Flesh-Eating Hydrofluoric Acid - Periodic Table of Videos

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    We dunk chicken drumsticks in dreaded Hydrofluoric Acid, along with Hydrochloric Acid and Sulfuric Acid. What do you think might happen?
    SECOND PART: • Chicken in Acid Conclu...
    Fluorine reactions: • Fluorine - Periodic Ta...
    Lightbulb in HF: • Light Bulb in Hydroflu...
    Cheeseburger in HCl: • Cheeseburger in Hydroc...
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  • @periodicvideos
    @periodicvideos  Před 4 lety +395

    These videos are made by Brady Haran - check out his "Unmade Podcast" here: bit.ly/UnmadePlaylist

    • @yakacm
      @yakacm Před 4 lety

      That must have been a long job going back thru every Periodic video to add this comment, or did those scamps over at Computerphile script it for you, lol.

    • @shreychaudhary915
      @shreychaudhary915 Před 4 lety

      Periodic Videos q

    • @eggsaladsamich7396
      @eggsaladsamich7396 Před 3 lety

      We all do. Every day ;p

    • @bilalahmed3644
      @bilalahmed3644 Před 3 lety +1

      Sir please what's app me ±917022664827 I want to help from u

    • @eggsaladsamich7396
      @eggsaladsamich7396 Před 3 lety

      @@bilalahmed3644 eat a bell end

  • @araceli9567
    @araceli9567 Před 5 lety +11937

    this man looks like he eats, drinks, and breathes science

    • @myboobisitchy5154
      @myboobisitchy5154 Před 5 lety +549

      There's no blood in his veins. There's *science*

    • @epiidemiktv1761
      @epiidemiktv1761 Před 5 lety +208

      I mean technically we all do

    • @tdya1
      @tdya1 Před 4 lety +96

      Maybe his hair gets Missy from explosions he caused during experiments 😂
      I love this scientist, I'm an electronics engineer and i know nothing about chemistry but i love this guy

    • @timewalker6654
      @timewalker6654 Před 4 lety +24

      And grows science.

    • @j2hsieh
      @j2hsieh Před 4 lety +56

      He probably ate those chicken legs after the video

  • @laramunoz1609
    @laramunoz1609 Před 5 lety +5092

    “ _Just cut off the bad part_ “
    -Mom.

  • @nimalesh2812
    @nimalesh2812 Před 3 lety +2781

    Can I dip my arm in HF acid
    Chemistry teacher: Yes but with goggles

    • @safin3389
      @safin3389 Před 3 lety +3

      yo hange in ur pfp

    • @safin3389
      @safin3389 Před 3 lety +2

      rip

    • @Ahmed-vs1ui
      @Ahmed-vs1ui Před 3 lety +45

      Dont forget ur lab coat!!

    • @WickedPhase
      @WickedPhase Před 3 lety +61

      A random kid dipped his arm in Hydrofluoric acid: *PANIK*
      He was wearing his goggles: *kalm*

    • @TheRadioactiveBanana32
      @TheRadioactiveBanana32 Před 3 lety +5

      @@WickedPhase he was wearing his GOGGLES PANIK

  • @gregtheflyingwhale6480
    @gregtheflyingwhale6480 Před 4 lety +611

    "and you asked me why should you use a plastic barrel, Jesse?"

    • @lcdream4213
      @lcdream4213 Před 3 lety +32

      *ahh i see you’re a man of culture aswell*

  • @EXHellfire
    @EXHellfire Před 8 lety +2626

    "Perhaps one day I'll watch it when I'm old"
    MAD RESPECT

  • @joetheperformer
    @joetheperformer Před 8 lety +4707

    You can see him tremble from all the science inside him

  • @default2727
    @default2727 Před 3 lety +107

    I wish i had this man as my chem teacher in school, he's captivating

  • @PressurenFlames
    @PressurenFlames Před 3 lety +227

    "Flesh-Eating acid" - Mexican cartels have joined the chat.

  • @gazamisheawoh
    @gazamisheawoh Před 8 lety +3573

    This man looks like science

    • @sirkit58
      @sirkit58 Před 8 lety +6

      +rajiv anil He "looks like science"? you mean he looks like a *scientist*? If so I think he actually is one.

    • @Chazay
      @Chazay Před 8 lety +201

      +Gabriel Gretar Arnarsson You really missed that joke.

    • @sirkit58
      @sirkit58 Před 8 lety

      Chazay I did?? well in that case care to explain?

    • @Chazay
      @Chazay Před 8 lety +145

      Gabriel Gretar Arnarsson He was basically saying that the man in the video looks like science personified.

    • @mrgoose2108
      @mrgoose2108 Před 8 lety +19

      +Gabriel Gretar Arnarsson idiot

  • @ItsJustMilkISwear
    @ItsJustMilkISwear Před 8 lety +5607

    you know they're smart when they have crazy science guy hair.

