The Most Dangerous Object I Have Ever Held In My Hands

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  • @AdvancedTinkering
    @AdvancedTinkering  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Are you interested in the progress, that led to this point? If so, you can check out the cesium Playlist:
    th-cam.com/play/PLLERbxERv6_9Q71ruVQsF1KMmMFUERcs2.html
    Do you want to see potassium being distilled?
    th-cam.com/video/Y7YdT-vavHQ/w-d-xo.html

    • @robert9674
      @robert9674 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is this something that the CIA, FBI will come after you ?

    • @tomasotreasaigh111
      @tomasotreasaigh111 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I just randomly found one of your videos today, you now have a like and a subscription and new fan. I wish to make a 'Jacobs Ladder' and I found your video when you made a 50k voltage device by using 24v supply and a flyback device, that was some very fine work indeed. I hope to make a small Jacobs Ladder in a sealed container as a novelty toy for a friend of mine. I would like to keep the size relatively small, like an Executive Toy that could sit on his office desk, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
      Peace and best wishes from Ireland mo chara.

    • @GeorgeKilgore-o1s
      @GeorgeKilgore-o1s หลายเดือนก่อน

      I would! I would also like to see a video of you making rubidium.

  • @TheGodpharma
    @TheGodpharma ปีที่แล้ว +790

    In the pharmaceutical industry we'd call that an ampoule, before and after sealing. A vial is a glass container sealed with a stopper, usually made of some type of rubber.

    • @AdvancedTinkering
      @AdvancedTinkering  ปีที่แล้ว +226

      Yes I think that's the correct term. Took me some time to get the English terminology right.

    • @JohnSmith-tr9us
      @JohnSmith-tr9us 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

      I call that, a uh, exotic glass bauble son.

    • @error.418
      @error.418 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      would not a glass stopper also count?

    • @rolux4853
      @rolux4853 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      @@AdvancedTinkeringdude your accent tells me that you’re german so the word „Ampulle“ should be the first thing that’s coming to your mind when you see that thing 😅

    • @Sihgilanu
      @Sihgilanu 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      @@rolux4853 considering an ampoule is a sealed vial... 🤷‍♂
      both are correct

  • @arbodox
    @arbodox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +423

    The cesium crystals and distillation footage is so mesmerizing... absolutely fantastic work!

    • @AdvancedTinkering
      @AdvancedTinkering  2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Thank you!

    • @blacknoir2404
      @blacknoir2404 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      most dangerous object I've held in my hands was my d*ck lol

  • @Enjoymentboy
    @Enjoymentboy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +302

    There is something very disturbing yet beautiful about watching a metal be distilled. It seems like something that should not be possible.

    • @MattShine11
      @MattShine11 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I mean, its a liquid at room temp. Where did this metal come from? I agree with you, this is wild.

    • @DeuceGenius
      @DeuceGenius 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Chemistry is amazing.

    • @Hawk7886
      @Hawk7886 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@MattShine11_pure_ caesium is liquid at or near room temperature. It's found in Pollucite ore and primarily mined in Canada.

    • @ailospjellok7475
      @ailospjellok7475 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      yeah distillation of metal is pure insanity to me, since its a metal i instantly picture it as one of the hardest solids possible, then we have this "metal" thats just chillin in liquid form and decides to become cloud at high enough temp

    • @TikkaQrow
      @TikkaQrow 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We do it with water all the time, tho that's technically more like a mineral when it's solid

  • @discodave6153
    @discodave6153 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

    My heart was in my mouth when you were sealing the ampoule, respect sir that’s a great project 👍🏻

    • @AdvancedTinkering
      @AdvancedTinkering  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Thanks, I appreciate the compliment! If you liked the ampoule being sealed, I can recommend my video about the Potassium distillation ;)

  • @williambock1821
    @williambock1821 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    The fact that metal can be distilled from a solution in the same way alcohol can is amazing to me. It’s metal in a liquid state so I guess it’s not THAT counterintuitive but I suppose I just never thought about this before. Really neat,thanx!

