Turning Rust back into Iron!

[@gildomasky2614]

Guy made thermite like we wouldn't notice

[@infernaldaedra]

Yeah because this is the 1800s and this is some big secret huh

[@JudgeNicodemus]

At this point I'm surprised when people tell me they *don't* know how to make thermite.

[@TemptationsEnd]

@@JudgeNicodemus I mean I know how to make a lot of things that would make some people mad. Though for legal reasons I’m not going to openly claim I know how to make them. 😂

[@Dulaman107]

@@JudgeNicodemusyeah lol, as soon as I heard aluminum metal, I just immediately thought “oh, it’s Thermite!”

[@TheKotor2309]

@@TemptationsEndbananas are great, aren’t they? 😉

[@kylekeens5546]

Just casually saving this thermite recipe video...

[@xDaBandit]

😂😂nah forreal

[@Texan_BoyKisser]

You can't remember rust and aluminum?

[@JesusChrist42000]

​@@Texan_BoyKisserliterally it doesn't even have the ratios

[@andybanan1992]

​@@JesusChrist42000its a 1:3ratio batween Aluminium and rust

[@ZeL-iq5sf]

Dude most iron ores are literally iron oxide which is just rust

[@saladgreens912]

Rock no rust. Rock strong. Rock win every time.

[@SolomonDragon]

Not this time.

[@saladgreens912]

@@SolomonDragon Elaborate coward.

[@paulkerrigan9857]

@@Nick__Gurr_ That show has been off the air for over ten years, so it’s nice to see it still referenced.

[@jacksim5759]

​@@paulkerrigan985710.. years.. no no it can't be

[@insertname9305]

Rock go bye bye in water. Water stronger. Water make house!!!

[@rohanvscool]

This is called thermite reaction. In this reaction, aluminium displaces iron to form aluminium oxide and iron. This is a highly exothermic reaction and the iron produced is in moltem form. This reaction is used to join railway tracks.

[@That70sChannel]

Yeah, that's just what I was thinking: "You know, this could come in handy if ever I find myself needing to join some railroad tracks. . ."

[@jeremyh6686]

​​@@That70sChannel yeah for railway tracks that's exactly what I was thinking to ...

[@Gravitics]

How many railway tracks were in the towers 1 and 2?

[@plat6164]

Thank you! This was informative

[@rohanvscool]

@@plat6164 Actually it is in my school textbook 😅

[@Speeplonk]

I was watching without audio and when I saw him add the silver colored powder I was thinking “Surely he can’t be making thermite right now!” and boy was I wrong

[@princeCustos324]

Oh boy! Thermite!

[@gordonlekfors2708]

boy o boy. boy you're boyin around like there! come here, boy

[@nbvehbectw5640]

Watching shorts muted is some next level doomscrolling

[@graftongodofmemes]

He even have is old boys an easy way to get iron oxide, as well. Handy dandy boys

[@JakeSmith-em5sh]

​@@nbvehbectw5640I lol'd. Thanks for that. 😂

[@akilies675]

Police "why did you burn down the bridge" "I was removing the rust"

[@circeciernova1712]

Genuinely impressed once again by ceramics. That is some SERIOUS heat shock, yet the flowerpot stood up pretty darn well!

[@jacksim5759]

obviously, what if my orchid decides to spontaneously heat up to a thousand degrees

[@Boxygirl96]

I mean, we’ve used ceramic for millennia for reasons after all

[@nescionetizen295]

Yeah you would almost made a bbq out of a flowerpot, call it kamado and sell it for a thousand dollar........ Oh someone already does that :(

[@luichinplaystation610]

​@@nescionetizen295sounds like a hack fraud

[@prosamis]

Ceramics can handle some insane shit. It's amazing how material can be so incredibly powerful in some aspects but any impact or tension demolishes them like they're nothing

[@thespartanamongus1121]

And thats why thermite welding is a thing, that iron gets used

[@jeffhall768]

Yup. They use this on train tracks all the time

[@scharpmeister]

The more you know, I always thought it was just for the heat

[@Wranorn]

Isn't it also used for underwater welding?

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

Oh heat can be used to weld things?!?! You don't sayyyyy

[@Cretaal]

​@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme No, heat usually cuts through things, you need a feed of material in a molten state to actually weld the hot joint, unless you're spot welding through electrical current, not heat.

