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  • Опубликовано: 27 май 2013
  • Inside a Noble Metals factory, where even the dust on your shoes is too valuable to ignore!
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  • @SnootyWimbledon
    @SnootyWimbledon 10 лет назад +2596

    I love it that he uses his tie for educational purposes. This guy kicks ass.

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt 5 лет назад +33

      I know right?! He's a chemical gansta (OG)... he-he

    • @darthanddedeu2580
      @darthanddedeu2580 3 года назад +4

      Probably quicker to point to tie than get the old worn out chart out when doing talks like this

    • @yesnoblemetalsoxidizetoo3079
      @yesnoblemetalsoxidizetoo3079 2 года назад

      I'd be happier if he used the tie to h@ng himself

    • @vxtalityone8131
      @vxtalityone8131 2 года назад +2

      @@yesnoblemetalsoxidizetoo3079 lol attention seeker

    • @yesnoblemetalsoxidizetoo3079
      @yesnoblemetalsoxidizetoo3079 2 года назад

      @@vxtalityone8131 don't defend this man. He doesn't deserve it.

  • @Matt-pr1xv
    @Matt-pr1xv 10 лет назад +1652

    "Posh way of saying 'chemically boring.'" Love it, Prof.

    • @sparticuzj19
      @sparticuzj19 6 лет назад +3

      Matt L I read this comment at the same time he said it. 😂

    • @rich1051414
      @rich1051414 5 лет назад +2

      Well, it means 'well mannered'. When said this way, the metaphor works.

    • @dilly2047
      @dilly2047 5 лет назад +1

      That comma is the most useless comma ever

    • @Johnny-sj9sj
      @Johnny-sj9sj 5 лет назад +4

      deylan 8 not really. To me, at any rate, it indicates a slight pause 🧐

    • @supermelongify
      @supermelongify 4 года назад +1

      You are noble

  • @tac540
    @tac540 8 лет назад +1724

    Imagine all the gold and platinum he could steal in just his hair.

    • @christiaanprinsloo586
      @christiaanprinsloo586 7 лет назад +105

      lol yeah. too bad you have to enter a metal detector when leaving or entering

    • @simpesfaip
      @simpesfaip 5 лет назад +71

      tac540 i bet he went in special chamber at home,comb his hair and start browsing new cars...

    • @daalhead1098
      @daalhead1098 5 лет назад +39

      He could *steel*

    • @vargohoat9950
      @vargohoat9950 4 года назад +19

      only about 10lbs before he becomes dangerously top heavy

    • @atalpandey4945
      @atalpandey4945 3 года назад +1

      😀😀😀

  • @ryanhampson673
    @ryanhampson673 6 лет назад +3088

    I do wear a tie...But only periodically.

  • @WhiteCollarCrimeDNB
    @WhiteCollarCrimeDNB 5 лет назад +520

    As a blacksmith you have no idea how jealous I am of people that get to work with platinum. Those ingots are so smooth and there's no scale (oxide) coming off the stock under that hammer.
    I need to change my medium.

    • @ziggy979
      @ziggy979 4 года назад +38

      I relate to your comment. As a steel fabricator and welder, we are on the messy end of the food chain here. Can you imagine holding those pliers or what you call them as that pneumatic hammer slams down on the platinum. Wow epic energy right? Anything is possible if we want it we can make it. We can also seek out where this place is and I bet with the right contacts get a tour of sorts. Keep blacksmithing it is becoming a lost art I believe.

    • @soaringvulture
      @soaringvulture 3 года назад +39

      I once welded a platinum heat exchanger. It was a tube and sheet construction and was relatively large. It came with an armed guard. It welded quite easily.

    • @buggsy5
      @buggsy5 3 года назад +3

      Better platinum than gold, it costs only half as much. But is a lot harder to forge and weld than gold.

    • @harveymoon6004
      @harveymoon6004 3 года назад

      Shut up, use plwtinum and see hwi much that acheives compared to what the professor does

    • @theangledsaxon6765
      @theangledsaxon6765 2 года назад +2

      @@harveymoon6004 ???

  • @LCdrDerrick
    @LCdrDerrick 9 лет назад +482

    That is so unreal to see a glowing ingot of metal which is not immediately scaling in the air and no incrustations falling off when forging it, amazing.

    • @pinkypower
      @pinkypower 9 лет назад +36

      i thought i was the only one to notice that :) it really looks strange!

