Making nylon

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  • Опубліковано 21 кві 2017
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    In this video, I will be doing the classic Nylon 6,6 demonstration. I first convert adipic acid (which was made in a previous video) to adipoyl chloride. It is then reacted with hexamethylenediamine to form Nylon 6,6.
    In the future, I will be making Nylon 6,6 the industrial way, by first going through the nylon salt.
    Note: I write cyclohexanol in the video, but it is actually cyclohexane that I used. I also wrote in the comments it was cyclohexanol...so double mistake. oops
    Fluorescein video: • Making Fluorescein
    Adipic Acid video: • Making a Nylon Precurs...
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  • @jaybee8465
    @jaybee8465 3 роки тому +8392

    Didn’t know my messed up sleep cycle would force me to watch chemistry

  • @SantosGC
    @SantosGC 4 роки тому +4752

    Add red colorant:
    Nylon red

  • @Charlie-nc3cp
    @Charlie-nc3cp 4 роки тому +5644

    Nile: "I get a ph of around 7"
    drink it

  • @exocruz7558
    @exocruz7558 3 роки тому +942

    "I'll for sure make nylon the other way" - nilered, 3 years ago

  • @surprisedchar2458
    @surprisedchar2458 4 роки тому +3470

    Nile: says some chemistry stuff that goes way over my head
    Me: “Hmm, yes, I see. Well done.”

    • @cherrymarriedindiscord1404
      @cherrymarriedindiscord1404 3 роки тому +6

      Hello!! Um I am conducting a survey for an internet debate, would you be interested in answering one question?

    • @mayravixx25
      @mayravixx25 3 роки тому +36

      That's literally my entire experience watching his channel. I don't understand a single bit of it, but I just like watching cool stuff happen.

    • @nikunj3012
      @nikunj3012 3 роки тому +2

      @@cherrymarriedindiscord1404 yeah sure

    • @cherrymarriedindiscord1404
      @cherrymarriedindiscord1404 3 роки тому +3

      @@nikunj3012
      Thanks!
      Soo
      Do you consider ear pulling to be abuse?

    • @prumset6059
      @prumset6059 3 роки тому +8

      @@cherrymarriedindiscord1404 aslong as only your ears get pulled it isnt abuse

  • @soyestboi778
    @soyestboi778 5 років тому +2307

    About halfway through I forgot what we were makings and instead of looking at the title I decided to let it be a surprise so that was fun I suppose

    • @domonator5000
      @domonator5000 5 років тому +49

      soyest boi lol same, but then I remembered, “Oh right, Nylon...”

    • @timothyweldon2198
      @timothyweldon2198 4 роки тому +13

      The possum is the soyest boi.

    • @tiddiesprinkles
      @tiddiesprinkles 4 роки тому +4

      Hahahah

    • @2econd428
      @2econd428 4 роки тому +11

      Happens to me every time.. stoner problems lol

    • @architakumar2579
      @architakumar2579 4 роки тому +8

      School practicals in a nutshell

  • @aterack833
    @aterack833 3 роки тому +218

    “The chemical weapons act” oh ya, I forgot people do that stuff, here I was thinking of drugs and explosives when it comes to reasons not to make or have something

  • @louloudaki_
    @louloudaki_ 3 роки тому +514

    i may not understand what you’re actually doing but i do know all the words you’re saying which as someone with an auditory processing disorder is super rare and an accomplishment. that’s why i like your voice so much, i can actually understand the words you’re saying. not necessarily what they mean cause i’m a composer/actor/musician but what the individual words are. like i was able to tell my mom who works in water filtration and used to be a microbiologist the general idea of how you did the diamond soda thing and she was super blown away by it but i understood the general concept and it makes me really happy. it’s so rare for me that when i can understand someone when they talk and i realize that i just get really really happy so i had to say something

    • @TheGrumbliestPuppy
      @TheGrumbliestPuppy Рік тому +17

      This is so hard to read, using more punctuation would definitely help.

    • @gooby8953
      @gooby8953 Рік тому +9

      you guys should get married that would be cute i think

    • @louloudaki_
      @louloudaki_ Рік тому +30

      @@gooby8953 lmfao i’m good i just like his voice

    • @fige0n
      @fige0n Рік тому +29

      I also have apd and I 100% agree. I was wondering what was so different about his videos and why they are so much more memorable than some others i enjoy, and it's simply because I can understand him lol

    • @militarydeviltube5014
      @militarydeviltube5014 Рік тому +9

      @@fige0n i love his videos a lot because i study chemistry and i check what ive learned with them. i can understand him well. i also have apd

  • @mads_in_zero
    @mads_in_zero 5 років тому +8395

    Me, binge watching NileRed: Oh yeah distilled water let's go!

    • @hans007pirat
      @hans007pirat 4 роки тому +313

      finally something i understand

    • @powangel1418
      @powangel1418 4 роки тому +47

      Facts

    • @manlylego
      @manlylego 3 роки тому +40

      It do be like that

    • @BRK-ee2se
      @BRK-ee2se 3 роки тому +276

      And an “oh yeah here comes the stir bar!”