  • @k_three
    @k_three 2 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    I only have some long past undergrad memories of chemistry, but your craftsmanship and work you put into making this is fantastic. great work man.

  • @JustPlainRob
    @JustPlainRob 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    It really doesn't come across how utterly dangerous this was. Very cool video.

    • @silverblank1139
      @silverblank1139 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Imagine dropping the science bath bomb

  • @ravensnflies8167
    @ravensnflies8167 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    why anyone would want to skip the precipitation process is beyond me. its the best part. just beautiful!

  • @ItsMerle.
    @ItsMerle. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    That’s an instant follow, I love beautiful elements and incredible craftsmanship, you delivered both flawlessly.

    • @AdvancedTinkering
      @AdvancedTinkering  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Appreciate it! I am glad you liked the video!

  • @thefifthaceassociation
    @thefifthaceassociation 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I will not lie, i have no idea what i just watched or what you just made, or even what its for, but it was beautiful.

  • @torydavis10
    @torydavis10 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    That lampwork is not trivial, well done! Based on the quality of your work I think you've probably seen this trick before, but I want to encourage you to try cracking off tubestock with the hot tip of a glass rod instead of the torch and water method. It'll take you a couple tries to dial in how much hot you want for the weight of tubing, but once you do I think you'll find it easier to avoid those spiderwebs you get the way you're doing it. No water, just touch a hot rod onto your score and hold it there til it cracks. When your heat is right for a clean break, that's a good 2-10 seconds, longer than you'd expect. Sometimes they even go 30 seconds later as they're naturally cooling down. The key advantage to this method is you get to control both the temperature of the glass rod, and how much mass of glass you heat up to deliver x heat at y rate.

    • @AdvancedTinkering
      @AdvancedTinkering  ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Thank you! Yes, by now I mostly use the hot glass bead method to crack the glass. But nevertheless thanks for the advice!

    • @tihzho
      @tihzho 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hot wire is preferred to a "hot tip of a glass rod" which can have unexpected results.

  • @isaklindberg6855
    @isaklindberg6855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    one of the most beautiful things shown on youtube in my opinion

  • @ernestoterrazas3480
    @ernestoterrazas3480 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Just a few words to congratulate you for that beautiful piece of Cesium you achieved with your hard effort and knowledge.

  • @Chemiolis
    @Chemiolis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Amazing, cesium is so beautiful.

  • @MrKevb1540
    @MrKevb1540 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I see the glassware meant to be melted together all the time, but I've neither ever used it or ever even seen it used untill your video. You are very skilled at it. The closest I've even done is making ampuals out of large test tubes by heatingnand stretching the top to a thin tube, filling it, then sealing it. I used them for Bromine, which there is no other way i know how to store safely and not get cancer or poisoned due to it leaking or exploding. I tried vials with rubber stappers crimped on with metal, but is failed greatly. Luckly i left it outside.

  • @AldoCortesi
    @AldoCortesi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I've been following your journey for some time, and this is an incredible culmination to your skill and dedication. Congratulations! Amazing and joyful science.

    • @AdvancedTinkering
      @AdvancedTinkering  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you! Hope you stay around for further further projects.

  • @WobblycogsUk
    @WobblycogsUk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    You're practical skills are second to none and an absolute pleasure to watch. That vial of caesium is mesmerising.

    • @AdvancedTinkering
      @AdvancedTinkering  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thank you! I'm happy you enjoyed the video!

  • @EliasExperiments
    @EliasExperiments 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This certainly has to be the most beatiful video about cesium on youtube. Great job!

  • @That_Chemist
    @That_Chemist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Beautiful

  • @TB-jl9fr
    @TB-jl9fr 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I would call myself a multipurpose talent in different topics like mechanics, electronics and software. But chemistry is one of those topics i barely get the basics. Anything above that is magic for me.