    • @zwz.zdenek
      @zwz.zdenek 9 лет назад +44

      pinkypower
      It didn't strike me when watching, but it's logical. The interesting thing for me was the precision an cleanliness of the power-hammer. Such tools are usually covered in swarf and grease.

    • @Hitsyfication
      @Hitsyfication 9 лет назад +5

      LCdrDerrick Is it because of how clean everything is?

    • @mynamewhatis7254
      @mynamewhatis7254 9 лет назад

      LCdrDerrick nice! I appreciate this

    • @Timesmanify
      @Timesmanify 9 лет назад +2

      LCdrDerrick Well duh.
      Why do you think it needs an insanely high temperature to melt? For fun?

  • @pup11074
    @pup11074 7 лет назад +207

    He just used his tie to outline which metals he was referring too........... I love him

  • @robertyang4365
    @robertyang4365 8 лет назад +1440

    Here in my garage.
    Just bought this new uh platinum ingot.
    Fun to drive up here in the Hollywood Hills.

    • @desena1991
      @desena1991 8 лет назад +113

      but you know what i love more than platinum ingots?
      KNAWLEDGE

    • @austenslost
      @austenslost 8 лет назад +7

      +Robert Yang you should do a ted talk about it

    • @somefool6409
      @somefool6409 8 лет назад +19

      Please, teach me to drive a platinum ingot.

    • @ta0soft
      @ta0soft 8 лет назад +24

      +Robert Yang KNAW LEDGE

    • @harperl2
      @harperl2 7 лет назад +19

      +Connor Steppie Just buy his new book, 'How To Get SCAMMED'

  • @glhf8756
    @glhf8756 9 лет назад +3103

    its quite difficult to get into a place like this, i had to wear a ski mask and some black clothes, plus i had to cut some locks and climb through vents. for some reason they dont want you in here without theyre permission.

    • @Localguideldn
      @Localguideldn 9 лет назад +238

      Their*
      Perhaps you might want to try it on a library first...

    • @rambo8r2
      @rambo8r2 8 лет назад +126

      ***** And buy some ice for the burns on the way there

    • @mkalte666
      @mkalte666 8 лет назад +142

      +LazyBoy343 All these comments are gold. or platinum.

    • @glhf8756
      @glhf8756 8 лет назад +11

      im scared

    • @viniciodevito3649
      @viniciodevito3649 6 лет назад +4

      20LetterMaximum their

  • @tehking23
    @tehking23 6 лет назад +93

    Giving a lecture off his tie. What a legend.

    • @bt7846
      @bt7846 5 лет назад

      Legend. Over-used word.

  • @s70rk
    @s70rk 8 лет назад +917

    Noble - A posh way of saying chemically boring. I have to remember that one.

    • @ShadowSandy
      @ShadowSandy 8 лет назад +18

      +s70rk Perhaps stoic is a better term. 😄

    • @psycronizer
      @psycronizer 7 лет назад +13

      in that case I've got to stop meeting Noble women....

    • @AlejandroBelloRD
      @AlejandroBelloRD 5 лет назад +16

      Actually, noble was meant as aristocracy does: Doesn't mix well with inferior ones.

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt 5 лет назад +1

      "Noble" could also mean that way back, the noble men didn't mingle the commoners. ;D

    • @ExpWars
      @ExpWars 4 года назад +2

      Did you remember I just want to remind you 4 years later

  • @aadfg0
    @aadfg0 8 лет назад +2197

    This professor can put a car's worth of dust into his afro!

    • @austenslost
      @austenslost 8 лет назад +46

      +aadfg0 much much more that that if it was platinum.

    • @bcat010
      @bcat010 8 лет назад +8

      yes he can!

    • @mahound9
      @mahound9 8 лет назад +71

      Maybe he did, just unintentionally. He should wash it in a basin and then run it through a lab filter.

    • @BeerbyShark
      @BeerbyShark 7 лет назад +3

      Sheogorath: Prince of Madness want some cheese and wine

    • @zackary-z
      @zackary-z 6 лет назад

      Noice 1 m8 👌

  • @TheKrensada
    @TheKrensada 8 лет назад +150

    I'd love to have a shirt made of that platinum weave.

    • @drsmahmad1730
      @drsmahmad1730 8 лет назад +55

      Try staying out of the sun when you put that shirt on.

