Dissolving a Diamond in Piranha Solution-It Eats Everything!

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  • Опубліковано 29 кві 2019
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    In this video I put a diamond in one of the most dangerous solutions called piranha solution. I show you how crazy this highly acidic/highly oxidizing liquid is. I put a sponge in it then I put in a hot dog. Then finally I test if the solution can actually dissolve a diamond!
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  • @TheActionLab
    @TheActionLab  5 років тому +1375

    Ever seen Roger Rabbit? I believe they call it the Dip...I’m still scarred from those melting scenes.

    • @pullingrabbitsouttaahat
      @pullingrabbitsouttaahat 5 років тому +15

      Dear TAL Did you check for Fluorescence under UV the remaining solutions after these "reactions"? They might fluoresce. Then the solution contains carbon nano dots.

    • @zeuxlaught2797
      @zeuxlaught2797 5 років тому +10

      We can also burn diamond in liquid oxygen

    • @lahaya237
      @lahaya237 5 років тому +33

      If it eats everything, how can you keep it in a beaker?

    • @rmhminiman
      @rmhminiman 5 років тому +8

      hi I enjoyed your video, next time just measure the same thing three times before doing anything with it and find the mean aka average of the numbers and the same thing after you do your experiment to be sure that there is something happened.
      Thank you.

    • @firefish111
      @firefish111 5 років тому +2

      Are you crap at animating?
      Why can't you do it?

  • @FreakishPower
    @FreakishPower 4 роки тому +3449

    Piranha Solution: I can dissolve anything!
    Glass Beaker: Am I nothing to you?

    • @Owen_loves_Butters
      @Owen_loves_Butters 3 роки тому +454

      Glass is synthetic, it can only dissolve organic compounds

    • @rayyanting4314
      @rayyanting4314 3 роки тому +217

      No no hes got a point

    • @blackdragonwiccan
      @blackdragonwiccan 3 роки тому +106

      concrete and gravel floor, nothing.

    • @andrewhernandez9696
      @andrewhernandez9696 3 роки тому +68

      @@Owen_loves_Butters that sponge wasn't organic

    • @nathanhamman418
      @nathanhamman418 3 роки тому +230

      @@andrewhernandez9696 Its not real sponge, but it is made from organic material, cellulose sponges are made of wood pulp and cotton.

  • @tygoxwinger2399
    @tygoxwinger2399 5 років тому +906

    4:23
    *In Soviet Russia, liquid absorbs sponge*

  • @daPvta
    @daPvta 3 роки тому +1907

    "So I have here two real diamonds. So these are actual diamonds that are 100% diamonds, so they are truthfully diamonds."

    • @katyungodly
      @katyungodly 3 роки тому +321

      I think he's trying to tell us that they are lab-made diamonds instead mined diamonds, but chemically have the same structure 💎

    • @mikewade1604
      @mikewade1604 3 роки тому +249

      @@katyungodly you would not believe how hard some people will deny lab diamonds being the same as natural diamonds. My mother still thinks I'm full of shit when I tell her this.

    • @themisinstructed165
      @themisinstructed165 3 роки тому +142

      @@mikewade1604 yeah man I just read on it, people think it’s fake when it’s literally just the same carbon structure, they just don’t want their precious expensive jewelry to be “man-made” hence the man made because they think it’s fake, people are just arrogant.

    • @jebediahkerman8245
      @jebediahkerman8245 3 роки тому +214

      If they aren’t produced by starving slaves toiling for years under threat of violence, they aren’t real diamonds!

    • @madisonbrown8851
      @madisonbrown8851 3 роки тому +58

      @@mikewade1604 'Tis the power of hyper-capitalist propaganda.

  • @akaHarvesteR
    @akaHarvesteR 3 роки тому +382

    I just realized that Piranha Solution is the 'supercharged acid' the Mythbusters were not allowed to talk about in the Breaking Bad hydrochloric acid bathtub episode.

    • @Palladiumavoid
      @Palladiumavoid 3 роки тому +18

      Why couldn't they talk about it

    • @akaHarvesteR
      @akaHarvesteR 3 роки тому +121

      @@Palladiumavoid IIRC, they said it was too dangerous and the ingredients to readily available to mention in the show... like no amount of 'don't try this at home' warnings would do.

    • @Psychx_
      @Psychx_ 3 роки тому +48

      For dissolving organic tissues, lye is usually a smarter choice than acid. Rule of thumb: "Acid chars and dehydrates, lye liquifies."

    • @SMDH.2204
      @SMDH.2204 2 роки тому +5

      I thought of BB as well.

    • @ultimateninjaboi
      @ultimateninjaboi 2 роки тому +31

      @@akaHarvesteR essentially, yeah. Like, its a brilliant choice for murder mystery writing because of how bizarrely easy it is to acquire the components, even without the internet. And Mythbusters always had a hell of a lot more integrity than some parts of the internet when it comes to teaching people to hurt themselves

  • @kamilmcki8631
    @kamilmcki8631 5 років тому +998

    Pyranha solution is no match against Flex Tape

    • @justaguycalledjosh
      @justaguycalledjosh 5 років тому +18

      DO IT

    • @osoco7294
      @osoco7294 5 років тому +25

      Or against the container.

