How To Make Graphene

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  • Опубликовано: 18 дек 2011
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  • @MidwestArtMan
    @MidwestArtMan 9 лет назад +3064

    In summary, pencil+tape=Nobel prize.

  • @zorkan111
    @zorkan111 8 лет назад +3847

    Next step: make superstrong pencils so we can balance elephants.

    • @debabrataroy3081
      @debabrataroy3081 8 лет назад +33

      And after that GM elephants that can balance on pencils. :D

    • @PennyHerbst
      @PennyHerbst 8 лет назад +6

      Haaha :D Made my day

    • @dracoboy4175
      @dracoboy4175 6 лет назад

      You would break lol

    • @VodShod
      @VodShod 6 лет назад +3

      next step is how to mass produce Graphene, good luck with that

    • @leonardozayasm.4983
      @leonardozayasm.4983 6 лет назад +3

      No no
      Lets think further like graphene elephants who can balance themselves on pencils on graphene sheets

  • @johnredcorn8669
    @johnredcorn8669 7 лет назад +1189

    My teacher always told me that the secret to success was the materials at my desk.

    • @NikolaiKentov
      @NikolaiKentov 7 лет назад +9

      were*

    • @B3nnub1rd
      @B3nnub1rd 7 лет назад +29

      NikolaiKentov
      The secret *were* the materials at the desk??
      Negative on that.

    • @johnredcorn8669
      @johnredcorn8669 7 лет назад +10

      Man this George guy is an idiot doesn't even know the difference between was and were, jeez.

    • @GEOsustainable
      @GEOsustainable 4 года назад +2

      My teacher always told me that the secret to success was (were, are) the materials at my desk.

    • @GEOsustainable
      @GEOsustainable 4 года назад +1

      My teacher always told me that the secret to success was (were, are) the materials at my desk.

  • @everettlogan2433
    @everettlogan2433 8 лет назад +5641

    I'm so glad I watched this video, I was kidnapped a couple months ago and thrown into a dingy room with this exact scenario...
    Thanks Veritasium!

    • @mileyvarunification
      @mileyvarunification 8 лет назад +34

      how did u get out of there??

    • @vongocnha8157
      @vongocnha8157 7 лет назад +57

      +Arsyad Kamili there must be wifi in the room

    • @amvnrvza
      @amvnrvza 7 лет назад +1

      Everett Logan is it true!

    • @MrBrew4321
      @MrBrew4321 7 лет назад +1

      :D

    • @KJF839
      @KJF839 7 лет назад +7

      Everett Logan R u serious or joking?

  • @MitkoHeaven
    @MitkoHeaven 8 лет назад +559

    3:00 I like how he types with his monitor turned off.
    And yeah, graphene is very interesting.

  • @veritasium
    @veritasium  12 лет назад +427

    I think the little graphene crystals in graphite are tiny so when the pencil breaks, you are separating these crystals rather than breaking any of them.

    • @modest-wisdom
      @modest-wisdom 3 года назад +23

      You ought to make a new video on Graphene.

    • @andromedagalaxian2158
      @andromedagalaxian2158 3 года назад +5

      @@modest-wisdom I agree😃

    • @maskboy2743
      @maskboy2743 2 года назад +7

      how is this so old youtube

    • @alialghufli7417
      @alialghufli7417 2 года назад +12

      Can you cut the tape with a single layer of graphene on top of it?

    • @walrus7814
      @walrus7814 2 года назад +2

      thank you mr ve

  • @electricsymmetric7963
    @electricsymmetric7963 8 лет назад +1029

    When your stockholm syndrome leads to the discovery of a durable and flexible nanotechnology

    • @dinamosflams
      @dinamosflams 3 года назад +5

      I kinda wished he had gone Full sketch on this and mentioned this stolckolm syndrom innother scenaries.
      Like "what If the guy that you are eating in prison for kidnapping you needed to redefine the kilogram?"

    • @avsbes98
      @avsbes98 3 года назад +7

      @@dinamosflams Why are you eating a guy in a prison?

    • @dinamosflams
      @dinamosflams 3 года назад +19

      @@avsbes98 nutrition

    • @unclestarwarssatchmo9848
      @unclestarwarssatchmo9848 3 года назад

      Stockholm should take a note

  • @kavinsubramanyam2922
    @kavinsubramanyam2922 9 лет назад +271

    3:30 great example of conservation of momentum

    • @SkillTimO
      @SkillTimO 3 года назад +16

      I'm not fat. I just have a greater impulse.

