The 5 Most Dangerous Chemicals on Earth

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  • Опубликовано: 27 янв 2025

Комментарии • 12 тыс.

  • @swordsmancs
    @swordsmancs 4 года назад +3517

    Fluorine: “That’s a nice electron you’ve got there, it’d be a shame if somethin were to happen to it”

  • @DanielVerberne
    @DanielVerberne 4 года назад +1031

    Hank’s description of the sensitivity of Azidoazide Azide was amusing and seems like he was having fun with just how extreme the anecdotes are

    • @Flowerboi313
      @Flowerboi313 2 года назад +19

      I love how excited he got about it 😆 such a good video

    • @refluxcatalyst7190
      @refluxcatalyst7190 2 года назад +20

      It's also wrong. It's not as sensitive as he says.

    • @ashsteele7361
      @ashsteele7361 2 года назад +11

      Too bad this didn't age well. Oh well! Peer reviewed material best material. Given you do a small amount of research yourself.

    • @Krill_all_health_insuranceCEOs
      @Krill_all_health_insuranceCEOs 2 года назад +3

      @@refluxcatalyst7190 well that's good but I'm sure it's still pretty emo

    • @ragmamale4783
      @ragmamale4783 Год назад +1

      @@ashsteele7361 ???

  • @biblicallyaccuratecockroach
    @biblicallyaccuratecockroach 2 года назад +629

    This is one of the best, if not THE best, episode of SciShow. The science is fascinating, the banter rolls off naturally, and Hank's presentation is sublime with his trademark snark. A masterpiece of an episode.

    • @andriaduncan5032
      @andriaduncan5032 Год назад +10

      I agree! I do realize the video is 8 yrs old, but I'm really glad I happened on to it. Outstanding job, Hank!!

    • @ellengraham6561
      @ellengraham6561 Год назад +6

      I came here to say this and I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw this WAY late but thinks it's one of the best episodes I've ever seen! 😍

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso 10 месяцев назад +4

      I keep coming back to this particular episode because it's so damn funny. I must have watched it about a dozen times over the years.

    • @samuelgarrod8327
      @samuelgarrod8327 8 месяцев назад

      Congratulations 500 likes on your comment. You're welcome 😊

    • @donfields1234
      @donfields1234 6 месяцев назад +2

      Absolutely, I saved it and have watched it hundreds of times, anytime I need a giggle. Hank killed this one, out of the park, in the hoke, just nailed it hank thank you my friend.

  • @Fatman311
    @Fatman311 2 года назад +309

    'It has both acute and chronic effects which means that it will both kill you now, and later' is one of the best sentences I think I've ever heard.

    • @jjk2one
      @jjk2one Месяц назад

      There are established tolerances for phosphine residues in wheat, hay, barley, and other grains comment won't make it

  • @HalfElfHalfling
    @HalfElfHalfling 5 лет назад +2060

    "It will kill you now, and later"
    Yep

    • @tomasstana5423
      @tomasstana5423 5 лет назад +12

      So you're saying you have experience

    • @asoftraiden
      @asoftraiden 5 лет назад +21

      It will kill you now and THEN it will kill you later.

    • @stuffsmithonviva2316
      @stuffsmithonviva2316 5 лет назад +6

      @@asoftraiden double killshot?

    • @HyonkTea
      @HyonkTea 5 лет назад +6

      Now And Laters™

    • @del5981
      @del5981 5 лет назад

      You have 696 I won't ruin that

  • @kaiomanuel1883
    @kaiomanuel1883 6 лет назад +550

    5 years later, watching this vid for the 8th time I can say that this is my favorite video ever in all of RUclips. Thank you SciShow

    • @jacobcottom265
      @jacobcottom265 5 лет назад +23

      I come back to this video at least twice a year cause Hank talking about dangerous stuff is just the absolute best. I think this is the 16th viewing for me

    • @joeuser2360
      @joeuser2360 5 лет назад +12

      Same here. It's on my short list of videos when I want to watch something so insane it's funny.

    • @asoftraiden
      @asoftraiden 5 лет назад +2

      Me too

    • @fredgotpub871
      @fredgotpub871 5 лет назад +3

      @@joeuser2360 good idea, I'm going to create a playlist for that at once !

    • @jacoboleary9076
      @jacoboleary9076 5 лет назад +3

      @@joeuser2360 Y'all should read the blog he got all this info from. blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/ (category: Things I Won't Work With)

  • @pointlessviewer
    @pointlessviewer 6 лет назад +604

    "Disagreeable" is the best smell description I have ever heard

    • @Darkman-ug2he
      @Darkman-ug2he 5 лет назад +4

      Not the best. But it also got the real best: Characteristict ;)

    • @julianaylor4351
      @julianaylor4351 5 лет назад +2

      Anthony Ege KOPRİ Parp!

  • @noelb8284
    @noelb8284 2 года назад +1718

    As a German, I am both proud and terrified of the fact that our scientist made pretty much all of that.

    • @kylecofer2825
      @kylecofer2825 2 года назад +59

      Just building blocks to reach zyklon B

    • @Crazytesseract
      @Crazytesseract 2 года назад +16

      You would be even more terrified if you were informed that they were right now suffering in some of the hells mentioned in Srimad Bhagavatam (very authentic Vedic scripture). Read canto 5, chapter 26. There is nothing to be proud of.

    • @RKBock
      @RKBock 2 года назад

      @@Crazytesseract please treat religion the same way as you treat your genitals: don't show them on the internet to everyone.

    • @ElysiumKeeper
      @ElysiumKeeper 2 года назад +220

      @@Crazytesseract Religion not invited to the party, thank you.

    • @arcanacapra9792
      @arcanacapra9792 2 года назад +113

      @@Crazytesseract Literally no one cares about that

  • @Technocolor00
    @Technocolor00 9 лет назад +1656

    Azidoazide Azide is very relatable
    Just wants to be left alone, dosnt work well with others, becomes violent when messed with

  • @techno-dg8oh
    @techno-dg8oh 4 года назад +3137

    I want a sequel to this, 5 more dangerous chemicals

  • @grugg3108
    @grugg3108 5 лет назад +2535

    Azidoazide Azide explodes when:
    *Touched
    *Not touched

    • @hariman7727
      @hariman7727 4 года назад +170

      Scientist 1: "So, we just discovered this chemical we're calling "Azidoazide azide", and it's startlingly reacti-"
      *BOOM.*
      Scientist 2: "What was that?"
      Scientist 1: "Er, I think our sample of Azidoazide azide in the safe room with no lights just exploded."
      Scientist 2: "...I thought you were kidding when you said it was startlingly reacti-"
      *BOOM!*
      Scientist 1: "OH NOW YOU'RE JUST TROLLING U-"
      *BOOM!*
      Scientist 1: "I was asking for that last one."

    • @trolllol7264
      @trolllol7264 4 года назад +80

      Explosions&Fire2: Hits it with a hammer
      C2N14: Nothing

    • @Punkledunk
      @Punkledunk 4 года назад +30

      So basically any activist group.

    • @nilaychhasatia6048
      @nilaychhasatia6048 4 года назад +10

      That's what Azathoth smokes

    • @MK-dr7dx
      @MK-dr7dx 4 года назад +14

      It's the liquid core of Happy Fun Ball, which, if exposed, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.

  • @Teatur_
    @Teatur_ Год назад +210

    A scientist describing a scent as “disagreeable” is the most scientist thing I’ve ever heard

    • @lordneo256
      @lordneo256 11 месяцев назад +11

      What keeps me up at night is that... how toxic it is when inhaled. So... "described as" is more like "uttered by a dying man".
      Now Im wondering how that being overcome by the elements would look like.

