The Most Bizarre Elements In the World

[@Phoenix-ej2sh]

"reusable laxative" I could have gone my whole life without apprehending that concept.

[@Kiefsti]

I'm just sitting here stunned still. "Reusable"...huh...."whole fami"....wow...

[@mho...]

....the past was the worst

[@elroyfudbucker6806]

The phrase, " Passed through the whole family" takes on an entirely new & unpleasantly distasteful meaning.

[@mickcompagnoni1114]

Reusable laxative? Isn't that normally called "Home and Away!"

[@franl155]

"Passed down through several generations" - and passed through several generations, too. I'm all for recycling, but you gotta draw the line somewhere.

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

Me, an intellectual: You're about as much use as a gallium teapot! Also: hydrochloric acid is HCl (a lower case L) not HCi. 😁

[@nicholasfeiock7873]

My gallium teapot plenty usefull to use solid state c02 to seperate the trichromes off my hemp plants! Lump of dry ice,gallium teapot shaken not stirred = hash

[@Bartaci]

@@nicholasfeiock7873 hemp ;)

[@gooner4lyf]

Who doesn’t know HCl lol… I was surprised.

[@nicholasfeiock7873]

@@Bartaci OK not hemp. But it is very closely related and not a schedule one substance at all.

[@Aztesticals]

@@nicholasfeiock7873 actually if you extract the cbd from hemp and react in a mixture of sulfuric acid in glacial acetic acid you will convert the cbd into a mix of thc delta 8 and delta 9 let it sit overnight and it is almost all converted to delta 9 thc which is what you have in weed. You can also perform this reaction with bulk cbd oil from health shops. It's my way of bypassing prohibition. You need some chemistry knowledge and equipment but you can turn a 100 dollar jar of 100 grams of cbd into about 90 grams of pure thc. 90 grams of thc for 100 bucks. It's a ridiculous fact that this hasn't caught on more. Probably because most people have trouble with the next part. Using diethyl ether and naphtha to extract and then evaporate out clean thc. If you don't dry if all of the way and don't neutralize all the acid well that thc oil will destroy your lungs. But look it up some time if you do so much extracting already a simple isomerization shouldn't be hard for you

[@spacepeanut8993]

"Marie, you're looking more radiant every day"

[@nicholasfeiock7873]

Anyone have the currie for cancer ?

[@freddieellis8449]

This comment deserves ALL the likes!

[@xodiaq]

Too soon.

[@psyclotronxx3083]

🤦

[@mauricedavis8261]

Oh no you didn't, yes you did!!!🙏🤣☢

[@andymanaus1077]

What about carbon? It's so bizarre that an entire branch of chemistry is devoted to it. In its pure form it exists naturally in numerous forms from extremely soft to extremely hard. It can be formed artificially into both one of the weakest materials and the very strongest material known to science. It can be jet black or completely transparent. It is both electrically insulating and electrically conductive. It can even be turned into a molecular cage to contain a single atom of other elements. Just because it's common, doesn't mean it's not bizarre.

[@davidmccarthy6061]

True but it isn't rare or dangerous.

[@TacgnolSimulacrum]

@@davidmccarthy6061 Tell that to anyone working with coal dust or who have black lung. Just because it doesn't kill you in invisible ways doesn't mean it won't kill you.

[@john-paulsilke893]

Also, carbon is a whore. It will absolutely mix with anything including carbon itself!!!

[@andymanaus1077]

@@davidmccarthy6061 You've never heard of dioxin?

[@DJMattEmpathy]

@@andymanaus1077 I haven't, what is it?

[@RichtorLazlo]

Antimony is also used in glass to strength it, another common use is in styrofoam, When antimony gets into your body it will most likely come out your sweat pours and blocks them causing lesions on your skin call antimony measles.

[@DavidFMayerPhD]

While Krypton does have some radioactive isotopes, most of it is completely stable, half-life = infinity. Krypton has 32 isotopes of which 5 are stable: 78Kr, 80Kr, 82Kr, 83Kr, 84Kr, while 86Kr has an absurdly long half-lives so it is stable for all practical purposes:

[@mihaiazimioara6591]

I believe he meant radon.