    • @firefish111
      @firefish111 5 років тому +10

      It's really difficult to find the ñ character for piraña if your not a Spaniard

    • @TheBrainReal
      @TheBrainReal 5 років тому +4

      @@firefish111 what do you mean?

    • @firefish111
      @firefish111 5 років тому +3

      @@TheBrainReal Trying to do the correct spelling is a bit annoying,
      So I'd just rather stick with the anglosized versioned of it

  • @2.hyeon_tak.17
    @2.hyeon_tak.17 3 роки тому +622

    Title: Piranha solutions eats everything!
    The beaker: *Haha, yes. I'm the most invincible thing on earth*

    • @vaishnavisingh9244
      @vaishnavisingh9244 3 роки тому +50

      It is made of Silica, which is insoluble in most inorganic compounds!

    • @bhavay819
      @bhavay819 3 роки тому +5

      @@vaishnavisingh9244 not hf

    • @BJCMXY
      @BJCMXY 3 роки тому +24

      @@vaishnavisingh9244 Glass is really one of the world's most wonderous of materials...it can be fragile as hell...but it can also be made to withstand the blow of a hammer without any noticable effort... though watch out when you snap off the tail for that one...it apparently explodes...

    • @vaishnavisingh9244
      @vaishnavisingh9244 3 роки тому

      @@bhavay819 ??

    • @vaishnavisingh9244
      @vaishnavisingh9244 3 роки тому +3

      @@BJCMXY I mean, it's all chemistry! Before we knew about it's properties we just used it because it looked pretty

  • @joanurb8015
    @joanurb8015 3 роки тому +371

    R.I.P to the germs near the glass when the acid overflows the glass.

    • @thebestauthor8212
      @thebestauthor8212 3 роки тому +10

      Unless it’s COVID

    • @reality9483
      @reality9483 3 роки тому +16

      @@thebestauthor8212 covid isnt a germ

    • @ahmedhz2279
      @ahmedhz2279 3 роки тому +5

      What about when you wash your hand or take a bath

    • @thebestauthor8212
      @thebestauthor8212 3 роки тому +10

      @@reality9483 ik it’s a virus I just call viruses germs for some reason

    • @reality9483
      @reality9483 3 роки тому +13

      @@thebestauthor8212 nah my bad a virus is a germ

  • @deepikakvrjn
    @deepikakvrjn 3 роки тому +787

    "Diamond is the hardest material"
    Bedrock joined the chat

  • @ELaster1
    @ELaster1 5 років тому +214

    Great video as always 😊
    I would like to point something out:
    Diamonds are HARD and not TOUGH.
    The difference is:
    HARD is resilient to scratches
    TOUGH is resilient to breakage
    When you said you could easily break a diamond with a hammer, it's because diamonds are actually pretty brittle, this has nothing to do with hardness.
    Diamond can engrave and cut almost anything else, but lots of materials would smash diamonds on impact.
    Thanks to whoever read this
    [I make lab grown diamonds for a living]

    • @brendonpearce14
      @brendonpearce14 2 роки тому +3

      "The blood diamond cartel would like to know your location" 🤣 in all seriousness though, best job description in the World! How many times have you used "I make diamonds for a living" as a pick up line? 🤣 I have so many questions

    • @ELaster1
      @ELaster1 2 роки тому +9

      @@brendonpearce14
      Actually I got this job after I got married, so I didn't get to use it 😛
      My wife was upset though, as in my department I grow diamonds for non-gem uses. Diamond in an outstanding material

    • @brendonpearce14
      @brendonpearce14 2 роки тому +4

      @@ELaster1 it's so versatile! And never ceases to amaze me! And you don't even need to explain what you grow them for, just look them dead in the eyes and say "I grow diamonds for a living" and just see their reaction 😂

    • @battleonize
      @battleonize 2 роки тому +1

      how does one "grow" a diamond

    • @brendonpearce14
      @brendonpearce14 2 роки тому +11

      @@battleonize well, you see.. when a mommy diamond and a daddy diamond love each other very much... 😂

  • @samar1270
    @samar1270 5 років тому +381

    Action lab : uses diamond in reaction
    Wife : 😠😬

    • @davydiver
      @davydiver 5 років тому +10

      Conflict free diamond my @$$...

    • @aIkaIi
      @aIkaIi 5 років тому +15

      @Itz_YiwenDaGachaKitty Not all diamonds love girls

    • @aryavsaigal8898
      @aryavsaigal8898 4 роки тому +11

      Samuel Cho not all love diamonds girls

    • @miamia-ni4lo
      @miamia-ni4lo 4 роки тому

      Lol

    • @Krillin_ok
      @Krillin_ok 4 роки тому +3

      @@aryavsaigal8898 all not love girls diamonds

  • @inzensitive
    @inzensitive 3 роки тому +112

    piranha solution: exists
    murderers: *its free real estate*

    • @robinmiracles272
      @robinmiracles272 3 роки тому +3

      Only if it disappears bone

    • @Glocktopus1
      @Glocktopus1 3 роки тому +8

      I mean bones are a lot easier to hide than a whole body

    • @mheermance
      @mheermance 3 роки тому +3

      @@robinmiracles272 It can probably do that as bone contains calcium which will form a salt with sulfuric acid.

