Making metal crystals from Pepto-Bismol

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  • Visit www.thebismuthsmith.com/ to save 25% on all of his bismuth decor items!
    Pepto-Bismol contains bismuth subsalicylate, and it's possible to extract the bismuth from it and use it to grow metal crystals.
    This is a re-visit of a project that I attempted a few years ago: • How to Extract Bismuth...
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  • @nexurianprime8530
    @nexurianprime8530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25008

    I love how this guy sounds equally like an expert and like he barely has a clue what he's doing. Just a perfect balance of the two

    • @ItsLtime
      @ItsLtime 3 ปีที่แล้ว +672

      @Eli Rinehart That doesn't mean he can be perfect at it, He knows the idea but not the practice. they don't teach shit like how to do bizzare stuff that's for funzies. He is all on his own.

    • @neobuddy2010
      @neobuddy2010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +318

      @Eli Rinehart im fairly sure he actually dropped out to do youtube full time, so the initial comment is pretty accurate, he half knows what he's doing.

    • @asongaboutagirl8776
      @asongaboutagirl8776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +416

      @@neobuddy2010 what i understand is that he has an undergraduate degree in chemistry & then half a masters in it too

    • @michaellyons3808
      @michaellyons3808 3 ปีที่แล้ว +310

      He has an idea of what he's doing he just does bizarre things lol like who does this or makes alcohol out of toilet paper

    • @sleepful1917
      @sleepful1917 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      the nilered charm

  • @mars5277
    @mars5277 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9080

    People who buy loads of medicine for seemingly no reason:
    -Crackheads
    -Chemists

    • @thatguyoverthere8441
      @thatguyoverthere8441 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      You mean drugs?

    • @AkwarkBlue
      @AkwarkBlue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +375

      I don’t see a difference within that list

    • @BillyWitchDoctorDotCom
      @BillyWitchDoctorDotCom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      Uhh you need to be a chemist to cook meth...

    • @copium5513
      @copium5513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +582

      So a crackhead, a chemist, and a drug dealer all walk into a bar. He sits down and orders a drink.

    • @maxerpants2876
      @maxerpants2876 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Regolith 引きこもり he is both lol

  • @leaf1673
    @leaf1673 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +317

    This video I watched 2 yrs ago inspired me to sink a few hundred dollars into bismuth, have a minor bismuth phase, and create some pretty cool shit. Fast forward a year, I get to write a research paper on anything I want for school. I choose bismuth, have the time of my life writing the best paper ever, and get a 100. Idk if ull see this, but thanks Nigel for introducing me to my now favorite element and the rest or ur channel and sparking my interest in chemistry. Ur pretty great

    • @rawr6306
      @rawr6306 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Sweet!!! That’s really great to hear. This is exactly why folks like Nigel produce things like this. I’m a chemist and has an amazing awesome HS chemistry teacher who is precisely the reason why I’m a chemist. He let me (and the few other nerds/geeks) play in the labs and just learn as much as I wanted.

    • @Dariakll
      @Dariakll 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It's mind blowing how much influence a small video can have on someone's future. In my case, Channels like Nigel's are the reason I kept being interested in science and more importantly biochemistry. I never thought I had it in me but fast forward 4 years, I'm now one of the top students in my classes and even got offered some paid internships at my local research labs. Again I never even thought I'd understand anything but his videos (especially the one where he explained crystallisation) kept my curiosity going. Here I am, on my way to *hopefully* open my own lab.

    • @WorldifySanity
      @WorldifySanity หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's pretty strange that you took the time to write all that, yet couldn't bring yourself to write 'your' and 'you're.'

    • @inayawhiting8333
      @inayawhiting8333 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@Crispy-Leaves stop being so picky. You just sound salty and jealous

    • @naxmerr7274
      @naxmerr7274 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@WorldifySanity y u care so much tho

  • @Arctheicecube
    @Arctheicecube ปีที่แล้ว +291

    jesse. get the pepto bismol. we're gonna make some crystals.

    • @DayreaverNoFake
      @DayreaverNoFake หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      bismuth crystals right?
      ...right?

  • @miialamia1653
    @miialamia1653 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9673

    "In hindsight, I probably should've used a larger container."
    - NileRed 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

    • @kindlin
      @kindlin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      ​@@the_rune_raven2253
      You realize that 20000-20000 would be equivalent to 20-20? All you're literally saying is, "Foresight is like looking at something 20000 ft away and seeing as if it were 20000 ft away, but hindsight is seeing something 20 ft away and seeing it as if it were 20 ft away."

    • @sideoutside
      @sideoutside 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      300 is blind I believe.

    • @ke6gwf
      @ke6gwf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@the_rune_raven2253 so then you say 20 - 20,000.
      (which means that you see as clearly at 20 feet as most people see at 20k feet)

    • @jamietaylor8663
      @jamietaylor8663 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I dont think he has one honestly

    • @ke6gwf
      @ke6gwf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@the_rune_raven2253, I have never heard of anyone with 20/23 vision needing glasses. That's almost perfect.
      It's when you get to 20/30 or 20/40 that you start having problems.
      Although, I have 20/13 vision, so what do I know!
      But the point is, the example you gave means someone with normal vision, and so isn't an exaggeration

  • @BobBob-bz6kw
    @BobBob-bz6kw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5230

    his ability to pronounce 8 complex chemical names in 1 sentence without messing up is crazy

    • @Sword-of-Ruin
      @Sword-of-Ruin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      It's normal, what?

    • @winonarose7488
      @winonarose7488 3 ปีที่แล้ว +311

      The power of being a scientist. When you use and study these things a million times, it’s pretty easy.

    • @cypherusuh
      @cypherusuh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +293

      Chemist learned parseltongue before they graduated, just like how doctor able to make runic inscription.

    • @Sword-of-Ruin
      @Sword-of-Ruin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@cypherusuh :V

    • @ExplosivePine
      @ExplosivePine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      He also does these are voice overs so he has alot of tries.

  • @wilting_alocasia
    @wilting_alocasia 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +281

    I'll never get over the thought of Nile going into Shoppers and buying $100 worth of stomach tablets xD

    • @rawr6306
      @rawr6306 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Omg! This is my first view of one of his videos and had no idea he’s Canadian. 😅 I’m not but my partner is and I spend a lot of time in Canada so yup totally know Shoppers.

