Chemistry
From Reactions. To explore the music theory, production, history and culture behind our favorite songs and musical styles, check out Sound Field from PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/soundfieldpbs Don’t let their cuteness fool you–these animals are not to be messed with. This week on Reactions we break down the chemistry behind what makes these adorable critters…
From Reactions. Check out Monstrum: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO6nDCimkF79NZRRb8YiDcA Halloween season wouldn’t be what it is without the undead. This week on Reactions, we unpack the chemistry that may have inspired one of our favorites: the vampire. When you think “vampire” some of today’s most popular vampires might come to mind. Attractive bloodsuckers with pale, sometimes sparkling skin.…
From Periodic Videos. Exploring how Plutonium-238 is produced. Go to https://wix.com/go/PeriodicVideos to create your own Wix website. See ours at https://www.periodicvideos.net More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ This was recorded behind the scenes at Oak Ridge National Laboratory – https://www.ornl.gov Our thanks to everyone there, especially Bob Wham. More from our trip to…
From Reactions. This video was created in celebration of this year’s National Chemistry Week theme: Marvelous Metals. Learn more about it here: http://www.acs.org/ncw This week on Reactions we head to Portland, Oregon, and learn how blacksmithing is just as much chemistry as it is an artform. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions Twitter! http://twitter.com/ACSReactions Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/acsreactions/ You…
From Periodic Videos. The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded for work on Lithium Ion Batteries by Akira Yoshino, M. Stanley Whittingham, and John B. Goodenough. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ See our Chemistry Nobel Prize Playlist: http://bit.ly/periodicnobel Lithium Video: https://youtu.be/LfS10ArXTBA Lithium in 7Up: https://youtu.be/ofNN1b7xzFw This video features Darren Walsh, Martyn…
From Reactions. PBSDS Survey: https://www.pbsresearch.org/c/r/Reactions_YTvideo This week on Reactions our writer, Sam, skips work to make some slime! Check it out to learn how you, too, can use easy-to-get items to make magnetic and colored slime. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions Twitter! http://twitter.com/ACSReactions Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/acsreactions/ You might also like: The Chemistry of Hollywood Fake Blood https://youtu.be/8OC5rji1stI…
From NileRed. In this video, I make one of my favorite chemicals, which is a nice and carcinogenic chromium-based liquid. Cleanup video: https://youtu.be/b6R2sTjtUFs Sulfuric acid video: https://youtu.be/4DUGRWjdNLI My old chromyl chloride video: https://youtu.be/a0-LwnmW694 Doug’s lab (reference video): https://youtu.be/legoRGAXNP8 ——————————————– Nile Red Shop: https://nile.red Patreon: https://goo.gl/3h353G Facebook: https://goo.gl/uyxvJV Twitter: https://goo.gl/uCmnV4 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nile.red/
From Reactions. Check out Hot Mess: http://bit.ly/HotMessPBSDS There are things you can do right now to help our climate–like investing in renewable energy. But today on Reactions, we’re digging into a few of the weirdest climate change-combating ideas out there. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions Twitter! http://twitter.com/ACSReactions Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/acsreactions/ You might also like: How Much Does…
From Reactions. Stained your shirt but don’t have time for a spin cycle? Your first impulse is probably to whip out your phone and start Googling. But how reliable are the quick stain removal tips you come across? This week on Reactions, we try out a bunch of those tips and consider the chemistry behind…
From Reactions. You’ve probably heard stories about mothers lifting cars to save their baby trapped underneath–but is that just an urban myth? This week on Reactions we talk about “superhero strength” and the chemistry behind what’s possible. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions Twitter! http://twitter.com/ACSReactions Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/acsreactions/ You might also like: Can Radiation Give You Superpowers? https://youtu.be/GbmSmgTIQ8s…
From Reactions. PBSDS Survey: https://www.pbsresearch.org/c/r/Reactions_YTvideo Imagine 300 midsize cars floating above your head–that’s how much your average fluffy cloud weighs. So why doesn’t it come crashing down on you? This week on Reactions we explore the chemistry behind how a cloud stays lofted in the sky and how it got there in the first place.…
From Reactions. Many forms of birth control are hormone-based–but not everything mixes well with those hormones. This week on Reactions, learn about some common products that could make your birth control less effective or cause dangerous side effects. If you have any concerns, be sure to consult your doctor. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions Twitter! http://twitter.com/ACSReactions…
From Reactions. On April 26, 1986 the Soviet Union’s Chernobyl Power Complex nuclear reactor 4 exploded. This week on Reactions, we talk about the chemistry behind this catastrophic event. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions Twitter! http://twitter.com/ACSReactions Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/acsreactions/ You might also like: How to Survive a Real-Life “Fallout” https://youtu.be/J8rVCVv8PeQ How Does Chemotherapy TreatBreast Cancer? https://youtu.be/QcgnVuRx20s Can…
From NileRed. Sometime last year, I got really interested in microwave plasma, which can be made from a lot of things like lit matches, aluminum foil or just some grapes. However, when I went searching for more info about it, I really couldn’t find much of anything. There was also no explanation as to why…
