Sciencemadness Discussion Board - List some BAD chemistry YouTube videos

Here's one, to start the ball rolling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB7gzJnfP4Q

Issues:

- absolutely HORRIBLE safety measures, relative to the super-dangerous and very abundant mercury vapor! This is by far the main problem, here.
- really not very informative or interesting: we all know mercury is a good heat conductor - DUH!

He always wears a gas mask (the type that protects you from Mercury). Well, he says he does. So you have no point on your first statement. Horrible safety measures? Meh, Horrible point you have.

Second, why isn't boiling eggs in Mercury interesting? It's more interesting than NOTHING. And it's always enjoyable to get to see Mercury doing its thing.

Why are the other videos shity? Don't you mean cool? If not, please do point out which videos are shity so I can show you why they aren't.

DrMario - 24-11-2014 at 12:41

Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft-zjHP7tWg

This is cringe-worthy on so many levels. I particularly like the way he makes his "acetic acid" and the optional use of scissors.
The reaction is not entirely bad. But someone teach this boy some stoichiometry. I estimate a kg of aluminium foil per teaspoon of product.

And if nothing else gets you, the music certainly will.

Hahah... and "This is where the scissors are optional"
also: "Now cobalt chloride doesnt know what color it should be"
and many other gems.

This video shows that maybe I need a new category: Stupid.
Or.. "Troll"? Is this a troll video?

bismuthate - 24-11-2014 at 12:45

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvIUxJtqLGc
just a lot of stupidity overall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejmJcqC_opI
I doubt this person has any idea what he's doing.

[Edited on 24-11-2014 by bismuthate]

DrMario - 24-11-2014 at 12:52

Quote: Originally posted by HgDinis25

Wow, are you that guy? You're very biased in his favor.

First of all: the mask may protect his lungs from mercury vapor, but his body certainly not. And in that situation in the video, the vapors were copious. His hair and skin have absorbed enormous quantities of mercury, which will affect his cognitive abilities almost immediately. And permanently.

Second: yes, I do think seeing an egg cooked in mercury is uninteresting and irrelevant. I don't care that you disagree.

Note that I didn't say the video is "shity"; I said it's shitty. I pride myself on moderately good spelling. Other shitty videos with mercury: mercury in corn syrup. Yeah, that's a waste of mercury. Yes, we kind of anticipated that mercury would sink below the less dense corn syrup.

Submerging a golf ball under mercury - lame.

And a host of other videos that, while not entirely shitty, are a waste of the discerning viewer's time.

DrMario - 24-11-2014 at 12:56

Quote: Originally posted by bismuthate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvIUxJtqLGc
just a lot of stupidity overall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejmJcqC_opI
I doubt this person has any idea what he's doing.

[Edited on 24-11-2014 by bismuthate]

I had the impression that in both videos the "actors" had little clue about what they were doing. In the second one the guy somehow reminded me of the Swedish Chef

(Muppet Show reference).

Eddygp - 24-11-2014 at 12:56

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3k8AWv2Y4w

Very short but following things:
-- Non-informative video of a coin in HNO₃
-- No gloves whatsoever and I suspect that there is no fume hood
-- THE COPPER NITRATES + NITRIC ACID CONTENTS ARE JUST POURED DOWN THE SINK WHAT?
--

Texium - 24-11-2014 at 13:04

Quote: Originally posted by bismuthate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvIUxJtqLGc
just a lot of stupidity overall.

Haha [whining] "I didn't think that anything was gonna happen!" [/whining]
and "Well, somethin oxidized to somethin."

Also, about that cobalt video, I wouldn't say it was stupid, just inexperienced and cringeworthy as far as his procedures were. I know I went through a time when I did stuff like that all the time, I just had the sense to not make YouTube videos showcasing it.

(and he really needs to find a spellchecker)

[Edited on 11-24-2014 by zts16]

HgDinis25 - 24-11-2014 at 13:04

Wow, congrats you got me on the "shity" spelling. And no, I'm not that guy.

