Epazote: a herb with explosives?

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024
  • Can we outsource the effort and crime of making energetic materials to a plant? Come along on a herb filled journey of self discovery with me, to find that the real organic peroxides were the friends we neglected along the way. Subreddit: / explosionsandfire
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  • @theprogrammer32
    @theprogrammer32 4 года назад +3660

    petition: Don't reset the Bad at Words counter every episode, let that baby just keep counting up until the end of time.

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +1191

      oh no

    • @thecube5861
      @thecube5861 4 года назад +417

      @@ExplosionsAndFire *OH YES*

    • @sixstringedthing
      @sixstringedthing 4 года назад +81

      Looking for the Donate button to make this happen

    • @Lone_Watcher
      @Lone_Watcher 4 года назад +59

      Every video where he uses Toluene that number is gonna skyrocket

    • @j3nnytool
      @j3nnytool 4 года назад +5

      Retroactive?

  • @Mp57navy
    @Mp57navy 4 года назад +5968

    "Imagine making a plant illegal, that's just stupid"
    -Explosions and Fire, 2420

    • @catonchronic5354
      @catonchronic5354 4 года назад +382

      there's three species of plants in australia that are illegal :( and that plant should be the fourth for not being more explosive

    • @Mp57navy
      @Mp57navy 4 года назад +248

      @@catonchronic5354 Let me guess. Cannabis (all subspecies), Coca plant and Peyote?

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +1500

      WHAT'S NEXT, GONNA BAN ALL THE DMT TREES ?? IS nothing sacred?

    • @nishanthpatil4531
      @nishanthpatil4531 4 года назад +53

      @@ExplosionsAndFire is there a state in Australia thats more liberal/progressive that would allow hallucinogenic to be used for fherapy?

    • @Oosh21
      @Oosh21 4 года назад +26

      @@nishanthpatil4531 The ACT maybe.

  • @ArayaRetta
    @ArayaRetta 4 года назад +830

    Fun fact: In Mexico, Epazote is commonly used as a season for cooked black beans. So if you think about it, it creates explosions, just not the way you expected.

    • @jamiecurran3544
      @jamiecurran3544 Год назад +11

      Lol!😂👍

    • @comancherocha7013
      @comancherocha7013 Год назад +7

      True that my mother used to do put that in the beans

    • @furrycircuitry2378
      @furrycircuitry2378 Год назад +2

      Epazote tastes horrible 🤢 no thanks

    • @2022matmartinezaranaluisdaniel
      @2022matmartinezaranaluisdaniel Год назад +9

      Menos burros más olotes 😋

    • @MK_ULTRA420
      @MK_ULTRA420 Год назад +4

      @@furrycircuitry2378 Epazote should be dried and added as a garnish, or cooked with fat for the best flavor. Otherwise I agree it tastes horrible any other way; the beans lied to me.

  • @MrTangent
    @MrTangent 2 года назад +604

    While not explosive in nature, this plant reminded me of the bombardier beetle, which produces its own hydrogen peroxide mixture to repel enemies. Perhaps you could do an episode on them?

  • @chuxmix65
    @chuxmix65 3 года назад +161

    The paper you cited from "the olden times" mentioned that they started with thirty kilos of seed. Those pathetic dried stalks might have been your best source for the oils you wanted.
    I think you deserve the win.

  • @haska9706
    @haska9706 4 года назад +1248

    When the police show up just tell them the 5 kilos of peroxides are unintentional peroxides and you'll get off scot-free

    • @kaball6545
      @kaball6545 4 года назад +183

      No Officer, I dont know how I got this. I LEGALLY bought Trichloromethane and now its haunted..its something else now..., Its causing my pets to die suddenly and the ghost seems to be antismoking because when I light up it tastes revolting. He talks to me...says his name is Phos G Ene.

    • @alexander21812
      @alexander21812 4 года назад +13

      @@kaball6545 I laughed too hard at this

    • @kaball6545
      @kaball6545 4 года назад +4

      @@alexander21812 yee yee thnx

    • @BAGG8BAGG
      @BAGG8BAGG 4 года назад +45

      5 kilos of peroxides and a bunch of lolis, this guy is in real trouble :p

    • @lamprohonx4581
      @lamprohonx4581 4 года назад +2

      @@BAGG8BAGG ayyye

  • @Graphene_314
    @Graphene_314 4 года назад +775

    "were just left with horrible green sludge"
    at least it isnt yellow

    • @smergthedargon8974
      @smergthedargon8974 4 года назад +47

      but green is half blue, half *_YELLOW_*

    • @bobafruti
      @bobafruti 4 года назад +2

      Very nearly yellow.

    • @reinatr4848
      @reinatr4848 3 года назад

      @@smergthedargon8974 R-*G*-B

    • @vertoxico8943
      @vertoxico8943 3 года назад +2

      @@reinatr4848ah yes, red green blue! The ultimate primary colors!

