Alkali Metals Reacting with Water

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  • Alkali metals reacting with water, comparing lithium Li, sodium Na and potassium K as they react with water in the presence of phenolphthalein.
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  • @beans3354
    @beans3354 3 роки тому +284

    "You will find that the activity is a little... Greater" *Explodes*

  • @chairger
    @chairger 2 роки тому +76

    I was waiting for him to say "Next we are going to be trying Francium..."

  • @roguegen5536
    @roguegen5536 6 років тому +706

    I think you might've covered the wrong beaker.

  • @So.um.like.yeh.
    @So.um.like.yeh. 3 роки тому +476

    when you are here bc of school

  • @sages6837
    @sages6837 5 років тому +355

    The sodium was going all Mario Kart

  • @FerreTrip
    @FerreTrip 4 роки тому +150

    Chemistry. Just...oh my God. Make things explode with WATER.

  • @kajanamathikaran5468
    @kajanamathikaran5468 3 роки тому +22

    Lithium: *sizzle sizzle*
    Sodium: (rocket) zooooooooooooooom
    Potassium: Boom goes the firecracker!

    • @jeffjiang7383
      @jeffjiang7383 3 місяці тому +1

      Francium: "So you have chosen death..."

  • @sp1d3rb0y7
    @sp1d3rb0y7 3 роки тому +371

    Who else is here for a chemistry lesson?

  • @WhyNoThis07_
    @WhyNoThis07_ 4 роки тому +532

    So where do i find this i wanna do school toilet vs potassium
    Update: School didn't like the idea and didn't find it as funny I got expelled

  • @CarolineYvonneHallstrom2005
    @CarolineYvonneHallstrom2005 Рік тому +76

    I actually did this myself last year in school, it was quite fun! Well, I did lithium and natrium (you call it sodium in the US), the teacher did kalium (potassium) and then showed us a video of all five. Rubidium reminded me of fireworks, and cesium blew out the side of the bowl.

    • @DA20052
      @DA20052 Рік тому +4

      What country are you from?!

    • @CarolineYvonneHallstrom2005
      @CarolineYvonneHallstrom2005 Рік тому +10

      @@DA20052 I'm from Sweden but I was a foreign exchange student in the US at the time. I remember I kept having to remind myself to use the English names of the elements.

    • @DA20052
      @DA20052 Рік тому +1

      @@CarolineYvonneHallstrom2005 oh now I understand

    • @hazz307
      @hazz307 Рік тому +1

      I'd imagine fransium (Fr) just blow up the chemistry lab due to it being the most reactive out of the alkali metals

    • @aguyonasiteontheinternet578
      @aguyonasiteontheinternet578 Рік тому +1

      i have never seen someone using the word natrium as an equivalent to sodium besides in element symbol nomenclature, so it’s pretty cool to see that a country - a north Germanic country no less - uses the Latin word for it.

  • @idubbbzfatfather1360
    @idubbbzfatfather1360 4 роки тому +58

    Adds potassium to water in beaker totally fine
    Me: adds a tiny insignificant amount of lithium metal *beaker is destroyed to bits of flying glass*

  • @badpiggies988
    @badpiggies988 5 місяців тому +7

    My high school chemistry teacher once put sodium in a water bowl in the school's parking lot, it was really fun to watch

    • @CarlosCanepa41
      @CarlosCanepa41 4 місяці тому +3

      Same with ours, he tried lithium, then sodium then he did potassium which reacted so aggresivly it shot up to the roof and made a small hole, it was really funny

  • @midwestchem368
    @midwestchem368 2 роки тому +40

    This is a great demonstration and it never gets old! The action lab here on UA-cam did a video that was sodium into sulfuric acid. Very cool but extremely violent its worth a see.

  • @saltedfluff
    @saltedfluff 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you Scott Milam, very cool

  • @IonFilipski
    @IonFilipski 6 років тому +28

    Good work. I did the reaction with Natrium and water. It first melted and after that ignited. Shortly after that exploded with a short and loud sound, continuing to burn in the air. I love this metal. But I've never had more active metals.

