I have just read some books about the history of alchemy and the best explanation i found was that the base ore used by several alchemists (stibnite) has small amounts of dissolved gold. The alchemical process purifies and separates the gold creating a dark deposit with an upper crust of real pure gold. This seems to be the origin of the lead to gold legend. Actually no gold is created just a separation of already existing gold in the sample
@Rad Derry That sounds like an Egyptian technique from one of their alchemy papyrus: Mix lead dust and gold dust with gum (I'm guessing this looks black). Paint on. When fired the lead burns off, leaving gold plating. Edit: A mix of gold dust & glass dust is used in more modern recipes for pottery glaze.
@W0Y4K gold is always the end goal lol. still remember the first time a person came into the computer shot looking for circuit boards. had to quickly explain how much the chems cost and how little gold is recovered to my boss.
this is the kind of stuff that would have kept me more engaged in chemistry during my school years. just listening to someone drone on about the periodic table and writing down definitions (though important) isnt the best way to get students excited about what theyre learning. great video!
Yea we didn't do a single experiment in science class in all my years of school, and I was in a Very rich area that claimed to be in the top 2% of schools in the country. I think that is like when you realize earning 100k puts you in the top .1% in the US, but you are by no way near what people would consider rich. There are just so few schools that are not crap.
When I was in public school my teacher was talking about the periodic table and how the numbers work and atoms. I said to him, "so if you could find a way to add a proton to an element or take one away you could change it from one element to another?" Some of the kids laughed. The teacher said, "I don't know what you find so funny, that question is what led to nuclear reactors."
Also Technetium. The original versions I have found in numerous books suggest that the three elements for the transmutation of lead into Gold were Mercury, Sulfur and Salt. However through many many books I’ve seen variations where some said you needed a tiny amount of actual gold to seed the process. Others claimed that it was Fools gold used in the process. Also that this process of achieving what they called “The Philosophers Stone” takes some time. Maybe even years of dilution, hydrating and Dehydrating and pulverizing the elements to weaken the atomic structure. The dilution process again was also mixed as I saw Phosphoric Acid and Citric acid and a few other acids. Never saw Nitric Acid however. Finally at some point you reach a certain point and the elements were supposed to be hermetically sealed in rock Crystal and then heated to a high temperature and that process is repeated for some time. Then in the final stage you reach a point where the elements become black but have a rainbow appearance and thus is called “Ravens Wing.” At some point you see a reaction that looks like stars and then it’s supposed to be taken to a dark place and unsealed and the substance is supposed to be kept in the dark. A small piece was supposed to be taken and wrapped in beeswax and then dropped into molten lead. The reaction is supposed o change the lead into gold. The secret they don’t say in all the versions of this formula I read was that if you succeeded in changing the lead into gold. You remove the gold from the crucible and then add water to the crucible and drink it. It’s supposed to make you young again. Some say immortal? Other versions say the water has to be drunk from the rock Crystal the “Ravens Wing” which successfully made gold. Is any of it true? IDK but I read a lot about it over the years. This is one of the stories which were attributed to the story of Compte De Saint Germain. Some say he discovered the secret and his death was never documented. Some claim he’s still alive. Again IDK? However there were also numerous cases of people poisoned by formulas that they thought would extend their lives. But I gathered none of those successfully transmuted lead into gold.
@@Redtailedhawk99 I enjoyed reading this. The murcury sulphur and salt are specific processes. You have to change the plant through each process. Lots of hermetic or Magick books have blinds (fake spells or lies) that can be dangerous to someone who isn't savvy with magick or even been able to find the answers with it. I hate blinds, it's just entitled a**hats who don't want to share knowledge.
Can you imagine just sitting in an early alchemist's lab, no knowledge of the periodic table or really any chemistry, just messing with random ingredients, and suddenly a bunch of gold starts floating around in a jar of what was random crap? Wild.
Unfortunately it wasn't random ingredients nor random crap. Most of these things have names and symbols in alchemy. There were seven metals known then and each was attributed with one of the seven planets/planetary bodies (at the time) and usually refered to as such: Sun - Gold Mercury - Quicksilver Venus - Copper Earth's Moon - Silver Mars - Iron Jupiter - Tin Saturn - Lead This naming system survives even today in the form of mercury where chemists have decided that the planetary name for quicksilver was preferable, as well as "saturnism" (lead poisoning). Alchemy is the precursor to chemistry and it was a lot more structured and planned out than you might think. They still had to be safe in the face of caustics like aqua regis, aqua vitae, and the various vitriols among other acids and bases, after all.
As someone speaking from the point of view of having a degree in anthropology and also an interest in chemistry as a hobby, I find this video very intriguing and entirely plausible. People were experimenting a lot back then, and it is entirely plausible that if these ingredients were available to them, then they could have come up with something like this.
Awesome. Great to see ancient alchemy brought to light, and to show an understanding of how chemistry and it's thinking got started. The techniques described here could have taken place far far in the past, maybe even before the smelting of copper, which is how we generally assume time periods of thought and invention. The wheel didn't even have to exist for this experimental avenue to take place. Fantastic. Keep em coming.
Love the golden snow globe and music. I bet people would really enjoy a whole video of just relaxing music and a beautiful slow-motion display at which to stare, and dream.
as someone who has always had a hard time with chemistry, i found this video extremely engaging as well as easy to follow. i think that you would be excellent at teaching chemistry the way alton brown teaches food science- by getting into the details. great video, great music choice, this was exciting to watch.
Join us. Join us XD Seriously though, I'm glad. Science is a fundamental subject and I am personally of the opinion that it is most important to human progress (if you have any alternatives I'd love to listen, figuratively).
Ryan🔥 I completely agree. He was good until he started to clickbait and make videos everyday. It was obvious at that point that he was just in it for the money.
This video is old enough that you probably won't ever see this comment, but since you asked for historical ideas on it I'll continue to tell the story. I was a chemistry major in college. In Chem 1 the professor showed us a way that it was believed was used to "turn lead into gold". Remembering that during the alchemy days there were 4 elements; Wind (Air), Water, Earth, and Fire. The alchemists would experiment with combining different proportions of them to see what they made. Metals were considered an Earth element. Of course, lead was considered to be very close to gold because of it's weight. I don't remember all of the reagents the professor used, but he started with a penny because copper was also considered an Earth element and to be related to gold because of the similar color. He plated the penny with lead using an aqueous solution. Then he held it with tongs and put it into a flame. The lead and the copper slowly melted enough to make a heavy alloy that looked strikingly like gold. I believe that may have been another experiment that they believed was the transmutation of lead to gold.
I'm familiar with the experiment, I've seen it done with a tin plating to create brass when it's alloyed with the copper of the penny. Styropyro has a short video on it.
It's about as simple a home 'synthesis' as you can get. (Well, if we're going _super internet seekrits_ crazy- TATP would have to be the *most* simple)
Wow...! That ended up looking so pretty, like something you'd see in a snow globe. I especially liked the final bottle you put it in -- I don't know what it's actually called anymore (it's been a few years since high school), but it looks like something you'd pour potions into. Watching the precipitate glitter in the light was so lovely...!
