I Dissolved My Tooth in SELENIC Piranha!

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  • Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
  • I upgraded the typical piranha solution by replacing sulfuric acid with selenic acid! H2SeO4 + H2O2 60% and compared their properties!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 127

  • @ChristianMiersch
    @ChristianMiersch Рік тому +77

    "I know this video was not very spectacular" Maybe, but most interesting for all us chemists out there. Trying out something and informing about your conclusions without much ado - I liked that. I happen to love anorganic chemistry, and you deliver like no one else!

    • @Lordhitchy
      @Lordhitchy Рік тому +1

      I'm not even a chemist and I find this extremely interesting and informative (even if I don't fully understand most of the chemicals)

  • @spiderdude2099
    @spiderdude2099 Рік тому +68

    Man, I didn’t even consider you could make selenic piranha. Very cool :3

    • @Theriodontia4945
      @Theriodontia4945 Рік тому +5

      I considered the idea of selenic piranha myself, but thought that the idea would be too niche (and selenic acid too expensive) to see a video about on UA-cam.

    • @SodiumInteresting
      @SodiumInteresting Рік тому +3

      I made selenic acid and copper tetraamine copper (II) selenate on my channel a while back, it's just like the sulfate only selenium salts tend to want to be selenium again more than sulfur does anyway. That's what makes selenic acid so tricky to make

  • @pezboy715
    @pezboy715 Рік тому +38

    You may describe this video as “not very spectacular”, but I disagree. Where else do true chemistry nerds like us get to observe such exotic reagents and reactions? Please never change and don’t sell yourself short.
    Sincerely,
    A Proud Patron 😊

    • @paulanizan6159
      @paulanizan6159 Рік тому

      I actually enjoyed this video, having studied chemistry when I was much younger than today.

  • @Edge51
    @Edge51 Рік тому +28

    The "spectacular" videos are great but some of us watch to learn as well. Thanks for publishing the videos you do I and many others really like your content! Keep up the good work!

  • @nuneke0
    @nuneke0 Рік тому +10

    Looks like your tooth had a "head start" dissolving... 😁

  • @alexhatfield2987
    @alexhatfield2987 Рік тому +10

    The tooth was interesting…..now we know a Selenic Acid Piranha solution is the go-to method for dissolving bodies.

    • @herrbrahms
      @herrbrahms Рік тому

      Too expensive to dissolve the whole body. Use KOH for that, and only bother with piranha solutions later if you want to get rid of *everything.*

    • @rex-up9ln
      @rex-up9ln Рік тому

      ​@@herrbrahmsnoted

    • @joshhibschman
      @joshhibschman Рік тому

      with gold teeth

    • @haipingcao2212_.
      @haipingcao2212_. 8 місяців тому

      ​@@joshhibschmanwtf

  • @THYZOID
    @THYZOID Рік тому +1

    Very cool man! I always wondered about selenic acid piranha so it´s nice that you pulled it off

  • @OngVoELstuffs08
    @OngVoELstuffs08 Рік тому +6

    I’m looking forward to seeing the oleum made of selenic acid and selenium trioxide in the next video!

  • @slurpyboi3965
    @slurpyboi3965 Рік тому +3

    “This is what happenes to your teeth if you drink soda” -FDA 1980

  • @toiletpaper3487
    @toiletpaper3487 Рік тому +1

    You gotta collab with NileRed! You both are very interesting to watch and I bet some experiments with the both of you together would make a great video, and I think you two would get along well. Great content!

  • @Godwh1sperer
    @Godwh1sperer Рік тому

    You are an Alchemist! God bless you with the most exotic reagents in the most remarkable reactions.

  • @Ratzfourtyfour
    @Ratzfourtyfour Рік тому +1

    Tooth fairy wuz here.

    • @ChemicalForce
      @ChemicalForce  Рік тому

      Can I eat my cake and have it too? 😀
      Thanks! 🤑

  • @jamesh5460
    @jamesh5460 Рік тому +1

    You have the coolest toys! Doing fun stuff with science.

  • @danwhite3224
    @danwhite3224 Рік тому +22

    I know gold is typically very unreactive and only dissolves in a limited number of things, but is there anything that can actually dissolve iridium?

