Making lead crystals that taste sweet

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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
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    Oddly enough, many lead compounds have a sweet taste. One of the most famous ones is probably lead acetate. It is highly water soluble and it looks and tastes like sugar.
    I'll be making it in two ways:
    1) Lead oxide + acetic acid
    2) Lead metal + acetic acid + hydrogen peroxide
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  • @practicallyalive
    @practicallyalive 4 года назад +9652

    "Sir, would you like leaded or unleaded sugar?"

    • @friendlylunatic1316
      @friendlylunatic1316 4 года назад +508

      “Leaded, thanks”

    • @mattlogue1300
      @mattlogue1300 3 года назад +30

      Hehe

    • @madkirk7431
      @madkirk7431 3 года назад +182

      Oh, you must've misheard me, I said "Leaded gasoline"

    • @woulg
      @woulg 3 года назад +33

      My nipples are killing me, gimme the leaded sugar please

    • @cyansea4
      @cyansea4 3 года назад +67

      I would have diesel sugar

  • @theCodyReeder
    @theCodyReeder 6 лет назад +9543

    The remaining grey powder was probably silver, tin, or other metals that wher alloyed with the lead.

    • @JoshuaSobel
      @JoshuaSobel 6 лет назад +263

      Cody'sLab possibly antimony as well.

    • @sarahbingham1133
      @sarahbingham1133 6 лет назад +540

      When is Cody tasting the sugar of lead

    • @ChallengeTheNarrative
      @ChallengeTheNarrative 6 лет назад +39

      @@JoshuaSobel Adam Antimony?

    • @yamakiguerra1129
      @yamakiguerra1129 6 лет назад +48

      Its weird that lead (ll) oxide reacts with acetic acid but lead (ll) hydroxide does not react with acetic acid

    • @dirtgee
      @dirtgee 6 лет назад +37

      Cody'sLab aww cool seeing you here cody

  • @brandondekroon7264
    @brandondekroon7264 4 года назад +3942

    Imagine making lead into crack rocks and telling everyone it's sugar

    • @smapa1185
      @smapa1185 4 года назад +139

      Well, that's a quicker and more painful way to kill or maim crackheads...

    • @corettaha7855
      @corettaha7855 4 года назад +3

      brandon dekroon or crack

    • @rudmanpaul2812
      @rudmanpaul2812 4 года назад +19

      Seems legitimate

    • @bobthebuilder1360
      @bobthebuilder1360 4 года назад +4

      Looks more like meth or molly

    • @Kampos94
      @Kampos94 3 года назад +38

      @@bobthebuilder1360 looks nothing like MDMA crystals. a

  • @gato4002
    @gato4002 3 года назад +691

    "Lead" and "Taste Sweet" are two things I never thought I would see in a sentence together.

    • @gamistry2947
      @gamistry2947 3 года назад +23

      You seriously didn't know that lead tastes sweet?

    • @zyloft2053
      @zyloft2053 3 года назад +39

      Gamistry dude, even when I was younger I knew lead was toxic so I wasn't gonna try, and didn't know anywhere that had some

    • @bread9276
      @bread9276 2 года назад +10

      laed paint chips are sweet

    • @hiimemily
      @hiimemily 2 года назад +17

      @@bread9276 wall candy

    • @bread9276
      @bread9276 2 года назад +2

      @@hiimemily yep

  • @jamietong6375
    @jamietong6375 3 года назад +653

    “For survival purposes you would expect lead to taste bitter”
    My 3am brain: how does lead need to survive?

    • @Xnoob545
      @Xnoob545 2 года назад +2

      For YOUR survival, stuff that's dangerous to you tastes bad on purpose so you don't die but apparently with lead it's not the case

    • @ricasiogaming7873
      @ricasiogaming7873 2 года назад +8

      Lol 😂

    • @aynain1810
      @aynain1810 Год назад +1

      😂

    • @Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot
      @Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot Год назад +5

      I know this is like a year later but getting enough sleep is important. Also Jesus loves you and there is a point to life 😊

    • @relaxandfocus5563
      @relaxandfocus5563 Год назад

      Maybe you got some sugar from Nile?

  • @Genny207
    @Genny207 4 года назад +2671

    2:06 The saying goes: "The only difference between poison and medicine is the dose"

    • @General12th
      @General12th 3 года назад +225

      To be fair, _any_ amount of lead is bad for you. The fact that it can help purify something with its deadliness doesn't make it any less deadly to you.

    • @EdwardTriesToScience
      @EdwardTriesToScience 3 года назад +44

      well with that logic, any amount of water is also bad for you because it dilutes your nutrients

    • @General12th
      @General12th 3 года назад +174

      ​@@EdwardTriesToScience A moderate amount of water is more beneficial than harmful. No amount lead is good under any circumstance.

    • @MrJdsenior
      @MrJdsenior 3 года назад +51

      @@EdwardTriesToScience HARDLY. Now if you drink ENOUGH of it in a short enough time, it can actually kill you. Without it, you die fairly quickly, too.
      Some metals are REQUIRED in trace amounts for bodily functions, or you are functionally compromised and sometimes die prematurely. Lead appears to be purely detrimental, but I expect in small enough quantities even lead has little to no deleterious effect. The body actually can dispose of lead very slowly, but it takes very little to grossly overwhelm this minor capability. Don't ingest or inhale lead, it's bad.
      Medicines are ALL toxins (look it up), and that is why they kill you when grossly overdosed, and why in some cases that is a VERY VERY small dose. Some require single digit MILLIONTHS of a gram level, where 454 grams equals one pound. That means some can kill with single doses of 1/100,000,000 pounds (or one one hundred millionth of a pound), that is a damned small amount, a weight that were I to drop in in your hand with your eyes closed you wouldn't remotely know when I did. It's equivalent weight to a piece of regular notebook paper about 1/64" on a side, if I did the quick math right. THAT is a toxin/poison (they are not necessarily the same thing).

    • @lolzmanxd3368
      @lolzmanxd3368 3 года назад +124

      Nah, I chugged my cough syrup when my throat was itchy and now I can control the speed at which time goes, I'm a god

  • @melody3741
    @melody3741 7 лет назад +4917

    This is my favorite edible chem episode.