+Anemos Gaming Alchemy was actually more for making tonics and cures for ailments that plagued the people of those times. Early Penicillin was made via a chemical function very much similar to Alchemy. The Philosophers' Stone, or the Blood-Sun Stone, was an idea that would be the Heart of the Gods. Able to create life, destroy it, and enable it to go further. A small piece was completed in 301 BCE and in 1539 via undisclosed documents found in secluded scriptures. A Homunculi was an idea for artificial beings for slavery and testing different poisons and tonics on. Turning base metals into gold was a fool's errand and was not actually successful. The Universal Solvent idea is what made people look more into acids and into natural phenomena. It was actually made in 1433 by an unnamed Scientist accidentally. It corroded through his station and through his leg. It's much more powerful than the acid in your stomach, which is the strongest acid known at the moment. (Hydrochloric acid) I've spent much of my life searching for some of these truths and it seems they _are_ possible. A man has successfully made 2 Homunculi recently and I decided to look back into some of the other items. But the main thing _all_ Alchemists sought after was the *Elixir of Life* It would grant the drinker a sort of 'Immortality' that would increase their lifespans by at least 4 times. This concoction has never been successful and usually ended up in the Alchemists' death due to the ingredients. It is said the Glass Library that H.P. Lovecraft talked about holds the key to making it work as intended but the Glass Library resides in a place that is not easily reached. Its doors are always open to you, just make sure you bring the 'Price of Admittance'.
Xul'gehn Dravein first things first look into super acids we have already discovered a plethora of acids stronger than HCL acid such as the most basic being sulfuric acid and the more complicated ones being fluoroantimonic acid flourosulfuric acid and trifilic acid. Secondly homunoculi are fake. And lastly h p lovecraft was a author who wrote fictional stories.
Xul'gehn Dravein the elixir of life could also be substituted with the philosophers stone and homunculus are real and very easy to create.. USA labs do it all the time for stem cells and growing human organs
The reaction itself may have just been somewhat novis chemistry, but the variation of it was original, and showing how it's can be done with such crude primitive equipment and materials such as seaweed is very amazing. I definitely appreciate the quality of work you put into this and historical recreation in your own back yard. Definitely quality content and this was an amazing video. Thank you for your awesome work.
I am a chemist and interested in history of alchemy and I am assuring you that what you did is just great! It explained too many alchemical symbols and drawings that I could not find an explanation for before. Keep the good work
It was resistant to burning because you ground the seaweed into a powder so there wasn't enough space for air to be present. Sort of like how you can't burn cornstarch, until you blow it out of your mouth with a flame
I have interest in anthropology and I've been studying about witchcraft, alchemy, multiple religions and comparing them to modern day science to see certain similarities. What you did was astonishing and for me it means the first few steps on how humans got to know about chemical reactions, like you said; someone of that era who didn't have the scientific method and little was known about how substances reacted to each other and were not capable of studying their compositions would be easily fooled by this, however it would still cause commotion among the people of that time, it would be like if someone managed to create oil from water using alchemy/chemestry, that would spout a lot of controversy in todays time and could affect the economy greatly. So it would be better to keep it as a secret. Also, one misconception that people have is that alchemy is not only about trying to turn lead into gold or things of the like, it's also about purifying certain substances into their purest form which could have been the grandad of the purification methods we have today, such as filtration and evaporation, just to name a few. It truly makes you think about a lot of things for the future. Could we be able to alter matter in such a way that we could turn a gas into a metal? Just to say something insane, we never know what we could be able to do in the future. Great video! I'll make sure to link it to some people that have the same interest.
@@ronaldinocrosdale7622 it is all over the place, pieces here and there, it has become more difficult in this age, and the distance grows each day, it easy to scrub the web... there is no 'proper' way, but when you feel completely lost, you will know you have begun. The central mystery is transformation. Classical education could be a start...
@Elox I do realize I'm incredibly late to the party, but from reading your comment, You said study. I am currently trying to develop a game which I want to orient along alchemy, problem is: I do know next to nothing about it, except the general idea of it and the fact that it was the predecessor to modern Chemistry. So here my question: any books that you could recommend about Alchemy, Witchcraft (specifically potion's/ potion brewing) or Early medicine?
my point exactly... spends over 75% of video of making stupid word combos and other shit that no one cares about... but it would only take about 3 minutes to do
Hello ! Well personnally i don't understand a lot of things in Alchemy but i find this video very intersting for real, good job ! I d'like to see more videos like that in the futur, i wish you the best for the futur, amazing video :D
I'm guessing you're an anime fan. Also, no offense, but why can you not spell all that well? Are you not natively an English speaker, or dyslexic or just plain suck at English (I am not trying to be rude, I can't detect social queues well if that makes you fell better XD)
I'm french and ? i'm sure i'm gonna laugh if you speak my language lol. and your answer has no interest, i dont' care, nobody's gonna come to congrat you, you're just here for nothing right ?
Yes, that was well done. Covering iron with a layer of copper by dipping a nail into a solution of cuprisulphate is often mentioned as a source of alchymistic ideas. Or fraud. But I think that I prefer this (having made both experiments in my childhood).
Really impressive video !! I like it !! I'm fascinated by your motivation for this kind of project !! You should maybe buy a magnetic stirrer and a vacuum filtration system
I've been researching alchemy for a game I'm working on, and I wish I had found this video a long time ago. The translated alchemy texts are overly verbose and cryptic and this is about as straightforward as you can possibly be with it. This has been VERY helpful.
@@ultramegamighty Cool. I don't have much experience with C based languages because I mostly just make ANSI text RPGs in python, but nevertheless I wish you luck on your game.
"contemporary" alchemists generally believe that the philosophers stone was a metaphorical idea. "Lead to gold" was a metaphor for perfecting the human spirit, based on neo-platonic ideals and the belief that the physical world reflected the spiritual world.
@@thehungrylittlenihilist and never before in scientific history has a scientist used shady methods in order to avoid their experiment funding being cut off. I think the alchemist being able to distinguish it does exactly remove the plausibility of the theory.
I'm pretty sure the Lead to Gold idea was more about the commonality of Lead ( being used for pretty much everything ) and turning it into gold ( a rather rare metal ) it would be the equivalent of growing money on trees.
I love stuff like this! Alchemy is often compared to magic, especially in fantasy stories, though it really was not! Alchemy was the proto-science that lead to modern chemistry. It was based on some semblance of truth, just misunderstood.
That's not what alchemy was. Alchemists were not concerned about learning more about chemistry. Everything was done in secrecy and information sharing was a blunder most of the time. If you want a concret exemple the chemicals bore a wide variety of names. It was a complex system of belief rather fascinating though. It is possible to see a step in the direction of what we call science in the XVII century but as you can see it was a very late development.
