Extracting the red phosphorus from matchboxes

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  • @turle8645
    @turle8645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4305

    You should make a "reverse matchbox" where when you strike the match, the box lights on fire

    • @aviko9560
      @aviko9560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      I mean, you could really do this at home, it seems like a fun idea :D

    • @itstioolatetobesorry
      @itstioolatetobesorry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Yes, I will buy it. Much useful.

    • @ScrewThisMFGame
      @ScrewThisMFGame 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      Thats just a matchbox doused in gasoline

    • @Sacredkittycat
      @Sacredkittycat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Lost some brain cells after reading that thank you

    • @enzoqueijao
      @enzoqueijao 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@ScrewThisMFGame I was thinking the same thing

  • @theKashConnoisseur
    @theKashConnoisseur 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5359

    FBI: Why did you purchase 1,000 boxes of matches from Amazon?
    Me: I just really like lighting matches.
    FBI: Really?
    Me: Really, REALLY like it.

    • @Metalhammer1993
      @Metalhammer1993 8 ปีที่แล้ว +227

      amateur i would tell them i love the smell of a lit match and not even a lie detector would react. (one of the best smells in the world imho)

    • @firexgodx980
      @firexgodx980 8 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Red Phosphorus isn't illegal(nor should it be). You can buy it online from many places.+

    • @MostFolkCallMeOrangeJoe
      @MostFolkCallMeOrangeJoe 8 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      +firexgodx980 It was eye-wateringly expensive last I checked.

    • @firexgodx980
      @firexgodx980 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Adam Harrington Oh it is, but what else could you expect with such a niche product in low volumes

    • @hantinvu3746
      @hantinvu3746 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Something Dreadful k

  • @kenstr321
    @kenstr321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +953

    I feel like I might be on a watch list now...

    • @alex7955-p6n
      @alex7955-p6n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Next video how to make P2P and amphetamine xD

    • @dunnperfect8567
      @dunnperfect8567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It’s not my fault TH-cam recommends it: it’s like giving a baby a loaded gun who’s fault is it that he killed his brother

    • @Mike20321_
      @Mike20321_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah same man

    • @kenstr321
      @kenstr321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dunnperfect8567 With the logic of people these days, the gun...

    • @slaughterhouse5585
      @slaughterhouse5585 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Considering the way things are going these days just about everybody is going to end up on some kind of watch list. What's happening to this country? 😳

  • @trajectoryunown
    @trajectoryunown 3 ปีที่แล้ว +217

    Okay TH-cam...
    Just because I've been rewatching Breaking Bad doesn't mean I need tutorials.
    But Nile Red is cool af.

    • @Edigor100
      @Edigor100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      lmfao same here, have been rewatching it the past 2 weeks or so

  • @PollosH3rm4nos
    @PollosH3rm4nos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +937

    "You need to get the big 200 count boxes of individual matchbooks"

    • @prodigygaming5102
      @prodigygaming5102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      “Don’t buy everything in one place”

    • @Malaphor2501
      @Malaphor2501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      Stay out of my territory.

    • @benargee
      @benargee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Malaphor2501 TV On The Radio - DLZ

    • @prathamlohia8496
      @prathamlohia8496 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Malaphor2501 i am the one who matchbox

    • @luciddream2033
      @luciddream2033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@prodigygaming5102 don't buy anything like that. I was charged with manufacturing of a controlled substance for buying a box of psuedoephedrine. A cop approached me and asked me where the box was. He said if I couldn't produce the box within 10 days of buying they would charge me and they did. When I was in my preliminary hearing, another person was there for just trying to buy a box and got rejected. They didn't even buy it, just attempted it. Honestly I still get nervous buying coffee filters and lithium batteries.

  • @Dreyno
    @Dreyno 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    I used to make my own “strike anywhere” matches. Strip the striker pad, dip match head in water and roll in the phosphorus. When it dries, the matches will strike on any slightly rough, hard surface. Stone, concrete, leather shoe soles etc.
    Probably not very safe if you were to carry around in your pocket though. I think they could ignite off each other.

    • @515Matteo
      @515Matteo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Good party trick tho. Give them a regular match and use the custom ones to win bets

    • @ferdinandroig3460
      @ferdinandroig3460 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah, you just figured out why they moved the phosphorus to the striker pad, and _especially_ why they switched from white phosphorus. Carrying those could easily be more dangerous than carrying a Peacemaker back in the day 😅

    • @wolfetteplays8894
      @wolfetteplays8894 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is actuallly because of authoritarianism and big pharma control, but alright.@@ferdinandroig3460

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They would also probably ignite off the friction in your pocket aswell.