  • @MrEbenezer13
    @MrEbenezer13 7 лет назад +1104

    A tip from one amateur chemist to a real chemist. If you get some kind of very smooth, almost "fatty" tupperwave (usually the cheapest stuff, cause it's got more fatty plastic), you will be able to evaporate the crystals and later on just lift them up, because the plastic trays work like teflon, it doesn't stick. It's done miracles for me, and I would never use anything but cheap fake-tupperware stuff now for my crystallizations, at least if I want to be able to pick my crystals up easily after the water has evaporated.

    • @Quintinohthree
      @Quintinohthree 7 лет назад +60

      Erik Persson Sounds like what you need is some perfluoridated alkyltrichlorosilane.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 лет назад +566

      Interesting, thanks.

    • @Megabobster
      @Megabobster 7 лет назад +266

      Erik Persson Tupperwave is my favorite music genre.

    • @TheGayestPersononYouTube
      @TheGayestPersononYouTube 7 лет назад +45

      Megabobster the songs last a lot longer that other genres

    • @johndifrancisco3642
      @johndifrancisco3642 7 лет назад +13

      Erik Persson, Fatty Tupperware and fatty plastic? I don't think you're doing the dishes correctly. :P
      Would a silicone baking pan liner work? Sounds close to what you are describing.

  • @jamesverhoff1899
    @jamesverhoff1899 3 года назад +84

    The term for those crystals growing through each other is twinning. It happens a lot in crystals in geology; I'm not sure why.

  • @notlunalust
    @notlunalust 3 года назад +151

    I've been binging these videos whenever I'm stuck in the bathroom with stomach pains, since the videos are so soothing, and nothing makes me happier in these moments than hearing distilled water being used

    • @elisebrito2402
      @elisebrito2402 2 года назад +9

      you have no idea how much i relate to this comment lol

    • @notlunalust
      @notlunalust 2 года назад +6

      @@elisebrito2402 water sounds are soooo soothing it's almost unreal

    • @calebcaldwell1142
      @calebcaldwell1142 2 года назад +4

      I’m literally on the toilet rn

    • @Fr3ak_MM8BDM
      @Fr3ak_MM8BDM 4 месяца назад

      Guess people like you need to keep your autism from swelling up somehow

  • @Jeffrey314159
    @Jeffrey314159 7 лет назад +300

    Sugar of Lead, or Lead Acetate was created as a byproduct of Romans cooking sweetening herbs for their wine in pots made of Lead. This may explain what drove Caligula mad. He loved his wine sweetened with this 'defruiter' as I believed it was called.

    • @sixstringedthing
      @sixstringedthing 4 года назад +61

      Defrutum. I believe it is very very similar to the Sapa mentioned in the video, but the preparation method differs slightly.
      It wasn't just Caligula, if my history serves it was something of a craze, and possibly responsible for some of the more... interesting events in Roman high society during the time of its use.

  • @williamkennison8920
    @williamkennison8920 7 лет назад +3289

    lead acetate is the reason kids like the taste of lead paint chips on old homes and other buildings.

    • @alexwang982
      @alexwang982 5 лет назад +64

      William Kennison
      Ew

    • @caillousdad5786
      @caillousdad5786 5 лет назад +201

      No way lol. I remember paint chips being bitter and kinda spicy... which is what made me curious to try as a kid xD

    • @personmcdudeguy
      @personmcdudeguy 5 лет назад +520

      @@caillousdad5786 by old, he means houses built in the 60s or earlier. If you're young enough, your house could have been built after lead was removed from paints.

    • @funnyguy6197
      @funnyguy6197 5 лет назад +4

      same

    • @lil_weasel219
      @lil_weasel219 5 лет назад +106

      its not lead acetate, but other many other lead compounds are sweet

  • @KamuiPan
    @KamuiPan 7 лет назад +847

    You could do a series on this ancient chemistry and start replicated here on youtube!

    • @seeranos
      @seeranos 7 лет назад +16

      KamuiPan I second this!

    • @rvdp6191
      @rvdp6191 7 лет назад +12

      I thirt this !

    • @hiiambob89
      @hiiambob89 7 лет назад +5

      Ditto

    • @zad08
      @zad08 5 лет назад +5

      五th

    • @min_nad
      @min_nad 5 лет назад +2

      Yesss!

  • @randomprimary
    @randomprimary 3 года назад +264

    Famous last words: "I really wanted some nice crystals"

  • @programexe2544
    @programexe2544 2 года назад +124

    fun fact, if you play this at 1.25x speed, it sounds like him nowadays

    • @SalzmanSoftware
      @SalzmanSoftware 3 месяца назад +1

      I realize this too! I think he speeds it up when he does voiceover’s

    • @Nkswan
      @Nkswan 3 месяца назад +1

      Holy my mans right

    • @DeezNuts-
      @DeezNuts- 2 месяца назад

      Woah i thought u were cappin but its true

    • @General12th
      @General12th 2 месяца назад +3

      ​@@SalzmanSoftware That's not how you pluralize "voiceovers".

    • @BlipSS
      @BlipSS Месяц назад +1

      I'd say it's closer to 1.18x speed

  • @aloysiuskurnia7643
    @aloysiuskurnia7643 5 лет назад +1259

    *sees title*
    Ah sweet we're making sugar
    *Plays video*
    "Lead is a toxic element..."

    • @Enderborn272
      @Enderborn272 4 года назад +82

      Ya gotta open with that cause he knows how stupid some people can get.

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon 3 года назад +55

      the forbidden sugar

    • @skidwarfarebo2171
      @skidwarfarebo2171 3 года назад +3

      @@Nugcon can’t stop laughing

    • @KingThrillgore
      @KingThrillgore 2 года назад +3

      >toxic element
      Didn't stop GM and Dupont in the 1940s

  • @user-pt1cz4ot1e
    @user-pt1cz4ot1e 4 года назад +2179

    “It’s inevitable that some of the crystals will break, but I want to keep this to a minimum.”
    *Also, violently shakes bowl.*

    • @mynaemsophie
      @mynaemsophie 3 года назад +6

      IV

    • @0Ihs_
      @0Ihs_ 3 года назад +3

      @@mynaemsophie hi i killed your son.
      again.