[@michaelathens953]

The second you said "turn rust back to iron" I thought "ah nice, thermite video".

[@mikeguilmette776]

That didn't even occur to me until he mentioned aluminum.

[@stevec.9037]

I had no idea thermite burned into just iron

[@justin.c.taylor]

I didn't either so I wanted to look it up since his graphic was nice but didn't quite explain land the oxygen displacement explanation. Focused on the electron instead during the short

[@NormadYT]

@@justin.c.tayloroxygen from iron rust connects to the pure aluminium causing pure iron and aluminium oxide result

[@Cmoore718]

Yeah it’s how train tracks are welded together. They use thermite in a mold around where the track pieces join and light that sucker on fire.

[@Caffeine_Addict_2020]

@@justin.c.taylorthermites just rust and aluminum, apparently it doesn't need the iron for the reaction so it just falls out

[@JesusChrist42000]

​​@@Caffeine_Addict_2020it doesn't just fall out because it's not needed, it's a chemical reaction turning iron oxide and aluminum into aluminum oxide and iron. 😂 "It doesn't need iron for the reaction so it just drops out"

[@cardomajig24]

I enjoy your non-clickbait content, markedly better than a lot of the chem shorts that are bait for other videos

[@joshc5613]

You can try this at home, but thermite be some undesirable consequences

[@pokemagetech]

*desirable Coward.

[@StigOfTheJunk]

Unless you desire the consequences of thermite. Which, I mean, doesn't everyone who makes thermite? 😅 wouldn't be much use if it didn't produce any consequences 😂

[@synaesthesia888]

​@@StigOfTheJunkCant tell if you are being serious or not, like you didnt just read the greatest pun on this comment section

[@RobQuinney]

Lmao. Thermite be indeed

[@padmemunoz635]

​@@synaesthesia888 Can you explain the pun please? English is not my first language

[@fetusthegreat9797]

As soon as you said aluminum we knew.

[@AnomalousVixel]

TBH it took me 'til the magnesium. I didn't make the connection until then and the whole pattern just clicked.

[@fetusthegreat9797]

@@AnomalousVixel that little "aha" moment when you figure it out before they explain it is great isn't it?

[@samreddig8819]

My question is where does the aluminum come from? Like the iron is obviously steel wool.

[@fetusthegreat9797]

@@samreddig8819 generally you would buy it in a powdered form for an experiment like this but technically speaking aluminum foil will work. For example Michael of vsauce took a rusty iron ball and one wrapped in aluminum foil and hit them together and a small pieces of molten iron flew off from the same reaction on a much smaller scale

[@Prozon_]

Instructions unclear, set my car on fire.

[@_wheeler8601]

Did you stop the rust?

[@waleedabdullahkhan5706]

Is your car black or rust free?

[@evolv.e]

😂

[@gussa23]

Thermite be playing the 20th Century Fox song

[@benjaminjohnson4629]

I like how you didn't tell us what this particular mixture is called and what it's used for lol

[@bribbertyjibbert]

Nor what ratio to use

[@TinaNewtonArt]

It's a basic intro to organic chemistry topic in college. It's a redox reaction or oxidation-reduction reaction, is a chemical reaction that involves the transfer of electrons between chemicals. This is basically thermite. But that's not the only way to do a redox reaction. You could probably find the ratios on a Wikipedia page on it. Although they will probably have you calculate mols for an exact reaction. 😂 For the electron exchange.

[@kepler180]

remember: LEO says GER Loss of Electrons is Oxidation, Gaining of Electrons is Reduction

[@aSpyIntheHaus]

He I was waiting to see you turn rust back into steel wool.

[@wally7856]

You have to feed it to sheep first.

[@melody3741]

Great idea!! I’m gonna do this to my car to get rid of the rust!

[@LyricClock-fo8he]

Showing this to the fam

[@Saru-Dono]

I saw iron oxide and an aluminium compound and thought to myself, wait, isn't that how ypu make thermite?

[@yuiitodoro7791]

I see everyone in the comment section is talking about making thermite like selling weed ...I am clueless about this stuff lol but seems like something important to be knowledgeable about

[@atrumluminarium]

In order to not melt the rusty object completely, if the rust isn't very bad yet, you can just sand the item with foil for the same, but less violent effect

[@randmayfield5695]

When I took chemistry in college along with everything else it was a whirlwind of concepts etc. Years later I have reaped the rewards because I can understand so much more about the world I live in. Thank you Wendel Johnson you were an amazing teacher and my life is richer for it.