    • @thomasm7021
      @thomasm7021 8 лет назад

      Dr SM Ahmad I have no clue lol xD

    • @silverkoffee8354
      @silverkoffee8354 8 лет назад +62

      Your coat would be worth more then the shire. kek

    • @Hamjr193
      @Hamjr193 8 лет назад +3

      +Silver Koffee Nice reference

    • @taylorbruening
      @taylorbruening 8 лет назад +14

      You have expensive taste my friend

  • @dankole307
    @dankole307 5 лет назад +72

    Back in the late 70s the company I worked at/for. Used rodium coated discs in a memory storage device. 250k bytes. The disc was 1/4 in. Thk ( 6mm) and the size of an album. Other ram memory consisted of a 50KUSD mother board with (4) 5KUSD daughter boards. Memory was so expensive then BUT. Our million dollar systems paid for themselves in less than a year. Those rodium plated disc memory system required nitrogen air purges and any destabilizing shocks could make a disc crash. Literally 250 mag pic ups a millimeter from the disc spinning at. 10K rps. A disc crash ment one pickup blew apart and whiped out everything usually scratching the disc and making another nice souvenir. The discs were mirror like. I was just out of EE school and this stuff blew my mind back in 78. My point; engineering was so cool being able to make positive changes to a company and make mgmt changes. Rodium plated discs made me really open my mind to possibilites or improvements not thought of before. It was a great global company in the 80s. I had lunch with Ronald Reagan he visited our plant. Half our biz was export. Inflation was killing the country. I got a 17% raise and I lost money. Later in the 90s we got bought out a couple if times. Everything went to china a decade or so ago. C'est la vie. Great times great people. Witnessing the destruction of the engineering and support of a company can leave one bitter, forget that. What I experienced is a slow roll compared to now. Nothing is sacred. Chose your dreams carefully.

    • @sultanateofoman
      @sultanateofoman 2 года назад

      great story. inspiring. why not start the company again in the US?

  • @RN-hx1rs
    @RN-hx1rs 7 лет назад +44

    This guy is the stereotypical mad scientist.

    • @clemstevenson
      @clemstevenson 7 лет назад +4

      Yes, but he's nice mad, rather than nasty mad. It's the "mein Fuhrer" types that are the ones to worry about.

    • @RN-hx1rs
      @RN-hx1rs 7 лет назад +5

      Agreed his channel is awesome.

    • @clemstevenson
      @clemstevenson 7 лет назад +2

      R0773N
      Yes, he's a very nice guy.

  • @Bananaboy994
    @Bananaboy994 7 лет назад +41

    "Martyn, are you going to wear that hideous tie again?"
    "I need it for work, Janet"

  • @YodaWasSith
    @YodaWasSith 9 лет назад +570

    "We're going to need the dust you've collected."
    "What? That's outrageous, I haven't been collecting dust to steal!"
    "No, sir, by walking around, your shoes have collected enough platinum, iridium, and gold dust to most likely pay off your car and house combined. We need it back."
    That's the kind of conversation that would put me in jaw-to-the-floor stasis.

    • @YodaWasSith
      @YodaWasSith 9 лет назад

      Anon Ops Can't tell if you're trolling?
      You serious dude?

    • @zwz.zdenek
      @zwz.zdenek 9 лет назад +113

      Funny, but it's worth much less. They said it recovers a car's worth *per year* of daily shoe brushing!

    • @Hitsyfication
      @Hitsyfication 9 лет назад +5

      zwz • zdenek Doesn't seem worth the effort for a company that makes shiny logs you could trade for a 4 bedroom house.

    • @Djorgal
      @Djorgal 9 лет назад +36

      Hitsyfication It's not that much effort. These brushes don't cost all that much.

    • @ElTurbinado
      @ElTurbinado 8 лет назад +2

      hondac55 oh, house, not horse.

  • @acceptthetruthitwillsetyou2598
    @acceptthetruthitwillsetyou2598 8 лет назад +60

    This man is my hero, an inspirational man with loads of knowledge

    • @Reynsoon
      @Reynsoon 8 лет назад +5

      +ben barr KNAWWWLEDGE

    • @mattj790
      @mattj790 7 лет назад

      Yeah, man. Periodic Videos and Numberphile are both great channels with awesome Professors.