    • @papastalin69
      @papastalin69 2 года назад +15

      @@mynaemsophie LXIX

    • @galixy_gacha5926
      @galixy_gacha5926 2 года назад

      @@papastalin69 LXII LXXII LXXV LXVIII 0d 0a
      Edit: Hex decimal

    • @Mario-hv7xc
      @Mario-hv7xc 2 года назад +8

      ​@@papastalin69 69 in Roman numerals

  • @MRblazedBEANS
    @MRblazedBEANS 7 лет назад +509

    ah man my nipples are soo sore... think ill rub some lead acetate on them!

    • @granddukeofmecklenburg
      @granddukeofmecklenburg 6 лет назад +31

      Jumper cables work wonders on sore nipples...

    • @Brite-um2tq
      @Brite-um2tq Месяц назад

      ​@@granddukeofmecklenburgit only works once!

  • @elferson
    @elferson 3 года назад +146

    Title: "Making lead crystals that taste sweet"
    First 1 second: "lead is a toxic element"

  • @punishedexistence
    @punishedexistence 2 года назад +64

    I remember once in my chem class in college I made a solution of lead nitrate and stuck the beaker in the lab drawar. We went away on summer break and I came back to my same drawar which still had the beaker in it fully evaporated and had about 3 huge almost purely clear lead nitrate crystals along with many smaller ones. It was so beautiful I had to put them in a test tube with a cork and took it home. Sadly I think someone stole them where I had them displayed, maybe thinking it was quartz. Well, let's hope they didn't open it and play with the crystals...

    • @chemistryofquestionablequa6252
      @chemistryofquestionablequa6252 2 года назад

      Would serve them right if they got poisoned.

    • @Moritz___
      @Moritz___ Год назад

      well if so
      carma is a bitch

    • @ayyymacaroni
      @ayyymacaroni Год назад +5

      Wait they stole the whole cork? Out of your freaking house? Who does that?! I hope they *did* open it and play with the crystals.

    • @CatsBtrippin
      @CatsBtrippin 11 месяцев назад +2

      They probably thought it was something “sweeter” 😉
      Can only hope so 🙏

  • @Sturdy_Penguin
    @Sturdy_Penguin 5 лет назад +930

    So...what you're saying is, that if I have sore nipples, I need to chug some vinegar and eat parts of car batteries?

    • @mackycabangon8945
      @mackycabangon8945 5 лет назад +42

      Kody Montes Yes

    • @PacoRobbins
      @PacoRobbins 4 года назад +90

      Take some Pepto at the same time to combat the stomach pain you're inevitably going to be feeling.

    • @handanhan
      @handanhan 4 года назад +6

      I would highly recommend it

    • @MrJdsenior
      @MrJdsenior 3 года назад +58

      Nah, just eat and drink the whole thing, your nipples will pain you no more after a short while (neither will anything else, for that matter).

    • @kickmcmelon18
      @kickmcmelon18 3 года назад +14

      Are you deaf? You got the first part right but you rub the batteries ON you sore nipples...

  • @chaumas
    @chaumas 7 лет назад +52

    "Glacial acetic acid", for those wondering, is just undiluted acetic acid. It's called that because its melting point is about 17℃, so it starts solidifying into crystals at close to room temperature.

    • @kam5195
      @kam5195 Год назад +1

      Um meth? Is it true that they give "crack babies" sugar?? To make them calm down?! To replace their mother's addiction during pregnancy?? Wow 😳

    • @paulmccartney2327
      @paulmccartney2327 Год назад

      Your wrong about the halting problem

  • @MrGoatflakes
    @MrGoatflakes 4 года назад +316

    "tear apart a car battery and roast the lead dioxide found inside" sounds like good advice xD

  • @jaggonjaggon7695
    @jaggonjaggon7695 3 года назад +7

    Lead was used in pipes, too, but mostly because lead pipes are easy to bend and work with because lead is soft. It wasn't that much of a problem, because most of the time a layer of chalk formed on the inside of the pipes that stopped the lead from getting into the water.

  • @xeveniahdarkwind178
    @xeveniahdarkwind178 3 года назад +6

    Thanks for the educational videos.. I have loved chemistry and science since I was a child.. and thanks for helping me reconnect with who I used to be before my stroke..

  • @melvin_milton
    @melvin_milton 4 года назад +201

    Thx for the recipe I stroked the big crystals on my nipples and it really helped

  • @Dosbomber
    @Dosbomber 7 лет назад +855

    Lead has sugar in it??? NO WONDER LEAD IS SO TASTY!!
    ()

    • @medexamtoolscom
      @medexamtoolscom 5 лет назад +41

      Let's get together and drink paint! We'll have a Sherwin Williams Christmas!

    • @rradiosilencee
      @rradiosilencee 5 лет назад +6

      @bachelors of trolling degree, 2013 yummy 🤪🤪🤤🤤🤤🥴🥴

    • @mauz791
      @mauz791 4 года назад +3

      @Andrés Valverde pretty much

    • @pilotavery
      @pilotavery 4 года назад +1

      No, lead can be made into a special kind of sugar compound

    • @mouthwashs0da
      @mouthwashs0da 4 года назад +5

      @Andrés Valverde autistic outbreak??? Oh no, my autism is breaking out *sneezes* darn allergies

  • @robustix4530
    @robustix4530 5 лет назад +135

    "I wanna avoid breaking the crystals as much as possible"
    *shakes them around like some kind of maraca*

  • @emsifloru9519
    @emsifloru9519 Год назад +8

    Better title: Forbidden candy

  • @whyisblue923taken
    @whyisblue923taken 3 года назад +21

    "Eat lead!"
    "Is it sweet? Hey, stop shooting at me!"

