Yttrium - THE BRIGHTEST METAL ON EARTH!

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  • čas přidán 11. 01. 2019
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  • @saroshzaman1761
    @saroshzaman1761 Před 5 lety +215

    Best chemist I have ever watched, pls don't stop keep on making chemistry interesting 🙌🙌

    • @ChemicalForce
      @ChemicalForce Před 5 lety +7

      Hey, mate! If you like chemical videos with really exotic stuff like: KO2, LiBH4, SF6, B10H14, NOClO4, SOCl2, SnCl4 etc. Welcome to my channel ;)

    • @FedeG86
      @FedeG86 Před 5 lety

      @@ChemicalForce do you include experiments with all types of phosphoric acid, with all types of halogen elements and with all types of halura salts? The past year I was looking for videos with that class of experiments but I hadn't luck.

    • @frejk1
      @frejk1 Před 5 lety

      @@ChemicalForce , i see that we enjoy the same kind of videos and i see u too watch Thoisoi2's videos, i also subscribed to u some time ago. Pretty amazing i happen to read ur comment here and went to ur channel again to see if i already subscribed to u. :D

    • @ChemicalForce
      @ChemicalForce Před 5 lety +1

      @@frejk1 the point is that now I'm trying to attract more viewers to my channel, that's why I'm here :D

    • @ChemicalForce
      @ChemicalForce Před 5 lety +1

      @Ungregistered User Dimethylmercury O_omg, no, mb you need to ask Cody, one day he drank cyanide xD

  • @blackcoffee6923
    @blackcoffee6923 Před 3 lety +6

    Currently 15 and yearning to learn more about chemistry, biology, etc. And let me tell you these videos you make help me extremely much since I cannot obtain chemicals in Finland easily!!

  • @AmriteshGaniger
    @AmriteshGaniger Před 5 lety +32

    Wow, Yttrium is such a underrated element. Seriously I never heard of this element.. Kudos to yttrium, u deserve our respect.

  • @vadimalexandrov1520
    @vadimalexandrov1520 Před 5 lety +160

    this is the opposite of my future

  • @jesselapides4390
    @jesselapides4390 Před 5 lety +52

    "highly resistant to oxidation due to it's THICK OXIDE LAYER"

    • @LucarioBoricua
      @LucarioBoricua Před 4 lety +10

      People confuse oxidation (formation of oxide compounds, or more generally, reactions in which an element loses electrons) with corrosion (degradation and disintegration of a material due to different oxidation reactions and then the resulting compounds flaking off, like iron becoming rust).

    • @DreamApostle128
      @DreamApostle128 Před 3 lety +2

      +Lucario B... I didn't know they are different things!

    • @yaykruser
      @yaykruser Před 2 měsíci

      for Iridium: "Most corrosion resistant metal thst only reacts with fluorine"
      - proceeds to burn it in oxygen-

  • @jitendraprabhu3313
    @jitendraprabhu3313 Před 5 lety +55

    "Don't repeat these experiments"
    Yeah i was going to fuse some nuclear materials in my backyard

    • @Rand0mManic
      @Rand0mManic Před 3 lety +3

      You can.

    • @OnlyKaerius
      @OnlyKaerius Před 3 lety +3

      @@Rand0mManic _Radioactive boy scout intensifies._

    • @chrisriley9520
      @chrisriley9520 Před 3 lety +2

      I’d dare to call you the backyard scientists

    • @KermitFrazierdotcom
      @KermitFrazierdotcom Před 3 lety

      Oh, that would be Kreosan's Channel at their new Chernobyl Lab. They might even be legit by now.
      (Glow Inna Dark Legit!)
      On the Ferris Wheel.

  • @galliumgames3962
    @galliumgames3962 Před 5 lety +40

    I got a kilo slab of pure Yttrium off a scrap metal auction. The weight feels like titanium, but is much softer, looks somewhat yellow and has a strange "tingy" sound to it.

  • @BakamonNO
    @BakamonNO Před 5 lety

    Thank you so much for making these high quality videos. It is appreciated

  • @l_Doc
    @l_Doc Před 5 lety +91

    Want to know what is ever brighter? Y₂O₃U.

  • @michaelmellon45
    @michaelmellon45 Před 5 lety +13

    I did learn something new.
    I love your channel.