    • @wilting_alocasia
      @wilting_alocasia 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@rawr6306 Im not Canadian, but my partner is, too! XD Shoppers is one of my go-to stores 😂

  • @fuzzysocks229
    @fuzzysocks229 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    I love how this dude doesn't shy away from showing how chaotic and Unpredictable chemistry can be. If he was my science teacher in hs I probably would have been a lot more interested in chemistry instead of just getting into it now thanks to passionate people like him 😅

    • @rawr6306
      @rawr6306 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Actually that’s precisely why I went into chemistry instead of biology! My HS chemistry prof was fantastic and actually let us play. Guided us in not completely destroying his classroom/labs but we still burned and melted a fuckton of stuff. He was tough, critical but knew how to push and challenge us. I know I’ll sound bitter a bit but sadly this sort of literal experimentation just isn’t allowed (liability mostly) any more and it’s made chemistry [wet at least] a lot less interesting. It’s like dissection in biology. I was dissecting fetal pigs and cats, pithing frogs and watching their hearts beat, hooking up gastrocnemius muscles to drum oscillographs and shocking them with different voltages to determine the most efficient and so much more in my 7th (yes SEVENTH) grade biology science lab (it was HS Advanced Placement level). This just doesn’t happen in scene classes today. I absolutely know and so appreciate the invaluable level of education I received. If only that was still happening…

  • @The_Horizon
    @The_Horizon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8301

    dude the cashier must have thought you were trying to get high off of it or something

    • @CellyWelly
      @CellyWelly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +329

      Who says he isnt going to?

    • @that_one_mha_fan6312
      @that_one_mha_fan6312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +203

      Yeah... He must've been like,"...Is this *glue?"*

    • @jomiyahminerve5431
      @jomiyahminerve5431 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      that would be interesting

    • @nikoproto
      @nikoproto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +271

      i guess cashiers are so sick and tired of their job that they cease to care

    • @PhantomMods4
      @PhantomMods4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      what the fuck are you doing on a nile red video-

  • @NilesChamberland
    @NilesChamberland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6071

    NileRed: *purchases 10 packages of antacid chewables*
    The cashier: what are all these for??
    NileRed: none of your bismuth

  • @mr.mcphoenix
    @mr.mcphoenix ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Imagine playing video games and then your parent is just like “sweetie, please feed the bismuth” and you just have to shovel aluminum foil rolls into barn troughs like you’re feeding horses

    • @dream_walker9726
      @dream_walker9726 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      this had me giggling off and on for about an hour so thanks for that lmao

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Nerd/genius characters from 90's and 2000's cartoons be like:

  • @AKA253
    @AKA253 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    I’ve been working my way through these videos that are a few years old and I always think about Nigel on Trash Taste talking about how he was interested in pyrotechnics when he was young and would put a firecracker into a pipe with a bb to shoot the bb out. When confronted that he had made a rudimentary gun, he mentioned he would sometimes put multiple bbs in the pipe at once. So he made a shotgun.

  • @justjdynyt1249
    @justjdynyt1249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6559

    Nile: its expensive
    Also nile:dumps the whole bottle on the table

    • @theautodan7095
      @theautodan7095 3 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      Not to mention the pile of broken beakers and tubes. 😂

    • @negljbreakergaming
      @negljbreakergaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +222

      Also Nile: Burns diamonds to carbonate water

    • @jazberrybear
      @jazberrybear 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      At this point he’s just flexing on us ;-;

    • @DBK4165
      @DBK4165 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      He does it cause he knows we all wanna see money thrown away like toilet paper 🤣. Some accidents do happen tho lol

    • @chess4926
      @chess4926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@negljbreakergaming Yeeee

  • @sheeshburger-go4qd
    @sheeshburger-go4qd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2720

    “I’ve always really liked the idea of growing metal crystals from Pepto-Bismol”
    is something I would have never thought I would literally ever hear.

    • @Leet-iz2fz
      @Leet-iz2fz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Saw this as he said it

    • @dreingames9137
      @dreingames9137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Leet-iz2fz I swear that always happens

    • @Emiltism
      @Emiltism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      WAIT ME THREE

    • @somekidnamedoscar8651
      @somekidnamedoscar8651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Leet-iz2fz same lol

    • @Txgreyhound
      @Txgreyhound 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I laughed so hard when he said it. Like, what a sentence!

  • @TheFoxfirelight
    @TheFoxfirelight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    You should revisit this. I think a lot of people would enjoy seeing this. It will also be a good opportunity to show what you've learned since this attempt.

    • @hashbrown777
      @hashbrown777 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I've definitely seen him use argon injection when heating stuff and another vid with a tube furnace he could use to smelt the bismuth out of oxidative air

    • @rawr6306
      @rawr6306 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@hashbrown777yeah I was like don’t you have any N2 gas around? Sheesh… Hell generate some CO2 and blanket the tube with that for crying out loud 😅

  • @LIRRFAN426
    @LIRRFAN426 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I said “pesto-bismuth” and couldn’t stop laughing for a minute. I need help

    • @axehead45
      @axehead45 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Nah it’s fine. It made you happy :)

  • @b1tfl1p
    @b1tfl1p 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6987

    The bismuth smith really missed an opportunity to call himself the bismith

    • @MalkavSaiyaYautja
      @MalkavSaiyaYautja 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      To the top!

    • @SomethingSeemsOff
      @SomethingSeemsOff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +552

      So a blacksmith that plays for both sides?

    • @MerpIsMe
      @MerpIsMe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Something Seems Off Please
      never say that again LOL

    • @danujus77
      @danujus77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Is that a motherfuckin Steven universe reference!

    • @whoopssteyrs
      @whoopssteyrs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      AngryShark
      it's not, but i appreciate your enthusiasm.

  • @adrianbik3366
    @adrianbik3366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4573

    Alternate title: "Watch me masacre all the measuring cups in my lab"

    • @FoxZFiend
      @FoxZFiend 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Lmao thats a fun name

    • @CrowAkechi_The_Luminary
      @CrowAkechi_The_Luminary 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @theplaguedoctor1248
      @theplaguedoctor1248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      You mean beakers right?