  • @ToonandBBfan
    @ToonandBBfan 6 років тому +79

    2:04 - My butt reacts like that a few hours after eating curry......

  • @AndrewWeng
    @AndrewWeng 2 роки тому

    Nicely done. TY.

  • @nibirrahman2332
    @nibirrahman2332 2 роки тому

    Studying the topic- properties of metallic alkali, and I'm here!

  • @jimmyluxury32
    @jimmyluxury32 3 роки тому +12

    This is what you should get when searching 'Reaction' on UA-cam.

  • @gowrishmallya783
    @gowrishmallya783 3 роки тому +11

    Next we r trying rubidium nd caesium... RIP😂🤣

  • @Atapd
    @Atapd 3 роки тому +6

    in potassium, he says "the level of potassium is low so the reaction would be lower #.*?! greater. Cause it happened to be greater than he thought

  • @samitsikdar498
    @samitsikdar498 2 роки тому

    Thanks for this video

  • @majorpygge-phartt2643
    @majorpygge-phartt2643 2 роки тому +3

    Does anyone here remember the DC comics in the 70's with the metal eating alien sponges? I think they must've got the idea from methyl orange as when you heat it up it rapidly swells up and becomes just like a sponge and it also eats holes in metal as anyone who has ever had a chemistry set as a kid will know.

  • @sgt.p7126
    @sgt.p7126 8 років тому +71

    Loved the potassium reaction!

    • @jathenagarwal4262
      @jathenagarwal4262 5 років тому +2

      I like potassium

    • @pinkbeatle2012
      @pinkbeatle2012 5 років тому +3

      It tastes nice too

    • @beena2730
      @beena2730 4 роки тому +1

      Ya its sexy

    • @cillian06
      @cillian06 4 роки тому +1

      We did this in class and it burned the table :))

    • @kajanamathikaran5468
      @kajanamathikaran5468 3 роки тому +2

      @@cillian06 Same but it burnt the whole classroom (Well…. not the whole classroom) it jus exploded my teachers brain XD

  • @nikki1lock
    @nikki1lock 4 роки тому +33

    Thanks so much for the youtube, I am a science teacher and I wish I could do this in my class, but they will have to watch it on youtube instead...we are under strict lockdown.

  • @ljones8194
    @ljones8194 3 роки тому +1

    Big up mr tyrer for sending me here

  • @trwagner1
    @trwagner1 2 роки тому +2

    Can any expended substance be reused, can the "waste" or "exhaust" of chemical reaction be reused for fuel?

  • @materioverda1655
    @materioverda1655 Рік тому +2

    Thanks for the demonstration. Did you add phenolphthalein to each beaker, thus the pink color during the reaction?

  • @mrthunt5770
    @mrthunt5770 3 роки тому +1

    Sweet vid bro

  • @keshavnathoo1218
    @keshavnathoo1218 3 роки тому +5

    Was here just for the explosion really

  • @user-qj5yt1pt5i
    @user-qj5yt1pt5i 2 роки тому +4

    when my teacher didn't assign me this but i want to watch this bc it is cool.
    😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @tranz2deep
    @tranz2deep 6 років тому +18

    As another video with more of the alkali series shows, the further down the column (on the table of elements) one goes, the more reactive the metal is with air and water. Cesium, in particular, doesn't float, so it sinks like a rock then the hydrogen flare basically detonates in the water like a depth charge. Rubidium I have yet to see go in the water, but I'd bet it would be memorable...

    • @ward9
      @ward9 6 років тому

      Brady Haran videos this experiment and has it here on youtube! The following is a link to his video on the reaction with Rubidium and water. ua-cam.com/video/iP6CRZdDu6o/v-deo.html

    • @CarolineYvonneHallstrom2005
      @CarolineYvonneHallstrom2005 Рік тому +2

      I saw a video of someone putting rubidium in water, it looked like fireworks and exploded out of the water. The cesium actually broke the bowl!