  • @Slammy555
    @Slammy555 Před 3 lety +26

    We used HF in one of the production lines, all of the guys I met who worked on the line had some exposure. The cure is to inject calcium gluconate under the skin at the point of exposure multiple times. If you ever walked under the reactors you didn't look up you looked for holes in the floor to see where there was leaking.
    As an undergrad I worked at an incinerator, we received some barrels from the EPA that were mislabeled on the manifest. The sampler thought it was a pretty safe and routine chemical and sampled it without the full suit. He didn't notice the exposure right away, but said it itched when he got home. It progressed to actual pain, they had to amputate the thumb for an exposure so small he didn't notice it.
    BB is frustrating for someone with chemistry knowledge to watch, you have to treat it as a fantasy series. I played a game called the many deaths of Jessie where I'd count the number of times he should have died from how he handled the chemicals. The first I saw was when he was pouring HF from a jug into a container and it was splashing everywhere early in season 1. There were many deaths in that, especially once they upscaled the process and they were sticking their heads into and even climbing into the reactors.

    • @user-dl8zj6ko8n
      @user-dl8zj6ko8n Před 2 měsíci +1

      Even if a person exposed to HF receives immediate emergency medical attention and intensive supportive medical care with calcium gluconate that does not guarantee that the patient will survive HF exposure some patients who survive the initial HF exposure still end up dying up to two weeks after the initial exposure

  • @justinlukeenriqueampo333
    @justinlukeenriqueampo333 Před 3 lety +90

    "Looks like an advertisement to being a vegetarian" bruhh I laughed so hard on that

  • @vKross
    @vKross Před 5 lety +4088

    *might watch it, when I am old*
    *SIR, you're a legend*

  • @Mirrorunlimited
    @Mirrorunlimited Před 7 lety +9079

    That scientist looks so stereotypical lol

    • @roadblock8095
      @roadblock8095 Před 7 lety +127

      Mirrorunlimited it's probably deliberate.

    • @bensblues
      @bensblues Před 7 lety +188

      Roadblock the stereotypical scientist is British. The scientist is like that because he is what the stereotype is based off; educated British boffins.

    • @user-nf3hh8kn5r
      @user-nf3hh8kn5r Před 7 lety +3

      Mirrorunlimited ikr right lol

    • @126Edward
      @126Edward Před 6 lety +22

      btm wtfb i wouldnt say that he have to be english. Einstein was German before he flew to the US

    • @jesuswasasausage9262
      @jesuswasasausage9262 Před 6 lety +97

      DeutscherPlatin he was still German when he was in the U.S

  • @giordy9013
    @giordy9013 Před 3 lety +45

    And after almost 5 years the prof watched breaking bad ❤️

  • @peterdrake5156
    @peterdrake5156 Před 3 lety +9

    This man is the legendary Martyn Poliakoff. The cleverest man I ever met and the best teacher by a country mile. An absolute star.

  • @caresiri
    @caresiri Před 4 lety +2766

    He definitely looks like Science. I trust him

  • @amzy1496
    @amzy1496 Před 5 lety +2455

    4 years later........
    Did he eventually go ahead and watch breaking bad tho?

  • @SkywalkerAni
    @SkywalkerAni Před 3 lety +10

    I work in hazardous waste, I have been since 2012. HF is one of two chemicals that legit scare me (the other one being crystallized picric acid). Most of the chemicals I have labpacked in my time are hazardous, yes, but most of the chemicals are easily managed, providing you have a bit of common sense. The two exceptions are the two I just mentioned.

  • @Philposting
    @Philposting Před 2 lety +7

    2:00 cool they actually got Walter White

  • @kfire68
    @kfire68 Před 7 lety +2106

    In 10th grade earth science class some kids thought it would be funny to spray hydrochloric acid in my face, mostly in my eyes. (bullies obviously) It is one of the most extreme pains i have ever felt. The teacher got me to the eye wash station very quickly, maybe 45 to 60 seconds had passed. i washed my eyes out for around 15 min before i went to the nurses and continued to rinse my eyes for another 10 as i waited for me mum to bring me to the doctor. at the doctors after looking at my eyes said that if i had waited any longer to rinse my eyes that they would have deflated. the recovery took about 1 to 1.5 months. oddly enough the only problem that continued after recovery was an odd colour blindness. Colours would change as i looked at them if other colours were brought near the colour i was looking at. to this day i can still see colours wrong. Acid is scary!

    • @goldencharm8882
      @goldencharm8882 Před 5 lety +518

      I would have loooooved to kick the kids' asses, not even the bullies in my school would have dared. I hope the little bastards got expelled after this.

    • @ohmypingu6491
      @ohmypingu6491 Před 5 lety +303

      no acid is not scary those persons that made you suffer are

    • @dinac8357
      @dinac8357 Před 5 lety +80

      depends on the acidity; for example, citric acid helps make up the sour bits on candy! it’s quite tasty

    • @radio671
      @radio671 Před 5 lety +70

      Cool story, sounds like you made that up though

    • @comm744
      @comm744 Před 5 lety +142

      @@radio671 Run along poor confused troll. You are embarrassing yourself

  • @miireiia
    @miireiia Před 5 lety +4686

    Is anyone concerned how these 3 acids can easily pass as water?

    • @3798penisholder
      @3798penisholder Před 5 lety +640

      Mireia until you smell it..

    • @fuckinantipope5511
      @fuckinantipope5511 Před 5 lety +158

      @@3798penisholder when I'm right, acid is smellless
      Yes I know this comment is wrong.

