Breaking Bad Meets Reality - Mythbusters - Science Documentary
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2024
- Mythbusters - S08 E10
Dive into a world where 'Breaking Bad' meets science! The MythBusters team puts iconic Breaking Bad science to the test-Can hydrochloric acid dissolve a bathtub? Is mercury fulminate really that explosive? Watch as we debunk or confirm these thrilling chemistry myths!
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I don't know if this makes Braking Bad older than I thought or the Mythbusters younger than I thought, but in my head, these shows are like 8years apart
I think breaking bad aired in 2008
Was the last really good show
@@dlfrestorationyou could try the expanse i love this one
@@dlfrestoration if you think breaking bad was last good show since 08 you need to stop waiting to be spoonfed content. There are SO MANY fantastic series and movies. Breaking bad was without a doubt one of the best series ever made, but its not the first, last or best imho, it just reminded people what a good story CAN be.
@@Kub_ everything since has been woke rubbish sadly
I’m disappointed they didn’t test the production of crystal meth, and the actual quality of the result 😁🤷🏼♂️
I‘m sure they did before the actual myths that made it in the episode
Well, because it's a federal offense mainly 😂 Pretty sure it's one of those things that even pharmaceutical companies aren't even allowed to make
@@spran369 methamphetamin?
Pharmaceutical companies do make methamphetamin as medicition
As example for ADHD and narcolepsy, even for children
The last years it‘s used more often again legally
No no you missed something 🫢 The actual myth is if blue meth is an indicator of pureness! spoiler: it’s not … meth is natural white so you would make it blue by adding impurities 🫨 Myth : BUSTED💥
@@spran369pharmaceutical companies are allowed to produce it and they do
It‘s a used medication for ADHD as example, even for kids
Methbusters
All these years and that pun never occured to me 😐
Yes. Quite.
More like Methbursters!
Thank you
r/Angryupvote worthy comment
The "secret acid" is Piranha Solution btw -
It's made with 3 parts of concentrated sulfuric acid and 1 part of 30% hydrogen peroxide solution, same ratio used in this episode.
It's so dangerous that just mixing it too quickly can cause it to boil and even explode
Yup, peroxymonosulfuric acid
yeah, when they said "the solution is a lot of hydrogen and oxygen" i figure it out it's hydrogen peroxide.
thanks , now i can dispose corpse .
there was an episode of csi vegas where the killer died because they mixed piranha solution to fast
That's what I figured out as well from "lots of Hydrogen and Oxygen". Deduced rather. Not really that many ways these 2 can bond in order to satisfy "the Ultimate Theatrical Effect" requirement the duo has consistently made their trademark...
That "maybe they should build us a writing robot" quote does not seem to be aging that well
48:31 Just realised that the names in the end credits all got the Periodic Table treatment. Nice little detail for the Breaking Bad Special.
at 9:53 they also did the "sped-up landscape" shot, just like in breaking bad
For those of you who want to know what the secret sauce was, it's Hydrogen Peroxide and with sulfuric acid it forms "Piranha solution". At 18:27 on the left jug they didn't censor the "Hydrogen Peroxide" written on there.
I saw that too
Jamie literally revealed it to the smart at 46:50 🤣
@@IanSelvaraj Lots of hydrogen and oxygen could also be just water and nonetheless it was just a little thing I noticed and thought was a tad funny.
Piranha solution is a well known dissolving agent anyway
They almost said it at the end "consists of lots of hydrogen and oxygen " . Though I believe bleach instead of perox. would have done the job
Large crystals would be much more impact sensitive...
said its almost impossibe to make it to clear crystals
It would definitely be more likely to explode. 50g of it would not blow up a building though, and it would not leave people inside alive if it did. The crystals would also look nothing like they did in the show - you just can't make crystals of mercury fulminate that size (you'd get a few millimetres at best) and it's the wrong colour (closer to that powder's colour).
And purer too
@@slyfoxcoffee9642 I do think its impossible to make in crytallized form.
Vince retconning the show on another show is highly amusing.
HF is actually a weak acid by definition and not as corrosive as strong acids such as Hydrochloric (HCl), however, corrosivity is the least hazardous aspect of HF. The toxicity of HF is the main concern. HF is absorbed through the skin quickly and is a severe systemic toxin.
