This is a really great and fun experiment to do with AP Chem! I repeated this experiment at school and really enjoyed it. Thank you for the inspiration!
On another note, watching this is so relaxing. I don't know the chemical or psychological explanation but just looking at the glowing colors relaxed me pretty much immediately (I was feeling pretty keyed up and tense).
I suspect it's from fire. Fire is relaxing, it brings about comfort, and I suspect that your caveman brain saw fire and felt comforted on some lizard-brain level... 😁
Nice still a banger in 2023 loved seeing you in high school back in 2012. Now that I've graduated college with a bachelor's in chemistry I'm going back to all the videos lol
yeah, but the glowing doesn't start until the end consumer breaks the glass tube and mixes the chemicals. The liquid doesn't glow in the factory. Also, it's pretty boring and mostly automated, not like there's a gajillion workers stirring giant vats of liquid light, more like a dude in a lab coat and hard hat operating a control panel and another dude driving a forklift with empty plastic tubes to make glow sticks out of...
amazing! Gonna start my 3rd year of my phD in chem in 1 week. I already have my Inorganic Chem. classes done but I SO have to sneak on the lab to do these!!
This is very helpful and understandable for a complicated reaction and I like how you say long chemical name then before ending the video you just say "and that is the basic of glowstick"
It seems to me that the pitch of the voice has been altered during post processing of the video. May be the guy wants to remain anonymous and spread his message....I could be wrong though.
Ohh nice! It worked? Actually I was planning to make it for my schl science project but I am not sure whether it will work or not. If you've tried it then pls do lemme know a bit about your observations.
The light mixing is physics. If you have a bunch of different colored lights (different colord tissue paper over flash lights) and then shine them all together on one point, the light well be white (Did this with my 2,4,5 year old called it reverse rainbow). Will be making luminol in O chem tomorrow, good to know glow sticks are something of a different nature. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
I LOVE your science channel. Also, I kinda had a feeling that the Mountain Dew myth is fake I was gonna do it myself but, my Uncle told me it's not worth it you'll just be wasting good brand of Soda. So, I took his word for it.
Great vid. Have a question. Any suggestions on what could be used to thicken the liquid a little bit? I ask because I play disc golf and some times we like to throw at night. I went and bought 10 glow sticks, broke them open are poured all the contents into a sprayer. I sprayed the chains and basket then a 30' radius around the basket. It lasted, out in the open, for at least 2 hours. Don't know how long since I did that at 9:00 pm on a work night and went to bed at 11:00 pm and was still glowing. Kept the sprayer in my bedroom and the residue left in it kept glowing for 3 days. Anyway, the glow liquid was a little thicker than water but not by too much and dripped a bit. Wasn't a big deal because the glow on he ground still helped with the visibility. I just thought that if it were a little be thicker it'd stick to the basket and chains better. Any suggestions is greatly appreciated.
Can you make one with more of each material making up the same volume in total? Therefor making it glow much much brighter; or can you make one that glows as much as possible?
Luciferin was initially extracted from Lightning Bugs by a scientist at American Cyanamid Corporation in Stamford CT. He was the father of one of the fellow members in my Boy Scout Troop.His father would pay us five cents for every Lightning Bug. It was quite a bit for a boy in the early 60's
Question - Does the dye have to be in solution? I mean, without a dye present, does it just give of UV light or something? I only ask because I know that fluorescent dyes glow under a UV source, as do the phosphors on the inside of a fluorescent tube when exposed to the UV light from the mercury vapour discharge. Edit - Ah, you answered it towards the end of the video for us. Thanks for a thorough job :)
Thanks for the demo. Two quick questions: What type of energy is being released from the reaction, if not light? Specifically, what is exciting the atoms in the fluorescent paint? Secondly, is it possible to "recharge" the glow sticks once they have expired? Via another chemical to separate them out, electricity, or some other process? A reuseable glow stick would be great.
I have bought glow sticks from all over and I promise you, you're better off just getting glow sticks from walmart. They are not the best, but they are the best options when you don't want to order them off the net and are far better than dollar store or party stores. Halloween stores usually have good ones too, if just so happens to be October.