    • @coltonjohns8031
      @coltonjohns8031 3 роки тому +2

      Literally what I was thinking

    • @ishigami4622
      @ishigami4622 3 роки тому +1

      @@mheermance Jesse, we gotta get the supply's

  • @Ibonic
    @Ibonic 3 роки тому +77

    For the diamond, it would of been (maybe) a good idea to observe it in a microscope before submersing it into the solution to see if the diamond was in fact being dissolved. (and if the results were observable)

    • @a_pseudonymous3932
      @a_pseudonymous3932 7 місяців тому +1

      I am not sure if he has a microscope that can view diamond crystals.

  • @SilverMac47
    @SilverMac47 5 років тому +766

    Pretty sure you just showed the entire world how to completely get rid of a body 😱😱😱😱

    • @andreighitescu3993
      @andreighitescu3993 4 роки тому +142

      Good luck obtaining concentrated sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide

    • @aryavsaigal8898
      @aryavsaigal8898 4 роки тому +20

      Good luck

    • @childsupport9564
      @childsupport9564 4 роки тому +131

      @@andreighitescu3993 Fresh Bread it's pretty late yet the battery in your car can give you 28% sulfuric acid which you can concentrate through Destillation. On the other hand H2O2 can be concentrated by mixing it with 95% sulfiric acid which you can make by distilling the car battery acid. The h2o2 you will use will be 30-35% food grade hydrogen peroxide. The way it concentrates is that sulfiric acid is extremely hygroscopic and absorbs the water from the mixture.

    • @alexatg1820
      @alexatg1820 4 роки тому +11

      U can use HF tho

    • @BackYardScience2000
      @BackYardScience2000 4 роки тому +78

      @@andreighitescu3993 , Lol! You can buy 90%-95% sulfuric acid as a drain cleaner at any nearly department store. I buy mine from Wal-Mart and Lowe's. Also, you can concentrate 3% hydrogen peroxide by heating it to about 175°f and driving the water off or you can buy a 12% solution at any beauty salon as a hair dye. These chems are extremely easy to get or concentrate. You just have to know where to look or what to do to them. Trust me, I've done this many times with the exact materials that I named and it works perfectly and as presented in this video.

  • @royrice8597
    @royrice8597 4 роки тому +72

    This guy is genuine, the real thing. He truly gets excited over these experiments as any lover of science should!!

  • @alexandreperron6106
    @alexandreperron6106 3 роки тому +33

    I love the fact that the hot dog demo wasn't even mixed, this reaction occurs so readily and easily.

  • @ayrios3172
    @ayrios3172 3 роки тому +166

    "Honey, I'm going to do a science experiment in the garage! Also, can I borrow your wedding ring??"

  • @Lottasxlt
    @Lottasxlt 5 років тому +628

    Nokia 3310 vs piranha solution

    • @firefish111
      @firefish111 5 років тому +6

      Action Lab = TechRax

    • @niranjanc5108
      @niranjanc5108 5 років тому +51

      The Nokia would win for sure

    • @julian-io5wl
      @julian-io5wl 5 років тому +99

      Nokia will dissolve the piranha solution

    • @GamingBeastR4W
      @GamingBeastR4W 5 років тому +24

      Piranha Left the game

    • @Sharpless2
      @Sharpless2 5 років тому +3

      you should all be ashamed that you still pull that joke in 2019. Normies.

  • @Andrei_ufsr
    @Andrei_ufsr 3 роки тому +128

    After he dissolved the hotdog, I just wanna see him dissolve the floor at that point

    • @haziqiman1317
      @haziqiman1317 3 роки тому +10

      The piranha solution would just go through the ground and keep going deeper until it eats the earths' core

    • @bibsp3556
      @bibsp3556 3 роки тому +17

      Its apparently super good for cleaning concrete off shit, as long as you dont need the shit youre cleanin either

    • @bhavay819
      @bhavay819 3 роки тому

      @@haziqiman1317 search chlorine triflouride

    • @haziqiman1317
      @haziqiman1317 3 роки тому +1

      @@bhavay819 i just watched a video of it and wooahh thats like the piranha solution but a bit more violent and slower

    • @Andrei_ufsr
      @Andrei_ufsr 3 роки тому

      @sir, this is a Benny's lol

  • @djorfuusk
    @djorfuusk 2 роки тому +1

    This is BY FAR the best video you’ve done in regards to one-off topics, explanations, etc... PLEASE keep going this route with your videos..

  • @louietelford9860
    @louietelford9860 5 років тому +1128

    If it dissolves diamond then why isn't it dissolving the glass??

    • @harshbhatt7685
      @harshbhatt7685 5 років тому +206

      Bcz glass is glass.....😂

    • @prathamsinghrot1669
      @prathamsinghrot1669 5 років тому +208

      Telford Green glass is synthetic and diamond is natural occurring

    • @prathamsinghrot1669
      @prathamsinghrot1669 5 років тому +67

      Or organic

    • @prathamsinghrot1669
      @prathamsinghrot1669 5 років тому +65

      It even dissolves gold and platinum by removing its top layer

    • @Kitulous
      @Kitulous 5 років тому +157

      @@fundemort no those are made of silly cons.

