Mysterious Metal Chemistry: Bismuth & Perchloric Acid

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  • @NileRed
    @NileRed 3 роки тому +5043

    Thank you for the cameo. Also, I have the same ball mill!

    • @hypepotatoe
      @hypepotatoe 3 роки тому +101

      Didn't catch that at first lol

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  3 роки тому +1587

      If I steal any more of your videos I'll have to start calling it a collab

    • @kelly4187
      @kelly4187 3 роки тому +112

      @@ExplosionsAndFire @NileRed Cameo you say? Yes please!

    • @harriehausenman8623
      @harriehausenman8623 3 роки тому +8

      yes

    • @ryangilmourXT
      @ryangilmourXT 3 роки тому +89

      I only relate to people who make grape soda into gloves

  • @thethoughtemporium
    @thethoughtemporium 3 роки тому +3094

    bismuth is lead for people who don't have a death wish. truer words have never been said.

    • @samtarapata2547
      @samtarapata2547 3 роки тому +15

      absolutely agree with this statement;)

    • @samtarapata2547
      @samtarapata2547 3 роки тому +47

      what do you think about organic mercury chemistry

    • @MyHandleIsGood
      @MyHandleIsGood 3 роки тому +74

      And that's why I prefer lead, it's also easier to eat.

    • @patrickjanecke5894
      @patrickjanecke5894 3 роки тому +12

      It's a poor substitute for lead when it comes to brass.

    • @cezarcatalin1406
      @cezarcatalin1406 3 роки тому +44

      Sam Tarapata
      most organo-mercury compounds are worse than yellowchem, you can’t even get rid of them with an exorcism

  • @ExplosionsAndFire
    @ExplosionsAndFire  3 роки тому +3623

    I wonder if the acronym PEN-15 is still available

  • @pyromen321
    @pyromen321 3 роки тому +1079

    “because your body is a moron” sums up 99% of health issues

    • @onesaltyboi6575
      @onesaltyboi6575 3 роки тому +3

      Fr

    • @fireman305
      @fireman305 3 роки тому +57

      This statement explains carbon monoxide poisoning at the cellular level.

    • @YounesLayachi
      @YounesLayachi 2 роки тому +17

      @@fireman305 (is there any other form of poisoning other than at cellular level)

    • @noah4822
      @noah4822 2 роки тому +59

      @@YounesLayachi knife poisoning isn't localized at the cellular level

    • @gingermcgingin4106
      @gingermcgingin4106 2 роки тому +26

      @Younes Layachi
      Radiation poisoning happens at the atomic level

  • @kaydot6889
    @kaydot6889 3 роки тому +2623

    "Bismith is just gay lead"
    -Internet Australian Man

    • @nightmarekingvessel8826
      @nightmarekingvessel8826 3 роки тому +119

      As a gay man, I can confirm this

    • @Gameboygenius
      @Gameboygenius 3 роки тому +57

      That sounds like the gay agenda propagated by The Gayest Person On UA-cam. And who's The Gayest Person On UA-cam I hear you ask? Another chemistry channel of course, isn't that obvious?

    • @robotslug
      @robotslug 3 роки тому +25

      It's going to take a lot of beer for me to unlearn this.

    • @ExplosivesLaboratory
      @ExplosivesLaboratory 3 роки тому +69

      Bismuth is Bi-sexual.
      y- ya get it?⠀⠀⠀⠀ *:·]*
      okay I’ll leave now…

    • @overtreactor
      @overtreactor 3 роки тому +4

      @@Gameboygenius I am proud to know this as fact. Its just a fact.

  • @Weisz
    @Weisz 3 роки тому +909

    MY FAVORITE CHEMISTRY CHANNEL RETURNS!!!

    • @SophiaAstatine
      @SophiaAstatine 3 роки тому +31

      Considering your own cubic indulgences going by all the minecraft videos, you must be quite excited about the cubane synthesis 😂

    • @TipZ_TV
      @TipZ_TV 3 роки тому +2

      *chemistry adjacent

    • @roguedruid
      @roguedruid 3 роки тому +1

      I just found your channel the other day and now you're on one of my favorite chemistry channels

    • @meffed
      @meffed 3 роки тому +3

      this isn't really a return his upload interval is just 2 months

    • @caxm666
      @caxm666 3 роки тому +1

      Just in time to be put on a watch list!

  • @Murzac
    @Murzac 2 роки тому +738

    Actually, FOX-7 is not a completely meaningless acronym! The explosive was developed by the Swedish Defence Research Agency, which in Swedish holds the acronym FOI. They just took that, replaced the I with an X because it's an explosive and that's how you get FOX. The 7 as far as I can tell is completely arbitrary though.

    • @user-me7hx8zf9y
      @user-me7hx8zf9y 2 роки тому +82

      99% arbitrary is technically not entirely arbitrary

    • @tibblescat2918
      @tibblescat2918 2 роки тому +30

      7 as in the seventh in a series, as is the 25 in LSD 25

    • @zilog1
      @zilog1 2 роки тому +54

      I refuse to believe that and accept that it was furries.