    • @dylanparker7404
      @dylanparker7404 7 лет назад +1

      +Kvarnholmen codys lab is a great one

    • @acceptthetruthitwillsetyou2598
      @acceptthetruthitwillsetyou2598 7 лет назад

      reaperofthedamned07 I don't like the bee keeping ones at all, I wish he would make a separate page for them

  • @theulfheinn1997
    @theulfheinn1997 7 лет назад +455

    I wish he was my grandpa

  • @MRSLAV
    @MRSLAV 8 лет назад +939

    You are wrong, gold has a reaction, especially when someone finds it.

    • @buggsy5
      @buggsy5 6 лет назад +31

      He says gold does not oxidize - using a rather restricted definition of oxidation (reacting with oxygen).
      Gold is not inert - by using aqua regia, some sort of gold chloride is produced, which can be reduced to pure gold via melting.

    • @lumonox
      @lumonox 6 лет назад +145

      buggsy5 it’s a joke

    • @thugasaurusrex6004
      @thugasaurusrex6004 5 лет назад +35

      @@buggsy5 woosh

    • @buggsy5
      @buggsy5 5 лет назад +11

      @@lumonox Who made a joke, Mr Slav? I got that, it was rather obvious.
      But the maker of the video was the person who made that oxidation statement and he was not making jokes. He supposedly is presenting facts about the elements.

    • @lumonox
      @lumonox 5 лет назад +25

      buggsy5 the question is why do you care after a year?

  • @sapientum8
    @sapientum8 9 лет назад +232

    5:30 Mythril

    • @dmorgan0628
      @dmorgan0628 8 лет назад +2

      +RohanHorse Haha best comment!

    • @ruaway
      @ruaway 8 лет назад +3

      +RohanHorse yes.

    • @bobnoble6064
      @bobnoble6064 8 лет назад +2

      +RohanHorse much heavier ^_^

    • @ilikecatssomuch.36
      @ilikecatssomuch.36 5 лет назад +9

      Mithril’

    • @lorcanowen-gibbons8889
      @lorcanowen-gibbons8889 3 года назад +2

      ive spent the last hour wondering A) how much, and B) how heavy, a suit made from something like like platinum weave would be

  • @ellepwnzstevedaily
    @ellepwnzstevedaily 9 лет назад +119

    Oh, I adore him so. Being able to have crazy hair is definitely a perk to being a guy, especially an older gentleman. I tried to let it go as a girl myself, but it's too much of a matting situation.
    Also, I adore how he's conveniently wearing his mobile periodic table.❤️😊

    • @elblito86
      @elblito86 9 лет назад +3

      ellepwnzstevedaily the guy is a genius XD he has like 4 or more of this ties! he also has a bowtie like that so nerdy!

    • @maddiesgamingchannel8163
      @maddiesgamingchannel8163 9 лет назад +15

      Ya he's a very interesting individual. I think of him as a modern day Einstein.

    • @Edeinawc
      @Edeinawc 9 лет назад

      ellepwnzstevedaily Bah! Who says that? I'm a guy and my hair gets matted all the time. All you have to do is shave every couple years! :D

    • @Shannmeister
      @Shannmeister 8 лет назад +4

      And don't forget the half upturned jacket collar! :)

    • @aaronb3024
      @aaronb3024 7 лет назад +2

      Im terribly late but doesnt he get a majority of his ties from his fans? I know hes shown off a few fan mail ties in the past.

  • @gargalash9191
    @gargalash9191 8 лет назад +148

    "Why do chemists call helium, curium, and barium 'the medical
    elements'? Because, if you can't 'helium' or 'curium', you 'barium'! Hm
    hm!"

    • @ilikecatssomuch.36
      @ilikecatssomuch.36 5 лет назад +4

      Haha “heal em’,”cure em’,”burry em’,”
      lol puns

    • @Akimoto4u
      @Akimoto4u 4 года назад +1

      under rated

    • @nancyhobson9710
      @nancyhobson9710 4 года назад +3

      Ha! Which they're mostly doing in China these days

    • @bur2000
      @bur2000 3 года назад +2

      @@nancyhobson9710 Or hidefactsium.

    • @JacobRy
      @JacobRy 3 года назад

      @@nancyhobson9710 ?

  • @klaymonkey9073
    @klaymonkey9073 8 лет назад +36

    Smelted ingot is perhaps the most beautiful object I've ever seen.