    • @PaulHynes-ze1bu
      @PaulHynes-ze1bu 11 месяцев назад

      What keeps me up at night is that scientists tested all these toxic chemicals on animals. They test any toxic chemical they can find on them. I think about it all day everyday... I hate them with all my heart.. alternative is instead of testing the chemicals, including medicine, on animals, pour it down the drain.

    • @tbarry4990
      @tbarry4990 9 месяцев назад

      Watch an episode of "Big Bang Theory".

    • @samuelgarrod8327
      @samuelgarrod8327 8 месяцев назад

      I agree.

  • @efoxe2890
    @efoxe2890 5 лет назад +4315

    Fluorine: “your electron, hand it over.”

    • @harrisonlichtenberg3162
      @harrisonlichtenberg3162 5 лет назад +316

      "I need your clothes, your boots, and your electron."

    • @thehammurabichode7994
      @thehammurabichode7994 5 лет назад +96

      * click * "I'm sorry, substance, but you said the N-word"

    • @ashmarine6733
      @ashmarine6733 5 лет назад +32

      *h a n d i t o v e r*

    • @ryanchuabowen2045
      @ryanchuabowen2045 5 лет назад +41

      Francium:Nah mate, I give you every electron you want.

    • @imranshorkar8276
      @imranshorkar8276 5 лет назад +46

      Fluoroantimonic Acid: okay take some proton
      Fluorine: i said electron.
      Okay but take some proton first
      I dont want proton.
      you have to take proton, i gonna kill u if u dont.

  • @YTBerserk
    @YTBerserk 10 лет назад +3534

    this honestly looks like the most fun you've ever had talking about something on scishow, this was just hilarious watching you talk about how crazy these chemicals are! best episode to date imo :D

    • @Democlis
      @Democlis 10 лет назад +21

      CPLCraft
      I just find it funny because it IS some crazy sh**, it's preaty much the reason why so many ppl like to experiment with Termite even when they are not pyromaniacs os psychopaths , crazy chemical/physical reactions are awesome to see, even at a distance.

    • @coolmoviewatcher
      @coolmoviewatcher 10 лет назад +10

      Democlis Don't you mean thermite?

    • @Darticus42
      @Darticus42 10 лет назад

      I agree

    • @Darticus42
      @Darticus42 10 лет назад +1

      Democlis
      Unless it kills you.... unless you're a sadist

    • @GhostofTrufflePast
      @GhostofTrufflePast 10 лет назад +3

      He had what some would call a nerdgasm! LMAO!

  • @paladinsrage4646
    @paladinsrage4646 6 лет назад +2257

    _So, What does it smell like..?_
    *Disagreeable.*

    • @paladinsrage4646
      @paladinsrage4646 6 лет назад +12

      7:06

    • @carterwilliams7106
      @carterwilliams7106 6 лет назад +62

      I agree to disagree with the smell

    • @potstab2875
      @potstab2875 6 лет назад +6

      Blepppp!! Bleppppp!!!! cough cough Blepppp!!!

    • @cosmoniums5990
      @cosmoniums5990 6 лет назад +10

      Hey no sense of smell for the win I’m immune to 1 of the 5 chemicals, and the lightest of the bunch

    • @limeyliamgaming6885
      @limeyliamgaming6885 6 лет назад +6

      I agree to disagree that I agree that I disagree to this.

  • @rxotmfrxotmf8208
    @rxotmfrxotmf8208 2 года назад +290

    Hank, you seem to be rather delightfully happy to present this ghoulish list of extremely dangerous substances. I enjoyed your presentation!

    • @aimee-lynndonovan6077
      @aimee-lynndonovan6077 2 года назад +1

      Ghoulish is right!😱I wonder how do they explore and test these chemicals since they’re so volatile? And what is the purpose of them?

    • @diakounknown1225
      @diakounknown1225 2 года назад +1

      @@aimee-lynndonovan6077 sometimes, you don't need a purpose. Also, he does in fact mention the purposes of a few of the chemicals on this list.

    • @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038
      @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038 2 года назад

      ...nada ‘delightful’ about that and not even true!
      True chemical smeIIs are nowhere near as harrible as the most harrible smeIIs ever, such as the ones
      by wom’n and other hum’ns...

    • @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038
      @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038 2 года назад

      And, the smeII of hum’n _ces and 💨 is one of the most harrible ever, both in smeII and in lingering and traveling power - this _ once jhat in one of the bathrooms at one of the flats where I used to live and it s_nk up the whole flat and I literally had to run out while screaming at them to open the windows, and I was stuck on the balcony for over half an hour until that _nk was over!

    • @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038
      @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038 2 года назад

      I am scarred for life because I was shbjected to such harrible smeIIs that I know contain particles from the _ or _ of hum’ns (humticles) that actually get inside the nose in order to be able to smeII it, so I can’t even stand that thought - and I’d rather smeII any of those chemicaIs instead (since chemicaIs are pure) than to have humticles ferced on my nose...

  • @urbannanni5864
    @urbannanni5864 3 года назад +542

    Every time I watch this, I'm struck by the absolute glee that Hank displays as he describes how stuff will kill you.

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko 2 года назад +19

      This was the first SciShow video I ever saw. Hank's almost-manic delivery and playful humor made this episode an instant classic for me. It's the episode I love sharing with folks new to SciShow to help get them hooked on the it way I was when I watched this so many years ago.

    • @antoniograncino3506
      @antoniograncino3506 Год назад +2

      9:40 I expect the Mafiosi in the audience are taking notes about the efficacy of fluoroantimonic acid.

    • @annoy4nce648
      @annoy4nce648 Год назад +1

      The fluorine will burn through your bones!

  • @stephenparallox
    @stephenparallox 8 лет назад +1437

    9:42 Cave Johnson: We haven't entirely nailed down what element it is yet, but I'll tell you this, it's a lively one, and it does not like the human skeleton.

    • @NamelesssSpinda
      @NamelesssSpinda 8 лет назад +66

      you get the best placed quote of the day award.

    • @someone4650
      @someone4650 8 лет назад +24

      You, sir, win everything!

    • @stephenparallox
      @stephenparallox 8 лет назад

      GIRGHGH Aka Girg Flourine?

    • @stephenparallox
      @stephenparallox 8 лет назад +16

      GIRGHGH Aka Girg I see. You do realize this was not my quote, but a quote from a fictional character you are disputing right? Additionally, to put it in context, he was speaking about a fictional experimental compound known as repulsion gel, and was saying, that his scientists weren't sure what element that was in it, but it was very very bad.

    • @benthomason3307
      @benthomason3307 8 лет назад +6

      maybe he was uing the word element in it's more general sense, like in the term "elements of power"

  • @ToastAndJellyfish
    @ToastAndJellyfish 8 лет назад +589

    Hank is the best SciShow host, and this is the best SciShow episode.

    • @thetrashman5381
      @thetrashman5381 8 лет назад +21

      The azidoazide azide part was priceless

    • @ct6502c
      @ct6502c 8 лет назад +20

      JerseyNick This is my favorite episode. I learned a lot from it, but Hank's sense of humor is great too. This was so hilarious that I often come back to re-watch it.

    • @MultiCheeseLouise
      @MultiCheeseLouise 7 лет назад +3

      He has a weird meter and flow to his sentences, and likes to say words short and quickly with a longer pause between them, which makes him slightly more difficult to listen to. He doesn't do it as much these days so I guess he's tried to change it recently.

    • @goldwolf0606
      @goldwolf0606 7 лет назад

      MultiCheeseLouise lol... it does make it harder to listen to him doesn't it? I thought I was the only one to notice that...

    • @BigyetiTechnologies
      @BigyetiTechnologies 7 лет назад

      He reminds me of Professor Frink from The Simpsons

  • @nanocodethespectator2646
    @nanocodethespectator2646 2 года назад +151

    We require a sequel to this, after all this time.
    A similar episode related to chemical compounds would be good too.

