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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
  • It’s Hammer Time! Adam Savage recreates a scenario seen in countless old westerns: the nitroglycerin explosion! After a few failed attempts, he decides to trigger the substance’s impact sensitivity by hammering it. Will it be an explosive success?
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  • @dabbidaa1547
    @dabbidaa1547 3 роки тому +1355

    When old nitro starts to crystallize and those microscopic crystals rub against each other, that's when it starts getting touch sensitive. So those westerns where they dig out ancient dynamite out of an abandoned mine, and it explodes from dropping, aren't far off.

    • @TheRolemodel1337
      @TheRolemodel1337 3 роки тому +45

      its not about age but temperature

    • @frankthetank6558
      @frankthetank6558 3 роки тому +21

      If it’s a real mine…… it’s time… there so constant it’s crazy (other than standing water)

    • @helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316
      @helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316 3 роки тому +19

      From when westerns were based none of it was ancient it was new technology

    • @Bakupa91
      @Bakupa91 3 роки тому +16

      You watched lost didn't you

    • @grahamrankin4725
      @grahamrankin4725 3 роки тому +41

      A retired mining engineer was a docent at the Colorado Nining Museum. He told a story of how blasters working with nitro dynamite in winter would put the sticks they would us the next morning in their sleeping bags to keep it from freezing overnight.

  • @_stonhinge
    @_stonhinge 3 роки тому +541

    Adam after the first drop: "Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!"

  • @GaryBickford
    @GaryBickford 3 роки тому +178

    Considering the plates were _under_ the nitro (unless it leaked under them), the force that tossed them 75 feet was the _rebound_ of the steel being flexed downward!

    • @Timberwolf69
      @Timberwolf69 3 роки тому +14

      Sounds probable. But I guess we would need the SloMoGuys to really see what happens...

    • @TheCrazyInventor
      @TheCrazyInventor 3 роки тому +10

      I think the wooden blocks that were placed below the 4 steel plates compressed a little bit. The nitro exploding above the plate, forced the plate into the wood. The wood rebounding probably caused the plates to be sent into orbit.

    • @GaryBickford
      @GaryBickford 3 роки тому +9

      @@TheCrazyInventor That's possible, but steel is also quite springy, so it could have merely either flexed or compressed and it's own rebound would be sufficient.

    • @roccoheat8662
      @roccoheat8662 3 роки тому +9

      @@TheCrazyInventor the wood breaking to smithereens would also absorb a lot of impact as well.

    • @jasonrubik
      @jasonrubik 3 роки тому +2

      Only 1 plate went flying and got stuck in the dirt. Adam makes a mistake and says that it is 2 plates. at 5:55 you can see that something goes flying up very fast ( maybe one or two plates , who knows ). Then you see a single plate flying to the right. Then you see that there are two more plates remaining. The initial plate construction was a total of 4 plates ( at 4:25 ) , so we can deduce that 4 - 2 - 1 = 1, so therefore it was only 1 plate that got was flying overhead.

  • @bgdexter
    @bgdexter 3 роки тому +943

    Guess they redefined "safe position" after that flight of the bumble plate ^_^

    • @tanall5959
      @tanall5959 3 роки тому +73

      Wouldn't be the first time anything involving explosions and Adam resulted in a redefinition of 'safe distance'.

    • @joermnyc
      @joermnyc 3 роки тому +29

      @@tanall5959 well it went way over them, so it was a safe distance… vertically.

    • @CloudHindlen
      @CloudHindlen 3 роки тому +29

      I think we need a "Safe position" with a thick steel roof. 😂

    • @kodours1835
      @kodours1835 3 роки тому +5

      @@CloudHindlen i would go for a depleted uranium roof

    • @jlondon1441
      @jlondon1441 3 роки тому +15

      Yeah, watching Adam work shows me how so many accidents happen on sets, even with “experts”. Adam is definitely a guy who gets blinded to the reality of some situations by his focus on the work.

  • @Firehawk376
    @Firehawk376 3 роки тому +83

    Yeah, even if 95% of the time the drop doesn't detonate it, the detonation is big enough that you just don't want to be anywhere nearby when the natural one comes up.

