Making metal crystals from Pepto-Bismol

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

Комментарии • 13 тыс.

  • @nexurianprime8530
    @nexurianprime8530 4 года назад +26884

    I love how this guy sounds equally like an expert and like he barely has a clue what he's doing. Just a perfect balance of the two

    • @ItsLtime
      @ItsLtime 4 года назад +742

      @Eli Rinehart That doesn't mean he can be perfect at it, He knows the idea but not the practice. they don't teach shit like how to do bizzare stuff that's for funzies. He is all on his own.

    • @neobuddy2010
      @neobuddy2010 4 года назад +345

      @Eli Rinehart im fairly sure he actually dropped out to do youtube full time, so the initial comment is pretty accurate, he half knows what he's doing.

    • @asongaboutagirl8776
      @asongaboutagirl8776 4 года назад +443

      @@neobuddy2010 what i understand is that he has an undergraduate degree in chemistry & then half a masters in it too

    • @michaellyons3808
      @michaellyons3808 4 года назад +327

      He has an idea of what he's doing he just does bizarre things lol like who does this or makes alcohol out of toilet paper

    • @sleepful1917
      @sleepful1917 4 года назад +100

      the nilered charm

  • @sheeshburger-go4qd
    @sheeshburger-go4qd 4 года назад +3178

    “I’ve always really liked the idea of growing metal crystals from Pepto-Bismol”
    is something I would have never thought I would literally ever hear.

    • @Leet-iz2fz
      @Leet-iz2fz 3 года назад +28

      Saw this as he said it

    • @dreingames9137
      @dreingames9137 3 года назад +21

      @@Leet-iz2fz I swear that always happens

    • @Emiltism
      @Emiltism 3 года назад +2

      WAIT ME THREE

    • @somekidnamedoscar8651
      @somekidnamedoscar8651 3 года назад +2

      @@Leet-iz2fz same lol

    • @Txgreyhound
      @Txgreyhound 3 года назад +3

      I laughed so hard when he said it. Like, what a sentence!

  • @JustJdyn
    @JustJdyn 4 года назад +7012

    Nile: its expensive
    Also nile:dumps the whole bottle on the table

    • @theautodan7095
      @theautodan7095 3 года назад +181

      Not to mention the pile of broken beakers and tubes. 😂

    • @negljbreakergaming
      @negljbreakergaming 3 года назад +239

      Also Nile: Burns diamonds to carbonate water

    • @jazberrybear
      @jazberrybear 3 года назад +74

      At this point he’s just flexing on us ;-;

    • @DBK4165
      @DBK4165 3 года назад +29

      He does it cause he knows we all wanna see money thrown away like toilet paper 🤣. Some accidents do happen tho lol

    • @chess4926
      @chess4926 3 года назад +5

      @@negljbreakergaming Yeeee

  • @leaf1673
    @leaf1673 Год назад +967

    This video I watched 2 yrs ago inspired me to sink a few hundred dollars into bismuth, have a minor bismuth phase, and create some pretty cool shit. Fast forward a year, I get to write a research paper on anything I want for school. I choose bismuth, have the time of my life writing the best paper ever, and get a 100. Idk if ull see this, but thanks Nigel for introducing me to my now favorite element and the rest or ur channel and sparking my interest in chemistry. Ur pretty great

    • @rawr6306
      @rawr6306 Год назад +41

      Sweet!!! That’s really great to hear. This is exactly why folks like Nigel produce things like this. I’m a chemist and has an amazing awesome HS chemistry teacher who is precisely the reason why I’m a chemist. He let me (and the few other nerds/geeks) play in the labs and just learn as much as I wanted.

    • @Dariakll
      @Dariakll 9 месяцев назад +20

      It's mind blowing how much influence a small video can have on someone's future. In my case, Channels like Nigel's are the reason I kept being interested in science and more importantly biochemistry. I never thought I had it in me but fast forward 4 years, I'm now one of the top students in my classes and even got offered some paid internships at my local research labs. Again I never even thought I'd understand anything but his videos (especially the one where he explained crystallisation) kept my curiosity going. Here I am, on my way to *hopefully* open my own lab.

    • @WorldifySanity
      @WorldifySanity 8 месяцев назад +3

      It's pretty strange that you took the time to write all that, yet couldn't bring yourself to write 'your' and 'you're.'

    • @inayawhiting8333
      @inayawhiting8333 8 месяцев назад +9

      ​@Crispy-Leaves stop being so picky. You just sound salty and jealous

    • @naxmerr7274
      @naxmerr7274 8 месяцев назад +6

      @@WorldifySanity y u care so much tho

  • @miialamia1653
    @miialamia1653 5 лет назад +10825

    "In hindsight, I probably should've used a larger container."
    - NileRed 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

    • @kindlin
      @kindlin 5 лет назад +89

      ​@@the_rune_raven2253
      You realize that 20000-20000 would be equivalent to 20-20? All you're literally saying is, "Foresight is like looking at something 20000 ft away and seeing as if it were 20000 ft away, but hindsight is seeing something 20 ft away and seeing it as if it were 20 ft away."

    • @sideoutside
      @sideoutside 5 лет назад +5

      300 is blind I believe.

    • @ke6gwf
      @ke6gwf 5 лет назад +26

      @@the_rune_raven2253 so then you say 20 - 20,000.
      (which means that you see as clearly at 20 feet as most people see at 20k feet)

    • @jamietaylor8663
      @jamietaylor8663 5 лет назад +10

      I dont think he has one honestly

    • @ke6gwf
      @ke6gwf 5 лет назад +27

      @@the_rune_raven2253, I have never heard of anyone with 20/23 vision needing glasses. That's almost perfect.
      It's when you get to 20/30 or 20/40 that you start having problems.
      Although, I have 20/13 vision, so what do I know!
      But the point is, the example you gave means someone with normal vision, and so isn't an exaggeration

  • @Roblidon
    @Roblidon 3 года назад +1057

    I just realized why I like his videos so much, after like half a dozen of them in a row: it's the way he always sounds like he's leading to something, even when he isn't. Sometimes he's just clearly detailing what he's doing, but with forward motion and anticipation. My Adhd stays hooked on so I can watch entire videos without getting distracted.

    • @blxckmxrkxt
      @blxckmxrkxt Год назад +7

      _yes_

    • @ortussiridus1680
      @ortussiridus1680 Год назад +28

      Tbh, his videos are some of the only ones I never get bored of. Almost every other youtuber has this problem where it's hard to keep track of their content and stay "fully" in tune, but not with nigel.
      He always knows just what to say without sounding like a full on narrator and knows how to keep things interesting.
      That's one of the reasons I love his videos.

    • @jii.
      @jii. Год назад +6

      Yep. That cadence. Every sentence is a journey; towards some wacky science...

    • @geoffreyentwistle8176
      @geoffreyentwistle8176 Год назад +5

      I'd never thought about it that way... It would explain why I really enjoy a number of educational and maker channels - there's a story with each video, and a driven and enthusiastic narrator.

    • @LaikasFriend
      @LaikasFriend 11 месяцев назад

      I have thought about it before but didn't have the words for it, you nailed it!

  • @mars5277
    @mars5277 5 лет назад +9615

    People who buy loads of medicine for seemingly no reason:
    -Crackheads
    -Chemists

    • @AkwarkBlue
      @AkwarkBlue 4 года назад +397

      I don’t see a difference within that list

    • @Stop_Gooning
      @Stop_Gooning 4 года назад +171

      Uhh you need to be a chemist to cook meth...

    • @copium5513
      @copium5513 4 года назад +614

      So a crackhead, a chemist, and a drug dealer all walk into a bar. He sits down and orders a drink.

    • @maxerpants2876
      @maxerpants2876 4 года назад +3

      Regolith 引きこもり he is both lol

    • @inthestudy
      @inthestudy 4 года назад +100

      -Photographers.
      Potassium Permangate, Paracetamol, Hydrogen Peroxide, Prussian Blue - all useful chemicals for traditional photography!

