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  • A new video about the element Ytterbium.
    More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
    Videos on all 118 elements: bit.ly/118elements
    With thanks to the Fondation H. Dudley Wright - www.hdwright.org
    And our thanks to Anthony Lipmann for the piece of Ytterbium.
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  • @sonderanderson1312
    @sonderanderson1312 Рік тому +433

    Neil sniffing the ammonium hydroxide to check if it’s still alright to use is the most Neil thing to do 🤣🤣🤣

    • @MicraHakkinen
      @MicraHakkinen Рік тому +23

      That's how a coworker landed himself in the hospital. We were clearing out some old bottles from a seldomky used workshop and came across a large brown glass bottle. Instead of carefully smelling the cap, he proceeded to forcefully inhale with his nose right up to the bottle: it contained ammonia.

    • @Kycilak
      @Kycilak Рік тому +5

      @@MicraHakkinen My colleague once wanted to flush ammonia solution from a burette after a titration with is breath. Well... One has to breath in before one can breath out and he inhaled with the burette already at his lips. Thankfully it had no effect on his health.
      Don't blow into burettes, wait just a little for the reagent to trickle out itself.

    • @kenmohler4081
      @kenmohler4081 Рік тому +15

      @@Kycilak This only slightly related, but you made me remember an event from my long past. I was a little kid getting his tonsils out and they were using ether as the anesthetic. I told you it was a long time ago. I was struggling with the mask so the anesthesiologist said, “Don’t you like that smell? Just blow it away as hard as you can.” I did. What is the next thing you do after you have blown all the air out of your lungs? Right.

    • @darwinenthusiast3039
      @darwinenthusiast3039 Рік тому +4

      As a fellow Neil, I can confirm I would do the same.

    • @brandonwinstead7137
      @brandonwinstead7137 Рік тому +3

      That Hauksbee Medal didn't earn itself

  • @sammarks9146
    @sammarks9146 Рік тому +18

    Ytterbium has a special place in my heart - I did a report on it in high school (20+ years ago), because it was the 'most random' element I could think of. I had no idea it could be so lively!

  • @jippijip101
    @jippijip101 Рік тому +246

    I study ytterbium for my PhD! It’s a great element and quite important in quantum computing

  • @snehankekre8747
    @snehankekre8747 Рік тому +77

    I'm so grateful these videos will be accessible to all future generations. Truly a service for humanity

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Рік тому

      If you solve this problem you can be a billionaire 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]💖

  • @STEVE_C_1369
    @STEVE_C_1369 Рік тому +101

    Whats great about ytterbium is its gaining use in semiconductor arena. Its also being used to replace other,very toxic substances,while its self,is very low in toxicity.

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Рік тому

      If you solve this problem you can be a billionaire 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]💖

    • @STEVE_C_1369
      @STEVE_C_1369 Рік тому

      @@VeganSemihCyprus33 🖕

  • @PsRohrbaugh
    @PsRohrbaugh Рік тому +32

    I could listen to the Professor talk for hours. Every video is a blessing!

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Рік тому

      If you solve this problem you can be a billionaire 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]💖

  • @deoxyplasmic
    @deoxyplasmic Рік тому +76

    You're like a Carl Sagan of Chemistry. You seem so down to earth, but your excitement for chemistry and the way you present your exploration makes me excited to learn about chemistry, and explore it with you.

    • @VeganSemihCyprus33
      @VeganSemihCyprus33 Рік тому

      If you solve this problem you can be a billionaire 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]💖

  • @xifel72
    @xifel72 Рік тому +112

    Ytterby can be translated to Outer Village. "Ytter" = Outer. "By" = Village

    • @Olhado256
      @Olhado256 Рік тому +20

      So the element is really Outervillageium!

    • @alexpotts6520
      @alexpotts6520 Рік тому +19

      It's interesting, the "-by" suffix seems to have crossed the North Sea (possibly with the Vikings?) and appears in the names of British places too: Derby, Grimsby, Whitby, Rugby etc.
      In fact two of those four are towns on the east coast of Britain, which makes the Viking theory even more plausible.

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 Рік тому +3

      @@alexpotts6520 I'm not sure why you describe it as a theory -- it's a well-established fact.

    • @pattheplanter
      @pattheplanter Рік тому

      There is an Utterby in Lincolnshire, though the Oxford Dictionary of Place-names explains it as "Utterby Lincs. Uthterby 1150-60. Probably ‘farmstead or village of a man called Ūhtrēd or Ūhthere’."
      They do have:
      Idrigill Highland.
      (Skye). ‘Outer gully’. OScand. ytri + gil.
      But they think the ytri in Itteringham Norfolk was a person.
      Utrincham 1086 (db). Probably ‘homestead of the family or followers of a man called *Ytra or *Ytri’. OE pers. name + -inga- + hām.

