Making nylon

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    In this video, I will be doing the classic Nylon 6,6 demonstration. I first convert adipic acid (which was made in a previous video) to adipoyl chloride. It is then reacted with hexamethylenediamine to form Nylon 6,6.
    In the future, I will be making Nylon 6,6 the industrial way, by first going through the nylon salt.
    Note: I write cyclohexanol in the video, but it is actually cyclohexane that I used. I also wrote in the comments it was cyclohexanol...so double mistake. oops
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  • @jaybee8465
    @jaybee8465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8422

    Didn’t know my messed up sleep cycle would force me to watch chemistry

  • @SantosGC
    @SantosGC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4763

    Add red colorant:
    Nylon red

  • @Charlie-nc3cp
    @Charlie-nc3cp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5654

    Nile: "I get a ph of around 7"
    drink it

  • @exocruz7558
    @exocruz7558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +946

    "I'll for sure make nylon the other way" - nilered, 3 years ago

    • @exocruz7558
      @exocruz7558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@linaria17 oh shit!

    • @playerkgaming628
      @playerkgaming628 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Adele Peng I didn't notice either. Thanks man!

    • @megagatlingpea2322
      @megagatlingpea2322 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @ Adele Peng i also didn't know thx

    • @cowsrbeefy
      @cowsrbeefy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ExoCruz, 2 years ago

    • @fulsegraddy5370
      @fulsegraddy5370 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      This comment is 3 years old, why do I find that oddly cool

  • @soyestboi778
    @soyestboi778 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2310

    About halfway through I forgot what we were makings and instead of looking at the title I decided to let it be a surprise so that was fun I suppose

    • @domonator5000
      @domonator5000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      soyest boi lol same, but then I remembered, “Oh right, Nylon...”

    • @timothyweldon2198
      @timothyweldon2198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The possum is the soyest boi.

    • @tiddiesprinkles
      @tiddiesprinkles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hahahah

    • @2econd428
      @2econd428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Happens to me every time.. stoner problems lol

    • @architakumar2579
      @architakumar2579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      School practicals in a nutshell

  • @surprisedchar2458
    @surprisedchar2458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3473

    Nile: says some chemistry stuff that goes way over my head
    Me: “Hmm, yes, I see. Well done.”

    • @cherrymarriedindiscord1404
      @cherrymarriedindiscord1404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hello!! Um I am conducting a survey for an internet debate, would you be interested in answering one question?

    • @mayravixx25
      @mayravixx25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      That's literally my entire experience watching his channel. I don't understand a single bit of it, but I just like watching cool stuff happen.

    • @nikunj3012
      @nikunj3012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cherrymarriedindiscord1404 yeah sure

    • @cherrymarriedindiscord1404
      @cherrymarriedindiscord1404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nikunj3012
      Thanks!
      Soo
      Do you consider ear pulling to be abuse?

    • @prumset6059
      @prumset6059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@cherrymarriedindiscord1404 aslong as only your ears get pulled it isnt abuse

  • @aterack833
    @aterack833 3 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    “The chemical weapons act” oh ya, I forgot people do that stuff, here I was thinking of drugs and explosives when it comes to reasons not to make or have something

  • @louloudaki_
    @louloudaki_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +515

    i may not understand what you’re actually doing but i do know all the words you’re saying which as someone with an auditory processing disorder is super rare and an accomplishment. that’s why i like your voice so much, i can actually understand the words you’re saying. not necessarily what they mean cause i’m a composer/actor/musician but what the individual words are. like i was able to tell my mom who works in water filtration and used to be a microbiologist the general idea of how you did the diamond soda thing and she was super blown away by it but i understood the general concept and it makes me really happy. it’s so rare for me that when i can understand someone when they talk and i realize that i just get really really happy so i had to say something

    • @TheGrumbliestPuppy
      @TheGrumbliestPuppy ปีที่แล้ว +17

      This is so hard to read, using more punctuation would definitely help.

    • @gooby8953
      @gooby8953 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      you guys should get married that would be cute i think

    • @louloudaki_
      @louloudaki_ ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@gooby8953 lmfao i’m good i just like his voice

    • @fige0n
      @fige0n ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I also have apd and I 100% agree. I was wondering what was so different about his videos and why they are so much more memorable than some others i enjoy, and it's simply because I can understand him lol

    • @militarydeviltube5014
      @militarydeviltube5014 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@fige0n i love his videos a lot because i study chemistry and i check what ive learned with them. i can understand him well. i also have apd

  • @mads_in_zero
    @mads_in_zero 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8395

    Me, binge watching NileRed: Oh yeah distilled water let's go!