About your skin absorption non-sense:
"ROUTES OF EXPOSURE: Elemental mercury is toxic primarily through inhalation of mercury vapors. It is only slowly absorbed through the skin, although it may cause skin and eye irritation. Elemental mercury droplets may be absorbed through eye contact. Ingestion is not an important route of acute exposure as almost no elemental mercury is absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract. "
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/EmergencyResponseCard_297500...

"Some mercury vapor is absorbed dermally, but uptake by this route is only about 1% of that by inhalation."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_poisoning

It will immediatlely affect his cognitive abbilities? Please, do tell me how it happens knowing there's no absorption through the lungs. If we watched the same video he doesn't put his hands above the mercury trying to get every inch of is skin covered by the vapour. And how does his hair absorb Mercury vapour? Thats kind of new to me...

Second: You said it all. About it beeing uninteresting or not is a matter of subjective opinion and thinking, thus not a good argumento when trying to prove a video is BAD.

About the other videos: again, just subjective opinion. I thought this was going to be about :
"- experimenter came to wrong conclusion (the wronger, the "better")
- experimenter used poor safety measures (the poorer the "better")
- video is not informative (the least informative, the "better")
- overall terrible presentation (the worse, the "better")
- "Lost Opportunity" category: the experiment used a great deal of chemicals which cost a fair amount of money, or showed an actually interesting reaction, but the experimenter was babbling around without talking about the most interesting aspect of the reaction, or he/she was not saying a word. This kind of ties in with "overall terrible presentation", but you may also consider it a separate category. It is loosely related to "video is not informative". But in my mind it is about a video that could have been an EPIC WIN but instead is an epic fail."

Where do you put the videos you mentioned? Not informative? Seriously? Even Mercury droplets rolling in a Petri dish is very interesting.

By the way, please do point out my wrong spelling. At the very least, I learn something...

[Edited on 24-11-2014 by HgDinis25]

DrMario - 24-11-2014 at 13:05

Quote: Originally posted by Eddygp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3k8AWv2Y4w

Very short but following things:
-- Non-informative video of a coin in HNO₃
-- No gloves whatsoever and I suspect that there is no fume hood
-- THE COPPER NITRATES + NITRIC ACID CONTENTS ARE JUST POURED DOWN THE SINK WHAT?
--

Pretty bad in some aspects, but not so much for the environment. Copper nitrate isn't particularly toxic. Copper salts in generally aren't. As for nitric acid down the drain: not ideal, but then again, some companies sell concentrated sulfuric acid as drain cleaner, so there's that.

I'd be more curious to know what happens to the mercury that the dude in my first post uses.

Morgan - 24-11-2014 at 13:33

I remember in junior high the teacher had a somewhat larger than normal test tube partially filled with mercury. The test tube was sealed at the top and when heated there were these pink or bluish crystals I can't recall but they danced upon the surface of the mercury when heated. But there wasn't any visible boiling of the mercury. Kind of a neat demonstration.

j_sum1 - 24-11-2014 at 13:36

Thermite indoors was never a great idea
This could have been a whole lot worse.
Watch the propane torch and PPE too.

Romain - 24-11-2014 at 13:55

That's the worst video ever in terms of security... Not even in my worst nightmare do I handle acetone peroxide this way.

Acetone peroxide...

Check the comments too, they're pretty funny.

aga - 24-11-2014 at 16:10

Im' reelly sori, but kan nobodi spel animor ?

Why would you wish to Tare rather than use Scissors ?

Zyklon-A - 24-11-2014 at 16:57

Bill Nye the crystal meth guy!

The Volatile Chemist - 24-11-2014 at 17:30

Quote: Originally posted by zts16

Also, lost opportunity, because he just ruined FIVE POUNDS of mercury with little bits of fried egg! Imagine all of the better things he could have done with it.

Not just what HE could've done with it, think of what I could've done with it... what a waste...

In regards to videos, I ran into one with comments stating that a NaOH solution would dissolve the glass container that held it. Others stated that it wouldn't dissolve it, but would melt it from the heat released by it's dissolving in water. Boy, I called a lot of people youtube chemistry script kiddies and quiche eaters there...

subsecret - 24-11-2014 at 18:56

My videos aren't particularly good, but that's because I believe that captions for these videos would be excessive, and that I have a speech impediment, so I'd rather not lose face. But I figured it was my turn to help spread the awareness of home chemistry, however it's done.

https://www.youtube.com/user/MrItsthething/videos

Edit: Adding the link might be a good idea...

