This is what gallium does to aluminum

Gallium looks a lot like mercury, except unlike mercury, it really likes sticking to glass. It also has a very different and unique reaction, when it's added to aluminum. I've actually never tried this myself, and I think I'll test it out on this aluminum bat.
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[@Valoric]

You know you’re getting older when you’re annoyed he damaged a perfectly good bench top

[@peteypete9357]

I think even young teens interested in chemistry wishing for a similar set up would feel the pain. Them and of course the OCD kids.

[@primieramalantutada2194]

True

[@BoxySonic]

I have OCD, am interested in chemistry, and am not old Can confirm I was cringing at the dents in that table

[@ats-3693]

Yeah what was he actually thinking when he did that? Surely that can't be a benchtop in his house?

[@lolrentz]

@@ats-3693 it's probably his lab.

[@LyricWulf]

I don't know why I expected him to hit a gallium bat with an aluminum bat.

[@supremecommander4311]

I mean i did too ngl

[@gallium-gonzollium]

@@supremecommander4311 you- WHAT

[@supremecommander4311]

@@gallium-gonzollium i was expecting him to hit a gallium bat with an aluminum bat

[@Goku17yen]

@@supremecommander4311 same lol

[@Goku17yen]

@@gallium-gonzollium instead of 2 ice cubes in your drink, I put 3

[@frosty_shiba4311]

Fun fact about gallium: a little while ago, scientists used to play pranks on people by making spoons out of gallium, and subsequent using them to stir tea, and when the spoon melted, the other person freaked out

[@bhargavjitbhuyan9394]

Imagine someone just running they try to explain the situation then someone sneaks out and drink the tea or coffee. 😱🔫💀🔫☠🔫

[@t_t9964]

@@bhargavjitbhuyan9394 good, less stupid thief are in the world.

[@t_t9964]

the guy definitely europe, its a tea.

[@godofatheism5869]

Fun fact about gallium: it is a liquid at room temputure and therefore this comment is most likely fake as the "spoons out of gallium" would've almost immediately melted either way

[@yasirkadhim2940]

​@@godofatheism5869 The first second of this video invalidates your 'fact'.

[@TreacherousFennec]

as an aviation worker, i can't describe how freaked out i am over the thought of what plane crashes gallium can cause, if it wasn't banned to carry or ship it via aircraft in ANY form.

[@Anon26535]

Wonder if they've ever tried firing gallium shells from AA guns...

[@TreacherousFennec]

@@Anon26535 no, because it takes way too long to have an effect on the material, AAs would always stick to immediate results, so Explosives. However, galium has been used by the SOE and supplied to the French Resistance for sabotage.

[@Anon26535]

@@TreacherousFennec Maybe a gallium coating on standard shells so that the plane would fall apart eventually if it took a glancing hit, but I guess that might be more expensive than it's worth. Plus there's probably something in the Geneva Conventions about slow-acting weapons that will put the pilot in danger even if he tries to retreat.

[@TreacherousFennec]

@@Anon26535 that little may not have an effect on structural integrity, but pure galium has been placed in critical areas of planes by saboteurs, since it creeps up into the metal and has no visible difference once it does, therefore very hard to detect.

[@seekvapes9641]

@@Anon26535 and how o you make sure the galium just splatter in all directions from the gun? Firing it will probably liquify it.

[@aperson9973]

Imagine giving a painted gallium/aluminum alloy bat to someone for a baseball game and not telling them it had gallium in it.

[@Fetuchynni]

How to prank your friends on epic ways (Gone wrong)

[@gotoverit3337]

*ball goes through bat and the player gets hit in the face*

[@OUTATIME84]

Someone should test that and put it on KZbin.

[@MuhammadNaufalQayyum]

Great ways to sabotage opponent

[@shrimplyfantastic]

or use it in a prank where you have a gallium weakened baseball bat, and hit your friend with it in public so it looks like they’re invincible

[@DrakiniteOfficial]

I think Nigel has completely embraced the fact that this channel is the HowToBasic of chemistry.

