The 5 Most Dangerous Chemicals on Earth

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  • @swordsmancs
    @swordsmancs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3524

    Fluorine: “That’s a nice electron you’ve got there, it’d be a shame if somethin were to happen to it”

  • @DanielVerberne
    @DanielVerberne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1033

    Hank’s description of the sensitivity of Azidoazide Azide was amusing and seems like he was having fun with just how extreme the anecdotes are

    • @Flowerboi313
      @Flowerboi313 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I love how excited he got about it 😆 such a good video

    • @refluxcatalyst7190
      @refluxcatalyst7190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It's also wrong. It's not as sensitive as he says.

    • @ashsteele7361
      @ashsteele7361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Too bad this didn't age well. Oh well! Peer reviewed material best material. Given you do a small amount of research yourself.

    • @Krill_all_health_insuranceCEOs
      @Krill_all_health_insuranceCEOs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@refluxcatalyst7190 well that's good but I'm sure it's still pretty emo

    • @ragmamale4783
      @ragmamale4783 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ashsteele7361 ???

  • @YTBerserk
    @YTBerserk 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3535

    this honestly looks like the most fun you've ever had talking about something on scishow, this was just hilarious watching you talk about how crazy these chemicals are! best episode to date imo :D

    • @Democlis
      @Democlis 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      CPLCraft
      I just find it funny because it IS some crazy sh**, it's preaty much the reason why so many ppl like to experiment with Termite even when they are not pyromaniacs os psychopaths , crazy chemical/physical reactions are awesome to see, even at a distance.

    • @coolmoviewatcher
      @coolmoviewatcher 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Democlis Don't you mean thermite?

    • @Darticus42
      @Darticus42 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree

    • @Darticus42
      @Darticus42 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Democlis
      Unless it kills you.... unless you're a sadist

    • @GhostofTrufflePast
      @GhostofTrufflePast 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He had what some would call a nerdgasm! LMAO!

  • @biblicallyaccuratecockroach
    @biblicallyaccuratecockroach 2 ปีที่แล้ว +631

    This is one of the best, if not THE best, episode of SciShow. The science is fascinating, the banter rolls off naturally, and Hank's presentation is sublime with his trademark snark. A masterpiece of an episode.

    • @andriaduncan5032
      @andriaduncan5032 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I agree! I do realize the video is 8 yrs old, but I'm really glad I happened on to it. Outstanding job, Hank!!

    • @ellengraham6561
      @ellengraham6561 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I came here to say this and I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw this WAY late but thinks it's one of the best episodes I've ever seen! 😍

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I keep coming back to this particular episode because it's so damn funny. I must have watched it about a dozen times over the years.

    • @samuelgarrod8327
      @samuelgarrod8327 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Congratulations 500 likes on your comment. You're welcome 😊

    • @donfields1234
      @donfields1234 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Absolutely, I saved it and have watched it hundreds of times, anytime I need a giggle. Hank killed this one, out of the park, in the hoke, just nailed it hank thank you my friend.

  • @grugg3108
    @grugg3108 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2541

    Azidoazide Azide explodes when:
    *Touched
    *Not touched

    • @hariman7727
      @hariman7727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      Scientist 1: "So, we just discovered this chemical we're calling "Azidoazide azide", and it's startlingly reacti-"
      *BOOM.*
      Scientist 2: "What was that?"
      Scientist 1: "Er, I think our sample of Azidoazide azide in the safe room with no lights just exploded."
      Scientist 2: "...I thought you were kidding when you said it was startlingly reacti-"
      *BOOM!*
      Scientist 1: "OH NOW YOU'RE JUST TROLLING U-"
      *BOOM!*
      Scientist 1: "I was asking for that last one."

    • @trolllol7264
      @trolllol7264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Explosions&Fire2: Hits it with a hammer
      C2N14: Nothing

    • @Punkledunk
      @Punkledunk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      So basically any activist group.

    • @nilaychhasatia6048
      @nilaychhasatia6048 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's what Azathoth smokes

    • @MK-dr7dx
      @MK-dr7dx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It's the liquid core of Happy Fun Ball, which, if exposed, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.

  • @Technocolor00
    @Technocolor00 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1659

    Azidoazide Azide is very relatable
    Just wants to be left alone, dosnt work well with others, becomes violent when messed with

    • @marinamartinez9667
      @marinamartinez9667 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Describes me very well

    • @onLYbyM
      @onLYbyM 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      +Nicholas why so edgy?

    • @Technocolor00
      @Technocolor00 9 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      onLYbyMoon because its a sorta pessimistic joke

    • @GAMER9Youtuber
      @GAMER9Youtuber 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      my life

    • @7227falcon
      @7227falcon 9 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      But it gets explosive even when left alone.

  • @HalfElfHalfling
    @HalfElfHalfling 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2067

    "It will kill you now, and later"
    Yep

    • @tomasstana5423
      @tomasstana5423 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      So you're saying you have experience

    • @asoftraiden
      @asoftraiden 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It will kill you now and THEN it will kill you later.

    • @stuffsmithonviva2316
      @stuffsmithonviva2316 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@asoftraiden double killshot?

    • @HyonkTea
      @HyonkTea 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Now And Laters™

    • @del5981
      @del5981 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You have 696 I won't ruin that

  • @Fatman311
    @Fatman311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    'It has both acute and chronic effects which means that it will both kill you now, and later' is one of the best sentences I think I've ever heard.

    • @jjk2one
      @jjk2one หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are established tolerances for phosphine residues in wheat, hay, barley, and other grains comment won't make it

  • @kaiomanuel1883
    @kaiomanuel1883 6 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    5 years later, watching this vid for the 8th time I can say that this is my favorite video ever in all of TH-cam. Thank you SciShow

    • @jacobcottom265
      @jacobcottom265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I come back to this video at least twice a year cause Hank talking about dangerous stuff is just the absolute best. I think this is the 16th viewing for me

    • @joeuser2360
      @joeuser2360 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Same here. It's on my short list of videos when I want to watch something so insane it's funny.

    • @asoftraiden
      @asoftraiden 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too

    • @fredgotpub871
      @fredgotpub871 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@joeuser2360 good idea, I'm going to create a playlist for that at once !

    • @jacoboleary9076
      @jacoboleary9076 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@joeuser2360 Y'all should read the blog he got all this info from. blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/ (category: Things I Won't Work With)

  • @techno-dg8oh
    @techno-dg8oh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3139

    I want a sequel to this, 5 more dangerous chemicals

  • @pointlessviewer
    @pointlessviewer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +607

    "Disagreeable" is the best smell description I have ever heard

    • @Darkman-ug2he
      @Darkman-ug2he 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Not the best. But it also got the real best: Characteristict ;)

    • @julianaylor4351
      @julianaylor4351 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Anthony Ege KOPRİ Parp!

  • @Teatur_
    @Teatur_ ปีที่แล้ว +214

    A scientist describing a scent as “disagreeable” is the most scientist thing I’ve ever heard

    • @lordneo256
      @lordneo256 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What keeps me up at night is that... how toxic it is when inhaled. So... "described as" is more like "uttered by a dying man".
      Now Im wondering how that being overcome by the elements would look like.