    • @hans007pirat
      @hans007pirat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +313

      finally something i understand

    • @powangel1418
      @powangel1418 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Facts

    • @manlylego
      @manlylego 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      It do be like that

    • @BRK-ee2se
      @BRK-ee2se 3 ปีที่แล้ว +276

      And an “oh yeah here comes the stir bar!”

    • @johnbailey8103
      @johnbailey8103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      From University Labs, I've become so used to using distilled water instead of normal water, that whenever any instructions say regular water, I have to ask to make sure it's not a mistake 🤦🏼‍♂️

  • @gayrainbowunicorn1367
    @gayrainbowunicorn1367 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4030

    nylon 6,6,6 is useful for cleaning sacrification

    • @robbin763
      @robbin763 7 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      GayRainbow Unicorn I was gonna make a 666 joke

    • @tobinator680
      @tobinator680 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Robert Blair me too

    • @mechadrake
      @mechadrake 7 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      "metal noises!"
      Screaming in the dark cold nordic forest during black night.
      Making nylon ropes.

    • @cowboy_k3147
      @cowboy_k3147 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      And according to 0:25 it is useful for "making women's stalkings"

    • @__-vz8ux
      @__-vz8ux 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cowboy K stockings 🙂

  • @loganspargo9222
    @loganspargo9222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    "I found it was good in general to punch the table"
    -kyle red 2020

    • @MrsKatieninja
      @MrsKatieninja 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Science out of context is great.

    • @StrikeEagIe
      @StrikeEagIe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Kyle. Yeah Kyle…

    • @mannequ_in
      @mannequ_in 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      How did u edit this, yet still miss Kyle lol

    • @loganspargo9222
      @loganspargo9222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mannequ_in r/whoosh

    • @mannequ_in
      @mannequ_in 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@loganspargo9222 but… it wasn’t a joke, jokes are supposed to be funny

  • @Shadow__Lugia
    @Shadow__Lugia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I remember doing this in chemistry. After we mixed it all, everyone had a challenge to get as long of a single string as possible outta the beaker. I was at a disadvantage because my lab partner dropped the course after 6 weeks, so I didn’t have anyone watching the bottom. I got second place with a 83cm length, and just lost to a group that got 85cm, and I had some of mine curl and stick to itself. Was really happy and disappointed at the same time lol.

  • @CAPSSTROKE
    @CAPSSTROKE 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4208

    I watched the whole video with not understanding 80% of it

    • @CAPSSTROKE
      @CAPSSTROKE 7 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      enjoyed it tho

    • @c0c0nutbeans
      @c0c0nutbeans 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌🏿

    • @dionesdisciple3329
      @dionesdisciple3329 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same

    • @michaelflatt4663
      @michaelflatt4663 5 ปีที่แล้ว +181

      20%? I didn't realize we were in the presence of a genius.

    • @NightlyElite
      @NightlyElite 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      All you have to do is listen

  • @Valdagast
    @Valdagast 5 ปีที่แล้ว +715

    Pro-tip - don't snort the hexamethylenediamine.

  • @squiggly_lines
    @squiggly_lines 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    salts, acids, and bases of all sorts come together to create the bristles of my toothbrush. This is absolutely, amazingly awesome stuff!

  • @develpamperbottom
    @develpamperbottom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    21:40
    He says like we’re all doing this at home.

  • @GrimGearheart
    @GrimGearheart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +353

    15:43 Watching this polymer being pulled from the interface between two non-mixing liquids, it's one of those moments where I sit and ask myself "Who the hell first thought to do this? What was the chain of experimentation that lead up to it?"

    • @alexisflory6496
      @alexisflory6496 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      I always ask myself that when I see science(anything chemistry) or math(calculus) or fashion (people who let cloaks fall out of common fashion) or cooking (flambeying stuff) or basically anything that could have very bad or very confusing consequences of doing the thing.

    • @majikss
      @majikss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@alexisflory6496 cloaks?

    • @alexisflory6496
      @alexisflory6496 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@majikss they're amazing and have fallen out of mainstream fashion and I am salty.

    • @kruksog
      @kruksog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@alexisflory6496 there's so much more interesting math beyond calc. I hate that calc is considered by so many to be the end-all-be-all of math. If only you had taken a group theory course...

