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- Inside chemistry labs, chemists work with what they call superacids. No one’s found a specific use for such a fantastically strong acid yet, but chemists are actively looking for one.
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"We had just finished measuring the PH of that pool."
"What's it look like."
"It was almost all P, no H."
...ew.
Welcome to our Ool. Notice there is no P in it, Please keep it that way
Oh no... I’m having flashbacks of the minorities
Thank you, South Park for the non-credited joke...
Yeah, it’s a really gross fact that every pool is 1/4 p. Sad.
I love that teflon is so immutable. Because it means my non stick baking sheets could be used in an emergency to stop xenomorph blood from eating through the spaceship hull.
maybe, pan teflon coating is kind of a bastardized version in order to get it to stick to the pans. Real teflon is white and expensive, I have a couple true solid teflon beakers, they were triple the price of my name brand Pyrex borosilicate beakers.
Best comment I’ve read today.
Having to deal with a Xenomorph would be top of my priorities, blood be damned lol
@wolfedog99
#FirstWorldChemistryProblems
Yeah but you can get cancer from eating eggs with a little bit of the Teflon scraped off into them. Unless I'm mixing up Teflon for the other non-stick thing that causes cancer but I'm pretty sure I got the right one.
Reminds me of the old joke. Once you discover the universal solvent, what are your going to put it in?
A BLACK HOLE
Francois Lacombe it's self?
suspend it in a strong magnetic field, so it doesn't touch anything.
or one of those levitation machines that do it with sound waves.
Your mom?
Sonically levitated in an argon atmosphere.
I love the idea of scientists sitting around and just mixing super acids with things, hoping to find a good use for them.
I would love to see fluoroantimonic acid mixed with the worlds strongest super base
It would probably be pretty underwhelming as it would neutralise and create water and a very toxic salt
@@r.mtheory2733 yummy
The strongest base I know burns in contact with air.
That base is tBu-Li for those curious.
@@filipealarza9079I've seen a video of someone mixing Fluoroantimonic acid with t-BuLi and nothing really happened😔
It splatters then burns with reddish flame, as close as I could get was fluoroantamnic acid plus tBuLi. It makes tert butyl fluoride, lithium fluoride, and antimony trifluoride.
SUPERULTRAMEGADRAINCLEANER- DOESNT JUST CLEAN YOUR DRAINS, BUT COMPLETELY DISSOLVES ANY AND ALL PLUMBING IN YOUR ENTIRE HOUSE, AND EVENTUALLY THE ENTIRE CITY'S SEWAGE SYSTEM
clayton8or_2 SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHO-
Is it better than Clorox-XXX Edition?
drain cleaners are super basic, I mean that they have a pH of 14. They are the opposite of acids
granule form of drain cleaners are basic but liquid ones are 90% sulphuric acid in general.
clayton8or_2 made 100 likes for you
this is the acid that is in the blood of xenomorphs
Pikapetey Animations possibly, the nerdist looked into that and concluded it was likely to be hydrofluoric acid or fluoroantimonic acid.
yea, so scary.
Pikapetey Animations
They don't fear vampires.
Pikapetey Animations fucken NERD!!!!!
doesn't make sense though. Cause they can breed with humans....
Still not as acidic as the League of Legends community...
-9001PH level huh?
PhantomSEA 20 million*
Somehow still exists
I'm a player and I totally agree with you sir
PH of -69
Can we talk about alkaline and what is the most alkaline substance?
Your best bet to start with superbases would probably Schlosser's Base: A mixture of n-butyllithium and potassium tert-butoxide (also known as LiCKOR).
Which is stronger the worlds strongest super-acid or the worlds strongest super-alkaline?
Super bass? Paging Nicki Minaj!
also, if we mix a super acid and a super base, do we get super salt? :D
Kram1032 You get an lol global tournament
I can't wait for Cody's Lab to whip up some super acid.
If he gets SbHF6 we are all doomed.
Mitchell Maytorena I was just thinking about Cody!
ZoomStop 1,000,000 subscribers special.