    • @freddiebishop9622
      @freddiebishop9622 3 года назад +1

      @@vertoxico8943 Green is my absolute favourite primary colour. I always hard to chose between Red, Green and Blue which are totally all primary colours 😊

  • @AnotherDayattheDock
    @AnotherDayattheDock 4 года назад +483

    “All of my benzene evaporated oh no” 😐leukemia time

    • @athmaid
      @athmaid 3 года назад +65

      A few sniffs in between chemo sessions keeps the spirit up

    • @bored588
      @bored588 3 года назад +22

      sometimes its not about the ending of your life, its about how you get there. better to live and do what you want then to die with regrets of not doing what you wanted.

    • @mrbadwithnames4708
      @mrbadwithnames4708 2 года назад +7

      @@bored588 I'm with you on this one, buddy

    • @oliverhorgs2298
      @oliverhorgs2298 2 года назад +15

      @@bored588 to quote my favorite mechanic boy ever William ozman. "my will to do science is significantly greater then my will to live"

    • @Gakulon
      @Gakulon 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@bored588what if what i want to do is not get cancer

  • @gianlucatartaro1335
    @gianlucatartaro1335 Год назад +91

    The fact that Ascaridole looks like a disinterested scientist pairs perfectly with the whole explosive vibe.

  • @evanholt1752
    @evanholt1752 Год назад +16

    9:38 I can't believe you broke his glasses! Poor little guy

  • @LauriLevola
    @LauriLevola 4 года назад +657

    ”Only one thing left to do with it” - I was 95% you’d smoke it

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +312

      you know i originally had a smoking/joint joke in there, but i couldn't make it work because I don't smoke at all so I didn't have any rolling paper or whatever and didn't feel up to buying it from somewhere... so the joke didn't work oops

    • @charlesstewart9246
      @charlesstewart9246 4 года назад +24

      @@ExplosionsAndFire you keep telling yourself that you "don't know how to " bull😏if you tell everyone enough times,maybe we'll believe you 🤔eh😏😇

    • @thomasmcelroy5785
      @thomasmcelroy5785 4 года назад +49

      ​@@ExplosionsAndFire Of course you don't smoke: you bake or use a Volcano cause everything must be an extraction and simple slow combustion is too boring

    • @dara0013
      @dara0013 4 года назад +29

      @@ExplosionsAndFire My friend, you have a lot of glassware, that's a fancy term for bong.

    • @2010RSHACKS
      @2010RSHACKS 4 года назад +6

      @@dara0013 He must do extractions and vape the oil. No smoking ;)

  • @dionvanstrydonck8552
    @dionvanstrydonck8552 4 года назад +496

    Explosions & Fire still on course to slowly becoming a cooking channel!

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +215

      I'll put cooking in every video? Can we toast a cheese sandwich under a rocket engine?

    • @californium-2526
      @californium-2526 4 года назад +7

      @@ExplosionsAndFire Indeed you can!

    • @Crazy___Ginger
      @Crazy___Ginger 4 года назад +13

      @@ExplosionsAndFire with some octoanitrocubane sprinkled on top?

    • @dionvanstrydonck8552
      @dionvanstrydonck8552 4 года назад

      @@ExplosionsAndFire Deal.

    • @mamaymay8259
      @mamaymay8259 4 года назад +9

      @@ExplosionsAndFire can we substitute baking soda for explosives? Fluffy result guaranteed.

  • @colewalshaw158
    @colewalshaw158 4 года назад +1315

    everyday is a good day, when this channel uploads.

    • @sharpy9873
      @sharpy9873 4 года назад +62

      God I love this channel, unfortunate we can’t get a plant to make explosives for us though

    • @SomeSortaPro
      @SomeSortaPro 4 года назад +11

      I’m just here to express my utter infatuation with this guy, today is a good day.

    • @s.v.berezin1562
      @s.v.berezin1562 4 года назад +5

      Truer words never were uttered.

    • @harrisonfnord5871
      @harrisonfnord5871 4 года назад +41

      @@sharpy9873 Not yet. Let me just say: CRISPR Cas 9

    • @BillieRuben
      @BillieRuben 4 года назад +3

      Fuck yea

  • @julioan94
    @julioan94 4 года назад +129

    Suggestion: to use some of that epazote, you can try cooking it with mushrooms or in a mushroom soup. In Mexico, (my familiy at least) use it to prepare "huitlacoche" which is a black fungus that grows in the corn and it gives a very distinct and tasty flavor

    • @delta-KaeBee
      @delta-KaeBee Год назад +7

      HUITLACOCHE! that stuff def looks like u shouldnt eat it, if u didnt know any better, lol.

    • @elcidleon6500
      @elcidleon6500 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@delta-KaeBee- I heard that you can cook wheat ergots to make psychedelic acids, just saying...

