Silver nitrate and aluminium powder also does the same….my chemistry teacher set a short quiz and the winner got to shoot at a pile of it with a water pistol! Went on to study chemistry at university too!
That makes me sad because my high school chemistry teacher was horrible, boring, and never did anything except book work. I ended up doing liberal arts in college, never finished, and now work in the service industry 😭
Maybe this is the secret of the ancient "greek fire" used in naval batles in antiquity. It was a mixture of unkown composition which set fire in contact with water.
basically how this works: Zn + NH₄NO₃ Zn could theoretically easily kick and replace NH₄ out of its partnership with NO₃, but unfortunately for it there isn't enough movement for Zn to have a chance of replacing NH₄ Adding H₂O, a pretty good solvent, makes NH₄NO₃ separate into its components, NH₄⁺ and NO₃⁻, which then start floating around in the H₂O, with the dissolution of NH₄⁺ being more relevant to Zn. Zn itself doesn't become an ion just because of H₂O, but it can forcibly give NH₄⁺ an electron due to Zn's ability to make more stable ions than the neutral NH₄•. The equation for this is Zn + 2(NH₄⁺) → Zn²⁺ + 2(NH₄•) NH₄• isn't stable in this neutral form, which causes it to decay with the following equation: 2(NH₄•) → 2(NH₃) + H₂ The total formula, including the NO₃, is Zn + 2(NH₄NO₃) → Zn(NO₃)₂ + 2(NH₃) + H₂ All this exchange produces a lot of heat, which can melt the Zn (420°C) and NH₄NO₃ (170°C). This allows for combustion of the released H₂ [2(H₂) + O₂ → 2(H₂O)] and combustion of the Zn without NH₄NO₃ [2(Zn) + O₂ → 2(ZnO)]. The molten state of the Zn and NH₄NO₃ allow for further reaction, even though the original H₂O should've long since evaporated. tl;dr the video edit: realized I accidentally wrote down the formulas for zinc(I) nitrate instead of zinc(II) (real) nitrate. This didn't change any of the explanations though, and only changed numbers by factors of 2.
@@smgdfcmfah The extreme volume of bodies of water will probably both quench the Zn and dilute the NH₄NO₃ to the point where the reaction cannot happen. However, for the first few seconds, the reaction should still occur, producing the ZnNO₃, NH- Hang on, just realized that there is no compound called ZnNO₃, and zinc nitrate is in fact Zn(NO₃)₂. Will correct for a bit.
@@smgdfcmfah @smgdfcmfah @smgdfcmfah The extreme volume of bodies of water (H₂O) will probably both quench the Zn and dilute the NH₄NO₃ to the point where the reaction cannot happen. However, for the first few seconds, the reaction should still occur, producing the Zn(NO₃)₂, NH₃, and H₂. Considering that the simple addition of sodium (Na) to H₂O can still ignite hydrogen despite the quenching properties of H₂O, I presume that the result will be everything igniting, except for 2(Zn) + O₂ → 2(ZnO), because H₂O will probably remove all the O₂ by quenching. EXTRA (Probably won't happen in bodies of H₂O): Forgot to mention this in the original message, NH₃ can burn as well, using the following process: 4(NH₃) + 5(O₂) → 4(NO) + 6(H₂O) Zn(NO₃)₂ can also decompose at the melting point of Zn: Zn(NO₃)₂ → Zn + 2(NO₂) + O₂ Same with NH₄NO₃, at lower temperatures: NH₄NO₃ → N₂O + 2(H₂O) This effectively results in the ending compound being a bunch of zinc oxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitrous oxide, nitric oxide, and water.
@@user-pr6ed3ri2k Thank you for the explanations. I was thinking, would the reaction with zinc also work with other nitrates, as an example sodium nitrate, maybe like this?: 2(NaNO3)+Zn=Zn(NO3)2+ 2(Na)
@@JSK-projects While the reaction does work with certain other nitrates (ex: silver, copper, other unreactive metals), it does not work with your specific example. This is because sodium is much, much better at forming stable ions than basically anything else on the table, and would not allow zinc to replace it in compounds.
