Thallium - The MOST TOXIC METAL ON EARTH!

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
  • Patreon: www.patreon.co...
    Facebook: / thoisoi2
    Instagram: / thoisoi
    Do not repeat the experiments shown in this video!
    Today I will tell you about the most toxic metal on earth - about thallium. In the periodic table of chemical elements thallium lies on the bottom of group 13 having an atomic number 81. Let us start off with a little bit of history. Thallium was first discovered in 1861 by an English scientist William Crookes and also simultaneously by a French chemist Claude-Auguste Lamy. It was discovered thanks to the green colour of flames, that compounds of this metal would give. Thallium was discovered when scientists studied rocks containing lead. Nowadays, it is mostly extracted from sulfidic heavy metals, such as crookesite and “gicionite” if my rendering of their names is correct. I’ve got quite old pieces of thallium for my experiment that were produced back in 1970. Since then they have been strongly oxidized and covered in dark thallium oxide. Usually to protect thallium from getting oxidized it is stored in glycerol. Do not worry, we have taken all the necessary precautionary measures. Do not try this at home! To see the shiny surface of metallic thallium, I submerged my piece of thallium in concentrated nitric acid where it slowly began to dissolve forming nitrites of this metal. Thallium’s oxides have been washed away, the metal looks shiny with bluish shades. Without its oxides this metal can easily be confused with tin or other safe metals that is why thallium is quite treacherous. It can easily be melt down because its melting point is just 304 degrees Celsius. Molten thallium oxidizes very quickly when exposed to air covering in dark thallium oxide layer. This sets it apart from other metals belonging to group 13. For instance chemical activity of metals starting from aluminium and finishing with indium steadily decreases. Indium doesn’t even oxidise when it is exposed to air and remains shiny. Thallium, however, is more active and not only has +3 oxidation state as metals placed higher in the periodic table but it also has +1 oxidation state which is quite unusual. Thallium used to be considered alkali metal for some time after it was discovered. If an oxidized droplet of thallium is submerged in nitric acid, the oxide layer will immediately dissolve after that metal’s shiny surface can be seen. Thallium’s solidness is similar to that of lead. It is also quite soft and can easily be twisted. We also used to have thallium nitrate we could use for a few experiments in our laboratory. By the way thallium compounds are the most toxic among all metals because toxic arsenic, for instance, belongs to metalloids class but we will speak about toxicity a bit later. Having put off all the fears and switched the hood to maximum suction setting I continued running my experiment with this element. Thallium nitrate doesn’t dissolve in water well and looks like white crystals. Thallium compounds, thallium sulfate to be precise, had been widely used as rat poison until 1972 but later on the practice was abandoned, because it is too toxic and it became clear that thallium sulfate was toxic to people too. If you add potassium iodide to thallium nitrate solution, there will form beautiful yellow thallium iodide sediment. In spite of being toxic this chemical has a few applications.

ความคิดเห็น • 2.4K

  • @afmo500
    @afmo500 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2515

    I feel like when a guy with a Russian accent says “this is dangerous, don’t try this at home”, it’s wise to listen.

    • @zoolkhan
      @zoolkhan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      haha.. yeah.. when a russian says that, then you better believe it.

    • @djimanufacture7682
      @djimanufacture7682 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      I've a Russian says it dangerous, it mean very very very very very very very dangerous

    • @justcoockoome
      @justcoockoome 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      afmo500 sounds like Borat

    • @magisterrleth3129
      @magisterrleth3129 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Training bear to ride unicycle for the entertainment of families including young children=fine.
      Thallium=very dangerous.
      Yeah, they set a frighteningly high bar.

    • @afmo500
      @afmo500 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@magisterrleth3129 hahaha

  • @yang2125
    @yang2125 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1411

    i am worried about the guys who discovered that ALL thallium compounds are tasteless.

    • @RAYTHEONGAMING
      @RAYTHEONGAMING 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      I'm not now I know how to get rid of my ex wife.

    • @abasdarhon
      @abasdarhon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Oh, there's no need to worry about them now.

    • @stacylarge5636
      @stacylarge5636 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Looks like thallium uh smells like thallium uh tastes like thallium uh good thing me no step in it ha ha ha....!

    • @randomness200
      @randomness200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The scientists use rats for testing

    • @kaydencarter2574
      @kaydencarter2574 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Avinash Yein if they used rats how did the scientists find out from the rats that it was tasteless.
      Maybe one scientist got too curious and wen everyone left he started licking the metal....hahaha ha (sigh) 😐😑

  • @Rakesh_Khanna
    @Rakesh_Khanna 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1146

    In Soviet Russia, '"Dangerous" means *Very Very Very Very Very Dangerous*

    • @worthington5687
      @worthington5687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      th-cam.com/video/ErDGpdmBZkY/w-d-xo.html

    • @xuau208
      @xuau208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Dangerous mean " certainly death"

    • @howardlitson9796
      @howardlitson9796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thoisoi2 - Chemical Experiments!
      come from estonia, not russia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Bilovitskiy Maxim Bilovitskiy is estonian. He graduated from Tallinn University of Technology of Chemical and Materials Technology with a Faculty of Food Technology and Product Development undergraduate degree. He created Estonian TH-camr and scientific photographer about channel "Thoisoi."

