Alkali Metals Reacting with Water

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  • Alkali metals reacting with water, comparing lithium Li, sodium Na and potassium K as they react with water in the presence of phenolphthalein.
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  • @beans3354
    @beans3354 3 года назад +279

    "You will find that the activity is a little... Greater" *Explodes*

  • @chairger
    @chairger 2 года назад +72

    I was waiting for him to say "Next we are going to be trying Francium..."

  • @naziramulla7438
    @naziramulla7438 3 года назад +462

    when you are here bc of school

  • @roguegen5536
    @roguegen5536 6 лет назад +702

    I think you might've covered the wrong beaker.

  • @sages6837
    @sages6837 5 лет назад +353

    The sodium was going all Mario Kart

  • @FerreTrip
    @FerreTrip 4 года назад +149

    Chemistry. Just...oh my God. Make things explode with WATER.

    • @androidgamezzz5775
      @androidgamezzz5775 3 года назад +8

      its much more than that. lots of lame shit

    • @samuelbrozny8183
      @samuelbrozny8183 2 года назад

      @@androidgamezzz5775 can confirm, chem is for losers

  • @kajanamathikaran5468
    @kajanamathikaran5468 3 года назад +22

    Lithium: *sizzle sizzle*
    Sodium: (rocket) zooooooooooooooom
    Potassium: Boom goes the firecracker!

    • @jeffjiang7383
      @jeffjiang7383 2 месяца назад +1

      Francium: "So you have chosen death..."

  • @sp1d3rb0y7
    @sp1d3rb0y7 3 года назад +370

    Who else is here for a chemistry lesson?

  • @badpiggies988
    @badpiggies988 4 месяца назад +7

    My high school chemistry teacher once put sodium in a water bowl in the school's parking lot, it was really fun to watch

    • @CarlosCanepa41
      @CarlosCanepa41 3 месяца назад +3

      Same with ours, he tried lithium, then sodium then he did potassium which reacted so aggresivly it shot up to the roof and made a small hole, it was really funny

  • @idubbbzfatfather1360
    @idubbbzfatfather1360 4 года назад +58

    Adds potassium to water in beaker totally fine
    Me: adds a tiny insignificant amount of lithium metal *beaker is destroyed to bits of flying glass*

  • @CarolineYvonneHallstrom2005
    @CarolineYvonneHallstrom2005 Год назад +76

    I actually did this myself last year in school, it was quite fun! Well, I did lithium and natrium (you call it sodium in the US), the teacher did kalium (potassium) and then showed us a video of all five. Rubidium reminded me of fireworks, and cesium blew out the side of the bowl.

    • @DA20052
      @DA20052 Год назад +4

      What country are you from?!

    • @CarolineYvonneHallstrom2005
      @CarolineYvonneHallstrom2005 Год назад +10

      @@DA20052 I'm from Sweden but I was a foreign exchange student in the US at the time. I remember I kept having to remind myself to use the English names of the elements.

    • @DA20052
      @DA20052 Год назад +1

      @@CarolineYvonneHallstrom2005 oh now I understand

    • @hazz307
      @hazz307 Год назад +1

      I'd imagine fransium (Fr) just blow up the chemistry lab due to it being the most reactive out of the alkali metals

    • @aguyonasiteontheinternet578
      @aguyonasiteontheinternet578 Год назад +1

      i have never seen someone using the word natrium as an equivalent to sodium besides in element symbol nomenclature, so it’s pretty cool to see that a country - a north Germanic country no less - uses the Latin word for it.

  • @WhyNoThis07_
    @WhyNoThis07_ 4 года назад +532

    So where do i find this i wanna do school toilet vs potassium
    Update: School didn't like the idea and didn't find it as funny I got expelled

    • @Matshusco
      @Matshusco 4 года назад +37

      That would be some Nice pops and a loud Ass explosion. Experienced that already

    • @jennieschanelbag1661
      @jennieschanelbag1661 4 года назад +7

      Lmaooo

    • @ultimatenoobcompilation2645
      @ultimatenoobcompilation2645 4 года назад +6

      Amazon has a lot of alkali metals however they are hard to ship.

