Shooting Watermelons with 'Exploding' Sodium Bullets!

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    Thanks to my friend Travis for being awesome and letting me use his property to film. Honestly this dude is awesome, ever time I go over there the lawn just gets destroyed, things catch fire that aren't supposed to, and hes just a generally cool guy, thanks Travis!
    This is part 2 from my liquid metal bullets experiment! Last week we tested how these bullets preform by shooting them into a tank of water, this week we got to have some fun! We shot watermelons, cinderblocks, starting fluid, and a bunch more. Its a long video, but totally worth staying till the end because you get to see me choke on a bug haha.
    The first test was shooting bullets at a watermelon. We shot Sodium, Potassium, and a special alloy of sodium & potassium thats a liquid! Its basically the closest thing to shooting mercury out of a gun!
    These bullets are insane!
    For this video I bought 150g of potassium for $325 , and 500g of sodium for $150. Each bullet holds 1g of metal. I also had to buy regular .45 hollowpoint ammo to modify ~.50c/bullet. At these prices, each potassium bullet costs $2.50 Each sodium bullet cost .80c. The liquid alloy is 25% sodium, 75% potassium.
    These bullets must be stored under dried and degassed solvent, blanketed in a dry, and inert atmosphere. Storing the bullets in regular oil or other hydrocarbon solvent will quickly destroy the entire bullet and casing in less than a week. Common oils and solvents are slightly permeable to oxygen and moisture which will react with the alkali metals to form corrosive hydroxides which will etch the zinc in the brass casing. Oil will enter the casing and inactivate the smokeless powder. After 1 week 1/10 of the bullets stored under oil did not fire.
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  • @catellite2076
    @catellite2076 Před 3 lety +659

    Backyard scientist adding things to the “war crimes” chart

    • @bobfels5343
      @bobfels5343 Před 3 lety +16

      Wouldnt it already be on the list, it might be considered a chemical weapon

    • @RollingxBigshot
      @RollingxBigshot Před 2 lety +22

      @@bobfels5343 probably not chemical since it’s metal, but probably in the same category of inhuman weapons like flame throwers

    • @sairabanokazmi1150
      @sairabanokazmi1150 Před 2 lety +6

      Yeah, explosive bullets are warcrimes.

    • @Project_VideoGame
      @Project_VideoGame Před 2 lety +6

      Highly Explosive Shells exist

    • @user-mr9rr5or5l
      @user-mr9rr5or5l Před 2 lety +2

      @@Project_VideoGame a tank and warships not 50 cal explosion bullets

  • @noahm6261
    @noahm6261 Před 3 lety +224

    Imagine robbing someone's house and getting shot, blown up and caught on fire at the same time

    • @somecallmetim4490
      @somecallmetim4490 Před 2 lety +32

      Those elemental weapons are intense.

    • @jamesestrella5911
      @jamesestrella5911 Před 2 lety +22

      @@somecallmetim4490 Literal elements in this case.

    • @noahway13
      @noahway13 Před 2 lety +6

      You gave all the NRA members a boner.

    • @alextaratsas9515
      @alextaratsas9515 Před 2 lety

      Get sent straight to hell

    • @adammartin703
      @adammartin703 Před rokem +1

      I asked for a Pb and j and I got a sandwich full of lead. (Go to 6:56 to understand)

  • @durrmoment291
    @durrmoment291 Před 3 lety +337

    People are always looking for a deadly round that won't go through walls and do damage to unintended victims...

    • @koreyhayden1368
      @koreyhayden1368 Před 2 lety +31

      That was pretty much my exact comment on the original video of him making these haha...perfect for civilian combat zones

    • @ne0nn3on
      @ne0nn3on Před 2 lety +55

      @@koreyhayden1368 Yes, they look like they will be very effective against the civilians! :)

    • @ThePigeon5734
      @ThePigeon5734 Před 2 lety +4

      people also buy Hollow Points because they don't want to fill them in again.

    • @jamiewarren2307
      @jamiewarren2307 Před 2 lety +9

      I'm a bit concerned about the catching things on fire but they definitely seem to dissipate their energy very fast.

    • @NoSubsWithContent
      @NoSubsWithContent Před 2 lety

      It becomes a bomb the second it hits water, snipers could use this to literally disarm hostage holders in such a way that nobody dies

  • @chrisvandergriff504
    @chrisvandergriff504 Před 3 lety +103

    I love how he has to specify that these are ineffective against armour, but GREAT for anti-personnel.

    • @S8tan7
      @S8tan7 Před rokem

      They're also a war crime! Woo!

    • @allangibson8494
      @allangibson8494 Před rokem

      @@S8tan7 Full metal jacket would be legal…
      The lead hollow point would be just as illegal…

    • @syncringe1885
      @syncringe1885 Před měsícem

      @@allangibson8494 I think it falls under liquid metal bullets similar to mercury bullets.

  • @dnknoester
    @dnknoester Před 4 lety +1312

    Missed opportunity:
    Shoot into ballistic gel, since its mostly water, and see what kind of fireworks result.

    • @praxisarms103
      @praxisarms103 Před 3 lety +62

      True hydrostatic shock

    • @richardhanck972
      @richardhanck972 Před 3 lety +80

      Why am I seeing visions of a Backyard Scientist, Thunderf00t, and Taofledermaus triple collab, involving jacketed cesium-potassium-sodium shotgun slugs?

    • @ChickentNug
      @ChickentNug Před 3 lety +23

      @@richardhanck972 that would be sick

    • @mtyquinn6
      @mtyquinn6 Před 3 lety +14

      put a couple layers of jeans in front of teh ballistic gel also - just to see if that makes a difference...