  • @JHamList
    @JHamList 3 роки тому +119

    Ive working in mining, specifically drill and blast, and from what I've heard anecdotally the concern wasn't so much with dropped bottles of nitro per se, but that old dynamite sticks would sweat beads nitro out of them when improperly stored, making them very dangerous to handle as the nitro glycerin was no long stabilized within the clay and if you were rough with it accidents could happen.

    • @littlesnowflakepunk855
      @littlesnowflakepunk855 2 роки тому +9

      From what I've heard from folks who explore old silver mines 'round here is that old nitroglycerin that's been exposed to the elements starts to crystalize, and crystalline nitroglycerin is more volatile.

    • @Dawid-vi2jo
      @Dawid-vi2jo Рік тому +1

      Dzień dobry pozdrawiam z Polski

  • @gianfunk9121
    @gianfunk9121 3 роки тому +28

    that camera man's for sure looking for a raise the way he followed those 12" steel plates @discoveryaustralia haha

  • @JakHart
    @JakHart 3 роки тому +34

    "it would seem that it's reputation is warranted."
    Yup.

  • @DrakeAurum
    @DrakeAurum 3 роки тому +201

    I would not have wanted to be the unprotected guy walking out to balance that bottle on a small board held up by nothing more than a metal rod.

    • @souleater307
      @souleater307 3 роки тому +11

      yeah but from what we saw that wasnt an effective means to make it explode. so id be willing to be that guy i just wouldnt carry a hammer on my side.

    • @flfun2no
      @flfun2no 3 роки тому

      My thoughts exactly.

    • @richardw2977
      @richardw2977 3 роки тому +17

      I'd imagine that he knew the specific danger and that it would be unlikely to detonate. As the explosives expert, that's what his training and experience are all about. Still, though..... It wouldn't be me!! LOL

    • @taggartlawfirm
      @taggartlawfirm 3 роки тому

      In retrospect, me either.

    • @pglewis
      @pglewis 3 роки тому +7

      "... one of the scariest explosives ever known to man." Rig: a thin rod supported by nothing but gravity and friction.

  • @Clint3571
    @Clint3571 3 роки тому +15

    Mythbusters is my favorite show of all time, and I am so glad that you are still keeping the magic alive. I know that you really love doing what you do. Keep it up man!

    • @FrancisR420
      @FrancisR420 2 роки тому +2

      Yo hate to rain on your parade but he stopped doing that show like 8 years ago or something

  • @TECHnoman753
    @TECHnoman753 3 роки тому +13

    3:04 was probably the best Homer "DOUH!" moment I've ever seen if there was one🤣🤣🤣

  • @troyh3628
    @troyh3628 3 роки тому +162

    Adam Savage: Drops a glass bottle of nitro from 6 feet on to the concrete -- doesn't break
    Me: Leans over to close my car door and my sunglasses fall off my lap and hit the drive way -- dozens of broken pieces everywhere.

    • @tankerboysabot
      @tankerboysabot 3 роки тому +3

      Ya gotta buy the cheap sun glasses. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @paulcragg1315
      @paulcragg1315 3 роки тому +4

      Must be nitro coated lenses!

    • @JH-ee5xv
      @JH-ee5xv 3 роки тому +4

      I’d hate to see what your sunglasses do when hit with a hammer on 2” of welded steel plate

    • @xenaguy01
      @xenaguy01 3 роки тому +1

      You forgot to say, "My $150 sunglasses."

    • @Sweedster
      @Sweedster 3 роки тому

      Those are some horribly cheap sunglasses then

  • @synapse349
    @synapse349 3 роки тому +42

    i love the moment Adam hears "hit it with a hammer" and his face just changes, and you know what that means, hahaha

  • @kwerk2011
    @kwerk2011 3 роки тому +44

    3:05 I'm getting a French taunter vibe. I worry what Adam is going to do in my general direction.

    • @alger8181
      @alger8181 3 роки тому +7

      I'll go away. I do not wish to taunted a second time.