From Reactions. Every year around half a million people in the United States get sick from the bacterium C. diff, often after taking antibiotics. Sound counterintuitive? This week on Reactions we break down why that happens, and how an unlikely hero could save the day. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions Twitter! http://twitter.com/ACSReactions Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/acsreactions/ You might…
From Periodic Videos. Previous wire video: https://youtu.be/kexteGM2V2s Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/yWXs302du5V (sponsor) More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Download unduloid microscope images and more here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/28806306 Featuring Neil Barnes and Martyn Polikaoff. Film by Brady Haran. Discuss this episode on Brady’s subreddit: https://redd.it/cke82v Also thanks…
From Reactions. When wildfires break out on hot, windy days they pose a serious threat to people and the environment. This week on Reactions, learn how we’re using fertilizer to keep dangerous blazes at bay. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions Twitter! http://twitter.com/ACSReactions Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/acsreactions/ You might also like: Small Bottle, HUGE Fireball (How Flame Jetting Works)…
From Periodic Videos. We’re at the High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Go to https://wix.com/go/PeriodicVideos to create your free Wix website. Check out our new website at https://periodicvideos.net More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Thanks to everyone at HFIR at Oak Ridge – https://neutrons.ornl.gov/hfir More from our trip to Oak…
From Reactions. Your body is a delicately balanced chemical system, and if you take too much of a drug you destroy that balance. That’s what happens when you overdose. This week on Reactions, learn how to spot an overdose and the ways different types of drugs wreak havoc in your brain. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions…
From Reactions. There are some crazy poisons in this world of ours, and they’re often found in things you’d least expect. In this week’s episode of Reactions, we break down our top 5. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions Twitter! http://twitter.com/ACSReactions Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/acsreactions/ You might also like: Can Mixing Cleaning Chemicals Kill You? https://youtu.be/FH1h0oWjark Inside the Game…
From NileRed. Giveaway link: https://gleam.io/UpmYi/ferrofluid-giveaway ————————————————- Back in October, I tried making ferrofluid but I kept failing and I ended up giving up for a while. Months later though, I got inspired, and I spent an insane amount of time researching ferrofluid and trying to make it. It was a very messy and sometimes frustrating…
From Reactions. We need water to survive–and Earth is covered in it! Unfortunately, almost all of that water is salty. In this week’s episode of Reactions find out why getting freshwater from ocean water is a lot trickier than you might imagine. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions Twitter! http://twitter.com/ACSReactions Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/acsreactions/ You might also like: What…
From Reactions. Old school gunpowder is really called “black powder,” and it was so crucial to the Revolutionary War effort that we went to great (and gross) lengths to try and make it. This week on Reactions, find out what exactly those lengths were. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions Twitter! http://twitter.com/ACSReactions Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/acsreactions/ You might also…
From Reactions. After walking on the Moon astronauts hopped back into their lunar lander, bringing Moon dust with them. They were surprised, and perplexed, to find that it smelled like spent gunpowder. This week on Reactions, learn why Moon dust might smell like the aftermath of a Civil War reenactment. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions Twitter!…
From NileRed. Cleanup video on my other channel, NileBlue: https://youtu.be/8zilEg_feZA ————————————————- For this video, I make a chemical called manganese heptoxide, which is an unstable and strong oxidizer. It looks for any excuse to decompose and it reacts violently with most organic things. I tested it on a few things like cotton balls and paper,…
From Periodic Videos. Go to https://wix.com/go/PeriodicVideos to start your own website. Check our website at https://www.periodicvideos.net/ More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Our guest was Peter Wothers from the University of Cambridge: https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/person/pdw12 Discussing the likes of Dmitri Mendeleev, William Odling, Alexandre-Emile Béguyer de Chancourtois, John Newlands, Julius Lothar Meyer, and Gustavus Hinrichs.…
From NileRed. Buy my serpent shirt! https://bit.ly/2EG3Vx0 ————————————————- Followup video on other channel: https://youtu.be/NuYDQtev1bE A few months ago, one of my patrons sent me a bunch of old gold jewelry for me to refine. I originally thought that it was going to just be some gold plated stuff, but it turned out to be quite…
From Periodic Videos. Putting electrical current through wires made from different metals. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Featuring Senior Technician Neil Barnes and Professor Martyn Poliakoff A video on every element: http://bit.ly/118elements Discuss this video on Brady’s subreddit: https://redd.it/br91u9 Some papers on exploding wires… https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5249160 https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.3051737 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos More…
From NileRed. Pick up a shirt! https://www.bonfire.com/nilered/ ————————————————— Metal has no odor and you can’t smell it. But what are we smelling then? It turns out that it’s mostly a chemical called 1-octen-3-one, which is generated when your skin oils react with metal that you’ve touched. I thought this was really interesting, and I decided…