[@UrbanistBlooms]

He's turning slowly into Nile Green

[@TabooGroundhog]

Literally broke the countertop

[@westie430]

I don't think I've ever heard this comment before. Thank you for your originality.

[@chickenmonger123]

@@westie430 I hadn’t. Thank you for the contempt. After all once you’ve seen something, that’s the most important thing to happen involving it. I swear dude we all have a sensorial center in our perspective, but you greatly overestimate the usefulness of yours. Maybe we could all have our own limelight without acting as if others don’t exist.

[@westie430]

@@chickenmonger123 what are you even talking about? It wasn't your comment I was replying to. If you pay attention, it literally shows up in the comments *repeatedly* as if the commenter is the big brain who created it in the first place. People constantly copy funny comments on here and use them as their own *for likes* That's the only reason. It's getting old. Be more creative.👋

[@ratheeshkumar5287]

NileRed: now we'll be testing what gallium does to aluminum Scout: *WHERE THE HELL IS MY FRICKING BAT*

[@efj4624]

NileRed is now the force of natire

[@Shy_002]

@@efj4624Nile red now uses the force o nature

[@insertgamertag5369]

"Hey medic have you seen my-" "OH GOD WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY BAT"

[@ScopeNothing]

Honestly I can see this being a scout weapon

[@zeldaglitchman]

He even did the bat flip

[@danielrestrepo9168]

Plot twist: the gallium didn't do anything to the bat, Nigel was just testing his brand superhuman serum

[@rednoodleoffate]

Everybody’s talking about him breaking the bat but nobody’s talking about the _perfect_ one-handed flip he did with it.

[@ANTISONIC_]

literally like that's skill

[@littlegayboy45_]

he's secretly batter off

[@addictedtojet]

I was slightly impressed cuz he's holding a camera with the other hand isn't he?

[@Soulraven2735]

@@namesarenotimp0rtant So he's Jerma?

[@ph-swaggg4552]

@@Soulraven2735 yes

[@alexpotts6520]

Gallium is interesting historically as its discovery was widely seen as proof of the validity of the periodic table. When Mendeleev first came up with the idea, there were some gaps in his table, which he assumed would be filled by undiscovered elements, and he assigned properties to these elements based on their positions in the table. A couple of years later gallium was discovered, precisely matching his prediction of the existence of a metal with an atomic mass of around 70 and a preferred oxidation state of +3.

[@reverendfatheruncleruckus]

He also called it Eka-aluminum due to where he found it on the table. When it was finally isolated as a pure element it was named Gallium after being discovered by the French chemist Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran who named it after the Latin name for the French region "Gallia" or as we know it Gaul.

[@ApofKol]

Thank you, that's very interesting and I didn't know that

[@HisameArtwork]

@@ApofKol same, love it when people leave cool comments like these. Thanks Alex Potts!

[@scp4447]

Damn we got this in our science books and i never payed attention to it

[@Zyzarda]

its like how we (previously) theorized black holes. Logic dictates something is there, but we just didn't know what yet

[@murraybrown855]

Nice to see metallurgy for uncommon elements. Hopefully it will lead to a new generation of curious scientists and engineers. The next 30 years will see tremendous opportunity in the fields of materials science and extractive metallurgy. For those considering a future in chemistry, physics and engineering, I can attest that after 30+ years in the industry there is no end to the learning process. McGill University graduate. 🇨🇦

[@Ash_G]

If the police deploys aluminium robocops, we'll know how to defend ourselves.

[@amaan6845]

@@Ash_G spray em with a gallium gun and sit still for 12 hours

[@Ash_G]

@@amaan6845 The gallium experiments on KZbin are quite fascinating. An amount should be kept in all prepper basements.

[@dpterminusreal]

​@Ash_G the aluminum oxide in question

[@calmkoala4533]

It was fun to learn about some of the properties of gallium because I'm a massive Spider-Man nerd and in the 2018 game, doctors ock uses gallium and the properties kinda match up to how it was used

[@keziagreste]

For someone who has never held a baseball bat, it was way too surprising that the inside is hollow.. For a second I actually thought Gallium just somehow eroded all the aluminium inside

[@uneducatedgeek]

I am pretty sure what he was using was a tire checking bat, and not a baseball bat. Simi drivers hit their tires with them to check tire pressure.

