I accidentally discovered lead sponge...

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  • @jypsridic
    @jypsridic 5 років тому +9741

    "I didn't have enough lead acetate"
    Proceeds to pull out a seemingly infinite amount of lead from the solution.

    • @Someone-ig7we
      @Someone-ig7we 5 років тому +90

      Exactly!

    • @deleted2869
      @deleted2869 4 роки тому +455

      It wasn't enough to grow long lead crystals like he intended, but it surely was enough to make lead sponge.

    • @superoriginalhandle
      @superoriginalhandle 4 роки тому +39

      egg

    • @Broockle
      @Broockle 4 роки тому +28

      @@superoriginalhandle
      u'r not a seal!

    • @Abznth
      @Abznth 4 роки тому +2

      bd

  • @twids
    @twids 5 років тому +13822

    *Has subtitles on
    "This daddy isn't something that I planned to do."
    Oh my

    • @clarkbass3225
      @clarkbass3225 5 років тому +144

      Yea

    • @trymidsalarthun9915
      @trymidsalarthun9915 5 років тому +341

      Same i’ts, well... Quite interesting.

    • @autumn2675
      @autumn2675 5 років тому +790

      It’s not even on the auto generated captions. Someone, if not NileRed himself, typed that in

    • @geo5378
      @geo5378 5 років тому +430

      Check the descriptions, it shows who made them. Some drama happened like last month so trolls like this shouldn’t be common

    • @crumblebreadpie2933
      @crumblebreadpie2933 5 років тому +13

      Hmmm 🧐

  • @ellaforlin8160
    @ellaforlin8160 4 роки тому +7297

    I don’t think the words “accidents” and “lead” should ever be in the same sentence.

    • @Bruh4.
      @Bruh4. 4 роки тому +261

      Man I made lead healthy those damn accidents

    • @aliveandunwell430
      @aliveandunwell430 3 роки тому +287

      “accidentally broke my pencil lead”

    • @prihaps
      @prihaps 3 роки тому +138

      I accidentally ate lead...
      ...😵

    • @sampletext9338
      @sampletext9338 3 роки тому +34

      @@prihaps i-

    • @hedach7617
      @hedach7617 3 роки тому +53

      There were no accidents done with the lead

  • @Rhynome
    @Rhynome 7 років тому +12044

    Squish it in a blimp mold and make a lead zeppelin.

  • @dr.icepick3448
    @dr.icepick3448 5 років тому +7901

    Me: I'm going to bed early tonight
    Me at midnight: L E A D S P O N G

    • @spectruum
      @spectruum 5 років тому +48

      Me at 2 am rn

    • @jessicabauer9225
      @jessicabauer9225 5 років тому +12

      Dr. Icepick i know ... it’s probably around 01:00 here already x) but I can’t stop !

    • @stuckylar
      @stuckylar 4 роки тому +9

      Dr. Icepick Lol I saw this comment exactly at 00:00 EST

    • @jslblaze8290
      @jslblaze8290 4 роки тому +3

      @@spectruum same my dude

    • @alexanderharrison7421
      @alexanderharrison7421 4 роки тому +5

      It's 11:36 PM rn

  • @thenoodledragon6007
    @thenoodledragon6007 4 роки тому +533

    Honestly when you turned out the lights it looked so cinematic and I'm obsessed with it

    • @cebollatron
      @cebollatron 3 роки тому +1

      You are obsessed with pretty weir things

    • @liamernst9626
      @liamernst9626 2 роки тому +15

      @@cebollatron could be worse

    • @raviedavieu
      @raviedavieu 2 роки тому +9

      @@cebollatron yeah this is a pretty tame, innocent and even wholesome thing to be obsessed with

    • @vincedibona4687
      @vincedibona4687 11 місяців тому

      Settle down.

  • @rlt94
    @rlt94 7 років тому +4597

    Ahh yes, good old lead sponge, a favorite dessert of the Victorians.

    • @rruckman9782
      @rruckman9782 5 років тому +82

      That explains a LOT

    • @gordslater
      @gordslater 5 років тому +131

      hey - if it cures the clap, piles and flatulence I'm game to try it

    • @mojocuiii
      @mojocuiii 5 років тому +43

      I hear the taste was quite sweet.

    • @jeunbug5941
      @jeunbug5941 5 років тому +32

      a favorite among modern men if you’re not a coward

    • @sherrillgambill146
      @sherrillgambill146 4 роки тому

      Sponge

  • @calvonnumber1fan
    @calvonnumber1fan 4 роки тому +4645

    "Mommy, this rock candy tastes weird."

  • @JordanBeagle
    @JordanBeagle 4 роки тому +640

    I love how many of his great discoveries are just him figuring out how to get rid of stuff

    • @Great_Olaf5
      @Great_Olaf5 Рік тому +14

      Some of the greatest discoveries of humanity have been finding practical uses for former waste products. Gasoline for example was originally a worthless waste product from making kerosene, considered to unstable to have any practical use.

  • @mistercohaagen
    @mistercohaagen 7 років тому +4019

    If it was the 1920's, you could've sold that as a lozenge to cure consumption or gout or whatever.

    • @ericmueller6836
      @ericmueller6836 7 років тому +276

      mistercohaagen Market it as a "paleo" supplement.