    • @uncle_thulhu
      @uncle_thulhu 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@elcidleon6500...Mate, I'm all for chemical "experimentation", but ergot? Can you say "bad trip"? Like, Woodstock-Brown-Acid bad? At least 50% of historical outbreaks of "mass hysteria" were caused by egotism.🤢😱

    • @tinkertheprol
      @tinkertheprol Месяц назад

      ​@@uncle_thulhuLSD is literally made form ergot. 😉

  • @VSO_Gun_Channel
    @VSO_Gun_Channel 3 года назад +193

    You are my spirit animal

    • @an_annoying_cat
      @an_annoying_cat 3 года назад +5

      i think youre supposed to ease into relationships rather than being so forward

    • @clannishkobra8965
      @clannishkobra8965 3 года назад

      Lmao spot on 🤣🤣

    • @PostPatriot1978
      @PostPatriot1978 3 года назад

      You people are fucking idiots. Get a serious education.

    • @SadexTV
      @SadexTV 3 года назад +1

      @@an_annoying_cat i believe he’s going for the “brute force method”

    • @vincedibona4687
      @vincedibona4687 8 месяцев назад

      No, he’s his own human being.

  • @benjaminoverlie8829
    @benjaminoverlie8829 4 года назад +553

    "Imagine making a plant illegal, that's just stupid"
    As someone who's been a botany nut their whole life,
    CITES. all of them. all the plants are illegal. if that plant doesn't naturally occur in your country and you want it and you pay someone who grew that plant in a greenhouse outside of your country thats illegal. Phragmipedium kovachii. plant wasn't even known to science, was exported so a botanical description could be done, the legal nonsense that went down? ridiculous.

    • @JackPorter
      @JackPorter 4 года назад +30

      @@marcusjackson5837 sir, that beetle is not a plant. I checked

    • @Lunarr_Eclipse
      @Lunarr_Eclipse 4 года назад +16

      Ah, CITES and REDD two names of my existence during geography

    • @jackismname
      @jackismname 4 года назад +17

      And the obvious poppy, hemp and coca plants...

    • @SmokeyEdits
      @SmokeyEdits 3 года назад +46

      @Thomas Pickens Seriously. I can't speak for Australia or elsewhere in the world, but here in America, there are flowers and berries that grow wild that could kill a person. Weed though? It's over for you, pal.
      Hell, the house I grew up in had poppy flowers outside. I never knew a damn thing about them, aside from smashing the bulbs being fun. Pretty flowers, though.

    • @SmokeyEdits
      @SmokeyEdits 3 года назад

      @@lugoorstar What?

  • @belacickekl7579
    @belacickekl7579 4 года назад +198

    One of my favorite "in the pipeline" blog posts described an alternate method of testing for peroxide crystals in ether: holding the can up to your ear and shaking it. I've heard that this is generally frowned upon, though

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +97

      oof ow

    • @belacickekl7579
      @belacickekl7579 4 года назад +8

      @@ExplosionsAndFire There's also this wonderful story, along the same lines: blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/02/16/how-not-to-do-it-tatp

    • @sixstringedthing
      @sixstringedthing 4 года назад +18

      I wonder how many other people followed my path to discovering Tom's channels? Aeronautics -> space -> rocketry -> rocket fuels -> John D. Clark -> Derek Lowe -> energetic chemistry -> Ex&F

    • @belacickekl7579
      @belacickekl7579 4 года назад +13

      @@sixstringedthing I actually went Aerospace-> XKXD->Derek Lowe->Ignition! ->Energetics->E&X (roughly, it was somewhat nonlinear)

    • @sixstringedthing
      @sixstringedthing 4 года назад +10

      @@belacickekl7579 nonlinear is always the best way to get anywhere worth going my friend.
      XKCD is in my mix too, and aeronautics/space could probably also be summed as "aerospace", I knew of Sputnik and the Voyager missions by age 10. 🙂
      "Belac" is "Caleb" reversed.
      Croatian? Serbian? Slovenian?

  • @fireandcopper
    @fireandcopper 4 года назад +185

    From explosives or medicine, poison or food, stimulants or downers, even beans! What can't plants do?!? Live without water.

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +171

      You gotta let a few plants die just to show them that you're still in charge

    • @evanholt1752
      @evanholt1752 4 года назад +9

      “Life needs things to live” Percival Fredrickstein Von Musel Kolowski DeRolo III

    • @theSILKROAD210
      @theSILKROAD210 4 года назад

      @@evanholt1752 yes yes yes I see you there little critter!

    • @nishanthpatil4531
      @nishanthpatil4531 4 года назад

      Whats the chemistry behind jumping beans?

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +17

      @@nishanthpatil4531 beans??? sounds like more plant nonsense

  • @jordananderson1594
    @jordananderson1594 2 года назад +31

    I was actually really impressed how volatile and reactive that oil was. I would imagine that made things interesting for the guy extracting 500 kg or whatever it was of that stuff!

  • @laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953
    @laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953 2 года назад +4

    Don't ya just love Mother Nature. Everything you need to go on a mad trip, get high, blow something up and have a nice cigar with a cup of tea when you're done.