    • @marshallschaffer3721
      @marshallschaffer3721 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's not "Soviet." The "Soviet Union" fell in 1989 or so. Maybe you should join us in the year 2020, Rakesh.

    • @nishtha8981
      @nishtha8981 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why is it so?

  • @jmchez
    @jmchez 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Agatha Christie used Thallium as an "undetectable poison" in her novels. People got the "flu" then died. The loss of hair was a tell tale sign, though.

  • @FaffyWaffles
    @FaffyWaffles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Aluminum: I so versatile, I'm everywhere!
    Gallium: I melt in your hand!
    Indium: You can chew me like bubblegum!
    Thallium: I'll kill you and anyone you ever loved.
    What a weird family.

    • @allyourpie4323
      @allyourpie4323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Was Boron not exciting enough for you? LOL.

    • @allyourpie4323
      @allyourpie4323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Yellow Ball Eh,he mentioned the word family. But I guess you're right. It was a poor metal joke.

    • @sailorsempai
      @sailorsempai 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@allyourpie4323 they were only talking about the elements in group 13 lol

    • @allyourpie4323
      @allyourpie4323 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sailorsempai 1. Yeah,the icosagens.
      2. Where did Yellow Ball go? I've never had the person I responded to deleted before. But...if they were there before,they might B AlGaIn.

    • @darmstadtium5274
      @darmstadtium5274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nihonium: I-

  • @tiktak3559
    @tiktak3559 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2605

    Don't do this at home! me : *sad sigh and putting thallium back into iron box*

    • @houghwhite411
      @houghwhite411 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Isn't it should be stored in glycerin?

    • @rumanakhanum6390
      @rumanakhanum6390 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      tik tak 😂😂😂😂

    • @korilol3762
      @korilol3762 6 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      Its okey to do this at hotel. Hotel:trivago

    • @saumil0108
      @saumil0108 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂😂😂 lmao

    • @ruatsangawhite7261
      @ruatsangawhite7261 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hahah

  • @jmchez
    @jmchez 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1442

    "DO NOT ABUSE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED. OK?"
    Love that!

    • @3mar00ss6
      @3mar00ss6 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      this metal should be nerfed

    • @m_zbrv3967
      @m_zbrv3967 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Go to china (communist place) and say that lol

    • @racingroy3303
      @racingroy3303 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wink Wink Nudge Nudge...

    • @akehapkap6143
      @akehapkap6143 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just for scientific information. Love this guy :)

    • @haileycandeza-solano
      @haileycandeza-solano 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah, he sounded cute when he said that.,.

  • @revivrevalchn3503
    @revivrevalchn3503 5 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    "Thallium has been kick from server due to Toxic behavior"

  • @mikelevitz1266
    @mikelevitz1266 5 ปีที่แล้ว +591

    I enjoyed a thallium banana shake 10 minutes ago. It was del

    • @coiledsteel8344
      @coiledsteel8344 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      You mean it was, "To die for!"

    • @animalgenius2472
      @animalgenius2472 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@coiledsteel8344 r/woooshhh

    • @kystersweats8465
      @kystersweats8465 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@animalgenius2472 r/woosh

    • @animalgenius2472
      @animalgenius2472 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@kystersweats8465 r/woooosh

    • @choco_L8
      @choco_L8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@animalgenius2472 Smh it wasn't a missed joke

  • @ViggaTron
    @ViggaTron 5 ปีที่แล้ว +426

    Love you Borat. Great you found this new hobby

  • @grebulocities8225
    @grebulocities8225 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    It is also a minor component (1.1%) in an alloy that melts at 41.5 C, the lowest-melting alloy that does not contain gallium, mercury, or an alkali metal. Or so Wikipedia says.
    So I tried it at home. I ordered a gram of thallium to go with the bismuth, lead, tin, cadmium, and indium that make up the rest of the alloy. I melted them together in a graphite crucible using a toaster oven, which did get hot enough to melt them all. I only needed about 0.6 g of Tl.
    It didn't quite work as expected, but pretty close: it got mushy at 44 C and melted entirely at 48 C, and repeated that behavior on cooling. In the solid state, it was sparkly and soft enough to scratch with a fingernail. The melt was cool enough that I could comfortably touch it. Unfortunately it sticks to everything, sort of like gallium alloys do.
    After touching it twice (with bare hands - stupid I know) while measuring its melting point, white lines developed on my toenails, which is a classic heavy metal poisoning symptom. I also began feeling a bit more lethargic than usual.
    So I got a little nervous and sent in a hair sample for testing. It revealed thallium levels too low to be fatal, but still 18 times the reference level and within a factor of 10 of being lethal. I had enough in me that it was probably having some toxic effect, although not quite enough to make my hair fall out. This was from an alloy that only contained 1.1% Tl, that I had only handled twice, and that was handled as the metal rather than a compound of it.
    Definitely take Thoisoi's concern seriously and be careful with this stuff. If the alloy had required 10x as much thallium, I would not be able to comment because I would be busy dying slowly and painfully.