[@fukyomammason]

@@uneducatedgeek aluminum game bats are still hollow though.

[@MurkyWaters677]

Yeah, they have to be hollow. If they weren't they would be heavy af and useless for baseball.

[@alexdryver5090]

@@uneducatedgeek Yup, that's a tire thumper. I always used a 4 lb drilling hammer for the job because it had other uses.

[@CrypticCobra]

Well have you ever held a solid block of metal before? if that bat wasn't hollow it would weigh 50+ lbs.

[@xjlskrmn1517]

Actually the gallium didn't weaken the bat, Nigel's just really strong.

[@PugnaciousProductions]

@DON'T READ MY NAME ok

[@urldog8876]

snake III, I was playin it on my Nokia X02-00

[@claudioestevez61]

It actually makes it 10 times stronger. He was really testing his grape flavored strength serum.

[@MrGammingfordummies]

new prank idea get a bat like that and do the same thing with gallium but then tell your friends you are so upset then grab the bat and crush it with your hand

[@squid1712]

@@PugnaciousProductions ok

[@aaronmarks9366]

That when he flipped the bat was sooo satisfying

[@10jimmy]

I've always wanted to try this, I also wanted to try other metals as I've never heard of it affects them or not

[@daleonov]

He didn't just ruin a perfectly functional bat, he also damaged a nice piece of furniture 😭

[@thecraftedfilms4513]

In the name of science

[@spartan963300]

@@thecraftedfilms4513 what science? He didn't explain anything at all lmao

[@thecraftedfilms4513]

@@spartan963300 I was joking

[@spartan963300]

@@thecraftedfilms4513 my bad lmao

[@alexbondeson2931]

the counter looked perfectly fine. im actually surprised how the counter looked after breaking the bat

[@LabCoatz_Science]

Nigel: It felt pretty sturdy, however... Viewers: we know what must happen next Nigel, after dramatic pause: S M A S H

[@muhammadajibakriaji3753]

B O N K

[@TheRevenant4585]

That flip was *clean.*

[@glonkfpv]

For the issue of sticking to glass, what one can do is submerge the liquid gallium under water. The water helps with the sticking to glass, and if warm, can keep the metal as a liquid for longer.

[@chrismichaelyoung]

That part at the end where you smashed the bat in half, followed with a pop up of your vaporizing chicken in acid video couldn't have been more chaotic. Wonderful. Very good. Do more.

[@Defirence]

That whole ending part was so unexpected it has my face hurting lmfao, finding this comment made it 100x better 🤣

[@aidangarvey7049]

I was about to comment the exact same thing, this man is losing his mind

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

Who's paying for that counter top he busted up 😂

[@connorsullivan5996]

I just came from that video lol!

[@TheHighborn]

For those that are wondering, galluim is used in liquid metal thermal "paste" solutions in PCs or in any other areas where heat transfer is CRITICAL but you can't weld the two things together. It's usually a compounded by some other kinds of metals tho

[@hecktorklemens5636]

And that is why when u buy liquid metal thermal contact for your laptops they say aluminium heat sinks not allowed with it.

[@weepee3249]

Gallium-tin I think...

[@keks7494]

I'm more concerned about what the fuck is the difference between gallium and aluminium because in my country it's the same, but aluminium is an unofficial (not national) name - and this is the moment when I looked up on google and remembered it's "glin" not gallium 🌚. I didn't even have to edit it ...and don't ask why am I posting it

[@TheHighborn]

@@keks7494 two completely different metals. Look up the periodic table

[@keks7494]

@@TheHighborn are you blind or too lazy to click "show more" or whatever it's called

[@joshuabrown5558]

I saw you smacking the bat against the table and got some instant Nile Green vibes, had to check to be sure I was actually on your channel!

[@tetrahedronal2829]

Truly a Scout TF2 moment, Nile

[@masonrhoden5922]

Gallium is some cool stuff. The only downside is that it can stain things.

