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  • A brand new video on the element Arsenic.
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    Featuring Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Neil Barnes.
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  • @The12hugo
    @The12hugo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3000

    “It tastes like sugar” I’m very sorry for the first man who discovered this lol

    • @Xirpzy
      @Xirpzy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +325

      "I must say, your wallpaper tastes really sweet."

    • @shelbysteiner
      @shelbysteiner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      @@Xirpzy The schnozzberries taste like schnozzberries!

    • @choosefreedom4725
      @choosefreedom4725 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      How did that go down? "It tastes like sug..." dies*

    • @tommytallgren620
      @tommytallgren620 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      I feel sorry about the second man, he who did not belive the first man.

    • @raymondhoyland61
      @raymondhoyland61 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Xirpzy me

  • @andrewchapman2039
    @andrewchapman2039 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2393

    "I have two favourite stories about poisoning."
    I have no doubt that this man would be everyone's favourite chemistry teacher.

    • @mamupelu565
      @mamupelu565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I could hear his stories all day

    • @strawbrryfld1
      @strawbrryfld1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Andrew Chapman Definitely !

    • @adamabele785
      @adamabele785 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I had in a way a very similar chemistry teacher. He could tell endless stories about countless encounters with different substances, about guys that got mercure poisoning or explosions and things that went wrong. But for sure we learned more about the nature and dangers of substances from his stories than from any of the books. One of his favorite sayings was: I´ts chemistry when it bangs and stinks. He was a scientist as well and had a degree.

    • @pd6556
      @pd6556 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I just love chemistry. And this man is helping me in so many ways. He's my online chemistry teacher,I mean this channel.😁

    • @ThatBigBlackClock
      @ThatBigBlackClock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I have him for my "topics of inorganic chemistry" module and have to say he is very oldschool and doesnt believe in powerpoints, but leads very entertaining and interesting lectures haha

  • @FluppiLP
    @FluppiLP 4 ปีที่แล้ว +815

    "I got bored and went out" - always the scientist :D

    • @mattlogue1300
      @mattlogue1300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yep

    • @the_birthday_skeleton
      @the_birthday_skeleton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I cracked up so hard when he said that

    • @Masden-
      @Masden- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@mattlogue1300 nice job adding nothing to say

    • @andrewbreding593
      @andrewbreding593 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      6:46 : "I was really excited 😆 I was allowed to chop up the zinc! 🥳" What a treasure

    • @nodical802
      @nodical802 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Masden- nice job being a douche for no apparent reason

  • @KdetJim
    @KdetJim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +669

    14:32 “everything else was distributed around the lab”
    Probably the most low-key way to describe an explosion. 😂
    “You blew up the lab!!”
    “No. I just distributed the apparatus around the lab”

    • @sakkek5349
      @sakkek5349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cos why make it such a big number, cos its already happened. And shouting about it , wont change a thing..😊. Short of clever way to make things straight.

    • @TheSonicWafflez
      @TheSonicWafflez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Sounds like a line from a Douglas Adams book. "The experiment decided to suddenly and violently distribute itself around the lab" XD

    • @dmka12
      @dmka12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Elon Musk would refer to it as a RUD - Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

    • @VintageTechFan
      @VintageTechFan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "I moved our experiment into the Cloud."

    • @mattlogue1300
      @mattlogue1300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What happened to chemist? Was he likewise finely distributed amongst the lab?

  • @Jackismycopilot
    @Jackismycopilot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3292

    "People used it to get rid of their lovers, their wives, or just AWKWARD PEOPLE." hahahahaha

    • @dizzze
      @dizzze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      I prefer "i've got 2 stories about poisoning, BOTH OF THEM ARE TRUE"

    • @tayet6875
      @tayet6875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      JackIsMyCopilot
      *laughs awkwardly *
      Oh no!

    • @whateverppl1229
      @whateverppl1229 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      "you seem awkward, would you like some sugar?"

    • @williamsquires3070
      @williamsquires3070 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      dizzzer adventure - it’s probably to the benefit of “awkward people” that forensic science has caught up, or there’d be a lot fewer of us!

    • @otakuribo
      @otakuribo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      **feels personally threatened*

  • @ryanpenrod1859
    @ryanpenrod1859 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2259

    "He always claimed he was innocent, but when he was arrested he had a packet of arsenic in his pocket."
    Smooth.

