I'm not sure how many biochem graduates have their own commercial lab 4 years out of school, but this is wicked cool, something to be proud of for sure
He has the torches and flammable things next to each other, right beside an oven. _He has the torches and flammable things beside each other, right beside an oven._ **HE HAS THE TORCHES AND FLAMMABLE THINGS NEXT TO EACH OTHER, RIGHT BESIDE AND OVEN.**
TheBirchWoodTree that it’s an extremely bad idea and a recipe for disaster to keep his torches and flammable things next to each other, right beside an oven.
Awesome laboratory, but the only problem, is the loose glassware, in the drawers. Glass should be separated, to avoid chipping and breaking. Haven't seen any lab tour videos, since this one, from March 2018. Really liking this chemistry channel, and subbed today > 08 Nov 2019 .
I color code all my chemicals, by greatest hazard, a little colored tape on the bottle, with each color having its own storage area. Green = general storage Blue = poison Red = flammable White = corrosive Yellow = reactive/oxidizer Black border = store seperately
@@Otzkar so you would want somthing dangerous to be colored with green that is used to signal almost everywhere that something is "OK" like walking over a street at a GREEN light
@@MannyXVIII I see your point but it is true that poison is often represented with the color green, in video games when damage is displayed via floating numbers they will often change the text to green to indicate you're being affected by poison rather than burn or bleeding damage. Obviously this organization method isnt following that mentality for the simple reason that a chem lab isn't a video game but I'm sure labeling poisons with a green tab makes sense to alot of people outside the chemistry field.
It’s a shame you have to restrict your videos. In my opinion your channel is one of the best on TH-cam right up there with Cody, veratisium and smarter every day.
As a note, Cody gets his videos demonetized or struck all the time as well, and is constantly battling with youtube to keep his stuff up, especially videos revolving around anything explosive or radioactive. Definitely agree NileRed is up there with the best of the science youtubers, and I feel like it's cool to have a channel that doesn't cater itself to everyone, or at least details the processes the way this one does.
Great way of humanizing you and your channel. Is easy to think these videos come from some corporate research plant with lab coats grouped around conference tables. I love your honesty and vulnerability in showing off “worts” of small failures (MA, final exam brain fart)!!! That makes you real and approachable. I found you thru Cody’s lab and between you two I rediscovered the love for chemistry that my community college chem professor ground out of my soul. Thanks again for being real!!!
You know how you tubers live together, they should live together too because Cody doesn’t make enough money and he’s really good at science. Downside is they might explode each other
I am by no means a chemist, in fact i am poor at it. I am from African and i never entered a lab or did or saw and chemical reactions. I learned a lot from this channel it basically feeding the nerd in me. Thank you for your great content.
Very awesome man, Maybe you could put a filter on the fume hood outlet, also I kind of think putting the propane and flammable stuff right next to the oven might not be the best place :)
Glad to see you expanding. I hope the best for you. My 2 cents: You need ventilation in that acid cabinet. It’s going to rust out the entire cabinet over time, even with the containers closed. A plastic acid cabinet would work better, even if you don’t have ventilation (which I strongly support installing). Separate your oxidizers. I can appreciate them being in an explosion proof fridge, but you shouldn’t store the oxidizers with flammables. I would even go so far as to say you should keep the nitric in its own storage. Label your cabinets. Keep an accurate chemical inventory. Not sure how it works in your neck of the woods, but label your chemicals with their associated hazards if they are in secondary containers. Local fire department will appreciate the inventory it if it is ever needed (among other reasons). Someone else already addressed the emergency eye wash problem. While I hope you never need it, it’s important that it’s readily available. I look forward to whatever you post next!
I am super happy for you. My wife is a Chemistry Professor and so needless to say you are our favorite channel. We think you are awesome keep it up brother!
I love it when TH-camrs go pro! You have a great dad! I think one of the factors in your success is your voice and intonation. It is very pleasant to listen to.
Get your patreons to fund you running water. What if there's an emergency and you need the eye wash but you have to lose precious seconds on pushing the button, what if the pump fails or the reservoir is empty... also you should wash your eyes for 10 minutes straight and that requires way more water than what you have in your bottle. I love your videos and looking forward to seeing more exciting experiments! Best of luck
I assume he turns on the pump on idle before the experiment, and makes sure there is enough in there. Still not ideal, and the capacity does seem a problem.
Plus I think he just have distilled water, witch i guess is not ideal to washing the eye, big osmotic difference would cause further lesion to soft tissue...
I'm a graduate of biochem too, and currently doing a master's in Biobased materials engineering. Seeing this and hearing your background is really inspiring. You avoided the traditional academic/research route, but you're doing something educational and challenging, and succeeding at it financially too. It makes me feel pretty optimistic about my future. Thanks for everything, I hope your channel continues to grow and be successful, you deserve it!
I asked him in an email if he could make meth with some of the process info obscured and a law agent present to see to the legality of it as an experiment as well as the destruction of the end product but I doubt he'll go for it. I asked him because I've wondered for the longest time what color and crystallization the pure end product looks like. Before anyone has a go; if I wanted to know how to make meth, there are plenty of research papers accessible on both clearnet and darknet for the howto's.
@@SnorrioK He made some videos more or less related to meth production: Nagai Methamphetamine Synthesis (Not available on the Nile Red Channel) th-cam.com/video/Thopkwas54Y/w-d-xo.html The Birch Reduction th-cam.com/video/gNLvgGY-D9o/w-d-xo.html Hydriodic Acid (Not available on the Nile red Channel) th-cam.com/video/ix8T1YQjn4E/w-d-xo.html Red Phosphorus th-cam.com/video/5ZrfNAHDjWU/w-d-xo.html He never synthesized meth for obvious reasons. If you just want to see the color and crystallization there are plenty of pictures. For example here you can find some nice ones: www.dea.gov/galleries/drug-images/methamphetamine
Dude that is a sweet friggin lab, really excited to see what you can produce now, though that explosion-proof fridge is far too small to protect you from the nuclear blast. Also, flammable things beside the oven. Hmm.
i'm so proud of you. I have to make sure my son sees this video, it's the perfect balance of hard work, planning and "doing what you love." You are our favorite applied Chemist.