Hey NurdRage, I was wondering if it would be possible to make a glow-in-the-dark-fluid instead of the conventional solid form. So a fluid that stores energy of light and slowly radiates it again
it depends what's in the vial. If the vial is filled with some acid that desolves and reacts with the wall in such a way that energy is relesed in the form of light then yes.
no im saying if i use the same one he just did in the video and shaked it then threw it at the wall would it still glow? or would the liquid glow go away
Contrary to what NurdRage says - and I love his work - UV light is still released when no dye is added. The reaction that produces UV light is the bis(whatever)oxalate getting oxidized to carbon dioxide. It's not like addition of the dye activates this reaction. The dye is only there to capture that UV light and transform it into visible light.
hey, if you mixed both the yellow and blue dyes before mixing the rest of the stuff, would it give you white glow that way or must you mix two separate reactions together, as shown?
This is a really great and fun experiment to do with AP Chem! I repeated this experiment at school and really enjoyed it. Thank you for the inspiration!
On another note, watching this is so relaxing. I don't know the chemical or psychological explanation but just looking at the glowing colors relaxed me pretty much immediately (I was feeling pretty keyed up and tense).
how can I get the chemical
I suspect it's from fire. Fire is relaxing, it brings about comfort, and I suspect that your caveman brain saw fire and felt comforted on some lizard-brain level... 😁
When you pronounced the chemical names... I felt my brain cells pop.
Hahahah me to xD
AceTheDragon3 Because hes pronouncing them wrong, or because they are hard to pronounce?
RaiShizaki
It's how he pronounced them without error, as if it were a simple word. I could never be able to do that.
AceTheDragon3 its easier if youve worked with organic chemistry
+AceTheDragon3 right
"Let me give it a shake. There we go, NOICEEEEE!!!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
*Makes Black*
*Blows up the universe*
Wow, did get a few likes!
I wonder if it is possible to use a mercury salt as a dye replacement.
You say thay DNPO and CPPO will both work. But I only have C3PO. Will it work?
* From far away * I get it! xD
(I've though about the same thing.. we're probably not the only ones xD)
I'm dead, ur so funny 😵 (CPPO sounds like C3PO)
Lol pvp388
Only in the presence of R2D2.
No, c3po will just bitch at you with a British accent
"our primary objective is to explore science,so lets begin!"
THE QUOTE OF THE YEAR
1:46 - I remember that voice saying those exact words last night in the neighborhood as a little girl screamed
why y
Nice still a banger in 2023 loved seeing you in high school back in 2012. Now that I've graduated college with a bachelor's in chemistry I'm going back to all the videos lol
the kid that microwaved and exploded a glowstick in his face brought me here. wtf
😂😂😂😂
Why do you have to Mask your voice? Are you wanted by the NSA?
No, because he masked his voice.. Duhh!
bugs181
lol but why? whats the point hahah
Expense of hard to come by chemicals - depending on your area of course.
Ha lol
mommydont eatmeplz
gotta thumbs up your comment just because of your name haha
Wow! You also made my face glow with awe! Crazy smart Chemists!
All I have is hydrogen peroxide
C3PO?
ikr XD
@@keitra666 lol 🙃
I just started watching NurdRage today and i already love him!
My dream job would be worker in glowstick factory XD Imagine watching huge amounts of glowing liquid flowing *-*
rainbow factory
i.imgur.com/HUCXm.gif
yeah, but the glowing doesn't start until the end consumer breaks the glass tube and mixes the chemicals. The liquid doesn't glow in the factory. Also, it's pretty boring and mostly automated, not like there's a gajillion workers stirring giant vats of liquid light, more like a dude in a lab coat and hard hat operating a control panel and another dude driving a forklift with empty plastic tubes to make glow sticks out of...
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Dreamcrusher >_> JK of course :P I never thought about that. LOL Makes sense. But still it's not so bad job :P
My dream job is to work in a bubble wrap factory, imagine the self-control needed.
That Orange looks like some molten metal c:
Experimentation in line with Logic of Physics , good man . Thanks for the show.
holy phloop thats epic!
the holly phloop from fuller house right 0_0 0-0
1:19 I mean what kind of dork doesn't have sodium acetate on hand? Am I right guys?
no
*nurd
Justshooting If you've made a kitchen volcano you have it on hand, and all over the counter top.
amazing! Gonna start my 3rd year of my phD in chem in 1 week. I already have my Inorganic Chem. classes done but I SO have to sneak on the lab to do these!!
Where do u get these chemicals from
What really?
Amazon
i feel so dumb. HAHAH. but its nice to watch
***** Science, bitches! No reason for you to be here.
Apple Broker yeah, science bitch!