    • @sorbet7085
      @sorbet7085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      there's a video on his alt account that fits this name better lol

    • @theautodan7095
      @theautodan7095 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🎖🏅 please take first and second prize for most hilarious comment. 😂😂🤣

  • @HUSTL3HOLIC69
    @HUSTL3HOLIC69 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    From a medical standpoint Bismuth is also sometimes used as a hemostatic agent. It helps stop bleeding. Which is why it used to be so effective in Pepto, a lot of people would drink it for peptic ulcers and maybe even early stages of small bowel Crohns or Ulcerative Colitis relief. We of course have much better and widely standardized methods of treatments and better hemostat agents as well but a very interesting element nonetheless

  • @CalifornianCuttlefish
    @CalifornianCuttlefish 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I love this video for 2 reasons: 1. bismuth is my favorite metal and it's beautifully mesmerizing when crystalized, and 2. I love how Nile explains everything in an interesting and fun way.

  • @pleaseclap3335
    @pleaseclap3335 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3094

    Before watching the video: "those crystals look so pretty, I wanna make some myself!"
    After watching the video: "...nevermind"

    • @alexubel
      @alexubel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      No kidding. Pretty convoluted process really. This also isn't the best video to go by, given how poorly his came out.

    • @The_Big_Jay
      @The_Big_Jay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      $120
      4 days work
      Tons of lab stuff

    • @pleaseclap3335
      @pleaseclap3335 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@The_Big_Jay It's a lot more expensive if you don't have all the necessary lab stuff, which I don't

    • @The_Big_Jay
      @The_Big_Jay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pleaseclap3335 R.I.P.

    • @coleshelly283
      @coleshelly283 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      You can buy a pound of pure bismuth for like twenty bucks on Amazon I think. I was interested in bismuth like a year ago but never got any, I saw some people just heat it in a pot and break it apart

  • @bludraws094
    @bludraws094 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3423

    Imagine the cashiers reaction when he bought ten boxes of antacid.

    • @Dave_0115
      @Dave_0115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +246

      Meth

    • @bludraws094
      @bludraws094 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@Dave_0115 .............................

    • @Koreancatholic
      @Koreancatholic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +291

      Cashier: "Rough Week?"
      Nile: "Yeah something like that."

    • @reinatr4848
      @reinatr4848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +199

      *M Y G O A L S A R E B E Y O N D Y O U R U N D E R S T A N D I N G*

    • @gabeharris926
      @gabeharris926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      "you pooping sand or"

  • @billjohnston882
    @billjohnston882 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I did this!
    It took several tries but I successfully extracted bismuth metal from pepto bismo pills.
    I had repeated difficulty with converting from the granulated bismuth to metallic bismuth. I added borax and that solved the problem.

  • @EmilyThomson-lg4lr
    @EmilyThomson-lg4lr หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    your patience and perseverance is astounding

  • @Alovatololo
    @Alovatololo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2718

    "This brand, Life, chose to make things difficult"
    Life is a struggle after all.

    • @zezus001
      @zezus001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      underrated

    • @JushGraham
      @JushGraham 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      "Chose to make things difficult"
      As if they anticipated this maniac to exist lol

    • @aayushpaswan2941
      @aayushpaswan2941 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      dopplers effect :- th-cam.com/video/nUIuDsVezmM/w-d-xo.html

    • @OatmealFr
      @OatmealFr ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Holy shit that’s deep

    • @RNGclips_
      @RNGclips_ ปีที่แล้ว

      Bro only 4 replies

  • @camrollins2314
    @camrollins2314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2110

    This dude sounds like he's tryin to explain why he's late for work

    • @hesperaux
      @hesperaux 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I lold hard

    • @johnnye87
      @johnnye87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      Friend: where have you been for the last week?
      Me: Well I was reading the back of a bottle of Pepto-Bismol and I noticed....
      *ADHD rabbitholes: know the warning signs*

    • @WA7272IO72
      @WA7272IO72 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Haha

    • @chriskrausesmovie
      @chriskrausesmovie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      i believe any reason he has

    • @Nick-nh4nf
      @Nick-nh4nf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LMAOOOO

  • @draexian530
    @draexian530 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I like these videos. Nile has an understanding of base principles which allows him to explore chemistry in a safe and effective manner. It just so happens he's also a masterful producer of video edutainment.

  • @aaronsprojects9622
    @aaronsprojects9622 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I really want to believe that Nile bought groceries too when he got 10 BOXES of pepto 🤣. To be a fly on the wall when he was checking out.

  • @PRODNEZUMI
    @PRODNEZUMI 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2692

    Word percentages in the video:
    Science words: 33%
    “However,”: 67%

    • @sauercrowder
      @sauercrowder 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      "I was worried that there would be way too much stuff in it, but there turned out to be a lot less than I thought."

    • @christopherjz
      @christopherjz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Though

    • @nato6831
      @nato6831 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Christopher JZ aaaaaaaah

    • @clarastevens8683
      @clarastevens8683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      "To fix this,"

    • @CosmaPaulaton
      @CosmaPaulaton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Or "of a problem"/"bismuth"

  • @ExiaDuzzry
    @ExiaDuzzry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5446

    Students: Chemistry is stupid.
    NileRed: Hold my distilled water.

    • @butwhydoh2482
      @butwhydoh2482 5 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      I think you mean *distilled mercury*

    • @andrewwilkerson8186
      @andrewwilkerson8186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Bet you wont drink 5 gallons of pure distilled water

    • @CptWindwalker82
      @CptWindwalker82 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      @@andrewwilkerson8186 i wouldn't drink 5 gallons of normal water lol

    • @aeviwright7846
      @aeviwright7846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@andrewwilkerson8186 I drink about a gallon of distilled water a day because of old pipes in our house and the local spring water tastes bitter. It's not dangerous in any way as long as you maintain a healthy diet seeing as you get more electrolytes from food than water anyway. It may have a slightly easier time penetrating and over-hydrating cells but the journey to the stomach where it then mixes with acid and food is a short one and after mixing it's no longer an over-hydration risk.

    • @Sharpless2
      @Sharpless2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@aeviwright7846 about the same here. Just that our pipes are fresh as we renewed them a few years ago, i just like the "taste" of distilled water.