  • @microska2656
    @microska2656 5 років тому +186

    Someone: who ate my hot dog?
    Sulfuric acid: **slowly walks away**

  • @thomaskn1012
    @thomaskn1012 3 роки тому +7

    Instead of “rock paper scissors”, one can play “diamond glass piranha-solution”, where diamond beats glass, glass beats piranha-solution, and piranha-solution beats diamond.

  • @Jonnyweareten
    @Jonnyweareten 3 роки тому +41

    Piranha solution: I eat everything
    ...
    Glass: hold my glass!

    • @thebestauthor8212
      @thebestauthor8212 3 роки тому +1

      This is right under the original comment lol and if you didn’t see the original comment a bunch of people are about to come and say that ur comment is copied

    • @harshvardhangajbhiye1292
      @harshvardhangajbhiye1292 3 роки тому

      Oh on one comed

    • @rainbow0027
      @rainbow0027 2 роки тому

      @@thebestauthor8212 you mean ppl who cared like yourself

  • @coolingindaboot6853
    @coolingindaboot6853 5 років тому +121

    “Honey you seen my ear rings?”

    • @JIYATYAGI-06_
      @JIYATYAGI-06_ 3 роки тому +3

      Le honey = I dissolve it 😂😂

    • @veyronpc
      @veyronpc 3 роки тому +5

      "sorry didn't see them, but by the way have you seen bob?"

  • @seriousone44
    @seriousone44 5 років тому +350

    Imagine being made of carbon and end up as pencil and somenone next to you is freaking diamond 😂 Unlucky mate

    • @fundemort
      @fundemort 5 років тому +17

      When doing SATs you need the freakin pencil mate.

    • @pullingrabbitsouttaahat
      @pullingrabbitsouttaahat 5 років тому +13

      If you put yourself under tons of rocks then you'll be freaky lucky after millions of years 😂

    • @tinycnyc
      @tinycnyc 5 років тому +1

      You and your brother

    • @SillyMakesVids
      @SillyMakesVids 5 років тому +1

      You'd be a force of nature in the hands of John Wick.

    • @Yusso
      @Yusso 5 років тому +8

      But do you know what the diamond had to go through to become a diamond?

  • @user-ed6gk1fh2n
    @user-ed6gk1fh2n 3 роки тому +13

    元気先生から来た人

  • @MarkHahn
    @MarkHahn 3 роки тому

    This is the coolest ACID video I have ever seen! Thank you for sharing this. You deliver on EVERY video. Really nice work man. 👍

    • @freedom9729
      @freedom9729 2 роки тому

      This video made me feel like I was on ACID

  • @knovelgen7735
    @knovelgen7735 5 років тому +67

    Dear Action Lab,
    I am sorry to inform you that most of the wooden pencils that are commercially available in the market have a mixture of graphite and clay. Its not pure 99.99% graphite.

    • @Valspartame_Maelstrom
      @Valspartame_Maelstrom 5 років тому +9

      KNOVELGEN your ass is graphite and clay.

    • @RiteshNEVERUNIFORM
      @RiteshNEVERUNIFORM 5 років тому +4

      Just stop it man. 4 comments on organic chemistry i hate it😂

    • @shreeganesh441
      @shreeganesh441 5 років тому +3

      @@RiteshNEVERUNIFORM organic>>>>>inorganic though.

    • @demonsheadshot8086
      @demonsheadshot8086 5 років тому +1

      hello fellow chemist

    • @threecheeseburrito
      @threecheeseburrito 4 роки тому +9

      Of course a wooden pencil isn't made of 99.99% of graphite. 75% of the pencil is wooden.

  • @joelstock94
    @joelstock94 5 років тому +107

    Action Lab videos are the perfect blend between a educational videos and a reaction videos :)

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      @ChemicalForce 5 років тому

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    • @anmax
      @anmax 5 років тому +4

      that's what happens when you love what you do

    • @angelinajackson7684
      @angelinajackson7684 5 років тому

      @@ChemicalForce I actually just checked your channel and the videos look awesome, but you don't post often

    • @HistoryShell1786
      @HistoryShell1786 4 роки тому

      ChemicalForce I subbed To you. extreme fan of 🧪 chemistry !

    • @a_pseudonymous3932
      @a_pseudonymous3932 7 місяців тому

      Then he goes "Holy cow!"

  • @LunacyFringe187
    @LunacyFringe187 3 роки тому

    I absolutely love your channel. I always learn something new

  • @PaulWheelerPhotography
    @PaulWheelerPhotography 3 роки тому +6

    Title: Dissolving a Diamond in Piranha solution.
    Video: Not dissolving a Diamond in Piranha solution 🤣

  • @jaysondoloriel7410
    @jaysondoloriel7410 4 роки тому +229

    Piranha solution: I eat everything
    Glass: hold my clearness

    • @exari_
      @exari_ 4 роки тому +1

      Jayson Doloriel what I was thinking

    • @TechnoSan09
      @TechnoSan09 4 роки тому +3

      It'll dissolve glass also but takes some time ,a slow process

    • @RENGITHFOX
      @RENGITHFOX 4 роки тому +7

      Yah that's what I was thinking y didn't it dissolve the glass???