    • @RS-ls7mm
      @RS-ls7mm 3 роки тому +6

      I explode in your general direction.

    • @TrondBørgeKrokli
      @TrondBørgeKrokli 3 роки тому

      Oh yeah. Thank you for that mental image. There is clearly some unpredictable humor lurking around any corner out there.

    • @houseofrandomness
      @houseofrandomness 3 роки тому

      I told them we already have one!

  • @Leshic2
    @Leshic2 3 роки тому +12

    Nope, didn't expect that, at all... Amazing.

  • @jaywolfenstien
    @jaywolfenstien 3 роки тому +107

    Me looking at the thumbnail: "Why is Adam dressed up like an astronaut dinosaur?"
    Me after watching the video: "Adam can dress up however he wants. That was ****ing AMAZING!"

    • @liveactionlink8736
      @liveactionlink8736 3 роки тому +2

      I thought it was some kind of dinosaur costume too

    • @williammielenz3752
      @williammielenz3752 3 роки тому

      He's getting ready for a casting call on a new Mel Brooks movie.

  • @natewatson6962
    @natewatson6962 Рік тому +1

    1:25 the little clink of the bottle after all that buildup is hilarious

  • @dragonridley
    @dragonridley 3 роки тому +5

    Uhh, the molecule highlighted at 5:42 is acetone, not nitrogen.

  • @doctortheopolis3122
    @doctortheopolis3122 Рік тому +5

    Hail the cameraman for finding and tracking an entirely unexpected event.

  • @aztecworrior79
    @aztecworrior79 3 роки тому +22

    Poor groundhog probably didn’t see that coming

    • @dontneedtoknow5836
      @dontneedtoknow5836 3 роки тому

      Well I mean. If a tornado launches a boulder at your house and you see it coming, do you have time to get out of the way?

  • @irishninja9857
    @irishninja9857 2 роки тому +29

    never thought a bottle not breaking could be so hilarious 😂

  • @21Walls
    @21Walls 3 роки тому +18

    "There it is, one of the scariest explosives know to man!"
    *[Chlorine Trifluoride has mentioned you in a comment]*

    • @emu071981
      @emu071981 3 роки тому +9

      Chlorine trifluoride is not an explosive though, it is a highly toxic hypergolic agent. There are plenty of shock sensitive explosives that are much scarier than nitroglycerine but nitroglycerine is an explosive that is extremely well known via movies and books.
      Fun fact, Alfred Nobel (founder of the Nobel prizes) invented dynamite (basically nitroglycerine in a clay filler to make it more safe to handle), gelignite and various other explosives (e.g. ballistite, the precursor to modern smokeless powder and commonly still used today as rocket propellent) and founded the Nobel prize foundation as repentance for the horror he had inflicted on the world.

    • @YCbCr
      @YCbCr 3 роки тому +6

      [Azidoazide azide has entered the chat]

    • @21Walls
      @21Walls 3 роки тому +1

      @@YCbCr this is *honestly* the chemical I should have thought of. Alternatively, nitrogen triiodide would probably be eager to get in on this 😏

    • @joel_rigby
      @joel_rigby 3 роки тому

      Octanitrocubane C8N8O16

    • @YCbCr
      @YCbCr 3 роки тому +6

      @@21Walls I've got a feeling some of us may have read Derek Lowe's Things I Won't Work With :) Fascinating topic!

  • @RobertPatrician
    @RobertPatrician 3 роки тому +5

    Love the expression on the explosives guy, knows exactly what is going to happen but playing along because Adam's enthusiasm is infectious.

    • @vitamin9165
      @vitamin9165 11 місяців тому

      he kinda messed up by letting a giant steel plate go flying in the air tho

  • @dannydonuts4219
    @dannydonuts4219 3 роки тому +10

    That flying steel plate was lethal schrapnel.

  • @peterdwyer4609
    @peterdwyer4609 3 роки тому +1

    Wow that had more energy than i thought it would

  • @JohnCran
    @JohnCran 3 роки тому +8

    I carry a bottle of nitro in work bag. It's called angine it's used to help with my heart problems.