[@autodidacticartisan]

You should do this in an inert Gas atmosphere like argon or nitrogen. In order to prevent the iron that is formed from immediately oxidizing again.

[@yancgc5098]

But that would prevent the burning reaction that makes the iron red hot here

[@autodidacticartisan]

@yancgc5098 That's not How thermite works. I'm sorry to say as such, I know it sucks to be wrong on the internet. Thermite Uses the oxygen atoms from the oxidized metal Which in this case would be the rusted iron. It doesn't need the oxygen in the atmosphere

[@yancgc5098]

@@autodidacticartisan Ah cool, didn’t know it worked like that. Thanks for the info

[@davidross5640]

bro was like 'frozen water is ice, and we can never get the water back... so let me explode this ice to get some water...'

[@salavat294]

The most interesting part is, that, the thermite reaction produces the purest iron.

[@devrajryatt]

Congratulations! You've made thermite!

[@BitHappyy]

Pretty sure that’s even more destroyed than before man

[@Benjamin_Bischoff]

I love thermite reactions

[@paulh2981]

"You might think that when something rusts, it's destroyed forever." OK, but using that rust to make thermite and then burning that thermite doesn't change the fact that the item that rusted is still destroyed.

[@goreobsessed2308]

This is the most constructive use of thermite ever

[@Primal2229]

I feel like more than ever there is a potential Breaking Bad joke here...

[@Jim-tv2tk]

You didn't turn it back to steel wool so the item was destroyed. I don't think anyone thinks the iron atoms were destroyed.

[@mairoberts1247]

bro casually making thermite like it’s nothing

[@Gagan1237]

My man made thermite reaction part 2 and thought we wouldn't notice

[@ryanlewis1039]

I think turning a rusty car to molten metal is still considered destroyed forever...

[@blackcloud415]

You made thermite lol

[@WhisperXK]

Thermite

[@NickonStark]

“El Cocinero” Good one!

[@ADFaried]

This is like something Harry Potter learns in his potion classes

[@ants_in_my_eyes_Wilson]

Wow. I did really poorly in chemistry in high school. But I don't think that would be the case if I had a teacher like you. You actually explain something and I understood it perfectly. Crazy

[@williampatrickfurey]

This helped me to consider an implication for the magnetic piece of iron near the ethmoid bone in the human body, concerning biochemistry i guess; it'll be nice to have something to look forward to (checking my guess) as incentive to learn more about it. Thank you for sparking the thought.

[@aimansyahmidzulkhairy909]

When you said to add aluminium, I was like "wait a minute, ain't that thermite!". It is thermite.

[@IThinkIveSeenThat]

Cool explanation of one of the aspects of the thermite reaction.

[@ediesaffron3593]

Why didn’t I have a chemistry teacher like you when I saw in school?! I would’ve actually paid attention!! 😩

[@reconnaissance7372]

This actually crossed my mind not long ago, great video

[@petevenuti7355]

Iron from hothands mixed witha little sulphur, potassium nitrate and aluminum powder can ignite itself, the rusting of the iron with an oxidizer makes enough heat rusting to start the thermite process and unrust it!

[@Critter145]

Sheriff: “what the hell are you doing here, son?” Me: “adding electrons back to the iron, Sir”

[@FrstSpctr88]

Nothing is destroyed forever. Something some people don't understand.

[@TinaNewtonArt]

Rust isn't destroyed iron. It's just iron with oxygen bonded to it. 😂

[@Zomby_Woof]

Consciousness, when destroyed, is always forever.

[@alisheikh2726]

so basically we destroy aluminium metal to recover iron metal

[@juampivicino2910]

doc i didnt even knew this was possible, amazing !

[@mememachine5495]

This is the most scientist looking person I have ever seen.

[@mr.spudniks442]

Bro thought we wouldn't notice

[@CryptoX-kr3wu]

This guy must have been an awesome chemistry teacher before KZbin.

[@SoupEmperor]

I always have problems getting enough rust for my thermite, thanks for the steel wool tip!

[@philtuliao4595]

this one is a real life Alchemist

[@roseilver]

Why did i thought of 20th Fox Century sound when the combustion happen? It sounds similar lol 😂😂

[@ithasnomen9253]

BRO IS THAT MY BOY DR KLEINER???