    • @80cardcolumn
      @80cardcolumn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      He claimed "That's not mine."

    • @alphonsokurukuchu
      @alphonsokurukuchu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      someone is framing me!

    • @Lightning_Lance
      @Lightning_Lance 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      That seems a bit too lucky a find. He could well have been framed.

    • @GRBtutorials
      @GRBtutorials 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      80cardcolumn And after they accused him of lying, he claimed: “I meant that it wasn’t mined, you just misunderstood... it was made through reaction of arsenic with nitric acid”.

    • @billsinkins361
      @billsinkins361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      "These aren't my trousers, copper!"

  • @logicplague2077
    @logicplague2077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    "We were really hopeful we were going to get our white powder"
    You and me both, man.

    • @linkin543210
      @linkin543210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      😏 I know what you saying fams

    • @GunakillyaOG
      @GunakillyaOG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I feel the feels

    • @spacebarbarian._
      @spacebarbarian._ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      tf

    • @MongooseTacticool
      @MongooseTacticool 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Had to settle for some sticky black.

    • @jackoliver7506
      @jackoliver7506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MongooseTacticool looked like black tar "something"

  • @kanata_harumi
    @kanata_harumi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +372

    "We didn't have a sample of this so we decided to have Neil made some for us."
    Neil as always doing the hard work. Kudos to him.
    also, talk about making poison...

    • @nevim007
      @nevim007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Neil looks like he eats arsenic for breakfast

    • @estelja
      @estelja 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Neil is not someone you would want to leave alone in your garage.

    • @somethings6015
      @somethings6015 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Neil's relationship to the Professor reminds me of Jim's relationship to Marlin.

  • @Pablovru
    @Pablovru 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1200

    "It was really exciting, I was allowed to chop out the Zinc"
    Oh that was heartwarming ❤️

    • @incorrectstuffthingy5647
      @incorrectstuffthingy5647 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      Protect this man at all cost.

    • @jeffersonborges9340
      @jeffersonborges9340 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      This part of the video actually broke my heart... The master really loved what he had done for his entire life... I wished I could hug him when I heard it

    • @fingmoron
      @fingmoron 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Very adorable considering all the interesting experiments he's done he still loves the little things.

    • @kittehme3071
      @kittehme3071 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I went back to watch that part 3 times

    • @heartz4dani800
      @heartz4dani800 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kittehme3071 time stamp?

  • @BobWidlefish
    @BobWidlefish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1493

    “Liquid fluorine” yeah that sounds safe.

    • @ThisIsTaco1
      @ThisIsTaco1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +197

      I love how he uses that story to explain violent reactions of Arsenic, when all flourine knows are violent reactions

    • @BobWidlefish
      @BobWidlefish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      *@ThisIsTaco1* just keep it under liquid nitrogen and it’s perfectly safe, what could possibly go wrong? Oh right, it could explode.

    • @theblackbaron4119
      @theblackbaron4119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ThisIsTaco1 :') brilliant

    • @zapfanzapfan
      @zapfanzapfan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      An explosion of fluorine and arsenic... I wouldn't go near that lab...

    • @olbluelips
      @olbluelips 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Fluorine is amazing, the only thing it won’t form compounds with are Helium and Neon! :)

  • @vezzosetto
    @vezzosetto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    lead acetate paper used to be used to remove traces of H2S when quantifying arsine evolved in the Marsh test with mercuric chloride. Mercuric chloride is specific for arsine as long as there's no H2S present along with it. It's part of the arsenic detection kit but it doesn't detect arsenic itself!

    • @MM-wi4dt
      @MM-wi4dt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Such a lovely bunch of chemicals

    • @NinoNiemanThe1st
      @NinoNiemanThe1st 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thanks desange, great explanation. A shame so many of these chemicals are so toxic...still can't go up against a Marsh Test when it comes to illicit (or licit) consumpton of chemicals like As, and the colors you often get after the reaction are endlessly fascinating.