Alchemy is Magick. That's where the planetary symbols come from, that's why things are supposed to be made on a certain day. Everything has a sulphur salt and murcury. It's more then just chemistry it's changing physical reality. It's hermetics. 🤦♂️
This was an awesome video man, this absolutely could have sparked alchemy and infact i think its quite likely. That final reaction of the crystals forming in the spherical beaker was astonishingly beautiful and mystifying, it would have absolutely drove common man and kings alike mad.
Love the Lead-iodine-gold connection, this defiantly is an historic possibility. The alchemy of "turning base metals into gold" lies in the Greek and Roman craze for "Corinthian Bronze". Corinthian bronze is a mix of mostly copper, some silver (5%) and a high proportion of gold (25 to 60%). It must be at least 25% gold to take on a true gold color (25% by volume/15% weight gold). It is fabricated or cast, then heated and acid etched three times. The oxidation rust is dissolved off with hot acid salt pickle three times. First black copper, then white silver, then a brownish gold chloride is left, which is burnished to a gold shine causing the metal to look and act like pure gold! At 40-60% gold, the metal melts at 400 degrees lower temperature. It is much harder than pure gold, like bronze, and because of these properties it was sought after. The 5% silver is critical for burnishing, it must be included, but too much softens the metal. Later metal smiths lost the recipe, thus the search for it in the Middle Ages.
Really interesting video. I would like to try this at some point. Great job at explaining each process and the reasoning behind using substitute ingredients. Thanks for the post. :)
1. At the exoteric level this phrase is about literally turning a rusty old lead pipe into a bar of shining gold bullion. This is extremely enticing because it represents the ultimate get rich quick scheme. The profane man is easily motivated by this prospect, but when he finds out that he cannot make gold out of lead he becomes angry. Without understanding the deep meaning of symbols, he simply gives up. The exoteric, literal, materialist meaning is given out to the public to keep them estimating everything in life at face value. Because there is no literal method of turning the base metals into gold, the art of alchemy becomes reduced to a curious relic from the ancient world. It is seen as the foolish work of magicians who lived in ignorance of actual scientific laws. Because most people stick with exoteric understandings the occult remains hidden. 2. The occult meaning of turning the base metals into gold has to do with self-realization, and improvement. It is all about becoming a better, more enlightened person. Base metals, lead, or the Prima Materia of alchemy symbolize a man in his primal state, living in ignorance. By actually recognizing his own faults, and by making the choice to improve upon them, he is slowly raised up to new life. The gold is the light of the sun imbued into the consciousness of the alchemist. A flood of hidden knowledge is revealed, and the world becomes a far different place. Constant change is part of the occult process of alchemy. Throughout life, one dies and is reborn over and over again. So the occult meaning of alchemy is simply self reflection, actualization, and enlightenment. The process itself is catalyzed by symbols. It is through an understanding of ancient symbolism that the alchemist sees the world in a new light. 3. The esoteric interpretation of alchemy is actually a subtle intertwining of both literal and allegorical aspects of symbols. It uses symbolism to describe heavenly ideas/ ideals. These ideas are considered divine inspiration. They represent the blueprint by which the natural world should be remade. By intensely studying nature (with science), and understanding its mysterious processes, the natural progress of evolution can be sped up. Nature takes a very long time to change. With the art of alchemy the process is expedited. An artificial world is created in this way. Life itself is the product of nature, and the true Natural Man seeks to change it according to his own interpretation of ancient symbols. To turn the base metals into gold could be interpreted as altering the base metals, which symbolically represent base (profane) men, by turning them into gold. Because the profane man is forever ignorant, it is the assumed duty of the alchemist to help him along. By turning otherwise useless metals (human beings) into gold (wealth) the alchemical process is put into high gear. Eventually, this Method gives birth to a whole new world. -by Aaron Franz 2011
Linuxpunk81 “Preserve them and guard them, hide them in symbols, so the profane will laugh and renounce. In every land, form ye the mysteries. Make the way hard for the seeker to tread. Thus will the weak and wavering be rejected. Thus will the secrets be hidden and guarded, held till the time when the wheel shall be turned. “ ~ Toth from The Emerald Tablets of Toth the Atlantean.
Jimmy Arce 4 gave itself to fire creating the gateway to your soul. 6 is the gateway to soul Son of the great Sun once yea have wisdom. Safe in the womb of Mother Earth, we continue to return until our vibrational frequency crosses the equatorial plane. See my image. Does it not make sense to travel as light/energy one must vibrate as energy. Without balance entropy would win. Choice is the tuning fork of the soul.
Another note to consider.... It is possible to change lead into gold and it has been done in modern times. Its far to expensive to be worth doing. It wasnt done by alchemical means... Or one could say it is alchemical. However creating gold for profit was not the ultimate goal of alchemy. The very fact that lead can be transmuted to gold by what ever means necessary it substantial evidence of alchemical assumptions being correct. Thus furthur giving credence to many claims regarding nature.. The soul spirit afterlife ECT. No matter how modern science accomplishes the transmutation.. The process would be irrelevent the modus operandi would be irrelevent. What is relevent is that it can be done. Thus proving the alchemists hypothesis.
Very fascinating work! Love how you show each step of the process -- even when things don't go quite as expected. Have to wonder though, even if these materials and substances were technically available to the people who developed alchemy thousands of years ago, is there any realistic reason anyone (not knowing the technical chemistry ), would have ever followed such a specific and complicated series of steps on these materials? Not knocking. Serious question. Is there any reason why someone who was cooking harvested seaweed some millenia ago, might have been using rough lead tools to work that fire, and been treating a wound with crude iodine at the same time? Then the substances accidentally mix?? Hmmmm.....
That depends on the interpretations/information. It seems some say it lit when it contacted water, others say it was able to stay lit while floating on water. Maybe it was a combination of both? I remember watching a mythbusters episode on it but it's been years.
So, is the stuff metallic looking? Can you grow one large crystal of it? Can you melt it? Are there compounds that remain metallic or even metallic looking? So many questions.
if you want very fast filtration, you can try a buchner funnel - its basically a funnel that you can place a piece of filter paper in, and hook it to a vacuum pump and you filter under vacuum ... very easy to make one diy
@B M Sodium/salts exit the body through urine. That's why whenever you have too much sodium you get thirsty; your body wants you to drink more water to dissolve the excess sodium to pee it out.
@B M Wide Putin has the scientific explanation for what I could only confirm in the form of having inadvertently drank my own piss (by virtue of hotel etc parties lol)... I've given but never received a golden shower... So to tie it directly to that, nope, can't confirm at that level 🙃
Wow, you had a great Time,, what you do IS pure fun extra science, the way i love to practice it. Beautiful, Amazing, thrill all along the expérience. Congrats man!
I've seen gold flakes in a vial- it's exactly like you said, even though it's transparent this is still mind-blowing and pretty convincing. Very similar in color and wispiness to gold flake. Knowing that the quality of seaweed (or another iodine absorbing organic material) that would have been used would've likely been of higher quality due to being closer to the source, I wonder if that would've led to an even more convincing reaction. Thanks for making this video! It's got me thinking, if an alchemist timed the meeting with their audience at the right time (night, candle-lit) it would definitely be more convincing. Who knows what historical events have unfolded as a result of someone seeing this reaction in ancient times...