    • @farm2462
      @farm2462 2 роки тому +14

      Nah it was just us furries

    • @Gawagidi
      @Gawagidi 2 роки тому +9

      7 is the number of ppl died in the explosion before it was published..

  • @ElementalMaker
    @ElementalMaker 3 роки тому +529

    Man I'm so intrigued at what the hell it is! Awesome video and I'm so jealous of that high speed camera! That's beyond badass!

    • @greggreg6975
      @greggreg6975 3 роки тому +3

      Lol..
      Didn't expect to see you here...
      That camera is just awesome, we miss so much detail at normal speed.

    • @JohnDoe-ce2wl
      @JohnDoe-ce2wl 3 роки тому

      strongly relate

    • @techobsessed1
      @techobsessed1 3 роки тому +35

      It's going to be a real shame when he drops and breaks it.

    • @ElementalMaker
      @ElementalMaker 3 роки тому +7

      @@techobsessed1 let's hope not!

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  3 роки тому +99

      "When" 😳😳😳

  • @WalkingDictionary9
    @WalkingDictionary9 3 роки тому +727

    I have never heard a truer statement than bismuth is "lead for people who fear death"

    • @lairdcummings9092
      @lairdcummings9092 3 роки тому +19

      Fucking brilliant characterization, and one I'm going to shamelessly appropriate.

    • @acepilot1
      @acepilot1 3 роки тому +31

      Same could be said for gallium being related to a safe version of mercury

    • @jeffreyyoung4104
      @jeffreyyoung4104 3 роки тому +3

      and after many decades of use as a lead substitute, we will learn it is worse for the environment than lead. But by that time, all of the 'environmentalists' will be dead anyways.

    • @lairdcummings9092
      @lairdcummings9092 3 роки тому +38

      @@jeffreyyoung4104 you do know, don't you, that Bismuth has been used as a food additive and medicine for over a hundred years?
      Ever taken Pepto-Bismol? Bismuth is a prime ingredient. It was first sold in the US in 1900 or 1901. Bismuth salts have been in use in Europe since the 1700s.
      So, yeah, it's safe, and we've got proof that it's safe.

    • @jeffreyyoung4104
      @jeffreyyoung4104 3 роки тому +1

      @@lairdcummings9092 so was lead and mercury, safe and medicinal as well!

  • @Sebastian-ip5py
    @Sebastian-ip5py 3 роки тому +291

    This went from a chemistry video to a rant about naming compounds. This is the content i'm subscribed for

  • @newdefsys
    @newdefsys 3 роки тому +233

    Perchloric Inorganic Solution - 1

    • @jskratnyarlathotep8411
      @jskratnyarlathotep8411 3 роки тому +31

      what've you done! now it makes sense, now it can't be taken for it!

  • @slipspectrum9253
    @slipspectrum9253 2 роки тому +304

    In fireworks, we make a type of “crackle” using bismuth trioxide, magnalium and nitrocellulose lacquer. It kind of sounds audibly like the reaction with bismuth and perchloric acid.

    • @VAROOMS4
      @VAROOMS4 Рік тому +6

      I agree the sound is much the same as those bismuth based fireworks.

    • @ethanslab7670
      @ethanslab7670 Рік тому +27

      bismuth trioxide makes a similar effect in crackle stars but i think the compound in the video might be Bi(ClO4)3 from my research, it can violently detonate when heated, reacts with water to form bismuth oxychloride and seems to match the description

    • @Aaron-zu3xn
      @Aaron-zu3xn Рік тому

      @@ethanslab7670 most of our atmosphere is nitrogen could it be pulling nitrogen from the air?

    • @jamespetersen212
      @jamespetersen212 Рік тому +2

      @@Aaron-zu3xn I tried my best to forget my chemistry classes but I recall that N2 is pretty inert, so I doubt it would react with almost anything.

    • @tinderboxcreations
      @tinderboxcreations Рік тому

      And copper oxide...

  • @PlaqueBaka
    @PlaqueBaka 3 роки тому +222

    Did you know they did grape soda out of gloves

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  3 роки тому +266

      they did surgery on a glove

    • @koanye211
      @koanye211 3 роки тому +45

      @@ExplosionsAndFire I hope glove is ok. 1 like 1 prayer. Maybe PIS-2 would help?

    • @lordsqueak
      @lordsqueak 3 роки тому +9

      I was more impressed with the toilet paper moonshine. ;)

    • @DrGreerIsRight
      @DrGreerIsRight 3 роки тому +4

      Jesus nile is a he not a fuckin they

    • @ZoonCrypticon
      @ZoonCrypticon 3 роки тому +4

      Did you know they did meat from human excrements? ( Japanese Researcher Creates Artificial Meat From Human Feces: inhabitat.com/poop-burger-japanese-researcher-creates-artificial-meat-from-human-feces/#:~:text=But%20non-meat%20eaters%20may,protein%20extracted%20from%20human%20feces. )
      Bon appetit !

