oxygen melted the steel, but the steel itself was burning in the presense of oxygen.

[@sknt]

@@yuyu900726 17:02 he was so close

[@Big_Red1]

@@yowtfputthemaskbackon9202 Metal fires are crazy and exceptionally hot. Just look at thermite. It uses a metal oxide as fuel (commonly aluminum powder), requires high heat to start, but is pretty much impossible to put out cause it is self oxidizing. In this case oxygen is liberated from Iron Oxide (rust). It burns at around 2200 degrees Celsius.

[@revampplus886]

The ratchet strap broke because he didn’t say, “That ain’t goin no where”

[@RyanConnell5150]

Underrated comment

[@Omgoldrakanthiled]

Top comment

[@TheDeadfast]

Don't forget to slap it first too!

[@charliegarrison9688]

Shoulda grabbed it with both hands and gave it a nice firm shake to ensure that it in fact wouldn't go anywhere.

[@jkrak6990]

Just down here to help Matt!

[@michaelmichalas6002]

you should wrap the O2 tank in an energy-dense fuel/material. Once it lights the oxygen will burn it all up instantly, creating a backyard sun. Slightly dangerous and might actually burn down half of Texas... but I'm sure it'd make an epic video!!

[@kronictube]

but think of the tan

[@kyokuslaps2411]

@@kronictube think of the tan your corneas will get, they don't get the attention they deserve

[@squidwardo7074]

he should buy a hydrogen tank use that... although that would basically be a bomb if it's at the same scale as this

[@Tuck-Shop]

Oxy-acetelene tank. Now that would be fun. Note: don't actually do this. The two gases when mixed burn very well, very quickly.

[@miroslavslansky]

@@Tuck-Shop dyhydrogen monoxid would make the best bomb

[@davidshaw164]

Oxygen is not flammable but in the compressed liquid form it makes pretty much anything it comes in contact with highly flammable. The fire coming out of the tank was not the oxygen on fire but the actual metal of the tank on fire, which explains why your metal was melting and “welding”.

[@malokaidontcare9543]

Exactly this. Also it stopped burning a few feet away because there was no fuel. The iron was the fuel.

[@bull7246]

He also walked right into an area with potentially toxic oxides in the air

[@GumboPoboy]

Came to say the same thing. It's working like a thermic lance.

[@isaacb2016]

There isn't liquid oxygen in those tanks it's just gas but it does make the things it contacts more combustible.

[@dnmack1]

Fire needs 2 components. An accelerant and an oxidizer.

[@MrOnejovic]

For everyone not knowing what was going on, simple breakdown; -Iron getting rusty = exothermic reaction a.k.a. it makes heat -Iron getting rusty = Oxygen bonds with Iron -Heating up chem. reaction = makes it happen faster So... you shoot it (put really hot iron (bullet hole) into contact with pure oxygen) and watch chain reaction of it getting hotter and oxidizing faster so it will get even hotter and oxidize even faster... until it gets so hot that iron starts to burn (vaporize). Saw that black smoke? That was burnt iron.

[@hehy3292]

Are you a chemist or a metalworker?

[@hey7016]

@@hehy3292 science class

[@nowayjerk8064]

WHERE IS THE RUST ? YOU ARE ADDING STEPS THAT ARE NOT THERE OR NEEDED IN THIS CASE YOUR REACTION IS MORE INDICATIVE OF TERMITE

[@teflonjr]

@@nowayjerk8064 No he's actually right about this one. When you use a blowtorch it will oxididize the metal, not melt it. The fine dust you'll find around your feet (or in your shoes if you forget to move them) is actually rust. What happened here was like a blowtorch, but on steroids. Check it up if you don't believe us, I would qoute directly from my old textbooks from my welding classes, but as they are in Swedish I guess they won't do you any good :)

[@terryunkert5237]

@@hehy3292 He's absolutely correct. Oxygen is an oxidizer not a fuel. What's burning is not the oxygen but everything around it that get raised to its ignition temperature and is rapidly oxidized in the presence of the pure O2. Was a combustion systems engineer in the early years of my career as a thermodynamisist.

