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  • A brand new video on the element Arsenic.
    More links and info in full description ↓↓↓
    Featuring Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Neil Barnes.
    Arsenic life: • Arsenic Life - Periodi...
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    Correction: Hay-on-Wye is in Wales
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  • @The12hugo
    @The12hugo Před 4 lety +3000

    “It tastes like sugar” I’m very sorry for the first man who discovered this lol

    • @Xirpzy
      @Xirpzy Před 4 lety +325

      "I must say, your wallpaper tastes really sweet."

    • @shelbysteiner
      @shelbysteiner Před 4 lety +113

      @@Xirpzy The schnozzberries taste like schnozzberries!

    • @choosefreedom4725
      @choosefreedom4725 Před 4 lety +61

      How did that go down? "It tastes like sug..." dies*

    • @tommytallgren620
      @tommytallgren620 Před 4 lety +139

      I feel sorry about the second man, he who did not belive the first man.

    • @raymondhoyland61
      @raymondhoyland61 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Xirpzy me

  • @ryanpenrod1859
    @ryanpenrod1859 Před 4 lety +2259

    "He always claimed he was innocent, but when he was arrested he had a packet of arsenic in his pocket."
    Smooth.

    • @80cardcolumn
      @80cardcolumn Před 4 lety +82

      He claimed "That's not mine."

    • @alphonsokurukuchu
      @alphonsokurukuchu Před 4 lety +29

      someone is framing me!

    • @Lightning_Lance
      @Lightning_Lance Před 4 lety +46

      That seems a bit too lucky a find. He could well have been framed.

    • @GRBtutorials
      @GRBtutorials Před 4 lety +27

      80cardcolumn And after they accused him of lying, he claimed: “I meant that it wasn’t mined, you just misunderstood... it was made through reaction of arsenic with nitric acid”.

    • @billsinkins361
      @billsinkins361 Před 4 lety +18

      "These aren't my trousers, copper!"

  • @FluppiLP
    @FluppiLP Před 4 lety +814

    "I got bored and went out" - always the scientist :D

    • @mattlogue1300
      @mattlogue1300 Před 3 lety +11

      Yep

    • @the_birthday_skeleton
      @the_birthday_skeleton Před 3 lety +11

      I cracked up so hard when he said that

    • @Masden-
      @Masden- Před 3 lety +5

      @@mattlogue1300 nice job adding nothing to say

    • @andrewbreding593
      @andrewbreding593 Před 2 lety +6

      6:46 : "I was really excited 😆 I was allowed to chop up the zinc! 🥳" What a treasure

    • @nodical802
      @nodical802 Před 2 lety +5

      @@Masden- nice job being a douche for no apparent reason

  • @KdetJim
    @KdetJim Před 4 lety +669

    14:32 “everything else was distributed around the lab”
    Probably the most low-key way to describe an explosion. 😂
    “You blew up the lab!!”
    “No. I just distributed the apparatus around the lab”

    • @sakkek5349
      @sakkek5349 Před 3 lety +1

      Cos why make it such a big number, cos its already happened. And shouting about it , wont change a thing..😊. Short of clever way to make things straight.

    • @TheSonicWafflez
      @TheSonicWafflez Před 3 lety +26

      Sounds like a line from a Douglas Adams book. "The experiment decided to suddenly and violently distribute itself around the lab" XD

    • @dmka12
      @dmka12 Před 3 lety +4

      Elon Musk would refer to it as a RUD - Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

    • @VintageTechFan
      @VintageTechFan Před 3 lety +4

      "I moved our experiment into the Cloud."

    • @mattlogue1300
      @mattlogue1300 Před 3 lety +6

      What happened to chemist? Was he likewise finely distributed amongst the lab?

  • @andrewchapman2039
    @andrewchapman2039 Před 4 lety +2393

    "I have two favourite stories about poisoning."
    I have no doubt that this man would be everyone's favourite chemistry teacher.

    • @mamupelu565
      @mamupelu565 Před 4 lety +46

      I could hear his stories all day

    • @strawbrryfld1
      @strawbrryfld1 Před 4 lety +5

      Andrew Chapman Definitely !

    • @adamabele785
      @adamabele785 Před 4 lety +19

      I had in a way a very similar chemistry teacher. He could tell endless stories about countless encounters with different substances, about guys that got mercure poisoning or explosions and things that went wrong. But for sure we learned more about the nature and dangers of substances from his stories than from any of the books. One of his favorite sayings was: I´ts chemistry when it bangs and stinks. He was a scientist as well and had a degree.