    • @SodiumInteresting
      @SodiumInteresting Рік тому +3

      Aquaregias like HCl/HNO3 or HCl/HClO3

    • @petevenuti7355
      @petevenuti7355 Рік тому +3

      Is there any metal that won't dissolve in hydrochloric + perchloric?​@@SodiumInteresting

    • @SodiumInteresting
      @SodiumInteresting Рік тому

      @@petevenuti7355 that's chloric not perchloric but yeah don't know, I used sodium chlorate in hcl to dissolve gold

    • @grebulocities8225
      @grebulocities8225 Рік тому +6

      Aqua regia will not dissolve iridium, but @PoorMansChemist reported that it will dissolve in a 50/50 mixture of molten KNO3 and KOH. Molten cyanide salts will also dissolve it, and it can also be attacked by hot fluorine or chlorine. I don't know of a way to put it into aqueous solution directly though.

    • @SodiumInteresting
      @SodiumInteresting Рік тому

      @@grebulocities8225 Thanks I have not worked with iridium, now I want to

  • @Auroral_Anomaly
    @Auroral_Anomaly Рік тому +1

    Nah, the second I saw the title I had an aneurysm.😭

  • @atomicjay42
    @atomicjay42 7 місяців тому

    Glad to see I'm not the only one that asked to keep my wisdom teeth after the surgery!

  • @skyethebi
    @skyethebi Рік тому +1

    I’m wondering if the selenic acid may have just oxidized some of the peroxide to oxygen and that caused it to be less effective. There’s also the possibility that selenic acid is a much weaker dehydrating agent than sulfuric acid since the dehydrating ability is what really drives the reaction with many organics.

  • @jupa7166
    @jupa7166 Рік тому

    Very nice findings, thank You!

  • @ZoonCrypticon
    @ZoonCrypticon Рік тому +7

    Very interesting video, thank you ! Now, what compound has formed after the selenic piranha solution dissolved the gold ? Gold-selenate Au2(SeO3)2(SeO4) ? Can it be crystallized ?

    • @defaultntuser0
      @defaultntuser0 Рік тому

      Au2(SeO4)3. It can be crystallized, but it will be not very easy to do. HNO3+HCl is more recommended to desolve Gold.

  • @patrickstar7693
    @patrickstar7693 Рік тому +2

    can you also create a piranha solution with Fluoro sufonic acid?

  • @fatman9644
    @fatman9644 Рік тому +1

    Can you demonstrate the reaction of H2O2 with LiAlH4

  • @marcopolo8584
    @marcopolo8584 Рік тому +1

    You can increase the concentration of your hydrogen peroxide by putting it under vacuum in a chamber with drying agents. However it's a very time consuming and wasteful process, and Ex&F Tom noted that it often seemed to decrease the effectiveness of the solution, he hypothesized this is due to the lack of water making aqueous reactions occur more slowly.

  • @jonathanfalvo2414
    @jonathanfalvo2414 Рік тому

    I started thinking about the similarities between selenium and sulfur. The idea came to me that selenic acid probably exists and is most likely as strong stronger than sulfuric acid. Not only did I find it, but I found it made into a piranha solution👍👍👍👍 very satisfied

  • @Angrychemist666-g4x
    @Angrychemist666-g4x Рік тому +5

    Can you do one with Hydroiodic acid? I've never seen this acid being used on any channels on UA-cam yet, and I read that HI is way more powerful than HCL or all of the Halogen based acids! Thanks

    • @stefangadshijew1682
      @stefangadshijew1682 Рік тому +1

      HI is only more "powerful" as in more acidic in other solvents then water, and probably as a gas. In water, all of the hydrohalogenic acids except HF are completely disassociated.
      Also, HI tends to be a reducing agent, which might open some chemistry you can't do with the other acids, but makes it more messy and less useful if all you need is a strong acid.

    • @stefangadshijew1682
      @stefangadshijew1682 Рік тому

      HI is only more "powerful" as in more acidic in other solvents then water, and probably as a gas. In water, all of the hydrohalogenic acids except HF are completely disassociated.
      Also, HI tends to be a reducing agent, which might open some chemistry you can't do with the other acids, but makes it more messy and less useful if all you need is a strong acid.
      The reason why it is rarely used is probably because it is known to be a precursor for certain illegal drugs.