._. Cause you're sooooo smart.
Kimberly Yeo yes i am, thats why i understand it :-)
lol, well i do a little, bet you dont understand all of it so yea xD
but if you do, continue being haughty and arrogant for your apparent smartness
This is very helpful and understandable for a complicated reaction and I like how you say long chemical name then before ending the video you just say "and that is the basic of glowstick"
Can I order these chemicals over the internet without the FBI kicking down my door?
canada-where like every youtube chemist seems to live/yes you can
United states-we freak the fuck out about everything so no
thank god i live in canada lol
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG* FBI OPEN UP!!!
@@calla8060 Thank your parents instead, they actually had a hand in where you were born.
are you using a device to alter your voice?
brother..do you know this is magical for me..I find the theorys for many year.thanks a lot..
Yellow+Blue=White
Mind blown lol
yes exactly
Teach me how to make a drugs
Ahh! Thanks for suggesting me this! I can't wait to present this in chemistry next week. Thanks for the help NurdRage!
Is it just me or is his voice a bit robotic.
Not only you
gnetumgnemon Thank god. I thought I was going crazy there.
Shuriken dongle actually I think he's using a voice changer or even a voice off the net
Aleksandar Orelov Cool.
kali
These words...are to big for my mind.
glow sticks have been a favorite toy since the 1970's...thanks for sharing the science.
that deeep voice
It seems to me that the pitch of the voice has been altered during post processing of the video. May be the guy wants to remain anonymous and spread his message....I could be wrong though.
if if listen to it again it seems like it
нехира непонял но классно!
I LOVE UR PROFILE PICK
It would be interesting to see the dyes exposed to various laser light colors during the mixing.
Wonderful science videos, thank you!
Непонятно....Только и успевал читать. :-(
WTF is he saying im only 12
I understand i am 12. Are you dumb?
I don't pay attention in language arts
well language arts is a class you take in jr high and youre 12 in jr high
DJzUN3NOWN I was 12 in 7th grade and had Language Arts..
DJzUN3NOWN um was in fifth grade barely even 5 months ago and i took language arts
this is an awesome science project
with millions videos out there, i would rate this as one of the most clear and scientific ever....names could be loopy for non-initiaed though :)
I can't wait to make these. Thank God I have all of this stuff lying around!
Ohh nice! It worked? Actually I was planning to make it for my schl science project but I am not sure whether it will work or not. If you've tried it then pls do lemme know a bit about your observations.
The light mixing is physics.
If you have a bunch of different colored lights (different colord tissue paper over flash lights) and then shine them all together on one point, the light well be white (Did this with my 2,4,5 year old called it reverse rainbow).
Will be making luminol in O chem tomorrow, good to know glow sticks are something of a different nature. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
THANK YOU! This totally helps on a science article I'm writing for my science class!
Glow sticks...101...great mini class session. I learn something.
Thanks for that, Some good stuff to share with senior students
I LOVE your science channel. Also, I kinda had a feeling that the Mountain Dew myth is fake I was gonna do it myself but, my Uncle told me it's not worth it you'll just be wasting good brand of Soda. So, I took his word for it.
What is the MD story about????
OK if I would heat flouscent dye it should glow right until it burns (oxidizes)
That is so much cool. I loved it that when blue glows
this staff are awesome
so creating glowsticks i a bit more expensive than i thought...
huge thanks for the explanation of the process!!
Great work on explaining, and you keep me interested by your commentary! Great work!
I do not know what the heck you are saying about chemicals but what your doing is fun
Great job explaining to us the exact science and chemicals to make a glow stick.
you sound like my chemistry teacher when I was on highschool.... smart and cool :)
I am not Darth Vader... I am his goofy cousin Dork Vader.
2:24 can u tell me why DNPO and CPPO are less useful?
THAT LOOKS AWSOME
Wow I have just discovered this channel and it rocks! I love chemistry. Is this guy a chemist or what?