  • @deathbytouch4252
    @deathbytouch4252 3 роки тому +102

    “ used in every day applications like fireworks, rockets, and sidewinder missles”

  • @LukasBolini
    @LukasBolini 3 роки тому +2032

    "bismuth is just gay lead" and I have to disagree. Bismuth is actually Bi

    • @ExplosivesLaboratory
      @ExplosivesLaboratory 3 роки тому +48

      Now that’s funny…

    • @WineScrounger
      @WineScrounger 3 роки тому +13

      Oh very good 😎

    • @GordanFreeman420
      @GordanFreeman420 3 роки тому +31

      Good job, you just rephrased the joke that was in the background of the video at 1:14. Funny stuff.

    • @pattheplanter
      @pattheplanter 3 роки тому +5

      So the compound should be BiX.

    • @y__h
      @y__h 3 роки тому +12

      That was smuth.

  • @Weisz
    @Weisz 3 роки тому +123

    okay, i’m sold. i need one of those high speed cameras.

    • @mbirth
      @mbirth 3 роки тому +3

      Look for user tesla500 on UA-cam. He can probably sell one to you. :)

    • @Weisz
      @Weisz 3 роки тому +2

      @@mbirth is he the guy behind chronos high speed cameras?

    • @lucasimark7992
      @lucasimark7992 3 роки тому +1

      @@Weisz yeah he is the CEO

    • @bryanl1984
      @bryanl1984 3 роки тому

      Like you need an excuse.... Saying you NEED a high speed camera to study explosives is like a kid preparing their "legal case" for why they need a new video game console or computer "for school" to their parents. ;p

  • @WizardTim
    @WizardTim 3 роки тому +332

    Wait but didn’t I see you doing some stuff at the Australian synchrotron for university with X-ray crystallography or something? Surely you can use your UA-cam influencer street cred and beg them to allow you to put a little explosives in their billion dollar toy? Just include this video in your proposal and I'm certain it will pass review.

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  3 роки тому +350

      if I prove that PIS-2 prevents Covid, I might be in with a shot!

    • @WizardTim
      @WizardTim 3 роки тому +87

      @@ExplosionsAndFire Looking at your results I’m sure it could yeet the COVID out of someone in a 10,000th of a second (may be some undesired side-effects), I’m sure with the prospect of that they’d be willing to give you a couple hours of beam time to figure out some measly oxidation state.

    • @Souliset
      @Souliset 3 роки тому +60

      @@ExplosionsAndFire Cant get covid if you die from an explosive

    • @MikrySoft
      @MikrySoft 3 роки тому +27

      @@ExplosionsAndFire I'm fairly sure it at least kills cancer, at least according to XKCD 1217

    • @ericchambers9023
      @ericchambers9023 3 роки тому +11

      @@ExplosionsAndFire Don't have to prove it cures Covid, just have to research it as a possible cure.... Billions are provided in grants every year for 'cancer research'. A lot more money to be made in 'researching a cure', than actually producing a cure.

  • @nibblrrr7124
    @nibblrrr7124 3 роки тому +101

    If anyone else was wondering at 6:53:
    *COX-1* / *-2* = Cyclooxygenase 1 / 2 (prostaglandin synthase isoenzymes)
    (not to be confused with *COX1* - *COX20* = Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1-20)
    *ASS1* = gene coding for argininosuccinate synthetase
    *Pis-1* = Piscidin 1 (antibacterial peptide found in bass fish)

    • @ngcf4238
      @ngcf4238 10 місяців тому +3

      Prostaglandin? LOL? what prostate gland?

    • @nikolaslehto8827
      @nikolaslehto8827 9 місяців тому +2

      Thanks! Have a like :3

    • @jakubswitalski7989
      @jakubswitalski7989 7 місяців тому

      ​@@ngcf4238Prostaglandins are substances produced by your bidy to signal for pain, inflammation and to stimulate the production of stomach mucus. Cox inhibitors such as ibuprofen reduce your body's abiity to peoduce pain signalling to the brain, and can cause peptic ukcers due to a reduced stomach mucus layer

    • @Echodonut
      @Echodonut 2 місяці тому

      Pis comes from the bass

  • @Natt15110031
    @Natt15110031 3 роки тому +46

    Fun fact, aspirin is an inhibitor of the COX enzymes. So whenever you eat aspirin, remember it’s affecting your COX

    • @NautsuJJR
      @NautsuJJR Рік тому

      @@CallumsCornerOutlet unfortunately PIS-1 is a peptide only found in certain fish

  • @SC-RGX7
    @SC-RGX7 3 роки тому +81

    "Bismuth is gay lead"
    We've reached the peak of comedy and chemistry right now

  • @Enriath
    @Enriath 2 роки тому +25

    I'd like to just say a big thank you for not just saying the recording framerate of the high speed footage, but also the playback framerate. So many people just throw out the large number to make it sound impressive, but you really can't tell how that translates into actual slowdown.