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I have just read some books about the history of alchemy and the best explanation i found was that the base ore used by several alchemists (stibnite) has small amounts of dissolved gold. The alchemical process purifies and separates the gold creating a dark deposit with an upper crust of real pure gold. This seems to be the origin of the lead to gold legend. Actually no gold is created just a separation of already existing gold in the sample
Holy shit... you read books?
@Rad Derry That sounds like an Egyptian technique from one of their alchemy papyrus: Mix lead dust and gold dust with gum (I'm guessing this looks black). Paint on. When fired the lead burns off, leaving gold plating.
Edit: A mix of gold dust & glass dust is used in more modern recipes for pottery glaze.
what's book?
@@dogodogo5891 I second this question, what book?
@W0Y4K gold is always the end goal lol. still remember the first time a person came into the computer shot looking for circuit boards. had to quickly explain how much the chems cost and how little gold is recovered to my boss.
this is the kind of stuff that would have kept me more engaged in chemistry during my school years. just listening to someone drone on about the periodic table and writing down definitions (though important) isnt the best way to get students excited about what theyre learning. great video!
Yea we didn't do a single experiment in science class in all my years of school, and I was in a Very rich area that claimed to be in the top 2% of schools in the country. I think that is like when you realize earning 100k puts you in the top .1% in the US, but you are by no way near what people would consider rich. There are just so few schools that are not crap.
Definitely ❤
@Princess Babydoll Riot John Taylor Gatto, a great author. NY school teacher of the year thrashes public uneducation.
When I was in public school my teacher was talking about the periodic table and how the numbers work and atoms. I said to him, "so if you could find a way to add a proton to an element or take one away you could change it from one element to another?" Some of the kids laughed. The teacher said, "I don't know what you find so funny, that question is what led to nuclear reactors."
ho...
Science is based on questions, without them we wouldn’t be where we are today
Also Technetium. The original versions I have found in numerous books suggest that the three elements for the transmutation of lead into Gold were Mercury, Sulfur and Salt. However through many many books I’ve seen variations where some said you needed a tiny amount of actual gold to seed the process. Others claimed that it was Fools gold used in the process. Also that this process of achieving what they called “The Philosophers Stone” takes some time. Maybe even years of dilution, hydrating and Dehydrating and pulverizing the elements to weaken the atomic structure. The dilution process again was also mixed as I saw Phosphoric Acid and Citric acid and a few other acids. Never saw Nitric Acid however. Finally at some point you reach a certain point and the elements were supposed to be hermetically sealed in rock Crystal and then heated to a high temperature and that process is repeated for some time. Then in the final stage you reach a point where the elements become black but have a rainbow appearance and thus is called “Ravens Wing.” At some point you see a reaction that looks like stars and then it’s supposed to be taken to a dark place and unsealed and the substance is supposed to be kept in the dark. A small piece was supposed to be taken and wrapped in beeswax and then dropped into molten lead. The reaction is supposed o change the lead into gold. The secret they don’t say in all the versions of this formula I read was that if you succeeded in changing the lead into gold. You remove the gold from the crucible and then add water to the crucible and drink it. It’s supposed to make you young again. Some say immortal? Other versions say the water has to be drunk from the rock Crystal the “Ravens Wing” which successfully made gold. Is any of it true? IDK but I read a lot about it over the years. This is one of the stories which were attributed to the story of Compte De Saint Germain. Some say he discovered the secret and his death was never documented. Some claim he’s still alive. Again IDK? However there were also numerous cases of people poisoned by formulas that they thought would extend their lives. But I gathered none of those successfully transmuted lead into gold.
@@Redtailedhawk99 I enjoyed reading this. The murcury sulphur and salt are specific processes. You have to change the plant through each process. Lots of hermetic or Magick books have blinds (fake spells or lies) that can be dangerous to someone who isn't savvy with magick or even been able to find the answers with it. I hate blinds, it's just entitled a**hats who don't want to share knowledge.
@@holdthis_l6157 science is trying to debunk your own theories.
Can you imagine just sitting in an early alchemist's lab, no knowledge of the periodic table or really any chemistry, just messing with random ingredients, and suddenly a bunch of gold starts floating around in a jar of what was random crap?
Wild.
Unfortunately it wasn't random ingredients nor random crap. Most of these things have names and symbols in alchemy.
There were seven metals known then and each was attributed with one of the seven planets/planetary bodies (at the time) and usually refered to as such:
Sun - Gold
Mercury - Quicksilver
Venus - Copper
Earth's Moon - Silver
Mars - Iron
Jupiter - Tin
Saturn - Lead
This naming system survives even today in the form of mercury where chemists have decided that the planetary name for quicksilver was preferable, as well as "saturnism" (lead poisoning).
Alchemy is the precursor to chemistry and it was a lot more structured and planned out than you might think. They still had to be safe in the face of caustics like aqua regis, aqua vitae, and the various vitriols among other acids and bases, after all.
@@kyokoyumi I was kinda making a joke, but that's super interesting
@@kyokoyumi But what about before that system was created, it probably was just mixing stuff randomly and finding an unexpected result
@The Study obviously, particle accelerators
@The Study did i ask
As a wizard, I can confirm that the king was indeed fooled by my alchemy craft.
may i borrow your grimoire?
@@tombirmingham7033 just get 69 gold coins from the minions at the big cave and trade 69 gold coins for one from the shop down the path
@@poyrikkanal lol
@@poyrikkanal if everybody did that they would stop paying so much its basic economics
It's true, i was the king 🤴
As someone speaking from the point of view of having a degree in anthropology and also an interest in chemistry as a hobby, I find this video very intriguing and entirely plausible. People were experimenting a lot back then, and it is entirely plausible that if these ingredients were available to them, then they could have come up with something like this.
The way he holds the beakers while talking to camera really makes it look like he's about to take a swig
I thought I was the only one lol
Chug! Chug! Chug!
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Really interesing experiment. I can see a lot of thought went into this video. I was very impressed with the results.
We need more comments on this
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Yall think back in the day alchemist ordered ground seaweed online?
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@@Original-Phantom I don’t see your point?
Awesome. Great to see ancient alchemy brought to light, and to show an understanding of how chemistry and it's thinking got started. The techniques described here could have taken place far far in the past, maybe even before the smelting of copper, which is how we generally assume time periods of thought and invention. The wheel didn't even have to exist for this experimental avenue to take place. Fantastic. Keep em coming.
Love the golden snow globe and music. I bet people would really enjoy a whole video of just relaxing music and a beautiful slow-motion display at which to stare, and dream.
as someone who has always had a hard time with chemistry, i found this video extremely engaging as well as easy to follow. i think that you would be excellent at teaching chemistry the way alton brown teaches food science- by getting into the details. great video, great music choice, this was exciting to watch.