    • @imrebalogh2786
      @imrebalogh2786 3 роки тому +1

      I had that too couple of mgs of nitro/shot, whole bottle contained about 0.1gr dissolved in propylene glycol and ethanol, even if you spray out half the bottle and let the ethanol evaporate you can not get a kaboom;)

  • @TwilightRage2099
    @TwilightRage2099 3 роки тому +10

    If I remember correctly, there were two formulas used to make Nitro. It was the first variant that was super unstable that created the legend of randomly exploding nitro. The formula you were using was a more stabilized one that required the higher impact to detonate.

    • @samuelmellars7855
      @samuelmellars7855 3 роки тому +1

      I was assuming that age/improper storage was the factor. I know all sorts of things become unstable with age and explosives are one of them. I assumed nitroglycerin was one of those things.

    • @ph08nyx
      @ph08nyx 3 роки тому +2

      you wrong. Nitroglycerin exists in one "formula". It's stability depends on impurities and other factors.

    • @samuelmellars7855
      @samuelmellars7855 3 роки тому +6

      @@ph08nyx I think he means two "formulas" as-in "recipe", like "add reagent A to reagent B, stir for 30 minutes, add reagent C and stir vigorously for 30 seconds. Distil, then add reagent D before it cools, allow to settle, then skim off the TNG that floats to the surface"
      Not "formulas" as-in "chemical formulas"

    • @tonysuda9066
      @tonysuda9066 3 роки тому +2

      @@samuelmellars7855 preparations

    • @a64738
      @a64738 Рік тому

      @@ph08nyx By formula he means different way of making it resulting in more and different impurities and other factors making it more unstable...

  • @VyvienneEaux
    @VyvienneEaux 3 роки тому +10

    What’s up with the epic chemistry fail at 5:43?

    • @SD-ft6gs
      @SD-ft6gs 2 місяці тому

      pretty sure they can't legally show the correct formula!

  • @nixhound
    @nixhound 3 роки тому +9

    And randomly making acetone I guess.

  • @piranha031091
    @piranha031091 3 роки тому +22

    5:44 could you guys get your animations fact-checked by someone who passed highschool chemistry? Because that's acetone, not nitrogen.

    • @phongguyisfly
      @phongguyisfly 3 роки тому +5

      Lol explains why there was no nitrogen in the "nitrogen gas"

  • @nithinuppalapati2882
    @nithinuppalapati2882 3 роки тому +17

    That's not a Nitrogen Gas :\ ​5:41

    • @dominikmilien
      @dominikmilien 5 місяців тому

      In fact, there's no nitrogen in there.. oops

  • @lemonturds5094
    @lemonturds5094 3 роки тому +7

    I like how the bloke is just dressed in normal clothes and adam is dressed like the bloke from zero dark thirty

  • @00jamiejohnson00
    @00jamiejohnson00 3 роки тому +3

    props to the pyrotechnics guy that made it look like that was just the nitro exploding . funny how it started under and behind and not where the actual spill was

    • @markez2896
      @markez2896 3 роки тому +1

      Yep, and also had all the things already prepared, as the "fast builded" hammer device ;)

    • @huldu
      @huldu 3 роки тому +1

      Indeed it seems to be the case especially when you look at it frame by frame. It just doesn't add up.

  • @user-yl4hb8dg9l
    @user-yl4hb8dg9l 3 роки тому +27

    5:42 That's acetone though, not nitrogen gas.

    • @MrSnorlaxify
      @MrSnorlaxify 3 роки тому +3

      I noticed it too... Disappointed me lol

    • @AlexWithington
      @AlexWithington 3 роки тому

      He is not a chemist so he prob doesnt know the the difference

  • @sarangbhutada2047
    @sarangbhutada2047 3 роки тому +5

    Loved this, we need more of these experiments on the channel!

  • @TheRealBanana
    @TheRealBanana 3 роки тому +8

    Getting some Wile-E-Coyote vibes from this video lol.