[@skrimper]

Don't spill it on your carpet, you'll never get it out..

[@user-ki2bs2ux3k]

and make aluminum break like glass

[@seekingthelovethatgodmeans7648]

@@skrimper There's nothing that would combine with the gallium to make a colorless compound?

[@FORRESTtheunoriginal]

feel like the staining is the least of its downsides, i would say rotting airplanes is kind of a big downside.

[@finnoboy6506]

is it toxic?

[@gorbinbundle]

Hm...why do I get the feeling this is a mystery tool we can use later? Like, in the third act of my life, I'm gonna have a tub of gallium and some aluminum I need to break, and I'll remember this moment...

[@enriqueamaya3883]

Jesus loves you.”.”,,

[@gorbinbundle]

@@enriqueamaya3883 May he bless me with a life or death situation involving alumimum and a convenient tub of gallium. Amen.

[@antivlad7287]

@@gorbinbundle Amen

[@jeremiahvires7864]

@@gorbinbundle airplane

[@pold111]

it's for the side quests

[@alZiiHardstylez]

Sick bat flip dude

[@u121386]

“This little chunk of metal” The Metal: *literally a chrome Lego figure*

[@SahidBecdach]

That bat flip was real smooth

[@ShockInazuma]

@👇Not RickRoII 🤣 don’t know who you think you’re fooling, but it’s not working

[@ikitclaw7146]

Its taken him years to perfect that flip lol

[@Zabulibabuli]

Is it just me or was that dink sound sooo satisfying

[@ADBBuild]

You should see him do it with a chef's knife.

[@definitelynotagenocider5204]

There we go, was looking for someone to bring this up. It was really cool and I just audibly wow'd lol

[@jakepat8603]

I'm just saying, Scout would be proud of that baseball bat flip .

[@marcellvagi8290]

Nice flip pal! Let's see how well you can smash some BLU skulls.

[@flamingoliker2024]

I hate auto-balence

[@mr.101.8]

Random crits are fair and balanced, CRITRAWKETS!!!!!

[@gnarsly]

Thanks pally!

[@The4DPotato]

Boink! Bonk! Bonk! Boink!

[@casso_4974]

That bat spin was smooth asf

[@thecryptoknightxrpwarrior8368]

Two questions... 1. After the destruction of the other metal, can you heat up the pile of ruins and melt the gallium and separate it from the destruction? 2. Is gallium easy to find and buy? I would like to get some and play with it... haha 😁

[@AmoghA]

This is the reason FAA does not let you take Gallium in ANY form on commercial airplanes. You don't want the bird to crack open like that bat 30,000 feet above NileRed's house

[@EpicBoss-]

You'd have to also bring something to scrape the paint and oxide layer off. Even if you locked yourself in the bathroom when trying to get the gallium to soak into the aluminum , I'd imagine it would be hard not to arouse suspicion from the noise of you trying to get gallium into the aluminum itself

[@kirkanos771]

@@EpicBoss- If i'm not mistaken, most toilets on airplanes are away from infrastructural parts of the plane. On a commercial flight, even passengers are inside the second hull anyway. No aluminum there.

[@EpicBoss-]

@@kirkanos771 that's my point, its unlikely for serious damage to occur to a plane from only using gallium

[@tomjackal5708]

just because it would take some work to do does not mean that the risk involved would be acceptable

[@thatguyalex2835]

Yep, I was gonna say the same thing. :) Chemistry can be fun, but can be dangerous, and a serious risk to folks when misused. I enjoy flying, but I would not want to fly on a plane if I knew anything was allowed to be brought aboard.

[@An_Average_Arsonist]

This is actually why you cant bring gallium on a plane, "gallium induced structural integrity failure" Depending on the amount of gallium, you can rend aluminum to a consistency of wet paper. P.s aluminum naturally produces it's own protective barrier against reactions because on exposure to oxygen, it creates an aluminum oxide layer, the reason the gallium didnt make the bat weak as paper is because scratching the surface removes very little oxide. Apply a small amount of hydrochloric acid briefly to remove that oxide and maximize the reaction. Just be sure to wear adequate protective equipment!