  • @spicy3557
    @spicy3557 2 роки тому +1

    My online tutor is making me watch this rn

  • @ymnahas
    @ymnahas 2 роки тому

    This was thrilling to observe in class

  • @inzayn1d
    @inzayn1d 4 роки тому +6

    Sodium is gonna ignite, so puts on Gauze... Potassium... is just dumped in lol

  • @Djgillers
    @Djgillers 3 роки тому

    This is sooo cool

  • @blindandwatching
    @blindandwatching Рік тому

    I just like watching them react.

  • @krithiki6200
    @krithiki6200 2 роки тому +1

    I have a doubt, why did the solutions turn pink when the metals was dropped in the water??

  • @nkuidjoufabien4555
    @nkuidjoufabien4555 3 роки тому

    Amazing video

  • @starrybugs
    @starrybugs 3 роки тому +24

    Guy: *cuts sodium in half*
    Me: brain, don’t do it..
    Brain:
    Me:
    Brain:
    Me:
    Brain: *heavy breathing* MUST CONSUME FORBIDDEN BUTTER

  • @trwagner1
    @trwagner1 2 роки тому

    Can a recyclable process be created/proposed to produce a gas that can be used for propulsion?

  • @Matt_R-A
    @Matt_R-A Рік тому +3

    Does the sodium consistently move in a counterclockwise motion with this experiment, and if so what is the mechanism for this phenomenon?

    • @tommyso3823
      @tommyso3823 4 місяці тому

      It should be just random motion

  • @nathanows7
    @nathanows7 6 років тому +4

    Helped with my assignment

  • @adarshadu7852
    @adarshadu7852 3 роки тому +2

    Down the group , reactivity increases ! so true

  • @vincewheeler389
    @vincewheeler389 3 роки тому +1

    Amazing

  • @moammo7501
    @moammo7501 3 роки тому +2

    Whos here from school

  • @1Oldroot
    @1Oldroot 10 місяців тому

    If you put a bit more sodium and a bit more potassium you'll notice that sodium creates a power explosion because of the spikes compared to potassium because of coulomb explosion.

  • @willisiswara5121
    @willisiswara5121 7 років тому +16

    loved it

  • @doctorcapacitor7932
    @doctorcapacitor7932 4 роки тому +9

    Li,Na gangsta till the K entered his arena.

    • @nikolovdimitry5996
      @nikolovdimitry5996 4 роки тому

      K gangsta till Rb and Cs enter this arena

    • @doctorcapacitor7932
      @doctorcapacitor7932 4 роки тому

      @@nikolovdimitry5996 Rb,Cs gangsta till Fr get in hands of kim jong-un

    • @SunnySingh-qf8sm
      @SunnySingh-qf8sm 4 роки тому

      Fr is the boss😜

    • @r.a.6459
      @r.a.6459 4 роки тому +1

      Element 119: *who's the boss now?*

    • @SunnySingh-qf8sm
      @SunnySingh-qf8sm 4 роки тому

      @@r.a.6459 eka francium (at no -119) has not yet been discovered it could be discovered later or maybe not. 😉

  • @tormix-cc8zh
    @tormix-cc8zh 3 роки тому

    Nice video bro ; )

  • @tommyso3823
    @tommyso3823 4 місяці тому

    My chemistry teacher once showed us the reaction of water and sodium. So sad that I cannot show it to my students now because there are so many limitations on chemicals in the place where I live now

  • @ptathameshkhandare7512
    @ptathameshkhandare7512 8 років тому +5

    yes of potassium

  • @geetee12345
    @geetee12345 3 роки тому

    Interesting touch adding the pheno to indicate OH, just curious why you didn't mention that was why it turned pink ?

    • @arnie0199
      @arnie0199 3 роки тому

      it was just a short clip so maybe could have mentioned in the full video?

