I accidentally discovered lead sponge...

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  • Опубликовано: 26 янв 2018
  • I never planned to cover this topic, because honestly I had no idea that it existed. It's really interesting what you can just stumble onto. In the future, I might revisit this and I might also try making other metal sponges.
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  • @calvonnumber1fan
    @calvonnumber1fan 4 года назад +4633

    "Mommy, this rock candy tastes weird."

  • @Rhynome
    @Rhynome 6 лет назад +11983

    Squish it in a blimp mold and make a lead zeppelin.

  • @ellaforlin8160
    @ellaforlin8160 3 года назад +7256

    I don’t think the words “accidents” and “lead” should ever be in the same sentence.

    • @Bruh4.
      @Bruh4. 3 года назад +260

      Man I made lead healthy those damn accidents

    • @aliveandunwell430
      @aliveandunwell430 3 года назад +286

      “accidentally broke my pencil lead”

    • @prihaps
      @prihaps 3 года назад +136

      I accidentally ate lead...
      ...😵

    • @sampletext9338
      @sampletext9338 3 года назад +34

      @@prihaps i-

    • @hedach7617
      @hedach7617 3 года назад +53

      There were no accidents done with the lead

  • @JordanBeagle
    @JordanBeagle 3 года назад +627

    I love how many of his great discoveries are just him figuring out how to get rid of stuff

    • @Great_Olaf5
      @Great_Olaf5 Год назад +12

      Some of the greatest discoveries of humanity have been finding practical uses for former waste products. Gasoline for example was originally a worthless waste product from making kerosene, considered to unstable to have any practical use.

  • @jypsridic
    @jypsridic 4 года назад +9675

    "I didn't have enough lead acetate"
    Proceeds to pull out a seemingly infinite amount of lead from the solution.

    • @Someone-ig7we
      @Someone-ig7we 4 года назад +89

      Exactly!

    • @deleted2869
      @deleted2869 3 года назад +450

      It wasn't enough to grow long lead crystals like he intended, but it surely was enough to make lead sponge.

    • @superoriginalhandle
      @superoriginalhandle 3 года назад +39

      egg

    • @Broockle
      @Broockle 3 года назад +28

      @@superoriginalhandle
      u'r not a seal!

    • @Bugsfuckingbunny
      @Bugsfuckingbunny 3 года назад +2

      bd

  • @twids
    @twids 5 лет назад +13779

    *Has subtitles on
    "This daddy isn't something that I planned to do."
    Oh my

    • @clarkbass3225
      @clarkbass3225 4 года назад +143

      Yea

    • @trymidsalarthun9915
      @trymidsalarthun9915 4 года назад +339

      Same i’ts, well... Quite interesting.

    • @autumn2675
      @autumn2675 4 года назад +784

      It’s not even on the auto generated captions. Someone, if not NileRed himself, typed that in

    • @geo5378
      @geo5378 4 года назад +426

      Check the descriptions, it shows who made them. Some drama happened like last month so trolls like this shouldn’t be common

    • @crumblebreadpie2933
      @crumblebreadpie2933 4 года назад +13

      Hmmm 🧐

  • @thenoodledragon6007
    @thenoodledragon6007 3 года назад +517

    Honestly when you turned out the lights it looked so cinematic and I'm obsessed with it

    • @cebollatron
      @cebollatron 2 года назад +1

      You are obsessed with pretty weir things

    • @liamernst9626
      @liamernst9626 2 года назад +14

      @@cebollatron could be worse

    • @raviedavieu
      @raviedavieu Год назад +8

      @@cebollatron yeah this is a pretty tame, innocent and even wholesome thing to be obsessed with

    • @vincedibona4687
      @vincedibona4687 4 месяца назад

      Settle down.

  • @whi2gan
    @whi2gan 3 года назад +1568

    Can I just say;
    I love how Nile owns practically every machine on the surface of this earth-yet does not own a rubber spatula🙋‍♀️😂

  • @dr.icepick3448
    @dr.icepick3448 4 года назад +7884

    Me: I'm going to bed early tonight
    Me at midnight: L E A D S P O N G

    • @spectruum
      @spectruum 4 года назад +48

      Me at 2 am rn

    • @jessicabauer9225
      @jessicabauer9225 4 года назад +12

      Dr. Icepick i know ... it’s probably around 01:00 here already x) but I can’t stop !

    • @stuckylar
      @stuckylar 4 года назад +9

      Dr. Icepick Lol I saw this comment exactly at 00:00 EST

    • @jslblaze8290
      @jslblaze8290 4 года назад +3

      @@spectruum same my dude

    • @alexanderharrison7421
      @alexanderharrison7421 4 года назад +5

      It's 11:36 PM rn

  • @GeorgeCowsert
    @GeorgeCowsert 4 года назад +13624

    I love how the majority of scientific discoveries are completely accidental.

