Nice work-glad to hear a correct explanation of the reaction. I suspect people have gotten hurt in the past because they didn't realize that once the sodium becomes liquid, a coulomb reaction takes place.
Well we do actually use metals in water for making hydrogen. We use aluminum nanoparticles, and make them react with water to get hydrogen. We don't use metals like sodium and potassium for hydrogen, because it's more dangerous than aluminum or lithium.
@@PeterPete no, the hydrogen comes from the water. Since sodium has more electroaffinity towards oxygen, than hydrogen, the sodium ion strips the water molecules off of their hydrogens, and bind to the oxygen to form metal oxides, releasing H2 gas in the process.
@@oppy8811 tks for your opinion! But I tend to consider water to not be h2o at all and merely an unknowable element unto itself. Think of it like this, if one electrolyses NaCl the gas products are hydrogen and chlorine. The gas products originate from the electrolyte (sodium and chloride parts of the salt). So if the gas products originate from the electrolyte where then does the oxygen come from if you use sodium hydroxide as the electrolyte? plz note: The chemical formula for sodium hydroxide is NaOH where the O and the H refer to oxygen and hydrogen. Meaning when reacted, sodium hydroxide can release sodium, oxygen and hydrogen! Get my drift?
@@PeterPete when you dissolve NaOH in water, you don't simply get an NaOH solution ! You get OH- ions (or positive, idk). When you run electricity through the solution, the free electrons can move freely, and thus electricity can flow. And technically, yes you can get oxygen, hydrogen and sodium from NaOH. But you can't get hydrogen from only sodium
Explosion happens because of water cavitation. Cavitation brings water spray inside of sodium drop and explode sodium from inside by small water explosion to a lot of small drops with big surface area. Similar explosions happens with melted copper in water. In your case explosions not happens because hidrogen in membrane push water out of membrane and reduce contact area.
Thunderf00t did some videos about his research into sodium's explosive behavior, wherein he discovered that what happens is that the shape of the sodium tends toward a sphere, but then suddenly shoots out spikes of sodium metal into the water. Very weird.
once in our school laboratory our teacher couldn't cut the sodium so he directly had to explode the whole piece of approximately 50 grams. That was the day I experienced how a bomb would explode
I think he threw the piece of sodium while shooting the video . That sounds amazing . Isn't it ? Sorry for bad crammer . I am not a native English speaker .
Thanks action lab for this very informative video . I was not knowing that we can control the reaction even i had never seen reaction of sodium with water. Thanks once again
You didn't separate two aspects of the reaction, you fundamentally changed the experimental setup. The sodium will only undergo a coulombic explosion if it's completely submerged in water. If it had been completely submerged within the semi-permeable membrane there still would have been an explosion, just no fire because no oxygen.
I don't know if this has been asked before, because right now I dont have time to research the whole day, so let me ask this quickly and come back later . . . We all know what happens when the sodium metal gets thrown into water. What happens if this metal is thrown into heavily concentrated Saltwater? Will it give a bigger explosion?
I read there is another theory as to why Sodium in water explodes and it has nothing to do with Hydrogen-Air mixing. If I remember correctly the explosions are explained by violent repulsion of Sodium ions or something along those lines.
Hey hi. One rather interesting experiment i suppose only you can do. Fact. Flame always points upwards Q. Can the flame point downwards. May be answer. It points upwards because heat produced makes it lighter than the air but what if the air around is lighter than the fire or there is no air around. This can happen only if the flame didn't require oxygen from surroundings but from some other source which makes it self sustaining. Try out if we can get fire point downwards. Use your vacuum chamber if required. I'm really a big fan of your vacuum chamber. Amit from India... #theactionlab
You're wrong about the hydrogen causing the explosion. It's actually a columbic explosion. It was proven by vaccuming out the air and filling a chamber with an inert gas (argon) then dropping NaK alloy drops from a controlled height into a beaker. The alloy still exploded without oxygen present. It was filmed at high speeds revealing the columbic explosion. Please check out thunderf00t's youtube channel where he explains it in a lot more detail. I would like to see a follow up correction piece as I always considered your channel to be scientificially accurate. Hydrogen just burns as it's released and never builds up in large enough volume or pressure to explode in this reaction.
I still wonder if the explosive force is mainly from burning hydrogen, or the coulomb explosion. My understanding was that the coulomb explosion is the main driver of the detonation we see.