    • @pd6556
      @pd6556 Před 4 lety +4

      I just love chemistry. And this man is helping me in so many ways. He's my online chemistry teacher,I mean this channel.😁

    • @ThatBigBlackClock
      @ThatBigBlackClock Před 4 lety +15

      I have him for my "topics of inorganic chemistry" module and have to say he is very oldschool and doesnt believe in powerpoints, but leads very entertaining and interesting lectures haha

  • @Pablovru
    @Pablovru Před 4 lety +1200

    "It was really exciting, I was allowed to chop out the Zinc"
    Oh that was heartwarming ❤️

    • @incorrectstuffthingy5647
      @incorrectstuffthingy5647 Před 4 lety +99

      Protect this man at all cost.

    • @jeffersonborges9340
      @jeffersonborges9340 Před 4 lety +76

      This part of the video actually broke my heart... The master really loved what he had done for his entire life... I wished I could hug him when I heard it

    • @fingmoron
      @fingmoron Před 3 lety +50

      Very adorable considering all the interesting experiments he's done he still loves the little things.

    • @kittehme3071
      @kittehme3071 Před 3 lety +7

      I went back to watch that part 3 times

    • @heartz4dani800
      @heartz4dani800 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kittehme3071 time stamp?

  • @logicplague2077
    @logicplague2077 Před 3 lety +204

    "We were really hopeful we were going to get our white powder"
    You and me both, man.

  • @kanata_harumi
    @kanata_harumi Před 4 lety +372

    "We didn't have a sample of this so we decided to have Neil made some for us."
    Neil as always doing the hard work. Kudos to him.
    also, talk about making poison...

    • @nevim007
      @nevim007 Před 3 lety +13

      Neil looks like he eats arsenic for breakfast

    • @estelja
      @estelja Před 2 lety +4

      Neil is not someone you would want to leave alone in your garage.

    • @somethings6015
      @somethings6015 Před rokem +2

      Neil's relationship to the Professor reminds me of Jim's relationship to Marlin.

  • @Jackismycopilot
    @Jackismycopilot Před 4 lety +3292

    "People used it to get rid of their lovers, their wives, or just AWKWARD PEOPLE." hahahahaha

    • @dizzze
      @dizzze Před 4 lety +134

      I prefer "i've got 2 stories about poisoning, BOTH OF THEM ARE TRUE"

    • @tayet6875
      @tayet6875 Před 4 lety +40

      JackIsMyCopilot
      *laughs awkwardly *
      Oh no!

    • @whateverppl1229
      @whateverppl1229 Před 4 lety +147

      "you seem awkward, would you like some sugar?"

    • @williamsquires3070
      @williamsquires3070 Před 4 lety +25

      dizzzer adventure - it’s probably to the benefit of “awkward people” that forensic science has caught up, or there’d be a lot fewer of us!

    • @otakuribo
      @otakuribo Před 4 lety +38

      **feels personally threatened*

  • @beekeeperhoneymoon8179
    @beekeeperhoneymoon8179 Před 4 lety +1000

    "People used it to get rid of awkward people"
    Me:
    *looks around nervously*

  • @jessserene5265
    @jessserene5265 Před 4 lety +56

    "I was so excited I got to chop up the zinc" I love it when people can get excited for the small things. It's a hard skill to learn, but it really makes life better lol

  • @vezzosetto
    @vezzosetto Před 4 lety +254

    lead acetate paper used to be used to remove traces of H2S when quantifying arsine evolved in the Marsh test with mercuric chloride. Mercuric chloride is specific for arsine as long as there's no H2S present along with it. It's part of the arsenic detection kit but it doesn't detect arsenic itself!

    • @MM-wi4dt
      @MM-wi4dt Před 4 lety +11

      Such a lovely bunch of chemicals

    • @NinoNiemanThe1st
      @NinoNiemanThe1st Před 4 lety +9

      Thanks desange, great explanation. A shame so many of these chemicals are so toxic...still can't go up against a Marsh Test when it comes to illicit (or licit) consumpton of chemicals like As, and the colors you often get after the reaction are endlessly fascinating.

    • @mikeharris1002
      @mikeharris1002 Před 4 lety +10

      That kind of ties up with my memory of using mercuric chloride papers in a quantitative test in about 1968. Some dilute sulphuric acid and and a few zinc turnings were added to a solution of the material under test and the gas that was evolved passed over a mercuric chloride paper test strip. The test strip picked up a brown stain from the gas with an intensity that was related to the concentration of arsenic in the solution under test. This was determined by comparing the stain with an incremental set of standard stains prepared under the same conditions.