    • @richmondvalentine9738
      @richmondvalentine9738 3 года назад +12

      @@SkillTimO or inertia.
      Also, Derek looked like he really fell over lol

    • @richmondvalentine9738
      @richmondvalentine9738 3 года назад +3

      @@SkillTimO what's the double meaning?
      No, not no inertia. Inertia is the resistance to change in motion. The more inertia an object has, the harder it is to change its motion.
      And we're talking about two people colliding into each other so they're not at rest anyway

    • @calholli
      @calholli 2 года назад +1

      @@SkillTimO A body at rest absolutely has inertia. "an object in motion wants to stay in motion/ an object at rest, wants to stay at rest" -- but why? The answer to both of these is because it has inertia... So there is a bike and a train both sitting at rest-- You walk up and push the bike and it rolls on it's wheels quite easily, you try to push the train and it doesn't budge--- and that's because it has more inertia: or resistance to change it's motion. With that current motion being: at rest. The more mass an object has, the more inertia it will have/ at rest/ in motion/ and at all times..... I think what you meant is that an object at rest has no "momentum, which is true.

    • @michaelvanegas1436
      @michaelvanegas1436 Год назад

      @@SkillTimO no your fat

  • @axelharper9100
    @axelharper9100 7 лет назад +494

    told my chemistry teacher about this stuff and he pretty much denied its existence.

    • @anselmschueler
      @anselmschueler 7 лет назад +7

      Axel Harper :(

    • @ankithguzz
      @ankithguzz 7 лет назад +185

      How is he a chemistry teacher 😂

    • @georgf9279
      @georgf9279 7 лет назад +204

      Sad thing but many teachers stop learning when they have established their teaching routines.

    • @x_x5009
      @x_x5009 6 лет назад +94

      Axel Harper nah, my ex chemistry teacher said there's no plasma on earth and we never made it and guess what ? he got a promotion to headmaster on another school

    • @AakashBalajiCyborg
      @AakashBalajiCyborg 6 лет назад +23

      Flame is plasma right? Is he blind?

  • @patrickroelant5171
    @patrickroelant5171 7 лет назад +210

    those are some pretty specific demands, all i got is some cookies and a spoon

    • @megatrix500
      @megatrix500 7 лет назад +61

      You can't create Cookium using a spoon? Loser...

    • @crazysnake9552
      @crazysnake9552 6 лет назад +11

      Step 1 Eat cookies
      Step 2 Tunnel your way out using spoon

    • @mindbreak666
      @mindbreak666 5 лет назад +2

      polish the spoon with leather from your belt or shoes, use it to focus light and start a fire, carburize the cookies, crush the result into a fine dust

  • @srpenguinbr
    @srpenguinbr 8 лет назад +544

    so I am really dangerous when I say I have a pencil and I know how to use it

    • @crackedemerald4930
      @crackedemerald4930 7 лет назад +59

      it's dangerous in two cases:
      1) you are a nanotechnology scientists
      2) you know how to use words

    • @srpenguinbr
      @srpenguinbr 7 лет назад +3

      hehe, nice

    • @isidremasmagre2020
      @isidremasmagre2020 7 лет назад +19

      3) Or if you are into stabbing.

    • @sawadikin
      @sawadikin 7 лет назад +2

      Felipe Lorenzzon
      some people could try stop bullet by useing a thin layer pencil mark on paper.

    • @misellus3931
      @misellus3931 6 лет назад +22

      John Wick?

  • @coolzo2524
    @coolzo2524 7 лет назад +211

    2:11 Unnecessary Final Cut Pro effect...

    • @melody3741
      @melody3741 7 лет назад +33

      Christian Hinkle it reminds me of those dumb discovery channel shows

    • @caydens.1250
      @caydens.1250 5 лет назад +14

      Had to make use of it somehow

  • @billbillinger2117
    @billbillinger2117 9 лет назад +278

    300 nanometers thick slice of graphene can stop a projectile fired 4x faster than a AK-47 7.62mm round. Can I haz bulletproof skin now?

    • @lickytime9683
      @lickytime9683 8 лет назад +42

      actually...yes...just don't touch electricity ^~^

    • @gilvanromer8714
      @gilvanromer8714 8 лет назад +78

      +Licky Time VXV Why? Since it is a good conductor and it would be covering the whole body like a second skin, should not be a problem even if were struck by a lightning bolt, because of the effect of the faraday shield/cage. Am I wrong?

    • @lickytime9683
      @lickytime9683 8 лет назад +12

      ...troo dat

    • @thewaki2325
      @thewaki2325 8 лет назад +31

      +gilvan romer since electricity finds e fastest way in and out of a object it would go through the graphine and not the human since graphine conducts electricity making it a electric proof armor too

    • @Sublimnalxx
      @Sublimnalxx 8 лет назад +6

      +TheWaki 232 That's a common misconception. If that were the case, tasers wouldn't incapacitate people and would simply cook the skin between the two prongs.