[@pheargoth]

It's called a redox reaction. You can do this with lots of different types of metal oxides and metals.

[@TinaNewtonArt]

I had to scroll forever to find you. 😂

[@CMBell1985]

I love that KZbin has become a Wild West of laboratory scientists

[@franktedder8049]

This reminds me of a Viking iron bloom

[@robot1121]

This is so awesome! Thanks for sharing! 😃

[@vladthe_cat]

As soon as he said "aluminum", I knew where this was going 😂

[@c.mcdermo]

As soon as i saw the clay pot i was like "hey wait a minute"

[@foureyedchick]

What a useful use for flowerpots!

[@gkrishnan4829]

Long back my chemistry professor said about the alumino thermit process making thermite. Later one day on a railway track, I saw this process for welding rails together.

[@pizzaoctopus4020]

Aah yes look at the fine steel wool he recovered at the end. 😂

[@ethanryanmiranda5235]

"At first, it didnt seem much was happening, but..." is dis NileRed reference

[@BeadedbySunset.Co19]

That is amazing

[@NcessNasya]

20th century fox jingle played when the sparks were ignited.

[@klfjoat]

As you poured the aluminum in, I remembered what this was. 😂

[@bakeshi8170]

Fuckin alchemists man, be turning rust into iron!

[@gregtheturner]

You have some awesome videos!

[@newtybot]

“By adding alumi-“ eyes went wide here

[@hansstrudel9614]

I love how halfway through it clicked in my brain “wait, he just made thermite didn’t he?”

[@Wild_Dice]

"Gordon doesn't need to hear all this, he's a professional!"

[@buddysadventuregame1255]

Haha it's just like that one series with the funny chemist man

[@MultiMaker_Studios]

Fun Fact: In World War Two, the Germans had an artillery piece (it's the biggest in the world) called the Gustav Gun, and it weighed a thousand tons. And the Gustav was capable of firing a seven-ton shell and hitting a target, accurately, twenty-three miles away. I mean, you could drop bombs on it every day for a month without ever disabling it. But, drop a commando, one man with just a bag of this, and he could melt right through four inches of solid steel and destroy that gun forever.

[@FSAPOJake]

As soon as I saw that iron oxide powder I knew what was coming 😅

[@John77787]

I love how the oxygen for the reaction came from the air then was locked into the iron then was released upon the thermite reaction initiating

[@jpoptop]

That's why thermite welding is used in some application like railway rails.

[@all.handles.are_taken]

This is called Aluminothermy btw, also called thermite reaction.

[@louisgohler1303]

The flames poppin just reminded me of the 20th century fox theme

[@Sheamu5]

Seems like a good way to warm up Mars

[@loligagger85]

perfect way to restore your rust bucket truck frame

[@Dankhard_Schmidt]

As soon as he memtioned Aluminium Oxide, I knew what bro was cooking

[@reedwojo7858]

It took me way too long to realize this was just thermite

[@kentneumann5209]

I love simple, useful chemistry recipes.

[@Chris_winthers]

What are you planning to do?

[@kentneumann5209]

@@Chris_winthers - File for potential future reference.

[@TimberTrainer]

Railroad workers used to weld tracks together with thermite.

[@kamg3268]

It's like a big version of strobe light firework

[@michaelkukula5926]

I saw this on MacGyver back in the 90s

[@royalkingdomcommando6379]

Aluminum Metal: Abracadabra! You're welcome!

[@Sherif_Gaming]

there just my science insessed ass indtantly going "ooooo thermite" the moment he said the aluminum thing

[@prosamis]

In my head I was like "electrolysis right?" this is a pleasant surprise

[@kipclifton9403]

Ugh, this reminds me when I worked at R and D, at a steel mill. We plunged FeO2 and Al03 into a live heat. It was definitely interesting.

[@frothingloins8552]

lmao as soon as dude said aluminum I was like "dats thermite."

[@nashaddyguy99]

“Reclaiming iron from rust.” Politically correct method of saying “Imma make me some thermite”

[@TheOriginalJphyper]

There was one guy I knew during my time in the Boy Scouts. A few years after we got too old to be members, I saw him in the newspaper for forging a katana out of pure rust.

[@_shuddie]

i’ll save this for when i gotta repair my car later

[@user-qk5kd4gc2g]

Once Thanos said : " all that for a drop of blood?"