BURN STEEL WOOL

[theliberator1]

forming iron oxide you said?

So would the resulting material be usable in a thermite reaction?

[rich1051414]

@theliberator1 absolutely :)

[lakloplak]

If you burn steel wool It gets heavier... Check and confirm!

[diegonikki]

@lakloplak it dos because a ton of iron becomes 2 tons of rust it gets 2x hevier of all is oxidized

[lakloplak]

@diegonikki You got it! :D

[inspectorcritic]

Some of the 000 steel wool you can just rub it together and it will ignite.

[itssuperninja]

tape it on a cloths hanger somehow and then spin it you will get a HUGE spark display

[BillyBishopfighter]

as ive learnt during my survival training, a the positive and negative end of a battery gets in contact with steel wool, it can actually create a campfire

[poptya]

Where did you get the torch? Im looking into buying a compact torch with the highest heat output

[luishomeroremohsiul]

the nurdrage channel BEGS for a high speed camera... pretty please? :)

[cooli101]

wool sweater!

[sktrudel]

pretty!

[soccermania008]

wait, you said it made iron oxyde, but is it the same thing as conventionnal red rust? and if so, could I use this to make termite (safely of course)?

[multidwee]

i nearly burnt down my school doing this -_-

[guldrev]

its to bad you aint got more views^^

[GalangKnightX]

how to make it spectacular

1. Search many many many!!!! Steel Wool and make a massive steel wool

2. Burn it..

[kirbydude55]

My science teacher lit some on fire with a battery :3

He was too lazy to go outside though X)

screw safety!

[Spankymunoz]

Were you wearing a wool jacket in this?

[wordreet]

@Spankymunoz Heh, did you know that pure wool fabric is flame resistant?

[Spankymunoz]

@wordreet I did not. Minecraft would have you believe otherwise.

I just thought it was funny that it looked like he was wearing a wool sweater.

[Annile12]

If you used aluminum powder instead of potassium chlorate in this, would you get a ball of thermite?

[DevilMalice]

Funny how the simplest things can have the most dramatic effects.

[DudeOfWar5330]

is the sun a huge piece of steel wool too ?

[matty81ish]

@DudeOfWar5330 no

[MrNazgul12a]

I could watch this on loop for HOURS.

[alexmclean15]

now with all the video's i watches i might go buy some steel wool, duck tape, and energizer lithium batteries. in the name of science stuff shall burn.

[MrFatdubyman]

metal doesn't burn fool and ur voice sounds like a gay bot

[zombiepancakes21]

@MrFatdubyman no, you're a fool. Burning is just the common name for an exothermic reaction with oxygen at a high reaction rate. So anything that is reacting with oxygen at a high rate is burning, and thats exactly what that steel wool is doing.

[Gazellecolt]

that looks well cool but look on my page to see a much cooler video of steel wool

[Gam3rFr3ak1000]

i used a battery, and i used it on a massive container box and i did it in my tech class, it was fucken epic, i got in trouble... hahahah

[bsingh1999]

Awesome

[pxmstr]

looking at recent vids sounds like nerdrage had a call from the fbi or rcmp....your previous vids rocked! now their milktoast

[ross123540]

if you use a 9V battery, it also sets alight

[AresExodus]

Watching metal get rusty has never been so spectacular!

[alissonkalel]

When i was a child i used to play wiht my bros, we threw at one another

[roossi]

we did this in school :D only the first part :D

[segarza]

too bad you cant buy aluminum or magnesium wool...that would look awesome!

[3asiancubers]

@segarza But if you can, then you can mix the aluminum wool with iron oxide!

[szezone]

reminds me one scene from the last harry potter movie.

[Strykercom1]

could the iron oxide be used to make thermite?

[TheMightyMagic]

Could I use KNO3 (potassium nitrate) as the oxidizer instead of the potassium chlorate?

[Dylanownedyou]

use a battery

[PickyMcCritical]

Did anyone play Silicon Valley for the 64?

[TheWayToTheDawnVIII]

@PickyMcCritical I only played it recently, but yes.

[aei05h1]

@PickyMcCritical Yup, awesome game!

[Isalys555]

Work with a 9v battery too.

[nickoolay]

Is nitrate also OK?

[LuciolaSama]

You should weigh it before and after burning. Then you're able to prove that FeO is formed, as it gains weight as the iron binds oxygen.

[wildoxidizer]

Love making Fe2O3 with a 9 volt batter haaa burn really nice Thermite 5/2 with Al oxide is fun tooooooooo keep up the great work

[KARMAIzzTuff]

Thanks for a "meteor" idea for a movie lol.

[Denamic]

Heh, I used to do this as a kid.

Bought whole packs of the stuff and lit it on fire.

Naturally, taking zero safety precautions.

Good times.

