what’s up guys welcome back I’m hanging
again with my good friend Brian
brushwood he is the modern Road hey man
this is grant Thompson he’s the king of
random and today we’re playing with some
mad science we’ve got some drain cleaner
we’ve got some aluminum foil what kind
of a reaction will they produce if we
mix the two together why do we have pink
balloons now this chemical drain cleaner
we picked up just came from the local
hardware store and this is not liquid
this is the crystal flakes and if you
open it up you’ll see it’s actually dry
says contain sodium hydroxide that’s a
little terrifying all right so before we
even began you shredded a bunch of this
aluminum using a paper shredder what’s
the point of doing that so we did we got
a shredder we put a loom room foil
through it and that’s treads it up into
little tiny pieces the purpose of doing
that is to increase the surface area of
the aluminum it’s gonna make our
reaction happen a little bit faster Oh
commander Worf you look amazing that’s
so cool we got our shredded aluminum
we’ve got our drain cleaner all we need
now is a little bit of water oh we got a
little bit of water so we are ready to
rock now when you’re dealing with
chemical reactions it’s not a bad idea
to start a little bit smaller and work
our way up so we’re going to start off
with this small glass bottle here and if
everything goes to plan we can move our
way up to one of these things all right
so here’s what we want to do start off
by putting a little bit of your drain
cleaner here sodium hydroxide into a
glass jar so now we can put in a little
bit of our aluminum foil scraps on top
and I don’t notice I’d say about four
times the volume of aluminum what
chemical reaction are we hoping is about
to happen because right now we got what
lye and aluminum right so why is sodium
hydroxide naoh and the aluminum is
basically just aluminum metal al what
we’re gonna do is mix in some water and
as we do that the sodium hydroxide is
gonna dissolve and it’s gonna react with
the aluminum and release hydrogen gas
right and that gas is being released is
the stuff that we’re after all right dad
all right we’ve got pink balloons I’m
feeling yeah feel yo let’s start off
trying to put a little bit of water in
the balloon let’s stretch the mouth of
your balloon over your water bottle got
it turn it upside down yep and put a
reasonable amount in there it’s not
gonna hurt us to have more rather than
less right around there that looks
perfect we’re gonna fit that over top of
the jar now
and once that is secured you can enter
the balloon are you ready yep and it’s
gonna let the water in boom there goes
the water now watch what happens
wow that’s a lot of water but you see as
the sodium hydroxide dissolves it reacts
with the aluminum and releases hydrogen
gas so all those little bubbles that
you’re seeing right now are hydrogen and
here’s the cool they give it a little
shake and you’re to see my reaction
accelerates dramatically oh this is my
favorite part
hey congratulation this up the cow holy
cow it’s going crazy oh it’s like
pumping up how does that bottle feel now
it’s really hot it’s really really hot
that balloon is getting huge how much
pressure can take I don’t know I think
my I think we’re hey we got a little bit
more but I mean it’s it’s about to burst
okay so update guys this reaction just
took off after about two minutes – and
crazy it’s hot so hot go ahead pull the
balloon off still spell
oh the shames know all that hydrogen
that we just love the smell of
burned my fingertips that was insanely
hot okay well let’s take a look at that
there feel that oh yeah that is that is
really work so it took about two minutes
too small bubbling and then that
reaction just took off in an instant
that balloon blew up really crazy so we
got to do that again we’ll do the big
one we’ll be careful well let’s let’s
get a good first reaction with this one
that can’t be good that is awesome I
love it okay so when you stuff that down
the reaction just went crazy right yeah
cuz I put the aluminum back down in
there there we go okay and then we want
to get that reacting against we’re gonna
need to push that back down here I think
we can that it’s kind of washed like we
can put it right into the balloon look
at that
there we go okay yeah look how fast that
reacts wow dude always amazed ever going
dude that’s fill up fast what we got in
this balloon hopefully is hydrogen gas
right and we can verify that just by
dumping a little bit of dish soap to a
bowl of water we don’t have as much to
work with due to our alright previuos
competent handling I agree and if we put
the neck of the balloon in there and
fill it up and slowly let go
we should start to generate some bubbles
whoa whoa so cool guys we are confirmed
we have hydrogen gas okay let’s take
this up to 11 let’s crank it up we are
super stoked this idea works we got
hydrogen’s we’re gonna supersize it now
with a one gallon juice container a lot
more lye and these balloons I got at a
truck stop you’re talking about these
things right here rook stops they have
balloons all right here we go so I’m
gonna start off by just pouring a lot
more ly in there it seems like you
really can’t have too much I would think
you could it’s going to throw a few
handfuls
and we’ve got our truckstop balloons
standing by I have to find a way to hold
that on tightly though I don’t know why
they’d roll these balloons up that’s a
little bit slippery so it looks from our
last reaction like we’ve got about two
minutes before it starts going crazy
yeah but you could tell it’s already at
least starting right now you see a
goblin yeah now this is awesome guys
it’s only about thirty seconds and I
already filled the bottom of the glass
container starting to warm up you can
see the waters gone completely cloudy
with bubbles I was starting to get a
slight indication in our balloon that