[@mikesweeney5055]

homies low key showing off mad motorcycles from the same company. respect! showing sponsors without forcing it on to consumers

[@praoscrihdoe5463]

this channel NEEDS a high speed camera... with a lot of protection around it lol. that would be a great 10M upgrade

[@commanderoof4578]

They have a bear minimum price of $150,000 for a terrible one that would not be able to capture fast enough for a lot of what this channel does It also starts at a minimum of $2,500 per day if you rented one So yeah not gonna happen for decades if ever

[@SaintZ42]

That's where KZbin collabs come in

[@commanderoof4578]

@@SaintZ42 1 word pandemic So colabs such as with slomo guy’s isnt possible or legal at the moment

[@jordansickels11]

@@commanderoof4578 Thats not correct, you can get a Chronos 2.1 camera for around 5k. They can film up to 24,000 fps, that's plenty fast enough to capture rounds moving through the air as well as explosions and such.

[@commanderoof4578]

@@jordansickels11 its fast enough for a good bit of what’s on the channel i guess but its only got a piss poor resolution of 640x96 at 24000 For an except-able 480p you get just over 5,000 But even then that limits its usefulness and would potentially stop certain idea’s being tested because they cant record them Its best as it is now

[@theepicgaminghq]

You know it’s good when the camera man breaks his silent streak.

[@JuanPerez-ov2hu]

Idk why this doesn’t has more likes this is gold

[@reegzy]

he has the last few episodes

[@edmundoregalado9772]

Hahaha right?!

[@leob66]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@Seniorjohnson]

watch the shooting ranch episode, he does it in that one too

[@icemaiop]

Oxygen is not flammable. It is the metal that lit on fire because it was being supplied so much oxygen. The metal is the burning fuel, and the oxygen is the oxidizer.

[@RealTechZen]

I was hoping someone would point that out. The fire at Welders' Supply near downtown Dallas on July 25, 2007 was caused by a crack in a valve on an oxygen bottle in the middle of a load being delivered. The friction of the leaking oxygen heated the metal to the point of ignition. Once the first tank lit off, all anybody could do was run for safety. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaq4h6atitB4f6M

[@GodlikeIridium]

Exactly

[@rob80ra]

Exactly. What happent to the oxygen tank and the poles was effectively an oxygen (thermal) lance. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qITTiX2AYtecqZo The massive steel was the fuel.

[@jackrichards1863]

.. and the concrete. Must have hit 4000 degrees +? Of course the pipes caught the incendiary slug so there were some extra fuels and oxidizers in the mix AND massive energy dissapation . Anyway it was pretty exciting .

[@chiboreache]

same with the oil, it's not flammable, but if it seeps inside shut-off valves and gets under pressure of 150 bar - it's do ;)

[@sliccmang8176]

It’s cool being a welder and reqatching this and knowing exactly why the hole is massive

[@SaltyJohnson]

You need to collaborate with the slo mo guys! Could you imagine seeing this in super slow motion?!?!?

[@fishy-hl2ut]

Matt : “Alright hear me out.” Fans: “we’re on board with anything you do”

[@heretyk_1337]

Pretty much, yeah...

[@TruckYeaDude93]

I watched him shoot an elevator cable....

[@imaginewt9616]

@@TruckYeaDude93 didn't we all

[@theaggrivatedpineapple5927]

Matt, it’s almost time. The demolitia is growing fast, and so is your collection. Better get those guns nice and shiny for that collection vid!

[@SPoffroad]

True story.. Better yet have at least 2 or 3 out of the collection actually sighted in.

[@peterhaan9068]

Because we all know dim damn demoncrats LOVE to take shiny guns away from their legal owners!