That'd be the end of Cody as we know him... Either he'd gain superpowers... or die a painful death...
krap101 Knowing him, probably the former.
This guy is definitely the best host you have, his is comparable to the other top science hosts and communicators.
This is the clearest description of what an acid is I have ever come across. No science class I have ever taken came anywhere close to this
I always knew that guy texting me that he had the strongest acid around was a liar
PixelPower pretty sure Jesus doesn't have the strongest acid either.
Pixel: Maybe his ol' man has?
Am I the only one who hates it when people use "million billion" to describe large numbers?
Would you prefer football fields?
You could use floating point notation, but that would tell the audience even less.
Are you getting annoyed when they said it in the video or just when people say it in general?
Martynas Stanaitis: How about proper scientific notation, i.e. 10^15. This *is* a science channel after all. Also, while "billion" in English means 10^9, "Billion" in German means 10^12. You can see why "million billion" might be confusing, depending on where you come from?
No, I would prefer trillion, quadrillion, quintillion, sextillion, scientific notation, etc. It's 2016 and I would assume anyone over the age of 10 would understand these naming methods.
1:12 Hammett acidity function requires wah pedal to measure acidity
Dunlop'd
Ha!
I dampened some toilet paper in some wart-removal stuff, that contained high consentrations of formic acid, and put it on the top of my hand for about one-two minutes. The top of my skin was like a second degree burn, but about 3mm deeper my skin started rotting. Due to this, i concluded that i'd never do something like this again. Then.. along came this video
So now you know kids, the acid that flows in the veins of the xenomorphs is fluoroantimonnic acid.
Lt. Choi Tae-in. so their blood vessels are made of Teflon?
Lt. Choi Tae-in. I was looking for a comment like yours
Lt. Choi Tae-in. It's got one hell of a defense mechanism. We don't dare kill it.
No, it is a silicon base acid (see movie).
I just had to lie there for a couple of minutes and just admire science. My mind was blown.
Are there superbases in the same way? And if so, what uses do they have?
The Brony Notion Woah, nice to see you here :) love your videos man!
The Brony Notion also: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbase
The Brony Notion /)
I was wondering the same thing.
It's where the superheroes go to chill and talk about hero stuff
I now have this image in my head of men in white coats and lab glasses with spray bottles trying to find a use for their super strong acid by randomly spraying things around them.
Introducing the universal eraser
Actually, Helium Hydride Ion (HeH+) is the strongest acid in the world. Fluoroantimonic acid has a pKa of around -31.3 compared to a pKa of -5.9 for Hydrochloric acid. Since pKa is a log scale (base 10), this makes Fluoroantimonic acid more than 2.5*10^25 times more acidic than HCl. On the other hand, HeH+has a ridiculous equivalent free energy change of dissociation -360 kJ/mol based on Hess' law, which translates to a pKa of -63. This mean HeH+ is more than 5*10^31 time acidic than fluoroantimonic acid and more than 1.25*10^57 times more acidic than HCl. That's more than 1.25 billion trillion trillion trillion trillion times more powerful than HCl (a very strong acid) and more than 5 million trillion trillion times more powerful than what you all claimed was the strongest acid in the world. It will ionise absolutely anything and destroy even Teflon. It was first isolated in a lab almost 100 years ago in 1925 and it's believed to be the first compound formed in the universe after the big bang. Also, check our Ortho-Diethynylbenzene Dianion, which is ridiculously a much stronger base than HeH+ is a strong acid.
Yeah, helium hydride should've definitely had a mention.
my dad and I used/ use muriatic acid a lot. he used to get rocks from secret places and bring them home. we would put them in muriatic acid over night and when we took the rocks out of the acid it would leave just the crystals, minerals, or layers. it's really like finding treasure he promised to take me to one of the rock sights but recently he got in a motorcycle wreck and has a broken shoulder blade, so I'll have to wait a month or 2 til he's healed.
"Research into superacids really got going in the 1960's"
You can say that again 😂
Erm no. pH is the -log of the molar concentration of H3O+ ions. So a pH of 1 is not as strong as it can get. IE that would be only 6.022x10E22 H3O+ in a litre of solution. 1 Liter of water has for example 50 moles of water in it (rounding down), so a pH of 0 is possible and a pH of -1 is also possible.