  • @ripudamansharma5990
    @ripudamansharma5990 3 роки тому +108

    Dude, this channel is exactly what a chemistry nerd wants- Insanity.

  • @Samonie67
    @Samonie67 3 роки тому +239

    hmmmm that Swedish furry looks awfully familiar can't put my finger on it where I saw it

  • @ADRIAAN1007
    @ADRIAAN1007 3 роки тому +44

    "don't ask me for funding." - me. That's brilliant

  • @TMaxElectronics
    @TMaxElectronics 3 роки тому +190

    This video is so relatable, even though I have very little clue about chemistry

    • @etelmo
      @etelmo 3 роки тому +19

      Not as relatable as gloves into grapes soda though

    • @Suimiru
      @Suimiru 3 роки тому +1

      You goddamn time traveler

    • @xandermartinez9436
      @xandermartinez9436 3 роки тому

      Me too he’s just funny and I like big boom

    • @darkbreaker9767
      @darkbreaker9767 3 роки тому +1

      Call it CBT-1 because it took 85 years to find out what it is

  • @terawattyear
    @terawattyear 3 роки тому +14

    Yours is one of the very few channels that can make me spontaneously laugh out loud. Stealth comedy and arcane chemistry. What more could one ask?

  • @mrdarklight
    @mrdarklight 3 роки тому +95

    Mars, incidentally, is lousy with perchlorate. And that is the extent of my knowledge about perchlorate.

    • @glitchp0t
      @glitchp0t 3 роки тому +4

      The candy or the planet?

    • @juliankandlhofer7553
      @juliankandlhofer7553 3 роки тому +14

      can we dump bismuth on it and blow it up?

    • @mrdarklight
      @mrdarklight 3 роки тому +8

      @@juliankandlhofer7553 It's worth a try!

    • @WineScrounger
      @WineScrounger 3 роки тому +1

      Is going there a good idea if the whole place is basically poisonous?

    • @juliankandlhofer7553
      @juliankandlhofer7553 3 роки тому +9

      @@WineScrounger i dont known if you can call it "a good idea".
      the iss is literally a bunch of metal tubes in a vacuum, which I'd say is worse than poisonous ground, but all the necessary inventions to live there and the research conducted have definitely made it worthwhile.

  • @micahphilson
    @micahphilson Рік тому +4

    Oh man, I literally just dropped some perchloric acid onto bismuth earlier and was just thinking about drying it off with a blowtorch, so glad I watched this first!

  • @SoulB123
    @SoulB123 3 роки тому +36

    this channel makes me happy, i dont understand chemistry but god damn this is fun

  • @IchMagandMeGusta
    @IchMagandMeGusta 3 роки тому +27

    6:12 And in 1970, a new version of RDX was made that drops bombs of straight fire: DMX

    • @IchMagandMeGusta
      @IchMagandMeGusta 3 роки тому +5

      @Vizah Basically, if you are looking for a good explosive, X gone give it to you

    • @tommytomthms5
      @tommytomthms5 3 роки тому +2

      @Vizah then in the mid 2000s they flipped it over and we got xvid though ph took all the credit for it...

  • @AstoundingYeti
    @AstoundingYeti 3 роки тому +343

    Man, if I had a nickle for every time I torched some perchlorate off bismuth metal I'd have two nickels. That's not a lot but its weird that it happened twice.

    • @jogandsp
      @jogandsp 2 роки тому +3

      Ok, Dr. Doofenshmirtz

  • @papanyanz
    @papanyanz 3 роки тому +37

    Also, there's a thing called explosive antimony, actually an allotrope of element ONLY ! Perhaps these are somehow related phenomena, hope you will look into it.

  • @setantazalewski5646
    @setantazalewski5646 3 роки тому +24

    i love the idea this is how science will be done in the future, some mad scientist in his garage unsupervised ranting at the camera about how his experiment is done and his findings about the colour yellow! XD

    • @ryans3074
      @ryans3074 2 роки тому

      Someone else pointed out that it's like watching a slow descent into madness. I think this is part of why I keep tuning in.

    • @bobdobsin6216
      @bobdobsin6216 2 роки тому

      This is pretty much how science was done for a long time, before it was bureaucratized. But they didn't have cameras.
      Trust me, if they had youtube back in the late 1800's, there'd be a lot of wacky stuff. The (accidental) invention of gun cotton was very exciting.
      I can imagine the early chemists doing vlogs "so today I'm just mixing this stuff together to see if we create a new compound."

  • @noahzuniga
    @noahzuniga 3 роки тому +6

    seems like anhydrous perchloric acid would be a perfect subject for explosions and fire, hope to see a vid on it soon!