    • @leoflorida95
      @leoflorida95 Před 5 lety +640

      This is why they took your water and shampoo botles in airports

    • @mrbombomboy9
      @mrbombomboy9 Před 5 lety +60

      Its smells extremly

    • @randomfjord1256
      @randomfjord1256 Před 5 lety +49

      already had one of them in our body, if you happen to be human ofc

  • @ishigami4622
    @ishigami4622 Před 2 lety +12

    I won't be surprised if this man doesn't create a portal gun and bring his grandson on wacky adventures through a multitued of infinite dimensions

  • @Sundaymorning12
    @Sundaymorning12 Před 3 lety +1

    I really love how he explains about it, it reminds me when I'm in chemistry class

  • @matthewakian2
    @matthewakian2 Před 8 lety +1085

    "Perhaps one day I will watch it when I really old. Hilarious.'

  • @avitalalef9947
    @avitalalef9947 Před 5 lety +1862

    *"Perhaps one day I might watch it, when I'm old"*
    Me: this man is a pure baby

  • @arkzbh
    @arkzbh Před 3 lety +7

    "Perhaps one day, when I'm old" - that sums it up, doesn't it. Thank you Professor sir. Always wanted to study Chemistry, couldn't, 20 years after when my parents (and the the professor who made me fall in love in chemistry) made that decision that I'll have to be Software developer rather than taking a degree in chemistry, I am still watching this.

  • @austinbrodeur22314
    @austinbrodeur22314 Před 3 lety +4

    "Perhaps one day I'll watch it when I'm old" amazing spirit in this guy lol

  • @aditi7304
    @aditi7304 Před 5 lety +1750

    HF is the forbidden sauce

    • @blueberry1c2
      @blueberry1c2 Před 4 lety +58

      The forbidden vinegar

    • @graceskate
      @graceskate Před 4 lety +49

      Anything is sauce if you’re brave enough

    • @GensDoneQuick
      @GensDoneQuick Před 4 lety +8

      SbHF6 is the real hidden sauce

    • @lpjunction
      @lpjunction Před 3 lety +7

      HF is nasty, don't try this at home.
      Early 'fake jade' workers use HF to turn low cost jade stone to better stone by removing its defect colors.
      Their money making business usually ends early by leaving some rich widows and orphans.
      HF absorbs through skin and stay in the bone. Just avoid the stuff.

    • @tobiassiagian2562
      @tobiassiagian2562 Před 3 lety +2

      @@lpjunction i dont think you have to say this but thanks anyway

  • @charlesjoseph7750
    @charlesjoseph7750 Před 8 lety +670

    This guy looks like science

    • @fagglebag
      @fagglebag Před 6 lety +2

      Knew there was gonna be someone who copied that comment...

    • @vaalejo1sarchive494
      @vaalejo1sarchive494 Před 6 lety +2

      That's a year old comment.. Are you sure he copied them or is it the other way around..

    • @dphorgan
      @dphorgan Před 5 lety

      @@vaalejo1sarchive494 everyone says it's in every video several times over.....

  • @aaronlouis710
    @aaronlouis710 Před 4 lety +4

    HF is the special sauce. Thanks, I’ll definitely try it after this review.

  • @dawanasianboy3153
    @dawanasianboy3153 Před 4 lety +35

    "Perhaps one day I will watch it, when I'm old."

  • @WheatleyOS
    @WheatleyOS Před 7 lety +501

    "perhaps one day I might watch it when I'm old" this guy knows what's up, learning new things keeps u from getting old :3

    • @Willy-nu3oc
      @Willy-nu3oc Před 7 lety +1

      XD

    • @MuzikBike
      @MuzikBike Před 7 lety +19

      It also promotes hair growth as the brain expands and pushes out on your hair. Very evident here.

    • @WhyPhi
      @WhyPhi Před 7 lety +1

      lol

  • @somedude4122
    @somedude4122 Před 8 lety +1366

    -"Perhaps one day I will watch it when I'm old"
    ............................................................................................................................................................O_O

    • @KlaPzCA
      @KlaPzCA Před 8 lety +79

      +Shahe Ansar Hahahahaha he's one funny dude

    • @oldsalt394
      @oldsalt394 Před 8 lety +11

      +Emily he has also been knighted! c:

    • @umbaupause
      @umbaupause Před 8 lety +9

      +Shahe Ansar Might happen tomorrow, who knows? Suddenly, binge watching the whole thing in one sitting.

    • @somedude4122
      @somedude4122 Před 8 lety +4

      oiDOMINATEo J
      We all do bud

    • @Fishhunter2014
      @Fishhunter2014 Před 8 lety +21

      +Shahe Ansar Yu know what they say: "You're only as old as you feel."

  • @MichaelSmith-vk4nh
    @MichaelSmith-vk4nh Před 2 lety

    I love this channel, glad I stumbled on it. I would gladly donate what little I can to a channel like this.

  • @Moon_Jam08
    @Moon_Jam08 Před 4 lety +1106

    You know it's dangerous if they wore a glove under another glove

    • @well_as_an_expert_id_say
      @well_as_an_expert_id_say Před 4 lety +35

      @Alexander Supertramp what about weekends

    • @MusicBent
      @MusicBent Před 4 lety +49

      I worked near HF in a nanofabrication site and it is the scariest chemical. It’s kills you before you even feel it.