I was wondering about that as well. And just because something is more acidic doesn't mean it's automatically more dangerous in handling than say Nitric Acid which is a strong oxidant as well and makes explosive compounds if mixed with the wrong substances.
Flourine:"Goodbye Hydrogen, you're just no fun. I'm going with Sodium, he's got more mass and bonds well. Ciao!"
Pipe2DevNull are you italian? The Ciao at the end is something beautiful
Pipe2DevNull "Fluorine"
Hydrogen: Well, that’s NaF.
Tell me WHAT is FLCl?
Władca Wymiaru furi kuri? A really crazy anime. Messed up pile of awesomeness.
I wish he would have just given us the actual numbers at 3:33.
I'd love a video on how long these reactions (both acid/base) could potentially continue before rendering itself inert. Or if that even ever happens.
Oh!
Everything is burning. What can I do?
Oh!
Cooking sheets can protect you from acid? Perfect!
This made me wonder where on the scale those Alien franchise xenomorphs are. Their orangey-green oily circulatory fluid is dangerous on deep-space vessels. I saw what happened when they nicked the knuckle of a face-hugger while applying an electro-scalpel.
Scott Spiro there's a because science with kyle hill episode on that here on TH-cam. Quite interesting.
at 2:48 is what got me going. Fluorine will not just react with anything else and if you really want HF to be reactive you have to use a catalyst like TaF5 (Tantalum V Fluoride) to allow an alkylation reaction.
I wish you would have showed a demonstration of how powerful this acid is. I imagine it must be amazing.
So how deep of a hole would that stuff make if I poured it in my backyard?
Gavin Remme that is actually a legitimate question
Gavin Remme chemist here. not much. will seep into the ground and get more diluted on it's way down.
however, if you hit some kind of pipe it will be weakend/wrecked.
Quote cwjakesteel "If it has a pH of -28, that's 10^28 hydrogen atoms per molecule in the cup of acid. So depending on the composition of dirt in your backyard, it would burn through 10^28 times the amount of dirt as the amount of acid you have (speaking in moles, not mass)."
depends on how much you pour in, what the soil is made from.
Not very. if you had a cup's volume of it, it would at most make a hole the same volume. I'm just making ballpark estimates, but the amount of corrosion would be due to the number of hydrogen atoms as mentioned in the video. Therefore the acid can't dissolve more bonds than there are number of available hydrogens.
If it has a pH of -28, that's 10^28 hydrogen atoms per molecule in the cup of acid. So depending on the composition of dirt in your backyard, it would burn through 10^28 times the amount of dirt as the amount of acid you have (speaking in moles, not mass).
Joel Tang
*What I've learned from this video:* if you're going into battle against xenomorphs, shield yourself with several teflon-coated frying pans!
I have used fluoroantimonic acid at work (I'm a research chemist that specialises in organofluorine compounds) and as long as you use the right PPE it is no worse than using anhydrous HF in the lab. However I would recommend that you don't touch either as I still hate working with the stuff after 10 years of handling it on a regular basis.
As a chemistry student, 0:50 to 1:10 gave me chills. That a supposedly scientific channel gets the pH scale wrong is embarrassing to say the least (That is highschool education, mind you) and really undermines this channel's credibility.
Just to clear things up. The pH is defined as -lg(Hydrogen ion activity in mol/l). This means that at a pH of 0, you have a Hydrogen ion activity of 1 mol/l, at a pH of 1 you have 0.1 mol/l, at pH 2 you have 0.01 mol/l and so forth.
1 mol/l means there is a certain number (Avogadro's number) of H+ ions in 1 l of solution. THAT IS NOT EQUAL to 1 hydrogen ion for every molecule in solution, not in the slightest.
Not even going to start about all the other bullshit they did here...
Isn't ph just -log[H3O+]? Im studying physics and I've pretty much forgotten about high school chemistry.
