Making lead crystals that taste sweet

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    Oddly enough, many lead compounds have a sweet taste. One of the most famous ones is probably lead acetate. It is highly water soluble and it looks and tastes like sugar.
    I'll be making it in two ways:
    1) Lead oxide + acetic acid
    2) Lead metal + acetic acid + hydrogen peroxide
    References:
    • Explosiopedia: vimeo.com/111929288
    • Info reference: goo.gl/Xg5TRt
    • TheBackyardScientist: • How to Grow A Lead Cry...
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  • @practicallyalive
    @practicallyalive 3 роки тому +9160

    "Sir, would you like leaded or unleaded sugar?"

    • @friendlylunatic1316
      @friendlylunatic1316 3 роки тому +491

      “Leaded, thanks”

    • @mattlogue1300
      @mattlogue1300 3 роки тому +29

      Hehe

    • @madkirk7431
      @madkirk7431 3 роки тому +174

      Oh, you must've misheard me, I said "Leaded gasoline"

    • @woulg
      @woulg 3 роки тому +33

      My nipples are killing me, gimme the leaded sugar please

    • @cyansea4
      @cyansea4 3 роки тому +64

      I would have diesel sugar

  • @brandondekroon7264
    @brandondekroon7264 4 роки тому +3819

    Imagine making lead into crack rocks and telling everyone it's sugar

    • @smapa1185
      @smapa1185 4 роки тому +140

      Well, that's a quicker and more painful way to kill or maim crackheads...

    • @corettaha7855
      @corettaha7855 4 роки тому +3

      brandon dekroon or crack

    • @rudmanpaul2812
      @rudmanpaul2812 4 роки тому +17

      Seems legitimate

    • @bobthebuilder1360
      @bobthebuilder1360 3 роки тому +4

      Looks more like meth or molly

    • @Kampos94
      @Kampos94 3 роки тому +37

      @@bobthebuilder1360 looks nothing like MDMA crystals. a

  • @jamietong6375
    @jamietong6375 2 роки тому +535

    “For survival purposes you would expect lead to taste bitter”
    My 3am brain: how does lead need to survive?

    • @Xnoob545
      @Xnoob545 2 роки тому +2

      For YOUR survival, stuff that's dangerous to you tastes bad on purpose so you don't die but apparently with lead it's not the case

    • @ricasiogaming7873
      @ricasiogaming7873 Рік тому +5

      Lol 😂

    • @aynain1810
      @aynain1810 Рік тому +1

      😂

    • @Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot
      @Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot 11 місяців тому +2

      I know this is like a year later but getting enough sleep is important. Also Jesus loves you and there is a point to life 😊

    • @relaxandfocus5563
      @relaxandfocus5563 11 місяців тому

      Maybe you got some sugar from Nile?

  • @gato4002
    @gato4002 3 роки тому +562

    "Lead" and "Taste Sweet" are two things I never thought I would see in a sentence together.

    • @gamistry2947
      @gamistry2947 3 роки тому +23

      You seriously didn't know that lead tastes sweet?

    • @zyloft2053
      @zyloft2053 2 роки тому +38

      Gamistry dude, even when I was younger I knew lead was toxic so I wasn't gonna try, and didn't know anywhere that had some

    • @bread9276
      @bread9276 2 роки тому +9

      laed paint chips are sweet

    • @hiimemily
      @hiimemily 2 роки тому +14

      @@bread9276 wall candy

    • @bread9276
      @bread9276 2 роки тому +1

      @@hiimemily yep

  • @theCodyReeder
    @theCodyReeder 6 років тому +9380

    The remaining grey powder was probably silver, tin, or other metals that wher alloyed with the lead.

    • @JoshuaSobel
      @JoshuaSobel 5 років тому +256

      Cody'sLab possibly antimony as well.

    • @sarahbingham1133
      @sarahbingham1133 5 років тому +534

      When is Cody tasting the sugar of lead

    • @ChallengeTheNarrative
      @ChallengeTheNarrative 5 років тому +39

      @@JoshuaSobel Adam Antimony?

    • @yamakiguerra1129
      @yamakiguerra1129 5 років тому +48

      Its weird that lead (ll) oxide reacts with acetic acid but lead (ll) hydroxide does not react with acetic acid

    • @dirtgee
      @dirtgee 5 років тому +37

      Cody'sLab aww cool seeing you here cody

  • @jasonk1540
    @jasonk1540 3 роки тому +2570

    2:06 The saying goes: "The only difference between poison and medicine is the dose"

    • @General12th
      @General12th 3 роки тому +212

      To be fair, _any_ amount of lead is bad for you. The fact that it can help purify something with its deadliness doesn't make it any less deadly to you.

    • @EdwardTriesToScience
      @EdwardTriesToScience 3 роки тому +44

      well with that logic, any amount of water is also bad for you because it dilutes your nutrients

    • @General12th
      @General12th 3 роки тому +163

      ​@@EdwardTriesToScience A moderate amount of water is more beneficial than harmful. No amount lead is good under any circumstance.

    • @MrJdsenior
      @MrJdsenior 3 роки тому +51

      @@EdwardTriesToScience HARDLY. Now if you drink ENOUGH of it in a short enough time, it can actually kill you. Without it, you die fairly quickly, too.
      Some metals are REQUIRED in trace amounts for bodily functions, or you are functionally compromised and sometimes die prematurely. Lead appears to be purely detrimental, but I expect in small enough quantities even lead has little to no deleterious effect. The body actually can dispose of lead very slowly, but it takes very little to grossly overwhelm this minor capability. Don't ingest or inhale lead, it's bad.
      Medicines are ALL toxins (look it up), and that is why they kill you when grossly overdosed, and why in some cases that is a VERY VERY small dose. Some require single digit MILLIONTHS of a gram level, where 454 grams equals one pound. That means some can kill with single doses of 1/100,000,000 pounds (or one one hundred millionth of a pound), that is a damned small amount, a weight that were I to drop in in your hand with your eyes closed you wouldn't remotely know when I did. It's equivalent weight to a piece of regular notebook paper about 1/64" on a side, if I did the quick math right. THAT is a toxin/poison (they are not necessarily the same thing).