[Edited on 25-11-2014 by Awesomeness]

DrMario - 24-11-2014 at 19:22

Quote: Originally posted by Romain

That's the worst video ever in terms of security... Not even in my worst nightmare do I handle acetone peroxide this way.

Acetone peroxide...

Check the comments too, they're pretty funny.

The handling of TATP is a major but not the ONLY problem with that video. I cringed. OMG that was painful.

DrMario - 24-11-2014 at 19:34

Bill Nye the crystal meth guy!

That was actually quite gorgeous. Great video, laughed MAO. And almost nothing to do with chemistry.

Mabus - 6-12-2014 at 09:05

iPhone 5 Dissolves in a Sodium Hydroxide Test

Let's see:
-Boiling sodium hydroxide WITHOUT a lid or any other means to eliminate the aerosolized hydroxide (many pots come with a glass lid you know)
-Adding water AFTER he heated the pot with NaOH, great way to aerosolize even more hydroxide
-He mentions that he used a gas mask (I see it in the phone reflection), but no hand protection anywhere.

Oh, and the best part: "It's a chemical, not an acid".

Texium - 6-12-2014 at 09:33

Mabus, I think you hit the terrible video jackpot with that one. Can't get much worse than that. I disliked it with every YouTube account I have access to.
Also, I wonder how long it took him to neutralize that much NaOH with vinegar? It must have taken a lot more than what he showed.

Mabus - 6-12-2014 at 09:44

You should see his mercury, liquid nitrogen and artillery shell fireworks test videos. They're just as bad.

[Edited on 6-12-2014 by Mabus]

DrMario - 6-12-2014 at 18:01

Quote: Originally posted by Mabus

You should see his mercury, liquid nitrogen and artillery shell fireworks test videos. They're just as bad.

[Edited on 6-12-2014 by Mabus]

The video of the Samsung Galaxy S 5 in mercury - it hurt my brain.

Besides, you just KNOW that a person so cavalier with expensive gadgets and such large amounts of mercury, is just going to dump it all somewhere in the forest.

Etaoin Shrdlu - 7-12-2014 at 11:43

I'm impressed with the number of people here who think it's a bad thing to try something out to see what happens. Compressing TATP in aluminum foil with your hands? Stupid. Because you're going to die. Leaving a phone to sit in a tub of mercury overnight? Come on. Why the hell not?

neptunium - 7-12-2014 at 13:16

has anyone seen this ? lol!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xESG5TiXSL0

[Edited on 7-12-2014 by neptunium]

bismuthate - 7-12-2014 at 13:23

Are you kidding? This is great?

neptunium - 7-12-2014 at 13:25

i know right! just not for kids!

[Edited on 7-12-2014 by neptunium]

Mabus - 7-12-2014 at 15:55

Love it.

gdflp - 7-12-2014 at 17:13

That's one of the funniest Youtube chemistry videos I've seen!

neptunium - 7-12-2014 at 17:18

and hydrogen....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpQ3JnCgj-s&index=3&...

and the alpha aminitin molecule..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JobRNGbOVhA&index=2&...

he only has 3 videos so far but i think he should absolutely do more....

[Edited on 8-12-2014 by neptunium]

Zyklon-A - 7-12-2014 at 18:18

Haha he's great! I wonder if he actually knows what he's talking about though...

neptunium - 7-12-2014 at 18:29

why wouldn't he? you think he is just a good actor?

Zyklon-A - 7-12-2014 at 18:34

No, he easily could know. But he's probably either ghetto or smart, but not both.
He deserves more views though, that's for sure.

neptunium - 7-12-2014 at 18:40

not both? .... hmm...you`d be suprised ...i have been before so i wont pass judgement like that anymore.

HgDinis25 - 8-12-2014 at 04:24

Quote: Originally posted by Mabus

You should see his mercury, liquid nitrogen and artillery shell fireworks test videos. They're just as bad.

[Edited on 6-12-2014 by Mabus]

Your assumption based on him being "cavalier with expensive gadgets" (rich) is so pathetic I think you are actualy joking. I really hope you are...