  • @azuredragonofnether5433
    @azuredragonofnether5433 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I'd like to add another thing to 1:47 where Bismuth is used commercially; Due to its low melting point, it is/was also used as a fuse, to keep households from catching fire when high amperages flow. Although simple and relatively cheap, the downside of it is that the fuse cannot be repaired and you have to resort to buying new ones when one or many are affected. To add insult to injury, many old households including the one I live in still maintain such archaic methods while new or renovated households use switch circuit breakers.

  • @TheFlyBullet
    @TheFlyBullet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Somebody else possibly already suggested this, but to isolate the bismuth from air, you could have used the same technique that is used in welding metals, because hot metal wants to oxidize too - just blow some argon or xenon on it, to separate it from air..

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He did this technique in his purple gold video for Aluminum actually

  • @monkeseeaction21987
    @monkeseeaction21987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3536

    Me at 10pm: imma go to bed early.
    Me at 3am: Making metal crystal from pepto bismol

    • @user-xp9jo2rv3q
      @user-xp9jo2rv3q 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      When I read that I thought it said making crystal meth.

    • @ngstop2603
      @ngstop2603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Martin Ma I don’t need sleep I need answers

    • @JorgeJimenez-ng1yb
      @JorgeJimenez-ng1yb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      3:03 am 😂🤣

    • @pokerface1225
      @pokerface1225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Haha ha 🤣freaking hilarious!

    • @londonr6422
      @londonr6422 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ahahahahha

  • @DaRkLoRdZoRc
    @DaRkLoRdZoRc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4698

    I love how this dude includes so many nuanced and professional laboratory techniques in his videos.
    >bismuth is stuck in test tube
    *"So I smashed it with a hammer..."*
    >crystals refuse to grow
    *"I tried poking it with a stick..."*

    • @starsandsus3725
      @starsandsus3725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      What did you sayyyy?

    • @timvanderheijden7922
      @timvanderheijden7922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @rhys clayton so true

    • @LucaDornseifer
      @LucaDornseifer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Timestamps:
      bismuth stuck in tube > 17:25 & 20:10 & 21:35
      crystals refuse to grow > 28:17 & 30:39

    • @potatopishee5683
      @potatopishee5683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      'well I need some energy to do this so I just gave my son 50L of sugar and sat him down in the lab'

    • @adamyung5296
      @adamyung5296 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      the crystals technique is actually a legit technique tho to promote crystal growth

  • @vynalldash_og
    @vynalldash_og 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "I thought it might just be PH sensitive, but when i tested it out... i found out i was right. Moving on-"
    I know hes trying to take us through his thoughts step-by-step but it just sounds like the best subtle flex ever-

  • @degened2990
    @degened2990 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    You don't even look old enough to have had time to learn all this stuff. Hats off to you bro. Love your shows.

  • @KaityKat117
    @KaityKat117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1672

    "I don't recommend any of you trying this"
    Bold of you to assume I can understand any of this well enough to replicate it.

    • @Quirkyhndl
      @Quirkyhndl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      For real. Me at the start: "this might be a fun science experiment to try..." At the end: " I would not survive..."

    • @weopdurdegenes6598
      @weopdurdegenes6598 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good profile picture.

    • @KaityKat117
      @KaityKat117 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@weopdurdegenes6598 y thank you. It'll be changing soon, tho.

    • @weopdurdegenes6598
      @weopdurdegenes6598 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KaityKat117 NOOOOOO

    • @KaityKat117
      @KaityKat117 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@weopdurdegenes6598 It's a new picture of my pony OC. With some major differences.

  • @temra7063
    @temra7063 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7284

    I love how he didn't stop pouring it out of the bottle in that one scene. He just let it overflow all over the table.
    (hey yall, i hate to be cringy, but i really do appreciate the likes and comments. thanks!

    • @Altazor-fh9of
      @Altazor-fh9of 3 ปีที่แล้ว +670

      He poured *harder* when it was about to overflow

    • @fraffen2677
      @fraffen2677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +402

      a true anarchist

    • @mariepatricia1975
      @mariepatricia1975 2 ปีที่แล้ว +329

      I watched with such confusion and then shrugged. We should know if hes going crazy we won't notice because he's a chemist and we've seen the other things he does.

    • @chess4926
      @chess4926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      After he says it’s *expensive*

    • @justinleggett4769
      @justinleggett4769 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      That gave me soooooo much OCD

  • @VoiceofLilith
    @VoiceofLilith 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My father was a chemist and would love that I'm watching this.

  • @drriccy6063
    @drriccy6063 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    For the melting process, I would've said to use some sort of inert gas like Argon to prevent any oxidation

  • @moosedraw3731
    @moosedraw3731 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1727

    “Until it looks mixed”
    **is mixing 2 clear liquids**

    • @redfaldas7524
      @redfaldas7524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      If you mix HCl and water, you can see them both.

    • @robinconkel-hannan6629
      @robinconkel-hannan6629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      You can see fine planes as the liquids mix if you have good lighting..

    • @alexjff3018
      @alexjff3018 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      yeah what they said, mixing 2 clear liquids you can see a clear separation. Take acetone and hexane for example in an extraction, it looks like a surface of water that separates the two miscible layers.

    • @subject204ghost3
      @subject204ghost3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The mixture actually looks a bit yellow after the mixing

    • @chadnewville6980
      @chadnewville6980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Go back and look at the bottom of the container when he first starts pouring the acid in and you can see the "ripples". They slowly go away as he adds more and then all together when it was stirred.

  • @applemauzel
    @applemauzel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +668

    3:38
    NileRed: "I would like to buy 10 boxes of Bismuth."
    CVS worker: "You have my sympathies."

  • @ethancooksey7350
    @ethancooksey7350 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love how I always think it’ll work out the first time he gets me every video

  • @reinatycoon3644
    @reinatycoon3644 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Oh wow @2:18 Bismuth crystals are sooo pretty! I think I just discovered my favorite mineral on Earth.

  • @OrangeC7
    @OrangeC7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2380

    You chemists are all crazy, please never change.