    • @alexisflory6496
      @alexisflory6496 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@kruksog first I'm in highschool so that isn't an option. I will note it for college though. And second, I find the concept of infinitity itself fascinating. That is the only reason I am interested in calc.

  • @evanclarke6496
    @evanclarke6496 7 ปีที่แล้ว +869

    NileRed, Currently in OChem Lab and this video saved my life. PLEASE keep up the good work. I really appreciate the in depth explanations for my own curiosity, and for my lab reports.
    Love your work. Thank you!

    • @stevethea5250
      @stevethea5250 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      OCHEM?

    • @TurboZarya
      @TurboZarya 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Steve Thea organic chem maybe?

    • @SirBilliam96
      @SirBilliam96 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@TurboZarya it's organic chemistry lab, a college course

    • @dylanbaker7534
      @dylanbaker7534 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nylon 6,6,6

    • @racingginger3147
      @racingginger3147 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Steve Thea how about use google next time, instead of other peoples time.

  • @emoemi907
    @emoemi907 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I’m always so grateful when you go over the chemical reaction Infographs and explain them so well! It’s so interesting!

  • @constastar1660
    @constastar1660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The nylon that is used in hell is nylon 6,6,6 0:31

  • @redella50
    @redella50 4 ปีที่แล้ว +499

    Chem lab: be sure to be no further off than .2 ml!
    Nilered: adding about 6 ml, then a bit extra just to be sure...

    • @cherrymarriedindiscord1404
      @cherrymarriedindiscord1404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hello!! Um I am conducting a survey for an internet debate, would you be interested in answering one question?

    • @daniellima4391
      @daniellima4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@cherrymarriedindiscord1404 you know, this comment is kinda old XD

    • @cherrymarriedindiscord1404
      @cherrymarriedindiscord1404 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@daniellima4391 I- I noticed... Quite frankly didn't mind... I am just desperate to get votes at this point...

    • @paradiseinretrograde7687
      @paradiseinretrograde7687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ayo i’ll do ur survey

    • @Adam-st4xm
      @Adam-st4xm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cherrymarriedindiscord1404 sure

  • @lightningbug6234
    @lightningbug6234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1620

    This guy makes a highly informative video and goes to great lengths to explain and describe everything and you guys making 666 jokes

    • @rochoa7408
      @rochoa7408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Lightningbug yes

    • @potatoplant9943
      @potatoplant9943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yup

    • @beridot2615
      @beridot2615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      cause its funny

    • @LeCheckmate
      @LeCheckmate 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Yes, how dare they! Such ignorance is clearly the devil's doing!

    • @GovertKrook
      @GovertKrook 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      And you have 69 likes. That is waaaay better. Btw I am not going to like it. Because of the 69.

  • @ItsSkylah
    @ItsSkylah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    17:12
    to remove the water, I dip it into a bowl of water

  • @hyd119
    @hyd119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Hey Nigel, I really do love your content. You may not explain every little thing super in detail but I like how you give the viewer enough bits of knowledge that it makes it easy to go out and do further research on the chemistry and mechanisms therein. Hope you have a good day!

  • @meridien52681
    @meridien52681 5 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    This channel is SO interesting! I barely remember Chemistry back when I was in high school but I got a B in it. Our teacher had one line I always remembered: in the very first day of class he said "If you don't know your valences, we cannot communicate." Memorizing valences was the first thing everybody did, and he quizzed us on it relentlessly. RIP Mr. Burns! Great guy and I'm sure he was way underemployed. He had an MS in chemistry and I was told he had something to do with Fermi's experimental reactor in Chicago.

    • @sai9681
      @sai9681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i agree

    • @Pigborg
      @Pigborg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fermi didnt have much to do with chemistry, he was a particle physicist.

    • @meridien52681
      @meridien52681 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Pigborg I didn't say ANYTHING about Fermi being a chemist! Mr. Burns could have been involved with early research, not that FOR SURE he was there when the atomic pile was built. He was the only Black chemist with a graduate degree I ever knew of back then. I didn't think that was possible in the 60's.

    • @Pigborg
      @Pigborg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@meridien52681 ok. Good for him being a black guy with an MS!

    • @meridien52681
      @meridien52681 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Pigborg Absolutely! He was close to being elderly in the mid-Sixties, so hw would have been in college and grad school in the 50's. He must have gone through hell to get a fair education way back then. He would have been denied a lot of opportunities as a Black man in the 50's. The students always respected him!