    • @maxwellsklivas1781
      @maxwellsklivas1781 4 года назад +14

      You're giving the troublemakers from high school ideas lol

    • @shirin173
      @shirin173 4 года назад +7

      Good Idea! 🤪😆

  • @midwestchem368
    @midwestchem368 2 года назад +40

    This is a great demonstration and it never gets old! The action lab here on RUclips did a video that was sodium into sulfuric acid. Very cool but extremely violent its worth a see.

  • @saltedfluff
    @saltedfluff 3 года назад +2

    Thank you Scott Milam, very cool

  • @materioverda1655
    @materioverda1655 Год назад +2

    Thanks for the demonstration. Did you add phenolphthalein to each beaker, thus the pink color during the reaction?

  • @jimmyluxury32
    @jimmyluxury32 3 года назад +12

    This is what you should get when searching 'Reaction' on RUclips.

  • @ToonandBBfan
    @ToonandBBfan 6 лет назад +79

    2:04 - My butt reacts like that a few hours after eating curry......

  • @starrybugs
    @starrybugs 3 года назад +24

    Guy: *cuts sodium in half*
    Me: brain, don’t do it..
    Brain:
    Me:
    Brain:
    Me:
    Brain: *heavy breathing* MUST CONSUME FORBIDDEN BUTTER

  • @IonFilipski
    @IonFilipski 6 лет назад +28

    Good work. I did the reaction with Natrium and water. It first melted and after that ignited. Shortly after that exploded with a short and loud sound, continuing to burn in the air. I love this metal. But I've never had more active metals.

  • @nibirrahman2332
    @nibirrahman2332 2 года назад

    Studying the topic- properties of metallic alkali, and I'm here!

  • @gowrishmallya783
    @gowrishmallya783 3 года назад +11

    Next we r trying rubidium nd caesium... RIP😂🤣

  • @Atapd
    @Atapd 3 года назад +6

    in potassium, he says "the level of potassium is low so the reaction would be lower #.*?! greater. Cause it happened to be greater than he thought

  • @nikki1lock
    @nikki1lock 4 года назад +33

    Thanks so much for the youtube, I am a science teacher and I wish I could do this in my class, but they will have to watch it on youtube instead...we are under strict lockdown.

  • @samitsikdar498
    @samitsikdar498 2 года назад

    Thanks for this video

  • @AndrewWeng
    @AndrewWeng 2 года назад

    Nicely done. TY.

  • @user-hx5hh3tc9v
    @user-hx5hh3tc9v Месяц назад +1

    Sodium in my case:
    *floats on water*
    *ignites*
    *loudly explodes, that the protection screen bounces*

  • @majorpygge-phartt2643
    @majorpygge-phartt2643 2 года назад +3

    Does anyone here remember the DC comics in the 70's with the metal eating alien sponges? I think they must've got the idea from methyl orange as when you heat it up it rapidly swells up and becomes just like a sponge and it also eats holes in metal as anyone who has ever had a chemistry set as a kid will know.

  • @krithiki6200
    @krithiki6200 2 года назад +1

    I have a doubt, why did the solutions turn pink when the metals was dropped in the water??

  • @ljones8194
    @ljones8194 3 года назад +1

    Big up mr tyrer for sending me here

  • @skahler
    @skahler Месяц назад +1

    It's kind of bizarre how water puts out fire, yet simultaneously causes it here

  • @trwagner1
    @trwagner1 2 года назад +2

    Can any expended substance be reused, can the "waste" or "exhaust" of chemical reaction be reused for fuel?

  • @trwagner1
    @trwagner1 2 года назад

    Can a recyclable process be created/proposed to produce a gas that can be used for propulsion?

  • @trwagner1
    @trwagner1 2 года назад

    Can the exhaust from the output be used or recycled for other power?

  • @geetee12345
    @geetee12345 3 года назад

    Interesting touch adding the pheno to indicate OH, just curious why you didn't mention that was why it turned pink ?