Hey man, I really dig your videos, and this automatically makes me think of an old story about a Greek warfare substance that I believe was referred to as "Greek Fire", which was(from what I can ascertain) a napalm-like goo that would further ignite when water was applied to it.. I would LOVE to see you do a video on this also; I dig your thorough yet summated style of presentation.
So basically Driver: San Francisco. In this game main villain stole tankers full of ammonia and later some platinum to make hydrogen cyanide and use it as a chemical weapon. I wonder how similar this reaction is to what you showed just there, as I'm no industrial chemist.
(Sturying for a biochem degree) i do not believe it is possible irl. Hydrogen cyanide requires a carbon atom, and there is no carbon present in ammonium nitrate (nh4no3) or platinum. Now if you had methane or another good carbon source, it might be possible, but under the conditions you describe, it is not Edit not to mention i believe it would be in bad taste to accurately describe exactly how to carry out a massively lethal terrorist attack in a videogame
You just gave me a brilliant idea 💡 I think there's a "no-bake _negative X_ cake" with my ex's (pun intended) name on it, just *_dying_* to be made‼️ 😈💯
Does this also work with potassium nitrate? Will this or my mix ignite magnesium powder? That'd be a great survival fire starter in wet conditions... Unless you get it wet... Keep the components separate! 😂
Wouldn’t mixing the chemicals in an aluminum container add aluminum to the catalyst? Isn’t that why you’re supposed to mix chemicals in glass so that they don’t come in contact with other contaminants, metals, etc.? Forgive my ignorance, I don’t need everybody to jump on me I’m just asking a question.
What is the catalist i can understand you mix ammonium nitrate with zink an add water and mix after you put catalist that you not sayed what is it I know you need ammonum chloride too
Probably not, as aluminum is actually too reactive. The oxide coating forms effectively instantly and thus the ammonium nitrate solution wouldn't be able to come in contact with aluminum metal. That's why lighting thermite is so difficult: you have to heat the aluminum powder high enough to melt it out of its oxide coating.
Isn't zinc and sulphur reactive? Zinc powder, burning sulphur, ammonium nitrate and dry chlorine makes a great way to die suddenly. I've mixed up my own concoctions when I was a kid. Mixed in glass with a glass stir stick remotely by a kitchenaid mixer and it went off by itself depending on its mood. The mixtures are critical. Some go boom while mixing some go boom hours after mixing for no apparent reason, some go boom handling it or at the slightest tap and others wouldn't do diddly. One fizzed one rearranged the whole garage. Kids don't try this at home.
If it helps, even three months later, it's basically because there was likely a breach in the walls and all the air got sucked out Since things like oxygen and carbon dioxide are lighter then water, they naturally rise to the surface when the two are introduced to each other, the former will always rise to the top...and the more water there is on top, the more violently the air gets sucked up So then when you have a craft that low down, and even a slight crack forms in the walls, all the air gets sucked out toward the surface of the water with such intense force that the craft crumples in on itself
Instant fire. Just add water.
Miracle burn
Just like an Electric Vehicle.
Genius.
and inhale the zinc vapours ❤️🥰
Wait a second-
"So how did fire even start in the first place? "
"I accidentally dropped water onto gray stuff"
I shouldn’t have kept it in my bathroom.
I shouldn't have kept it in my water bottle.
Time traveling fire extinguishing
"Thus the powerpuff girls were born!!"
I was thinking the same thing!!!😂😂
@@Richard-jt6nt ME TOO
“Negative X” sounds like some sort of resident evil virus
"Now that I've added the catalyst, it's extremely unstable"
**proceeds to shake it**
I did not have to scroll down this far to see this
Silver nitrate and aluminium powder also does the same….my chemistry teacher set a short quiz and the winner got to shoot at a pile of it with a water pistol! Went on to study chemistry at university too!
That makes me sad because my high school chemistry teacher was horrible, boring, and never did anything except book work. I ended up doing liberal arts in college, never finished, and now work in the service industry 😭
Police: "so what happened ma'am?"
"I was just crying then my house starts buring"
“One crossed wire, one wayward pinch of potassium chloride, one errant twitch! AND KABLOOIE!”
chlorate not chloride
One of my favourite experiments in the lecture...
“And just like that, the Power Puff girls were born!”, Negative X!!!