  • @NurdRage
    @NurdRage 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1549

    Nice work man.

    • @2450logan
      @2450logan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      NurdRage both of you have been pumping out the videos lately having to sit on the shitter at work longer than expected haha.

    • @yky2884
      @yky2884 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      You should do a collab with him :P

    • @RutujGavankar
      @RutujGavankar 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      NurdRage is DONT see your videos in my feed or get any notifications

    • @NurdRage
      @NurdRage 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      youtube turned off notifications for my channel for most of my subscribers. You might be able to turn them back on by clicking the notification icon beside the subscribe button. Not much that can be done beyond that since youtube decided to suppress me.

    • @annelieseocallaghan801
      @annelieseocallaghan801 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why did they suppress you ? Love your videos by the way.

  • @Mel-anie27
    @Mel-anie27 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I believe I was supposed to do this experiment in my organic chemistry lab but because of the pandemic my professor has posted this video for us to watch and see how this reaction works. All I gotta say is that this was awesome and i wish i could've done it in person!

  • @DarkVadekGaming
    @DarkVadekGaming 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    4:29 typical chemist. Makes some table salt but calls it sodium chloride

  • @videosofmydog3717
    @videosofmydog3717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +553

    nobody:
    flakes in the Hexamethylenediamine: *_n y o o m_*

    • @bladewave2544
      @bladewave2544 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I CHOKED-

    • @radiat3810
      @radiat3810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      how long did it take you to make sure you typed that correctly?

    • @videosofmydog3717
      @videosofmydog3717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@radiat3810 like 5 minutes

    • @radiat3810
      @radiat3810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@videosofmydog3717 lol

    • @ferrischemistry7879
      @ferrischemistry7879 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait where did he make fucking HMTD in this vid?

  • @theofficialdannydevitoyout9154
    @theofficialdannydevitoyout9154 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4427

    I forgot to filter the biomorthemic dioxide through the hydrochloridic acid
    Me: *sitting on the couch licking cheese dust off of my fingers* a rookie mistake
    Thanks for 100 likes you are all cool gamers 🤟

    • @juliaalexander8703
      @juliaalexander8703 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Static this is hilarious and also accurate i had to lick the cheese dust off to type this

    • @BenjaminGoose
      @BenjaminGoose 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Cheese *dust*?

    • @juliaalexander8703
      @juliaalexander8703 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      BenjaminGoose you know, the dust thats leftover on your fingers after eating cheese items such as cheese curls or cheetos

    • @samalbury9183
      @samalbury9183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      2^8 likes!

    • @Drache832
      @Drache832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@juliaalexander8703 "cheese"

  • @LarixusSnydes
    @LarixusSnydes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Wow, your reaction schemas are so clear to read. I could understand most of the process, even though I only have had one year of chemistry at a university level, as part of my Biology curriculum. thank you so much for sharing.

  • @qestony7725
    @qestony7725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When you forget that you had a piece of paper in your pocket and then you wash it: 20:00

  • @antony1701
    @antony1701 7 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    This reaction is beautiful! I work at a Polyamide factory, I know how to make, we have a polymerization pilot for nylon tryouts. One very interesting kind of nylon is the Nylon 6-T (HMD and Tereftalic Acid), by doing this one we can reach a higher melt point for the plastic.

    • @gregorymalchuk272
      @gregorymalchuk272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What is the difference in melt point you can achieve by this method?

    • @johnstorrie3635
      @johnstorrie3635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      do you mean teraphthalic acid ?

    • @kinkajoulegend9989
      @kinkajoulegend9989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@johnstorrie3635 that seems like an excessive use of the letter h

  • @undergroundCuDi
    @undergroundCuDi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I remember doing this experiment in Organic 2 lab, we had a contest of who could make the longest rope of nylon and the winner got extra credit lol

    • @festerdam4548
      @festerdam4548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm a bit confused by the concept of extra credit. How is it any different from normal credit? How do people avoid unfairly grading students?