  • @BothHands1
    @BothHands1 Před 5 lety

    Love your videos!! So glad to see more videos coming out
    Your cat is adorable!! 😍😍

  • @wendelgulfan350
    @wendelgulfan350 Před 4 lety

    Hello Thoisoi. Just dropping by to say that your videos about elements and their properties are sooo informative and educating. Been watching them for months now, i think. But none of it ever stays in my memory😩😩😩.
    Or perhaps only a few atoms in my brain aborbs some of the bombarding info you share.
    Great videos nonetheless. Keep it up.

  • @vangasubramanyam1502
    @vangasubramanyam1502 Před 4 lety +3

    MY SPECIAL REQUEST TO YOU: PLEASE MAKE A SPECIFIC AND CLEAR VIDEO ON PLATINUM 190 AND ITS DOUBLE ELECTRON CAPTURE, IT’S EFFECT ON IRIDIUM METHOXIDE DISSOLVED IN DISTILLED WATER IN A TEST TUBE AND HOW THE PRESENCE OF PLATINUM 190 FORMS A GOLDEN HALO OVER THE SOLUTION IN A MATTER OF 2 TO 3 MINUTES.

  • @cosworth6nut
    @cosworth6nut Před rokem

    You sir, have the most wonderful and interesting accent. I absolutely love watching and listening to your videos. I wish you had been my chemistry teacher at school - I would have learned so much more.

  • @HoursFreeAOLsp
    @HoursFreeAOLsp Před 5 lety +1

    Amazing content, gaining a little knowledge is the very best part of my day

  • @FedeG86
    @FedeG86 Před 5 lety +4

    It never miss the cat at the end of video. 😁
    Thanks for post this video and all others before! All are very educative and interesting. 👍

  • @T3hub3r1337
    @T3hub3r1337 Před 5 lety +3

    Yttrium is also insanely useful in laser technology, specifically as YAG crystal.

  • @dontfeedthepirates
    @dontfeedthepirates Před 4 lety +1

    Most of my work is on YAG lasers. Your videos are top notch, thank you.

  • @Dinkum_Aussie
    @Dinkum_Aussie Před 5 lety +1

    Thank you for the fantastic way you present your videos, from Australia 🇦🇺
    😎👍

  • @Holyshift22
    @Holyshift22 Před 2 lety

    so question i have a piece of metal that can get sooo bright when heated and i take a grinder to it and bright white sparks, just wondering what acid you used for it to turn that yellow color?
    i want to see if this is a peice of yttrium

  • @russellcampbell9641
    @russellcampbell9641 Před 5 lety +2

    Another great video!!!!!

  • @sonukuntal5465
    @sonukuntal5465 Před 3 lety

    No words for your videos means fantastic, interesting and knowledgeable videos and keep uploading

  • @JuanPabloRojasW
    @JuanPabloRojasW Před 5 lety +1

    Thsnk you once again. Here a Graphic Designer who finally gets a grasp of Chemistry.

  • @bobcharlie2337
    @bobcharlie2337 Před 5 lety +10

    Wow! That Ytttium coin is so cool. I want one.

  • @uddhavn
    @uddhavn Před 5 lety

    Now I know a lot about yttrium .thanks for making an amazing video

  • @whitehorse1959
    @whitehorse1959 Před 4 lety

    Clear and concise, thanks

  • @pankaj_one
    @pankaj_one Před 5 lety +7

    Appreciate Your effort for making individual videos of all existing elements.

  • @JohnThornley
    @JohnThornley Před 5 lety

    I really love your videos. Keep up the good work.

  • @SoddingaboutSi
    @SoddingaboutSi Před 4 lety

    Thank you. Very interesting and detailed.

  • @julekxmetin123pl4
    @julekxmetin123pl4 Před 5 lety

    I really love your channel I learned so much

  • @Tatiana-jt9hd
    @Tatiana-jt9hd Před 5 lety +69

    Yttrium is so bright that it's brighter than my future...

  • @The_Dark_Lord-69
    @The_Dark_Lord-69 Před 5 lety

    You make chemistry very interesting. Thank you.

  • @Koronzon444
    @Koronzon444 Před 5 lety

    yttrium/zirconia ceramics were used in the old days to make a type of bulbless incandescent light called a Nernst lamp, these lamps required no vacuum as the material was an oxide.

  • @KermitFrazierdotcom
    @KermitFrazierdotcom Před 3 lety

    These are not simply click bait experiments, but in-depth examinations of Periodic Table Elements that you may have not known anything about. I like!

  • @thom1218
    @thom1218 Před 5 lety +17

    Thorium oxide lantern mantles glowed brighter, but were banned due to their mild radioactivity. And a common use that wasn't mentioned for Yttrium is its use in Nd:YAG lasers (Neodymium Yttrium Aluminum Garnet). But good job, keep it up!