    • @gwen6622
      @gwen6622 Рік тому +4

      outervillagium, and the other elements outrium, villagium, and lagium (which is basically how ytterbium, yttrium, terbium, and erbium are named lol)

  • @Trench777
    @Trench777 Рік тому +56

    I'm SO grateful to see Sir Martyn looks healthy and still going strong. He is a treasure and I hope for him to enjoy many, many more years.

    • @xl000
      @xl000 11 місяців тому +1

      he is just 75 years old.
      That's not close to end of life in the UK.
      It's 80 years for men, 84 for women, but it's an average. Ther is a death peak however at age 87.

  • @PeteSmithPhD
    @PeteSmithPhD Рік тому +17

    Ytterbium has a quasi-stable +2 oxidation state that can persist in water in the presence of a strong reducing agent like ytterbium metal. The Yb(II) ion is light green in aqueous solution. I think that is why the solution was light green when you were showing the metal dissolving in hydrochloric acid. The Yb(III) was being reduced by the Yb(s) to form Yb(II).

    • @brainandforce
      @brainandforce Рік тому +3

      With the right acid, you can make it persist for longer (I've found sulfamic acid does a decent job at stabilizing Yb(II) ions for long periods of time)

  • @chilou23
    @chilou23 Рік тому +29

    Merci au professeur et son équipe!
    J’ai bien aimé l’entendre parler français.
    Longue vie à lui.

    • @patrickmarmorat1126
      @patrickmarmorat1126 Рік тому +3

      Moi aussi et je le trouve très sympathique ! et toujours la cravate avec le tableau périodique !,

  • @plextoob
    @plextoob Рік тому +16

    In my experience with colour from combustion, heat can destroy the ions needed to get strong colour. We'd often mix in a buffer to try and reduce the reaction temp to extract more colour. Perhaps the PTFE does the same - the PTFE burns first in the flame and provides a cooling effect to preserve the ions responsible for the colour?

  • @Jeffrey_Tyler
    @Jeffrey_Tyler Рік тому +7

    The professor is a national treasure. A WORLD treasure even. A treasure of humanity. I don't know if he has one of those educational knighthood medals from the Queen but he really deserves one ❤

    • @thekaxmax
      @thekaxmax Рік тому +1

      He does have that knighthood, he did a video on it. ;)

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv Рік тому

      He does

  • @mrbullseye
    @mrbullseye Рік тому +2

    Erbium, Terbium, Yttrium, Ytterbium and if I'm not mistaken, Scandium (?), maybe also Holmium (even bigger ?), were all found in this mine. Quite cool but of course the isolation of them and their discoveries go out to the amazing chemists from all over the world who put in the hours.

  • @connieembury1
    @connieembury1 Рік тому +12

    What a delightful surprise! First thing this morning a new Periodic video! I've been binge watching the periodic videos and just passed Ytterbium the day before. Thank you Professor, Neil and Brady for a lovely start to the day.

  • @davidgillies620
    @davidgillies620 Рік тому +9

    I don't know if PTFE is used in fireworks but I do know it is used in certain types of anti-missile decoy flares for military aircraft, as when combined with a metal powder such as magnesium it generates a lot of infrared.

  • @stefanhurtig7956
    @stefanhurtig7956 Рік тому +19

    Many metals need a halogen donor to really bring out the flame color; in pyrotechnics, chlorine is usually used, though fluorine can also be found in some compositions. The exact compounds that form or the mechanism by which they enhance the color is to my knowledge little understood. It may be due to "forbidden" molecules that can only exist temporarily within the extreme conditions of the flame due to excitation or ionization. Maybe you guys could make a video about it.

    • @pattheplanter
      @pattheplanter Рік тому

      I assumed the halogens just made the element more volatile by forming halides, so more entered the flame to get excited. The lumps of metal mostly combust with such a bright spark that they drown out the colour of the few ions that escape into the flame. Flame tests usually use ionic compounds of the metals rather than the elemental metals.

  • @kidmohair8151
    @kidmohair8151 Рік тому +15

    you folks are continuing to have fun while providing education for the rest of us. thanks y'all!

