Adam Savage Triggers Nitroglycerin Explosion With A Hammer! | Savage Builds
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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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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.
its not about age but temperature
If it’s a real mine…… it’s time… there so constant it’s crazy (other than standing water)
From when westerns were based none of it was ancient it was new technology
You watched lost didn't you
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.
Adam after the first drop: "Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!"
delays! delays!
The Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator was defective.
@@smokeystriper or from "super kami guru"
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Literally
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!
Sounds probable. But I guess we would need the SloMoGuys to really see what happens...
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.
@@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.
@@TheCrazyInventor the wood breaking to smithereens would also absorb a lot of impact as well.
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.
Guess they redefined "safe position" after that flight of the bumble plate ^_^
Wouldn't be the first time anything involving explosions and Adam resulted in a redefinition of 'safe distance'.
@@tanall5959 well it went way over them, so it was a safe distance… vertically.
I think we need a "Safe position" with a thick steel roof. 😂
@@CloudHindlen i would go for a depleted uranium roof
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.
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.
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.
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.
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that camera man's for sure looking for a raise the way he followed those 12" steel plates @discoveryaustralia haha
"it would seem that it's reputation is warranted."
Yup.
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.
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.
My thoughts exactly.
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
In retrospect, me either.
"... one of the scariest explosives ever known to man." Rig: a thin rod supported by nothing but gravity and friction.
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!
Yo hate to rain on your parade but he stopped doing that show like 8 years ago or something
3:04 was probably the best Homer "DOUH!" moment I've ever seen if there was one🤣🤣🤣
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.
Ya gotta buy the cheap sun glasses. 🤣🤣🤣
Must be nitro coated lenses!
I’d hate to see what your sunglasses do when hit with a hammer on 2” of welded steel plate
You forgot to say, "My $150 sunglasses."
Those are some horribly cheap sunglasses then
i love the moment Adam hears "hit it with a hammer" and his face just changes, and you know what that means, hahaha
3:05 I'm getting a French taunter vibe. I worry what Adam is going to do in my general direction.
I'll go away. I do not wish to taunted a second time.
I explode in your general direction.
Oh yeah. Thank you for that mental image. There is clearly some unpredictable humor lurking around any corner out there.
I told them we already have one!
Nope, didn't expect that, at all... Amazing.
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!"
I thought it was some kind of dinosaur costume too
He's getting ready for a casting call on a new Mel Brooks movie.
1:25 the little clink of the bottle after all that buildup is hilarious
Uhh, the molecule highlighted at 5:42 is acetone, not nitrogen.
Hail the cameraman for finding and tracking an entirely unexpected event.
Poor groundhog probably didn’t see that coming
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?
never thought a bottle not breaking could be so hilarious 😂
Definitely made me laugh…..😅
....😆😆.
"There it is, one of the scariest explosives know to man!"
*[Chlorine Trifluoride has mentioned you in a comment]*
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.
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@@YCbCr this is *honestly* the chemical I should have thought of. Alternatively, nitrogen triiodide would probably be eager to get in on this 😏
Octanitrocubane C8N8O16
@@21Walls I've got a feeling some of us may have read Derek Lowe's Things I Won't Work With :) Fascinating topic!
Love the expression on the explosives guy, knows exactly what is going to happen but playing along because Adam's enthusiasm is infectious.
he kinda messed up by letting a giant steel plate go flying in the air tho
That flying steel plate was lethal schrapnel.
Wow that had more energy than i thought it would
I carry a bottle of nitro in work bag. It's called angine it's used to help with my heart problems.
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;)
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.
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.
you wrong. Nitroglycerin exists in one "formula". It's stability depends on impurities and other factors.
@@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"
@@samuelmellars7855 preparations
@@ph08nyx By formula he means different way of making it resulting in more and different impurities and other factors making it more unstable...
What’s up with the epic chemistry fail at 5:43?
pretty sure they can't legally show the correct formula!
And randomly making acetone I guess.
5:44 could you guys get your animations fact-checked by someone who passed highschool chemistry? Because that's acetone, not nitrogen.
Lol explains why there was no nitrogen in the "nitrogen gas"
That's not a Nitrogen Gas :\ 5:41
In fact, there's no nitrogen in there.. oops
I like how the bloke is just dressed in normal clothes and adam is dressed like the bloke from zero dark thirty
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
Yep, and also had all the things already prepared, as the "fast builded" hammer device ;)
Indeed it seems to be the case especially when you look at it frame by frame. It just doesn't add up.
