We pour iodine monochloride into a radiator - what will happen?

[@mattsansom644]

We all know where this is going. Run it in an aluminium block engine!

[@ColinTimmins]

They need to have the car fully running, and then slowly inject the stuff into the coolant and other fluids... omg that would be satisfying! =]

[@nzoomed]

They should do that with liquid gallium!

[@oceanpathway]

Try using the iodine monochloride as the solvent in an ultrasonic cleaner to know if it will have a better results in rust removal compared to using just the ultrasonic cleaner alone

[@MAZEMIND]

I 2nd this.

[@jeremybroderick9465]

ICI is 600 dollars a gallon in the states wow

[@smellycat249]

Maybe also drink some vs not drink some. See the differences in health n stuff.

[@AMG63]

@@smellycat249 😂

[@ziggybarth5026]

Booooring!!

[@twocvbloke]

Reminds me of aluminium and caustic soda (Lye, or Sodium Hydroxide), which reacts with the metal and produces hydrogen gas, lots of it, and lots of heat too, but the gas can be used to run an engine, so, there you go, another idea... :P

[@reubenwoodley96]

I'd love to see that!

[@-A-Hybrid-Skunk-Productions-]

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[@honkie247]

I have used the iodine to remove aluminum scuffing from steel sleeved motorcycle cylinders. It works fast, and does a fine job. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year, my Russian friends. Roy

[@colerippeon3903]

It is consistent? Thats very interesting. I rebuild vintage 2 strokes all the time. As you probably know they scuff tipically on one side of the cylinder. Is it more efficient then using a hone?

[@honkie247]

@@colerippeon3903 Yes, it is more efficient. Just get the heaviest grease you can find and coat the inside of the transfer ports and exhaust ports to cover the aluminum. You can put it on with a paint brush, but wear rubber gloves. Rinse well with water, then use hot water so the part dries. A quick pass with a hone will make the cylinder look like new.

[@Jawst]

Iodine monochloride reacts with aluminium and produces aluminum iodide. This is used as an aerosol when treating animal stalls. This is done to help prevent livestock from contracting pneumonia.

[@jwalster9412]

Thanks. Now I know for sure that those cows beef was tainted.

[@budcola678]

I’m not so sure about inhaling that smoke 😅😅

[@jwalster9412]

If you use it on a cow, it Might make the beef tender, and remove the heart rate, but that's about it.

[@milandjuric3119]

Why? Lungs are not aluminum 🤣

[@rayceeya8659]

I would have loved to see that radiator through a FLIR camera.

[@barkchip1872]

Just love that Body Wrap on the metallic green sports car. Very Siberian! Still, it'll be winter again next week.Hey Ho. 🙂

[@detaart]

In order to get a more vigorous reaction, you should first remove the alumium oxide layer using something like hydrochloric acid. Tip: try gallium or galinstan next

[@johngillon6969]

Once again, a mundane thought becomes a fascinating reality. Well done gentlemen. 114%. I smashed the upturned thumb icon twice.

[@bigbomb5904]

That's pretty cool how it just eats the aluminum radiator. это довольно круто, как он просто ест алюминиевый радиатор.

[@bigbomb5904]

I tried to translate the auto translated words back to English but it was a bunch of random letters

[@danielbriggs7110]

Would be brilliant on exhaust studs and manifolds... and for getting rust from inside chassis frames

[@PrimericanIdol]

Iodine Chloride. I think the "mono" prefix is only used when it's 2 non metallic elements in the molecule.

[@Jefferson-ly5qe]

Iodine and chlorine are both non-metals. Iodine trichloride also exists.

[@volvo09]

Interesting! What a good cleaner for steel.

[@gavmansworkshop5624]

Ah, the one time radiator flush.

[@gerev2567]

How about you use it in an engine with aluminium head?

[@jwalster9412]

Or a full aluminum engine?

[@codemiesterbeats]

Now that you can dissolve aluminum... now you should dissolve steel with "alum" (can demonstrate dissolving a steel bolt in an aluminum head for example) You just need a high concentration of alum and a bit of heat to speed things along. Теперь, когда вы можете растворять алюминий... теперь вы должны растворять сталь с помощью «квасцов» (можете продемонстрировать, например, растворение стального болта в алюминиевой головке) Вам просто нужна высокая концентрация квасцов и немного тепла, чтобы ускорить процесс.

[@gavinperch9413]

I made iodine monochloride a couple times just to make it. It was somewhat cold outside and it was an absolute pain in the ass to work with. However I now realize you guys meant ICl in solution, in which case its just a liquid but the purer stuff has a melting point is close enough to room temperature to be difficult to transfer between containers in 15°c.