    • @lolzmanxd3368
      @lolzmanxd3368 3 роки тому +118

      Nah, I chugged my cough syrup when my throat was itchy and now I can control the speed at which time goes, I'm a god

  • @elferson
    @elferson 3 роки тому +125

    Title: "Making lead crystals that taste sweet"
    First 1 second: "lead is a toxic element"

  • @programexe2544
    @programexe2544 2 роки тому +11

    fun fact, if you play this at 1.25x speed, it sounds like him nowadays

  • @melody3741
    @melody3741 6 років тому +4865

    This is my favorite edible chem episode.

  • @aloysiuskurnia7643
    @aloysiuskurnia7643 5 років тому +1223

    *sees title*
    Ah sweet we're making sugar
    *Plays video*
    "Lead is a toxic element..."

    • @Enderborn272
      @Enderborn272 3 роки тому +81

      Ya gotta open with that cause he knows how stupid some people can get.

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon 2 роки тому +53

      the forbidden sugar

    • @skidwarfarebo2171
      @skidwarfarebo2171 2 роки тому +2

      @@Nugcon can’t stop laughing

    • @KingThrillgore
      @KingThrillgore Рік тому +3

      >toxic element
      Didn't stop GM and Dupont in the 1940s

  • @randomprimary
    @randomprimary 3 роки тому +250

    Famous last words: "I really wanted some nice crystals"

  • @jamesverhoff1899
    @jamesverhoff1899 3 роки тому +78

    The term for those crystals growing through each other is twinning. It happens a lot in crystals in geology; I'm not sure why.

  • @user-pt1cz4ot1e
    @user-pt1cz4ot1e 3 роки тому +2165

    “It’s inevitable that some of the crystals will break, but I want to keep this to a minimum.”
    *Also, violently shakes bowl.*

  • @williamkennison8920
    @williamkennison8920 6 років тому +3267

    lead acetate is the reason kids like the taste of lead paint chips on old homes and other buildings.

    • @alexwang982
      @alexwang982 5 років тому +63

      William Kennison
      Ew

    • @caillousdad5786
      @caillousdad5786 4 роки тому +200

      No way lol. I remember paint chips being bitter and kinda spicy... which is what made me curious to try as a kid xD

    • @personmcdudeguy
      @personmcdudeguy 4 роки тому +517

      @@caillousdad5786 by old, he means houses built in the 60s or earlier. If you're young enough, your house could have been built after lead was removed from paints.

    • @funnyguy6197
      @funnyguy6197 4 роки тому +4

      same

    • @lil_weasel219
      @lil_weasel219 4 роки тому +104

      its not lead acetate, but other many other lead compounds are sweet

  • @notlunalust
    @notlunalust 3 роки тому +146

    I've been binging these videos whenever I'm stuck in the bathroom with stomach pains, since the videos are so soothing, and nothing makes me happier in these moments than hearing distilled water being used

    • @elisebrito2402
      @elisebrito2402 2 роки тому +9

      you have no idea how much i relate to this comment lol

    • @notlunalust
      @notlunalust 2 роки тому +6

      @@elisebrito2402 water sounds are soooo soothing it's almost unreal

    • @calebcaldwell1142
      @calebcaldwell1142 2 роки тому +4

      I’m literally on the toilet rn

    • @Fr3ak_MM8BDM
      @Fr3ak_MM8BDM 4 дні тому

      Guess people like you need to keep your autism from swelling up somehow

  • @punishedexistence
    @punishedexistence 2 роки тому +59

    I remember once in my chem class in college I made a solution of lead nitrate and stuck the beaker in the lab drawar. We went away on summer break and I came back to my same drawar which still had the beaker in it fully evaporated and had about 3 huge almost purely clear lead nitrate crystals along with many smaller ones. It was so beautiful I had to put them in a test tube with a cork and took it home. Sadly I think someone stole them where I had them displayed, maybe thinking it was quartz. Well, let's hope they didn't open it and play with the crystals...

    • @chemistryofquestionablequa6252
      @chemistryofquestionablequa6252 Рік тому

      Would serve them right if they got poisoned.

    • @Moritz___
      @Moritz___ Рік тому

      well if so
      carma is a bitch

    • @ayyymacaroni
      @ayyymacaroni Рік тому +4

      Wait they stole the whole cork? Out of your freaking house? Who does that?! I hope they *did* open it and play with the crystals.

    • @CatsBtrippin
      @CatsBtrippin 7 місяців тому +1

      They probably thought it was something “sweeter” 😉
      Can only hope so 🙏

  • @christianterrill3503
    @christianterrill3503 7 років тому +494

    ah man my nipples are soo sore... think ill rub some lead acetate on them!

  • @MrEbenezer13
    @MrEbenezer13 7 років тому +1078

    A tip from one amateur chemist to a real chemist. If you get some kind of very smooth, almost "fatty" tupperwave (usually the cheapest stuff, cause it's got more fatty plastic), you will be able to evaporate the crystals and later on just lift them up, because the plastic trays work like teflon, it doesn't stick. It's done miracles for me, and I would never use anything but cheap fake-tupperware stuff now for my crystallizations, at least if I want to be able to pick my crystals up easily after the water has evaporated.

    • @Quintinohthree
      @Quintinohthree 7 років тому +60

      Erik Persson Sounds like what you need is some perfluoridated alkyltrichlorosilane.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 років тому +555

      Interesting, thanks.