Fantasma4500 - 10-12-2014 at 10:07

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uHKScc03Lc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpbKAc__OcE&list=UU40F1B...

supposing hes high its not really that bad, to be honest.. but damn, so much wrong

500g TATP C1 (dangerous??)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z9wG9XbW2k

however the one who created the video did test this composition's physical stability, which were very unexpected, he couldnt detonate it with a hammer and took more than 2 grammes of TATP to detonate
but still its not one of the most chemically stable compounds, anyways

more edit: this gem: he performs runoff even before the .. cellulose is in the acids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6MCJZrPlXE
credits for making nicely simplified videos tho, sometimes incredible it didnt go bad
[Edited on 10-12-2014 by Antiswat]

[Edited on 10-12-2014 by Antiswat]

DrMario - 12-12-2014 at 00:46

Quote: Originally posted by neptunium

has anyone seen this ? lol!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xESG5TiXSL0

[Edited on 7-12-2014 by neptunium]

That's awesome, really. I just reshared that video with my institution's mailing list (well, the microfabrication group at least).

DrMario - 12-12-2014 at 00:48

Quote: Originally posted by HgDinis25

Quote: Originally posted by Mabus

You should see his mercury, liquid nitrogen and artillery shell fireworks test videos. They're just as bad.

[Edited on 6-12-2014 by Mabus]

Your assumption based on him being "cavalier with expensive gadgets" (rich) is so pathetic I think you are actualy joking. I really hope you are...

Yep, I am serious, I stand by my statement and hereby I double down on it.

Etaoin Shrdlu - 12-12-2014 at 10:53

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uHKScc03Lc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpbKAc__OcE&list=UU40F1B...

Yep, I am serious, I stand by my statement and hereby I double down on it.

Why on Earth would he dump the mercury in the forest when it fits into a pint container and he clearly enjoys owning it?

DrMario - 13-12-2014 at 04:55

He's got no qualms destroying expensive gadgets - he'll just discard the mercury just as easily.

Etaoin Shrdlu - 13-12-2014 at 14:35

He destroyed the (sure, we'll say "expensive") gadget for an experiment, out of curiosity. What exactly is he going to gain from dumping mercury out in the woods?

j_sum1 - 13-12-2014 at 14:51

I'm curious about the back story. How is it that he has so many phones that he is (presumably) unable to offload onto friends or relatives or sell? I don't for a.moment believe he is buying all those phones himself.
He comes across as cavalier and unknowledgeable. Whether this equates to irresponsible disposal or not is another question. I wouldn't be surprised.

It would be nice to see some more shockingly bad chemistry in this thread. That TATtP in alfoil was unbelieveable

DrMario - 13-12-2014 at 20:58

Quote: Originally posted by Antiswat

I finally got around to watch those. Rather terrible. Unlike other terrible videos, these were almost unwatchable because of a hefty dose of boringness.

CuReUS - 14-12-2014 at 02:55

see this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ0PZWC17OA&src_vid=Gntz...

good tips ,i wish he was my chem teacher

gardul - 14-12-2014 at 05:47

I have some videos that could be put on this list. Not for bad chemistry, but i havn't really gotten the whole how to make chemistry interesting thing down yet. So they are long and boring. My voice is dull and hardly exciting.

[Edited on 14-12-2014 by gardul]

blogfast25 - 14-12-2014 at 08:41

I'm surprised no one seems to have linked to this one yet (correct me if I'm wrong on that): extraction of uranium from a high count carbonaceous U ore by the pool side:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRdZouC7CRo

Watch him dry his impure U compound with a blower heater! (in the comments he claims it was fine because... the garage doors were closed! Ooo-kaay)

It's an impressive case of a guy who on the one hand seems to understand the chemistry well, yet on the other hand is clueless with regards to radiation hazards...

[Edited on 14-12-2014 by blogfast25]

Etaoin Shrdlu - 14-12-2014 at 11:37

Isn't that just a space heater? It didn't seem to have the fan turned on. He says he wiped down the area around it with no measurable increase of radioactivity on the towel.

