Making Mercury (Part 1)

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  • Опубликовано: 12 май 2017
  • In this video, I will be extracting and refining mercury metal from mercury sulfide (cinnabar). This is a chemical method, which is safer than the typical heated one.
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  • @gafeht
    @gafeht 7 лет назад +3641

    3 (HgS Na2S) + 8 NaOH + 2 Al + Spider -> 3 Hg + 6 Na2S + 2NaAlO2 + 4 H20 + Dead Spider

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 лет назад +1432

      Definitely a viable reaction

    • @hgmercury7279
      @hgmercury7279 6 лет назад +354

      lol
      rip spider was sacrificed for making me

    • @henryjiang9664
      @henryjiang9664 6 лет назад +47

      gafeht More like a Catalyst:/

    • @buttstink5763
      @buttstink5763 3 года назад +109

      Imagine the shock and terror of a chemist who did this reaction and wasn’t expecting a spider corpse to appear

    • @jasonthompson318
      @jasonthompson318 3 года назад +8

      @@hgmercury7279 you’re so lame, your parents failed you. You complete mess.

  • @GrandDawggy
    @GrandDawggy 6 лет назад +3789

    i always think cinnabar sounds delicious

    • @whitestorm8287
      @whitestorm8287 5 лет назад +103

      Try cinnamon not cinnabar cinnamon

    • @SupernerdScrawl
      @SupernerdScrawl 5 лет назад +161

      It's just where I go to restore fossils.

    • @connorthesledneck1398
      @connorthesledneck1398 4 года назад +64

      Imagine if cinnamon bars had mercury

    • @iwcj9046
      @iwcj9046 4 года назад +43

      @@SupernerdScrawl Well can't go there anymore, the volcano went boom after all

    • @jole5468
      @jole5468 4 года назад +32

      SupernerdScrawl i think they used rocks from there to make the pavement in vermillion city

  • @Nufrifin
    @Nufrifin 7 лет назад +6148

    contains trace amounts of spider

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 лет назад +1879

      +Repth Nufrifin that is the key ingredient

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt 5 лет назад +443

      Mercury + spider = Hg suspended in a web lattice
      Also, don't confuse Cinnebar (HgS) with Cinnamonbar, nope not the same .. tsk tsk

    • @daniellewilson8527
      @daniellewilson8527 4 года назад +53

      Repth Nufrifin m curious what was going through the soider’s head
      “Oh an unknown surface surrounded by an unknown liquid? Time to go in and see what’s up...oh wait the liquid is breaking the surface, time to get out of here” *builds web that breaks( “hope I can swim in this, I’m not getting out”

    • @johndoe3804
      @johndoe3804 4 года назад +2

      Lmao!!

    • @snarrkk
      @snarrkk 4 года назад +53

      9:45 for anyone that is confused

  • @bluesillybeard
    @bluesillybeard 3 года назад +696

    "so, how did you die? crushed by human? drowning?"
    "being dissolved by mercury waste"
    "oh"

  • @jetstreamjackie3437
    @jetstreamjackie3437 4 года назад +1165

    “Due to impurities” like that spider that fell in?

  • @bigboy6704
    @bigboy6704 7 лет назад +502

    Cinnabar island. Vermillion City. "pokémon-mercury silver"

    • @Quintinohthree
      @Quintinohthree 6 лет назад +30

      Mr. chair buttons *quicksilver.

    • @bigboy6704
      @bigboy6704 6 лет назад +7

      Quintinohthree aaaaaaaah even better

    • @ThumbNurBum
      @ThumbNurBum 4 года назад +5

      @@Quintinohthree Wasn't that one of the fan made hacks that Nintendo had scrubbed from the internet?

    • @bastiangalaz4580
      @bastiangalaz4580 4 года назад +10

      Ariados fainted.

    • @SirTomFoolery
      @SirTomFoolery 3 года назад +2

      Damn you

  • @reubenbredenkamp9218
    @reubenbredenkamp9218 7 лет назад +1365

    I love that spider for sacrificing himself for his love of chemistry.

    • @CH-su5vj
      @CH-su5vj 3 года назад +7

      @Elijah D'Arcy Dominguez probably a better way to go out than to drown normally

    • @polycrystallinecandy
      @polycrystallinecandy 3 года назад +3

      @Elijah D'Arcy Dominguez you can't really down without a chemical, because otherwise what will you be drowning in

    • @canesvenatici9588
      @canesvenatici9588 3 года назад +8

      @@kreuner11 watch the damn video?