[@robinswamidasan]

86Kr is also stable, while 78Kr has that absurdly long half-life = 9.2×10^21 years. Also, there are only 3 unstable isotopes, of which 2 are synthetic, and the 3rd is found only in trace amounts with a half-life of 2.3×10^5 y. Yes, so on the whole I'd say Kr is stable. 85Kr, synthetic, is the isotope produced by nuclear bombs, reactors and fuel reprocessing, half-life of 11 y.

[@robinswamidasan]

@@mihaiazimioara6591 I think he intended Kr, but he seems to focus entirely on 85Kr. Radon's isotopes are all unstable with the max half-life being 3.9 days. It is produced naturally from decay of U, Th and Radium (i.e. not from man-made nuclear processes alone).

[@gkiferonhs]

Fun trend in the Arsenic, Bismuth, Antimony family. Arsenic kills you, Bismuth plugs you up and antimony is a laxative.

[@CarMad97ci]

“The reusable laxative- one for the whole family” is easily the most disgusting sentence I’ve encountered all week…

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

Until you realize that water is reusable too and it's reused by all of humanity.

[@rydplrs71]

Curium and Coppernecium are the only 2 on the list I haven’t worked with in semiconductors. I used to load antimony by the spoonful in a furnace occasionally

[@Arthion]

Sorry for nitpicking, but technically you spell Copernicium with one P. It's named after Nicolaus Copernicus, not the metal.

[@Between_Scylla_and_Kharybdis]

“Reusable” and “laxative” are 2 words that should never ever be used together…

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

"Antimony: MORE than the ultimate colon cleanse, it's also a family heirloom."

[@ThatSoddingGamer]

Should have mentioned that when Antimony combines with Fluoride and Hydrogen you get Fluoroantimonic acid, which is basically the strongest acid out there that we know of (there are some other contenders, but it's the one that has been properly measured). It's over a billion times stronger than pure sulfuric acid.

[@Joe_Potts]

Excellent. Mr. Bond will never escape from my trap now! MUAHAHAHAHA

[@_TheGlassesGuy_]

Communists are antimoney

[@surferdude4487]

That must be what they put on the tombstone wings at my favorite bar.

[@raydunakin]

@@_TheGlassesGuy_ Naw, commies like money as much as anyone else does. They just prefer to take it from those who earn it rather than earning it themselves.

[@peterwill9660]

Teflon, witch is made from florine, is the only material capable of containing containing such acids.

[@chrisyanover1777]

Simon, you forgot to mention Element 115 Moscovium! This is the element that allows UFO's to travel faster than light speed and travel from hovering to 50 miles away in 2 seconds according to Bob Lazar! 🤣

[@Bino9898]

And causes zombies to rise from the grave according to call of duty!

[@crystalquark3969]

And having it in your pocket makes you laugh uncontrollably!

[@ComaDave]

Also know as moronium.

[@DJMattEmpathy]

I was livid, LIVID I tell you, that they named it Moscovium and not Elerium

[@ruthmoram3861]

I could do with some of that in my car. 0 to 50 in 20 minutes, downhill with the wind behind you.

[@dawnofapril3055]

"I can't wait to pass my metal poop ball to my children and grandchildren!" As always, the past is nasty.

[@Kiefsti]

@@DonLicuala No. Just no. I'm still horrified, and ya'll are making me laugh.

[@jesscorbin5981]

Rubbing alcohol perhaps?

[@jorgantini92]

*The past was the worst Fify

[@nunyabiznes33]

Pretty ecofriendly tho LOL

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

I can't wait until my urine is recycled into someone else's drinking water.

[@ZeFroz3n0ne907]

Antimony is also used to harden lead for bullets, my dad and I reload our own bullets and mould our own round balls for black powder shooting. It's very fun. We melt down old wheel weights from car wheels and harden the lead with antimony so we can shoot some targets. We also make mini cannonballs for our homemade cannon.

[@hillside21]

Antimony is a critical part of printer's typemetal, along with lead and tin. The antimony prevents the alloy from shrinking after the type is cast, preserving exact dimensions.