  • @fuzzysocks229
    @fuzzysocks229 2 года назад +564

    I love how this dude doesn't shy away from showing how chaotic and Unpredictable chemistry can be. If he was my science teacher in hs I probably would have been a lot more interested in chemistry instead of just getting into it now thanks to passionate people like him 😅

    • @rawr6306
      @rawr6306 Год назад +9

      Actually that’s precisely why I went into chemistry instead of biology! My HS chemistry prof was fantastic and actually let us play. Guided us in not completely destroying his classroom/labs but we still burned and melted a fuckton of stuff. He was tough, critical but knew how to push and challenge us. I know I’ll sound bitter a bit but sadly this sort of literal experimentation just isn’t allowed (liability mostly) any more and it’s made chemistry [wet at least] a lot less interesting. It’s like dissection in biology. I was dissecting fetal pigs and cats, pithing frogs and watching their hearts beat, hooking up gastrocnemius muscles to drum oscillographs and shocking them with different voltages to determine the most efficient and so much more in my 7th (yes SEVENTH) grade biology science lab (it was HS Advanced Placement level). This just doesn’t happen in scene classes today. I absolutely know and so appreciate the invaluable level of education I received. If only that was still happening…

  • @BobBob-bz6kw
    @BobBob-bz6kw 3 года назад +5545

    his ability to pronounce 8 complex chemical names in 1 sentence without messing up is crazy

    • @Sword-of-Ruin
      @Sword-of-Ruin 3 года назад +67

      It's normal, what?

    • @winonarose7488
      @winonarose7488 3 года назад +336

      The power of being a scientist. When you use and study these things a million times, it’s pretty easy.

    • @cypherusuh
      @cypherusuh 3 года назад +315

      Chemist learned parseltongue before they graduated, just like how doctor able to make runic inscription.

    • @Sword-of-Ruin
      @Sword-of-Ruin 3 года назад +5

      @@cypherusuh :V

    • @ExplosivePine
      @ExplosivePine 3 года назад +44

      He also does these are voice overs so he has alot of tries.

  • @zaffyr
    @zaffyr 3 года назад +2399

    Bismuth is my favourite metal
    1. It is hevy, wich feels really cool when holding
    2. It melts at a low temperature
    3. It is also slightly radioactive
    4. When melted, it has cool colors and the scraping off thing is extremely satisfying
    5. You can make cool looking crystals with not much effort.
    10/10 would recommend

    • @thomasmaltais8503
      @thomasmaltais8503 2 года назад +16

      osmium feels better

    • @edgarb.6187
      @edgarb.6187 2 года назад +231

      6. Compared to most heavy metals, it is actually pretty safe to handle.

    • @tannersrdr2clips432
      @tannersrdr2clips432 2 года назад +1

      Why is it good to be radioactive that's just added danger

    • @castor9907
      @castor9907 2 года назад +116

      @@tannersrdr2clips432 it's stupidly minor, bananas are far more radioactive afaik

    • @tannersrdr2clips432
      @tannersrdr2clips432 2 года назад +16

      @@castor9907 oh cool I like it a lot more then

  • @lemmetalkaboutthis
    @lemmetalkaboutthis 4 года назад +149

    I've never seen someone stay so absolutely calm while everything was going wrong
    ...I love it

    • @rxzLKhxljYI55KK
      @rxzLKhxljYI55KK 4 года назад +3

      new possible ship of this sub and nile red

    • @NiminaeOld
      @NiminaeOld 4 года назад +2

      #chemist

    • @lemmetalkaboutthis
      @lemmetalkaboutthis 4 года назад

      @@rxzLKhxljYI55KK never been shipped before, thank you for this, 10/10

  • @mr.mcphoenix
    @mr.mcphoenix 2 года назад +184

    Imagine playing video games and then your parent is just like “sweetie, please feed the bismuth” and you just have to shovel aluminum foil rolls into barn troughs like you’re feeding horses

    • @dream_walker9726
      @dream_walker9726 10 месяцев назад +7

      this had me giggling off and on for about an hour so thanks for that lmao

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP 10 месяцев назад +9

      Nerd/genius characters from 90's and 2000's cartoons be like:

    • @Sonic.exe_uwu666
      @Sonic.exe_uwu666 7 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂

  • @adrianbik3366
    @adrianbik3366 4 года назад +4758

    Alternate title: "Watch me masacre all the measuring cups in my lab"

    • @FoxZFiend
      @FoxZFiend 4 года назад +13

      Lmao thats a fun name

    • @CrowAkechi_The_Luminary
      @CrowAkechi_The_Luminary 4 года назад +4

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @theplaguedoctor1248
      @theplaguedoctor1248 4 года назад +51

      You mean beakers right?

    • @sorbet7085
      @sorbet7085 4 года назад +45

      there's a video on his alt account that fits this name better lol

    • @theautodan7095
      @theautodan7095 3 года назад

      🎖🏅 please take first and second prize for most hilarious comment. 😂😂🤣

  • @DaRkLoRdZoRc
    @DaRkLoRdZoRc 3 года назад +4763

    I love how this dude includes so many nuanced and professional laboratory techniques in his videos.
    >bismuth is stuck in test tube
    *"So I smashed it with a hammer..."*
    >crystals refuse to grow
    *"I tried poking it with a stick..."*

    • @starsandsus3725
      @starsandsus3725 2 года назад +7

      What did you sayyyy?

    • @timvanderheijden7922
      @timvanderheijden7922 2 года назад +1

      @rhys clayton so true

    • @LucaDornseifer
      @LucaDornseifer 2 года назад +48

      Timestamps:
      bismuth stuck in tube > 17:25 & 20:10 & 21:35
      crystals refuse to grow > 28:17 & 30:39

    • @potatopishee5683
      @potatopishee5683 2 года назад +28

      'well I need some energy to do this so I just gave my son 50L of sugar and sat him down in the lab'

    • @adamyung5296
      @adamyung5296 2 года назад +23

      the crystals technique is actually a legit technique tho to promote crystal growth

  • @Bolt99K
    @Bolt99K 5 лет назад +1140

    3:05 that overpour was unexpected lol

    • @loupandsnoop
      @loupandsnoop 5 лет назад +172

      For a moment, I thought I was watching a collab with HowToBasic

    • @ZeLunatic
      @ZeLunatic 5 лет назад +36

      The absolute madlad!

    • @damnfez
      @damnfez 5 лет назад +61

      I got scared when that happened. Idk why. Then i got mad.

    • @2FAB4U2B
      @2FAB4U2B 5 лет назад +48

      That guy was screaming inside of me: "IT'S TIME TO STOP!"

    • @voelz1670
      @voelz1670 5 лет назад +54

      I was laughing when that happened due to how weird and out of place it was.

  • @wilting_alocasia
    @wilting_alocasia Год назад +439

    I'll never get over the thought of Nile going into Shoppers and buying $100 worth of stomach tablets xD

    • @rawr6306
      @rawr6306 Год назад +11

      Omg! This is my first view of one of his videos and had no idea he’s Canadian. 😅 I’m not but my partner is and I spend a lot of time in Canada so yup totally know Shoppers.

    • @wilting_alocasia
      @wilting_alocasia Год назад +8

      @@rawr6306 Im not Canadian, but my partner is, too! XD Shoppers is one of my go-to stores 😂

  • @applemauzel
    @applemauzel 5 лет назад +713

    3:38
    NileRed: "I would like to buy 10 boxes of Bismuth."
    CVS worker: "You have my sympathies."

  • @pleaseclap3335
    @pleaseclap3335 5 лет назад +3201

    Before watching the video: "those crystals look so pretty, I wanna make some myself!"
    After watching the video: "...nevermind"

    • @alexubel
      @alexubel 5 лет назад +50

      No kidding. Pretty convoluted process really. This also isn't the best video to go by, given how poorly his came out.

    • @The_Big_Jay
      @The_Big_Jay 5 лет назад +47

      $120
      4 days work
      Tons of lab stuff

    • @pleaseclap3335
      @pleaseclap3335 5 лет назад +56

      @@The_Big_Jay It's a lot more expensive if you don't have all the necessary lab stuff, which I don't

    • @The_Big_Jay
      @The_Big_Jay 5 лет назад +2

      @@pleaseclap3335 R.I.P.