[@MagentaRV]

Could you use it in a spray bottle to break rusted bolts loose?

[@heyitMeMcFlyunfortunately]

use a plumbers type torch the blue or yellow bottle heat the nut up or area around where bolt is threaded in the heat expands the metal a little which breaks loose the rust you can get those bottles at most hardware stores also works for rusted screws

[@lol_surprisefoo]

Hey Vlad. I got an idea for you and your crew to test out. See how various parts of an aluminum engine will hold up under the effects liquid gallium. Try letting it soak into the block or soak into a piston, see how long a good engine will run with a measure of it placed in the engine valley. Get creative in your use of the substance.

[@Henrik.Yngvesson]

Iodine chloride forms HCl when mixed with water.

[@m4d_mark_xtr3me79]

I wonder If it would de rust a cast iorn block/ cylinder head 🤔 With new copper radiators and such it would make for a very good cleaning product especially if watered-down into the correct ratio

[@5roundsrapid263]

It’s too caustic. The best thing to clean radiators is a weak acid like citric acid. That’s what most flushes use.

[@m4d_mark_xtr3me79]

@@5roundsrapid263 hmmm 🤔 Maybe garage 54 might want to do a shootout for the best stuff to flush cooling system out with ? Sound like a good idea to me 👍

[@jwalster9412]

What would it do to aluminum that is weekend by gallium?

[@thefreedomguyuk]

Add a little bit of water, and it will.

[@thefreedomguyuk]

@@5roundsrapid263 Caustic ? It's PH value is around 3

[@esc5060]

put it into a running engine, test it with an aluminium and iron block

[@whitesapphire5865]

Acid for blood? - Better send in T. Elen Ripley and some hardcore US Marines!

[@MadScientist267]

The basic thing happening with this stuff is the iodine and chlorine really aren't all that interested in remaining bound to each other and when they break apart, the chlorine has a stronger affinity for the metals and oxides, converting them into chlorides, releasing the iodine as a gas, the purple color seen when it is reacting.

[@trm4life]

I think we used to use muratic acid to clean rust off things at my old job. Used to have to make steel sleeves for our wooden street signs, and I had to get the rust off them before paint.

[@TowhomdoIoweexcess]

Grab some titanium, put it in the radiator fluid, and throw in a little platinum, water and see what happens

[@dogwitknife6688]

Have you guys ever thought about getting Two inline 4 engines and making a v8 with them?

[@stanley1554]

"we are not veterinarians here" lmao, That's the understatement of the century haha crazy F's

[@ColinTimmins]

Holy heck that radiator bit was a fascinating thing to watch. lol =]

[@prestonspencer2427]

My guts after devouring seafood, Mexican and Chinese in the same day LoL 🎶 I ate so many shrimp I got "iodine" poison🎶 😭

[@cilli5866]

rip pimp c

[@Weberdave17]

Try using this as rust remover for an engine that has been sitting very long and is all rusty un the coolant area &maybe zylinders

[@bertone122]

W przyrodzie jaskrawe kolory oznaczają niebezpieczeństwo ☺️ a ten fioletowy jest taki ładny

[@rm25088]

all that vodka has gone to these guys heads.

[@kleetus92]

Seems like it works a lot better when it's hot.

[@nappy2720]

I finally found something better than sugar in a tank. This is amazing

[@jacobuscoetzee3058]

Well it's a very good rust remover as long if you keep it far away from aluminum

[@ericdeven1296]

That smoke looks pretty toxic to me. Id like to see that stuff in the windshield washer bottle. Lol itd be catastrophic.

[@thewhizard]

Says hazardous skin and lungs. pennies are coper plated zinc - would it it the zinc and leave the copper shell?

[@allenjanoch]

I like to see how long a car will run after you put sand in the oil and let it go

[@thefreedomguyuk]

Not a good idea. It will likely come dissolved in alcohol, which has a low boiling point. So your cooling system will soon overpressurise. If you add water to the chemical compound, it will react and release hydrochloric acid. This could easily end up harming you guys. Oooh, hang on ....this could get very interesting 😅 Vlad, you're mad. In a good and creative way 👍

[@thefreedomguyuk]

Having watched the video : HELL, YEAH !!! This was even better than I thought it would be. I never understood why so many are considering this a benevolent compound. It's potent stuff.

[@orbnaes]

Make a Lada into a pull-back/wind up car!!

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

I'll second that! Use a bunch of garage door opener springs. It may require so many springs that they can't all fit onto the Lada BUT..... Maybe get a 6X12 utility trailer, mount as many garage door openers as possible, put a Lada rear axle on the trailer and set it up so the differential U-joint winds up all the springs together. Then connect the trailer to a Lada and the trailer pushes the car.