    • @joshuarosen6242
      @joshuarosen6242 4 года назад

      It looked amazing. I paused the video to admire it.

    • @integr8er66
      @integr8er66 4 года назад

      @@joshuarosen6242 wow, you are easily amused. I see aluminum parts from a CNC Lathe all the time that are equally smooth

    • @joshuarosen6242
      @joshuarosen6242 4 года назад +1

      @@integr8er66 How is what comes off a lathe comparable with something cast? No-one said it was the smoothest thing ever, that wasn't why we were admiring it.

    • @integr8er66
      @integr8er66 4 года назад

      @@joshuarosen6242 They said most beautiful, I think aluminum with radius corners is just as beautiful, no one said why they thought it was beautiful either, so until then beauty is in the eye of the beholder

  • @nubeees
    @nubeees 9 лет назад +267

    That hammer is slightly terrifying.

    • @nubeees
      @nubeees 9 лет назад +5

      Thanatos Gaming ... Crunchy.

    • @chaser4980
      @chaser4980 8 лет назад +1

      Indeed.

    • @gramursowanfaborden5820
      @gramursowanfaborden5820 8 лет назад +5

      +nubeees POWER HAMMER!

    • @Triblewars11
      @Triblewars11 8 лет назад

      +Mikail Elchanovanich No it is called a trip hammer

    • @gramursowanfaborden5820
      @gramursowanfaborden5820 8 лет назад +15

      actually that probably is a power hammer, Trip Hammers are much older in design and Power hammers are more modern, might be a trip but i don't see why a processing plant that deals entirely in precious metals would use such old equipment considering how much money they rake in.

  • @JoshJNYC
    @JoshJNYC 10 лет назад +16

    An excellent dose of much-needed perspective...I'm going to save this and re-watch it every time I'm tempted to complain mightily about how long it's taking me to save up enough money to buy a platinum flute. Small wonder they're so hideously expensive!

  • @johnlong4987
    @johnlong4987 4 года назад +8

    I would've loved to have him as my chemistry professor .
    He's such an interesting speaker.
    Hello from Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

  • @benjaminlehman3221
    @benjaminlehman3221 8 лет назад +64

    Where did you get your tie? I want it.

  • @Galejro
    @Galejro 9 лет назад +165

    Why brush the bottoms of the shoes. Docs haircut probably caught more super-expensive dust XD

    • @herzikkimolog
      @herzikkimolog 6 лет назад +1

      fairly underrated comment

    • @firecrapperXX
      @firecrapperXX 6 лет назад +1

      Bry Heisenberg ruines by the XD

    • @colinmurphy2214
      @colinmurphy2214 5 лет назад +7

      Most of it’s on the ground because it’s so dense

    • @papaversomniferum5247
      @papaversomniferum5247 5 лет назад +9

      Galejro if it was in the air, they would need masks inside, therefore I highly doubt there would even be a trace in his hair, unless he mopped the floor with his head

    • @flydrop8822
      @flydrop8822 3 года назад +1

      It is very dense dust, so it is unlikely to be carried by the air, therefore it all falls to the ground.

  • @123kkbkkb123
    @123kkbkkb123 2 года назад +4

    I’m a chemist working in a catalytic converter recycling company, analyzing loads for PGM concentrations. Such an interesting video!

  • @mohammadfirdaus4206
    @mohammadfirdaus4206 5 лет назад +8

    Tons of passion needed to be that prof..u are legend sir

  • @carolnorton2551
    @carolnorton2551 8 лет назад +29

    I love professor Martin

  • @giorgosmetalheart1767
    @giorgosmetalheart1767 9 лет назад +22

    "chemically boring" I like this guy!

  • @rhubarbpie2027
    @rhubarbpie2027 10 лет назад +47

    I want to know who does your hair man.

  • @topten7064
    @topten7064 4 года назад +1

    English speaking is so clear for learning English with chemistry , Great master, thank you very much

  • @oracleofottawa
    @oracleofottawa 6 лет назад +1

    The best chemistry videos on You Tube...just mesmerizing.....

  • @Quentyn73
    @Quentyn73 10 лет назад +3

    Very educational, loved it. I would've liked to know more about applications

  • @Jarmo187
    @Jarmo187 9 лет назад +282

    I wonder how many kilogram those metals doc hide into his hair ;)

  • @matthewsermons7247
    @matthewsermons7247 4 года назад

    Thank You Noble Metals for that wonderful look at your metals and factory.