I've subbed this channel back then when it only had a few hundred subs and it's amazing to see how it grew! All the background information is pretty interesting, because I can relate to a lot of your decisions and feelings, like the feeling about doing experiments at home. It is strange how you get used to it after awhile. Very nice video! And congratulations! :)
Random Experiments Int. - Experiments and syntheses same man it's amazing to see how far people come while we just sit back and enjoy the show, it's like the Truman show for millions of kids
Been loving your channel Nile. I’ve seen basically every single one of your videos. There’s something very calming and meditative about your videos. Been a life long lover of science myself. Fellow Canadian here too (Vancouver) . Looking forward to more great videos! Keep up the amazing work!
Also want to add that you and other YTers have helped me through some tough times in my life recently. Not that you knew of course but when I’ve been having a tough time I come to your channel and others. I know others do too from seeing comments in the past.
I think this is the universe saying to me, "It's never too late to start again. Even great people stumble at some point." I really needed this video, especially the intro part. Thank you
Hi nile, first of all thank you for all the effort that you have put into the making of this lab. I plan to become a patreon as soon as I get some revenues whatsoever. You totally deserve it. Secondarily I've got some questions for you. 1)Are you gonna protect your fumehood in some way? Because metal doesn't behave well with a lot of chemicals that you use. 2)Do you plan to install a vacuum pump and nitrogen in your fumehood? Because this would cost something like 1000-1200 additional dollars, but it would increase *so much* the range of your possible experiments. Even suzuki couplings for example. Of course you have spent a lot of money on this project, and your lab is already awesome, so this is totally optional. Also, I would recommend installing running water into your fumehood. I mean putting water in the cupboard below, cuz if you'll have to refrigerate something having water tubes all across your lab isn't going to be fun. Hope this wasn't too long to read, thank you again :)
“I just didn’t see myself doing academic research for a career” the definition of your channel is academic research and I appreciate the hell out of you for sharing all that you do.
I've started watching your videos 2 years ago and you inspired me to study more about the fascinating world of chemistry. You've really improved a lot the quality of your videos in this time. Congratulations for everything you've achieved so far! Greetings from Mexico.
As someone who installs, services, and repairs laboratory instruments for a living, I felt your pain getting that fume hood through the door! Nice job on your layout! Keep up the great work!
You gave me a love back for chemistry I wish I stayed in school if I had a teacher like you mine was a bully always shouting at us thank you for all the knowledge and entertainment you have given me 🙏❤️👍
You may want to consider getting fireproof cabinets for your chemicals. I don’t know how they are in Canada but the fire departments in the US would have a field day with fines. Plus the landlord or insurance company would use this video as evidence against you if god forbid something we’re to happen. I say this as a huge fan. Just a tip to avoid a hefty fine or lawsuit
Bart Plovie Oh I’m aware. But Canada is also very eco-conscious as well. They’re also very progressive in terms of building and fire code. I just would hate to see something like that happen to him.
Anything flammable can go in the explosion proof fridge. Acids, bases, oxidizing and reducing agents should each get an individual acid and base resistant polyethylene bag. If you are in Quebec you WILL get inspections from the fire department, and also any worker safety office (in Quebec it's CNESST) in any commercial building. That is not mentioning the insurance company. PE bags are a cheap and effective way to get around special cabinets. You may need to put a lock on each cabinet though, and get a CO2 and fire detector, and keep a thorough inventory down to the gram of some substances in case of theft or fire. You'll probably also need to get your CPR training if you haven't got it already and commercial fire extinguishers of a different kind than you would for home use. Probably more than one class. The floor mats may also be an issue but that depends what they are made of. If they are acid and base resistant and flame retardant it should be fine.
every time i watch your videos, i get sooo jealous. you took the chance as a chemist and dedicated your time to this channel and now you have your own little lab. should be very proud of yourself
I’ve watched your videos from the beginning. I want to say, I am proud of you for following what you wanted to do to make you happy. So many settle and think this is it and stay unhappy. I wish you the absolute best in all you do!
Awesome ! Nice lab, everything setup to make good educational video ! I can't wait to see what come next. Is the glassware safe in those drawers ? shaking quit a bit when you open or close them ?!
Made me cringe too. I think most glassware is probably more durable than I'm willing to test, but in my office/lab area any roll-y glassware sits in little blocks of rigid pink foam insulation. It is super cheap, quick, and easy, and combined with anti-slip mats I can open and close drawers that are pretty packed with glassware without any special care and get no nerve wracking clinking. I don't encase a whole flask, for instance, I just have a U-shaped block that fits snug on the neck that's the right height to keep it level-ish. You can even make like a strip to hold a bunch of same size flasks, or a pair of strips for condensers, etc. I also made some drawers with two or three layers of thin fiberboard covered in anti slip mats, with foam feet at the corners and a center block that doubles as support for the layer above and a handle to lift the tray out. I started with the idea of making custom foam packing for everything, but quickly realized that it wasn't worth it. The things I described though were quick and easy, and let me safely pack a lot of apparatus into a given space.