    • @SoulDelSol
      @SoulDelSol 7 років тому +56

      Hysterics maybe

    • @drivesthecar3247
      @drivesthecar3247 6 років тому +199

      We've got people eating detergent... I'm positive one could sell this as a health supplement!!!

    • @slappy8941
      @slappy8941 6 років тому +72

      I take a poultice of lead, arsenic, and and radium for my rheumatism.

    • @ScoriacTears
      @ScoriacTears 6 років тому +19

      @@slappy8941 Does you wife prepare it for you?

  • @GeorgeCowsert
    @GeorgeCowsert 5 років тому +13640

    I love how the majority of scientific discoveries are completely accidental.

    • @clover8673
      @clover8673 5 років тому +177

      Pretty much

    • @uncomfysapphic8415
      @uncomfysapphic8415 4 роки тому +1131

      I mean how else are we to discover something we have no idea about

    • @Superghast123
      @Superghast123 4 роки тому +581

      It all starts with someone asking "why the heck not?"

    • @spoongod2401
      @spoongod2401 4 роки тому +120

      Like potato chips

    • @stanpan4126
      @stanpan4126 4 роки тому +22

      George Cowsert 12:32 AM

  • @Realdeal916
    @Realdeal916 3 роки тому +197

    This guys candor makes him quietly hilarious... he frequently says stuff like "my attempt was a complete failure" and "this is exactly what I feared would happen"... When so many others would be like "I meant to do that"...

  • @cheesecakelasagna
    @cheesecakelasagna 4 роки тому +2002

    Me: *My accidental discovery of the last french fry at the bottom of the paper bag*

    • @Gamer-uf1kl
      @Gamer-uf1kl 4 роки тому +9

      T

    • @pgre
      @pgre 4 роки тому +13

      @@Gamer-uf1kl aco

    • @ONE.Music.
      @ONE.Music. 4 роки тому +1

      Hahahaha😂👏🏻

    • @cedrick25
      @cedrick25 3 роки тому +28

      it's like god is messing with us by opening up a portal inside our bag and gives us an extra lmao

    • @pizzaman7397
      @pizzaman7397 3 роки тому

      @@pgre bell

  • @Mikey-gs1dx
    @Mikey-gs1dx 7 років тому +734

    Even if they're not novel, it's fun making discoveries in the lab. You get so excited. It is a bummer that someone else found them first but I never get enough of finding new things even if they're only new to me.

    • @johnrickard8512
      @johnrickard8512 6 років тому +33

      the moment when you utter the words "Hmm...that's funny." You know you're about to discover something you may not have known before.

    • @arnavanand8037
      @arnavanand8037 5 років тому +1

      I agree. It feels like "Haha my brain is as intelligence as *[scientists name]"*

  • @whi2gan
    @whi2gan 3 роки тому +1576

    Can I just say;
    I love how Nile owns practically every machine on the surface of this earth-yet does not own a rubber spatula🙋‍♀️😂

  • @thethoughtemporium
    @thethoughtemporium 7 років тому +1792

    Make a simple lead acid battery. Should work well with the lead foam

    • @kevinvermeer9011
      @kevinvermeer9011 7 років тому +118

      Compare with one made using lead sheets to see the effects of all the surface area!

    • @michael3263
      @michael3263 7 років тому +19

      Kevin Vermeer I love this idea! 😀

    • @Oinikis
      @Oinikis 7 років тому +25

      Yes! Science and power and stuff! If you do this, try to runs something on it, like a lamp! people love lamps!

    • @grey1wa
      @grey1wa 7 років тому +13

      I agree but I'd try a Zinc mesh to grow the Lead onto. and turn that into a simple battery

    • @NathanDavisVideos
      @NathanDavisVideos 7 років тому +7

      Yeah I think a simple lead acid battery should work! I'm just waiting to see it!

  • @sbsftw4232
    @sbsftw4232 4 роки тому +2013

    The fact that you had the knowledge to intuitively cause an interesting reaction without knowing about it beforehand says a lot about your talent as a chemist. I'm seriously impressed.

    • @the_undead
      @the_undead 3 роки тому +102

      This is either a joke or someone who doesn't fully understand how a good portion of scientific discoveries are made, a lot of discoveries are made by complete accident, say a failed experiment and then just trying to have some fun with it or similar.

    • @the_undead
      @the_undead 2 роки тому +1

      @GrimRaidriar and allow me to explain to you how the mind of somebody with autism works. Somebody with autism will always take what they read at face value with The only exception being if it is eluding to a concept that they already understand so an inside joke for example. So unless it is an inside joke that they already get or something to that effect they will take what they read at face value especially if they have seen people who are that f****** idiotic in real life before, because I have seen people who would genuinely say something like that not as a joke or an exaggeration or whatever but because they genuinely believe that for concepts that are much MUCH easier to understand.
      Having high functioning autism is simultaneously a blessing and a curse because you are easily going to be the most literal person in the room or in the discussion thread or wherever you currently are, and if what this particular group of humans is talking about is something that deeply interests you you are probably going to be the most knowledgeable person on that thing unless there's somebody who does that professionally and has been doing it for years now, and you are going to go into so much detail that unless it is a topic that interests them they are almost certainly going to be bored within 5 or 10 minutes. You also get smart asses on the internet who try and open your eyes to the obvious misunderstandings that you have a lot of the time who think they're being so helpful or are doing their best to piss you off when it's like yes I know I've tried to correct these flaws but I can't.
      And I know I can't because I've tried and tried and tried and then I tried some more and then I gave up because spending months or even years doing basically the exact same thing with absolutely zero progress when you can't think of any better way to do what you're trying to do kind of just leads to you giving up and deciding you know what I'm going to go do something more productive than waste my time trying to fix a flaw that I don't even know how to fix when it's only a minor nuisance in the grand scheme of things

    • @CasperTheGhost64
      @CasperTheGhost64 2 роки тому +10

      @@the_undead You're unbelievably cringe inducing. Stop leaving comments. You're ridiculous. You're a clown.