    • @arnie0199
      @arnie0199 3 года назад

      it was just a short clip so maybe could have mentioned in the full video?

  • @Eksteen5
    @Eksteen5 4 года назад +17

    Good evening Scott. Is there a way to email you? I would like permission to make use of your video with some of groups. I teach EAL students and I would like to make use of your video. Thank you for posting all these great videos!!

    • @asaryan8448
      @asaryan8448 3 года назад

      asdfasdf@gmail.com

    • @pinkmagicali
      @pinkmagicali 3 года назад

      I don’t know if he ever got in touch but if not there are often links in the profile about page. He has one to a blog and some other links it seems which may allow you to make contact.

  • @sgt.p7126
    @sgt.p7126 8 лет назад +71

    Loved the potassium reaction!

    • @jathenagarwal4262
      @jathenagarwal4262 5 лет назад +2

      I like potassium

    • @pinkbeatle2012
      @pinkbeatle2012 5 лет назад +3

      It tastes nice too

    • @beena2730
      @beena2730 4 года назад +1

      Ya its sexy

    • @cillian06
      @cillian06 4 года назад +1

      We did this in class and it burned the table :))

    • @kajanamathikaran5468
      @kajanamathikaran5468 3 года назад +2

      @@cillian06 Same but it burnt the whole classroom (Well…. not the whole classroom) it jus exploded my teachers brain XD

  • @nkuidjoufabien4555
    @nkuidjoufabien4555 3 года назад

    Amazing video

  • @elliemesa
    @elliemesa 2 года назад

    where can you buy these metals?

  • @Matt_R-A
    @Matt_R-A Год назад +3

    Does the sodium consistently move in a counterclockwise motion with this experiment, and if so what is the mechanism for this phenomenon?

    • @tommyso3823
      @tommyso3823 3 месяца назад

      It should be just random motion

  • @tranz2deep
    @tranz2deep 6 лет назад +18

    As another video with more of the alkali series shows, the further down the column (on the table of elements) one goes, the more reactive the metal is with air and water. Cesium, in particular, doesn't float, so it sinks like a rock then the hydrogen flare basically detonates in the water like a depth charge. Rubidium I have yet to see go in the water, but I'd bet it would be memorable...

    • @ward9
      @ward9 6 лет назад

      Brady Haran videos this experiment and has it here on youtube! The following is a link to his video on the reaction with Rubidium and water. ruclips.net/video/iP6CRZdDu6o/видео.html

    • @CarolineYvonneHallstrom2005
      @CarolineYvonneHallstrom2005 Год назад +2

      I saw a video of someone putting rubidium in water, it looked like fireworks and exploded out of the water. The cesium actually broke the bowl!

  • @mrthunt5770
    @mrthunt5770 3 года назад +1

    Sweet vid bro

  • @blindandwatching
    @blindandwatching Год назад

    I just like watching them react.

  • @keiraashton5773
    @keiraashton5773 3 года назад +2

    Di....did he just put sodium in the lithium beaker

  • @bootstrapbaron2931
    @bootstrapbaron2931 3 года назад

    2:04 Nice explanation and lesson, but I found it kinda funny because it sounded like someone got their finger stuck in a HIGH VOLTAGE SWITCH, and the switch got shot!!!😂🤣😅😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😆😆😆😆😆

  • @keshavnathoo1218
    @keshavnathoo1218 3 года назад +5

    Was here just for the explosion really

  • @thahirasherif650
    @thahirasherif650 4 года назад +14

    Will you mind adding 3 of them together?

    • @copterinx0468
      @copterinx0468 4 года назад +1

      That probably wouldn't do much...

    • @aurelia8028
      @aurelia8028 3 года назад

      What do you expect would happen?

    • @copterinx0468
      @copterinx0468 3 года назад

      @@aurelia8028 Not sure what they expect, but it would be less effective compared to adding 3x the most reactive one.