    • @Kawer
      @Kawer Год назад

      I second that, come on Hank!

  • @faith9196
    @faith9196 5 лет назад +1739

    “You can’t put it under a fume hood... it’ll eat the fume hood.”
    Why was that SO hilarious?

    • @leptoon
      @leptoon 5 лет назад +6

      Faith Because you're 13 years old maybe?

    • @nataliew.1206
      @nataliew.1206 5 лет назад +124

      Andrew Dahl i’m definitely older than 13 and i also found it funny

    • @leptoon
      @leptoon 5 лет назад +3

      Natalie W. I found it funny. I did not find it "SO hilarious".

    • @nataliew.1206
      @nataliew.1206 5 лет назад +101

      Andrew Dahl no need to be upset my friend! if she found it “SO hilarious”, who are you to judge? you’re unnecessarily angry. let people enjoy things.

    • @hoshimaruhajime7933
      @hoshimaruhajime7933 5 лет назад +8

      Same

  • @TheCatAteMyShoe
    @TheCatAteMyShoe 8 лет назад +2952

    "It will both kill you now... and later." I love that. LOL
    This is my favorite episode ever.

    • @sorenlily2280
      @sorenlily2280 8 лет назад +143

      For some reason hearing "its also a better oxidizer than oxygen" really cracked me up as well.

    • @robinjones9225
      @robinjones9225 7 лет назад

      I second that!

    • @ZombieKiller4347
      @ZombieKiller4347 7 лет назад +8

      Yeah if you can live without organs well uh also cancer

    • @WingmanSR
      @WingmanSR 7 лет назад +36

      Yeah, oxidation is a strange relic of a name. Chemists used to believe oxygen was THE oxidizer, until they realized _why_ oxygen works the way it does(it loves to steal electrons), and so they learned there were other compounds that could be used to 'steal' electrons as well, but they still kept calling it "Oxidation". I propose we start calling it "Electrokleption", literally "electron stealing".

    • @robinjones9225
      @robinjones9225 7 лет назад +4

      SBwingman I second that, it sounds so cool

  • @bonetonelord
    @bonetonelord 9 лет назад +402

    A guy who worked on ClF3 rocket fuel said in a book that his recommended solution to spills of the chemical was "a good pair of running shoes."

    • @singletona082
      @singletona082 9 лет назад +38

      +Bone-Tone Lord THE CONCRETE IS ON FIRE!
      Oh and the byproducts of it being burned gives you CANCER. THIS IS JUST PLAIN PEACHY!

    • @Just_A_Dude
      @Just_A_Dude 9 лет назад +11

      +Bone-Tone Lord I know the book. I love the guy's wit.

    • @ghostbirdofprey
      @ghostbirdofprey 9 лет назад +21

      +Bone-Tone Lord It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water-with which it reacts explosively.

    • @samiraperi467
      @samiraperi467 9 лет назад +6

      +Just A Dude "Ignition!"?

    • @Just_A_Dude
      @Just_A_Dude 9 лет назад +1

      Samira Peri That's the one, yeah! Couldn't remember the name for the life of me.

  • @jacobcomongore4180
    @jacobcomongore4180 2 года назад +110

    When I was in high school this was my favorite sci show vid. Now I have a degree in chemistry and can indeed say that “More dangerous than Florine gas” is not a sentence that you get to say almost ever.

    • @jacobcomongore4180
      @jacobcomongore4180 10 месяцев назад +6

      For anyone wondering the pKa (pH where an acid loses its hydrogen) of Fluroantimonic acid is -25 😂😂😂

    • @dennisrydell6883
      @dennisrydell6883 7 месяцев назад

      @@jacobcomongore4180 I didn't even know it was possible to get a pH of less than 0 O.O

  • @Artofficial1986
    @Artofficial1986 4 года назад +1722

    Why can't you be normal?
    Azidoazide: [Screams]

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko 3 года назад +801

    It is 2021, and this remains one of the best SciShow videos of all.

    • @kingjames4886
      @kingjames4886 3 года назад +2

      I mean.... there have been a handful of good ones over the last decade... cmon...

    • @emberandfriendsanimations2454
      @emberandfriendsanimations2454 2 года назад +6

      2022 now

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko 2 года назад +20

      @@kingjames4886 What I mean is that this old, 2014 SciShow presentation has stood the test of time. It's one of my favorites to share with folks who aren't familiar with the channel's mission of communicating science in a way that laypersons can understand easily. It's also heck-a funny; Hank is at top manic in this one and I love it to pieces.

    • @mesiroy1234
      @mesiroy1234 2 года назад +1

      It's got demziomed be used he said bazis

    • @pheasant1361
      @pheasant1361 2 года назад +2

      Same for 2022

  • @ofranzen
    @ofranzen 4 года назад +589

    I think I saw this episode about when it came out and it's still to this day one of the best thing on the Internet. Packed with information mixed with genius level comedy.

    • @mork6668
      @mork6668 4 года назад +2

      Yet exaggerated

    • @DTSephiroth
      @DTSephiroth 3 года назад +6

      I still come back to it occasionally.

    • @Mygg_Jeager
      @Mygg_Jeager 3 года назад +4

      Same lol

    • @Mygg_Jeager
      @Mygg_Jeager 3 года назад +7

      @@mork6668 Not really. Do some research on all these chemicals using sources outside this video lol. It's pretty on point.

    • @Sleepy_Joe
      @Sleepy_Joe 2 года назад +1

      I'm watching this video like the 5th time

  • @taproot0619
    @taproot0619 Год назад +27

    It is 2023. I have been coming back to this video time and again for nearly a decade and it's still one of the best videos on the entire internet.
    Also, LOVE to see scishow make an update video or maybe "5 more absolutely redoculous chemicals that can kill you in increasingly interesting ways" Because Hank making videos where he Jovially describes absolutely insanely dangerous chemicals is just the kind of vibes more people need in their lives.

  • @Gothic7876
    @Gothic7876 6 лет назад +438

    I love the fact they did absolutely nothing to AA, and it still went;
    “BOOOORED” *boom*

    • @aspielm759
      @aspielm759 6 лет назад +1

      Voidlord xD

    • @natedog2014
      @natedog2014 6 лет назад +8

      @test 101 smh imagine you're life being so boring everything has to become arbitrarily political.

    • @m-yday
      @m-yday 6 лет назад +3

      test 101 so you go onto a video from ages ago, which had nothing to do with politics, and blame _something_ on liberals?
      Nobody even knows what you’re trying to blame them for. Nobody even cares. We’re just tired of people doing this kind of thing

    • @thevideoistheking8834
      @thevideoistheking8834 6 лет назад +1

      test 101 DEM DAMN LIBERALS! RUINING EVERYTHING! I HAVE NO FLAWS WHATSOEVER!

  • @octaviorueda818
    @octaviorueda818 5 лет назад +338

    This is probably the best SciShow video I've seen. Its like he's rapping out knowledge

    • @aabhassharma4277
      @aabhassharma4277 5 лет назад +15

      I come back to this video whenever I need a good laugh!

    • @Steamrick
      @Steamrick 5 лет назад +1

      If you really want to see Hank get poetic, I think his alltime best was a vlogbrothers video: Yellowstone: The Terror of Change

    • @MrJesterblack
      @MrJesterblack 5 лет назад +4

      If you think this is funny, you should read the articles he got most of the lines from blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2013/05/08/things_i_wont_work_with_dimethylcadmium

    • @johndrozdz1371
      @johndrozdz1371 5 лет назад +1

      @@MrJesterblack I love scishow, but I feel like this entire video was paraphrased from Derek Lowe's 'things I won't work with' blog. I definitely feel I've read some of the exact phrases from this video in his articles.