    • @PaulHynes-ze1bu
      @PaulHynes-ze1bu 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What keeps me up at night is that scientists tested all these toxic chemicals on animals. They test any toxic chemical they can find on them. I think about it all day everyday... I hate them with all my heart.. alternative is instead of testing the chemicals, including medicine, on animals, pour it down the drain.

    • @tbarry4990
      @tbarry4990 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Watch an episode of "Big Bang Theory".

    • @samuelgarrod8327
      @samuelgarrod8327 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree.

  • @efoxe2890
    @efoxe2890 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4316

    Fluorine: “your electron, hand it over.”

    • @harrisonlichtenberg3162
      @harrisonlichtenberg3162 5 ปีที่แล้ว +316

      "I need your clothes, your boots, and your electron."

    • @thehammurabichode7994
      @thehammurabichode7994 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      * click * "I'm sorry, substance, but you said the N-word"

    • @ashmarine6733
      @ashmarine6733 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      *h a n d i t o v e r*

    • @ryanchuabowen2045
      @ryanchuabowen2045 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Francium:Nah mate, I give you every electron you want.

    • @imranshorkar8276
      @imranshorkar8276 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Fluoroantimonic Acid: okay take some proton
      Fluorine: i said electron.
      Okay but take some proton first
      I dont want proton.
      you have to take proton, i gonna kill u if u dont.

  • @stephenparallox
    @stephenparallox 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1437

    9:42 Cave Johnson: We haven't entirely nailed down what element it is yet, but I'll tell you this, it's a lively one, and it does not like the human skeleton.

    • @NamelesssSpinda
      @NamelesssSpinda 8 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      you get the best placed quote of the day award.

    • @someone4650
      @someone4650 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      You, sir, win everything!

    • @stephenparallox
      @stephenparallox 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      GIRGHGH Aka Girg Flourine?

    • @stephenparallox
      @stephenparallox 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      GIRGHGH Aka Girg I see. You do realize this was not my quote, but a quote from a fictional character you are disputing right? Additionally, to put it in context, he was speaking about a fictional experimental compound known as repulsion gel, and was saying, that his scientists weren't sure what element that was in it, but it was very very bad.

    • @benthomason3307
      @benthomason3307 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      maybe he was uing the word element in it's more general sense, like in the term "elements of power"

  • @faith9196
    @faith9196 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1740

    “You can’t put it under a fume hood... it’ll eat the fume hood.”
    Why was that SO hilarious?

    • @leptoon
      @leptoon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Faith Because you're 13 years old maybe?

    • @nataliew.1206
      @nataliew.1206 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      Andrew Dahl i’m definitely older than 13 and i also found it funny

    • @leptoon
      @leptoon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Natalie W. I found it funny. I did not find it "SO hilarious".

    • @nataliew.1206
      @nataliew.1206 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      Andrew Dahl no need to be upset my friend! if she found it “SO hilarious”, who are you to judge? you’re unnecessarily angry. let people enjoy things.

    • @hoshimaruhajime7933
      @hoshimaruhajime7933 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same

  • @rxotmfrxotmf8208
    @rxotmfrxotmf8208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    Hank, you seem to be rather delightfully happy to present this ghoulish list of extremely dangerous substances. I enjoyed your presentation!

    • @aimee-lynndonovan6077
      @aimee-lynndonovan6077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ghoulish is right!😱I wonder how do they explore and test these chemicals since they’re so volatile? And what is the purpose of them?

    • @diakounknown1225
      @diakounknown1225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aimee-lynndonovan6077 sometimes, you don't need a purpose. Also, he does in fact mention the purposes of a few of the chemicals on this list.

    • @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038
      @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ...nada ‘delightful’ about that and not even true!
      True chemical smeIIs are nowhere near as harrible as the most harrible smeIIs ever, such as the ones
      by wom’n and other hum’ns...

    • @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038
      @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And, the smeII of hum’n _ces and 💨 is one of the most harrible ever, both in smeII and in lingering and traveling power - this _ once jhat in one of the bathrooms at one of the flats where I used to live and it s_nk up the whole flat and I literally had to run out while screaming at them to open the windows, and I was stuck on the balcony for over half an hour until that _nk was over!

    • @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038
      @thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am scarred for life because I was shbjected to such harrible smeIIs that I know contain particles from the _ or _ of hum’ns (humticles) that actually get inside the nose in order to be able to smeII it, so I can’t even stand that thought - and I’d rather smeII any of those chemicaIs instead (since chemicaIs are pure) than to have humticles ferced on my nose...

  • @urbannanni5864
    @urbannanni5864 3 ปีที่แล้ว +543

    Every time I watch this, I'm struck by the absolute glee that Hank displays as he describes how stuff will kill you.

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      This was the first SciShow video I ever saw. Hank's almost-manic delivery and playful humor made this episode an instant classic for me. It's the episode I love sharing with folks new to SciShow to help get them hooked on the it way I was when I watched this so many years ago.

    • @antoniograncino3506
      @antoniograncino3506 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      9:40 I expect the Mafiosi in the audience are taking notes about the efficacy of fluoroantimonic acid.

    • @annoy4nce648
      @annoy4nce648 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The fluorine will burn through your bones!

  • @bonetonelord
    @bonetonelord 9 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    A guy who worked on ClF3 rocket fuel said in a book that his recommended solution to spills of the chemical was "a good pair of running shoes."

    • @singletona082
      @singletona082 9 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      +Bone-Tone Lord THE CONCRETE IS ON FIRE!
      Oh and the byproducts of it being burned gives you CANCER. THIS IS JUST PLAIN PEACHY!

    • @Just_A_Dude
      @Just_A_Dude 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +Bone-Tone Lord I know the book. I love the guy's wit.

    • @ghostbirdofprey
      @ghostbirdofprey 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      +Bone-Tone Lord It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water-with which it reacts explosively.

    • @samiraperi467
      @samiraperi467 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Just A Dude "Ignition!"?

    • @Just_A_Dude
      @Just_A_Dude 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Samira Peri That's the one, yeah! Couldn't remember the name for the life of me.

  • @Gothic7876
    @Gothic7876 6 ปีที่แล้ว +438

    I love the fact they did absolutely nothing to AA, and it still went;
    “BOOOORED” *boom*

    • @aspielm759
      @aspielm759 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Voidlord xD

    • @natedog2014
      @natedog2014 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @test 101 smh imagine you're life being so boring everything has to become arbitrarily political.

    • @m-yday
      @m-yday 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      test 101 so you go onto a video from ages ago, which had nothing to do with politics, and blame _something_ on liberals?
      Nobody even knows what you’re trying to blame them for. Nobody even cares. We’re just tired of people doing this kind of thing

    • @thevideoistheking8834
      @thevideoistheking8834 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      test 101 DEM DAMN LIBERALS! RUINING EVERYTHING! I HAVE NO FLAWS WHATSOEVER!

  • @jacobcomongore4180
    @jacobcomongore4180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    When I was in high school this was my favorite sci show vid. Now I have a degree in chemistry and can indeed say that “More dangerous than Florine gas” is not a sentence that you get to say almost ever.

    • @jacobcomongore4180
      @jacobcomongore4180 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      For anyone wondering the pKa (pH where an acid loses its hydrogen) of Fluroantimonic acid is -25 😂😂😂

    • @dennisrydell6883
      @dennisrydell6883 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jacobcomongore4180 I didn't even know it was possible to get a pH of less than 0 O.O

  • @Artofficial1986
    @Artofficial1986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1724

    Why can't you be normal?
    Azidoazide: [Screams]

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +801

    It is 2021, and this remains one of the best SciShow videos of all.