  • @lepeepersauvage
    @lepeepersauvage 4 года назад +750

    When you can't make a bomb out of something, it's because you didn't experiment enough

    • @benny1330
      @benny1330 4 года назад +78

      Right, i swear if you experiment enough possibly some of the solvent peroxides will make it explosive

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +315

      @Benny you raise a good point actually. I did hear reports of people getting a more explosive product out, but they used ether as the extraction solvent.... like if you're using ether to extract a peroxide, you shouldn't be surprised if it all blows up

    • @lepeepersauvage
      @lepeepersauvage 4 года назад +51

      @@ExplosionsAndFire you know what that means? We need a sequel, we need you to make it even moar explosive

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +335

      i'm going to be making a video on these godforsaken plants every year for the rest of my life i can feel it

    • @JamesGarcia101
      @JamesGarcia101 4 года назад +6

      @@ExplosionsAndFire lol this is what you signed up for

  • @pavelkryl457
    @pavelkryl457 4 года назад +80

    "There is only one thing left to do." Why did I instantly think of nitrating it?

    • @milesmccollough5507
      @milesmccollough5507 3 года назад +5

      if at first you don’t succeed, throw nitrogen in until you do.

  • @jacobgreengas7121
    @jacobgreengas7121 4 года назад +156

    "I was doing so well at extracting essential oils that I was ready to start messaging my high school friends and fellow military moms about this wonderful opportunity that I've discovered" LMAO!

  • @BrandenMcKinney
    @BrandenMcKinney 4 года назад +4

    "Do we need to consult the big bag of MSG yet?" Glad I'm not the only person with a big bag of crystalline flavor laying around

  • @trashcompactorYT
    @trashcompactorYT 4 года назад +6

    I love how the music gets faster every video. It really helps you feel the chaos going on in E&F's brain

  • @supernoodles908
    @supernoodles908 4 года назад +235

    6:00 looks young and fresh
    6:04 "so I started cooking meth"

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +70

      😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠

    • @supernoodles908
      @supernoodles908 4 года назад +39

      @@ExplosionsAndFire love you

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +82

      @@supernoodles908 i can't have been doing meth though because my teeth actually get better over the years haha

    • @Acidlib
      @Acidlib 4 года назад +5

      8:31 then he dipped in to his supply

  • @durchbruchmuller8137
    @durchbruchmuller8137 4 года назад +153

    Oh yes moderately sized bag of MSG - tell me about your wisdom

    • @Maharani1991
      @Maharani1991 4 года назад +3

      :D

    • @Patrick-857
      @Patrick-857 3 года назад +1

      MSG isn't bad really

    • @n111254789
      @n111254789 2 года назад

      Out of all of the things he handles in this and has sitting around and msg is your concern.

  • @TenTries
    @TenTries 4 года назад +87

    Is it just me or does the Ascaridole molecular diagram look like a serious scientist with an arrow through his head? 1:04

    • @GodlikeIridium
      @GodlikeIridium 4 года назад +2

      Yeah me too xD
      The C6 ring is the head, the peroxide bridge the goggles and the methyl on one with the isopropyl group on the other side makes the arrow :D

    • @asagoldsmith3328
      @asagoldsmith3328 3 года назад +2

      The uh... The arrowhead is kinda on backwards though. That or the arrow has fletching but no arrowhead.

    • @TenTries
      @TenTries 3 года назад +1

      @@asagoldsmith3328 suppose I was imagining more of a practice arrow. The heads on those aren't very prominent

    • @abeestosruinsageneration3725
      @abeestosruinsageneration3725 3 года назад

      Looks likes hes waving to me.

    • @marlajones3094
      @marlajones3094 3 года назад +1

      its a ninja turtle

  • @atmac2162
    @atmac2162 4 года назад +3

    Most people when they are talking about growing something illegal are talking about weed.
    When this man is talking about growing something illegal, he is talking about explosives.
    And I love it.

  • @MrGuypi
    @MrGuypi 3 года назад +3

    That tidbit about the natural peroxide formation is good to know. In all my time working at university laboratories the lab directors never brought it up, despite how commonly used diethyl ether is.

  • @Eont
    @Eont 4 года назад +145

    My complete lack of chemistry knowledge does not hinder my ability to enjoy this content.

  • @theSILKROAD210
    @theSILKROAD210 4 года назад +434

    "throwing the baby out with the bong-water."
    some what specific for some one who never took drugs or anything. :D

    • @Lvl18Meep
      @Lvl18Meep 4 года назад +39

      If you ever meet somebody who is very interested In chemistry, more specifically organic chemistry, I'd say there is a high chance some interesting alkaloids were the catalyst for their hobby :)

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +155

      i removed a joke from this video about rolling joints because i didn't even know where to buy rolling paper from let alone roll one. got nothing against drugs but it's not something i'm involved in at all

    • @chickenmonger123
      @chickenmonger123 4 года назад +18

      @@ExplosionsAndFire Wherever they sell smokes. The paper is used for tobacco too.