In an aqueous solution (which pH is primarily defined for), H+ ions react with water to form H3O+ ions (Hydronium ions), so yes, that is mostly correct. I usually stick to writing H+ simply because it's shorter.
The term activity can be read as "active concentration". In highly concentrated solutions, interactions with other ions cause some of the ions in solution to "stick together", thus decreasing their chemical potential. That is accounted for by adding an activity coefficient (factor) to the real concentration, activity is then written as a(H+)=f*[H+].
"Not even going to start about all the other bullshit they did here..."
Such as? I'm legitimately curious.
As for some other mistakes (H+ ions are protons):
A tenfold increase in the number of protons does not correspond to a tenfold increase in reactivity. Reactivity is also a really bad term to use here as it is a very ambiguous concept.
The pH scale also works below 0 if you have active proton concentrations above 1 mol/l. The maximum proton concentration that can be achieved in aqueous solution is (theoretically) 55,56 mol/l, which corresponds to one proton per water molecule and a pH of -1.74 (Although this assumes that your acid has no volume). Pure water has a concentration of 55,56 mol/l, because 1 kg of water contains 55,56 mol water (18 g/mol).
Sulfuric acid doesn't react with pretty much anything it touches. Many inorganic compounds and plenty of organic ones don't react with sulfuric acid. Take glass as an example. Or saturated linear hydrocarbons for an organic example.
While they clearly tried, they didn't actually explain why HF-based superacids are that strong. The reason is the unusually high stability of the remaining anion after donating a proton. In the case of fluoroantimonic acid, two HF and one SbF5 combine to form H2FSbF6, which contains the SbF6- anion and an H2F+ cation. Because both SbF6- and HF are quite stable even without an extra proton, so the bond to said proton is very weak, which makes it very easy to donate to another molecule. Superacids are basically the closest we've gotten in creating a solution of "free protons".
I'd also like to add that a "million billion trillion" is a terrible way to count. It's 10^27.
To sum it up, the video is filled with tiny mistakes and inaccuracies. The facts that are presented are very vague and don't actually explain why superacids work (or did you understand it? Idk, maybe it's just me).
I appreciate the reply. I am fanatically obsessed and in love with chemistry but alas, I lack the requisite knowledge to assess the accuracy of such information. I'll definitely be considering this Sci-show episode in the context of your refutations.
Again, much appreciated.
Ooooh.. Post like this makes me smile! Thank you Mr. Aranda and Scishow!!! 😀😀😀
1:50 many people experimented with acid in the 60's
I swear I left this comment a couple of hours ago... I must doing acid or something ;)
Master Therion
You are the Timothy Leary of commenters.
Bruce Dunn Why? Because I TURN ON my computer, TUNE IN to youtube, and DROP OUT some comments?
Master Therion
Man, you are like...in an altered state of consciousness. Like, if a tree falls in the forest does it make the sound of one hand clapping?
Bruce Dunn Whoa, everything has like, this purple haze. Is it going to purple rain?
Too soon? Sleep well, sweet Prince.
Master Therion
No, it's not too soon. There's no *controversy* here. Mentioning him is just a *sign 'o' the times* after his passing.
+SciShow ! I love these chemistry videos, they're my favorite! Please make more!
I suppose someone will comment about "superacids" and "anus"
Ignore it, they're just trying to get a reaction.
That was a joke, btw.
right... XD
"reaction"
Eh?
ALL HAIL THE ALMIGHTY LORD THE ALL-KNOWING DUDE! Yeah, it sounded funnier before I typed it lol
teflon? like for cooking teflon?
ever wondered why that egg didn't just melt right through your pan? TEFLON!
DrewKF wow, amazing "fact" lel
+Irun Mon // Why doesn't hangover pee burn through the toilet bowl? TEFLON!
You're amazing.
Yep, that Teflon. It's the trade name for polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE. The reason it's so good at being non-stick is because of the carbon-fluorine bonds. The flourine on the surface is so strongly bonded to the carbon that its electrons aren't available for any other interactions, including the weak interactions that cause friction. And those strong bonds also make it not react with superacids.