[@AnyMotoUSA]

BATF you aren't allowed to look at his dogs

[@goatboy150]

Stalling the Vette was the icing on the cake.

[@_krumble_3053]

The fact that the camera man went “dude..” just goes to show you how powerful that actually was.

[@milkthycowsmilk8518]

14:34

[@bears_n_shit_5498]

For real, he only a talk when shit goes DOWN 😂😂😂

[@Fede0779]

Yup , it was quite the moment . " Here goes nothing .... Boom !! " Lol

[@Americanspy-hn2kw]

Camera man is operator drewski

[@jayg1989]

Who here knows the name of the mini bike at minute 11:26?

[@brandoncedargrovefarm2758]

We need a video of you “returning” the tanks to the welding store 😂

[@joeldavalosbernal3318]

😂🤣😂

[@phillhuddleston9445]

When they ask what happened just tell them they're shot and I want a refund ;-)

[@UberFubar75]

LOL Yeah...."You sold me 6 empty oxygen tanks!! Full of bullet-holes!!!!!"

[@grayhusky3154]

“Maybe Jerry’s just a bad shot” (Somewhere off in the distance) Beeeeep.

[@deplorableredneck4.02]

I was thinking same thing..beep

[@mossranchoutdoors7249]

Git ya some!

[@45CaliberCure]

LoL!

[@burst_around]

The best part about being a camera man for demo ranch is that you get to watch awesome stuff like this and get paid for it

[@jkimm7]

Quick note: Oxygen itself is actually not flammable but is one of the key components to burning anything. So what you saw here was the metal itself burning but in a SUPER oxygen rich environment which causes it to ignite much more easily and burn very rapidly and very VERY hot. This is why you use oxyacetylene to cut through metal because its burning the metal and acetylene much hotter and more efficiently. Never expected to see the perfectly circular holes, that was super wild!

[@t-bfr45-70]

You beat me to saying it

[@gordonfischer8484]

Was about to comment something similar. You put It quite well.

[@DoubleLkillgore]

Jeff K is now demo ranch science guy

[@desertsmeagol7073]

*Big Brain*

[@RaspK]

Yep; intrigued to see what the results would had been with a fluorine reaction instead.

[@halcarmody2946]

It was Matt's guardian angel for the first tank...I imagine it saying, "Oh Hell No," on a regular basis.

[@bendudley8758]

Let’s get Matt to 10 million so we can all see the freedom senders that we shouldn’t tell mere about

[@ClassyDevil4473]

I agree

[@dez2002]

Yes, just maybe we go for 100 million so we hit ten million trying to reach the goal

[@Nicole-fl9ks]

@Dillon Bishop I'm very rarely ever see Matt Penn a comment

[@LambosOnly]

Have you seen the new ATF nom? Matt should show 3 guns and be like, alright, that's it.

[@Sheridantank]

Will he actually do it?

[@PeterCharlesworth]

Stack one of these with an acetylene tank - shoot through both with an API round 💥

[@CBraunTX]

“Maybe Jerry is just a bad shot”. I can hear the beep already.

[@janbjerregaard7575]

yeah thats just so wrong to say xD

[@philclodfelter5994]

It would be nice to get a surprise visit from the wheel gun master

[@Moose6340]

You need to do this experiment again but with a serious high-speed slow-motion camera or two, if you can borrow them. That would be amazing.

[@mijoges6288]

Get the slomo guys

[@savagebear9729]

@@mijoges6288 or do a combo with smarter everyday

[@Jirodyne]

Yup, was going to post that but checked to see if anyone else did first. Do it again, but with much better camera, catching it as slowly as possible. Even better if you have multiple with multiple angles.