    • @pleaseclap3335
      @pleaseclap3335 5 лет назад +6

      @@coleshelly283 I also wanted to make it because I like doing arts n crafts n shit you know? But I'll probably end up just buying the bismuth

  • @isupposethisismynmw640
    @isupposethisismynmw640 4 года назад +245

    This is basically 1/2 the chemical process of making bismuth from pepto, and half “I really had no idea at this point so I just started heating it up”. Love it

    • @aayushpaswan2941
      @aayushpaswan2941 3 года назад

      dopplers effect :- ruclips.net/video/nUIuDsVezmM/видео.html

  • @TheFoxfirelight
    @TheFoxfirelight 2 года назад +142

    You should revisit this. I think a lot of people would enjoy seeing this. It will also be a good opportunity to show what you've learned since this attempt.

    • @hashbrown777
      @hashbrown777 Год назад +10

      I've definitely seen him use argon injection when heating stuff and another vid with a tube furnace he could use to smelt the bismuth out of oxidative air

    • @rawr6306
      @rawr6306 Год назад

      @@hashbrown777yeah I was like don’t you have any N2 gas around? Sheesh… Hell generate some CO2 and blanket the tube with that for crying out loud 😅

  • @Alovatololo
    @Alovatololo 3 года назад +2829

    "This brand, Life, chose to make things difficult"
    Life is a struggle after all.

    • @zezus001
      @zezus001 3 года назад +20

      underrated

    • @JushGraham
      @JushGraham 3 года назад +85

      "Chose to make things difficult"
      As if they anticipated this maniac to exist lol

    • @aayushpaswan2941
      @aayushpaswan2941 3 года назад

      dopplers effect :- ruclips.net/video/nUIuDsVezmM/видео.html

    • @SerBDG
      @SerBDG 2 года назад +1

      Holy shit that’s deep

    • @CrypticSkies0
      @CrypticSkies0 2 года назад

      Bro only 4 replies

  • @temra7063
    @temra7063 3 года назад +7329

    I love how he didn't stop pouring it out of the bottle in that one scene. He just let it overflow all over the table.
    (hey yall, i hate to be cringy, but i really do appreciate the likes and comments. thanks!

    • @Altazor-fh9of
      @Altazor-fh9of 3 года назад +673

      He poured *harder* when it was about to overflow

    • @fraffen2677
      @fraffen2677 3 года назад +406

      a true anarchist

    • @mariepatricia1975
      @mariepatricia1975 3 года назад +330

      I watched with such confusion and then shrugged. We should know if hes going crazy we won't notice because he's a chemist and we've seen the other things he does.

    • @chess4926
      @chess4926 3 года назад +185

      After he says it’s *expensive*

    • @justinleggett4769
      @justinleggett4769 3 года назад +33

      That gave me soooooo much OCD

  • @catz_ee
    @catz_ee 5 лет назад +808

    3:00 That was quite possibly one of the most cursed actions I have ever witnessed.

    • @Xeroskia
      @Xeroskia 5 лет назад +113

      Watching that actually made me upset for a solid minute because I couldn't do anything about it, lmao.

    • @samuelhald8471
      @samuelhald8471 5 лет назад +54

      That shit fucked me over hard goddamn

    • @jacintovski
      @jacintovski 5 лет назад +5

      Yep

    • @CoRLex-jh5vx
      @CoRLex-jh5vx 5 лет назад +45

      The chunks. The thiccness. The dump. The pancake. Horrific and cursed, all.

    • @SilverGummiShark
      @SilverGummiShark 5 лет назад +7

      I felt so much ANGRY.

  • @AKA253
    @AKA253 Год назад +37

    I’ve been working my way through these videos that are a few years old and I always think about Nigel on Trash Taste talking about how he was interested in pyrotechnics when he was young and would put a firecracker into a pipe with a bb to shoot the bb out. When confronted that he had made a rudimentary gun, he mentioned he would sometimes put multiple bbs in the pipe at once. So he made a shotgun.

  • @b1tfl1p
    @b1tfl1p 5 лет назад +7075

    The bismuth smith really missed an opportunity to call himself the bismith

    • @MalkavSaiyaYautja
      @MalkavSaiyaYautja 4 года назад +83

      To the top!

    • @SomethingSeemsOff
      @SomethingSeemsOff 4 года назад +563

      So a blacksmith that plays for both sides?

    • @mapletreebreeze
      @mapletreebreeze 4 года назад +61

      Something Seems Off Please
      never say that again LOL

    • @danujus77
      @danujus77 4 года назад +89

      Is that a motherfuckin Steven universe reference!

    • @whoopssteyrs
      @whoopssteyrs 4 года назад +121

      AngryShark
      it's not, but i appreciate your enthusiasm.

  • @grape_protogen
    @grape_protogen 5 лет назад +155

    Bismuth is one of my favorite elements. It's radioactive; yet it's half-life is so long it could be considered stable. It has such a unique crystal structure and color, just a piece of bismuth could be called a sculpture. It ranges from blue to purple to yellow. It's all around a beautiful pure element.

  • @northdakotabeast1547
    @northdakotabeast1547 5 лет назад +638

    My heart starting racing as he poured the whole Pepto bottle. That's new lmao

    • @marbleswan6664
      @marbleswan6664 5 лет назад +59

      NorthDakotaBeast your heart was racing? Some pepto could help.

  • @Arctheicecube
    @Arctheicecube 2 года назад +584

    jesse. get the pepto bismol. we're gonna make some crystals.

  • @monkeseeaction21987
    @monkeseeaction21987 5 лет назад +3581

    Me at 10pm: imma go to bed early.
    Me at 3am: Making metal crystal from pepto bismol

    • @user-xp9jo2rv3q
      @user-xp9jo2rv3q 5 лет назад +78

      When I read that I thought it said making crystal meth.

    • @ngstop2603
      @ngstop2603 5 лет назад +19

      Martin Ma I don’t need sleep I need answers

    • @Mickeyboopybop
      @Mickeyboopybop 5 лет назад +4

      3:03 am 😂🤣

    • @pokerface1225
      @pokerface1225 5 лет назад +4

      Haha ha 🤣freaking hilarious!

    • @londonr6422
      @londonr6422 5 лет назад +1

      Ahahahahha

  • @chanchanchan7031
    @chanchanchan7031 3 года назад +431

    33:42 the calmness with which he says “and it was genuinely terrible” I love him so much

  • @EGamez
    @EGamez 4 года назад +448

    23:50 "So for these reasons, I don't recommend anyone trying this."
    *_Yes, NileRed, I was definitely planning on following these steps and doing this myself._*

    • @yublockme
      @yublockme 4 года назад +2

      William Partridge deep... very deep.......

    • @henriquestanke
      @henriquestanke 4 года назад +15

      I think the most amazing scientific example is right there: 23 minutes of a video which are small cuts of hours of work, showing step by step of what not to do because of these reasons. Even negative findings are useful. Still, it looks pretty damn advanced, but that's the purest form of chemistry. Imo tho. Every science can be difficult, but difficult is only a way of thinking more. Its trial and error - getting data and converting it into context. Maybe, one person will see this and say: I'll try this tomorrow - maybe I can find a way.
      As much more numbers we get, more chances of this video having a solution.

    • @mech_ow
      @mech_ow 4 года назад

      @@yublockme not as deep as your dad was

    • @rosemarypaul6093
      @rosemarypaul6093 4 года назад

      If I can't make some cool crystals, why is he teasing me with his video? I need something to help a grandkids with a project about homegrown crystals. This video was no help then? Great!

    • @EGamez
      @EGamez 4 года назад

      Rosemary Paul If you watch NileRed, you’d know that he makes videos just to show the scientific process.

  • @CalifornianCuttlefish
    @CalifornianCuttlefish Год назад +25

    I love this video for 2 reasons: 1. bismuth is my favorite metal and it's beautifully mesmerizing when crystalized, and 2. I love how Nile explains everything in an interesting and fun way.