Have we not considered trying to use it to destroy a Nokia 2300? I mean, probably won't work, but hey worth a shot for science.
one of the best episodes recently. I literally NEVER comment, but this was a really cool video. Thanks!
so my Teflon lined pan can withstand the strongest acid ever made , useful
Justagermannerd same thoughts
It's not technically the reason why Antimony Pentafluoride won't dissolve Teflon, it's just that Fluor hates having it's electrons stolen, so Fluor being the greedy bastard won't share their electrons at all.
Unless He2+ somehow is in the picture, there is nothing in the universe that wants Electrons more. Good luck containing He2+ ions though. Nothing can contain it, without turning it into He and ionizing whatever container you put it in.
When Walter White tells you to store acid in a proper plastic container, don't use the bathtub.
Mine is plastic
Great video - incredibly informative as usual guys! I'm not going to rest until I see someone actually make then use super acids to melt random crap! It would be just like those Press Crushing channels on TH-cam, just with superacids instead. And melting things.
Finally, some use for my spare teflon coated containers!
I swear to god one day I'll understand your videos
Victoria Wong You will! Crash course helps and also Khan's academy!
Anusha Singh Khan Academy is Seriously a revelation! That guy helped countless souls.
Victoria Wong ^^^YES, it has saved me from failing my Algebra 1 class.
This whole video was a mess of scientific illiteracy, so don't bother trying to understand what he said. Instead, try reading it up yourself. I still can't get over them getting the pH scale wrong, inconceivable.
i doubted my entire existence because it doesen't make any sense , they got it all the way around with the amount of protons
Ah good, I was getting worried about where I was going to dispose of this body. I'm off to get some teflon and super acids!
You don't need the Teflon, just let the acid spill all over the floor then chuck the body in the bottomless pit you've just created... sorted!
DrewKF The whole point of disposing a body is to be discrete. I think your idea would do the opposite. :P
Craig Vanes What do you do with the bones and cartilage then? You cant just throw it out.
+Yoite // eat it aaaall! omnomnom...
Friggin Jeffery dahmer
Could you potentially use the worlds strongest acid to dissolve the ground and reach the center of the earth?
Yes!
then why don't we do it? so we can explore inside the earth
Ashish daniel By center of the earth,you mean the earth's core? If you mean the earth's core,wouldn't the magma have dealt with the acid before it can reach the core?
oxXORainierOXxo Tayam When an acid reacts with a base,the products are salt and water,only when an acid reacts with a carbonate,the products are carbon dioxide,salt and water.
oxXORainierOXxo Tayam I don't know whether the salt would be toxic because i didn't learn about the chemical properties of salts.
All I can think of is the face hugger blood from the Aliens series
so why not just dump our trash in acid instead of sending it to space? where is my nobel prize?
Mongis Lort
I think your question has been answered below
mmann66666 well there goes his bubble
Moonship Rocketdyne no nobel prize for me
Why was this reuploaded?
Elliot Greve I think you're confusing this video for the 5 most dangerous chemicals video.
Elliot Greve because it didn't work prior
No it's a reupload from earlier today
This is a reupload.
Everybody makes mistakes, it doesnt matter that much.
Seriously, just use the correct number when describing things. Saying "a million billion trillion" means nothing.
When you mean you have ten thousand of something, do you say you have a hundred hundred of it? If you had a million, would you say you had a hundred hundred hundred? No, because that just sounds stupid and meaningless.
It's an octillion, or 10^27 times stronger than concentrated hydrochloric acid. There you go.
Skeletor Jopko octillion -> 10^27
quadrillion*
+Chris Faulkner no... just no... 1 quadrillion is 1 thousand trillion. a million billion trillion is 1 million * 1 billion * 1 trillion. That's 1,000,000 * 1,000,000,000 * 1,000,000,000,000 = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, which is 1 octillion, one quadrillion is just 1,000,000,000,000,000
As for why they use million billion trillion instead of just octillion, is that most people know how larger millions billions and trillions are, but you'd be surprised how few people actually know the names of the measurements past those, describing something as 1 billion trillions is easier for most people to understand the actual size of that number easier than saying 1 sextillion for example, sure people will understand it's large, but when you make it out of multiples of smaller numbers, it's easier for people to feel the actual sense of scale.