    • @Ezequiel-lh4ub
      @Ezequiel-lh4ub Před 3 lety +21

      Hydrofluoroc acid can dissolve even glass thats why you se it sotoraged in plastic bottles, so in pretty sure you would like to cover as much as you can .

    • @connivingkhajiit
      @connivingkhajiit Před 3 lety +6

      Can never be too safe working with flourine

    • @user-uc2yn6tk5o
      @user-uc2yn6tk5o Před 3 lety +2

      Pls don't mix HF with Sbf⁵

  • @queercomputer
    @queercomputer Před 8 lety +177

    "Perhaps one day when I'm old."
    I can only hope to be as savage as this man one day.

  • @kf8575
    @kf8575 Před 2 lety +4

    At work (coded stainless pipe welding) we often use a gel containing a mixture of HF and Nitric Acid to pickle and passivate welds and the heat affected zone around them, to restore the full corrosion resistance of the material.
    It is truly nasty stuff that needs treating with the upmost respect 🙏 👍

  • @emilinebelle7811
    @emilinebelle7811 Před 3 lety

    I love this man and this channel.

  • @griffinstopani9486
    @griffinstopani9486 Před 5 lety +1588

    I love to dip my chicken in this spicy sauce

    • @SkeetyisWeety
      @SkeetyisWeety Před 5 lety +113

      Gotta love the flavor of dissolved tongue

    • @sijikurian9695
      @sijikurian9695 Před 5 lety +5

      @@SkeetyisWeety 😂😂

    • @artyom2801
      @artyom2801 Před 5 lety +5

      Los Pollos Hermanos are happy to hear you like to "dip your chicken in this spicy sauce" (Melt bodies with HFl and that is a breaking bad reference).

    • @RynaxAlien
      @RynaxAlien Před 5 lety

      meat eaters are evil

    • @vallisroyeaux4979
      @vallisroyeaux4979 Před 5 lety +4

      @@RynaxAlien so was Hitler. Your point?

  • @nathanmelon5215
    @nathanmelon5215 Před 7 lety +1011

    Why do all old scientists have mad hair

    • @HisNeverland
      @HisNeverland Před 7 lety +77

      Nathan Melvin probably because it's cool and socially acceptable for those jobs ;)

    • @Suspendedsamuel
      @Suspendedsamuel Před 7 lety +36

      Nathan Melvin they don't though, you are just generalising them.

    • @thehomelessrainbow9865
      @thehomelessrainbow9865 Před 6 lety +53

      They don't have time to manage hair

    • @jgedutis
      @jgedutis Před 6 lety +44

      Nathan Melvin Because caring about how your hair looks is for those into vanity, and scientists have no time for unimportant things.

    • @namelessjuan4696
      @namelessjuan4696 Před 6 lety +21

      Because science

  • @InfoRanker
    @InfoRanker Před 2 lety +3

    I watch these videos periodically.

  • @davidshaffer434
    @davidshaffer434 Před 4 lety

    Notice the color of the beaker. The fluoride etched the glass. I used to use the HF to make glass etchings .

  • @hisfatness522
    @hisfatness522 Před 8 lety +102

    1:37 "Perhaps one day I will watch it once i'm old" Well said.

    • @corkeybucheck8666
      @corkeybucheck8666 Před 6 lety +1

      it means that he would start watching it just after he finished recording this video.

  • @simonc586
    @simonc586 Před 8 lety +149

    I want to see what this guy has in his secret underground laboratory.
    There HAS to be a death ray in there.

    • @Ivian1000
      @Ivian1000 Před 8 lety +9

      Klein bottles... Thousands of Klein bottles...

    • @damoos3.
      @damoos3. Před 8 lety +12

      +hexa asdf wrong mad scientist

    • @Ivian1000
      @Ivian1000 Před 8 lety +4

      asoom oops wrong channel xD

    • @BigBadMonkey23
      @BigBadMonkey23 Před 8 lety +3

      +Simon C Liberty Prime or Monstergirls.

    • @dramaticbananathemovie6889
      @dramaticbananathemovie6889 Před 8 lety +5

      he has a lab full of actual cannibals named shia labeouf with magical transforming powers that help them fight crime. Paris never had police, they had the pretty pink power beoufs.

  • @sufsanin1917
    @sufsanin1917 Před 3 lety +31

    1:36 "I'll watch it after I am old"
    Should we tell him?

  • @owenbrett2747
    @owenbrett2747 Před 2 lety

    I cleaned the tiles in the pool with 30% HF about 5 years ago. I wasn't wearing gloves, but I worked very carefully. On the second day of cleaning, I noticed that my right thumb and fingers were starting to go numb. My right thumb is still a little numb.

  • @zolikoff
    @zolikoff Před 9 lety +173

    "Perhaps one day I might watch it when I'm old." - maximum thug life achieved.
    Also, he might not want to watch it because he suspects (correctly, I might add) that as a TV show based and marketed around chemistry, it actually features very bad chemistry trying to pass off as "smart", which usually pisses off people who are knowledgeable in the field.