Sir I want to know that why Hydrogen gas released during the reaction catched fire and after the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen what is formed . Is it water in the form of vapour because mass can neither be created nor be destroyed.
Water reacts with sodium to for hydrogen gas and sodium hydroxide. Hydrogen gas reacts with oxygen from the air to form water. Water is being destroyed and created in the whole process. H2O + Na --> NaOH + H2 H2 + O2 --> H2O
The auto ignition point of hydrogen gas is about 1000 degrees F so I doubt the hydrogen ignites first (sodium metal auto-ignites at about 250 degrees F)
I like how he just casually explodes things in his backyard and laughs
I am a chemistry student and I can say scientist are on their happiest if things explode if that's the purpose.
That’s nothing my brother casually lit small firecrackers INSIDE the house he was renting. ON THE TILE FLOOR
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He makes me laugh
uou
he he he
7:09 that tip works with relasionships too, "the key to make things safe is not releasing all the energy at the same time"
I will remember this forever. Thank you.
This is one of the GREASTEST Science channels that are on yt
Yes, I like his channel too😉
"Not a candy you want to eat"
MMMMM, the forbidden salt water taffy.....
r/thanksihateit
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@@thekingofrandom97roblox Na
My science teacher told us that sodium cuts with a similar consistency to cheese, and I've been thinking about biting it ever since
The Action lab is getting cooler and cooler!!
But the exothermic reaction made it warm again😂😂
@@sunilkumarpandey8336 nice one there 🤣
4:10 finally finally friendship between water and Na
now wecan put Na in water
phew
Me: **reads the back of the cereal box**
“Sodium 12g”
**nervously drinks water**
You might have read it wrong.
It must be saying 12 mg
believe me 12 gm of sodium will destroy the universe
should I give another like so you’ll have 45?
@@frx1223 sure
@@yash2060 but 12gm of sodium chloride will just make it a little saltier
Bruh imagine if that Sodium actually exploded though
Imagine
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*Insane how unstable sodium is in water! I love your stuff!!!* You're an informative dude
didn't explode because the sodium didn't melt and then spontaneously combust because it was not exposed to the air
Nice work-glad to hear a correct explanation of the reaction. I suspect people have gotten hurt in the past because they didn't realize that once the sodium becomes liquid, a coulomb reaction takes place.
Publication Title: A novel method of hydrogen production from water.
Well we do actually use metals in water for making hydrogen. We use aluminum nanoparticles, and make them react with water to get hydrogen. We don't use metals like sodium and potassium for hydrogen, because it's more dangerous than aluminum or lithium.
Imo the hydrogen comes from the sodium metal not the water!
@@PeterPete no, the hydrogen comes from the water. Since sodium has more electroaffinity towards oxygen, than hydrogen, the sodium ion strips the water molecules off of their hydrogens, and bind to the oxygen to form metal oxides, releasing H2 gas in the process.
@@oppy8811 tks for your opinion! But I tend to consider water to not be h2o at all and merely an unknowable element unto itself.
Think of it like this, if one electrolyses NaCl the gas products are hydrogen and chlorine. The gas products originate from the electrolyte (sodium and chloride parts of the salt). So if the gas products originate from the electrolyte where then does the oxygen come from if you use sodium hydroxide as the electrolyte? plz note: The chemical formula for sodium hydroxide is NaOH where the O and the H refer to oxygen and hydrogen. Meaning when reacted, sodium hydroxide can release sodium, oxygen and hydrogen!
Get my drift?
@@PeterPete when you dissolve NaOH in water, you don't simply get an NaOH solution ! You get OH- ions (or positive, idk). When you run electricity through the solution, the free electrons can move freely, and thus electricity can flow. And technically, yes you can get oxygen, hydrogen and sodium from NaOH. But you can't get hydrogen from only sodium
It would have been interesting to see this through a thermal Cam
He is the only guy who can make non explosive sodium + water experiment look cool...
Otherwise everyone just likes to watch that thing explode....
Hydroxide be reacting with the sodium bois
Hydrogen: aihgT iMmA hEaD oUt
Oxygen: _Hello_
@@dwdadevil i love all nerds
Heat : calm and slow, calm and slow. Yes prefect
What if you put sodium metal in hydrophobic water?