Join us. Join us XD
Seriously though, I'm glad. Science is a fundamental subject and I am personally of the opinion that it is most important to human progress (if you have any alternatives I'd love to listen, figuratively).
MiauxCatterie They didn't teach us chemestry at all
I miss Good Eats.
The music just makes this video 100% better
"How do you turn lead into gold?"
War. Sell lead bullets for money.
@International Man Of Mystery i think i like this option better
Damn, Hellsing Ultimate vibes
@International Man Of Mystery only the old wealth not the new wealth. the new wealth are the self made guys and we need them!
Most underrated comment ever!
@@dustinmann7031
Agreed,
It needs pinning buddy😉👍
Thank you for being a non click bait king of random
ETM654 amen to that
King of Random used to be so good... it’s a shame
I miss the homemade king of random. Now it feels like a business.
well I have to disagree, King of Random summorizes better and speaks more the language I do if that makes sense
Ryan🔥 I completely agree. He was good until he started to clickbait and make videos everyday. It was obvious at that point that he was just in it for the money.
Wow!! This was really awesome. I was surprised how easy it was to make this reaction. I'm thinking about giving this a go myself!!
Scoop Science same
I think you did a job well done,i enjoy the chemistry you have when you present each procedure, its not complicated...
Right on. Keep the videos coming. I believe a lot of people like your presentations. Definitely.😊
That ‘lead’ into the start of alchemy
john sears this comment is underrated...
john sears *ba-dum-tss*
john sears this comment is *gold*
john sears Ahhhhhhhh ..., report for writing duty at How It's Made first thing tomorrow morning.
apollo launched wow, what a *hard* sentence you made. But this comment is *thick*
Quit holding everything like you're about to drink it, you're just getting my hopes up for nothing
Chewy V I was looking for a comment like this
True
That would actually kill him, or at least make him very ill. Most of what he is working with is lead.
Templarfreak thatsthejoke.png
you think alchemy is a fucking game??? we're making fucking gold here, god dammit
This video is old enough that you probably won't ever see this comment, but since you asked for historical ideas on it I'll continue to tell the story. I was a chemistry major in college. In Chem 1 the professor showed us a way that it was believed was used to "turn lead into gold". Remembering that during the alchemy days there were 4 elements; Wind (Air), Water, Earth, and Fire. The alchemists would experiment with combining different proportions of them to see what they made. Metals were considered an Earth element. Of course, lead was considered to be very close to gold because of it's weight. I don't remember all of the reagents the professor used, but he started with a penny because copper was also considered an Earth element and to be related to gold because of the similar color. He plated the penny with lead using an aqueous solution. Then he held it with tongs and put it into a flame. The lead and the copper slowly melted enough to make a heavy alloy that looked strikingly like gold. I believe that may have been another experiment that they believed was the transmutation of lead to gold.
I'm familiar with the experiment, I've seen it done with a tin plating to create brass when it's alloyed with the copper of the penny. Styropyro has a short video on it.
Pfff , the internet is near perpetual besides when we fall and the systems erode .
The origins are satanic. It's in the Kabbalah.
He would be a badass teacher
Teacher by day, meth cook by night
Dulfinz pours water into a pot, meth comes out the bottom.100% casual
I wish meth wasn't so bad nor illegal nor a drug because I would love to try its synthesis, but you know, I enjoy living and not being in prison so...
It's about as simple a home 'synthesis' as you can get. (Well, if we're going _super internet seekrits_ crazy- TATP would have to be the *most* simple)
chloroform is also pretty simple
This video was quite enjoyable even though I have no intention of recreating this experiment. Great video as always.
Most underrated channel on TH-cam. Should be in classrooms for real.
Wow...! That ended up looking so pretty, like something you'd see in a snow globe. I especially liked the final bottle you put it in -- I don't know what it's actually called anymore (it's been a few years since high school), but it looks like something you'd pour potions into. Watching the precipitate glitter in the light was so lovely...!
Thats a florence flask.
the main goals of and alchemist are
1. philosophers stone
2. make a living homunculus
3. turn base metals into gold
4. universal solvent
Anemos Gaming a universal solvent that doesn't dissolve glass. That way you could cary it around.
+Anemos Gaming
Alchemy was actually more for making tonics and cures for ailments that plagued the people of those times.
Early Penicillin was made via a chemical function very much similar to Alchemy.
The Philosophers' Stone, or the Blood-Sun Stone, was an idea that would be the Heart of the Gods. Able to create life, destroy it, and enable it to go further. A small piece was completed in 301 BCE and in 1539 via undisclosed documents found in secluded scriptures.
A Homunculi was an idea for artificial beings for slavery and testing different poisons and tonics on.
Turning base metals into gold was a fool's errand and was not actually successful.
The Universal Solvent idea is what made people look more into acids and into natural phenomena. It was actually made in 1433 by an unnamed Scientist accidentally. It corroded through his station and through his leg. It's much more powerful than the acid in your stomach, which is the strongest acid known at the moment. (Hydrochloric acid)
I've spent much of my life searching for some of these truths and it seems they _are_ possible. A man has successfully made 2 Homunculi recently and I decided to look back into some of the other items.
But the main thing _all_ Alchemists sought after was the *Elixir of Life*
It would grant the drinker a sort of 'Immortality' that would increase their lifespans by at least 4 times. This concoction has never been successful and usually ended up in the Alchemists' death due to the ingredients.
It is said the Glass Library that H.P. Lovecraft talked about holds the key to making it work as intended but the Glass Library resides in a place that is not easily reached. Its doors are always open to you, just make sure you bring the 'Price of Admittance'.
Well I did 2 and 3
Xul'gehn Dravein first things first look into super acids we have already discovered a plethora of acids stronger than HCL acid such as the most basic being sulfuric acid and the more complicated ones being fluoroantimonic acid flourosulfuric acid and trifilic acid. Secondly homunoculi are fake. And lastly h p lovecraft was a author who wrote fictional stories.
Xul'gehn Dravein the elixir of life could also be substituted with the philosophers stone and homunculus are real and very easy to create.. USA labs do it all the time for stem cells and growing human organs
The reaction itself may have just been somewhat novis chemistry, but the variation of it was original, and showing how it's can be done with such crude primitive equipment and materials such as seaweed is very amazing. I definitely appreciate the quality of work you put into this and historical recreation in your own back yard. Definitely quality content and this was an amazing video. Thank you for your awesome work.
"After literally a countless hour searching, I finally have it! Gold, purest gold!"
"Percy... It's green."
“Could it be true? That i hold here, in my mortal hands, a nugget of purest green”
12:00 I keep thinking "he's drinking it! oh no! he's drinking it!" lol
Pablo Carnovale Just an homage to CodysLab ;)
Cody is like a proper mad scientist xD
Hahhaha I thought the same exactly
yepp i thought the same >.