    • @kingjames4886
      @kingjames4886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean.... there have been a handful of good ones over the last decade... cmon...

    • @emberandfriendsanimations2454
      @emberandfriendsanimations2454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      2022 now

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@kingjames4886 What I mean is that this old, 2014 SciShow presentation has stood the test of time. It's one of my favorites to share with folks who aren't familiar with the channel's mission of communicating science in a way that laypersons can understand easily. It's also heck-a funny; Hank is at top manic in this one and I love it to pieces.

    • @mesiroy1234
      @mesiroy1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's got demziomed be used he said bazis

    • @pheasant1361
      @pheasant1361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same for 2022

  • @TheCatAteMyShoe
    @TheCatAteMyShoe 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2953

    "It will both kill you now... and later." I love that. LOL
    This is my favorite episode ever.

    • @sorenlily2280
      @sorenlily2280 8 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      For some reason hearing "its also a better oxidizer than oxygen" really cracked me up as well.

    • @robinjones9225
      @robinjones9225 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I second that!

    • @ZombieKiller4347
      @ZombieKiller4347 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah if you can live without organs well uh also cancer

    • @WingmanSR
      @WingmanSR 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Yeah, oxidation is a strange relic of a name. Chemists used to believe oxygen was THE oxidizer, until they realized _why_ oxygen works the way it does(it loves to steal electrons), and so they learned there were other compounds that could be used to 'steal' electrons as well, but they still kept calling it "Oxidation". I propose we start calling it "Electrokleption", literally "electron stealing".

    • @robinjones9225
      @robinjones9225 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      SBwingman I second that, it sounds so cool

  • @nanocodethespectator2646
    @nanocodethespectator2646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    We require a sequel to this, after all this time.
    A similar episode related to chemical compounds would be good too.

    • @Kawer
      @Kawer ปีที่แล้ว

      I second that, come on Hank!

  • @ofranzen
    @ofranzen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +589

    I think I saw this episode about when it came out and it's still to this day one of the best thing on the Internet. Packed with information mixed with genius level comedy.

    • @mork6668
      @mork6668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yet exaggerated

    • @DTSephiroth
      @DTSephiroth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I still come back to it occasionally.

    • @Mygg_Jeager
      @Mygg_Jeager 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same lol

    • @Mygg_Jeager
      @Mygg_Jeager 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@mork6668 Not really. Do some research on all these chemicals using sources outside this video lol. It's pretty on point.

    • @Sleepy_Joe
      @Sleepy_Joe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm watching this video like the 5th time

  • @ToastAndJellyfish
    @ToastAndJellyfish 8 ปีที่แล้ว +589

    Hank is the best SciShow host, and this is the best SciShow episode.

    • @thetrashman5381
      @thetrashman5381 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      The azidoazide azide part was priceless

    • @ct6502c
      @ct6502c 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      JerseyNick This is my favorite episode. I learned a lot from it, but Hank's sense of humor is great too. This was so hilarious that I often come back to re-watch it.

    • @MultiCheeseLouise
      @MultiCheeseLouise 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He has a weird meter and flow to his sentences, and likes to say words short and quickly with a longer pause between them, which makes him slightly more difficult to listen to. He doesn't do it as much these days so I guess he's tried to change it recently.

    • @goldwolf0606
      @goldwolf0606 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      MultiCheeseLouise lol... it does make it harder to listen to him doesn't it? I thought I was the only one to notice that...

    • @BigyetiTechnologies
      @BigyetiTechnologies 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      He reminds me of Professor Frink from The Simpsons

  • @ryandupuis5860
    @ryandupuis5860 8 ปีที่แล้ว +546

    I keep watching this over and over but it doesn't get old

    • @ranatabsh3009
      @ranatabsh3009 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Andromeda Gaming same lol

    • @thederpening1951
      @thederpening1951 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Andromeda Gaming I swear I've seen that profile picture in CS:GO

    • @madLphnt
      @madLphnt 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      right, ive watched this for two years on and off like 15 times a month, that and deadly substances, deadly plants

    • @sinmasteas
      @sinmasteas 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stephen Guyse its used as an andriod theme background

    • @GodlikeIridium
      @GodlikeIridium 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Andromeda Gaming me too mate^^

  • @taproot0619
    @taproot0619 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    It is 2023. I have been coming back to this video time and again for nearly a decade and it's still one of the best videos on the entire internet.
    Also, LOVE to see scishow make an update video or maybe "5 more absolutely redoculous chemicals that can kill you in increasingly interesting ways" Because Hank making videos where he Jovially describes absolutely insanely dangerous chemicals is just the kind of vibes more people need in their lives.

  • @octaviorueda818
    @octaviorueda818 5 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    This is probably the best SciShow video I've seen. Its like he's rapping out knowledge

    • @aabhassharma4277
      @aabhassharma4277 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I come back to this video whenever I need a good laugh!

    • @Steamrick
      @Steamrick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you really want to see Hank get poetic, I think his alltime best was a vlogbrothers video: Yellowstone: The Terror of Change

    • @MrJesterblack
      @MrJesterblack 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If you think this is funny, you should read the articles he got most of the lines from blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2013/05/08/things_i_wont_work_with_dimethylcadmium

    • @johndrozdz1371
      @johndrozdz1371 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MrJesterblack I love scishow, but I feel like this entire video was paraphrased from Derek Lowe's 'things I won't work with' blog. I definitely feel I've read some of the exact phrases from this video in his articles.

  • @greedy9310
    @greedy9310 6 ปีที่แล้ว +409

    You can't put under a fume hood-It'll eat the fume hood. All you can really do is ,just like, look at it. Ideally from.. very far away.
    11/10

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      i would suggest looking at it from a different time zone of from orbit...preferably while in orbit around a completely different planet

    • @richardhead9255
      @richardhead9255 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dren b

    • @randomuser5443
      @randomuser5443 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Scott Mantooth no you dult. From a different star system

    • @scottmantooth8785
      @scottmantooth8785 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      that is probably safer...but not by much

    • @VeronicaGorositoMusic
      @VeronicaGorositoMusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll try to see it timetraveling...10...100 years far ago in the future, but I dunno if I'll be safe anyway!

  • @PushyPawn
    @PushyPawn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2163

    This is such a classic SciShow episode I came back to watch it again.
    If you came back to watch it again, please sign the reply guestbook.

    • @zedantXiang
      @zedantXiang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Me too.
      He just sound so happy

    • @Kylora2112
      @Kylora2112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      It's borderline hilarious listening to someone talk about an oxidizer that can incinerate asbestos.

    • @CloudyDays404
      @CloudyDays404 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah. Hi.

    • @Eainai
      @Eainai 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I rewatch this video nearly every month, and it still cracks me up when I listen to it.

    • @jwbowen
      @jwbowen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I've watched it several times.

  • @noelb8284
    @noelb8284 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1725

    As a German, I am both proud and terrified of the fact that our scientist made pretty much all of that.