  • @ryandupuis5860
    @ryandupuis5860 8 лет назад +546

    I keep watching this over and over but it doesn't get old

    • @ranatabsh3009
      @ranatabsh3009 8 лет назад +2

      Andromeda Gaming same lol

    • @thederpening1951
      @thederpening1951 8 лет назад

      Andromeda Gaming I swear I've seen that profile picture in CS:GO

    • @madLphnt
      @madLphnt 8 лет назад +2

      right, ive watched this for two years on and off like 15 times a month, that and deadly substances, deadly plants

    • @sinmasteas
      @sinmasteas 8 лет назад

      Stephen Guyse its used as an andriod theme background

    • @GodlikeIridium
      @GodlikeIridium 7 лет назад

      Andromeda Gaming me too mate^^

  • @DaveMiller2
    @DaveMiller2 2 года назад +70

    I barely passed high school chemistry, but this is fascinating.

    • @persimonsen8792
      @persimonsen8792 2 года назад +6

      It is. And quite scary, if some people with ill intentions got hold of it.

  • @bugjams
    @bugjams 6 лет назад +2422

    Azidoazide Azide, a chemical so dangerous, they had to say its name three times.

  • @baliboxy663
    @baliboxy663 5 лет назад +1563

    Legend has it, if you say azide 3 times in the mirror of a dark bathroom, it just *exploded*

    • @sabertag6992
      @sabertag6992 5 лет назад +38

      I heard that if you cross two pencils and say "Azide Azide are you there?" and you don't blow up, then the answer is no.

    • @BigSwede7403
      @BigSwede7403 5 лет назад +38

      What explodes? Azide, the mirror, the bathroom or you?
      "Yes."

    • @physics_hacker
      @physics_hacker 5 лет назад +16

      Somewhere, deep within the Earth's crust, there is a chunk of this stuff. And if us humans mention it's name too many times...Well, let's just say all life on Earth is gonna have a really, really bad day.

    • @FabFunty
      @FabFunty 5 лет назад +4

      Then please don't think about playing this : ruclips.net/video/FEdiOBz4zeM/видео.html 🎫😵
      or you'll bomb us all back to stone age.🤣

    • @nathanlin6798
      @nathanlin6798 5 лет назад +2

      Fab Funty wtf was that

  • @PushyPawn
    @PushyPawn 4 года назад +2163

    This is such a classic SciShow episode I came back to watch it again.
    If you came back to watch it again, please sign the reply guestbook.

    • @zedantXiang
      @zedantXiang 4 года назад +36

      Me too.
      He just sound so happy

    • @Kylora2112
      @Kylora2112 4 года назад +66

      It's borderline hilarious listening to someone talk about an oxidizer that can incinerate asbestos.

    • @CloudyDays404
      @CloudyDays404 4 года назад +4

      Yeah. Hi.

    • @Eainai
      @Eainai 4 года назад +24

      I rewatch this video nearly every month, and it still cracks me up when I listen to it.

    • @jwbowen
      @jwbowen 4 года назад +9

      I've watched it several times.

  • @ethanreddekopp7256
    @ethanreddekopp7256 Год назад +14

    Nilered made thioacetone in a recent video, and he said that up close, it didn't smell terrible, but the farther from the source that you got, the more potent the odor became

    • @a.v.y8331
      @a.v.y8331 7 месяцев назад +1

      it's the ppm that matters. a lot of extremely terrible scents don't smell like anything up close because the ppm is so high that your senses can't register anything up close, but once the ppm gets low enough (aka further away from the source) you start to be able to detect the scent again. it's interesting how that works.

  • @johnyoung4441
    @johnyoung4441 5 лет назад +1978

    Nobody:
    Azidoazide Azide: *_"I have decided that I want to explode."_*

    • @nathandanielsen7131
      @nathandanielsen7131 4 года назад +16

      everyone else: uh o-

    • @mauricehietkampmh
      @mauricehietkampmh 4 года назад +38

      its actually not too bad. The youtube channel Explosions&Fire2 made it in his shed. He has some videos about it.

    • @samiraperi467
      @samiraperi467 4 года назад +21

      "What is your one purpose in life?"
      "To explode, of course."

    • @Lizardo451
      @Lizardo451 4 года назад +1

      Bomb #20

    • @Blue-bx9pb
      @Blue-bx9pb 4 года назад +12

      I feel like it’d be the kind of person that, when someone actually wants it to go boom, it stays perfectly still

  • @greedy9310
    @greedy9310 6 лет назад +409

    You can't put under a fume hood-It'll eat the fume hood. All you can really do is ,just like, look at it. Ideally from.. very far away.
    11/10

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 6 лет назад +11

      i would suggest looking at it from a different time zone of from orbit...preferably while in orbit around a completely different planet

    • @richardhead9255
      @richardhead9255 6 лет назад

      Dren b

    • @randomuser5443
      @randomuser5443 6 лет назад +1

      Scott Mantooth no you dult. From a different star system

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 6 лет назад

      that is probably safer...but not by much

    • @VeronicaGorositoMusic
      @VeronicaGorositoMusic 6 лет назад

      I'll try to see it timetraveling...10...100 years far ago in the future, but I dunno if I'll be safe anyway!

  • @olbradley
    @olbradley 4 года назад +282

    Storing Azidoazide Azide is the chemical definition of the saying "Damned if you do, damned if you don't."

    • @KingK7310Z
      @KingK7310Z 2 года назад +4

      Just like marriage???

    • @Senctia
      @Senctia 2 года назад +1

      Also proven wrong by Explosions and Fire, its less sensitive than Touch Powder.

    • @norothegamer1006
      @norothegamer1006 2 года назад

      yes

    • @lilygail5569
      @lilygail5569 2 года назад +8

      Except you can hit it with a hammer and it doesn't actually explode. It's not that it was super sensitive. It's that they didn't have the equipment required to test sensitivity.

    • @MrCubFan415
      @MrCubFan415 Год назад +1

      More like BOOM if you do, BOOM if you don't

  • @vonzigle
    @vonzigle Год назад +2

    Thanks!

  • @aakashsahani2991
    @aakashsahani2991 5 лет назад +434

    What I learnt today:
    1. Chlorine triflouride: *THE CONCRETE IS ON FIRE*
    2. Nitrogen big gae
    3. Dimethyl cadmium: Xbox Live chat 2010
    4. Thioacetone: My dad's socks.
    5. Fluoroantimonic acid: *psst kid.....want some proton?
    5. Teflon: "I'm about to end this SbHF6 's entire career."

  • @pythonl0rd584
    @pythonl0rd584 4 года назад +463

    Chemicals yet to be found: *exist*
    Germany: *allow us to introduce ourselves*

    • @auraofdoubt
      @auraofdoubt 4 года назад +4

      I like how that one scene from Veggie Tales of all things has become a meme lately.

    • @Oracle13
      @Oracle13 4 года назад +7

      Germany did a lot for chemistry! Meaning the scientists, obviously lol. Both organic and inorganic.

    • @auraofdoubt
      @auraofdoubt 4 года назад +5

      ​@@Oracle13 That's true, but there's a Haber for every Heisenberg (I'm considering quantum mechanics close enough lol).

    • @bemusedbandersnatch2069
      @bemusedbandersnatch2069 3 года назад +5

      Well that and Sweden. Did they really need to name _four_ elements after the town of Ytterby?

    • @robertnett9793
      @robertnett9793 3 года назад +2

      It would sound like 'Gestatten Sie, dass wir uns vorstellen?'

  • @siler7
    @siler7 4 года назад +869

    Azidoazide Azide was my favorite Game of Thrones character.