Many years ago I worked in a lab that used HF in their research and it was kept in plastic because it corroded glass and its toxic properties were what made us respect the horrid stuff.
Rest In Peace Grant ❤
They should have scratched the bottom of tub (like a old used bathtube) , so the acid could corrode it .amazing reaction anyway
yeah. vitreous ceramic that hasn't had any wear is going to resist almost anything
Wooden walls take more in of the shockwave, then brick, so it lowers the chances to blow out the windows. Also asking the specialist how the difference between the powder and crystal form could matter, next to it beign extremely hard to crystalize, would sound like an insteresting follow up on this vis.
The process of enhancing sulfuric acid’s reactivity by adding an oxidizing agent is commonly known as “supercharging.” In this Mythbusters episode, they used a “special sauce” of hydrogen peroxide; which is a strong oxidizer, also referred to as “Piranha Solution”.
25:47 "The Throwbot is ready to throw..." Yeah... Not with the axle bent hell out of shape! That's a 5 degree bend right there! 😄
One of my favorites Mythbusters episode, so glad you guys uploaded it
"why? well here's Adam on acid" cought me so off guard💀💀13:39
RIP Grant, this show was a huge part of my childhood. It was an awesome way to learn cool thing's growing up.
Dam didn’t know he died
At 17:15 into the video, the liquid in those bottles did not look like pure sulfuric acid. Concentrated sulfuric acid is very viscous. The thick (oil like) consistency is what gave sulfuric acid its other name, "oil of vitriol." Look it up.
If they used pure sulfuric acid, the pig flesh would almost instantly turn into black carbon, because the acid rips out water from the compounds in the flesh, thus leaving mainly carbon. You would also need a whole lot more acid to dissolve that much pork.
sulfuric acid can also be super saturated to something like 18 mol ..
@@bobthe7778 18 mol/L is concentraded not super saturated. It is the same as 96%
You can get 99.9% but it offgasses a lot. It is also less corrosive as the water helps the reactions take place.
They disappointed me. When I saw the episode, I knew the reaction. These guys failed to reproduce the actual conditions. They set a tub on a wooden floor. They didn't make a point of it, but they had to seal the drain with something, The drain fitting is typically chrome plated brass. In either HF of "Super Sauce" the brass would have gone quickly. The acid+ would have leaked out of tub in the space formerly occupied by the drain fixture. The cellulose fibre in the wood would have resisted a bit.
The floor would have busted through and the fully intact tub with mostlly intact body would have dropped.The Mercury Fulminate needed to be recrystallized, using a solvent mixture and a dark place to sit undisturbed.takes time to grow large crystals.
They must have a good production budget. They don't skimp on things.
HF also corrodes fiberglass better than the solution they used. im guessing due to the toxicity of HF it wouldve been extremely difficult for the production crew to obtain many gallons of it and thats why they switched to piranha solution
I once (ONCE!) used varnish and paint remover on wood in a bathroom. The bath was made from Fiberglass and the paint stripper got on to the bath. The result was Ooopsie! I nearly put a hole in my bath!
I love how Walt's head looks more like Tobias from Arrested development XD
Jesse turning up in a t-shirt with a brand or logo so he has to wear it inside out.
Key to the fulminated mercury and other similar substances being too impact reactive is "screwing up" the process to create crystals (just don't, ever), not fine powder. They made it too perfectly.
Having been a mineral and metallurgical assayer in my past life, I worked with various chemicals, however the one that needed total attention whilst handling is Hydrofluoric Acid used digest quartz, silicates and silicon metal (metalloid) and heated in special high temperature resistant teflon beakers. HF is the one acid that can be very fatal if handled without strict training and the use of proper PPE.
As for the special sauce used with the Sulphuric (Sulfuric) H2SO4 acid bath, and if I heard correctly towards the end of the video the sauce is made up of H202 Hydrogen Peroxide which definitely got the violent super heated reaction going.
Christalizing the mercury would make a difference to be honest.. A powder does work but it doesn't recreate the same reaction.
Yep, I too think, some big crystals would make a more rapid explosion than some powder. And would cause a bigger boom.
making crystals that size is impossible.