Argentum - 14-12-2014 at 11:57

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vyYrQm9uTA

Making "Hydrofluoric acid". No comments.

blogfast25 - 14-12-2014 at 12:59

Quote: Originally posted by Etaoin Shrdlu

Isn't that just a space heater? It didn't seem to have the fan turned on. He says he wiped down the area around it with no measurable increase of radioactivity on the towel.

Would YOU fry a radioactive powder that way? And what about these pool side filtrations? I was kind of waiting for his set up to tumble into the family's swimming pool!

Quote: Originally posted by Argentum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vyYrQm9uTA

Making "Hydrofluoric acid". No comments.

Dangerous subject, poor execution, poor video skills and annoying muzak. Definitely a contender for 'worst in class'.

[Edited on 14-12-2014 by blogfast25]

Etaoin Shrdlu - 14-12-2014 at 14:28

Quote: Originally posted by Etaoin Shrdlu

Isn't that just a space heater? It didn't seem to have the fan turned on. He says he wiped down the area around it with no measurable increase of radioactivity on the towel.

Would YOU fry a radioactive powder that way?

Probably not. I would have been a lot more concerned about how it was just left to sit in the middle of the room on a piece of filter paper though.

And what about these pool side filtrations? I was kind of waiting for his set up to tumble into the family's swimming pool!

That part made me cringe pretty hard, too. I just know I would have knocked that over.

[Edited on 12-14-2014 by Etaoin Shrdlu]

Little_Ghost_again - 19-12-2014 at 17:42

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPKuyQZ--X4

At least he had gloves on I guess

Zyklon-A - 19-12-2014 at 18:41

I hope you didn't actually watch that whole video LGA.

Little_Ghost_again - 19-12-2014 at 22:39

I hope you didn't actually watch that whole video LGA.

Ermm I did eventually. I was speechless by the end

DrMario - 19-12-2014 at 22:56

Quote: Originally posted by CuReUS

see this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ0PZWC17OA&src_vid=Gntz...

good tips ,i wish he was my chem teacher

He's right, you know?
Anyway, not a bad video, definitely not the topic of this thread

j_sum1 - 19-12-2014 at 23:23

Quote: Originally posted by Little_Ghost_again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPKuyQZ--X4

At least he had gloves on I guess

The mind boggles from start to finish.

He's sentimentally attached to a 21year old car battery and re-used the plastic??? I just don't get it.
Not worth the hours spent or the potential acid burns.

DrMario - 19-12-2014 at 23:28

Quote: Originally posted by Argentum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vyYrQm9uTA

Making "Hydrofluoric acid". No comments.

At first I thought "WTF, is he really trying to make HF in a pyrex glass test tube??!" but soon I realized that that's not even remotely the only issue with his experiment! Are you kidding me? Handling HF without any safety equipment?

This is how we handle HF: long-sleeved tyvek aprons, long heavy-duty gloves and full-face shield/mask. And a mandatory tub of calcium gluconate gel in the proximity, as well as a shower in the lab.

Because we take HF seriously.

DrMario - 19-12-2014 at 23:39

Quote: Originally posted by Little_Ghost_again

I hope you didn't actually watch that whole video LGA.

Ermm I did eventually. I was speechless by the end

I was speechless by the 3 minute mark already. The events surrounding the battery acid splash were but one of the reasons for my bafflement.

DrMario - 20-12-2014 at 00:07

This video shows behavior that is in many ways more dangerous than in the one posted by Argentum:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf4vq2UU9hk

I must say, I thin this is the video with the most egregious safety in handling dangerous chemicals, and it PROBABLY resulted in some (even though minor) damage to the retinas and mucous tissues of the people present. This is my candidate for "worst of the worst".

blogfast25 - 20-12-2014 at 05:38

This video shows behavior that is in many ways more dangerous than in the one posted by Argentum:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf4vq2UU9hk

I must say, I thin this is the video with the most egregious safety in handling dangerous chemicals, and it PROBABLY resulted in some (even though minor) damage to the retinas and mucous tissues of the people present. This is my candidate for "worst of the worst".

70 % HF used with minimal safety precautions: pretty bad.

Interesting to see how vigorously it reacts with glass though: loads of presumed SiF₄ coming off...