  • @mikestewart4752
    @mikestewart4752 Рік тому +4

    Whatever I’m watching, I immediately drop it to watch these videos when one is released. Thanks Grady, and thanks Professor!!! ☮️ & ❤ from 🇨🇦

  • @vylrent
    @vylrent Рік тому +11

    You guys are somehow still pumping out these videos after a solid 10+ years, and remaking them! Pretty cool.

  • @turpialito
    @turpialito Рік тому +5

    Great to see the Professor again. Thanks, Brady. Your channels are veritable gems!

  • @coldloyalty
    @coldloyalty Рік тому +7

    Its sad that people my age.. my peers see this, and feel bored.. i personally would give my toe to study chemistry in this way.. i find it incredible that you provide this knowledge to youtube.. Godspeed

  • @radders261
    @radders261 Рік тому +2

    I'm always super chuffed when a new video pops up!

  • @wootman3125
    @wootman3125 Рік тому +1

    its always amazing to me when you hear about chemist in history before all the modern microscopes and testing methods , accurately guessing the atomic mass size etc etc. and being only off by a few numbers, shows how talented and smart they really were

  • @toine512fr
    @toine512fr Рік тому +1

    I love it when the Professor and Neil are surprised!

  • @bedlaskybedla6361
    @bedlaskybedla6361 Рік тому +3

    Very nice experiments! I especially like Yb+PTFE green sparks, ytterbium chromate and unstable yellow Yb2+, which is formed during dissolving ytterbium in HCl (but it is quickly oxidized by oxygen and water to colourless Yb3+).

  • @ZoonCrypticon
    @ZoonCrypticon Рік тому +3

    One of the best professors I know of! I would like to study chemistry in Nottingham under his supervision.

  • @parksto
    @parksto 22 дні тому

    Sir Poliakoff always succeed to make me smile.
    In his mouth, every story is wonder

  • @richross4781
    @richross4781 Рік тому +3

    Been waiting for a different video. Thanks folks.

  • @ezekielbrockmann114
    @ezekielbrockmann114 Рік тому

    It's so cool y'all still making these videos, really.
    Thank you!

  • @rayoflight62
    @rayoflight62 Рік тому +1

    It is always a pleasure to watch the Periodic videos!
    Thank you Professor and team for this video essay on ytterbium.
    Greetings,
    Anthony

  • @davillanueva1
    @davillanueva1 8 місяців тому

    Hearing a professor say 'Jazz it up' made my day

  • @DaHoodedBandit
    @DaHoodedBandit Рік тому

    I love the professor, cherish him while we can

  • @Bloated_Tony_Danza
    @Bloated_Tony_Danza Рік тому +1

    I once rolled ytterbium into foil, and once alloyed ytterbium with bismuth. It's a very easy metal to shape and form, doesn't corrode as fast as other lanthanides too. I like ytterbium

  • @andie_pants
    @andie_pants Рік тому +1

    Watching your computer equipment change through the ages has been such a delight. 🥰

  • @amundbjerve
    @amundbjerve Рік тому

    I studied Ytterbium (among other elements/isotopes) during my master's degree (a degree called Cand. Scient. in Norway at the time). Not as a chemist, but as a nuclear physicist. (I have no knowledge about the chemical properties of this element).
    The nuclei of these rare earth elements have fairly evenly spaced energy levels. This means that the energy shells are not very pronounced, and by targeting the nuclei with light isotopes like 3He and 4He nuclei, one can excite the Yb nuclei and "heat" them up. It turns out that you get some sort of phase transitions in the nuclei. Since there are only 170-something particles in Yb, talking about temperatures may not be entirely correct (strictly speaking, you need infinitely many particles to have a temperature, but any macroscopic object will suffice). Apart from that, the temperatures (or "temperature-like" parameter if you like) in question are several billion degrees (if my memory is correct; this was back in the late 90s).

  • @38bass
    @38bass Рік тому +1

    Thanks for another exciting video. 😊
    The music at the end was quite beautiful. ❤

  • @calderarecords
    @calderarecords Рік тому

    Your point at 11:06 really resonated with me on a profound level, Professor. 😔
    *"The true mark of a Scientist is having no allegiances to any one nation or doctrine, but to the earth and all the lifeforms on it. This is a Scientist - to me"* _Jacque Fresco, 1916-2017, Founder of the proposed Global Systems Approach, The Venus Project, Resource-Based Economy_

  • @theponk1
    @theponk1 Рік тому +1

    Dear Sir
    I rank you as one of the worlds greatest educators.
    It’s a toss up for first place between you and Johnny ball but you’ve got the ‘fro dude😂
    Big love

  • @bentationfunkiloglio
    @bentationfunkiloglio Рік тому

    Always a pleasant surprise when a new video is released.