My god it obviously wouldn’t react but I think it would look so cool! :D
@@ljpiper207 idk, sodium hydroxide does some weird surface tension magic
How can water become hydrophobic 😂
Vijaya Joshi I’m pretty sure theactionlab made a video about it
@@vijayalakshmijoshi6496 By adding fumed silica to it
This is why I became a chemistry student.
This is one of the coolest experiments I've seen on this channel, and that's saying a lot!
That's why my teacher advised to pour acid into water not vice versa.
U need to see Cody's lab do in exact opposite if it and proving its not a big deal
@@beqaotarashvili9341 Definitely!
When your holding sodium and sneeze on it. ( ‘ O ‘ )
' O '
Sodium fireworks🔥
No CO2 emissions!
Yep. Why not..?
that's a pretty genius idea
wow now thats an UN-CATALYST!
You mean a POISON !
"Negative catalysis" but there was no catalyst
This video deserves more views
Always a great video from this channel. Again and again. Thanks bro
Explosion happens because of water cavitation. Cavitation brings water spray inside of sodium drop and explode sodium from inside by small water explosion to a lot of small drops with big surface area. Similar explosions happens with melted copper in water. In your case explosions not happens because hidrogen in membrane push water out of membrane and reduce contact area.
Thunderf00t did some videos about his research into sodium's explosive behavior, wherein he discovered that what happens is that the shape of the sodium tends toward a sphere, but then suddenly shoots out spikes of sodium metal into the water. Very weird.
I cannot get enough of your videos! You do such cool things and explain them very well! Thank you for making these videos and for your hard work!
This is my favourite UA-cam channel and I love this guy.
This has gone full circle. This coulomb explosion was discovered by a youtuber Phil Mason.
0:40 "THE FIRE'S SHOOTING AT US!!!"
Andy- Oh, I've heard that sound before..
Everyone:wow amazing video chemistry is fun ,great chemistry
Me : w h a t i s h e t a l k i n g
a b o u t ???
@Whited Out bro it was just sarcasm
@@anweshhh hey atleast he was kind enough to explain
You are one of those rare people who can tame that evil sodium.
Up next: High-speed footage of glass not shattering
once in our school laboratory our teacher couldn't cut the sodium so he directly had to explode the whole piece of approximately 50 grams. That was the day I experienced how a bomb would explode
Being that you uploaded this video, tells me you were not standing on the ladder! :)
I think he threw the piece of sodium while shooting the video . That sounds amazing . Isn't it ? Sorry for bad crammer . I am not a native English speaker .
love it and so amazing and love how excited you get when it explodes lol, that's my boy!
Everybody gangsta till sodium says "KILLA QWEEN! DAISAN NO BAKUDAN! BITES ZA DASUTO!"
Therapist: Anarchocapitalist sodium isnt real, he can't hurt you.
Thumb: Anarchocapitalist sodium.
What is the semi permeable membrane. Chemical formula.
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If you actually say "actually" one more time, I will actually explode, unlike that sodium.
Actually there were not so many actuallies. You seem to be a very unstable element
Thanks action lab for this very informative video . I was not knowing that we can control the reaction even i had never seen reaction of sodium with water. Thanks once again
I am very glad dr. Mason's (aka Thunderfoot's) research has paid off and people now actually understand better those explosions.
What would happen if you put sodium metal in hydrophobic water?
All the experiments he has done in his backyard probably has created a personal universe for him!
Time to blaze up and prepare my mind to be blown.
I cant explain but i really love your videos and your speeches
How about spraying sodium with those hydrophobic sprays ?
It won't react then
the key to making things safe is not releasing all the energy at the same time
Cool! Good luck with cesium though.
Me: eating candy with the action lab,
the action lab: bro that is sodium metal
Me:explodes
Always wondered about the chemistry of why sodium is so reactive in water. Thank you, I really appreciate this video!
Now try this with the more reactive alkali metals ( potassium, rubidium, and cesium)
love your videos keep it up!
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He is enjoying that explosion 😂 Really Superbb
so satisfying
😍🥰
0:42 that is a great way to make fireworks btw
Your homeowner's insurance must be insane. Cheers :)
i was like:
what if the heat melt the tap in the water n the sodium got released?
tape
I really enjoyed your explanation of why the explosions happen. Great video!
How does the semi permiable membrane work???
Okay, imma just grab some Sodium and sprinkle it on my neighbor's patio and just wait for the rain.
We've tried some before, it was expensive
RIP bowl... Died a few months back
He must have really tolerant neighbors.