    • @hapiestar7164
      @hapiestar7164 Před 9 lety +2

      That happens a lot when TV shows, movies, news, etc. talk about fields someone is knowledgeable about. Make a long-time pilot read a layman's news story on aviation or a film and watch the amount of cringe that follows.

    • @MajesticSkywhale
      @MajesticSkywhale Před 9 lety +1

      zolikoff well they were taught how to make methamphetamine by the DEA for the TV show, and just mixed up the order of things on purpose in the script

    • @MajesticSkywhale
      @MajesticSkywhale Před 9 lety +1

      Hapie Star please any armchair pilot with like 3 months of practice in FSX would cringe at those aviation stories :DDD

    • @biobiobio7777
      @biobiobio7777 Před 8 lety

      +Steve Johnson some kid out there wanted to make exploding mercury, succeeded and was disappointed.

    • @BonBon-oq5pl
      @BonBon-oq5pl Před 8 lety +2

      +Soviet Steve dont forget payday 2 cook off level it taught me how to make meth

  • @Zelmel
    @Zelmel Před 9 lety +487

    I probably should not have watched this while eating.

  • @user-wb9zm5sw6v
    @user-wb9zm5sw6v Před 3 lety

    I've read somewhere, that 100% HF (anhydrous) is "the best solvent for proteins".
    This was like, it readily dissolves proteins, perhaps even fibrillar (tough) ones like collagen, but... upon dilution with e.g. water, they can separate out almost intact.
    It seems to be only the protonation that is the driving force of this process.
    H2SO4, of course, tends to sulphonate and even oxidize the organic stuff, but HF seems to be not able to.

  • @Flies2FLL
    @Flies2FLL Před 3 lety

    I've been to the Red bar in Nottingham! The noise inside this place was the loudest I've ever heard, That was 20 years ago.

  • @DrAdnan
    @DrAdnan Před 5 lety +625

    I wish these guys taught my chemistry classes

    • @michaelibrahim9275
      @michaelibrahim9275 Před 4 lety +11

      Adnan A Go to the university of Nottingham then

    • @Muhil_mumu
      @Muhil_mumu Před 3 lety +4

      Let’s be honest if they are a youtuber you would want them as a teacher

  • @Randomlapiz
    @Randomlapiz Před 7 lety +1177

    This is how McDonalds chicken Nuggets are made

    • @fabrb26
      @fabrb26 Před 5 lety +24

      nope , there is no sign of chicken into those things , only plastics

    • @danmosenzon1477
      @danmosenzon1477 Před 5 lety +6

      @@fabrb26 Who even mentioned chicken?

    • @andreitanasa2068
      @andreitanasa2068 Před 5 lety +4

      You are partially right. They actually use ammonium hydroxide to make chicken nuggets so, a base not an acid.

    • @PoochiePookie12
      @PoochiePookie12 Před 5 lety

      the unknown base boi wat

    • @andreitanasa2068
      @andreitanasa2068 Před 5 lety

      @@PoochiePookie12 yeah it's real. Just google it!

  • @realdragon
    @realdragon Před 2 lety

    Thanks, this video was very helpful

  • @sushieknows4767
    @sushieknows4767 Před 4 lety

    Im a chemistry student and thankyou for this info.

  • @sorestedhebytheTumtumtree
    @sorestedhebytheTumtumtree Před 4 lety +717

    "Now obviously we can't try human flesh.."
    shame... I was actually looking forward to it.

    • @whitefoxindies6240
      @whitefoxindies6240 Před 4 lety +9

      Right, why not cut off a sliver of a buttox or something?

    • @illidanstormrage5313
      @illidanstormrage5313 Před 4 lety +15

      Man, be a necrophile or a guy that works in a morgue and see how they smell,
      Trust me you dont want to come in my basemant

    • @suggesttwo
      @suggesttwo Před 4 lety +2

      It will. Used to work with it.

    • @cxtcutsml706
      @cxtcutsml706 Před 3 lety +3

      We can use you;

    • @robertimmanuel577
      @robertimmanuel577 Před 3 lety +1

      @@illidanstormrage5313 That has multiple meanings

  • @Flamehara
    @Flamehara Před 4 lety +786

    I would pay a lot of money to watch the professor watch Breaking Bad 😂

    • @baguette9758
      @baguette9758 Před 3 lety +38

      It happened!!!!

    • @Magisktification
      @Magisktification Před 3 lety +12

      I would pay 10x the amount to make it stop. Incredibly overrated b series.

    • @Flamehara
      @Flamehara Před 3 lety +86

      @@Magisktification cry.

    • @adil0028
      @adil0028 Před 3 lety +7

      @@Magisktification yeah right

    • @HNTR308
      @HNTR308 Před 3 lety +3

      Your comment is in the video😂

  • @jimhenry9936
    @jimhenry9936 Před 2 lety +1

    As a formulation chemist i develop severe service industrial coatings for my company.
    My greatest pride has been to develop a flexible coating that is impervious to nearly every acid,including hydroflouric acids as well as virtually every other acid we have tested it against.
    Very fun development process.