One of the most beautiful experiments I've ever seen wow
This video was perfect, that footage of the crystals in the vile was AMAIZING
I am a chemist and interested in history of alchemy and I am assuring you that what you did is just great! It explained too many alchemical symbols and drawings that I could not find an explanation for before. Keep the good work
Here you go: ) kymiaarts as excellent info on true alchemical processes
Try the wordless book. 1500s
@@stev838 is it called "the wordless book" or is it a nickname?
@@grimesresurrection9357 you
May get my response I posted it but it can not be found Have to try agin
I’ll try to post agin. It appears it was removed
An impressive experiment. I didn't expect such a vivid colour and strong reaction. Interesting. Well done.
It was resistant to burning because you ground the seaweed into a powder so there wasn't enough space for air to be present. Sort of like how you can't burn cornstarch, until you blow it out of your mouth with a flame
Always wanted to try that trick, but fire breathing does not mix well with long hair XD
I have interest in anthropology and I've been studying about witchcraft, alchemy, multiple religions and comparing them to modern day science to see certain similarities.
What you did was astonishing and for me it means the first few steps on how humans got to know about chemical reactions, like you said; someone of that era who didn't have the scientific method and little was known about how substances reacted to each other and were not capable of studying their compositions would be easily fooled by this, however it would still cause commotion among the people of that time, it would be like if someone managed to create oil from water using alchemy/chemestry, that would spout a lot of controversy in todays time and could affect the economy greatly. So it would be better to keep it as a secret.
Also, one misconception that people have is that alchemy is not only about trying to turn lead into gold or things of the like, it's also about purifying certain substances into their purest form which could have been the grandad of the purification methods we have today, such as filtration and evaporation, just to name a few.
It truly makes you think about a lot of things for the future. Could we be able to alter matter in such a way that we could turn a gas into a metal? Just to say something insane, we never know what we could be able to do in the future.
Great video! I'll make sure to link it to some people that have the same interest.
How does one go about studying this world properly, sorry i didnt know how to word my question
@@ronaldinocrosdale7622 it is all over the place, pieces here and there, it has become more difficult in this age, and the distance grows each day, it easy to scrub the web... there is no 'proper' way, but when you feel completely lost, you will know you have begun. The central mystery is transformation. Classical education could be a start...
@@ProfessorToadstool Absolutely my friend
We already have the technology to turn a gas into a metal. It's just not widely useful.
@Elox I do realize I'm incredibly late to the party, but from reading your comment, You said study. I am currently trying to develop a game which I want to orient along alchemy, problem is: I do know next to nothing about it, except the general idea of it and the fact that it was the predecessor to modern Chemistry. So here my question: any books that you could recommend about Alchemy, Witchcraft (specifically potion's/ potion brewing) or Early medicine?
I like the consistent clarity of your words. It's reliable.
I love your videos man! So informative and entertaining, high quality! Keep up the amazing content!
Nighthawkinlight wears gloves while touching lead, Cody dips his hands in mercury and nitric acid
Great job. First of your videos I watched. Fascinating and I liked how you did your best to stick to ancient alchemy. Beautiful result.
I don't think I blinked for the last twenty minutes! You have blown my mind!
he looks like he would be a bartender in the 1900's
I can’t tell if that’s a compliment or an insult
yes
Or an old timey Ted Cruz barber
He is. The time machine is covered in another video.
@@ryanincro17 just hot Ted Cruz.
Yeah. I really liked it. That was mind-blowing! You're my hero. Bravo good sir!
yes. make a new show called. "ancient alchemy busters."
holdmybeer nah, thunderfoot is the ultimate buster
The Chemical Workshop thunder foot is a bitch thou.. just saying
The Chemical Workshop SOLAR FREKING THORIUM POWERED WATER GENERATION HYPERLOOP SELF FILLING ROADWAYS
my point exactly... spends over 75% of video of making stupid word combos and other shit that no one cares about... but it would only take about 3 minutes to do
Don't you mean 'ankshent'
Hello ! Well personnally i don't understand a lot of things in Alchemy but i find this video very intersting for real, good job ! I d'like to see more videos like that in the futur, i wish you the best for the futur, amazing video :D
I'm guessing you're an anime fan. Also, no offense, but why can you not spell all that well? Are you not natively an English speaker, or dyslexic or just plain suck at English (I am not trying to be rude, I can't detect social queues well if that makes you fell better XD)
I'm french and ? i'm sure i'm gonna laugh if you speak my language lol. and your answer has no interest, i dont' care, nobody's gonna come to congrat you, you're just here for nothing right ?
Caleb Griffin feel*.... Check yourself before you correct other
Calm down ladies
Yes, that was well done. Covering iron with a layer of copper by dipping a nail into a solution of cuprisulphate is often mentioned as a source of alchymistic ideas. Or fraud. But I think that I prefer this (having made both experiments in my childhood).
I was 100% sure it was a NileRed video
Same, I only looked at the thumbnail and was super surprised when I saw nighthawkinlight
Ikr the background and the glass is the same
Omer Magen the exact same thing happened to me
Me too......
Yeah, I just watched some NileRed last night, including a bunch about Lead acetate. Those crystals are also nice looking.
I really love these types of videos! Its neat to see the whole process from raw material to chemistry.
Miss seeing you on APC and Pyroguide man. Still happy to see you making awesome content!
I suddenly regret never taking a chemistry class
hated our chemistry class our teacher was super smart he just didnt trust any of us to not catch the place on fire so we never got to do anything.
As someone who's taken several high school and college chem classes, it is no where near as fun as this when you are learning in a setting like that
My teachers actually ruined chemistry for me, as they weren't very good at explaining things and they never knew how to make things interesting
We only did theory. Helps me understand the world a bit better, but was NOT fun cramming it all
Imagine not being offered it
Really impressive video !! I like it !! I'm fascinated by your motivation for this kind of project !!
You should maybe buy a magnetic stirrer and a vacuum filtration system
your English isn't that bad I wouldn't have realized the difference if you didnt mention it
DA City this was supposed to use ancient methods, which vacuum filtration and a magnetic stirrer isn't
hi
sorry for my bad english
I wish I wasn't 4 years late to this party. Absolutely incredible job!
At least you're not 5 years late.
You're a wizard, Harry...
Critical Eats Japan na thats bruce banner
I'ma a what
Critical Eats Japan you're a harry, wizard
This is my first time watching this guy??? His names Harry? Oh Man that joke was "pure gold".... [crickets]
Truly, more than people know.
You should sell snow globes with the stuff
Kydrou Kair Renner Oudre that would be a bad idea. Imagine if someone dropped it. You would have lead iodide everywhere.
@@Oystercaulk don't drop it
Shayne Hughes wow i never really thought about it like that lol
Great idea 👍
Fakas Crip
Build it out of plastic instead of glass
what a stunningly beautiful result in the flask at the end, all those sparkles in the clear\white part, just floating there weightless. so pretty!
I've been researching alchemy for a game I'm working on, and I wish I had found this video a long time ago. The translated alchemy texts are overly verbose and cryptic and this is about as straightforward as you can possibly be with it. This has been VERY helpful.