    • @Bricknut34
      @Bricknut34 ปีที่แล้ว

      Doesn't Thallium cause brain damage and organ failure?!

    • @TheLtVoss
      @TheLtVoss ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well that shit that is really dangerous stuff I mean even people how work with heavy metals on dayly basis the contamination levemels are lower even after dust exposure
      But since you made a very sticky liquid that you touched it dosnt surprise me
      the reason blocks of lead don't kill everything around the is the relative strong bonds too it self but break the bond with heat it goes wandering around

    • @Species-69
      @Species-69 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wikipedia

    • @raor5818
      @raor5818 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thallium lead cadmium lol sounds like an alchemists choice of poison.

  • @Bitter_Biscuit
    @Bitter_Biscuit 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1737

    Chemistry is cool, but your accent makes it even better lol

    • @Bitter_Biscuit
      @Bitter_Biscuit 6 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      It's blyatiful

    • @tnminhkhoi1398
      @tnminhkhoi1398 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Mahmoud Yasīn Boris ist ze bezt

    • @rohintonyazdani2657
      @rohintonyazdani2657 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shut up 😂😂😂

    • @FractAlkemist
      @FractAlkemist 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Sounds like Borat

    • @video99couk
      @video99couk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A lot of the best TH-camrs have super accents. Try
      msylvain59
      Play with Junk
      brainiac75

  • @dgamezonu2693
    @dgamezonu2693 6 ปีที่แล้ว +249

    Also thallium is added to mercury to make mercury thallium thermometer that has a very low freezing point. Lower than that of mercury alone.

    • @cowbones6864
      @cowbones6864 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cody'sLab made some: v=3u-F1gz2wfo

    • @ariffashri3609
      @ariffashri3609 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      nice info

    • @angelopastorini1711
      @angelopastorini1711 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      dmh2693 and also more toxic than mercury alone, I presume

    • @justinl2009
      @justinl2009 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cool

    • @thekana2769
      @thekana2769 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      dmh2693 That's right. Thallium- mercury amalgam freezes at -59ºC It is about 20ºC lower than point when Mercury becomes solid.

  • @knutritter461
    @knutritter461 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    As I worked with thallium as well during my first semester at the uni in analytical chemistry one stunning property actually is its toxic-bright-intensive-green flame coloration with a Bunsen burner! This kind of green is uniquely different in comparison to copper's or barium's flame coloration! Even boron's burning trimethyester's green is different.
    From an M.Sc. of chemistry with love....

    • @knutritter461
      @knutritter461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tayfundemir785 It's no joke.... thallium is a very toxic element so it's pretty dangerous.
      It depends on what other elements are present in your mine.

    • @knutritter461
      @knutritter461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tayfundemir785 I have to read some of my expensive books from the uni first because the answer will not be found on wikipedia. 😉
      So your raw material is feldspar? Finding iridium is VERY uncommon because usually it exists in crash sites of meteorites. What kind of analytics have you done to find out about those existing elements?
      What I can tell you now is that these elements differ dramatically by their electrochemical potential aka 'noble character', so they can be seperated rather easily.
      Thallium and scandium are quite basic metals in contrast to the others. Their standard potential is negative.
      First I would separate gold, iridium and silver.... and then only scandium and thallium remain in solution.
      What is your raw product like? What kind of procedures do you perform for creating the concentrate? And about what amounts are we talking here? Tons?
      In short: I need more information and I think TH-cam is not the best place for sharing it. 😉

    • @tayfundemir785
      @tayfundemir785 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@knutritter461 With your permission, I will delete messages for security purposes.

    • @knutritter461
      @knutritter461 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tayfundemir785 It's your decision.... but I think we should stay in contact via Tel-E-gram... 😉

  • @Chironex_Fleckeri
    @Chironex_Fleckeri 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Kazakhstan #1 producer of thallium. All other countries thallim is inferior

    • @paulpower7018
      @paulpower7018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Borat ...

    • @syncshard
      @syncshard 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe because in Kazakhstan there are more underground deposits of thallium, then other countries?

  • @johnbanks8269
    @johnbanks8269 6 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Number one chemist in all of Kazakhstan

  • @ajhproductions2347
    @ajhproductions2347 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1247

    i came for the thallium, i stayed for the accent!

    • @Anmol_Kamo
      @Anmol_Kamo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Me too burther(brother in Russian accent )😂😂😂

    • @saltifish
      @saltifish 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It's Borat!

    • @clevelandmortician3887
      @clevelandmortician3887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@saltifish who would give Borat thallium?!!