Maybe this is the secret of the ancient "greek fire" used in naval batles in antiquity. It was a mixture of unkown composition which set fire in contact with water.
Instructions unclear, I caused a fire to the entire county and now im in jail, cheers
You’re a phony! The real Heisenberg would of already knew what to do. 😡
Thermite
heisenberg how’d you mess this up dawg 🤯
Australian?
O' Canada 😉
basically how this works:
Zn + NH₄NO₃
Zn could theoretically easily kick and replace NH₄ out of its partnership with NO₃, but unfortunately for it there isn't enough movement for Zn to have a chance of replacing NH₄
Adding H₂O, a pretty good solvent, makes NH₄NO₃ separate into its components, NH₄⁺ and NO₃⁻, which then start floating around in the H₂O, with the dissolution of NH₄⁺ being more relevant to Zn.
Zn itself doesn't become an ion just because of H₂O, but it can forcibly give NH₄⁺ an electron due to Zn's ability to make more stable ions than the neutral NH₄•. The equation for this is
Zn + 2(NH₄⁺) → Zn²⁺ + 2(NH₄•)
NH₄• isn't stable in this neutral form, which causes it to decay with the following equation:
2(NH₄•) → 2(NH₃) + H₂
The total formula, including the NO₃, is
Zn + 2(NH₄NO₃) → Zn(NO₃)₂ + 2(NH₃) + H₂
All this exchange produces a lot of heat, which can melt the Zn (420°C) and NH₄NO₃ (170°C). This allows for combustion of the released H₂ [2(H₂) + O₂ → 2(H₂O)] and combustion of the Zn without NH₄NO₃ [2(Zn) + O₂ → 2(ZnO)]. The molten state of the Zn and NH₄NO₃ allow for further reaction, even though the original H₂O should've long since evaporated.
tl;dr the video
edit: realized I accidentally wrote down the formulas for zinc(I) nitrate instead of zinc(II) (real) nitrate. This didn't change any of the explanations though, and only changed numbers by factors of 2.
Nice explanation. So what happens if you throw this into a body of water?
@@smgdfcmfah The extreme volume of bodies of water will probably both quench the Zn and dilute the NH₄NO₃ to the point where the reaction cannot happen. However, for the first few seconds, the reaction should still occur, producing the ZnNO₃, NH-
Hang on, just realized that there is no compound called ZnNO₃, and zinc nitrate is in fact Zn(NO₃)₂. Will correct for a bit.
@@smgdfcmfah @smgdfcmfah @smgdfcmfah The extreme volume of bodies of water (H₂O) will probably both quench the Zn and dilute the NH₄NO₃ to the point where the reaction cannot happen. However, for the first few seconds, the reaction should still occur, producing the Zn(NO₃)₂, NH₃, and H₂. Considering that the simple addition of sodium (Na) to H₂O can still ignite hydrogen despite the quenching properties of H₂O, I presume that the result will be everything igniting, except for 2(Zn) + O₂ → 2(ZnO), because H₂O will probably remove all the O₂ by quenching.
EXTRA (Probably won't happen in bodies of H₂O):
Forgot to mention this in the original message, NH₃ can burn as well, using the following process:
4(NH₃) + 5(O₂) → 4(NO) + 6(H₂O)
Zn(NO₃)₂ can also decompose at the melting point of Zn:
Zn(NO₃)₂ → Zn + 2(NO₂) + O₂
Same with NH₄NO₃, at lower temperatures:
NH₄NO₃ → N₂O + 2(H₂O)
This effectively results in the ending compound being a bunch of zinc oxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitrous oxide, nitric oxide, and water.
@@user-pr6ed3ri2k Thank you for the explanations. I was thinking, would the reaction with zinc also work with other nitrates, as an example sodium nitrate, maybe like this?: 2(NaNO3)+Zn=Zn(NO3)2+ 2(Na)
@@JSK-projects While the reaction does work with certain other nitrates (ex: silver, copper, other unreactive metals), it does not work with your specific example.
This is because sodium is much, much better at forming stable ions than basically anything else on the table, and would not allow zinc to replace it in compounds.