    • @clover8673
      @clover8673 4 года назад +176

      Pretty much

    • @uncomfysapphic8415
      @uncomfysapphic8415 4 года назад +1129

      I mean how else are we to discover something we have no idea about

    • @Superghast123
      @Superghast123 4 года назад +579

      It all starts with someone asking "why the heck not?"

    • @spoongod2401
      @spoongod2401 4 года назад +120

      Like potato chips

    • @stanpan4126
      @stanpan4126 4 года назад +22

      George Cowsert 12:32 AM

  • @Realdeal916
    @Realdeal916 2 года назад +188

    This guys candor makes him quietly hilarious... he frequently says stuff like "my attempt was a complete failure" and "this is exactly what I feared would happen"... When so many others would be like "I meant to do that"...

  • @wikia9278
    @wikia9278 2 года назад +16

    7:14 look at the little piece of lead sponge that's jumping in the left corner of the container, he's so happy

  • @rlt94
    @rlt94 6 лет назад +4586

    Ahh yes, good old lead sponge, a favorite dessert of the Victorians.

    • @rruckman9782
      @rruckman9782 5 лет назад +81

      That explains a LOT

    • @gordslater
      @gordslater 5 лет назад +129

      hey - if it cures the clap, piles and flatulence I'm game to try it

    • @mojocuiii
      @mojocuiii 4 года назад +42

      I hear the taste was quite sweet.

    • @jeunbug5941
      @jeunbug5941 4 года назад +31

      a favorite among modern men if you’re not a coward

    • @sherrillgambill146
      @sherrillgambill146 4 года назад

      Sponge

  • @mistercohaagen
    @mistercohaagen 6 лет назад +3990

    If it was the 1920's, you could've sold that as a lozenge to cure consumption or gout or whatever.

    • @ericmueller6836
      @ericmueller6836 6 лет назад +274

      mistercohaagen Market it as a "paleo" supplement.

    • @SoulDelSol
      @SoulDelSol 6 лет назад +55

      Hysterics maybe

    • @drivesthecar3247
      @drivesthecar3247 6 лет назад +198

      We've got people eating detergent... I'm positive one could sell this as a health supplement!!!

    • @slappy8941
      @slappy8941 5 лет назад +72

      I take a poultice of lead, arsenic, and and radium for my rheumatism.

    • @ScoriacTears
      @ScoriacTears 5 лет назад +19

      @@slappy8941 Does you wife prepare it for you?

  • @avawalker5582
    @avawalker5582 3 года назад +216

    I know it's not food... But... Hear me out....... Forbidden taffy-

  • @Howtoeatrocks
    @Howtoeatrocks 3 года назад +26

    This is why it's important to record your process. Even if you're making something already heavily documented, something you've done many times in the past.

  • @cheesecakelasagna
    @cheesecakelasagna 3 года назад +1994

    Me: *My accidental discovery of the last french fry at the bottom of the paper bag*

    • @Gamer-uf1kl
      @Gamer-uf1kl 3 года назад +9

      T

    • @pgre
      @pgre 3 года назад +13

      @@Gamer-uf1kl aco

    • @ONE.Music.
      @ONE.Music. 3 года назад +1

      Hahahaha😂👏🏻

    • @cedrick25
      @cedrick25 3 года назад +28

      it's like god is messing with us by opening up a portal inside our bag and gives us an extra lmao

    • @pizzaman7397
      @pizzaman7397 3 года назад

      @@pgre bell

  • @oskarsigns
    @oskarsigns 6 лет назад +5951

    These slime videos are getting really complicated

  • @weirdogirl3376
    @weirdogirl3376 3 года назад +7

    9:37 it’s terrible to see what smoking can do to your lungs

  • @NathanBuffam
    @NathanBuffam Год назад +34

    The reason in the difference between runs could be that the powered zinc kind of seeded the way the lead formed.

  • @MelikecakeYAY124
    @MelikecakeYAY124 6 лет назад +1550

    I hope you use sepparate toasters for your chemical experiments and your toast

    • @paulvangemmeren9351
      @paulvangemmeren9351 4 года назад +26

      Well, yeah. He'd be stupid to use the same one for both.