  • @ceruleanwake8876
    @ceruleanwake8876 3 года назад +790

    The overflow of the pepto at the beginning was really startling lol. I enjoy it when Nile is goofy:)

    • @insert_username_here
      @insert_username_here 3 года назад +18

      You’d have a field day over on NileBlue and NileRed Shorts.

    • @chanchanchan7031
      @chanchanchan7031 3 года назад +3

      Bro you should check out some of the videos on William Osman 2, he’s in some

    • @TETOMOKOROKI
      @TETOMOKOROKI 3 года назад +12

      he was in a silly goofy mood Ü

    • @screamur
      @screamur 3 года назад +1

      3:07

    • @megagaming8337
      @megagaming8337 3 года назад

      top 10 dangerous chemicals:- ruclips.net/video/CHzv6-sIrks/видео.html

  • @zenflow4life
    @zenflow4life 3 года назад +1172

    Love this! I used to be a technician that MADE pepto!! I used to love playing with the Bismuth (by the barrel).
    Making it is a beautiful process!

    • @antkoz6370
      @antkoz6370 3 года назад +144

      I was the dude that made your guys child safety caps! Plastic isn't quite as fun.

    • @burntmarshmallow9331
      @burntmarshmallow9331 3 года назад +6

      @@antkoz6370 what

    • @awerelia
      @awerelia 2 года назад +74

      @@burntmarshmallow9331 ant koz made caps for medicine bottles where you have to push down and turn, and/or grab onto the cap in a specific way to open the bottle, making it "child proof"

    • @astralityyy
      @astralityyy 2 года назад +6

      @@awerelia only to children who can’t read or open a water bottle

    • @awerelia
      @awerelia 2 года назад +71

      @@astralityyy i dont know how to read or open a bottle

  • @CertifiedDeadMemes
    @CertifiedDeadMemes 5 лет назад +2428

    I salute you for not eating the salicylic acid, it looked soo good.

    • @Winlonghorn_iso
      @Winlonghorn_iso 5 лет назад +60

      yea I would have tried to eat it

    • @valentine6162
      @valentine6162 5 лет назад +86

      It could be edible, though i wouldn’t risk it

    • @saucelessbones5872
      @saucelessbones5872 5 лет назад +38

      information is best for damage control

    • @---kp1hm
      @---kp1hm 5 лет назад +79

      It would be edible in small doses.

    • @nico8439
      @nico8439 5 лет назад +45

      @@---kp1hm thank you for this information

  • @draexian530
    @draexian530 2 года назад +51

    I like these videos. Nile has an understanding of base principles which allows him to explore chemistry in a safe and effective manner. It just so happens he's also a masterful producer of video edutainment.

  • @NileRed
    @NileRed  5 лет назад +1493

    I had to take down and re-upload this video because of a few editing errors, as well as some major problems with the Patreon credits. I hope it's all better now.

  • @chillingonthesofa
    @chillingonthesofa 3 года назад +796

    watching this in the hospital while waiting for the doctor to come in to see me. thank you for intriguing me and helping me to calm down.

    • @wettoast8902
      @wettoast8902 3 года назад +40

      You good chief?

    • @ssbmfiji5079
      @ssbmfiji5079 3 года назад +30

      oh hey i have watched nilered in the hospital a few times
      hope ur doing better now

    • @TheBeybladeBuds
      @TheBeybladeBuds 3 года назад +7

      Same

    • @lj1393
      @lj1393 3 года назад +6

      Hope your ok now 👍

    • @chillingonthesofa
      @chillingonthesofa 3 года назад +5

      @@wettoast8902 yep!

  • @OrangeC7
    @OrangeC7 5 лет назад +2395

    You chemists are all crazy, please never change.

    • @LeCharles07
      @LeCharles07 5 лет назад +52

      You should see the chemists that are also rocket scientists.
      "There are, after all, some chemicals that explode shatteringly, some that flame ravenously, some that corrode hellishly, some that poison sneakily, and some that stink stenchily. As far as I know, though, only liquid rocket fuels have all these delightful properties combined into one delectable whole." Isaac Asimov, Foreword to _Ignition!_ by John D. Clark (Which you should totally read. It helps if you know chemistry but there are sections that you don't need to know much chemistry to follow along.)

    • @KizuRai
      @KizuRai 5 лет назад +6

      ...Was this a chemistry joke?

    • @denzelnganga1914
      @denzelnganga1914 5 лет назад +12

      True, we all need mad scientists to hold up civilization

    • @wetraccs5747
      @wetraccs5747 5 лет назад +9

      society is held up by mad scientists

    • @denzelnganga1914
      @denzelnganga1914 5 лет назад +5

      @@wetraccs5747 how else will we get flying cars and light sabers and laser guns?

  • @HUSTL3HOLIC69
    @HUSTL3HOLIC69 Год назад +28

    From a medical standpoint Bismuth is also sometimes used as a hemostatic agent. It helps stop bleeding. Which is why it used to be so effective in Pepto, a lot of people would drink it for peptic ulcers and maybe even early stages of small bowel Crohns or Ulcerative Colitis relief. We of course have much better and widely standardized methods of treatments and better hemostat agents as well but a very interesting element nonetheless

  • @HappyBeezerStudios
    @HappyBeezerStudios 3 года назад +2922

    there is a reason they're individually packed: it has been shown that separate pills are less prone to overdoses (accidental and deliberate) than just a jar full, exactly because it takes much more effort to open and ingest dangerous amounts.

    • @Bro1212_
      @Bro1212_ 2 года назад +2

      Crazy that suicides go down when pharma companies make it a pain in the ass to OD, I would say it’s funny but in reality it’s kinda sad

    • @lordarthur2165
      @lordarthur2165 2 года назад +420

      @@Bro1212_ This usually works because suicide is a quicky thought, you don't plan ir and anything, so when the method you was going to use takes more time, it's enough for the suicidal ideation to simply go away.
      That's why it's also recommended, if you have guns, to live the ammunition and the gun in different rooms.
      This little time of complicating the suicide method can be enough to make the person stop themselves.

    • @iiiii94
      @iiiii94 2 года назад

      @@lordarthur2165 thats simply not true. Suicide is often planned rather then an "impulse".

    • @Sharklops
      @Sharklops 2 года назад +248

      while that's a great point, I imagine they're also packaged that way because it's the sort of medicine you might want to carry with you in a pocket or purse or something if you know you'll be eating something that might unsettle your stomach

    • @spritely
      @spritely 2 года назад +46

      Bismuth subsalicylate's LDLo in humans is 700mg/kg so I doubt that was the reason I'm this case

  • @GraceWhip
    @GraceWhip 4 года назад +463

    I love the hastily-sharpied "NOT FOOD" on the side of the strainer 😆

    • @AlwaysBolttheBird
      @AlwaysBolttheBird 3 года назад +6

      The only way to do it. I I have some I use for woodworking and you got to label them

    • @kwibloupthesomething
      @kwibloupthesomething 3 года назад +10

      @@AlwaysBolttheBird have you eaten wood shavings instead of noodles by accident?

    • @Yeetuz.Deletuz
      @Yeetuz.Deletuz 3 года назад

      @@kwibloupthesomething so relatable man😔

  • @zerou24
    @zerou24 4 года назад +688

    "This is really flameable"
    "i used my heatgun to speed it up"

    • @blitz7488
      @blitz7488 4 года назад +15

      I see absolutely no problem with this process of time efficiency

    • @LL-tr5et
      @LL-tr5et 4 года назад +11

      @@blitz7488 good luck *staying alive*

    • @unicornqueen268
      @unicornqueen268 4 года назад

      I was the 333 like

    • @deoxal7947
      @deoxal7947 4 года назад

      So is flux but I still put my soldering irons to it

    • @Saveord
      @Saveord 4 года назад +1

      Speed is key

  • @vynalldash_og
    @vynalldash_og 10 месяцев назад +17

    "I thought it might just be PH sensitive, but when i tested it out... i found out i was right. Moving on-"
    I know hes trying to take us through his thoughts step-by-step but it just sounds like the best subtle flex ever-

  • @fandiandan
    @fandiandan 3 года назад +356

    i know this video is old, but this channel is quickly becoming one i binge man, this stuff is fascinating

    • @fandiandan
      @fandiandan 3 года назад

      @@duckling2108 properly assumed

    • @insert_username_here
      @insert_username_here 3 года назад +5

      @@fandiandan I can recommend Tom Scott. I binge a lot of his videos.