  • @davidm.johnston8994
    @davidm.johnston8994 3 года назад +33

    It's incredible how nobody talks about this anymore!

    • @shreyam258
      @shreyam258 Год назад

      I'm studying this topic for an exam that's in 2 days🫡🙃

  • @OfficialJoshKB
    @OfficialJoshKB 7 лет назад +672

    graphene condoms

    • @kkiwi8559
      @kkiwi8559 7 лет назад +18

      Josh Kb *sigh* if only

    • @error_found
      @error_found 6 лет назад +16

      This comment has 69 likes lol

    • @walterclements7968
      @walterclements7968 6 лет назад +26

      There is also no chance of leaking lol, only hydrogen atoms can pass through

    • @MewPurPur
      @MewPurPur 6 лет назад +17

      Extra thin.

    • @Jordan_Dossou
      @Jordan_Dossou 6 лет назад +1

      VolTer and impenetrable

  • @filmmakershelp
    @filmmakershelp 10 лет назад +4

    Love your work guys.
    These make great reference material.
    Please keep making them.

  • @randomperson1418
    @randomperson1418 3 года назад +7

    "In order to think big, you first need to consider the very small"
    So true.

  • @ellyawesome
    @ellyawesome 12 лет назад +15

    Great videography and editing by the way :D

  • @ayuschmannov2461
    @ayuschmannov2461 4 года назад +2

    This is the first Vertasium Video of its kind... I LOVED YOUR EDITING AND WAY OF PRESENTATION IN THIS!!

  • @c.e.schlink9933
    @c.e.schlink9933 8 лет назад

    I like the lecture David Sereda gave about the revolution of Graphene and how it will be used! Really Amazing!!

  • @ArnavDhamija
    @ArnavDhamija 10 лет назад +5

    +1, this was one of the highest quality (in terms of audio/video) Veritasium video I've seen (and the other ones are pretty high quality too!

  • @DavidBalinsky
    @DavidBalinsky 10 лет назад +3

    i love how resonance stabilization allows for the delocalization of electrons

  • @isd99
    @isd99 5 лет назад +11

    I am a regular veritasium viewer and incidentally I found and watched this video today, when I was learning about covalent structures in school 😂😂🤣🙏🙏

  • @shilpamishra3817
    @shilpamishra3817 5 лет назад

    Awesome!! I really enjoyed the tutorial. Thank you for sharing!

  • @ellyawesome
    @ellyawesome 12 лет назад +9

    You suited up!! lol. This is excellent. Funny yet informative :) love the videos always!

  • @WoundedEgo
    @WoundedEgo 10 лет назад +85

    This was a clever presentation. Carbon is such a wonderland. It is scientific Silly Putty. Every way that it is arranged is wonderful and amazing, partly on its own account and partly on its differentiation from other ways it is arranged. How are a pencil and a diamond similar? They are both carbon based. So are we. So are trees. So is the food we eat. We exhale the stuff. We grill steaks on it. It is in some of our lighting. It is abundant and cheap but also precious and rare (when arranged).
    Sunlight, wind and carbon are where we should be looking for sustainability. Currently we exploit the rarest materials: Gold, copper, water, fossil fuels, titanium, trapped gasses... while the most abundant are under-exploited. The one abundant fuel that we have exploited but in the wrong way is nuclear power. We've used fission instead of fusion. Fusion and graphene deserve much more research. We currently subsidize Big Oil to hunt for more oil in ever more sacred spaces (the ocean, the arctic, our national parks, etc) when we should put the billions into the research that holds the promise of quality of life (and life itself) for our children, not that which is destroying all we hold dear (or should hold dear).
    Scientists... thank you for your labor of love, working to improve the future. Hacks, who serve corporate interests at the expense of the commons, regardless of the quality of your research you are no better than the demons.
    And educators like Veritasium, thank you as well.

    • @aniketkhanwalkar6062
      @aniketkhanwalkar6062 6 лет назад +2

      wow thats big

    • @Blastgun1
      @Blastgun1 5 лет назад +1

      Fusion, after billions of dollars invested still isn't viable. Maybe, better fission shouldn't be overlooked.