    • @swarpatel5239
      @swarpatel5239 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ohhhhhhhhhhh

    • @hellokittyhelloili
      @hellokittyhelloili 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      did u win tho

    • @dekuandtatl3688
      @dekuandtatl3688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@festerdam4548 instead of failing to do the assignment resulting in a poor grade (thus lowering your overall average grade for the class) with extra credit, if you give the extra effort, you get extra points to your grade. raising your average. if you don’t do the extra credit there is no “punishment” because it’s is only additive rather than subtractive. only reward without punishment. in some cases (as with this person’s example) it’s a competition to encourage engagement and interest in the student. in other cases they reward based on how well you did, or in others if you did anything at all you get the points.
      The main difference between that and normal credit is that it’s not required. by nature of being “extra” credit, it’s not unfair to any students because if you don’t wanna do it you don’t have to, you just don’t reap the benefits; however, if you do the work you get rewarded for your efforts.

  • @therealsocialgadfly
    @therealsocialgadfly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love you, Nigel. You’ve opened up a world to me that I never, ever thought would be attainable. Thank you so much. 🙏

  • @chrishan7178
    @chrishan7178 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love how you go over the mechanism knowing full well that non-Chemistry-majors/those who have not taken organic chemistry will have no idea what they're looking at. I am currently finishing my second semester of organic chemistry and it is literally all mechanisms like these and synthesis problems. I love your videos because they are basically just video lab reports and remind me of my Organic Chemistry Lab course.

  • @Coyoteari
    @Coyoteari 4 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    Nilered: here’s how nylon is made! Isn’t this neat!
    Everyone with at least 2 brain cells to get distracted: hehe nylon 666

    • @PuffleFuzz
      @PuffleFuzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was looking for this

    • @follower4317
      @follower4317 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hehe stuff that makes my one brain cell go numb

    • @Vbjoctiz64739
      @Vbjoctiz64739 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      NileRed: the most common forms of nylon are nylon *6* and nylon *6,6* .
      Me with 2 brain cells: hold up

    • @Vbjoctiz64739
      @Vbjoctiz64739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@follower4317 hehe saten go brrrrrrrrr

  • @MinecraftTestSquad
    @MinecraftTestSquad 6 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    That stir bar amazed me more than anything up to that point in the video. Wtf was that, I've never seen that before!? XD

    • @MinecraftTestSquad
      @MinecraftTestSquad 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Ah, it works with magnetism. I didn't see anything moving it so I thought it somehow did something with water that made it move on it's own.

    • @KuraIthys
      @KuraIthys 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Yeah, looks miraculous, but as far as I can tell it's just a magnet in a protective layer.
      You then use something underneath that creates a rotating magnetic field, and the stir bar rotates along with it. XD
      I guess 'miraculous' is all relative anyway.
      As Arthur Clarke said 'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic'
      Funnily enough, Chemistry is one of the few 'magical arts' to have survived into the modern era.
      Alchemy sounds all fantastical and Alchemists frequently had very strange goals in mind, but they did establish most of the groundwork for what later became chemistry, and any occult and arcane fluff aside, it was not that far removed from modern chemistry in practical processes...

    • @Darthenator
      @Darthenator 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      The study of electromagnetism is pretty damn magical as well, far as I'm concerned ha!

    • @Hammerbruder99
      @Hammerbruder99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The stir bar 😂

    • @AnthonyBrown-uo5jc
      @AnthonyBrown-uo5jc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saw a guy that made a home-made one with a computer fan with magnets on the blades and a metal (bolt?) Covered in some kind of plastic(my guess is that rubber stuff you dip tool handles in to get a better grip). Worked,just rig up a plastic or aluminum stand for your beaker.

  • @DragonBuilds
    @DragonBuilds 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Glass reinforced nylon is actually very strong. It's used for the housings of power tools and industrial machines where metal would be too heavy.

  • @lenaspannknebel713
    @lenaspannknebel713 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I actually did this in school recently, it makes me so happy to see stuff I already know on this channel :)

  • @Terrus_38
    @Terrus_38 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I love your videos a lot, I love this clearness, this silence, no music...

  • @xeeses226
    @xeeses226 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    made nylon 6,10 in my organic chem lab last week and it was the coolest reaction ive ever seen. nearly everything in solution converted to nylon

  • @MrGilliardMusicToo
    @MrGilliardMusicToo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    No one:
    No one:
    Still no one:
    NileRed: "So I added 500ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid...."

  • @daveyrayschroeder9167
    @daveyrayschroeder9167 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Thanks, that was entertaining and nostalgic. This was one of my favorite labs in Org chem besides making Isopentyl Acetate then using the NMR to confirm. I remember having a better yield than my classmates because they were very impatient with the rolling and melting :P . (Also, whoever matched closest to their theoretical yields always got a bonus point!)