    • @mark-wn5ek
      @mark-wn5ek 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@clevelandmortician3887 Hillary

    • @elbandido9887
      @elbandido9887 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can't understand what he say only when he said toxic and 1972

  • @theCodyReeder
    @theCodyReeder 6 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    If you think thallium is toxic you should have a look at one of the actinides like plutonium or americium. ;)

    • @SidewinderScience
      @SidewinderScience 6 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      I know right!? the click-bait is strong with this channel! though I suppose its possible he is making a distinction between chemo-toxic and radio-toxic?

    • @theCodyReeder
      @theCodyReeder 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Good point, really should clarify that though, perhaps update the title to "the most chemo-toxic metal"?

    • @TooHarshForYou
      @TooHarshForYou 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Cody'sLab wow you watch him
      I love your vids

    • @cowbones6864
      @cowbones6864 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Doesn't matter, Beryllium is still more chemo-toxic (at least for inhalation) than thallium with acute toxic effects at 100 μg/m3 (.1mg/m3) where thallium is 15 mg/m3

    • @SidewinderScience
      @SidewinderScience 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      CowBones
      so 150 times as toxic? seems a bit much even though beryllium is pretty nasty. where you getting your numbers?

  • @douglaswilliams6834
    @douglaswilliams6834 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Friday afternoon, listening to a Russian scientist talk about Thallium while Sweet Home Alabama plays in the background.

  • @lawrencegenereux8567
    @lawrencegenereux8567 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Years ago, I was given a Thallium Stress Test. You really don't want this test done unless there is absolutely no alternative.

  • @KowboyUSA
    @KowboyUSA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +926

    Thallium: scary metal.

    • @garfield1415
      @garfield1415 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      John Ratko OMG I was going to say exactly the same thing!

    • @edigora1298
      @edigora1298 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Did Cody also ate some of it, like everything toxic he finds? :D

    • @StudentWitch88
      @StudentWitch88 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      More like Death Metal.

    • @naturecollision
      @naturecollision 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      pffft, I'm wearing a nose ring made of thallium since 5 yrs without any issues, pffft sissies ;)

    • @78deathface
      @78deathface 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hammad Chishti or symphonic black metal

  • @Tatiana-jt9hd
    @Tatiana-jt9hd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    Thallium -- death metal (literally)

    • @smartalek180
      @smartalek180 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So why is there no band with that name?
      Somebody's missing a bet here.

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There is a subgenre of djent called thall, however.

    • @user-og1et3iy3f
      @user-og1et3iy3f 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@u.v.s.5583 I love a good piece of information, thanks

    • @KokoroKatsura
      @KokoroKatsura 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      a n i m e
      n
      i
      m
      e

    • @whitrenee1
      @whitrenee1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s Not Called death metal but it is toxic.

  • @neilolif
    @neilolif 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Very interesting..,
    My father used to work in the nuclear industry. Because of that, he had access to lots of interesting chemicals and started a collection of small samples from the periodic table. Because of the toxicity of many of them, I ended up taking the whole lot to a toxic waste recycling center. A thallium sample was among the collection..,

  • @alexprokhorov407
    @alexprokhorov407 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    First rule of toxicity : it's not the substance that kills, it's the quantity. Second rule : stay away from polonium.

  • @taizu55
    @taizu55 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    *Don't do this at home!
    *I was going to make thallium pancakes today. Maybe next time.*

  • @racingroy3303
    @racingroy3303 6 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    Didn't know Borat was a scientist...

    • @DJtrumpMAGA2024
      @DJtrumpMAGA2024 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Berlin...of course his country "Kazakhstan" is largest producer of potassium in the world....chenquiiiiii

    • @javier77th
      @javier77th 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yakshemesh!! Nice! 👍🏻👍🏻

    • @xSpArTaNGoDzx
      @xSpArTaNGoDzx 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Racing Roy LMAOO

    • @Abitibidoug
      @Abitibidoug 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is that 20 Mule Team Borat?

    • @thedarksideoftheforce6658
      @thedarksideoftheforce6658 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      wow wow weeyow! My sister number 4 prostitute in all kazakhstan. Nice!

  • @chikkenbonz
    @chikkenbonz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As always another great video from Thoisoi2! One of TH-cam's best for element/science vids. I'm an element collector and science enthusiast and almost every video I learn something new. Could listen to this guy all day. (The Cesium video is my favorite! ) THANK YOU!!

  • @diggerpete9334
    @diggerpete9334 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I had to wear safety gloves when I side swiped this video to close at the end.

    • @j100j
      @j100j 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had to wear gloves when eating thallium.

    • @CaptainCreampie69
      @CaptainCreampie69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shittiest comment award goes to Peter Peter.

  • @anonymouspotato
    @anonymouspotato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thallium: I'm the most toxic-
    My teacher: I'm boutta end his whole career.

    • @Shreddo
      @Shreddo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stop using this unoriginal comment.

  • @BartBe
    @BartBe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The dusty containers, shady labels and fat slavic accent makes this video epic!

  • @michaelmellon45
    @michaelmellon45 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Very informative, and educational video.
    Hello from the United States. I love your videos.