  • @jeylful
    @jeylful 5 лет назад +2

    Fabulous video.... and tie! Keep them coming, we will keep learning :)

  • @doutorgori327
    @doutorgori327 8 лет назад +33

    When in High School I would regularly fail in Chemestry. And because of that I started to hate the subject. Now, watching those videos, I wish this guy was my teacher (I know it's a bit pretentious of me). But if I had a teacher like this guy, who would explain complex things in a way that even someone like me can understand, things would be very different for me in Chemistry.

    • @Rudenbehr
      @Rudenbehr 8 лет назад +4

      you're failing chemistry because you're a dumbass and you clearly don't love it. this guy has a passion for it, something you don't have. you either live and breathe chemistry, or you don't.

    • @ShadowSandy
      @ShadowSandy 8 лет назад +17

      +AlcatrazSniper Plenty of people can excel at chemistry, but only a select few can translate their understanding for others. You need not be so hostile when someone was offering high praise.

    • @doutorgori327
      @doutorgori327 8 лет назад +1

      ***** It's auf wiedersehen, not "Alvedesen".

    • @doutorgori327
      @doutorgori327 8 лет назад +1

      ***** I may be bad at Chemistry, but I speak 3 languages, and you don't.

    • @Rudenbehr
      @Rudenbehr 8 лет назад +1

      +Doutor Gori Certified by Harvard

  • @jommydavi2197
    @jommydavi2197 9 лет назад +8

    You sir are the embodiment of chemistry

  • @aborne
    @aborne 8 лет назад

    I love these videos! Thank you so much for making these!

  • @jamesgroomes1812
    @jamesgroomes1812 6 лет назад

    I really appreciate you taking the time to show us this and its funny when you point out your tie.

  • @AJ-ku7nm
    @AJ-ku7nm 10 лет назад +60

    I wonder if the security at this place is tight, If platinum is more expensive than gold! Any one up for a little job?

  • @pauls0416
    @pauls0416 9 лет назад +70

    Did they have to sift through his hair when he left the facility ????

    • @somefool6409
      @somefool6409 8 лет назад +10

      Sorry sir, even your dandruff contains too much precious metals for you to just walk out with it.

    • @jengleheimerschmitt7941
      @jengleheimerschmitt7941 5 лет назад +4

      They shaved him on the way out the door.

    • @TheSphongleface
      @TheSphongleface 4 года назад

      @@jengleheimerschmitt7941 Hahaha 😭😂

    • @jengleheimerschmitt7941
      @jengleheimerschmitt7941 4 года назад +2

      @@TheSphongleface 😁 Would have been great if he did a little "conclusion" scene where his head was buzzed clean. "So, that was our tour of the precious metals factory, join me next week for..."🤣

    • @TheSphongleface
      @TheSphongleface 4 года назад +1

      @@jengleheimerschmitt7941 Yes! I'd love to see that 😁

  • @hopeisaac4417
    @hopeisaac4417 6 лет назад

    I just love the way you talk, your eloquence is one of a kind

  • @goose2630
    @goose2630 6 лет назад

    this was absolutely fascinating!!!! I love chemistry and its amazing after so many years of studying it I can finally see its applications

  • @El_Puppy
    @El_Puppy 10 лет назад +51

    I only took physics class so I dont even know whats he is talkig about in the chart but he looks so smart and i repect him for being to nice and sharing his knowlage

    • @JackRule16
      @JackRule16 6 лет назад

      Oscar Guzman don't repect him too hard lol

    • @nickjohn2051
      @nickjohn2051 6 лет назад +1

      Oscar Guzman You dont take chemistry? I though all science stream take the holy trinity of science subjects, Chemistry, Physics and Biology. Math is universal even to non science field.

    • @pietrotettamanti7239
      @pietrotettamanti7239 6 лет назад

      Nick John
      Not biology, biochemistry

    • @bt7846
      @bt7846 5 лет назад

      Wow, where are you from?!

    • @Kineticwizzy
      @Kineticwizzy 4 года назад

      @@nickjohn2051 In grade 10 in Canada you take basic science and then in grade 11 and 12 you can continue with the basic science learning all 3 or you can choose to take them separately and learn more in depth

  • @matkurcher9469
    @matkurcher9469 3 года назад +7

    I've actually removed and installed these catalyst bags "tea bags" in a nitric acid plant on several different occasions. Also split the heat exchanger train behind the catalyst. Its quite an interesting process. Everything involved once the heat exchangers are opened is sent back for recovery, paper booties, tyvek coveralls, vacuums, tarps and gloves.