  • @kshitijnanda1048
    @kshitijnanda1048 8 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    I never knew chemistry could be addicting

    • @icemaiop
      @icemaiop 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      You can always visit a physician to cure your chem addictions.

    • @christophergallagher4921
      @christophergallagher4921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@icemaiop ...they can be found in any major settlements.

    • @RJ_Productions316
      @RJ_Productions316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@christophergallagher4921 speaking of settlements...
      Another settlement needs your help. Here, I'll mark it on your map

    • @buckettproductions6253
      @buckettproductions6253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just like the drugs he’s TOTALLY NOT making! :)

  • @TheRealLyonic
    @TheRealLyonic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    I feel like by the end of this Nile's just gonna end up making a playlist entitled "How to make meth, The Series!"

    • @garrysekelli6776
      @garrysekelli6776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      There was one but it was taken down. Violation of 1 st ammendment rights.

    • @barelmaker
      @barelmaker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@garrysekelli6776 He’s Canadian, and TH-cam is privately owned

    • @garrysekelli6776
      @garrysekelli6776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@barelmaker unlike ur mom.

    • @pesty4592
      @pesty4592 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@garrysekelli6776 yes thanks Garry

    • @sababezhashvili598
      @sababezhashvili598 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@garrysekelli6776 How does "How to make Methamphetamine" video violate 1st amendment rights?

  • @Ethyrus
    @Ethyrus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    “Red phosphorous Jack!”

  • @istaybased34
    @istaybased34 7 ปีที่แล้ว +371

    **Throws it in a pot of boiling water, runs away and shuts the door**

    • @hellhoud2825
      @hellhoud2825 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Reptillian what happened mr white

    • @D3adP00I
      @D3adP00I 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Sigh.. if you notice phosphorous isn't even in phosgene -.-

    • @methgirl2067
      @methgirl2067 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Reptillian throw some lithium with water in a coke bottle shake it and run away

    • @PalkkiTT
      @PalkkiTT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🖕

    • @yumm186
      @yumm186 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@PalkkiTT sorry you feel this way

  • @keaganthegreat
    @keaganthegreat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Red phosphorus strips are easily dissolved into ethanol.
    My advice would be to soak the box in water, strip the thin layer of paper from the box and soak it in alcohol above 70%. Once you've dissolved it, evaporate the alcohol, and grind it. You get a uniform powder with a high degree of purity.

    • @dirtybongwaterplayz1566
      @dirtybongwaterplayz1566 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This guy cooks

    • @keaganthegreat
      @keaganthegreat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dirtybongwaterplayz1566 no, I just like ratings that go boom.

    • @captainchicky3744
      @captainchicky3744 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Red phosphorous is not soluble in any solvent ngl you’re just bsing

    • @Microbe_Master
      @Microbe_Master 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You’ll get some contaminants getting red p from matchboxes.

    • @keaganthegreat
      @keaganthegreat 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Microbe_Master not really a problem when all I'm doing is making it explode.

  • @Cieeel
    @Cieeel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    RED PHOSPHORUS, JACK! INFRARED IS USELESS!

    • @readytoplay7874
      @readytoplay7874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Give it up!
      Back to the earth with you!

    • @Cieeel
      @Cieeel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@readytoplay7874 HAVE A SMOKE!

    • @-panzerfaust
      @-panzerfaust 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I have won this!
      *maniacal laughter*

    • @AraDrett
      @AraDrett 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MEMES, THE DNA OF THE SOUL

    • @blackpearl7596
      @blackpearl7596 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Welcome to my Utopia of death!

  • @baileydasis5624
    @baileydasis5624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    TH-cam Algo: You really need to check out this video
    Me: I haven't watched them for years though
    TH-cam: Don't worry here's the video right after you left off :)

    • @danielbyers1390
      @danielbyers1390 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah I am really wondering why this one, after so many years...

  • @henmich
    @henmich 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I find the real-deal chemistry like this fascinating. I will never do any of it, but I watch every video... What I find most surprising, is the amount of back and forth it takes to make something "pure".... Hard to believe it can be scaled up to make industrial scale enterprise of it.