  • @granttherock9121
    @granttherock9121 4 года назад +1983

    When a chemistry channel includes “making” and “crystal ” in the title, you know you’re gonna have a good time.

    • @csturgis
      @csturgis 4 года назад +76

      making crystal meth

    • @granttherock9121
      @granttherock9121 4 года назад +62

      Charles Sturgis
      Yeah...that would be the joke.

    • @jamesbliss9533
      @jamesbliss9533 4 года назад +2

      9:04
      Uncanny....this guy sounds just like Dinesh D'Souza

    • @ArmanBaig
      @ArmanBaig 4 года назад +2

      But if you’re not safe... you’re gonna have a bad time!

    • @granttherock9121
      @granttherock9121 4 года назад +1

      @Pierce Markusic yes.

  • @NilesChamberland
    @NilesChamberland 4 года назад +6258

    NileRed: *purchases 10 packages of antacid chewables*
    The cashier: what are all these for??
    NileRed: none of your bismuth

  • @LIRRFAN426
    @LIRRFAN426 2 года назад +83

    I said “pesto-bismuth” and couldn’t stop laughing for a minute. I need help

    • @axehead45
      @axehead45 8 месяцев назад +1

      Nah it’s fine. It made you happy :)

    • @nilnileer
      @nilnileer 6 месяцев назад

      that is actually funny :D

  • @nope_avi8164
    @nope_avi8164 4 года назад +1877

    nilered: completely overflows the measuring spoon
    me: *_internal screeching_*

  • @sonofredearth
    @sonofredearth 5 лет назад +1083

    "Had some quick drying plaster that I had lying around", as one does

    • @partypickle1015
      @partypickle1015 5 лет назад +17

      Working in general construction, I can relate.

    • @Winlonghorn_iso
      @Winlonghorn_iso 5 лет назад +1

      Black Gradient I read this right before he said it

    • @Fin-xw8in
      @Fin-xw8in 5 лет назад

      random happens here same

    • @b.m.4415
      @b.m.4415 5 лет назад +1

      I know I have some

    • @margretrosenberg420
      @margretrosenberg420 4 года назад +1

      Not to mention all the test tubes, beakers, spare measuring cups and spoons, vacuum filter, blowtorch...

  • @KaityKat117
    @KaityKat117 4 года назад +1732

    "I don't recommend any of you trying this"
    Bold of you to assume I can understand any of this well enough to replicate it.

    • @Quirkyhndl
      @Quirkyhndl 4 года назад +42

      For real. Me at the start: "this might be a fun science experiment to try..." At the end: " I would not survive..."

    • @weopdurdegenes6598
      @weopdurdegenes6598 4 года назад +1

      Good profile picture.

    • @KaityKat117
      @KaityKat117 4 года назад

      @@weopdurdegenes6598 y thank you. It'll be changing soon, tho.

    • @weopdurdegenes6598
      @weopdurdegenes6598 4 года назад

      @@KaityKat117 NOOOOOO

    • @KaityKat117
      @KaityKat117 4 года назад

      @@weopdurdegenes6598 It's a new picture of my pony OC. With some major differences.

  • @degened2990
    @degened2990 Год назад +13

    You don't even look old enough to have had time to learn all this stuff. Hats off to you bro. Love your shows.

  • @The_Horizon
    @The_Horizon 3 года назад +8581

    dude the cashier must have thought you were trying to get high off of it or something

    • @CellyWelly
      @CellyWelly 3 года назад +348

      Who says he isnt going to?

    • @that_one_mha_fan6312
      @that_one_mha_fan6312 3 года назад +218

      Yeah... He must've been like,"...Is this *glue?"*

    • @jomiyahminerve5431
      @jomiyahminerve5431 3 года назад +52

      that would be interesting

    • @nikoproto
      @nikoproto 3 года назад +280

      i guess cashiers are so sick and tired of their job that they cease to care

    • @PhantomMods4
      @PhantomMods4 3 года назад +46

      what the fuck are you doing on a nile red video-

  • @NO-co4pu
    @NO-co4pu 3 года назад +556

    "for some reason they were all individually packaged" lol that killed me

    • @editname6868
      @editname6868 2 года назад +1

      Pi likes and no comments?

    • @vvskiitlesvv
      @vvskiitlesvv 2 года назад +7

      atleast it wasn't the plastic & foil packaging- these you can easily cut up each side

    • @hashbrown777
      @hashbrown777 Год назад +1

      I loved "these chewables are the same stuff but cheaper" and only noticed way too late that it's not the same, it's chewable, and is full of gelatenised starch

    • @user-pr6ed3ri2k
      @user-pr6ed3ri2k Год назад

      killed

    • @TheOneWayDown
      @TheOneWayDown Год назад

      I hate those packages. If I'm reaching for the pepto, it's because my GI tract is fighting a war and I'm definitely taking whatever the max I can take is. Just throw it all in a bottle and I'll take 2 like I do with ibuprofen, good lord

  • @yaboifab2
    @yaboifab2 5 лет назад +1788

    Salicylic acid foam?
    more like forbidden whipped cream

  • @myquiescentmind
    @myquiescentmind 2 года назад +5

    First video I ever saw of Nile's. Was hooked from here on out, despite having a rather massive disdain for chemistry at the time.
    Still don't have an interest or love for it but it's always beautiful watching and listening to people who do.
    And I can say I have a genuine appreciation for the field now.

  • @lava3218
    @lava3218 4 года назад +274

    Imagine walking into a store and purchasing their entire stock of pepto bismol only to have to explain to the cashier that you're not buying it to get high you're buying it to extract the bismuth

    • @tink6225
      @tink6225 3 года назад +5

      how does Pepto bismol get you high

    • @lava3218
      @lava3218 3 года назад +25

      @@tink6225 irrelevant, as long as the cashier doesn't know.

    • @pessinieminen4341
      @pessinieminen4341 3 года назад +6

      @@tink6225 i think you can make meth from it but im not sure

    • @tink6225
      @tink6225 3 года назад +8

      @@pessinieminen4341 inch resting

    • @MahoganyFem
      @MahoganyFem 3 года назад +3

      @@tink6225 LOL LOL

  • @bludraws094
    @bludraws094 4 года назад +3458

    Imagine the cashiers reaction when he bought ten boxes of antacid.

    • @Dave_0115
      @Dave_0115 4 года назад +248

      Meth

    • @bludraws094
      @bludraws094 4 года назад +37

      @@Dave_0115 .............................

    • @minjokjuuija
      @minjokjuuija 4 года назад +294

      Cashier: "Rough Week?"
      Nile: "Yeah something like that."

    • @reinatr4848
      @reinatr4848 4 года назад +199

      *M Y G O A L S A R E B E Y O N D Y O U R U N D E R S T A N D I N G*

    • @gabeharris926
      @gabeharris926 4 года назад +129

      "you pooping sand or"

  • @moosedraw3731
    @moosedraw3731 5 лет назад +1738

    “Until it looks mixed”
    **is mixing 2 clear liquids**

    • @redfaldas7524
      @redfaldas7524 5 лет назад +58

      If you mix HCl and water, you can see them both.

    • @robinconkel-hannan6629
      @robinconkel-hannan6629 5 лет назад +40

      You can see fine planes as the liquids mix if you have good lighting..

    • @alexjff3018
      @alexjff3018 5 лет назад +23

      yeah what they said, mixing 2 clear liquids you can see a clear separation. Take acetone and hexane for example in an extraction, it looks like a surface of water that separates the two miscible layers.