  • @blainelanders2361
    @blainelanders2361 4 года назад

    Thank you sir. It is great too see the real life processing of materials we use in everyday products.

  • @ncfatcyclist
    @ncfatcyclist 3 года назад

    These are wonderful. Fantastic content !

  • @irisvaldez-porter4463
    @irisvaldez-porter4463 7 лет назад +4

    When he said "one point five million pounds worth of metals", I immediately thought "Wouldn't that break the table?". Then I realized he meant currency.

  • @user-tu3el7zp3h
    @user-tu3el7zp3h 10 лет назад +5

    I'd rather watch these interesting video's than go to school. That is for sure.

  • @lauragarnham77
    @lauragarnham77 6 лет назад +1

    I never new metal could be made so fine and woven, pretty amazing.

  • @eddiecagle4806
    @eddiecagle4806 2 года назад +1

    I'm totally out of my league with this channel but I absolutely love it and cannot get enough of it

  • @TheTomuron1996
    @TheTomuron1996 10 лет назад +207

    this guy looks like science

  • @jamesonpayne3490
    @jamesonpayne3490 8 лет назад +19

    This man's hair is made of science

  • @jacobross2895
    @jacobross2895 4 года назад

    Love how happy and excited he is to be there!

  • @davidhoskin3312
    @davidhoskin3312 7 лет назад +1

    That tie is absolutely brilliant! I'd love to find one.

  • @Faydid
    @Faydid 8 лет назад +50

    Chuck Norris is on the periodic table... For the element of surprise!

  • @Sheldicimo
    @Sheldicimo 10 лет назад +33

    If science was a person it would look like this guy

  • @mathewclark1407
    @mathewclark1407 4 года назад +1

    I loved that video thanks for sharing!!

  • @speckledjim_
    @speckledjim_ 3 года назад

    A fabulous tie!! Marvellous

  • @LarryTL
    @LarryTL 9 лет назад +14

    I clicked on this video thinking the title said explosive metals. Nonetheless still very interesting.

    • @klieu90210
      @klieu90210 6 лет назад +1

      I suggest magnesium or phosphorus.

  • @ChargedTTq
    @ChargedTTq 10 лет назад +12

    And just think, if we start asteroid mining this stuff could be much more abundant!

  • @MustafaKalafat
    @MustafaKalafat 3 года назад

    I watched this post many times and never get bored to watch it again.

  • @williammanzer1116
    @williammanzer1116 6 лет назад

    I love listening to the way you explain this stuff

  • @TheOfficialCzex
    @TheOfficialCzex 4 года назад +3

    I love the fact that his didactic tie functions as a teaching aide, here.

  • @benb.564
    @benb.564 9 лет назад +131

    An 14 kilo metal ingot costs more than a lamorgini

    • @tom-zq4tm
      @tom-zq4tm 9 лет назад +30

      ***** NO. A 14 kilo of a certain metal costs more than a LAMBORGHINI

    • @benb.564
      @benb.564 9 лет назад +4

      tom w you get the jist of it...Lamborghini, happy now

    • @tom-zq4tm
      @tom-zq4tm 9 лет назад +1

      lol dude i was joking

    • @benb.564
      @benb.564 9 лет назад +2

      tom w hehehe lololz

    • @AceandDuce
      @AceandDuce 9 лет назад

      Roll 20 TES?

  • @Bassotronics
    @Bassotronics 8 лет назад

    I love these videos so much.

  • @Marc-eh5no
    @Marc-eh5no 6 лет назад

    Love all your videos

  • @auroraborealis34
    @auroraborealis34 7 лет назад +3

    he's so cute " it's like magic ... i was mesmerized"

  • @PibbXtraPls
    @PibbXtraPls 10 лет назад +4

    He reminds me of Dr. Wright from Sim City for the SNES.

  • @stealthop
    @stealthop 8 лет назад

    Great lecture , thanks for sharing.