    • @Megabobster
      @Megabobster 7 років тому +265

      Erik Persson Tupperwave is my favorite music genre.

    • @TheGayestPersononYouTube
      @TheGayestPersononYouTube 7 років тому +45

      Megabobster the songs last a lot longer that other genres

    • @johndifrancisco3642
      @johndifrancisco3642 6 років тому +13

      Erik Persson, Fatty Tupperware and fatty plastic? I don't think you're doing the dishes correctly. :P
      Would a silicone baking pan liner work? Sounds close to what you are describing.

  • @whyisblue923taken
    @whyisblue923taken 2 роки тому +18

    "Eat lead!"
    "Is it sweet? Hey, stop shooting at me!"

  • @emsifloru9519
    @emsifloru9519 Рік тому +8

    Better title: Forbidden candy

  • @Jeffrey314159
    @Jeffrey314159 6 років тому +298

    Sugar of Lead, or Lead Acetate was created as a byproduct of Romans cooking sweetening herbs for their wine in pots made of Lead. This may explain what drove Caligula mad. He loved his wine sweetened with this 'defruiter' as I believed it was called.

    • @sixstringedthing
      @sixstringedthing 3 роки тому +59

      Defrutum. I believe it is very very similar to the Sapa mentioned in the video, but the preparation method differs slightly.
      It wasn't just Caligula, if my history serves it was something of a craze, and possibly responsible for some of the more... interesting events in Roman high society during the time of its use.

  • @MrGoatflakes
    @MrGoatflakes 4 роки тому +307

    "tear apart a car battery and roast the lead dioxide found inside" sounds like good advice xD

  • @trickshot646
    @trickshot646 3 роки тому +11

    Now all I have to do is slowly add to my enemies tea, and just wait...

  • @jaggonjaggon7695
    @jaggonjaggon7695 2 роки тому +6

    Lead was used in pipes, too, but mostly because lead pipes are easy to bend and work with because lead is soft. It wasn't that much of a problem, because most of the time a layer of chalk formed on the inside of the pipes that stopped the lead from getting into the water.

  • @Sturdee
    @Sturdee 5 років тому +923

    So...what you're saying is, that if I have sore nipples, I need to chug some vinegar and eat parts of car batteries?

    • @mackycabangon8945
      @mackycabangon8945 5 років тому +42

      Kody Montes Yes

    • @PacoRobbins
      @PacoRobbins 4 роки тому +88

      Take some Pepto at the same time to combat the stomach pain you're inevitably going to be feeling.

    • @handanhan
      @handanhan 4 роки тому +6

      I would highly recommend it

    • @MrJdsenior
      @MrJdsenior 3 роки тому +57

      Nah, just eat and drink the whole thing, your nipples will pain you no more after a short while (neither will anything else, for that matter).

    • @kickmcmelon18
      @kickmcmelon18 3 роки тому +14

      Are you deaf? You got the first part right but you rub the batteries ON you sore nipples...

  • @KamuiPan
    @KamuiPan 7 років тому +847

    You could do a series on this ancient chemistry and start replicated here on youtube!

  • @annesophieg-n
    @annesophieg-n Рік тому +1

    i never get tired of seeing crystallization. so pretty! so cool!

  • @paulgrosse7631
    @paulgrosse7631 3 роки тому

    And ... this is how it is made as a side product for lead paint. www.grosse.is-a-geek.com/paintings_pigments-1.html
    I got some quite large crystals of lead acetate - about an inch or so but then, I did this over about a year.
    Enjoy.

  • @romajimamulo
    @romajimamulo 5 років тому +422

    "Folk remedy for sore nipples"
    I'm sorry, what?
    Why do need one for that

    • @sarahp6512
      @sarahp6512 4 роки тому +134

      Breastfeeding

    • @zeehobo
      @zeehobo 4 роки тому +92

      Titty twisters

    • @duckyducktm9197
      @duckyducktm9197 3 роки тому +97

      Two types of people

    • @wbwillie
      @wbwillie 3 роки тому +7

      @@zeehobo I don't really think the purple nurple existed in those days... but I could be wrong

    • @jacobdavis6604
      @jacobdavis6604 3 роки тому +37

      @@wbwillie I feel they've probably lasted as long as there have been nipples and family members that need annoying

  • @chaumas
    @chaumas 6 років тому +49

    "Glacial acetic acid", for those wondering, is just undiluted acetic acid. It's called that because its melting point is about 17℃, so it starts solidifying into crystals at close to room temperature.

    • @kam5195
      @kam5195 Рік тому +1

      Um meth? Is it true that they give "crack babies" sugar?? To make them calm down?! To replace their mother's addiction during pregnancy?? Wow 😳

    • @paulmccartney2327
      @paulmccartney2327 Рік тому

      Your wrong about the halting problem

  • @mordirit8727
    @mordirit8727 3 роки тому +22

    NileRed: there were _many_ downsides to moving the crystals around, and literally no upsides to it. So I moved them, and had a lot of work fixing the mess.
    That tracks.

  • @evelynlamoy8483
    @evelynlamoy8483 3 роки тому +10

    I still remember eatting leaded paint when I was little and didn't realize that was bad.
    Delicious

  • @melvin_milton
    @melvin_milton 4 роки тому +198

    Thx for the recipe I stroked the big crystals on my nipples and it really helped

  • @robustix4530
    @robustix4530 4 роки тому +134

    "I wanna avoid breaking the crystals as much as possible"
    *shakes them around like some kind of maraca*

  • @applepieavi1517
    @applepieavi1517 2 роки тому +6

    3:14 instructions unclear
    i kept roasting the lead and roasted its mom too but nothin happened

  • @kbraggs
    @kbraggs Місяць тому

    This was a fantastic demonstration on the nuances of crystallization. Such a challenge to perfect.