    • @VeraTR909
      @VeraTR909 4 года назад +4

      @@ExplosionsAndFire Hey, you can tell us, it's the internet, noone will know.

    • @BillieRuben
      @BillieRuben 4 года назад +13

      He's a chemist. How many chemists do you know who HAVEN'T done drugs? 🤣🤣

  • @munitiondragon69
    @munitiondragon69 4 года назад +199

    "We're hardly throwing the baby out with the bong water here" 7:18
    amazing quote.

    • @AA-gl1dr
      @AA-gl1dr 4 года назад +4

      this

    • @Maharani1991
      @Maharani1991 4 года назад +4

      HARDLY THROWING THE BABY OUT WITH THE BONG WATER

    • @uncle_thulhu
      @uncle_thulhu 8 месяцев назад

      I'm using it as soon as I get the chance.

  • @TimothyReeves
    @TimothyReeves 3 года назад +5

    Chef John told me to put epazote in my refried pinto beans so I went to a little Mexican grocery and got about half an ounce. It's supposed to help prevent intestinal gas and it's a traditional herb and it tasted interesting.

  • @todanceonbrokenglass
    @todanceonbrokenglass 4 года назад +3

    Combining my interest of chemistry and your editing I can't help but smile watching this man.

  • @ElementalMaker
    @ElementalMaker 4 года назад +24

    If there's one thing I've learned from E&F it's that YELLOW IS BAD

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +10

      yellow rubies when

    • @ElementalMaker
      @ElementalMaker 4 года назад +6

      @@ExplosionsAndFire blue first! Gotta try for sapphires

    • @MyHandleIsGood
      @MyHandleIsGood 4 года назад +3

      How does this comment not have more likes? I love it when a RUclipsr I'm subscribed to comments on a video of another RUclipsr that I'm subscribed to.

    • @ThatGuyNikolas
      @ThatGuyNikolas 4 года назад +1

      That and the 60's

  • @buffewo6386
    @buffewo6386 4 года назад +15

    Epazote is normally used to prevent explosions. (As an anti-flatulant) It also adds a flavor to beans that tastes like home.

  • @y8fpe
    @y8fpe 4 года назад +131

    "imagine making a plant illegal" 😳

    • @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917
      @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 4 года назад +1

      Big oof

    • @spiderdude2099
      @spiderdude2099 4 года назад +7

      @Oyveyowitz Shekelstein Nostrilberg that is the joke...yes.

    • @Blei1986
      @Blei1986 4 года назад +1

      @Oyveyowitz Shekelstein Nostrilberg t-that's the joke
      (or shrooms, cactuses etc)

    • @charlesstewart9246
      @charlesstewart9246 4 года назад +1

      @@Blei1986 shrooms aren't illegal in Britain,you can pick them and eat them straight away,its illegal to PROCESS them,ie dry,store,make 'tea' or foodstuffs . Go for a walk and get your shroom eyes on,if your quick you'll get the last of them for this year, no frosts yet.

    • @Pow3llMorgan
      @Pow3llMorgan 4 года назад +2

      @@charlesstewart9246 Also, shrooms are fungi and not plants :)
      On a less silly note: Hogweed is actually illegal and _outlawed_ where I live. This means you are required by law to destroy it and you can do it by means that are not allowed for other plants, such as with Roundup.

  • @alexdavis665
    @alexdavis665 3 года назад +7

    Hey, welcome back to Binging With Babish and today we're recreating the Epazote Quesadilla from Explosions&Fire

    • @vincedibona4687
      @vincedibona4687 8 месяцев назад

      “Binging with Babish” - 🙄
      What an overrated, egotistical blowhard that guy is.

  • @Thefenestrador
    @Thefenestrador 3 года назад +5

    Ascaridole is also found on Mastruz (Dysphania ambrosioides) and Boldo (Peumus Boldo), commonly found in Brazil. Also, artemisinin, one of the first line treatments for malaria, also occurs naturally and has a peroxide bond (which actually is part of the mechanism of action of the drug)

  • @TheOrganicartist
    @TheOrganicartist 4 года назад +32

    9:58 "This one's protected." \o/ Guard Spider

  • @jacobpickell878
    @jacobpickell878 4 года назад +10

    i’m a chem major and your channel has always fascinated me and inspired a lot of my intense study sessions as a kind of goal. now as i’m progressing i’m starting to understand more and your videos are even more fun for me. i hope your academic career is progressing smoothly and thanks for what you do

  • @seanc6128
    @seanc6128 4 года назад +44

    Thank you, I now have a better understanding of what the message from the Australian government meant when they described something as a "munted shit show".

  • @daniel-bg5nq
    @daniel-bg5nq 4 года назад +1

    Started watching your vids a little while ago. After watching a heap I realised I used to watch your original channel many years ago. Despite my expectations at the time, you ARE actually still alive! Fantastic to see how your passion has grown from the early days, and that you're moving on to make a career out of it!!