  • @kaitlynbutler5631
    @kaitlynbutler5631 2 года назад

    What did he put in top of the middle beaker

  • @hehehe5569
    @hehehe5569 3 года назад

    But why does the hydration enthalpy decrease down the group

  • @TASRG
    @TASRG 2 года назад

    Does anyone know where you can buy potassium

  • @inzayn1d
    @inzayn1d 4 года назад +6

    Sodium is gonna ignite, so puts on Gauze... Potassium... is just dumped in lol

  • @Djgillers
    @Djgillers 3 года назад

    This is sooo cool

  • @milaalt1141
    @milaalt1141 4 года назад

    What are the h2o molecules doing with the different metals and why do they act this way?

  • @saitulankar9662
    @saitulankar9662 3 года назад +2

    Can you please tell me that what elements was used by you in all test tube 🙏🙏🙏

  • @srivaishnavisaraswathula8230
    @srivaishnavisaraswathula8230 3 года назад

    simply awesome,.....nice

  • @vincewheeler389
    @vincewheeler389 3 года назад +1

    Amazing

  • @spicy3557
    @spicy3557 2 года назад +1

    My online tutor is making me watch this rn

  • @nathanows7
    @nathanows7 6 лет назад +4

    Helped with my assignment

  • @shadov5159
    @shadov5159 3 года назад

    How can i get sodium like that?

  • @user-qj5yt1pt5i
    @user-qj5yt1pt5i 2 года назад +4

    when my teacher didn't assign me this but i want to watch this bc it is cool.
    😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @confusedgrandpa4596
    @confusedgrandpa4596 7 месяцев назад

    Awesome sauce!

  • @willisiswara5121
    @willisiswara5121 7 лет назад +16

    loved it

  • @ymnahas
    @ymnahas 2 года назад

    This was thrilling to observe in class

  • @kemarataffeltranger523
    @kemarataffeltranger523 2 года назад

    can you please name me all metallic color? there alot alkalimetal and they all burning in another color.

  • @blindandwatching
    @blindandwatching Год назад

    How about a thin sheet of sodium in a vacuum chamber and start pumping in chlorine gas?

  • @ritikaritika993
    @ritikaritika993 3 года назад

    This is boiled water or cold water please tell me

  • @1Oldroot
    @1Oldroot 8 месяцев назад

    If you put a bit more sodium and a bit more potassium you'll notice that sodium creates a power explosion because of the spikes compared to potassium because of coulomb explosion.

  • @lowquality5318
    @lowquality5318 Год назад +1

    good job

  • @zohairsajid7344
    @zohairsajid7344 Год назад

    Why do they turn purple-ish??? (Need an answer ASAP)

  • @kidschannel6614
    @kidschannel6614 2 года назад

    So is this the reaction of water and metal or water and metal oxide?

  • @tommyso3823
    @tommyso3823 3 месяца назад

    My chemistry teacher once showed us the reaction of water and sodium. So sad that I cannot show it to my students now because there are so many limitations on chemicals in the place where I live now

  • @MohdJaved-uw2rn
    @MohdJaved-uw2rn 3 года назад

    Why sodium is not catch fire when it is opened

  • @doctorcapacitor7932
    @doctorcapacitor7932 4 года назад +9

    Li,Na gangsta till the K entered his arena.

    • @nikolovdimitry5996
      @nikolovdimitry5996 4 года назад

      K gangsta till Rb and Cs enter this arena

    • @doctorcapacitor7932
      @doctorcapacitor7932 4 года назад

      @@nikolovdimitry5996 Rb,Cs gangsta till Fr get in hands of kim jong-un

    • @SunnySingh-qf8sm
      @SunnySingh-qf8sm 3 года назад

      Fr is the boss😜

    • @r.a.6459
      @r.a.6459 3 года назад +1

      Element 119: *who's the boss now?*

    • @SunnySingh-qf8sm
      @SunnySingh-qf8sm 3 года назад

      @@r.a.6459 eka francium (at no -119) has not yet been discovered it could be discovered later or maybe not. 😉

  • @bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh4
    @bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh4 3 года назад

    THANKS!