    • @markusfaller1333
      @markusfaller1333 Před 3 lety +8

      The test with mercuric chloride is called Gutzeit test and for that test you should fist trap hydrogen sulphide H2S out of the gas stream which contains the arsine AsH3. Normally you use a cotton ball dipped into lead acetate but it seams that you can use the lead paper instead. Nice to see how ancient chemist alleady knew so much about the chemical reactions.

    • @speedslayerr
      @speedslayerr Před 3 lety

      Fascinating stuff!!!

  • @BobWidlefish
    @BobWidlefish Před 4 lety +1493

    “Liquid fluorine” yeah that sounds safe.

    • @ThisIsTaco1
      @ThisIsTaco1 Před 4 lety +197

      I love how he uses that story to explain violent reactions of Arsenic, when all flourine knows are violent reactions

    • @BobWidlefish
      @BobWidlefish Před 4 lety +79

      *@ThisIsTaco1* just keep it under liquid nitrogen and it’s perfectly safe, what could possibly go wrong? Oh right, it could explode.

    • @theblackbaron4119
      @theblackbaron4119 Před 4 lety +2

      @@ThisIsTaco1 :') brilliant

    • @zapfanzapfan
      @zapfanzapfan Před 4 lety +84

      An explosion of fluorine and arsenic... I wouldn't go near that lab...

    • @olbluelips
      @olbluelips Před 4 lety +23

      Fluorine is amazing, the only thing it won’t form compounds with are Helium and Neon! :)

  • @MattLuceen
    @MattLuceen Před 4 lety +512

    “I have two favorite stories about poisoning.”
    😂

    • @solarsombrero227
      @solarsombrero227 Před 4 lety

      Of course he does!

    • @theblackbaron4119
      @theblackbaron4119 Před 4 lety +12

      Man keels over in the background ... Three! I have three favourite stories about poisonings.

    • @robertr7923
      @robertr7923 Před 4 lety +1

      20 people were killed and over 200 ill. Yeah nice story bro

    • @alazrabed
      @alazrabed Před 4 lety +2

      This quote goes so well with you profile pic!

    • @kittykattzee
      @kittykattzee Před 3 lety

      Very relatable 😂

  • @jbezuidenhout46
    @jbezuidenhout46 Před 4 lety +49

    Professor after anything taking longer than 10 seconds: “ IGHT IMMA HEAD OUT “

  • @zachdurocher1166
    @zachdurocher1166 Před 4 lety +54

    How to start a conversation:
    "So my two favourite stories about poisoning..."

  • @abdullahkilinc473
    @abdullahkilinc473 Před 4 lety +761

    "Neil`s Brown Sludge" name of my rock band

    • @inhumanfilth681
      @inhumanfilth681 Před 4 lety +18

      Sounds more like punk lol

    • @feyk9638
      @feyk9638 Před 4 lety +3

      Sounds like he's been a bit sick lately

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      @es8559 Před 4 lety +1

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      @kylebaker1220 Před 4 lety +1

      My NickName in Highschool.

    • @mhyotyni
      @mhyotyni Před 4 lety +2

      Sounds like a hillbilly moonshine to me 🍸

  • @madLphnt
    @madLphnt Před 4 lety +297

    "Sweet maker named John Neil, sent his lodger to get some daft for his next batch of sweets." Thats the most British sentence i think i have ever heard. I love it.

    • @billynomates920
      @billynomates920 Před rokem +3

      perhaps he was the origin of the expression never trust a man with two first names?

  • @mercster
    @mercster Před 4 lety +30

    "I got bored and went out." That's why we love you.

    • @UchihaFabio
      @UchihaFabio Před 7 dny

      Just like when he exploded the amphitheatre

  • @ic08jy700
    @ic08jy700 Před 4 lety +10

    This guy is the archetypal college lecturer. He loves what he does and is excited by it and wants you to be too. I love the chemistry he goes into and think all of his element videos are little masterpieces. It is conceivable that they will be preserved and go down in history as THE descriptions of their age. I hope so.

  • @ile84
    @ile84 Před 4 lety +140

    "I got bored and went out" spoken like a true chemist :D
    I feel that way too, the impatience.

  • @electronicsNmore
    @electronicsNmore Před 4 lety +348

    One of the few channels that I watch the video all the way through. Great video!

