ExplosionsandFire

Videos r taking time

I’ve been working on the silicon carbide video and I’m still working on it! Been a bit of a drawn-out process, but I’ve been able to get a water chiller to run the cooling on the induction fu...

New Ex&F video!! Yes!

Greetings!! Here is a brand new chemistry energetics video. I make some flash powders which aren’t very good, and it takes me a while. But… it all works out?? Maybe??

Thanks for all your...

September time!

Hi everyone! Here's an update on what i've been working on!

The next video really should be the next Cubane video where we do photo-reactor stuff...... but it wont be. I've just been stuck d...

July..August update!

Hello everyone! OpenSauce was great but always makes the month fly by! Can’t believe it is August!

The panel and Gameshow I was on at the festival are viewable through this new Sauce+ vide...

June! It's cubane time again

Hello everyone!

The goal for the new Big Cubane series was to make 100g of cubane by the OpenSauce festival (July 19-20th). .Oh no...... that's somehow only a month away so it's a very tight ...

G’day! It’s somehow May!

Hello!! The video for this month will be the ‘Making a Yellow Pigment’ video, which is a Tantalum doped Yttrium molybdate. The chemistry is coming along… but the final step is a hearing step ...

dont send the Plutonium guy to jail (Draft)

Hello!! This is my video about the Plutonium guy. It’s currently a Draft, I have to finish it ASAP but I’m sick of the sound of my own voice!!!!

So if you give this a watch let me know if...

Surprise Ex&F video?!

Hello everyone!

So like most people, I’ve been getting a bit mad about this news story out of Sydney about a guy who imported plutonium. It’s all a bit strange and maddening so I thought...

Next cubane video in a few days

Hello! I think a lot of the fun of an Extractions&Ire video is you genuinely don’t know if the science is going to go very well or very poorly, will I get things right or mess everything up? ...

Feb? March? Chemistry

Hello all! Time flies by doesn’t it always!!

The next video out on extractions&ire is the bromination of the ketal, the latest in the big scale cubane synthesis. As picture, there’s 3...

Jan video (nearly!)

Hello all,

My quest to post a monthly video remains elusive, but I am getting better I think!

I’m nearly done with the ‘Jan’ video, which is making Er-Yb doped Yttrium oxide. I’...

January Chem

Hi all! Back to work tomorrow… I’m sure many of you are feeling this… apologies for reminding you…

But lots of shed chem going on! Here’s the overview of the current projects:

Christmas Tar

Hi everyone! Hope you’re getting a break at the end of the year- anyone doing some cool projects? Maybe some chemistry??

The weather here is beautiful, maybe a little hot… but perfect for...

New series announcement !

Hi everyone! I’m excited to say what the next long series on the channel is! The first intro video should be out this month or early December, with the first actual chemistry video coming out sho...

Patreon payment updates

Hello everyone! Sorry for the long post, but here’s some info about upcoming changes to the Patreon.

In short: your pledge will stay the same amount, but from December, will be charged mon...

FOOF video (not broken!)

Hello again, here is the FOOF/PtF6 video (without any render errors... just had to run the air conditioner at full blast onto the computer for the whole render--- need to fix the thermal paste ASAP...

FOOF video is here!

Hello everyone! The new video is here for you to watch early access now!! 

Just like last video, this is meant to be the final version, but after uploading I see that there are some rend...

Next video is complete....

... but not out until next week. The German group I filmed the video with are still reviewing the final version, so I'll wait until I get the final tick of approval from them before I upload. They'...

Merch ending (for now) + some updates

Hi all, hope you're doing well! I'm going to be turning off the merch at the end of the month... this is mostly because I need to spend time updating it, making new designs, improving the shipping ...

Fluorine chemistry

I’ve just finished up a few days in Berlin where I was lucky enough to film some of the most powerful oxidisers ever made. Some really fascinating chemistry and I can’t wait to make this all in...

Next video - Euro trip

Hi everyone!

The yellow powder video has done well, which is nice! But onto the next video!
I'm going to be trying something different - I'm going to be visiting a University in Europe to ...

Yellow Powder video is out!

Here it is! (again).

Sorry about having to reupload it- oh man I've spent all day trying to get it to re-render without glitching. I think my cpu needs new thermal paste or something... it w...

Yellow powder video is here right now!

Hello, here is my new video on yellow powder. Thanks for your patience, and as always thanks for your support in keeping the videos sponsor segment free (because honestly ask yourself, how would I ...

Im making videos

Hi all, just a quick update on the content:

The next Ex&F video on Yellow Powder is still getting edited together. I’m optimistic that it is only a week or two away!! I’m really happy...

Open Sauce 2023/2024

Hi everyone!
As per usual, this is just an update to say I am indeed working on the next Ex&F video - the 'Yellow Powder' one will hopefully be done before... or at least shortly after Open...

More yellow powder tests

Hi all, just a larger scale test of the yellow powder mixture, with some footage at 31000fps. Very excited to see a shockwave in the footage! Wasn't expecting to see it so clearly in broad daylight...

yellow powder tests

Just sharing some early footage of some yellow powder explosions I filmed last week. Small scale stuff, confirming that the mix does explode like I expect it to! Also trying out some more high-spee...

Next Ex&F video - Yellow?

Hello all! I've had a bit of a break from making Ex&F videos recently, and have instead focused on Extraction&Ire videos, which have been a lot of fun. Its been great to wrap up the cubane ...

Christmas Chemistry

Hope everyone had a great Christmas this year! Christmas in Australia means holidays with long, sunny days (although it did rain on Christmas this year here which is pretty odd) which ar...

Flare video (again)

Ok I fixed the typo and re-uploaded... also didn't tick the box saying "this video contains slightly dangerous activities" or whatever, so now it hasn't got age restricted.... hopefully it stays th...