[kokteng95]

This is like Cybertron getting destroyed in the movie. Lol

[barrowscasper12]

you know that when you press a 9 volt battery against it it will also set on fire? :D

[Q65079]

where do you get steel wool, and how much is it.

[GDarkGoombaG]

@Q65079 probably anywhere.

[Q65079]

@GDarkGoombaG okey dokie

[PaperSoapy]

the 48 dislikes come from people who think steel wool comes from steel sheep.

[cloud6060]

@PaperSoapy That would be fucking awesome.

[DasBasdoInc]

@PaperSoapy wait? it doesnt. O.O

[ricochetVendetta]

@PaperSoapy in my electric dreams it does. Since when was steel flammable though

[TheCfuzz]

at the end of the vid u should have lined some steel wool in the shape of "nurd rage" and then set it on fire. that would have been awesome

[laguero99]

1.41 looks like a nebulosa

[Firesoar13]

This is the ultimate fire starter.

All you need is a little steel wool, a 9V battery and a piece single tissue of half of a paper towel.

Short the battery on a piece of the steel wool, wrap in the paper and blow the embers till the paper towel combusts.

[ArtypNk]

This is how the death star should have looked when it was blowing up.

[baalisgod666]

Time for some THERMITE!

[Mrmichaelmcginley]

I can burn stlle wool with a car battery and a pair of jump leeds

[thepackship1]

cool :D

[kwokshsee]

Mayday mayday, Mount Hallelujah is on fire!!!

[hasanjunaid111]

this reaction has been done by me before i saw this clip but mine didn't went this good.

[varad5454]

i m frm india --- Sent From NurdRage's AppRats (Facebook App)!

[lowbam93]

I've tried this at home! worked really well even with a match! people who will do this, try to blow some wind on the wool already set on ire!

[lowbam93]

awesome! I'm gonna try that now!

[MrKill591]

:D KEWL

[jezmoiit]

the uh, ethics of burning fuel prototypes make this video shitty

[GnosticAtheist]

Looks like my brain on LSD

[TheMarkk116]

i have a question:

Could i use the iron oxide created in the flames as a component in thermite and would i HAVE to burn it before using it in thermite and would it give a moe conrtolled form of it?

P.S. You are AWSOME

[daisyp503]

Pretty 0__0

[lamashla]

Another cheap solution to lighting it is dabing it with a 9v battery

Ps it also makes a good hand warmer in winter

[surferjosh98]

one cross wire, ONE wayward pinch of potoassium chlorate, ONE ANY TWITCH, AND KABLOOYE!

[p3rs0n42]

@surferjosh98 *Errant... Errant twitch...

English too hard for you?

[Seguris]

Lmao... It looks like an Aerial View of a huge forest fire

[elvorette]

what does steel wool turn into after being burnt? Why cant it be burnt again

[lominero5]

We used to use this in my country as a firework for kids lol

[Shady6diablo]

this like Call of duty modern warfares intro

[makedarkroses]

...i like you.

You burn stuff...a lot... :D

[scienceman64]

Could you do some chemistry with used motor oil? I seem to have collected around ten gallons and I was wondering if there is anything cool to do with it.

[Geddy135]

ahhh...pretty light

[sphan32]

that's mesmerizing;

[Zhevrahouse]

did you change your voice because your friends can't know you are a nerd?

[KazunePiano]

i wonder what your real voice sounds like....

[MRpiranha1996]

what's the chemical equation for this reaction?

[skywize]

I'd love to see that as close up as you can get a lens in slow motion. I bet it would be stunning!

[ScrewAttackChina]

where do i get steel wool? Do i need steel sheep?

[osmadn]

Now try That on Iron man

[UPTHElRS]

does rusted wool increase the burn rate or temperture? thanks for posting.

take care

[AnUglyAmerican]

i did this with my nephew about a year ago, except we used 9v batters

[ells914]

can you make na3n?

[Hgkd2]

my friend burned his hand doing that.

[GupperNZ]

I'm not smart but I like all your videos :) wish I knew what you're talking about ^_^

[noksinerate]

you also have here some fake voice...

[AllenIzCool10]

It looks like something is a game like devil may cry

[alolshit]

thumbs up if you almost drool while watching the burning show

[3000masterchief]

Will it blend?

[kylerocks11]

Does this reaction produce any substantial quantity iron oxide or is it contaminated with various other things.

[zmod101]

Hey Nurd rage I currently have potassium nitrate which i know is a great oxidizing agent when mixed with sugar. Would potassium nitrate work well enough as an oxidizing agent in this reaction?

[insanit1complex]

thats just like what i do to aluminum cans funny thing is i dont use self mixed chemicals i just grind down some sparklers and add a few household things and it just melts the aluminum into a puddle of molten slag makes a mess of steel cans too

[Moonlightrealgirl]

this looks like that weird game Pyro sand ;P

[kounter2]

hahaha trippin



[UrfrontLawnfilms]

Battle sheep where steel wool comes from

[FHomeBrew]

So... does it rust really quickly or, when it rust, does it burn really slowly?