    • @h-Films
      @h-Films 4 года назад +36

      Paul van Gemmeren r/woooosh

    • @gefagnis
      @gefagnis 4 года назад +111

      Ok fuck off you didn’t even do it right you prick. Go back to reddit you fuckass

    • @gamerman9960
      @gamerman9960 4 года назад +5

      Why wouldn't you

    • @chonkyboi7542
      @chonkyboi7542 4 года назад +36

      @@gefagnis someone takes the internet to serious.

  • @KingofJ95
    @KingofJ95 6 лет назад +975

    >Lab environment
    >Carpet
    Concerned

    • @JustinTopp
      @JustinTopp 5 лет назад +20

      My lab is my bedroom and it’s carpeted lol

    • @wolffrags9856
      @wolffrags9856 5 лет назад +62

      I also do "science" in my bedroom. ;)

    • @JustinTopp
      @JustinTopp 5 лет назад +15

      WolfFrags yea “science”

    • @ChrisD4335
      @ChrisD4335 5 лет назад +85

      finish your science in some klenx or paper towel, not on the carpet.

    • @JustinTopp
      @JustinTopp 5 лет назад +1

      ChrisD4335 lmao

  • @StarshadowMelody
    @StarshadowMelody 3 года назад +26

    "but there was also some solid stuff"
    Me: "Is that a fish!?"

  • @conorflanagan9000
    @conorflanagan9000 3 года назад +47

    Closed captions begins with "This daddy isn't something that I planned to do".
    I hope Daddy can love you regardless of your intentions

  • @thethoughtemporium
    @thethoughtemporium 6 лет назад +1788

    Make a simple lead acid battery. Should work well with the lead foam

    • @kevinvermeer9011
      @kevinvermeer9011 6 лет назад +118

      Compare with one made using lead sheets to see the effects of all the surface area!

    • @michael3263
      @michael3263 6 лет назад +19

      Kevin Vermeer I love this idea! 😀

    • @Oinikis
      @Oinikis 6 лет назад +24

      Yes! Science and power and stuff! If you do this, try to runs something on it, like a lamp! people love lamps!

    • @grey1wa
      @grey1wa 6 лет назад +12

      I agree but I'd try a Zinc mesh to grow the Lead onto. and turn that into a simple battery

    • @NathanDavisVideos
      @NathanDavisVideos 6 лет назад +7

      Yeah I think a simple lead acid battery should work! I'm just waiting to see it!

  • @sbsftw4232
    @sbsftw4232 3 года назад +2013

    The fact that you had the knowledge to intuitively cause an interesting reaction without knowing about it beforehand says a lot about your talent as a chemist. I'm seriously impressed.

    • @the_undead
      @the_undead 2 года назад +102

      This is either a joke or someone who doesn't fully understand how a good portion of scientific discoveries are made, a lot of discoveries are made by complete accident, say a failed experiment and then just trying to have some fun with it or similar.

    • @Galaxivist
      @Galaxivist 2 года назад +39

      @@the_undead You have truly mistaken what he and/or she is saying... It's either that; or you're purposefully misconstruing the words of this kind person.

    • @Galaxivist
      @Galaxivist 2 года назад +23

      @@the_undead Allow me to explain for someone who is purposefully *OR* non-purposefully ignorant.
      EntropyOnline is speaking of Nile's reaction. He and/or she is speaking of how he (NileRed) could generate such "an interesting reaction"¹ in regards to Nile's limited or no knowledge on the component that was created. (Which then proves his prowess as a chemist)
      If you're still confused on the "interesting reaction part"... it implies (from context) its somewhat fascinating his analysis can be close to the mark.

    • @the_undead
      @the_undead 2 года назад +1

      @@Galaxivist and allow me to explain to you how the mind of somebody with autism works. Somebody with autism will always take what they read at face value with The only exception being if it is eluding to a concept that they already understand so an inside joke for example. So unless it is an inside joke that they already get or something to that effect they will take what they read at face value especially if they have seen people who are that f****** idiotic in real life before, because I have seen people who would genuinely say something like that not as a joke or an exaggeration or whatever but because they genuinely believe that for concepts that are much MUCH easier to understand.
      Having high functioning autism is simultaneously a blessing and a curse because you are easily going to be the most literal person in the room or in the discussion thread or wherever you currently are, and if what this particular group of humans is talking about is something that deeply interests you you are probably going to be the most knowledgeable person on that thing unless there's somebody who does that professionally and has been doing it for years now, and you are going to go into so much detail that unless it is a topic that interests them they are almost certainly going to be bored within 5 or 10 minutes. You also get smart asses on the internet who try and open your eyes to the obvious misunderstandings that you have a lot of the time who think they're being so helpful or are doing their best to piss you off when it's like yes I know I've tried to correct these flaws but I can't.
      And I know I can't because I've tried and tried and tried and then I tried some more and then I gave up because spending months or even years doing basically the exact same thing with absolutely zero progress when you can't think of any better way to do what you're trying to do kind of just leads to you giving up and deciding you know what I'm going to go do something more productive than waste my time trying to fix a flaw that I don't even know how to fix when it's only a minor nuisance in the grand scheme of things

    • @CasperTheGhost64
      @CasperTheGhost64 2 года назад +10

      @@the_undead You're unbelievably cringe inducing. Stop leaving comments. You're ridiculous. You're a clown.