DrMario - 20-12-2014 at 05:45

70 % HF used with minimal safety precautions: pretty bad.

Interesting to see how vigorously it reacts with glass though: loads of presumed SiF₄ coming off...

Yeah, I've not seen such vigorous reaction of glass with HF. But honestly, I've never been silly enough to put HF in a glass vessel.

Also, I've never had the opportunity to use such concentrated HF solution.

blogfast25 - 20-12-2014 at 08:53

Also, I've never had the opportunity to use such concentrated HF solution.

Keep it that way until you've been trained in using it and have the needed equipment and countermeasures in place in case of a mishap.

[Edited on 20-12-2014 by blogfast25]

smaerd - 20-12-2014 at 10:47

Quote: Originally posted by Little_Ghost_again

I hope you didn't actually watch that whole video LGA.

Ermm I did eventually. I was speechless by the end

.

Now I don't mean to be a jerk, because he's experimenting. I just don't understand the point. He dangerously took apart an old car battery, then used the case. In the end decided not to really use the case. So instead of taking a shower in lead/sulfuric acid he could of built the same thing in a rubber-made container for like 2 dollars.

Somehow I've never seen this thread before. The idiocy here is fantastic. It's just funny because people get worried about my technique when it comes to small things. IE: handling relatively small volumes strong acids without a lab-coat? c'mon... Here we have people making HF in glass test-tubes without gloves, cooking iphone's in sodium hydroxide, splish-splashing in 25year old lead acid battery electrolyte, drying radioactive peroxides with space heaters(after vacuum filtering them without support ~10cm away from the family pool). Love the guy 5cm away from the test-tube being digested and emitting copious amounts of steam + HF wearing kitchen gloves. There aren't even public service announcements dumb enough to mitigate such behaviours.

How about barefoot HCN synthesis? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zluomv5gHdU

Zyklon-A - 20-12-2014 at 20:31

My point was the video was sooo boring, I can't imagine a better way to waist your time.
The video probably wasn't that bad, but unless you're in the same position as him, why watch it?

DrMario - 21-12-2014 at 05:35

Also, I've never had the opportunity to use such concentrated HF solution.

Keep it that way until you've been trained in using it and have the needed equipment and countermeasures in place in case of a mishap.

[Edited on 20-12-2014 by blogfast25]

I do go through training for using HF (we use 49% concentration), which includes a hands-on and a written exam. I think that's more than 99% of the grad students do in the US before they get their hands on such chemicals. Just thought I'd point that out.

DrMario - 21-12-2014 at 05:37

My point was the video was sooo boring, I can't imagine a better way to waist your time.
The video probably wasn't that bad, but unless you're in the same position as him, why watch it?

I, for one, didn't finish watching it. The last thing I saw was his mom helping him to disassemble the battery case (here a rollseyes emoticon would suit perfectly).

DrMario - 21-12-2014 at 05:41

Quote: Originally posted by smaerd

Somehow I've never seen this thread before. The idiocy here is fantastic. It's just funny because people get worried about my technique when it comes to small things. IE: handling relatively small volumes strong acids without a lab-coat? c'mon... Here we have people making HF in glass test-tubes without gloves, cooking iphone's in sodium hydroxide, splish-splashing in 25year old lead acid battery electrolyte, drying radioactive peroxides with space heaters(after vacuum filtering them without support ~10cm away from the family pool). Love the guy 5cm away from the test-tube being digested and emitting copious amounts of steam + HF wearing kitchen gloves. There aren't even public service announcements dumb enough to mitigate such behaviours.

How about barefoot HCN synthesis? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zluomv5gHdU

Thank you very much for writing a nice summary of the thread so far

and also thank you for that link - that video is all kinds of shitty, but not enough info to know how dangerous the behavior was. But yeah, the overall shittyness makes it deserving of this thread.

blogfast25 - 21-12-2014 at 10:23

Excellent. Despite its potential lethality it's an extremely useful chemical.

blogfast25 - 21-12-2014 at 10:25

My point was the video was sooo boring, I can't imagine a better way to waist your time.

Like watching paint dry. Just get a box, lad, to house your lithium cells, ferchr*ssakes...