    • @andersjjensen
      @andersjjensen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The processes are mostly the same. With solvents you distill them off and use them again. With recrystallization you reduce the left over as much as possible and reintroduce it to the next batch, etc, etc. On commercial scale this means that "the pipeworks" are going to be more complex, but once you're up and running you only have small consumptions of chemicals and a bigger electricity bill. The ones who find the most efficient method, and operates where labor and electricity is the cheapest gets the highest profit margins....

  • @lezlezman1843
    @lezlezman1843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Me in Tobacconist's shop: 1600 boxes of matches, please.
    Tobacconist: Man, you need to cut down or you won't reach 50!

    • @Kid_Cat64
      @Kid_Cat64 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know you mean 50, but, as a math kid, the accidental factorial is killing me.

  • @gabestew262
    @gabestew262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Id be willing to bet money nilered is on multiple watchlists

    • @ogpflame7675
      @ogpflame7675 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      well he's a chemist so bet up

  • @gavalant366
    @gavalant366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Even though I live in Asia I still have a feeling of some FBI agent watching me and taking notes.

  • @mysteryGuySaysHi
    @mysteryGuySaysHi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    NileRed - extracting the red phosphorus from matchboxes
    Heisenberg - Stay out of my territory

  • @pablomiranda7657
    @pablomiranda7657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    surprisingly enough there aren't that many monsoon comments

  • @whyisblue923taken
    @whyisblue923taken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Other scientists: "Nile, would you like to collaborate on a research paper?"
    Nile: "Sure. On second thought... Stay out of my territory."

  • @lancepelton17
    @lancepelton17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    matchbox sales after this video 📈

  • @90PercentNerd
    @90PercentNerd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “Stay out of my territory”
    -Walter White
    dont cook meth kids

  • @fabianfeliciani6785
    @fabianfeliciani6785 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A more efficient method of extracting the red phosphorus is to first get a beaker about half full of acetone
    Then with scissors, cut the striker strips off the side of the matches boxes and place them in the acetone
    Then get a drill with a kitchen beater attached and use that to mix the acetone and strikers
    After about 5 minutes of mixing, all the red phosphorus will have come off the cardboard
    Then all you need to do is strain off the cardboard and give it a final washing to remove any residual red phosphorus
    Then filter the liquid and you will be left with a decent amount of red phosphorus on a filter paper which can easily be scraped off
    Hope this helps

    • @br78454
      @br78454 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi
      Massive unearthed thread ..
      Can u give examples for "well easily scraped filter papers" ?
      Coffee filter doesn't match for this

  • @snowyfolfskyroo2739
    @snowyfolfskyroo2739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I hate myself for giggling at it when it said "Red P is illegal in many places"

  • @SimplyChem32
    @SimplyChem32 8 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Future video on Armstrong's mixture? :)

  • @goldenhydreigon4727
    @goldenhydreigon4727 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Red Phosphorus you say?
    AND IT WILL COME

    • @nyan-cat8226
      @nyan-cat8226 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LIKE A FLOOD OF PAIN

    • @yucatancallejero
      @yucatancallejero ปีที่แล้ว +1

      POURING DOWN ON ME

    • @Lemon_Limer
      @Lemon_Limer ปีที่แล้ว

      AND IT WILL NOT LET UP UNTIL THE END IS HERE

  • @benearhart1224
    @benearhart1224 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I once did an experiment reducing lithium phosphate with magnesium powder. Igniting the powder mixture produces a well-behaved reaction that produces no gasses and burns slowly and completely. Interestingly, there was a red crust on the top which I later realized was the white phosphorous produced internally converted to red via the high temperatures. I didn't really know what to expect. All I knew was that you store phosphorous in water. So, dumping the remaining product into water instantly produced popping and flaming and a smoke that smelled like garlic. I moved that somewhere away to finish and didn't mess with it any more. However, I did read later that this reaction produces "some substance", that when combined with water, produces phosphorous pentoxide. Given that P05 smells like garlic, I assume that it what happened. Once the reaction with the water is spent, you are left with a sort of gray powder which I suppose is a mixture of Li and Mg oxides among other things.

  • @rname282
    @rname282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    so that is why raiden can't see monsoon

  • @justanotherfreakinchannel9069
    @justanotherfreakinchannel9069 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Red P is actually pretty easy to get off of the boxes when they are dry using a sharp razor blade, it should all scrape cleanly off in just a couple of seconds.