    • @abhirammanthena7333
      @abhirammanthena7333 4 года назад +2

      Well said

    • @maradupras7278
      @maradupras7278 4 года назад +1

      I only read the first sentence but I still liked the comment

    • @celestialmedia2280
      @celestialmedia2280 2 года назад +1

      There was once a legend that sanãtana dharma is not just religion called Hinduism but the way of life😂
      And that there are no.of species in the sanãtana dharma that have still not been discovered but is slowly unrevealing
      And that we should not think as just a state ,or a nation ,or a region but more than that as a human kind,Be what it means to be human being and work together as a whole world to protect the nature of the world and its innocent organisms.
      Which were created by the celestial alien race and that we should be immortal by transferring our concious into autobots and leave Earth to heal itself and also leave the vast knowledge of vedas to the current apes which might one day become human being.

  • @jaydeepraijada5159
    @jaydeepraijada5159 4 года назад +1

    Great.. Awesome... Outstanding

  • @BiswasTharakath
    @BiswasTharakath 9 лет назад +1

    I cant explain how much I love Veritasium... and minutephysics too
    You guys are better than others!

  • @cilibiaoctavian9313
    @cilibiaoctavian9313 7 лет назад +12

    That moment when someone drags you into a room and won't let you go until you have created the thinnest yet the most resistent material on earth with only a pencil,a sheet of paper and a scotch tape.#relatable

  • @locke_ytb
    @locke_ytb 4 года назад +9

    See y'all in 8 years when this gets in your recommendations.

  • @zoltangelencser7092
    @zoltangelencser7092 2 года назад

    Excellent video! Thank you Derek.

  • @ianbuilder
    @ianbuilder 2 года назад +1

    that was a great vid, loved it

  • @Ctulhu911
    @Ctulhu911 7 лет назад +3

    Your acting is great!

  • @user-dj1hy6zc6q
    @user-dj1hy6zc6q 9 лет назад +74

    Why does the graphite in the pencil not have similar qualities? Isn't it essentially the exact same thing as graphene except stacked together? Why is one layer of graphene stronger than a solid piece of graphite? Why do the atoms in graphite not want to be evenly spaced; but they do like being evenly spaced when they are in a single layer?

    • @DirtyPoul
      @DirtyPoul 9 лет назад +61

      The layers of graphene in graphite is easily removed from the graphite, meaning it is easy to break the graphite into smaller pieces of graphene. When breaking apart the graphite, you do not destroy the bonds of the material, but just remove the layers of graphene.
      I can elaborate further if needed.

    • @Kurtlane
      @Kurtlane 9 лет назад +22

      While layers of graphene inside graphite behave as in the video, the bonds between these layers are very weak and corrupt all the advantages. Thus graphite is excellent in two dimensions, but very weak in the third. Moreover, the orientation of bits ("crystals") of graphite is not all the same, and they are not united into a single crystal like a diamond, therefore what might be the right dimension for one bit is a wrong one for another, so everything becomes more-or-less a mess.

    • @chrisv4496
      @chrisv4496 9 лет назад +7

      ty_ger The carbon atoms in the graphite aren't in that perfect lattice yet - all the atoms are jumbled together and create weak bonds in every direction rather than strong bonds in single directions. Remember, for the graphite to become graphene they had to make a pile of graphite and slice it down repeatedly until it locked into a single layer and became graphene.
      Saying graphite and graphene are essentially the same is like saying diamonds and coal are essentially the same. How a thing is built has just as much to do with its function as what a thing is made of.

    • @ShadowVipers
      @ShadowVipers 8 лет назад +1

      +Ham_ Uhh Yes

    • @chrisv4496
      @chrisv4496 8 лет назад +10

      ***** Resorting to name calling is fairly petty, but I'll try to clarify:
      Pure graphite is composed of Carbon atoms. In graphite, those atoms are arranged in such a way as to create weaker bonds in all directions with atoms at varying distances, because carbon atoms _want_ to group up and share electrons with other carbon atoms, however graphite as a substance has a very high viscosity - the atoms aren't allowed to move around easily to strengthen those bonds.
      Now if we take a big clump of pure graphite and applied tons of pressure to it from all sides the carbon atoms would start to move closer and closer together and create stronger and stronger bonds, until it hits a certain point where the atoms can't get any closer to each other and they form a 3-dimensional lattice-shape. At that point every carbon atom has a *very strong* bond to every _other_ carbon atom nearby, and we've created Diamond. *_SAME ATOMS_*, different configuration.
      EDIT: As an analogy, think of a snowball. At first, it's loosely clumped together; almost falling apart. So you take your hands and _squeeze_ it from all sides until it gets harder. It might even get so hard that it turns into ice instead of snow. *_SAME MOLECULES_*, different configuration.
      In graphene the atoms arrange in a similar configuration to diamond, but along a single plane. Since it's in a single layer, the atoms have extra electrons that aren't bound to other carbon atoms in other directions so it becomes an incredible conductor.
      EDIT: Extending the analogy, imagine the difference between a meter of snow compared to a layer of ice. If you jump into the snow, it sprays and breaks off into smaller and smaller bits. On the other hand if you run on ice, you'll slip and slide around because of the way that it's structured. *_SAME MOLECULES_*, different configuration.
      The reason we don't see graphene appear naturally is that very little in the universe happens along a single axis on its own - the atoms innately jumble together unless something acts on them. From a physics perspective we're much more likely to see natural diamond than natural graphene simply because of the way the universe functions.