[@johno7980]

What is printers typemetal. Likw metal in printers for computèrs

[@TheEternalPheonix]

@@johno7980 No, I'm pretty certain that's a typewriter reference. computer printers are a completely different beast altogether.

[@canuckprogressive.3435]

@@TheEternalPheonix The metal letter and numbers used in an actual printing press. Like how newspapers are made. Or used to be, I don't know if it is still done that way.

[@TheEternalPheonix]

@@canuckprogressive.3435 It's not done that way anymore. They can make bigger printers than the kind you normally see for home and office use. There are even special printers for t-shirts.

[@joshuahunt3032]

Another fact about bismuth: it’s technically radioactive, but just barely enough to not be considered completely stable. Someday in the very distant future, when all explicitly radioactive elements have long since decayed, bismuth will be the next element to fade from existence. Iron is the most stable element in this regard, oddly enough.

[@scottmantooth8785]

*bananas are also radioactive...albeit only slightly*

[@joshuahunt3032]

@@scottmantooth8785 Primarily because bananas at least sometimes contain a slightly radioactive isotope of potassium, but I don’t think it’s the most common kind, at least on Earth. Whereas bismuth is at least almost always in a state of “technically radioactive, but not in any practically meaningful way”

[@scottmantooth8785]

@@joshuahunt3032 *make's you wonder why we don't see a bunch of overpowered meta gorrillas running around taking over wide territories and terrorizing native inhabitant's with their wild shenanigans*

[@OnlyKaerius]

@@scottmantooth8785 Bananas are sufficiently radioactive that taking a bunch into a nuclear plant will set off the radiation alarms. :)

[@scottmantooth8785]

@@OnlyKaerius *as if bananas needed to be irradiated any further prior to consumption or given to monkeys or gorilla's that would result in them obtaining comic book super powers and taking over the nuclear plant and causing a genuine crisis with their new found intelligence and desire for world conquest*

[@RCT1963]

You learn something every day from Mr Whistler.

[@sophiegray4987]

On days I don't I am super disappointed

[@texasyojimbo]

Gallium also has some uses in electronics; Gallium Arsenide is used to make GaAsFET transistors, which are used in radio amplifiers. (GaAs doesn't melt until 1,240 degrees C though).

[@ruthmoram3861]

Gallium nitride very important too - LEDs, of course.

[@bradhobbs6196]

Anybody else wanna see Simon try to eat his Magic Spoon cereal with a Gallium Magic Spoon?

[@gomahklawm4446]

He admits its one of the sounds he hates the most.....yet forces us to listen to him do it. Only videos of his I downvote. Makes me cringe when hearing the cereal name now because of the sound associated.

[@Kiefsti]

Yes, yes I do.

[@sigifrith30]

Antimony, the world's first repeat prescription.

[@johngregg5735]

I had a chemistry instructor who specialized in potassium research while in college. They'd use potassium in their research and once the sample was contaminated, put the sample in barrel filled with oil. When they had filled the barrel of oil, they had three ways to dispose of it. - Send the barrel to a 'reclaimer' who would purify the potassium. - Take the chunks of potassium, make sure they wee well coated in oil, then roll the chunks in sugar and drop them in the river. Water would dissolve the sugar and the sugar would then pull off the oil. Once they potassium was exposed to water, exploded. - Take the barrel and pour the entire contents into the river. The river caught fire... "We only did that once', he said, "and it was after we had graduated'

[@steweygrrr]

All I'm going to say about flourine is that it is half of *_the_* most appropriately named compound FOOF which does exactly what it sounds like. A lot. *A. LOT.*

[@maxdevlin4349]

Antimony is/was also used to alter the hardness of lead bullets and artillery projectiles since around 1784.

[@fractode]

One thing the video missed about antimony: like water, it expands when it solidifies. For that reason, it was often used in fine castings, such as type (when you want to ensure, for example, that the last point of the smallest serif in the mold is filled).

[@daniellenelsen4641]

Oh that's interesting!