we’re collecting some gas so I guess
really it’s just a matter of time
because it really did it took two full
minutes before the reaction went in the
high gear yeah then it just went crazy
at that point so here we’re definitely
collecting some gas as you can see our
balloons filling up you know what I bet
we filled this one up and I bet we could
tie it off and then get another one
going oh my gosh oh my gosh guys check
this out it’s going crazy it’s actually
getting really hot the glass is getting
hot the balloon is filling up with
really hot oh my gosh
wow that’s dead tell me this is eight
that is amazing here let me get another
I’m getting another balloon alright so
this reaction is going crazy all already
filled up one balloon and we have a
little bit actually we saw have quite a
bit of gas but it looks like the
reaction settling down well that’s real
good
look at that that is crazy fast this
reaction is exothermic it releases heat
as it reacts with the aluminum and you
can definitely feel that this glass is
so ridiculously warm right now how does
that feel right now bra Oh much better
now
it feels tolerable I was afraid that
thing was gonna bust open yeah second
there I was amazing so here’s the next
question if I put a straw into this
balloon it’ll slowly let the gas out if
I light the tip will it keep burning
like a torch or the whole thing blow up
in my face whoa
hydrogen torch guys it smelly gonna try
this first
hazing look at that whoa like a little
sodium hydroxide in the morning oh that
was amazing it was incredible that was a
fun experiment I’m really glad that we
tried that today now we had another cool
idea what if we took this inside where
you can see the flames a little bit
better oh it’s warm
I might be staying that was super fast
woo nice
dude that’s amazing Wow
[Applause]
[Music]
supercool guys so now you know what
happens if you mix Cristal drain cleaner
with aluminum foil and water yeah you
get an awesome torch and you get some
nasty slurry how do you dispose of this
stuff so what we’re gonna do is dump
this in a solution of vinegar because
that’s going to help neutralize the base
but remember guys you are playing with
very caustic chemicals these are very
dangerous they have very strong warning
labels so if you think about doing any
kind of experiments like this make sure
you read the warning labels they’re
there for a reason so guys if you
haven’t already go check out my friend
Brian brushwood his links in the
description he’s the modern rogue yeah
man check it out me and Jason Murphy are
on a quest to become the ultimate
warrior gentlemen and scoundrel you’re
gonna dig it and us for all of you
thanks so much for joining us for this
experiment we’ll see in the next one
talk to you that Brian get out your
phone let’s get back to work alright
that was super fast No please note that
was scary his industrial strength
trucker balloons are amazing
[Music]
again with my good friend Brian
brushwood he is the modern Road hey man
this is grant Thompson he’s the king of
random and today we’re playing with some
mad science we’ve got some drain cleaner
we’ve got some aluminum foil what kind
of a reaction will they produce if we
mix the two together why do we have pink
balloons now this chemical drain cleaner
we picked up just came from the local
hardware store and this is not liquid
this is the crystal flakes and if you
open it up you’ll see it’s actually dry
says contain sodium hydroxide that’s a
little terrifying all right so before we
even began you shredded a bunch of this
aluminum using a paper shredder what’s
the point of doing that so we did we got
a shredder we put a loom room foil
through it and that’s treads it up into
little tiny pieces the purpose of doing
that is to increase the surface area of
the aluminum it’s gonna make our
reaction happen a little bit faster Oh
commander Worf you look amazing that’s
so cool we got our shredded aluminum
we’ve got our drain cleaner all we need
now is a little bit of water oh we got a
little bit of water so we are ready to
rock now when you’re dealing with
chemical reactions it’s not a bad idea
to start a little bit smaller and work
our way up so we’re going to start off
with this small glass bottle here and if
everything goes to plan we can move our
way up to one of these things all right
so here’s what we want to do start off
by putting a little bit of your drain
cleaner here sodium hydroxide into a
glass jar so now we can put in a little
bit of our aluminum foil scraps on top
and I don’t notice I’d say about four
times the volume of aluminum what
chemical reaction are we hoping is about
to happen because right now we got what
lye and aluminum right so why is sodium
hydroxide naoh and the aluminum is
basically just aluminum metal al what
we’re gonna do is mix in some water and
as we do that the sodium hydroxide is
gonna dissolve and it’s gonna react with
the aluminum and release hydrogen gas
right and that gas is being released is
the stuff that we’re after all right dad
all right we’ve got pink balloons I’m
feeling yeah feel yo let’s start off
trying to put a little bit of water in
the balloon let’s stretch the mouth of
your balloon over your water bottle got
it turn it upside down yep and put a
reasonable amount in there it’s not
gonna hurt us to have more rather than
less right around there that looks
perfect we’re gonna fit that over top of
the jar now
and once that is secured you can enter
the balloon are you ready yep and it’s
gonna let the water in boom there goes
the water now watch what happens
wow that’s a lot of water but you see as
the sodium hydroxide dissolves it reacts
with the aluminum and releases hydrogen
gas so all those little bubbles that
you’re seeing right now are hydrogen and
here’s the cool they give it a little
shake and you’re to see my reaction
accelerates dramatically oh this is my