From NileRed. In this video, I get a bit back into making compounds with odors and scents. I chose to go with Raspberry Ketone, because I thought it was an interesting molecule and the synthesis seemed fun. However, in the future, I think I’m going to venture into the territory of nasty smelling compounds. For…
From Periodic Videos. Plutonium, Uranium, Holmium, Neptunium, Curium and many more. We’re at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in Tennessee. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ ORNL: https://www.ornl.gov Our thanks to Rose Boll and the team. Our videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elements Our previous video from Oak Ridge (the Thorium Cow): https://youtu.be/DmczVhGq8cU…
From NileRed. https://teespring.com/nilered My friends Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/ray.uppal/ —————————————- In this video, I continue my amalgam series and I attempt to make the so-called ammonium amalgam. This was done by combining an ammonium salt with sodium amalgam that I made in a previous video. Link to 1865 paper: https://goo.gl/3NVehp Sodium amalgam video: https://youtu.be/SoOyaDWIoMA ——————————– Nile…
From Periodic Videos. We look at how diamonds are cut and polished – following on from our previous video about uncut diamonds – https://youtu.be/EmXe5EDQvsg More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos Filmed at Alrosa’s cutting and polishing facility in Moscow. Our thanks also to the Russian Foundation for Basic…
From NileRed. Visit https://www.thebismuthsmith.com/ to save 25% on all of his bismuth decor items! —————————————- Pepto-Bismol contains bismuth subsalicylate, and its possible to extract the bismuth from it and use it to grow metal crystals. This is a re-visit of a project that I attempted a few years ago: https://youtu.be/grpSfjUImUs ——————————– Nile Red Shop: https://nile.red…
From Periodic Videos. The Professor looks at uncut diamonds of all shapes and sizes. Part 2: Polishing a Pink Mega Diamond – https://youtu.be/YMyPo-MEvMA More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Filmed at Alrosa’s sorting facility in Moscow. Our thanks also to the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. Part 2: Polishing a Pink Mega Diamond…
From Periodic Videos. We’re in Paris and then Moscow for the launch of the International Year of the Periodic Table. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ More on UNESCO’s The International Year of the Periodic Table: https://www.iypt2019.org Thank you to the British Embassy in Moscow for its assistance. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos…
From Periodic Videos. Video shown by The Professor during his presentation at launch UNESCO’s International Year of the Periodic Table. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ See our videos about all the elements: http://bit.ly/118elements IYPT: https://www.iypt2019.org With additional thanks to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos…
From Periodic Videos. How to produce Actinium from a “cow” of Thorium… Filmed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ More on Actinium: https://youtu.be/rKm0ShaJNFM Oak Ridge National Laboratory (nuclear science): https://www.ornl.gov/science-area/nuclear-sciences With thanks to Rose Boll and everyone else at Oak Ridge. Discuss this video on Brady’s subreddit: https://redd.it/aeuv0v…
From NileRed. Go to https://NordVPN.com/nilered and or use code NILERED to to get 75% off a 3 year plan. Protect yourself online today! ———————————————- This is the first official video in my new amalgam series, where I try and combine as many different metals as possible with mercury. For this video, I’ll be making the…
From NileRed. In this video, I’ll be recreating the popular demonstration called the Chemical Traffic Light Reaction. Note: I made a mistake in the video. I said the carbonate solution would have a pH around 8-9, but it would actually be closer to 11-12. I was thinking of sodium bicarbonate when I said that. Video…
From NileRed. This is probably the longest video that I’ve ever posted on my channel, but I wanted it to be as complete as possible! A few months ago, I saw a video made by AvE where he tried to make transparent wood. After seeing it, I was really interested in trying it out for…
From NileRed. Go to https://NordVPN.com/nilered and or use code NILERED to to get 75% off a 3 year plan. Protect yourself online today! —————————- In my opinion, fool’s gold is a really interesting mineral, and in this video, I try to show some of its cool properties. This is the first in a series that…
From Periodic Videos. We use some cherry tomatoes and Krakatoa Tubes in a classic demonstration of the value of safety goggles. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Krakatoa on Objectivity: https://youtu.be/1bnvNI-j22E Previous Krakatoa Tubes video: https://youtu.be/drHVT4NHSNQ Thanks to Professor Andy Beeby, University of Durham, for a gift of the specially-made Krakatoa tubes for…
From Periodic Videos. The prize is awarded to Frances Arnold, George Smith, and Gregory Winter. More Nobel videos: http://bit.ly/periodicnobel More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ This video features Martyn Poliakoff, Francesca Paradisi , and Nicholas Mitchell – all from the University of Nottingham. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018 was divided, one half…
From NileRed. Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nile.red ——————————– In this video, I’ll be attempting to make ferrofluid from the ferric chloride and ferrous sulfate that I made in a previous video. At first, I thought that this project would be really straightforward, but it turned out to be much more difficult than I thought. I…
From Periodic Videos. A new video about the element Dubnium. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ Our trip to Russia: http://bit.ly/Russia_Trip Super Heavy Element playlist: http://bit.ly/super_heavy Videos on all 118 elements: http://bit.ly/118elements Objectivity channel: http://bit.ly/Objectivity Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/periodicvideos And on Twitter…