    • @beffdiamonds
      @beffdiamonds 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Michael Mellon v

    • @Utubesux
      @Utubesux 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      SO does Donald Trump! What A COINCIDENCE!😏🖕

  • @vedikaaggarwal2973
    @vedikaaggarwal2973 6 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    It's a humble request . Pls add subtitle in English.i don't mean any disrespect .I just don't want to miss anything important.

    • @WranglerDude
      @WranglerDude 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      vedika aggarwal .. He IS speaking English.. Did you mean subtitles in Russian?

    • @gregleonard1562
      @gregleonard1562 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@WranglerDude he might be speaking english with a high degree of accuracy but that english SPOKEN is quite indecipherable because of the ACCENT

    • @sleesullivan2796
      @sleesullivan2796 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Wedika, you lissen eenogh, you get use.

    • @smartalek180
      @smartalek180 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      "If you can't understand his English then you are a moron it's very clear what he's saying." I am very glad for you that you have excellent hearing. Some of us are not so blessed, and for us, subtitles (even in the same language) are massively helpful, whether we're smart or not. Cheers

    • @smartalek180
      @smartalek180 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm watching this in the US, and 4 months after your comment -- but if you click on the CC button, there are now English subtitles there (at least in this country). If you're in a different country, and can't access them from where you are, a VPN connection might well solve that for you. Enjoy.

  • @TomoMomoDomo
    @TomoMomoDomo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Bruh and here I was growing up thinking mercury was the most toxic. My life is a lie

    • @the_retag
      @the_retag 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mercury is quite harmless infact in its pure form
      Not like everyday use harmless but can touch and possibly even swallow without ill effects.
      Most heavy metals are only problematic in compound or longterm exposure

  • @clementbeziat7198
    @clementbeziat7198 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I don't get the criticism on his accent, i'm not russian nor a native english speaker yet i understand perfectly what he says.
    Guess people just like to complain

    • @sliceofheaven3026
      @sliceofheaven3026 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah i guess Russian isnt nearly as hard to understand as i thought:).

    • @אורירחשון
      @אורירחשון 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      People find Russians as a joke or something

    • @Mynipplesmychoice
      @Mynipplesmychoice 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He's fine. U don't understand how young are these kids on TH-cam so u read alot of dopey shit

    • @scalperbot
      @scalperbot 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ugh, it's painful to listen to, he's completely butchering the language. The bar has to be set a little higher than this.

    • @baddie1shoe
      @baddie1shoe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      His accent is fine. He sounds like the character ‘Borat’ portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen.

  • @richardoakley8800
    @richardoakley8800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    We had thalium compounds at my old lab.
    Warming lable read.
    Danger .. no know antidote

    • @johntormey8169
      @johntormey8169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some bad stuff huh....

    • @PurplePinkRed
      @PurplePinkRed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yup. Nowadays you can use Prussian Blue as an antidote as far as I know.

    • @nono-fb8tr
      @nono-fb8tr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PurplePinkRed Yes they saved a woman who was poisoned by her husband with it, but the doctor who requested access to it is now on a US government watchlist because of how closely monitored medical grade prussian blue is. apparently there's a huge stockpile of it in southern california somewhere but the government won't tell anyone where it is.

  • @gioworno
    @gioworno 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "dangerous"
    If a russian is saying it, it probably means that the material is comparable to antimatter

  • @razorhighflyer
    @razorhighflyer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Me: I wonder what this does
    *Submerges Thallium in concentrated Nitric Acid*
    Thallium: *Starts cursing in Russian*
    Me: *Surprised Pikachu Face*

  • @SomethingtoappeaseGoogle-1024
    @SomethingtoappeaseGoogle-1024 6 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Poor guy. He was bullied into submission to say ceramic and not keramic.

    • @madturklad
      @madturklad 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      NO NO NOOOO THIS CANT BE TRUE
      I LOVED HIS ACCENT

    • @AlahuSnackbar
      @AlahuSnackbar 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      was wondering about that :)

  • @andrewbales7327
    @andrewbales7327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really love Eastern European engineers - they are not just "hypothetical scientists." They are hands on. Nice video. Would love to know how to build the hyper-conductive ceramic experiment at 5:13.

  • @andrews13
    @andrews13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Applications:
    Metal halide lamps
    Optical crystals
    Scintigraphy
    Street Lights

  • @alisonknight5371
    @alisonknight5371 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you 😊 I wish you taught school when I was young. I would have been interested in the periodic tables. ♥️

  • @nachoking2950
    @nachoking2950 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    5:46 Great representation of the element from poison to useful element. Thanks! Love your videos. 👍👊👍

  • @foxsins314
    @foxsins314 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    uranium: guys its my 100th most toxic metal on earth annvirsery.
    thallium: oh hey guys what you... oh sorry.
    uranium: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?😭

  • @sahilchouhan8893
    @sahilchouhan8893 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The 'focus' I put into understanding every word he says is more than I ever focused in school.