  • @romajimamulo
    @romajimamulo 6 лет назад +423

    "Folk remedy for sore nipples"
    I'm sorry, what?
    Why do need one for that

    • @sarahp6512
      @sarahp6512 5 лет назад +134

      Breastfeeding

    • @zeehobo
      @zeehobo 4 года назад +92

      Titty twisters

    • @duckyducktm9197
      @duckyducktm9197 4 года назад +97

      Two types of people

    • @wbwillie
      @wbwillie 4 года назад +7

      @@zeehobo I don't really think the purple nurple existed in those days... but I could be wrong

    • @jacobdavis6604
      @jacobdavis6604 4 года назад +37

      @@wbwillie I feel they've probably lasted as long as there have been nipples and family members that need annoying

  • @jkobain
    @jkobain 6 лет назад +144

    Making sugar? I don't see the «Edible Chem» suffix in the title…

    • @mycelia_ow
      @mycelia_ow 4 года назад +2

      It still has lead

    • @KingThrillgore
      @KingThrillgore 4 года назад +3

      Lead is generally considered to be bad for you.

    • @luisp.3788
      @luisp.3788 4 года назад

      @@mycelia_ow why

    • @luisp.3788
      @luisp.3788 4 года назад

      @@KingThrillgore why

    • @luisp.3788
      @luisp.3788 4 года назад +8

      why does nobody get jokes, how much of the crystal do people make before watching anything in life unfold

  • @WritingMyOwnElegy
    @WritingMyOwnElegy 5 лет назад +139

    lead and iron oxide makes thermite
    sugar and KNO3 makes rocket fuel,
    *_a weapon to surpass metal gear?_*

    • @joeschmoe3815
      @joeschmoe3815 4 года назад +8

      Aluminum, not lead

    • @WritingMyOwnElegy
      @WritingMyOwnElegy 4 года назад +1

      @@joeschmoe3815 hm i feel like somewhere someone added lead to the mix, but on its own i guess not

    • @joeschmoe3815
      @joeschmoe3815 4 года назад +2

      @@WritingMyOwnElegy I mean, yeah, maybe.
      I mean, Aluminum is highly electro positive and protects the Iron from oxidation during the reaction. I am not really sure what lead would do in the process?
      Increase ductility? Maybe? Yeah, why not?
      Have a nice day!

    • @ricardo_9726
      @ricardo_9726 4 года назад

      Solid rocket moter

    • @WritingMyOwnElegy
      @WritingMyOwnElegy 4 года назад +1

      @@ricardo_9726 *motor, and i did not specify the phase of matter of the rocket fuel, so what's your point.

  • @Eagerphill
    @Eagerphill 3 года назад +10

    I would love to see a video on if he can test if lead glass decanters actually leach lead into the liquids they hold.

  • @evelynlamoy8483
    @evelynlamoy8483 3 года назад +11

    I still remember eatting leaded paint when I was little and didn't realize that was bad.
    Delicious

  • @LilacDownDeep
    @LilacDownDeep 6 лет назад +138

    14:58 Holy tamales on a biscuit LOOK at that twinning! That is BEAUTIFUL. I'd buy that in a *heartbeat* just to show to my geologist friends.

    • @mnimmajeff6047
      @mnimmajeff6047 3 года назад +18

      *Geology noises*

    • @CrayfishCraig
      @CrayfishCraig 3 года назад +12

      I know right, my geology professor has some excellent example of twinning in the schools collection, but Dang is it nice

    • @ambi_cc8464
      @ambi_cc8464 3 года назад +9

      Biscuit tamale moment

    • @fisrtnamelastname3083
      @fisrtnamelastname3083 3 года назад +2

      Crunchcrunch

    • @cubaku
      @cubaku 3 года назад +5

      *Anyway,*

  • @mmmhorsesteaks
    @mmmhorsesteaks 7 лет назад +82

    There's a trick where you repeatedly re-heat a solution with smaller crystals in it until you just dissolve the tiny ones so only the larger ones will carry on growing. It's time-consuming, but a fine way to grow large, "flawless" crystals.
    I do not know the term in English and cannot immediately find it on google.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 лет назад +28

      Interesting. I never heard of that before

    • @mmmhorsesteaks
      @mmmhorsesteaks 7 лет назад +13

      NileRed never tried it; don't have the patience myself ;-) if memory serves, it exploits the kinetics of dissolution because of the comparatively larger surface area of smaller crystals. The term (as old as the alchemists apparently) in dutch is "digereren" but I don't know/can't find the word in english.

    • @12345NOU54321
      @12345NOU54321 7 лет назад +16

      Defenestration23 called it "Ostwald ripening" in another comment. Sounds cool.

    • @nephdrummond3168
      @nephdrummond3168 7 лет назад

      NileRed Neither have I, do you think you'll attempt it in a video for any reason?

    • @mmmhorsesteaks
      @mmmhorsesteaks 7 лет назад +2

      12345NOU54321 thank you so much, it really bothered me I didn't have a term for it :)

  • @ColinRies
    @ColinRies 7 лет назад +76

    I received my acetic acid literally today, so I can get going on this synthesis very soon :) nice video, the idea of introducing the viewers by some historical uses of a compound is really good. Keep up the good work!

    • @DrakkarCalethiel
      @DrakkarCalethiel 7 лет назад

      I get mine tomorrow. Can't wait to do the synthesis, it's very easy and great to to after work.

    • @ColinRies
      @ColinRies 7 лет назад

      Drakkar Calethiel or after school in my case :)
      Being interested mainly in organic chemistry, I rarely have something interesting to quickly do in one afternoon, as most things require quite some time... This is a nice and easy thing to do. I might use some 30% hydrogen peroxide though, but I know where to find it :)
      I wish you luck and have fun!

    • @DrakkarCalethiel
      @DrakkarCalethiel 7 лет назад

      Colin Ries Thanks! Organic chemistry is very interesting but often takes hours to complete. I have to do it with 20% h2o2 because it's the highest I could get over a good friend and with 90% acetic acid.

    • @DrakkarCalethiel
      @DrakkarCalethiel 7 лет назад

      Or I just get some lead oxide. Its pretty cheap so I don't have to waste my precious peroxide.

    • @ColinRies
      @ColinRies 7 лет назад

      Drakkar Calethiel I haven't found lead oxide yet, but it appears to be the superior method. I got myself 500g of lead metal a few weeks back, so I want to use that...
      The only days I can really do organic chemistry is on Fridays and Saturdays because I can start in the early afternoon and continue working until late in the morning. I have had 16 hour sessions in the basement quite often, starting at 3 in the afternoon on Friday and working straight through until Saturday morning at 7 or 8. It's really difficult to go to bed when it's bright outside and the birds make noise, but you get accustomed to it :P
      Are you planning to grow crystals?