  • @XhanAnimations
    @XhanAnimations Год назад +36

    Every now and then I like to come back and rewatch this episode. It has one of the funniest presentations of a really cool subject 💚

  • @teresaellis7062
    @teresaellis7062 6 лет назад +164

    I think Hank Green enjoyed making this video. He is almost luminous.

    • @thehammurabichode7994
      @thehammurabichode7994 5 лет назад

      You seem cute < :

    • @squippites7356
      @squippites7356 5 лет назад

      The Hammurabi Chode wow you must be desperate

    • @Akbar_and_Shaa
      @Akbar_and_Shaa 5 лет назад

      If he's luminous it's because he filmed this video after top 5 glowiest chemicals

  • @adam346
    @adam346 6 лет назад +143

    the AA molecule is just hilarious... I don't know why but the idea that nothing could happen and it just explodes, just because. It's the ultimate example of Moore's law.. everything you do can and will get you killed... including nothing.

    • @TimothyReeves
      @TimothyReeves 5 лет назад +18

      adam Moore's law? The one that says that the number of transistors on a computer chip will double every roughly two years? I think you meant Murphy's law, which your comment may be an example of. ;)

    • @biggocelot123
      @biggocelot123 5 лет назад +1

      I N C L U D N I N G N O T H I N G

    • @droid16beta97
      @droid16beta97 5 лет назад

      Moore's law?

    • @Nick-tm2sw
      @Nick-tm2sw 5 лет назад +1

      Although from a physics perspective it wasn't nothing that caused it to explode. It gets into statistical thermodynamics to explain further but there was something happening that caused the explosion. Just not any type of external force. The energy that caused the explosion would have already been in the system. They could have likely prevented the explosion by storing it at a cooler temperature.

    • @pfadiva
      @pfadiva 5 лет назад

      @@TimothyReeves Gordon Moore

  • @Zulatek666
    @Zulatek666 8 лет назад +601

    This is my FAVORITE SciShow episode ever. I like the part when he is describing Azidoazide Azide. "I think somebody said something mean about it somewhere, and it was like !&%*@!"

    • @jkacvbhijfn
      @jkacvbhijfn 8 лет назад +17

      I can't get over "The concrete was on fire!!!!!" :DDDD

    • @hanslee475
      @hanslee475 8 лет назад +24

      *blinking insecurely* The concrete... was on fireeeee

    • @jessicacarroll9167
      @jessicacarroll9167 7 лет назад +4

      Zulatek666 i think someone said something mean about it and it was like fuckyouimgonnablowup

    • @thestargazingnurse8605
      @thestargazingnurse8605 7 лет назад +1

      Moritz Gaßan I agree.. that part had me rollin on the floor

    • @TheRealGameTime007
      @TheRealGameTime007 7 лет назад +11

      It'll burn things that some people might think are not flammable, like BRICKs or ASBESTOS or stuff that has already been burned!

  • @andrewhowie3418
    @andrewhowie3418 Год назад +2

    Thanks

  • @inventor121
    @inventor121 8 лет назад +3930

    New chemistry insult: You're more sensitive than azidoazide azide

    • @UndarZ
      @UndarZ 8 лет назад +80

      nice

    • @MaoRatto
      @MaoRatto 8 лет назад +16

      XD

    • @dygameplay9731
      @dygameplay9731 8 лет назад +59

      *Ba doom tish*

    • @SasukeUchiha-tc9xx
      @SasukeUchiha-tc9xx 8 лет назад +189

      How about: you stink more than thioacetone

    • @inventor121
      @inventor121 8 лет назад +186

      That burn was worse than dropping chloring trifluoride
      Your habits are more toxic than dimethyl cadmium
      You eat through a buffet like fluoroantimonic acid eats through a human body (and everything else)

  • @singletona082
    @singletona082 9 лет назад +271

    Acid so strong it eats through glass.
    That itself scares me since usually glass is the ultimate container for crap.
    And then once it eats through you... it sets your bones on fire.
    LOVELY!

    • @Lukas-qk6ll
      @Lukas-qk6ll 9 лет назад +5

      yeah thats just weird.HF also goes thru Glas But pp or pe is Safe.

    • @MartitaBlackCat99
      @MartitaBlackCat99 9 лет назад +6

      +Frigley der geni there are some substances that are stored in plastic containers so they don't react with the silicates from glass. in our labs we first dilute them and put them in those containers. but i don't know how they work with those acids, maybe they do the same but use Teflon vases and jars

    • @Estarile
      @Estarile 9 лет назад +5

      +Darrell Jared very carefully

    • @Estarile
      @Estarile 9 лет назад

      ***** Unfortunately I'm not a chemist. But maybe introduce something that renders it inert?

    • @FROST-cg7qt
      @FROST-cg7qt 9 лет назад +2

      I read the original comment and instantly thought of the blue gel in portal 2.

  • @minhtrungle9117
    @minhtrungle9117 4 года назад +167

    Guy smelling dimethylcadmium: it's disagreeable
    Dimethylcadmium in his blood: *Let's agree to disagree.*

    • @realKenM
      @realKenM 3 года назад +5

      The insides of people do smell disagreeable.

  • @Chica56
    @Chica56 5 месяцев назад +3

    “THE CONCRETE. WAS ON FIRE.” is a quote that’s been stuck in my head ever since I first watched this video because of how FLABBERGASTED Hank sounds when saying it

  • @guyincognito5663
    @guyincognito5663 6 лет назад +314

    „It will kill you now - and later“ :D

    • @swine13
      @swine13 5 лет назад +7

      Most succinct (and charismatic) explanation of acute vs chronic I've ever seen

  • @chaoticneutral7573
    @chaoticneutral7573 4 года назад +305

    Germany: lets do some chemistry research
    Entire world: NOOOOO !!!!!

  • @mantha6912
    @mantha6912 5 лет назад +66

    I don't know why but I laugh so hard every time at the way he says "They quickly realized this idea was...bad..."

  • @Foxiepawstotti
    @Foxiepawstotti 2 года назад +16

    My goodness Hank Green, your excitement at all things scientific is contagious and brings me back to when I was a kid discovering stuff for the first time. That's no mean feat because that was around 5 and a half decades ago!

  • @jasper3706
    @jasper3706 5 лет назад +180

    This is probably the best scishow episode, just, ever.

  • @thomasboys7216
    @thomasboys7216 8 лет назад +81

    Fluroantimonic acid - "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY PROTON!"

    • @proton8689
      @proton8689 7 лет назад +3

      why thank you

    • @bunnirabid410
      @bunnirabid410 7 лет назад +1

      You win the internet, and I love you for this. XD

  • @hollygarfield123
    @hollygarfield123 8 лет назад +312

    this is my favorite sci show video

  • @ncrnmcn
    @ncrnmcn 2 года назад +300

    "How sensitive is C2N14?"
    Scientists: Yes.

    • @aynoP4101
      @aynoP4101 2 года назад +2

      😂

    • @Vuldyn
      @Vuldyn 2 года назад +23

      "It will explode at even the slightest provocation. Even verbal."

    • @Graeme_Lastname
      @Graeme_Lastname 2 года назад +12

      @@Vuldyn Perhaps they should rename it Putin? 🙂

    • @lilygail5569
      @lilygail5569 2 года назад +9

      Except you can hit it with a hammer and it doesn't actually explode. It's not that it was super sensitive. It's that they didn't have the equipment required to test sensitivity.