    • @bpards972
      @bpards972 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂😂

  • @brucebenedon4812
    @brucebenedon4812 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your videos make it much easier for the layman to understand complex things. Thank you. Also, I have no trouble understanding you. In fact, your Eastern European accent is one of the many enjoyable aspects to your videos.

  • @JoseFlores-be8bw
    @JoseFlores-be8bw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When I saw the title “most toxic metal” I thought they were talking about music and I clicked on it.

  • @GeorgeNoYoutube
    @GeorgeNoYoutube 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love your videos, Thoisoi!

  • @TheMattg345
    @TheMattg345 6 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    OH GOD FOR A SECOND I THOUGHT HE WAS GIVING THALLIUM TO THE CAT AT THE END

    • @NoNameGamilain
      @NoNameGamilain 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Macsyourguy 😂😂😂

    • @solamisandwich05
      @solamisandwich05 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Probably should have. Cats are worthless and extermination.

    • @Andy-hz2ef
      @Andy-hz2ef 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      solamisandwich05 And so are you.

    • @gerryjames9720
      @gerryjames9720 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thallium is too good for cats.

    • @SuperDave-vj9en
      @SuperDave-vj9en 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Trust me (that's what Barry Soetoro said), I give my cats a small dose daily.......
      They're doing fine in a preserved state!

  • @thecsslife
    @thecsslife 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gallium also is not uncommon to display the +1 oxidation state like thallium, due to the spike in Zeff from the 3d block, raising the ionisation energies.

  • @Paulbassbjj
    @Paulbassbjj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    THANKS BORAT !!! Great success

  • @analogdesigner-Jay
    @analogdesigner-Jay 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Indium alloys that contained 0.6% thallium were used in the 1950's to solder a germanium power transistor die to the metal header (case).

  • @natehawkins2910
    @natehawkins2910 6 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Still trying to figure out what this guy is saying

    • @JulieWallis1963
      @JulieWallis1963 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Neo Craft *Arrrr shame, do you always struggle with accents? Because there is very little wrong with this guys speech*

    • @MrTwotimess
      @MrTwotimess 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Read the description - the full script is there.

    • @MrTwotimess
      @MrTwotimess 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@phamminh9806 True.

    • @sarvjeetkaur2526
      @sarvjeetkaur2526 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

    • @_elegant_panda8610
      @_elegant_panda8610 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too😅😅😅

  • @isabellllee
    @isabellllee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I thought he was saying “when it is exposed to ear” and that thallium is dangerous to human’s skin

    • @fukpoeslaw3613
      @fukpoeslaw3613 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      especially the skin on your ear, I guess it reacts with earsmear

  • @feml5150
    @feml5150 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Borat does a fantastic job explaining how dangerous THALIUM is !! NIIICE !

  • @dakotakramer3443
    @dakotakramer3443 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Had a very difficult time following half of the things you were trying to say. What I did understand is really neat.

  • @khacybais2957
    @khacybais2957 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Ex- The Most toxic person on earth

    • @faizanhashmi389
      @faizanhashmi389 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Narendra modi

    • @ok_255
      @ok_255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@faizanhashmi389 stfu d i p s h i t

    • @user-mk9wd2xv2m
      @user-mk9wd2xv2m 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@faizanhashmi389 Owaisi hai katue

  • @XMattingly
    @XMattingly 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    “Tell-um is vurry deadly, ok?”, as narrated by Borat. 👌😄

  • @jace_Henderson
    @jace_Henderson 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In our luh-bore-uh-tore-ee. If it weren’t for captions I’d be rewinding trying to figure out what he said.

    • @smartalek180
      @smartalek180 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's not the Russian accent -- that's how it's pronounced in the UK.
      Check it out here if you doubt me:
      howjsay.com/search?word=laboratory&submit=

    • @militaryiam97
      @militaryiam97 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats typically how its pronounced in europ, laboratory/ labratory see... even on America it doesnt make sense. Now what i will argue is how they pronounce aluminum lol

    • @sasig5215
      @sasig5215 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then youre deaf lmao

  • @wendella.4074
    @wendella.4074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes yes yes, the Dexter’s Laboratory pronunciation of LAH-BOH-RA-TO-RY

  • @emilmelich6769
    @emilmelich6769 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    me: I want to play Leaguea of Legends in peace
    Some Yassuo main:

  • @aldemir6127
    @aldemir6127 6 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    very interesting, thanks

  • @mona-hu6ln
    @mona-hu6ln 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Russian accent makes this thing ten times better 🤭

  • @MrJamesLongstreet
    @MrJamesLongstreet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Wowawiwa - very nice - high five!

  • @AbhishekSingh-qn4bz
    @AbhishekSingh-qn4bz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really you're putting plausible efforts...Keep making such videos , they are very informative... I wish you luck 👍👍

  • @matthewfalter6366
    @matthewfalter6366 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    You here that mom! NO MORE THALLIUM BATHS. FFS.