    • @RENGITHFOX
      @RENGITHFOX 4 роки тому +2

      @@TechnoSan09 oh thanks!!!! I love science

    • @wgooetrik
      @wgooetrik 4 роки тому +1

      HF dissolves glass

  • @VSO_Gun_Channel
    @VSO_Gun_Channel 5 років тому +96

    It’s been a while since I’ve seen this used. Fun video

  • @RaivoltG
    @RaivoltG 3 роки тому

    I had no idea acid could totally dissolve almost anything. There wasn't 1 speck left! That's some crazy stuff! Awesome video!

  • @Riolunator
    @Riolunator 2 роки тому +12

    the piranha solution: starts fizzing after dissolving the sponge
    my brain: ooo sprite!

    • @JT-Loyd
      @JT-Loyd 2 роки тому +3

      Give it a taste

  • @benjaminvd7877
    @benjaminvd7877 5 років тому +244

    Next video : turn milk into methamphetamine please!

  • @mynameisJEFF-ym8vq
    @mynameisJEFF-ym8vq 5 років тому +102

    I blended my piranha
    But the solution I made is not as clear as yours, infact mine is red, what should I do to make it clear

  • @aikoluna3480
    @aikoluna3480 3 роки тому +21

    That is the absolute most terrifying liquid mixture ever conceived

    • @fat_pigeon
      @fat_pigeon 2 роки тому +3

      I take it you haven't heard of chlorine trifluoride.

    • @comicsansgreenkirby
      @comicsansgreenkirby 2 роки тому +1

      How ‘bout Manganese Heptoxide?

  • @OktatOnline
    @OktatOnline 3 роки тому +2

    Funny, I don't know anything about chemistry since 7th grade and yet you explained it so well that I kind of understand what is happening.

  • @jacobbriggs311
    @jacobbriggs311 5 років тому +31

    No one:
    Action lab: Let’s turn diamond into carbon dioxide

  • @chandrakalapambi3583
    @chandrakalapambi3583 4 роки тому +27

    I like that he explains the reaction and what actually happens rather than just doing the experiment

  • @Arc115YT
    @Arc115YT 2 роки тому

    This is the coolest video on UA-cam. Science is so awesome. c: Subbed!

  • @Crystal_959
    @Crystal_959 3 роки тому +5

    A whole new meaning to the term vanished into thin air

  • @knovelgen7735
    @knovelgen7735 5 років тому +11

    Fun fact: next to diamond, the hardest substances known up till now are SiC (silicon carbide) and BN ( boron nitride).

    • @gabor6259
      @gabor6259 5 років тому +1

      That's so SiC.

    • @KVBA
      @KVBA 5 років тому

      @@gabor6259 indeed

  • @nox9458
    @nox9458 5 років тому +68

    Tyler from Dude Perfect: Loses a bet trying to break a diamond using a hammer...
    The Action Lab: "Diamonds are pretty hard, but I can use a hammer and break them!"
    *shows clip of a hydraulic press crushing diamonds*
    'Modern problems require modern solutions!'

    • @Call-me-Al
      @Call-me-Al 5 років тому +5

      Diamonds are hard but they are not not tough, they are hard and kinda brittle but not too brittle.

    • @involuntaryoccupant
      @involuntaryoccupant 3 роки тому

      A HA best fucking explanation ever lmao

  • @lathurshithanvishnuvarthan9526
    @lathurshithanvishnuvarthan9526 3 роки тому +1

    A truly interesting science class!

  • @FireIn8
    @FireIn8 2 роки тому

    I LOVE your channel. I love this!

  • @harshalbhoir1262
    @harshalbhoir1262 5 років тому +41

    diamonds larger than my future

  • @adampackard7953
    @adampackard7953 5 років тому +6

    Most "science channels" are really just like kids experiments, but as a chemistry major I really appreciate the thoroughness of your videos and I always enjoy being able to learn from them. Keep it up!

  • @trypophobia7295
    @trypophobia7295 3 роки тому +27

    ‘Diamonds are the strongest material on earth you need a special acid to dissolve it’
    *Me wondering how the glass beaker can resist all of this*

    • @satouhikou1103
      @satouhikou1103 3 роки тому +6

      Chemical compatability. Glass is just conveniently one of those things that's resistant to most acids and bases.

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

      Also it's synthetic, piranha solution reacts with organic compounds like paper, meat, etc

    • @satouhikou1103
      @satouhikou1103 3 роки тому

      @@1mariomaniac Well Caro's acid can reacts with inorganic compounds. It's how we refine certain ores, but it reacts more readily with organic compounds, yes.

    • @kamifade
      @kamifade 3 роки тому

      The glass is synthetic

    • @vivimannequin
      @vivimannequin 3 роки тому +3

      Its borosilicate glass which is inert to a lot of things

  • @quarantinecooking271
    @quarantinecooking271 3 роки тому

    Thats very cool and how you exlain things its just perfect

  • @Boodyzina
    @Boodyzina 4 роки тому +105

    "Dissolve it into nothing"
    Chemical accuracy 👋

  • @pratyushchowdhury6817
    @pratyushchowdhury6817 5 років тому +17

    1:15 Paper **BREAKS**
    EDIT: No offense action lab ur videos are very informative! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

  • @BarnabyBaltimoron
    @BarnabyBaltimoron 3 роки тому +8

    This is morbid, but this made me think back to how they dissolved bodies on Breaking Bad. Absolutely horrifying.