    • @Make-Asylums-Great-Again
      @Make-Asylums-Great-Again Před 3 lety +6

      Oh my gosh that would be epppppic.

  • @rolfgrell4783
    @rolfgrell4783 Před 5 lety +2282

    So here is the conclusion:
    Against hard targets use lead.
    Against water filled soft targets (like humans) use sodium potassium bullets.

    • @fishfossils8858
      @fishfossils8858 Před 5 lety +108

      Diana Grell only if they’re not wearing body armor and you have every intent to kill that person

    • @CheshireTheMaid
      @CheshireTheMaid Před 5 lety +177

      @@fishfossils8858 Then what's the point of shooting at them?

    • @jonathanswavely7259
      @jonathanswavely7259 Před 5 lety +32

      @@CheshireTheMaid
      You might just want to wound them

    • @covans1255
      @covans1255 Před 5 lety +57

      @gavin love you can never wound someone with a taser or pepper spray, they're for stunning not wounding, guns can be used defensively, it's not a guaranteed that someone using a gun is trying to kill you

    • @gmodiscool14
      @gmodiscool14 Před 5 lety +8

      blow their entire shoulder off!!! hahahahahah!!!

  • @unturned1529
    @unturned1529 Před 2 lety +41

    So ideally, if you could somehow encapsulate the metals into the lead core instead of having them in the nose, there might be enough weight to produce some penetrating power while keeping the payload intact.

  • @bead69
    @bead69 Před 2 lety +6

    After this video, 5 years from now on FBI shows at his doorstep 🤣

    • @Jaxxy
      @Jaxxy Před 2 lety +1

      no he said the fbi came when this was his latest video

    • @jordon7045
      @jordon7045 Před rokem +1

      @@Jaxxy didnt expect to see you here lol

  • @TheBackyardScientist
    @TheBackyardScientist  Před 8 lety +500

    I totally missed the opportunity to call these "explodium bullets"!

    • @jxxhnn
      @jxxhnn Před 8 lety

      Mhm

    • @jabielcabana2374
      @jabielcabana2374 Před 8 lety +2

      +TheBackyardScientist- lol. to really see which bullet was the best you should have shot 4 individual cinder blocks.

    • @sirsnicket8303
      @sirsnicket8303 Před 8 lety +4

      You know, this sounds really strange but if you
      fire one of the sodium/potassium bullets at a person, then wouldn't there be an explosion?

    • @marxman-wb2yt
      @marxman-wb2yt Před 8 lety

      +TheBackyardScientist I see what you did there...

    • @Heyello
      @Heyello Před 8 lety +1

      +TheBackyardScientist You're a pretty good shot there. I wonder if hollow point rifle rounds would make a bigger boom.

  • @aleclogelin8568
    @aleclogelin8568 Před 8 lety +234

    this is incredibly fake. I have been watermelon hunting for 3 years and have never seen one that big.

    • @justole4978
      @justole4978 Před 8 lety

      WTF

    • @hugbearsx4
      @hugbearsx4 Před 8 lety +25

      +Alec Logelin You won't get them big like this in the wild, they're slimmer from all the running around after prey. These are obviously farm watermelons raised in tiny boxes just for slaughter. So - not fake.

    • @jacksonharkins3247
      @jacksonharkins3247 Před 8 lety +19

      +hugbearsx4 it's pretty messed up what they do to these elegant creatures but I've never gone watermelon hunting, I've heard they're rabid and so maybe they deserve it.

    • @Ghostbuster-xg4sy
      @Ghostbuster-xg4sy Před 8 lety +1

      He is a frog in the well

    • @prodspence4747
      @prodspence4747 Před 8 lety

      This is a classic comment omg

  • @williamhenry4380
    @williamhenry4380 Před 3 lety +13

    Bazooka was made with a lot of materials
    This guy : Pistol and some sodium

  • @Tilden777
    @Tilden777 Před 2 lety +36

    You should always use eye protection when shooting a firearm, and even more so when screwing around with modified rounds. Plucking out a piece of ignited sodium from your eyeball would not be very fun, but would get you tons of views as a CZcams safety fail video.

    • @Andrew-13579
      @Andrew-13579 Před rokem +1

      This is a good point. He didn't demonstrate very good firearms safety in this video.

    • @jadedandbitter
      @jadedandbitter Před rokem

      Yeah I was like where is the eye protection. Just madness

    • @Chaser-ql2ce
      @Chaser-ql2ce Před 10 měsíci

      he made exploding bullets i doubt he rly cared about safety by that point

  • @bennywolf1991
    @bennywolf1991 Před 6 lety +612

    In gaming context: Sodium, Potassium and Na/P alloy deals magic damage.
    Cinderblock: Immune to magic.

    • @avi8aviate
      @avi8aviate Před 4 lety +18

      Fire damage would be more accurate.

    • @lordfelidae4505
      @lordfelidae4505 Před 4 lety +19

      No. Fire/chemical damage. In general, environment is immune to chemical damage, and Stone is immune to fire damage.

    • @rpmchaos8651
      @rpmchaos8651 Před 4 lety +26

      Na/k

    • @marioghioneto1275
      @marioghioneto1275 Před 4 lety +5

      BotGamer actually Na/K because P stands for Phosphorus

    • @valikoest7981
      @valikoest7981 Před 4 lety +1

      energy vs. ballistic damage

  • @ljlk8583
    @ljlk8583 Před 4 lety +535

    I love how he stands further back with the hollow point than he does with the explosive round...