  • @BeardDaddyGrimm
    @BeardDaddyGrimm 3 роки тому +12

    hell yeah, first time ive caught one of your vids in the first half hour, love your work brother

  • @barry7608
    @barry7608 10 місяців тому +2

    I’m 73 and if you think your peculiar to ‘now’ you’re not. I watch so much of your stuff and have a giggle thinking back to my shenanigans at your age, but I was a couple grades lower than your understanding of the processes. Had some great books and always researched well and I guess I’m still here. You have a great personality and I love the open book videos not hiding the grrrrr bits. Take care.

  • @robmorgan1214
    @robmorgan1214 3 роки тому +12

    Wow! This is interesting. Pretty rare to find a straightforward reaction like this completely unexplored!

  • @iluvrotmgtroller2416
    @iluvrotmgtroller2416 3 роки тому +25

    They turned gloves into grape soda, smartest shit i’ve ever seen

    • @SophiaAstatine
      @SophiaAstatine 3 роки тому +3

      But does it explode?

    • @kmit9191
      @kmit9191 3 роки тому

      I don't get the glove joke, can someone explain?

    • @SoulDelSol
      @SoulDelSol 3 роки тому +3

      @@kmit9191 nile red video

    • @SophiaAstatine
      @SophiaAstatine 3 роки тому +2

      @@kmit9191 NileRed's latest upload.

  • @afbennett3038
    @afbennett3038 3 роки тому +19

    Anything: *explodes*
    Explosionsandfire: 🧐

  • @editopic7169
    @editopic7169 3 роки тому +32

    Alright, you write the introduction, I'll measure it on XRD. Easiest Nature paper ever.

    • @Gameboygenius
      @Gameboygenius 3 роки тому +26

      Make an explosive inspired by RDX, measure it with XRD, and sign the article in nature with Dr X.

    • @guytech7310
      @guytech7310 3 роки тому +7

      @@Gameboygenius That's the perfect Name for this Explosive DrX!

    • @TheLetterH111
      @TheLetterH111 2 роки тому

      just use XPS? XRD wouldn't give you a definitive answer imo

  • @lancemakesthemdance8977
    @lancemakesthemdance8977 3 роки тому +11

    I love how over time the intro has gotten faster.

  • @tay-lore
    @tay-lore Рік тому +2

    Your channel is quickly becoming my favorite!!! Thank you for sharing your time with us!!!

  • @awesomesauce6431
    @awesomesauce6431 3 роки тому +4

    It makes me so happy whenever I see you posted another video! Thanks so much

  • @johnmcclain3887
    @johnmcclain3887 3 роки тому +12

    This was my first time here, I had a great time, got to say, the man has a point. I've used most of those explosives, in my past military history, and never had any idea why they called them what they did. I have to say, this is the first time I've even heard of this bismuth/perchloric acid mystery, and I've studied explosives and chemistry more than fifty years. This was an awesome display, and a very interesting question that should definitively be answered by someone, soon. Reckon I'll have to check this out, and see. Thanks much for the show!

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  3 роки тому +3

      Thanks mate, glad you liked it!!

    • @johnmcclain3887
      @johnmcclain3887 3 роки тому +2

      @@ExplosionsAndFire I had some fun with strong acids and such when I was a teen, but not as much data available, and much harder to get a lot of things, odds and ends. Have to say, I'd hang around with you and play with chemicals, if I had a chance. Semper Fi, John McClain

  • @ConstantlyDamaged
    @ConstantlyDamaged 3 роки тому +79

    Come on, the obvious name for it is KNT-5.

  • @goshohgosh4568
    @goshohgosh4568 3 роки тому +4

    Thumbnail critique
    The read boarder is same tone as the red line at the bottom so I nearly passed this video thinking it was watched already

  • @mamaymay8259
    @mamaymay8259 3 роки тому +13

    Hell yes. New E&F video to keep me entertained during a trainride that takes forever. Hope nothing turns yellow this time.
    Edit: No yellow, but it was freakin awesome.

  • @azsazs6039
    @azsazs6039 3 роки тому +9

    LOL at "gloves into grape soda" i watched that a few weeks ago. Nilered

  • @dannyberne
    @dannyberne 3 роки тому +9

    I just read that bismuth has been shown to grow "Turing patterns" when it crystalizes in thin sheets. But if nobody will give an explanation for the explosive property, then I propose it be dubbed a Turing explosive. I base that on no evidence on the process, but Turing needs something real badass named after him

  • @kounkieinc3714
    @kounkieinc3714 3 роки тому +5

    One of the few actual fun to watch chemistry channels out there great content

  • @l0lLorenzol0l
    @l0lLorenzol0l 3 роки тому +200

    2021 hobby: look for stupid old papers on questions no one has bothered to follow up, and try and get some streed cred by using modern tech to awnser it.