[@jwalster9412]

Drive a Lada entirely on the starter motor using extreme gearing.

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

@@jwalster9412 That would be a short video. A starter motor isn't made to run for very long because of the high current. A Lada starter motor is probably good for 1 HP as long as the battery can maintain power. Take out the spark plugs, disconnect everything else to reduce drag from the engine, leave in 1st gear, and just use the starter as it is. I'll wager it will either run down the battery in 10 minutes or burn the windings. Experiment over.

[@jwalster9412]

@@BlackPill-pu4vi I was thinking remove it from the engine and run gearing that converts all the horsepower to torque, won't be fast, but might work.

[@RobOnMotors]

1 word. Batteries. Take the caps off a car battery, pour this in and then close the caps. Or put a bunch of batteries into a jar.

[@lordmmx1303]

maybe try this with cloged radiator to see if it eats trough the clog and make radiator work again.

[@tylerty7324]

It cleans the aluminum right out of the radiator

[@chincemagnet]

I’m glad things are going well for you guys

[@timothybayliss6680]

Right on

[@coachgeo]

would guess some of the discoloration of things in the batch of mixed metals in the jar was the zink that left the coated items had to go somewhere......... so it ended up on other metals in the jar

[@EladSi]

Is it the same material used for cleaning rims?

[@ianhosier4042]

Now try replacing the cooling water in a lada with sulphuric acid and go for a nice drive!

[@bubbayeeyee2235]

You should try running it through a car’s engine with an aluminum block

[@nickoloes]

Can brakes be operated with automatic transmission fluid? For sure regular oil will destroy the seals but maybe the detergents in ATF will give them a chance.

[@ethangraves7937]

No, I think it can actually start a fire if you mix stuff with brake fluid. Brake fluid only for your brakes

[@ouch1011]

ATF works fine as a hydraulic fluid but it won’t work in a system that is not designed for petroleum. Petroleum or mineral fluids in the brake system cause all the rubber parts to swell and fail. Has nothing to do with the detergents, and the detergents most definitely will not help save the seals from being destroyed by the ATF. Cannot stress enough how important it is to _only use brake fluid in your brake system_

[@HalvardSkurve]

Safety and nature conservation is clearly not the number 1 priority. Anyway, it's 107% success🙂

[@Wreck-Gar]

Could do with some of this to put down the toilet in the office when Richard has been for a 💩😆

[@vintagemotor7451]

Nice experiment

[@Nobody-dc8dp]

Pink smoke seems healthy

[@stanley1554]

Thank God for Russians, they're out there finding out the real important questions to life: What happens if you pour iodine monocluoride into a radiator.. these are life's pressing questions we must have answers to 🤣

[@scratchdog2216]

Imagine a small plastic parts washer with this stuff in it. Windshield washer pump maybe.

[@Lee01Mr]

In Russia you can buy everything over the counter ey? xD

[@cammos]

Use it for oil in an aluminium blocked engine

[@reubenwoodley96]

Anyone know what other uses ICl has? I can not buy it where I live because... of... reasons.

[@mike-ology22]

Look how you treat nature

[@PhilQc109]

No eye protection huh, that's why he said to be very careful haha

[@dangabrielyurango2802]

Pour it inside the Cooling system of a running engine, with an aluminum block hehehe..

[@jwalster9412]

Accidentally grenade lol.

[@noobhacker101]

Try using the iodine monochloride as engine coolant.

[@fordmud]

Must be similar to muriatic acid. I've used it for years to remove galvanized coatings before welding.

[@Psychx_]

I-Cl is more reactive, since it's an interhalogen compound and with different hazards involved. With muriatic acid, the Aluminium goes into solution due to H+ getting reduced to H2. Here, I+ gets reduced to I2 instead, which itself is highly reactive towards living tissue. Later, when the Iodine is used up the reaction shifts towards Aluminium reacting with H2O, producing H2 gas and several aluminium complexes [AlX4]- with X being Cl- and/or OH-, due to the ramaining Chloride dissolving the passivation layer of the metal.

[@Dat_Sun]

Must be the availability of more oxygen when poured on the outside that makes it react faster.

[@techalyzer]

No connection there, the reaction is strictly between the iodine monochloride and aluminum, giving off iodine (the violet gas) and aluminum chloride. The inside is probably oxidized and/or covered in deposits as it often happens. The reaction seems to be highly exothermic though, as you need to have over 180C to get iodine vaporized, so it looks like it's "burning". But it's not burning.

[@grugbug4313]

Solid! Top KEK!

[@kempaswe4022]

Usit insted of antifreze in a all aluminium enginge and see how log you can drive it

[@jayking1276]

It looks like the blood from the movie aliens.