  • @Quickbite2
    @Quickbite2 Год назад +25

    I personally think that your your attempt with the flashlight actually went pretty well and looked very cool maybe you could have used a better flashlight but what you had at the time actually turned out good just my opinion anyway thought I would say that

  • @yuki__meow7843
    @yuki__meow7843 3 года назад +5

    7:24 forbidden kinetic sand

  • @Mikey-gs1dx
    @Mikey-gs1dx 6 лет назад +730

    Even if they're not novel, it's fun making discoveries in the lab. You get so excited. It is a bummer that someone else found them first but I never get enough of finding new things even if they're only new to me.

    • @johnrickard8512
      @johnrickard8512 5 лет назад +33

      the moment when you utter the words "Hmm...that's funny." You know you're about to discover something you may not have known before.

    • @arnavanand8037
      @arnavanand8037 5 лет назад +1

      I agree. It feels like "Haha my brain is as intelligence as *[scientists name]"*

  • @ectoplasm9023
    @ectoplasm9023 4 года назад +489

    4:32 in the background very quietly you can hear someone saying something about research

    • @sebastianrognlien6198
      @sebastianrognlien6198 4 года назад +72

      Thank you, i thought i was hearing things

    • @newjerseyhater9237
      @newjerseyhater9237 3 года назад +60

      Pretty sure its the same thing he says a couple seconds later. must've been an audio error

    • @aprameyanaganur2934
      @aprameyanaganur2934 3 года назад +16

      @@newjerseyhater9237 ya i'm pretty sure about that because he said research a couple seconds later

    • @Remspamton
      @Remspamton 3 года назад +2

      Jack Kelso yeah I heard water too

    • @faforflavor
      @faforflavor 3 года назад +1

      @@newjerseyhater9237 confirmed

  • @muskyhusky8411
    @muskyhusky8411 2 года назад +14

    nile: has every chemical under the sun
    also nile: does not have plastic spatula

  • @subzeroelectronics3022
    @subzeroelectronics3022 3 года назад +5

    I left some electroplating solution in a closet for too long (I think it may have been contaminated with zinc) and a very similar sponge can form with copper. The solution was originally a very high concentration copper acetate and water solution, and I think that some zinc dissolved into it over time. I found it recently and noticed a weird wiggly solid sitting at the bottom, and that’s when I remembered this video.

  • @bloodwolf2609
    @bloodwolf2609 4 года назад +317

    2:51 thats a whole aesthetic right there

  • @endarus6053
    @endarus6053 3 года назад +1460

    “However, that all changed when”
    The fire nation attacked?

    • @lewisho8114
      @lewisho8114 3 года назад +32

      r/AntsCanada

    • @Hello-yc5oc
      @Hello-yc5oc 3 года назад +3

      Lewis Ho I get it

    • @luck7302
      @luck7302 3 года назад +11

      @@lewisho8114 It's from Avatar

    • @samanthaweber2195
      @samanthaweber2195 3 года назад +8

      @@luck7302 or from AntsCanada

    • @luck7302
      @luck7302 3 года назад +4

      @@samanthaweber2195 nope

  • @ID345891
    @ID345891 3 года назад +5

    9:43 blob in the middle got cheeks

  • @Ni_La
    @Ni_La 3 года назад +12

    4:15 thats 5yr old me playing with mud lmao

  • @Locut0s
    @Locut0s 6 лет назад +313

    That’s a toaster you don’t want your bagels in.

    • @blazewolf9912
      @blazewolf9912 4 года назад +2

      Huh?

    • @sophia0470
      @sophia0470 4 года назад +2

      Are you trying out new catchphrases or something?

    • @blazewolf9912
      @blazewolf9912 4 года назад +1

      @@sophia0470 WHo knows

    • @whitearrow4629
      @whitearrow4629 4 года назад

      Who toasts bagels

    • @furretar6484
      @furretar6484 4 года назад +4

      I have a feeling there's a cultural misunderstanding here

  • @kullycrin9657
    @kullycrin9657 6 лет назад +126

    I really love that subtle darkness when the light was only from the flashlight. Better than the higher contrast attempt in my opinion.

