Nigel Braun is a chemist in Canada.
From NileRed. A little while ago, I was able to mix two solutions together and pull out some white goo. This was actually all just nylon plastic, but I still feel that it looked kind of nasty. What I didn’t try though, and what I think could be cool, is to add something called fluorescein.…
From NileRed. What I have here is 100lbs of tungsten, which is one of the densest metals, and I plan to use it for something that’s really cool. #shorts
From NileRed. What I have here is 100g of pure gold, and at around $57 US per gram, it’s worth about $5700. It’s one of the most expensive, and precious things that I own, but I think I’m just gonna destroy it using acid. Dissolving this gold bar is actually part of the process that…
From NileRed. I should have known that cotton candy infused with capsaicin would be crazy spicy. #shorts
From NileRed. Go to https://ground.news/nilered for 40% off unlimited access to Ground News’ Vantage Plan—stay up to date with science breakthroughs and world events, and see how different sources cover the same story. Over the years I’ve done many projects where I turned completely inedible things into food, and what I’ve been really wanting to…
From NileRed. A little while ago I cooked a match in the microwave, and it made some scary plasma, which I thought was fun. The only problem was that it also damaged my glass beaker, and now, I have to sacrifice it. I don’t want it to completely go to waste though, and I’ve decided…
From NileRed. So today, I’m going to grow some metal crystals using electricity. To be more specific, I’ll be making tin crystals, and I’ll need to dissolve the tin metal in some hydrochloric acid and connect the solution to some batteries. #shorts
From NileRed. I still can’t believe Reggie convinced me to drink the emergency water. #shorts
From NileRed. I’ve been really curious to know when would happen, if I put a regular chicken drumstick, into piranha solution. WARNING: Piranha solution is EXTREMELY dangerous. It can even be explosive when mixed with the wrong things, and can shred just about anything organic. It was handled properly in a controlled environment. Please do…
From NileRed. For this video, I’m just going to be making chemical fireflies, which is something that I always find fun. To do this, all I need is some ammonium dichromate, and I just need to pour some into a dish, and light it on fire. #shorts
From NileRed. Whatever’s in here is extremely radioactive, and it’s worse than when I tested nearly pure uranium. Inside it doesn’t actually look very scary, and it’s just some small pieces of metal. These are just watch dials, but that they’ve been covered in paint that contains radium. Radium is an extremely radioactive element, and…
From NileRed. A few months ago I bought a dry ice maker, which was pretty much just a denim sock, strapped to a CO2 tank. I really wanted a nice block of it though, so I bought a different tool thing to make it. It looks a lot more complicated than a fancy sock, but…
From NileRed. I can’t believe I was convinced to drinking the emergency drinking water. #shorts
From NileRed. Ok, so today I’m going to try to turn some lead into gold. The first step is to get a few pieces of lead, and to add some dilute nitric acid. What I have to do next is get a beaker, and add some boiling water, and a small amount of potassium iodide.…
From NileRed. In my opinion, the iodine clock reaction kind of looks like magic. To make it, the first thing I need is a mixture of cornstarch (just a bit), and some boiling water. #shorts
From NileRed. I’ve always heard that powdered aerogel is hydrophobic, and I’ve been given the chance to test it out myself. #shorts
From NileRed. A few years ago I got this little ampoule with this little piece of metal inside of it, and I was really excited because this little piece of metal is actually pure uranium. Ever since then I’ve always wanted to free the uranium, and I’ve randomly decided that today is the day to…
From NileRed. This soda is supposed to taste like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and I want to see if it actually does. #shorts
From NileRed. Cesium metal is very similar to sodium or potassium, but it’s even more reactive. It’s kept in this glass ampule to protect it from air, and having it break open, could be really dangerous. WARNING: Cesium is extremely reactive and dangerous. The sample was exhibited in a controlled environment. Serious injury can occur…
From NileRed. Earlier today in an effort to redeem myself, I tried to roast coffee on a pan again, and it turned out pretty well. However, I didn’t like how uneven the roast was. I think this was because of how we roasted the beans, and there are a bunch of better ways to do…