    • @periodicvideos
      @periodicvideos  Před 4 lety +49

      Thank you!

    • @electronicsNmore
      @electronicsNmore Před 4 lety +16

      @@periodicvideos You're welcome!

    • @januarioqueiroz3122
      @januarioqueiroz3122 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes, it is!

    • @Avci__
      @Avci__ Před rokem

      @@periodicvideos He has a powder that contains iridium, osmium, rhodium, gold and arsenic. How do I get rid of arsenic? Can you help me?

  • @justl2609
    @justl2609 Před 2 lety +5

    Even though I changed my profession from a biochemist student of second year to lawschool, I always find myself coming back to watch the professor and the staff explain chemistry to us, you can tell they are passionate for their field.
    Thank you professor for taking the time to shed light into the world of chemistry for everyone!

  • @edoardobracciotti9594
    @edoardobracciotti9594 Před 4 lety +4

    To use those lead papers you have to reduce As to arsine (as you did with zinc in acid). Then the arsine gas passing through the humidified paper can reduce Pb(II) to lead metal, wich makes the paper black. I used it in our qualitative analysis lab in Pisa. Thank you for your videos I always apriciate them a lot!! :)

  • @inhumanfilth681
    @inhumanfilth681 Před 4 lety +856

    "We were really hopefull we would get our white powder"
    Been there bro, been there.....

  • @tomkandy
    @tomkandy Před 4 lety +246

    The reaction of Arsenic with liquid Fluorine? Blimey, that sounds like one for "Things I won't work with"

    • @slidey1000
      @slidey1000 Před 4 lety +7

      But sodium and chlorine are both dangerous yet combine to make something edible.
      What could go wrong?

    • @tocsa120ls
      @tocsa120ls Před 4 lety +1

      and we have the obligatory lab equipment that was accelerated though the roof :)

    • @gamingmarcus
      @gamingmarcus Před 4 lety +4

      Back in the cold war they tested every possible compound for use in rocket fuels.
      One of those engines used liquid Lithium, liquid Fluorine and Hydrogen as fuel. Can you imagine that?

    • @MrShadowmaster00
      @MrShadowmaster00 Před 4 lety +2

      @@gamingmarcus sidenote: the reaction was between the lithium and the fluorine, while the hydrogen would get added later in the combustion chamber (so it didn't really react much). Basically, the only reason the hydrogen is there is to increase performance (because a lower molar mass propellant increases the specific impulse of the engine).

    • @YCbCr
      @YCbCr Před 4 lety +2

      @@gamingmarcus Sounds like we've got Ignition! :) Fun read!
      On the note of Things I Won't Work With: Derek Lowe has got some on his blog, a bit of googling will bring it right up.

  • @incription
    @incription Před 4 lety +23

    2:19 when the dealer is 5 minutes late

  • @hrtlsbstrd
    @hrtlsbstrd Před 4 lety +6

    I love that his idea of a fun video is him silently paying respects at a bishop’s remains

  • @talkingdot
    @talkingdot Před 4 lety +260

    I really love these deep dive videos on Elements Brady

  • @randomguy7928
    @randomguy7928 Před 4 lety +485

    God I forgot I was subbed, excited to see you guys are doin well.

  • @joeywilburn8672
    @joeywilburn8672 Před 4 lety +11

    These are the realest chemistry videos on YT, they show the success and failures.

  • @BloodySeaGullsRoss
    @BloodySeaGullsRoss Před 4 lety +8

    6:46 “I was really excited, I was allowed to chop up the zinc” I found that quite humorous

  • @Bog2901
    @Bog2901 Před 4 lety +157

    "we didn't have any of this poison on hand so we decided to just make some"

  • @john_hunter_
    @john_hunter_ Před 4 lety +181

    16:52 I like how they just film him looking at things and then walking away.

  • @mikeDeSales943
    @mikeDeSales943 Před 4 lety

    I have been watching these videos for over 5 years now. I am so thankful for everyone who puts these together.

  • @airpolygon2714
    @airpolygon2714 Před 4 lety

    I absolutely love periodic videos! With all of the entertaining and illuminating experiments, anecdotes and explanations. I've been following you for quite some years now, and you never cease to amaze me with your content!

  • @farhanahmed2508
    @farhanahmed2508 Před 4 lety +154

    1:12 "Or just awkward people."
    *Gasps awkwardly*

    • @smaakjeks
      @smaakjeks Před 4 lety +4

      We've found one!!