Lmao the part with the 3 others always end up the same :
"So the myth didnt work, so instead we're using C4"
oh my god ive been trying to watch this episode for yeaaaaaars tysm for uploading
funfact : old Chemist in germany tried out to reproduze the cristal meth out of breaking bad , was successful, but got noticed by the police.
he got released after it was confirmed that he had no intention of selling it
The scripting and over the top bad acting will never get old XD
Heidelberg is running the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico 😅
34:33 i noticed a funny detail.
Aaron had to wear his shirt inside out, i guess there is some sort of copyrighted material there or something.
it looks like there is Darth Vader on the shirt lol
TBF they used the crystallised version on the show. It may be more volatile
Anyone know what that special sauce used to ‘turbo charge’ the sulphuric acid? Asking for a friend that works for Boeing
H2O2
jesse said in the show i got perfect plastic tub did the creator forgot that
To increase the reactivity or strength of sulfuric acid, some possible answers include:
Concentration: Increasing the concentration of sulfuric acid can enhance its reactivity.
Temperature: Raising the temperature of sulfuric acid can increase its reactivity.
Catalysts: Adding catalysts like vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) or platinum can enhance sulfuric acid's reactivity.
Oxidizers: Adding oxidizers like hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) or potassium permanganate (KMnO4) can increase sulfuric acid's reactivity.
Remember to handle sulfuric acid with caution, as it's a highly corrosive and hazardous substance. Always follow proper safety protocols and guidelines when working with it!
my sister still owns some of the candy from the stoe they used to make the Crystal Meth in the show, such a cool prop.
Guys, if you really wanted to keep it secret you'd get rid of that ID code on the bottle that hydrogen peroxide. Not too subtle, lol.
This is EPIC🔥
where in my life did i miss the old team of mythbusters is back?
as a big fan of mythbusters but who also wouldnt wanna sit through lots of boring parts in breaking bad, i have barely seen a single episode of one while i've seen tons of the other and as very often, the experiments in mythbusters do not match what i call "the cleanliness factor". remember when they experimented with pyramids and sawed through an apple and it seemed to show results just based on that alone? well, same here except the other way around: the breaking bad scene with the bathtub plays in some decrepit house. seeing as it still has a bathtub instead of a much cheaper shower, it must be especially old and not just built shoddily, but actually decently after which it became what we can see. the fact that all of this happened instead of it being kept up well should also pretty much guarantee the weakest and cheapest bathtub available being used, as otherwise the owners wouldve most likely paid more attention to it, so in that aspect they had it correctly in the end with glass fiber. one thing that was definitely not correct is that the bathtub was practically in pristine condition. as anyone would be able to attest to who has used an old, weak bathtub, this is never the case. if you rent, this is almost guaranteed. so the bathtubs wouldve been damaged in some ways. this could be thin, superficial tears in the material, but also some slightly deeper holes and maybe a sagging middle part where someone especially heavy may have just tripped and landed on that one time when there was a little too much soap in there and they didnt pay attention. again, i've seen this so many times before at so many people's places (as everyone around here rents), that i'm genuinely surprised how they didnt add this edge to the acid working its magic. a larger surface wouldve helped the reaction by default, but also the damage to the surface wouldve gotten rid of the most difficult part and made the material thinner. i think a good place for them to start wouldve been to get a used bathtub in rough shape and then banged it up some more. it was a drug lord's hideout, afterall, from what i can tell. then the floor. same idea, way too good condition. such a floor wouldve had various small holes and countless little cuts and grooves which wouldve really helped the acid work. also, maybe use more rotten wood? those have some air gaps often and are weaker, too, so a bathtub that was filled to the brim with enough acid dissolve 70kg of pork couldve weighed down more upon it to break through.
ps: in the series it seems that the wrong kind of acid was used, as a massive chunk of flesh fell down, whereas the other materials were much more damaged, i'm not a chemist, but is it possible that there's an acid or base that would achieve sth much more close to that? i get that piranha solution makes for an awesome effect, but maybe it was sth else entirely. aqua regia is well known to dissolve gold and is made of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid, though quite different, it's pretty easy for a chemistry teacher like walter white to produce in copious amounts, i think. and while i know very little of the topic, judging by the fact that the myth busters team arent using it on the pork but piranha solution, i will assume that it works pretty badly with organic stuff like meat and MAYBE better with other things? but again, i'm talking out of my hinie right now. or maybe there's an acid that excels at eating through wood that would be a realistic option?