  • @Physicus9
    @Physicus9 Рік тому +1

    Hey! I like that Pyraminx you have on the desk (bottom right corner when the camera is on the Professor)

  • @vinkuu
    @vinkuu Рік тому +1

    Neil seems to be a super villain level authority on what to do and not do in the lab. I like him. Maybe tell us more about his background?

  • @Thoran666
    @Thoran666 Рік тому

    Interesting and a lot of fun to watch. Thanks for another great periodic table video.

  • @biaroca
    @biaroca Рік тому

    I think the most iconic line from this channel is "I persuaded Neil"

  • @williammorris1763
    @williammorris1763 Рік тому

    Same idea behind ASML UV lithography using tin. 🔥 Great video! 🙌❤️

  • @michaelwright2986
    @michaelwright2986 Рік тому

    "really nice sparks and colours, and some quite nice salts as well." "Like it." (0:53)
    I really admire the detached scientific tone of this series.

  • @vincdem01
    @vincdem01 Рік тому

    Thank you so much for what you are so amazingly do!

  • @pystl
    @pystl Рік тому

    Great video! Dr Poliakoff (and Neil, literally) was on 🔥!!

  • @jansenart0
    @jansenart0 Рік тому +2

    All elements are exciting.

  • @civilizationkills3138
    @civilizationkills3138 Рік тому

    Sp happy to see you back!❤️

  • @stud7463
    @stud7463 Рік тому

    Wishing great health to our Professor.

  • @scrotiemcboogerballs1981
    @scrotiemcboogerballs1981 Рік тому

    Always a great video thank you for sharing

  • @ShadowPuppet3001
    @ShadowPuppet3001 Рік тому +1

    great video, I like the periodic table and the science stuff behind it 👍 😊🎉

  • @REXOB9
    @REXOB9 Рік тому

    I measured isotope shifts in Ytterbium (and Dysprosium and Erbium) in my professor's lab many years ago.

  • @DumbSkippy
    @DumbSkippy Рік тому

    Thank you for making Chemistry interesting!

  • @amciuam157
    @amciuam157 Рік тому

    Professor, your haircut is great. I wish to have so much knowledge in my head, to turn the hair; I still have, white colour like this. Ytterbium was also interesting.

  • @drrocketman7794
    @drrocketman7794 Рік тому

    Omg that's wild! The colors are amazing!

  • @gabysuazo7942
    @gabysuazo7942 Рік тому +1

    I love watching and hearing Professor Chaos.

  • @NAATHAAN
    @NAATHAAN Рік тому

    Who ever makes a joke about this element deserves an Oscar and a Nobel Prize.

  • @wjodf8067
    @wjodf8067 Рік тому

    Happy day when a new video pops up from THE Professor and his merry band of assistants Thank you for all the hard work filing the metal Neil

  • @luccablois1038
    @luccablois1038 Рік тому +1

    Very Nice video, but I think that an awsome property of Ytterbium ions that is the capability of doing photon upconversion should be addressed, since it is a hot topic on the research of rare earth-based materials

  • @a64738
    @a64738 Рік тому

    It is a great day every time there is a new "Periodic Table of Videos" ;)

  • @RJRC_105
    @RJRC_105 Рік тому +1

    "I persuaded Neil..."
    - the last think you hear before a large explosion.

  • @PopeLando
    @PopeLando Рік тому +1

    Rejoice rejoice rejoice! A new Periodic Table of Videos element video!

  • @PackthatcameBack
    @PackthatcameBack Рік тому

    "There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere."

  • @joshuahettinger9287
    @joshuahettinger9287 2 місяці тому

    loved the anecdote about marignac's science dungeon

  • @Cavemankind_
    @Cavemankind_ Рік тому

    Love you guys! Thanks!

  • @ZirconGames
    @ZirconGames Рік тому

    Good to see you in health professor!

  • @Haplo-san
    @Haplo-san Рік тому +2

    I'm still curious how they precisely scaled atomic weights etc. 100-150 years ago.

  • @charstringetje
    @charstringetje Рік тому +1

    From flambéing pancakes with powdered sugar, in my experience it's most spectacular if you use fine powder and a tea sieve above the flame to prevent lumping.
    I thing instead of a file, a whetstone would yield finer filings. Or should we call these filings "stonings"? 🤔

  • @hamoudi_d
    @hamoudi_d Рік тому

    Hi Professor, Ib think many people are waiting desperately for your team to post new videos, also we're missing the other chemistry. Please make an update soon!