    • @Dominus_Umbrae
      @Dominus_Umbrae Před 3 lety +41

      Looks to me like the explosive rounds weren’t as stable and he had to get closer to hit the target consistently

    • @arnulfobeltran3089
      @arnulfobeltran3089 Před 3 lety +23

      @@Dominus_Umbrae you could be right and you most likely are. I started wondering about why the military wouldn't use them, but Leads stability at farther ranges and kinetic energy is the obvious winner.

    • @ijemand5672
      @ijemand5672 Před 3 lety

      than*

    • @dashboardfacts3965
      @dashboardfacts3965 Před 3 lety +8

      @@arnulfobeltran3089 because there are world wide rules if it comes to what kind of weapons and munition are allowed to use. And my guess, this kind of munition is totally not acceptable.

    • @arnulfobeltran3089
      @arnulfobeltran3089 Před 3 lety +9

      @@dashboardfacts3965 I think you might be placing too much faith in established rules which satisfy only the human ego.
      While true that mitigations in forms of rules exist, the reality is that all is fair in war.

  • @Daddy53751
    @Daddy53751 Před 2 lety +13

    I’m hoping you recreate this experiment but with ballistics jell with clothing on it.
    (Maybe, with half lead half liquid to add weight?)
    It would be really interesting to find out how it works with a more “realistic”
    Scenario.

  • @knighthawk3759
    @knighthawk3759 Před rokem +18

    You should have tried it against like a large rump roast or other large piece of meat to see what it would do to an actual body

  • @yitzchakepstein2142
    @yitzchakepstein2142 Před 8 lety +469

    "Excuse me sir... Would you like some sodium?" "Na..."

  • @bobbyhill4118
    @bobbyhill4118 Před 6 lety +2018

    Tip: don't try to rob this guys house.

    • @yugenesu5119
      @yugenesu5119 Před 5 lety +195

      Rob a regular guy's house with a gun: gets shot and dies
      Rob his house: gets shot and explode

    • @girtime6095
      @girtime6095 Před 5 lety +32

      well then again he has multiple (weapons)

    • @robertpejhovsky2669
      @robertpejhovsky2669 Před 4 lety +28

      *gets lazered

    • @USER_S4V4NT
      @USER_S4V4NT Před 4 lety +23

      unless you want ruptured and liquified organs

    • @lordfelidae4505
      @lordfelidae4505 Před 4 lety +15

      This isn’t why. He has enough crazy weapons that this is only the top of the iceberg.

  • @stickshaker101
    @stickshaker101 Před 3 lety +88

    6:10 I think you need to review your gun safety protocol, you often appear to forget there's a gun in your hand after the shot.

    • @KimoKimochii
      @KimoKimochii Před 3 lety +15

      no safety glasses too

    • @deeznutz388
      @deeznutz388 Před 3 lety +10

      Dam booger hook on the bang bang switch constantly too

    • @TheSoapyJew
      @TheSoapyJew Před 3 lety +1

      I'm happy to watch this goof put himself in danger. Im removing him from suggestions because he's putting other in danger now. Later.

    • @alexandermeto
      @alexandermeto Před 3 lety +7

      He's a "Florida Man" what do you expect

    • @danilokavanagh9406
      @danilokavanagh9406 Před 3 lety +5

      There was only one bullet in the clip

  • @ST3W101
    @ST3W101 Před 3 lety +31

    Backyard scientist: “These bullets are effective at shooting soft targets”
    Me: home defense to the next level

  • @carlosalicea5915
    @carlosalicea5915 Před 8 lety +158

    Shoots explosive materials at watermelon 8 feet away, doesn't wear safety glasses

    • @flacotaco8743
      @flacotaco8743 Před 8 lety +17

      But he's got ear muffs ;)

    • @flacotaco8743
      @flacotaco8743 Před 8 lety +3

      casey escobar I'm so sorry, I can imagine how dumb I sound, but I'll leave it just for the joke of it...

    • @mertcuhac7781
      @mertcuhac7781 Před 8 lety

      because he doesn't know how to aim lol

    • @ImperatorElite
      @ImperatorElite Před 8 lety +6

      "I too...like to live dangerously"

    • @jakefarnsworth3698
      @jakefarnsworth3698 Před 7 lety

      don't lesson to that person

  • @brianbrown3153
    @brianbrown3153 Před 8 lety +94

    my inner black man is crying cause of the waste of watermelon ._.

  • @DSzaks
    @DSzaks Před rokem +4

    Wow this was really cool. The liquid metal alloy in particular gave me really strong 40k Bolter vibes. I wonder if a bigger or different shaped bullet could allow for a larger charge to increase velocity and/or provide more penetration prior to detonation.

  • @sambrandt4755
    @sambrandt4755 Před 3 lety +109

    This dude's absolute disregard for safety is both hilarious and cringe worthy.

    • @JoseGarcia-jp8gs
      @JoseGarcia-jp8gs Před 3 lety +4

      Yeah lol had a friend slice half his face after he blew up a pressurized can

    • @LockenJohny101
      @LockenJohny101 Před 3 lety +4

      why? what could have happend?
      The "rocket" hitting him? just a scratch at best

    • @mmgvmmgv1
      @mmgvmmgv1 Před 3 lety +22

      @@LockenJohny101 poor weapon handling, no protection... Big no no

    • @lipingguo6
      @lipingguo6 Před 3 lety +1

      cringearious? 😂

    • @LeatherandLight
      @LeatherandLight Před 3 lety +12

      Muzzled himself a few times. Paying more attention to the camera than the firearm. Trying to look cool instead of safe.

  • @michaelrunde9545
    @michaelrunde9545 Před 7 lety +309

    What about using those on ballistics gel?