  • @bytemevv-4616
    @bytemevv-4616 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is real Death Metal \m/

  • @methanbreather
    @methanbreather 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    the precursor company of the one I am working at produced vast amounts of Thallium.
    When the building had to be taken down, the workers wore protective suits reminding one of the space suits used on the moon ...

  • @ag135i
    @ag135i 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I think yours is the only channel which gets no or very few dislikes and the one's disliking are showing disrespect.

    • @julijakeit
      @julijakeit 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There are simple-minded, lazy, jobless, dissatisfied with everything internet trolls who make it their purpose to dislike any videos. This channel has few so far because it is not too famous.

    • @TooHarshForYou
      @TooHarshForYou 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      AG. I liked the video but i had some inconvenience in understanding him as I was sleepy

    • @PLANDerLinde99
      @PLANDerLinde99 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      *DISRESPECC*

  • @JM-si8xr
    @JM-si8xr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting information. I like the positive applications of the element. That is what is good about experiments and learning how elements and their compounds can help society and help people profit with positive productive uses of elements.

  • @SonyaFarrell
    @SonyaFarrell 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There was a kid in England who killed people with this stuff. There’s a film about it called ‘the young poisoners handbook’, it goes into great detail.

  • @unicornsqueezins7906
    @unicornsqueezins7906 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Kazakhstan, number one exporter of potassium
    All other countries have inferior potassium

  • @savyasanchighose5176
    @savyasanchighose5176 6 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    weldone mr. thoisoi

    • @stefanogrillo6040
      @stefanogrillo6040 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he forgot to say that this metal is present in bird excrement especially in the city where they tend to concentrate. an entire family in italy was annihilated by the tallium rich shit vapors.

    • @Opossum412
      @Opossum412 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Apparently that turned out to be the wrong hypothesis--Thallium poisoning, yes, but not from bird droppings.
      www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2017/10/13/third-thallium-poisoning-death-2_99a4c397-75d6-4a7f-b632-efe9eaa3f859.html
      "Doctors now think the thallium may have been contained in food and water consumed at the family farm near Udine.
      . . .
      "The woman and her father were initially thought to have breathed in vapours from the bird excrement, causing their deaths."

  • @andreoka
    @andreoka 6 ปีที่แล้ว +299

    The russian accent makes this video very shady

    • @TheYavy
      @TheYavy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Andre Oka sounds like eastern european

    • @Tzara86
      @Tzara86 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheYavy can't expect people on TH-cam to pinpoint accent origin lol

    • @memalos1
      @memalos1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah funny how many Putins dissidents have been poised

    • @ulriklm1
      @ulriklm1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Putin's personal chemist

    • @anonymousperson4674
      @anonymousperson4674 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This doesn't really sound like Russian accent.

  • @milliemckenzie3034
    @milliemckenzie3034 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aside from the fascinating content, I love watching to the very end to see his cat 😊

  • @kiranNilugal
    @kiranNilugal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you forgot to mention about the thallium scan which is uesd in the evaluation of viability of myocardium in myocardial infarction

    • @matak99
      @matak99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also its use in embyonic phase detractors

  • @anirudhbhat2124
    @anirudhbhat2124 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thnx bro for the information

  • @PotatoesAssistant
    @PotatoesAssistant 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    5:25 ok he corrected the Keramic to ceramic but now he’s saying supper not super
    I’m just kidding by the way I love his accent

    • @Peter_S_
      @Peter_S_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Only somebody with the intellect of a potato and ability to speak only one language would make such insecurity based criticisms. I feel sorry for you.

    • @pointlessopinion611
      @pointlessopinion611 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah! You dummy, Me and ^^ have been watching anti-bullying videos all day and I'm amped to use my new skills for evil. You...you...potato? DAMMIT!

    • @claytonbeauchamp6995
      @claytonbeauchamp6995 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Peter S you best not be undermining my patatoes, they'll beat you up

    • @billhahn4113
      @billhahn4113 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages? Trilingual. What do you call someone who speaks 2 languages? Bilingual. What do you call someone who speaks one language? An American.

    • @Utubesux
      @Utubesux 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Give de Borat A chance yes? 🤔

  • @Bloated_Tony_Danza
    @Bloated_Tony_Danza 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love it when he says “Celsius degrees” 😂 Also I noticed that both thallium and lead are more reactive than the elements above them, but bismuth is less reactive than the metal above it. Maybe that has something to do with their toxicity?

  • @arvinddutt7197
    @arvinddutt7197 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved it hearing in your voice..
    I repeated when you said supper-conductive

  • @GMPranav
    @GMPranav 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ceasium: Am I a joke to You?

  • @pedroluisvn7678
    @pedroluisvn7678 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    1:13 oh dang it I was just about to grab my thallium flask

  • @Yssavel26
    @Yssavel26 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    But but who was the one who said that thallium was tasteless? 😨...😱

    • @sixchiensblancs
      @sixchiensblancs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The guy who put some on his tongue, said
      "hey, this doesn't even taste like chicken!!! It has no taste at all in fact"
      And just died. Poor guy.