    • @yogabbacrabba1457
      @yogabbacrabba1457 Před 2 lety

      That sounds fascinating! Can you tell me about the coating??

    • @jimhenry9936
      @jimhenry9936 Před 2 lety

      @@yogabbacrabba1457 Certainly,it depends on your commercial interest, or competive interest.
      More details will be needed from you, of course.
      Cheers.

  • @alnoiseplaysmc
    @alnoiseplaysmc Před 3 lety +6

    I love this man, he’s so adorable lol

  • @diogeneslantern18
    @diogeneslantern18 Před 7 lety +244

    This is a man of SCIENCE! He doesn't have time for no Breaking Bad

    • @Madmatt18
      @Madmatt18 Před 7 lety +1

      when hes old he will have the time

  • @Pianoguy32
    @Pianoguy32 Před 9 lety +344

    Thanks for another really interesting video :)

    • @periodicvideos
      @periodicvideos  Před 9 lety +38

      Pianoguy32 you are welcome

    • @larslindstad1048
      @larslindstad1048 Před 8 lety +4

      Pianoguy32 Yeah, these videos are awesome.

    • @highspacefox
      @highspacefox Před 8 lety +2

      +Periodic Videos You guys have taught me more than the chemistry teachers I had in highschool, love you guys!

    • @june9914
      @june9914 Před 8 lety +2

      +Pianoguy32 What am i doing with my time

    • @SomeoneWhosAnonymous
      @SomeoneWhosAnonymous Před 8 lety +3

      ( ) )===========================================================D

  • @blacknoise7821
    @blacknoise7821 Před 3 lety +5

    'perhaps one day when Im old' best attitude i have ever seen

  • @ALSomthin
    @ALSomthin Před 3 lety

    I knew a guy that got a drop of this acid in his cuticle on his thumb . He didnt notice it right away and the tip of his thumb had to be amputated to the first joint.

  • @Mikeanglo
    @Mikeanglo Před 7 lety +564

    Wasteful.
    There are chemistry labs in Africa who could have melted that chicken.

  • @WernerHeisenbergpapyrosy
    @WernerHeisenbergpapyrosy Před 9 lety +153

    I agree with Brady.Breaking Bad is pretty cool

    • @spacedew
      @spacedew Před 9 lety +11

      no.

    • @ObiWanCannoli
      @ObiWanCannoli Před 9 lety +32

      Tony L yes

    • @spacedew
      @spacedew Před 9 lety +2

      Obi Wan Cannoli it's ok, but I didn't REALLY like it, just watched it all.I like Dexter more than Breaking Bad.(first 5 seasons)

    • @spacedew
      @spacedew Před 9 lety +1

      Obi Wan Cannoli did you see Kill Bill?

    • @ObiWanCannoli
      @ObiWanCannoli Před 9 lety

      Yes, and it was amazing.

  • @essmene
    @essmene Před 3 lety +2

    I was told that HF reacts with Ca2+ Ions to CaF2, that are needed for information transition in the nervous system at the end of a neuron. I did work in a lab, where ~30% HF was filled in buckets. The safety sheet said that previously it was assumed that at least 30% of the skin surface need to be touched for it to be lethal, but latest reports have shown lethal accidents as low as 5-10% skin surface. People working there longer said, that each worker would have an accident within 6 years with an average stay of 4-6 weeks in the hospital. The acid is not strong - it is so small that it can diffuse through the skin. One worker told me he had an accident in the morning and noticed the black spot in the evening, because it did not hurt.

  • @FranciumBoron
    @FranciumBoron Před 3 lety

    Sure why not, it's been really amazing! Thank you so much for the opportunity, I always dreamt about, I don't know, _melting bodies!_

  • @fatgoaly6787
    @fatgoaly6787 Před 5 lety +192

    "So its a bit like fluorine has come to the dance with Hydrogen but really it wants to dance with someone else?"
    "precisely...well... It wants not so much to dance, but to bond for life"
    What a love story!

    • @yoellen1
      @yoellen1 Před 4 lety +4

      I was scrolling through the comments looking for this exact thing

    • @thomasneal9291
      @thomasneal9291 Před 3 lety +13

      Still a better love story than Twilight.

    • @rhov-anion
      @rhov-anion Před 3 lety +2

      This is the way science needs to be taught.

  • @frutiguro
    @frutiguro Před 5 lety +144

    0:49 Once you defeat all other scientists, you gotta face this final boss

  • @Raphael3032
    @Raphael3032 Před 3 lety +1

    They told me in chem school that HF dissolves the bone and not the flesh and that makes it more dangerous because you won't feel it burning. But I guess it was just a legend

  • @gsingh7558
    @gsingh7558 Před 3 lety +13

    He looks like the mad scientist that chases you around in black ops 1 zombies 🤣

  • @kara88bg
    @kara88bg Před 9 lety +141

    I'm not a chemist, and am rather rubbish at chemistry that's why I'm asking this. A thing that interests me is how is that when you do a controlled experiment on a piece of meat with a very strong acid nothing spectacular happens even after a rather long time, and when you see victims of acid attacks they show severe acid burns and they were attacked by a commercially obtainable acids and not with pure stuff you can use in labs? Does live flesh react in different ways or is it about surface being attacked or about types of acids used?