  • @gengagengar-r5519
    @gengagengar-r5519 7 ปีที่แล้ว +450

    What was the worst accident that happened in one of your experiments? (Nice video!)

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 ปีที่แล้ว +698

      Making the lithium carbonate... lithium exploded, lit part of my area on fire and cracked my glass table into 3 pieces.

    • @LUD1666
      @LUD1666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      NileRed is there a video of it?

    • @nonchalantree6604
      @nonchalantree6604 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      nice job nile
      just kidding, we all make mistakes

    • @ceneblock
      @ceneblock 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@nonchalantree6604 it's how we learn! Life would be boring otherwise.

    • @jejcnsjdndjskdjrn8329
      @jejcnsjdndjskdjrn8329 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      NileRed rip

  • @forsaturn4629
    @forsaturn4629 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    18:49 The forbidden Dew

  • @daveotuwa5596
    @daveotuwa5596 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's amazing how nylon glows in the dark! This upload makes me imaginable that candescent stockings may be in the markets!

  • @marvingarden4587
    @marvingarden4587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    decades ago in school a classmate (his father worked for 3M) made nylon in our classroom. We were about 11 years old but had all the safety equipment and successfully made nylon. cheers!

  • @darrengardner7332
    @darrengardner7332 7 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    Just realised that he has "NileRed" on his glassware!😂⚗

    • @xuNsh1ne
      @xuNsh1ne 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      And his glassware is made out of Nylon Red

    • @darrengardner7332
      @darrengardner7332 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We shall never know!😂😂

    • @Theboss24611
      @Theboss24611 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Darren Gardner I see what you did there XD

    • @darrengardner7332
      @darrengardner7332 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Theboss24611 😂😂

    • @Theboss24611
      @Theboss24611 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i put the wrong name... i meant to put the person who made a pun XD

  • @NWozz034
    @NWozz034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Oxalyl chloride: "IM FOCKIN FUMIN"

  • @pugmaster04
    @pugmaster04 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These videos have always interested me. Keep making these, I will always come by to watch and support you!

  • @KendrixTermina
    @KendrixTermina 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It looks so cool how the Nylon forms on the contact between the two liquids

  • @discosteve8666
    @discosteve8666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This was one of THE funnest chemical experiments we got to do in my high-school chem class.

  • @tettettettettet
    @tettettettettet 7 ปีที่แล้ว +792

    Is the cloth from hell made of nylon 666?

    • @leonardphilippgaffke2490
      @leonardphilippgaffke2490 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      EPIK TOMATO of course. 😈

    • @KuraIthys
      @KuraIthys 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Well, it's a perfect form of torture in hot conditions, so... Probably. ;p

    • @eggroll3055
      @eggroll3055 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, it's also very tasty.

    • @chaosminecraft3399
      @chaosminecraft3399 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't think it's from hell. Because it's called _nylon 6,6_ 😉

    • @notvelleda
      @notvelleda 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@chaosminecraft3399 r/woooosh

  • @marcusvanderlinden6362
    @marcusvanderlinden6362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just recently found Nile red and this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen

  • @RaptorNX01
    @RaptorNX01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    one thing i love about this and these videos in general, is that they are highly informative, really intelligent, yet there are times when nile seems to have the attention span of a kitten. "Look how the flakes zoom around!" *stares for half a minute*

  • @ErulianADRaghath
    @ErulianADRaghath 7 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    The late video bombardment is highly welcome, Nile. Please proceed with youthful enthusiasm!

    • @piranha031091
      @piranha031091 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "The late video bombardment"
      Was the pun intentional?

    • @_trupples
      @_trupples 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      wot comment 19 hours before the video? is this a patreon thing?

    • @ErulianADRaghath
      @ErulianADRaghath 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      :P

    • @rogerdotlee
      @rogerdotlee 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fan of New York Steve?

    • @ErulianADRaghath
      @ErulianADRaghath 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      XD

  • @xzendon
    @xzendon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +189

    Maybe you can make artificial spider silk next! (or at least try to)

    • @fullup91
      @fullup91 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Extracting silk from spiders.... first... we're going to powderize 600 living spiders. Step 1. Blanch spiders in hot distilled water. Step 2. Vacuum filter spiders. Step 3. Dehydrate the spiders on low for 12 hours. Step 4. Grind spiders in pestle and mortar. Step 5. Add spider powder to distilled water with hydrochloric acid.... 😂

    • @memejeff
      @memejeff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      the thought emporium?