    • @johnbailey8103
      @johnbailey8103 3 роки тому +122

      From University Labs, I've become so used to using distilled water instead of normal water, that whenever any instructions say regular water, I have to ask to make sure it's not a mistake 🤦🏼‍♂️

  • @gayrainbowunicorn1367
    @gayrainbowunicorn1367 7 років тому +4028

    nylon 6,6,6 is useful for cleaning sacrification

    • @robbin763
      @robbin763 7 років тому +73

      GayRainbow Unicorn I was gonna make a 666 joke

    • @tobinator680
      @tobinator680 7 років тому +6

      Robert Blair me too

    • @mechadrake
      @mechadrake 7 років тому +86

      "metal noises!"
      Screaming in the dark cold nordic forest during black night.
      Making nylon ropes.

    • @cowboy_k3147
      @cowboy_k3147 7 років тому +43

      And according to 0:25 it is useful for "making women's stalkings"

    • @__-vz8ux
      @__-vz8ux 7 років тому +3

      Cowboy K stockings 🙂

  • @loganspargo9222
    @loganspargo9222 3 роки тому +228

    "I found it was good in general to punch the table"
    -kyle red 2020

    • @MrsKatieninja
      @MrsKatieninja 3 роки тому +6

      Science out of context is great.

    • @StrikeEagIe
      @StrikeEagIe 3 роки тому +7

      Kyle. Yeah Kyle…

    • @mannequ_in
      @mannequ_in 2 роки тому +6

      How did u edit this, yet still miss Kyle lol

    • @loganspargo9222
      @loganspargo9222 2 роки тому +1

      @@mannequ_in r/whoosh

    • @mannequ_in
      @mannequ_in 2 роки тому +1

      @@loganspargo9222 but… it wasn’t a joke, jokes are supposed to be funny

  • @Shadow__Lugia
    @Shadow__Lugia 3 роки тому +51

    I remember doing this in chemistry. After we mixed it all, everyone had a challenge to get as long of a single string as possible outta the beaker. I was at a disadvantage because my lab partner dropped the course after 6 weeks, so I didn’t have anyone watching the bottom. I got second place with a 83cm length, and just lost to a group that got 85cm, and I had some of mine curl and stick to itself. Was really happy and disappointed at the same time lol.

  • @CAPSSTROKE
    @CAPSSTROKE 7 років тому +4207

    I watched the whole video with not understanding 80% of it

    • @CAPSSTROKE
      @CAPSSTROKE 7 років тому +142

      enjoyed it tho

    • @c0c0nutbeans
      @c0c0nutbeans 5 років тому +21

      👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌🏿

    • @dionesdisciple3329
      @dionesdisciple3329 5 років тому +5

      Same

    • @michaelflatt4663
      @michaelflatt4663 5 років тому +181

      20%? I didn't realize we were in the presence of a genius.

    • @NightlyElite
      @NightlyElite 5 років тому +15

      All you have to do is listen

  • @GrimGearheart
    @GrimGearheart 4 роки тому +353

    15:43 Watching this polymer being pulled from the interface between two non-mixing liquids, it's one of those moments where I sit and ask myself "Who the hell first thought to do this? What was the chain of experimentation that lead up to it?"

    • @alexisflory6496
      @alexisflory6496 3 роки тому +52

      I always ask myself that when I see science(anything chemistry) or math(calculus) or fashion (people who let cloaks fall out of common fashion) or cooking (flambeying stuff) or basically anything that could have very bad or very confusing consequences of doing the thing.

    • @majikss
      @majikss 3 роки тому +3

      @@alexisflory6496 cloaks?

    • @alexisflory6496
      @alexisflory6496 3 роки тому +33

      @@majikss they're amazing and have fallen out of mainstream fashion and I am salty.

    • @kruksog
      @kruksog 3 роки тому +8

      @@alexisflory6496 there's so much more interesting math beyond calc. I hate that calc is considered by so many to be the end-all-be-all of math. If only you had taken a group theory course...

    • @alexisflory6496
      @alexisflory6496 3 роки тому +8

      @@kruksog first I'm in highschool so that isn't an option. I will note it for college though. And second, I find the concept of infinitity itself fascinating. That is the only reason I am interested in calc.

  • @squiggly_lines
    @squiggly_lines 3 роки тому +11

    salts, acids, and bases of all sorts come together to create the bristles of my toothbrush. This is absolutely, amazingly awesome stuff!

  • @emoemi907
    @emoemi907 Рік тому +15

    I’m always so grateful when you go over the chemical reaction Infographs and explain them so well! It’s so interesting!

  • @Valdagast
    @Valdagast 5 років тому +715

    Pro-tip - don't snort the hexamethylenediamine.