  • @mindel8271
    @mindel8271 2 года назад

    I love this profesor , thank you for making everything you talk about exiting

  • @dariuscarroll5738
    @dariuscarroll5738 9 лет назад +6

    i love how he used his tie for the refrencing now that a try scientist

  • @streglof
    @streglof 7 лет назад +6

    "chemically boring" lol

  • @edeinsteineinstenio5058
    @edeinsteineinstenio5058 6 лет назад

    incredible video! thanks you.

  • @superdaddys69
    @superdaddys69 4 года назад

    Amazing stuff!

  • @RichardsWorld
    @RichardsWorld 8 лет назад +7

    After many years of exposure to bad chemicals and probably radioactive materials he still has so much hair.Or... maybe some of them grew hair!What a secret.

  • @samlabo1688
    @samlabo1688 5 лет назад +4

    Iridium is 25$ a gram on eBay in powder and can alloy gold, the gold becoming heavy.
    Osmium is the densest iridium is a hair off

  • @edysinsimon8646
    @edysinsimon8646 3 года назад

    excellent thermocoupling materials!

  • @Camoarchitect
    @Camoarchitect 6 лет назад

    very clear explaination, thank you prof

  • @Atombender
    @Atombender 9 лет назад +7

    Screw all those precious metals, I want that tie!

  • @marcusm5127
    @marcusm5127 5 лет назад +5

    I would like to hold a gold bar once in my life.

  • @HarveyPaul007
    @HarveyPaul007 3 года назад

    Very interesting. Nice tie.

  • @chrisladouceur4093
    @chrisladouceur4093 4 года назад

    Interesting video. I worked in a warehouse at a palladium mine for a summer. I found a number of the processes fascinating. A lot of work goes into extracting metals

  • @tohopes
    @tohopes 8 лет назад +123

    Surely they have non-metallic belts for visitors to borrow.

    • @hhdhpublic
      @hhdhpublic 8 лет назад +8

      +Zheng Zu One would think theyd have non metallic belts for people working there, Or at least suspenders.

    • @danem2215
      @danem2215 6 лет назад +36

      They don't, and don't call me Shirley.

    • @zacmc8004
      @zacmc8004 6 лет назад

      my old english teacher told me that joke

    • @williammanzer1116
      @williammanzer1116 6 лет назад +11

      It's called rope

    • @rogerandlyndabeall3840
      @rogerandlyndabeall3840 6 лет назад +1

      What if you have a prince alfred?

  • @LittleScientist2011
    @LittleScientist2011 9 лет назад +3

    "I didn't actually take my hair out to measure but i believe it" Now that's a real scientist!

  • @bgbc1
    @bgbc1 6 лет назад

    great video, very nice to leran and see those metals

  • @egustafson
    @egustafson 3 года назад +1

    This man looks at the world through eyes of wonder. Just fantastic.

  • @nickpollard758
    @nickpollard758 9 лет назад +4

    6:43 Tungyongs?

  • @krisanthonysilveira8244
    @krisanthonysilveira8244 9 лет назад +8

    posh way of saying its boring ahahaha :P
    The professor is simply epic :D

  • @ziggy979
    @ziggy979 4 года назад +1

    This confirms to me that life is absolutely amazing, worth living everyday to experience, witness and share wonders like our genius professor presents here to us. To read that a very fine wire is spun from originally an ingot is one thing. To see this miraculous process in vivid image video to me is spectacular. I build things and it is hard to fabricate metals. Watching the process automated and evolved as it has is epic to witness for me. I am grateful to all of the production staff that produce these videos. They don't have to do this and show it on RUclips. They give us this because they truly want to give of themselves. It is evident in the passion in which we see their delivery of the material they want us to learn about. Man can be great . This video series reminds me of that fact. Bless you professor and your crew for enlarging my mind and world vision. Ziggy

  • @FentanylPopsicle
    @FentanylPopsicle 8 лет назад +1

    Dont know how I got here, but I could listen to this dude all day... subbed

  • @AdilRas
    @AdilRas 8 лет назад +10

    2.17 million US Dollars in metals for those who are curious

  • @Sheograthkiller
    @Sheograthkiller 10 лет назад +10

    I would see if I could get away with swallowing some of them platinum pellets and then latter go mining for them in my shit >:-)

  • @Kevin-wo3kp
    @Kevin-wo3kp 3 года назад

    Fabulous on many, many levels.

  • @aaabeverages7152
    @aaabeverages7152 4 года назад

    Fantastic Video's Doctor.