[@deltaxcd]

I doubt is anyone is going to check and if you will be capable to infect plane aluminum with your gallium. since you need to scrape off the paint.

[@JasonKaler]

If this is happening on an plane, then "adequate protective equipment" includes a parachute and possibly breathing apparatus.

[@famijoku7631]

"Sir, you can't bring liquids on this flight" - "But that's not a liquid?" *pulls out hair dryer*

[@saleem2991]

It sounds like aluminum is an organism trying to protect itself from a pathogen, gallium.

[@CadillacDriver]

Rend? Lol

[@AIM-9X_Sidewinder]

everybody gangsta until the gallium started getting the shape of a person when melting

[@nejiross]

You are one of my favorite youtubers. Never short of impressed with your entertaining content.

[@epic_ali]

true

[@epic_ali]

this is an underrated comment

[@Ihaveagasmask]

i love how the legomans uper body became more realistic when it started to melt

[@TenHourSoundsOfficial]

Congrats u got 2 bots to reply to your comment

[@Ihaveagasmask]

@Ziko your father sees you as a disapointment

[@TheBoss0110101001]

You liked that?

[@Ihaveagasmask]

@👇Not RickRoII 🤣 your a dissapointment

[@joundii3100]

Maybe something something thermoconductivity something something evolution Idk

[@SynnekoNya]

Honestly if I had Gallium available to me back in middle or high school, I wouldve so done this to a friend or someone's bat so that the time they went to use it the base ball would shatter it on impact and leave everyone in shock and confusion, this would truly be one of those ingenious pranks, especially to do before someone's game xD

[@0b5qRa]

Till someone gets a fragment to the eye.

[@Destroyer0092]

That’s a good way to blast shards of metal in your friends eyes.

[@RobOnMotors]

@@Destroyer0092 it's character building

[@LucaGel23]

I’d hate to buy a new bat that would break my bank

[@nickh3809]

Especially when metal shards fly into everyones eyes 😂

[@alexandermain5102]

Im still amazed and mesmorized by how things can interact with each other and how they do it . I also can't here his voice without thinking of the deep fake fights between him and mark rober .

[@gec101]

0:22 bro became an SCP 3008 employee

[@JDLupus]

I don't quite know why, but there's just something about Nile's timing whenever he hits something that's just so comedically perfect. By far not the only reason I love his vids, but definitely one of them :)

[@twoheartsoff3255]

It has a bit of a HowToBasic vibe I think.

[@dungma9349]

2:32 scouts doesn't like this.

[@Poja_0811]

Why not now tye bat can inflict the bleeding effect

[@GoofydudeMHA]

Science class would be even more fun if we did this stuff

[@JonnyBetz]

Love how you finished the job and completely broke the bat

[@lmaobanana5731]

For those who had experiences with building pcs, liquid metal is often not used tgt with aluminium cold plate heatsinks due to this very reason

[@buddyclem7328]

"tgt"? What was that supposed to be? By liquid metal, are you referring to tin solder?

[@falconerd343]

@@buddyclem7328 I'm guessing tgt = together. And by liquid metal I'm assuming they use gallium as the thermal carrier instead of water. Which is great until it gets cold in your room and your liquid cooling freezes up.

[@OrganicComb]

it's also why gallium is probably forbidden on airplanes

[@dariobarisic3502]

​@@falconerd343 No, liquid metal is used to transfer heat from the cpu/gpu plate to the heatsink (preferably nickel, but copper is also fine) instead of thermal paste that is ceramic and has much lower thermal conductivity. It is not pure galium so it has a wider operable range (suitable for regular pc users). On the other hand, it also conducts electricity so extra care should be taken when applying it to your pc. It is actually pretty good, but the problem is you have to reapply it more often than regular thermal paste (at least in my experience).