    • @kylecofer2825
      @kylecofer2825 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Just building blocks to reach zyklon B

    • @Crazytesseract
      @Crazytesseract 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      You would be even more terrified if you were informed that they were right now suffering in some of the hells mentioned in Srimad Bhagavatam (very authentic Vedic scripture). Read canto 5, chapter 26. There is nothing to be proud of.

    • @RKBock
      @RKBock 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Crazytesseract please treat religion the same way as you treat your genitals: don't show them on the internet to everyone.

    • @ElysiumKeeper
      @ElysiumKeeper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +220

      @@Crazytesseract Religion not invited to the party, thank you.

    • @arcanacapra9792
      @arcanacapra9792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      @@Crazytesseract Literally no one cares about that

  • @Zulatek666
    @Zulatek666 8 ปีที่แล้ว +601

    This is my FAVORITE SciShow episode ever. I like the part when he is describing Azidoazide Azide. "I think somebody said something mean about it somewhere, and it was like !&%*@!"

    • @jkacvbhijfn
      @jkacvbhijfn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I can't get over "The concrete was on fire!!!!!" :DDDD

    • @hanslee475
      @hanslee475 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      *blinking insecurely* The concrete... was on fireeeee

    • @jessicacarroll9167
      @jessicacarroll9167 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Zulatek666 i think someone said something mean about it and it was like fuckyouimgonnablowup

    • @thestargazingnurse8605
      @thestargazingnurse8605 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Moritz Gaßan I agree.. that part had me rollin on the floor

    • @TheRealGameTime007
      @TheRealGameTime007 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It'll burn things that some people might think are not flammable, like BRICKs or ASBESTOS or stuff that has already been burned!

  • @pythonl0rd584
    @pythonl0rd584 5 ปีที่แล้ว +464

    Chemicals yet to be found: *exist*
    Germany: *allow us to introduce ourselves*

    • @auraofdoubt
      @auraofdoubt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I like how that one scene from Veggie Tales of all things has become a meme lately.

    • @Oracle13
      @Oracle13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Germany did a lot for chemistry! Meaning the scientists, obviously lol. Both organic and inorganic.

    • @auraofdoubt
      @auraofdoubt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@Oracle13 That's true, but there's a Haber for every Heisenberg (I'm considering quantum mechanics close enough lol).

    • @bemusedbandersnatch2069
      @bemusedbandersnatch2069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well that and Sweden. Did they really need to name _four_ elements after the town of Ytterby?

    • @robertnett9793
      @robertnett9793 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It would sound like 'Gestatten Sie, dass wir uns vorstellen?'

  • @paladinsrage4646
    @paladinsrage4646 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2259

    _So, What does it smell like..?_
    *Disagreeable.*

    • @paladinsrage4646
      @paladinsrage4646 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      7:06

    • @carterwilliams7106
      @carterwilliams7106 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      I agree to disagree with the smell

    • @potstab2875
      @potstab2875 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Blepppp!! Bleppppp!!!! cough cough Blepppp!!!

    • @cosmoniums5990
      @cosmoniums5990 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hey no sense of smell for the win I’m immune to 1 of the 5 chemicals, and the lightest of the bunch

    • @limeyliamgaming6885
      @limeyliamgaming6885 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I agree to disagree that I agree that I disagree to this.

  • @ethanreddekopp7256
    @ethanreddekopp7256 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Nilered made thioacetone in a recent video, and he said that up close, it didn't smell terrible, but the farther from the source that you got, the more potent the odor became

    • @a.v.y8331
      @a.v.y8331 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      it's the ppm that matters. a lot of extremely terrible scents don't smell like anything up close because the ppm is so high that your senses can't register anything up close, but once the ppm gets low enough (aka further away from the source) you start to be able to detect the scent again. it's interesting how that works.

  • @singletona082
    @singletona082 9 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    Acid so strong it eats through glass.
    That itself scares me since usually glass is the ultimate container for crap.
    And then once it eats through you... it sets your bones on fire.
    LOVELY!

    • @Lukas-qk6ll
      @Lukas-qk6ll 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yeah thats just weird.HF also goes thru Glas But pp or pe is Safe.

    • @MartitaBlackCat99
      @MartitaBlackCat99 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Frigley der geni there are some substances that are stored in plastic containers so they don't react with the silicates from glass. in our labs we first dilute them and put them in those containers. but i don't know how they work with those acids, maybe they do the same but use Teflon vases and jars

    • @Estarile
      @Estarile 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Darrell Jared very carefully

    • @Estarile
      @Estarile 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** Unfortunately I'm not a chemist. But maybe introduce something that renders it inert?

    • @FROST-cg7qt
      @FROST-cg7qt 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I read the original comment and instantly thought of the blue gel in portal 2.

  • @minhtrungle9117
    @minhtrungle9117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +167

    Guy smelling dimethylcadmium: it's disagreeable
    Dimethylcadmium in his blood: *Let's agree to disagree.*

    • @realKenM
      @realKenM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The insides of people do smell disagreeable.

  • @siler7
    @siler7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +869

    Azidoazide Azide was my favorite Game of Thrones character.

  • @DaveMiller2
    @DaveMiller2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I barely passed high school chemistry, but this is fascinating.

    • @persimonsen8792
      @persimonsen8792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It is. And quite scary, if some people with ill intentions got hold of it.

  • @johnyoung4441
    @johnyoung4441 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1979

    Nobody:
    Azidoazide Azide: *_"I have decided that I want to explode."_*

    • @nathandanielsen7131
      @nathandanielsen7131 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      everyone else: uh o-

    • @mauricehietkampmh
      @mauricehietkampmh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      its actually not too bad. The youtube channel Explosions&Fire2 made it in his shed. He has some videos about it.

    • @samiraperi467
      @samiraperi467 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      "What is your one purpose in life?"
      "To explode, of course."

    • @Lizardo451
      @Lizardo451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bomb #20

    • @Blue-bx9pb
      @Blue-bx9pb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I feel like it’d be the kind of person that, when someone actually wants it to go boom, it stays perfectly still

  • @olbradley
    @olbradley 4 ปีที่แล้ว +282

    Storing Azidoazide Azide is the chemical definition of the saying "Damned if you do, damned if you don't."

    • @KingK7310Z
      @KingK7310Z 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just like marriage???

    • @Senctia
      @Senctia 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also proven wrong by Explosions and Fire, its less sensitive than Touch Powder.

    • @norothegamer1006
      @norothegamer1006 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes

    • @lilygail5569
      @lilygail5569 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Except you can hit it with a hammer and it doesn't actually explode. It's not that it was super sensitive. It's that they didn't have the equipment required to test sensitivity.

    • @MrCubFan415
      @MrCubFan415 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      More like BOOM if you do, BOOM if you don't

  • @adam346
    @adam346 6 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    the AA molecule is just hilarious... I don't know why but the idea that nothing could happen and it just explodes, just because. It's the ultimate example of Moore's law.. everything you do can and will get you killed... including nothing.

    • @TimothyReeves
      @TimothyReeves 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      adam Moore's law? The one that says that the number of transistors on a computer chip will double every roughly two years? I think you meant Murphy's law, which your comment may be an example of. ;)

    • @biggocelot123
      @biggocelot123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I N C L U D N I N G N O T H I N G

    • @droid16beta97
      @droid16beta97 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Moore's law?