    • @psygn0sis
      @psygn0sis Před 4 lety +4

      Gotta love people that copy, for the hundredth time, what others have said,

    • @user-ge4uk9ui8y
      @user-ge4uk9ui8y Před 4 lety

      rip me

    • @ValentineC137
      @ValentineC137 Před 4 lety +7

      @@psygn0sis almost like multiple people can get the same obvious idea, without having to copy eachother..

    • @CJT3X
      @CJT3X Před 4 lety

      Valentine or... without reading the previous comments

  • @ButzPunk
    @ButzPunk Před 4 lety +672

    "A town in the west of England"
    *Map zooms in on Wales*
    ಠ_ಠ

    • @edwardvarney432
      @edwardvarney432 Před 4 lety +31

      Ben Rowe I know that made me really angry being a welsh boy myself

    • @harrywood6502
      @harrywood6502 Před 4 lety +84

      The Welsh-English border litterally goes through Hay-on-Wye so it's not awaful to say it's West England, some of it is.

    • @landgsmith
      @landgsmith Před 4 lety +18

      Ben Rowe A town in the East of Wales

    • @trickyricky2903
      @trickyricky2903 Před 4 lety +7

      Also had to check this! The point on the map looked to be in Wales.

    • @theblackbaron4119
      @theblackbaron4119 Před 4 lety +30

      @@edwardvarney432 Say boy... Do you like sheep ?

  • @ioneatlas6821
    @ioneatlas6821 Před 2 lety +7

    tenho Phd em psicologia clinica e 68 anos de idade. comecei a estudar quimica e descobri voces. amo de paixão e agradeço todo seu trabalho.

  • @leokimvideo
    @leokimvideo Před 2 lety +7

    The death element, amazing

  • @in.articulo.mortis
    @in.articulo.mortis Před 4 lety +148

    You didn't mention my favourite arsenic compound, C4H4AsH, also known as Arsole.

    • @yubach
      @yubach Před 3 lety +3

      Mine is AsH3 "Arsine" just google its toxicity

    • @Slippergypsy
      @Slippergypsy Před 3 lety +2

      fitting.. anyone who would say "cah-hash" is probably an asshole

    • @anothercitizen5233
      @anothercitizen5233 Před 2 lety +5

      I scrolled down to the comment section because I was looking for comment like that. I knew it.

  • @ferdisb4070
    @ferdisb4070 Před 4 lety +203

    "And then you add the thing you think contains Arsenic, in our case Arsenic" :D

  • @DoiInthanon1897
    @DoiInthanon1897 Před 3 lety +2

    I was really interested by this video on Arsenic and the stories behind its use in poison. Thanks Periodic Videos! You guys are still going after 12 years doing the subject you love, really impressive!

  • @DeadAlcoholZombie
    @DeadAlcoholZombie Před 3 lety +3

    What. A. Gem this man is.

  • @ThisIsTaco1
    @ThisIsTaco1 Před 4 lety +80

    14:35 "Arsenic (...) can react very violently"
    Well, I mean, almost anything reacts violently with *liquid flourine*

    • @zapfanzapfan
      @zapfanzapfan Před 4 lety +10

      Arsenic and liquid fluorine, sounds like a mad experiment to get a new more potent rocket fuel...

    • @fandyus4125
      @fandyus4125 Před 3 lety +8

      Cesium and liquid fluorine when?

    • @harryw.174
      @harryw.174 Před 3 lety +3

      @@fandyus4125 sounds like something a super villain would use

    • @gaburieruR
      @gaburieruR Před 3 lety +3

      @@fandyus4125 with this thing, you are just signing a letter to death

  • @hydrusje
    @hydrusje Před 4 lety +166

    "I was really excited I was allowed to cut up the zink" :D
    I know what to send the professor now for next christmas :p

    • @fish4225
      @fish4225 Před 4 lety +20

      I like to think the professor isn't allowed near sharp objects.

    • @wernerhiemer406
      @wernerhiemer406 Před 4 lety +12

      @@fish4225 I think they fear snippets to jump up and tangle into his hairstyle. Who then is supposed to get into that holly grail to sepperate that? Because it is not solid, not liquid, no magnetic particles involved. Burning down is no option. So you would have to wait until some of those strands pertisipitate off that fluffy structure holding supstrate (scalp) and then it makes ping sound by falling onto a hard surface as detector.

    • @CrazyNerdInventor
      @CrazyNerdInventor Před 4 lety

      Zinc*

    • @thedanyesful
      @thedanyesful Před 4 lety +1

      "Zinc is by far the best element."