    • @gaminginc-lj3wt
      @gaminginc-lj3wt Před 7 lety +9

      Michael Runde wouldn't work that well because ballistic gelatin wouldn't create a reaction with the sodium or potassium

    • @TRak598
      @TRak598 Před 7 lety +62

      Just as gaming.inc said, ballistic gel is a good substitute for flesh because of its physic properties, not chemical ones.
      Shooting a piece of raw meat would be interesting, tho.

    • @victorcoleman949
      @victorcoleman949 Před 6 lety +4

      Michael Runde What about using them for the death penalty, head shots?

    • @datguy8805
      @datguy8805 Před 6 lety +2

      João Serafim its only a good flesh substitute for bullet, with blades its either too easy to cut or too difficult

    • @dashingapothecary7118
      @dashingapothecary7118 Před 6 lety

      i was thinking that too it'd be super cool to see

  • @bailey125
    @bailey125 Před 8 lety +30

    6:44 "So, I'll just lu-"

  • @Idk-nr7gf
    @Idk-nr7gf Před rokem +11

    He really didn’t change much even after 6 years

  • @billnatan536
    @billnatan536 Před 3 lety +4

    Thanks for the videos, you make science exciting. CZcams would be nothing without great guys like you.

  • @marktopman1487
    @marktopman1487 Před 8 lety +914

    It's amazing how fast this channel has exploded in popularity

  • @SeniorMoostacho
    @SeniorMoostacho Před 4 lety +34

    at 1:16 I find more interesting on how the watermelon splits apart. As an avid gardener this is cool. It seems to split along the lines of the melon perfectly along the lines of the fruit, which on a musk melon or cantaloupe are more present and obvious.

  • @juliuscaesar810
    @juliuscaesar810 Před 3 lety +4

    Sodium (NA) has the most powerful aftermath (due to the after-flame). But the metal alloy has a bigger impact

  • @scaredofghosts6813
    @scaredofghosts6813 Před 3 lety +20

    Wish he did it with meat..he said this was a novelty but not over penetrating is actually sought after by police and security companies

    • @rossgoosen7269
      @rossgoosen7269 Před 2 lety +1

      then they should use hollow points, because this would cause… complications

    • @specificorb3
      @specificorb3 Před 2 lety +2

      @@rossgoosen7269 this bullet can easily be considered inhumane because if you got shot with it you would literally have a small internal explosion its too cruel to be legal, honestly im pretty sure he would get charged for using this in self defense even.

    • @JoeKurr5
      @JoeKurr5 Před 2 lety +2

      @@specificorb3 that’s literally why hollow points where invented, to inflict more pain by making the wound canal multiple times bigger by the slug expanding, if hollow points aren’t considered cruel, these won’t be.

    • @specificorb3
      @specificorb3 Před 2 lety

      @@JoeKurr5 there's a difference between shrapnel and a literal chemical based explosion that produces not only a shockwave but releases enough thermal energy to start a fire holopoints are much more humane than literally cauterizing someone's insides with a small explosion that isn't guaranteed an instant kill, hollow points don't incite an exothermic chemical reaction.

    • @specificorb3
      @specificorb3 Před 2 lety

      @@JoeKurr5 picture getting shot, it explodes inside you, simultaneously cauterizing it you don't immediately die from the wound or bleeding out but as the cavity slowly bleeds in the remaining unreacted bits of, potassium/sodium get exposed to more blood which causes them to continue reacting and burning you from inside. holopoints just break up into bits. one is much much worse. sodium is a very very soft metal you can break it up with your fingernails it can and most likely will break into pieces just like a holopoint when it enters your body and likely will have dispersed too much energy to exit my guy.

  • @EmperorAndr3w
    @EmperorAndr3w Před 4 lety +778

    Seriously missed the chance to call them, “explodium,” bullets.

  • @brcc508
    @brcc508 Před 8 lety +86

    That sodium bullet was like Na dude

  • @ShrekdaSwampMan
    @ShrekdaSwampMan Před 3 lety

    i love how his aproach to every thing is through eggs at and slap with spade

  • @jamesking6655
    @jamesking6655 Před rokem +4

    Imagine getting shot in your palm then your elbow dissapers

  • @ethancntower8850
    @ethancntower8850 Před 8 lety +58

    call it the liquid metal exploding tracer incendiary science bullet of death.

  • @archmagetyler
    @archmagetyler Před 7 lety +55

    i wish you could redo this with demolition ranch.

    • @erlandjohansen7195
      @erlandjohansen7195 Před 6 lety +2

      archmagetyler Matt even visited a few weeks back, when he did the molten metal squirt gun video (you can see it on Mat's vlog channel). Either we're in for an amazing demo ranch episode, or these two just wasted a huge potential for awesome...

  • @pavelkushchuk912
    @pavelkushchuk912 Před rokem +3

    Damn now I know the FBI paid him a visit😂

  • @bersalgado
    @bersalgado Před 2 lety +4

    It would be interesting to see in the dark the sodium-potassium alloy bullet shot up in the air, obviously in like an empty desert for safety reasons.