  • @michaelhansen8959
    @michaelhansen8959 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Never seen such a beautiful vial of Ceasium. Absoluut perfection. Thx for sharing with us

  • @onemantwohands5224
    @onemantwohands5224 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    A nice thing to have is an oxygen sniffer to ensure full purge . Very cheap to buy and quite surprising when you first get one when you see how the purge takes place in the different setups. Thanks for your videos man it's fun to watch ❤

  • @Unknown-ij3ux
    @Unknown-ij3ux 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Incredible! Cesium is definitely my favorite element, I read that there is an alloy of sodium potassium and cesium which melts at -79 degrees. You song see many channels dedicated to such reactive elements!

  • @TWEEMASTER2000
    @TWEEMASTER2000 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I used to be a lampworker and my chemistry is lacking, but this was amazing to watch. Good job keeping yourself safe, that procedure is something i could never do out sheer fear.
    Chemistry is beautiful and thanks for showing the distillation footage never seen liquid metal be distilled.
    Do you ever worry about the stress the glass is under when you're heating it up during the distillation

  • @50shadesofgreen34
    @50shadesofgreen34 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    beautiful video, i especially liked the blur you put over the cesium bottle for no reason

  • @zaijal1572
    @zaijal1572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    That was some phenomenal stuff, you've become quite the pro with this

  • @whoho1
    @whoho1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The final result looks absolutely stunning, awesome work!

  • @dw4563
    @dw4563 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have absolutely no understanding of what I just watched but it was incredibly entertaining

  • @ohwhatsarcasm
    @ohwhatsarcasm 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    started maniacally laughing as soon as i saw the ampoule cause i instinctively felt the amount of blood, sweat, and tears poured into making such a terrifying thing

  • @TheBooker66
    @TheBooker66 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Incredible video! High production value, insane idea and final product. Loved it and subbed!

  • @crackthefoundation_
    @crackthefoundation_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I dont think even Applied Science (basically a genius, to me, also) could pull this off I'm not aware if he possesses the glass skill you have.. Absolutely fantastic work thank you for sharing!

    • @AdvancedTinkering
      @AdvancedTinkering  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ben from Applied Science if without a doubt a genius. I am pretty sure that, if he would really try and learn/practice some glass blowing, he would be able to do it.
      But thank you a lot for the compliment!

  • @manatoa1
    @manatoa1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love everything about this. Thank-you

  • @DrMantisTobogganMD13
    @DrMantisTobogganMD13 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What really rips a hole in my mind is that there was a first person ever that discovered the process of how to do this. I can not wrap my head around how that idea would even manifest itself, and then formulating a plan to create a previously unknown substance out of nothing. It's so fascinating

  • @Fluxkompressor
    @Fluxkompressor 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The only thing to make this video even better would be the Terminator 2 theme song during the destilation

  • @wskinnyodden
    @wskinnyodden 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beatiful, Cesium never ceases to amaze, liquid gold hehe

  • @jacob1121
    @jacob1121 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This video is pure art, amazing job!

  • @JaredBrewerAerospace
    @JaredBrewerAerospace 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This hits me right in the feels dude. I harken back to the hours I've spent carefully distilling Diethyl Ether.

  • @KClO3
    @KClO3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i managed to make a shiny 5mm drop of shiny sodium in an ampule made from a pipette, just put it in and melted the sodium several times and made it consume all the oxygen, once it stopped tarnishing anymore i could melt it and roll it to the other side of the test tube and then shortened the tube, was quite happy with the results and then i see you do this haha

    • @darylcheshire1618
      @darylcheshire1618 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I melted some sodium hydroxide in a nickel crucible with a sprit flame and electrolysed it with a car battery, the sodium would gather around the electrode and could be collected. The current was 12A.
      Do not spill the molten sodium hydroxide. My friend spilt some on a notepad and it ate straight through the thick pad of paper instantly.
      I tried potassium hydroxide but it didn't work. I read that the potassium dissolves in the hydroxide, not sure if this is the case.

  • @michaeld.7194
    @michaeld.7194 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Du bist echt sooooo krass!!!
    Hab mir das Video jetzt zum zweiten Mal in dem Jahr angeschaut. Wahnsinn!