  • @shaman8375
    @shaman8375 2 роки тому

    Always had loads of fun with making piranha solution in labs, used it to clean our equipment

  • @benzo900
    @benzo900 5 років тому +3

    What an awesome channel, so happy I found this man

  • @sadderwhiskeymann
    @sadderwhiskeymann 5 років тому +13

    synopsis:
    "ok, today i am going to do the impossible and dissolve diamonds"
    *end of vid:
    nah, maybe they dissolve maybe not!

  • @_RedRanger
    @_RedRanger 2 роки тому +1

    It dissolves anything?
    The container (beaker): guess I'm not part of anything anymore.

  • @SNTz55
    @SNTz55 3 роки тому +6

    Diamond : yo I'm the hardest substance
    Graphene: are u sure about that

    • @mduckernz
      @mduckernz 3 роки тому +4

      Graphene is just mono layer graphite.
      Sure, it's "hard", but very difficult to actually realise that strength - and its not anything like as strong in all directions, unlike diamond

    • @mirancianfernando11
      @mirancianfernando11 3 роки тому +1

      Titanium❤️

    • @Theblacktronzer
      @Theblacktronzer 3 роки тому

      Banana

  • @knovelgen7735
    @knovelgen7735 5 років тому +16

    Dat diamond was shinier than my whole career!

  • @wordreet
    @wordreet 5 років тому +22

    Cool experiment! I used to work with hydrofluoric acid as well as sulphuric, nitric etc in an electroplating facility of a connector manufacturer. HF is nasty stuff!

    • @wgooetrik
      @wgooetrik 4 роки тому

      I also worked for a semiconductor company. I was the hazmat guy! HF be etching that silicon!

    • @wordreet
      @wordreet 4 роки тому

      @@wgooetrik Ah, I thought hazmat was Turkish for fate. 🤔
      Oh, no, That's kizmet! 😅

  • @justinmiller1191
    @justinmiller1191 3 роки тому +2

    One hell of an exothermic reaction.

  • @MrGoatflakes
    @MrGoatflakes 3 роки тому +12

    I can imagine The Action Lab's future lease agreement: No making Caro's acid in the driveway :P

    • @nervoussips2622
      @nervoussips2622 2 роки тому

      Yes because I'm sure he doesn't own his home.

    • @MrGoatflakes
      @MrGoatflakes 2 роки тому

      @@nervoussips2622 well I hope he does, but it's becoming increasingly a pipe dream for even people with good jobs or other income.
      Someone I know from Texas has a friend, they are both industrial cleaners, that moved to Buttfuck Nowhere, Colorado, and he said that a single bedroom apartment was $3000/mo. To _rent._ In a town with literally only one apartment building... I didn't ask how much the houses were going for...

    • @nervoussips2622
      @nervoussips2622 2 роки тому

      @@MrGoatflakes I'm sure action lab makes alot of money just from UA-cam. As far as a house, if you can pay 3000 grand a month you should easily be able to get a mortgage.

    • @MrGoatflakes
      @MrGoatflakes 2 роки тому

      @@nervoussips2622 ^should. If they are renting them out for $3000/mo, how much do you think they are going to cost? Generally you'll have to pay more on a mortgage for 5 to 10 years, then it slowly goes down after that.

    • @nervoussips2622
      @nervoussips2622 2 роки тому

      @@MrGoatflakes if your friend is in an apartment building that's an urban center regardless of how small a town. Try getting out of town or out of that blue state.

  • @m.a.r.c.o.o
    @m.a.r.c.o.o 5 років тому +5

    His comments on the hotdog sounds like comments from a story game when you don’t do anything for so long

  • @akihitonarihisago4276
    @akihitonarihisago4276 5 років тому +55

    Someone: How do you like your hotdogs?
    Action lab: Dissolved!

  • @jayc2469
    @jayc2469 3 роки тому +1

    Fascinating stuff as always! One question I wonder to myself is why you don't own a digital IR ty a low powered laser to line the sensor up - especially as they can be bought for less than 20 bucks and measure some far more extreme ranges of temperatures projects such as this, or others requiring more extreme ranges of temperatures too. Im cheeky because I think its a no brainer! :P

  • @CH-sl1ug
    @CH-sl1ug 3 роки тому

    Also, how do you get rid if this solution once youre done? Do you turn it into something else. Or how do you normally dispose of these types of solutions?

  • @ANIATAMA
    @ANIATAMA 4 роки тому +56

    5:50 *the reaction when vegans find meat in their food*

    • @sync2597
      @sync2597 2 роки тому

      As a vegan i can confirm

  • @Avian_sage
    @Avian_sage 4 роки тому +14

    Action lab: piranha solution is stronger than diamonds
    Me: glass beaker is stronger than both solution and diamond

    • @Owen_loves_Butters
      @Owen_loves_Butters 3 роки тому +4

      It can only dissolve organic compounds, glass is synthetic

    • @necroposter9667
      @necroposter9667 3 роки тому

      Ur dumb

    • @VoltisArt
      @VoltisArt 3 роки тому +1

      inorganic ≠ synthetic
      Inorganic: Non-biological, does not contain carbon. Synthetic: Produced by artificial, non-natural means.
      Glass is inorganic and some of the additives to it _may_ be synthetic. Glass can be found in nature, where extreme heat meets silicates. Volcanoes and lightning strikes are common sources of natural glass, including obsidian.