    • @LeCharles07
      @LeCharles07 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      You should see the chemists that are also rocket scientists.
      "There are, after all, some chemicals that explode shatteringly, some that flame ravenously, some that corrode hellishly, some that poison sneakily, and some that stink stenchily. As far as I know, though, only liquid rocket fuels have all these delightful properties combined into one delectable whole." Isaac Asimov, Foreword to _Ignition!_ by John D. Clark (Which you should totally read. It helps if you know chemistry but there are sections that you don't need to know much chemistry to follow along.)

    • @KizuRai
      @KizuRai 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ...Was this a chemistry joke?

    • @denzelnganga1914
      @denzelnganga1914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      True, we all need mad scientists to hold up civilization

    • @wetraccs5747
      @wetraccs5747 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      society is held up by mad scientists

    • @denzelnganga1914
      @denzelnganga1914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@wetraccs5747 how else will we get flying cars and light sabers and laser guns?

  • @HappyBeezerStudios
    @HappyBeezerStudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2811

    there is a reason they're individually packed: it has been shown that separate pills are less prone to overdoses (accidental and deliberate) than just a jar full, exactly because it takes much more effort to open and ingest dangerous amounts.

    • @Bro1212_
      @Bro1212_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Crazy that suicides go down when pharma companies make it a pain in the ass to OD, I would say it’s funny but in reality it’s kinda sad

    • @lordarthur2165
      @lordarthur2165 2 ปีที่แล้ว +401

      @@Bro1212_ This usually works because suicide is a quicky thought, you don't plan ir and anything, so when the method you was going to use takes more time, it's enough for the suicidal ideation to simply go away.
      That's why it's also recommended, if you have guns, to live the ammunition and the gun in different rooms.
      This little time of complicating the suicide method can be enough to make the person stop themselves.

    • @iiiii94
      @iiiii94 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lordarthur2165 thats simply not true. Suicide is often planned rather then an "impulse".

    • @Sharklops
      @Sharklops ปีที่แล้ว +228

      while that's a great point, I imagine they're also packaged that way because it's the sort of medicine you might want to carry with you in a pocket or purse or something if you know you'll be eating something that might unsettle your stomach

    • @spritely
      @spritely ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Bismuth subsalicylate's LDLo in humans is 700mg/kg so I doubt that was the reason I'm this case

  • @xaidenbooth2438
    @xaidenbooth2438 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love how this guy sounds equally like an expert and like he barely has a clue what he's doing. Just a perfect balance of the two whoever said this yes i agree

  • @JoJo-fan-right-here
    @JoJo-fan-right-here 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    NileRed is the only person that could turn pepto into metal without being considered absolutely insane.

  • @Vikanuck
    @Vikanuck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2689

    This dude is going to accidentally invent Flubber one day.

    • @Ravidist
      @Ravidist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      I'm dead

    • @barjammar
      @barjammar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@Ravidist Bismuth kills Helicobacter which causes most ulcers. It also blocks attachment of bacteria onto the wall of the intestine. It is not a very good antacid, but these other effects make it worthwile. Who could have guessed! www.helico.com

    • @wingsofthunder170
      @wingsofthunder170 3 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      @@barjammar i have no idea where you got all that from that 2-worded sentence lol.

    • @eternal9497
      @eternal9497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      @@wingsofthunder170 art analyzing ap classes be like

    • @FalconOfStorms
      @FalconOfStorms 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@barjammar he's DEAD, Barry!

  • @rhiannon6529
    @rhiannon6529 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1459

    Store clerk: so *why* do you need 400+ Pepto bismol pills?
    NileRed: uhhhhh... Flu season?

    • @batuhanozerr1736
      @batuhanozerr1736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Or he could say i'm gonna make a experiment

    • @WolfLykaios
      @WolfLykaios 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      He's a chemist.
      He probably end up explaning what he was going to do, and the store clerk would have understood none of it.

    • @ninakachina7137
      @ninakachina7137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Diarrhea cha cha cha?

    • @bluehorizons8913
      @bluehorizons8913 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I thought Pepto Bismol to stop yourself from having explosive shits.

    • @lancejobs
      @lancejobs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Art, In a flat tone no one will thing to long about it. Knew a guy that used that while hoofing a spool of barbed wire across campus xp

  • @myquiescentmind
    @myquiescentmind 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    First video I ever saw of Nigel's. Was hooked from here on out, despite having a rather massive disdain for chemistry at the time.
    Still don't have an interest or love for it but it's always beautiful watching and listening to people who do.
    And I can say I have a genuine appreciation for the field now.

  • @radiosgalore9362
    @radiosgalore9362 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fun fact: Bismuth is radioactive, however, it is generally not shown on periodic tables as such because it's half life is twenty quintillion one hundred quadrillion years, or 2.01x10¹⁹, or over a billion times the age of the universe.

    • @michaelellis8726
      @michaelellis8726 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@johnfreddy78that's what he said

  • @sonofredearth
    @sonofredearth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1065

    "Had some quick drying plaster that I had lying around", as one does

    • @partypickle1015
      @partypickle1015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Working in general construction, I can relate.

    • @Winlonghorn_iso
      @Winlonghorn_iso 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Black Gradient I read this right before he said it

    • @Fin-xw8in
      @Fin-xw8in 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      random happens here same

    • @b.m.4415
      @b.m.4415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know I have some

    • @margretrosenberg420
      @margretrosenberg420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not to mention all the test tubes, beakers, spare measuring cups and spoons, vacuum filter, blowtorch...

  • @thinkstump
    @thinkstump 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1811

    "Accidentally", chemist code for rage quit lol

    • @mtnation2923
      @mtnation2923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      THUNDERBULGE I was about to comment something like this lol

    • @anonymus.6660
      @anonymus.6660 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      THUNDERBULGE I was about to comment something like this lol

    • @imademyusernameforapurpose3299
      @imademyusernameforapurpose3299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      THUNDERBULGE I was about to comment something like this lol

    • @furyjaguar8034
      @furyjaguar8034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      THUNDERBULDGE I was about to comment something like this lol

    • @LolLol-ey7ro
      @LolLol-ey7ro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      THUNDERBULGE I was about to comment something like this lol

  • @Nathansus
    @Nathansus ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The pharmacy worker was probably so confused like "Why did this guy come in, study the boxes, then buy 10 of them"

  • @WestOfEarth
    @WestOfEarth 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bismuth, like water, expands when it solidifies. Probably why it stuck at the bottom of the test tube. Water and Bismuth are some of the few elements/molecules that become less dense in solid form compared to liquid which I think is pretty cool.