    • @the_undead
      @the_undead 2 роки тому +5

      @@CasperTheGhost64 are you not going to say anything to the other person cuz they're no better. Also you're just as bad as I am cuz you actually went on to one of my videos and then stop leaving toxic comments everywhere. If you want people to be better do not stoop down to their level the only way to encourage growth in humans is to be better then they are. I'm not saying I'm better than you are far from it maybe you're just as toxic as I am and maybe you should think about that

    • @alsonsulos8547
      @alsonsulos8547 2 роки тому +3

      @@the_undead you went and wrote an essay about having autism when it had little to no relevance to your original comment, with or without high functioning autism you could've easily understood what he was saying, even if you take it at face value it's pretty obvious what their comment meant to say. cmon dog just admit it went over your head and go on.

  • @wikia9278
    @wikia9278 2 роки тому +21

    7:14 look at the little piece of lead sponge that's jumping in the left corner of the container, he's so happy

  • @oskarsigns
    @oskarsigns 7 років тому +5948

    These slime videos are getting really complicated

  • @MelikecakeYAY124
    @MelikecakeYAY124 6 років тому +1555

    I hope you use sepparate toasters for your chemical experiments and your toast

    • @paulvangemmeren9351
      @paulvangemmeren9351 4 роки тому +26

      Well, yeah. He'd be stupid to use the same one for both.

    • @h-Films
      @h-Films 4 роки тому +36

      Paul van Gemmeren r/woooosh

    • @gefagnis
      @gefagnis 4 роки тому +110

      Ok fuck off you didn’t even do it right you prick. Go back to reddit you fuckass

    • @gamerman9960
      @gamerman9960 4 роки тому +5

      Why wouldn't you

    • @chonkyboi7542
      @chonkyboi7542 4 роки тому +36

      @@gefagnis someone takes the internet to serious.

  • @Howtoeatrocks
    @Howtoeatrocks 3 роки тому +26

    This is why it's important to record your process. Even if you're making something already heavily documented, something you've done many times in the past.

  • @kullycrin9657
    @kullycrin9657 6 років тому +125

    I really love that subtle darkness when the light was only from the flashlight. Better than the higher contrast attempt in my opinion.

  • @bloodwolf2609
    @bloodwolf2609 5 років тому +322

    2:51 thats a whole aesthetic right there

  • @deathberryjam907
    @deathberryjam907 3 роки тому +5

    "it didnt make a cool effect" its 2021 and the light shining through that was amazing

    • @stuckonmars3571
      @stuckonmars3571 3 роки тому +3

      That's what I thought, as a photographer that shit was amazing

  • @ectoplasm9023
    @ectoplasm9023 5 років тому +490

    4:32 in the background very quietly you can hear someone saying something about research

    • @sebastianrognlien6198
      @sebastianrognlien6198 4 роки тому +72

      Thank you, i thought i was hearing things

    • @newjerseyhater9237
      @newjerseyhater9237 4 роки тому +60

      Pretty sure its the same thing he says a couple seconds later. must've been an audio error

    • @aprameyanaganur2934
      @aprameyanaganur2934 4 роки тому +16

      @@newjerseyhater9237 ya i'm pretty sure about that because he said research a couple seconds later

    • @Remspamton
      @Remspamton 4 роки тому +2

      Jack Kelso yeah I heard water too

    • @3amofarooq
      @3amofarooq 4 роки тому +1

      @@newjerseyhater9237 confirmed

  • @KingofJ95
    @KingofJ95 7 років тому +979

    >Lab environment
    >Carpet
    Concerned

    • @JustinTopp
      @JustinTopp 6 років тому +20

      My lab is my bedroom and it’s carpeted lol

    • @wolffrags9856
      @wolffrags9856 6 років тому +62

      I also do "science" in my bedroom. ;)

    • @JustinTopp
      @JustinTopp 6 років тому +15

      WolfFrags yea “science”

    • @ChrisD4335
      @ChrisD4335 6 років тому +85

      finish your science in some klenx or paper towel, not on the carpet.

    • @JustinTopp
      @JustinTopp 6 років тому +1

      ChrisD4335 lmao

  • @avawalker5582
    @avawalker5582 3 роки тому +221

    I know it's not food... But... Hear me out....... Forbidden taffy-

    • @vanillapotaeto4098
      @vanillapotaeto4098 3 роки тому +1

      :( that would taste horrible ):

    • @andropon9979
      @andropon9979 3 роки тому

      It does look like moldy taffy-

    • @Zynderion117
      @Zynderion117 2 роки тому

      *Tom reading newspaper*

    • @Mophony
      @Mophony 2 місяці тому

      Brother I must consume the forbidden taffy

  • @Locut0s
    @Locut0s 7 років тому +311

    That’s a toaster you don’t want your bagels in.