  • @hannahkitty90
    @hannahkitty90 10 лет назад

    This is a simultaneously adorable and informative video!

  • @kektalks
    @kektalks 2 года назад

    i remember back then when Veritasium wasn't huge, one of the first few vids i watched. loved this channel ever since

  • @081908009999
    @081908009999 8 лет назад +67

    I WILL BUILD A GRAPHENE FACTORY

    • @xiv1496
      @xiv1496 8 лет назад +13

      you'll become a billionaire

    • @MrTurbo_
      @MrTurbo_ 8 лет назад +53

      and so will the guy that sells you all the tape XD

    • @jim4671
      @jim4671 8 лет назад +6

      And Sell all of the Material for Free to the Red Army.

    • @081908009999
      @081908009999 8 лет назад +4

      Azeus XIV Amen bro, Aaamen.

    • @081908009999
      @081908009999 8 лет назад +4

      Joseph Stalin what? there is no "free" in "sell".

  • @AlexMckillmore
    @AlexMckillmore 9 лет назад +11

    3:19
    "Oh you"

  • @CuriousDust
    @CuriousDust 7 лет назад

    I have been watching this channel for some time, but this is deffinitly in top 3 videos. This mede smile alot.

  • @divdac
    @divdac 10 лет назад +1

    I sooooo thoroughly enjoyed this video o my days

  • @haru8900
    @haru8900 9 лет назад +6

    this episode looks like science version of college humor

  • @Risket
    @Risket 5 лет назад +8

    This video made me really excited about Graphene even though this is far from my first time hearing about it. Very well done on the presentation!

  • @Spooms1961
    @Spooms1961 10 лет назад

    Hey, great show! Funny style and nice cute presenter! So good to see that these ideas are being spread across the glove, thanks to your team.
    Love your work and especially that cutie in the suit with a beard! Yum!

  • @CureSmileful
    @CureSmileful Год назад

    I love how story bits were so dramatic, kina endearing

  • @gloria..
    @gloria.. 3 года назад +5

    Nobody:
    RUclips: Let me recommend this to you 10 years later

  • @NivethaGuna22
    @NivethaGuna22 9 лет назад +8

    That is a really good video...

  • @saffiullah30
    @saffiullah30 6 лет назад

    Love ur channel man...

  • @JayfeatherIsEpic
    @JayfeatherIsEpic 11 лет назад

    That's a really good analogy!

  • @gravelroad1228
    @gravelroad1228 8 лет назад +38

    This can be used on airplanes to increase the strength and durability of the skin. Also its conductability could act as extra protection against lightning strikes. Another pro is that because it is clear, so It can be added on the outside of the windows of the plane, without affecting the view. Who thinks this is a good idea!

    • @PennyHerbst
      @PennyHerbst 8 лет назад +3

      based on likes, one person

    • @RenzoIsHereYT
      @RenzoIsHereYT 8 лет назад +3

      +PennyHerbst 3

    • @dylankessler123
      @dylankessler123 7 лет назад +1

      You literally took that idea from: "the power of nanotechnology" video. Are you going to suggest wind turbines too?

    • @gravelroad1228
      @gravelroad1228 7 лет назад +3

      Dylan Kessler
      I have never seen, 'The Power Of Nanotechnology'. I just had the same idea.

    • @SuprSi
      @SuprSi 7 лет назад +2

      Lightning won't go through two thick layers of plexiglass, through the air gap, and through you... None of those are very conductive. It'll pass through the aluminium body of the plane like a faraday cage. This is not a problem in need of fixing!

  • @MysticMD
    @MysticMD 10 лет назад +3

    Oh Derek you are so charming its unbelievable

  • @PepekBezlepek
    @PepekBezlepek 11 лет назад

    Awesomely done video!

  • @jayalshehri7519
    @jayalshehri7519 6 лет назад

    Lovely video, many thankssss

  • @Megaprog
    @Megaprog 7 лет назад +4

    Your acting is getting better every time! Thanks for bringing the amazing world of physics to everyone!

  • @rjsprdctnx2991
    @rjsprdctnx2991 Год назад +3

    i did this way before 2010, i was just playing with lead sticking it on tape. i noticed perfect hexagons. i thought it was dope but didnt think anything of it. this was like 2001.