    • @a-triangle2735
      @a-triangle2735 Před 5 lety

      Funny, how that is banned, while 4G UMTS networks are deemed safe.
      However: Microwaves use the same frequency as your wifi router.
      I know it is different, because gamma rays are destroying molecules (thus, DNA)
      while 2.4 GHz waves only cook water ( that what you and I are mostly made of).
      Sure .. that's safe. Just as safe as the asbestos filters, Marlboro invented for cigarettes.
      Sometimes, the hypocrisy of this world sickens me, but what can you do ... ?

    • @noxaeterna8761
      @noxaeterna8761 Před 5 lety +1

      @@a-triangle2735 not use them

    • @a-triangle2735
      @a-triangle2735 Před 5 lety

      @@noxaeterna8761 Ok , I won't.
      Now I just have to convince my neighbours ;)

    • @noxaeterna8761
      @noxaeterna8761 Před 5 lety

      @@a-triangle2735 tell them use fireworks

    • @a-triangle2735
      @a-triangle2735 Před 5 lety

      @@noxaeterna8761 yeah , sure.
      Allow them to burn my house down ;)
      Better use blankets and smoke, like the indians did.
      Ok ... the baud rate is not suitable for movie downloads.
      By the way: I am from the Netherlands too.
      Loving metal. ;) .. and technology.

  • @solarflare1008
    @solarflare1008 Před 5 lety +3

    I am not into metallurgy but I like to learn. Thanks Sr.

  • @user-on1dt7ly8h
    @user-on1dt7ly8h Před 4 lety

    Congratulations on your beautiful blog and the wonderful channel it's the perfect CZcams channel God bless you

  • @alexoftheway8169
    @alexoftheway8169 Před 3 lety

    I do like your vidios on the elements! Plus you cat is awesome too!

  • @kamekazi60
    @kamekazi60 Před 5 lety +2

    I give a like before even watching because I know it’s going to be good and interesting

  • @poptartmcjelly7054
    @poptartmcjelly7054 Před 5 lety

    Is Yttrium used in pigments?
    About a month ago, while i was firing up the furnace, i noticed that the ashes of a particular piece of paper would glow a blindingly bright white when heated with a butane torch.
    I even preserved the ashes for later experiments.

  • @jeffborders5526
    @jeffborders5526 Před 3 lety +1

    *Absolutely aces high school chemistry class. Utterly memorized every little dot and squiggle on the entire periodic table 100% tested and with results. *About a couple of decades later: "...what the hell is a yttrium??" Remember kids, as you get older, it's not about what you know. It's about what you can remember." Yes I remember yttrium. But recently I caught myself almost not remembering that there is a yttrium of all the possible names in the world they went with yttrium for that one. Smh.

  • @Mrnickking
    @Mrnickking Před 5 lety

    Love these videos

  • @ActiveAtom
    @ActiveAtom Před 5 lety

    Even this pair of micro-machinist love this channel and this video is just exposing us to yet one more possibility. Yttrium coating on metals shows why machinists are drawn to this channel to understand our material wear options.

  • @hosseinpeste9213
    @hosseinpeste9213 Před 2 lety

    Hello, can light aqueous solution of zinc bromide be decomposed using light?
    Thank you

  • @AaronSchwarz42
    @AaronSchwarz42 Před 3 lety

    Cool video, yttrium stabilized zirconia has all kinds of cool applications^^

  • @suryanshsrivastava5551

    Him: Yttrium is the brightest among all elements.
    Einsteinium: *"I BEG YOUR PARDON"*

  • @CoolKrrish
    @CoolKrrish Před 5 lety

    Thanks for good examples

  • @shawnfahoum5504
    @shawnfahoum5504 Před 5 lety +7

    Ugh we gotta learn this at Oxford university, thank you 🙏🏼

  • @WilfWonders
    @WilfWonders Před 5 lety

    hi i'm 7 and i love chemistry. what is the steam that is coming off the yttrium when it is being a magnet in your video?

  • @zinbylee7812
    @zinbylee7812 Před 5 lety

    這個網子確實是燒不壞,從以前就很好奇成分,現在我知道了!
    感謝!!

  • @minusstage3
    @minusstage3 Před rokem

    Now this was a presentation of Primus, I've not heard before.

  • @LUIGIBENIT0
    @LUIGIBENIT0 Před 5 lety +1

    Great success!