  • @zerou24
    @zerou24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +673

    "This is really flameable"
    "i used my heatgun to speed it up"

    • @blitz7488
      @blitz7488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I see absolutely no problem with this process of time efficiency

    • @LL-tr5et
      @LL-tr5et 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@blitz7488 good luck *staying alive*

    • @unicornqueen268
      @unicornqueen268 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was the 333 like

    • @deoxal7947
      @deoxal7947 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      So is flux but I still put my soldering irons to it

    • @Saveord
      @Saveord 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Speed is key

  • @northdakotabeast1547
    @northdakotabeast1547 5 ปีที่แล้ว +608

    My heart starting racing as he poured the whole Pepto bottle. That's new lmao

    • @marbleswan6664
      @marbleswan6664 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      NorthDakotaBeast your heart was racing? Some pepto could help.

  • @constantinosefstathiou1866
    @constantinosefstathiou1866 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pulverize the tablets, mix their powder with an excess of sugar and heat in a crucible. You will directly receive metallic bismuth.

  • @Bolt99K
    @Bolt99K 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1135

    3:05 that overpour was unexpected lol

    • @loupandsnoop
      @loupandsnoop 5 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      For a moment, I thought I was watching a collab with HowToBasic

    • @ZeLunatic
      @ZeLunatic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      The absolute madlad!

    • @damnfez
      @damnfez 5 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I got scared when that happened. Idk why. Then i got mad.

    • @2FAB4U2B
      @2FAB4U2B 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      That guy was screaming inside of me: "IT'S TIME TO STOP!"

    • @voelz1670
      @voelz1670 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      I was laughing when that happened due to how weird and out of place it was.

  • @catz_ee
    @catz_ee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +789

    3:00 That was quite possibly one of the most cursed actions I have ever witnessed.

    • @Xeroskia
      @Xeroskia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Watching that actually made me upset for a solid minute because I couldn't do anything about it, lmao.

    • @samuelhald8471
      @samuelhald8471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      That shit fucked me over hard goddamn

    • @jacintovski
      @jacintovski 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yep

    • @CoRLex-jh5vx
      @CoRLex-jh5vx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      The chunks. The thiccness. The dump. The pancake. Horrific and cursed, all.

    • @SilverGummiShark
      @SilverGummiShark 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I felt so much ANGRY.

  • @BUILT2KEEL
    @BUILT2KEEL 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The patience and determination of this man is incredible 😄 i cant wait to try doing some experiments of my own

  • @SurgeXs
    @SurgeXs 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    13:22 The captions forget the word "heat" so it just says "I also used my gun to speed things up". Having recently watched the bulletproof wood video, this is funny.

  • @adamDoesMath
    @adamDoesMath 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2656

    i rlly don’t know how you got me to watch 37 minutes of science

    • @vynniev9611
      @vynniev9611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      Cuz he's having fun 😏
      Public school teaching without passion go brrrr

    • @DanteTimberwolf
      @DanteTimberwolf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@vynniev9611 I'm like failing everything.
      Just stopped caring

    • @vynniev9611
      @vynniev9611 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@DanteTimberwolf lol I'm the wrong person to come for advice. I barely got through my senior year and almost went to court because of how often I was late or absent. Only reason I graduated is because irl I'm a short, timid and polite girl and people felt bad jevdkbekdhfkf. Also covid make school mean fuckall.
      Uh. Hm. Anyways don't be like me because you'll ABSOLUTELY fail but just try to get as much sleep as you can because its the cause of like 50% of people's issues and the free time you get in place of it isn't actually worth it.
      You weren't even asking for advice I'm just mad rn

    • @xEvilRaptorx
      @xEvilRaptorx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@vynniev9611 gawd damn, I almost got held back cause of credit hours. I hated doing the homework cause it was so basic feeling. Almost never made it to school on time but my first hour teacher, senior year, liked me. Got out with half a credit hour to spare

    • @gage3180
      @gage3180 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Humans are naturally curious and enjoy learning new things but it's not the same when your being forced to learn those things (in school) it's kind of like when people say "I hate learning" You don't hate learning you hate having information shoved down your throat

  • @lesto12321
    @lesto12321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +438

    "i did it slowly" proceed to pour acid less carefully than i would pour water.

    • @Trebinhas
      @Trebinhas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The video was sped up. It's literally in the corner of the screen

    • @aerisdragon8952
      @aerisdragon8952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The one thing that i learned in chemistry was to pour with confidence and speed. You don't want chemicals tricking down your arm

  • @lumi9732
    @lumi9732 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you bro. I just done my chemistry exam and your videos help support my idea of chemistry really well. Although my questions are different, your videos gave me a clear idea of what is possible of happening. Commenting for all your videos, but today I had a bismuth question so I decided to comment here.

  • @flwrcrwnbncr
    @flwrcrwnbncr 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    me @ 8:21, trying to figure out what ㅗ ㅓ ㅜ 디P어 means, before FINALLY thinking “maybe it’s NOT weird korean” and turning my phone upside down to see it says “NOT FOOD” 🤦‍♀️

  • @isupposethisismynmw640
    @isupposethisismynmw640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    This is basically 1/2 the chemical process of making bismuth from pepto, and half “I really had no idea at this point so I just started heating it up”. Love it

    • @aayushpaswan2941
      @aayushpaswan2941 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      dopplers effect :- th-cam.com/video/nUIuDsVezmM/w-d-xo.html

  • @EGamez
    @EGamez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +440

    23:50 "So for these reasons, I don't recommend anyone trying this."
    *_Yes, NileRed, I was definitely planning on following these steps and doing this myself._*

    • @OhLonesomeMe
      @OhLonesomeMe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      William Partridge deep... very deep.......

    • @henriquestankescandelari908
      @henriquestankescandelari908 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I think the most amazing scientific example is right there: 23 minutes of a video which are small cuts of hours of work, showing step by step of what not to do because of these reasons. Even negative findings are useful. Still, it looks pretty damn advanced, but that's the purest form of chemistry. Imo tho. Every science can be difficult, but difficult is only a way of thinking more. Its trial and error - getting data and converting it into context. Maybe, one person will see this and say: I'll try this tomorrow - maybe I can find a way.
      As much more numbers we get, more chances of this video having a solution.