Hey man, I really dig your videos, and this automatically makes me think of an old story about a Greek warfare substance that I believe was referred to as "Greek Fire", which was(from what I can ascertain) a napalm-like goo that would further ignite when water was applied to it.. I would LOVE to see you do a video on this also; I dig your thorough yet summated style of presentation.
Greek fire was actually used by the Romans
@@lotion5238let me guess, it was called Greek Fire because it was used to burn the Greeks.
This is also the reaction, that happens with discord moderator's skin when he trying to shower
Early 4th of July fireworks. 😂
Got flashbacks when he started crushing white rocks into powder😂
What do you mean¿ 😉
Interesting. One step away from making an advanced IED
I could hear the disappointment in his voice when the first fire didn't break out that great.
Instruction unclear, made three powerful girls
Thx for giving more knowledge about the world ,some knowledge I should not be possessing
I like how he insinuates at the end that in a certain scenario we'd be leaning over the pile of chemicals and we would accidentally drool on it
Forbidden pop rocks
TheNamesTails discovered Weakness to Fire from Frost Salts
I was waiting for you to say: I can't stop it
I love these videos
Yes
Dangerous stuff!
You should recreate the Beruit harbor disaster. That was some combination of ammonia chemicals and heat as well, right?
Try silver nitrate and magnesium powder and add water.
Bro’s trying to make the Dark Powerpuff Girls with that Negative X
Atoms and molecules " oh excuse me. Excuse me, Excuuuuuuse meee! "
What if I make snowball sized balls out of this and start throwing it at people in swimming pools?
😂😂
You would develop the sudden need for a lawyer.
Would it be possible to store this in small packets to put in a survival pack to start fires or would it be unsafe?
Someone needs to bring this with them for a fire starter on Naked and Afraid.
Amazing light yellow fire 🔥
So basically Driver: San Francisco. In this game main villain stole tankers full of ammonia and later some platinum to make hydrogen cyanide and use it as a chemical weapon. I wonder how similar this reaction is to what you showed just there, as I'm no industrial chemist.
holy shit i remember playing that game, so much fun
good game
(Sturying for a biochem degree) i do not believe it is possible irl. Hydrogen cyanide requires a carbon atom, and there is no carbon present in ammonium nitrate (nh4no3) or platinum. Now if you had methane or another good carbon source, it might be possible, but under the conditions you describe, it is not
Edit not to mention i believe it would be in bad taste to accurately describe exactly how to carry out a massively lethal terrorist attack in a videogame
Yeah, not very surprised here that it's like House being a 100% medically accurate TV series
@@duncanburnside3572maybe he could get the methane from a gas line in his home?
This is now my headcanon for how fire spells work in fantasy.
Potassium Permanganate is somewhat similar
You just gave me a brilliant idea 💡
I think there's a "no-bake _negative X_ cake" with my ex's (pun intended) name on it, just *_dying_* to be made‼️ 😈💯
Does this also work with potassium nitrate?
Will this or my mix ignite magnesium powder?
That'd be a great survival fire starter in wet conditions... Unless you get it wet... Keep the components separate! 😂
"It starts 'em on fire"
Potassium permanganate and glycerol spontaneously catch fire when in contact with each other.
That piece of sheet metal has been through the ringer lol
And what become of the mixture after combustion? Does it have any other uses afterwards?
Genuine question here
We in the gamedev business know negative X as "left"
I am dying to taste it ,atleast once in my life 😑
It's very strange to see a fire 🔥 (no explosion) caused without any ignition spark
Wouldn’t mixing the chemicals in an aluminum container add aluminum to the catalyst? Isn’t that why you’re supposed to mix chemicals in glass so that they don’t come in contact with other contaminants, metals, etc.? Forgive my ignorance, I don’t need everybody to jump on me I’m just asking a question.
I've seen that this stuff can sometimes be set off just by the humidity in the air.
Then in iowa we all travel 1-3 hours to meet with family, :)
That would make some spicy rock candy…
Natural pop rocks 😋
that's was done magicians before people thought magically magnificent
What about dry, like epsom salt?
That stuff seems crazy.
You let Mojo Jojo into the lab and he split some negative x and the power puff girls were born
What is the catalist i can understand you mix ammonium nitrate with zink an add water and mix after you put catalist that you not sayed what is it
I know you need ammonum chloride too
The irony of trying to stop a fire with water.