  • @hunter.1
    @hunter.1 Před 4 lety +307

    PLZ....PLZZZZ....test the sodium potasium bullet on pig or cow meat.
    The Science and my curiosity thanks!
    Greetings from Brazil

    • @ManiSiva-qy8ur
      @ManiSiva-qy8ur Před 4 lety +1

      Poda kena punda

    • @epicles1214
      @epicles1214 Před 4 lety +3

      All he has to do is just grab some meat from his fridge and say that the animal was already murdered(not by him of course)

    • @ditisdurk6498
      @ditisdurk6498 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes just to see what would happen if we would use it irl

    • @thatnentendogamer3611
      @thatnentendogamer3611 Před 4 lety +1

      *The FBI would like to know your location*

    • @theadmiral7217
      @theadmiral7217 Před 4 lety +2

      @@thatnentendogamer3611 wouldn’t be fbi, it would be the BATF

  • @shaftroff8138
    @shaftroff8138 Před 4 lety +417

    Data:
    -Reactive to water
    -Hardly any kinetic energy
    -Can't eject themselves
    Conclusions:
    -Target people
    -Bring 2 types of ammo
    -Use a revolver

    • @mistamemewide
      @mistamemewide Před 4 lety +39

      Russian Roulette with potassium bullets

    • @Haru.Kaneyashi
      @Haru.Kaneyashi Před 4 lety +31

      @@mistamemewide this sounds like a party with balloons filled with blood.

    • @bryantb3391
      @bryantb3391 Před 4 lety +4

      Lighten up buffering spring better bullet design and bam explosive super hollow point

    • @madkirk7431
      @madkirk7431 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Haru.Kaneyashi that's because it is

    • @AR-GuidesAndMore
      @AR-GuidesAndMore Před 4 lety +2

      The problem with ejection could be solved wit a gas-operating system i assume

  • @fluffypinkpandas
    @fluffypinkpandas Před rokem +9

    imagine how much liquid metal you can fit into a BMG

    • @micaiahwolfe
      @micaiahwolfe Před rokem +1

      A 50 BMG?

    • @fluffypinkpandas
      @fluffypinkpandas Před rokem

      @@micaiahwolfe yes. the bullet has more grainage than action express. heavier. more space inside of a copper jacket to fill with NaK. Especially in subsonic .50 BMG which would have to have even MORE projectile mass and LESS powder.
      thiss means rather than overpenning a target, it would just dead stop regardless and dump all its "muh stopping power"
      and now on top of this hollow point flowering out
      a hot spicy payload of NaK is dumped into the impact cavity.... full of... wet meat.

    • @Wilma5532
      @Wilma5532 Před rokem

      Even something like a .308

    • @fluffypinkpandas
      @fluffypinkpandas Před rokem +1

      @@Wilma5532 well im going for payload here, not velocity.
      so uh
      lets say
      8 gauge subsonic slug jacket filled with NaK
      or a 40mm grenade but with a pointy tip

  • @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88

    scrolling through looking for some blow chill easy-going video that I can watch while I'm going to bed so this is my hell yeah backyard scientist groovy groovy science experiments always a good thing to learn!

  • @experimentboyTV
    @experimentboyTV Před 8 lety +41

    You're right, there's actually something with blowing up watermelons among CZcamsrs... ;)
    *whistles*

    • @atronach3140
      @atronach3140 Před 8 lety

      +Experimentboy Coucou si j'ai bien compris la vidéo la balle de "Sodium Potassium" inflige plus de dégats sur les cibles contenant de l'eau alors comme dans le corp humain il y a plein d'eau elle devrait être plus efficace pour les guerres ? :o

    • @Zyrdrakyll
      @Zyrdrakyll Před 8 lety

      +Célestin Da Silva (Atronach) Ouais

    • @trashkun7354
      @trashkun7354 Před 8 lety +1

      +Célestin Da Silva (Atronach) a la guerre les soldats portent du kevlar et autre en protection, cela reclame du pouvoir pénétrant de la part (de ma b*te) des projectiles.
      donc nope ^^"
      par contre il me semble que il existe des balles spéciales (les safety slugs) qui sont conçus pour se répandre dans la chair et réduire en lambeaux les tissus organiques (bref, ça chatouille.)

    • @omnirath
      @omnirath Před 8 lety

      ahah Nice to see you in the comment !

  • @samseidel9917
    @samseidel9917 Před 7 lety +290

    Today on The Backyard Scientist: violating The Hague Convention.

    • @goonish_riffs
      @goonish_riffs Před 6 lety +49

      Sam Seidel doesn't apply to civilians. Only uniformed combatants (i.e. military members)

    • @hunter.1
      @hunter.1 Před 4 lety +2

      Corey haha xD

    • @blksubiesti
      @blksubiesti Před 4 lety +17

      Corey #WatermelonLivesMatter

    • @restoretheearth2829
      @restoretheearth2829 Před 4 lety +5

      @@blksubiesti +++ Wasting food matters. Go check out the Ice Age Farmer channel.

    • @cqlewis3810
      @cqlewis3810 Před 4 lety +1

      @@goonish_riffs r/woooosh

  • @aminansar5294
    @aminansar5294 Před 2 lety

    The sodium-potassium alloy bullet looked so cooool man

  • @molliarti
    @molliarti Před 3 lety

    Your mind is brilliant dude,love your vids!!

  • @scooch01
    @scooch01 Před 7 lety +36

    1:10 you can hear the child in the background like "WOAAAH"

  • @dumkunt6869
    @dumkunt6869 Před 7 lety +396

    Imagine this bullets being mass produced for the military use

    • @TheBackyardScientist
      @TheBackyardScientist  Před 7 lety +42

      +DATSanimation 101 I wish i patented it in that place.

    • @TheBackyardScientist
      @TheBackyardScientist  Před 7 lety +30

      +TheBackyardScientist case*

    • @MysteryBlokHed
      @MysteryBlokHed Před 7 lety +2

      ***** lol

    • @joegaylord87
      @joegaylord87 Před 7 lety +56

      They'd be banned under international law, sorry to ruin your day. The Hague Convention of 1898 bans bullets that deform in the body, and various treaties ban incendiary rounds for use against personnel.