  • @redactedbananas
    @redactedbananas 3 года назад +7

    You could spell out NileRed on a single crystal with enough care and patience.

  • @BristlyBill
    @BristlyBill 3 года назад +3

    honestly the crystal clear filtering was so satisfying

  • @dhumparoo
    @dhumparoo 7 лет назад +50

    Loved the recrystalization in this video! Can you do more crystal growing videos?

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 лет назад +45

      I might not make a dedicated video, but I try my best to grow crystals when I can

    • @great__success
      @great__success 7 лет назад +3

      professional crystal growing involves thermostat and constantly rotating seed crystal...but I think this could be done homemade...if you leave the crystal just sitting you will never get nice results

    • @snowdaysrule
      @snowdaysrule 7 лет назад +2

      A I always wondered how people got such nice crystals, guess there's a lot more too it than just letting the solvent evaporate slowly lol! Good info

    • @Eye5x5
      @Eye5x5 2 года назад

      @@NileRed Get a barrel of methylamine and make the blue.

  • @lucegibbs6044
    @lucegibbs6044 4 года назад +20

    I almost failed high school chem and I remember almost none of it yet I’ve decided to subscribe to a ton of them

  • @pietrotettamanti7239
    @pietrotettamanti7239 7 лет назад +12

    I love those inorganic chem videos. They're simple, clear and the result is always a ~90% yield and great purity. They're satisfying.

  • @mordirit8727
    @mordirit8727 3 года назад +22

    NileRed: there were _many_ downsides to moving the crystals around, and literally no upsides to it. So I moved them, and had a lot of work fixing the mess.
    That tracks.

  • @steernaught
    @steernaught Год назад +11

    3:07 Ferb, i know what we’re gonna do today

  • @MatthewCobalt
    @MatthewCobalt 5 лет назад +62

    I've never heard of someone "roasting" lead before.

    • @bobbybaucom4489
      @bobbybaucom4489 4 года назад +2

      Look up metal refining and you will.

    • @hairlesscat6458
      @hairlesscat6458 3 года назад +6

      Ha your lead is more toxic than cyanide. BOOM ROASTED

    • @MatthewCobalt
      @MatthewCobalt 3 года назад

      @@hairlesscat6458
      You roasted cyanide. I think it's the other way around?

    • @xx_redwood_xx9737
      @xx_redwood_xx9737 3 года назад +1

      Lmao lead doesn't even directly kill you most of the time
      Lmaoooo it just makes you dumber

    • @jmmjjmmjjmmj
      @jmmjjmmjjmmj 2 года назад

      lol that lead got a big ass forehead XDDDDD

  • @BloodyBobJr
    @BloodyBobJr 6 лет назад +130

    "Folk remedy for sore nipples" Yikes, had some real kinky folks back in the day

    • @zwitter_zwitter
      @zwitter_zwitter 5 лет назад +21

      Breastfeeding

    • @recursiveslacker7730
      @recursiveslacker7730 4 года назад +7

      a e s t e t h i c c ouch, the baby’s gonna get dosed with lead

    • @mauz791
      @mauz791 4 года назад +8

      @@recursiveslacker7730 They didn't know that though, similar thing with thalidomide

    • @bj.bruner
      @bj.bruner 2 года назад +2

      People have always been kinky, they've just been more open about it the last half century because of the sexual revolution.
      I personally think the sexual revolution was a detrimental step the Western world took, but I'm not here to dictate to you what to think.

  • @rhysun
    @rhysun 6 лет назад +17

    When I was at primary school in the early 1980s someone discovered that the drainpipes had a pleasantly sweet taste to them. Soon enough a drainpipe-licking craze swept through the whole school and during recess groups of children could be seen huddled around each drainpipe. Sadly, drainpipes aren't painted with lead compounds any more so kids these days are being denied all the free sweetness that we all took for granted when we were their age.

    • @soupmuncher.
      @soupmuncher. Год назад +2

      aw man i wish little kids could lick drain pipes nowadays

  • @annesophieg-n
    @annesophieg-n Год назад +1

    i never get tired of seeing crystallization. so pretty! so cool!

  • @witchypoo7353
    @witchypoo7353 2 года назад +4

    You know something’s dangerous when even Nile won’t eat it. Man’s a human goat at this point

  • @ashW110
    @ashW110 7 лет назад +30

    Lead acetate is awesome compound, especially due to its use in the clandestine chemistry. Even though I am aginst the recreational use of synthetic drugs such as crystal meth but since the breaking bad show I love to research this topic. I was kind of hoping you cover a limited info about its use in the production of P2P, knowing it is perhaps the easiest route from PAA that does not require any Acetic anhydride. Since Chem player stopped making videos, you are the most informative chemist on youtube. Keep up the great work.
    I wish I were living in Canada or another country where I won't have to limit myself in my chemistry hobby. Unfortunately, here in the UK stereotypical authorities will consider you as a terrorist or a commercial drug manufacturer for such a hobby.

    • @argenteus8314
      @argenteus8314 7 лет назад +5

      Why are you against the recreational use of synthetic drugs? Crystal meth is pretty bad, sure, though I still feel people should have the right to make bad decisions if they want to, but there are plenty of very safe synthetic drugs, like LSD.

    • @ashW110
      @ashW110 7 лет назад +10

      Because synthetic/semisynthetic psychoactive drugs you getting off the street are mostly impure, and the biggest danger is not the drug itself. However, the organic drugs such as cannabis is a different story, all you really need is a visual observation to determine the quality.
      In any case, it is true every human should be given a right to make a bad decision that does not affect anyone apart from the person who makes this decision.

    • @argenteus8314
      @argenteus8314 7 лет назад +3

      Well, I'm glad we can agree on the right to make your own bad decisions at least. The purity is a real problem for many drugs, though with a bit of knowledge it's not really that hard to purify further to a safe degree. For LSD in particular, though, the impurity isn't really a big concern (assuming it really is LSD, which can be verified easily through reagent testing or even just taste), since the amount on a given tab is so incredibly tiny.
      Supposing one had a way to reliably know that the product was suitably pure, perhaps due to prohibition ending: Would you still be against the use of synthetic drugs under these circumstances? And how do you feel about drugs that are natural, but must be (or simply are) extracted from the plant matter through chemical means, like DMT?