I realize that this is old. And I'm still new to chemistry but some suggestions for what to make would be a flaring burner and fume scrubber for your fume hood. And a selfish request from me would be how to make DMG for gold refining. Love your channel, love your work.
i would get some pluck foam to prevent glassware from hitting each other (every time i hear glassware clink on each other i wince.) but other then that nice lab
I left my masters one semester from completion in 2019, and for the same reasons you stated. I lost interest in my research after failing in the applications aspect. Now I’m halfway into an o chem PhD with a renewed interest in chemistry and have always appreciated your videos! Keep up the good work 👍🏼
Fast forward to 2022 you now have a much bigger lab and office space. To me personally, you're the only one who can make these chemistry stuff look so fun and I'm not even a chemistry enthusiast. Happy for you!
I've only come across your channel today for the first time and would like to say, Thank you. Once upon a time I was working on a B.S. in Biochem as well, unfortunately things didn't work out as I burned out with an aggressive schedule and was honestly not emotionally mature enough to fully hone my focus to complete my degree. I was about a year away from completing my B.S. and haven't been in a lab since probably 2011, watching your material brought back so many memories of hours of lab work that I always resented because it felt like a complete B.S. earning 3 units for 6 hours of lab time, not including the hours of prep work for success with the lab experiments, in a new nostalgic positive light. I had practically blocked out all of the memories because of how disappointing it was to not finish my B.S. You're channel is awesome and it's definitely inspiring to see you growing doing something you love and clearly have a wonderful spark for! Thank you.
Good job and congratulations on the new lab. Keep making awesome videos! One recommendation. Use a larger bottle for your waste water. Your current setup could overflow with just the volume of clean water you have.
I like your new lab! Of course, you are missing a periodic table poster. I like your solution for running water. Keep a few extra 5 gallon bottles on hand and it's an easy solution if you don't use much water.
No worries about the re-upload. I know there is a lot of people critiquing your work, and a lot of bs details to deal with. Just do what YOU need to do... I would like to know how you dealt with the EH&S regulations, if you get a chance to elaborate about that would be awesome. Congratulations and thank you Nile. Keep it up!
People normally shy away when talking about money, especially when its money they have spent. I really appreciate you letting us in on the cost, give people an idea of what something like this would cost!
Funny you mentioned thinking people would make fun of your voice. Your voice is actually why I started watching your videos. I mean chemistry is fine and all but most of it goes over my head. You just have one of those voices I could listen for hours no matter the topic.
I couldn’t help thinking the entire time that I hope you have excellent security in this place. I’m thinking it because if you’re robbed that’s a lot of dangerous chemicals to be in the hands of people who might not handle it properly or may even intentionally use it to harm people. Keep safe.
In that case, I should say I never subscribe to people but I subscribed to you. (Honestly, it's just you and one of my college instructors I'm subscribed to rn lmao) I found your calcium acetate video for making calcium that's easy for my plants to absorb and soon for cleaning around the house (it's good for mold I hear however I haven't tested that yet) You've opened a new hobby for me in organic chemistry, and learning different things from your channel really helped my research and expand what I do
Bro, that's a ton of work for two people to do in 2 months. Especially if you didn't have much knowledge in construction. You put in mad work for this channel. It's nice to see a success story like this.
Glad you chose to do this. I used to be interested in chemistry in my youth, but the interest was replaced by life. Your channel really woke my interest for chemistry back up, so thank you for that! I'll keep watching!
I've had a bad experience with power boards inside enclosed spaces, don' t know if its more likely to catch fire but just that you're less likely to notice if they do, make sure you check it occasionally for any discoloring of the plastic etc
PingasTheFourth yeah your right but I was in the place to witness a short circuet in a cupboard and I was certenly greatfull that there was a smoke detector in this room. Those things don't cost that much but they can save your life in the right Moment from my point of View there is nothing that would speak against them
PingasTheFourth I agree with you that there is no high risk that something could happen most likely there will never be a Problem with it but i am sure that you agree that a bit of prevention in form of a smoke detector for something like 5$ is not wrong, I mean it does not hurt anyone and as you said it will most likely never detect something there but when against all means there is a short circuit a smoke detector could help to raise awareness of this Problem before it even becomes one
I was a HUGE chemsitry nerd as a kid. In those days you could be given a chemistry set for Christmas, one with real chemicals and real information. I had a tremendous amount of fun with mine. Really love your channel!
Well, you did ask for suggestions... so here goes. My only major issue I see is the tiny little button that you'll have to find in the case you get some corrosive material in your eyes and need to flush them. It may be easy enough when you're not blind and/ or panicking, but I imagine it would be a different story otherwise. A huge congrats on the new space! I'm so excited for you! :D Be safe.
This pump is mostly on idle, when not used, i guess. So you could/should leave it on, while working in the lab and just turn it off after finishing the day.
It seems that this pump is mostly on idle, when not used. So you could/should leave it on, while working in the lab and just turn it off after finishing the day.
seriously an issue i found after a resilvering reaction on a prism using nitric acid, sugar, caustic soda and silver nitrate detonated in my face without goggles. assume everything will blow up and have water ready and a tap is not good enough. fortunately I can still see.
Cool, someone could finance his living by doing chemistry videos. 😂 just started supporrting you. Maxbe you have another 2020 update video. Now with more than 1.5 million subscribers, if I am not mistaken
This is an amazing accomplishment. Gathering the resources and - even harder - applying the knowledge to build a lab essentially from scratch is something you should always be proud of. Way to follow the hands-on imperative!
I Think you should add labels and hazard labels on the door of the cabinets and drawers, so that if someone inspect your place, you wouldn't be in trouble... And is good for finding things. Goog Luck with your channel!
did you need to get any special permits (or just report what you're doing) to build the lab? either from the building owners or authorities 🤔 and thank you very much for your content 👍
At first, I thought, "how did a high school kid get such a background in sophisticated chemistry"?, because of how young you look. But the more I watched, the more I was fascinated with the manipulation of chemistry you do. I have, by comparison, a 'novice' amount of chemistry background, especially in photo chemistry, but oddly enough, I have been able to follow much of what you do. Kudos.