[@samuelberghuvud5527]

He should ask the slowmo guys "Hey i'm gonna shoot a high preasur oxygen thank, wana place your extremly expensive camera feet away from it and record it when burning steel obliterates anything it touch? The tank probably woun't land on the camera"

[@savagebear9729]

@@samuelberghuvud5527 🤣🤣

[@markjohnson8453]

When Scott is able to go full auto, it would be so awesome to have everyone who made a video for him and bring full autos and just go crazy.

[@deadGrlz206]

I second this to the fullest

[@joshuashanahan4359]

Me third

[@T-Donny]

Yesss

[@ruffles886]

No because I don't like positive things only negativity

[@corbingray9330]

I said almost the same thing on one of Scott's videos lol

[@BenjaminMarshallScienceMan]

Thank god for the new feature showing the most watched parts of a video. I just searched 'Oxygen tank explosion' and was not about to watch a 20 minute documentary about the ordeal.

[@davidball8]

That was a good one. You definitely need a high speed camera for “ experiments” like these.

[@bigdongled3077]

This technically is an experiment lol

[@ethannelson7254]

@@bigdongled3077 he didnt say it wasnt, he said matt needs a high speed camera

[@King-yj5ws]

Totally agree Edit: we need to comment that earlier on the next video so it gets more likes and matt will see it

[@keskop4673]

Pleaaase get a highspeed camera

[@sybertnagant]

Matt and the Slo Mo Guys need to collab. They're both based in Texas.

[@Foxrider52]

Matt acts like the “Middle Aged Corvette Dad” look isn’t fitting for himself lol

[@alexandero9936]

Yeah, Matt is definitely a cool dad

[@k0vert.]

@@alexandero9936 a very cool dad

[@bullsnake9897]

Ye

[@darthslith8384]

He acts like it isn't THE look these days. Pfft.

[@WolfAcer666]

He definitely didn’t even need to dress up or act for this

[@jaredmoss8170]

I love this! Beautiful. Firework chemist here - metal is a "fuel". Get it with oxygen and the two together make fire. In other words, the metal BECOMES the torch. I'm still blown away by this demo. Love.

[@ch3no2killz]

It's the carbon in the steel that's burning. Your standard cutting rig oxygen and any fuel gas will burn anything with carbon in it, that's why you can't burn non ferrous metals like al copper etc..

[@6272355463637]

@@ch3no2killz Nonsense. Pure high-pressure oxygen means burning iron - that's how you get the neat hole, it's not cut or molten but burned (not sure why the back hole isn't quite as neat - maybe due to the pipes diffusing the oxygen stream). You can burn pretty much any metal in a pure oxygen atmosphere (short of stuff like gold, maybe), yes, copper, too. It (copper) won't burn in standard atmosphere because there's not enough energy in the reaction to keep up the necessary temperature (but it still corrodes slowly) and iron (obviously corroding, too) may burn in standard atmosphere if the structure is fine enough and there's enough air around it (iron wool for example - even that's not great in standard atmosphere, though, it just sort of smolders a bit). Carbon in steel doesn't make much of a difference in the reaction. And a high pressure/high velocity oxygen supply will make even solid iron structures burn. Btw. look up magnesium torches for non-ferrous metals burning like hell. Even chews up water molecules to supply oxygen to the flame, for under-water fiery goodness. Or aluminium powder in iron oxide, makes thermite with the iron oxide supplying the oxygen (aluminium will burn in standard atmosphere, too, if you do it right). I kind of wonder now why the iron/oxygen torch stopped burning. I think it was extinguished when the oxygen supply stopped but I guess it could have been cooled down by the water, too.

[@ch3no2killz]

@@6272355463637 I stand corrected.

[@907paintcom2]

@@ch3no2killz funny you should say that. Aluminum is the primary fuel in many fireworks and so is copper to a lesser degree. and titanium and zink and magnesium.

[@joshgilmore6155]

What is the biggest commercial grade firework shell he could shoot? Especially if he used a red and silver tip from about 300 yards away it should create one hell of a fireball and boom.