DrMario - 21-12-2014 at 10:39

This is terrible, absolutely despicably low level of safety because children are involved:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiB-Es2VSGk

blogfast25 - 21-12-2014 at 10:49

This one, no matter what you think about water fluoridation,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dZPOJ4p1DM

… must win the prize for most deceptive title:

HITLER & FLUORIDE added High Dose to Water at Concentration Camps Keep People LIKE WALKING DEAD

The words ‘Hitler’ and ‘concentration camps’ don’t even feature in the video, not once!

The Volatile Chemist - 21-12-2014 at 14:24

blogfast, that's such a legit title.
Subject..... not-so-much.

blogfast25 - 22-12-2014 at 04:51

Quote: Originally posted by The Volatile Chemist

blogfast, that's such a legit title.

Please explain what you mean?

The Volatile Chemist - 22-12-2014 at 15:58

Quote: Originally posted by The Volatile Chemist

blogfast, that's such a legit title.

Please explain what you mean?

Oh, I just meant :HITLER & FLUORIDE added High Dose to Water at Concentration Camps Keep People LIKE WALKING DEAD was a good title.
Saponification videos usually have really bad chemistry tidbits in them.

Zyklon-A - 23-12-2014 at 12:37

Proof God exsists; peanut butter, The atheist's nightmare.
I actually liked the video, because the poster clearly posted it as satire, although the person who's talking thinks he's right.

Molecular Manipulations - 23-12-2014 at 12:54

Testing explosives from The Anarchist Cookbook
This is one of the worst videos I've seen. Terrible safety measures, scientifically illiterate idoits creating lame "explosives" - non of which are actual explosives.
Using the wrong equipment, and worst of all, they tested the shittiest "explosives" in the damn book!

j_sum1 - 23-12-2014 at 20:39

I'm surprised no one seems to have linked to this one yet (correct me if I'm wrong on that): extraction of uranium from a high count carbonaceous U ore by the pool side:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRdZouC7CRo

Watch him dry his impure U compound with a blower heater! (in the comments he claims it was fine because... the garage doors were closed! Ooo-kaay)

It's an impressive case of a guy who on the one hand seems to understand the chemistry well, yet on the other hand is clueless with regards to radiation hazards...

[Edited on 14-12-2014 by blogfast25]

Help me a little here. Just how radioactive is the.materual he is working with? He has concentrated several kg of ore down to a couple of grams. But how potent are those rocks to begin with? What does 4000 cpm mean in terms of hazard value?
You can tell I have zero actual experience of radioactive substances beyond a smoke alarm.
I will admit that the whole process freaked me out a but. If it was a mercury or cadmium ore and he applied the same lack of care I would be very concerned. How much more concerning is this U refinement with both chemical and radiation risks?

blogfast25 - 24-12-2014 at 07:38

J_sum:

The man to ask about that here is Dan Vizine.

blargish - 24-12-2014 at 09:02

This isn't a bad video per se; very entertaining

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4dj34MYvnY

The guy who accidentally sets his lithium metal alight on his desk (presumably in his bedroom) takes the cake!

gdflp - 24-12-2014 at 13:11

Hahaha "Is this gonna come off?"

DrMario - 24-12-2014 at 14:08

Quote: Originally posted by blargish

This isn't a bad video per se; very entertaining

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4dj34MYvnY

The guy who accidentally sets his lithium metal alight on his desk (presumably in his bedroom) takes the cake!

Actually it is rather bad. Missed opportunity to give some interesting information/education, terrible safety (with good chance of getting burning alkaline metal on skin X 2, glass shards into eyes, or burning down a house X 2).

It was still funny, and at times hilarious.

DrMario - 24-12-2014 at 14:44

The following video is, in my humble view, terrible because it shows a teacher who is handling 5 molar HCl without any protection - even his labcoat is not buttoned up (not like that would make a terrible difference). Furthermore, he involves a child to help him, likewise with no protection. I take umbrage at the scandalous behavior of this educator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOS45xk-58M

DrMario - 25-12-2014 at 07:26

This one isn't exactly terrible, but the way the dude whacks the table with the bottle, and his many unsuccessful attempts at re-igniting a blown-out wick make it funny. And a bit bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX3NKWe-5TY

HgDinis25 - 25-12-2014 at 09:04

The following video is, in my humble view, terrible because it shows a teacher who is handling 5 molar HCl without any protection - even his labcoat is not buttoned up (not like that would make a terrible difference). Furthermore, he involves a child to help him, likewise with no protection. I take umbrage at the scandalous behavior of this educator.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOS45xk-58M

Are you insane?