  • @jkobain
    @jkobain 5 років тому +147

    Making sugar? I don't see the «Edible Chem» suffix in the title…

    • @mycelia_ow
      @mycelia_ow 4 роки тому +2

      It still has lead

    • @KingThrillgore
      @KingThrillgore 4 роки тому +3

      Lead is generally considered to be bad for you.

    • @luisp.3788
      @luisp.3788 4 роки тому

      @@mycelia_ow why

    • @luisp.3788
      @luisp.3788 4 роки тому

      @@KingThrillgore why

    • @luisp.3788
      @luisp.3788 4 роки тому +8

      why does nobody get jokes, how much of the crystal do people make before watching anything in life unfold

  • @Dosbomber
    @Dosbomber 7 років тому +855

    Lead has sugar in it??? NO WONDER LEAD IS SO TASTY!!
    ()

    • @medexamtoolsdotcom
      @medexamtoolsdotcom 5 років тому +41

      Let's get together and drink paint! We'll have a Sherwin Williams Christmas!

    • @rradiosilencee
      @rradiosilencee 4 роки тому +6

      @bachelors of trolling degree, 2013 yummy 🤪🤪🤤🤤🤤🥴🥴

    • @mauz791
      @mauz791 4 роки тому +3

      @Andrés Valverde pretty much

    • @pilotavery
      @pilotavery 4 роки тому +1

      No, lead can be made into a special kind of sugar compound

    • @mouthwashs0da
      @mouthwashs0da 3 роки тому +5

      @Andrés Valverde autistic outbreak??? Oh no, my autism is breaking out *sneezes* darn allergies

  • @Marcus_Aureliuus
    @Marcus_Aureliuus 3 роки тому +3

    honestly the crystal clear filtering was so satisfying

  • @xeveniahdarkwind178
    @xeveniahdarkwind178 3 роки тому +6

    Thanks for the educational videos.. I have loved chemistry and science since I was a child.. and thanks for helping me reconnect with who I used to be before my stroke..

  • @LilacDownDeep
    @LilacDownDeep 5 років тому +137

    14:58 Holy tamales on a biscuit LOOK at that twinning! That is BEAUTIFUL. I'd buy that in a *heartbeat* just to show to my geologist friends.

    • @mnimmajeff6047
      @mnimmajeff6047 3 роки тому +18

      *Geology noises*

    • @CrayfishCraig
      @CrayfishCraig 3 роки тому +12

      I know right, my geology professor has some excellent example of twinning in the schools collection, but Dang is it nice

    • @ambi_cc8464
      @ambi_cc8464 3 роки тому +9

      Biscuit tamale moment

    • @fisrtnamelastname3083
      @fisrtnamelastname3083 3 роки тому +2

      Crunchcrunch

    • @cubaku
      @cubaku 3 роки тому +5

      *Anyway,*

  • @soslunnaak
    @soslunnaak 5 років тому +139

    lead and iron oxide makes thermite
    sugar and KNO3 makes rocket fuel,
    *_a weapon to surpass metal gear?_*

    • @joeschmoe3815
      @joeschmoe3815 3 роки тому +8

      Aluminum, not lead

    • @soslunnaak
      @soslunnaak 3 роки тому +1

      @@joeschmoe3815 hm i feel like somewhere someone added lead to the mix, but on its own i guess not

    • @joeschmoe3815
      @joeschmoe3815 3 роки тому +2

      @@soslunnaak I mean, yeah, maybe.
      I mean, Aluminum is highly electro positive and protects the Iron from oxidation during the reaction. I am not really sure what lead would do in the process?
      Increase ductility? Maybe? Yeah, why not?
      Have a nice day!

    • @ricardo_9726
      @ricardo_9726 3 роки тому

      Solid rocket moter

    • @soslunnaak
      @soslunnaak 3 роки тому +1

      @@ricardo_9726 *motor, and i did not specify the phase of matter of the rocket fuel, so what's your point.

  • @redactedbananas
    @redactedbananas 3 роки тому +7

    You could spell out NileRed on a single crystal with enough care and patience.

  • @Eagerphill
    @Eagerphill 3 роки тому +10

    I would love to see a video on if he can test if lead glass decanters actually leach lead into the liquids they hold.

  • @BloodyBobJr
    @BloodyBobJr 5 років тому +130

    "Folk remedy for sore nipples" Yikes, had some real kinky folks back in the day

    • @zwitter_zwitter
      @zwitter_zwitter 5 років тому +21

      Breastfeeding

    • @recursiveslacker7730
      @recursiveslacker7730 4 роки тому +7

      a e s t e t h i c c ouch, the baby’s gonna get dosed with lead

    • @mauz791
      @mauz791 4 роки тому +8

      @@recursiveslacker7730 They didn't know that though, similar thing with thalidomide

    • @bj.bruner
      @bj.bruner 2 роки тому

      People have always been kinky, they've just been more open about it the last half century because of the sexual revolution.
      I personally think the sexual revolution was a detrimental step the Western world took, but I'm not here to dictate to you what to think.

  • @argenteus8314
    @argenteus8314 7 років тому +122

    I notice you don't seem to have made a video synthesizing your namesake, Nile Red dye. Are you unable to do so, or just not interested? Or am I mistaken (It's very difficult to search your channel for a video about a chemical with the same name as your channel)?

    • @jansenart0
      @jansenart0 4 роки тому +19

      Probably because obtaining or synthesizing the 5-(dialkylamino)-2-nitrosophenols with 1-naphthylamine, 3-(dialkylamino)phenols with N-alkylated 4-nitroso-1-naphtylamines, or N,N-dialkyl-1,4-phenylenediamines with 4-(dialkylamino)-1,2-naphthoquinones as a precursor would be a pain in the ass to make a youtube video about.

    • @luisp.3788
      @luisp.3788 4 роки тому +11

      @@jansenart0 He said somewhere that he does eventually want to do it.