    • @blaze-zee-wolf
      @blaze-zee-wolf 5 років тому +2

      Huh?

    • @sophia0470
      @sophia0470 5 років тому +2

      Are you trying out new catchphrases or something?

    • @blaze-zee-wolf
      @blaze-zee-wolf 5 років тому +1

      @@sophia0470 WHo knows

    • @whitearrow4629
      @whitearrow4629 5 років тому

      Who toasts bagels

    • @furretar6484
      @furretar6484 5 років тому +4

      I have a feeling there's a cultural misunderstanding here

  • @endarus6053
    @endarus6053 4 роки тому +1459

    “However, that all changed when”
    The fire nation attacked?

  • @NathanBuffam
    @NathanBuffam 2 роки тому +35

    The reason in the difference between runs could be that the powered zinc kind of seeded the way the lead formed.

  • @Ilovetheplatypus
    @Ilovetheplatypus 7 років тому +322

    Should try making a battery. I think you'd be the first on youtube to make a lead acid battery out of lead sponge. Would be cool to see how it performs.

  • @bananache4793
    @bananache4793 4 роки тому +911

    nobody:
    him every episode: “yknow i could of put it in a waste bin and call it a day. but i wanted to do something interesting.”

    • @terriblename4084
      @terriblename4084 4 роки тому +44

      *Being a scientist summed up in a single comment*

    • @sunhiee500
      @sunhiee500 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/960EyG2K_Kk/v-deo.html

    • @AlmondishTofu
      @AlmondishTofu 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/4hG-g6X9fqI/v-deo.html Just an fyi

    • @johnapple6646
      @johnapple6646 2 роки тому

      Nobody uses this format anymore

    • @raviedavieu
      @raviedavieu 2 роки тому +3

      @@johnapple6646 This is a clear lie, because the person you replied to obviously just did

  • @shift6565
    @shift6565 2 роки тому +2

    HELP THE CC AT THE START "This daddy isn't something that I planned to do" is killing me 💀

  • @dhawthorne1634
    @dhawthorne1634 7 років тому +62

    Do any of them float like pumice?
    Do they absorb liquids or filter like activated charcoal?
    Can they be molded and carved then dried and used for plastic casting?
    Does the surface area make the lead react faster in reactions?
    Can it be used in place of a more expensive catalyst in any reactions?
    Using it as an electrode, does the increased number of nucleation sites allow it to split water more quickly or produce a higher yield of O2 and H2?

    • @RoflCraft96
      @RoflCraft96 7 років тому +8

      HOLY SHIT THIS MAN GOT THE QUESTIONS!

    • @RoflCraft96
      @RoflCraft96 7 років тому +4

      please someone upvote it!

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 років тому +17

      Ill look into the floating question and the filtering.
      It would definitely react faster than normal lead, but i dont think it can really replace any catalysts (I could be wrong though).

    • @RoflCraft96
      @RoflCraft96 7 років тому +3

      @NileRed in science, you'll never know what will happen next after a discovery ;)

  • @ZappyOh
    @ZappyOh 7 років тому +111

    Make the container much deeper ... several meters ... so the reaction is completed before bottom is reached.
    Before the bottom, you could place a net of some sort, catching the sponge, so it can be lifted out without being squashed at all.

    • @bastienpabiot3678
      @bastienpabiot3678 5 років тому +15

      It would cost so much money

    • @bigaaron
      @bigaaron 5 років тому +6

      @@bastienpabiot3678 worth it

    • @SoI_Badguy
      @SoI_Badguy 5 років тому +2

      @@bastienpabiot3678
      A net and a clear plastic tube cost a lot of money?

    • @antony9956
      @antony9956 5 років тому +13

      The comment above suggests a *container* that is a few *meters* deep...

    • @bigaaron
      @bigaaron 5 років тому +2

      @@antony9956 precisely

  • @conorflanagan9000
    @conorflanagan9000 3 роки тому +47

    Closed captions begins with "This daddy isn't something that I planned to do".
    I hope Daddy can love you regardless of your intentions

  • @TizonaAmanthia
    @TizonaAmanthia 7 років тому +22

    that's fun, and congrats on the lab studio! I can't wait to see the progress time lapse vid. I'm happy for you!

  • @psammiad
    @psammiad 5 років тому +451

    "When I squished it..." Is that a chemical term?! :D

    • @shellydas1416
      @shellydas1416 4 роки тому +1

      @Dr. M. H. Physics? How?

    • @shellydas1416
      @shellydas1416 4 роки тому +2

      @Dr. M. H. Um. Yea that makes more sense, i do more quantum mechanics rn so i kinda forgot normal physics Quantum mechanics are that different lol ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @shellydas1416
      @shellydas1416 4 роки тому

      @Dr. M. H. Oh so im not supposed touse that term ok! Well i learn something new everyday!

    • @shellydas1416
      @shellydas1416 4 роки тому +1

      @Dr. M. H. Ok thanks!