    • @justanotherfreakinchannel9069
      @justanotherfreakinchannel9069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Ali Mansor Too true. I definitely wouldn't recommend using any aluminum razor blades!! 😂😂😂😂

  • @baronbonk258
    @baronbonk258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ah yes, converting matchboxes to fire powder, to war crime powder, then glow sticks

  • @jasonpatterson8091
    @jasonpatterson8091 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'd love to see something like phosphate converted back into elemental phosphorus.

  • @AlwaysAskQuestion
    @AlwaysAskQuestion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nile's FBI Guy must be sweating every time he goes shopping

  • @edmontontech2008
    @edmontontech2008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    lol, I like how you posted step 3 in how to make meth.

    • @j2323j
      @j2323j 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's 1 & 2🤔

  • @placeholerwav
    @placeholerwav 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    i needed this for my element collection, thanks.

  • @monsus8153
    @monsus8153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Very interesting.

  • @poijmc606
    @poijmc606 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Phosphorus: 0.24g
    Nile: B I G B O W L

  • @marriott7863
    @marriott7863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    i’m a bit late to this video, but i’m here

  • @VR_OP
    @VR_OP 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW that is why nile red is amazing . THANK YOU NILE RED RULES.

  • @justinbrian6992
    @justinbrian6992 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    You mentioned phosphorus pentachloride can be made into glowsticks, is there a way to recover phosphorus from glowsticks?

    • @ldbrocker
      @ldbrocker 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Totally different phosphate phosphorus and glow stick is more akin to phosphorus and vitamins the only way you can make red phosphorus is by exposing white phosphorus to heat and sunlight

    • @eier3252
      @eier3252 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No, because he only uses the phosphorus pentachloride to make something called oxalyl chloride from oxalic acid, which in turn is made into diphenyl oxalate derivatives, which are the active ingredient in glowsticks. There is no phosphorus in your ordinary glowstick.

  • @gri5in862
    @gri5in862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That one box at the beginning just had to be special

  • @ivoryresove4813
    @ivoryresove4813 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    thanks you just helped me get a main ingredient for my experiment

  • @TheMinecraftThane
    @TheMinecraftThane 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    FIRST METHYLAMINE AND NOW THIS, NILE?!?!

    • @mileznightmare
      @mileznightmare 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think he is heisenberg... Or maybe jessie pinkman LOL.

    • @EnderPlayerr
      @EnderPlayerr 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Nile Red is becoming Nile White

    • @TheMinecraftThane
      @TheMinecraftThane 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      you are the best

    • @th3thin9
      @th3thin9 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Except that the Methylamine and the RP work for different methods. Well, maybe he just wants to have racemic methamphetamine and also Dextromethamphetamine, but who knows!

    • @bobitzaakanoobulplictisit7639
      @bobitzaakanoobulplictisit7639 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      i think it is Jessie

  • @DaveKing19836
    @DaveKing19836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The DEA would be very interested in this

  • @sebastianalmanza4756
    @sebastianalmanza4756 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Oh jeez, I'm definitely on a watch list now

  • @nyan-cat8226
    @nyan-cat8226 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ah yes, Monsoon battle

    • @Lemon_Limer
      @Lemon_Limer ปีที่แล้ว

      “RED PHOSPHORUS, JACK. INFARED’S USELESS!”

  • @tetra2277
    @tetra2277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Me: this is the channel I watch all the time, it has great videos about wonderful chemical reactions
    My friend: oh, what’s the chemical reaction for this video?
    Me: getting stuff off a box made of cardboard

  • @ddaveeddd
    @ddaveeddd 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You know its gunna be a good video when theres that disclaimer at the start of the video.

  • @Numitronic
    @Numitronic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Oh boy, I already have problems in Canada doing chemistry without touching any A precursor (I now have to make a declaration to border security that KCl is NOT an illegal product). I expect a visit from law enforcement eventually, so I keep everything labeled and my lab notebook in order. Red P and Methylamine is a lot of problems if you get caught (even if they are by themselves legal in such quantities). I can't believe how difficult it is just to pursue such a hobby, even if I have zero interest in drugs or explosives.