    • @HamsquadBeast
      @HamsquadBeast 2 года назад +15

      @@kreuner11 9:46

    • @d4slaimless
      @d4slaimless 2 года назад +3

      The tragedy!

  • @Keldor314
    @Keldor314 5 лет назад +761

    Vermilion was also used historically to dye the lower strings of lutes, and not just for cosmetics. Since Vermilion is based on mercury, it's heavy, so dying the strings increased their density, meaning the strings would vibrate at a lower frequency. Compared to making the strings thicker (making them again heavier and vibrating at lower pitches), the thinner but denser Vermilion dyed strings have a clearer sound for the low notes.

    • @jay3398
      @jay3398 3 года назад +20

      Someone do this for da BASS

    • @SoulTouchMusic93
      @SoulTouchMusic93 3 года назад +4

      Huh, that's cool. Why didn't they just use copper wire?

    • @Keldor314
      @Keldor314 3 года назад +77

      @@SoulTouchMusic93 Modern guitar strings are wrapped in copper wire for the base strings, as are piano strings.
      In the middle ages, however, they just didn't have proper machinery for making large quantities of fine wire. Can you imagine beating out 10s of meters of thin wire using only a hammer? Jewelers would do this, but they could sell their jewelry for a tidy sum.
      Another thing to consider is that they used gut to make strings out of, since nylon had not yet been invented. Gut strings only last a couple weeks, so all that work making wire and wrapping it would have to be repeated over and over.
      As far as metal strings, as opposed to strings wrapped with metal wire, these started existing in harpsichords by the time the Baroque period happened. This is well after the end of the middle ages. Also, for some reason, lutes and guitars never ended up with metal strings until much later. I guess they didn't like the sound back then. Another possibility is that steel strings weren't practical on instruments where your sweaty fingers touch the strings until the invention of stainless steel - the strings would rust!

    • @Keldor314
      @Keldor314 3 года назад +6

      @@defunctuserchannel I think the only real insight there is that there are a lot of different ways a liquid can end up looking a murky yellow orange. Probably just a coincidence.

    • @summeronio9751
      @summeronio9751 3 года назад +3

      As someone who.plays an 8 string guitar, I find that interesting

  • @theCodyReeder
    @theCodyReeder 7 лет назад +1960

    Great video! I actually forgot about dissolving the cinnabar in the sodium sulfate solution! ( I think it did come up in my ore genesis class) You probably could have used copper metal instead of aluminium since this is chemically pretty much the same as what I did in my video but I think the only real benefit of that here would be a reduction in waste and not also pulling out the lead which I think you didn't have in your mercury.

    • @howardman3926
      @howardman3926 7 лет назад +26

      Hi Cody :D

    • @howardman3926
      @howardman3926 7 лет назад +11

      I was curious if you knew what to look for when searching for Cinnabar, as it seems you have found some yourself. (Possibly a future video?) If not, that's fine.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 лет назад +375

      Hey Cody,
      I dont remember exactly where I read it, but it said that using copper has issues. I also don't remember what issues they were though...

    • @howardman3926
      @howardman3926 7 лет назад +20

      Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's not necessarily that the copper has a negative affect, but more related to the fact Aluminium amalgamates with the Mercury providing a high efficiency and quality. (Aluminium I think may react with other minority elements or compounds residing in the Mercury Sulfide, or Cinnabar)

    • @howardman3926
      @howardman3926 7 лет назад +10

      Oh, I forgot to mention that this process can provide Sodium Sulfide for recycle. :p

  • @emeka62
    @emeka62 4 года назад +215

    "Some impatient people" Am I watching NileShade lmao.

    • @salty8202
      @salty8202 3 года назад +4

      He’s like baugmenter (idk how to spell) restoration where Julian just ROASTS the past conservators it’s so funny

    • @antimonia
      @antimonia 3 года назад +7

      @@salty8202 i don’t like baumgartner restoration :/ a lot of his techniques are outdated and often don’t follow the moral code for restoration- one of them being that the restorations should be reversible, so when better application and techniques are found, the previous restoration can be reversed and the painting restored with the new techniques. some of his work is shockingly poor, and not enough time was put into it. there’s a reason he does family heirlooms, not museum pieces. there’s also all of the legal trouble that he’s gotten himself into (suing one of the most prominent restorers, for example) that makes me really dislike him

    • @eppssilon
      @eppssilon 3 года назад

      Test

    • @eppssilon
      @eppssilon 3 года назад

      Testtzt

    • @msmsmsmsmsmsmsmsmsmsm
      @msmsmsmsmsmsmsmsmsmsm 2 года назад +1

      @@antimonia that reminds me of when he retouched a lady's arm and I noticed it was a lot different than the original and he made it worse

  • @robertbrowne7880
    @robertbrowne7880 7 лет назад +372

    R.I.P. Lab spider. You will be missed.