    • @subject204ghost3
      @subject204ghost3 5 лет назад +2

      The mixture actually looks a bit yellow after the mixing

    • @chadnewville6980
      @chadnewville6980 4 года назад +2

      Go back and look at the bottom of the container when he first starts pouring the acid in and you can see the "ripples". They slowly go away as he adds more and then all together when it was stirred.

  • @EmilyThomson-lg4lr
    @EmilyThomson-lg4lr 8 месяцев назад +4

    your patience and perseverance is astounding

  • @danielb42oswagg53
    @danielb42oswagg53 4 года назад +509

    *Every video Nile Red Ever Makes* “In hindsight I should have used a bigger container”

    • @jonnamechange6854
      @jonnamechange6854 4 года назад +4

      I'm not sure if he could have found an antiflocculant to stop the frothing?
      Aside from being a little bit labour intensive regarding the recovery of bismuth, would it be too rude for me to suggest he should have let the bismuthsmith make the video instead?

    • @zedbags
      @zedbags 4 года назад

      3:02

    • @sushidood3388
      @sushidood3388 4 года назад

      3:06 my ocd :(

  • @VeMM0
    @VeMM0 3 года назад +395

    You can tell how difficult of a reaction it’ll be by how long the video is:

    • @Kaymeleon
      @Kaymeleon Год назад +12

      Almost actual alchemy for this one lol

    • @geoffreyentwistle8176
      @geoffreyentwistle8176 Год назад +5

      Alchemy?
      You mean the dreaded Yellow Chemistry? 😂

    • @yuriMartyr
      @yuriMartyr Год назад +5

      1h+: what the fuck

  • @rhiannon6529
    @rhiannon6529 5 лет назад +1465

    Store clerk: so *why* do you need 400+ Pepto bismol pills?
    NileRed: uhhhhh... Flu season?

    • @batuhanozerr1736
      @batuhanozerr1736 5 лет назад +27

      Or he could say i'm gonna make a experiment

    • @WolfLykaios
      @WolfLykaios 5 лет назад +107

      He's a chemist.
      He probably end up explaning what he was going to do, and the store clerk would have understood none of it.

    • @ninakachina7137
      @ninakachina7137 5 лет назад +23

      Diarrhea cha cha cha?

    • @bluehorizons8913
      @bluehorizons8913 5 лет назад +11

      I thought Pepto Bismol to stop yourself from having explosive shits.

    • @lancejobs
      @lancejobs 5 лет назад +9

      Art, In a flat tone no one will thing to long about it. Knew a guy that used that while hoofing a spool of barbed wire across campus xp

  • @aaronsprojects9622
    @aaronsprojects9622 Год назад +15

    I really want to believe that Nile bought groceries too when he got 10 BOXES of pepto 🤣. To be a fly on the wall when he was checking out.

  • @ExiaDuzzry
    @ExiaDuzzry 5 лет назад +5450

    Students: Chemistry is stupid.
    NileRed: Hold my distilled water.

    • @butwhydoh2482
      @butwhydoh2482 5 лет назад +121

      I think you mean *distilled mercury*

    • @andrewwilkerson8186
      @andrewwilkerson8186 5 лет назад +40

      Bet you wont drink 5 gallons of pure distilled water

    • @CptWindwalker82
      @CptWindwalker82 5 лет назад +60

      @@andrewwilkerson8186 i wouldn't drink 5 gallons of normal water lol

    • @aeviwright7846
      @aeviwright7846 5 лет назад +30

      @@andrewwilkerson8186 I drink about a gallon of distilled water a day because of old pipes in our house and the local spring water tastes bitter. It's not dangerous in any way as long as you maintain a healthy diet seeing as you get more electrolytes from food than water anyway. It may have a slightly easier time penetrating and over-hydrating cells but the journey to the stomach where it then mixes with acid and food is a short one and after mixing it's no longer an over-hydration risk.

    • @Sharpless2
      @Sharpless2 5 лет назад +7

      @@aeviwright7846 about the same here. Just that our pipes are fresh as we renewed them a few years ago, i just like the "taste" of distilled water.

  • @PRODNEZUMI
    @PRODNEZUMI 4 года назад +2715

    Word percentages in the video:
    Science words: 33%
    “However,”: 67%

    • @sauercrowder
      @sauercrowder 4 года назад +84

      "I was worried that there would be way too much stuff in it, but there turned out to be a lot less than I thought."

    • @christopherjz
      @christopherjz 4 года назад +21

      Though

    • @nato6831
      @nato6831 4 года назад +1

      Christopher JZ aaaaaaaah

    • @clarastevens8683
      @clarastevens8683 4 года назад +16

      "To fix this,"

    • @CosmaPaulaton
      @CosmaPaulaton 4 года назад +7

      Or "of a problem"/"bismuth"

  • @slinkytime8412
    @slinkytime8412 5 лет назад +562

    watching this video is like listening to a friend trying to explain a very complicated TV series that youve never watched.

    • @matthew5145
      @matthew5145 5 лет назад +10

      "yeah that's real interesting, which one are we talkin about now?"

    • @mele8332
      @mele8332 5 лет назад +10

      Disco Deaky 😂😂😂
      Pleasure doing bismuth WITH you

    • @mele8332
      @mele8332 5 лет назад +2

      Peka Silk “you really dont remember do you”

  • @azuredragonofnether5433
    @azuredragonofnether5433 Год назад +6

    I'd like to add another thing to 1:47 where Bismuth is used commercially; Due to its low melting point, it is/was also used as a fuse, to keep households from catching fire when high amperages flow. Although simple and relatively cheap, the downside of it is that the fuse cannot be repaired and you have to resort to buying new ones when one or many are affected. To add insult to injury, many old households including the one I live in still maintain such archaic methods while new or renovated households use switch circuit breakers.

  • @AsymptoteInverse
    @AsymptoteInverse 5 лет назад +309

    Bismuth subsalicylate is one of those strange medicines where I wonder how its effects got discovered. It doesn't seem like a very obvious leap to me. "Well, I've successfully dissolved bismuth metal in salicylic acid. Guess I'll eat it now."

    • @Mazaskazi
      @Mazaskazi 5 лет назад +2

      lol

    • @TheCurle
      @TheCurle 5 лет назад +58

      Don't forget that the person had to have had indigestion for it to actually do anything, too.

    • @sylvie_on
      @sylvie_on 5 лет назад +3

      Nice fractal pfp

    • @castlehill6717
      @castlehill6717 5 лет назад +14

      Curle I can see the commercial now...
      “Johns heartburn was so bad, he decided to end it all by drinking the unknown chemical concoction he threw together that evening...... And END the pain he did. Way to go John.. Way to go.”
      “Woo Pepto-Bismol”

    • @FastForwardPlans
      @FastForwardPlans 5 лет назад +3

      The secret of most weird discoveries is they were made on accedent.

  • @charleskanyarusoke797
    @charleskanyarusoke797 4 года назад +77

    A true scientist. You experiment, learn from your mistakes, try again, and again till you get quantifiable results. Excellent teaching voice. Please continue sharing your scientific ventures.

  • @lesto12321
    @lesto12321 4 года назад +443

    "i did it slowly" proceed to pour acid less carefully than i would pour water.

    • @Trebinhas
      @Trebinhas 4 года назад +11

      The video was sped up. It's literally in the corner of the screen

    • @aerisdragon8952
      @aerisdragon8952 4 года назад +7

      The one thing that i learned in chemistry was to pour with confidence and speed. You don't want chemicals tricking down your arm

  • @TheFlyBullet
    @TheFlyBullet 2 года назад +16

    Somebody else possibly already suggested this, but to isolate the bismuth from air, you could have used the same technique that is used in welding metals, because hot metal wants to oxidize too - just blow some argon or xenon on it, to separate it from air..

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP 8 месяцев назад +1

      He did this technique in his purple gold video for Aluminum actually

  • @Wik3dNuTS4k
    @Wik3dNuTS4k 5 лет назад +964

    Prepare for almost 40 mins of "initially this worked until it didnt"

    • @NeuronalAxon
      @NeuronalAxon 5 лет назад +40

      Science, eh?