    • @shellydas1416
      @shellydas1416 4 роки тому +1

      @Dr. M. H. Although u can use um yeah to denote confusion followed by agreement ur right and so are your parents, its better left with children and plus im in class 8 learning quantum mechanics! (Ive done the electrodynamics, integral calculus classical mechanics, differential equations etc using my maths teacher who also teaches physicd and ny fathers help) so does that include un "scientist" Im not so sure but is that sort of thing like hard or unique or something? Would like to know from u since u have more experience

  • @Kenjic
    @Kenjic 4 роки тому +10

    Would be cool to see if you could form a mold or something to protect against radiation, I believe lead is used commonly. But this being mixed with water and lead, might block more radiation (but would need to keep hydrated) with a thinner layer.

  • @bulldozer9337
    @bulldozer9337 5 років тому +234

    "Put them all in my toaster to get rid of the water"

    • @ATBZ
      @ATBZ 3 роки тому +10

      can't put it in the microwave

  • @davidfont2596
    @davidfont2596 4 роки тому +52

    Dude! The scenes from @2:41 through @3:26 are beautiful! That could be a stock background video or video display in an art gallery.

  • @subzeroelectronics3022
    @subzeroelectronics3022 3 роки тому +6

    I left some electroplating solution in a closet for too long (I think it may have been contaminated with zinc) and a very similar sponge can form with copper. The solution was originally a very high concentration copper acetate and water solution, and I think that some zinc dissolved into it over time. I found it recently and noticed a weird wiggly solid sitting at the bottom, and that’s when I remembered this video.

  • @johnpossum556
    @johnpossum556 7 років тому +144

    You were so close to the first PN junction commonly used in electronics:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_detector_(radio)#Whisker
    I found it especially ironic you used the meter on the diode(PN juunction!) check function, which also reads out the bias voltage of the PN junction, without landing on the thought of it nearly being a diode. Galena (the crystal form of lead ore, often on a piece of quartz when found in nature) was typically used often with just an ordinary safety pin's point being used to make the PN junction.
    Oneday you might also try messing around with germanium to make a germanium diode which can also be used to rectify AM out of the air. They're very effecient and take about half the voltage of a silicon diode. Come to think of it I don't think I've ever seen the voltage of a Lead diode ever posted anywhere on the net.

    • @shellydas1416
      @shellydas1416 4 роки тому

      @@dacomputernerd4096 maybe i have to confirm tho but i can give u maybe 60% certainty?
      Im not the best at chemidtry

    • @theisthecool1105
      @theisthecool1105 4 роки тому +1

      nerd

    • @shellydas1416
      @shellydas1416 4 роки тому +6

      @@theisthecool1105 ꒐꒯꒐ꄲ꓄

    • @farithrosh
      @farithrosh 4 роки тому +3

      @@theisthecool1105 ur that one pootis guy who got shot once and killed the guy who shotted u right

    • @harrygeewizman1818
      @harrygeewizman1818 2 роки тому

      Ha ha science stuf go brrr

  • @alllove1754
    @alllove1754 7 років тому +12

    That was awesome! The color change was also DEFINITELY ENHANCED with the flashlight, even w lights off, almost especially. Reminded me of clouds becoming thunderstorms. I absolutely love your channel man. Your videos are very knowledgable and if I don't have the materials to make my attempt or if I don't have the cohones, I still always love what I see. Keep up the good work man!

  • @StarshadowMelody
    @StarshadowMelody 4 роки тому +26

    "but there was also some solid stuff"
    Me: "Is that a fish!?"

  • @ConorDark
    @ConorDark 5 років тому +13

    turning the lights off and using the flashlight looked really cool imo, its awesome to see white powder being dropped into clear liquid and turning black

  • @plasticraincoat1
    @plasticraincoat1 7 років тому +77

    I've had great success making silver sponge using the same process, it has some very interesting properties that I must show.

  • @vinijoncrafts2882
    @vinijoncrafts2882 Рік тому +3

    Video: "This video isn't something that I planned to do"
    Subtitles: "This *_daddy_* isn't something that I planned to do"

  • @wildcard.-
    @wildcard.- 4 роки тому +41

    I read “LEGO sponge” but I wasn’t disappointed

  • @mojaveartifacthunters339
    @mojaveartifacthunters339 7 років тому +13

    My favorite drinking game is starting a Nile Red playlist and taking a shot every time he says "Well, anyway".

  • @lollyblizowo4343
    @lollyblizowo4343 3 роки тому

    The fact that you "my lead is making a clinky sound :)" camera also picked up just a little of what I can only assume is you rambling is adorable imo, tho it's gonna drive me a little batty that I can't figure out what you were saying

  • @shilze1
    @shilze1 5 років тому +354

    "This video -"
    My brain: "is sponsored by..."

  • @hugo3913
    @hugo3913 7 років тому +10

    Make some of the sponge using zink powder but make a wire and mesh frame for the sponge to accumulate on and then carefully lift it out and wash it in an HCl bath and then cut it to size and make a lead acid battery cell, That would be an Awesome thing to see and I'm sure many of the viewers will like that to .Great work keeps up the good content Nile.

  • @muskyhusky8411
    @muskyhusky8411 3 роки тому +14

    nile: has every chemical under the sun
    also nile: does not have plastic spatula

  • @MitchCarroll
    @MitchCarroll 7 років тому +50

    What about electroplating it with something like nickel or aluminum, and melting out the lead to form a sort of metal aerogel?