    • @admiralspire8867
      @admiralspire8867 Před 7 lety +14

      +Joe Gaylord Shouldn't disturb much if we use modified bullets against ISIs pigs

  • @jecsquish
    @jecsquish Před 7 měsíci

    I actually randomly thought about doing this today... glad someone else did save me the trouble

  • @bertkilborne6464
    @bertkilborne6464 Před 3 lety +3

    When I do that sort of fun stuff, people tell me I'm crazy

  • @KingOfAllAnimals
    @KingOfAllAnimals Před 7 lety +36

    I am going to correct you right here... The reason why the filled bullets failed was they explode on the surface on a cinder block. The bullets are fragmented and it is not a matter of the fill metal being softer. It is a matter of the bullet shedding mass too soon when it chooses to fragment. The normal lead bullet, even the hollow point doesn't fragment correctly under normal circumstances hitting a cinder block.
    This is sort of the reason why Reactive Armor works the way it does. The exploding bullet on a "Hard" target works against you if the bullet explodes too soon.
    Now considering Chemistry and what you get when you mix Sodium or Potassium with water especially under those stresses you actually are making the water in a body itself explode. While against Vests and Jackets these rounds would be sort of questionable in effectiveness you make any "wet" hits and the target will be suffering amputations. There are secondary legal implications behind ammo like this. There is something you can try to control the burn of the round... epoxy coating the tip to form a shatter on impact plug. Also you can try putting a ball bearing glued into the tip as a seal and anvil too. This might get you into a cinder block before the explosion spoils the penetration.

    • @MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive
      @MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive Před 2 lety

      An idea would be to make the explosive fill material out of cesium. It would not explode on hard targets but explode upon moisture (soft targets).

    • @KingOfAllAnimals
      @KingOfAllAnimals Před 2 lety +1

      @@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive Cesium is a bad choice. I would opt for a metal with a low melting point instead of trying for a chemical reaction. Mercury would be a great choice followed by Gallium but both would need to be encapsulated since both react with other metals and would have a short if not dramatically short shelf life. Also there is a huge draw back to the fact both metals would leave a toxic residue behind. Cesium and Sodium are also WAY too reactive to be safe to handle unless you want to make these in a sealed chamber using inert gas to not set off either metal in its pure state to handle them.

  • @Yabberfrat
    @Yabberfrat Před 5 lety +77

    Eye-pro
    Srsly.
    The guys standing BEHIND YOU had eye-pro on. And I KNOW you know about ricochets: I watch your stuff..... 😎

    • @christopherschissler1675
      @christopherschissler1675 Před 3 lety +1

      After getting sprayed by the exploding melon with residual sodium, you would think something would have clicked

  • @YokoX23
    @YokoX23 Před 2 lety

    And now I've seen the only footage ever of someone shooting a water bottle witha real gun and metal bullets, actually hitting it, and not destroying it in the process. Nice

  • @thelittleittybittypityshow6380

    That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen !
    I need flaming tracer rounds that vaporize

  • @aidanbeattie8341
    @aidanbeattie8341 Před 7 lety +69

    Wouldn't the bullets be made "Explodium"?

  • @usonumabeach300
    @usonumabeach300 Před 7 lety +43

    wonder what these would do vs flesh since there's a lot of water in it? Shoot a ham hock or steak?

    • @jacobp7037
      @jacobp7037 Před 7 lety +12

      USonuMabeaCh it would be very very bad. as in over 100 years ago an international ban was put on weapons like these in warfare

    • @jokosusilo7361
      @jokosusilo7361 Před 6 lety

      who are you going to kill? 😂😂

    • @glenndoncaster8303
      @glenndoncaster8303 Před 6 lety +3

      If they came into contact with any blood the reaction could be especially violent, since blood plasma is about 80% water.
      And USonuMabeaCh, I'm with you on wanting to see a test on some meat - particularly ham as it reacts to impacts and explosions very much like human flesh. After all, pigs hearts are almost identical to ours - to the point where they can be transplanted into humans.

    • @Deuce-xj2xl
      @Deuce-xj2xl Před 5 lety

      Yes

    • @CheZfrmdaWestWisc
      @CheZfrmdaWestWisc Před 4 lety

      Unlike the melon flesh should stay intact longer giving the metals more time to react makeing the explosion more pronouced and distinguishing it from the rounds energy on high speed. Definatly worth exploring

  • @brianjohnson5272
    @brianjohnson5272 Před 3 lety

    Love the science. Now I know which bullet to use.

  • @711jastin
    @711jastin Před 3 lety

    the rounds are so magical they look like fire ball and explode on impact.

  • @imagecko2499
    @imagecko2499 Před 7 lety +486

    Francium bullet, anyone with me

    • @benproctor7826
      @benproctor7826 Před 7 lety +6

      IM A GECKO yassssss

    • @nanodash3748
      @nanodash3748 Před 7 lety +8

      IM A GECKO he'll yeah

    • @kentronator
      @kentronator Před 7 lety +35

      I think Francium is highly radioactive, so storing them would be very difficult due to their short half-life.

    • @wavelengthrenegadereef9143
      @wavelengthrenegadereef9143 Před 7 lety +4

      Correct. That's kind of a TLDR version of the pointlessly-verbose thing that I said.
      But yes, half-life of only 22 minutes isn't the best for a bullet.

    • @benjaminhobbs8042
      @benjaminhobbs8042 Před 7 lety +18

      Opt for Cesium ... Fr's abundance in the natural world is amazingly low and is only "easily" observed when held in check by laser beams in a magnetic field. You better be in a 0% humidity scenario or it'll burn you up before it ever makes it into the casing.