  • @Kenjic
    @Kenjic 3 года назад +10

    Would be cool to see if you could form a mold or something to protect against radiation, I believe lead is used commonly. But this being mixed with water and lead, might block more radiation (but would need to keep hydrated) with a thinner layer.

  • @deathberryjam907
    @deathberryjam907 3 года назад +3

    "it didnt make a cool effect" its 2021 and the light shining through that was amazing

    • @stuckonmars3571
      @stuckonmars3571 3 года назад +2

      That's what I thought, as a photographer that shit was amazing

  • @bulldozer9337
    @bulldozer9337 4 года назад +233

    "Put them all in my toaster to get rid of the water"

    • @ATBZ
      @ATBZ 3 года назад +10

      can't put it in the microwave

  • @psammiad
    @psammiad 4 года назад +451

    "When I squished it..." Is that a chemical term?! :D

    • @shellydas1416
      @shellydas1416 3 года назад +1

      @Dr. M. H. Physics? How?

    • @shellydas1416
      @shellydas1416 3 года назад +2

      @Dr. M. H. Um. Yea that makes more sense, i do more quantum mechanics rn so i kinda forgot normal physics Quantum mechanics are that different lol ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @shellydas1416
      @shellydas1416 3 года назад

      @Dr. M. H. Oh so im not supposed touse that term ok! Well i learn something new everyday!

    • @shellydas1416
      @shellydas1416 3 года назад +1

      @Dr. M. H. Ok thanks!

    • @shellydas1416
      @shellydas1416 3 года назад +1

      @Dr. M. H. Although u can use um yeah to denote confusion followed by agreement ur right and so are your parents, its better left with children and plus im in class 8 learning quantum mechanics! (Ive done the electrodynamics, integral calculus classical mechanics, differential equations etc using my maths teacher who also teaches physicd and ny fathers help) so does that include un "scientist" Im not so sure but is that sort of thing like hard or unique or something? Would like to know from u since u have more experience

  • @agent__berry
    @agent__berry 3 года назад +7

    1:44
    6 year old me making potions in a hole in the backyard

  • @ojdcreative3849
    @ojdcreative3849 3 года назад +8

    I feel like half the reactions you do could be used so well in movie cinematic's

  • @Therealpro2
    @Therealpro2 5 лет назад +53

    0:01 subtitles on "This daddy isn't something that i planned to do," thx youtube

  • @shilze1
    @shilze1 4 года назад +355

    "This video -"
    My brain: "is sponsored by..."

  • @foxxiangel6384
    @foxxiangel6384 3 года назад +17

    “it just ended up getting furrier and it never grew any crystals” me bruh

  • @plantsperiod4462
    @plantsperiod4462 3 года назад +2

    13:07 the little bubble moving around distracted me for so long

  • @Ilovetheplatypus
    @Ilovetheplatypus 6 лет назад +322

    Should try making a battery. I think you'd be the first on youtube to make a lead acid battery out of lead sponge. Would be cool to see how it performs.

  • @wildcard.-
    @wildcard.- 3 года назад +41

    I read “LEGO sponge” but I wasn’t disappointed

  • @mrtmilf
    @mrtmilf 11 месяцев назад +3

    I accidentally turned the subtitles on and the first sentence made me rub my eyes with fists like a cartoon character

  • @NickRoss
    @NickRoss 2 года назад

    Love rewatching these videos!

  • @ZappyOh
    @ZappyOh 6 лет назад +110

    Make the container much deeper ... several meters ... so the reaction is completed before bottom is reached.
    Before the bottom, you could place a net of some sort, catching the sponge, so it can be lifted out without being squashed at all.

    • @bastienpabiot3678
      @bastienpabiot3678 4 года назад +15

      It would cost so much money

    • @bigaaron
      @bigaaron 4 года назад +6

      @@bastienpabiot3678 worth it

    • @SoI_Badguy
      @SoI_Badguy 4 года назад +2

      @@bastienpabiot3678
      A net and a clear plastic tube cost a lot of money?

    • @antony9956
      @antony9956 4 года назад +13

      The comment above suggests a *container* that is a few *meters* deep...

    • @bigaaron
      @bigaaron 4 года назад +2

      @@antony9956 precisely

  • @bananache4793
    @bananache4793 3 года назад +914

    nobody:
    him every episode: “yknow i could of put it in a waste bin and call it a day. but i wanted to do something interesting.”