    • @AwesomePower1234
      @AwesomePower1234 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Canada used to be the place where are the ex-drug chemists from down here in the states would flee to after almost being arrested by the FBI/DEA. They would either retire or continue making stuff, usually the serious scheduled compounds like LSD and MDMA. Unfortunately, that's just how things are I guess.

    • @theterribleanimator1793
      @theterribleanimator1793 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      where exactly do you plan on getting the deuterium/ tritium? BTW remember to buy lead, don't mess around with neutrons.

    • @benearhart1224
      @benearhart1224 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea, you can't get very far in chemistry without hitting some chemical that has been identified as a precursor. However, you may want to read how these restriction laws work. It is basically a police-state type setup. Since the government (US) couldn't really, say, ban sulfuric acid or any of the other ever growing list of "bad" chemicals due to the fact that we still haven't *quite* sunk to the level of thought crimes, what they did was bully the seller. They did this by making the seller liable for the actions of the customer, as if a sort of cohort. And the rest is a setup so that the seller can (or must depending) report any unusual purchases, etc. to big brother. Something to keep in mind regarding the difference between purchasing and possession.

    • @benearhart1224
      @benearhart1224 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      But be glad this, and the South American atrocities committed in the name of the War On Drugs, was done. Just look at the benefits. A bit of reading on wikipedia will show that cocaine is far less toxic to the brain and recovery from addiction is far more likely than from meth. So now they've apparently cut way down on cocaine supply and made domestic meth production difficult. Then, the Mexican baddies realized making meth is far easier than dealing in cocaine traffic. So now our streets are flooded with an even more destructive addictive stimulant. And I'd bet my bottom dollar that if they hadn't have done anything, the coke culture would have died down anyway as the effects were clearly on display with celebrities wrecking their lives one by one. Yes, true freedom is too dangerous for you and I, nor can we be trusted, we must live and die on our knees.

    • @eier3252
      @eier3252 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then don't even think about coming to Germany, while red P and iodine are free to buy to anyone, our government has a hard on on heavily regulating anything that MIGHT be slightly toxic, cancerogenic or can be made into explosives. This includes regularly used chemicals such as nitric acid, various lead and nickel salts, mercury, formaldehyde, methanol, DCM, chloroform, ammonia, various hydrocarbons and most recently potassium iodide which until May 1 was classified as non-hazardous but now has the H370 statement "Damages the organs" and is thus classified toxic.

  • @gasperarnez
    @gasperarnez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Walter White probably watcher this video on how to get red phosphorus to make meth. Thank you Nile

    • @maggotman4484
      @maggotman4484 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      nah he used emergency flares

  • @morgenstern4.669
    @morgenstern4.669 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    NileRed in: how to commit a war crime 101

  • @EpsilonJosh
    @EpsilonJosh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Him: * searches how to turn white phosphorous into red phosphorous *
    The FBI: *interesting 0_0*

  • @-GyBer-
    @-GyBer- 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    you must be kidding, i was just wondering how to do same thing and this vid appeared in recommendations. google must be reading minds

  • @charleskun2205
    @charleskun2205 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Your channel is turning into a synthesis guide for Walt's big blue.

    • @lewisfarrell1123
      @lewisfarrell1123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Walt didn't use Phosphorus for the blue meth, he used a different method which turned it blue.

    • @lordwahrscheinlich
      @lordwahrscheinlich 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Agooelephant bruh xD

    • @charleskun2205
      @charleskun2205 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Lord Wahrscheinlich™ you right
      I was just making an expression. The red is used for pseudo methods.

    • @lordwahrscheinlich
      @lordwahrscheinlich 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Charles Kun at least you got it :D

  • @tantilist1449
    @tantilist1449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just like walt said, get the box of book matches, more red phosphorus per strike and more strikers

  • @llkjjjss
    @llkjjjss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    0:53 in the past I've used it to cook meth

  • @Metroboominwantsomemoreroblox
    @Metroboominwantsomemoreroblox 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    this dude experiments with basically everything off the element chart

  • @25242824
    @25242824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    youtube as been recommending some strange video's to me just lately, it's like i'm being put through the youtube special op's training course or something, either that or i'm being groomed by an algorithm.

    • @25242824
      @25242824 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @wu chi or the police turn up and kick your door in and say look at this guy he was an extremist watching all kinds of dodgy video's on youtube, never mentioning it was actualy youtube ramming them down your throat lol.

  • @Ze_Ninguem
    @Ze_Ninguem 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should see me extracting potassium from bananas.