  • @quswarabid
    @quswarabid 4 года назад +1

    I have absolutely no idea who dislike such great videos?

  • @dhawalsharma8889
    @dhawalsharma8889 3 года назад

    This channel is all the entertainment and infotainment I need

  • @yaydood2556
    @yaydood2556 2 года назад +3

    2021 still waiting for graphene revolution

  • @mowu8459
    @mowu8459 7 лет назад +3

    i'd watch this movie

  • @critical11creator
    @critical11creator 10 лет назад

    this is really one of your best videos :D

  • @OmikronPsy
    @OmikronPsy 9 лет назад

    This is so funny, Great vid!

  • @void_chicken
    @void_chicken 8 лет назад +3

    Now, there's carbyne.

  • @lerinasan
    @lerinasan 4 года назад +2

    I wish that voice helped me in my exams

  • @samrudhrkashyap9645
    @samrudhrkashyap9645 2 года назад +1

    At the time the vid was released, this was wayyy ahead of its time when it came to entertainment and knowledge

  • @sebastiaomendonca1477
    @sebastiaomendonca1477 6 лет назад

    This is so helpful. You wont believe how many times i've been in this situation.

  • @felixcoreston4683
    @felixcoreston4683 9 лет назад +3

    So i could make graphene using tape, and while this graphene stuck to the tape is super strong, i wouldnt be able to say, stab a pencil through the tape and the graphene as well?

    • @termikesmike
      @termikesmike 9 лет назад +3

      Felix Coreston and that means we could make flying saucers outta this stuff.
      Spider silk is stronger than steel, btw, which will be perfect for spacesuits ....(-:

  • @KaletheQuick
    @KaletheQuick 7 лет назад +145

    Hi, from the future here. This video ended with an ad for "Monolayer Graphene Film" only 300 Trump Imperial Credits for 60mm x 40mm. What a capital deal!

    • @sharank
      @sharank 6 лет назад +6

      KaletheQuick how many dollars is 1 Trump imperial credit? Adjusted to 2018?

    • @nevenification
      @nevenification 6 лет назад +3

      .5

    • @Aric-ls7bf
      @Aric-ls7bf 6 лет назад +1

      Trump: the art of the deal

    • @manimax3
      @manimax3 6 лет назад +6

      At least Trump apparently made the switch to metric

    • @harminderbhatti9752
      @harminderbhatti9752 6 лет назад +1

      Bro you're from the past!😏

  • @Hydratz
    @Hydratz 8 лет назад

    Thanks for the motivation

  • @navyatayi6956
    @navyatayi6956 7 лет назад

    this is one of my favourite veritasium videos!

  • @Vicvines
    @Vicvines 8 лет назад +163

    Derek's hot.

  • @ChamodWeerasinghe
    @ChamodWeerasinghe 10 лет назад +4

    Can you extract single atom thick graphite layers from pencil leads? Can't right? From what I know pencil leads are mede of powdered graphite and clay

    • @ChamodWeerasinghe
      @ChamodWeerasinghe 10 лет назад

      *made 😖

    • @HashanGayasri
      @HashanGayasri 10 лет назад +1

      yeah but if I'm correct even very fine powder is of micro meter range particle sizes. So such particles have many graphite layers.

    • @ChamodWeerasinghe
      @ChamodWeerasinghe 10 лет назад

      I didn't think of that :)

  • @environmentawareness7609
    @environmentawareness7609 6 лет назад

    wherever you hide, i am going to find your every video and like it...Awesome stuff and great way of explaining

  • @edward.doctor1892
    @edward.doctor1892 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks for the video really I really needed it

  • @wasd2333
    @wasd2333 7 лет назад +3

    That missing comma at 0:45 makes me question if I want to use commas in numbers or not.

  • @djame2517
    @djame2517 8 лет назад +4

    Thank you University of Manchester.

    • @AdamBircher
      @AdamBircher 8 лет назад +1

      as a resident of Manchester, you're welcome #BestCityInEngland

    • @roelin360
      @roelin360 8 лет назад

      it's the trashiest city, more like

    • @AdamBircher
      @AdamBircher 8 лет назад +1

      the Weaver of Worlds we got great music, great science, and a great university. And the 192 has WiFi now!

    • @djame2517
      @djame2517 8 лет назад

      The University is trashy?

  • @bustixf1
    @bustixf1 3 года назад

    pls make an update to match 2021 methods of producing this, love ur vids - keep up the good work

  • @meloduple
    @meloduple 7 лет назад

    Awesome video!!! 😆

  • @deadbutworking
    @deadbutworking 10 лет назад +26

    Derek is so cute.