    • @David-fh6rr
      @David-fh6rr 7 років тому +9

      There's a similar method for the production of Raney-nickel, an extremely active hydration catalyst. You form a Nickel/aluminium alloy and etch out the aluminium witch conc. NaOH, but you don't an "aerogel" like product, in fact it's quite dense.

  • @balisticjoe
    @balisticjoe 7 років тому +21

    It might be interesting to try getting some zinc wool (like steel wool, but zinc), and seeing what the structure is, the longer strands of zinc might add a good deal of strength.

  • @Quickbite2
    @Quickbite2 2 роки тому +25

    I personally think that your your attempt with the flashlight actually went pretty well and looked very cool maybe you could have used a better flashlight but what you had at the time actually turned out good just my opinion anyway thought I would say that

  • @Caramelhorse1
    @Caramelhorse1 7 років тому +4

    Can't wait to see how the new spaces will improve your production quality! All the best man, hope your new setup is awesome :)

  • @RunItsTheCat
    @RunItsTheCat 7 років тому +325

    Your recreation attempts didn't work because you didn't have your magnetic stirring rod in there. The lead were clumping together ferromagnetically the same way iron powder clumps together from adopting a magnetic field.
    As for uses, I'm thinking lightweight conductive rods for motors, but the porous nature of it may prove to be a poor overall conductor, since given enough current I see it easily melting the lead sponge structure.

    • @yorkshiregold4007
      @yorkshiregold4007 5 років тому +7

      Wh000 lives ina pineapple under the sea something something porous is he!

    • @user-tr2dh4xx6u
      @user-tr2dh4xx6u 5 років тому +40

      Wtf? Neither lead or zinc is magnetic and if they were then the crystal growth would be affected when the stirring was on. Also lead is a terrible conductor when compared to silver or copper, there would be no reason to use it even if you could create a harder structure as it will never be as hard as other metals

    • @austinmarshall7562
      @austinmarshall7562 4 роки тому +12

      You're wrong. Neither zinc or lead is ferromagnetic.

  • @zeph0shade
    @zeph0shade Рік тому +1

    The non-auto english captions as soon as the video starts:
    "This daddy isn't something that I planned to do"

  • @MACIEJ454545
    @MACIEJ454545 7 років тому +121

    You should send those to Cody's Lab asking him to guess what kind of a rock is it without checking your channel
    It would be a great collab

    • @AtlasReburdened
      @AtlasReburdened 7 років тому +57

      Yeah, that's nice. Send a great guy a chunk of high surface area solid neurotoxin and tell him it's a random rock. Next we can send him some solvated mercury salts and tell him to try and figure out what sweetener is in it.

    • @MACIEJ454545
      @MACIEJ454545 7 років тому +30

      I wouldn't expect Cody to lick it as the first test but I get your point

    • @NateTDOM
      @NateTDOM 6 років тому +2

      You can get poisoned by lead without licking it... same way mercury can poison you.

    • @emmettmartin2639
      @emmettmartin2639 6 років тому +2

      No, you can't actually

    • @NateTDOM
      @NateTDOM 6 років тому +1

      Oh really? Okay then am idiot goodbye.

  • @litigioussociety4249
    @litigioussociety4249 7 років тому +92

    Spongelead Zincpants.

  • @Random-sq2cy
    @Random-sq2cy 2 роки тому +2

    OMG the subtitles - The first line says: "This daddy isn't something that planned to do"

  • @farahinaleya3857
    @farahinaleya3857 4 роки тому +103

    My recommendations : Do you want to watch someone make lead sponges...?
    Me: Well yes... and no...

  • @Misack8
    @Misack8 7 років тому +341

    Make a Foam Lead Slug and send it to Taoflandermaus to shot it out from a 12ga shotgun. (It will probably just turn into lead powder and won't hit a thing.)

    • @chan.sorman
      @chan.sorman 7 років тому +4

      He's in Canada.

    • @xander1052
      @xander1052 7 років тому +8

      Doesn’t really make it illegal, Canada has alright gun laws

    • @Beffanz115
      @Beffanz115 6 років тому +18

      Canadian gun laws aren't bad, they're just poorly written by idiots who don't know better. Things like aks that already are "prohibited" b/c they are automatic also means that anything that looks like an AK, even if it is considered "non-restricted", are automatically illegal simply b/c they are considered a "variant". Basically, if it looks "scary", there's a good chance it's illegal here.

    • @saddlepiggy
      @saddlepiggy 6 років тому +2

      or Demolition Ranch

    • @dominikobora5385
      @dominikobora5385 6 років тому +1

      well theres a point to it , if you get a ak thats semi auto if you know enough you could probally just make it into a full auto and gangs could definitively have a network to import them from the us ready to be made full auto

  • @nibeditapattanaik3751
    @nibeditapattanaik3751 2 роки тому +3

    NileRed : This *video* isn't something that I planned to do
    Subtitles : This "*daddy*" isn't something that I planned to do

  • @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc
    @DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc 6 років тому +26

    7:44 - "Where do you go when you want to buy name-brand spatulas at a fraction of retail cost? Spatula City!!"