    • @Avian_sage
      @Avian_sage 3 роки тому

      @@Owen_loves_Butters 🤦it's a joke

    • @GTAandApplechannel
      @GTAandApplechannel 3 роки тому

      @@VoltisArt first Diamond isn't organic in any means

  • @kadelawn3815
    @kadelawn3815 2 роки тому +6

    "today I'm gonna do the impossible and dissolve a diamond"
    - doesn't dissolve any diamonds

  • @amanitaocreata4401
    @amanitaocreata4401 2 роки тому

    Can you make it and store it for later use? What happens if you put it in a vacuum? Or would it eat through glass after too long?

  • @knovelgen7735
    @knovelgen7735 5 років тому +25

    Fun Fact: Graphite conducts electricity parallel to its planes because of one electron per carbon in the pure 'p' orbital, which forms delocalised pi bonds across the whole plane!

  • @tunaan80
    @tunaan80 5 років тому +14

    The worlds most interisting 25 questions:
    Q1 Why is it hard to sing when a different song is being played?
    Q2 Why do we see random patterns when we close our eyes very tight?
    Q3 What causes time to pass?
    Q4 Can something pass light-speed?
    Q5 How many frames/images can we imagine?
    Q6 What causes us to get scared or find things cute?
    Q7 Why do we laugh?
    Q8 Where does the 4th axis point?
    Q9 Where is the center of the every existence?
    Q10 Is there a new color beyond universe we never have seen?
    Q11 Is there a thing such as multiple dimensions?
    Q12 Is it possible to reverse time?
    Q13 What happened before nothing?
    Q14 Is there a place of completely nothingness?
    Q15 When will the end of everything happen, or will it ever happen?
    Q16 Does the Pi really have 100 digits or does it have more?
    Q17 Why do we see images when we sleep or why do we dream?
    Q18 Are spheres really round?
    Q19 Is it possible to count past infinity?
    Q20 Will there be anyone last standing on the universe?
    Q21 Is the multiverse real?
    Q22 How many molecules are there?
    Q23 Why is the spacetime getting bend?
    Q24 Is it possible to see all sides of a cube without breaking it?
    Q25 Are there really 2D Creatures?
    Bonus Q How many people are born is the same date?
    Another bonus Q Is it possible to take a object away from existence?
    Oh and btw our brain is trying to kill us cuz nightmares gives heart attack.

    • @basicallychroma9926
      @basicallychroma9926 5 років тому +3

      Ask vsauce

    • @Kris-hk6wd
      @Kris-hk6wd 5 років тому

      Yeah it's interesting
      I'm thinking about all those questions since I saw your comment

    • @nindoninshu
      @nindoninshu 5 років тому

      Well Q16 is easy to answer: Pi goes on forever.

    • @nindoninshu
      @nindoninshu 5 років тому

      Q18: there really isn't something perfectly round, only in computer generated objects and even the graphics you see aren't round, it's just theoretically round. That's why some powerful companies have tried to make the roundest object.

    • @little_astro581
      @little_astro581 5 років тому

      Plazm air Q 17 : because your subconscious mind remember old/recently seen image and when you sleep, you are kind of using your subconscious mind which will show you what it did memorize !

  • @derekgeorgeandrews
    @derekgeorgeandrews 3 роки тому +22

    noone:
    literally not a single soul:
    James to estranged wife: "Our marriage is over."
    *puts diamond from ring in piranha solution*

  • @MyLifeOfficial
    @MyLifeOfficial 3 роки тому

    Great video

  • @scrotmailplayz793
    @scrotmailplayz793 5 років тому +17

    Scientist: *Says something is impossible*
    The action lab: Let me teach you lesson. And hold my milk

  • @JohnWilliams-uk2hf
    @JohnWilliams-uk2hf 5 років тому +10

    scientists in 2000: diamonds can't be dissolved
    the action lab: hold my beer

  • @ronaldkoets4536
    @ronaldkoets4536 3 роки тому

    Your acid gloves look extremly safe ;)

  • @Chris-cv1ll
    @Chris-cv1ll 3 роки тому +8

    What’s the neutralizing agent needed for this? Also did you know graphite is the lowest energy state for carbon bonds. This means diamonds turn into graphite after a large amount of time

    • @bazzfromthebackground3696
      @bazzfromthebackground3696 2 роки тому

      He rinsed the diamond with water, one could figure it can be diluted away with water.

  • @knovelgen7735
    @knovelgen7735 5 років тому +6

    Diet coke secret recipe:
    1. Take H2SO4 +H2O2 mixture in a glass container.
    2. Put anything besides diamond in it.
    3. Deep chill and enjoy!