    • @ryanhimmelblau534
      @ryanhimmelblau534 3 роки тому +3

      ua-cam.com/video/ZXsQAXx_ao0/v-deo.html

    • @Gameboygenius
      @Gameboygenius 3 роки тому +74

      As opposed to the 2020 hobby: find obscure old papers with difficult and poorly documented procedures and make a bunch of yellow crap with a 5% yield.

    • @SophiaAstatine
      @SophiaAstatine 2 роки тому +8

      @@Gameboygenius Pretty sure the fulminating platinium video actually had a 0% yield. But time is so warped I don't recall when it came out.

  • @Matt_Barnes
    @Matt_Barnes 3 роки тому +1

    7:23 I was as amused at your dejection here as you were amused when William Osman started talking about losing his play buttons in his house fire. Your face conveys such a sense of discouragement here it's golden.

  • @Gremriel
    @Gremriel 3 роки тому +31

    Everyday applications like fireworks, rockets and sidewinder missiles. Lol.

  • @antonmeshcheryakov5068
    @antonmeshcheryakov5068 2 роки тому +3

    The cool thing is, it detonates in a thin film while sitting on top of thick metal, what should cool it, and bordering at air, where it can easily expand and get rid of all the pressure. It means its detonation velocity should be pretty high, or the reaction is very fast, or probably both.

  • @bedlaskybedla6361
    @bedlaskybedla6361 3 роки тому +19

    I like mysterious reactions like this. I always have a fun when solving them.
    I look at that paper you mentioned. There is a mention, that this compound is formed on bismuth anode during electrolysis of perchloric acid on bismuth electrodes. So technically it should be some high oxidation state of Bi. So I tried to heat mixture of sodium bismuthate and HClO4 on piece of aluminium foil. Lots of fizzing and white smoke, but any explosion.

    • @BlackPawn14
      @BlackPawn14 2 роки тому +2

      Hmm... maybe the "missing link" is the fact that, if the bismuth is being oxidized, something has to reduce? Which doesn't happen when you mix bismuth oxide with perchloric acid, hence why that failed...
      Also, I remember (from one of EX&F's own videos) that the lower oxidation state oxoacids of chlorine (chlorates, chlorites, and hypochlorites) tend to be less stable than perchlorates, in spire of having less oxygen...
      Which leads me to an hypothesis: maybe it's some sort of bismuth chlorate or chlorite? Then again, I don't think scientists would've missed that possibility, if that were the case. Probably some sort of complex oxide/salt with lots of oxygen hanging around? (thinking something like bismuth oxychloride, or maybe even a bismuthate with chlorine in a weird anion state, e.g. chloryl).
      Then again, I might just be throwing shots at the dark.

  • @daragol1238
    @daragol1238 3 роки тому +7

    You could calculate the detonation velocity of the new explosive with the frame rate, the time and the distance the wave travelled. If the detonation velocity turns out to be very high it might be more attractive to study

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  3 роки тому +10

      I did, but it's pretty low, like 500m/s range. I don't think it's proper conditions for it to achieve det velocity I guess, I don't know. But yeah, proper explosive speeds when properly pressed are like 5000m/s which is way too fast even for 30000 fps

  • @Litepaw
    @Litepaw 3 роки тому +14

    FOX-7?
    Gonna make my own variant of it and call it UwU-69

  • @Number_055
    @Number_055 3 роки тому +1

    This video has a bizarrely educational tone to it. What with the piano and you explaining things clearly and concisely. Interesting.

  • @SirFranex
    @SirFranex 3 роки тому +331

    "I tend to offend people when I start talking about specific elements"
    "Forms rainbows all the time, doesn't like to be straight and is incredibly dense"
    You don't say

    • @eduardoGentile720
      @eduardoGentile720 3 роки тому +20

      I'm laughing so fucking hard right now

    • @bertieclayton4865
      @bertieclayton4865 3 роки тому +5

      #reletable

    • @catnerdadrian7601
      @catnerdadrian7601 3 роки тому +19

      Honestly when he said that my only thought was "same"

    • @sheepwars2959
      @sheepwars2959 3 роки тому +5

      Good thing I'm alone right now, because I burst out laughing when he said that xD
      Would be hard to explain why a chemistry video made me do this.

    • @bertieclayton4865
      @bertieclayton4865 3 роки тому +2

      @@sheepwars2959 classic explosionsandfire

  • @Funkeyman
    @Funkeyman Рік тому +3

    5:00 I just got a job as a technician in an xps lab but I'm not sure how to ask my boss if I'm allowed to make explosives and put them in our unbelievably expensive piece of kit 😅

  • @AzideFox
    @AzideFox 3 роки тому +174

    Oh no not the swedish furries 😏

    • @WTB1327
      @WTB1327 3 роки тому

      Real talk are you a furry (never spoke to one before that’s why I’m asking)

    • @Le300thMiner
      @Le300thMiner 3 роки тому +31

      @@WTB1327 ima be real chief, if ur on the internet consistently or have a friend group that is involved in internet pop culture in any way, you've most likley spoken to a furry before.