    • @dsandoval9396
      @dsandoval9396 Před 4 lety +1

      Lol! Yeah, that was funny but admittedly a little sad as well.

  • @cancel1913
    @cancel1913 Před 4 lety +5

    Your videos are so comforting to watch. I really enjoy the information and your demeanor.

  • @marcel_max
    @marcel_max Před 4 lety

    Hey, welcome back. So happy to see that the video list added this new one. Wish you well.

  • @Yora21
    @Yora21 Před 4 lety +290

    "an Australian chemist called Bruce"
    Of course.

    • @MrIggybo
      @MrIggybo Před 4 lety +9

      Yora I'd have expected somebody called Gary

    • @slidey1000
      @slidey1000 Před 4 lety +13

      He's also in charge of the sheep dip

    • @epincion
      @epincion Před 4 lety +5

      Yes that along with 'Sheila's Green' which is what I thought he said before I saw the correct spelling.

    • @ianturpin9180
      @ianturpin9180 Před 4 lety +2

      I used to know a Bruce in Sydney many years ago who supplied squidgy resin so I suppose you could call him a chemist.

    • @vhaarr
      @vhaarr Před 4 lety +1

      Michael Baldwin, Bruce. Michael Baldwin, Bruce. Michael Baldwin, Bruce.

  • @jhyland87
    @jhyland87 Před 4 lety +44

    I love these longer versions of your videos. Thanks Brady!

  • @aquamanGR
    @aquamanGR Před 2 lety +3

    I love this channel. And I love the dedication of these two guys, that are obviously in love with the subject. Sir Martyn and Neil, I only knew basic college chemistry, but your enthusiasm is infectious and I am so glad to have discovered this series - I have learned so much, thank you.

  • @sweetwillow028_
    @sweetwillow028_ Před 2 lety +1

    I got introduced to this channel by my chemistry professor 👩‍🏫 and I’m
    hooked now. I do see the chemistry in daily life or probably in everything this universe, such amazing thing.

  • @Gandoff2000
    @Gandoff2000 Před 4 lety +49

    I think this guy is so cool how he makes chemistry even more interesting. Neal doesn't say much but yeah, he's cool too! I'm a fan.

    • @H34L5
      @H34L5 Před 2 lety +2

      i've been subscribed for years and i have no idea what Neal's voice sounds like

    • @FrozenHaxor
      @FrozenHaxor Před 2 lety +2

      Neil*

    • @Gandoff2000
      @Gandoff2000 Před 2 lety +1

      @@FrozenHaxor Of course. Thank you.

    • @shawnmendrek3544
      @shawnmendrek3544 Před 11 měsíci

      yes

    • @mr.iforgot3062
      @mr.iforgot3062 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Neil is a drunkard and is barely hanging on to his job. He is court ordered to attend 2 AA meetings a week. And sustain from booze. Sustain means "do without"

  • @RonLauzon
    @RonLauzon Před 4 lety +21

    When I was in college (Michigan Technological University), I used to collect interesting mineral samples - which was easy to do in that area since it was a big mining region. I was able to pick up a small nugget of kearsargeite (copper, nickle, arsenic). It was called "kearsargeite" because it was found near Kearsarge, MI. I was told that during WWII, kearsargeite was collected for Special Forces use to make bullets.

    • @uberawsome3696
      @uberawsome3696 Před 4 lety +1

      I cannot find any proof for that last point. I also looked under pumpellyite.

  • @PatrickBateman191
    @PatrickBateman191 Před 3 lety +1

    This man is really interesting to watch. I never get tired of his videos.

  • @co5867
    @co5867 Před 3 lety

    i am so glad that you preserve your stories via youtube it is a pleasure to listen :)

  • @scotts918
    @scotts918 Před 4 lety +22

    I could listen to this man tell stories for hours.

  • @jpaulc441
    @jpaulc441 Před 4 lety +45

    Neil is the Mike Ermentraut of Periodic Videos

  • @mazirian9261
    @mazirian9261 Před 3 lety

    Sir Martyn Poliakoff is such an amazing person! I love his level of study, and also his unique mannerisms (like enjoying cutting the zinc!).

  • @gracechen2412
    @gracechen2412 Před 2 lety +1

    Love the new version! Connecting to historical events are fantastic!

  • @marhar2
    @marhar2 Před 4 lety +73

    "Neal found an old Arsenic sample from the basement stores" -- that sounds like the beginning of an Agatha Christie novel!

