Mixing sodium with mercury
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Published 2018-12-31
Correction: at 12:50 I said that pure nitrogen is denser than air, but that isn't true. The specific gravity of nitrogen vs dry air at STP is ~0.97, meaning that it should rise slightly, but the difference (0.97 vs 1) is so small that there isn't a very noticeable effect. When air is flushed out of a flask by nitrogen, it would take a while, but it should eventually mix with the air out of the flask.
For this video, I'll be making the sodium amalgam, which is commonly used in chemical reactions. It can also be used as a gateway to other amalgams, even some that are normally very hard to form. This is the first official video in my new amalgam series, where I try and combine as many different metals as possible with mercury.
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All Comments (21)
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science man mixes poison shiny water with boom water
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"Bro just wash the sodium with water lol" -Famous Last Words
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"Why the hell would you want to mix explosives and poison?" Me: A M A L G A M A T I O N S
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Me: Cant afford much Nile: ah yes, let me feed gold to my pet puddle
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Gets mercury poisoning. "This is not ideal"
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"There was a thump, and all the sodium instantly disappeared." Sodium in a nutshell lol.
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I dont understand why people dislike videos like this. There is LITERALLY NOTHING to dislike.
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A poem about my father [who lived to 92, better living through chemistry]: Willie was a chemist. Willie is no more, For what he thought was H20 was H2S04.
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NileRed: "working with mercury is almost always a pain, requires waste management and special handling..." Cody: "in this video we'll mix liquid mercury with Kool Aid and drink it!"
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Imagine having science channels like this on YouTube, and then showcasing “melting lipstick” as a science experiment representing all science channels.
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9:51 “but anyway, now that all that safety has talks done, i can go back to playing with the amalgam.” lol
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I actually like chemistry unlike most of my family and I definitely LOVE this channel because it shows the extremely fun (and dangerous) aspects of chemistry
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This is the chemistry I always wanted to see. Weird YouTube recommendation has finally something good!
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Years ago my roommate and I played around with a material we nicknamed "Hell Metal." Not a mercury amalgam but an alloy of gallium and aluminum. We dissolved powdered aluminum in molten gallium into no more would go in, then removed the aluminum oxides dross. Result is a liquid alloy that is relatively stable in dry air, wets glass, makes great mirrors of all your glassware, and if not disturbed may remain liquid at room temperature for anywhere from hours to weeks before it solidifies. It tears apart water on contact to produce hydrogen, evolving a fair amount of heat - learned that the hard way when I tried washing some off a gloved hand and received a burn for my trouble. Handy reductive agent.
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I work with HID lighting and found this episode the answer to many of my questions. Great video!
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I think this is my favorite video that you've done. I really like these amalgamations.
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“So to get things started, I added a few drops of acid.” Me, at every party
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"Smashing it a BIT" destroys flask completely
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20:01 "I'm sorry Mistress, I'm SURE I can fit all of them in my mouth" LOLWUT? Is that someone's name?
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This video deserves to be in the list of Really useful videos