  • @Mike-op5us
    @Mike-op5us 3 роки тому +2

    04:20 his face when the dude mentioned the 🔨 hahah

  • @TheodoreAndor
    @TheodoreAndor 3 роки тому +19

    Then its not pure Nitro Glycerine. I worked in a factory falling 400mm it ecplodes. Also whats your temp there? I think its got glycol in it to stabilize it. When its nitrated it is very very unstable.

  • @Hugofoxli
    @Hugofoxli 2 роки тому +1

    Props to the cameraman that he was able to record the SteelPlates mid flight :3

  • @ownage11445
    @ownage11445 Рік тому

    I thought by now Adam Savage would have an explosive manufacturers license.

  • @covodex516
    @covodex516 3 роки тому +20

    5:41 uuhm...while you're correctly saying that it forms Nitrogen gas, the molecule you are showing there is Acetone and is utterly wrong! How on earth did that happen, it's not even remotely close...

    • @davesulphate4497
      @davesulphate4497 3 роки тому

      Yeh I noticed that too, I thought my brain had broken.

  • @Josephithinkthatsme
    @Josephithinkthatsme 3 роки тому +1

    Was not expecting any of this especially after it just sat there for awhile and still was that powerful of a blast 😳

  • @Pontelappen123
    @Pontelappen123 3 роки тому +11

    Where did the Hammer go though? 😅

    • @Timberwolf69
      @Timberwolf69 3 роки тому +3

      Is the Tesla still in space? If its cameras are still running, they might have caught it passing by...

    • @andrewcharles459
      @andrewcharles459 3 роки тому

      Serving a meal on the flight....

    • @skf957
      @skf957 3 роки тому +1

      Legend has it, it is still up there.

  • @DD2DL
    @DD2DL 11 місяців тому +1

    Hammer 🔨 time indeed!

  • @tolkienfan1972
    @tolkienfan1972 2 роки тому +3

    Note: most of the energy went up into the air. If this detonation were contained, that plate could have gone much higher!

  • @gvndual84
    @gvndual84 3 роки тому

    Adam giving us a long-winded description and countdown?????!!!!! Yay!!!! It’s like a Mythbusters rebirth!

  • @Wipsplash
    @Wipsplash 3 роки тому +3

    I had no idea that nitro has that much explosive power just in puddle form.

  • @urtfools
    @urtfools 2 роки тому +1

    I absolutely lost it on the 2nd take. This is science at it's finest! If at first you don't succeed, try, try again

  • @ElementofKindness
    @ElementofKindness 2 роки тому

    Best demonstration of what a mere ounce of spilled nitroglycerin is truly capable of!

  • @RoughriderUT
    @RoughriderUT 3 роки тому +3

    I heard the whistling of that steel plate and went into duck and cover here ... great video Adam and Crew

  • @paulmark992
    @paulmark992 Рік тому

    this video completely satisfied my curiosity for nitroglycerine. thank you

  • @Martin1519
    @Martin1519 3 роки тому +1

    I’ll admit I had very low hopes for this experiment at first. I am very surprised and impressed

  • @Banjoandguns
    @Banjoandguns 3 роки тому +2

    Those welds were harbor freight

  • @nortron4491
    @nortron4491 3 роки тому +4

    6:55 The plate seems to explode before the hammer hits it. Also, what is that little thing hanging out from under the metal plates? Prepped explosive maybe?

    • @jfbeam
      @jfbeam 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah, the video doesn't show all the frames up to the impact making it look like there was something between the plates. But it's just an editing error. There was nothing between the plates. (maybe a little nitro soaked in there from the broken bottle.)

    • @nomore-constipation
      @nomore-constipation 2 роки тому

      6:59 is the last frame before the next has everything flying after detonation.

  • @michaelwhite-ec1fe
    @michaelwhite-ec1fe 3 місяці тому

    My grandfather worked in a chemical factory that made and stored nitroglycerin, he would tell me the worst time to be there working was when a train went by because you didn’t know if the vibrations would knock the bottles off.

  • @-ph1l1pn0rth-7
    @-ph1l1pn0rth-7 3 роки тому +1

    60 pounds of solid steel flying through the air above their heads, not sure the insurance covered that part of the skit. Lucky for them no one got hurt.