I know, he sounds like he's trying to talk to a three year old when he says that, it's kind of demeaning in a way
For those talking about whether is octillion or quadrillion, it depends on what scale you're using, is it the short or long scale system? Without context of where you live, both are kind of correct, but since most English-speaking countries use the short scale, I would go with octillion as the best fit. ref: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
Friend: How's your dating going?
Me: Girls break their bonds with me like they are fluorine and I'm hydrogen . 😢
edgy
I'm impressed they started off with the definition of Lewis acids then moved onto Brönstead-Lowery acids. Good Job!!
Have you guys tried "Magic Acid"? :)
Lilian 😉
Surprisingly less "magical" than regular acid.
gone from the world, went to a better one
I started drinking that instead of my daily glass of bleach. I've been feeling much better because of it.
Yep.... i thoute it was the 60s kind of acid....now I have no digestive system
See, when all your friends died trying magic acid, it wasn't cause they ODed, they just took some superacid.
so xenomorphs are made of Teflon, is that what you're telling me?
Lol perhaps, but fluoroantimonic acid is even stronger than the Alien's.
And, how do you know how strong the alien acid is? It ate through the metal floor gates in resurrection
Alex Blood It's what some have guessed, or assumed. If you actually look at how quick alien acid melts through metal, it'd be safe to assume fluoroantimonic acid would be melting through even faster.
now heres a question, their blood isn't 100% pure acid, its blood, assumably they breath oxygen and need energy, so its carrying nutrients and oxygen, so are their hemoglobin coated in teflon too?!
Alex Blood I would assume their bodies may contain a substance maybe not even relating to Teflon, maybe somehow their bodies have been assembled in different unknown ways. But assuming their acid isn't too close to the levels of fluoroantimonic acid, Teflon might not be needed.
Great to see my soul in person for the first time :)
Do these acids react with air? Do you store them in Teflon vacuum bottles?
Possibly. While I'm not aware of these acids, sodium hydroxide at certain solutions does. ( CO² + 2 Na OH = Na² CO³ + H²O )
Polar Bearon they typically aren't stored at all because they're so reactive and most likely unstable. It's far easier for reagents like these to be generated in the reaction flask that also contains the other reactants. Both are then immediately consumed by the main reaction so there is little acid actually in existence at any moment.
Carbon Trioxide? Thats a thing?
+TheBillymybob yes. carbonate. soda is Na²CO³. limestone, as well as shells & coral, consist mainly of CaCO³ . It's basically why water can corrode through pipes: as the carbon dioxide from the air disolves into carbonic acid (H²O + CO³ = H²CO³)
Welp. We now know what Alien bloods is made of.
I have the strangest sense of deja vu, after watching this video again....
Thanks, now I know what to use to get rid of the bodies^^
Don't use your bathtube, Jesse learned that the hard way.
*splat*
@Viktor6665 How do you intend to explain your teflon lined bathtub to the cops?
First off the acid Jesse and Walter used to get rid of the body, hydrofluoric acid; isn't strong enough to melt bones or even skin. What its good for is killing people. one drop of that on your skin and it will enter your circulatory system, killing you in minutes. The cartels in mexico actually use a very strong base to get rid of bodies. Consisting of saltwater and electrolysis with iron electrodes to make lye. But that's just an "off the books" way to do it.
+Tyler Gonzales why not use Piranha solution? 98% Sulphuric acid and 30% Hydrogen peroxide.
Ok, so where does the acid blood from a xenomorph fit in??
Its veins?
Ben Rollman smartass
I guess xenomorph's veins are lined with teflon then.
Xenomorphs have a silicon based acid (from the movie).
Make bunker busters out of acid bombs so that you eat your way through
now do the strongest bases in the world!
I simply love the information you provide
is there an example of acids like this burning through things? im curious to see how quickly they melt shit
Breaking bad
Imagine the blood of Xenomorphs from the Alien franchise.