  • @campbellmorrison8540
    @campbellmorrison8540 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I would be too scared of cracking the glass to do that. Great to watch ( from a distance )

  • @jamesg1367
    @jamesg1367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is some supremely excellent work. I am truly impressed. Well done.

  • @truthandreality4650
    @truthandreality4650 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That little bit of reactivity you spoke of when you disconnected the stainless steel tube would have been something I would have liked to see. Feel free to add moments like that to the video. It is an important part of the learning and understanding process.

  • @efh_3336
    @efh_3336 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Most underrated channel ive seen in a while

  • @brfisher1123
    @brfisher1123 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can’t get enough of watching this video, cesium is one of my favorite alkali metals along with rubidium and potassium given that we can easily see it as a gorgeous shiny metallic liquid as it melts at a reasonably low temperature unlike say sodium which needs something like boiling water in order to melt.

  • @Return.To.Monkey.
    @Return.To.Monkey. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I need about a hour of footage of that half solid half liquid gold slowly rotating, for recreational purposes

    • @alexpotts6520
      @alexpotts6520 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It really is the most beautiful stuff. Like, can you imagine showing this to 17th-century alchemists? They'd think you'd discovered the elixir of life.

  • @DanielGBenesScienceShows
    @DanielGBenesScienceShows 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Like Sully said to Mike Wazowski, “You’re not scary. Not even a little. But you are FEARLESS!” Thank you for sharing an amazing demonstration.

  • @SciDOCMBC
    @SciDOCMBC ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:36 Really, that's wonderful recordings and downright epic with this background music.

  • @TimbavatiLion
    @TimbavatiLion 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No idea how this video got into my recommended box, but i like it. Watching the cesium condensate on the glass walls just to vaporize instantly when you go over it with the flame, just doesn't seem right for a metal xD
    I love the final shot with the crystallized blobs in the vial. Melting point of 28,44°C, so it's mostly solid when sitting on the counter, but melts in your hand. That's so cool.

  • @mikaso
    @mikaso 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That's some of the most epic footage I have ever seen! So beautiful and scary at the same time.

  • @OCRay1
    @OCRay1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very sinister, yet very beautiful

  • @viracocha03
    @viracocha03 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I have no fucking clue what is going on but this is absolutely fascinating to watch the cesium being made.

    • @highlandlab1924
      @highlandlab1924 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The stuff is fairly easy to make considering how reactive it is. Refining cesium salt and containing it in a glass tube is 2 different things.
      Potassium Metal was scary. Even small pieces will light up when reacting with organic matter.

  • @KingJerbear
    @KingJerbear 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a beautiful element! Art imitates life! Thank you for sharing and talking through the process

  • @xilix
    @xilix 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is so beautiful. Humans really are amazing creatures.

  • @RobertCraft-re5sf
    @RobertCraft-re5sf 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really amazing to see metal vapor and condensation. I heard there are some exoplanets where it rains molten iron 🌧

  • @scottprather5645
    @scottprather5645 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That's the nicest cesium I've ever seen!!
    What's cesium? actually pretty interesting to see how it partially crystallizes that's cool!!

  • @D43vil
    @D43vil 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely stunning labwork, bravo.....

  • @brfisher1123
    @brfisher1123 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Are you thinking about purifying the potassium metal shown in one of your recent videos using this same exact distillation method?
    BTW cesium is one of the most gorgeous looking elements of the entire periodic table!! I would love to get my hands on some cesium metal especially on some at such high purity that it won't adhere to the glass at all when melted, sucks that a gorgeous golden colored metal that can be melted easily is incredibly pricey and dangerously reactive. 😞😞😞😞😞😞

    • @AdvancedTinkering
      @AdvancedTinkering  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes, I am currently working on distilling potassium to get a large clean vial. But I also want to make the potassium myself.
      Yes it definitely is beautiful :)

  • @marcochiarini3168
    @marcochiarini3168 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is an incredible video! never seen something like that!

  • @aurelienyonrac
    @aurelienyonrac 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful. I will watch it melt and crystalise any time. Thank you. Grateful.