    • @General12th
      @General12th 3 роки тому +1

      @@jansenart0 Well, you could say the same thing about synthesizing Prussian blue. We just call it something other than its full chemical name of iron(II,III) hexacyanoferrate(II,III).

  • @czaplan1
    @czaplan1 Рік тому +4

    6:53 "This shit happens pretty slowly" lol

  • @masio69
    @masio69 2 роки тому +3

    9:06 that literally looks like it’s teleporting lol

  • @lucegibbs6044
    @lucegibbs6044 4 роки тому +20

    I almost failed high school chem and I remember almost none of it yet I’ve decided to subscribe to a ton of them

  • @MatthewCobalt
    @MatthewCobalt 5 років тому +62

    I've never heard of someone "roasting" lead before.

    • @bobbybaucom4489
      @bobbybaucom4489 3 роки тому +2

      Look up metal refining and you will.

    • @hairlesscat6458
      @hairlesscat6458 3 роки тому +6

      Ha your lead is more toxic than cyanide. BOOM ROASTED

    • @MatthewCobalt
      @MatthewCobalt 3 роки тому

      @@hairlesscat6458
      You roasted cyanide. I think it's the other way around?

    • @xx_redwood_xx9737
      @xx_redwood_xx9737 2 роки тому +1

      Lmao lead doesn't even directly kill you most of the time
      Lmaoooo it just makes you dumber

    • @M3x1cola
      @M3x1cola 2 роки тому

      lol that lead got a big ass forehead XDDDDD

  • @DweeD1516
    @DweeD1516 2 роки тому +1

    Yo NileRed that song in the outro is absolutely amazing! Thanks for giving credit to the artist but also just thought I'd make this comment because the vid is older and maybe you havent heard it in a while and completely forgot about and might wanna give it a listen again and refeel so to speak lol what made you like it when you first heard it nd enough to add it here. Maybe you know the artist but anyway I REALLY enjoy it and all the videos you both are genius.

  • @miremsis1121
    @miremsis1121 11 місяців тому

    More crystal growing please Nile!!

  • @mmmhorsesteaks
    @mmmhorsesteaks 7 років тому +82

    There's a trick where you repeatedly re-heat a solution with smaller crystals in it until you just dissolve the tiny ones so only the larger ones will carry on growing. It's time-consuming, but a fine way to grow large, "flawless" crystals.
    I do not know the term in English and cannot immediately find it on google.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 років тому +27

      Interesting. I never heard of that before

    • @mmmhorsesteaks
      @mmmhorsesteaks 7 років тому +13

      NileRed never tried it; don't have the patience myself ;-) if memory serves, it exploits the kinetics of dissolution because of the comparatively larger surface area of smaller crystals. The term (as old as the alchemists apparently) in dutch is "digereren" but I don't know/can't find the word in english.

    • @12345NOU54321
      @12345NOU54321 7 років тому +16

      Defenestration23 called it "Ostwald ripening" in another comment. Sounds cool.

    • @nephdrummond3168
      @nephdrummond3168 7 років тому

      NileRed Neither have I, do you think you'll attempt it in a video for any reason?

    • @mmmhorsesteaks
      @mmmhorsesteaks 7 років тому +2

      12345NOU54321 thank you so much, it really bothered me I didn't have a term for it :)

  • @joshuabuilds3051
    @joshuabuilds3051 4 роки тому +22

    "I will now sell this bag of lead sugar to the first tweaker I see downtown"

    • @friendlylunatic1316
      @friendlylunatic1316 3 роки тому +2

      *whistles*

    • @PuffleFuzz
      @PuffleFuzz 3 роки тому +1

      Tweaker: hey this isn’t Coke/meth! (I’m dumb when it comes to drugs)

    • @polarknight5376
      @polarknight5376 2 роки тому +3

      @@PuffleFuzz both drugs are appropriate here.

  • @witchypoo7353
    @witchypoo7353 Рік тому +4

    You know something’s dangerous when even Nile won’t eat it. Man’s a human goat at this point

  • @createmos369
    @createmos369 6 місяців тому

    @NileRed you need one of those time lapse high zoom cameras so you can scope in on the crystal formations. You could make a channel alone on just crystallization and reactions up close.

  • @dhumparoo
    @dhumparoo 7 років тому +50

    Loved the recrystalization in this video! Can you do more crystal growing videos?

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 років тому +45

      I might not make a dedicated video, but I try my best to grow crystals when I can

    • @great__success
      @great__success 7 років тому +3

      professional crystal growing involves thermostat and constantly rotating seed crystal...but I think this could be done homemade...if you leave the crystal just sitting you will never get nice results

    • @snowdaysrule
      @snowdaysrule 7 років тому +2

      A I always wondered how people got such nice crystals, guess there's a lot more too it than just letting the solvent evaporate slowly lol! Good info

    • @Eye5x5
      @Eye5x5 Рік тому

      @@NileRed Get a barrel of methylamine and make the blue.

  • @myperspective5091
    @myperspective5091 5 років тому +13

    For one summer when I was in my senior year of high school I worked at a winery.
    At the winery I worked in the part where they stored the freshly pressed wine in large stainless steel vats.
    one of my jobs was to clean those Vats after they transferred the wine into barrels. When I was cleaning the Vats I found that there was always this yellow crystal substance in the bottom of the the vat. when I first saw it I thought it was sulfur but it didn't smell like sulfur. It stank like battery acid.
    It would instantly give me a headache if I had to handle it. I eventually refused to do that job because I couldn't get within arm's reach of the stuff without getting a headache from it. I asked to use a respirator . The company didn't provide a respirators for the job. It was a small family-owned business.
    I wonder if that substance was lead oxide like what was shown in this video at 01:15.