  • @OrangeC7
    @OrangeC7 7 років тому +19

    Perhaps you could try to get a microscopic look at it, to see the structure? You could also try to experiment with adding certain materials to toughen the structure. For example, experimenting with pouring in certain powders, before the zinc dust, that the lead sponge can form around. You could experiment with crushing materials that don't react with lead or zinc into dust and pouring it in before the zinc dust. Or you could try putting larger things similar to ball bearings, to make the lead sponge form a lead sponge covered ball or crystal. You could also try putting everything in a mold instead, and (attempting, at least) to take it out and have it in different shapes. But that's all just me putting random ideas out there. =P

  • @plantsperiod4462
    @plantsperiod4462 4 роки тому +2

    13:07 the little bubble moving around distracted me for so long

  • @TheSeerSacrifice
    @TheSeerSacrifice 7 років тому +37

    oh dude you created a harmless black hole at the beggining

  • @batyalivni3577
    @batyalivni3577 4 роки тому +64

    Beginning of video: "this video isn't something that I planned to do"
    Automatic captions: "this daddy isn't something that I planned to do"

    • @MissSchnickfitzel
      @MissSchnickfitzel 4 роки тому +18

      Its not even the automatic captions. Someone did that manually bruh

    • @kguy6635
      @kguy6635 4 роки тому +7

      I bet NileRed put that in just to have some fun

    • @batyalivni3577
      @batyalivni3577 4 роки тому

      @@MissSchnickfitzel o shit u right

    • @bolton7961
      @bolton7961 4 роки тому

      Kguy66 hope the bottom of the description says who made them

    • @vanillapotaeto4098
      @vanillapotaeto4098 3 роки тому

      @@bolton7961 now it doesnt I don't know. who made them ? Did he make them himself?

  • @celtc7875
    @celtc7875 2 роки тому +2

    NileRed: This video isn't something that i planned to do
    Captions: This daddy isn't something that i planned to do
    Me: You had one job.

  • @NoxionDesign
    @NoxionDesign 7 років тому +113

    +NileRed Did you have to get any permits or anything for renting a commercial space as a lab? Or since you're a non-production hobbyist was that not an issue? What about storage and open flame or your gas supply? Sorry if I sound intrusive, just curious about the details

  • @bio-cell2571
    @bio-cell2571 6 років тому +11

    Great Video! I can see a use for this info in my battery research. I think if you stirred the mix slowly while adding the zinc, you would get more crystallization, which you might be able to control the crystal size of with the mixing speed. I would also try linking the crystal structure together with a borax solution after it's made, which I think would make it more solid. Can't wait to see your new lab! :-)

  • @thedoodes5134
    @thedoodes5134 2 роки тому +1

    “Yeah man I just put a bunch of lead/zinc rocks in my toaster”
    “Yeah it worked too”

  • @vukadinmc127
    @vukadinmc127 4 роки тому +135

    I think this would be a really fun thing to use for sculpting. Since it's clay-like, you could carefully shape something that would later look like a common rock with minerals on it

  • @ancientsentinal1131
    @ancientsentinal1131 6 років тому +9

    Extract the stuff that makes you cry from onions.

    • @waffleblitzkrieg1765
      @waffleblitzkrieg1765 4 роки тому

      That's just onion juice it vaporizes very quickly so to extract it would require a vacuum with no suction so unless he's going to space I don't see that happening anytime soon. But I would love to be proven wrong go ahead nilered

    • @liammckevitt8096
      @liammckevitt8096 3 роки тому

      It's just juice man

  • @Kukurernabhi
    @Kukurernabhi Рік тому +3

    Nile : This video isn't something that I planned to do.
    Captions: This daddy isn't something......😂😂

  • @raymondcreelman7418
    @raymondcreelman7418 6 років тому +21

    I feel like the powder helps the reaction with the granules and I'm sure that asked eight levels are important but I feel like that could be a actual factor and why the other test didn't go well

  • @michahalczuk9071
    @michahalczuk9071 7 років тому +6

    Spongy lead was proposed as very useful material for batteries for cheap electric cars.
    Theoretical maximal specific energy of lead acid cell is around 166 Wh/kg. If we could get let's say 120 Wh/kg, then you could make 400 kg battery pack with 48 kWh, giving you possibility of going upwards of 500 km on single charge -

    • @TheAxecutioner
      @TheAxecutioner 7 років тому

      Thanks for sharing that very interesting information. How do Tesla's batteries stack up against max potential?

    • @michahalczuk9071
      @michahalczuk9071 7 років тому +3

      Their newest 2170 cells are around 322 Wh/kg (the only data I got, might be higher or lower), but being lithium-ion, they need some extra electronics for protection.
      Unfortunately I don't have exact theoretical number, but it should be around 600-700 Wh/kg for Li-NMC (currently densest in mass production). That would be around 46-50% of theor. capacity.
      LiFePO4 have theoretical specific energy of 385 Wh/kg, and they have about 50-60% of Li-NMC energy density.
      Lithium sulfur (Li-S) are at this moment batteries with highest practical (500 Wh/kg) and theoretical (2,4 kWh/kg) energy density, and have great potential for electric and long range vehicles or possibly even boats.
      If in near future (20 years or so) we'd be able to get to 1 kWh/kg with cost lower than 100$/kWh (currently around 140$/kWh from LG Chem, not sure about Tesla/Panasonic, could be lower) then ICE vehicles would be very much dead. We will surely get to 100$/kwh much faster then to 1 kWh/kg, but even 200 Wh/kg would be enough to compete with ICE, the cost is more important.
      EDIT. I forgot to add - higher specific energy would make batteries cheaper per kWh since less material is needed to achieve given capacity.
      With 1 kWh/kg batteries would problably cost less than 50$/kwh..