[@CnMinus1432]

Entertaining for sure! Although, much of the facts (or lack thereof) about copernicium aren't that strange when thinking about super-heavy elements in general. Most of the "known" details about most of them are mere predictions and various ways of phrasing "nucleosynthesis isn't paranormal but its products come pretty close to being so". All this to say, antimony definitely takes the cake. Or rather, drives it out...

[@BackYardScience2000]

2:25 , it actually glows "when in contact with atmospheric oxygen.". If it's not in contact with atmospheric oxygen then it will not glow. Say like, if you have it in a vial filled with argon. It will not glow in that vial. But take the white phosphorus out of the vial and set it on a desk where it can contact air and it will indeed glow with an eerie greenish glow. Just figured that I would set the record straight since I deal with this material a lot.

[@joanhoffman3702]

I recommend reading “The Disappearing Spoon” by Sam Kean. It’s an entertaining journey through the elements.

[@Big_Loo]

Reusable and laxative are two words that should NEVER BE PUT TOGETHER EVER!

[@DZuls1]

Old time lead type for printing is made from an alloy of lead, tin, and antimony.

[@ClipsFromMaine]

I’m sorry, but we need a whole episode on copernicium. I have so many questions…

[@Zaluskowsky]

too late. it s gone. again.

[@ClipsFromMaine]

@@Zaluskowsky 😁 well done.

[@artbyjennyray]

I'd heard Bismuth called peacock copper. It is a beautiful stone!

[@janisvitols6818]

I think you are mixing it up with Bornite, same gorgeous colours and it's usually known as peacock ore in everyday terms ^_^

[@jordanas3750]

My husband's uncle had spent his entire career trying to isolate a element. It was accomplished in the 90's so I'm told, none of them are scientific in nature so when you ask them they say they can't remember. He was suppose to come to our wedding but alas he said an experiment prevented him from coming. We get cards but he doing leave his research. He is I the search for a 2nd element. He's in his 80's and still working on the lab. I can't get any details from any of them but this uncle and another are the last of 13 children, 2 of whom became scientists, the rest had mundane careers like that of a postman or working in the mines.

[@ouimetco]

Cool family story.

[@Bacopa68]

Has he worked at Dubna in Russia, Oak Ridge in the US, or Darmstadt in Germany?

[@jordanas3750]

@@Bacopa68 not sure. I only met him at my wedding. US, but I'm not involved with that side of the family. Christmas cards check phone calls no check. My knowledge base is in plant biology/biotech. I'm in, but not that in and he'd be over 70 today... so retired on his mtn is my best guess since of the family only two are left. not much into the younger generations.

[@Tiny_Sequoia]

6:08 "Hydrochloric acid, H-C-I" why does everyone mess this one up! Don't feel too bad I suppose, its not just you Simon, most of my students will mess it up too. Its H-C-L, that lowercase l looks a lot like an upercase I in a lot of fonts. that's why capital I should always have serifs, in my opinion

[@DJMattEmpathy]

@@DonLicuala I think he knows he was just emphasising that it was an l not an I

[@Tiny_Sequoia]

@@DonLicuala Yeah that was the whole point of my comment. Ironically, looks like you made the exact same mistake, mistook a lowercase l for an uppercase I. Maybe KZbin needs to change the font they use?

[@qwertyferix]

The second letter of a chemical symbol is always lowercase. That's pretty easy to remember. So if a compound is made of only two elements (e.g. HCl - hydrogen & chlorine) and you're not sure if the third letter is a capital "I" or a lowercase "L," then it must be a lowercase "L" because "H" and "C" are capitalized.

[@Tiny_Sequoia]

@@qwertyferix That's true. Less easy to remember for high school freshmen though

[@super_slo]

@@qwertyferix to be fair, if you don't know how many chemicals are in a compound, and the font is ambiguous, either one is plausible. I'm surprised I haven't seen any comments calling out the hydrogen and fluorine makes hydrochloric acid bit. I've never seen Simon make so many obvious mistakes in a single video before.