  • @ExpertCMX
    @ExpertCMX Před 5 lety

    I love his accent... The way he ends his sentences, lol.. I think it's "Epic"
    Not funny but very interestingly charming and motivating. Wish i had a teacher like that

  • @katiefrisk980
    @katiefrisk980 Před 2 lety

    in analytical chemistry we use it as an “internal standard”, as its combination of rarity and uselessness for general purposes means it can be added and measured confidently & quantitatively.

  • @ARYAINDIA1997
    @ARYAINDIA1997 Před 5 lety +21

    lol...in india street vendors have been using this from decades.They connect that pouch with a fuel gas cylinder and light it up.

  • @Nesisorator
    @Nesisorator Před 5 lety

    2:47 how does reacting with acetic acid forms yttrium oxalate? was it a mistake or am I missing something?

  • @Shoehazer
    @Shoehazer Před 4 lety

    Is that yttrium aluminum garnet or yttrium iron garnet shown at 4:24?

  • @valadaybreak86
    @valadaybreak86 Před 5 lety +1

    You forget about the use of yttrium oxide for high temperature fuel cells. Aside of that, cool video

  • @vijaykumarg63
    @vijaykumarg63 Před 5 lety

    Thank you for Ur viedio
    Pls explain mixactive metals & purpose

  • @sachinarya5670
    @sachinarya5670 Před 3 lety

    Awesome and interesting video

  • @kychemclass5850
    @kychemclass5850 Před 3 lety

    As usual a great video. I'd love to know what the music is in the background. Like your video's it rocks!. From about 2:14

  • @musicaddictzz
    @musicaddictzz Před 5 lety +110

    I am a chemist👩‍🔬
    Thx for experiment^_^

    • @GoldenHay1
      @GoldenHay1 Před 5 lety +6

      isn't everyone a chemist in some way :)

    • @helldad4689
      @helldad4689 Před 5 lety +2

      @@GoldenHay1 im not

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 Před 5 lety +1

      +MusicAddictz__:
      I am an amateur chemist and science enthusiast.

    • @alpacamybag9103
      @alpacamybag9103 Před 5 lety +3

      @@helldad4689 If you make cups of tea you are! Diffusing tanic acid in a hot h2o solution :D

    • @helldad4689
      @helldad4689 Před 5 lety +1

      @@alpacamybag9103 i dont make cups of tea

  • @lakshyasharma3949
    @lakshyasharma3949 Před 5 lety

    Very nice explsination👌

  • @michaczajka3854
    @michaczajka3854 Před 5 lety

    Is that possible to take some random stone outof the field and using various chemistry disolve it totaly?

  • @tobifoong8025
    @tobifoong8025 Před 5 lety +1

    Wonder if any one knows if Yttrium or its oxide can be used to dissipate heat through light? especially at high temperatures > 1000 C ?or would normal black body radiation be more effective?

  • @MidnightSt
    @MidnightSt Před 3 lety +1

    would it also glow if you heated it by running current through it? Why didn't you try? :(

  • @freekingawwsome
    @freekingawwsome Před rokem

    Thank you my friend

  • @murdelabop
    @murdelabop Před 5 lety

    In gas light mantles Thorium is about 20% brighter. Thorium based mantles can still be gotten from Asian manufacturers, and new old stock mantles are not difficult to find. It isn't particularly dangerous as long as you don't eat it.

  • @Feldwaldwiese
    @Feldwaldwiese Před 3 lety

    4:20 yttrium-iron-garnets are used for RF-Filters.

  • @whimsy5623
    @whimsy5623 Před 5 lety

    Its was a _bright_ idea to do, it practically _glows_ with science.

  • @AtomicPunk23
    @AtomicPunk23 Před 3 lety

    I always wondered what they made those gas light sacks out of, now I know.

  • @Patchuchan
    @Patchuchan Před 2 lety

    It's also used in making the rods for Nd:YAG lasers.

  • @saoirsemurray1310
    @saoirsemurray1310 Před 5 lety +2

    4:15 Quite unrelated, but the blocks on the outside of that reactor feel strangely haphazard in their placement. Is there a reason such as them shifting around with time or there being a specific reason for them to not be more uniform? Or does it simply not matter?
    Just curious if anyone knows.

    • @ronaldderooij1774
      @ronaldderooij1774 Před 5 lety

      I cannot answer you directly, as I do not know. But if you know German, I could refer you to the YT channel "Urknall, Weltall und das Leben". One of the contributors in that channel works in a nuclear fusion laboratory. He will know. So, contact them. Btw, I think they will also understand English, but the channel is in German.

    • @Aj32678
      @Aj32678 Před 5 lety

      It makes a pretty disco ball pattern in the reactor so the reaction can really boogie. maybe?