    • @Alexey-u6w
      @Alexey-u6w Рік тому

      But... In russian 😢
      ua-cam.com/video/doTuGx8Y9P4/v-deo.htmlsi=7IOiSXKTIZ_4e7ZE
      ua-cam.com/video/1Txf1kYHKO8/v-deo.htmlsi=kb71VZfmKuT_8tMC

  • @pakey423
    @pakey423 Рік тому

    Thank you for honouring my suggestion of creating selenic piranha solution.... 😁
    It's too bad that H2TeO4 doesn't seem to exist....... 😉

  • @beardedchimp
    @beardedchimp Рік тому +5

    Your tooth looks like an acid had already had a try. Thinking about it, how does plaque (or other decay mechanisms) break down teeth? I'd guess bacteria produce acid(s) during respiration, is the dissolved enamel actually used at all?

    • @anthonyodea2251
      @anthonyodea2251 Рік тому

      It is possible that the tooth cracked when it was being removed, as opposed to such a significant amount being decayed by bacteria.

    • @herrbrahms
      @herrbrahms Рік тому +2

      Oral bacteria metabolize sugars and produce lactic acid as a waste product. This wouldn't be so much of a problem since saliva is basic, except the plaque biofilm keeps the acid in contact with the tooth and away from saliva in the absence of frequent brushing and flossing.
      Fluoride is added to toothpaste because it replaces the weak -OH groups in tooth enamel hydroxyapatite, making fluoroapatite instead.

    • @beardedchimp
      @beardedchimp Рік тому

      @@herrbrahms that is fascinating, thank you for enlightening me. My nephew has cystic fibrosis, researching it several years ago gave me terrified respect for biofilms.
      In his case they prevent antibiotics from killing pseudomonas, if an infection is detected before the biofilm has matured it can be treated. With CF, fighting a fully colonised biofilm covered lung infection is nearly impossible.
      I'm wondering what's the function of plaque's biofilm. Obviously it can tolerate basic saliva already, does it act as a lubricant preventing abrasion during eating from scraping the underlying bacteria? I did some googling prior, but honestly succinct comments like yours are far more informative.
      > it replaces the weak -OH groups in tooth enamel hydroxyapatite, making fluoroapatite instead.
      So you're saying fluorapatite is in on the global mind control conspiracy? :P

    • @herrbrahms
      @herrbrahms Рік тому

      @@beardedchimp The function of the plaque biofilm is less a lubricant and more an adhesive. It's produced mutualistically to benefit the entire colony. It seems clear this evolved through natural selection; after all, an unadhered bacterium will eventually wash down the gullet of the host and find certain death in the stomach. The fact that lactic acid produces cavities is just a bonus from their perspective, since it creates more nooks and crannies to colonize. The plaque is safer out of the weather, so to speak.
      I don't know if it was clear earlier, but the hydroxyl groups are susceptible to acid attack while the fluorides are not.
      But microorganism adhesion to flat surfaces has evolved many times. Consider how lichen can find purchase on smooth exposed granite in tundra environments. Fast forward this process over geological time, and it's one of the ways that rock becomes soil.
      Don't let your teeth weather away to soil. And it's very unfortunate that we can't just brush our lungs the way we can our teeth.

  • @Thylacinuscynocephalus
    @Thylacinuscynocephalus Рік тому

    Alternate title: ChemicalForce has a tooth pulled and dissolves it in acid

  • @Bartixxl
    @Bartixxl Рік тому +1

    Could you make Basic piranha?

  • @jozefnovak7750
    @jozefnovak7750 Рік тому

    Super! Thank you very much!

  • @lurkmoar3926
    @lurkmoar3926 Рік тому

    Very interesting even despite unspectacular chemistry.

  • @freehat2722
    @freehat2722 Рік тому

    That's very interesting. Thank you.

  • @therandomchemist
    @therandomchemist Рік тому

    Wow so cool! Look forward to more videos!

  • @ianbd77
    @ianbd77 Рік тому

    Brilliant, thanks ❤🎉

  • @piranha031091
    @piranha031091 Рік тому +1

    Now do telluric piranha! ^^

  • @darkstatehk
    @darkstatehk Рік тому +1

    Imagine if organic human bone was a precursor to a compound that if ingested, gave the best of the very best euphoric experience, ever.
    I'd be buying up crematoriums as if they were hot cakes.

    • @sprolyborn2554
      @sprolyborn2554 Рік тому

      Adrenochrome is a thing but that's a pretty dark rabbit hole to go down.