    • @terriblename4084
      @terriblename4084 3 года назад +44

      *Being a scientist summed up in a single comment*

    • @sunhiee500
      @sunhiee500 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/960EyG2K_Kk/видео.html

    • @AlmondishTofu
      @AlmondishTofu 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/4hG-g6X9fqI/видео.html Just an fyi

    • @johnapple6646
      @johnapple6646 2 года назад

      Nobody uses this format anymore

    • @raviedavieu
      @raviedavieu Год назад +3

      @@johnapple6646 This is a clear lie, because the person you replied to obviously just did

  • @tychosworld5201
    @tychosworld5201 3 года назад +6

    One day he’s going to “accidentally” discover a new element

  • @muzikkify
    @muzikkify 2 года назад +2

    13:42 - I think it could be the concentration window in combination with fine crystals from the powder that stay in suspension and get dragged in between the granules (crystallization nuclei) + the amount of zinc granules added? Also "scratching" the surface of the granules could make some different effect.

  • @dhawthorne1634
    @dhawthorne1634 6 лет назад +62

    Do any of them float like pumice?
    Do they absorb liquids or filter like activated charcoal?
    Can they be molded and carved then dried and used for plastic casting?
    Does the surface area make the lead react faster in reactions?
    Can it be used in place of a more expensive catalyst in any reactions?
    Using it as an electrode, does the increased number of nucleation sites allow it to split water more quickly or produce a higher yield of O2 and H2?

    • @RoflCraft96
      @RoflCraft96 6 лет назад +8

      HOLY SHIT THIS MAN GOT THE QUESTIONS!

    • @RoflCraft96
      @RoflCraft96 6 лет назад +4

      please someone upvote it!

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  6 лет назад +17

      Ill look into the floating question and the filtering.
      It would definitely react faster than normal lead, but i dont think it can really replace any catalysts (I could be wrong though).

    • @RoflCraft96
      @RoflCraft96 6 лет назад +3

      @NileRed in science, you'll never know what will happen next after a discovery ;)

  • @plasticraincoat1
    @plasticraincoat1 6 лет назад +77

    I've had great success making silver sponge using the same process, it has some very interesting properties that I must show.

  • @TheAussieRepairGuy
    @TheAussieRepairGuy 3 года назад +2

    Maybe the height of the container allowed the reaction to take place more thoroughly before depositing on the bottom. This could explain the difference in the small scale.

  • @mijost
    @mijost Год назад +2

    the lead sponge before being taken out looks edible and i want to eat it

  • @MACIEJ454545
    @MACIEJ454545 6 лет назад +122

    You should send those to Cody's Lab asking him to guess what kind of a rock is it without checking your channel
    It would be a great collab

    • @AtlasReburdened
      @AtlasReburdened 6 лет назад +58

      Yeah, that's nice. Send a great guy a chunk of high surface area solid neurotoxin and tell him it's a random rock. Next we can send him some solvated mercury salts and tell him to try and figure out what sweetener is in it.

    • @MACIEJ454545
      @MACIEJ454545 6 лет назад +30

      I wouldn't expect Cody to lick it as the first test but I get your point

    • @NateTDOM
      @NateTDOM 6 лет назад +2

      You can get poisoned by lead without licking it... same way mercury can poison you.

    • @emmettmartin2639
      @emmettmartin2639 6 лет назад +2

      No, you can't actually

    • @NateTDOM
      @NateTDOM 6 лет назад +1

      Oh really? Okay then am idiot goodbye.

  • @ancientsentinal1131
    @ancientsentinal1131 6 лет назад +9

    Extract the stuff that makes you cry from onions.

    • @waffleblitzkrieg1765
      @waffleblitzkrieg1765 3 года назад

      That's just onion juice it vaporizes very quickly so to extract it would require a vacuum with no suction so unless he's going to space I don't see that happening anytime soon. But I would love to be proven wrong go ahead nilered

    • @liammckevitt8096
      @liammckevitt8096 3 года назад

      It's just juice man

  • @VR_OP
    @VR_OP 2 года назад

    Wow lead sponge is something that i learnt today . Nile red is the only channel that suprise me (keep up the good work).

  • @Peter_A1466
    @Peter_A1466 2 года назад +3

    I realize this is an older video, but still wondering what the thermal conductivity is. The stuff reminds me of aero-gel.
    Also: get a strainer! 😄

  • @litigioussociety4249
    @litigioussociety4249 6 лет назад +92

    Spongelead Zincpants.