[@ninjablob9271]

Ohhh, I just love your intros! 😃

[@wyattrichardson6237]

Had my college instructor tell me a story. When he was in high school, an oxygen tank was knocked over in their shop class, the regulator and valve broke and the tank went through two cinder block walls. These things are not to be messed around with at all.

[@A_Bit_of_Thought]

Actually saw that happen in shop class. Only reason I wasn't scared is things happened too quickly for me to get scared. WOW!!!

[@WestCoastWheelman]

Literally every shop teacher ever tells the exact same story. I swear some teachers get into trades just to scare students with horror stories 🤣

[@A_Bit_of_Thought]

@@WestCoastWheelman With GOOD reason! Power tools (and some hand tools) can do serious human injury IN A HURRY!

[@SHADOWBEAR82763]

I actually saw that happen in a sign shop in the mid 90's. A tank fell over, hit the edge of a table, knocking off the valve. The tank shot 30 -35 feet across the shop and through the back wall, where it luckily buried itself in a big pile of dirt.

[@ThatOneGuy-AskYourMom]

Back in 2008 I had a propane tank explode and send me down a 15 foot ravine. Luckily some granite boulders caught me and destroyed my knee. Compressed gasses are absolutely no joke. If you think you're far enough away, you're not

[@eljohn3]

If I remember right, from my msds orientation in my chem program, the oxygen itself isn’t catching on fire. The steel of the tank is rapidly oxidizing/burning as the gas is exposed to it following the “spark” provided by the apit round. Kind of the same concept as a thermic lance. Still badass, though.

[@alexmartin9177]

i’m just here promoting the comments that remembers it’s a fire triangle.

[@drakedrago6]

Camera man broke character: "Dude...."

[@maybebasssing3291]

I couldn't believe it when i heard it

[@rodneywalters2452]

He's fired

[@allenbowling5352]

He did in another recent episode too WHATS GOING ON

[@NyeFoster]

hit pause as soon as I heard it and came running to the comments

[@greg01286]

@@NyeFoster at what time?

[@randomstuffhappens247]

I can never get enough of this video

[@JediPhoenix1976]

"I used to hate facial hair...but then it grew on me." As a connoisseur of Dad Jokes, I really gotta remember that one! Thanks, Matt!

[@JamesAllmond]

yeah, stealing that one too...

[@glitchmanshandle]

dad score 9/10

[@jasontstreet]

As a kind of sewer of dad jokes. I will also keep this one in the tank and use it to grow my repository.

[@TriggerVR657]

@@jasontstreet *b r u h*

[@AcornFox]

You cant call yourself a connoisseur if you haven’t heard this one before lol

[@trif55]

Matt, please treat yourself to a high speed camera, either a Chronos or a Phantom! :-) also the endgame should be an Oxy tank heavily strapped and chained to an Acetylene tank, laying in the bed or a truck or something and shoot an APIT round through both at the same time, so the massive hole in both tanks causes the gases to mix in a fiery way!

[@jackvernian7779]

or Gaseous Oxygen + Gaseous Hydrogen tanks strapped side by side

[@AMikeStein]

There is something seriously wrong with you...... I like the way you think.

[@trif55]

@@jackvernian7779 acetlyene is generally more exciting than hydrogen, it's more powerful, it even detonated in air in the same way as hydrogen

[@jackvernian7779]

@@trif55 yet hydrogen does not leave a nasty burning residue behind, maybe a bit less of a fire hazard

[@shalormckee2784]

@@jackvernian7779 And an acetylene tank is also going to be filled with acetone, so then you also get liquid fire spraying everywhere

[@FireIn8]

I love your videos! Oxygen isn't flammable, and wasn't burning. The metal tank itself was burning and the abundance of oxygen allowed the metal to burn as fuel. Also, the flame didn't shoot out like propane does, because unlike propane, oxygen does not burn. IDEA: Get a tank of propane AND a tank of oxygen and toy around with piercing both simultaneously! That may well send you and the ranch into orbit. :)

[@FirstLast-mx7pw]

Adding to this - the flame doesn't continue farther out (as it would with escaping propane) because, as noted above, it is the steel of the tank that is burning, not the oxygen. The steel remained... at the tank... hence why the flame (the molten iron oxide) only shot out as far as it was being flung by the escaping oxygen gas.