    • @Nick-tm2sw
      @Nick-tm2sw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Although from a physics perspective it wasn't nothing that caused it to explode. It gets into statistical thermodynamics to explain further but there was something happening that caused the explosion. Just not any type of external force. The energy that caused the explosion would have already been in the system. They could have likely prevented the explosion by storing it at a cooler temperature.

    • @pfadiva
      @pfadiva 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TimothyReeves Gordon Moore

  • @vonzigle
    @vonzigle ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks!

  • @teresaellis7062
    @teresaellis7062 6 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    I think Hank Green enjoyed making this video. He is almost luminous.

    • @thehammurabichode7994
      @thehammurabichode7994 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You seem cute < :

    • @squippites7356
      @squippites7356 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Hammurabi Chode wow you must be desperate

    • @Akbar_and_Shaa
      @Akbar_and_Shaa 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      If he's luminous it's because he filmed this video after top 5 glowiest chemicals

  • @baliboxy663
    @baliboxy663 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1563

    Legend has it, if you say azide 3 times in the mirror of a dark bathroom, it just *exploded*

    • @sabertag6992
      @sabertag6992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I heard that if you cross two pencils and say "Azide Azide are you there?" and you don't blow up, then the answer is no.

    • @BigSwede7403
      @BigSwede7403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      What explodes? Azide, the mirror, the bathroom or you?
      "Yes."

    • @physics_hacker
      @physics_hacker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Somewhere, deep within the Earth's crust, there is a chunk of this stuff. And if us humans mention it's name too many times...Well, let's just say all life on Earth is gonna have a really, really bad day.

    • @FabFunty
      @FabFunty 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Then please don't think about playing this : th-cam.com/video/FEdiOBz4zeM/w-d-xo.html 🎫😵
      or you'll bomb us all back to stone age.🤣

    • @nathanlin6798
      @nathanlin6798 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fab Funty wtf was that

  • @chaoticneutral7573
    @chaoticneutral7573 4 ปีที่แล้ว +305

    Germany: lets do some chemistry research
    Entire world: NOOOOO !!!!!

    • @seancanning4580
      @seancanning4580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I am the alchemist!

    • @marcusrauch4223
      @marcusrauch4223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      YESSSSS !!!!!

    • @Sableguy97
      @Sableguy97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And to think they still had some restraint lol

  • @XhanAnimations
    @XhanAnimations ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Every now and then I like to come back and rewatch this episode. It has one of the funniest presentations of a really cool subject 💚

  • @bugjams
    @bugjams 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2423

    Azidoazide Azide, a chemical so dangerous, they had to say its name three times.

  • @MattisProbably
    @MattisProbably 10 ปีที่แล้ว +834

    I don't know why but everything you said in this episode just put a huge smile on my face!
    Maybe I'm just evil? :D

    • @peterlovgren2885
      @peterlovgren2885 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      omg, the laughs

    • @Th3Gumbo
      @Th3Gumbo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Hank's delivery was hilarious

    • @MattisProbably
      @MattisProbably 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The Lonely Tourist
      Looks like it took him quite a lot of effort not to laugh when he said that AA blew up under such heavily controlled conditions anyway XD

    • @rastacoon5962
      @rastacoon5962 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I think it's, at the very least, the azidoazide azide, saying a very big "f*** you" to all the scientist working on it, that made me laugh

    • @then33k4
      @then33k4 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yes you are ! because i was grinning like the cheeshire cat the entire video too ! :D

  • @mantha6912
    @mantha6912 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I don't know why but I laugh so hard every time at the way he says "They quickly realized this idea was...bad..."

    • @AnormalHoovy
      @AnormalHoovy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Story of my life

    • @AnormalHoovy
      @AnormalHoovy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      and parenthood, not that I would know

  • @andrewhowie3418
    @andrewhowie3418 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks

  • @aakashsahani2991
    @aakashsahani2991 5 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    What I learnt today:
    1. Chlorine triflouride: *THE CONCRETE IS ON FIRE*
    2. Nitrogen big gae
    3. Dimethyl cadmium: Xbox Live chat 2010
    4. Thioacetone: My dad's socks.
    5. Fluoroantimonic acid: *psst kid.....want some proton?
    5. Teflon: "I'm about to end this SbHF6 's entire career."

    • @blonk2658
      @blonk2658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      3 is toxic, 4 is extremely smelly

    • @blonk2658
      @blonk2658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LMAO makes sense now

    • @LuigiCotocea
      @LuigiCotocea 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I forgot azidoazide azide

    • @cadespaulding3837
      @cadespaulding3837 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      2 5's

    • @superme63
      @superme63 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Azidoazide azide: NO!

  • @guyincognito5663
    @guyincognito5663 6 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    „It will kill you now - and later“ :D

    • @swine13
      @swine13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Most succinct (and charismatic) explanation of acute vs chronic I've ever seen

  • @jasper3706
    @jasper3706 5 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    This is probably the best scishow episode, just, ever.

  • @Chica56
    @Chica56 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    “THE CONCRETE. WAS ON FIRE.” is a quote that’s been stuck in my head ever since I first watched this video because of how FLABBERGASTED Hank sounds when saying it

  • @wideeyewanderer1785
    @wideeyewanderer1785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    The list of things that makes Azidoazide azide explode had me cracking up on the floor. And that line that said Cl-F3 is so oxidizing that it can burn things that’s already burnt lmao. I love chemistry

    • @Cl-2048
      @Cl-2048 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ClF3 doesn't burn. However, pretty much everything that touches it does. The only way to put it out is noble gases or liquid nitrogen.

    • @MiguelRodriguez-ok9rb
      @MiguelRodriguez-ok9rb 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I also like chemistry lessons my self it a very interesting study

    • @lilygail5569
      @lilygail5569 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except you can hit 1-Diazidocarbamoyl-5-azidotetrazole and it doesn't actually explode. It's not that it was super sensitive. It's that they didn't have the equipment required to test sensitivity.

    • @ConstantlyDamaged
      @ConstantlyDamaged ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Cl-2048 The best bit of info I heard about ClF3 was from a firefighter who was experienced in dealing with it (a scary phrase in and of itself).
      He said the standard procedure was to shovel sand onto it. "It will still oxidize the sand, and the sand will burn, but of all the things in existence that it can burn, sand is the cheapest."

    • @tandemdwarf745
      @tandemdwarf745 ปีที่แล้ว

      azidoazide azide is actually not that sensitive. There are videos of people testing it, and its not nearly as unstable as the paper suggests

  • @PS-qn4oz
    @PS-qn4oz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +416

    1. 1:29 Chlorinate Trifluoride
    2. 3:07 Azidoazide Azide
    3. 5:15 Dimethyl Cadmium
    4. 7:13 Thioacetone
    5. 8:45 Fluoantimonic Acid

    • @notme5844
      @notme5844 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      P S nice.

    • @kennyward33
      @kennyward33 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fluroantimonic is spelled wrong

    • @EvolBob1
      @EvolBob1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      P S
      That is amazing, you got them all together.
      If that was possible - physically, then say - "can you hold my beer Thanos"
      And run...

    • @maurixe9458
      @maurixe9458 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's fluoroantimonic acid

    • @EvolBob1
      @EvolBob1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@maurixe9458
      You could brush your teeth with it as it contains Fluorine...you only need to dilute it a tad.