    • @danielpetrus9552
      @danielpetrus9552 2 года назад +17

      about as sensitive as the average twitter user

  • @ollierkul
    @ollierkul 6 лет назад +536

    "Wanna join us for a night out?"
    AA: Self destruct
    "Uh, ok, watch a movie?"
    AA: self destruct
    "Ok then, maybe just chat or something? Anything?"
    AA: self destruct
    "I think I'll just leave you alone"
    AA: self destruct

  • @PS-qn4oz
    @PS-qn4oz 7 лет назад +417

    1. 1:29 Chlorinate Trifluoride
    2. 3:07 Azidoazide Azide
    3. 5:15 Dimethyl Cadmium
    4. 7:13 Thioacetone
    5. 8:45 Fluoantimonic Acid

    • @notme5844
      @notme5844 6 лет назад +2

      P S nice.

    • @kennyward33
      @kennyward33 6 лет назад +3

      Fluroantimonic is spelled wrong

    • @EvolBob1
      @EvolBob1 6 лет назад +2

      P S
      That is amazing, you got them all together.
      If that was possible - physically, then say - "can you hold my beer Thanos"
      And run...

    • @maurixe9458
      @maurixe9458 6 лет назад +5

      It's fluoroantimonic acid

    • @EvolBob1
      @EvolBob1 6 лет назад +1

      @@maurixe9458
      You could brush your teeth with it as it contains Fluorine...you only need to dilute it a tad.

  • @sabertag6992
    @sabertag6992 5 лет назад +23

    I live for Hank's emphatically passive sarcasm and wit.

  • @cosmicpsyops4529
    @cosmicpsyops4529 2 года назад +14

    Your inflection, timing, prosody, and non-verbal cuing are superb.

  • @Nimbus3690
    @Nimbus3690 8 лет назад +48

    Lol man I burst out laughing with that "somebody said something mean about it" joke

  • @zirconis5411
    @zirconis5411 7 лет назад +71

    Probably the most educational video I've watched in a while. He didn't just spit out the most basic facts about what makes it so dangerous. He also explained what makes up the chemicals and why the are so dangerous.

    • @fruitella196
      @fruitella196 6 лет назад +1

      The lonely Otaku Welcome to SciShow!

  • @trafalgertradingcoyltd
    @trafalgertradingcoyltd 4 года назад +273

    “Especially exciting is that flourine really likes to bond with calcium… So once the acid tears through the fatty organic tissues of your skin and muscles, the flourine will burn through your bones”

    • @viiiivivii306
      @viiiivivii306 4 года назад +29

      It is exciting. Exciting to be hearing about it and not living it!

    • @MohamedTarikRochdi
      @MohamedTarikRochdi 4 года назад +3

      Lovely!

    • @redmadness265
      @redmadness265 3 года назад +11

      Thats why hydrogen fluoride scares me, it bonds with calcium electrolytes in your body and screws with your heart rhythm. I hate it

    • @libertadmatos5780
      @libertadmatos5780 3 года назад +3

      No burial needed. That's its bonus!

    • @aimee-lynndonovan6077
      @aimee-lynndonovan6077 2 года назад

      Yes it’s 🤯😫

  • @korisucks7363
    @korisucks7363 Год назад +6

    5:39 "it will kill you now, AND later" is the funniest thing ive ever heard in my life

  • @WeyardWiz
    @WeyardWiz 3 года назад +152

    6:24 ”dont get your hopes up, itll inflict you with cancer JUST TO SPITE YOU!” sounds hella evil 😂😂😂

    • @PrincessLorelei
      @PrincessLorelei 3 года назад +3

      It's also a crazy bad neurotoxin in the same way dimethylmercury is. So...
      1.) Eats your insides
      2.) Eats your brain
      3.) Causes cancer
      4.) Just for good measure, explodes.

  • @Saunis
    @Saunis 7 лет назад +71

    I love, how excited Hanks is in this episode!

  • @stabbrzmcgee825
    @stabbrzmcgee825 4 года назад +68

    Years ago, I worked in a lab where we used ClF3 to extract oxygen from rocks and silicate minerals to do stable isotope analysis. The stuff was scary to work with. Had to be careful. VERY careful.

  • @miriammcfarlane6972
    @miriammcfarlane6972 2 года назад +5

    Such an entertaining video. Well-made science-nerd entertainment. The humour is spot-on, including choice of words, facial expressions, etc.

  • @cecil6365
    @cecil6365 5 лет назад +897

    Nobody:
    Germany: oh look i found This new chemica…
    Everyone: DON’T MENTION IT

    • @leptoon
      @leptoon 5 лет назад +13

      Cecil Kelly What is with this nobody: thing? I really don't get it.

    • @psycronizer
      @psycronizer 5 лет назад +24

      @@leptoon it's like it's just being said out of the blue....as in nobody initiated a conversation etc etc...and then the curious german said..what he said..with everyone else knowing EXACTLY what's going to happen...kind of an IN joke...never mind....

    • @rhs5683
      @rhs5683 5 лет назад +11

      ^look I found a new chemical, maybe it can...

    • @jamiem8431
      @jamiem8431 4 года назад +3

      @@leptoon ok boomer

    • @b.lonewolf417
      @b.lonewolf417 4 года назад +10

      @@psycronizer That's actually a good way of explaining the "Nobody:" phenomenon

  • @wideeyewanderer1785
    @wideeyewanderer1785 3 года назад +203

    The list of things that makes Azidoazide azide explode had me cracking up on the floor. And that line that said Cl-F3 is so oxidizing that it can burn things that’s already burnt lmao. I love chemistry

    • @Cl-2048
      @Cl-2048 2 года назад +12

      ClF3 doesn't burn. However, pretty much everything that touches it does. The only way to put it out is noble gases or liquid nitrogen.

    • @MiguelRodriguez-ok9rb
      @MiguelRodriguez-ok9rb 2 года назад

      I also like chemistry lessons my self it a very interesting study

    • @lilygail5569
      @lilygail5569 2 года назад

      Except you can hit 1-Diazidocarbamoyl-5-azidotetrazole and it doesn't actually explode. It's not that it was super sensitive. It's that they didn't have the equipment required to test sensitivity.

    • @ConstantlyDamaged
      @ConstantlyDamaged Год назад +3

      @@Cl-2048 The best bit of info I heard about ClF3 was from a firefighter who was experienced in dealing with it (a scary phrase in and of itself).
      He said the standard procedure was to shovel sand onto it. "It will still oxidize the sand, and the sand will burn, but of all the things in existence that it can burn, sand is the cheapest."

    • @tandemdwarf745
      @tandemdwarf745 Год назад

      azidoazide azide is actually not that sensitive. There are videos of people testing it, and its not nearly as unstable as the paper suggests

  • @daniellee3831
    @daniellee3831 4 года назад +319

    "We need to evacuate the city before the volcano goes off. Get the thioacetone"

    • @ericrawlins6849
      @ericrawlins6849 4 года назад +10

      Probably the only youtube comment I've actually laughed at.

    • @revolioclockbergjr8482
      @revolioclockbergjr8482 4 года назад +11

      Lol. It might actually work

    • @Broockle
      @Broockle 4 года назад +18

      I wonder if you can create a chemical equally as potent but that actually smells like Strawberries or something
      ...... and then gene edit skunks to produce that instead of what they normally produce xD

    • @MaddTheSane
      @MaddTheSane 4 года назад +1

      @@Broockle Hey, I read that webcomic!

    • @Broockle
      @Broockle 4 года назад

      @@MaddTheSane
      o wat? ;D
      My ideas are always too slow xD
      Which comic is that?