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The lab needs a periodic table poster, it's the law!
omg yeah
@Samuel Varner ,,,and i am happy that i replied to this comment🙃
Genius pun
@@Inertia888 i replied to a reply to a reply to a reply
@@TonyZhang01 I replied to a reply to a reply to a reply to a reply
I'm not sure how many biochem graduates have their own commercial lab 4 years out of school, but this is wicked cool, something to be proud of for sure
That is a very good point. It really does blow my mind
Rob Mckennie This is espacially impressive if you know how expensive all that stuff is.
As i biochemist in my third year I'm honestly hella jealous, yet you give me hope!
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@@BannelingBrian hows it going??
Nice lab, but I suffered seeing you closing the glassware drawers!!!
Omg I was looking for the comment exactly like this*
yeah, i was really scared at these moments
Cienciabit!!! Hola
Yeah, I would have put some foam inserts or something
klingelingeling ting ting ting tauch bum zack...
me tooo! :`-o
"it turns out the exam date was three days before... I never finished that course" what a mood
Did he mean he missed it by 3 days or.. 3 days earlier than he expected?
Kai_T4 missed
Happens...u move on
It turns out I have a paper due tomorrow, I'm just going to binge NileRed and NileBlue videos :P
I did this for my second English exam, because I thought there was only one.
"and beside my oven, I have my flammable things"
He has the torches and flammable things next to each other, right beside an oven.
_He has the torches and flammable things beside each other, right beside an oven._
**HE HAS THE TORCHES AND FLAMMABLE THINGS NEXT TO EACH OTHER, RIGHT BESIDE AND OVEN.**
Wolvesarelife32 we get it😂 he has the torches and flammable things next to each other, right beside an oven
What're you all trying to say?
@TheBirchWoodTree
𝑊𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, *𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑛*
TheBirchWoodTree that it’s an extremely bad idea and a recipe for disaster to keep his torches and flammable things next to each other, right beside an oven.
Puts more than a few university labs to shame.
Yep..
especially considering it came from IKEA
Awesome laboratory, but the only problem, is the loose glassware, in the drawers. Glass should be separated, to avoid chipping and breaking. Haven't seen any lab tour videos, since this one, from March 2018. Really liking this chemistry channel, and subbed today > 08 Nov 2019 .
Do you guys even taking labs ?
@@steveboy6525 exactly my thought😂😂
*So excited for you man. You deserve it*
Im so excited for my self, cant wait to see all the videos from the new lab :)
ET it seems to me that the glacial acid or how it is called has been registered here...
Stefano You mean the glacial acetic acid? What's up with it?
Like #400 bitches
CoolKoon yes, i mean that. It seems to me that its synthesis has been registered in the new lab
CONGRATULATIONS ON EVERYTHING, AND GOOD LUCK .
It took two years but we did it 420 likes!
Xd
I'm trying not to cry watching him close the glassware drawers. Actually starting my flight or fight response.
Glad I wasn’t the only one
Yeah oof
huh what do you mean??
@@manavshah8335probably because he's kind of slamming it
I color code all my chemicals, by greatest hazard, a little colored tape on the bottle, with each color having its own storage area.
Green = general storage
Blue = poison
Red = flammable
White = corrosive
Yellow = reactive/oxidizer
Black border = store seperately
That’s a very clever method
Poison should be green you weirdo
@@Otzkar so you would want somthing dangerous to be colored with green that is used to signal almost everywhere that something is "OK" like walking over a street at a GREEN light
@@MannyXVIII draw a skull on every bottle
@@MannyXVIII I see your point but it is true that poison is often represented with the color green, in video games when damage is displayed via floating numbers they will often change the text to green to indicate you're being affected by poison rather than burn or bleeding damage. Obviously this organization method isnt following that mentality for the simple reason that a chem lab isn't a video game but I'm sure labeling poisons with a green tab makes sense to alot of people outside the chemistry field.
_...and here are all my poisons..._
adds a whole new meaning to the phrase "pick your poison" 😂
*drinks all of them*
Bucket o' Poisons
Excellent...
Lost opportunity to have bottle of liquor there. Or just 99% ethanol, would've still kept the meaning.
Congratulations, young man. The world needs more people like you.❤️
Yeah
A true dream lab. This guy has more stuff than my highschool labs do combined!
It’s a shame you have to restrict your videos.
In my opinion your channel is one of the best on TH-cam right up there with Cody, veratisium and smarter every day.
As a note, Cody gets his videos demonetized or struck all the time as well, and is constantly battling with youtube to keep his stuff up, especially videos revolving around anything explosive or radioactive.
Definitely agree NileRed is up there with the best of the science youtubers, and I feel like it's cool to have a channel that doesn't cater itself to everyone, or at least details the processes the way this one does.
@@ayrexen7506 susan needs to be fired
Yeah, those are the channels that help me get over my deadbeat favorite channel: VSause
@@schopenhauer5427 vsauce used to be great until he locked himself in the quiet room.
9:15 "This is bucket of all my poisons"
FBI has joined the chat
Cyanide Lol
You know poisons are everywhere. Many foods and house plants are deadly or can be made so very easily.
@@chrisb.7787 thats basic survival.... :/
@@CheesyNoodle134 And yet every year people will die from exposure to these substances, occasionally under suspicious circumstances...
@@pizzaface117 I wrote that comment so long ago that I didn't know if what I said was a joke or not
Great way of humanizing you and your channel. Is easy to think these videos come from some corporate research plant with lab coats grouped around conference tables. I love your honesty and vulnerability in showing off “worts” of small failures (MA, final exam brain fart)!!! That makes you real and approachable. I found you thru Cody’s lab and between you two I rediscovered the love for chemistry that my community college chem professor ground out of my soul. Thanks again for being real!!!