  • @zirconis5411
    @zirconis5411 7 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Probably the most educational video I've watched in a while. He didn't just spit out the most basic facts about what makes it so dangerous. He also explained what makes up the chemicals and why the are so dangerous.

    • @fruitella196
      @fruitella196 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The lonely Otaku Welcome to SciShow!

  • @cosmicpsyops4529
    @cosmicpsyops4529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Your inflection, timing, prosody, and non-verbal cuing are superb.

  • @stabbrzmcgee825
    @stabbrzmcgee825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Years ago, I worked in a lab where we used ClF3 to extract oxygen from rocks and silicate minerals to do stable isotope analysis. The stuff was scary to work with. Had to be careful. VERY careful.

  • @trafalgertradingcoyltd
    @trafalgertradingcoyltd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    “Especially exciting is that flourine really likes to bond with calcium… So once the acid tears through the fatty organic tissues of your skin and muscles, the flourine will burn through your bones”

    • @viiiivivii306
      @viiiivivii306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It is exciting. Exciting to be hearing about it and not living it!

    • @MohamedTarikRochdi
      @MohamedTarikRochdi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lovely!

    • @redmadness265
      @redmadness265 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Thats why hydrogen fluoride scares me, it bonds with calcium electrolytes in your body and screws with your heart rhythm. I hate it

    • @libertadmatos5780
      @libertadmatos5780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No burial needed. That's its bonus!

    • @aimee-lynndonovan6077
      @aimee-lynndonovan6077 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes it’s 🤯😫

  • @hollygarfield123
    @hollygarfield123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +312

    this is my favorite sci show video

  • @Foxiepawstotti
    @Foxiepawstotti 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    My goodness Hank Green, your excitement at all things scientific is contagious and brings me back to when I was a kid discovering stuff for the first time. That's no mean feat because that was around 5 and a half decades ago!

  • @cecil6365
    @cecil6365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +897

    Nobody:
    Germany: oh look i found This new chemica…
    Everyone: DON’T MENTION IT

    • @leptoon
      @leptoon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Cecil Kelly What is with this nobody: thing? I really don't get it.

    • @psycronizer
      @psycronizer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@leptoon it's like it's just being said out of the blue....as in nobody initiated a conversation etc etc...and then the curious german said..what he said..with everyone else knowing EXACTLY what's going to happen...kind of an IN joke...never mind....

    • @rhs5683
      @rhs5683 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ^look I found a new chemical, maybe it can...

    • @jamiem8431
      @jamiem8431 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@leptoon ok boomer

    • @b.lonewolf417
      @b.lonewolf417 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@psycronizer That's actually a good way of explaining the "Nobody:" phenomenon

  • @SketchAndEtch
    @SketchAndEtch 6 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    Fluoroantimonic Acid: "WHY CAN'T I HOLD ALL THOSE PROTONS?!"

    • @mrnsnp
      @mrnsnp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Don't forget, the fluorine and antimony want even more electrons after spitting out the protons.

    • @physics_hacker
      @physics_hacker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      GODDAMNIT I ALWAYS HAVE TOO MANY PROTONS AND NOT ENOUGH ELECTRONS HEEEELLLPPPP

    • @JohnsonBlu
      @JohnsonBlu 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes!!!!!!

  • @sabertag6992
    @sabertag6992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I live for Hank's emphatically passive sarcasm and wit.

  • @kevinalm6686
    @kevinalm6686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    There is an excellent book, "Ignition", written by a researcher who was heavily involved in the development of rocket fuels. It talks about chlorine trifluoride and fluorine fires. To quote from the book, "When asked for the best way to deal with a fluorine fire, I have always recommended a good pair of running shoes." LOL 😀

  • @WeyardWiz
    @WeyardWiz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    6:24 ”dont get your hopes up, itll inflict you with cancer JUST TO SPITE YOU!” sounds hella evil 😂😂😂

    • @PrincessLorelei
      @PrincessLorelei 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's also a crazy bad neurotoxin in the same way dimethylmercury is. So...
      1.) Eats your insides
      2.) Eats your brain
      3.) Causes cancer
      4.) Just for good measure, explodes.

  • @inventor121
    @inventor121 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3932

    New chemistry insult: You're more sensitive than azidoazide azide

    • @UndarZ
      @UndarZ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      nice

    • @MaoRatto
      @MaoRatto 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      XD

    • @dygameplay9731
      @dygameplay9731 8 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      *Ba doom tish*

    • @SasukeUchiha-tc9xx
      @SasukeUchiha-tc9xx 8 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      How about: you stink more than thioacetone

    • @inventor121
      @inventor121 8 ปีที่แล้ว +186

      That burn was worse than dropping chloring trifluoride
      Your habits are more toxic than dimethyl cadmium
      You eat through a buffet like fluoroantimonic acid eats through a human body (and everything else)

  • @thomasboys7216
    @thomasboys7216 8 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Fluroantimonic acid - "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY PROTON!"

    • @proton8689
      @proton8689 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      why thank you

    • @bunnirabid410
      @bunnirabid410 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You win the internet, and I love you for this. XD

  • @futhark3
    @futhark3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    People used to be a bit careful about click chemistry (the azide-alkyne cycloaddition type) because of what was called azidophobia. No-one wanted to mess with explosive nitrogen compounds 😂
    I've worked with them a lot, the general rule is to have a lot more carbons than nitrogens and then they tend to play nice 😊

    • @itsme5625
      @itsme5625 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is one of the way to determine is it safe to isolate/store is to take the ratio of nitrogen/carbon
      If its below 1 it will blow up if isolated or concentrated, 1-3 is alright but shount be stored for long, and above 3 is safe to do anything with it.
      I’ve personally never worked with azide but I’ve heard bunch of story reported in angewante chemie

  • @Nimbus3690
    @Nimbus3690 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Lol man I burst out laughing with that "somebody said something mean about it" joke

  • @Catman2123
    @Catman2123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I saw this 4 years ago and I’m still hoping for a sequel. I watch this single episode at least 3-4 times a year.

    • @siph0r154
      @siph0r154 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same :)

    • @WrathofZod
      @WrathofZod 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      me too. would have thought that by now humans would have one-upped each of these. would also love to see some of these in action, but seems difficult to find any footage.

  • @Saunis
    @Saunis 7 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I love, how excited Hanks is in this episode!

  • @korisucks7363
    @korisucks7363 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    5:39 "it will kill you now, AND later" is the funniest thing ive ever heard in my life

  • @allisond.46
    @allisond.46 5 ปีที่แล้ว +391

    Man: “Germany 1939, in a secret bunker...”
    Me(trying to guess the chemical): “It’s meth.”
    Man: “It explodes in air, it’s lethal when inhaled...”
    Me: “Not meth.”

    • @0mn1vore
      @0mn1vore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Remember that scene in `Breaking Bad' where Walter meets Tuco?
      "This," holding up a flake of crystal, "is not meth." [Blows up Tuco's office.]
      Tuco: "Whoa man, that's the coolest 5h!t I've ever seen! I think we can work together."

    • @allisond.46
      @allisond.46 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@0mn1vore I've never watched 'Breaking Bad', but that sounds... interesting. And a little dangerous.

    • @KnightoftheSorryFace
      @KnightoftheSorryFace 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well in the right circumstances....

