Making glow toys from scratch
Added 2020-05-28 06:07:57 +0000 UTCHey guys, this is the first video in a while! Sorry for the huge delay, it took a lot longer to edit and put together than I thought.
Let me know what you think about it and if you see any errors. Also, at the end, I forgot to mentioned the two extra "lego" guys in the last shot. They were made with a bit of leftover stuff and I will be giving them away. When the video goes live, Ill post a link on how to enter for a chance to get them.
Comments
I found that you actually copied the Fe and S reaction from the video "What is fools gold"
Eileen Zhao
2020-07-25 02:09:53 +0000 UTCStrontium Aluminate is what's used in glow-in-the-dark 3d-printing filament, as I found out the hard way. It's very abrasive, and it ruined my original brass printing nozzle. Since then I've upgraded to a ruby-tipped nozzle, which ought to handle it better! Example, this 1:10 scale T-Rex GITD skull: https://photos.app.goo.gl/KqMP23JWmsLuETM18
John Ioannidis
2020-06-08 19:16:03 +0000 UTCBurning Zn powder with S was spectacular. I hope your fume hood could keep up, and that you were wearing a respirator anyway; between ZnO fumes and SO2, your lungs would be very unhappy otherwise.
John Ioannidis
2020-06-08 19:13:40 +0000 UTCOn one of our old videos you talked about wanting to cover enzymatic processes. I know its off topic but, I think It'd be really interesting. Maybe on NileBlue
2020-06-07 19:38:17 +0000 UTCAs far as I know, it's just because it can only happen in an acidic environment. It needs acidic protons (H+) around to react properly.
Nile Red
2020-06-03 16:46:46 +0000 UTCHey Nile, great stuff! One question, why doesn't the permanganate also oxidize the zinc?
Thor Correia
2020-06-03 05:04:46 +0000 UTCThis was so much fun! Great video!
2020-05-29 15:12:33 +0000 UTCIll look into that
Nile Red
2020-05-29 04:55:07 +0000 UTCOnly suggestion is during the Iron sulfur reaction you mention that you like the sound of the reaction, but only let the audience hear it for about 3 seconds without commentary. It's also fairly quite, so although you can hear it behind the voice over it's gotta be pretty loud. Please don't stop doing the commentary though! Would be nice to have the reaction replayed though with the volume boosted to match the VO level
2020-05-29 03:34:23 +0000 UTCLove this video and the return to how to get from A to Z, with chemistry.
Joshua Pedrick
2020-05-29 02:53:36 +0000 UTCThis was really great!
Michael Aichlmayr
2020-05-28 23:06:55 +0000 UTCHm Zinc Sulfide it easier with sufate salt and making H2S reacting it with iron salts to make FeS. I made Hydrogen sulfide by boiling bleach in a special flask with sulfur and detected metals. Very dangerous gas indeed i had 3 fans on.
Daniel Blake Shoemaker
2020-05-28 21:21:02 +0000 UTCMaking this is on my list for several years now. I would use the precipitation of ZnS and CuS at the same time approach, I bet it will make a better doping.
2020-05-28 17:43:55 +0000 UTCWhen I was a child I had glowing dinosaur skeletons, but it was a hundred years ago and they were probably radioactive. I admire your dedication to such long and complicated and messy projects. figurines came out cute, I want one (the baby made me laugh so hard). you did a good job. Satisfaction is always the greatest when you do something yourself from scratch.
Marta
2020-05-28 11:02:30 +0000 UTCThat glowing baby is just what I need to complete my “Mothers of Chernobyl” cosplay!
The Gayest Person on Patreon
2020-05-28 10:27:32 +0000 UTCWhat would of happened if you made zinc sulfite and copper crystals and put then under a black light?
2020-05-28 06:48:52 +0000 UTCThere's a new one coming out on NileBlue soon. It was filmed/edited a while ago, but after that, we won't have anything for a while :(
Nile Red
2020-05-28 06:26:18 +0000 UTCCan't wait to see the Nile Blue version!! You guys are so funny when you're just effing around 😂
Alexander Kirk
2020-05-28 06:19:53 +0000 UTC