[@TheHenirik]

@@falconerd343 im not sure that matters much, when you have it on a 100w heater it shouldnt stay frozen for long, and even it it freezes that pretty much just means you now have a soldered heatsink

[@Ihaveagasmask]

can we appreciate the flip at 0:44

[@skrimper]

Can someone stop making these smooth-brain comments

[@jspaceman]

@@skrimper can someone tell you to get a life

[@clashoclan3371]

Can we appreciate I love how we appreciate

[@Ihaveagasmask]

@@skrimper then why did you replie making it probably more popular

[@guywithacreativename5134]

Meet the Scout

[@kendalconnolly5644]

Gonna use this to make a Metal Bong. THX

[@QwertyWirt]

For some reason, when he put the pin into the gallium on the bay, I thought it was going to a different universe

[@2ballz543]

Considering Gallium lies just below Aluminium in the periodic table, I expected something to happen, what actually happened is quite unexpected

[@ordinarryalien]

0:17 I want to turn this into a meme so much...

[@delctravda]

Glad someone understad the joke on this video

[@OmniSync]

what the joke

[@ordinarryalien]

@@OmniSync The tragedy, the terror...

[@Silence6884]

That bat flip was so smoothly executed

[@ganymede3141]

"And now I'm going to make a Lego T-1000, and I think that's pretty cool." -NileRed, probably.

[@radekhungler357]

imagine giving a bat infected with gallium to a baseball player and then pitching a ball for them.

[@MaddenPeppperoni]

0:22 Change Da World… My Final Message Goodb ye

[@RedactedsLair]

*insert low quality windows 95 startup sound*

[@mahdirahimipour7472]

i love how you just paint your desk gray to break that tiny part of the bat

[@apurbamallick6633]

I'm impressed by the table's quality.

[@tanmaygupta3795]

Person: Spent days trying to make that lego from gallium Nile: HAHA Warm Air goes burrrr!

[@Vaul.]

@Don't read profile photo nobody gives a shit

[@jaari2032]

Nah it just takes a few minutes and Nile probably made it himself

[@justanotherrandomguy......6969]

It's so easy take Lego piece create a mold for it then put gallium in it and cool it It's so easy..........

[@Merennulli]

It's a silicon ice mold. Lego itself sells them. He just poured the gallium into it and let it cool.

[@adilhussain3124]

Can we all just recognize the countertop Nigel litteritally smashed with a bat for this video?

[@foxmxer2003]

I was wondering how much he spends on counters and also how sturdy that one is lol

[@mrp0001]

The counter still seems pretty usable and fine to me.

[@Reject101Personal]

You mean the baseball bat he smashed with a counter top.

[@mercartax]

Yeah, I felt sorry for it. Hope it isn't ruined.

[@sexypeople8036]

It’s a steel countertop, it’s not going anywhere

[@miguerlhes2151]

Would it be possible to do this to create easily breakable metal for movie props?

[@mohammadjavadyeganeh6422]

Looks possible, yeah.

[@seanpfister993]

Cool will keep that in mind for practical effects. The bat shattering like glass 😮.

[@vojtechkoutnik254]

1:12 every dentist be like

[@attackoramic8361]

*you give me ptsd*

[@RavenclawDaisy95]

Right? The last dentist I had seen was digging at my molars so fiercely, I thought he was gonna make my tooth break.

[@18videowatcher41]

I would love to see an entire chunk of aluminum soaked in an acid to remove the oxide layer, dipped into either mercury or liquid gallium, and then filmed as a time-lapse.

[@Rusty1843]

That workbench is awesome..

[@GCordovaH1]

I almost don't watch this video because I knew about the melting point of gallium, however the part of aluminium + gallium was very nice. Didn't expect that.

[@limeery6264]

2:46 Counter Strike or something, idk, never played the game

[@notonlyhuman6073]

2:41 I'd be pretty useless too if someone slammed MY head on the corner of a table like that

[@hydramadness]

bro got the tf2 scout dlc on that bat 💀

[@sympathizeq]

0:44 bro flipped the bat like he is scout tf2

[@SockUuno]

The best fact i have, is that supposedly in some chemistry labs it was a common prank to make a spoon out of Gallium, so that when your colleague would go to stir their soup or coffee or tea, it would melt away.