  • @MegaPoxie
    @MegaPoxie 3 роки тому +6

    Another movie myth (?) is it gets sensitive to temperature and age, I'd like to see that tested!

    • @mildpandemic3944
      @mildpandemic3944 3 роки тому +3

      The one I've often seen is dynamite getting old and having the nitro start to weep out, and then it can go off if it is dropped or hit. No idea where to get old dynamite though!

    • @Timberwolf69
      @Timberwolf69 3 роки тому

      @@mildpandemic3944 I think you'll have to make some, yourself, as they have eliminated that issue by refining the mixture.

    • @Rockhopper1
      @Rockhopper1 3 роки тому +1

      yes it does

    • @Rockhopper1
      @Rockhopper1 3 роки тому

      @@mildpandemic3944 kieselguhr clay is mixed in to prevent that happening.

  • @seabeepirate
    @seabeepirate 2 роки тому

    This is one of two things that settled my curiosity about local abandoned mines.

  • @darkranger116
    @darkranger116 3 роки тому

    this is why you give yourself a solid roof, not just a wall.

  • @gordomctavish6599
    @gordomctavish6599 3 роки тому +4

    In their so-called chemical diagram, they show acetone being formed which is clearly not the case. They probably should have a chemical consultant.

  • @PwnagePanda
    @PwnagePanda 2 роки тому

    That "Nitrogen Gas," model though 😂

  • @randomelectronicsanddispla1765
    @randomelectronicsanddispla1765 3 роки тому +6

    What about temperature and impurities?
    Would hot, impure nitroglycerin be more sensitive?
    I've heard (dubious) stories of people warming up sticks of jelly and throwing them against a wall to make it go off.

  • @emobassist
    @emobassist 2 роки тому +1

    Its quite amazing that this incredibly powerful substance is also heart medication

  • @RedFacePyro
    @RedFacePyro 3 роки тому +2

    That was awesome! DO MORE WITH NITRO!

  • @AnakinTheWeird
    @AnakinTheWeird Рік тому

    All that buildup to the tiny little *clink* as the bottle bounced off the ground was the best kind of anticlimactic

  • @travisfields157
    @travisfields157 2 роки тому

    When the bottle first dropped:
    Where's the kaboom? There's supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!

  • @starwolf3020
    @starwolf3020 3 роки тому +1

    Once a MYTHBUSTER always a MYTHBUSTER !!!

  • @HallyVee
    @HallyVee Рік тому

    Whoa. A single shot of nitro hits that hard? And that guy was strolling along carrying it...

  • @MatkatMusic
    @MatkatMusic 3 роки тому +2

    @5:42 the Nitrogen Gas molecule contains no nitrogen atoms

  • @Jaycomma
    @Jaycomma 2 роки тому

    This is insanity! So cool to see irl

  • @nathnathn
    @nathnathn 3 роки тому +2

    One thing as far as I’m aware modern nitroglycerin is different to actual historical nitroglycerin in that its more stable.
    The original production processes were more rough then modern ones.

    • @segarza
      @segarza 3 роки тому +1

      As to the modern differences...more refined ingredients and better acid washing is about it. NG is still NG.

  • @SteelWolf13
    @SteelWolf13 3 роки тому

    " i will not be handling the bottle of nitro for obvious reasons." Because school boy giggies? Play around with it? SPIKE IT!

  • @TuthHurts911411
    @TuthHurts911411 2 роки тому

    I call shenanigans the hammer flying whistling through the air? That's reality TV magic ✨

    • @Tornadopelt
      @Tornadopelt Рік тому +1

      That's not the hammer; that's the steel plates.

  • @KennethStone
    @KennethStone 2 роки тому

    Who keeps giving him nitro and hammers?! Please keep ding it... And what did you think would happen? LOL! Love that.

  • @alexbarker975
    @alexbarker975 3 роки тому

    To quote a certain martian "where's the kaboom? Theres supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom." - for the first few attempts at least

  • @wavydave
    @wavydave 3 роки тому +1

    There's no telling how they cooked it up in the old west days, too much nitrate could cause crystals to start growing sooner than a clean batch which would increase the sensitivity quite a bit.