  • @ConorDark
    @ConorDark 4 года назад +13

    turning the lights off and using the flashlight looked really cool imo, its awesome to see white powder being dropped into clear liquid and turning black

  • @lolymop333
    @lolymop333 2 года назад +5

    I love when scientists get excited over new discoveries

  • @TheMightyPooh420
    @TheMightyPooh420 3 года назад +5

    this could be used as an alarm switch since it is conductive and brittle, so placed on faults or places where friction movement is expected you could make cutoff switches/triggers

  • @johnpossum556
    @johnpossum556 6 лет назад +144

    You were so close to the first PN junction commonly used in electronics:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_detector_(radio)#Whisker
    I found it especially ironic you used the meter on the diode(PN juunction!) check function, which also reads out the bias voltage of the PN junction, without landing on the thought of it nearly being a diode. Galena (the crystal form of lead ore, often on a piece of quartz when found in nature) was typically used often with just an ordinary safety pin's point being used to make the PN junction.
    Oneday you might also try messing around with germanium to make a germanium diode which can also be used to rectify AM out of the air. They're very effecient and take about half the voltage of a silicon diode. Come to think of it I don't think I've ever seen the voltage of a Lead diode ever posted anywhere on the net.

    • @shellydas1416
      @shellydas1416 3 года назад

      @@dacomputernerd4096 maybe i have to confirm tho but i can give u maybe 60% certainty?
      Im not the best at chemidtry

    • @theisthecool1105
      @theisthecool1105 3 года назад +1

      nerd

    • @shellydas1416
      @shellydas1416 3 года назад +6

      @@theisthecool1105 ꒐꒯꒐ꄲ꓄

    • @farithrosh
      @farithrosh 3 года назад +3

      @@theisthecool1105 ur that one pootis guy who got shot once and killed the guy who shotted u right

    • @harrygeewizman1818
      @harrygeewizman1818 2 года назад

      Ha ha science stuf go brrr

  • @mojaveartifacthunters339
    @mojaveartifacthunters339 6 лет назад +13

    My favorite drinking game is starting a Nile Red playlist and taking a shot every time he says "Well, anyway".

  • @mrdoh450
    @mrdoh450 3 года назад +2

    Video: *starts*
    Subtitles: this daddy isnt something that i planned to do

  • @vinijoncrafts2882
    @vinijoncrafts2882 Год назад +3

    Video: "This video isn't something that I planned to do"
    Subtitles: "This *_daddy_* isn't something that I planned to do"

  • @MitchCarroll
    @MitchCarroll 6 лет назад +50

    What about electroplating it with something like nickel or aluminum, and melting out the lead to form a sort of metal aerogel?

    • @David-fh6rr
      @David-fh6rr 6 лет назад +9

      There's a similar method for the production of Raney-nickel, an extremely active hydration catalyst. You form a Nickel/aluminium alloy and etch out the aluminium witch conc. NaOH, but you don't an "aerogel" like product, in fact it's quite dense.

  • @SamuelTheAdept
    @SamuelTheAdept 4 года назад +37

    3:33 *Leaked footage of Spongebob’s seizure*

  • @PinkishPlant
    @PinkishPlant 3 года назад +3

    At 10:44 it sounds like seashells

  • @Random-sq2cy
    @Random-sq2cy 2 года назад +2

    OMG the subtitles - The first line says: "This daddy isn't something that planned to do"

  • @davidfont2596
    @davidfont2596 3 года назад +52

    Dude! The scenes from @2:41 through @3:26 are beautiful! That could be a stock background video or video display in an art gallery.

  • @farahinaleya3857
    @farahinaleya3857 4 года назад +103

    My recommendations : Do you want to watch someone make lead sponges...?
    Me: Well yes... and no...

  • @D1DACT
    @D1DACT 3 года назад +2

    7:01 when he turns on the stirring I though he shoved his hand in and I had freaked out

  • @Aalok464
    @Aalok464 Год назад +2

    "This video isn't something I planed to do"
    RUclips captions: "This daddy isn't something that I planned to do"

  • @Misack8
    @Misack8 6 лет назад +343

    Make a Foam Lead Slug and send it to Taoflandermaus to shot it out from a 12ga shotgun. (It will probably just turn into lead powder and won't hit a thing.)

    • @chan.sorman
      @chan.sorman 6 лет назад +4

      He's in Canada.

    • @xander1052
      @xander1052 6 лет назад +8

      Doesn’t really make it illegal, Canada has alright gun laws

    • @Beffanz115
      @Beffanz115 6 лет назад +18

      Canadian gun laws aren't bad, they're just poorly written by idiots who don't know better. Things like aks that already are "prohibited" b/c they are automatic also means that anything that looks like an AK, even if it is considered "non-restricted", are automatically illegal simply b/c they are considered a "variant". Basically, if it looks "scary", there's a good chance it's illegal here.