    • @mikeharris1002
      @mikeharris1002 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That kind of ties up with my memory of using mercuric chloride papers in a quantitative test in about 1968. Some dilute sulphuric acid and and a few zinc turnings were added to a solution of the material under test and the gas that was evolved passed over a mercuric chloride paper test strip. The test strip picked up a brown stain from the gas with an intensity that was related to the concentration of arsenic in the solution under test. This was determined by comparing the stain with an incremental set of standard stains prepared under the same conditions.

    • @markusfaller1333
      @markusfaller1333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The test with mercuric chloride is called Gutzeit test and for that test you should fist trap hydrogen sulphide H2S out of the gas stream which contains the arsine AsH3. Normally you use a cotton ball dipped into lead acetate but it seams that you can use the lead paper instead. Nice to see how ancient chemist alleady knew so much about the chemical reactions.

    • @speedslayerr
      @speedslayerr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fascinating stuff!!!

  • @jessserene5265
    @jessserene5265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    "I was so excited I got to chop up the zinc" I love it when people can get excited for the small things. It's a hard skill to learn, but it really makes life better lol

  • @beekeeperhoneymoon8179
    @beekeeperhoneymoon8179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1000

    "People used it to get rid of awkward people"
    Me:
    *looks around nervously*

    • @treyquattro
      @treyquattro 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      check the color of your wallpaper...

    • @itsbtwnyouandi
      @itsbtwnyouandi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      *looks around awkwardly*

    • @dr.velious5411
      @dr.velious5411 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I hear they're using bleach for that these days.

    • @dacreator1226
      @dacreator1226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      (Chuckles) I'm in danger

    • @charliebrown1134
      @charliebrown1134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      👀

  • @MattLuceen
    @MattLuceen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +512

    “I have two favorite stories about poisoning.”
    😂

    • @solarsombrero227
      @solarsombrero227 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Of course he does!

    • @theblackbaron4119
      @theblackbaron4119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Man keels over in the background ... Three! I have three favourite stories about poisonings.

    • @robertr7923
      @robertr7923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      20 people were killed and over 200 ill. Yeah nice story bro

    • @alazrabed
      @alazrabed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This quote goes so well with you profile pic!

    • @kittykattzee
      @kittykattzee 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very relatable 😂

  • @jbezuidenhout46
    @jbezuidenhout46 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Professor after anything taking longer than 10 seconds: “ IGHT IMMA HEAD OUT “

  • @zachdurocher1166
    @zachdurocher1166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    How to start a conversation:
    "So my two favourite stories about poisoning..."

  • @abdullahkilinc473
    @abdullahkilinc473 4 ปีที่แล้ว +761

    "Neil`s Brown Sludge" name of my rock band

    • @inhumanfilth681
      @inhumanfilth681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Sounds more like punk lol

    • @feyk9638
      @feyk9638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sounds like he's been a bit sick lately

    • @es8559
      @es8559 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dia Rhea Rama

    • @kylebaker1220
      @kylebaker1220 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My NickName in Highschool.

    • @mhyotyni
      @mhyotyni 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sounds like a hillbilly moonshine to me 🍸

  • @madLphnt
    @madLphnt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    "Sweet maker named John Neil, sent his lodger to get some daft for his next batch of sweets." Thats the most British sentence i think i have ever heard. I love it.

    • @billynomates920
      @billynomates920 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      perhaps he was the origin of the expression never trust a man with two first names?

  • @mercster
    @mercster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "I got bored and went out." That's why we love you.

    • @UchihaFabio
      @UchihaFabio 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Just like when he exploded the amphitheatre

  • @ic08jy700
    @ic08jy700 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This guy is the archetypal college lecturer. He loves what he does and is excited by it and wants you to be too. I love the chemistry he goes into and think all of his element videos are little masterpieces. It is conceivable that they will be preserved and go down in history as THE descriptions of their age. I hope so.

  • @ile84
    @ile84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    "I got bored and went out" spoken like a true chemist :D
    I feel that way too, the impatience.

  • @tomkandy
    @tomkandy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    The reaction of Arsenic with liquid Fluorine? Blimey, that sounds like one for "Things I won't work with"

    • @slidey1000
      @slidey1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      But sodium and chlorine are both dangerous yet combine to make something edible.
      What could go wrong?