    • @pebo8306
      @pebo8306 3 роки тому

      Yup!Just what I was thinking!

  • @StirlingLighthouse
    @StirlingLighthouse 3 роки тому +3

    "Given what I've learned from movies" lol. Smh.

  • @timothybarham6374
    @timothybarham6374 3 роки тому

    You said it wrong though, it *HAMMER TIME!!!*

  • @gregoryfoster8179
    @gregoryfoster8179 2 роки тому

    "It's Hammer time!" That was a cool video. I've worked with different explosives in the Marines but never nitro.

  • @thebigchopvideomemoriescol8060
    @thebigchopvideomemoriescol8060 2 роки тому

    Blew those welds apart…that’s crazy!

  • @MrYfrank14
    @MrYfrank14 2 роки тому

    I read a recipe once for homemade nitro.
    Temperature changes can also cause it to detonate.
    The recipe called for a bathtub filled with ice to make one OZ of nitroglycerin because you had to keep it stable.
    The directions said, if the temperature moves more that 1 degree up or down, run.
    It is very unstable.

  • @jakeburry15
    @jakeburry15 3 роки тому

    Science and explosions can’t ask for much more

  • @keithbrown2458
    @keithbrown2458 2 роки тому

    All I can say is WOW

  • @cheeseymann
    @cheeseymann 3 роки тому +1

    You guys hear the sound of that plate flipping through the air? That thing is really moving

  • @JohnDoe-ud2cc
    @JohnDoe-ud2cc 2 роки тому

    One once is barely anything, that’s only like a half shot, Unbelievable power.

  • @maddog2314
    @maddog2314 3 роки тому +1

    I think the hammer also had a better chance of setting it off because it was a crushing force and not just a change in acceleration. The architecture of the bottle might've also absorbed some of the force/carried the momentum away via the shattered shards.

  • @alison4051
    @alison4051 3 роки тому +1

    5:42 "nitrogen gas" *shows a picture of acetone*

  • @Chance-ry1hq
    @Chance-ry1hq 2 роки тому

    “Given what I’ve known from movies”. Yep ole Hollywierd has all the facts.

  • @TheCenturion8404
    @TheCenturion8404 2 роки тому

    That was insane

  • @raymondraptorclaw2901
    @raymondraptorclaw2901 2 роки тому +1

    So if u want to get revenge on someone, take them golfing. But when it’s their turn, fill a hollowed out golf ball with nitroglycerin!

  • @terinamike
    @terinamike 3 роки тому

    Laughed out loud on bottle going, “tink”.

  • @warphonesS22
    @warphonesS22 3 роки тому

    I thought that was surprising. Awestruck.

  • @Brettmlyons
    @Brettmlyons 3 роки тому

    He's wearing a face protection setup but the dude carrying the explosive is bare faced wearing a baseball cap 🤣

    • @jfbeam
      @jfbeam 2 роки тому

      He was also close enough that a suit would've been useless had it gone off early. He was down behind the wall for the drops and final detonation. Adam had the helmet because we was watching the whole processes. (and ... Hollywood)

  • @maskedmarvyl4774
    @maskedmarvyl4774 Рік тому

    tink.
    That was the funniest anticlimactic moment I've seen on this show.
    I commend that bottle maker.

  • @pistolero114gunner
    @pistolero114gunner 2 роки тому

    Was well worth watching the whole video😎

  • @newt2010
    @newt2010 3 роки тому

    That was wicked.

  • @russmiller7284
    @russmiller7284 2 роки тому

    Well, that was kind of terrifying.

  • @WHEREVER-I-ROAM
    @WHEREVER-I-ROAM Рік тому

    That 2×4 was DESTROYED 100%

  • @sidehop
    @sidehop 3 роки тому

    I can't help but Adam looking like a creepy Teletubby staring from the wall 😂😂😂

  • @tankerboysabot
    @tankerboysabot 3 роки тому

    Slowmoguys with their new phantom camera, Adam Savage and nitroglycerin is needed.