[@reinholdadam711]

That's something I'd like to see. I'm also curious to how a propane take would go

[@TheEquinoxeHD]

Any idea what could be temperature of the flame here?

[@klausluger7671]

@@TheEquinoxeHD This is quite similar to thermal lance (high pressure oxygen blown thru steel tube) which is quoted (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_lance) to have temperature depending on situation between 4500 °C - 2700 °C

[@stilgar2007]

You beat me to it. I am always annoyed when people say pure oxygen is flammable.

[@lawrencemontez5186]

Great stuff. Content is truly something else. Not only entertaining but also educational. Keep up the good work

[@JustVisitingDontMindMe]

The "Duuuuuude" at the last tank shows just how scary this must've been.

[@Kaervekdeviris]

For something like this I would love to see a team up with Gavin from the SlowMo Guys. I would imagine that last shot looking amazing in 10,000+ frames per second

[@wolfecanada6726]

I always find amusing the difference between science Gavin on Slow Mo Guys and idiot Gavin on Achievement Hunter

[@GeorgePrince]

I would like to see it in slow motion too!

[@Simplefng]

@@wolfecanada6726 when slow mo guys first came out, I remember an episode of achievement hunter with angry Michael, he had idiot Gavin on and I was really, really confused.

[@jra5624]

“Man burns down half of Texas while shooting oxygen tanks with .50 cal.”. That’s some incredibly Texan shit.

[@RaiO_o]

Where r the comments here

[@julijan2653]

@@RaiO_o idk

[@justyouraveragerobloxconte8883]

SwEeT hOmE tExAs

[@martiniv8924]

LMAO 😂

[@jonbumcrot2934]

Freedom

[@tommykj2]

Best diy thermal Lance I've seen yet.

[@MaG5246]

An interesting fact: oxygen cannot burn itself, the fire that we saw is burning STEEL, the perfect hole did not melt in the tank, but burned out!

[@edifyguy]

Thank you! Glad someone besides myself knows chemistry lol

[@timbettger]

This. But I think in this case, the oxidizer was Nitrous Oxide, not oxygen. The tank was color coded with US/ISO blue, not the international green or green/white identifying the contents as oxygen. You couldn’t even fill O2 into a N2O canister unless you changed the valve.

[@BrokeWrench]

Also when he said nitrous oxide doesn't burn only increases compression lmao We can't all be car needs I guess

[@iEnergySupply]

Correct! I was going to comment this.

[@joshuawilcox1322]

We did something about this in my welding class, we lit the track torch, started cutting metal, then turned off acetylene. Kept burning right through.

[@KenJames9911]

PLEASE! GET A HIGH-SPEED CAMERA. SO WE CAN FULLY ENJOY ALL THE MAYHEM... THX!

[@Just_Joshing024]

He'd probably accidentally shoot it like all the other GoPros lol

[@caleb9422]

Didn't he just get one from crimson trace? It might not be a high-speed idk.

[@aussieguy3689]

Yes high speed footage of these moments would be amazing !! 👍👍👍👌

[@Tsukeh]

you know it's good when the camera man breaks his vow of silence

[@kamikazeratte]

The "fuel" for the torch was the metal, that was burning. When it is hot enough, oxygen lets it burn brightly. Oxygen itself isn't flammable, there must be some "unburnt matter" around. Grease for example is self-ignited in pure oxygen.