  • @futhark3
    @futhark3 Год назад +16

    People used to be a bit careful about click chemistry (the azide-alkyne cycloaddition type) because of what was called azidophobia. No-one wanted to mess with explosive nitrogen compounds 😂
    I've worked with them a lot, the general rule is to have a lot more carbons than nitrogens and then they tend to play nice 😊

    • @itsme5625
      @itsme5625 Год назад +1

      Is one of the way to determine is it safe to isolate/store is to take the ratio of nitrogen/carbon
      If its below 1 it will blow up if isolated or concentrated, 1-3 is alright but shount be stored for long, and above 3 is safe to do anything with it.
      I’ve personally never worked with azide but I’ve heard bunch of story reported in angewante chemie

  • @deatheternal720
    @deatheternal720 5 лет назад +2785

    Nobody:
    Flouroantimontic acid: AND YOU GET A PROTON, AND YOU GET A PROTON!
    Edit: LOL 2.8K LIKES

    • @GuyInBlackClothes
      @GuyInBlackClothes 5 лет назад +19

      Lol

    • @BicycleRow
      @BicycleRow 5 лет назад +41

      That's a good one, when you read it the right way :D

    • @junior1138
      @junior1138 5 лет назад +20

      So, it’s xenomorph blood?

    • @BigDamnGyro
      @BigDamnGyro 5 лет назад +4

      Harpoantimonic Acid?

    • @junior1138
      @junior1138 5 лет назад +9

      Fluroantimonic acid. It sounds like Alien blood!

  • @Catman2123
    @Catman2123 6 лет назад +32

    I saw this 4 years ago and I’m still hoping for a sequel. I watch this single episode at least 3-4 times a year.

    • @siph0r154
      @siph0r154 6 лет назад +2

      Same :)

    • @WrathofZod
      @WrathofZod 5 лет назад

      me too. would have thought that by now humans would have one-upped each of these. would also love to see some of these in action, but seems difficult to find any footage.

  • @allisond.46
    @allisond.46 5 лет назад +391

    Man: “Germany 1939, in a secret bunker...”
    Me(trying to guess the chemical): “It’s meth.”
    Man: “It explodes in air, it’s lethal when inhaled...”
    Me: “Not meth.”

    • @0mn1vore
      @0mn1vore 4 года назад +20

      Remember that scene in `Breaking Bad' where Walter meets Tuco?
      "This," holding up a flake of crystal, "is not meth." [Blows up Tuco's office.]
      Tuco: "Whoa man, that's the coolest 5h!t I've ever seen! I think we can work together."

    • @allisond.46
      @allisond.46 4 года назад +3

      @@0mn1vore I've never watched 'Breaking Bad', but that sounds... interesting. And a little dangerous.

    • @KnightoftheSorryFace
      @KnightoftheSorryFace 4 года назад +2

      Well in the right circumstances....

    • @sep27061985
      @sep27061985 4 года назад +2

      we actually put meth into a chocolate called "Panzerschokolade" (among others) during WW2. It enabled soldiers to stay awake for 3-4 days to make Blitzkrieg maneuvers possible like the Ardennes offensive.

    • @KR4FTW3RK
      @KR4FTW3RK 4 года назад +9

      @@sep27061985 There's a good reason they didn't repeat that on the eastern front. Turns out pretty much any of the amphetamines will really do a number on your mind and body. Combine that with staying awake for much, much longer than our organism can really handle. The longest I've been awake was 3 days and it was already quite nasty - bones aching, very hard to concentrate, some auditory and visual hallucinations, so sweaty and greasy I had a shower every 8 to 12 hours.... and that was just from sitting around. Not to mention the fatigue for almost a full week following that endeavour.
      I really don't wanna imagine what it must've been like fighting in the battle of France... being awake as long as you physically could to stay in the fight. I'm quite sure those soldiers were burnt out to hell after the fall of France...

  • @kevinalm6686
    @kevinalm6686 2 года назад +17

    There is an excellent book, "Ignition", written by a researcher who was heavily involved in the development of rocket fuels. It talks about chlorine trifluoride and fluorine fires. To quote from the book, "When asked for the best way to deal with a fluorine fire, I have always recommended a good pair of running shoes." LOL 😀

  • @Alfalfa_Male
    @Alfalfa_Male 5 лет назад +492

    Who else watches this video about twice a year just for fun?

  • @SketchAndEtch
    @SketchAndEtch 6 лет назад +145

    Fluoroantimonic Acid: "WHY CAN'T I HOLD ALL THOSE PROTONS?!"

    • @mrnsnp
      @mrnsnp 5 лет назад +2

      Don't forget, the fluorine and antimony want even more electrons after spitting out the protons.

    • @physics_hacker
      @physics_hacker 5 лет назад +1

      GODDAMNIT I ALWAYS HAVE TOO MANY PROTONS AND NOT ENOUGH ELECTRONS HEEEELLLPPPP

    • @JohnsonBlu
      @JohnsonBlu 5 лет назад

      Yes!!!!!!

  • @MattisProbably
    @MattisProbably 10 лет назад +834

    I don't know why but everything you said in this episode just put a huge smile on my face!
    Maybe I'm just evil? :D

    • @peterlovgren2885
      @peterlovgren2885 10 лет назад +9

      omg, the laughs

    • @Th3Gumbo
      @Th3Gumbo 10 лет назад +95

      Hank's delivery was hilarious

    • @MattisProbably
      @MattisProbably 10 лет назад +10

      The Lonely Tourist
      Looks like it took him quite a lot of effort not to laugh when he said that AA blew up under such heavily controlled conditions anyway XD

    • @rastacoon5962
      @rastacoon5962 10 лет назад +16

      I think it's, at the very least, the azidoazide azide, saying a very big "f*** you" to all the scientist working on it, that made me laugh

    • @then33k4
      @then33k4 10 лет назад +2

      yes you are ! because i was grinning like the cheeshire cat the entire video too ! :D

  • @WillSiddall
    @WillSiddall 3 года назад +5

    I can't believe it's been 7 years and I still come back to watch this

  • @shonarts5583
    @shonarts5583 8 лет назад +183

    4:07 "It's too sensitive to measure how sensitive it is"
    Just like me

    • @16976212
      @16976212 8 лет назад +7

      PKSlowpoke Penis head?

    • @shonarts5583
      @shonarts5583 8 лет назад +1

      Natsu_The Badass Nah, emotions

    • @TheCookieGamer523
      @TheCookieGamer523 8 лет назад +2

      PKSlowpoke Uncle touched you?

    • @shonarts5583
      @shonarts5583 8 лет назад +2

      Depends on what kind of paper tbh

    • @16976212
      @16976212 8 лет назад

      PKSlowpoke The Paper

  • @kevinwu4928
    @kevinwu4928 9 лет назад +721

    I've learned more here in 5 minutes than in school for 45 minutes

    • @onlyonSiMPLE
      @onlyonSiMPLE 9 лет назад

      ikr...old people dont get it! DAMN..

    • @devanstockbauer536
      @devanstockbauer536 9 лет назад +1

      +RokviikPlays I totally agree I mean my friend doesn't know the months in fucking order. The school never taught him. That's not his fAult it's the dumbass school

    • @novideoscorp
      @novideoscorp 9 лет назад +4

      +RokviikPlays hmmm. you remind me of my dumbass classmates that whine about their bio teacher not teaching them. ofcourse when i listen to the teacher i learn alot, then we get some exercises that make us study, ofcourse others while the teacher talks about our topic, the others just mumble completely useless shit that they can discuss after school or on breaks.

    • @seanld444
      @seanld444 9 лет назад +1

      +RokviikPlays a recommendation for both you and the other dude, I would recommend not swearing when trying to say you are smart. It is completely counter-argumentative.

    • @novideoscorp
      @novideoscorp 9 лет назад +4

      if you talk in class with others that your teacher is stupid instead of learning, then you are dumb.if you are learning in class, then you most likely should be doing good at school. you should be doing homework too, dont blame the teachers for teaching you badly or something, blame yourself for not paying attention.