    • @tocsa120ls
      @tocsa120ls 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and we have the obligatory lab equipment that was accelerated though the roof :)

    • @gamingmarcus
      @gamingmarcus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Back in the cold war they tested every possible compound for use in rocket fuels.
      One of those engines used liquid Lithium, liquid Fluorine and Hydrogen as fuel. Can you imagine that?

    • @MrShadowmaster00
      @MrShadowmaster00 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gamingmarcus sidenote: the reaction was between the lithium and the fluorine, while the hydrogen would get added later in the combustion chamber (so it didn't really react much). Basically, the only reason the hydrogen is there is to increase performance (because a lower molar mass propellant increases the specific impulse of the engine).

    • @YCbCr
      @YCbCr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gamingmarcus Sounds like we've got Ignition! :) Fun read!
      On the note of Things I Won't Work With: Derek Lowe has got some on his blog, a bit of googling will bring it right up.

  • @edoardobracciotti9594
    @edoardobracciotti9594 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    To use those lead papers you have to reduce As to arsine (as you did with zinc in acid). Then the arsine gas passing through the humidified paper can reduce Pb(II) to lead metal, wich makes the paper black. I used it in our qualitative analysis lab in Pisa. Thank you for your videos I always apriciate them a lot!! :)

  • @justl2609
    @justl2609 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Even though I changed my profession from a biochemist student of second year to lawschool, I always find myself coming back to watch the professor and the staff explain chemistry to us, you can tell they are passionate for their field.
    Thank you professor for taking the time to shed light into the world of chemistry for everyone!

  • @inhumanfilth681
    @inhumanfilth681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +856

    "We were really hopefull we would get our white powder"
    Been there bro, been there.....

    • @theblackbaron4119
      @theblackbaron4119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Baking is an amazing hobby, isn't it ;)

    • @cuber9320
      @cuber9320 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You beat me to it. 2 hours late

    • @artistanthony1007
      @artistanthony1007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@theblackbaron4119 It's basically like a fancy sugar, expensive and addicting at the same time.

    • @theblackbaron4119
      @theblackbaron4119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@artistanthony1007 Arsenic is forbidden sugar :) well, lead has also been used as a sugar substitute.

    • @russellszabadosaka5-pindin849
      @russellszabadosaka5-pindin849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL!

  • @talkingdot
    @talkingdot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    I really love these deep dive videos on Elements Brady

  • @joeywilburn8672
    @joeywilburn8672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    These are the realest chemistry videos on YT, they show the success and failures.

  • @incription
    @incription 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    2:19 when the dealer is 5 minutes late

  • @john_hunter_
    @john_hunter_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    16:52 I like how they just film him looking at things and then walking away.

    • @captain_code
      @captain_code 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      yup XD

    • @squished1879
      @squished1879 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you have been banned from /r/pyongyang

    • @matthewsaxman1028
      @matthewsaxman1028 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He's just paying his respects to the deceased clergyman.

    • @randomgooy7456
      @randomgooy7456 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No spoilers!

    • @GewelReal
      @GewelReal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He is doing the "press F"

  • @randomguy7928
    @randomguy7928 4 ปีที่แล้ว +485

    God I forgot I was subbed, excited to see you guys are doin well.

    • @inhumanfilth681
      @inhumanfilth681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same

    • @thealmightyquatch
      @thealmightyquatch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same, as well!

    • @tuni2303
      @tuni2303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow, what a nice random guy you are!

    • @dawsonweber99
      @dawsonweber99 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Random Guy You appear to enjoy comedy of the highest level.

    • @randomguy7928
      @randomguy7928 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dawsonweber99 Yesssssss, indeed.

  • @BloodySeaGullsRoss
    @BloodySeaGullsRoss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    6:46 “I was really excited, I was allowed to chop up the zinc” I found that quite humorous

  • @ioneatlas6821
    @ioneatlas6821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    tenho Phd em psicologia clinica e 68 anos de idade. comecei a estudar quimica e descobri voces. amo de paixão e agradeço todo seu trabalho.

  • @electronicsNmore
    @electronicsNmore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    One of the few channels that I watch the video all the way through. Great video!

    • @periodicvideos
      @periodicvideos  4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Thank you!

    • @electronicsNmore
      @electronicsNmore 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@periodicvideos You're welcome!

    • @januarioqueiroz3122
      @januarioqueiroz3122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, it is!