    • @ashW110
      @ashW110 7 лет назад +8

      Psychoactive substances is one of my favourite subject, I don't talk about it very often though as due to its illegal status majority will consider you a criminal just because of your interest.
      What you are saying is very true with little knowledge in chemistry it is quite easy to rid of cutting agents, and coloured impurities from street bought drugs. However, is usually not the biggest concern and to get the purity to 95%+-, it takes allot, and you can never make it 100% no matter what you do. Now, let's imagine hypothetically a drug user who has some knowledge in chemistry and no financial problems. That person is willing to lose 70% of the dope to get it to 95% purity. What is this remaining 5% of impurities and what long term affect will it do to your body? So yeah, buying drugs off the street is not the way to go even if you are an intelligent enough to know how to purify alkaloids such as cocaine or methamphetamine, etc. When it comes to LSD, I can't imagine how one can purify it? Knowing that one hit is around 100-200 micrograms one gramme would make 5000-10000 hits. It will probably cost as much as the two-story house in the centre of London to buy the workable quantity of LSD for purification and who willing to lose even 1%? About organic drugs such as DMT, cocaine, morphine, etc. These may be just as impure due to chemicals used for the extraction. Of course, if you are a good chemist and do extraction yourself you may get a relatively pure product. However, without costly equipment, you can never get it to pharm grade. In my opinion, the war on drugs is the biggest mistake humanity has ever done. People use psychoactive substances because they have particular problems that caused by some events in their life or some genetical mental defects, and the substances are the only thing that can stop these individuals from suffering. From my research, I know that drug addicts are only dangerous when they are severely addicted, and they can't get what they need. Take food from an average individual for a few days, and that person will be as dangerous to society as a drug addict that can't satisfy its addiction. So we all have an addiction to food, and if food abused, it can also lead to death or ruin someone's life(overweight). Perhaps I am crazy, but I can clearly see all the benefits from legalisation of psychoactive substances. The improvement of the economy, reduction of crime and death rates related to drugs, increase in employment and new areas of research for science. Negative sides? There will always be individuals who willing to abuse drugs despite the harm.

    • @argenteus8314
      @argenteus8314 7 лет назад +4

      I wasn't saying you can purify LSD, it would probably be among the hardest to purify, especially given how fragile of a molecule it is. But with only around 100ug per tab (more often around 40 nowadays if you get it off the street), whatever impurities are there are likely in such a tiny amount they're not likely to hurt you. The other thing is that it's so hard to make, anyone with the capacity to make it has the chemistry knowledge to produce a reasonably pure product.
      The solvents and such used for DMT extraction (And I suspect the extraction of other natural product drugs, though I don't know much about the details) are unlikely to leave many impurities in the end product if done by someone remotely competent. Most of them will evaporate completely. Any impurities in the product would have already been in the plant material, and the most common natural source has no known toxins.
      There's also some attempts at using solvents that are relatively safe to consume like limonene so that if any did remain, it wouldn't be an issue.
      I completely agree with you that all drugs should be legal, of course. I imagine that was clear from my comments.

  • @trickshot646
    @trickshot646 4 года назад +11

    Now all I have to do is slowly add to my enemies tea, and just wait...

  • @loganplumlee3840
    @loganplumlee3840 7 лет назад +58

    hey NileRed i think a good, simple video you could make is extracting sugar from coca-cola, it should be simple and show just how much sugar is in soft drinks

    • @jetoler7379
      @jetoler7379 7 лет назад +3

      if it's trying to show how much sugar is in soft drinks he should do it with fanta or mt dew.

    • @wilholloway2924
      @wilholloway2924 5 лет назад

      Or Sunkist

    • @nathansfarcioc5575
      @nathansfarcioc5575 5 лет назад +20

      Or read the side

    • @JohnChime1999
      @JohnChime1999 4 года назад +2

      sooo overdone

    • @jakeshaw6827
      @jakeshaw6827 4 года назад +2

      A cooler much simpler video would be making ice from sudafed lol

  • @carolcaicedo
    @carolcaicedo Год назад

    Dude that's amazing. I suggest extracting it from paint that contains lead (if any is still found in the market) to see the amount of lead visually

  • @bread9276
    @bread9276 2 года назад +5

    hey its everyone's favorite snack, PAINT CHIPS

  • @joshuabuilds3051
    @joshuabuilds3051 4 года назад +22

    "I will now sell this bag of lead sugar to the first tweaker I see downtown"

    • @friendlylunatic1316
      @friendlylunatic1316 4 года назад +2

      *whistles*

    • @PuffleFuzz
      @PuffleFuzz 3 года назад +1

      Tweaker: hey this isn’t Coke/meth! (I’m dumb when it comes to drugs)

    • @polarknight5376
      @polarknight5376 3 года назад +3

      @@PuffleFuzz both drugs are appropriate here.

  • @superistrash4170
    @superistrash4170 4 года назад +6

    Two words that should never be in the same sentence, lead, and sweet.

  • @Rubikorigami
    @Rubikorigami 7 лет назад +56

    1:55 TRULY AN ARTIST.

    • @danielgorzel7222
      @danielgorzel7222 7 лет назад +1

      Cant a chemist be an artist?

    • @Rubikorigami
      @Rubikorigami 7 лет назад +1

      twoja stara They definitely have the creativity to find new things so NO EXCUSE! 😂

  • @DweeD1516
    @DweeD1516 3 года назад +1

    Yo NileRed that song in the outro is absolutely amazing! Thanks for giving credit to the artist but also just thought I'd make this comment because the vid is older and maybe you havent heard it in a while and completely forgot about and might wanna give it a listen again and refeel so to speak lol what made you like it when you first heard it nd enough to add it here. Maybe you know the artist but anyway I REALLY enjoy it and all the videos you both are genius.