[@fruitella196]

That was the most Gus Johnson-esc intro I’ve seen in my life

[@hehy3292]

Alakablam

[@fruitella196]

@@hehy3292 *cocks gun*

[@disobeysilver6460]

14:36 the cameraman talks first time I’ve heard him say anything

[@3r1creations]

This would have been a crazy team-up with The SlowMo Guys . . . could have watched the bullet on impact/penetration.

[@bigjon5888]

i was about to comment this but then thought someone already said it lol

[@Industry-insider]

That’s a colab that needs to happen

[@pknepps]

I'm sure he'd love a high gps camera but I'm pretty sure he destroys all of his cameras doing this

[@calebabbruzzi2405]

YES!

[@wetnaptkins3363]

Matt: I don’t want to start a fire Also Matt: Next up is an armor piercing INCENDIARY tracer round

[@patrickkelly5009]

Matt, shooting the oxygen tanks resulted in rapid oxidation of the metal due to increased pressure at the site of the rupture/puncture, the reason the second tank reacted the way it did was b/c it was at an obvious higher pressure than the first tank and you had an ignition source, also remember that b/c oxygen is an oxidizer it will act as a torch and essentially "forge weld" any nearby metal in the split second both objects are in contact.

[@ConstitutionalFreedomFighter]

The misconception is that Oxygen burns, it does not. You are correct about it being an oxidizer and I would suggest the reason you see the flames/explosion burning is because they oxygen actually allows the metal to burn. The bullet impact starts the process and the pressure and pure oxygen keeps it going. The result is the almost perfect round hole where the metal burned away.

[@name-uh5ee]

"it's super hot" Yeah, that's usually what happens when fire burns something

[@Cash_Bright39]

Thats so crazy man

[@nealb6974]

Now im wondering if the bottle is either hot from the flaming oxigen or cold from the rapid decompression

[@The_Keeper]

@@nealb6974 If it didn't land in the water, it would be both; Extremely hot around the hole, and cryogenically cold at the end.

[@tonytesoriero9804]

Look up how an oxygen lance works, the same science is going on here. Plus it's really cool to watch. The heat from impact is enough to start the reaction. The holes look like holes from oxygen lances too.

[@greenthumz1]

Also, I don't know if you noticed this or not Matt, but when a couple of those pistol and rifle rounds struck the tank and did not penetrate, you could see that the steel tank underneath the paint was already oxidized. The paint was protecting it from oxidization by the atmospheric oxygen, but the oxygen inside was oxidizing the tank from the inside. And since it had reached the paint, that means it was almost all the way rusted through... Those tanks were ready to 'splode before you even shot them. IT IS A REALLY GOOD THING you decided to make them 'splode intentionally, under (somewhat) controlled conditions. Because if they decided to 'splode on their own when you least expected it... well... that could have been very bad. This is why you don't re-use old oxygen tanks, people.

[@johnmoore4262]

Why do I have this feeling that in some future episode of him lining up several bottles of oxygen and trying to burn through them like dominoes?

[@dougdennis3681]

Moral of the story: Don't shoot a .50BMG APIT in a vet clinic.

[@P0RTA1]

in a vet clinic... s h i t

[@arkdumbo1713]

Lol

[@JosephDawson1986]

That's right... be classy and keep it to .338 Lapua

[@Wonderechild]

Now that's a heck of a start to the show. Absolutely love it

[@Zachmman1997]

Hey Matt, try this with a tank sandwich. Oxygen out front, acetylene out back, use 50BMG black tip so both tanks rupture. Will be a massive explosion

[@ayenah9023]

Only KZbin I’ve watched for years that I haven’t stopped watching

[@iJacker]

Gonna watch it til he demos himself with a kerblammo. (The risk is real and I hope it never happens, but this s**t is dangerous as we all seent with Scott’s accident)

[@galysong]

you should do a Collab with the slowmo guys and have them record that in slowmo to try and see the hole getting welded out :)

[@callumthompson1023]

That’s a great idea would love to see it

[@Crazyfayze]

This 👆

[@RedMatthew]

It's never going to happen everyone needs to stop asking already

[@dalefollett1093]

@@RedMatthew I believe Demo and the slow mo guys already did a collaboration at one point right?