How's the game coming along?
@@terranovarubacha5473 hit a few roadblocks but still creeping along slowly.
@@ultramegamighty any update on the game? also what programing language are you using?
@@zapmansi107 up to prototyping, and using C# with the Unity engine.
@@ultramegamighty Cool. I don't have much experience with C based languages because I mostly just make ANSI text RPGs in python, but nevertheless I wish you luck on your game.
Excellent work, what a beautiful result! Thanks for the demonstration, professor.
Well this is the second time I have watched this video 3 years apart I still find it interesting i would love to see more like this if possible
"contemporary" alchemists generally believe that the philosophers stone was a metaphorical idea. "Lead to gold" was a metaphor for perfecting the human spirit, based on neo-platonic ideals and the belief that the physical world reflected the spiritual world.
Also, medieval alchemists would have had access to aqua regia, and would have known whether or not they had made gold.
Both can be done
@@thehungrylittlenihilist and never before in scientific history has a scientist used shady methods in order to avoid their experiment funding being cut off.
I think the alchemist being able to distinguish it does exactly remove the plausibility of the theory.
Really interesting experiment - I'd never seen this one before, and it was beautiful to see the end result.
That rain was beautiful.
You did a great job bro with minimal ingredients 👌👌
I'm pretty sure the Lead to Gold idea was more about the commonality of Lead ( being used for pretty much everything ) and turning it into gold ( a rather rare metal ) it would be the equivalent of growing money on trees.
Ugh that result is so magical looking!! Definitely looks just like gold!!
Thanks bro for a wonderful experiment. I understand lot of things. Thanks 👍👌
I love stuff like this! Alchemy is often compared to magic, especially in fantasy stories, though it really was not! Alchemy was the proto-science that lead to modern chemistry.
It was based on some semblance of truth, just misunderstood.
The grandfather of science really, its amazing
That's not what alchemy was. Alchemists were not concerned about learning more about chemistry. Everything was done in secrecy and information sharing was a blunder most of the time. If you want a concret exemple the chemicals bore a wide variety of names. It was a complex system of belief rather fascinating though.
It is possible to see a step in the direction of what we call science in the XVII century but as you can see it was a very late development.
Alchemy is Magick. That's where the planetary symbols come from, that's why things are supposed to be made on a certain day. Everything has a sulphur salt and murcury. It's more then just chemistry it's changing physical reality. It's hermetics. 🤦♂️
u r blind.
Science is magic
This was an awesome video man, this absolutely could have sparked alchemy and infact i think its quite likely. That final reaction of the crystals forming in the spherical beaker was astonishingly beautiful and mystifying, it would have absolutely drove common man and kings alike mad.
I like how 2lb of seaweed weighs in at 9 KG in other parts of the world.
Ha ha ha, you beat me to it!
Fenrir earth isn't a perfect sphere!!!1!1!1
I think that they actually meant .9 kg
It is about 9 hectograms, you can see how someone might get confused.
.9
Every time you held a beaker up inside it looked like you were going to drink it
Love the Lead-iodine-gold connection, this defiantly is an historic possibility. The alchemy of "turning base metals into gold" lies in the Greek and Roman craze for "Corinthian Bronze". Corinthian bronze is a mix of mostly copper, some silver (5%) and a high proportion of gold (25 to 60%). It must be at least 25% gold to take on a true gold color (25% by volume/15% weight gold). It is fabricated or cast, then heated and acid etched three times. The oxidation rust is dissolved off with hot acid salt pickle three times. First black copper, then white silver, then a brownish gold chloride is left, which is burnished to a gold shine causing the metal to look and act like pure gold! At 40-60% gold, the metal melts at 400 degrees lower temperature. It is much harder than pure gold, like bronze, and because of these properties it was sought after. The 5% silver is critical for burnishing, it must be included, but too much softens the metal. Later metal smiths lost the recipe, thus the search for it in the Middle Ages.
Really interesting video. I would like to try this at some point. Great job at explaining each process and the reasoning behind using substitute ingredients. Thanks for the post. :)
Great video!
That shot of the golden rain suspended in the beaker is awesome!
1. At the exoteric level this phrase is about literally turning a rusty old lead pipe into a bar of shining gold bullion. This is extremely enticing because it represents the ultimate get rich quick scheme. The profane man is easily motivated by this prospect, but when he finds out that he cannot make gold out of lead he becomes angry. Without understanding the deep meaning of symbols, he simply gives up. The exoteric, literal, materialist meaning is given out to the public to keep them estimating everything in life at face value. Because there is no literal method of turning the base metals into gold, the art of alchemy becomes reduced to a curious relic from the ancient world. It is seen as the foolish work of magicians who lived in ignorance of actual scientific laws. Because most people stick with exoteric understandings the occult remains hidden.
2. The occult meaning of turning the base metals into gold has to do with self-realization, and improvement. It is all about becoming a better, more enlightened person. Base metals, lead, or the Prima Materia of alchemy symbolize a man in his primal state, living in ignorance. By actually recognizing his own faults, and by making the choice to improve upon them, he is slowly raised up to new life. The gold is the light of the sun imbued into the consciousness of the alchemist. A flood of hidden knowledge is revealed, and the world becomes a far different place. Constant change is part of the occult process of alchemy. Throughout life, one dies and is reborn over and over again. So the occult meaning of alchemy is simply self reflection, actualization, and enlightenment. The process itself is catalyzed by symbols. It is through an understanding of ancient symbolism that the alchemist sees the world in a new light.
3. The esoteric interpretation of alchemy is actually a subtle intertwining of both literal and allegorical aspects of symbols. It uses symbolism to describe heavenly ideas/ ideals. These ideas are considered divine inspiration. They represent the blueprint by which the natural world should be remade. By intensely studying nature (with science), and understanding its mysterious processes, the natural progress of evolution can be sped up. Nature takes a very long time to change. With the art of alchemy the process is expedited. An artificial world is created in this way. Life itself is the product of nature, and the true Natural Man seeks to change it according to his own interpretation of ancient symbols. To turn the base metals into gold could be interpreted as altering the base metals, which symbolically represent base (profane) men, by turning them into gold. Because the profane man is forever ignorant, it is the assumed duty of the alchemist to help him along. By turning otherwise useless metals (human beings) into gold (wealth) the alchemical process is put into high gear. Eventually, this Method gives birth to a whole new world. -by Aaron Franz 2011
Linuxpunk81 “Preserve them and guard them,
hide them in symbols,
so the profane will laugh and renounce.
In every land, form ye the mysteries.
Make the way hard for the seeker to tread.
Thus will the weak and wavering be rejected.
Thus will the secrets be hidden and guarded,
held till the time when the wheel shall be turned. “ ~ Toth from The Emerald Tablets of Toth the Atlantean.
Jimmy Arce
3,4,5,6,7,8,9 I can call you by name!
Inward Answers Why do I keep coming back to this realm?