    • @SilentSnipest
      @SilentSnipest Před 9 lety +82

      I am not quite sure of this myself, but I would be willing to bet that fresh/alive meat has significantly more moisture readily available for the acid to dissolve into. This would make it much more easy for the acid to penetrate the flesh and corrode the structures externally and internally much faster.

    • @redsyko7505
      @redsyko7505 Před 9 lety +27

      great question

    • @AwsomeLorenzo
      @AwsomeLorenzo Před 9 lety +5

      I think it depends more on the Acid being used.

    • @TheRipler
      @TheRipler Před 9 lety +29

      I am not a biologist, but I think it may be due to the living tissues trying to defend against the acid and or repair itself.

    • @Liamv4696
      @Liamv4696 Před 9 lety +3

      My qualifications include high school chemistry and my first year engineering chemistry course, but they dont really help.
      Im with Austin. more moisture.

  • @danielallemang9414
    @danielallemang9414 Před 5 lety +195

    "Perhaps I might watch it when I'm old." 😂😂😂

  • @-Grovesy-
    @-Grovesy- Před 4 lety +22

    ok, so movies really over-reacted the speed of Acid. You'd see in a movie like Saw or Alien how the Acids melt flesh in the span of seconds, as I can see now... Acid takes it's time with it's meal lol

    • @JT29501
      @JT29501 Před 4 lety +4

      Not neccesarily, it depends on its strength.. although you'll never get the James Bond situation where someone falls in a tank of acid and dissolves immediately, there are numerous examples of attacks where blindness and burns happen within a matter of minutes. That's why if you get acid on you, or are attacked with an unknown substance, its essential to immediately rinse yourself with water as much as possible.

    • @dmgdisciple9680
      @dmgdisciple9680 Před 3 lety +1

      Reaction speeds will differ with molarity which is simply the concentration of the chemical per liter. They used weaker concentrations to ensure safety since these acids will emit strong toxic fumes at higher molarities and overall isnt very fun to work around or clean up after the fact.

    • @springersoon4541
      @springersoon4541 Před 3 lety +1

      @@dmgdisciple9680 but still. They used 95% H2SO4 which still took a day to dissolve the chicken leg.

    • @finnegan728
      @finnegan728 Před 2 lety

      strong bases are the scarier ones imo

  • @GiDD504
    @GiDD504 Před 3 lety

    I love this guy. He’s so confidently himself. 🙂

  • @fmwan1
    @fmwan1 Před 7 lety +504

    I'm so glad to have found this channel! Thank you for such entertaining/educational content. 😊

  • @bawki
    @bawki Před 9 lety +36

    The deadly part about Hydrofluoric Acid is the reaction of Fluorine with calcium and magnesium in the victims body. It penetrates the skin easily and starts bonding with calcium and magnesium causing hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia. The effects are more sinister than Hydrochloric/Sufluric acid burns, since it can take a while for symptoms to manifest. Tissue necrosis is often delayed and due to the lack of symptoms and therefore lack of treatment it can be more devastating than in the more immediate acting acids.

    • @Romenadan
      @Romenadan Před 9 lety

      Yup, I think this is the real bit of info that the video is missing, it's what makes HF so dangerous. Also, I think HNO3 would have been a better control than H2SO4 given that sulfuric causes heating via desiccation which obscures the acidic effects.

    • @bawki
      @bawki Před 9 lety +4

      It also explains why the HF chicken leg looks pale after it has been exposed to HF. Over night the HF has infiltrated the whole leg binding with Ca/Mg and other ions, while the HCl and Sulfuric acid were limited to mostly surface reactions.

    • @FatElvis1
      @FatElvis1 Před 9 lety +4

      It's too bad that they didn't test to see if the chicken bone was more fragile in the leg that was in HF

    • @bawki
      @bawki Před 9 lety

      FatElvis1 FOR SCIENCE!

    • @sr1491
      @sr1491 Před 9 lety +4

      Also the fact that fluorine can leach calcium ion means that it can leach calcium ions from the heart leading to a heart attack.

  • @Nikioko
    @Nikioko Před 2 lety +1

    Well, if there are any chemicals I have a lot of respect for, they are picric acid and hydrofluoric acid. The latter isn't very acidic but its causticy comes from the small fluoride ion that can easily penetrate the skin and react with the calcium of your bones.

  • @geoffreycasey875
    @geoffreycasey875 Před 3 lety

    If you read the health and safety at the start of a car mechanic manual. It says o rubber o rings and seals on old cars can produce hydroflouric if burnt to a high temperature. Sometimes amputation is the only solution to stop it eating away more of your infected part.. 🍀

  • @kyhumps
    @kyhumps Před 9 lety +174

    Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid and Fluoroantimonic acid are two of the strongest acids known (Hence their name of superacids), would it be possible to do an episode on these, or are they too dangerous to deal with in a lab environment?

    • @atrumluminarium
      @atrumluminarium Před 9 lety +7

      I was wondering the same thing

    • @zethzooken
      @zethzooken Před 9 lety +16

      Maybe even a road trip to another lab or industrial setting if it would be too dangerous to perform there.

