Piranha Solution Eats Stuff
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WHERE IS THE CHICKEN LEG?? I NEED TO SEE IT!!
"We've been experimenting with acid, things got weird and at some point we were playing with Neil's banana" I was not expecting that on this channel... carry on.
Poor Neil having to clean up all that mess, but we're greatful for his efforts, that was impressive.
H2O2 is pH 11.75 H2SO4 is pH 1.99. Wont they neutralize each other and form a salt upon mixing? Let's Go Brandon!
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Skittles have a wax coating so that may have played a part in the delay.
Ah .. Where is the chicken leg????
Remember not to eat any Skittles or bananas before drinking piranha solution.
Wtf? Did you cut the video too soon or is this a cliff hanger? 😳
"I've never seen such destruction from such a small amount of solution" almost sounds like a challenge for Ex&F
Neil sacrifices his banana. Is there anything he won't do in the name of science and our entertainment?
“Including a magnificent experiment with Neil’s banana”
"Neil was persuaded to put the entire banana - skin and all - into the solution."
The “worst” chemical burn I ever got was from a cousin of piranha solution. It’s an alternative to chromic acid and I’m blanking on the oxidizer I think ammonium persulfate. Anyway I had a large bucket of it to clean an apparatus. I’m leaning over the bucket and my safety glasses slid off and into the bucket. As they were sliding off I knew I couldn’t get them or get away from a splash so I shut my eyes immediately. So safety glasses splashed down into it and it sprayed up. A few very small drops hit my face, one on my eyelid. I either made it to the sink with other eye open or both closed. I was washing it off with in 30 seconds but had 2-3 very small chemicals burns that took a few weeks to heal.
I wonder if the relative (initial) resistance of both the rowan berry and the Skittles might be due to surface waxes? Candies like Skittles are coated with carnauba wax to make them shiny and not melt so quickly. Might it take that wax some time to melt or hydrolyze before the piranha can get to the gooey center and really do its thing? :)
Professor: "Don't try this at home"
The rowan berries are probably designed to be somewhat acid-resistant, considering they're supposed to be eaten to spread the seeds!
I sprayed coffee all over my keyboard when the Professor mentioned Neil's banana.
When he said he'd cut of quite a big chunk from the mars bar, I expected him to grab the left part and toss that in lol.