    • @myperspective5091
      @myperspective5091 5 років тому +1

      I figured it was some other mineral that was in the ground that the grapes vines we are absorbing through the roots. None of my other coworkers knew what it was either. We all joked about it being some type of chemical that was left over from the fertilizers or insecticides that were sprayed on the plants.

    • @myperspective5091
      @myperspective5091 6 місяців тому +1

      @@imsharted Thanks.
      I’m on You Tube daily. I’m always still interested in science

  • @polydullmemes3497
    @polydullmemes3497 2 роки тому +3

    14:12 "so I picked out all my crystals~"

  • @poggergen1937
    @poggergen1937 2 роки тому +2

    I love how far into detail you go in your videos! please keep this up, and good job!

  • @superistrash4170
    @superistrash4170 3 роки тому +6

    Two words that should never be in the same sentence, lead, and sweet.

  • @mundolukas
    @mundolukas 6 років тому +13

    I swear to god my mind made up the sweet taste in my mouth while watching this

  • @huaweiphone4357
    @huaweiphone4357 Рік тому +2

    Thank you very much for your very interesting videos =)

  • @farvatron
    @farvatron 2 роки тому +1

    Of course we enjoyed your video! you're a fricken genius dude!

  • @rhysun
    @rhysun 5 років тому +16

    When I was at primary school in the early 1980s someone discovered that the drainpipes had a pleasantly sweet taste to them. Soon enough a drainpipe-licking craze swept through the whole school and during recess groups of children could be seen huddled around each drainpipe. Sadly, drainpipes aren't painted with lead compounds any more so kids these days are being denied all the free sweetness that we all took for granted when we were their age.

    • @soupmuncher.
      @soupmuncher. 8 місяців тому +2

      aw man i wish little kids could lick drain pipes nowadays

  • @pietrotettamanti7239
    @pietrotettamanti7239 6 років тому +12

    I love those inorganic chem videos. They're simple, clear and the result is always a ~90% yield and great purity. They're satisfying.

  • @roskisrotta5531
    @roskisrotta5531 2 роки тому +1

    Please im addicted to your videos even tought i dont understand anything about it

  • @fizzyplazmuh9024
    @fizzyplazmuh9024 2 роки тому

    Utilize Ostwald coursening. Raise and lower the temp above and below saturation point cyclically. The tinier xtals keep dissolving away first to feed the larger xtals when the solution saturates again. Any wall timer set to go off for a few minutes every hour does nicely. You can literally just keep eating away the little ones and clear the tank of all but a few big ones and never have to dig around or get your fingers wet

  • @ColinRies
    @ColinRies 7 років тому +76

    I received my acetic acid literally today, so I can get going on this synthesis very soon :) nice video, the idea of introducing the viewers by some historical uses of a compound is really good. Keep up the good work!

    • @DrakkarCalethiel
      @DrakkarCalethiel 7 років тому

      I get mine tomorrow. Can't wait to do the synthesis, it's very easy and great to to after work.

    • @ColinRies
      @ColinRies 7 років тому

      Drakkar Calethiel or after school in my case :)
      Being interested mainly in organic chemistry, I rarely have something interesting to quickly do in one afternoon, as most things require quite some time... This is a nice and easy thing to do. I might use some 30% hydrogen peroxide though, but I know where to find it :)
      I wish you luck and have fun!

    • @DrakkarCalethiel
      @DrakkarCalethiel 7 років тому

      Colin Ries Thanks! Organic chemistry is very interesting but often takes hours to complete. I have to do it with 20% h2o2 because it's the highest I could get over a good friend and with 90% acetic acid.

    • @DrakkarCalethiel
      @DrakkarCalethiel 7 років тому

      Or I just get some lead oxide. Its pretty cheap so I don't have to waste my precious peroxide.

    • @ColinRies
      @ColinRies 7 років тому

      Drakkar Calethiel I haven't found lead oxide yet, but it appears to be the superior method. I got myself 500g of lead metal a few weeks back, so I want to use that...
      The only days I can really do organic chemistry is on Fridays and Saturdays because I can start in the early afternoon and continue working until late in the morning. I have had 16 hour sessions in the basement quite often, starting at 3 in the afternoon on Friday and working straight through until Saturday morning at 7 or 8. It's really difficult to go to bed when it's bright outside and the birds make noise, but you get accustomed to it :P
      Are you planning to grow crystals?

  • @martingardener
    @martingardener 7 років тому +10

    Quick question.....wy do acetates tend to supersaturate without crystallising compared to other salts? Works for sodium acetate and such but is this generalised to other metal acetates? What about other carboxylates? Interesting.

  • @katanah3195
    @katanah3195 4 місяці тому

    The crystals through each other kind of remind me of that museum exhibit from one of the world wars, two bullets that hit each other in midair and instead of smashing apart they ended up joined together.

  • @mattlogue1300
    @mattlogue1300 3 роки тому

    Oh. I loved your impression of germs

  • @Codster
    @Codster 4 роки тому +3

    The bubbles forming at 3:36 are due to the reaction being exothermic. The energy released (in the form of heat) from the reaction of the lead oxide particles and acetic acid causes localized boiling of the water. This is confirmed by observations of the visible steam rising from the top of the solution as well as some condensation of water back on the edge of the beaker.

    • @Owen_loves_Butters
      @Owen_loves_Butters 6 місяців тому

      There's definitely not enough heat generated to boil an appreciable amount of water.

  • @trevorc3063
    @trevorc3063 4 роки тому +12

    "Making Sugar of Lead - Edible Chem!"

  • @lolguytiger45
    @lolguytiger45 2 роки тому

    Man, why didn't they show cool stuff like this in school, I wish I considered chemistry. It seems so satisfying.

  • @carolcaicedo
    @carolcaicedo 11 місяців тому

    Dude that's amazing. I suggest extracting it from paint that contains lead (if any is still found in the market) to see the amount of lead visually

  • @sargon6000
    @sargon6000 7 років тому +80

    @NileRed Could those metal impurities be antimony? I know lead is usually alloyed with antimony.