[@mickcompagnoni1114]

I work with heritage railways, & was surprised to find out the white metal bearings were made from copper, antimony & tin. We get some weird orange & purple colours while heating it before pouring, but it's silver when liquid & grey when solid just like lead. I think it's amazing that a soft metal compound can withstand many tons of force.

[@dolphincliffs8864]

Babbit

[@Metal_Master_YT]

copper antimony and tin? sounds an awful lot like bronze.

[@dolphincliffs8864]

@@Metal_Master_YT He said white metal thats why I said babbit. I shall look up babbit.

[@lloydevans2900]

The same sort of metal (or close enough) is used to line journal bearings for engine crankshafts. The purpose is not so much to withstand the force, but to allow the bearings to function without excessive wear and damage. If you make both surfaces of a plain bearing out of steel, they scratch each other up when the surfaces move and quickly destroy each other. But make one of the surfaces a lot softer than the other, and the wear is much reduced. Phosphor-bronze washers and inserts are used in pivot bearings for the same reason.

[@Metal_Master_YT]

@@lloydevans2900 uh, then wouldn't the softer metal part just break faster? I mean, think of it like this, they can be the same hardness, and you said they will wear each other out, but if we just focus on the one we make softer, it gets weaker and that somehow makes it stronger? I'm confused.

[@pfadiva]

Hydrochloric acid is HCl (capital letter H, capital letter C, small letter L), not HCI (capital letter I). Sans serif fonts are notorious for confusing the two.

[@johnallen6039]

And antimony along with silver are the replacements for lead in plumbing solder.

[@psmirage8584]

In his video "Showing my Desk to Adam Savage", VSauce (Michael Stevens) shows Adam a sample of Indium. Indium is a metal so soft you can slice it with a butter knife. Michael explains that you could even chew it like gum (I wouldn't recommend it).

[@DJMattEmpathy]

Indium is what's used in smartphone touch screens

[@dudepool7530]

@@DJMattEmpathy ind-eed lol.

[@Kiefsti]

Neat, going to find that vid now.

[@stephenkwasek1933]

Well done! Classic Simon. Interesting stuff.

[@Barty.Crowell]

Antimony has one very common somewhat modern use: hardening lead for bullets to reduce fouling in barrels

[@domomitsune5920]

I got a comment under the first minute. I've actually come across a bunch of these minerals and elements from rockhounding and general expiration from mining. I really like the fact that some radioactive minerals will glow during the daytime. I own a couple samples of curium in specially-designed containers.

[@idleEverything]

Rockhounds are the best people.

[@Shinzon23]

Specially designed and I hope, with filtered intake/outtake of air, yes?

[@carriemaxwell4695]

Okay, totally did not know that about Antimony...

[@eddieboyette9118]

Scientist creates copernecium for the 1st time. “What the hell was that???”

[@Wraith_of_Storm]

The great thing about many of these Periodic Elements, is that they all have practical applications for Advanced Technologies. We also still need to work around Element 115, as it is told that it is the key to Creating hypersonic Craft.

[@owenshebbeare2999]

You capitalise too many words. Only the start of a sentence, proper nouns and titles need them.

[@billwood7408]

Nitpicking here...at 6:10 Simon refers to Hydrochloric Acid as "H C I" that is I as in Iridium, but he should have said H C L.

[@DJMattEmpathy]

It's the isotopes with shorter half-lifes that are more radioactive! If it has a half life of millions of years it's barely radioactive at all!

[@andrewgreaves56]

Interested to find out that hydrochloric acid is actually HCi 😂. Um…

[@timothylongblacksmithing6743]

I'm a simple man, I see Antimony, I click

[@levrapport2033]

Overall cool video, but you left out the best part of bismuth (my favorite element): it's radioactive. That's right, your Pepto is radioactive. But don't worry! With a half-life that is thousands of times older then the current age of the universe, it's mostly harmless.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Nice Hitchhiker's reference there! I saw what you did!

[@OutdoorScienceDad]

6:10 Hydrochloric acid is HCl, lower case L, not upper case I

[@Shinzon23]

Ah yes, fluoride... which you can make chlorine tetrafluoride with, which will eat and set ablaze steel and concrete!