  • @juveljohn9123
    @juveljohn9123 2 года назад

    Does potassium burn while kept in air

  • @trwagner1
    @trwagner1 2 года назад +2

    Can water be used with any combination of alkali to produce thrust in neutral gravity?

  • @adarshadu7852
    @adarshadu7852 3 года назад +2

    Down the group , reactivity increases ! so true

  • @Karnakar_reddy
    @Karnakar_reddy 3 месяца назад

    It's useful tysm

  • @UchiYoMama
    @UchiYoMama 4 года назад +1

    is there a reason they tend to rotate counter clockwise in the water during the reaction?

  • @tormix-cc8zh
    @tormix-cc8zh 3 года назад

    Nice video bro ; )

  • @aglaesaitschenko2349
    @aglaesaitschenko2349 2 года назад +4

    if potassium is so reactive with water how come your stomach doesn't explode when you take a potassium supplement and wash it down with water?

    • @APphyzicks
      @APphyzicks  2 года назад +11

      potassium in its neutral form is reactive due to the final valence electron being very easy to remove. Charged potassium in a banana or supplement already has that electron removed so the properties differ quite a bit.

    • @aglaesaitschenko2349
      @aglaesaitschenko2349 2 года назад +2

      @@APphyzicks Thank you!

  • @ifrahkhan7
    @ifrahkhan7 Год назад

    Where are Rubidium and Caesium??

  • @califomia
    @califomia 3 месяца назад +1

    What happens when you eat these rocks?

  • @adeebnaziasaman2645
    @adeebnaziasaman2645 2 года назад

    The first sodium is their like practicing for marathon 🤣🤣

  • @gumboil
    @gumboil Год назад

    Interresting

  • @omsingharjit
    @omsingharjit 4 года назад +1

    Why sodium hydra oxide is pink

  • @indahinbangkok382
    @indahinbangkok382 6 лет назад

    Excuse me sir, What did you add in the last video on lithium flask? Cause you just said "adding another piece", thank you :)

    • @saklaing
      @saklaing 5 лет назад

      He said it was sodium

  • @JJ-gs4lp
    @JJ-gs4lp 3 года назад +2

    Thanks miss Whitaker for sending me here in year 10 chemistry. UK gang know how it is

  • @pinklemonade3261
    @pinklemonade3261 3 года назад

    i enjoy the noises

  • @miniaturedeletion
    @miniaturedeletion 7 месяцев назад

    And to think if you remove one valence electron it won't do that

  • @storm7586
    @storm7586 2 года назад

    Potassium container needed a cover over it too

  • @janakabandara6425
    @janakabandara6425 11 месяцев назад

    NICE

  • @anonymousturtle6019
    @anonymousturtle6019 3 года назад

    What about the rubidium and caesium

  • @iloveamerica1966
    @iloveamerica1966 6 лет назад

    why do all 3 breakers turn pink/purple? some aspect of alkalis' outer electron shell I suppose, reflecting red-blue wavelength?

    • @APphyzicks
      @APphyzicks  6 лет назад

      I have phenolphthalein added in the water that turns pink in the presence of hydroxide

    • @atlerhidolf
      @atlerhidolf 6 лет назад

      Ron H phenolphtalein indicator turns pink if there is a presence of alkali

  • @webmonkey6533
    @webmonkey6533 2 года назад +3

    School gang where you at?

  • @ezrapierce1233
    @ezrapierce1233 2 года назад

    What chemistry lessons should look like

  • @prachikumari9654
    @prachikumari9654 3 года назад

    Ty sir

  • @texasred412
    @texasred412 6 лет назад +8

    Loved this yaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy the way the sodium kept spinning lol am I the only one who noticed this yay I love these reactions lol

  • @ptathameshkhandare7512
    @ptathameshkhandare7512 8 лет назад +5

    yes of potassium

  • @charlessmith8662
    @charlessmith8662 3 года назад

    Where is the rubidium, caesium and even francium. My faves

  • @purinji_padipom
    @purinji_padipom 2 года назад +1

    Everyone : wow thats cool , wow thats explosive
    Me : why the heck these metals are rotating