Dry wall is called dry wall for a reason 🤣 when it gets wet or liquid is present around it, it soaks it up like a sponge and falls apart which is why your house has to be stripped out and re furbished after a flood or water has gone through the walls.
The world was a better place when Breaking Bad was still running (probably not but atleast i had shit to distract myself)
I thought it is Breaking Bath. They are wasting a hell of a lot of time on some faulty bath and a ceiling. In reality that piece of bath would simply get stuck in the metal grid of such a ceiling. It is all as fake as you can get it. Why did people stay home for this? For real?
I've never recovered from Breaking Bad. It ruined tv for me because there was nothing else to watch, besides Vikings...and that turned to shit after Ragnar died imo. GOT was traumatic as well as the last few seasons sucked monkey balls too lol
RIP Grant ❤
I just find it funny that Aaron paul has he t-shirt on inside out for a chunk near the end.
Dang no mention of the perfect coffee device!
They shouldve tested the electro magnet in the truck
They did that in an episode of the kids version of mythbusters. It's on CZcams. I think it had "can magnets wipe data" or something to that effect in the title.
I love Mythbusters❤
if it's possible to crystalize the material, the Gforce and pressure inside the material would by totally different than a bag of non-newtonian powder. also, walt threw it at the wall, not the floor.
who makes a bathtub out of cast iron? that is insane! bathtubs are made of acrylic.
Das Quecksilberfulminat wäre beim werfen explodiert, wenn es große Kristalle gewesen wären anstatt Pulver!
es wird als Pulver hergestellt, weil große Kristalle viel zu empfindlich auf Schlag oder Reibung reagieren!
I think they did it wrong with the explosives do to the impact of the powder together instead of a crystal impacting. The colliding of the crystal may make the explosion work without the shock rocks. But I don't think the crystal should explode with as much power do to the same thing that happens with gun powder (fine = fast bang) (course = slow bang)
Sulpheric acid + hydrogen peroxide, in case anyone was wondering
I'm fairly certain if you tried it with Fluoroantimonic acid, you would see everything desolve.
What year was this shot
I waited patiently for 15 minutes and you're still not gonna tell me how to melt this body in acid?? Jamie you tease
I don't know this is just a theory and I'm no chemist but with the whole explosion thing perhaps in the process of crystallizing it is condensed and Walt had accounted for that.
i love how at 5:30 Jamie is putting the dishes with the material onto a tray one by one.
Why not put all the dishes onto the tray and load the tray with all of it on it in one go?
O wait, yeah, time filler, hollywood.
Without all the filler and repeating stuff they've already said, these episodes would only be 20 minutes long too xD
yeah, that i know. But be real: to fill it up with nonsense like that is a bit too much.
@@InevitableMayo
Acid wise, just two words: Aqua Regia! (Sorry if I taught the obvious)
i would have liked to see what thatbathtub with satanic sludge would have looked like after 8 hours staying like that
At the beginning, the chemist calls the acid he added "hydrochloric acid", not "hydrofluoric acid". They sound the same, but they're not.
Yes I thought that was odd they didn't reshoot that scene with corrections...or was it hydrochloric acid?? 🤔😎💚💙💜🛀
Ya I thought the same, did they actually fuck up and use the wrong acid maybe? Because as you said, they are not even close to being the same sort of acid.
HCL is a stronger acid than HF.
But but why Heisenberg is buying first 😂
is it me or did they add a little something something with the mercury fulminate at 40:39 you can clearly see the bags of MF on the right and a cylinder on the left not just a squib
might be a canister of flammable gas to make the explosion look better for tv
They missed a trick there. The tub was old and used so probably had scratches through the gell coat which would allow the acid mix to attack the fiber mesh and resin.
Easy: Walter was lying about the mercury fulminate; he used silver azide instead. No stupid poisonous mercury in the air. He probably thought that "mercury" sounds more exotic than "silver" to the crime boss.
And the large amount in the large bag was just a dummy. He wouldn't risk that the shockwave of the first explosions would cause a secondary explosion.
And silver azide forms colorless crystals.
In some regions of Germany, it's still legal to produce (although only 1 gram max!) of silver azide in chemistry lessons in school. Of course, back in the days, we had that chemistry teacher who didn't give a fuck about regulations. Met her again long after I had left school. Turned out that she not remembered me, but that she had also lectured all her classes, for decades, about how "heroic" I was (referring to one of my, uh, "unofficial" experiments, which went a bit...too good). Everyone else would have lectured about how dumb I was. Me included.