  • @srivaishnavisaraswathula8230
    @srivaishnavisaraswathula8230 3 роки тому

    simply awesome,.....nice

  • @omsingharjit
    @omsingharjit 4 роки тому +1

    Why sodium hydra oxide is pink

  • @bootstrapbaron2931
    @bootstrapbaron2931 3 роки тому

    2:04 Nice explanation and lesson, but I found it kinda funny because it sounded like someone got their finger stuck in a HIGH VOLTAGE SWITCH, and the switch got shot!!!😂🤣😅😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😆😆😆😆😆

  • @trwagner1
    @trwagner1 2 роки тому

    Can the exhaust from the output be used or recycled for other power?

  • @keiraashton5773
    @keiraashton5773 3 роки тому +2

    Di....did he just put sodium in the lithium beaker

  • @confusedgrandpa4596
    @confusedgrandpa4596 9 місяців тому

    Awesome sauce!

  • @user-hx5hh3tc9v
    @user-hx5hh3tc9v 2 місяці тому +1

    Sodium in my case:
    *floats on water*
    *ignites*
    *loudly explodes, that the protection screen bounces*

  • @trwagner1
    @trwagner1 2 роки тому +2

    Can water be used with any combination of alkali to produce thrust in neutral gravity?

  • @Eksteen5
    @Eksteen5 4 роки тому +17

    Good evening Scott. Is there a way to email you? I would like permission to make use of your video with some of groups. I teach EAL students and I would like to make use of your video. Thank you for posting all these great videos!!

    • @asaryan8448
      @asaryan8448 4 роки тому

      asdfasdf@gmail.com

    • @pinkmagicali
      @pinkmagicali 3 роки тому

      I don’t know if he ever got in touch but if not there are often links in the profile about page. He has one to a blog and some other links it seems which may allow you to make contact.

  • @saitulankar9662
    @saitulankar9662 3 роки тому +2

    Can you please tell me that what elements was used by you in all test tube 🙏🙏🙏

  • @lowquality5318
    @lowquality5318 Рік тому +1

    good job

  • @bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh4
    @bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh4 3 роки тому

    THANKS!

  • @JJ-gs4lp
    @JJ-gs4lp 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks miss Whitaker for sending me here in year 10 chemistry. UK gang know how it is

  • @blindandwatching
    @blindandwatching Рік тому

    How about a thin sheet of sodium in a vacuum chamber and start pumping in chlorine gas?

  • @pinklemonade3261
    @pinklemonade3261 3 роки тому

    i enjoy the noises

  • @adeebnaziasaman2645
    @adeebnaziasaman2645 2 роки тому

    The first sodium is their like practicing for marathon 🤣🤣

  • @milaalt1141
    @milaalt1141 4 роки тому

    What are the h2o molecules doing with the different metals and why do they act this way?

  • @Karnakar_reddy
    @Karnakar_reddy 5 місяців тому

    It's useful tysm

  • @hehehe5569
    @hehehe5569 3 роки тому

    But why does the hydration enthalpy decrease down the group

  • @aglaesaitschenko2349
    @aglaesaitschenko2349 2 роки тому +4

    if potassium is so reactive with water how come your stomach doesn't explode when you take a potassium supplement and wash it down with water?

    • @APphyzicks
      @APphyzicks  2 роки тому +11

      potassium in its neutral form is reactive due to the final valence electron being very easy to remove. Charged potassium in a banana or supplement already has that electron removed so the properties differ quite a bit.

    • @aglaesaitschenko2349
      @aglaesaitschenko2349 2 роки тому +2

      @@APphyzicks Thank you!

  • @thahirasherif650
    @thahirasherif650 4 роки тому +14

    Will you mind adding 3 of them together?

    • @copterinx0468
      @copterinx0468 4 роки тому +1

      That probably wouldn't do much...

    • @aurelia8028
      @aurelia8028 4 роки тому

      What do you expect would happen?