NileRed: organized, prim and proper lab
Cody's Lab: a brilliant mess
"So, i'm just gonna put the mercury into this gallium beaker here"
You know how you tubers live together, they should live together too because Cody doesn’t make enough money and he’s really good at science. Downside is they might explode each other
@@will-dd7ou That would last all of about one week before there was nothing but a smoking crater from cross contamination between experiments.
Who's Cody?
@@mitsuruchan1480 Cody's lab. TH-cam channel. If you like NileRed you'd like Cody's lab. Especially his older stuff.
10:03 Johnny studied chemistry, he studies it no more. Because what he thought was H2O was H2SO4.
That pun is genius
my mom used to say: john with us he is no more, for what he thought was H20 was H2SO4
Oeps
H20 can be converted to sulphuric acid by boiling sulphur in a conical flask with bung and tube and beaker with a funnel on tubing making it h2s04
H₂SO₄ < Yep, bad stuff. I should be drinking more H₂O though.
I am by no means a chemist, in fact i am poor at it. I am from African and i never entered a lab or did or saw and chemical reactions. I learned a lot from this channel it basically feeding the nerd in me. Thank you for your great content.
I want to get to a point were i can say "this is my bucket of poisons"
Very awesome man, Maybe you could put a filter on the fume hood outlet, also I kind of think putting the propane and flammable stuff right next to the oven might not be the best place :)
Make a big box, connect it with fume hood, fill the box with activated carbon...
the big box could be stored outside, for a (fairly) easy change of the activated carbon.
Danilo,cbut he's not on the first floor...
I knew there was a problem. I missed that bit. D'oh....
There's space behind the hood for a box. If designed properly, it could be fairly easy to change filter elements.
Glad to see you expanding. I hope the best for you.
My 2 cents:
You need ventilation in that acid cabinet. It’s going to rust out the entire cabinet over time, even with the containers closed. A plastic acid cabinet would work better, even if you don’t have ventilation (which I strongly support installing).
Separate your oxidizers. I can appreciate them being in an explosion proof fridge, but you shouldn’t store the oxidizers with flammables. I would even go so far as to say you should keep the nitric in its own storage.
Label your cabinets. Keep an accurate chemical inventory. Not sure how it works in your neck of the woods, but label your chemicals with their associated hazards if they are in secondary containers. Local fire department will appreciate the inventory it if it is ever needed (among other reasons).
Someone else already addressed the emergency eye wash problem. While I hope you never need it, it’s important that it’s readily available.
I look forward to whatever you post next!
I am super happy for you. My wife is a Chemistry Professor and so needless to say you are our favorite channel. We think you are awesome keep it up brother!
You might also want to check out NurdRage. Another great chemist on TH-cam. :)
Self-conscious about your voice??? Dude I'd listen to you narrating paint dry.
Explaining how it dries
Lol just watch rt games XD th-cam.com/video/DCbRgqy2Bkg/w-d-xo.html
Don't know why, but his voice is so nice it is one of the reasons I watch the channel
my expectations collapsed when I saw that he looks normal but has a great voiceYeah his voice is really awesome..i
@@jensonjoseph6296 Looks normal??? How would a not normal look be?
can't believe he thought people would hate his voice, i love it it's so cute
Yeah
I can’t Decide if this is just strange or you’re joking
@@CRR1968B ?? he says he thought people would hate his voice. i was surprised he said that because i think his voice is nice.
His voice is strangely Hypnotic/relaxing. I fall asleep to his videos at night all the time
I love it when TH-camrs go pro! You have a great dad!
I think one of the factors in your success is your voice and intonation. It is very pleasant to listen to.
How close are you to finding the philosopher stone?
I worked for a chemical company that called their catalog "The Philosopher's Stone."
Probably just an entire City as human sacrifice away.
@@ignatz14 fma?
@@decatessara5029 yep
Ros he already found it
Get your patreons to fund you running water. What if there's an emergency and you need the eye wash but you have to lose precious seconds on pushing the button, what if the pump fails or the reservoir is empty... also you should wash your eyes for 10 minutes straight and that requires way more water than what you have in your bottle. I love your videos and looking forward to seeing more exciting experiments! Best of luck
I assume he turns on the pump on idle before the experiment, and makes sure there is enough in there.
Still not ideal, and the capacity does seem a problem.
He's just gonna have to wear airtight eye protection the whole time.
Or at least make the On/Off a motion sensor/light sensor
Plus I think he just have distilled water, witch i guess is not ideal to washing the eye, big osmotic difference would cause further lesion to soft tissue...
Came here to say this. Saline eyewash mounted to the wall would be better.
I'm a graduate of biochem too, and currently doing a master's in Biobased materials engineering. Seeing this and hearing your background is really inspiring. You avoided the traditional academic/research route, but you're doing something educational and challenging, and succeeding at it financially too. It makes me feel pretty optimistic about my future. Thanks for everything, I hope your channel continues to grow and be successful, you deserve it!
Imagine if NileRed went rogue when youtube shuts down and goes full on Walter White
You'll see then Tech Ingredient : th-cam.com/video/R_g4nT4a28U/w-d-xo.html
I asked him in an email if he could make meth with some of the process info obscured and a law agent present to see to the legality of it as an experiment as well as the destruction of the end product but I doubt he'll go for it. I asked him because I've wondered for the longest time what color and crystallization the pure end product looks like.
Before anyone has a go; if I wanted to know how to make meth, there are plenty of research papers accessible on both clearnet and darknet for the howto's.