It's really kind of fascinating how they function, it's not necessarily in the way you'd expect if you just magnify a known refernce point. They do some serious atomic, elemental disassembly on your aggregate building blocks.
UNDERSTOOD I will go and get it now and tested every where THANKS. LOVE MAGIC ACID
So what about xenomorph blood?
These kinds of Scishow episodes are my absolute favorite.
but what are strongest alkalis?
This is the second time Scishow has talked about fluoroantimonic acid and they still get it wrong. It can be contained by more than just Teflon. A certain polymer can also contain it.
can i watch it this time? your not going to take it down again right?
oh kool, first view first comment, first to notice it had been uploaded 10 minutes ago :D
Just like quantum mechanics and astrophysics , it seems chemistry is also reached beyond its limits like Singularity
This sounds like the kind of Fluorochemistry that my General Chemistry Prof warned us to avoid as it was the chemistry that created widows and widowers at a significant number.
What about orange sunshine?
Do you ever get that feeling wherein you lie down to sleep but then get an irresistible urge to know what stars comprises orion's belt, what sound Saturn makes, how chocolates are made and strong acids?
I love taking magic acid. Reminds me of my time in high school.
Now I want a full video on the types of Teflon, and how it's turned into pans (or, in this case, superacid beakers).
It would be nice to show us small clips of what you're talking about as examples throughout all your videos.
One drop of that super acid will burn a hole right thru the earths core!
I think there's a wrong statement at 1:03 : A pH of 0 means there are ca 1 mol of hydrogen ions per liter (actually it means that the activity of the hydrogen ions is 1) and not one hydrogen ion for every molecule in the solution..
i don't have teflon bottle by a frying pan will work just fine right?
You would want a teflon lid and a good seal, I imagine the vapour if any would be dangerous.
jason dads as long as there are no scratches or manufacturer defects. They are very thinly coated with Teflon and scratch easily.
Fluoroantimonic acid sounds like the xenomorph blood in that one Robot Chicken short.
why the repost?
Flouroantimonic acid has been known to even eat through Teflon given enough time. It'd best made in quantities as needed and then used or discarded rather than stored for long periods of time
So if I use a super acid on my face my acne will disappear ?
+This guy // It was a yes/no question, yo!
Russell NKD
Yes, if you don't mind your whole body catching on fire due to how incredibly exothermic the reaction will be
Your FACE will disappear!
That last acid on that list immediately reminded me about Breaking Bad
you can get super acid to get rid of a body, just get a Teflon. tub .
56422017 also a great idea if you are a cannibal too, you can use the teflon tub to cook the victim and omnomnom
scishow:No ones found a use for this acid
Serial killers around the world: I might have a few ideas for a good use.
Lysergic Acid is pretty strong in different ways kek
Golf clap for the Cory avatar in conjunction with that username
+firedrake110
FINALLY. Somebody who appreciates my dry humor.
The Almighty s u c c
You're a good man.
Has it really been 7 years already?!
Anybody just immediately think of fluorantimonic acid
So if someone makes an air conditioner that somehow safely exposes collected air to a super acid, we could clean the atmosphere?
"The strongest acid in the world."
*Do not look directly at Fluoroantimonic acid. *Do not taunt Fluoroantimonic acid.
I'd love to watch a video of superacids burning through things
But can it unclog my sink?
Supamegabullshitclearerinyerdrainsdecloger (warning however it will declog your drain but will also melt your plumbing and also the city's sewer
It would unclog your sink but you won’t have a sink left so is it worth it
Peony yes, cause I get rid of the gunk!
It can dissolve your sink lol
*i am frantically looking around for footage of fluoroantimonic acid for reasons that i cannot explain*
If i pour enough superacid on the ground, will it reach the Earth's core?
No.
Unless you want to destroy half of the planet.
Some men just want to watch the world melt.....
No, but a strong enough superacid can melt through the foundation of a skyscraper. That is of course starting at the top of the skyscraper.
+Random Stranger Heh. sometime somebody needs to demolish a house, we should do that. Just to be able to say that we've done that and knows what it looks like. And because that would be sort of spektacular. Just a small house, it doesn't need to be an entire skyscraber.