    • @chaosminecraft3399
      @chaosminecraft3399 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@fullup91 ok... That's not how it's working...

    • @_BangDroid_
      @_BangDroid_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That it a trillion dollar invention

    • @memejeff
      @memejeff 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@_BangDroid_ Not really, once the availability of synthetic silk increases then the price of silk products decreases.

  • @lounirs
    @lounirs ปีที่แล้ว +3

    00:20 I'm currently watching this as I'm brushing my teeth, gotta say it makes the whole thing brushing part way more entertaining

  • @feel_the_speed
    @feel_the_speed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    A random chemical fact English-speaking chemists may find entertaining: hydrochloric acid in Russian is often called something that could be translated as "salty acid", probably due to its salt with sodium basically.
    And a huge thank you Nile for making such quality content I've been binging for the last month instead of my Chem olimpiad preparation or school 😅. You're really inspiring and your videos are one of the reasons that stop me from quitting chemistry olimpiad. Lots of love from Belarus ❤️

  • @carly4749
    @carly4749 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm a sophomore in highschool and I have ABSOLUTELY no idea what anything you say means but i'm still really interested by it. What you do looks like pure sorcery and i'm not fully convinced that chemists aren't just skilled wizards. thanks for your vids!

  • @diyanair4265
    @diyanair4265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is something I learned as just a reaction in high school and seeing it act out is really interesting!!

  • @wendysofficial5828
    @wendysofficial5828 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This dude makes learning hella fun.

  • @annalewis9145
    @annalewis9145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    idk why but i’ve watched all of his videos just to listen to his voice when i’m doing something else, his voice is just somewhat relaxing to listen to

  • @dkmbeats7936
    @dkmbeats7936 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Your vids make me feel like I didn’t absolutely flunk science through high school xD

  • @jeffy1161
    @jeffy1161 7 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Your videos are always so interesting and entertaining.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Thanks!

    • @michaelrichard1678
      @michaelrichard1678 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      could you do a video about liquid and solid oxygen

    • @dizzypenguin6509
      @dizzypenguin6509 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelrichard1678 Ayo I think he’s done one now

  • @kimdilara6203
    @kimdilara6203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In school I hated chemistry class
    And now I'm non stop watching your videos lol

  • @BurningBlockAbout99
    @BurningBlockAbout99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My friend showed me this channel. At first I was like "meh its education"
    But after watching ONE VIDEO you made an instant fan out of me. I love chemistry so much now. Thank you.

    • @crabsaresilly8317
      @crabsaresilly8317 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Would you consider leaving on a red cloth regular table lamp in the bedroom and a tubular vintage oval bulb desk lamp in the office, and seeing which type of bulb burns out first after a while, "doing an experiment" ? -;.

  • @salshiba8752
    @salshiba8752 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You know, I really enjoy listening to your videos while doing art.

  • @rockybond42
    @rockybond42 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Watching your videos before and after taking ochem is like night and day. Thank you so much!

  • @jasminehassan4987
    @jasminehassan4987 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I actually made this in class and its by far one of the most interesting lab experiments ive ever done its so satisfying when pulling it out

  • @HeathenHammer80
    @HeathenHammer80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your content. I would like to see you repeat this experiment on a larger scale and use a power drill to spool up your nylon. You have one of the best channels on TH-cam. Keep them videos coming!!

  • @instrumentenfreak
    @instrumentenfreak 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I like how the word 'adipic acid' sounds :D

    • @heavystalin2419
      @heavystalin2419 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like a drug that increases your sexual drive to the point of freudial horrors

    • @seanjohnisee
      @seanjohnisee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@heavystalin2419 what

    • @heavystalin2419
      @heavystalin2419 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@seanjohnisee Oedipus

  • @d.lawrencemiller5755
    @d.lawrencemiller5755 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey, I haven't watched in a while and just want to say that I've noticed your video quality, experiment quality, and narration quality have all improved since I last watched. I like your videos even more now!! You're making great stuff. :)

  • @mrinalpattnaik3310
    @mrinalpattnaik3310 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks man for such an elaborate video, I was a hater of organic chemistry always thought these reactions were just electrons dancing around never made sense to understand them and the intricacies of it. But this practice approach is much more reviling where actually those reactions and products solve something. You have made me fall in love with organic chemistry, this was not just memorising but troubleshooting as in other benches of science. Come to India we need people like you teaching. Thanks man truly appreciate your work.