  • @densoncamp9786
    @densoncamp9786 Před 8 lety +30

    Imagine if this thing blew up in the gun
    No more backyard scientist

  • @deeznutz388
    @deeznutz388 Před 3 lety +1

    Two words... GUN SAFETY. its not a toy, this guy is nuts.

  • @MsHojat
    @MsHojat Před 3 lety +2

    I wonder how the kinetic energy from higher velocity (at least compared to NaK which ignites and is clearly less aerodynamic and slower) and mass of lead bullet compares to the chemical energy of the other metals/alloy reacting with water.
    Would have been a nice bit of information to add to the video.

  • @davecrupel2817
    @davecrupel2817 Před 7 lety +21

    2:00
    "its so moist! Im covered in it"
    ;)

  • @doeball2763
    @doeball2763 Před 7 lety +54

    That watermelon got potassium-oxided
    Get it....
    KO

    • @darshilbagadia
      @darshilbagadia Před 5 lety +4

      I dunno who you are...
      I dunno where you are...
      But Imma find you...
      And buy you a beer!
      (Had me cracking😂)

    • @bluedott8177
      @bluedott8177 Před 5 lety +2

      K²O. Oops

  • @petiebowen8746
    @petiebowen8746 Před 2 lety

    Love how the normal hollow point jams

  • @vfl2627
    @vfl2627 Před rokem +1

    The zombies In a
    apocalypse slowly backs away

    • @golem401
      @golem401 Před rokem

      I was just thinking that.
      Watching The Last of Us after seeing this video made me think about how these would be super effective on Zombies who wouldn't go hiding behind barriers

  • @Jimmy_Jazz
    @Jimmy_Jazz Před 8 lety +67

    Now I wonder what this would do to a human

    • @randommobilezone-growtopia1626
    • @mikecondo
      @mikecondo Před 8 lety +14

      +Joshua Smith I imagine there might be a follow up to this where he gets ballistic gel and makes a human target like mythbusters

    • @Jimmy_Jazz
      @Jimmy_Jazz Před 8 lety

      ***** I sure hope so, that would be sick

    • @deadly_golem
      @deadly_golem Před 8 lety +1

      I think if you shot someone‘s head a something simular to what happened to the watermelon would happen. plz don't hate if you don't think I am correct.

    • @rissamateo7769
      @rissamateo7769 Před 8 lety +1

      A human has blahblah% water so and a watermelon has %idk water so um if it's faster it would be deadly

  • @Jack-ux6dj
    @Jack-ux6dj Před 7 lety +168

    What if someone got shot with one of these, yikes

  • @arueshalaetablebuildingsociety

    These bullets look like a great way to violate the Geneva Conventions with minimal damage to nearby property.

  • @aryantyagi4915
    @aryantyagi4915 Před 2 lety

    That on-flame bullet was so cool

  • @dorgodorato
    @dorgodorato Před 7 lety +61

    Do cesium bullets!

    • @nou9786
      @nou9786 Před 7 lety +16

      How about Francium?

    • @IslandVibes_
      @IslandVibes_ Před 7 lety +15

      HOW ABOUT URANIUM-238!!!

    • @IslandVibes_
      @IslandVibes_ Před 7 lety +11

      *cue fallout 4 music*

    • @Ebi1074
      @Ebi1074 Před 7 lety +1

      343Gaming that would cause global radiation...

    • @LiamTolentino
      @LiamTolentino Před 7 lety +7

      343Gaming
      Actually, Uranium is already used in armour-piercing rounds. The uranium used is called depleted uranium which is the remaining U-235 that's left after being processed for fission bombs.

  • @anthonylizzio6006
    @anthonylizzio6006 Před 5 lety +101

    >testing using 1911
    >immediately stovepipes with a regular round 2:26

    • @Didymus-vz6uy
      @Didymus-vz6uy Před 4 lety +8

      The 1911 wasn't designed to use hollow points. It will function with some, but not all of them unless it is a modernized version or a redesign

    • @PewLand
      @PewLand Před 3 lety +4

      @@Didymus-vz6uy hollow point rounds would only fail to feed, this was a failure to eject stovepipe, completely different.

    • @Didymus-vz6uy
      @Didymus-vz6uy Před 3 lety +2

      @@PewLand didn't think about that, good catch.

  • @draco1803
    @draco1803 Před rokem +2

    Well no wonder the FBI visited your house after you made this video…. You took ordinary hollow point ammunition and made it into something with obvious military applications with just a little extra metal

  • @carljh58
    @carljh58 Před 2 lety

    WOW!! Never seen anything like this. Thank you. Subscribed.

  • @loganbrewer7569
    @loganbrewer7569 Před 7 lety +71

    Try sodium bird shot out of a shot gun.

    • @jjs7650
      @jjs7650 Před 7 lety +3

      Logan Brewer that would be amazing

    • @TheTeeDay
      @TheTeeDay Před 7 lety +2

      Sodium or potassium pellets in a .410 pistol !

    • @iangraber-stiehl461
      @iangraber-stiehl461 Před 5 lety

      Probably wouldn't penetrate the rind

  • @edswings6343
    @edswings6343 Před 7 lety +8

    If this guy has a lot of these NA and K mixture bullets, he survives a zombie apocalypse

  • @sanjayahlawat2826
    @sanjayahlawat2826 Před 3 lety

    You have good aim ! scary good for a science guy !

  • @drakeal
    @drakeal Před 2 lety

    As a Home Defense bullet, that liquid bullet would be INSANE.

  • @aimeel1990
    @aimeel1990 Před 8 lety +6

    Why on earth aren't you wearing safety goggles?!? That's Science 101!

  • @unholyhate380
    @unholyhate380 Před 8 lety +44

    For the love of god man, PLEASE wear some eye protection!