    • @dumbo800
      @dumbo800 7 років тому +13

      Unlikely. That was lab-supply lead shot. Antimony is used to harden lead used for birdshot. Tin is usually used for rifle ammo, IIRC (I know that was the purpose in my grandfather's reloading supplies, but idk if that is still the process today).

    • @sargon6000
      @sargon6000 7 років тому +8

      Interesting. I used to have antimony impurities in the lead acetate I made years ago, which was very fine and couldn't be properly filtered.

    • @jpdemer5
      @jpdemer5 6 років тому +9

      Classroom or "science" grade lead shot is the same product as is used for shotgun shells, and it will contain 2-3% antimony, and sometimes a graphite coating as well. You can buy pure reagent-grade lead, 99.99% or better, from a chemical supplier, but because it's not manufactured by the ton, it's considerably more expensive than the "ballistic" grade.

    • @libradomoreno7720
      @libradomoreno7720 6 років тому

      Chemical Engineer I was melting some and when I tilted the platform the liquid lead separates from some unmelted stuff

    • @gabemerritt3139
      @gabemerritt3139 5 років тому

      @@libradomoreno7720 ok so just forge it easy enough

  • @m9078jk3
    @m9078jk3 3 роки тому +3

    This would make good candy for the bad kids on Halloween.

  • @AammaK
    @AammaK 3 роки тому +1

    I would love to see a video about menthol crystals!

  • @BlizzardofDiamonds
    @BlizzardofDiamonds Рік тому

    Would be cool to see the lead iodine reaction, where after precipitation of the lead iodine the suspension is heated up again until the salt is solved completely and forms the glittering golden crystals when precipitating again, only done it analytically in my first semester and doing it with the purpose of forming extra beautiful crystals sure would be super interesting 🎉

  • @jerrysstories711
    @jerrysstories711 4 роки тому +3

    10:34 I was surprised by this reaction! I totally would have thought that the H2O2 would oxidize the acetate and ruin everything. Fascinating.

  • @carlosramirez-tv3tn
    @carlosramirez-tv3tn 5 років тому +3

    your videos made me love chemistry again.

  • @robertclapper4167
    @robertclapper4167 11 місяців тому

    Nile flexing with NileRed on the beakers. That is so awesome

  • @sensokaeru7070
    @sensokaeru7070 2 роки тому +1

    You've just given me an idea to improve my rock candy making process. With sugar, of course, not with lead.

  • @ashW110
    @ashW110 7 років тому +30

    Lead acetate is awesome compound, especially due to its use in the clandestine chemistry. Even though I am aginst the recreational use of synthetic drugs such as crystal meth but since the breaking bad show I love to research this topic. I was kind of hoping you cover a limited info about its use in the production of P2P, knowing it is perhaps the easiest route from PAA that does not require any Acetic anhydride. Since Chem player stopped making videos, you are the most informative chemist on youtube. Keep up the great work.
    I wish I were living in Canada or another country where I won't have to limit myself in my chemistry hobby. Unfortunately, here in the UK stereotypical authorities will consider you as a terrorist or a commercial drug manufacturer for such a hobby.

    • @argenteus8314
      @argenteus8314 7 років тому +5

      Why are you against the recreational use of synthetic drugs? Crystal meth is pretty bad, sure, though I still feel people should have the right to make bad decisions if they want to, but there are plenty of very safe synthetic drugs, like LSD.

    • @ashW110
      @ashW110 7 років тому +10

      Because synthetic/semisynthetic psychoactive drugs you getting off the street are mostly impure, and the biggest danger is not the drug itself. However, the organic drugs such as cannabis is a different story, all you really need is a visual observation to determine the quality.
      In any case, it is true every human should be given a right to make a bad decision that does not affect anyone apart from the person who makes this decision.

    • @argenteus8314
      @argenteus8314 7 років тому +3

      Well, I'm glad we can agree on the right to make your own bad decisions at least. The purity is a real problem for many drugs, though with a bit of knowledge it's not really that hard to purify further to a safe degree. For LSD in particular, though, the impurity isn't really a big concern (assuming it really is LSD, which can be verified easily through reagent testing or even just taste), since the amount on a given tab is so incredibly tiny.
      Supposing one had a way to reliably know that the product was suitably pure, perhaps due to prohibition ending: Would you still be against the use of synthetic drugs under these circumstances? And how do you feel about drugs that are natural, but must be (or simply are) extracted from the plant matter through chemical means, like DMT?

    • @ashW110
      @ashW110 7 років тому +8

      Psychoactive substances is one of my favourite subject, I don't talk about it very often though as due to its illegal status majority will consider you a criminal just because of your interest.
      What you are saying is very true with little knowledge in chemistry it is quite easy to rid of cutting agents, and coloured impurities from street bought drugs. However, is usually not the biggest concern and to get the purity to 95%+-, it takes allot, and you can never make it 100% no matter what you do. Now, let's imagine hypothetically a drug user who has some knowledge in chemistry and no financial problems. That person is willing to lose 70% of the dope to get it to 95% purity. What is this remaining 5% of impurities and what long term affect will it do to your body? So yeah, buying drugs off the street is not the way to go even if you are an intelligent enough to know how to purify alkaloids such as cocaine or methamphetamine, etc. When it comes to LSD, I can't imagine how one can purify it? Knowing that one hit is around 100-200 micrograms one gramme would make 5000-10000 hits. It will probably cost as much as the two-story house in the centre of London to buy the workable quantity of LSD for purification and who willing to lose even 1%? About organic drugs such as DMT, cocaine, morphine, etc. These may be just as impure due to chemicals used for the extraction. Of course, if you are a good chemist and do extraction yourself you may get a relatively pure product. However, without costly equipment, you can never get it to pharm grade. In my opinion, the war on drugs is the biggest mistake humanity has ever done. People use psychoactive substances because they have particular problems that caused by some events in their life or some genetical mental defects, and the substances are the only thing that can stop these individuals from suffering. From my research, I know that drug addicts are only dangerous when they are severely addicted, and they can't get what they need. Take food from an average individual for a few days, and that person will be as dangerous to society as a drug addict that can't satisfy its addiction. So we all have an addiction to food, and if food abused, it can also lead to death or ruin someone's life(overweight). Perhaps I am crazy, but I can clearly see all the benefits from legalisation of psychoactive substances. The improvement of the economy, reduction of crime and death rates related to drugs, increase in employment and new areas of research for science. Negative sides? There will always be individuals who willing to abuse drugs despite the harm.