    • @nosome2605
      @nosome2605 3 роки тому +12

      @@Le300thMiner yeah we're kinda fuckin everywhere
      we just kinda stay low key on account of that one massive group of people who want us dead

    • @ElectraFlarefire
      @ElectraFlarefire 3 роки тому

      I'll stick to being an Aussie Furry..
      And being glad I'm a few thousand km away from this crazy dude. (I don't want him accidentally blowing up my city before I do!)

    • @AzideFox
      @AzideFox 3 роки тому +8

      @@WTB1327 I can assure you I am in fact very much a furry 😁

  • @philcourteney4328
    @philcourteney4328 3 роки тому +1

    Your channel definitely deserves to be huge, fkn definitely on par with smartereveryday, slowmoguys, backyardscientist etc...mate I really hope you get the love you deserve!

  • @TheCrabReal
    @TheCrabReal 3 роки тому +3

    2:24 the shade of yellow this turns into when he brings the torch to it is extremely disconcerting

  • @KingJellyfishII
    @KingJellyfishII 3 роки тому +6

    Still haven't found any papers on PIS-2 yet, I am disappointed

  • @MIOKONE
    @MIOKONE 3 роки тому +5

    Gloves into grape soda :D I got that reference, a collab between you and Nile could be so EPIC

    • @Iodine_53
      @Iodine_53 3 роки тому +1

      Explosive from pee!?!?

    • @vikramkrishnan6414
      @vikramkrishnan6414 3 роки тому

      @@Iodine_53 No, but you could eat a lot of bananas and salt; and turn that into explosive poo; it has potassium, chlorine carbon and oxygen

    • @wzdew
      @wzdew 3 роки тому +1

      @@Iodine_53 Cody's lab did this some years back and made gunpowder. It's the old school way to make it. The urine provides the nitrates.

    • @Iodine_53
      @Iodine_53 3 роки тому

      @@vikramkrishnan6414 explosive poo lmao

    • @Iodine_53
      @Iodine_53 3 роки тому

      @@wzdew I know, cody is amazing!

  • @koolman5865
    @koolman5865 3 роки тому +3

    The clip of NileRed SMASHing that shit with a hammer made me belly laugh

  • @BGrab
    @BGrab 3 роки тому +15

    I literally have access to powder and single crystal xrd and believe me the next way too long lunch break I'm gonna look into it.

  • @befrank2624
    @befrank2624 9 місяців тому +2

    So I watch these vids to help me design procedures for ORMES, to show me what not to do, so I can ensure I will succeed with the least amount off risk, having said that, I have enjoyed all your presentations that I have seen so far.

  • @WeirdPros
    @WeirdPros 3 роки тому +21

    Idea: Do NileRed/Blue's thing, but turn random shit into explosives.

    • @cvspvr
      @cvspvr 2 роки тому

      didn't the guy who discovered phosphorus blow himself up with it while extracting it from his piss?

  • @narobii9815
    @narobii9815 2 роки тому +1

    I love how relatable this channel is, these are the things I come across daily on his channel.

  • @dj16891
    @dj16891 3 роки тому +5

    "upside down fella has an existential crisis about highly suspicious boom phenomenon." There fixed your title.

  • @jamesg1367
    @jamesg1367 3 роки тому +1

    What a nifty thing to investigate! Thanks! Never heard of this before. Awesome.

  • @doggonemess1
    @doggonemess1 3 роки тому +6

    1:15 I had to listen to this part twice. That is just flat out brilliant.

  • @yaddabluh8726
    @yaddabluh8726 3 роки тому +1

    We really need like a playlist of all the music you use in videos.

  • @ScrapScience
    @ScrapScience 3 роки тому +8

    I’m not connected to my wifi right now but I’ll gladly use a chunk of my data to watch some mChemistry.

  • @tay-lore
    @tay-lore Рік тому +1

    I love your relatable relatable content!!!

  • @Naomi_Boyd
    @Naomi_Boyd 2 роки тому +5

    That's an odd looking reaction. It doesn't seem to be taking place between the bismuth and the acid but only around the edges as the acid evaporates. Either the temperature required is higher than the boiling point of the acid or there is likely a third reactant present, perhaps CO2 from the torch or N2 from the atmosphere. The boiling point of perchloric acid is 397F. Try heating the bismuth to 400F and then add a drop of the acid and see what happens.

  • @ironhornforge
    @ironhornforge 3 роки тому +2

    I'm a blacksmith and have zero idea about chemistry however I thoroughly enjoy your videos, along with nile red.
    You're a funny guy

  • @puccaso
    @puccaso 3 роки тому +13

    8:11 whenever it propagates, it does so clockwise. Bismuth has magnetic properties. Could you please try the test again on some magnet paper? I wonder if the paper will pick up any magnetic waves or eddy currents around the explosions. I think we may be onto something!