  • @evanclarke6496
    @evanclarke6496 7 років тому +868

    NileRed, Currently in OChem Lab and this video saved my life. PLEASE keep up the good work. I really appreciate the in depth explanations for my own curiosity, and for my lab reports.
    Love your work. Thank you!

    • @stevethea5250
      @stevethea5250 5 років тому +1

      OCHEM?

    • @TurboZarya
      @TurboZarya 5 років тому +6

      Steve Thea organic chem maybe?

    • @SirBilliam96
      @SirBilliam96 5 років тому +43

      @@TurboZarya it's organic chemistry lab, a college course

    • @dylanbaker7534
      @dylanbaker7534 5 років тому +4

      Nylon 6,6,6

    • @racingginger3147
      @racingginger3147 5 років тому +5

      Steve Thea how about use google next time, instead of other peoples time.

  • @develpamperbottom
    @develpamperbottom 3 роки тому +57

    21:40
    He says like we’re all doing this at home.

  • @Mel-anie27
    @Mel-anie27 3 роки тому +10

    I believe I was supposed to do this experiment in my organic chemistry lab but because of the pandemic my professor has posted this video for us to watch and see how this reaction works. All I gotta say is that this was awesome and i wish i could've done it in person!

  • @lightningbug6234
    @lightningbug6234 5 років тому +1620

    This guy makes a highly informative video and goes to great lengths to explain and describe everything and you guys making 666 jokes

    • @rochoa7408
      @rochoa7408 4 роки тому +41

      Lightningbug yes

    • @potatoplant9943
      @potatoplant9943 4 роки тому +15

      Yup

    • @beridot2615
      @beridot2615 4 роки тому +16

      cause its funny

    • @LeCheckmate
      @LeCheckmate 4 роки тому +31

      Yes, how dare they! Such ignorance is clearly the devil's doing!

    • @GovertKrook
      @GovertKrook 4 роки тому +24

      And you have 69 likes. That is waaaay better. Btw I am not going to like it. Because of the 69.

  • @meridien52681
    @meridien52681 5 років тому +319

    This channel is SO interesting! I barely remember Chemistry back when I was in high school but I got a B in it. Our teacher had one line I always remembered: in the very first day of class he said "If you don't know your valences, we cannot communicate." Memorizing valences was the first thing everybody did, and he quizzed us on it relentlessly. RIP Mr. Burns! Great guy and I'm sure he was way underemployed. He had an MS in chemistry and I was told he had something to do with Fermi's experimental reactor in Chicago.

    • @sai9681
      @sai9681 3 роки тому +2

      i agree

    • @Pigborg
      @Pigborg 2 роки тому +2

      Fermi didnt have much to do with chemistry, he was a particle physicist.

    • @meridien52681
      @meridien52681 2 роки тому +17

      @@Pigborg I didn't say ANYTHING about Fermi being a chemist! Mr. Burns could have been involved with early research, not that FOR SURE he was there when the atomic pile was built. He was the only Black chemist with a graduate degree I ever knew of back then. I didn't think that was possible in the 60's.

    • @Pigborg
      @Pigborg 2 роки тому +2

      @@meridien52681 ok. Good for him being a black guy with an MS!

    • @meridien52681
      @meridien52681 2 роки тому +16

      @@Pigborg Absolutely! He was close to being elderly in the mid-Sixties, so hw would have been in college and grad school in the 50's. He must have gone through hell to get a fair education way back then. He would have been denied a lot of opportunities as a Black man in the 50's. The students always respected him!

  • @hyd119
    @hyd119 3 роки тому +18

    Hey Nigel, I really do love your content. You may not explain every little thing super in detail but I like how you give the viewer enough bits of knowledge that it makes it easy to go out and do further research on the chemistry and mechanisms therein. Hope you have a good day!

  • @qestony7725
    @qestony7725 3 роки тому +6

    When you forget that you had a piece of paper in your pocket and then you wash it: 20:00

  • @redella50
    @redella50 4 роки тому +499

    Chem lab: be sure to be no further off than .2 ml!
    Nilered: adding about 6 ml, then a bit extra just to be sure...

    • @cherrymarriedindiscord1404
      @cherrymarriedindiscord1404 3 роки тому +4

      Hello!! Um I am conducting a survey for an internet debate, would you be interested in answering one question?

    • @daniellima4391
      @daniellima4391 3 роки тому +4

      @@cherrymarriedindiscord1404 you know, this comment is kinda old XD

    • @cherrymarriedindiscord1404
      @cherrymarriedindiscord1404 3 роки тому +3

      @@daniellima4391 I- I noticed... Quite frankly didn't mind... I am just desperate to get votes at this point...