@@SnorrioK He made some videos more or less
related to meth production:
Nagai Methamphetamine Synthesis (Not available on the Nile Red Channel)
th-cam.com/video/Thopkwas54Y/w-d-xo.html
The Birch Reduction
th-cam.com/video/gNLvgGY-D9o/w-d-xo.html
Hydriodic Acid (Not available on the Nile red Channel)
th-cam.com/video/ix8T1YQjn4E/w-d-xo.html
Red Phosphorus
th-cam.com/video/5ZrfNAHDjWU/w-d-xo.html
He never synthesized meth for obvious reasons. If you just want to see the color and crystallization there are plenty of pictures.
For example here you can find some nice ones: www.dea.gov/galleries/drug-images/methamphetamine
@@SnorrioK Ég efast um það. Haha
@@SnorrioK I'm curious, did he ever respond?
Dude that is a sweet friggin lab, really excited to see what you can produce now, though that explosion-proof fridge is far too small to protect you from the nuclear blast.
Also, flammable things beside the oven. Hmm.
Poisons too
i'm so proud of you. I have to make sure my son sees this video, it's the perfect balance of hard work, planning and "doing what you love." You are our favorite applied Chemist.
I've subbed this channel back then when it only had a few hundred subs and it's amazing to see how it grew! All the background information is pretty interesting, because I can relate to a lot of your decisions and feelings, like the feeling about doing experiments at home. It is strange how you get used to it after awhile. Very nice video! And congratulations! :)
Random Experiments Int. - Experiments and syntheses same man it's amazing to see how far people come while we just sit back and enjoy the show, it's like the Truman show for millions of kids
Lab acoustics >> office acoustics.
Great to see your channel evolution, thank you for sharing.
I'm burning!! I'm burning (pours water with label scratched out and turns out its acid) I'm melting!!! I'm melting!!!
Lol
Its nice to see this channel grow, like a Plant
It is indeed quite plant-like
NileRed Or like a Pharaoh's Serpent
14:56
Been loving your channel Nile. I’ve seen basically every single one of your videos. There’s something very calming and meditative about your videos. Been a life long lover of science myself. Fellow Canadian here too (Vancouver) . Looking forward to more great videos! Keep up the amazing work!
Also want to add that you and other YTers have helped me through some tough times in my life recently. Not that you knew of course but when I’ve been having a tough time I come to your channel and others. I know others do too from seeing comments in the past.
I'm glad I was able to help in some way :)
I think this is the universe saying to me, "It's never too late to start again. Even great people stumble at some point." I really needed this video, especially the intro part.
Thank you
I'm a little late to the NileRed channel, but I LOVE that live-edge table in the studio. Love the videos...
Honestly, you are THE ONLY PERSON who makes chemistry interesting! Love your videos!!
Hi nile, first of all thank you for all the effort that you have put into the making of this lab. I plan to become a patreon as soon as I get some revenues whatsoever. You totally deserve it.
Secondarily I've got some questions for you.
1)Are you gonna protect your fumehood in some way? Because metal doesn't behave well with a lot of chemicals that you use.
2)Do you plan to install a vacuum pump and nitrogen in your fumehood? Because this would cost something like 1000-1200 additional dollars, but it would increase *so much* the range of your possible experiments. Even suzuki couplings for example.
Of course you have spent a lot of money on this project, and your lab is already awesome, so this is totally optional.
Also, I would recommend installing running water into your fumehood. I mean putting water in the cupboard below, cuz if you'll have to refrigerate something having water tubes all across your lab isn't going to be fun.
Hope this wasn't too long to read, thank you again :)
I'm hoping you have a few fire extinguishers around the place!!!
“I just didn’t see myself doing academic research for a career” the definition of your channel is academic research and I appreciate the hell out of you for sharing all that you do.
No, it's not.
It's his own research, or hobby.
I like how he says "this is my poison box" so calmly.
I’m really glad that you and your channel improved that much. Keep going NileRed, you rock.
I've started watching your videos 2 years ago and you inspired me to study more about the fascinating world of chemistry. You've really improved a lot the quality of your videos in this time. Congratulations for everything you've achieved so far!
Greetings from Mexico.
You have way more glassware than the university lab I work in does. I'd love to work in your lab, that looks absolutely fantastic, keep it up!
#LetsGetHimSomeRunningWater !
AlChemicalLife That would make an excellent funding goal for Patreon!
Drainage would be the far larger hassle/cost. A few suitable fire extinguishers and a fire blanket would be a good gift imho.
As someone who installs, services, and repairs laboratory instruments for a living, I felt your pain getting that fume hood through the door! Nice job on your layout! Keep up the great work!
“With the help of my dad” made me so emotional 🥺 my dad helps me follow my scientist career dreams too.
This is awesome. You should be so bloody stoked!
Also, label the drawers!
holy jesus he has a face
My god your that guy who pissed of the feminst
He’s cute, yea. Brains and beauty....don’t come across that every day
Yeah
For now.
you nut
anyone can have a face
even if it's a *_nut_*
As a chemical engineer, seeing your lab setup makes me super excited and jealous.
I'm so late for NileRed channel, but I'm so proud of you. Congratulation of you, good luck
You gave me a love back for chemistry I wish I stayed in school if I had a teacher like you mine was a bully always shouting at us thank you for all the knowledge and entertainment you have given me 🙏❤️👍
You may want to consider getting fireproof cabinets for your chemicals. I don’t know how they are in Canada but the fire departments in the US would have a field day with fines. Plus the landlord or insurance company would use this video as evidence against you if god forbid something we’re to happen.
I say this as a huge fan. Just a tip to avoid a hefty fine or lawsuit
Not every country is litigation happy like the US you know...
Bart Plovie Oh I’m aware. But Canada is also very eco-conscious as well. They’re also very progressive in terms of building and fire code. I just would hate to see something like that happen to him.
Yeah I was also think whether it's a very good idea to show his lab on screen. But I'm sure happy that he allowed us to see it!