    • @copterinx0468
      @copterinx0468 4 роки тому

      @@aurelia8028 Not sure what they expect, but it would be less effective compared to adding 3x the most reactive one.

  • @janakabandara6425
    @janakabandara6425 Рік тому

    NICE

  • @miniaturedeletion
    @miniaturedeletion 8 місяців тому

    And to think if you remove one valence electron it won't do that

  • @storm7586
    @storm7586 2 роки тому

    Potassium container needed a cover over it too

  • @kemarataffeltranger523
    @kemarataffeltranger523 3 роки тому

    can you please name me all metallic color? there alot alkalimetal and they all burning in another color.

  • @kidschannel6614
    @kidschannel6614 2 роки тому

    So is this the reaction of water and metal or water and metal oxide?

  • @elliemesa
    @elliemesa 2 роки тому

    where can you buy these metals?

  • @MohdJaved-uw2rn
    @MohdJaved-uw2rn 4 роки тому

    Why sodium is not catch fire when it is opened

  • @lukenelson2174
    @lukenelson2174 4 роки тому

    Helpful

  • @harrybrown5557
    @harrybrown5557 Рік тому

    Things I watch to revise 🥱🤬

  • @kaitlynbutler5631
    @kaitlynbutler5631 2 роки тому

    What did he put in top of the middle beaker

  • @infinityfun1860
    @infinityfun1860 4 роки тому +3

    Ma’am I am seeing link

  • @danoob5584
    @danoob5584 4 роки тому +1

    We did this in school

  • @texasred412
    @texasred412 6 років тому +8

    Loved this yaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy the way the sodium kept spinning lol am I the only one who noticed this yay I love these reactions lol

  • @politecat9183
    @politecat9183 2 роки тому +1

    Me: sees fire
    Me: pours water
    Me: sees more fire
    Me: confused screaming

  • @gumboil
    @gumboil Рік тому

    Interresting

  • @ezrapierce1233
    @ezrapierce1233 2 роки тому

    What chemistry lessons should look like

  • @prachikumari9654
    @prachikumari9654 3 роки тому

    Ty sir

  • @purinji_padipom
    @purinji_padipom 2 роки тому +1

    Everyone : wow thats cool , wow thats explosive
    Me : why the heck these metals are rotating

  • @shantanupawar3609
    @shantanupawar3609 3 роки тому +1

    hayee garmi!

  • @jeffzebert4982
    @jeffzebert4982 Рік тому +1

    If you were to somehow make francium (a HIGHLY radioactive alkali metal) stable in terms of NUCLEAR properties, and you procure a roughly 1-CC cube of that element, then if you put that into a beaker of water, then it would generate a HUGE fireball and blow said beaker to smithereens! You see, the heat from such a reaction would flash-boil the water within the beaker ALL AT ONCE. The resulting HUGE expansion of steam AND the hydrogen fireball would basically blow up the beaker. Without nuclear stabilization, that 1-CC cube of francium would almost instantly turn into a gas as a result of the extreme amounts of heat generated by the element's lightning-fast radioactive decay.

    • @jeffzebert4982
      @jeffzebert4982 Рік тому

      The explosion generated by 1 cubic centimeter of francium reacting with water would probably be at least as powerful as the explosion produced by one stick of dynamite.

  • @califomia
    @califomia 5 місяців тому +1

    What happens when you eat these rocks?

  • @pandapple23
    @pandapple23 3 роки тому

    dude the cameras everywhere

  • @charlessmith8662
    @charlessmith8662 3 роки тому

    Where is the rubidium, caesium and even francium. My faves

  • @nerdylicious1814
    @nerdylicious1814 3 роки тому

    the smoke comming out is hydrogen gas and maybe a bit of steam not the metal or its hydroxide

  • @UchiYoMama
    @UchiYoMama 4 роки тому +1

    is there a reason they tend to rotate counter clockwise in the water during the reaction?

  • @ritikaritika993
    @ritikaritika993 4 роки тому

    This is boiled water or cold water please tell me