    • @paradiseinretrograde7687
      @paradiseinretrograde7687 3 роки тому +2

      ayo i’ll do ur survey

    • @Adam-st4xm
      @Adam-st4xm 3 роки тому +2

      @@cherrymarriedindiscord1404 sure

  • @theofficialdannydevitoyout9154
    @theofficialdannydevitoyout9154 5 років тому +4427

    I forgot to filter the biomorthemic dioxide through the hydrochloridic acid
    Me: *sitting on the couch licking cheese dust off of my fingers* a rookie mistake
    Thanks for 100 likes you are all cool gamers 🤟

    • @juliaalexander8703
      @juliaalexander8703 5 років тому +96

      Static this is hilarious and also accurate i had to lick the cheese dust off to type this

    • @BenjaminGoose
      @BenjaminGoose 5 років тому +13

      Cheese *dust*?

    • @juliaalexander8703
      @juliaalexander8703 5 років тому +56

      BenjaminGoose you know, the dust thats leftover on your fingers after eating cheese items such as cheese curls or cheetos

    • @samalbury9183
      @samalbury9183 4 роки тому +7

      2^8 likes!

    • @Drache832
      @Drache832 4 роки тому +18

      @@juliaalexander8703 "cheese"

  • @DarkVadekGaming
    @DarkVadekGaming 3 роки тому +19

    4:29 typical chemist. Makes some table salt but calls it sodium chloride

  • @MrGilliardMusicToo
    @MrGilliardMusicToo 3 роки тому +27

    No one:
    No one:
    Still no one:
    NileRed: "So I added 500ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid...."

  • @videosofmydog3717
    @videosofmydog3717 4 роки тому +553

    nobody:
    flakes in the Hexamethylenediamine: *_n y o o m_*

  • @antony1701
    @antony1701 7 років тому +128

    This reaction is beautiful! I work at a Polyamide factory, I know how to make, we have a polymerization pilot for nylon tryouts. One very interesting kind of nylon is the Nylon 6-T (HMD and Tereftalic Acid), by doing this one we can reach a higher melt point for the plastic.

    • @gregorymalchuk272
      @gregorymalchuk272 4 роки тому +1

      What is the difference in melt point you can achieve by this method?

    • @johnstorrie3635
      @johnstorrie3635 3 роки тому +2

      do you mean teraphthalic acid ?

    • @kinkajoulegend9989
      @kinkajoulegend9989 3 роки тому +4

      @@johnstorrie3635 that seems like an excessive use of the letter h

  • @LarixusSnydes
    @LarixusSnydes 3 роки тому +16

    Wow, your reaction schemas are so clear to read. I could understand most of the process, even though I only have had one year of chemistry at a university level, as part of my Biology curriculum. thank you so much for sharing.

  • @therealsocialgadfly
    @therealsocialgadfly 3 роки тому +3

    I love you, Nigel. You’ve opened up a world to me that I never, ever thought would be attainable. Thank you so much. 🙏

  • @Coyoteari
    @Coyoteari 4 роки тому +258

    Nilered: here’s how nylon is made! Isn’t this neat!
    Everyone with at least 2 brain cells to get distracted: hehe nylon 666

    • @PuffleFuzz
      @PuffleFuzz 3 роки тому +1

      I was looking for this

    • @follower4317
      @follower4317 3 роки тому +3

      Hehe stuff that makes my one brain cell go numb

    • @Vbjoctiz64739
      @Vbjoctiz64739 2 роки тому

      NileRed: the most common forms of nylon are nylon *6* and nylon *6,6* .
      Me with 2 brain cells: hold up

    • @Vbjoctiz64739
      @Vbjoctiz64739 2 роки тому +1

      @@follower4317 hehe saten go brrrrrrrrr

  • @undergroundCuDi
    @undergroundCuDi 4 роки тому +80

    I remember doing this experiment in Organic 2 lab, we had a contest of who could make the longest rope of nylon and the winner got extra credit lol

    • @festerdam4548
      @festerdam4548 3 роки тому +2

      I'm a bit confused by the concept of extra credit. How is it any different from normal credit? How do people avoid unfairly grading students?

    • @swarpatel5239
      @swarpatel5239 3 роки тому

      Ohhhhhhhhhhh

    • @hellokittyhelloili
      @hellokittyhelloili 3 роки тому +1

      did u win tho

    • @dekuandtatl3688
      @dekuandtatl3688 2 роки тому +3

      @@festerdam4548 instead of failing to do the assignment resulting in a poor grade (thus lowering your overall average grade for the class) with extra credit, if you give the extra effort, you get extra points to your grade. raising your average. if you don’t do the extra credit there is no “punishment” because it’s is only additive rather than subtractive. only reward without punishment. in some cases (as with this person’s example) it’s a competition to encourage engagement and interest in the student. in other cases they reward based on how well you did, or in others if you did anything at all you get the points.
      The main difference between that and normal credit is that it’s not required. by nature of being “extra” credit, it’s not unfair to any students because if you don’t wanna do it you don’t have to, you just don’t reap the benefits; however, if you do the work you get rewarded for your efforts.