    • @abhinavsinghal314
      @abhinavsinghal314 5 років тому +5

      Haha lol except u go straight to god after that

  • @heugstar
    @heugstar 4 роки тому +5

    Mad king has this liquid in mind that’s why he always says “Burn them all”

  • @chakradharallu6745
    @chakradharallu6745 3 роки тому

    wonderful brother

  • @whatman6199
    @whatman6199 3 роки тому

    Finally a product that will turn my enemies into clear liquid

  • @bengsynthmusic
    @bengsynthmusic 3 роки тому +5

    Pirana: I am doom
    Chlorine trifluoride: [opens evil eyes]
    Pirana: 😳😳🤐

    • @Ultimusvivi
      @Ultimusvivi 3 роки тому

      Fluoroantimonic acid would like to know your location

    • @bengsynthmusic
      @bengsynthmusic 3 роки тому +1

      @@Ultimusvivi
      Yeah it's a scary beast but it ain't no CTF. CTF can eat concrete, metals, air itself. Everything makes it go up in flames.

  • @mu11668B
    @mu11668B 4 роки тому +35

    This is one of the rare condition that I see it as a must to add a "don't try this at all" tag. It's super, SUPER dangerous to deal w/ this stuff and it can easily cause serious damage w/o proper environment, gear and knowledge. You can even set things on fire w/ this bad boy.

    • @asonofliberty3662
      @asonofliberty3662 3 роки тому +5

      That is stupid. If you see what this solution does and decide to make it you either 1. Know how dangerous it is and don’t make it unless you have proper equipment and training or 2. Don’t care how dangerous it is thus a warning isn’t gonna do shit

    • @mattlogue1300
      @mattlogue1300 3 роки тому

      Is it worse than hot lye?

    • @kylezo
      @kylezo 3 роки тому +6

      @@asonofliberty3662 Are you seriously arguing that it is STUPID to REMIND people that this is extremely dangerous? Talk about fucking stupid LMAO

    • @mduckernz
      @mduckernz 3 роки тому +5

      @@mattlogue1300 MUCH worse. It's as corrosive, but can also explode on contact with a wide variety of organics, especially solvents

    • @bibsp3556
      @bibsp3556 3 роки тому +1

      @@mduckernz its superfun, mega lye! new from Hasbro

  • @Hestia_of_hearth
    @Hestia_of_hearth 3 роки тому +2

    Sounds like a good new way to get rid of garbage instead of landfills

  • @desmondschneider5397
    @desmondschneider5397 Рік тому +1

    That’s the best thing about science.
    Matter and energy can’t be created or destroyed.
    However, energy and matter can convert between!

  • @kartikpatil8462
    @kartikpatil8462 5 років тому +11

    **Walter White wants to know your location**

    • @kirjuschaks
      @kirjuschaks 5 років тому +1

      edward snowden wants to blow your whistle

  • @JazzyB9481
    @JazzyB9481 3 роки тому +5

    When the hot dog was dissolving he said "holy cow" and I wonder if that was intentional 🤔

    • @khemdino9392
      @khemdino9392 3 роки тому

      #weinercruelty don't dissolve weiners, they're made of animals. Ones that had dreams... Poor Cows. I'm not vegan.

  • @mufa.7646
    @mufa.7646 3 роки тому

    That's amazing!!!

  • @evansbezil7450
    @evansbezil7450 3 роки тому +1

    I wish I learned Chemistry like this. Would’ve had so much fun and got better grades

    • @YouTubeStudio101
      @YouTubeStudio101 2 роки тому

      Fun? Better keep a large box of baking soda nearby lest you experience the horror and speed in which “fun” can morph into dysFUNction.

  • @rummanansari2685
    @rummanansari2685 5 років тому +8

    Diamond the hardest material gets affected by acid mixture. Meanwhile glass beaker smiles silently.

    • @bhavay819
      @bhavay819 3 роки тому +2

      It's still hardest but maybe not the most inert

  • @knovelgen7735
    @knovelgen7735 5 років тому +14

    Fun fact: graphite conducts electricity parallel to its planar sheets but not perpendicular to them!

  • @BMG1003
    @BMG1003 2 роки тому

    I love how he did the experiment in his garage

  • @Skyletwings
    @Skyletwings 3 роки тому

    Very brave (or insane) to explain how dangerous and exothermal a reaction is, while dropping in just milliliters from a HALF FULL CYLINDER in his hand. XD

  • @chidude6616
    @chidude6616 5 років тому +5

    Title: dissolving diamonds in piranha solution...it eats everything
    Me: how the hell did you contain it

    • @tomenosmauserrio2818
      @tomenosmauserrio2818 4 роки тому

      because it doesnt eat everything :pepederp:

    • @reecetaylor211
      @reecetaylor211 4 роки тому

      It only dissolves organic materials. Glass isnt organic, it's synthetic.

    • @prabbit237
      @prabbit237 4 роки тому

      @@reecetaylor211 Strictly speaking, diamonds aren't organic, either (organic is any compound containing carbon. Diamonds are pure carbon. Thus not a compound.) So it's more properly stated as "dissolves anything with carbon in it."

  • @romo5097
    @romo5097 3 роки тому +18

    "Diamonds have tge highest hardness of any material"
    Me seeing my crush: dont believe everything you see on the internet kids

  • @1990paulieboy
    @1990paulieboy 2 роки тому

    Does it keep the same potency after things dissolve in it ?

  • @johnnewman3221
    @johnnewman3221 3 роки тому

    I have watched most of your videos, I request you to make a video of dissolving iron nails using this solution please.