    • @DorsetMushroomHunter
      @DorsetMushroomHunter 2 роки тому +3

      I noticed something interesting when dissolving magnets in Nitric. The rotation of particulates in the acid changed when the poles did.

  • @BODYBUILDERS_AGAINST_FEMINISM
    @BODYBUILDERS_AGAINST_FEMINISM 3 роки тому +2

    You're my favorite UA-cam channel thank you for sharing ❤️

  • @hondo190
    @hondo190 3 роки тому +10

    I would call it FCK-M3!

  • @GrumpyOrc
    @GrumpyOrc 3 роки тому

    Your new camera is a great addition, some really interesting footage there.

  • @jacobb7608
    @jacobb7608 Рік тому +3

    Is this stuff shock sensitive? If not, I may actually be able to check it out on powder XRD, if you want an x-ray analysis to pour over!

  • @riupidb66
    @riupidb66 2 роки тому +2

    6:17 nice leather jaket dude

  • @ZergrushEddie
    @ZergrushEddie 3 роки тому +3

    Wow, how weird: I was JUST wondering why my blowtorch and bismuth + perchloric acid cabinet was prone to explosions!

  • @twothreebravo
    @twothreebravo 3 роки тому

    Perfect timing! I was just wondering when your next video would be coming along. I laughed my ass off. Good work with the PIS-2

  • @superspeederbooster
    @superspeederbooster 3 роки тому +8

    Dont worry bout that quebecois glove fetishist, u are ma favorite ytchemist.

  • @AllChemystery
    @AllChemystery 3 роки тому

    Nice re visit on this!

  • @CarlBright
    @CarlBright 3 роки тому +16

    Rainbow colors, doesn't come out straight, and is incredibly dense.... That was funny - Blew pop out my nose.

    • @_bg179
      @_bg179 3 роки тому +1

      I dont get it

    • @HashFace253
      @HashFace253 3 роки тому +4

      Was it grape soda?

    • @bruceschneier6283
      @bruceschneier6283 3 роки тому +5

      Fuck! A rainbow contains yellow! We've fucking lost it again!

    • @sleepful1917
      @sleepful1917 3 роки тому +2

      i dont get the dense part

    • @kmit9191
      @kmit9191 3 роки тому +1

      @@sleepful1917 if you call someone dense you call him a moron. fun fact, if you call someone one dense in German you call him a drunk.

  • @sleepful1917
    @sleepful1917 3 роки тому +1

    ahhhh i love the nile references every time u do one hes the best

    • @cezarcatalin1406
      @cezarcatalin1406 3 роки тому +2

      Some jokes attract special kinds of zombies from /pol ... other than that it’s fine I guess.

    • @sleepful1917
      @sleepful1917 3 роки тому

      @@cezarcatalin1406 about nilered? he just puts a clip in now and then. that gay joke really bothered me too though.

  • @makarlock
    @makarlock 3 роки тому +3

    2:05 Imagine writing a paper in 1935 that basically gets no traction and like 5 citations, only for it to be unearthed by a crackhead aussie chemisist almost a century later, which he uses to make a funny explosive video on a futuristic infinite library of video knowledge.

  • @daranjones5545
    @daranjones5545 3 роки тому +1

    Love your work man.

  • @Shady97342
    @Shady97342 3 роки тому +8

    If it has to end in an X obviously it needs to be called FUX.

  • @TheSanjay307
    @TheSanjay307 3 роки тому +2

    4:40 *talks dirty to bismuth exploding*

  • @AlexBesogonov
    @AlexBesogonov 3 роки тому +21

    Haven't finished watching the video. My bet: bismuth catalytically decomposes perchlorate.

    • @ficolas2
      @ficolas2 3 роки тому +4

      That would be super lame.

    • @arthurmorgan6087
      @arthurmorgan6087 3 роки тому +6

      You wouldn’t form a precipitate in water if that were the case. There’s another compound present.

  • @darwinism8181
    @darwinism8181 Рік тому +1

    I still lose it at the naming section where you're bouncing names off of yourself, two years later.
    This is art. Let no one tell you otherwise.

  • @SugarFreeEngineering
    @SugarFreeEngineering 2 роки тому +3

    My graduate studies advisor is like an expert in LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy), but, I already have on going research and so does he. What would be a good way to broach this topic as a little side research? Like seriously I have free access to all the tools and chemicals needed to do this but I'd need something a little more convinving than "This UA-cam video said so" in order to write a paper on the topic.
    Love the videos though M8! I don't understand diddly dick about them but I just think its neat.

  • @Meckamatt
    @Meckamatt 3 роки тому

    You are a funking legend bro thanx for the sick vids on explosive compounds

  • @bigjoes.1545
    @bigjoes.1545 3 роки тому +4

    I can honestly say that I’ve never put perchloric acid on bismuth and blowtorched it. Can’t say I won’t try though.

  • @psyframepepega68
    @psyframepepega68 3 роки тому

    First time finding this channel. Looks more like a standup, I love it