5:42 That's acetone though, not nitrogen gas.
I noticed it too... Disappointed me lol
He is not a chemist so he prob doesnt know the the difference
Loved this, we need more of these experiments on the channel!
Getting some Wile-E-Coyote vibes from this video lol.
04:20 his face when the dude mentioned the 🔨 hahah
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.
Props to the cameraman that he was able to record the SteelPlates mid flight :3
I thought by now Adam Savage would have an explosive manufacturers license.
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...
Yeh I noticed that too, I thought my brain had broken.
Was not expecting any of this especially after it just sat there for awhile and still was that powerful of a blast 😳
Where did the Hammer go though? 😅
Is the Tesla still in space? If its cameras are still running, they might have caught it passing by...
Serving a meal on the flight....
Legend has it, it is still up there.
Hammer 🔨 time indeed!
Note: most of the energy went up into the air. If this detonation were contained, that plate could have gone much higher!
Adam giving us a long-winded description and countdown?????!!!!! Yay!!!! It’s like a Mythbusters rebirth!
I had no idea that nitro has that much explosive power just in puddle form.
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
Best demonstration of what a mere ounce of spilled nitroglycerin is truly capable of!
I heard the whistling of that steel plate and went into duck and cover here ... great video Adam and Crew
this video completely satisfied my curiosity for nitroglycerine. thank you
I’ll admit I had very low hopes for this experiment at first. I am very surprised and impressed
Those welds were harbor freight
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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?
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.)
6:59 is the last frame before the next has everything flying after detonation.
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.
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.
Another movie myth (?) is it gets sensitive to temperature and age, I'd like to see that tested!
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!
@@mildpandemic3944 I think you'll have to make some, yourself, as they have eliminated that issue by refining the mixture.
yes it does
@@mildpandemic3944 kieselguhr clay is mixed in to prevent that happening.
This is one of two things that settled my curiosity about local abandoned mines.
Stay out. Stay alive.
this is why you give yourself a solid roof, not just a wall.
In their so-called chemical diagram, they show acetone being formed which is clearly not the case. They probably should have a chemical consultant.
That "Nitrogen Gas," model though 😂
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.
Its quite amazing that this incredibly powerful substance is also heart medication
That was awesome! DO MORE WITH NITRO!
All that buildup to the tiny little *clink* as the bottle bounced off the ground was the best kind of anticlimactic
When the bottle first dropped:
Where's the kaboom? There's supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!
Once a MYTHBUSTER always a MYTHBUSTER !!!
Whoa. A single shot of nitro hits that hard? And that guy was strolling along carrying it...
@5:42 the Nitrogen Gas molecule contains no nitrogen atoms
This is insanity! So cool to see irl
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.
As to the modern differences...more refined ingredients and better acid washing is about it. NG is still NG.
" i will not be handling the bottle of nitro for obvious reasons." Because school boy giggies? Play around with it? SPIKE IT!
I call shenanigans the hammer flying whistling through the air? That's reality TV magic ✨
That's not the hammer; that's the steel plates.
Who keeps giving him nitro and hammers?! Please keep ding it... And what did you think would happen? LOL! Love that.
To quote a certain martian "where's the kaboom? Theres supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom." - for the first few attempts at least
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.
Yup!Just what I was thinking!
"Given what I've learned from movies" lol. Smh.
You said it wrong though, it *HAMMER TIME!!!*
"It's Hammer time!" That was a cool video. I've worked with different explosives in the Marines but never nitro.
Blew those welds apart…that’s crazy!
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.
Science and explosions can’t ask for much more
All I can say is WOW
You guys hear the sound of that plate flipping through the air? That thing is really moving
One once is barely anything, that’s only like a half shot, Unbelievable power.
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.
5:42 "nitrogen gas" *shows a picture of acetone*
“Given what I’ve known from movies”. Yep ole Hollywierd has all the facts.
That was insane
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!
Laughed out loud on bottle going, “tink”.
I thought that was surprising. Awestruck.
He's wearing a face protection setup but the dude carrying the explosive is bare faced wearing a baseball cap 🤣
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)
tink.
That was the funniest anticlimactic moment I've seen on this show.
I commend that bottle maker.
Was well worth watching the whole video😎
That was wicked.
Well, that was kind of terrifying.
That 2×4 was DESTROYED 100%
I can't help but Adam looking like a creepy Teletubby staring from the wall 😂😂😂
Slowmoguys with their new phantom camera, Adam Savage and nitroglycerin is needed.