[@QuanTran-vv6mf]

That’s mean they have to split money they make off of youtube. They won’t

[@jaredmost3090]

14:35 You know it was crazy when you get a "duuude" from the camera man.

[@thetroll1247]

I remember you getting the lapua. My favorite I think. SOOO many choices. Whole video... Chuckle chuckle.

[@jkdoesthings6999]

You’ve made a HEAT round essentially (high explosive anti-tank)

[@hd5783]

Now we need a DUAPFSDS round (Depleted uranium armor piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot)

[@doritos6548]

@@hd5783 Is that you Bosnian Ape Society?

[@AsgardVenture]

@@doritos6548 ahhh I see your also living in a dangerous neighborhood with vicious tanks and terrifying shopping trips

[@Ace-lr6ji]

Future video: shooting a shed full of propane with a 100mm incendiary tank round

[@xypherus777]

Don't give him any ideas 😂😂

[@pitur124]

why stop at 100mm? and why 100 and not 105 / 120?

[@lucasbonnett5780]

*Hank Hill intensifies*

[@philclodfelter5994]

We do need to see that one 😁

[@johncurry6260]

@@pitur124 Because he likes to work his way up, first the 100, then "Next time on demolition ranch....." 🤣

[@EchosTackyTiki]

With regards to the intro: I've never seen Matt in full on white suburban housing plan dad mode, and now that I have, I have not been disappointed.

[@stevedavis5704]

Years ago the lumber yard in my hometown caught on fire. This was bad enough but it was across the alley from the local hospital which had all of their gas products in a long narrow enclosure by the lumber yard. When the fire squad got there they just started grabbing oxygen and anesthesia cylinders and setting them rolling down the alley. Afterwards they were questioned on why they did that and didn’t they think it was dangerous to do it. The reply was no more dangerous than having 150 bottles of flammable product in a burning shed. When they rebuilt they put the product in a cinder block shed and later on they built a hospital that wasn’t in the middle of downtown. Forty five years later my father in law, who was a rookie on the squad still claimed that to be the most frightening call he ever went on. Fire and compressed gas definitely is not a good combination.

[@angrydingus5256]

6:06 that poor tank is sweating bullets! .... I'll see myself out now

[@lylegrant7211]

Oh no! There’s no need for that, I’m pretty sure dad jokes are encouraged here! LMAO

[@misterscaz6011]

Matt: “let me know what you guys want to see next. We can get a little crazy.” Me: how much uranium can you get your hands on?

[@Amity172]

More like how much propane is at all your gas stations and stores in a 1 mile radius of your house

[@Agent_Clark]

@@Amity172 fk propane buy a palet of butane canisters and just see how many you can get through.

[@zerberus_ms]

Re-create the castle bravo experience

[@trilexi]

Why uranium ? It doesn't do anything

[@nathanlewis5682]

Sheldon Cooper as a child tried to get fissionable material to make a mini nuke power electric device to power up the house. Some men from the government showed up to tell Sheldon its a big no for yellow cake.

[@xgford94]

The metal didn’t melt it burned in the High O2 atmosphere, the metal WAS the fuel

[@xgford94]

@Carl Klinkenborg yep now that funny well done mate

[@iloveteateas6722]

yeah that's basically how thermal lances work, pump oxygen through an iron tube and the tube becomes the fuel

[@EzekiesAcheron]

@@iloveteateas6722 That's really informative. I wondered how the Thermal drill in payday 2 worked... That's actually quite interesting to know, because the Thermal Drill is a long metal tube with tanks attached to it, I never figured out what it all was until now.

[@shadowlord0162]

@@EzekiesAcheron pd2 gave me many questions. good to know that theres an answer to the one that annoyed me the most