  • @MurderBong
    @MurderBong 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    THAT’S SOME SERIOUS PRODUCTION. JUST DESTROYING LAB GLASS TO GET TO THE NEXT VIAL. 😮 AWESOME!!! 🎉

  • @shouldb.studying4670
    @shouldb.studying4670 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never have I seen a blowtorch wielded with such boldness. Props to you sir.

  • @Grateful.For.Everything
    @Grateful.For.Everything 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Holy shit! 👏👏👏👏👏 Dude, this was my first video of yours and it was awesome, I loved it, Fantastic work on the project and the video and how fucking cool is that insane pattern thing it’s doin inside the glass, that’s incredible!! Did You not geek out over that? Now I’m off to binge the rest of your work, I bet it’s all gonna be just as incredible! 🙏🏼 Really appreciate You Man!

    • @AdvancedTinkering
      @AdvancedTinkering  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! I definitely geeked about about the patterns in the half molten cesium. I played around with it for quite a while.

  • @TheEyez187
    @TheEyez187 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    14:21 - Mesmerizing and Beautiful!!
    Kudos

  • @philstone3859
    @philstone3859 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That stuff looks beautiful, behind glass.

  • @196Stefan2
    @196Stefan2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Absolutely amazing work! Cs has a boiling point of 690 °C under normal pressure. Do you have an idea, at which temperature this stuff distilled over at your low pressure?

    • @AdvancedTinkering
      @AdvancedTinkering  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Thank you a lot! I did not measure the boiling point but I would guess it's somewhere between 300-400 °C.

  • @RainbowLovingRainbow
    @RainbowLovingRainbow 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I never knew chemists had to make a lot of their equipment by hand, by themselves! Not only are chemists intelligent but they can also make beautiful glass sculptures if they’re having a slow day in the lab!

    • @alexpotts6520
      @alexpotts6520 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is pretty specialist stuff to be fair. Most chemists never have to do their own glasswork.

  • @jupa7166
    @jupa7166 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It looks magnificent!

  • @JAVIERGOMEZ-zp2xu
    @JAVIERGOMEZ-zp2xu ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What I think is impressive is that the Cs doesn't stick AT ALL to the glass. I have a 5 gram ampule of 99.95 purity from a respectable chemical lab supplier (hasn't broken in 20years thank God!) and it sticks just a little especially at the tip where the glass was sealed. And it has a concave meniscus, which indicates some albeit redicilously little contamination...
    But yours flows almost like Hg. The inside glass must be VEEEERY clean.
    Amazing how just the slightest impurities can mask the true nature of materials.
    Our vast semiconductor industry and by extrapolation our digital age would be impossible if we were only able to achieve 99.99% purity...
    An operation room is a pig sty in comparison to a semiconductor factory.
    Good craftsmanship!!

  • @BigMyz
    @BigMyz ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Still the best video on TH-cam! Nice job!!

  • @NonEuclideanTacoCannon
    @NonEuclideanTacoCannon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Before you said it was cesium, I thought it was just mercury. I had a much larger and more precariously contained stash of mercury when I was a kid. My dad would remodel apartments and hotels, and one of my jobs was to remove all the thermostats. I'd gather up all the mercury switches, and dump them in bucket. It was like a 1/4 of the way full before the sides started to bulge. My mom made me surrender it to the university because she was afraid I was going to spill it and poison the water supply.

    • @ericschulze5641
      @ericschulze5641 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      You are aware you were storing it in the worst way possible, it's the vapor that kills you. . .slowly.

    • @Hawk7886
      @Hawk7886 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Man, I'm sorry about the future dementia...

  • @johnmanderson2060
    @johnmanderson2060 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The final images with the soft crystals are out of this world 🤩

    • @AdvancedTinkering
      @AdvancedTinkering  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, they do look absolutely gorgeous. I would love to be able to touch them.

    • @johnmanderson2060
      @johnmanderson2060 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AdvancedTinkering Glad I got your video in my feed, I subscribed immediately 👍🏻

  • @dielaborratten
    @dielaborratten 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the destillation is beautiful!!! Respect!