Wow so cool the red one looks at the start like the galaxy
Great vid. Have a question. Any suggestions on what could be used to thicken the liquid a little bit? I ask because I play disc golf and some times we like to throw at night. I went and bought 10 glow sticks, broke them open are poured all the contents into a sprayer. I sprayed the chains and basket then a 30' radius around the basket. It lasted, out in the open, for at least 2 hours. Don't know how long since I did that at 9:00 pm on a work night and went to bed at 11:00 pm and was still glowing. Kept the sprayer in my bedroom and the residue left in it kept glowing for 3 days. Anyway, the glow liquid was a little thicker than water but not by too much and dripped a bit. Wasn't a big deal because the glow on he ground still helped with the visibility. I just thought that if it were a little be thicker it'd stick to the basket and chains better. Any suggestions is greatly appreciated.
Very instructional, never believed anything concerning mountain dew
wow, 10 years ago. so can glow tubes be reenergized.
very cool
Great video, if I could get my hands on those chemicals I would love to show my 4yr daughter.
Duuuude. That is seriously crazy. Chemistry is unbelievable sometimes.
can't wait to see the video of YOU making it.
Can you make one with more of each material making up the same volume in total? Therefor making it glow much much brighter; or can you make one that glows as much as possible?
That was great, I loved all the information : D The visuals and thoroughness was awesome as well. thanks PLURR
is it possible to pre-mix the where the only left missing to add is the H2O2?
Yes
How long would it glow? Would it glow forever if it's shook?
Luciferin was initially extracted from Lightning Bugs by a scientist at American Cyanamid Corporation in Stamford CT. He was the father of one of the fellow members in my Boy Scout Troop.His father would pay us five cents for every Lightning Bug. It was quite a bit for a boy in the early 60's
Thank you. I'm forever curious and this really helped.
Question - Does the dye have to be in solution? I mean, without a dye present, does it just give of UV light or something?
I only ask because I know that fluorescent dyes glow under a UV source, as do the phosphors on the inside of a fluorescent tube when exposed to the UV light from the mercury vapour discharge.
Edit - Ah, you answered it towards the end of the video for us. Thanks for a thorough job :)
i just hope you will make a new youth currious into science ! my deepest regards!!
Very interesting, you sure now what you are talking about. Good job!
So is this your actual voice? if so.... AWESOME!
Thanks for the demo. Two quick questions: What type of energy is being released from the reaction, if not light? Specifically, what is exciting the atoms in the fluorescent paint?
Secondly, is it possible to "recharge" the glow sticks once they have expired? Via another chemical to separate them out, electricity, or some other process? A reuseable glow stick would be great.
As always has been very informative
This was really cool to watch and learn about! Thank you so much for posting this video! :)
Come on Heisenberg! We want new video! Nice work! Thank you very much =)
i have insomnia now i can sleep watching and listening chemicals you named.
I have bought glow sticks from all over and I promise you, you're better off just getting glow sticks from walmart. They are not the best, but they are the best options when you don't want to order them off the net and are far better than dollar store or party stores. Halloween stores usually have good ones too, if just so happens to be October.
Awesome glow in the dark sticks
Can the fluorescent dies be heated to raise the energy levels of their electrons above ground state to give off light?
you are the smartest person I know
Hey NurdRage, I was wondering if it would be possible to make a glow-in-the-dark-fluid instead of the conventional solid form. So a fluid that stores energy of light and slowly radiates it again
This is the coolest ever! Thanks for posting!
it depends what's in the vial. If the vial is filled with some acid that desolves and reacts with the wall in such a way that energy is relesed in the form of light then yes.
Great video thanks for clearing up the mt dew myth
How hot did the TCPO and hydrogen peroxide get ?
i'm glad your back :D
no im saying if i use the same one he just did in the video and shaked it then threw it at the wall would it still glow? or would the liquid glow go away
Thank you! This was exactly what I wanted to know. Fabulous.
What dye would you use to receive a pink? Would you use the red dye just less, or different dye
He's coming back on youtube
AH MAY ZING!!!!!! i didnt understand anything he said but i liked the pretty colors!!
Hi, thanks for this! How do you safely dispose of these chemicals after use?
Does fluorescent dye work from higlighter pens???
I wish i had a friend like you.
Contrary to what NurdRage says - and I love his work - UV light is still released when no dye is added. The reaction that produces UV light is the bis(whatever)oxalate getting oxidized to carbon dioxide. It's not like addition of the dye activates this reaction. The dye is only there to capture that UV light and transform it into visible light.
hey, if you mixed both the yellow and blue dyes before mixing the rest of the stuff, would it give you white glow that way or must you mix two separate reactions together, as shown?
+StrokeMahEgo The reactions would give the same result regardless of when the dyes are mixed.