    • @sep27061985
      @sep27061985 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      we actually put meth into a chocolate called "Panzerschokolade" (among others) during WW2. It enabled soldiers to stay awake for 3-4 days to make Blitzkrieg maneuvers possible like the Ardennes offensive.

    • @KR4FTW3RK
      @KR4FTW3RK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@sep27061985 There's a good reason they didn't repeat that on the eastern front. Turns out pretty much any of the amphetamines will really do a number on your mind and body. Combine that with staying awake for much, much longer than our organism can really handle. The longest I've been awake was 3 days and it was already quite nasty - bones aching, very hard to concentrate, some auditory and visual hallucinations, so sweaty and greasy I had a shower every 8 to 12 hours.... and that was just from sitting around. Not to mention the fatigue for almost a full week following that endeavour.
      I really don't wanna imagine what it must've been like fighting in the battle of France... being awake as long as you physically could to stay in the fight. I'm quite sure those soldiers were burnt out to hell after the fall of France...

  • @mar.m.5236
    @mar.m.5236 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    2019 - watching this for the umpteenth time. Still unbelievable fun to listen while being informative. I consider this to be one of SciShow masterpieces. Thanks to Hank and co for this...

  • @josephcrain1432
    @josephcrain1432 7 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    "Putting it in a spectrometer" ... "Turning on the spectrometer" I was laughing so the following morning IT HURT BREATHING

    • @varunv.p.7180
      @varunv.p.7180 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Joey Crain it also explodes when a new spectrometer is manufactured in another part of the world

    • @Skyhawk1998
      @Skyhawk1998 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Joey Crain I'm just imagining some worn down, haggard scientist getting all excited when he finally got the stuff to sit in the instrument without exploding, only for it to blow up when he flicked the switch.

    • @shittychinky6799
      @shittychinky6799 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      GemCat *Oh My God*

    • @katiekane5247
      @katiekane5247 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It does create an interesting mental image!

    • @Elias___
      @Elias___ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Stop no, you'll make it explode

  • @miriammcfarlane6972
    @miriammcfarlane6972 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Such an entertaining video. Well-made science-nerd entertainment. The humour is spot-on, including choice of words, facial expressions, etc.

  • @kevinwu4928
    @kevinwu4928 9 ปีที่แล้ว +721

    I've learned more here in 5 minutes than in school for 45 minutes

    • @onlyonSiMPLE
      @onlyonSiMPLE 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ikr...old people dont get it! DAMN..

    • @devanstockbauer536
      @devanstockbauer536 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +RokviikPlays I totally agree I mean my friend doesn't know the months in fucking order. The school never taught him. That's not his fAult it's the dumbass school

    • @novideoscorp
      @novideoscorp 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +RokviikPlays hmmm. you remind me of my dumbass classmates that whine about their bio teacher not teaching them. ofcourse when i listen to the teacher i learn alot, then we get some exercises that make us study, ofcourse others while the teacher talks about our topic, the others just mumble completely useless shit that they can discuss after school or on breaks.

    • @seanld444
      @seanld444 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +RokviikPlays a recommendation for both you and the other dude, I would recommend not swearing when trying to say you are smart. It is completely counter-argumentative.

    • @novideoscorp
      @novideoscorp 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      if you talk in class with others that your teacher is stupid instead of learning, then you are dumb.if you are learning in class, then you most likely should be doing good at school. you should be doing homework too, dont blame the teachers for teaching you badly or something, blame yourself for not paying attention.

  • @ollierkul
    @ollierkul 6 ปีที่แล้ว +536

    "Wanna join us for a night out?"
    AA: Self destruct
    "Uh, ok, watch a movie?"
    AA: self destruct
    "Ok then, maybe just chat or something? Anything?"
    AA: self destruct
    "I think I'll just leave you alone"
    AA: self destruct

  • @Alfalfa_Male
    @Alfalfa_Male 5 ปีที่แล้ว +492

    Who else watches this video about twice a year just for fun?

    • @djimma5080
      @djimma5080 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Iv watched it a few times

    • @theaniahlator7954
      @theaniahlator7954 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Only twice a year amateur

    • @Shockwave1585
      @Shockwave1585 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Here

    • @taggie_
      @taggie_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      SCIENCE IS ENTERTAINING BUT MY SCIENCE MARKS LIKE TO DEBATE...

    • @blahsomethingclever
      @blahsomethingclever 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me?

  • @ncrnmcn
    @ncrnmcn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    "How sensitive is C2N14?"
    Scientists: Yes.

    • @aynoP4101
      @aynoP4101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂

    • @Vuldyn
      @Vuldyn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      "It will explode at even the slightest provocation. Even verbal."

    • @Graeme_Lastname
      @Graeme_Lastname 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Vuldyn Perhaps they should rename it Putin? 🙂

    • @lilygail5569
      @lilygail5569 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Except you can hit it with a hammer and it doesn't actually explode. It's not that it was super sensitive. It's that they didn't have the equipment required to test sensitivity.

    • @danielpetrus9552
      @danielpetrus9552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      about as sensitive as the average twitter user

  • @kai_yama
    @kai_yama 9 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    He said "The concrete was on fire!" so perfectly, I was laughing 10 minutes straight.

    • @thecometdog8574
      @thecometdog8574 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Kai Yamazawa *If I was writing a story about it happening:* Flames danced upon the concrete ground as it turned into a muck. It burned straight through the concrete, as I watched in panic from a good distance away. Theres no way such a substance could BURN through the concrete, right? I thought as it started burning the gravel underneath, turning it into char. I must be hallucinating...
      *If I saw it in real life:* The concrete was on fire!

  • @Parents_of_Twins
    @Parents_of_Twins 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    When I was in grad school I worked with several different alkyl-thiols. I wanted to do a study on the difference in bonding strength between thiols and selenols but my advisor acted like the selenols were fluoroantimonic acid coated with dimethyl cadmium and wrapped in a chlorine trifluoride. Amazingly he had no issues with me using Hydrofluoric acid and Ammonium Fluoride. About three years after I wanted to do the experiments another group did them and got the publications. Pretty much the story of my grad school career. I would suggest something and be told it wasn't worth doing only to see some other group do it a couple years later and get the publication. I even had one where I had done the work and had the data and was told it wasn't that interesting and about a year later someone published it. It was frustrating to say the least.

    • @alkh3myst
      @alkh3myst ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It sounds like you needed a different advisor

    • @makotonaegi8535
      @makotonaegi8535 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Such is the nature of man. They just don’t see the potential you do. I implore you to pursue your studies and release your publications without concern of those above you I know it’s easier said than done but true progress through science is achieved through brutal trial and error, and defiance of conventional thinking. You may have not got credit for those studies but your line of thinking was right. I wish you the best of luck in your further studies

    • @Parents_of_Twins
      @Parents_of_Twins ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@makotonaegi8535 Thank you. I wish the same for you.

    • @agerven
      @agerven 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, at least you've got all your fingers, nose and whatnot, wanker.

  • @toastbusters7797
    @toastbusters7797 8 ปีที่แล้ว +941

    Let's mix ALL OF THESE TOGETHER!!!