You can usually pick these up for a fraction of the new price at auctions. So start subscribing to equipment auctions in your area.
Anything flammable can go in the explosion proof fridge. Acids, bases, oxidizing and reducing agents should each get an individual acid and base resistant polyethylene bag. If you are in Quebec you WILL get inspections from the fire department, and also any worker safety office (in Quebec it's CNESST) in any commercial building. That is not mentioning the insurance company. PE bags are a cheap and effective way to get around special cabinets. You may need to put a lock on each cabinet though, and get a CO2 and fire detector, and keep a thorough inventory down to the gram of some substances in case of theft or fire. You'll probably also need to get your CPR training if you haven't got it already and commercial fire extinguishers of a different kind than you would for home use. Probably more than one class. The floor mats may also be an issue but that depends what they are made of. If they are acid and base resistant and flame retardant it should be fine.
Make sure DeeDee can't get in
who's that? a pet of his?
Most underated comment ever 😂😂😂
Oh He has traps. Chemical traps.
😂
Rafael Dos Santos I’m pretty sure he’s talking about King DeeDeeDee, the villain in Kirby.
Couldn't have happened to a better guy. Congrats man
every time i watch your videos, i get sooo jealous. you took the chance as a chemist and dedicated your time to this channel and now you have your own little lab. should be very proud of yourself
I’ve watched your videos from the beginning. I want to say, I am proud of you for following what you wanted to do to make you happy. So many settle and think this is it and stay unhappy. I wish you the absolute best in all you do!
Now one of the most popular sience channels on TH-cam.
Your voice puts me to sleep! No really, I start your videos to fall asleep too. Ive seen the first half of nylon 6'6 like 12 times!
Adam Animal I thought I was the only one
Some of Scott Manley's videos work really well, too.
I recommend 3blue1brown for the same purpose. And EEVblog if you need to wake up...
Awesome ! Nice lab, everything setup to make good educational video ! I can't wait to see what come next.
Is the glassware safe in those drawers ? shaking quit a bit when you open or close them ?!
Yeah, its all good. No need to worry :)
Made me cringe too. I think most glassware is probably more durable than I'm willing to test, but in my office/lab area any roll-y glassware sits in little blocks of rigid pink foam insulation. It is super cheap, quick, and easy, and combined with anti-slip mats I can open and close drawers that are pretty packed with glassware without any special care and get no nerve wracking clinking. I don't encase a whole flask, for instance, I just have a U-shaped block that fits snug on the neck that's the right height to keep it level-ish. You can even make like a strip to hold a bunch of same size flasks, or a pair of strips for condensers, etc. I also made some drawers with two or three layers of thin fiberboard covered in anti slip mats, with foam feet at the corners and a center block that doubles as support for the layer above and a handle to lift the tray out. I started with the idea of making custom foam packing for everything, but quickly realized that it wasn't worth it. The things I described though were quick and easy, and let me safely pack a lot of apparatus into a given space.
I am so glad that you came to youtube and decided to share
I realize that this is old. And I'm still new to chemistry but some suggestions for what to make would be a flaring burner and fume scrubber for your fume hood. And a selfish request from me would be how to make DMG for gold refining.
Love your channel, love your work.
This was really cool to see, and what a nice Dad to help you out.
i would get some pluck foam to prevent glassware from hitting each other
(every time i hear glassware clink on each other i wince.) but other then that nice lab
I left my masters one semester from completion in 2019, and for the same reasons you stated. I lost interest in my research after failing in the applications aspect. Now I’m halfway into an o chem PhD with a renewed interest in chemistry and have always appreciated your videos! Keep up the good work 👍🏼
Fast forward to 2022 you now have a much bigger lab and office space. To me personally, you're the only one who can make these chemistry stuff look so fun and I'm not even a chemistry enthusiast. Happy for you!
I've only come across your channel today for the first time and would like to say, Thank you. Once upon a time I was working on a B.S. in Biochem as well, unfortunately things didn't work out as I burned out with an aggressive schedule and was honestly not emotionally mature enough to fully hone my focus to complete my degree. I was about a year away from completing my B.S. and haven't been in a lab since probably 2011, watching your material brought back so many memories of hours of lab work that I always resented because it felt like a complete B.S. earning 3 units for 6 hours of lab time, not including the hours of prep work for success with the lab experiments, in a new nostalgic positive light. I had practically blocked out all of the memories because of how disappointing it was to not finish my B.S.
You're channel is awesome and it's definitely inspiring to see you growing doing something you love and clearly have a wonderful spark for! Thank you.
Good job and congratulations on the new lab. Keep making awesome videos!
One recommendation. Use a larger bottle for your waste water. Your current setup could overflow with just the volume of clean water you have.
Ha-ha-ha I was just thinking the same thing.. i'm like wait a minute, the volume of that waste bottle is about half of the feed bottle.
I like your new lab! Of course, you are missing a periodic table poster. I like your solution for running water. Keep a few extra 5 gallon bottles on hand and it's an easy solution if you don't use much water.
No worries about the re-upload. I know there is a lot of people critiquing your work, and a lot of bs details to deal with. Just do what YOU need to do... I would like to know how you dealt with the EH&S regulations, if you get a chance to elaborate about that would be awesome. Congratulations and thank you Nile. Keep it up!
People normally shy away when talking about money, especially when its money they have spent. I really appreciate you letting us in on the cost, give people an idea of what something like this would cost!
Funny you mentioned thinking people would make fun of your voice. Your voice is actually why I started watching your videos. I mean chemistry is fine and all but most of it goes over my head. You just have one of those voices I could listen for hours no matter the topic.
"This little bucket here is all my poisons".........lol
I couldn’t help thinking the entire time that I hope you have excellent security in this place. I’m thinking it because if you’re robbed that’s a lot of dangerous chemicals to be in the hands of people who might not handle it properly or may even intentionally use it to harm people. Keep safe.