  • @AwesometownUSA
    @AwesometownUSA 5 лет назад +179

    Dang - when the Spider fell into your cauldron, you shoulda tossed in some Deadly Nightshade and the Eyes of a Newt...
    Then you coulda cast some mad spooky, kooky-ass spells. Ah, well. Missed witchcraft opportunity. What can ya do.
    Nothing.

  • @piranha031091
    @piranha031091 7 лет назад +156

    9:45 : I've read enough comics to know where this is going!

    • @jasondoe2596
      @jasondoe2596 7 лет назад +13

      Damn, I hope Nile doesn't get bitten by it!
      ...on second thought, I hope he does xD

    • @LiborTinka
      @LiborTinka 7 лет назад +21

      He would become a Mercury Man and will be able to change shape like T-1000.

    • @piranha031091
      @piranha031091 7 лет назад +10

      Or the Silver Spider!

    • @pietrotettamanti7239
      @pietrotettamanti7239 6 лет назад +7

      piranha031091 quikspilver

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt 5 лет назад +2

      Or become amalgamated into SpiderMan :D

  • @playful1510
    @playful1510 7 лет назад +190

    @13:39 Aww, it's happy to be washed!

    • @ZivTheWyrd
      @ZivTheWyrd 5 лет назад +1

      Catman ok i died a little from seeing that

    • @Raiom.
      @Raiom. 5 лет назад +1

      Omg XD

    • @shelleyb162
      @shelleyb162 5 лет назад

      This was my thought too! 😄

    • @UltimatelyEverything
      @UltimatelyEverything 4 года назад

      You're a pussy i see

    • @kingcanada2588
      @kingcanada2588 3 года назад +1

      13:35 and The solution was a bit murky lol get it Mercury Bad dad joke but I’m not a dad so just a bad joke

  • @kemphoss-4791
    @kemphoss-4791 7 лет назад +72

    the spider dident die. he fused with the chemicals and is now roaming the streets

  • @MontyTheMothman
    @MontyTheMothman 4 года назад +237

    10:00 “death is too graphic to show”

    • @watcherofwatchers
      @watcherofwatchers 3 года назад +5

      Oh, you watched the video!

    • @justinhamilton8647
      @justinhamilton8647 3 года назад +15

      Watcher damn you miserable SOB

    • @watcherofwatchers
      @watcherofwatchers 3 года назад +4

      @@justinhamilton8647 Well, op literally offered not a single thought. S/he just quoted a line in the video we all JUST watched. Lame.

    • @bjornzek
      @bjornzek 3 года назад +21

      @@watcherofwatchers who hurt you

    • @Jimbo7
      @Jimbo7 3 года назад +3

      @@watcherofwatchers Go outside, meet some people, learn a new hobby

  • @halodragonmaster
    @halodragonmaster 4 года назад +67

    Me: *has video on in background*
    NileRed: *Ferroserpent*
    Me: WHAT THE

    • @mbsb1376
      @mbsb1376 3 года назад +4

      Pharaoh's Serpent, not Ferroserpent.

  • @madkirk7431
    @madkirk7431 3 года назад +24

    7:50
    "I can dump in a little more"
    **yeets the whole foil in**

  • @brianbethea3069
    @brianbethea3069 3 года назад +18

    13:48 Of course it was all merc-y, it's mercury. That stuff tends to be pretty merc-y.

  • @Tatourice1
    @Tatourice1 4 года назад +28

    Dude I've been watching your vids for a while, just found this one and just lost it when you included the spider xD

  • @alansmithee419
    @alansmithee419 4 года назад +26

    Spider: *falls in*
    Solution: *starts bubbling vigorously and spills everywhere*
    Nile: "so after cleanup I couldn't remember which room I'd done this in, so I just decided to move house"

  • @justintr4888
    @justintr4888 3 года назад +35

    (me watching the aluminum go in) "ah yes, that provides the shiny that the final mercury will need."

  • @kcgunesq
    @kcgunesq Год назад +32

    For those of us that grew up years ago, we didn't worry about how we stored mercury. When a thermometer or light switch broke, we just put in a glass jar and played with it. Fun times.