[@cheapspeed]

Pour the iodine into a rusty radiator

[@brandonobaza8610]

One could use these myriad aluminum reactions to make improvised explosives called "mailbox bombs". The idea is, not only do you get an explosion, but the chemical byproducts ruin the contents of the box. This is all theoretical, and I have never used this on a mailbox.

[@Superstallion1993]

You have a dog? - Not a aft agent

[@brandonobaza8610]

@@Superstallion1993 I do. He's a weird lookin' dog, though. Bears a striking resemblance to an AR-15 with a Beta C mag 😁

[@Superstallion1993]

@@brandonobaza8610 🤣

[@iknowyourebrokeauto468]

Awesome love it keep up the interesting content!!!

[@raven4k998]

We pour iodine monochloride into a radiator - what will happen? this is like early days myth buster's I love it to

[@larrylong6268]

If you can source some Dowtherm try that in a radiator.

[@jwalster9412]

Or gallium.

[@miketee2444]

Makes a great radiator cleaner. If you are looking to vaporize that sucker. Seems I remember my parents dabbing iodine on cuts and scrapes. I think it burns like salt and alcohol on open wounds. Leaves a nice red stain that outlast your cuts.

[@AlienLivesMatter]

Wash it off quick and dilute it. Shouldn't be a problem

[@Scott00]

You should put some Gallium all over an aluminum cylinder head and see how long the engine will last.

[@jwalster9412]

The issue is volume. The bigger the part, the more gallium it will need, and it would have to soak in the gallium to create any real damage. One video o saw they poored gallium into a small 50cc engine and it didn't do anything because the block/head/piston was to thicc.

[@techn1kal1ty]

Must be summer, no snow anywhere!

[@jwalster9412]

Russia is just like that. Southern hemisphere is opposite to northern hemisphere. Cold here in the winter, warm there in the winter.

[@thooke222]

@@jwalster9412 Russia is also in the northern hemisphere. Their seasons are the same as North America and Europe. It is not summer in russia.

[@jwalster9412]

@@thooke222 k

[@sveneriksson4405]

Make a LadaCraft = Hoovercraft.

[@TiborRoussou]

The purple smoke is from the reaction of aluminum and iodine.

[@heyitMeMcFlyunfortunately]

no kidding genius

[@jwalster9412]

Looks like elephants toothpaste but more toxic and gaseous.

[@thedarkknight1971]

"AAAARRGH! THERE'S TOO MANY chemicals in our atmosphere and soil!!!"... Garage54 - "Ahhh f@ckit, let's see how it do!" Hahahaha 👍👏😉🤣 😎🇬🇧

[@MushookieMan]

Garage Chemistry Channel 54

[@gordon8657]

Iodine monochloride is not what they were using. Idk what it was but that chemical is red and either solid or rather thick.

[@Flies2FLL]

I looked it up; This stuff is EXPENSIVE! $256 for 500 grams....

[@BigDaddyTimberWolf]

run some through an engine and see what it does to block and internals lol.

[@andrasszabo7386]

Did you guys know that those purple fumes from the iodine monochloride can get you really high ?? :)

[@s980845]

Suggestion: Throw different kinds of AA batteries in it. Like Alkaline, NIMH, and Lithium.

[@sveneriksson4405]

Appears to have the same properties as Alien blood in the movie Aliens. Green and corrosive..

[@Crack_Roach]

How are these guys still making videos right now

[@Jkauppa]

aluminium with hcl (hydrochloric acid) = hydrogen + AlCl (aluminium chloride)

[@Jkauppa]

I think Al + ICl = I + AlCl

[@Jkauppa]

*Cl removes all oxides and metal layers

[@TrueBlueEG8]

Try using it as engine coolant😄

[@jwalster9412]

They would have to vent the radiator. I imagine that would create alot of pressure.

[@dervwfahrer]

Gallium on Aluminium :)

[@jwalster9412]

Gallium+aluminum dropped in this acid.

[@brysonshires9742]

"Can we use iodine monochloride as engine oil"

[@easyspanieltraining]

Come on fellas. It's about time you did the electric Lada rather than fannying about with dubious drugs.

[@butchcassidy5398]

Try using NaOH Sodium Hydroxide:)

[@Mrpurple75]

Run it through a Lada while it is running

[@butchcassidy5398]

NaOH with electricity and water yields hydrogen gas and toxic gas yellow as well as Oxygen gas :)

[@joe125ful]

Pls use this as engine coolant i want see what happends with Lada aluminum engine block:)

[@maximejette7674]

that was cool😬😱😳

[@galen6499]

maybe we can see if someone can spin a manhole cover and see how it sounds and how long it will spin.