    • @superoriginalname
      @superoriginalname 10 лет назад +34

      keep it in your pants

    • @LuLa_41
      @LuLa_41 5 лет назад +2

      Very cute indeed.

    • @threaljo_
      @threaljo_ 3 года назад +2

      Kinda distracting tbh lol.

    • @deadbutworking
      @deadbutworking 3 года назад +3

      @@threaljo_ damn my conmment was 7y ago.. wow

    • @threaljo_
      @threaljo_ 3 года назад +3

      @@deadbutworking what can I say. It still holds true

  • @Rampster27
    @Rampster27 10 лет назад +7

    time to brake out the scotch tape.

  • @aryanshvasu5337
    @aryanshvasu5337 4 года назад +1

    You should make videos like this one. Now your videos are very long and you have explained in this video in an entertaining manner.

  • @thusaao
    @thusaao 10 лет назад

    Man, I love this channel, I should've met it before

  • @KanyeTroll
    @KanyeTroll 10 лет назад +12

    but what does a sheet of graphene actually look like and feel like in real life?

    • @bige8949
      @bige8949 10 лет назад +12

      Graphene oxide is not a sheet of graphene.
      To answer your question, almost transparent and nearly impossible to feel- easy to tear, even. It's the relative strength that counts.

    • @S_on_fire
      @S_on_fire 10 лет назад

      Ty Gísli

    • @Knobs4u
      @Knobs4u 10 лет назад

      should look about like graphite its thin gray etc what we're doing now i don't know but the color wont change ,though transparency will

    • @antiHUMANDesigns
      @antiHUMANDesigns 10 лет назад +2

      MyGamingTV I heard it's more transparent than glass.

    • @bige8949
      @bige8949 10 лет назад +2

      antiHUMANDesigns That's correct. The actual color of graphene is in fact a very dark, blackish grey but due to the molecular structure what we see is near-complete transparency.

  • @nyxxie023
    @nyxxie023 10 лет назад +13

    I have a huge crush on this guy. He's so cute.

  • @tonchette7993
    @tonchette7993 3 года назад +2

    When your kidnapper becomes your science partner

  • @myyuranpurusothman8954
    @myyuranpurusothman8954 2 года назад

    Amazing !

  • @NoobFish23
    @NoobFish23 9 лет назад +7

    I think it is odd that he never mentioned how balls off the wall expensive the stuff is to produce.

    • @mateuszjanowski2521
      @mateuszjanowski2521 9 лет назад

      there is a company that has a method to produce graphene that is affordable.

    • @NoobFish23
      @NoobFish23 9 лет назад +3

      Mateusz J What is its name? What is the method? How much does it produce and in what amount of time? Also, could you please define what you mean by affordable.

    • @NoobFish23
      @NoobFish23 9 лет назад

      ***** I'm not saying it's not true. I just want to know what it is. I think it would be amazing if it were true, but I personally need proof. I'm sorry.

    • @mateuszjanowski2521
      @mateuszjanowski2521 9 лет назад +6

      Andrew Halverson The company is called
      'Azoty Tarnow'. Unfortunately they didn't give any details of how it's made.

    • @carolynmmitchell2240
      @carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад

      Andrew Halverson look up how to make it now, you can make yourself dirt cheap

  • @Sorenzo
    @Sorenzo 8 лет назад +3

    A single layer of atoms can support the weight of an elephant concentrated into the size of a pencil? I cannot believe that. It might make a good video. It's easy to test in a materials lab. Provided you can find a reasonably large slice of graphene.

  • @eyedicegmr3
    @eyedicegmr3 3 года назад

    I feel like this is something I would see in the morning during a commercial break on the TV.

  • @MrClickity
    @MrClickity 10 лет назад

    That's a really solid metaphor, I'll have to remember it.

  • @user-nq5ks7pd7o
    @user-nq5ks7pd7o 8 лет назад +4

    What is the song at 1:34?

    • @shanecadwell990
      @shanecadwell990 8 лет назад +3

      +Крис Кулл Darude - Sandstorm

    • @timetogetcancer7866
      @timetogetcancer7866 8 лет назад +2

      Darude sandstorm

    • @ASRMN27
      @ASRMN27 8 лет назад

      Darudias sandstormias

    • @borbetomagus
      @borbetomagus 8 лет назад

      +Крис Кулл +Karsen hettinger +Evan Murphy +Crazy Prakz (Tech Muncher) +Luke Johnson +Rishabh Jain +Lithrus +Shriraam Cool +Black Rainbow (blackrainbow) +darkmath69 +matthew jian +Ashish Kumar +Adolf Hitler
      A few (or more) melodies heard in this video seem to be from 'Redemption's Last Chance' (from "The Past of Burdens") by Elijah Robert
      /watch?v=1YAA0HqYWqo
      Keep listening, as the melodies don't last very long.
      Here's Elijah Robert's RUclips channel -- /channel/UCY5VsC5TJWbztjJ15CKOBIw