    • @daveslamjam
      @daveslamjam 11 месяцев назад +1

      are you bragging about having mercury poisoning

    • @kcgunesq
      @kcgunesq 11 месяцев назад +6

      @@daveslamjam Elemental mercury is relatively safe in the amounts we used to have access to. Eating too much of the wrong kind of fish is likely a much larger risk. The organic forms are far more dangerous.

    • @Xnoob545
      @Xnoob545 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@kcgunesqis fish you can normally get safe

    • @OmniversalInsect
      @OmniversalInsect 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@Xnoob545I think larger predatory fish like tuna have more mercury because it builds up in the food web

    • @dudoklasovity2093
      @dudoklasovity2093 6 месяцев назад

      lol exactly! once when i was 8 i brought it to school and we played with it. These days someone would probably call emergency with fire brigade and twenty ambulances and the whole building would be evacuated 🚑 😂😂😂

  • @critte_r
    @critte_r 2 года назад +34

    Ever since I've stumbled upon your channel I have found an unique interest in chemistry. You seem to be informative yet entertaining at the same time. I think your voice inflection has a lot to do with it. You just keep me intrigued and always wanting to learn more. I know nothing about chemistry by the way! I just love science.

  • @The_Triple_Point
    @The_Triple_Point 7 лет назад +93

    SPIDER FRIEND WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN

  • @larssjodahl7660
    @larssjodahl7660 4 года назад +5

    I think it's really great that you make instructions on how to handle and recycle waste. I bet this video has prevented a bunch of toxic waste from amateur chemists!

  • @TheSkogemann
    @TheSkogemann 7 лет назад +9

    Your timelapses has improved significantly - Great job!

  • @Robert-iw2xq
    @Robert-iw2xq 4 года назад +20

    13:39 mercury made a smiley face

  • @tek4
    @tek4 7 лет назад +69

    I followed you on the twitter but I never use it, so I don't know how helpful it is.
    of course I love your science videos, the methodology, and implementation of the procedures is top notch and very enjoyable. while I do not share your love of smelly reactions, I find it wonderfully fun to watch and hope some say to be able to replicate some experiments with my kids.
    Science for the win

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 лет назад +38

      I appreciate it! Also, smelly compounds is definitely not something for everyone.

  • @chrisjc2k
    @chrisjc2k 4 года назад +15

    The shot with the beaker and the white background made me feel like I had messy black splashes on my monitor, that is also a testament to the quality of your camera and footage.
    Keep up the good work, love your videos.

  • @905SunnyGachaGaming
    @905SunnyGachaGaming 5 лет назад +8

    For thermal one, I think you can cover the beaker with a watching glass with ice on it to liquefy the mercury vapor.

  • @marythatcher6941
    @marythatcher6941 4 года назад +3

    Thank you
    I enjoy watching your videos.
    Stuff I would never search out or care to know about.. But I like listening to you and I'm learning 👍

  • @mgritsch
    @mgritsch 7 лет назад +7

    You might check the reaction progress with a spot test on filter paper for mercury to verify the completeness of Hg precipitation. I remember there was a highly sensitive one involving iodide and copper. If you're interested I might look it up.

  • @nathanlamberth7631
    @nathanlamberth7631 5 лет назад +34

    I need a video making a red mercury crystal. I assume it’s actually a pretty safe way to store it

    • @luisp.3788
      @luisp.3788 4 года назад +5

      The "red mercury crystal" is mercury sulfide, so you'd have to make the mercury a second time if you'd store it as that.

    • @user-jp3of7hu9b
      @user-jp3of7hu9b 3 года назад +2

      @@luisp.3788 Isn't mercury sulfide a salt of mercury ?

    • @luisp.3788
      @luisp.3788 3 года назад

      @@user-jp3of7hu9b ?Yes it is, but why make mercury from mercury sulfide and then make the mercury to mercury sulfide again

  • @PumpernickelWonton
    @PumpernickelWonton 2 года назад +4

    I know nothing about chemistry but absolutely love watching and (sorta) learning with these videos

  • @juanbensusan
    @juanbensusan 2 года назад +2

    This videos are so good that I still watch them over and over again despite not understanding a single word.

  • @AlldaylongRock
    @AlldaylongRock 7 лет назад +101

    Guess this reaction had a bug :'D

  • @BatttleBun
    @BatttleBun 4 года назад +13

    13:40 mercury hopes you have a good day

  • @Digephil
    @Digephil 7 лет назад +16

    Fantastic video! I would love to see more Ore to refined metal videos. Perhaps you could show copper enrichment from Malachite and Chalcopyrite.