  • @cuongnguyenhoang4910
    @cuongnguyenhoang4910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    all solutions containing thallium are tasteless, who verifies this? :>>>

    • @arpudli8962
      @arpudli8962 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This comment has a point and no likes. But when someone writes some bullshit. Waaoogood waoo. It gets tons of likes

    • @cuongnguyenhoang4910
      @cuongnguyenhoang4910 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@arpudli8962 oh. before me, someone commented about this. so i think that's reason why mine has less like than anothers :>>

    • @arpudli8962
      @arpudli8962 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cuongnguyenhoang4910 fair enough

  • @bveracka
    @bveracka 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was very informative and interesting. I will definitely leave the handling of dangerous elements to the professionals! Спасибо, что поделились! 👍

  • @BobbySpringer1
    @BobbySpringer1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice to see Borat's still picking up work

  • @opensourcedev22
    @opensourcedev22 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Vintage 70s Thalium was a good year. It's reserved for the most deserving of Thalium flavored tea

  • @Tron-Jockey
    @Tron-Jockey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thallium may be nasty stuff but it can't touch Dimethylmercury.

  • @mysock351C
    @mysock351C 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    No joke about the toxicity. I had a leaking, hydrated NaI scintillator crystal (doped with a few percent thallium), and just handling it to toss it made me sick.

    • @vacuumtube8933
      @vacuumtube8933 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ah the nocebo effect at work.

    • @mysock351C
      @mysock351C 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This was during a clear-out of many old NaI packages at a facility that was closing, and I did not wash my hands right away. It had been leaking enough to spew moisture it absorbed all over the place (also wasn't the only one that was bad). Wore gloves to clean up the mess, but not during sorting all the old scintillators out. Normally one leaking isn't a big deal, but if you've got a bunch laying around, thats another story.

    • @mysock351C
      @mysock351C 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And it likely wasn't a nocebo effect. I figured I washed up, I'm good to go. Couple hours later said otherwise. Wasn't severe, but enough to feel pretty shitty and sick to my stomach.

    • @mysock351C
      @mysock351C 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And theres always the "correlation is not causation", but usually handling one relatively small (1-2" diameter) compromised package is not an issue as the doping seldom exceeds a few tenths of a percent of Tl+. But if several are it feasibly could be toxic.

    • @vacuumtube8933
      @vacuumtube8933 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ah the original comment sounded like moving thallium containing item from point a to point b and that usually would have no real harm in it but something more severe like getting that gunk on your hands and continuing to work for a bit might indeed give some symptoms.

  • @andreasabatini9070
    @andreasabatini9070 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching your videos i discovered i lose so many year studying economy instead chemistry... knowing all elements and all applications is very very interesting to me. Nice video man

  • @ryjelsum
    @ryjelsum 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is one of your most interesting videos. Thank you for sharing and sharing in English :)

  • @linaluk2998
    @linaluk2998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    *thallium is the most toxic thing on earth
    They haven’t met my ex...

  • @corridos6984
    @corridos6984 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Welcome to Russia where you don’t conduct experiment on thallium; thallium conduct experiment on you

  • @berchelio9737
    @berchelio9737 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    please throw away the instruments which have been in contact with it 😂

    • @vacuumtube8933
      @vacuumtube8933 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Naw man just wipe it on your pants and then use it to prepare your lunch. ;)

    • @berchelio9737
      @berchelio9737 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      VacuumTube tallium burger with arsenic salad ;)

    • @ahaveland
      @ahaveland 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      One does not "throw away" anything that contains or has been in contact with thallium where it can get into the environment and kill.
      It needs to be processed, recovered and stored safely.

    • @berchelio9737
      @berchelio9737 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Andy Lee Robinson yeah it's a joke man, personally I woldn't keep any kind of stuff which had been in contact with Tallium in my apartement, even if I would follow the safety protocols, would you? Dying young is not in the priorities of mine xD

    • @ahaveland
      @ahaveland 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Berchello, yes I would always follow safety protocols especially where toxic compounds are involved. You never know where they may end up and who or what may ingest them, and like mercury in tuna and plastics in microorganisms, they can come back and bite you in the butt. Worth your time:
      *A Scientist Spilled 2 Drops Organic Mercury On Her Hand. This Is What Happened To Her Brain.*
      th-cam.com/video/NJ7M01jV058/w-d-xo.html

  • @hollyyupyup2654
    @hollyyupyup2654 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome video dood! just shows I really need to cut back on the thallium

  • @adrian5b
    @adrian5b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Don't try this at home" … Darn, what am I gonna do with this chunks of oxidized thallium I happened to have?

  • @AQUASURF
    @AQUASURF 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Learn with BORAT... yesh mesh

  • @donnydanger273
    @donnydanger273 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love your cat.

  • @JK-wf6ex
    @JK-wf6ex 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Borat is very intelligent!

  • @Gaby-eb1qg
    @Gaby-eb1qg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing video, thank you!

  • @hunan131
    @hunan131 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating videos, thank you very much