    • @mech1x
      @mech1x 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@OhLonesomeMe not as deep as your dad was

    • @rosemarypaul6093
      @rosemarypaul6093 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If I can't make some cool crystals, why is he teasing me with his video? I need something to help a grandkids with a project about homegrown crystals. This video was no help then? Great!

    • @EGamez
      @EGamez 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rosemary Paul If you watch NileRed, you’d know that he makes videos just to show the scientific process.

  • @dawnevans6775
    @dawnevans6775 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow they look so beautiful,you can look at the(your) diff.formations and say ,"I made these".👍Thanks for your video.

  • @jessicajaerosenbaum115
    @jessicajaerosenbaum115 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was super cool. so fun watch you remelt it over and over again. i hope you have more videos like this. im going to check now

  • @yaboifab2
    @yaboifab2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1781

    Salicylic acid foam?
    more like forbidden whipped cream

  • @lava3218
    @lava3218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    Imagine walking into a store and purchasing their entire stock of pepto bismol only to have to explain to the cashier that you're not buying it to get high you're buying it to extract the bismuth

    • @tink6225
      @tink6225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      how does Pepto bismol get you high

    • @lava3218
      @lava3218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@tink6225 irrelevant, as long as the cashier doesn't know.

    • @pessinieminen4341
      @pessinieminen4341 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@tink6225 i think you can make meth from it but im not sure

    • @tink6225
      @tink6225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@pessinieminen4341 inch resting

    • @MahoganyFem
      @MahoganyFem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tink6225 LOL LOL

  • @armedandredee
    @armedandredee ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your voice-overs. I listen to your videos instead of a sleep talk-down.

  • @bgat911
    @bgat911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Such a well made video. Fully explained and entertaining. I wish my chemistry teacher was half this good..

  • @Wik3dNuTS4k
    @Wik3dNuTS4k 4 ปีที่แล้ว +965

    Prepare for almost 40 mins of "initially this worked until it didnt"

    • @NeuronalAxon
      @NeuronalAxon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Science, eh?

    • @DanteTorn
      @DanteTorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Nilered in a nutshell.
      Home projects in a nutshell.

    • @babycarl9585
      @babycarl9585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh yeah yeah

    • @kimbreawhaleywhaley6767
      @kimbreawhaleywhaley6767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      don't tell me that lol

    • @sauercrowder
      @sauercrowder 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      'I decided to try another method though, and even though I really didn't expect much, I was actually surprised by how well it worked."

  • @koocl1949
    @koocl1949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1961

    “Which was not safe, but anyways”
    Me when I have fun but what I am doing is not safe

    • @VitorPereira-xy6bx
      @VitorPereira-xy6bx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      i love how i scrolled through this comment right as i heard him say that

    • @toomuchiridium
      @toomuchiridium 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Me making potions in the bathroom

    • @josep9016
      @josep9016 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @commie281
      @commie281 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "Oh no! Anyways..."
      -Jeremy Clarkson

    • @sepsysmurf6982
      @sepsysmurf6982 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me walking on the thin cement wall on the side of the street

  • @VendlandFX
    @VendlandFX ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Give em the bismuth, Nile! Love your videos. You make chemistry wicked fun.

  • @greendreadmonplays8078
    @greendreadmonplays8078 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    THIS DUDE IS A GENIUS! HE DOES THE CRAZIEST THINGS, AND ITS SO COOL!!!

  • @CertifiedDeadMemes
    @CertifiedDeadMemes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2395

    I salute you for not eating the salicylic acid, it looked soo good.

    • @Winlonghorn_iso
      @Winlonghorn_iso 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      yea I would have tried to eat it

    • @valentine6162
      @valentine6162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      It could be edible, though i wouldn’t risk it

    • @saucelessbones5872
      @saucelessbones5872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      information is best for damage control

    • @---kp1hm
      @---kp1hm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      It would be edible in small doses.

    • @nico8439
      @nico8439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@---kp1hm thank you for this information

  • @nihilifish
    @nihilifish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2520

    “My sword’s made out of uranium!”
    “My sword’s made out of diamonds!”
    “My sword’s made out of titanium!”
    “My sword’s made out of a meteor!”
    “My sword’s made out of stone composed of human blood!”
    “You fools... MY SWORD’S MADE OUT OF P E P T O B I S M O L”
    edit: guys he did it
    he made the sword
    out of pepto bismol
    this is gaming mode

    • @pdubyah888
      @pdubyah888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hahaha

    • @abbyfisher8079
      @abbyfisher8079 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      watch kiwami

    • @adrianmardianto7681
      @adrianmardianto7681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Insert Steven Universe joke anywhere... You know?... because *Bismuth*

    • @therealhelmholtz
      @therealhelmholtz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      my guitar is made out of pepto bismol

    • @abbyfisher8079
      @abbyfisher8079 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nihilifish kiwami japan

  • @antewaso8876
    @antewaso8876 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    love this bismuth for some reason has been a fave of mine but what you do is awesome!

  • @ryanmcauliffe5347
    @ryanmcauliffe5347 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm like 8 hours into watching your videos. You are a gem unto this earth!

  • @danielb42oswagg53
    @danielb42oswagg53 3 ปีที่แล้ว +504

    *Every video Nile Red Ever Makes* “In hindsight I should have used a bigger container”

    • @jonnamechange6854
      @jonnamechange6854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm not sure if he could have found an antiflocculant to stop the frothing?
      Aside from being a little bit labour intensive regarding the recovery of bismuth, would it be too rude for me to suggest he should have let the bismuthsmith make the video instead?

    • @zedbags
      @zedbags 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      3:02

    • @sushidood3388
      @sushidood3388 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      3:06 my ocd :(

  • @nope_avi8164
    @nope_avi8164 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1860

    nilered: completely overflows the measuring spoon
    me: *_internal screeching_*

  • @moohsinatabassum5915
    @moohsinatabassum5915 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like his robotic voice,like there is no emotion in his speech, and that's the reason why people didn't caught Nilegreen at first .