  • @isabel-to4os
    @isabel-to4os 3 года назад +7

    You can still buy cinnabar sumi sticks, these are ground with an ink stone and water and used to paint. It’s really one of the most gorgeous colors, and crazily enough it used to be used for tattooing, of course we don’t use that anymore. In traditional Japanese tattooing they used to do only small sections at a time because it would make people very ill with fevers, because the inks were basically poison.

  • @holasoyalejandro9822
    @holasoyalejandro9822 6 лет назад +349

    RIP Spider (2017-2017)
    1 like, 1 prayer

  • @ElectricGamePlayer58
    @ElectricGamePlayer58 4 года назад +9

    3:20 forbidden oreo powder

  • @ashmitakaran6755
    @ashmitakaran6755 2 года назад +1

    It's awesome to see the chemical reactions in you videos.........pls keep uploading.

  • @justinwebber9968
    @justinwebber9968 3 года назад +1

    I don't get what's going on I've discovered your channel recently, I really couldn't care less about mercury or chemistry yet I'm somehow compelled to watch, what trickery is this.

  • @SpaceyBrain
    @SpaceyBrain 5 лет назад +26

    Between you and Cody'sLab, I find myself really wishing I had the time and patience to do this. I had this idea one time of taking samples of water from different mining zones that were notorious of using Mercury in the purifying process for Gold. This video and the previous one has really ignited that spark and I just might do it. Thanks for the brain food :)

    • @Dreadpirateflappy
      @Dreadpirateflappy 2 года назад

      3 years later and i wonder if you ever did it.

    • @SpaceyBrain
      @SpaceyBrain 2 года назад +13

      @@Dreadpirateflappy 3 years later and I'm severely depressed and unmotivated. Also disabled thanks to a wonderful workplace accident. Thanks for checking in though

    • @avacadomangobanana2588
      @avacadomangobanana2588 Год назад +1

      @@SpaceyBrain 1 year later checking to see if you’re alive (not dead from mercury poisoning)

    • @SpaceyBrain
      @SpaceyBrain Год назад +1

      @@avacadomangobanana2588 Alright, who's not dead. Sound off

    • @avacadomangobanana2588
      @avacadomangobanana2588 Год назад +1

      @@SpaceyBrain hahahaha glad you’re still round here mate keep goin. trust life is brutal but ghaddamn if there isn’t some beauty in the pain

  • @tankdadank6804
    @tankdadank6804 3 года назад +69

    I like how he’s giving instructions like we about to do this 😭😭

    • @nitroxylictv
      @nitroxylictv Год назад +1

      just take college chemistry you would be doing this every day

  • @galacticgaming5058
    @galacticgaming5058 7 лет назад

    This channel is so educational and I enjoy your commitment to making vid so like this

  • @akbarrmd7714
    @akbarrmd7714 5 лет назад +2

    My friend you are an alchemist 👍👍👍 keep up posting great educational videos like this

  • @apoorvadash7729
    @apoorvadash7729 3 года назад +8

    the first spider to get this much attention for his/her love for chemistry

  • @jamesdurkin7894
    @jamesdurkin7894 6 лет назад +10

    I love all of your videos, they are very well constructed and explained. However I'd be interested to see state symbols on the equations you use for the reactions - if not then it's fine. Curiosity is all :)

  • @markusdaxamouli5196
    @markusdaxamouli5196 3 года назад

    Love to see my favorite Mineral AsS realgar...Arsnic and Sulphur has bright red crystals that when exposed ro light will decompose and its extreemly dangerous to handle without gloves..lesson learned. Reducing the arsnic would make a great video.

  • @Iamchuca420
    @Iamchuca420 4 месяца назад

    Got curious about mercury manufacturing and knew exactly where to find it 🤘🏽

  • @Hethalean
    @Hethalean 5 лет назад +5

    I'm always so curious just how much all these fluids, acids, bases, and other ingredients you use in each step costs. Especially for your gold recovery videos.

  • @Crowborn
    @Crowborn 7 лет назад +11

    Great channel :) an idea: could you try extracting gum/oil from myrrh leaves? Where i live the thing is lying everywhere on the ground, and i know there is a way of using them but idk how :)

  • @sunfireThu
    @sunfireThu 2 года назад

    Just stumbled upon this channel.
    Takes me back to my high school chemistry classes.