  • @Marchpaneforce
    @Marchpaneforce Před 4 lety +12

    Biology student from Cologne here. Never thought, I'd see a video of the professor in front of Albertus Magnus! Really wish, I had known about your visit, so I could have listened to the lecture in person. Thank you for the great video! :D

  • @antoniomaglione4101
    @antoniomaglione4101 Před 4 lety

    Thank you for another very informative video.
    The Professor is an overflowing source of knowledge as usual...

  • @Majorweck
    @Majorweck Před 4 lety

    I need to say:
    I love it, how much this channel improved by itself...
    It got more professional and still has it's little cute parts.
    I learn something about different things and can enjoy it.
    Please: Keep this work up! I don't want to miss it...

  • @TheCampnFool
    @TheCampnFool Před 4 lety +3

    In college I took a chemistry class out of sheer curiosity.
    I absolutely despised that class.
    Next semester I took Intro to Computer Science and found my path,
    However, I find your videos quite fascinating.
    I wish my old Chemistry Professor had possessed your enthusiasm for the science.
    Now, here I am at 60 years old reading an old Introduction to Chemistry text book.
    Now see what you've done!? Lol
    Teaching old dogs new tricks.

  • @verdatum
    @verdatum Před 4 lety +21

    I need so many more updated elements videos. Thank you for continuing to update this series!

  • @collinsfriend1
    @collinsfriend1 Před 2 lety

    I can see why your students remain loyal and connected to you. Great instructor and all around person.

  • @validefy
    @validefy Před 4 lety +29

    Love these videos. One of The best channels on CZcams. Ill be waiting for the next one

  • @johnsmith-sp6yl
    @johnsmith-sp6yl Před 4 lety +7

    been watching these videos intermittently since i was about 6 years old, now i'm studying chem in uni. this is what got me interested in chemistry; a bunch of good, clean fun with deadly poison.
    the videos on the alkali metals were very intriguing, too.

  • @jorgevaldivia7482
    @jorgevaldivia7482 Před 4 lety

    one of the most informative videos on the channel, I loved this video!

  • @migsvensurfing6310
    @migsvensurfing6310 Před 4 lety +1

    Loved it. The knowledge and humor put in this video. Thanks.

  • @shearerslegs
    @shearerslegs Před 4 lety +11

    Thanks for the video I love it when an alert pops up saying that you have a new one out

  • @ReenosLP
    @ReenosLP Před 4 lety +10

    16:47 I was there and listened to your lecture. That was one of the best days I had in University so far!

  • @lhaviland8602
    @lhaviland8602 Před 3 lety +41

    "In the west of England"
    Map shows that the town is clearly in Wales.

    • @northcode_
      @northcode_ Před 2 lety +5

      Surprisingly it's actually right on the border (according to Google maps).
      But most of it is indeed on the Wales side.

  • @martinfranke9766
    @martinfranke9766 Před 4 lety

    Interesting video. Always nice to see demonstrations of actual experiments. And listening to the historical anecdotes is fun, too.

  • @riverbender9898
    @riverbender9898 Před 4 lety +10

    Though I'm even a bit older than you Professor, your videos always take me back to my early love of science, particularly Chemistry. Thank you.

  • @leegami3234
    @leegami3234 Před 4 lety +25

    "I was really exited! I was able to chop out the zinc!"
    Trembling of excitement, making dramatic cuts...

  • @robfelt9283
    @robfelt9283 Před 2 lety

    Such wonderfulness. I am 67 and a newcomer to the Hall chemistry/periodic table/etc. etc. I share this with my granddaughter who is attending university North Carolina Chapel Hill and my other granddaughter who will be 16 and still in high school. They think I’m weird and I love it.

  • @dexobj
    @dexobj Před 3 lety

    What a great teacher and story teller.

  • @goranaxelsson1409
    @goranaxelsson1409 Před 4 lety +10

    A wonderful video!
    Arsenic is one of my favorite elements, maybe because I have found a 6.8 kg specimen that sits on the bottom shelf in my mineral collection. Arsenic is indeed metallic white when fresh, but turns brown to black on the surface over time. And when it sits on the mine dump a couple of years it gets a crust of white powder which makes it possible to spot it from meters away on small pebbles.
    A friend and I went to that mine (Storliden in Sweden) several times a year when it was active so I got somewhere around 50-100 kg of mineral specimens of arsenic. :-D Yummy!