    • @Avci__
      @Avci__ ปีที่แล้ว

      @@periodicvideos He has a powder that contains iridium, osmium, rhodium, gold and arsenic. How do I get rid of arsenic? Can you help me?

  • @in.articulo.mortis
    @in.articulo.mortis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    You didn't mention my favourite arsenic compound, C4H4AsH, also known as Arsole.

    • @yubach
      @yubach 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mine is AsH3 "Arsine" just google its toxicity

    • @Slippergypsy
      @Slippergypsy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      fitting.. anyone who would say "cah-hash" is probably an asshole

    • @anothercitizen5233
      @anothercitizen5233 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I scrolled down to the comment section because I was looking for comment like that. I knew it.

  • @lhaviland8602
    @lhaviland8602 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    "In the west of England"
    Map shows that the town is clearly in Wales.

    • @northcode_
      @northcode_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Surprisingly it's actually right on the border (according to Google maps).
      But most of it is indeed on the Wales side.

  • @hrtlsbstrd
    @hrtlsbstrd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love that his idea of a fun video is him silently paying respects at a bishop’s remains

  • @Bog2901
    @Bog2901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    "we didn't have any of this poison on hand so we decided to just make some"

  • @ButzPunk
    @ButzPunk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +672

    "A town in the west of England"
    *Map zooms in on Wales*
    ಠ_ಠ

    • @edwardvarney432
      @edwardvarney432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Ben Rowe I know that made me really angry being a welsh boy myself

    • @harrywood6502
      @harrywood6502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      The Welsh-English border litterally goes through Hay-on-Wye so it's not awaful to say it's West England, some of it is.

    • @landgsmith
      @landgsmith 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Ben Rowe A town in the East of Wales

    • @trickyricky2903
      @trickyricky2903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Also had to check this! The point on the map looked to be in Wales.

    • @theblackbaron4119
      @theblackbaron4119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@edwardvarney432 Say boy... Do you like sheep ?

  • @mikeDeSales943
    @mikeDeSales943 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have been watching these videos for over 5 years now. I am so thankful for everyone who puts these together.

  • @cancel1913
    @cancel1913 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Your videos are so comforting to watch. I really enjoy the information and your demeanor.

  • @farhanahmed2508
    @farhanahmed2508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    1:12 "Or just awkward people."
    *Gasps awkwardly*

    • @smaakjeks
      @smaakjeks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We've found one!!

    • @psygn0sis
      @psygn0sis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Gotta love people that copy, for the hundredth time, what others have said,

    • @user-ge4uk9ui8y
      @user-ge4uk9ui8y 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      rip me

    • @ValentineC137
      @ValentineC137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@psygn0sis almost like multiple people can get the same obvious idea, without having to copy eachother..

    • @CJT3X
      @CJT3X 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Valentine or... without reading the previous comments

  • @ThisIsTaco1
    @ThisIsTaco1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    14:35 "Arsenic (...) can react very violently"
    Well, I mean, almost anything reacts violently with *liquid flourine*

    • @zapfanzapfan
      @zapfanzapfan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Arsenic and liquid fluorine, sounds like a mad experiment to get a new more potent rocket fuel...

    • @fandyus4125
      @fandyus4125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Cesium and liquid fluorine when?

    • @harryw.174
      @harryw.174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@fandyus4125 sounds like something a super villain would use

    • @gaburieruR
      @gaburieruR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@fandyus4125 with this thing, you are just signing a letter to death

  • @aquamanGR
    @aquamanGR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this channel. And I love the dedication of these two guys, that are obviously in love with the subject. Sir Martyn and Neil, I only knew basic college chemistry, but your enthusiasm is infectious and I am so glad to have discovered this series - I have learned so much, thank you.

  • @airpolygon2714
    @airpolygon2714 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I absolutely love periodic videos! With all of the entertaining and illuminating experiments, anecdotes and explanations. I've been following you for quite some years now, and you never cease to amaze me with your content!

  • @hydrusje
    @hydrusje 4 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    "I was really excited I was allowed to cut up the zink" :D
    I know what to send the professor now for next christmas :p

    • @fish4225
      @fish4225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I like to think the professor isn't allowed near sharp objects.