  • @constastar1660
    @constastar1660 3 роки тому +15

    The nylon that is used in hell is nylon 6,6,6 0:31

  • @chrishan7178
    @chrishan7178 6 місяців тому +1

    I love how you go over the mechanism knowing full well that non-Chemistry-majors/those who have not taken organic chemistry will have no idea what they're looking at. I am currently finishing my second semester of organic chemistry and it is literally all mechanisms like these and synthesis problems. I love your videos because they are basically just video lab reports and remind me of my Organic Chemistry Lab course.

  • @Terrus_38
    @Terrus_38 5 років тому +92

    I love your videos a lot, I love this clearness, this silence, no music...

  • @NurdRage
    @NurdRage 7 років тому +1545

    Nice work man.

    • @2450logan
      @2450logan 7 років тому +42

      NurdRage both of you have been pumping out the videos lately having to sit on the shitter at work longer than expected haha.

    • @yky2884
      @yky2884 7 років тому +24

      You should do a collab with him :P

    • @RutujGavankar
      @RutujGavankar 7 років тому +1

      NurdRage is DONT see your videos in my feed or get any notifications

    • @NurdRage
      @NurdRage 7 років тому +33

      youtube turned off notifications for my channel for most of my subscribers. You might be able to turn them back on by clicking the notification icon beside the subscribe button. Not much that can be done beyond that since youtube decided to suppress me.

    • @annelieseocallaghan801
      @annelieseocallaghan801 7 років тому +1

      Why did they suppress you ? Love your videos by the way.

  • @DragonBuilds
    @DragonBuilds 3 роки тому +9

    Glass reinforced nylon is actually very strong. It's used for the housings of power tools and industrial machines where metal would be too heavy.

  • @marvingarden4587
    @marvingarden4587 3 роки тому +2

    decades ago in school a classmate (his father worked for 3M) made nylon in our classroom. We were about 11 years old but had all the safety equipment and successfully made nylon. cheers!

  • @xeeses226
    @xeeses226 6 років тому +23

    made nylon 6,10 in my organic chem lab last week and it was the coolest reaction ive ever seen. nearly everything in solution converted to nylon

  • @gengagengar-r5519
    @gengagengar-r5519 7 років тому +450

    What was the worst accident that happened in one of your experiments? (Nice video!)

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 років тому +698

      Making the lithium carbonate... lithium exploded, lit part of my area on fire and cracked my glass table into 3 pieces.

    • @LUD1666
      @LUD1666 7 років тому +104

      NileRed is there a video of it?

    • @nonchalantree6604
      @nonchalantree6604 6 років тому +61

      nice job nile
      just kidding, we all make mistakes

    • @ceneblock
      @ceneblock 5 років тому +23

      @@nonchalantree6604 it's how we learn! Life would be boring otherwise.

    • @jejcnsjdndjskdjrn8329
      @jejcnsjdndjskdjrn8329 5 років тому +8

      NileRed rip

  • @lenaspannknebel713
    @lenaspannknebel713 2 роки тому +6

    I actually did this in school recently, it makes me so happy to see stuff I already know on this channel :)

  • @pugmaster04
    @pugmaster04 2 роки тому +2

    These videos have always interested me. Keep making these, I will always come by to watch and support you!

  • @MinecraftTestSquad
    @MinecraftTestSquad 6 років тому +188

    That stir bar amazed me more than anything up to that point in the video. Wtf was that, I've never seen that before!? XD

    • @MinecraftTestSquad
      @MinecraftTestSquad 6 років тому +44

      Ah, it works with magnetism. I didn't see anything moving it so I thought it somehow did something with water that made it move on it's own.

    • @KuraIthys
      @KuraIthys 6 років тому +62

      Yeah, looks miraculous, but as far as I can tell it's just a magnet in a protective layer.
      You then use something underneath that creates a rotating magnetic field, and the stir bar rotates along with it. XD
      I guess 'miraculous' is all relative anyway.
      As Arthur Clarke said 'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic'
      Funnily enough, Chemistry is one of the few 'magical arts' to have survived into the modern era.
      Alchemy sounds all fantastical and Alchemists frequently had very strange goals in mind, but they did establish most of the groundwork for what later became chemistry, and any occult and arcane fluff aside, it was not that far removed from modern chemistry in practical processes...

    • @Darthenator
      @Darthenator 5 років тому +23

      The study of electromagnetism is pretty damn magical as well, far as I'm concerned ha!

    • @Hammerbruder99
      @Hammerbruder99 4 роки тому +2

      The stir bar 😂

    • @AnthonyBrown-uo5jc
      @AnthonyBrown-uo5jc 3 роки тому

      Saw a guy that made a home-made one with a computer fan with magnets on the blades and a metal (bolt?) Covered in some kind of plastic(my guess is that rubber stuff you dip tool handles in to get a better grip). Worked,just rig up a plastic or aluminum stand for your beaker.