  • @tukhanh2812
    @tukhanh2812 3 года назад +6

    1:47 Steve & Gomez
    Missed the opportunity to name the 2nd pair Hank & Schrader.

  • @Pierrot110194
    @Pierrot110194 4 года назад +8

    Just a quick tip for your dioxane problem and future ether storage: (I'm not sure why you didn't do this before, but mistakes happen) Store your ethers in brown bottles (if possible) and over NaOH or KOH. The hydroxides will precipitate the hydroperoxides and you can just distill the ether off using Na and benzophenone (if you need it to be very pure). Usually, I'd just use the ether staright out of the bottle, never had an issue this way (at least for extractions; not for reactions).

  • @janittermann3491
    @janittermann3491 4 года назад +17

    Thank you for doing this kind of stuff, you are living the dream. Love your work and your great humour. Also awesome editing skills, every episode is a little better than the last one.
    Keep doing it as long as you enjoy it
    Greetings from Germany

  • @name2589
    @name2589 4 года назад +8

    Have to say dude, not only do your videos continue to be entertaining and full of interesting science, your editing and production skills are super on point which really brings out your humour. Cracking work

  • @Aaron48219
    @Aaron48219 2 года назад +7

    The "Will It Blend" guy at 7:35 😆😆😆

    • @uncle_thulhu
      @uncle_thulhu 8 месяцев назад

      Mate, don't joke - I've seen those things win against a red-hot nickel ball!😂

  • @declan8577
    @declan8577 4 года назад +1

    I love how you are aware of all the dangers and are still so nonchalant about chemistry

  • @chrisvillarreal6855
    @chrisvillarreal6855 4 года назад +49

    Yellow = close enough

  • @themarsquatch420
    @themarsquatch420 4 года назад +32

    “Imagine making a plant illegal, that’s just stupid.”
    The US with Marijuana: *Sweating*

    • @alextaunton3099
      @alextaunton3099 4 года назад +3

      It's changing. It's legal in many states for recreational use (don't have the exact number off the top of my head) and it's legal for medicinal use in over half the states

    • @Adenzel
      @Adenzel 4 года назад

      Better in the US with Marijuana than New Zealand atm 😭

    • @connorhill8889
      @connorhill8889 2 года назад +1

      Dude weeeeed bro weeeeeed

  • @DEADPOOL-ti4cs
    @DEADPOOL-ti4cs 4 года назад +36

    0:53 it's starting at you.

  • @TheFinalMB
    @TheFinalMB 3 года назад +2

    That plate right at the end, that brings back memories of my breakfast this morning (not the food, just the plate)

  • @davidh8367
    @davidh8367 2 года назад +2

    In the past, I’ve saturated aqueous solutions with NaCl to push out the nonpolars. Usually really helps with separations. Another method I’ve used with essential oil isolation involves extraction into boiling alcohol, prior to filtering and dumping into water before doing steam distillation. Sometimes you get undesirables coming over with the alcohol vapor, but you can either toss out the heads or leave it for a day under vacuum to pull the alcohol out before distilling.

  • @Seagull780
    @Seagull780 4 года назад +9

    As a biology student who has tried to keep plants I am all too familiar with suicidal plants suddenly dying after not watering them for months, sadly science has not yet found a way to keep them from doing this to themselves

  • @janronschke7525
    @janronschke7525 4 года назад +8

    Would have never thaught that there will be another video on that project tbh, nice!

  • @P4brotagonist
    @P4brotagonist 4 года назад +11

    Placing the whole bag on the spice rack nearly killed me

  • @Ma_X64
    @Ma_X64 2 года назад +1

    I've made about 500 grams of TATP once right on my kitchen. It's actually not that scary because when it will do what it can do you probably will not even realize what happened. :D It's not that sensitive but with some conditions: 1) you don't melt it, 2) you don't make big crystalls of it 3) you don't contamine it with a sand or some mineral particles (it's actually most terrible thing you can do). Sand increases blow-sensitivity of most explosives dramatically.

  • @H3nry2077
    @H3nry2077 3 года назад +3

    An interesting and funny channel. Those are rare. Love your content mate. (First watched you yesterday)

  • @ChemicalForce
    @ChemicalForce 4 года назад +5

    🌿 Green chemistry good 😌

  • @thorfinnroar8672
    @thorfinnroar8672 4 года назад +16

    the molecule looks like it took 5 AP classes and is judging the fact that I only have 2 A's when he has 10.

  • @matthijswimmenhove4069
    @matthijswimmenhove4069 4 года назад +7

    I can imagine him browsing the internet for hours looking for more explosive compounds from the 1920's to try and make. Keep it up!

  • @Meoiswa
    @Meoiswa Год назад +1

    The diagram for Ascaridole looks like it's extremely dissapointed with all other plants for not making organic peroxides.