For a brief second, it shone brighter than the sun.
If we use Aluminum powder instead of Zinc powder will it work ?
Probably not, as aluminum is actually too reactive. The oxide coating forms effectively instantly and thus the ammonium nitrate solution wouldn't be able to come in contact with aluminum metal. That's why lighting thermite is so difficult: you have to heat the aluminum powder high enough to melt it out of its oxide coating.
@@willythemailboy2 Thank you
Isn't zinc and sulphur reactive? Zinc powder, burning sulphur, ammonium nitrate and dry chlorine makes a great way to die suddenly. I've mixed up my own concoctions when I was a kid. Mixed in glass with a glass stir stick remotely by a kitchenaid mixer and it went off by itself depending on its mood. The mixtures are critical. Some go boom while mixing some go boom hours after mixing for no apparent reason, some go boom handling it or at the slightest tap and others wouldn't do diddly. One fizzed one rearranged the whole garage. Kids don't try this at home.
I love how is Green
This video wanted to be short but due to +1 more second it became a video😅😂
He needs to put something like this in a small fire and try to put it out with water and see what happens.
You are a TRUE Legend if you understood atleast one thing Nile said. 😂 😂 😂
“k thats awesome”
I mean, it was explained in a pretty concise and comprehensive way, like most of his shorts.
Npc
Scrape dust off zinc coated bolt. Add ammonium nitrate. Mix well. Add water.
How hard is that to understand?
This ain't Nile 😂
What was the catalyst he added?
I think this is what makes fireworks
What ever you do, don't put that powder into your mouth! You saliva will give a new kind of headache worse than anything kind of headache.🔥🔥🔥
will that ignite thermite?😊
Is this reaction takes place in household batteries ?
And finally, add water to make your fire
It would make a pretty good fire starter in emergency situations long as you don't do something stupid with this stuff
Now do another experiment where you chug it down like a Friday night beer pong.
So THAT’S what they meant by ‘spittin’ fire’!
Perfect for creating more fire while they're putting put fire 😂😂
Ammonium Nitrate + stuff = boom
Instructions unclear. I made the perfect little girls
Pink blue and green? Way to go professor!
FBI
(For future reference everyone, make sure to do whatever he tells you not to in the title or the experiment wont work)
Dr Stone in real-life ❤
Can you imagine the matches to start those ? 🤔
You’re entering NileRed’s territory.
Wait! Is this how fireworks, no, WATERWORKS are made?
What happens if you put a ton of it into a swimming pool?
Then all the children at your daughter's pool party will die.
The end.
This an Greg Ovens Rocky Mountain Bushcraft are the only two channels where I’ve seen someone start a fire with water.
When one little drop comes out of your mouth 👁👄👁💀
Will it ignite thermite?
So the first time you added water, nothing happened, but the second time, it started a fire?
Now I know how batman can create those gadgets
Dehydrated fire -- just add water.
Negative X = Iron Oxide?
So storage them separately before using
Dr. Can you give us an explanation on what happened to the titan sub? Like what happens during an inwards explosion and why?
If it helps, even three months later, it's basically because there was likely a breach in the walls and all the air got sucked out
Since things like oxygen and carbon dioxide are lighter then water, they naturally rise to the surface when the two are introduced to each other, the former will always rise to the top...and the more water there is on top, the more violently the air gets sucked up
So then when you have a craft that low down, and even a slight crack forms in the walls, all the air gets sucked out toward the surface of the water with such intense force that the craft crumples in on itself
@@damienearl8302 the weight of oxygen has nothing to do with it, the problem was the pressure
Now make chemical X and then power puff girls
What about positive x
Whe you take 1 bite of a taco be- nevermind
What was the catalyst
What about the humidity in thr air?
Heating pads. Till you sweat on them. Then things get exciting.
Zinc oxide and saltpeter hmm
Now...
Where's chemical X?
I want my Powerpuff girls!
What if you add dehydrated water, I heard dry stuff burns easier
The whole universe turns inside out and gets kicked into another dimension.
The Negative X mixture and water get along about as well as my ex wife and I
What happened if you put it in a capsule and swallow it?
You explode.
dehydrated fire