  • @darrengardner7332
    @darrengardner7332 7 років тому +194

    Just realised that he has "NileRed" on his glassware!😂⚗

    • @xuNsh1ne
      @xuNsh1ne 7 років тому +37

      And his glassware is made out of Nylon Red

    • @darrengardner7332
      @darrengardner7332 7 років тому +1

      We shall never know!😂😂

    • @Theboss24611
      @Theboss24611 7 років тому

      Darren Gardner I see what you did there XD

    • @darrengardner7332
      @darrengardner7332 7 років тому

      Theboss24611 😂😂

    • @Theboss24611
      @Theboss24611 7 років тому +1

      i put the wrong name... i meant to put the person who made a pun XD

  • @daveyrayschroeder9167
    @daveyrayschroeder9167 3 роки тому +10

    Thanks, that was entertaining and nostalgic. This was one of my favorite labs in Org chem besides making Isopentyl Acetate then using the NMR to confirm. I remember having a better yield than my classmates because they were very impatient with the rolling and melting :P . (Also, whoever matched closest to their theoretical yields always got a bonus point!)

  • @marcusvanderlinden6362
    @marcusvanderlinden6362 3 роки тому +3

    I just recently found Nile red and this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen

  • @NWozz034
    @NWozz034 4 роки тому +29

    Oxalyl chloride: "IM FOCKIN FUMIN"

  • @discosteve8666
    @discosteve8666 4 роки тому +16

    This was one of THE funnest chemical experiments we got to do in my high-school chem class.

  • @KendrixTermina
    @KendrixTermina 3 роки тому +1

    It looks so cool how the Nylon forms on the contact between the two liquids

  • @mrinalpattnaik3310
    @mrinalpattnaik3310 2 місяці тому

    Thanks man for such an elaborate video, I was a hater of organic chemistry always thought these reactions were just electrons dancing around never made sense to understand them and the intricacies of it. But this practice approach is much more reviling where actually those reactions and products solve something. You have made me fall in love with organic chemistry, this was not just memorising but troubleshooting as in other benches of science. Come to India we need people like you teaching. Thanks man truly appreciate your work.

  • @forsaturn4629
    @forsaturn4629 5 років тому +29

    18:49 The forbidden Dew

  • @xzendon
    @xzendon 7 років тому +189

    Maybe you can make artificial spider silk next! (or at least try to)

    • @fullup91
      @fullup91 5 років тому +47

      Extracting silk from spiders.... first... we're going to powderize 600 living spiders. Step 1. Blanch spiders in hot distilled water. Step 2. Vacuum filter spiders. Step 3. Dehydrate the spiders on low for 12 hours. Step 4. Grind spiders in pestle and mortar. Step 5. Add spider powder to distilled water with hydrochloric acid.... 😂

    • @memejeff
      @memejeff 5 років тому +6

      the thought emporium?

    • @chaosminecraft3399
      @chaosminecraft3399 5 років тому +6

      @@fullup91 ok... That's not how it's working...

    • @_BangDroid_
      @_BangDroid_ 5 років тому +4

      That it a trillion dollar invention

    • @memejeff
      @memejeff 5 років тому +5

      @@_BangDroid_ Not really, once the availability of synthetic silk increases then the price of silk products decreases.

  • @HeathenHammer80
    @HeathenHammer80 3 роки тому +1

    I love your content. I would like to see you repeat this experiment on a larger scale and use a power drill to spool up your nylon. You have one of the best channels on UA-cam. Keep them videos coming!!

  • @jasminehassan4987
    @jasminehassan4987 4 роки тому

    I actually made this in class and its by far one of the most interesting lab experiments ive ever done its so satisfying when pulling it out

  • @carly4749
    @carly4749 5 років тому +5

    I'm a sophomore in highschool and I have ABSOLUTELY no idea what anything you say means but i'm still really interested by it. What you do looks like pure sorcery and i'm not fully convinced that chemists aren't just skilled wizards. thanks for your vids!

  • @ErulianADRaghath
    @ErulianADRaghath 7 років тому +380

    The late video bombardment is highly welcome, Nile. Please proceed with youthful enthusiasm!

  • @williambauer1510
    @williambauer1510 2 роки тому

    I love your videos! I am a biochem undergrad and your explanations of rxn mechanisms was awesome.

  • @daveotuwa5596
    @daveotuwa5596 Рік тому +1

    It's amazing how nylon glows in the dark! This upload makes me imaginable that candescent stockings may be in the markets!

  • @tettettettettet
    @tettettettettet 7 років тому +792

    Is the cloth from hell made of nylon 666?

    • @leonardphilippgaffke2490
      @leonardphilippgaffke2490 6 років тому +2

      EPIK TOMATO of course. 😈

    • @KuraIthys
      @KuraIthys 6 років тому +12

      Well, it's a perfect form of torture in hot conditions, so... Probably. ;p

    • @eggroll3055
      @eggroll3055 5 років тому

      Yes, it's also very tasty.

    • @chaosminecraft3399
      @chaosminecraft3399 5 років тому +2

      I don't think it's from hell. Because it's called _nylon 6,6_ 😉

    • @notvelleda
      @notvelleda 5 років тому +7

      @@chaosminecraft3399 r/woooosh

  • @RapManJak
    @RapManJak 7 років тому +135

    NurdRage and NileRed started to be supported by audible the same day. Coincidence ? I dont think so...