  • @sledger2066
    @sledger2066 3 месяца назад

    Watching this channel after a bit of Chemistry class is amazing

  • @Blazevgr
    @Blazevgr 7 лет назад +107

    18:22 has an audio problem... Scared the hell out of me 😲

  • @nodnarb2electricboogaloo
    @nodnarb2electricboogaloo 4 года назад +17

    Me:
    "-Island"
    "-City"
    NR:
    "Cinnabar"
    "Vermillion"

  • @jasonwadejohnson
    @jasonwadejohnson Год назад

    Is it too late to enter the contests? Haha. I'm stumbling upon Nigels world lately and I am thoroughly entertained. I'm not a chemist but love the science and simple experiments. He has made it easier for me to understand basic chemistry. Thanks. Even though this was 5 years ago lol. I want some Nile Red 500ml beakers to measure out my plant nutrients.

  • @SpydersByte
    @SpydersByte Год назад

    when I was in High School my grandfather owned an Incinerator building business. In his shop he had a bunch of old thermometers that he'd take the mercury out of. He gave me a vial full of the stuff and I would always take it to school and break it out in science class to play with it with my buddys putting it on our palms or dripping it on the table to watch it shatter into a bunch of little spheres. Its one of my fonder memories of High School :D I think when my nieces get a bit older Ill have to buy some to show them, Im doing everything I can to educate them in science and hopefully lead them to a good STEM degree :D

  • @Thingsthatgopew22
    @Thingsthatgopew22 7 лет назад +4

    Protip for cleaning the surface of dull Mercury. Take any container for example a jar. Spray the inside with spray glue. Dump in the mercury and swirl it around. Pour it of and it's clean. Dispose of the jar as mercury waste.

  • @BenHess02
    @BenHess02 4 года назад +53

    The comments: 25% actually about chemistry, 25% “idk what’s going on but it’s cool”, 50% “rIP tHe sPideR”

  • @SECONDQUEST
    @SECONDQUEST 7 лет назад +1

    I didn't know you sold these things. I'll have to check it out.

  • @pappy1527
    @pappy1527 3 года назад

    I love love looooove seeing canadian products being featured!!! I bet nile’s an Ontario boy i can tell

  • @jukeboy6657
    @jukeboy6657 4 года назад +11

    I clicked on this vid thinking it was turning queen songs into metal songs

    • @oj3738
      @oj3738 3 года назад

      Actually?

  • @atashgallagher5139
    @atashgallagher5139 2 года назад +4

    This guy made mercury, then made that pure mercury into mercury ore, then processed the mercury ore back into mercury. Legend.

  • @chimekkoo-old
    @chimekkoo-old Год назад

    Very nice video! I think that's the best vid on youtube describing how to make mercury metal. I have a question - where did you get your cinnabar?

  • @369vkr
    @369vkr 4 года назад +2

    Hi Ii have a few questions.
    1. How to extract mercury from natural cinnabar ore?
    2. Extracted mercury off cinnabar, is it 100% pure?
    3. Is there a way to turn mercury into pure red mercury?
    By the way I am just 51 year old enthusiast. Love learning new things everyday.

  • @eironjorgedamaso6198
    @eironjorgedamaso6198 3 года назад +5

    Oh my... Freddie's parents are science geniuses

  • @RusZugunder
    @RusZugunder 5 лет назад +7

    Is there a reason for alpha-HgS to form more frequently than beta-HgS, or is it just the fact that it's easier to spot why we have more of it?

  • @isaiahzamora380
    @isaiahzamora380 5 лет назад

    Bro I fr love your videos I suck at chemistry but I love watching these

  • @cameronscanlan1620
    @cameronscanlan1620 Год назад

    You can still get genuine vermillion oil paint. It's currently about $120 USD for 40 mL tube. There's only a few brands that offer it.
    The "modern" version is typically cadmium based and runs $20-50 for a 40mL tube. Almost all brands of oil paint have cadmium based paints.
    There are even newer pigments that can to be even less expensive, but they tend to have different handing and color mixing properties.

  • @typhon8047
    @typhon8047 3 года назад +4

    Spider:
    ight imma head in.
    Ight imma head out.
    Web:
    I'm about to end this man's whole career.

  • @bobbyewing311
    @bobbyewing311 6 лет назад +12

    lol that spider was crazy indeed.

  • @soranuareane
    @soranuareane 6 лет назад

    You have a heart of gold.