  • @kyberkreeper
    @kyberkreeper 5 лет назад +398

    AA: *sits in shock-proof container in dark room*
    random scientist: "Azidoazide azide was a very exciting discovery."
    AA: *"F### YOU TOO!!!!!" explodes*

    • @hariman7727
      @hariman7727 4 года назад +24

      "Azidoazide azide is an amazing new chemical!"
      AA: *Explodes from the compliment.*

    • @kurtlindner
      @kurtlindner 4 года назад +4

      It still isn't as volatile as the old RUclips comments section...

    • @overloader7900
      @overloader7900 4 года назад +1

      Everytime someone says "azidoazide azide", a bit of that explodes

    • @Mr5of7
      @Mr5of7 3 года назад +1

      in a nutshell, yes.

  • @jamierichardson9981
    @jamierichardson9981 Год назад +4

    Spot on with your explanations. I now run a daycare (Which has its own toxins), but I used to be a chemist and I worked with variations on just about everything you talked about. The first company I worked for made antimony products including catalysts and other much more tame products. The second company I worked for made fluoridated polymers and the gases that go into them. The statement about how aggressive fluorine is in attacking your body is absolutely true. And let's just say that any metal can get excited under the right conditions. Not for the faint of heart, or the careless.

  • @mar.m.5236
    @mar.m.5236 6 лет назад +69

    2019 - watching this for the umpteenth time. Still unbelievable fun to listen while being informative. I consider this to be one of SciShow masterpieces. Thanks to Hank and co for this...

  • @josephcrain1432
    @josephcrain1432 7 лет назад +278

    "Putting it in a spectrometer" ... "Turning on the spectrometer" I was laughing so the following morning IT HURT BREATHING

    • @varunv.p.7180
      @varunv.p.7180 6 лет назад +34

      Joey Crain it also explodes when a new spectrometer is manufactured in another part of the world

    • @Skyhawk1998
      @Skyhawk1998 6 лет назад +53

      Joey Crain I'm just imagining some worn down, haggard scientist getting all excited when he finally got the stuff to sit in the instrument without exploding, only for it to blow up when he flicked the switch.

    • @shittychinky6799
      @shittychinky6799 6 лет назад +7

      GemCat *Oh My God*

    • @katiekane5247
      @katiekane5247 6 лет назад +4

      It does create an interesting mental image!

    • @Elias___
      @Elias___ 6 лет назад +3

      Stop no, you'll make it explode

  • @toastbusters7797
    @toastbusters7797 8 лет назад +941

    Let's mix ALL OF THESE TOGETHER!!!

    • @sovietcanadian6978
      @sovietcanadian6978 8 лет назад +144

      melts/explodes through the earth, right to the core

    • @jowsonjgong8303
      @jowsonjgong8303 8 лет назад +105

      +CanadianPhoenix 2B2T and can be smelt throughout the world

    • @altosaxisawesome2507
      @altosaxisawesome2507 8 лет назад +24

      That would be cool

    • @TheTyrori
      @TheTyrori 8 лет назад +67

      just fuck my shit up, fam.

    • @baranxlr
      @baranxlr 8 лет назад +15

      +Ryan Arland that's lit af

  • @judythompson8227
    @judythompson8227 2 года назад +6

    this is hysterical and scary at the same time--I love this guy

  • @kai_yama
    @kai_yama 9 лет назад +30

    He said "The concrete was on fire!" so perfectly, I was laughing 10 minutes straight.

    • @thecometdog8574
      @thecometdog8574 9 лет назад +14

      Kai Yamazawa *If I was writing a story about it happening:* Flames danced upon the concrete ground as it turned into a muck. It burned straight through the concrete, as I watched in panic from a good distance away. Theres no way such a substance could BURN through the concrete, right? I thought as it started burning the gravel underneath, turning it into char. I must be hallucinating...
      *If I saw it in real life:* The concrete was on fire!

  • @Parents_of_Twins
    @Parents_of_Twins 3 года назад +51

    When I was in grad school I worked with several different alkyl-thiols. I wanted to do a study on the difference in bonding strength between thiols and selenols but my advisor acted like the selenols were fluoroantimonic acid coated with dimethyl cadmium and wrapped in a chlorine trifluoride. Amazingly he had no issues with me using Hydrofluoric acid and Ammonium Fluoride. About three years after I wanted to do the experiments another group did them and got the publications. Pretty much the story of my grad school career. I would suggest something and be told it wasn't worth doing only to see some other group do it a couple years later and get the publication. I even had one where I had done the work and had the data and was told it wasn't that interesting and about a year later someone published it. It was frustrating to say the least.

    • @alkh3myst
      @alkh3myst Год назад +10

      It sounds like you needed a different advisor

    • @makotonaegi8535
      @makotonaegi8535 Год назад +5

      Such is the nature of man. They just don’t see the potential you do. I implore you to pursue your studies and release your publications without concern of those above you I know it’s easier said than done but true progress through science is achieved through brutal trial and error, and defiance of conventional thinking. You may have not got credit for those studies but your line of thinking was right. I wish you the best of luck in your further studies

    • @Parents_of_Twins
      @Parents_of_Twins Год назад +2

      @@makotonaegi8535 Thank you. I wish the same for you.

    • @agerven
      @agerven 9 месяцев назад

      Well, at least you've got all your fingers, nose and whatnot, wanker.

  • @hansnielsen4165
    @hansnielsen4165 4 года назад +47

    1. Clorine Triflouride 1:29
    2. Aziodazide Azide 3:06
    3. Dimethyl Cadmium 5:12
    4. Thio Acetone. 7:15
    5. Flouroantimonic Acid 8:45

  • @chegeny
    @chegeny 2 года назад +3

    My all-time favourite episode. I can't help but smile watching this one.

  • @33moneyball
    @33moneyball 6 лет назад +152

    German chemistry, pharmacy, and engineering is off the charts good

    • @rusttynail77
      @rusttynail77 5 лет назад +10

      @R Mack r/imgoingtohellforthis

    • @idndyzgaming
      @idndyzgaming 5 лет назад

      @R Mack awards for excellence or for destruction? *serious asking*

    • @idndyzgaming
      @idndyzgaming 5 лет назад

      @R Mack had to try it myself huh? At least we know their cars are good

    • @weirnershittler6752
      @weirnershittler6752 5 лет назад +7

      @R Mack The german made alot of legendary stuff, from cars to weapons (the glorious MG42) , countless poisons and nerve toxins , they had the best scientists and engineers, i'm still surprised how they lost the war.

    • @ironicdivinemandatestan4262
      @ironicdivinemandatestan4262 5 лет назад +3

      @@weirnershittler6752 Overengineering. They created a prototype double-mag MP-40 instead of just taping mags like a normal person. Also they had a major oil shortage, so most of their fancy gadgets would be dead in the water.

  • @ilexater9556
    @ilexater9556 3 года назад +25

    Hank's energy in this was...
    Explosive.

  • @theangledsaxon6765
    @theangledsaxon6765 8 лет назад +272

    You get a proton, and you get a proton, you all get protons!!!

    • @huntermckee831
      @huntermckee831 8 лет назад +1

      XD

    • @avi8aviate
      @avi8aviate 8 лет назад +3

      +forsakenAndroid
      Well, we're also made out of QUARKS!

    • @ab1017
      @ab1017 8 лет назад

      QUACKS? WHAT QUACKS?

    • @kevinb2
      @kevinb2 8 лет назад +1

      +Matt07734 QUARKS! SMALLER THAN AN ATOM, SMALLER THAN A PROTON! THE SMALLEST THING!

    • @ab1017
      @ab1017 8 лет назад

      kevin themoderator
      YOU FORGOT WHAT MAKES A QUACK! A SOUND WAVE!!

  • @opesach
    @opesach Год назад +2

    This is the single best video on RUclips ever