  • @GlobalVoice.97
    @GlobalVoice.97 Před 5 lety

    Very good post sir.

  • @5610winston
    @5610winston Před 5 lety

    "...there's yttrium, ytterbium, and fermium, berkelium, and also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium..." Tom Lehrer, "The Elements" song.

  • @randomgamingmoment
    @randomgamingmoment Před 5 lety

    #ForInstance king.. crossed 100x record of saying the word "For Instance"

  • @nikhilrajmehra4984
    @nikhilrajmehra4984 Před 5 lety

    Superb video

  • @IroaEdit
    @IroaEdit Před 5 lety

    Great videos

  • @kalaipunal
    @kalaipunal Před 5 lety

    Thank you, and also it is based on Sc21,Y36, Tesla number 3,6,9...wow...

  • @useruserov8668
    @useruserov8668 Před 3 lety

    CZcams needs to have more educational videos like these.

  • @ArrowBast
    @ArrowBast Před rokem

    Which is the strongest Group 3 hydroxide in terms of alkalinity ?

  • @mysock351C
    @mysock351C Před 5 lety

    It also makes a decent scintillator for gamma ray detectors as well (Yittrium Aluminum Persovskite). Unlike the metal, a processed crystal will set you back as much as buying a car.

  • @ph11p3540
    @ph11p3540 Před rokem

    Had an aunt who ended up getting shot by a nuclear cyclotron after getting yttrium injected into her as a targeting chemical. It was for her thyroid cancer. She never knew she got shot by a nuclear particle gun the size of two main battle tanks.

  • @fredbach6039
    @fredbach6039 Před 3 lety

    Great video! Isn't there a YAG Laser?

  • @quickminutetv4170
    @quickminutetv4170 Před 5 lety

    I have old gas mantles made from thorium, that’s pretty cool

  • @campanerosdelaltoojaezcara6761

    Great !!!

  • @sonicbouy
    @sonicbouy Před 5 lety

    what will u do after u exhaust all the elements in the table?

  • @KababKnife
    @KababKnife Před 5 lety

    Damn so much cool information nice.

  • @scottfirman
    @scottfirman Před 5 lety +1

    I always wondered what they put in mantles to make them glow brightly. I never asked so I never knew.

  • @randomdiy6717
    @randomdiy6717 Před 5 lety

    This channel is so good it won a sub from me

  • @jamesdriscoll9405
    @jamesdriscoll9405 Před 3 lety

    In the 70's they used thorium mantles to train radiological monitors.

  • @lemmingscanfly5
    @lemmingscanfly5 Před 3 lety

    I wish I had the brain capacity to study something that is interesting and useful, but I can’t even remember a fat portion of my life let alone the things I’ve learned.

  • @TheDemocrab
    @TheDemocrab Před rokem

    4:56 This shot could almost be a Primus album cover.

  • @mahaneddi927
    @mahaneddi927 Před 5 lety

    You are awesome

  • @FGBFGB-vt7tc
    @FGBFGB-vt7tc Před 5 lety

    Dear Forumites, please let me add that Yttrium is part of the matrix that makes Nd:YAG lasers possible. Thanks Mr. Thoisoi2 for the original post.

  • @Ferp50
    @Ferp50 Před 5 lety

    So can we use this in MRI that will not need liquid helium?

  • @geoffgordon5445
    @geoffgordon5445 Před 5 lety

    Thanks for the Chemistry Lesson Borat

  • @luisforeal8676
    @luisforeal8676 Před 5 lety +6

    Are you Borat’s scientist cousin?

  • @shivanshsharma7458
    @shivanshsharma7458 Před 5 lety +60

    Love your accent

    • @kkn5523
      @kkn5523 Před 5 lety +1

      @Ungregistered User such souvenir coins. I had to listen to it twice to understand that

    • @McAko
      @McAko Před 5 lety +5

      It sounds like a drunk Russian man 🙄

    • @marielleblackmore7171
      @marielleblackmore7171 Před 5 lety +1

      I have a little trouble understanding certain words (I'm not English native speaker) have to replay some parts, subtitles would be great 😅

    • @LilanDeSilva6738
      @LilanDeSilva6738 Před 5 lety +1

      "Flexible for making such souvenir coins".? (What I could get)

    • @davidmadiar3928
      @davidmadiar3928 Před 5 lety +2

      @@McAko because he is one.

  • @woloabel
    @woloabel Před 5 lety

    Yttrium best use is still classified and remains a potential weapon against humankind....