    • @saddlepiggy
      @saddlepiggy 6 лет назад +2

      or Demolition Ranch

    • @dominikobora5385
      @dominikobora5385 6 лет назад +1

      well theres a point to it , if you get a ak thats semi auto if you know enough you could probally just make it into a full auto and gangs could definitively have a network to import them from the us ready to be made full auto

  • @vukadinmc127
    @vukadinmc127 3 года назад +135

    I think this would be a really fun thing to use for sculpting. Since it's clay-like, you could carefully shape something that would later look like a common rock with minerals on it

  • @andreisupervloguri8058
    @andreisupervloguri8058 2 года назад +1

    4:33 There is another Nile talking like a whisper.

  • @arthurreitz9540
    @arthurreitz9540 Год назад +1

    Making sponge of a catalyst would probably make it more efficient.
    Not sure it's the best way to do it though.

  • @edgyspoon5793
    @edgyspoon5793 4 года назад +11

    7:02 i thought you put your whole arm in there and got concern

  • @balisticjoe
    @balisticjoe 6 лет назад +21

    It might be interesting to try getting some zinc wool (like steel wool, but zinc), and seeing what the structure is, the longer strands of zinc might add a good deal of strength.

  • @AllTheOthers
    @AllTheOthers 3 года назад +3

    I imagine the first time someone thought of alchemy was when they somehow grew lead crystals, or something very similar.

  • @Rethaxian
    @Rethaxian Год назад

    Those shots of the powder going in could be used in a movie. Looked cool.

  • @NoxionDesign
    @NoxionDesign 6 лет назад +114

    +NileRed Did you have to get any permits or anything for renting a commercial space as a lab? Or since you're a non-production hobbyist was that not an issue? What about storage and open flame or your gas supply? Sorry if I sound intrusive, just curious about the details

  • @TheSeerSacrifice
    @TheSeerSacrifice 6 лет назад +37

    oh dude you created a harmless black hole at the beggining

  • @lollyblizowo4343
    @lollyblizowo4343 2 года назад

    The fact that you "my lead is making a clinky sound :)" camera also picked up just a little of what I can only assume is you rambling is adorable imo, tho it's gonna drive me a little batty that I can't figure out what you were saying

  • @FractalMachine
    @FractalMachine 3 года назад +3

    you mention that if we have ideas we should post them in the comments, so here's my idea.
    how about repeat the process to get the lead sponge, except this time instead of drying it using an oven and heat, maybe try drying it using a vacuum chamber.
    this should prevent the formation of oxides or any coating on the surface.

  • @batyalivni3577
    @batyalivni3577 3 года назад +64

    Beginning of video: "this video isn't something that I planned to do"
    Automatic captions: "this daddy isn't something that I planned to do"

    • @MissSchnickfitzel
      @MissSchnickfitzel 3 года назад +18

      Its not even the automatic captions. Someone did that manually bruh

    • @kguy6635
      @kguy6635 3 года назад +7

      I bet NileRed put that in just to have some fun

    • @batyalivni3577
      @batyalivni3577 3 года назад

      @@MissSchnickfitzel o shit u right

    • @bolton7961
      @bolton7961 3 года назад

      Kguy66 hope the bottom of the description says who made them

    • @vanillapotaeto4098
      @vanillapotaeto4098 3 года назад

      @@bolton7961 now it doesnt I don't know. who made them ? Did he make them himself?

  • @TizonaAmanthia
    @TizonaAmanthia 6 лет назад +22

    that's fun, and congrats on the lab studio! I can't wait to see the progress time lapse vid. I'm happy for you!

  • @supremebuffalo6322
    @supremebuffalo6322 8 месяцев назад +1

    1st line of subtitles:
    "This Daddy isnt something that I planned to do"

  • @sallyphilpin1104
    @sallyphilpin1104 2 года назад

    When you very gently tapped the dried pieces together the sound reminded me of clinkers from when we would burn coal in the fireplace.

  • @Jamie-rg2vh
    @Jamie-rg2vh 4 года назад +75

    Nile:
    Captions: *this daddy isn't something I planned to do*

  • @Tailslol
    @Tailslol 6 лет назад +39

    lead sponge could be interesting for diy lead acid battery

  • @cornpandle
    @cornpandle Год назад +7

    “i had some powdered zinc metal lying around-“
    LYING AROUND??

  • @urksho5609
    @urksho5609 2 года назад +1

    I personally believe he's correct that the reason he wasn't able to recreate it the second time was cause his concentration wasn't the same. He started out with a low concentration then ended with a lower concentration. His second run through, unless I missed something was a much higher concentration of acetate