  • @doppelganger5328
    @doppelganger5328 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Holding that much cesium must be intoxicating, let alone distilling it all in the first place. how thrilling

  • @houseofwonders1
    @houseofwonders1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very good video and work, and your accent is the cherry on top

  • @Andrymental
    @Andrymental 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cesium is one of my favorite metals. I FIRST NEED TO BUY CESIUM CHLORIDE!!!!

  • @timmulm
    @timmulm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Das ist wirklich extrem gut geworden 👀

  • @user-fk9pz7ve9q
    @user-fk9pz7ve9q ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Forbidden gold

  • @needmoreboost6369
    @needmoreboost6369 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I know very little about the world of chemistry and in particular the metals like this that are most amazing but I can say for certain fear of mercury is nothing after seeing this stuff!

  • @davidmcnamee136
    @davidmcnamee136 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful! I too would be extremely apprehensive when heating the apparatus with the torch!

  • @bytefu
    @bytefu 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cesium in the ampule looks so beautiful, even more than your glasswork. Great job, man.

  • @culpritdesign
    @culpritdesign 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This process looks dangerous. I imagine seeing this hundreds of years ago would look like magic. The level of skill makes you like a magician. Nice job.

  • @beyondtheillusion333
    @beyondtheillusion333 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Breathtaking

  • @kgartin624
    @kgartin624 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    BEAUTIFUL, riveting video!! 😃
    SO subbed!

  • @mikeiver
    @mikeiver 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The result is simply stunning!

  • @volvo245
    @volvo245 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He walks with that ampule in his vest pocket everywhere, just waiting for someone to insult the honor of his late grandmother. "Take that back sir right now or prepare to be struck down by my mighty ampule of elemental alkali!!!"

  • @garyeast7259
    @garyeast7259 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That really was a incredible shot at 7.40 in

  • @kroon275
    @kroon275 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a beautiful delicate dangerous process

  • @aarondavidson6409
    @aarondavidson6409 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    0:08 I think thats a personal best subscription time for me

  • @Quazex
    @Quazex 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love caesium, definitely my favourite element.

  • @sealpiercing8476
    @sealpiercing8476 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Those are some big cesium crystals. Nice! And not wetting the glass at all is spectacular.
    Watch out for cesium residue in the expensive bits of your hardware--I've had odd corrosion behavior from that. Stainless steel tended to just slowly rust if there was just a little cesium residue, but in one case I had a brazed window just fall out.
    I was dealing with such small amounts of cesium ( up to 100s of mg) that my procedure was just to rinse with water and see the pretty purple sparks. The procedure I found was to react it with alcohols first, but the alcohol likely as not caught fire, which was more of a hassle.

  • @brfisher1123
    @brfisher1123 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fitting music to include during the distillation parts of the video given how gorgeous cesium metal looks! 🎶 🎵 🎼

  • @thechemtrailkid
    @thechemtrailkid 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the b roll of he cesium flowing the the apparatus was really beautiful

  • @xXB.FunkXx
    @xXB.FunkXx 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I dont even know what your doing but when you jeated and cut off that first refining bowl and set it down that click it made almost made me drop my phone! I jave mo idea what reaction it would have made but by your tone i knew it wouldn't be good.

  • @catcam
    @catcam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks again for beautiful content !

  • @empmachine
    @empmachine ปีที่แล้ว

    you need to get one of those chain-glass-cutters. It's like a bikechain of small wheel cutters that you wrap around the glass and then back into the device (that looks kinda like pliers with a chain coming out).
    if you are patient, you can get perfect cuts (it'll just pop apart as you cut).

  • @wildeninja2836
    @wildeninja2836 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your channel! Keeps my attention throughout the entire videos, which is difficult lol

  • @KetchopBoi
    @KetchopBoi 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The thumbnail is very spectacular

  • @ra-tech5213
    @ra-tech5213 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Mind blown! fantastic work

  • @eddywolton6397
    @eddywolton6397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This I possibly my favourite chemistry related video on TH-cam, I really want to remake my sample of Cesium and have a display quality sample