The mercury didn’t explode on the throw because they didn’t use crystals, which so unstable that in big crystals it can explode spontaneously because it’s own weight
When he was going over the periodic table stuff, I remembered why I failed science 10 twice
The "special sauce" might be hydrogen peroxide. With sulfuric acid, it forms piranha solution which can dissolve organic materials to water and carbon dioxide.
Did Adam use galvanized square steel and eco friendly wood veneers when creating the bathroom?
hydrogen peroxide will turbo charge any acid, so likely that is what he is adding to it. especially since his "special sauce" is 30% adds weight to that assumption as 30% concentration is common for reagent grade H2O2.
That red painted ''explosion proof box'' (39:59) appears quite lightweight and turns out to be made of plywood. (40:14)
Enjoyed the show, though
Lol the i love acid sticker on the cleanup girls hard hat
I fucking love this show, since I was a kid I couldn't believe how awesome and inteligent it was
hydrocloric acid.. use piranha solution!!
Love this hahaha
This show's narrator doesn't get enough credit, very nostalgic.
Should be called Methbusters for this special
In the pétri dishes the HF Acid would have kept eating if there was more than 100ml. It doesn’t just keep on eating, as the energy is spent at a certain point. 1 litre in each would have had more serious results.
For those wondering, "special sauce" is H2O2.
Their acid quest was different to mine
"Inside the tub was sulfuric acid and our special sauce, which, let's just say is lots og hydrogen and oxygen."
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Lots og hydrogen and oxygen... They really kept that secret sauce very secret xD
Sooo... your SPECIAL " acid '' done that, did it? I'm thinkin' I shall not get into this kind of chemistry, for fear of gettin' badly burned! Good on ya fer yer safety measures, buys!
'Fun' Fact: in Afghanistan ISIS mostly closed down all opium production and switched to growing ephedra. Ephedra is a plant that is used to make crystal meth which is mostly sold ion eastern Europe. The EMCDDA has a great report about this.
ISIS? You mean the Taliban? Much to the dismay of big pharmaceutical corporations, for whom opium is a highly valuable resource and Afghanistan is the producer of 80% of the world's opium. And that also at a time when the opioid crisis was starting to form in the US. I've heard of soldiers having to guard poppy seed fields after the invasion... makes you wonder.
I thought the actor potraying jesse is spot on then I realised its fucking Jesse Pinkman
I think the acid you're looking for is fluoroantimonic acid!
The shit show of deciding who got to be Heisenberg must have been epic.
Special sauce is H2O2^^ then it forms piranha solution^^
Most of drug cartel already know what acid to use to disposed those in a drum. 😂
I have too much of the hf acid.... that's questioning my father's previous life
was the tub in BB cast iron or was it fiber glass, think they should have tested both?
Right at the start, I went back because I thought I'd accidentally gone forward 10 seconds
guessing the “special sauce” is either sulfur trioxide or oleum, you’re welcome nerdowell body disposers, have fun getting the chemicals without alerting umpteen different authorities 😂😂
Nice
H2O2. Not in strong solution, like 8% or so. Stronger than most home, chemist buyable solutions but more than enough for this catalyst.
Any stronger by solution and it could have been quite dangerous to add, causing immediate bubbling and splashing from the rigorous mix to the h2so4 but explosive in nature. Too, they almost certainly started with cooled acid and catalyst as room temperature would have caused problems. Hotter than ambient would be orders of magnitude more dangerous and require breathing apparatus.
You missed a trick with Q ball not being hiesenburg
should have went the extra mile and turned it into crystal cause the hard surface on hard surface thing
After watching Breaking Bad, how many viewers decided they wanted to try some CM and how many decided they would never, ever touch the stuff?
It's good to see Grant again.. #RIP
R.I.P. Grant. I miss you
Also Grant: *has two data points*
him seconds later: "sometimes [...] it's a non-linear process"
(/s I love Mythbusters and everything around it. I know they had limitation due to it being a tv show. I just found it funny)
Yeah, yeah, you call him Breaking Bad guy but we all know he's the cowboy from Pile o' Bullets!
Piranha solution ?