    • @xaderalert
      @xaderalert Před 8 lety

      +Unholy Warip This!

    • @jimzeez
      @jimzeez Před 7 lety +1

      And stop waving the muzzle around in the air too.

    • @exvapid4667
      @exvapid4667 Před 7 lety

      Yeah, the amount of ricochets was unreal, just lucky no one got hurt

  • @shanestephens4602
    @shanestephens4602 Před rokem

    these bullets give a whole new meaning to one shot one kill lol

  • @amduck4883
    @amduck4883 Před 3 lety +3

    Imagine actually using these in a person

  • @charlieb8741
    @charlieb8741 Před 7 lety +5

    2:10 "it's so moist, I'm covered in it" that's what she said😂

  • @UserBeenBanned
    @UserBeenBanned Před 4 lety +6

    "Its so moist, im covered in it" is something ive said before, while doing something unrelated.

    • @Speed001
      @Speed001 Před 2 lety +1

      Username checks out

  • @elliottcooper6205
    @elliottcooper6205 Před 11 měsíci

    I love Kevin using a proper Watermelometer. A+

  • @narwhalking2788
    @narwhalking2788 Před 2 lety

    Best watermelon benchmark I've ever seen.

  • @ronniedasnieton3528
    @ronniedasnieton3528 Před 8 lety +25

    Idont think you will even see this comment xD but i figured you were using the same block, i dont think the lead bullet was the strongest, it just had the block at its weakest

    • @TheBackyardScientist
      @TheBackyardScientist  Před 8 lety +4

      +Ronnie Dasnieton Good point, but the lead bullet would smash a block in 1 or 2 shots either way. The alkali bullets had a kinetic energy of 120 joules, the heavier lead bullets have 500 joules of energy.

    • @ronniedasnieton3528
      @ronniedasnieton3528 Před 8 lety +2

      +TheBackyardScientist oohhh so it woudlnt have mattered hahaha, nevermind then me trying to sound smart didnt work out today 😂

    • @BreadApologist
      @BreadApologist Před 8 lety

      +Ronnie Dasnieton well thats easy to test if you have a 9mm with lead bullets and a cinderblock.

    • @ronniedasnieton3528
      @ronniedasnieton3528 Před 8 lety +1

      +Liono liony hehehe yeah but i dont 😂

    • @Reaping_Matster
      @Reaping_Matster Před 7 lety

      I think that too

  • @jonburnett7137
    @jonburnett7137 Před 6 lety +3

    I love watching all the slow motion videos, watermelons and milk jugs make great targets.
    Add 3-4 drops of red food coloring to the water jugs, makes it even easier to see when the bullets impacts and sprays.
    If you use 5 boxes of Jello instead of 8 in a gallon milk jug you get really soupy ballistic gel which works great to spray everywhere.

  • @mcgibs
    @mcgibs Před 2 měsíci

    The sodium+potassium bullet would be great against zombies or other monsters. It's like a mini bolter round.

  • @liveChef
    @liveChef Před rokem

    Devastating and amazing rounds

  • @damoklessword5585
    @damoklessword5585 Před 8 lety +3

    Best case with those bullets, the fleshwound they produce is instantly cauterized.

    • @gigabic7487
      @gigabic7487 Před 8 lety

      This begs the question, how hot does a chainsaw need to be to instantly cauterize any wounds caused by it?
      I need to know by friday.

  • @nquach88
    @nquach88 Před 8 lety +7

    You should try a pork shoulder to see if tissue has enough moisture to have the same effect.

  • @0115Heather
    @0115Heather Před 3 lety +1

    Kentucky Ballistics hiding in the background... “It’s Watermelon Tiiiimmmeeee!!!”

  • @QuyuJason0157
    @QuyuJason0157 Před rokem +1

    Sodium Bullet : explodes your fleshes
    Potassium Bullet : explodes you

  • @fahadshahid1696
    @fahadshahid1696 Před 7 lety +7

    It'll never penetrate a cinder block, it's a hollow point

  • @trbz_8745
    @trbz_8745 Před 8 lety +9

    These would be really scary anti-personnel bullets, because humans are over 70% water.
    If you shot someone in, say, the shoulder, with one of these, their shoulder would literally explode.

    • @akedemi
      @akedemi Před 8 lety

      Unless you're wearing armor.

    • @hagalathekido
      @hagalathekido Před 8 lety

      people dont wear armour on their shoulders mostly only vests

    • @mvmlego1212
      @mvmlego1212 Před 8 lety

      I'd be curious to know if that would violate international rules of war. Also, along the lines of what My3DS was saying, I'm curious as to whether it would penetrate armor. It's a very interesting concept, though.

    • @ireallylovemisosoup
      @ireallylovemisosoup Před 8 lety

      +xXMy3DSXx U mean a bulletproof vest?

    • @tmm6106
      @tmm6106 Před 8 lety

      +mvmlego1212 I don't think it would break the rules of war iirc the Geneva convention is okay with explosives being used on infantry.

  • @got2strpk
    @got2strpk Před 2 lety

    This was an amazing video. Great idea.

  • @CrawDad1131
    @CrawDad1131 Před 2 lety +3

    I have to think the potassium would make an amazing defense round. Apart from the wow factor, you wouldn't have to worry about the round going in and out and hitting someone else. Mass shooters wouldn't get any 2-for-1s.

    • @CrawDad1131
      @CrawDad1131 Před 2 lety

      @Hudson Rivers you know I wasn't talking to anyone in particular, right? That's how comments on CZcams work.
      Freakin clown.

    • @connor3288
      @connor3288 Před rokem

      Well other than the fact a headshot would be like a human skull grenade🤯. And maybe starting a fire