    • @DanteTorn
      @DanteTorn 5 лет назад +36

      Nilered in a nutshell.
      Home projects in a nutshell.

    • @babycarl9585
      @babycarl9585 5 лет назад +3

      Oh yeah yeah

    • @kimbreawhaleywhaley6767
      @kimbreawhaleywhaley6767 5 лет назад +1

      don't tell me that lol

    • @sauercrowder
      @sauercrowder 4 года назад +5

      'I decided to try another method though, and even though I really didn't expect much, I was actually surprised by how well it worked."

  • @housesports000
    @housesports000 5 лет назад +2222

    Cashier: How many boxes of Pepto Bismol Chewables do you want?
    NileRed: yes

    • @net28573
      @net28573 5 лет назад +156

      Next customer with an upset stomach: *What do you mean you ran out?*

    • @mango_bitz4803
      @mango_bitz4803 5 лет назад +8

      This has 420 likes

    • @Leekodot15
      @Leekodot15 5 лет назад +3

      Mr Orange, you would make a great cashier! (All jokes aside)

    • @nonec384
      @nonec384 5 лет назад +1

      Where the nuber idiot

    • @luccamcwilliams7299
      @luccamcwilliams7299 5 лет назад +2

      @@net28573 oml 69 likes 😂

  • @koocl1949
    @koocl1949 4 года назад +1965

    “Which was not safe, but anyways”
    Me when I have fun but what I am doing is not safe

    • @VitorPereira-xy6bx
      @VitorPereira-xy6bx 4 года назад +13

      i love how i scrolled through this comment right as i heard him say that

    • @toomuchiridium
      @toomuchiridium 4 года назад +20

      Me making potions in the bathroom

    • @josep9016
      @josep9016 4 года назад

      lol

    • @commie281
      @commie281 3 года назад +4

      "Oh no! Anyways..."
      -Jeremy Clarkson

    • @sepsysmurf6982
      @sepsysmurf6982 3 года назад

      Me walking on the thin cement wall on the side of the street

  • @billjohnston882
    @billjohnston882 9 месяцев назад +6

    I did this!
    It took several tries but I successfully extracted bismuth metal from pepto bismo pills.
    I had repeated difficulty with converting from the granulated bismuth to metallic bismuth. I added borax and that solved the problem.

  • @Wltrwllyngaeiou
    @Wltrwllyngaeiou 5 лет назад +241

    I think this was the most effective sponsorship I have ever seen. At the beginning of the video I was like, 'why would anyone want that?' to now really wishing I had the money to buy a crystal!

    • @Lonniebelle1979
      @Lonniebelle1979 5 лет назад +8

      The crystals are quite affordable. I got one from my local rock hound store for about $5. And I'm sure the local store has a much higher price padding then say, China.

    • @Emg2463
      @Emg2463 5 лет назад

      lol....same here.....I actually went to the guy's site and looked through "all" of his merchandise x-D

    • @OkOkOkJeez
      @OkOkOkJeez 5 лет назад

      they're so cheap

  • @ianmoore5502
    @ianmoore5502 4 года назад +180

    When he said: "In hindsight, I probably should've used a larger container," I knew it was gonna be a good episode

  • @bestcreations4703
    @bestcreations4703 3 года назад +603

    I just did this experiment with my girlfriend to get her more interested in science, I followed your directions mostly and it worked out pretty decent. I made sure to check the ingredients throughly beforehand and we went with the pill form which it looks like you used in the previous video. They were also only about 2$ per 40 pills so we did 5 bottles of them. The pills were more concentrated and probably did not have the same amount of base in them so I went with my gut on the amount of acid/water but I think I over did it a bit. Our reaction was clearly quite exothermic once we added the foil into it as opposed to the more gentle bubbling you had but we did it outside with proper safety equipment so it was honestly the one part my girlfriend actually liked as it made her feel like a witch. I didn’t bore her with any calculations so I don’t have a percent yield but it was clearly working quite well and I’m sure she will get a decent small chunk of bismuth from all of the powder that she can say she made herself.

    • @cloudytheconqueror6180
      @cloudytheconqueror6180 2 года назад +71

      That's so sweet!

    • @kkaattyy
      @kkaattyy 2 года назад +44

      this is adorable and sounds so fun!!

    • @siddharthamondal4346
      @siddharthamondal4346 2 года назад +16

      That's an awwww moment hehe lol

    • @GraceWhip
      @GraceWhip 2 года назад +54

      Aww I should do that with my boyfriend! He likes physics and math, but chemistry is just the weird magic science to him. So making a weird magic rock would be pretty fun!

    • @vvskiitlesvv
      @vvskiitlesvv 2 года назад +6

      did you make a video? how did this work? I'm thinking future science fair

  • @reinatycoon3644
    @reinatycoon3644 9 месяцев назад +2

    Oh wow @2:18 Bismuth crystals are sooo pretty! I think I just discovered my favorite mineral on Earth.

  • @ranmaruamami
    @ranmaruamami 5 лет назад +1601

    "Individually packaged"
    Turtles: *choking sounds*

    • @kylenaffin4439
      @kylenaffin4439 5 лет назад +44

      nilered disgust sounds intensify

    • @raptureinbound7922
      @raptureinbound7922 5 лет назад +12

      Micheal reeves would be proud

    • @jamesmck9
      @jamesmck9 5 лет назад +7

      Sanitation. But like, dude couldn't use some scissors to open them all in 30 seconds.

    • @sadbb
      @sadbb 4 года назад

      Melted tin and nail art pigment. You're welcome.

    • @Dew-se9hf
      @Dew-se9hf 4 года назад +2

      sorry i don't speak visco girl

  • @reneepardee1653
    @reneepardee1653 5 лет назад +45

    I love how committed you are to your experiments. You don't give up! You are a true scientist.

  • @lelaluvzapollo1097
    @lelaluvzapollo1097 5 лет назад +583

    (I WAS) watching at 4:40 am... insomnia and depression sucks, but the wonders of science helps keep my mind cleared. I'll be tired today, but I'll have learned a new thing.

  • @ethancooksey7350
    @ethancooksey7350 Год назад +3

    I love how I always think it’ll work out the first time he gets me every video

  • @Vikanuck
    @Vikanuck 4 года назад +2755

    This dude is going to accidentally invent Flubber one day.

    • @Ravidist
      @Ravidist 4 года назад +44

      I'm dead

    • @barjammar
      @barjammar 4 года назад +53

      @@Ravidist Bismuth kills Helicobacter which causes most ulcers. It also blocks attachment of bacteria onto the wall of the intestine. It is not a very good antacid, but these other effects make it worthwile. Who could have guessed! www.helico.com

    • @wingsofthunder170
      @wingsofthunder170 4 года назад +157

      @@barjammar i have no idea where you got all that from that 2-worded sentence lol.

    • @eternal9497
      @eternal9497 4 года назад +96

      @@wingsofthunder170 art analyzing ap classes be like

    • @FalconOfStorms
      @FalconOfStorms 4 года назад +63

      @@barjammar he's DEAD, Barry!

  • @Chewychewychoochoo
    @Chewychewychoochoo 4 года назад +906

    *casually buys 10 boxes of seltzer...
    Cashier: "What in the world did you eat?"

  • @ultranitro437
    @ultranitro437 5 лет назад +412

    "Be careful not to cause splashes in the acid solution". (Proceeds to messily dump a bunch of tablets into the beaker of acid splashing droplets everywhere.)