[@An_Average_Arsonist]

Oh! That's a good one! Chemistry teacher did it to his wife in the cafeteria, scared the ever loving life out of her

[@yargolocus4853]

sounds dangerous if they don't notice/brainfart the spoon to be missing, and down the coffee anyway

[@SockUuno]

@@yargolocus4853 Luckily its quite an obvious prank, so practically any chemist would notice it, still there is that tiny possibility, though liquid gallium is quite heavy so it would stay in the bottom of the cup.

[@williamlux]

@@yargolocus4853 gallium isn't toxic, fortunately, and technically can be consumed

[@leonelimalevu2199]

Me: (Stares at piece of gallium intently)

[@KKGOfficialMusic]

0:50 the reason of scratching was to remove protective Aluminium Oxide layer so that Galium can react with it.

[@online-v982]

I'm sorry but every Nile fan knows this

[@KKGOfficialMusic]

@@online-v982 Ohh. Ok. 😂. Actually i studied it recently. Thatswhy. curiosity you know😂😂😋

[@blendyboi5023]

@@online-v982 i dont lmao

[@KKGOfficialMusic]

@@blendyboi5023 🙂🙂. Thatswhy i have written 😎

[@brandixzva5431]

Alright I’m going to take notes of this in my Chem class in my Aircraft Maintenance course

[@TinaRN]

The ending reminds me of a video where people were introduced to a “Rage Room”. All that’s missing is a tv, microwave, and a couple cell phones. Awesome demo, as usual, btw!

[@MrCh0o]

"Almost melts at a room temperature (29.8°C)" *glances at thermometer showing 31°C* Well, that thing would be toast by now

[@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

Yeah, "Can melt at some room temperatures" would be more accurate. I've already been to cities where it's 40°C all day every day. Imagine an engineer that thinks like this designing a product only for it to have it fail if it gets anywhere near the equator.

[@somerandomguynumber111]

@@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart To my knowledge, that exact thing already happens with some imported chocolates

[@XochiCh]

@@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart Room temperature is not the temperature in your room, it’s a standard measurement of temperature, 25ºc in Chemistry.

[@thepjup4507]

@@XochiCh i think you are replying to the wrong person providing that information.. seems OP of the comment is more likely to not know.

[@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

@@XochiCh Congrats for being aware of what exactly I'm saying is stupid.

[@bbrazen]

I love performing this experiment. You actually only need a very tiny drop of gallium for this to work. I like to heat up the aluminum first to about 100C then place a small drop and make a small scratch. It really doesn't take much of a scratch and within a few minutes the aluminum has usually cooled down to room temp and you can crush it with your bare hands. Its important to use the right chemistry of aluminum, certain alloys slow or completely inhibit the replacement reaction.

[@bbrazen]

@@zegel9580 Hmm, that's an interesting question! I would think yes but I have no idea where to start. That would make a great Nile Red video :)

[@virtualtools_3021]

@@bbrazen react it with water, it releases gallium, forms aluminium hydroxide and liberates hydrogen gas

[@deltaxcd]

yes you can just drop the aluminum scrap into water and gallium will settle on the bottom i think this can be useful to produce hydrogen at home to fill party balloons for cheap without using aggressive hydroxydes

[@thedoctor1466]

Gallium has always been my favorite element

[@Greenboui]

Now thats one way you can use gallium for something. You can also use it kn aluminum locks

[@aniruudhh]

Lets be honest, we all expected him to break it in the end lmao

[@Chick3nluvver]

hey shouldn't you be working on that project due tomorrow??

[@oibruvmoment]

@DON'T READ MY NAME shup

[@Boredman567]

I'd be interested in seeing NileRed make a video about galinstan, which is an alloy of gallium, indium, and tin that's liquid at room temperature. It looks a lot like mercury (and it's replaced it in some applications), but it also really likes to stick to glass. However, I saw another guy on youtube add a small amount of dilute acid to the container it was in, which stopped it from wetting the glass.