  • @roskisrotta5531
    @roskisrotta5531 3 года назад +1

    Please im addicted to your videos even tought i dont understand anything about it

  • @mundolukas
    @mundolukas 7 лет назад +13

    I swear to god my mind made up the sweet taste in my mouth while watching this

  • @argenteus8314
    @argenteus8314 7 лет назад +122

    I notice you don't seem to have made a video synthesizing your namesake, Nile Red dye. Are you unable to do so, or just not interested? Or am I mistaken (It's very difficult to search your channel for a video about a chemical with the same name as your channel)?

    • @jansenart0
      @jansenart0 5 лет назад +19

      Probably because obtaining or synthesizing the 5-(dialkylamino)-2-nitrosophenols with 1-naphthylamine, 3-(dialkylamino)phenols with N-alkylated 4-nitroso-1-naphtylamines, or N,N-dialkyl-1,4-phenylenediamines with 4-(dialkylamino)-1,2-naphthoquinones as a precursor would be a pain in the ass to make a youtube video about.

    • @luisp.3788
      @luisp.3788 4 года назад +11

      @@jansenart0 He said somewhere that he does eventually want to do it.

    • @General12th
      @General12th 3 года назад +1

      @@jansenart0 Well, you could say the same thing about synthesizing Prussian blue. We just call it something other than its full chemical name of iron(II,III) hexacyanoferrate(II,III).

  • @myperspective5091
    @myperspective5091 5 лет назад +13

    For one summer when I was in my senior year of high school I worked at a winery.
    At the winery I worked in the part where they stored the freshly pressed wine in large stainless steel vats.
    one of my jobs was to clean those Vats after they transferred the wine into barrels. When I was cleaning the Vats I found that there was always this yellow crystal substance in the bottom of the the vat. when I first saw it I thought it was sulfur but it didn't smell like sulfur. It stank like battery acid.
    It would instantly give me a headache if I had to handle it. I eventually refused to do that job because I couldn't get within arm's reach of the stuff without getting a headache from it. I asked to use a respirator . The company didn't provide a respirators for the job. It was a small family-owned business.
    I wonder if that substance was lead oxide like what was shown in this video at 01:15.

    • @myperspective5091
      @myperspective5091 5 лет назад +1

      I figured it was some other mineral that was in the ground that the grapes vines we are absorbing through the roots. None of my other coworkers knew what it was either. We all joked about it being some type of chemical that was left over from the fertilizers or insecticides that were sprayed on the plants.

    • @myperspective5091
      @myperspective5091 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@imsharted Thanks.
      I’m on You Tube daily. I’m always still interested in science

  • @applepieavi1517
    @applepieavi1517 3 года назад +7

    3:14 instructions unclear
    i kept roasting the lead and roasted its mom too but nothin happened

  • @kbraggs
    @kbraggs 5 месяцев назад

    This was a fantastic demonstration on the nuances of crystallization. Such a challenge to perfect.

  • @akselimaaranen3859
    @akselimaaranen3859 7 лет назад +351

    Try tasting that!

    • @novathemagus3740
      @novathemagus3740 7 лет назад +123

      Aksu Fin You would be a terrible chemist

    • @qwertykeyboard5901
      @qwertykeyboard5901 7 лет назад +5

      Aksu Fin No

    • @nicholastrombone9899
      @nicholastrombone9899 7 лет назад +5

      I was going to make that joke

    • @Filmer1eX
      @Filmer1eX 7 лет назад +108

      Nah, smoke it from a crack pipe instead

    • @ryandoe11
      @ryandoe11 7 лет назад +10

      CodysLab is going to taste it on his next video! which is why i searched youtube about this stuff

  • @FlatBroke612
    @FlatBroke612 7 лет назад +330

    "Remedy for sore nipples" wtf!

    • @pyromen321
      @pyromen321 7 лет назад +72

      It's for TWC and Comcast employees

    • @josephpotter5766
      @josephpotter5766 7 лет назад +9

      Yup for some reason lead was commonly prescribed for nursing mothers right up to the late nineteen forties! Hell, hospitals in the states were still issuing moulded lead foil nipple shields to nursing mothers in the sixties!

    • @TheGayestPersononYouTube
      @TheGayestPersononYouTube 7 лет назад +4

      FlatBroke612 long nights at the club, man

    • @claymodelexpert
      @claymodelexpert 7 лет назад +5

      Joseph Potter explains all the Alzheimer patients today

    • @johndifrancisco3642
      @johndifrancisco3642 7 лет назад +3

      SORE NIPPLES SUCK! mostly

  • @trevorc3063
    @trevorc3063 5 лет назад +12

    "Making Sugar of Lead - Edible Chem!"

  • @Nawaf-
    @Nawaf- 3 года назад +3

    I like chemistry. But I never realized I love it! All thanks to you and your great videos. Thanks for your hard work 👏 So good and quality content

  • @trueKENTUCKY
    @trueKENTUCKY Год назад +1

    Now this is what should be made into cotton candy

  • @NortelGeek
    @NortelGeek 4 года назад +6

    2:20 For men's hair color? I know we have coarser hair than women, but is there a special reason for it being in men's products?

  • @CZpersi
    @CZpersi Год назад +14

    Romans also used lead plumbing, which slowly poisoned them, but made their water sweet to taste.

    • @voidedwinner1478
      @voidedwinner1478 Год назад +7

      It didn't. Due to the water being mineral rich, a layer of limestone would form inside the pipe preventing contact with lead and water. That and the water was constantly flowing too quickly and would not gather any lead from the metal. It has to be still for the lead to enter the water.

    • @puppieslovies
      @puppieslovies Год назад +3

      @@voidedwinner1478 you're close, but not on the money. Rome's tap water is estimated to have higher lead concentration than natural sources by a noticable amount, just not to a degree of severe poisoning
      It would gather lead from pipes, and no it doesn't have to be still for that to happen. It just has less time for lead to accumulate per liter of water, which is different from none at all

  • @bananana6380
    @bananana6380 6 лет назад +14

    I like roasting car battery liquid. That’s because it doesn’t roast me.

  • @HeEde.
    @HeEde. 3 года назад +1

    This desert is delicious, what did you use to make it so good. Lead, it’s the secret ingredient.

  • @georgplaz
    @georgplaz 3 года назад +21

    "Lead is a toxic element and it's generally known to be avoided"
    That description fits some people I know 🙄

    • @FaythVulpes
      @FaythVulpes 3 года назад +13

      A video on making sugar and you still choose the salt.