    • @chemistryofquestionablequa6252
      @chemistryofquestionablequa6252 Рік тому

      @@sprolyborn2554it’s also easily synthetic and reportedly has rather uncomfortable effects. Think that shaky feeling after an adrenaline rush.

    • @sprolyborn2554
      @sprolyborn2554 Рік тому

      @@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 I'd always heard of it being like a runners high but 100x better. Your description matches up to that as every drug reacts differently for different people. Even weed can be unpleasant for some despite being known for being the exact opposite. Also the synthetic stuff is worthless apparently. You need to harvest it as an intermediary for neuromelanin.

    • @mduckernz
      @mduckernz Рік тому

      @@sprolyborn2554 Dark only because of the amount of absolute absurdity that has surrounded it, with no factual basis.
      It has only negative pharmacological effects, and they are mild, at that. Nothing at all like the “lore” that surrounds it. It’s also very easily synthesised, not needing extraction from whatever victims the conspiracies have dreamed up this week (usually children though…)

    • @sprolyborn2554
      @sprolyborn2554 Рік тому

      @@mduckernz then why has the NIH published (if they didn't publish it, at least hosting the paper on the .gov site) a paper on how well it stimulates oxygen uptake in 1999? You'd get a rush off that alone.

  • @Flesh_Wizard
    @Flesh_Wizard Рік тому

    Ah yes, shark solution

  • @АндрейНиконов-г3м

    Разве реакция Не пойдет без добавления Перекиси ?

  • @Alexey-u6w
    @Alexey-u6w Рік тому +1

    I never seen base piranha (NH3 + H2O + H2O2)

  • @DerDrako
    @DerDrako Рік тому

    Great video and thank you for your sacrifice. ;)

  • @丫o
    @丫o Рік тому

    Very, very cool!

  • @CTCAC2000
    @CTCAC2000 Рік тому

    bottoms up!

  • @garrysekelli6776
    @garrysekelli6776 Рік тому

    Did anyone else hear that Mr. Ballen story about the guy who died because he was cooking teeth on a gas stove to extract the gold fillings. Then he inhaled mercury vapors and died.

  • @HodorsLeftShoe
    @HodorsLeftShoe Рік тому

    Great video.

  • @gorpazorp7309
    @gorpazorp7309 Рік тому

    i like the way you say shout out, i want to be shit out at the end of one of your videos so ill try to support you one day lol

  • @crollwtide9452
    @crollwtide9452 Рік тому

    I would say this video was quite spectacular, considering that I've never seen anything dissolve a tooth like that before. That is some seriously corrosive stuff.

  • @Nerddaquimica
    @Nerddaquimica Рік тому

    Prononciation: PEE-RUN-(Y)A.
    NH sounds like NG in "sing".

  • @tiagoferreira086
    @tiagoferreira086 Рік тому

    Don't underrate your videos, i'm not a chemist and i found the video very interesting and educative! :) It doesn't has to be spectacular all the times, but for sure they are always highly educational. 👍

  • @ustinovichilya
    @ustinovichilya Рік тому

    It’s even curious what redox potential value in such a “piranha” the electrode would show before dying😅

  • @SodiumInteresting
    @SodiumInteresting Рік тому

    Dont say it wasn't interesting, this was very interesting. Its a shame you couldn't make the trioxide though. I guess selenium just isn't as keen being oxidated as sulfur

  • @shadowplayz772
    @shadowplayz772 Рік тому

    What would happen if you mixed both piranha solutions

  • @StuffandThings_
    @StuffandThings_ Рік тому

    When you dissolved your tooth, it made me think of something. Teeth and bones contain a good record of lead intake, so could you extract lead from your teeth to determine your lead intake?

    • @rex-up9ln
      @rex-up9ln Рік тому

      He probably needs to give up a handful of teeth for that

  • @AmaroqStarwind
    @AmaroqStarwind Рік тому

    What you you combined selenic and sulfuric piranhas together?
    Or perhaps either of those with nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, fluoroantimonic acid, or something similar?
    Just... Combine all of the acids into the ultimate acid! Beyond super, or even hyper, but straight into ultra territory! >:3

  • @Kiw88d
    @Kiw88d Рік тому

    Why is the Se the only one which dissolves the gold??