    • @tjyoyo3
      @tjyoyo3 5 років тому +4

      Team NR

  • @feel_the_speed
    @feel_the_speed 2 роки тому +11

    A random chemical fact English-speaking chemists may find entertaining: hydrochloric acid in Russian is often called something that could be translated as "salty acid", probably due to its salt with sodium basically.
    And a huge thank you Nile for making such quality content I've been binging for the last month instead of my Chem olimpiad preparation or school 😅. You're really inspiring and your videos are one of the reasons that stop me from quitting chemistry olimpiad. Lots of love from Belarus ❤️

  • @annalewis9145
    @annalewis9145 2 роки тому +1

    idk why but i’ve watched all of his videos just to listen to his voice when i’m doing something else, his voice is just somewhat relaxing to listen to

  • @diyanair4265
    @diyanair4265 4 роки тому +5

    This is something I learned as just a reaction in high school and seeing it act out is really interesting!!

  • @salshiba8752
    @salshiba8752 5 років тому +3

    You know, I really enjoy listening to your videos while doing art.

  • @BurningBlockAbout99
    @BurningBlockAbout99 2 роки тому +1

    My friend showed me this channel. At first I was like "meh its education"
    But after watching ONE VIDEO you made an instant fan out of me. I love chemistry so much now. Thank you.

    • @crabsaresilly8317
      @crabsaresilly8317 10 місяців тому

      Would you consider leaving on a red cloth regular table lamp in the bedroom and a tubular vintage oval bulb desk lamp in the office, and seeing which type of bulb burns out first after a while, "doing an experiment" ? -;.

  • @d.lawrencemiller5755
    @d.lawrencemiller5755 7 років тому +3

    Hey, I haven't watched in a while and just want to say that I've noticed your video quality, experiment quality, and narration quality have all improved since I last watched. I like your videos even more now!! You're making great stuff. :)

  • @rockybond42
    @rockybond42 5 років тому +3

    Watching your videos before and after taking ochem is like night and day. Thank you so much!

  • @kyleculp7520
    @kyleculp7520 3 роки тому

    The way it acts as your winding it up is mind boggling. Looks so weird. Love it

  • @kimdilara6203
    @kimdilara6203 3 роки тому +2

    In school I hated chemistry class
    And now I'm non stop watching your videos lol

  • @JuanGaleanoo
    @JuanGaleanoo 7 років тому +18

    I find your making polymer synthesis videos quite exciting, not solely because they are complex and unique reactions, but also because i always wonder how these substances are made and molded to perform their function.
    Since you do a lot of organic chemistry, have you ever considered including in videos substance typification to further know what the real product and/or its impurities are present? Great video btw

  • @dkmbeats7936
    @dkmbeats7936 5 років тому +17

    Your vids make me feel like I didn’t absolutely flunk science through high school xD

  • @baseplate_462
    @baseplate_462 2 роки тому +3

    nile red throwing chemistry words at me a 16 year old: Gibberish, Gibberish, Gibberish, DCM, Gibberish
    Me: DCM, wait I know that one! I'm an expert.

  • @RaptorNX01
    @RaptorNX01 3 роки тому +4

    one thing i love about this and these videos in general, is that they are highly informative, really intelligent, yet there are times when nile seems to have the attention span of a kitten. "Look how the flakes zoom around!" *stares for half a minute*

  • @r.l.royalljr.3905
    @r.l.royalljr.3905 4 роки тому +9

    The melted nylon at the end looks exactly like the stock from a Remington Nylon 66 rifle. Because it is the same material. So it looks like you did it right!

    • @SpiraSpiraSpira
      @SpiraSpiraSpira 4 роки тому +2

      R. L. Royall, Jr. for firearms they add up to 30% Fiberglas fibers

  • @instrumentenfreak
    @instrumentenfreak 7 років тому +22

    I like how the word 'adipic acid' sounds :D

    • @heavystalin2419
      @heavystalin2419 3 роки тому

      Like a drug that increases your sexual drive to the point of freudial horrors

    • @seanjohnisee
      @seanjohnisee 3 роки тому +1

      @@heavystalin2419 what

    • @heavystalin2419
      @heavystalin2419 3 роки тому

      @@seanjohnisee Oedipus

  • @philliphardyman8312
    @philliphardyman8312 3 роки тому

    i always enjoy this guys content.

  • @ItsSkylah
    @ItsSkylah 3 роки тому +5

    17:12
    to remove the water, I dip it into a bowl of water

  • @l4d2160
    @l4d2160 7 років тому +6

    That florescent nylon was freaking awesome.

  • @jeffy1161
    @jeffy1161 7 років тому +100

    Your videos are always so interesting and entertaining.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 років тому +41

      Thanks!