  • @oorjamulchandani9137
    @oorjamulchandani9137 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Imagine the cashier's reaction to nile buying 10 boxes of pesto bismol chewable
    He probably thought - "Damn bro you CONSTIPATED." lol

  • @granttherock9121
    @granttherock9121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1977

    When a chemistry channel includes “making” and “crystal ” in the title, you know you’re gonna have a good time.

    • @csturgis
      @csturgis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      making crystal meth

    • @granttherock9121
      @granttherock9121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Charles Sturgis
      Yeah...that would be the joke.

    • @jamesbliss9533
      @jamesbliss9533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      9:04
      Uncanny....this guy sounds just like Dinesh D'Souza

    • @ArmanBaig
      @ArmanBaig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But if you’re not safe... you’re gonna have a bad time!

    • @granttherock9121
      @granttherock9121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Pierce Markusic yes.

  • @GraceLJW
    @GraceLJW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +461

    I love the hastily-sharpied "NOT FOOD" on the side of the strainer 😆

    • @AlwaysBolttheBird
      @AlwaysBolttheBird 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The only way to do it. I I have some I use for woodworking and you got to label them

    • @kwibloupthesomething
      @kwibloupthesomething 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@AlwaysBolttheBird have you eaten wood shavings instead of noodles by accident?

    • @Yeetuz.Deletuz
      @Yeetuz.Deletuz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kwibloupthesomething so relatable man😔

  • @Just1Nora
    @Just1Nora 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those unique square crystals are known as hopper crystals because they look like grain hoppers.
    I looked up instructions for growing the crystals after falling in love with them at a jewelry conference...the easiest way is to melt a large cup full of bismuth metal and then pour out the excess once the crystals have formed to your liking. Steel measuring cups were recommended as seeding vessels. Without proper temperature control it's as much art as science.

  • @maddy1255
    @maddy1255 ปีที่แล้ว

    I purchased a very small process of bismuth and while ago and it's one of my favorite crystals

  • @NO-co4pu
    @NO-co4pu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +553

    "for some reason they were all individually packaged" lol that killed me

    • @editname6868
      @editname6868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pi likes and no comments?

    • @vvskiitlesvv
      @vvskiitlesvv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      atleast it wasn't the plastic & foil packaging- these you can easily cut up each side

    • @hashbrown777
      @hashbrown777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I loved "these chewables are the same stuff but cheaper" and only noticed way too late that it's not the same, it's chewable, and is full of gelatenised starch

    • @user-pr6ed3ri2k
      @user-pr6ed3ri2k 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      killed

    • @TheOneWayDown
      @TheOneWayDown 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I hate those packages. If I'm reaching for the pepto, it's because my GI tract is fighting a war and I'm definitely taking whatever the max I can take is. Just throw it all in a bottle and I'll take 2 like I do with ibuprofen, good lord

  • @GtGtiR32
    @GtGtiR32 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2104

    Individually wrapped pills, almost as if they don't expect you to use them all at once :o

    • @Ayr1n_0
      @Ayr1n_0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      An N they know that's why they put in the pain

    • @Kannamoris
      @Kannamoris 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      But it's horrible for the environment. Imagine if every banana was individually wrapped, there'd probably riots in the streets.

    • @lisabunch1955
      @lisabunch1955 5 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      Kanna Hayabusa but each banana IS individually wrapped. Banana peels.

    • @lisabunch1955
      @lisabunch1955 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Just Me oh man. i just realized that. sadly its not my real name :( if it was thatd be fun

    • @oikura
      @oikura 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Kannamoris Tomoko is great

  • @mrkekss6566
    @mrkekss6566 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was one of the best Sponsoring ideas that i saw, very well made

  • @REALITYSANILLUSION
    @REALITYSANILLUSION หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nile, i learn so much from you everyday!

  • @Roblidon
    @Roblidon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1006

    I just realized why I like his videos so much, after like half a dozen of them in a row: it's the way he always sounds like he's leading to something, even when he isn't. Sometimes he's just clearly detailing what he's doing, but with forward motion and anticipation. My Adhd stays hooked on so I can watch entire videos without getting distracted.

    • @blxckmxrkxt
      @blxckmxrkxt ปีที่แล้ว +7

      _yes_

    • @ortussiridus1680
      @ortussiridus1680 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Tbh, his videos are some of the only ones I never get bored of. Almost every other youtuber has this problem where it's hard to keep track of their content and stay "fully" in tune, but not with nigel.
      He always knows just what to say without sounding like a full on narrator and knows how to keep things interesting.
      That's one of the reasons I love his videos.

    • @jii.
      @jii. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yep. That cadence. Every sentence is a journey; towards some wacky science...

    • @geoffreyentwistle8176
      @geoffreyentwistle8176 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I'd never thought about it that way... It would explain why I really enjoy a number of educational and maker channels - there's a story with each video, and a driven and enthusiastic narrator.

    • @LaikasFriend
      @LaikasFriend 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have thought about it before but didn't have the words for it, you nailed it!

  • @Bill_McRook
    @Bill_McRook 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2147

    "How to extract 30 cents worth of bismuth from a hundred bucks worth of Pepto-Bismol"

    • @SamSam-yf8ot
      @SamSam-yf8ot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      Bill McRook true 😭 but the experience is def worth the cost. It’s less about the money and more about having fun and trying something new 🤷‍♀️ he also mentioned you could buy it for a lot cheaper

    • @Bill_McRook
      @Bill_McRook 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@SamSam-yf8ot I would rather extract the gold from $100 worth of scrap circuit cards!

    • @theblackknight101
      @theblackknight101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Not to mention all the lab equipment destroyed, the blowtorch fuel, all that acid and aluminium foil.. 😀

    • @ACR_Legends
      @ACR_Legends 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Stocks

    • @Agrillot6
      @Agrillot6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      7 million views later and there has to be some revenue.

  • @turtle6316
    @turtle6316 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    5:54 spicy piña colada

  • @sharoneuby-62
    @sharoneuby-62 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow! This is amazing!❤

  • @Chewychewychoochoo
    @Chewychewychoochoo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +907

    *casually buys 10 boxes of seltzer...
    Cashier: "What in the world did you eat?"