😂
first time I’ve seen something explode and water helped it
Great engineering
I think it would be cool to see sodium in that thick water stuff 👍
You are A TRUE GENIUS
This is the video I wanna watch at 1 am
You didn't separate two aspects of the reaction, you fundamentally changed the experimental setup. The sodium will only undergo a coulombic explosion if it's completely submerged in water. If it had been completely submerged within the semi-permeable membrane there still would have been an explosion, just no fire because no oxygen.
What if a building is on fire but there is a crap ton of elemental sodium in there?
Burn or explode and burn?
I don't know if this has been asked before, because right now I dont have time to research the whole day, so let me ask this quickly and come back later . . . We all know what happens when the sodium metal gets thrown into water. What happens if this metal is thrown into heavily concentrated Saltwater? Will it give a bigger explosion?
Haha sodium goes blup blup
What happens if you aren''t wearing that glove? Does the moisture in your hand cause a reaction?
No.....
I read there is another theory as to why Sodium in water explodes and it has nothing to do with Hydrogen-Air mixing. If I remember correctly the explosions are explained by violent repulsion of Sodium ions or something along those lines.
I wonder what the energy density of sodium is when used in this way to generate hydrogen that could be used to produce power.
I secretly wanted it to explode but that was still kind of cool
i see nice energy from there XD
Would have been interesting to know the temperature increase of the water during the reaction.
He's literally the Dr. Strangelove
Nice video! Did you also check how long the hydrogen gas bubbled? Also is there a way to convert the NaOH back to sodium metal? Thank you!
I think you should use fenoftalein so the formation of NaOH could be more clear
If you put a speaker into a can and change the pressure, how much you modify the speed of sound?
Feel sorry for the neighbours they must be terrified lol
7:09 Basic difference between a nuclear reactor and a nuclear bomb
Hey hi. One rather interesting experiment i suppose only you can do.
Fact. Flame always points upwards
Q. Can the flame point downwards.
May be answer. It points upwards because heat produced makes it lighter than the air but what if the air around is lighter than the fire or there is no air around. This can happen only if the flame didn't require oxygen from surroundings but from some other source which makes it self sustaining.
Try out if we can get fire point downwards. Use your vacuum chamber if required. I'm really a big fan of your vacuum chamber.
Amit from India... #theactionlab
What if u force the sodium to stay at the bottom of water.
You're wrong about the hydrogen causing the explosion. It's actually a columbic explosion. It was proven by vaccuming out the air and filling a chamber with an inert gas (argon) then dropping NaK alloy drops from a controlled height into a beaker. The alloy still exploded without oxygen present. It was filmed at high speeds revealing the columbic explosion. Please check out thunderf00t's youtube channel where he explains it in a lot more detail. I would like to see a follow up correction piece as I always considered your channel to be scientificially accurate. Hydrogen just burns as it's released and never builds up in large enough volume or pressure to explode in this reaction.
Can sodium metal kill viruses by reducing them similar to how chlorine oxidizes viruses?
I still wonder if the explosive force is mainly from burning hydrogen, or the coulomb explosion. My understanding was that the coulomb explosion is the main driver of the detonation we see.
My understanding is that the coulomb explosion causes a very sudden increase in the rate of hydrogen gas production.
@@flatfingertuning727 interesting
Sir I want to know that why Hydrogen gas released during the reaction catched fire and after the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen what is formed . Is it water in the form of vapour because mass can neither be created nor be destroyed.
Water reacts with sodium to for hydrogen gas and sodium hydroxide. Hydrogen gas reacts with oxygen from the air to form water.
Water is being destroyed and created in the whole process.
H2O + Na --> NaOH + H2
H2 + O2 --> H2O
once again you remind me of a high tech Professor Julius Sumner Miller
Hey everyone. This person is awesome support him
I like how he does physical of matter 🤓👍
Finally, a way to fuel my hydrogen car!!
Next video: Sodium with a full outer shell...
The auto ignition point of hydrogen gas is about 1000 degrees F so I doubt the hydrogen ignites first (sodium metal auto-ignites at about 250 degrees F)
the quicker the release the more exoplosive, hence why c-4 is super explosive, it's super fast
Wanted to see after u take that out of water
You know, sodium can be used as the most powerful, dangerous, and eco-friendly firecracker of all time
1:08 what kind of bowl is that? it can withstand acid and an explosion and not break.