    • @michaelrichard1678
      @michaelrichard1678 7 років тому +1

      could you do a video about liquid and solid oxygen

    • @dizzypenguin6509
      @dizzypenguin6509 2 роки тому

      @@michaelrichard1678 Ayo I think he’s done one now

  • @wendysofficial5828
    @wendysofficial5828 3 роки тому +1

    This dude makes learning hella fun.

  • @lounirs
    @lounirs Рік тому +3

    00:20 I'm currently watching this as I'm brushing my teeth, gotta say it makes the whole thing brushing part way more entertaining

  • @FarragoTheFox
    @FarragoTheFox 7 років тому +173

    Hey Nile. Just so you know, at 12:45, you say cyclohexane, but the caption says cyclohexanol.
    Again, at 14:10.

    • @trix8272
      @trix8272 7 років тому +22

      Alexander C It wouldn't be a legit Nile Red video without wrong captions.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 років тому +138

      damn...it is actually cyclohexanol. What i am saying is wrong...

    • @FarragoTheFox
      @FarragoTheFox 7 років тому +3

      NileRed Ok then, thanks! Excellent video as always.

    • @elnombre91
      @elnombre91 7 років тому +5

      Its been a while since I used an acyl chloride or studied organic chemistry, but shouldn't the cyclohexanol react to form dicyclohexyl adipate? IIRC forming esters from acyl chlorides takes little to no encouragement.

    • @ValorZeroAdvent
      @ValorZeroAdvent 7 років тому +1

      I found a wild Sergal in a chemistry synthesis video, of all the videos out there. Howdy!

  • @mr.advocatusdiaboli1745
    @mr.advocatusdiaboli1745 7 років тому +3

    This was great to see as someone who has done the other way a few times. Thanks.

  • @trash2468
    @trash2468 4 роки тому +1

    Videos like this make me so thankful I never have to take ochem again and I can watch this voluntarily

  • @TheJonathanc82
    @TheJonathanc82 Місяць тому

    I know just enough chemistry to be very interested by this video and incredibly impressed that people figured these things out.

  • @thatoneidiot9929
    @thatoneidiot9929 7 років тому +3

    Hey, I remember seeing almost this same exact reaction being done in Theodore Gray's Mad Science book! He showed how to pull long strings of nylon out of a wine glass, and I always thought it was fake or something. This is amazing, though, super awesome video!

  • @EndergamerEndergamer
    @EndergamerEndergamer 3 роки тому +3

    Did he just call a screwdriver a metal spatula? Lmfao

  • @angous1
    @angous1 3 роки тому

    I remember doing this in high school in France back in the days. Great experiment!

  • @Jestepharms
    @Jestepharms 6 місяців тому

    Gotta love going back multiple years for new nile red content sleep to

  • @Chopperdragon39
    @Chopperdragon39 4 роки тому +16

    you make chemistry so interesting that I want to have it again in school.
    I was always the D-F student in chemistry, however :(

  • @fintheshark384
    @fintheshark384 3 роки тому +3

    Its always facinating how he can easily say those words for chemicals that look impossible to say like 1:32 on the Down left its impossible to say but not for him

  • @Calupp
    @Calupp 2 роки тому

    I recently lost my brother to COVID and your videos are helping me fall asleep. I watched them before that but I just wanted to let you kno and say thanks man

    • @dudeistpriest787
      @dudeistpriest787 2 роки тому

      Jesus, dude, I'm really sorry. For what it's worth, this older brother is wishing you well.

  • @user-ny5uc1bk2w
    @user-ny5uc1bk2w 2 місяці тому

    His voice is so relaxing and i love falling asleep to this, bonis is i lurn from this too!

  • @romosapien9758
    @romosapien9758 7 років тому +5

    yay the video I requested is finally here!!!! Nylon 6,6 is also known as "Zytel" the Dupont trade name for it :) I wanted it because of the Remington Nylon 66 rifle I own, and so awesome to see you got sponsored by Audible on this one :D Thanks so much Nile, hope you enjoyed making it as much as I enjoyed watching :)

    • @Derkman96
      @Derkman96 6 років тому +1

      Romo Sapien is there anything about nylon 6,6 specifically that makes it good for shoulder stocks or am I just thinking about it too much?

  • @souravzzz
    @souravzzz 7 років тому +3

    Whoa, a 25 minute long video? Excellent!

  • @ModernCarTechnology
    @ModernCarTechnology Рік тому +1

    Nylon666 is gonna be my new band name thanks nilered for helping me indirectly through the names of chemicals/elements on the periodic table

  • @ableone7855
    @ableone7855 3 роки тому

    You make great videos. Keep up the good work!

  • @dunodisko2217
    @dunodisko2217 Рік тому +3

    7:54 “Man this random pipe coming out of this garage smells really go-”

    • @crabsaresilly8317
      @crabsaresilly8317 10 місяців тому

      Would you consider leaving on a red cloth regular table lamp in the bedroom and a tubular vintage oval bulb desk lamp in the office, and seeing which type of bulb burns out first after a while, "doing an experiment" ? ;:.