    • @argenteus8314
      @argenteus8314 7 років тому +4

      I wasn't saying you can purify LSD, it would probably be among the hardest to purify, especially given how fragile of a molecule it is. But with only around 100ug per tab (more often around 40 nowadays if you get it off the street), whatever impurities are there are likely in such a tiny amount they're not likely to hurt you. The other thing is that it's so hard to make, anyone with the capacity to make it has the chemistry knowledge to produce a reasonably pure product.
      The solvents and such used for DMT extraction (And I suspect the extraction of other natural product drugs, though I don't know much about the details) are unlikely to leave many impurities in the end product if done by someone remotely competent. Most of them will evaporate completely. Any impurities in the product would have already been in the plant material, and the most common natural source has no known toxins.
      There's also some attempts at using solvents that are relatively safe to consume like limonene so that if any did remain, it wouldn't be an issue.
      I completely agree with you that all drugs should be legal, of course. I imagine that was clear from my comments.

  • @bananana6380
    @bananana6380 6 років тому +14

    I like roasting car battery liquid. That’s because it doesn’t roast me.

  • @gwenturo9550
    @gwenturo9550 Рік тому +2

    2:00 after your epsom salt video, all i can see is "Water 1/4 oz., Dissolved in a glass of water."

  • @kylejarvis2517
    @kylejarvis2517 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks!

  • @loganplumlee3840
    @loganplumlee3840 7 років тому +57

    hey NileRed i think a good, simple video you could make is extracting sugar from coca-cola, it should be simple and show just how much sugar is in soft drinks

    • @jetoler7379
      @jetoler7379 6 років тому +3

      if it's trying to show how much sugar is in soft drinks he should do it with fanta or mt dew.

    • @wilholloway2924
      @wilholloway2924 5 років тому

      Or Sunkist

    • @nathansfarcioc5575
      @nathansfarcioc5575 4 роки тому +20

      Or read the side

    • @JohnChime1999
      @JohnChime1999 4 роки тому +2

      sooo overdone

    • @jakeshaw6827
      @jakeshaw6827 4 роки тому +2

      A cooler much simpler video would be making ice from sudafed lol

  • @Rubikorigami
    @Rubikorigami 7 років тому +55

    1:55 TRULY AN ARTIST.

    • @danielgorzel7222
      @danielgorzel7222 7 років тому +1

      Cant a chemist be an artist?

    • @Rubikorigami
      @Rubikorigami 7 років тому +1

      twoja stara They definitely have the creativity to find new things so NO EXCUSE! 😂

  • @thingsexplained4898
    @thingsexplained4898 2 роки тому

    That stir bar is a legend💥

  • @georgplaz
    @georgplaz 3 роки тому +21

    "Lead is a toxic element and it's generally known to be avoided"
    That description fits some people I know 🙄

    • @FaythVulpes
      @FaythVulpes 3 роки тому +12

      A video on making sugar and you still choose the salt.

    • @moonchild8477
      @moonchild8477 2 роки тому +1

      @@FaythVulpes your comment pleased my eyes

  • @vebjrndrefvelin4873
    @vebjrndrefvelin4873 4 роки тому +7

    NileRed: Uses hundreds of coffee filters
    Also NileRed: Never drinks a cup of coffee ever

  • @NortelGeek
    @NortelGeek 3 роки тому +5

    2:20 For men's hair color? I know we have coarser hair than women, but is there a special reason for it being in men's products?

  • @steernaught
    @steernaught Рік тому +2

    3:07 Ferb, i know what we’re gonna do today

  • @wscamel226
    @wscamel226 2 роки тому +2

    - lead is toxic
    - nile red: lets make sugar out of it

  • @truixmatia5709
    @truixmatia5709 7 років тому +26

    This was a great video

  • @FlatBroke612
    @FlatBroke612 7 років тому +331

    "Remedy for sore nipples" wtf!

    • @pyromen321
      @pyromen321 7 років тому +72

      It's for TWC and Comcast employees

    • @josephpotter5766
      @josephpotter5766 7 років тому +8

      Yup for some reason lead was commonly prescribed for nursing mothers right up to the late nineteen forties! Hell, hospitals in the states were still issuing moulded lead foil nipple shields to nursing mothers in the sixties!

    • @TheGayestPersononYouTube
      @TheGayestPersononYouTube 7 років тому +4

      FlatBroke612 long nights at the club, man

    • @claymodelexpert
      @claymodelexpert 6 років тому +5

      Joseph Potter explains all the Alzheimer patients today

    • @johndifrancisco3642
      @johndifrancisco3642 6 років тому +3

      SORE NIPPLES SUCK! mostly

  • @SnakeBush
    @SnakeBush Рік тому +1

    Now this is what should be made into cotton candy

  • @jamesavery6015
    @jamesavery6015 3 роки тому

    If you used lead shot for shotgun shells it may have been alloyed with antimony and or tin thus explaining why it appeared that’s not all dissolved. These elements are added to increase the hardness of bullets and or lead shot.