    • @sovietcanadian6978
      @sovietcanadian6978 8 ปีที่แล้ว +144

      melts/explodes through the earth, right to the core

    • @jowsonjgong8303
      @jowsonjgong8303 8 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      +CanadianPhoenix 2B2T and can be smelt throughout the world

    • @altosaxisawesome2507
      @altosaxisawesome2507 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      That would be cool

    • @TheTyrori
      @TheTyrori 8 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      just fuck my shit up, fam.

    • @baranxlr
      @baranxlr 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      +Ryan Arland that's lit af

  • @jamierichardson9981
    @jamierichardson9981 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Spot on with your explanations. I now run a daycare (Which has its own toxins), but I used to be a chemist and I worked with variations on just about everything you talked about. The first company I worked for made antimony products including catalysts and other much more tame products. The second company I worked for made fluoridated polymers and the gases that go into them. The statement about how aggressive fluorine is in attacking your body is absolutely true. And let's just say that any metal can get excited under the right conditions. Not for the faint of heart, or the careless.

  • @daniellee3831
    @daniellee3831 4 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    "We need to evacuate the city before the volcano goes off. Get the thioacetone"

    • @ericrawlins6849
      @ericrawlins6849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Probably the only youtube comment I've actually laughed at.

    • @revolioclockbergjr8482
      @revolioclockbergjr8482 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Lol. It might actually work

    • @Broockle
      @Broockle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I wonder if you can create a chemical equally as potent but that actually smells like Strawberries or something
      ...... and then gene edit skunks to produce that instead of what they normally produce xD

    • @MaddTheSane
      @MaddTheSane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Broockle Hey, I read that webcomic!

    • @Broockle
      @Broockle 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MaddTheSane
      o wat? ;D
      My ideas are always too slow xD
      Which comic is that?

  • @raywang212
    @raywang212 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    7:16
    "compared to other chemicals on the list its like a cute little fluffy bunny..."
    "...if that cute little bunny HAD THE MOST UNGODLY STINK YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE"

  • @hansnielsen4165
    @hansnielsen4165 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    1. Clorine Triflouride 1:29
    2. Aziodazide Azide 3:06
    3. Dimethyl Cadmium 5:12
    4. Thio Acetone. 7:15
    5. Flouroantimonic Acid 8:45

  • @WillSiddall
    @WillSiddall 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I can't believe it's been 7 years and I still come back to watch this

    • @badger6598
      @badger6598 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here...

  • @madyrose1273
    @madyrose1273 7 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    I feel like azidoazide azide is the most relatable chemical to... super sensitive, doesn't want to be touched, gets angry easily, etc.

    • @notmichael8288
      @notmichael8288 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You straight up stole this

    • @mycelia_ow
      @mycelia_ow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Mady Rose, it's a liberal!

    • @jobradovich_0133
      @jobradovich_0133 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mady Rose most relatable to liberals id say

    • @mwbgaming28
      @mwbgaming28 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      its like a snowflake

    • @mwbgaming28
      @mwbgaming28 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Islamic ones do

  • @RodneyWilder
    @RodneyWilder 10 ปีที่แล้ว +531

    When the nazis wouldn't touch it, you know it's bad
    By far one of the best and most amusing scishow episodes yet.

    • @emperorpalpatine9841
      @emperorpalpatine9841 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Mad thumbs, you're an idiot. He killed anyone who was of non-Germanic origin. Ashkenazi Jew is an ethnic race, and he wanted all of to be killed, and wanted the German "Aryans" to rule the world. And the religion of Judaism does not tell to rape people, it had the commandments of rapists to be stoned to death.

    • @madthumbs1564
      @madthumbs1564 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Emperor Palpatine
      Deut 21: '11 if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife. 12 Bring her into your home and have her shave her head, trim her nails 13 and put aside the clothes she was wearing when captured. After she has lived in your house and mourned her father and mother for a full month, then you may go to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife.' -Who is an idiot?

    • @nerevar117
      @nerevar117 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      mad thumbs
      What the fuck kind of shit is this.

    • @madthumbs1564
      @madthumbs1564 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      *****
      A simple quote from Judaism / Christianity.
      response to Eperor Palpatine:
      'Ashkenazi Jew is an ethnic race'
      -Whatever dood. Make up definitions, change meanings, deny deny deny. You're a racist. Judaism and Christianity are racist. It's laid out in their texts. No amount of BS, redefining, name calling like 'anti-semite', etc is going to change that. There is a single race of human; only your racist religion and it's denominations contend otherwise.

    • @the-thane
      @the-thane 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      mad thumbs Look who doesn't actually understand Jewish law. The rapist HAS to marry the victim, he/she is not allowed to say that he/she won't and he/she can't divorce the victim. However, the two marry ONLY IF the victim allows it. Either way, the rapist has to pay a hefty sum, and then they are later killed.
      By the way, this is irrefutable. But argue all you like, if it makes you feel better.

  • @ilexater9556
    @ilexater9556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Hank's energy in this was...
    Explosive.

  • @opesach
    @opesach ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the single best video on TH-cam ever

  • @jaybrown7336
    @jaybrown7336 10 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    THE CONCRETE WAS ON FIRE
    THE CONCRETE WAS ON FIRE
    THE CONCRETE WAS ON FIRE

    • @MySerpentine
      @MySerpentine 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Scary shit, yeah?

    • @teresagomez5133
      @teresagomez5133 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      MySerpentine xon

    • @MySerpentine
      @MySerpentine 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It was too dangerous to kill people with, didn't you hear?

    • @jaybrown7336
      @jaybrown7336 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Blackswordsman6 because it would melt the flame thrower and explode

    • @acehardy3629
      @acehardy3629 9 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Jay Brown The flamethrower, the guy holding the flamethrower and the immediate area around what used to be the guy holding the flamethrower.

  • @shonarts5583
    @shonarts5583 8 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    4:07 "It's too sensitive to measure how sensitive it is"
    Just like me

    • @16976212
      @16976212 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      PKSlowpoke Penis head?

    • @shonarts5583
      @shonarts5583 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Natsu_The Badass Nah, emotions

    • @TheCookieGamer523
      @TheCookieGamer523 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      PKSlowpoke Uncle touched you?

    • @shonarts5583
      @shonarts5583 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Depends on what kind of paper tbh

    • @16976212
      @16976212 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      PKSlowpoke The Paper

  • @33moneyball
    @33moneyball 6 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    German chemistry, pharmacy, and engineering is off the charts good

    • @rusttynail77
      @rusttynail77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @R Mack r/imgoingtohellforthis

    • @idndyzgaming
      @idndyzgaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @R Mack awards for excellence or for destruction? *serious asking*

    • @idndyzgaming
      @idndyzgaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @R Mack had to try it myself huh? At least we know their cars are good

    • @weirnershittler6752
      @weirnershittler6752 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @R Mack The german made alot of legendary stuff, from cars to weapons (the glorious MG42) , countless poisons and nerve toxins , they had the best scientists and engineers, i'm still surprised how they lost the war.

    • @ironicdivinemandatestan4262
      @ironicdivinemandatestan4262 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@weirnershittler6752 Overengineering. They created a prototype double-mag MP-40 instead of just taping mags like a normal person. Also they had a major oil shortage, so most of their fancy gadgets would be dead in the water.

  • @libertadmatos5780
    @libertadmatos5780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Burst into high pitched spontaneous laughter I didn't recognize as my own on the Thiols part. The rest is as entertaining, educational and shocking. One cannot help but to love the delivery.