  • @masonrobbins9302
    @masonrobbins9302 Год назад +1

    It stinks that his projects take so long that he doesn’t upload much, but when he does the videos are so good I can rewatch them multiple times without getting bored of them

  • @tf3confirmedbuthv54
    @tf3confirmedbuthv54 4 года назад +18

    Therapist: Faster intro isn’t real and faster intro can’t hurt you.
    Faster intro: 0:00

  • @brendanchetty2689
    @brendanchetty2689 4 года назад +46

    Finally a method that I can use in my everyday life

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +22

      just another useful life pro tip from me, u are welcome

  • @ExplosivesLaboratory
    @ExplosivesLaboratory 4 года назад +28

    bruh you should’ve at least tried it mixed with some common oxidizers, knowing that the O.B. (oxygen ballance) for Ascaridole is shit even for an organoperoxide

    • @benny1330
      @benny1330 4 года назад +3

      Yeah, like TATP. That would make it "burn"

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +55

      I mean yeah I guess.... but like i've said, you can make even an almond look good with enough KNO3, doesn't mean the almond is a good energetic material

    • @SamMcFrost
      @SamMcFrost 4 года назад +5

      @@ExplosionsAndFire Lol that’s true, but I’m sure it would’ve been neat to see how the substance’s energetic potential improves with a better oxygen balance…

    • @ExplosivesLaboratory
      @ExplosivesLaboratory 4 года назад

      @@SamMcFrost
      *›* My thoughts exactly.

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +8

      yeah i mean the oxygen balance is obviously real trash

  • @AsymptoteInverse
    @AsymptoteInverse 3 года назад +3

    I work with a guy who's originally from Mexico. He grew some epazote at work. The smell is pretty shocking. It's almost a cross between some sort of minty/wintergreeny plant and cilantro.
    And sadly, his plants have yet to explode and/or be arrested.

  • @deano43
    @deano43 3 года назад +1

    The unprofessional approach to his videos is charming and refreshing.

  •  4 года назад +18

    This plant is actually a super super super common weed, at least it is here in Philadelphia. I can literally walk around my block and count like five or six of these plants growing along the sidewalk. I also think it tastes horrible tbh and that turpentine-y taste is so hard to get out of your mouth lol
    Also, those fumes are "poisonous and potentially carcinogenic"... just a heads up

  • @Astoria_Varanus
    @Astoria_Varanus 4 года назад +52

    “There are no explosives in nature”
    *glances at bombardier beetle*
    Don’t they have glands which produce explosives?

    • @stevez2158
      @stevez2158 4 года назад +14

      They have glands which produce 2 separate chemicals which explode when mixed. They’re not explosives on their own.

    • @upupina90
      @upupina90 4 года назад

      Well I'm pretty sure when a thunderbolt hits something it explodes, so...

    • @nicholasricer9687
      @nicholasricer9687 4 года назад +7

      Also ya know... the sun.

    • @sixstringedthing
      @sixstringedthing 4 года назад +17

      There's probably a Taco Bell joke in here somewhere, but I think we'd all be fine if I don't bother.

    • @pacman10182
      @pacman10182 4 года назад

      @@stevez2158 natures tannerite

  • @jogandsp
    @jogandsp 4 года назад +4

    That ending was so wholesome. Mad scientist by day, killer cook and family man by night

  • @Peter-iq9yy
    @Peter-iq9yy Год назад +1

    'We're hardly throwing the baby out with the bong water here', words to live by

  • @Dawsen121
    @Dawsen121 Год назад +1

    1:20
    "Can you make the plant illegal? Haha no you can't, imagine making a plant illegal, that's stupid."
    Cannabis: *Cries lonely in its corner in germany*

  • @ffffff52
    @ffffff52 4 года назад +7

    AS Mexican... I never expected Epazote to be useful for something besides adding something green to the food lol

    • @notamouse5630
      @notamouse5630 4 года назад +4

      Ascaridole is also a deworming drug. Probably a good thing to have in one's diet in times before modern medicine.

    • @dragonxdvzz
      @dragonxdvzz 4 года назад +1

      It actually adds good flavor to a lot of dishes like quesadillas, esquites, caldo.

  • @moonasha
    @moonasha 4 года назад +10

    broooo put your plants in bigger pots and fertilize them!

  • @kale991
    @kale991 Год назад +3

    Wait it's actually drawn like that? I though you just gave it glasses and a mouth for fun

  • @snowdaysrule
    @snowdaysrule 4 года назад

    A few years back we had a chemical manufacturing facility in Texas that was hit by a hurricane resulting in several explosions around the site. The incident was memorable because the plant produced organic peroxides which had to be stored at low temperatures and the explosions resulted from the hurricane knocking out the refrigeration units for the peroxide storage resulting in the liquid contents warming up and self detonating.