  • @AwesomePower1234
    @AwesomePower1234 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Nile, could you do a short path distillation tutorial video? I've been trying to find info behind it and how the apparatus operates but all I can find is a bunch of potheads distilling THC oil.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It is kind of the same thing as a regular distillation, you just dont have a proper condenser. I do a pseudo-short path distillation in my next video (aluminum isopropoxide). That will be posted later today.

    • @AwesomePower1234
      @AwesomePower1234 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks man. Loving your content by the way. I'll try to donate some money to your Patreon later this week :)

  • @rodrikforrester9343
    @rodrikforrester9343 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We know for sure he's preparing Krokodil

  • @boketozhimomi2169
    @boketozhimomi2169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Red phosphorus Jack, infrared is useless

  • @justjamminjazzy
    @justjamminjazzy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Uh oh, Nile red is about to do a baking bread

  • @george.4474
    @george.4474 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    +Nile Red is it possible to dissolve the cellulose of the match box in Schweizers Reagent and filter off the red phosphorus?

    • @xXFalkerXx
      @xXFalkerXx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is an interesting idea, but there is a better suggestion. A strip of paper on which is red phosphorus should be soaked not in water but in acetone. Then the bone glue dissolves and phosphorus can be easily separated from the paper by rubbing a little with a toothbrush. In this case, there will be no cellulose fibers in phosphorus. But it will be dirty phosphorus. For further purification, this phosphorus needs to be poured with concentrated hydrochloric acid and wait a while. Then rinse several times with distilled water. As a result, you get a very pure red phosphorus with a small admixture of glass dust which does not affect the course of most reactions.

  • @michaelfairchild
    @michaelfairchild 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Alexa! Order 30000 matchboxes."

  • @nicnoc3343
    @nicnoc3343 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Your videos are great. Are you ever going to synthesize nile red? For those who don't know, it's actually a stain! Also ethyl sulfate would be nice, time consuming though...

  • @captainKedger
    @captainKedger 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like the first of a collection of "Breaking Bad" starter kit instructional videos

  • @adyzv2182
    @adyzv2182 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Are you sure there is just red phosphorus? I knew that this is a mixture of substances. How can I know if I have just red phosphorus on that boxes? Thanks!

    • @naruto5shippuden10
      @naruto5shippuden10 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Think it's around 50% red P, and the other 50% is the glue (you can get off it with acetone) and shard glass for the friction (think you can get off it if you add some HCl and filter)
      Sorry if my english is not that good, isn't my native language

  • @yggdrasil9692
    @yggdrasil9692 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy has a whole crafting tree for his experiments

  • @KingXander
    @KingXander 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can’t help but notice that the top left box in the thumbnail is in a different position compared to the others...

    • @BeePee5
      @BeePee5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fuck I can’t unsee that

    • @iamthehype3684
      @iamthehype3684 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *AaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaAaA!*

  • @HaiHiHai
    @HaiHiHai 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Next video: How to synthesize pseudoephedrine

  • @andreacussolotto3782
    @andreacussolotto3782 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video as usual! Keep up the good work!

  • @Postghost
    @Postghost 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to do this magic trick with matchbox scrapings where you set a small pile alight, then, once it's DEFINITELY stopped burning and cooled(yes, learned this the hard way), then you rub it between your fingers and magic smoke is produced.
    You can even apply the phosphorus ash to your fingers, wash the burnt colour of your fingers with some water, and when it dries you can STILL get the smoke when you rub your fingers together.
    IDK how safe it is to do, but it's a pretty cool magic trick.

  • @erickvazquez8680
    @erickvazquez8680 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I swear one of these days this boi is gonna teach us how to make uranium.

    • @zach3096
      @zach3096 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What? Uranium is an element. You can't just "make it"

    • @erickvazquez8680
      @erickvazquez8680 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Cosmos not making uranium but enriching it.

    • @nupsu1100
      @nupsu1100 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Erick Vazquez You mean extracting it from uranium ore? Nope, he won't do it. But Cody's Lab might :D

    • @maggiep9007
      @maggiep9007 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Z The sun makes elements every day I hears.

    • @nilnileer
      @nilnileer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He made uranium glass

  • @UntrainableWizard
    @UntrainableWizard 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Yes, hello, I'd like 10,000 of your finest Swan Matches, please."