[@J.A.Smith2397]

One of your best videos on any channel

[@jamiearnott9669]

Great video. I got a specimen of bismuth on my shelf as I thought it a curiosity when it appears geometrically.

[@jsl151850b]

3:21 In the movies it was used to make a spoon that would melt in hot beverages to indicate that the drink was poisoned.

[@dingusdingus2152]

Our high school chemistry teacher was a classic wiseguy. He once actually said, in response to a trick question: you have to get up pretty early in the morning to put one over on your old uncle Dudley; and he had the standard question on his quizzes, 'who is buried in grant's tomb'? (Ulysses s grant and his wife Julia Dent, btw). I don't recollect much of anything about chemistry learned in his class but everyone liked the guy...

[@Kiefsti]

Great video, all interesting, Antimony is WHAT?!?

[@catman8965]

HF is easily stored in plastic and stainless steel.

[@davidmitchell005]

“Antimony was passed through generations.” Straight through.

[@skrayraja]

The part about Bismuth was amazing

[@SeoulKoreaOT7Kpop]

Great work 👍 From Seoul Korea♥♥♥

[@Henchman1977]

"MAG" wheels haven't been made with magnesium for decades....

[@Loki_FPV666]

They still use magnesium for some racing wheels, they even come stock on some high end motorcycles designed for speed.

[@SkunkApe407]

Wrong. Mag wheels are still made from magnesium alloys.

[@61rampy65]

@@SkunkApe407 No. Most wheels are made from aluminum alloys. True magnesium wheels are very light, but brittle- one curb or pothole will crack them.

[@SkunkApe407]

@@61rampy65 again, not true. Aluminum alloy rims are the poor man's alternative to real mag wheels.

[@copper12heavy69]

Q: do you have any rainbow colored metal? A: that's none of your bismuth.

[@jacobsalomon5820]

This has got to be one of his most interesting videos! I would have like more detail about some of the elements but Simon is, by necessity, catering to an audience with a short attention span. (Plead guilty on this failing.)

[@billotto602]

Fascinating ! Simon you're the best 👌 👍!

[@AI-hx3fx]

Antimony gave me a headache but props for the euphemisms 😂

[@steel8231]

Fun fact: While Bismuth is the active ingredient in Pepto Bismol, but we don't actually know how it works chemically inside our bodies.

[@Bacopa68]

I thought we knew that bismuth is the sort of thing that would be toxic if we could absorb it, but we absolutely cannot. It's Bismuth Salicylate that cannot get through the intestines so it ends up doing aspirin's usual action against inflammation. Of course, you are correct that we do not understand how aspirin and other NSAIDS work, so I guess you are right that we do not understand how Pepto Bismol works.

[@steel8231]

@@Bacopa68 most heavy metals are toxic to some degree, and considering Bismuth is right on the brink of being radioactive it's not a stretch to assume it would be toxic if we had a body process that could interact with it.

[@boxsterman77]

Another interesting thing about Gallium: Apply in while it is in it's liquid state to any aluminum material and it will slowly eat it away.

[@patrickbuchanan4444]

Aqua regia (mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid) AKA as "royal water" will easily disolve gold or platinum but won't impact iridium. However iridium can be etched using the proper acids with an alternating current electro-etcher as I performed that numerous times over the years so as to look at the grain structure in a scanning electron microscope.

[@alexrossouw7702]

The most powerful element is the element of surprise

[@chadfalardeau5396]

It also the easiest one to dissapear

[@beachboy0505]

Excellent public safety message Great video

[@ThomasGabrielsen]

I remember when my chemistry teacher in high school talked about fluorine told the class that if it had been fluorine in the toothpaste all the teeth would've be gone after one brush.

[@kiffaj9982]

Antimony is added to lead bullets because it raises the melting point. If your projectile has reached max speed of say 2000 fps it's gonna get really hot due to friction so antimony holds it together. That's why big bore ammo is fmj,wrapped in brass. I found this out by trying to make fishing sinkers using this stuff,I had to get the lead so hot that it just flowed through the mold.. useless. Queenslander.

[@jc-es4lt]

cool topic, great video! Thank you.