  • @boboften9952
    @boboften9952 Před 3 lety

    Professor
    Thank You Sir .
    Well Presented , Sir .
    Thank You .

  • @robertburpovsky865
    @robertburpovsky865 Před 3 lety

    the professor is simply fascinating!

  • @jeremyalbert3969
    @jeremyalbert3969 Před 4 lety +9

    I love this man. His voice is so calming and he educates me so much. His stories are interesting it shows he has a great past.

  • @hmbpnz
    @hmbpnz Před 3 lety

    I keep forgetting to upvote every single one of your brilliant videos that I watch.

  • @connieembury1
    @connieembury1 Před 4 lety +3

    Can you do an updated video on Molybdenum please? I really enjoy your videos and love it when you update the elements with more info. I loved chemistry in High School (Canada) and the professor reminds me of our chemistry teacher

  • @QuasistellarNymphomaniac
    @QuasistellarNymphomaniac Před 4 lety +145

    I dont think you can blame the arsenic for the explosion when you react it with fluorine :D

    • @periodicvideos
      @periodicvideos  Před 4 lety +94

      True - I think the Fluorine was probably. the main offender.

    • @dhavalbhalara1664
      @dhavalbhalara1664 Před 4 lety

      Looking for same comments..

    • @mamupelu565
      @mamupelu565 Před 4 lety +2

      @@periodicvideos main offender... lol

    • @skakdosmer
      @skakdosmer Před 4 lety +1

      @@periodicvideos What happened to the chemist? Was he “distributed round the lab” as well?

    • @jamesjacocks6221
      @jamesjacocks6221 Před 4 lety +2

      @@skakdosmer He was distributed to a cab and driven home so the authorities wouldn't know what happened.

  • @melskunk
    @melskunk Před 4 lety +10

    I was excited to see Realgar, perhaps my favourite arsenic compound, so pretty and fascinating!

  • @rabbitsoupp
    @rabbitsoupp Před 4 lety

    Bless ur soul for being alive

  • @pietroturina874
    @pietroturina874 Před 3 lety

    thank you very much to release this series of video for free

  • @TheGreatBirchTree
    @TheGreatBirchTree Před 4 lety +7

    Great content! I love how the channel has evolved over the years. Keep it up!

  • @mohsenfarhadi7486
    @mohsenfarhadi7486 Před 4 lety +80

    you should heat the paper around 90C` then add solution (concentrated solution, less water)

    • @kaanylmaz4080
      @kaanylmaz4080 Před 3 lety +1

      allow me to learn more of your ways esteemed sir

  • @armangaloyan5826
    @armangaloyan5826 Před 4 lety +1

    I can see this being shown in classrooms this series is a great idea!

  • @MegaBoilermaker
    @MegaBoilermaker Před 4 lety +1

    Arsenic was mined down here in West Devon and Cornwall. A few of the old Mine engine house chimneys were adapted as Arsenic condensers and there were also some ground level labyrinthine condensers. My elder brother was once contaminated with low level Arsenic intak and did not notice until his hair was showing a greenish tint under UV light.

  • @swebigmac100
    @swebigmac100 Před 4 lety +8

    Amazing video. Nice to see the professor in great spirit.

  • @theprogrammer32
    @theprogrammer32 Před 4 lety +256

    "and I used to use it when teaching about Arsenic chemistry"
    "used to"
    you just did

  • @alazrabed
    @alazrabed Před 4 lety

    So many comedic gems here, it's wonderful!

  • @bobgreska6630
    @bobgreska6630 Před 3 lety

    Great presentation! And history of arsenic. Thank you for your many contributions to expand scientific knowledge.

  • @jeffzzzz1955
    @jeffzzzz1955 Před 4 lety +15

    I love these videos so much
    They're always very interesting

  • @scotts918
    @scotts918 Před 4 lety +27

    17:46 - Trying to decide if he should touch the high thumb, or the low thumb...

    • @A-Ls1
      @A-Ls1 Před 4 lety +4

      Scott S I was thinking about that

    • @youlovemyyoutubname
      @youlovemyyoutubname Před 4 lety +2

      Yeah haha, all the students definitely know which thumb to touch.

    • @skakdosmer
      @skakdosmer Před 4 lety +1

      ...and it definitely would be the high thumb.

    • @dylanb4539
      @dylanb4539 Před 3 lety

      My eyes went to the high thumb😂

  • @filip4233
    @filip4233 Před 3 měsíci

    This videos are absolutely amazing.