    • @davidsweeney111
      @davidsweeney111 Před 9 lety

      Yes I was wondering that as well!

    • @jajestemjunior
      @jajestemjunior Před 9 lety +14

      The greatest danger is that the poisonous gases could give off or that those two are expensive to use. (For example: 5 grams of Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid costs 70 euros).

    • @Xz4
      @Xz4 Před 9 lety +11

      Triflurormethansulfonic acid (or Triflic acid) is definitely safe enough to use small amounts of - I've used it in a lab environment before. It's used a lot in organic synthesis because you don't need aqueous solutions (which is useful as water is pretty reactive and can often break down sensitive organic molecules) and its conjugate base (the molecule without an H+) isn't nucleophilic (i.e. doesn't react with positive charges quickly) because it's so big and stable. It's also usually used as a catalyst rather than a reagent, so the amount you need to use is very small. However, using it in larger quantities e.g. the amount of acid used in the video would be very dangerous!

  • @GrasshopperKelly
    @GrasshopperKelly Před 7 lety +423

    1:35 "well.... perhaps I'll watch it when I'm old..." xD WELL SAID!!!!!

    • @Willy-nu3oc
      @Willy-nu3oc Před 7 lety +4

      Haha, ROFL at that one

    • @Willy-nu3oc
      @Willy-nu3oc Před 7 lety

      ***** hey, that's where the spirit lies

    • @mack7963
      @mack7963 Před 7 lety +8

      that just means he'll be watching it tommorow

    • @Leetpwnwtf
      @Leetpwnwtf Před 7 lety +17

      It's oldspeak for "cool story bro"

    • @TyrannoX42
      @TyrannoX42 Před 7 lety +10

      Pretty sure that was a joke and he's actually never going to watch it lol

  • @davidbenjaminnewman2272

    Perhaps one day when I'm old.
    This man is a national treasure.

  • @Al-eh7zt
    @Al-eh7zt Před 3 lety

    I work in an Alky unit in a refinery that has HF everywhere

  • @VLNTN333
    @VLNTN333 Před 8 lety +597

    damn yall who resurrected einstein

  • @TsetsiStoyanova
    @TsetsiStoyanova Před 5 lety +341

    So what happens next after you dunked them whole then?

  • @garrettblack9639
    @garrettblack9639 Před 3 lety +3

    Professor: "Maybe one day I'll watch it when I'm old".
    Is literally a thousand years old.

  • @lachlan1971
    @lachlan1971 Před 2 lety

    Maybe I was sweating at the time, but I got a drop of conc. sulphuric acid on my arm and it certainly burned me. I tried to neutralise it with sodium bicarbonate. A scab formed over the next couple of days and quickly fell off to leave a sort of jelly like substance. I put more sodium bicarbonate on it and it started fizzing again. It hurt like mad and left a pretty gruesome scar.

  • @bigfatpandalaktana2747
    @bigfatpandalaktana2747 Před 8 lety +33

    "Prehaps I will watch it when Im old" Professor

  • @iknowwhereyouliveandilikei3392

    Albert Einstein's impersonator

    • @MuzikBike
      @MuzikBike Před 7 lety +39

      Einstein was actually born in the future and invented the time machine... so much for impersonator

    • @anwhsyb8959
      @anwhsyb8959 Před 7 lety +50

      Hardly an impersonator when Einstein studied physics and this guy studies chemistry

    • @HauntedOne666
      @HauntedOne666 Před 6 lety +3

      Doppleganger

    • @kingwoods385
      @kingwoods385 Před 6 lety +2

      Wannabe*

    • @jackhenderson2562
      @jackhenderson2562 Před 6 lety

      Wet Memes don’t compare the lord to a bafoon like Einstein

  • @kawi7676
    @kawi7676 Před 3 lety +1

    Great Scott!

  • @suryanarayanan5158
    @suryanarayanan5158 Před 4 lety

    'Perhaps one day I might watch It when I'm old". What a spirit

  • @NicoBiturbo
    @NicoBiturbo Před 8 lety +18

    Hydroflouric acid was 35% while sulfuric acid was 95% that aint fair.

  • @Hambonillo
    @Hambonillo Před 7 lety +20

    I think an extra step for each chronological examination should have been poking with a stick. Especially the bones. Industrial plants that use HF tend to have calcium carbonate available for HF first aid. HF has a high affinity for calcium.

  • @rchaffer
    @rchaffer Před 3 lety

    "It wants not so much to dance, but to bond for life".
    Awwwwww

  • @ronaldgarrison8478
    @ronaldgarrison8478 Před 3 lety +1

    I'd like to see some videos from this guy on other really dangerous stuff, like maybe FOOF.

  • @Sid-ix5qr
    @Sid-ix5qr Před 5 lety +1116

    *How Hydroflouric acid could have ended racism.*

  • @Katryoshka
    @Katryoshka Před 8 lety +73

    Is this the voice actor for Salad Fingers????? :o

  • @skyethebi
    @skyethebi Před 9 měsíci

    How concentrated is the HF? Hydrogen fluoride boils at 19.5°C so you can reasonably use anhydrous HF that’s just chilled a little bit.

  • @dannyrichards6233
    @dannyrichards6233 Před 2 lety

    Thx for sharing