  • @petevenuti7355
    @petevenuti7355 Рік тому

    Telluric acid is the next logical step 😜

  • @LegendaryUAEGuardian
    @LegendaryUAEGuardian Рік тому

    Question, Why Selenic Acid can dissolve Gold while Sulfuric Acid can't dissolve gold? also Why does Selenic acid tend to decompose into elemental selenium while Sulfuric Acid doesn't decompose very fast, or it's more stable.

  • @samheasmanwhite
    @samheasmanwhite Рік тому

    It seems that if you want to make selenic acid yourself it would be easier to use the H2O2 oxidation of SeO2, here is the DOI of a paper detailing it: 10.1021/ja01292a501
    Also, the gold selenate can be crystalised by addition of water since it is very insoluble.

    • @ChemicalForce
      @ChemicalForce  Рік тому

      Hey! I synthesized it!
      ua-cam.com/video/cjMZV2d1HIw/v-deo.html

  • @jasonmorgan661
    @jasonmorgan661 Рік тому

    Could you show us some cool etching chems for glass and metals from your perspective ?

  • @KeepAnimeDegenerate
    @KeepAnimeDegenerate Рік тому

    Another interesting reation I'm curious about is the TCCA and HCl reaction. What if one were to use HBr instead? Instead of generating chlorine, would you get bromine monochloride or just a mixture of two halogens chlorine and bromine?

  • @Araxatu
    @Araxatu Рік тому

    Can ozone oxidize selenium dioxide or sulfur dioxide?

  • @Sniperboy5551
    @Sniperboy5551 Рік тому

    Oof, that tooth was looking rough

  • @Алюминаткобальта

    Привет из Рязани

  • @shrivanth6774
    @shrivanth6774 Рік тому

    Sir where do you get all these amazing chemicals ❤

  • @shootingsolution0123
    @shootingsolution0123 Рік тому

    зубная фея отдыхает

  • @Matti_us_Alpe
    @Matti_us_Alpe Рік тому

    Now could you please try to restore the tooth?

  • @NetRolller3D
    @NetRolller3D Рік тому

    What about telluric piranha?

  • @trexor67
    @trexor67 Рік тому

    Anyone knows which its the auric compound formed between the piranha selenic acid + gold?

  • @brazilianambassadordale8223

    Perchloric acid next!!!....... Maybe

  • @simonram8505
    @simonram8505 Рік тому +1

    Lesson learned: nothing dissolves glass

    • @mduckernz
      @mduckernz Рік тому +3

      Oh no, try putting some in molten KOH, it absolutely ruins it
      Or the more aggressive option of concentrated HF

  • @gsestream
    @gsestream Рік тому

    well a tooth is mostly bone or CaO

  • @vgernyc
    @vgernyc Рік тому

    Lunar Piranha Acid? Dark Piranha acid?

  • @mieljo7875
    @mieljo7875 Рік тому

    Did this smell bad?

  • @anthonycabrera6318
    @anthonycabrera6318 Рік тому

    Can you do a video, about Perchloric Acid? Awesome content likes always.

  • @siemensbottenherr1359
    @siemensbottenherr1359 Рік тому

    Now Telluric piranha pls🙏

  • @haipingcao2212_.
    @haipingcao2212_. 8 місяців тому

    Thanks 😏😭😍

  • @agentcamcam6649
    @agentcamcam6649 Рік тому

    Man i made it but i don't know how to dispose that shit please help me

  • @mollemannen
    @mollemannen Рік тому

    kinda looks like one of my tooth.

  • @Esterified80
    @Esterified80 Рік тому

    H3PO4 + H2O2?

    • @defaultntuser0
      @defaultntuser0 Рік тому

      Nothing will happen. This solution will only can to desolve more metals, than reaguar H3PO4, maybe, including silver, but not more. ( H2O2 + citric acid also can slowly desolve silver )

  • @aqdrobert
    @aqdrobert Рік тому +1

    Poor ingredient for a soda pop. It will rot your teeth!

  • @theisFCS
    @theisFCS Рік тому

    good perros

  • @roylarsen7417
    @roylarsen7417 Рік тому

    look like that toot was a result of vegan lifestyle !!

  • @yakacm
    @yakacm Рік тому

    My god if that's your tooth how big is your head?

  • @kayakMike1000
    @kayakMike1000 4 місяці тому

    Ewe. Thats just gross man.

  • @jamielacourse7578
    @jamielacourse7578 11 місяців тому

    You don't seem all that bright......