From NileRed. In this video, I want to see what happens when I put my hand in a solution of hot ice (sodium acetate). #shorts
From NileRed. When making coffee from scratch, I totally failed at roasting coffee, and I want to redeem myself. #shorts
From NileRed. This rock known as TV rock or ulexite. You can see through it, and it gives everything a weird magnified 3D look. #shorts
From NileRed. I’ve been wanting to try something for a while now, and to do it, I’m gonna need some high proof alcohol and some sodium polyacrylate. When mixed together in the right way with water, the polyacrylate is able to absorb all the alcohol, and become an extremely flammable powder. I have to throw…
From NileRed. This coffee tastes odd… #shorts
From NileRed. What I have here just looks like a generic yellow powder, but I think it’s pretty cool. If I add it to some water it just floats on top, which isn’t too interesting. If I put my fingers in it though, it has a really weird effect… #shorts
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From NileRed. For a while now I’ve been wanting to make some dry ice cream, and I’m gonna sacrifice an ice cream sandwich. The first step is to remove its skin, and then I have to freeze dry it. #shorts
From NileRed. Procedure: 1) Wash penny with vinegar and salt 2) Drop it into 3M NaOH (12g NaOH in 100mL water) + zinc metal 3) Dry it, put it on a hot plate, and turn on the heat 4) Gold??? Unfortunately, even though it really looks like it, it isn’t real gold. It’s actually brass,…
From NileRed. So today, I’ve decided to do one of my favorite reactions. To get it started, it’s actually really simple, and all I need is a mixture of iron and sulfur. #shorts
From NileRed. Something that I’ve always wanted to do, is turn bromine into a popsicle, and to do this, I need some liquid nitrogen. WARNING: Bromine is very toxic and corrosive, and is extremely dangerous if handled improperly. #shorts
From NileRed. What I think is cool, is what happens when I burn nitromethane. I get a flame that has almost no color. There’s a slight hint of yellow, but besides that it almost looks like it’s in black and white. In my opinion it kind of looks fake, and I think this is better…
From NileRed. I’m thirsty, but I don’t know if I’m that thirsty. #shorts
From NileRed. Okay so today, I’m gonna be doing something, that I think is kind of gross. To do this, I need water, cyclohexane, adipoyl chloride, and a super stinky chemical, called hexamethylenediamine. #shorts
From NileRed. A while ago I got this ultrasonic cleaner, and I want to test it to see if it can clean this super rusty wrench #shorts
From NileRed. I’ve decided to make some dry ice, and to do that, I need a tank filled with CO2 and a dry ice maker. #shorts
From NileRed. I bought some strawberries, but they tasted awful. So instead of eating them, I’m gonna pull out their slimy DNA. #shorts
From NileRed. A few weeks ago, I bought some titanium tetrachloride which, I heard is one of the most obnoxious chemicals. When exposed to air, almost immediately, a bunch of white smoke starts pouring out. This is a mixture of hydrochloric acid and titanium oxides, which form as the titanium tetrachloride reacts with the oxygen…
From NileRed. Okay so today, I’ve decided to dissolve my wiener in acid. I’m not just going to be using any acid though, and I’m going to be using something special, called piranha solution. It’s a hot and angry mixture of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide, and I basically just have to drop it in.…
From NileRed. I have to admit that I knew styrene was super flammable. #shorts
From NileRed. In my last video I recently made pop rocks, and some of them are so explosive, that I think they must be unsafe to eat. #shorts
From NileRed. Head to https://brilliant.org/NileBlue/ for a 30-day free trial and 20% off an annual subscription! For a long time now, we’ve been wanting to make some pop rocks and I even tried a few crappy “home recipes”. Finally though, we’ve decided to try doing it the real way, which is both way more expensive…
From NileRed. Today, we’re going to see what happens if this Rice Krispy sank to the bottom of the ocean. To do this, we’ll be using this machine called an isostatic press, that can hydraulically press things equally from all angles. #shorts
From NileRed. I recently got this giant machine for making magnets, where it can induce a super strong magnetic field (over 1 tesla), and I want to expose my wiener to it. #shorts
From NileRed. Stang is supposed to be the most sour soda in the world, and I want to taste it to see if that’s really true. #shorts
From NileRed. For this one, I want to see what happens if you send a donut to the bottom of the ocean. #shorts