  • @jamal69jackson77
    @jamal69jackson77 3 года назад

    I'm from Mexico City and in Mexico City they place a small fresh epazote leaf inside a melting quesadilla and it is delicious. I can't say what the results would be using dried epazote, which I've never tried, but fresh epazote is definitely the way to go on that recipe I'm sure. You can also bake some corn on the cob, then remove the baked corn from the cob, put it in a cup and mix it with a little bit of mayonnaise, some chili powder, some epazote, a squeeze of lemon and some shredded cotija cheese and that will also taste delicious. Anyhow, really enjoy the channel, the science and particularly the commentary... very entertaining.

  • @anjalpaudel8713
    @anjalpaudel8713 4 года назад +6

    You know, recently I have been watching the Thought Emporium channel. He does some pretty crazy GMO and tests it out. I wonder if its possible to genetically code a plant (Lets say corn) to make explosive compounds or the direct precursor to those compounds. A really expensive thing to do but damn, imagine having explosive corn kernels. Popcorns turn into bangcorns or someting

  • @michaeledmunds7266
    @michaeledmunds7266 3 года назад +3

    Other plants: "Watch out! We can be toxic if ingested!"
    Epazote: "That's cute."

  • @LongPeter
    @LongPeter 4 года назад +16

    “I ate too many lollies while munted.” 😂😂😂

  • @b33thr33kay
    @b33thr33kay 3 года назад +1

    The ending is so wholesome. I love it.

  • @BelgorathTheSorcerer
    @BelgorathTheSorcerer Год назад

    I know a dog that got a boat propeller injury. Her leg fell off, but she's alright now.
    I always enjoy a Happy Tree Friends episode. The racoon chucking his pal out of the balloon was particularly good.

  • @wolfganggluck6199
    @wolfganggluck6199 4 года назад +6

    3:54 every PhD student after their first year

  • @LavenderSystem69
    @LavenderSystem69 4 года назад +11

    >"This one's protected"
    More like held hostage, all things considered...

  • @abstractmuffin7129
    @abstractmuffin7129 3 года назад +4

    7:28 theres nothin more australian suburbia then having that coffe grinder, and lemme tell u, he's not usin it for coffe (u can see dusties around the inner rim)

  • @treysimmons8022
    @treysimmons8022 3 года назад +1

    5:08 brooooo I don't know why but it blew my mind when I found out you have the same scale I have but I don't use it for science

  • @dan_asd
    @dan_asd Год назад +1

    Why does this plant make a little guy with glasses that just explodes???

  • @kiiometric
    @kiiometric 4 года назад +6

    6:14 ᵇᵉⁿᶻᵉᵉᵉᵉⁿᵉ

  • @spooky4124
    @spooky4124 4 года назад +4

    10:44 [nut]-[nut]-[nut]-[nut]-[nut]-[nut]

  • @thomasolson7447
    @thomasolson7447 3 года назад +4

    Don't all plants make peroxide when they don't have enough water?

  • @sneakythumbs9900
    @sneakythumbs9900 Год назад

    Coming back to this video years later. The composition is so good, like the initial attempt at growing comes back clutch with the 'successful' extraction, but the bulk of the methodology is developed on this fuckton of mail-order dried spice and the final scene with it displacing all the spices on the microwave ties it all together.

  • @kurtownsj00
    @kurtownsj00 3 года назад

    Best chemistry channel on youtube, for chemists and regular mechanic dudes like me. ps- intros always the best part

  • @kinggeocat
    @kinggeocat 3 года назад +26

    “Explosions are a completely man-made invention”
    Me, a man of science: “super Nova.”

    • @hell_march6652
      @hell_march6652 3 года назад +1

      What about solar flare and mass coronal ejections? Also lets not forget volcano's.

    • @zakkuthedreamer4138
      @zakkuthedreamer4138 2 года назад

      Antimatter flammable gasses radioactive materials volatile elements etc

    • @brandonveltri2825
      @brandonveltri2825 2 года назад

      Also pulsars, gamma ray bursts…

  • @kylebowles9820
    @kylebowles9820 4 года назад +6

    Aw man I thought you'd be good at gardening, plants are just living chemical reactions imo.

    • @ExplosionsAndFire
      @ExplosionsAndFire  4 года назад +8

      Yeah lol, I guess you never know how bad you can be until you try it

    • @akiraakiraakiraakira
      @akiraakiraakiraakira 4 года назад +3

      to be precise, every form of life is "just" chemical reactions, me and you included

  • @lvcsslacker
    @lvcsslacker 4 года назад +9

    "imagine making a plant illegal"
    Meanwhile, in the black currantless US....

    • @akiraakiraakiraakira
      @akiraakiraakiraakira 4 года назад

      its ok though. brambles kill so many sheep each year its spooky. they should be illegal too.

    • @Saohesc
      @Saohesc 4 года назад

      But, black currant recently became legal in several of the States, United.

  • @robertstankowski8897
    @robertstankowski8897 4 года назад

    First few minutes cheered me up a bit. I needed it, thank you

  • @jag0937eb
    @jag0937eb 3 года назад +1

    I love your videos, please do more whenever you can, big thx for uploads.