[@eier5472]

Bismuth is also very, *very* weakly radioactive, so little that we thought it was stable for a long time. Its most common isotope has a half life a million times longer than the current age of the Universe. Stars will burn out, galaxies will fade and most likely nobody will be around to see half of all Bismuth decay

[@xxyxxxxxxx]

HCL! Not HCI! The most confusion when introducing or even reading this molecule is that the third letter there is a lower case L

[@idleEverything]

This reminds me of "The Disappearing Spoon." A fantastic read for anyone who likes this sort of thing.

[@pfadiva]

An excellent and entertaining read!

[@nolanwilliford8881]

Check out the book “The Disappearing Spoon”. It’s about the elements.

[@dumymariposa6795]

According to an ancient saying, there is no spoon.😁

[@TheEternalPheonix]

@@dumymariposa6795 I think you mean a not-so ancient saying.

[@dumymariposa6795]

@@TheEternalPheonix you got me there!

[@blohnnie7395]

Thank you for the hours of content you provide!

[@trj1442]

Gee, that was really interesting, particularly bismuth. Thankyou for the show TT crew.

[@venmosh4822]

I learn so much from this channel, thank you for this great quality content!

[@paulgrosse7631]

At 6:11, you talk of HCI (Hotel, Charlie, India) - I would imagine that is not that stable and would quickly form hydrogen iodide and carbon. Did you learn how to pronounce the element/chemical names from a correspondence course?

[@MF_UNDERTOW]

I love you, Factboy!!!

[@oberstraphry]

Bismuth shrinks when heated. Actually, from a chemist's point of view boron is the most different. Viewers would also like the book "The Disappearing Spoon" and "Elements of Murder".

[@mixnmatchflavourbleach2313]

This episode just rocks my world

[@michaeltheoret8913]

Not sure why I mention this ( probably this video got me thinking) but I have a one pound cube of pure Zinc hanging around. It doesn't do much ,just sits there and gets people wondering why I have it.

[@cleverusername9369]

Poor gallium.

[@meridien52681]

I'd add Astatine (At) to the list. Nobody has ever actually seen it because it is so incredibly reactive with no stable isotopes. It decays immediately, is the most radioactive element, and the amount on earth is about the size and weight of a US nickel. It has no known uses because it doesn't seem to want to exist. Scientists think it's a grayish blackish metal, but enough hasn't been seen to reliably say.

[@Tubluer]

Dear factboy: An isotope having a half life of millions of years does not imply it is highly radioactive. It implies the exact opposite. Although one of the isotopes of curium has a long half life, it is the isotopes that have half lives of a few years that are responsible for most of the radioactivity. 7:22

[@zmicezgaming6368]

So magnesium is pretty much greek fire if it was ”made in china”

[@nunyabiznes33]

Reusable laxative pill seems pretty cool. I heard it's possible to get the same effect by drinking alcohol from an antimony cup. Is that true?

[@jeffreyphillip936]

Yo SimWhistles you da GOAT!

[@denverstrong473]

I saw an article last night that nano sized Gallium and silver rods break down CO2. Forms a gallium-carbon binary and oxygen gas

[@challenger2ultralightadventure]

What about the most famous "Unobtainium". I hear it's impossible to find or manufacture. ;-)

[@curtissmith9287]

Make perpetual motion with bismuth and magnets

[@Bacopa68]

The Salvation Army in the UK opened up a match factory with proper ventilation and protective equipment. They sold their matches under the Darkest England brand name and explained the fate of workers in other match factories.

[@bennemer489]

I wonder if they've tried using cat pee on Iridium? Anyone with a cat knows how corrosive it is. :-)

[@TrineDaely]

True, but one could just use original Windex, which I'm pretty sure has even more ammonia in it. I wonder if you could clean windows or mirrors with cat pee (provided you don't like the person said glass belongs to).

[@Jose-ht2lw]

This vid should me mandatory at a science class. 😆

[@GummyBearWA]

Antimony was also used in high end pewter jewelry.

[@krischan67]

The video seems to suggest that all Krypton is radioactive, but it has a few stable isotopes.