  • @shiniesftw1652
    @shiniesftw1652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thanks bro... My cartel boss just beat me cuz I bought the wrong type of match boxes

  • @videoarchiveseries4365
    @videoarchiveseries4365 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wait no I don't wanna cook anything- I just wanna watch.

  • @onebeets
    @onebeets 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ive been looking for vids like this!

  • @captainKedger
    @captainKedger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hmmm...am I gonna get raided by feds for watching this?

  • @thenew-old8842
    @thenew-old8842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Who else doesn't know jack shit about chemistry but likes watching his videos

  • @syvulpie
    @syvulpie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Red P is illegal in many places"
    Well duh, who wants to have Red Pee? /s

  • @blackwingmaster141
    @blackwingmaster141 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Since you got so much matches now, you should try to extract potassium chlorate from match heads :)

  • @sammylacks4937
    @sammylacks4937 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Young fella. Don t take this the wrong way , you betta be careful there.

  • @PaulybiGGballZ0820
    @PaulybiGGballZ0820 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This got my lab up and running, big thanks to you

  • @Szyzors
    @Szyzors ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Red phosphorus Jack, Infrared is useless.

  • @Panma98
    @Panma98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember making mini explosives by mixing red phosphorus and crushed matcheads as a kid...
    Not the brightest idea, but it was quite fun.

  • @universalspaceexpeditioner8259
    @universalspaceexpeditioner8259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I came here from Metal Gear

  • @phiphiubon
    @phiphiubon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    my ocd can’t comprehend the thumbnail lol

  • @xwarmliqudsx1520
    @xwarmliqudsx1520 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    red phosphorus jack, infrared is useless

    • @bananagaming2986
      @bananagaming2986 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lorentz force, Jack! Nature's force!

  • @gustin2
    @gustin2 ปีที่แล้ว

    “Jesse we have to cook”

  • @spudhead169
    @spudhead169 8 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    You're buying the wrong matches.

  • @krispynico960
    @krispynico960 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This person person wants to turn red phosphorus to white phosphorus just to make glowsticks

  • @lukasandrysik3666
    @lukasandrysik3666 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am afraid the phosphorus is not pure - it is mixed with glass dust to increase friction to light the match.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Very true. Glass dust is pretty inert though and won't affect much chemistry anyway.

    • @lukasandrysik3666
      @lukasandrysik3666 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It can mess with yield calculations etc :)

    • @ohdangitsroby
      @ohdangitsroby 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +NileRed check this out, 1g of red phosphorus for $5 on eBay ( perfect for my mini periodic table) m.ebay.com/itm/142007122717

    • @bobweiss8682
      @bobweiss8682 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And glue to bind the mix to the box....

  • @anewstarttoabrokenlife8662
    @anewstarttoabrokenlife8662 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nile use acetone on a tissue, a box cutter blade removes it quickly.
    also red phosphorus and potassium perchlorate make a very shock sensitive primary high explosive.

  • @kensclark
    @kensclark 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    +NileRed Do you know if it would be hard or dangerous to make DMSO? That would be fun to make. Although, you have to purify it as much as you can since it can carry any toxic impurities into your body.

  • @notsosobermama8850
    @notsosobermama8850 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah yes, this is a weapon of mass destruction

  • @bghiggy
    @bghiggy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Soooo how did you get large quantities like that without scraping it lol

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That is a trade secret :p

    • @Ulim151
      @Ulim151 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Its easy to buy/make when you have a chemistry background.

    • @rosskidd7243
      @rosskidd7243 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The cartels supply him to produce meth ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @bghiggy
      @bghiggy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Ulim151 it's not easy to buy unless it's for official lab work since it's generally tightly regulated by most governments. I'm not sure how you could make it either

    • @hlvscomendandeche8744
      @hlvscomendandeche8744 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      E-bay

  • @dwarfyandfriends
    @dwarfyandfriends 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This has pranking potential. Just paint the box after you remove everything and ask someone to light you a match.

    • @andersjjensen
      @andersjjensen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You need to mix in a bit of fine sand in the paint so it still feels right! :P

  • @joshuaschritz8151
    @joshuaschritz8151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Stay out of my territory.

  • @willyp1905
    @willyp1905 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Red phosphorus = DEA
    White phosphorus = homeland security

  • @sarima7621
    @sarima7621 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesomeness video! Can you do nuke next? Thanks! ❤️