Jimmy Arce
4 gave itself to fire creating the gateway to your soul.
6 is the gateway to soul
Son of the great Sun once yea have wisdom.
Safe in the womb of Mother Earth, we continue to return until our vibrational frequency crosses the equatorial plane. See my image.
Does it not make sense to travel as light/energy one must vibrate as energy. Without balance entropy would win.
Choice is the tuning fork of the soul.
Another note to consider.... It is possible to change lead into gold and it has been done in modern times. Its far to expensive to be worth doing. It wasnt done by alchemical means... Or one could say it is alchemical.
However creating gold for profit was not the ultimate goal of alchemy. The very fact that lead can be transmuted to gold by what ever means necessary it substantial evidence of alchemical assumptions being correct. Thus furthur giving credence to many claims regarding nature.. The soul spirit afterlife ECT.
No matter how modern science accomplishes the transmutation.. The process would be irrelevent the modus operandi would be irrelevent. What is relevent is that it can be done. Thus proving the alchemists hypothesis.
every time he holds up that beaker, i feel like he is going to drink it.
This is so cool, I absolutely love your content
Very fascinating work! Love how you show each step of the process -- even when things don't go quite as expected.
Have to wonder though, even if these materials and substances were technically available to the people who developed alchemy thousands of years ago, is there any realistic reason anyone (not knowing the technical chemistry ), would have ever followed such a specific and complicated series of steps on these materials?
Not knocking. Serious question. Is there any reason why someone who was cooking harvested seaweed some millenia ago, might have been using rough lead tools to work that fire, and been treating a wound with crude iodine at the same time? Then the substances accidentally mix??
Hmmmm.....
People experimented at the time. Thousands of curious individuals just mixing shit to see what happened.
Just people being people, huh? I like that.
18:44 "This is clearly lead iodite"
... sir, I'm hungry now. It looks like the mixture I do for making omelettes.
IodIDE
@@MadScientist267 English is not my first language :) ♫ hooked on phonics worked for me. Thanks for the pointer.
I always enjoy watching your videos. You do a great job at it. Well done.
u look abit like will wheaton
but iam also a stoner... :/
Hwill Hweaton
cool HWIP
Looks more like Ted Cruz.
Eric Wilsey NightHawk is much better looking than Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz looks like Martin Shkreli after a bad childhood.
I remember seeing an experiment that made water burn, I always thought that could have lead to the idea of greek fire
Ryan Hudson like pooring pure/metallic alcaline metals on it?
That depends on the interpretations/information. It seems some say it lit when it contacted water, others say it was able to stay lit while floating on water. Maybe it was a combination of both? I remember watching a mythbusters episode on it but it's been years.
Alexis Harper or just oil
Trippy. Just started watching your videos and they got me hooked for sure.
so this is that golden shower thing my sister was talking about on the phone i guess.... glad to see she's interested in chemistry
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@@mischieftooly4627 I don't get it, mind if you explain what's the pun?
Look it up on pornhub bruh just gotta say that of you really wanna know
@@NiffirgkcaJ look it up
@@mischieftooly4627 ahh
So, is the stuff metallic looking? Can you grow one large crystal of it? Can you melt it? Are there compounds that remain metallic or even metallic looking? So many questions.
if you want very fast filtration, you can try a buchner funnel - its basically a funnel that you can place a piece of filter paper in, and hook it to a vacuum pump and you filter under vacuum ... very easy to make one diy
This gives a whole other meaning to golden shower!
Damn you
It's a snowglobe at the begining
This video is one of those rare gold nuggets one finds on TH-cam. Thanks.
Warning: When a man says that he is going to give a golden shower. It is not golden rain.
Definitely not nearly as sweet
@@MadScientist267 Much saltier
@B M Sodium/salts exit the body through urine. That's why whenever you have too much sodium you get thirsty; your body wants you to drink more water to dissolve the excess sodium to pee it out.
@B M Wide Putin has the scientific explanation for what I could only confirm in the form of having inadvertently drank my own piss (by virtue of hotel etc parties lol)... I've given but never received a golden shower... So to tie it directly to that, nope, can't confirm at that level 🙃
yes yes golden rain
everyone immediately thinks of alchemy when they hear "golden rain" and nothing else
p
What are you thinking about?
Wow, you had a great Time,, what you do IS pure fun extra science, the way i love to practice it. Beautiful, Amazing, thrill all along the expérience. Congrats man!
You look like starlord
Like Will Wheaton meets Starlord.
OMG!!!!!😲😲
What is the beginning music called?
I've watched quite a few videos, including the wood gas series.
I'm gonna subscribe now because I like your work, but I very much love my home state
"golden rain"... i thought i clicked on the wrong website for a moment there... then realized it was for youtube and not another website
haha like peepee
Nah, man, you're thinking of Cody's Lab.
The first thing that came to my head when I look at the videos title was FMA lol
Pronyx Same. I thought I was the only one I bet this would be useful for Ed
Weeb
I've seen gold flakes in a vial- it's exactly like you said, even though it's transparent this is still mind-blowing and pretty convincing. Very similar in color and wispiness to gold flake. Knowing that the quality of seaweed (or another iodine absorbing organic material) that would have been used would've likely been of higher quality due to being closer to the source, I wonder if that would've led to an even more convincing reaction. Thanks for making this video!
It's got me thinking, if an alchemist timed the meeting with their audience at the right time (night, candle-lit) it would definitely be more convincing. Who knows what historical events have unfolded as a result of someone seeing this reaction in ancient times...
More like Golden Shower
Titan Senpai thats a different thing but... Do you want one?
Kepkaaa This comment was required, there is a comment about a golden shower in every golden rain video.
Titan Senpai do you like that
Titan Senpai is that a German thing?
Kippenkop Kuikenei ask your mother, she can better explain it
The music in the beginning sounds like the one in the skyrim loading screen
Yes it does.
not really, sounds more like the map screen music on Mass Effect 2, but i do want to know what it is.
But we all know it should have been something from Fullmetal Alchemist instead
It's awesome. I wouldn't really say it sounds THAT similar to Uncharted Worlds though.
Great! Very impressive to see worked up from raw ingredients. My favorite type of chemistry as familiar transforms to isolates.
Are you going to do the #humanpoweredpvcwarhornchalange
No I've already made an air horn video. th-cam.com/video/iIoWuCM0IHo/w-d-xo.html
NightHawkInLight ok, wow you replied realy fast
nice it looks awsome and beautiful
That was the most beautiful chemistry experiments I've ever seen!!
This man is gonna get old one day and grow a big grey beard and be the best Santa Claus lookalike ever
Orange Juice is artificial.
Artificial =/= bad
Well it's artificial, and they put a ton of sugar
Sugar is natural tho, so that just makes it healthy! (going by the "artificial = bad" idea)
Arsenic is natural too! We should start eating arsenic.
hippiechickie18 have you considered a lovely uranium smoothy yet? I have heard it pairs wonderfully with the arsenic.