  • @chrischristen8904
    @chrischristen8904 7 лет назад +2

    So i am writing my lab report for my chemistry class and while i was re-reading my discussion essay i couldn't help but notice it sounds exactly like you at the end of your videos. I'm laughing so hard right now. XD

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 лет назад +2

      You sound like a monotonous robot?

    • @chrischristen8904
      @chrischristen8904 7 лет назад

      well its just I speak the same way you do.... at least when it comes to chemistry so like I could help but narrate with your voice.

    • @Sup3rman1c
      @Sup3rman1c 7 лет назад

      can't help but narrate with your voice*
      I thought you were offering to narrate his videos at first.

  • @santiagokoprummel7340
    @santiagokoprummel7340 4 года назад +11

    10:09
    *_Where men cried_*

    • @crabsaresilly8317
      @crabsaresilly8317 11 месяцев назад

      Al the kings horses and all the KINGS *MEN* couldn't put up with a NAME THIS LONG!!!

  • @agvulpine
    @agvulpine 5 лет назад +3

    Dear NileRed: Can you explain the nature of your Mercury Sulfide waste source, and why it contains sealite(sp), silica gel and paper? What is sealite and how are silica gel and paper used in processes involving mercury that would produce such waste? I'm not very familiar with what sorts of mercury waste would commonly be encountered or why.

    • @KnakuanaRka
      @KnakuanaRka 5 лет назад +1

      agvulpine It’s the waste created during this video: ruclips.net/video/S4T57SFntIs/видео.html

    • @NZC_Meow
      @NZC_Meow 2 года назад

      It's celite not sealite

  • @nilsinconnue
    @nilsinconnue Год назад

    cinnabar or mercury sulphide(II) is widely used in alchemy: cinnabar is nicknamed the philosopher's stone in particular because mercury makes it possible to transform lead into gold or rather to plate gold on lead.

  • @MadScientist267
    @MadScientist267 2 года назад

    Pretty sweet. My favorite element.

  • @alessandropandolfi213
    @alessandropandolfi213 7 лет назад +7

    hi Nile I really like your videos, I wanted to know is it possible extracting fructose from fruits? its probably a stupid question but i d like to know thanks

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 лет назад +12

      hmm, it might be possible. I imagine it would be very hard to get pure though

    • @alessandropandolfi213
      @alessandropandolfi213 7 лет назад +1

      NileRed OK thanks for the help

  • @trindalas
    @trindalas 2 года назад +4

    I’ve always thought mercury was nifty because of it being a liquid at room temp. I’ve got a very small amount of it I salvaged from an old temperature dial someone was throwing away.
    It’s definitely in my top 4 favorite metals although I’m not sure it’s exact position. (Tungsten, silver, and platinum are the other 3. I’ve got one of those tiny tungsten cubes but I’d love a bigger one, but sadly they are very expensive. I haven’t got any platinum due to its price, but have gathered a small amount of silver in the form of some jewelry I got second hand and a pair of pilot wings I got from a pawn shop (those are really cool, while I’m tempted to melt down the others and make a small ingot, the wings I love in its current form)

    • @Correct_Opinion
      @Correct_Opinion 2 года назад

      What a horrible top 4 metal list

    • @Correct_Opinion
      @Correct_Opinion 2 года назад

      Obviously the correct top 4 is titanium, cobalt, lithium, and uranium. No in will not explain myself.

    • @trindalas
      @trindalas 2 года назад +2

      @@Correct_Opinion I like what I like, mate.

    • @chikkenbonz
      @chikkenbonz Год назад +2

      Element collector here. Top 4 is a tough one. I gotta go with the coolest samples I actually have. In no particular order:
      Tungsten - Just holding some is a strange feeling. The density difference in it and every day metals you encounter is mind bottling. Basically the same density as gold. I have a bar that's 1" thick, 12" long, and about 2 1/2" wide. It weighs 20+ lbs.
      Thorium - I FINALLY got a sample of this element (in pure metal form). I got 5 grams of Th powder. Guy was nice enough to sell it for half price. A bargain at $100/gram. The Holy Grail of element collecting**. Don't believe me? Just try getting some....
      Cesium - It's one you have to see in person to appreciate. I have a 20 gram ampoule of Cesium. It's a very shiny golden color. It's solid at room temperature, but hold it in your hand and it starts melting after about 10 seconds. Gorgeous element!
      Mercury - Yeah I love Mercury. There I said it. And it feels good!
      ===========================
      Honorable mentions: Osmium, Gold, Beryllium, Uranium, Arsenic, Carbon.
      ** Actually I'm close to closing a deal on possibly a new Holy Grail.... A strip of Technetium metal. Pinch me.......
      (How did I get this way?? My parents weren't nerds...I wasn't raised nerd, Grandparents weren't geeks....I.......just......don't.......know.......)