    • @wernerhiemer406
      @wernerhiemer406 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@fish4225 I think they fear snippets to jump up and tangle into his hairstyle. Who then is supposed to get into that holly grail to sepperate that? Because it is not solid, not liquid, no magnetic particles involved. Burning down is no option. So you would have to wait until some of those strands pertisipitate off that fluffy structure holding supstrate (scalp) and then it makes ping sound by falling onto a hard surface as detector.

    • @CrazyNerdInventor
      @CrazyNerdInventor 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zinc*

    • @thedanyesful
      @thedanyesful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Zinc is by far the best element."

    • @dsandoval9396
      @dsandoval9396 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol! Yeah, that was funny but admittedly a little sad as well.

  • @ferdisb4070
    @ferdisb4070 4 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    "And then you add the thing you think contains Arsenic, in our case Arsenic" :D

  • @DeadAlcoholZombie
    @DeadAlcoholZombie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What. A. Gem this man is.

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The death element, amazing

  • @Yora21
    @Yora21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    "an Australian chemist called Bruce"
    Of course.

    • @MrIggybo
      @MrIggybo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yora I'd have expected somebody called Gary

    • @slidey1000
      @slidey1000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He's also in charge of the sheep dip

    • @epincion
      @epincion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes that along with 'Sheila's Green' which is what I thought he said before I saw the correct spelling.

    • @ianturpin9180
      @ianturpin9180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I used to know a Bruce in Sydney many years ago who supplied squidgy resin so I suppose you could call him a chemist.

    • @vhaarr
      @vhaarr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Michael Baldwin, Bruce. Michael Baldwin, Bruce. Michael Baldwin, Bruce.

  • @jhyland87
    @jhyland87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I love these longer versions of your videos. Thanks Brady!

  • @MegaBoilermaker
    @MegaBoilermaker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Arsenic was mined down here in West Devon and Cornwall. A few of the old Mine engine house chimneys were adapted as Arsenic condensers and there were also some ground level labyrinthine condensers. My elder brother was once contaminated with low level Arsenic intak and did not notice until his hair was showing a greenish tint under UV light.

  • @DoiInthanon1897
    @DoiInthanon1897 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was really interested by this video on Arsenic and the stories behind its use in poison. Thanks Periodic Videos! You guys are still going after 12 years doing the subject you love, really impressive!

  • @RonLauzon
    @RonLauzon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    When I was in college (Michigan Technological University), I used to collect interesting mineral samples - which was easy to do in that area since it was a big mining region. I was able to pick up a small nugget of kearsargeite (copper, nickle, arsenic). It was called "kearsargeite" because it was found near Kearsarge, MI. I was told that during WWII, kearsargeite was collected for Special Forces use to make bullets.

    • @uberawsome3696
      @uberawsome3696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I cannot find any proof for that last point. I also looked under pumpellyite.

  • @scotts918
    @scotts918 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I could listen to this man tell stories for hours.

  • @sweetwillow028_
    @sweetwillow028_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got introduced to this channel by my chemistry professor 👩‍🏫 and I’m
    hooked now. I do see the chemistry in daily life or probably in everything this universe, such amazing thing.

  • @marcel_max
    @marcel_max 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey, welcome back. So happy to see that the video list added this new one. Wish you well.

  • @marhar2
    @marhar2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    "Neal found an old Arsenic sample from the basement stores" -- that sounds like the beginning of an Agatha Christie novel!

  • @Gandoff2000
    @Gandoff2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I think this guy is so cool how he makes chemistry even more interesting. Neal doesn't say much but yeah, he's cool too! I'm a fan.

    • @H34L5
      @H34L5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i've been subscribed for years and i have no idea what Neal's voice sounds like

    • @FrozenHaxor
      @FrozenHaxor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Neil*

    • @Gandoff2000
      @Gandoff2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@FrozenHaxor Of course. Thank you.

    • @shawnmendrek3544
      @shawnmendrek3544 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yes

    • @mr.iforgot3062
      @mr.iforgot3062 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Neil is a drunkard and is barely hanging on to his job. He is court ordered to attend 2 AA meetings a week. And sustain from booze. Sustain means "do without"

  • @mazirian9261
    @mazirian9261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sir Martyn Poliakoff is such an amazing person! I love his level of study, and also his unique mannerisms (like enjoying cutting the zinc!).