  • @drriccy6063
    @drriccy6063 2 года назад +8

    For the melting process, I would've said to use some sort of inert gas like Argon to prevent any oxidation

  • @ytivarg5371
    @ytivarg5371 5 лет назад +132

    Smart choice making your sponsership directly related to the subject matter of the video

    • @SoulDelSol
      @SoulDelSol 5 лет назад

      I don't think it was really a choice

  • @fpcooper95
    @fpcooper95 3 года назад +279

    “When it was all done[...], I filtered it again” a science proverb

    • @SnoFitzroy
      @SnoFitzroy 3 года назад +5

      Ellipsis don't use brackets when editing a quote, also, the comma is on the wrong side of it lol

    • @aayushpaswan2941
      @aayushpaswan2941 3 года назад

      dopplers effect :- ruclips.net/video/nUIuDsVezmM/видео.html

    • @aayushpaswan2941
      @aayushpaswan2941 3 года назад

      dopplers effect :- ruclips.net/video/nUIuDsVezmM/видео.html

    • @curled_fries7080
      @curled_fries7080 3 года назад +2

      Bro cited in mla format

  • @adamDoesMath
    @adamDoesMath 3 года назад +2691

    i rlly don’t know how you got me to watch 37 minutes of science

    • @vynniev9611
      @vynniev9611 3 года назад +168

      Cuz he's having fun 😏
      Public school teaching without passion go brrrr

    • @DanteTimberwolf
      @DanteTimberwolf 3 года назад +41

      @@vynniev9611 I'm like failing everything.
      Just stopped caring

    • @vynniev9611
      @vynniev9611 3 года назад +54

      @@DanteTimberwolf lol I'm the wrong person to come for advice. I barely got through my senior year and almost went to court because of how often I was late or absent. Only reason I graduated is because irl I'm a short, timid and polite girl and people felt bad jevdkbekdhfkf. Also covid make school mean fuckall.
      Uh. Hm. Anyways don't be like me because you'll ABSOLUTELY fail but just try to get as much sleep as you can because its the cause of like 50% of people's issues and the free time you get in place of it isn't actually worth it.
      You weren't even asking for advice I'm just mad rn

    • @xEvilRaptorx
      @xEvilRaptorx 3 года назад +20

      @@vynniev9611 gawd damn, I almost got held back cause of credit hours. I hated doing the homework cause it was so basic feeling. Almost never made it to school on time but my first hour teacher, senior year, liked me. Got out with half a credit hour to spare

    • @gage3180
      @gage3180 3 года назад +50

      Humans are naturally curious and enjoy learning new things but it's not the same when your being forced to learn those things (in school) it's kind of like when people say "I hate learning" You don't hate learning you hate having information shoved down your throat

  • @Nathan_p68
    @Nathan_p68 Год назад +4

    The pharmacy worker was probably so confused like "Why did this guy come in, study the boxes, then buy 10 of them"

  • @raphaelswaran510
    @raphaelswaran510 3 года назад +75

    I got such an appreciation for what the Bismuth Smith does after seeing how difficult it is to get the crystals, let alone creating such detailed sculptures with such a neat rainbow pattern. Such extraordinary craftsmanship!

  • @GtGtiR32
    @GtGtiR32 5 лет назад +2107

    Individually wrapped pills, almost as if they don't expect you to use them all at once :o

    • @Ayr1n_0
      @Ayr1n_0 5 лет назад +14

      An N they know that's why they put in the pain

    • @Kannamoris
      @Kannamoris 5 лет назад +124

      But it's horrible for the environment. Imagine if every banana was individually wrapped, there'd probably riots in the streets.

    • @lisabunch1955
      @lisabunch1955 5 лет назад +191

      Kanna Hayabusa but each banana IS individually wrapped. Banana peels.

    • @lisabunch1955
      @lisabunch1955 5 лет назад +10

      @Just Me oh man. i just realized that. sadly its not my real name :( if it was thatd be fun

    • @oikura
      @oikura 5 лет назад +3

      @@Kannamoris Tomoko is great

  • @thisismyname1920
    @thisismyname1920 5 лет назад +55

    It is evident how much time went into making this video. From the actual experiment, to recording, to editing; its very apparent a lot of work goes into these videos.
    Though chemistry isn't my field of study, I still find myself learning way more than I expect. Thank you NileRed!

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  5 лет назад +3

      No problem! I'm glad you liked it :)

  • @briannac1374
    @briannac1374 5 лет назад +611

    I'd love to see extracting aluminum from deodorants/antiperspirants!

    • @Terrus_38
      @Terrus_38 5 лет назад +4

      Brianna Chamuris It would be so cool :)

    • @King_Flippy_Nips
      @King_Flippy_Nips 5 лет назад +9

      some of them contain zinc as well i believe

    • @amisner2k
      @amisner2k 5 лет назад +7

      Yes. You listening to this NileRed? The people demand it!

    • @DaniellesMicoMarley
      @DaniellesMicoMarley 5 лет назад +2

      I had some old shirts in storage and on the arm pit area is all sparkly and I think thats the aluminum lol

    • @mrreisskeks3441
      @mrreisskeks3441 5 лет назад +7

      @@@DaniellesMicoMarley I dont want to disapoint you, but that would be impossible. The most likely form of Al in deo is Aluminum Chlorohydrate(Al2Cl(OH)5) which is a salt and not a metal. Though salts might be sparkling a bit as they reflect light it should be easy to see the difference, espacially with aluminum because it oxidizes at very low temperatures which means if you had aluminum on your shirts and the shirt is old than you would have dull powder that is sort of blackish on your clothes.

  • @litigioussociety4249
    @litigioussociety4249 5 лет назад +286

    The metal tablet should be a prize that comes in every thousandth box of Pepto.

    • @GLITCH_-.-
      @GLITCH_-.- 5 лет назад +35

      People would eat it.

    • @miserirken
      @miserirken 5 лет назад +43

      THE FORBIDDEN PEPTO

    • @dutchik5107
      @dutchik5107 5 лет назад +1

      @@GLITCH_-.- ya think so?

    • @GLITCH_-.-
      @GLITCH_-.- 5 лет назад +4

      @@dutchik5107 I would

    • @confuseatronica
      @confuseatronica 5 лет назад +17

      I AGREE!
      maybe if you get it, you get to go tour the factory and watch the oompaloompas skim the river of molten bismuth?
      seriously you're right- they should totally do something like that for promotional purposes. if they've got the raw metallic bismuth powder (maybe? I wonder what compound they actually buy it in), the PR department could just grab some and cast a few cool PeptoCoins or souvenir solid bismuth pepto bottles with crystals inside like a geode.
      Bismuth is so pretty, any product that uses it and advertises having it should use the pretty crystals in their advertising design.

  • @supreethadevarakonda7480
    @supreethadevarakonda7480 5 лет назад +591

    Meteor showers hitting Nile Red'a house
    Nile Red: But I don't think it's that big of an issue

    • @rickharper4533
      @rickharper4533 5 лет назад +18

      Meteorites are expensive. If a group of them(small ones so that him and his house don’t disintegrate instantly) just hit his house, it would probably be enough to pay for the repairs if not buy a whole new house.

    • @aaaa-bj6wd
      @aaaa-bj6wd 5 лет назад

      Rick Harper it was a joke

    • @MoxieBoxxyOffline
      @MoxieBoxxyOffline 5 лет назад +4

      I find the guy that took the joke literally more funny than the joke itself, dont get me wrong the joke was really funny but it killed me to read that someone tried to explain a joke financially

    • @jotarokujo5849
      @jotarokujo5849 5 лет назад +2

      *Extracting pure uranium from meteorites that wrecked my house*

  • @ryanmcauliffe5347
    @ryanmcauliffe5347 2 года назад +3

    I'm like 8 hours into watching your videos. You are a gem unto this earth!

  • @camrollins2314
    @camrollins2314 4 года назад +2119

    This dude sounds like he's tryin to explain why he's late for work

    • @hesperaux
      @hesperaux 4 года назад +34

      I lold hard

    • @johnnye87
      @johnnye87 4 года назад +124

      Friend: where have you been for the last week?
      Me: Well I was reading the back of a bottle of Pepto-Bismol and I noticed....
      *ADHD rabbitholes: know the warning signs*

    • @WA7272IO72
      @WA7272IO72 4 года назад +2

      Haha

    • @chriskrausesmovie
      @chriskrausesmovie 4 года назад +7

      i believe any reason he has

    • @Nick-nh4nf
      @Nick-nh4nf 4 года назад +1

      LMAOOOO