    • @chikkenbonz
      @chikkenbonz Год назад +1

      Great thread, trindalas. 🙂 👍
      EDIT: I think Nile needs to chime in here...what are your top 4 elements Nile??

  • @justsomenerd8925
    @justsomenerd8925 6 лет назад +1

    I live near an old cinnibar mine, and mercury processing site. When the mine was up the town around it was extremely wealthy. The town (New Idra) had the first lighted baseball field in California. Also, it is one of the few places on earth that gem quality benitoite has ever been found. Now New Idra is an EPA super fund site, which is code for fucked. The EPA has pretty much stated it would cost too much to clean up the area. The best part is, that just a few miles from this place was a massive serpentine mine. Which also produced asbestos.

  • @f1awsy
    @f1awsy 3 года назад +1

    Rest in piece ricky. You were an entertaining spider.

  • @williamjemeyson5101
    @williamjemeyson5101 4 года назад +3

    5:35 when your game is lagging but finally buffers

  • @jessejcbrl
    @jessejcbrl 7 лет назад +3

    That polysulfide solution looks dichromic!! I wonder why that is

  • @sketchywolff6365
    @sketchywolff6365 3 года назад +1

    Mercury is so hypnotizing to look at

  • @TheOneAndTrueHead
    @TheOneAndTrueHead 2 года назад +1

    That spider part threw everyone off

  • @mrunalmhatre9295
    @mrunalmhatre9295 7 лет назад +4

    plz make video on GOLD purification

  • @adalynnlogan2104
    @adalynnlogan2104 4 года назад +3

    13:53 that's some murky mercury

  • @Twobarpsi
    @Twobarpsi Год назад

    Excellent experiment!!

  • @nikitaties4391
    @nikitaties4391 7 лет назад

    I'm studying chemistry and I'd LOVE to have these beakers ^^

  • @mbanana23456
    @mbanana23456 6 лет назад +28

    Removes Mercury from contaminated waste, contaminates waste in the process :I

    • @KnakuanaRka
      @KnakuanaRka 5 лет назад +1

      mbanana23456 At least he gets his mercury back.

    • @KnowledgePerformance7
      @KnowledgePerformance7 5 лет назад

      It's put in safe storage. He has a video of the decontamination process

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 5 лет назад +1

      If he got the mercury out, though, what's left...the dregs of mercury?
      Exactly how low do you need to get the concentration before it's just waste?"

    • @nonec384
      @nonec384 4 года назад +1

      @@bcubed72 i dont think its worth to do that ,he did for the video i guess

    • @luisp.3788
      @luisp.3788 4 года назад +2

      Waste is chemical trash. Concentrated elemental mercury can be waste, too, provided you don't need it anymore, so "just waste" doesn't quite define it correctly.

  • @otterconnor942
    @otterconnor942 7 лет назад +10

    Buddy, you're not a monster for saving an eight-legged demon soul eater 9:56

  • @Yanaequa
    @Yanaequa 5 лет назад

    Btw, cinnabar is used as ingredients of traditional meds in China as well. Of course it has to be processed thoroughly, by grinding and washing it by water, remove floating impurities in top, and doing it several times. Still it is considered very dangerous.

  • @henryrenyz7232
    @henryrenyz7232 5 лет назад +1

    The English subtitle in 4:44 has made a mistake, it meass sulfur is in an atom not in a group. Actually all the non-metal elements combined themselves into groups because their outermost electron number is greater than 4, which means the atoms hava a strong will to capture other's electron to fill up the number to 8. because of this, sulpher atoms always combined into group such as S4,S8,etc.

  • @Mekanik.b
    @Mekanik.b 7 лет назад +25

    THC Keychain 🙌🙌🙌

  • @slowlylosingmysanity9726
    @slowlylosingmysanity9726 3 года назад +3

    I salute to the spider for sacrificing his life for science. Hes a hero press f to pay respects

  • @scottfree7028
    @scottfree7028 3 года назад +1

    I don’t know if you knew this but aluminum foil has a very thin layer of paraffin wax to reduce sticking when cooking with it.

  • @pot_bunny3926
    @pot_bunny3926 Год назад

    excellent everything! love ur vids