  • @PatrickBateman191
    @PatrickBateman191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This man is really interesting to watch. I never get tired of his videos.

  • @jpaulc441
    @jpaulc441 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Neil is the Mike Ermentraut of Periodic Videos

  • @TheCampnFool
    @TheCampnFool 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In college I took a chemistry class out of sheer curiosity.
    I absolutely despised that class.
    Next semester I took Intro to Computer Science and found my path,
    However, I find your videos quite fascinating.
    I wish my old Chemistry Professor had possessed your enthusiasm for the science.
    Now, here I am at 60 years old reading an old Introduction to Chemistry text book.
    Now see what you've done!? Lol
    Teaching old dogs new tricks.

  • @co5867
    @co5867 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i am so glad that you preserve your stories via youtube it is a pleasure to listen :)

  • @leegami3234
    @leegami3234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    "I was really exited! I was able to chop out the zinc!"
    Trembling of excitement, making dramatic cuts...

  • @verdatum
    @verdatum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I need so many more updated elements videos. Thank you for continuing to update this series!

  • @Majorweck
    @Majorweck 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I need to say:
    I love it, how much this channel improved by itself...
    It got more professional and still has it's little cute parts.
    I learn something about different things and can enjoy it.
    Please: Keep this work up! I don't want to miss it...

  • @robfelt9283
    @robfelt9283 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such wonderfulness. I am 67 and a newcomer to the Hall chemistry/periodic table/etc. etc. I share this with my granddaughter who is attending university North Carolina Chapel Hill and my other granddaughter who will be 16 and still in high school. They think I’m weird and I love it.

  • @Marchpaneforce
    @Marchpaneforce 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Biology student from Cologne here. Never thought, I'd see a video of the professor in front of Albertus Magnus! Really wish, I had known about your visit, so I could have listened to the lecture in person. Thank you for the great video! :D

  • @validefy
    @validefy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Love these videos. One of The best channels on TH-cam. Ill be waiting for the next one

  • @collinsfriend1
    @collinsfriend1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can see why your students remain loyal and connected to you. Great instructor and all around person.

  • @gracechen2412
    @gracechen2412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the new version! Connecting to historical events are fantastic!

  • @QuasistellarNymphomaniac
    @QuasistellarNymphomaniac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    I dont think you can blame the arsenic for the explosion when you react it with fluorine :D

    • @periodicvideos
      @periodicvideos  4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      True - I think the Fluorine was probably. the main offender.

    • @dhavalbhalara1664
      @dhavalbhalara1664 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Looking for same comments..

    • @mamupelu565
      @mamupelu565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@periodicvideos main offender... lol

    • @skakdosmer
      @skakdosmer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@periodicvideos What happened to the chemist? Was he “distributed round the lab” as well?

    • @jamesjacocks6221
      @jamesjacocks6221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@skakdosmer He was distributed to a cab and driven home so the authorities wouldn't know what happened.

  • @ReenosLP
    @ReenosLP 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    16:47 I was there and listened to your lecture. That was one of the best days I had in University so far!

  • @antoniomaglione4101
    @antoniomaglione4101 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for another very informative video.
    The Professor is an overflowing source of knowledge as usual...

  • @dantehulthen-yf3ps
    @dantehulthen-yf3ps ปีที่แล้ว

    The fact that he asks us if we know anything about the papers is so heartwarming ❤

  • @johnsmith-sp6yl
    @johnsmith-sp6yl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    been watching these videos intermittently since i was about 6 years old, now i'm studying chem in uni. this is what got me interested in chemistry; a bunch of good, clean fun with deadly poison.
    the videos on the alkali metals were very intriguing, too.

  • @theprogrammer32
    @theprogrammer32 4 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    "and I used to use it when teaching about Arsenic chemistry"
    "used to"
    you just did

    • @scottycatman
      @scottycatman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      But he used to, too.

    • @OldSchooledTV
      @OldSchooledTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@scottycatman Underrated Mitch Hedberg comment

    • @bellicose4653
      @bellicose4653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He still does, but he used to, too

  • @migsvensurfing6310
    @migsvensurfing6310 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved it. The knowledge and humor put in this video. Thanks.