[@eideticex]

It's pretty easy to acquire now too. Sold by Cryonauts as a thermal compound for computer processors. Not a good idea to use it for that, the gain in thermal conductivity is huge but the actual effectiveness compared to safer thermal compounds is laughably small. Also we use a lot of aluminum in out computers which it will react with and despite what we know about aluminum oxides, does so pretty easily.

[@QuietFromMetalGearSolid]

People's Republic of Galistan

[@ShiningSilvally]

That is fascinating. Never thought that a metal could basically corrode another metal. Nice demonstration.

[@peterfitzpatrick7032]

Bi-metallic corrosion ? 🤷‍♂️

[@ShiningSilvally]

@@peterfitzpatrick7032 Yeah, basically.

[@williamscoggin1509]

Very cool experiment. They say hydrogen creeps through metal pipes and containers and makes rigid steel brittle. It would be cool if you could pick her out some experiment that would show that. Everyone keeps screaming about using hydrogen for fuel but this is the problem with it. It is so hard to safely contain. 👍🏻

[@generalrubbish9513]

Interesting, I thought the main problem was that it's capable of leaking out of airtight containers given enough time because its molecules are just THAT tiny. We literally can't make a container that's airtight enough to reliably store hydrogen long-term.

[@Harry3112]

Rest in peace Lego man

[@bizarrefriend6947]

Amazing content as always Nile. Keep it up!

[@Nortj_001]

@@KG.00 youtube is going to shit

[@prla5400]

His name is Nigel

[@arnecl9566]

Too bad he stole the idea from an other YTer

[@V0LTCF]

When you flipped that bat around all of my team fortress 2 scout memories suddenly ignited.

[@636theofthebeast8]

That's crazy!! Super interesting!

[@pottingsoil723]

It's no longer a baseball bat. It's now a really weird champagne glass.

[@kekyooin3064]

2:54 when you run out of Ice-cream cones.

[@syafann]

Do you gonna eat the aluminum too?

[@endless8059]

That bat trick is just wicked

[@alexbondeson2931]

damn dude solid counter

[@kyesickhead7008]

00:42 BOINK!!!!!!

[@sourhill2292]

haha scount tf2

[@kyesickhead7008]

@@sourhill2292 haha

[@kyesickhead7008]

@@sourhill2292 I'm actually a battle engineer, so it's kinda'o the opposite, partner.

[@CaelumSegura]

Think fast chucklenuts!

[@insertgamertag5369]

"I'm a force of nature"

[@DeaconDoesVideoGames]

Nigel: It Was Now Completely Useless As A Baseball Bat Also Nigel: *aggressively destroys the bat*

[@mrmaksl]

to be fair that bat was pretty useless even before he destroyed it

[@DeaconDoesVideoGames]

True

[@dethklokicksbutt]

@@mrmaksl They’re mainly for checking truck tires with, not to be used as an actual baseball bat

[@damonroberts7372]

One gets the feeling that NileRed was traumatized by school sport as a nerdling.

[@collin4555]

"You know what I do with useless things!"

[@therealjamal5798]

Bro turned into the tf2 scout at the begining

[@ChainsawFPV]

I am so doing this to the local soft ball teams batts this spring. What an April Fools joke that would be!

[@astrophysc]

0:26 it looks like its trying to escape from melting it looks like a hand is reaching out

[@TheRealYDA]

Such a Tragedy 😔

[@pieTone]

This gave me some interesting ideas...

[@BookwormBets]

Every time he said “aluminum” it took all my force of will to not shout “ALUMINIUM!!!!” At the top of my voice and throw my phone across the room 😅

[@djdrack4681]

NileRed: I have this nice countertop. It isn't really damaged at all. [audience knowing what'll happen next] NileRed: Proceeds to wail on countertop with bat.

[@deepakrajendra8019]

I feel sad for that table... :(

[@among-us-99999]

the table has seen worse abuse

[@christhebirb]

I feel bad for literally every object in this lab :D

[@nahman3810]

Nice bat flip 👍

[@MrFreeman1981]

Nice, good job on scratching good looking table.

[@dto507]

I feel bad for the table. 😂

[@afrophoenix3111]

Strangely, the table was the sturdiest object in this experiment...