    • @moonchild8477
      @moonchild8477 3 года назад +1

      @@FaythVulpes your comment pleased my eyes

  • @vebjrndrefvelin4873
    @vebjrndrefvelin4873 4 года назад +7

    NileRed: Uses hundreds of coffee filters
    Also NileRed: Never drinks a cup of coffee ever

  • @randomclipsandstuff7203
    @randomclipsandstuff7203 5 лет назад +152

    Next up: How to make crystal meth

    • @jakeshaw6827
      @jakeshaw6827 4 года назад +5

      Man I was going to comment that but changed my mind lol I bet this dude is really cooking ice and using a youtube channel as a cover lol

    • @chrisb.7787
      @chrisb.7787 4 года назад

      boil sudafed the powder from a lithium battery and rat poison. Don't forget to burp the baby or you will burn your house down.

    • @NicMG
      @NicMG 4 года назад +1

      Heisenberg Jnr

    • @wakkowarner8810
      @wakkowarner8810 4 года назад +1

      Forget meth, I want to see a tutorial on making LSD.

  • @truixmatia5709
    @truixmatia5709 7 лет назад +26

    This was a great video

  • @kylejarvis2517
    @kylejarvis2517 3 года назад +2

    Thanks!

  • @MoldyStir-Fry
    @MoldyStir-Fry 3 года назад +3

    The white backgrounds in your videos constantly remind me how dirty my phone screen is 😅

  • @sparrow6190
    @sparrow6190 3 года назад +4

    Oh come on, I was waiting for the taste test! Taste your rock candy! You went through all that work and bragged about it's sweetness, only fair to taste it for us. 🥰

  • @martingardener
    @martingardener 7 лет назад +10

    Quick question.....wy do acetates tend to supersaturate without crystallising compared to other salts? Works for sodium acetate and such but is this generalised to other metal acetates? What about other carboxylates? Interesting.

  • @polydullmemes3497
    @polydullmemes3497 3 года назад +3

    14:12 "so I picked out all my crystals~"

  • @farvatron
    @farvatron 2 года назад +1

    Of course we enjoyed your video! you're a fricken genius dude!

  • @wscamel226
    @wscamel226 2 года назад +2

    - lead is toxic
    - nile red: lets make sugar out of it

  • @povnw8985
    @povnw8985 5 лет назад +4

    5:20; I love this part.

  • @gigglysamentz2021
    @gigglysamentz2021 7 лет назад +5

    2:48 NileRed, one of the rare people who ends up doing two experiments when he planned to do only one. I do the opposite every day XD

  • @czaplan1
    @czaplan1 Год назад +4

    6:53 "This shit happens pretty slowly" lol

  • @fizzyplazmuh9024
    @fizzyplazmuh9024 2 года назад

    Utilize Ostwald coursening. Raise and lower the temp above and below saturation point cyclically. The tinier xtals keep dissolving away first to feed the larger xtals when the solution saturates again. Any wall timer set to go off for a few minutes every hour does nicely. You can literally just keep eating away the little ones and clear the tank of all but a few big ones and never have to dig around or get your fingers wet

  • @sensokaeru7070
    @sensokaeru7070 2 года назад +1

    You've just given me an idea to improve my rock candy making process. With sugar, of course, not with lead.

  • @hawks1ish
    @hawks1ish 6 лет назад +49

    8:15 today Nile Red makes Meth and Coke lol

  • @masio69
    @masio69 2 года назад +3

    9:06 that literally looks like it’s teleporting lol

  • @GumbaverianX
    @GumbaverianX 7 лет назад +58

    *E A T L E A D*

  • @syos1979
    @syos1979 2 года назад +1

    Finally that sweet sweet Flint Michigan Flavor

  • @BlizzardofDiamonds
    @BlizzardofDiamonds Год назад

    Would be cool to see the lead iodine reaction, where after precipitation of the lead iodine the suspension is heated up again until the salt is solved completely and forms the glittering golden crystals when precipitating again, only done it analytically in my first semester and doing it with the purpose of forming extra beautiful crystals sure would be super interesting 🎉

  • @sargon6000
    @sargon6000 7 лет назад +80

    @NileRed Could those metal impurities be antimony? I know lead is usually alloyed with antimony.

    • @dumbo800
      @dumbo800 7 лет назад +13

      Unlikely. That was lab-supply lead shot. Antimony is used to harden lead used for birdshot. Tin is usually used for rifle ammo, IIRC (I know that was the purpose in my grandfather's reloading supplies, but idk if that is still the process today).

    • @sargon6000
      @sargon6000 7 лет назад +8

      Interesting. I used to have antimony impurities in the lead acetate I made years ago, which was very fine and couldn't be properly filtered.

    • @jpdemer5
      @jpdemer5 7 лет назад +9

      Classroom or "science" grade lead shot is the same product as is used for shotgun shells, and it will contain 2-3% antimony, and sometimes a graphite coating as well. You can buy pure reagent-grade lead, 99.99% or better, from a chemical supplier, but because it's not manufactured by the ton, it's considerably more expensive than the "ballistic" grade.

    • @libradomoreno7720
      @libradomoreno7720 7 лет назад

      Chemical Engineer I was melting some and when I tilted the platform the liquid lead separates from some unmelted stuff

    • @gabemerritt3139
      @gabemerritt3139 6 лет назад

      @@libradomoreno7720 ok so just forge it easy enough

  • @bequakynskagroupie3751
    @bequakynskagroupie3751 3 года назад +3

    That literally looks 110% exactly what methamphetamine crystals look like...

  • @GokuOffersYouAPotara
    @GokuOffersYouAPotara 3 года назад +4

    Imagine if the crystal he made suddenly turned green and started emmiting gamma, alpha and exotic radiation and started leeching minerals out of the earth and multiplying as a proton lattice

  • @TheGuyWhoComments
    @TheGuyWhoComments 9 месяцев назад

    Shout out to the guy who did the taste test for all the different types of lead

  • @KingMB_XJ_Official
    @KingMB_XJ_Official Год назад +3

    8:04 Chemist makes crystals and white powder.