favorite part
hey congratulation this up the cow holy
cow it’s going crazy oh it’s like
pumping up how does that bottle feel now
it’s really hot it’s really really hot
that balloon is getting huge how much
pressure can take I don’t know I think
my I think we’re hey we got a little bit
more but I mean it’s it’s about to burst
okay so update guys this reaction just
took off after about two minutes – and
crazy it’s hot so hot go ahead pull the
balloon off still spell
oh the shames know all that hydrogen
that we just love the smell of
burned my fingertips that was insanely
hot okay well let’s take a look at that
there feel that oh yeah that is that is
really work so it took about two minutes
too small bubbling and then that
reaction just took off in an instant
that balloon blew up really crazy so we
got to do that again we’ll do the big
one we’ll be careful well let’s let’s
get a good first reaction with this one
that can’t be good that is awesome I
love it okay so when you stuff that down
the reaction just went crazy right yeah
cuz I put the aluminum back down in
there there we go okay and then we want
to get that reacting against we’re gonna
need to push that back down here I think
we can that it’s kind of washed like we
can put it right into the balloon look
at that
there we go okay yeah look how fast that
reacts wow dude always amazed ever going
dude that’s fill up fast what we got in
this balloon hopefully is hydrogen gas
right and we can verify that just by
dumping a little bit of dish soap to a
bowl of water we don’t have as much to
work with due to our alright previuos
competent handling I agree and if we put
the neck of the balloon in there and
fill it up and slowly let go
we should start to generate some bubbles
whoa whoa so cool guys we are confirmed
we have hydrogen gas okay let’s take
this up to 11 let’s crank it up we are
super stoked this idea works we got
hydrogen’s we’re gonna supersize it now
with a one gallon juice container a lot
more lye and these balloons I got at a
truck stop you’re talking about these
things right here rook stops they have
balloons all right here we go so I’m
gonna start off by just pouring a lot
more ly in there it seems like you
really can’t have too much I would think
you could it’s going to throw a few
handfuls
and we’ve got our truckstop balloons
standing by I have to find a way to hold
that on tightly though I don’t know why
they’d roll these balloons up that’s a
little bit slippery so it looks from our
last reaction like we’ve got about two
minutes before it starts going crazy
yeah but you could tell it’s already at
least starting right now you see a
goblin yeah now this is awesome guys
it’s only about thirty seconds and I
already filled the bottom of the glass
container starting to warm up you can
see the waters gone completely cloudy
with bubbles I was starting to get a
slight indication in our balloon that
we’re collecting some gas so I guess
really it’s just a matter of time
because it really did it took two full
minutes before the reaction went in the
high gear yeah then it just went crazy
at that point so here we’re definitely
collecting some gas as you can see our
balloons filling up you know what I bet
we filled this one up and I bet we could
tie it off and then get another one
going oh my gosh oh my gosh guys check
this out it’s going crazy it’s actually
getting really hot the glass is getting
hot the balloon is filling up with
really hot oh my gosh
wow that’s dead tell me this is eight
that is amazing here let me get another
I’m getting another balloon alright so
this reaction is going crazy all already
filled up one balloon and we have a
little bit actually we saw have quite a
bit of gas but it looks like the
reaction settling down well that’s real
good
look at that that is crazy fast this
reaction is exothermic it releases heat
as it reacts with the aluminum and you
can definitely feel that this glass is
so ridiculously warm right now how does
that feel right now bra Oh much better
now
it feels tolerable I was afraid that
thing was gonna bust open yeah second
there I was amazing so here’s the next
question if I put a straw into this
balloon it’ll slowly let the gas out if
I light the tip will it keep burning
like a torch or the whole thing blow up
in my face whoa
hydrogen torch guys it smelly gonna try
this first
hazing look at that whoa like a little
sodium hydroxide in the morning oh that
was amazing it was incredible that was a
fun experiment I’m really glad that we
tried that today now we had another cool
idea what if we took this inside where
you can see the flames a little bit
better oh it’s warm
I might be staying that was super fast
woo nice
dude that’s amazing Wow
[Applause]
[Music]
supercool guys so now you know what
happens if you mix Cristal drain cleaner
with aluminum foil and water yeah you
get an awesome torch and you get some
nasty slurry how do you dispose of this
stuff so what we’re gonna do is dump
this in a solution of vinegar because
that’s going to help neutralize the base
but remember guys you are playing with
very caustic chemicals these are very
dangerous they have very strong warning
labels so if you think about doing any
kind of experiments like this make sure
you read the warning labels they’re
there for a reason so guys if you
haven’t already go check out my friend
Brian brushwood his links in the
description he’s the modern rogue yeah
man check it out me and Jason Murphy are
on a quest to become the ultimate
warrior gentlemen and scoundrel you’re
gonna dig it and us for all of you
thanks so much for joining us for this
experiment we’ll see in the next one
talk to you that Brian get out your
phone let’s get back to work alright
that was super fast No please note that
was scary his industrial strength
trucker balloons are amazing
[Music]
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