  • @williambauer1510
    @williambauer1510 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your videos! I am a biochem undergrad and your explanations of rxn mechanisms was awesome.

  • @mr.advocatusdiaboli1745
    @mr.advocatusdiaboli1745 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was great to see as someone who has done the other way a few times. Thanks.

  • @l4d2160
    @l4d2160 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That florescent nylon was freaking awesome.

  • @philliphardyman8312
    @philliphardyman8312 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i always enjoy this guys content.

  • @TheJonathanc82
    @TheJonathanc82 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I know just enough chemistry to be very interested by this video and incredibly impressed that people figured these things out.

  • @RapManJak
    @RapManJak 7 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    NurdRage and NileRed started to be supported by audible the same day. Coincidence ? I dont think so...

    • @tjyoyo3
      @tjyoyo3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Team NR

  • @r.l.royalljr.3905
    @r.l.royalljr.3905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The melted nylon at the end looks exactly like the stock from a Remington Nylon 66 rifle. Because it is the same material. So it looks like you did it right!

    • @SpiraSpiraSpira
      @SpiraSpiraSpira 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      R. L. Royall, Jr. for firearms they add up to 30% Fiberglas fibers

  • @jimmycincinnati3714
    @jimmycincinnati3714 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This one is over my head.
    Still cool to watch.

  • @Jestepharms
    @Jestepharms 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gotta love going back multiple years for new nile red content sleep to

  • @fintheshark384
    @fintheshark384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Its always facinating how he can easily say those words for chemicals that look impossible to say like 1:32 on the Down left its impossible to say but not for him

  • @JuanGaleanoo
    @JuanGaleanoo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I find your making polymer synthesis videos quite exciting, not solely because they are complex and unique reactions, but also because i always wonder how these substances are made and molded to perform their function.
    Since you do a lot of organic chemistry, have you ever considered including in videos substance typification to further know what the real product and/or its impurities are present? Great video btw

  • @blast1509
    @blast1509 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:10 just realised he has personalised beakers that’s so cool

  • @user-to8sp1hd5s
    @user-to8sp1hd5s 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    THANK YOU FOR THE LESSON IT HELPED ALOT

  • @baseplate_462
    @baseplate_462 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    nile red throwing chemistry words at me a 16 year old: Gibberish, Gibberish, Gibberish, DCM, Gibberish
    Me: DCM, wait I know that one! I'm an expert.

  • @Chopperdragon39
    @Chopperdragon39 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    you make chemistry so interesting that I want to have it again in school.
    I was always the D-F student in chemistry, however :(

  • @angous1
    @angous1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember doing this in high school in France back in the days. Great experiment!

  • @user-ny5uc1bk2w
    @user-ny5uc1bk2w 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    His voice is so relaxing and i love falling asleep to this, bonis is i lurn from this too!

  • @salt-emoji
    @salt-emoji 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    14:52 you can actually use "started to zoom around erratically" in papers reports, fun

  • @thatoneidiot9929
    @thatoneidiot9929 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey, I remember seeing almost this same exact reaction being done in Theodore Gray's Mad Science book! He showed how to pull long strings of nylon out of a wine glass, and I always thought it was fake or something. This is amazing, though, super awesome video!

  • @trash2468
    @trash2468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Videos like this make me so thankful I never have to take ochem again and I can watch this voluntarily

  • @souravzzz
    @souravzzz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Whoa, a 25 minute long video? Excellent!

  • @EndergamerEndergamer
    @EndergamerEndergamer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Did he just call a screwdriver a metal spatula? Lmfao

  • @kyleculp7520
    @kyleculp7520 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The way it acts as your winding it up is mind boggling. Looks so weird. Love it

  • @mxuselian
    @mxuselian ปีที่แล้ว

    i somehow always find his videos right when I should be sleeping. Its always so interesting

  • @romosapien9758
    @romosapien9758 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    yay the video I requested is finally here!!!! Nylon 6,6 is also known as "Zytel" the Dupont trade name for it :) I wanted it because of the Remington Nylon 66 rifle I own, and so awesome to see you got sponsored by Audible on this one :D Thanks so much Nile, hope you enjoyed making it as much as I enjoyed watching :)

    • @Derkman96
      @Derkman96 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Romo Sapien is there anything about nylon 6,6 specifically that makes it good for shoulder stocks or am I just thinking about it too much?