    • @TheAxecutioner
      @TheAxecutioner 7 років тому

      That is some great info, thank you so much!

  • @syrupyyy
    @syrupyyy 2 роки тому +1

    "This video isn't something I planned to do."
    *The one person making the captions: This Daddy-*

  • @runforitman
    @runforitman 7 років тому +5

    Also that lab building is really cool!!
    Hopefully it allows you to do even more experiments

  • @Jamie-rg2vh
    @Jamie-rg2vh 4 роки тому +75

    Nile:
    Captions: *this daddy isn't something I planned to do*

  • @TheMightyPooh420
    @TheMightyPooh420 4 роки тому +5

    this could be used as an alarm switch since it is conductive and brittle, so placed on faults or places where friction movement is expected you could make cutoff switches/triggers

  • @deeelmore4560
    @deeelmore4560 7 років тому +45

    NileRed, you need some sort of glass spoon, or at least a version of your stirring rod with a little crook in the end. then you could lift out the lead sponge much more easily without squishing it. (although i'm sure you already thought of that.)

  • @edgyspoon5793
    @edgyspoon5793 5 років тому +12

    7:02 i thought you put your whole arm in there and got concern

  • @Aalok464
    @Aalok464 2 роки тому +2

    "This video isn't something I planed to do"
    UA-cam captions: "This daddy isn't something that I planned to do"

  • @adamvaughn5371
    @adamvaughn5371 5 років тому +8

    Anyone else realise that his commentary is basically a perfect lab report?

  • @kmarasin
    @kmarasin 7 років тому +10

    Test the efficiency of the sponge as part of a battery. How much is converted to salts, what's the voltage, etc. of different densities of sponge.

    • @johnpossum556
      @johnpossum556 7 років тому

      I'd like to see that. Is it possible to build a fairly robust reusable lead acid cell battery at home? Cody said he had done it but didn't really show any results.

  • @jcprofit
    @jcprofit 3 роки тому +1

    Me: I have an article to write and research to do
    UA-cam: Wanna watch this weird chemistry video?
    Me: ooooh, lead sponge

  • @SamuelTheAdept
    @SamuelTheAdept 4 роки тому +37

    3:33 *Leaked footage of Spongebob’s seizure*

  • @edwardvarby4363
    @edwardvarby4363 7 років тому +4

    Might be interesting to try making a battery of it. The zinc contanimation might be an issue, but that structure- well, you read the paper. compared with a lead plate battery containing a similar amount of lead, it aught to work better the 1st recharge cycle, although I doubt it would be durable beyond that.

  • @mooncakewizard101
    @mooncakewizard101 3 роки тому +1

    Him: "This video isn't something that I planned to do"
    Captions: "This daddy isn't something that I planned to do"

  • @nerdcity
    @nerdcity 7 років тому +262

    I think you accidentally created the aliens from The Arrival!

    • @colbysmith4002
      @colbysmith4002 6 років тому +9

      Nerd City um, they didn’t even look like this. This was the dumbest thing I’ve read all day.

    • @leighbailey1313
      @leighbailey1313 6 років тому +3

      I love the movie Arrival.

    • @masterbait9394
      @masterbait9394 6 років тому +2

      Colby Smith shut up

    • @mr.j_krr_80
      @mr.j_krr_80 6 років тому +2

      look at 3:27 man.

    • @mandrillbaboon9880
      @mandrillbaboon9880 6 років тому

      I heeeear coooooooonteeeeeent

  • @wildannugroho_plus
    @wildannugroho_plus 7 років тому +8

    it would be the best catalyst though
    coz it has huge surface area
    maybe you can look for a reaction with lead as the catalyst

  • @EvanUnknown
    @EvanUnknown 2 роки тому +1

    The fact that at the star of the video the captions think it says: This daddy isn’t something that I planned to do

  • @or2kr
    @or2kr 7 років тому +25

    You could make some slugs for Taofledermaus out of the densest and medium type to give him something interesting ^^

    • @artemisrumbinger4012
      @artemisrumbinger4012 7 років тому

      Otto Knabe that was my first thought.

    • @JustinTopp
      @JustinTopp 6 років тому

      Poof led powder it would be great for riots make the protesters down from lead poisoning lol

  • @elmikeomysterio5496
    @elmikeomysterio5496 7 років тому +38

    Rewatching and wondering what is going on in the background at about 4:33

    • @naturegirl1999
      @naturegirl1999 5 років тому

      ElMikeoMysterio me too

    • @milesedgeworth132
      @milesedgeworth132 5 років тому

      Probably listening to a podcast or something while doing this.

    • @a-c1081
      @a-c1081 Рік тому

      @@milesedgeworth132 you can hear its his voice xd

  • @BbBbBbBbBbBbA
    @BbBbBbBbBbBbA 4 роки тому +1

    Lead acetate has a sweet taste, so you just made forbidden cotton candy

  • @vasyapupken
    @vasyapupken 7 років тому +5

    you are made an electrode material with probably much higher surface area than gas impregnated cast lead because of cristallic microstructure.
    it will be cool to purify it and test it's elecrical properties.