Potential Lock-Picking Lawyer crossover?
Locking drawers. Except if the robber goes LPL mode. *Whispers* “Click out of 5, click out of 4, 3 is binding.”
@@neoleomedia1676 watch me steal these chemicals in less than 1 minute! 🤣🤣
@@14jacobkendall that’s... what I said.
basically everything he showed is available to the public... I didnt see one single thing I couldnt buy on ebay or amazon...
In that case, I should say I never subscribe to people but I subscribed to you. (Honestly, it's just you and one of my college instructors I'm subscribed to rn lmao) I found your calcium acetate video for making calcium that's easy for my plants to absorb and soon for cleaning around the house (it's good for mold I hear however I haven't tested that yet) You've opened a new hobby for me in organic chemistry, and learning different things from your channel really helped my research and expand what I do
Literally my fav TH-cam channel
Bro, that's a ton of work for two people to do in 2 months. Especially if you didn't have much knowledge in construction. You put in mad work for this channel. It's nice to see a success story like this.
I've never more related to this man. "The exam was three days ago", "I had no idea I had so much stuff"
So here are all my poisons
You missed a perfect opportunity to make a Kool-Aid Man reference
Glad you chose to do this. I used to be interested in chemistry in my youth, but the interest was replaced by life. Your channel really woke my interest for chemistry back up, so thank you for that! I'll keep watching!
I've had a bad experience with power boards inside enclosed spaces, don' t know if its more likely to catch fire but just that you're less likely to notice if they do, make sure you check it occasionally for any discoloring of the plastic etc
Pete Smith Maybe put a smoke detector there to, those things can really save the day
tbh he should be using proper surge protectors, not regular power banks.
PingasTheFourth yeah your right but I was in the place to witness a short circuet in a cupboard and I was certenly greatfull that there was a smoke detector in this room. Those things don't cost that much but they can save your life in the right Moment from my point of View there is nothing that would speak against them
PingasTheFourth I agree with you that there is no high risk that something could happen most likely there will never be a Problem with it but i am sure that you agree that a bit of prevention in form of a smoke detector for something like 5$ is not wrong, I mean it does not hurt anyone and as you said it will most likely never detect something there but when against all means there is a short circuit a smoke detector could help to raise awareness of this Problem before it even becomes one
*You Deserve A Million Subscribers*
10M!
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nilered: *Giving a tour of his lab for the first time*
also nilered: *Immediately pans to the shelving unit*
priorities man
dude, i love your voice. its so much nicer than most other youtubers
I was a HUGE chemsitry nerd as a kid. In those days you could be given a chemistry set for Christmas, one with real chemicals and real information. I had a tremendous amount of fun with mine. Really love your channel!
Well, you did ask for suggestions... so here goes. My only major issue I see is the tiny little button that you'll have to find in the case you get some corrosive material in your eyes and need to flush them. It may be easy enough when you're not blind and/ or panicking, but I imagine it would be a different story otherwise. A huge congrats on the new space! I'm so excited for you! :D Be safe.
This pump is mostly on idle, when not used, i guess. So you could/should leave it on, while working in the lab and just turn it off after finishing the day.
It seems that this pump is mostly on idle, when not used. So you could/should leave it on, while working in the lab and just turn it off after finishing the day.
seriously an issue i found after a resilvering reaction on a prism using nitric acid, sugar, caustic soda and silver nitrate detonated in my face without goggles. assume everything will blow up and have water ready and a tap is not good enough. fortunately I can still see.
Cool, someone could finance his living by doing chemistry videos. 😂 just started supporrting you. Maxbe you have another 2020 update video. Now with more than 1.5 million subscribers, if I am not mistaken
The lab looks so professional! I'm so proud of you!!! (ps you're super cute)
This is an amazing accomplishment. Gathering the resources and - even harder - applying the knowledge to build a lab essentially from scratch is something you should always be proud of.
Way to follow the hands-on imperative!
The audacity with which you bang the doors close, love it.
I Think you should add labels and hazard labels on the door of the cabinets and drawers, so that if someone inspect your place, you wouldn't be in trouble... And is good for finding things.
Goog Luck with your channel!
Benedict Leung not america so I doubt he would be in trouble. It's just him using the lab so why bother.
George Saliz I'd guess it's helpful to know for firefighters which cabinet contains what kind of chemicals?
did you need to get any special permits (or just report what you're doing) to build the lab?
either from the building owners or authorities 🤔
and thank you very much for your content 👍
Goran Blažič I don't think he needs any permits here in Quebec
ZacxRicher really? interesting... and cool, of course... 👍
not sure what I was expecting really, just curious ☺️
I mean I guess I wouldn't be suprised if he had to get a permit since it IS canada, but cmon who cares about permits anyway.
He could just make the inspectors disappear in a puff of smoke. ;) xD
You wanna cook crystal meth?
(i know im a year late) Someone please get this man something to cushion all the glasswear in the drawers
No need anymore, he broke all his beakers in th-cam.com/video/tGqVMbAQhBs/w-d-xo.html
@@pclouds you think he wouldn’t get more?
@@lionberryofskyclan no nowadays he just pours all his chemicals into a cardboard box
Eh...I felt the same way but lab glass is durable...not too worried😉
At first, I thought, "how did a high school kid get such a background in sophisticated chemistry"?, because of how young you look. But the more I watched, the more I was fascinated with the manipulation of chemistry you do. I have, by comparison, a 'novice' amount of chemistry background, especially in photo chemistry, but oddly enough, I have been able to follow much of what you do. Kudos.
I showed my chem teacher some of your videos and our school has used them ever since
Literally built a research lab on like 1% of the budget!