The concentration of that HCl is less than 20% (5M). Many labs actualy recomend not to use gloves when handling HCl in such concentrations so one does not lose sensibility in the hands. If some of it gets into your hands, just wash it off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daQtnshQD2U
Here The Home Scientist explains what I've just written and makes a pratical example (he puts some HCl in his hand).

And this goes for the lab coat. Non required. Perhaps, some googles, to avoid splashes from the exothermic reaction. What this teacher did was show some very interesting chemistry to a bunch of students without making it appear like he is messing with the devil, like many do.

Really what's scandalous here is you describing the teacher's behaviour as scandalous.

[Edited on 25-12-2014 by HgDinis25]

Zyklon-A - 25-12-2014 at 09:35

I agree, 5 molar HCl couldn't hurt anything unless you dont have access to water. Treating all chemicals like they're super dangerous leads to more chemophobia.

smaerd - 25-12-2014 at 10:17

This is an interesting one. It's not action packed it's really just a video of some guy babbling about his titanium dioxide speculations. Kinda funny. Nothing against the guy, but I mean, mind control? hahaha.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEZ1CmGqz9A

Zyklon-A - 25-12-2014 at 10:23

I think this video was linked in the pseudoscience thread, but it deserves a nuber one spot here. Claiming piss and distilled water are the same and many other gems.

blogfast25 - 25-12-2014 at 10:34

I think this video was linked in the pseudoscience thread, but it deserves a nuber one spot here. Claiming piss and distilled water are the same and many other gems.

Waffle, waffle... 'it [TiO2] gets into your pores and into your blood stream!'

No, it doesn't, you doughnut!

nlegaux - 25-12-2014 at 17:47

HF... With no gloves...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2zOphNGPpg

j_sum1 - 25-12-2014 at 18:34

I think this video was linked in the pseudoscience thread, but it deserves a nuber one spot here. Claiming piss and distilled water are the same and many other gems.

Unbelievable. I couldn't even make it all the way through.
How many errors per sentence is it possible to make? Good thing that his thesaurus supports him.

smaerd - 25-12-2014 at 19:44

I think this video was linked in the pseudoscience thread, but it deserves a nuber one spot here. Claiming piss and distilled water are the same and many other gems.

This is amazing. I cannot believe how convoluted and wrong absolutely everything is in this video. It's great because he's making shit up that he could of easily fact-checked all for the agenda of getting more people to drink their own piss. "Drinking urine is like fuel injector cleaner" That's some life changing shit right there lol.

blogfast25 - 26-12-2014 at 07:11

I think this video was linked in the pseudoscience thread, but it deserves a nuber one spot here. Claiming piss and distilled water are the same and many other gems.

As so often with those goofballs, the comment section is the real fun, for instance:

Quote:

What Mr. Webber is explaining is, quite possibly, the crime of century. To not have an inexpensive water distiller in EVERY home is criminal offense, war against the general health of its citizens and for what, irresponsible corporate profit with intentional decimation of our precious resources?!

Tap water: more deadly than chemtrails! The Great Cull is upon us...

[Edited on 26-12-2014 by blogfast25]

blogfast25 - 26-12-2014 at 07:34

Here he is again (this guy's a serial offender!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-74iskWrYz8

Basically, if you remove all the I-N-O-R-G-A-N-I-C matter from your body, you develop a force field! That's why saints glow, man!

Oh and he's got a website too:

http://aquariusthewaterbearer.com/

[Edited on 26-12-2014 by blogfast25]

The Volatile Chemist - 26-12-2014 at 09:25

His website has a picture of him. He totally looks like a punk.
But the "Will this come off?" In regards to the lithium video was totally the best. Probably because it reminded me of (and possibly was) an old friend of mine from elementary school.

DrMario - 26-12-2014 at 12:54

Quote: Originally posted by HgDinis25