    • @harishs2181
      @harishs2181 5 лет назад

      @@borbetomagus
      Sir the was not correct please let me know what is 1.07 song

  • @YourHomieJC
    @YourHomieJC 9 лет назад +51

    He got thrown in a chair and is forced to make something seemingly impossible (but obviously isn't) and when he's finished they high-five and look like they're best friends.
    Am I the only one why finds this confusing?

  • @wardippy226
    @wardippy226 6 лет назад

    this video is very good...as always

  • @bb82870
    @bb82870 6 лет назад

    Nice one. Thanks

  • @dellortteg6875
    @dellortteg6875 Год назад +3

    Next step: take it out from your bloodstream.

  • @WitoldBanasik
    @WitoldBanasik 7 лет назад +10

    "The earliest TEM images of few-layer graphite were published by G. Ruess and F. Vogt in 1948"'.
    Although, the most advanced- so far and by far- method of obtaining the graphene on a quazi-mass scale was discovered... it's hard to say that was invented... in Poland a decade ago or so !
    The Blue Laser as well...
    First professional computer in Europe made on a mass scale also in Poland- The ODRA- 1972
    A Pole Copernicus busted Ptolomenian Solar Orbiting the Earth theory in 1543.
    Maria Curie was a Polish girl.
    Polish mathematicians; Rejewski, Zygalski and Rozycki broke the Enigma code in 1932...
    Serendipity and Eureka rolled into one; yet... who cares ?!
    Folks in China, Russia, India... everywhere out there have already taken advantage of it, made their own usage of the Polish inventions and discoveries..
    Who cares ?!!!!
    Well... I do!
    Cheers guys !

    • @wabawoooIII
      @wabawoooIII 7 лет назад +3

      All this but Poland STILL cannot into space.

    • @WitoldBanasik
      @WitoldBanasik 7 лет назад

      Tři III van Wabawooo
      Well...a good sport of you...
      Anyway, some Poles are working on that...
      By the way... Mr. Twardowski was according to the urban legend first into the moon back in XVII c.
      Let alone Stanislaw Lem was the first sci-fi writer who sent Polish literature into the orbit of our Milky Way, look it up in Encyclopaedia Britannica- (the title of the book is "Solaris")
      Cheers to you !

    • @WitoldBanasik
      @WitoldBanasik 7 лет назад

      Tři III van Wabawooo
      Oh... I see... so am I.... another meme !!!!!
      TTTT I hardly ever watch videos on YT...
      This time was not an exception.
      No, just kidding... I love watching spooky movies...
      Cheers to you anyway !

    • @wabawoooIII
      @wabawoooIII 7 лет назад +1

      Witold W. Banasik You too

    • @kennymartin5976
      @kennymartin5976 7 лет назад +1

      Witold W. Banasik Sweet, Its cool to hear about polish discoveries.

  • @aaaaaa-hh8cq
    @aaaaaa-hh8cq Год назад

    Your video made me happy ❤️😁 :)

  • @johnrafaelferrer9824
    @johnrafaelferrer9824 7 лет назад

    One of the best Veritasium videos.

  • @toni8675
    @toni8675 9 лет назад +5

    +Veritasium Well... the one with the elephant is misleading (if not just plain wrong). A single layer of graphene can hold only 4 kg without breaking. But multiple layers stacked on top of each other (with a total thickness comparable to that of paper) COULD hold that elephant on a pencil. Just saying...

    • @breakthewastedspace
      @breakthewastedspace 8 лет назад +1

      Correct me but graphene have layers it would become WEAKER.

    • @breakthewastedspace
      @breakthewastedspace 8 лет назад

      +Trainer_Poke note : I'm not sure

    • @toni8675
      @toni8675 8 лет назад

      No. The individual layers would remain strong. But the forces holding together two or more layers are weak.

    • @breakthewastedspace
      @breakthewastedspace 8 лет назад

      toni8675 ok thx

    • @Timpling
      @Timpling 8 лет назад +1

      You're wrong you fucknut.

  • @jekku_GG
    @jekku_GG 8 лет назад +20

    how many pencils will I need to make captain america's shield?

  • @scottbilger9294
    @scottbilger9294 10 лет назад

    Very well done. You do good work.

  • @SaraMakesArt
    @SaraMakesArt 6 лет назад

    As an artist who often works with graphite, I found this very interesting.