  • @jorgevaldivia7482
    @jorgevaldivia7482 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    one of the most informative videos on the channel, I loved this video!

  • @riverbender9898
    @riverbender9898 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Though I'm even a bit older than you Professor, your videos always take me back to my early love of science, particularly Chemistry. Thank you.

  • @martinfranke9766
    @martinfranke9766 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting video. Always nice to see demonstrations of actual experiments. And listening to the historical anecdotes is fun, too.

  • @wread42
    @wread42 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice addition of the soft music with Scheele's green precipitating.

  • @HarmonyHaven44
    @HarmonyHaven44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    you should heat the paper around 90C` then add solution (concentrated solution, less water)

    • @kaanylmaz4080
      @kaanylmaz4080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      allow me to learn more of your ways esteemed sir

  • @shearerslegs
    @shearerslegs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thanks for the video I love it when an alert pops up saying that you have a new one out

    • @periodicvideos
      @periodicvideos  4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      We love people who have alerts on for us!!!
      Bash that bell.

    • @BattleBunny1979
      @BattleBunny1979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@periodicvideos *ding*!

  • @hmbpnz
    @hmbpnz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I keep forgetting to upvote every single one of your brilliant videos that I watch.

  • @VineetDwivediChemistry
    @VineetDwivediChemistry 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man I love ur voice and your calmness during explaning things. Although because of historical reason I dont like England but prof I respect & Love you alot.

  • @jeremyalbert3969
    @jeremyalbert3969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love this man. His voice is so calming and he educates me so much. His stories are interesting it shows he has a great past.

  • @goranaxelsson1409
    @goranaxelsson1409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    A wonderful video!
    Arsenic is one of my favorite elements, maybe because I have found a 6.8 kg specimen that sits on the bottom shelf in my mineral collection. Arsenic is indeed metallic white when fresh, but turns brown to black on the surface over time. And when it sits on the mine dump a couple of years it gets a crust of white powder which makes it possible to spot it from meters away on small pebbles.
    A friend and I went to that mine (Storliden in Sweden) several times a year when it was active so I got somewhere around 50-100 kg of mineral specimens of arsenic. :-D Yummy!

  • @alazrabed
    @alazrabed 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So many comedic gems here, it's wonderful!

  • @connieembury1
    @connieembury1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can you do an updated video on Molybdenum please? I really enjoy your videos and love it when you update the elements with more info. I loved chemistry in High School (Canada) and the professor reminds me of our chemistry teacher

  • @scotts918
    @scotts918 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    17:46 - Trying to decide if he should touch the high thumb, or the low thumb...

    • @A-Ls1
      @A-Ls1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Scott S I was thinking about that

    • @youlovemyyoutubname
      @youlovemyyoutubname 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah haha, all the students definitely know which thumb to touch.

    • @skakdosmer
      @skakdosmer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ...and it definitely would be the high thumb.

    • @dylanb4539
      @dylanb4539 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My eyes went to the high thumb😂

  • @pietroturina874
    @pietroturina874 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you very much to release this series of video for free

  • @ashishkingdom
    @ashishkingdom 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! The quality of this video is amazing.

  • @melskunk
    @melskunk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I was excited to see Realgar, perhaps my favourite arsenic compound, so pretty and fascinating!

  • @TheGreatBirchTree
    @TheGreatBirchTree 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great content! I love how the channel has evolved over the years. Keep it up!

  • @mitchwalrus
    @mitchwalrus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So weird to talk about this, but the mention of the liquid nitrogen canister exploding really stood out to me. In college I was injured in an extracurricular lab with a container overpressurized by a reaction. That was a truly horrifying experience.

  • @robertburpovsky865
    @robertburpovsky865 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    the professor is simply fascinating!

  • @tom_something
    @tom_something 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "Neil's brown sludge" doesn't have the same ring to it as, say, "Higgins' solution".

  • @hotaru8309
    @hotaru8309 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "But still quite fun."
    *Solemnly lights candle in respect at a grave*

    • @kushalaluru9552
      @kushalaluru9552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hotaru , the British version of fun.

  • @Bloodfang152
    @Bloodfang152 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hated chemistry in high school but I binge watch your videos. It goes to show you that everything is interesting but how its explained to you could be the reason why you do or dont like something