  • @marcel_max
    @marcel_max Рік тому

    Welcome back, you were missed

  • @systemofapwne
    @systemofapwne Рік тому +1

    Working with Yb as a physicist my own, the green looked similar, but not the same, as the wavelength of 556 nm, corresponding to the 1S0 -> 3P1 transition. TBH, I would have guessed to see a blueish/uv tint at 399 nm coming from the 1S0 -> 1P1 transition (the strongest one on the groundstate).

    • @brainandforce
      @brainandforce Рік тому +1

      The green transition is right at the sweet spot for your eyes' photoreceptors...the near UV transition, not so much.

  • @Runner-Boy
    @Runner-Boy Рік тому +1

    Cody'slab just dropped a video and bow you did crazy

  • @jimsvideos7201
    @jimsvideos7201 Рік тому

    The PTFE reaction was a fun surprise!

  • @DeconvertedMan
    @DeconvertedMan Рік тому +1

    Really awesome as always :)

  • @giordy9013
    @giordy9013 Рік тому

    New element always a great day

  • @mattlogue1300
    @mattlogue1300 9 місяців тому

    Thanks!

  • @stevengill1736
    @stevengill1736 Рік тому

    You guys get the greatest element samples! Ah yes, PTFE pyrotechnics are used in various military formulations...
    But mischmetal filings work fine too...

  • @chromatic91
    @chromatic91 Рік тому

    I spent my summers in Ytterby and I never even knew about this element!

  • @HanzelikR
    @HanzelikR Рік тому

    Ytterbium is used in fiber laser resonators to generate the laser beam that cuts metals.

  • @jakedee4117
    @jakedee4117 Рік тому +1

    Next you try alloying ytterbium with some other metals and measuring their mechanical properties for another video.

  • @JohnAranita
    @JohnAranita Рік тому +1

    I have an educational shower curtain. Printed on it is Periodic Table of Elements.

  • @aliasname5518
    @aliasname5518 Рік тому

    Your hair looks magnificent!

  • @majikglustik9704
    @majikglustik9704 Рік тому

    Been missing you.
    There you are...

  • @hattielankford4775
    @hattielankford4775 Рік тому

    Thank you.

  • @robinbrowne5419
    @robinbrowne5419 Місяць тому

    Lovely sparks and such 👍

  • @squishybrick
    @squishybrick Рік тому

    I love that periodic table of patrons.. Wierdly sad music, though. Has more of a mourning vibe rather than a warm one.

  • @DirtyBottomsPottery
    @DirtyBottomsPottery Рік тому +1

    When making glazes and using Rare Earth elements one must be careful with which wavelength of light one uses. The glazes appear different when interacting with different wavelengths of light. I wonder if your experiments could have fluoresced or had a different color response with different light wavelengths.

  • @kmarasin
    @kmarasin Рік тому

    10:53 Iowa State University grad here, we have a building named after Spedding

  • @Muskoxing
    @Muskoxing Рік тому

    I used some ytterbium chemistry for my masters!

  • @beeble2003
    @beeble2003 Рік тому

    7:25 "But a lump of metal isn't very useful."
    Suit yourself but I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

  • @derderrr7220
    @derderrr7220 Рік тому

    i'm curious as to how such things would react in pitch the luminescence of crystaline interaction at specific energy levels i'm curious as to if this element has a pressure reaction say if you hit a small bit with a hammer if it would or a large bit with a punch tool in combo with a hammer blow if it has discernible triboluminescence that is detectable without much hastle. great video!

  • @jackielinde7568
    @jackielinde7568 Рік тому

    Would be fun to run the light from the burning Ytterbium through a spectrograph and see if we get the same spectrum as what is expected.

  • @jamescox3470
    @jamescox3470 Рік тому

    Does anyone know what piece plays in the background of the sponsor highlight at the end?

  • @keith1291
    @keith1291 Рік тому

    I love this channel

  • @pyroadamperisti5161
    @pyroadamperisti5161 8 місяців тому

    Do you think is possible to make the chlorate form of ytturbium by elektrosisys ? Id would give off much more green light i guess ?

  • @nigeljohnson9820
    @nigeljohnson9820 Рік тому

    It would be interesting to know what experimental method was used to determine the atomic wt?

  • @johnmiller2689
    @johnmiller2689 Рік тому

    Great video! I was wondering if ytterbium forms any interesting amalgams with mercury or alkaline metals? Also, how would it react to chlorosulfonic acid? Thanks!

  • @pattheplanter
    @pattheplanter Рік тому

    Does a flame test with the chloride give a bright green?