[hellrazor117]

oooh....pretty

[AnAverageNobody]

I want some thermite.

[kirbydude55]

my dad has these steel wool things called SOS pads and they're for cleaning things and i guess they contain soap and they are lemon scented. you should burn those. they look really cool

[AgentCROCODILE]

Hopefully nobody watching this has nerves of steel.

[MrSiren52]

I'm surprised you didn't show the battery method of setting off the steel wool. Lantern batteries work best. I learned that method for starting a fire with out matches in Boy Scouts.

[NurdRage]

@MrSiren52 the ad or the subtitles must have covered up the annotations that mention that. Either that or you might have accidentally left your annotations off.

I think that point is also mentioned in the video description.

I find it more surprising that because something can be done people expect it to be done. I could probably set it off with a magnifying glass, or on an electric stove, maybe even by induction heating.

Am I obligated to? Why must people be surprised when i don't?

[gastroization]

@NurdRage you pwned him

[RainbowCondoms10]

@MrSiren52 o-o i learned it from tv ;D pssh.. Discovery chan kids ;x

[gotsmilk777]

why is it called steel wool if its made of iron?

[YiuTeub]

@gotsmilk777 because steel is made from iron ore. Just like Gasoline is made from oil.

[TheMigoftima]

AWESOME

[trumpet190]

the royal engineers knew about this waaay before you :P /watch?v=i1BSHdoclzY

[peterhejlejensen]

So what you say is that rust is burning? :)

[0restes]

Brilliant, thanks! I also love the deign:)

[Yuginusagi]

I must say...I am no amateur scientist...I barely understand most of the things said in these videos. I love them all though...I think all this stuff is so interesting. I would never try any of this, because I am an accident waiting to happen. So I am glad you put these videos up, so I can tell my ma I actually learned something lol! Thanks again and keep making these videos!

[CAZZERNERY]

Can the wool be reused?

[kipper1314]

iv heard it is aslo great for camping you can use a 9v battery along with the steel wool

[TheLonelyImmortal]

What's on fire, exactly?

I thought that metal didn't burn.

[Zafoshin]

There are 3 words I never thought I'd see together!

[Garrettalllikewhat]

Funny thing is the product after burning weigs more than before.

[Zafoshin]

@Garrettalllikewhat How? E=mc^2, so m=E/c^2 In order for it to gain mass, it must gain energy. But this is an exothermic reaction! so...THE UNIVERSE IS ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED IN 10 SECONDS!!

[Garrettalllikewhat]

@Zafoshin

2Fe(iron II)+O2(oxygen)=>2FeO

That is a balanced chemical equation of the reaction of iron(II) with fire. When the iron is heated under such extreme temperatures(the blow torch) it bonds with the oxygen in the air making it heavier.

[Garrettalllikewhat]

@Garrettalllikewhat

iron(II) with oxygen my bad.

[Zafoshin]

@Garrettalllikewhat balanced means it goes 1 way, right?

But this reaction produces energy as well, this must mean that mass is lost from somewhere, even a little. But, since the oxygen isn't weighed before the reaction, I know understand how iron can be heavier and retract my statement about the universe being destroyed XD

Now that I said universe, do u know there's no actual void in space? What we call space is a reversible equation of energy turning into mass and then mass into energy!!!!

[Garrettalllikewhat]

@Zafoshin

oh fuck

[Zafoshin]

@Garrettalllikewhat W8, maybe mass is lost from the iron. Maybe from the oxygen. Maybe from both. What is heavier in the and is not iron, it's oxidized iron.

[Garrettalllikewhat]

@Zafoshin

It's Iron Oxide

so yes oxidized iron.

[Zafoshin]

@Garrettalllikewhat Yes and some of the mass of its components is energy now. Isn't it weird, that all exothermic reactions have some of the mass of the components translated into the same kind of energy? different masses translating into the same thing, that uniqueness lost, where does it go? And when the opposite happens, what kind of mass does energy turn into? I've always wondered, how could everything have been created from one big blast, from one thing...

[Vaslop2000]

@Zafoshin i think you are a bit confused, their are two fundamental laws of physics that you are unaware of, the conservation of mass, and the conservation of energy. In light of these you will understand that energy hasnt just appeared, but has always been stored in the iron, and when 'burnt' this is released. the only time mass is lost is in massive nuclear reactions (a 5-10 gigaton nuclear bomb might loose 1 gram) and annihilation of antimatter.

[Zafoshin]

@Vaslop2000 I never said that energy just appeared or mass disappeared, E=mc^2 Energy and mass are conserved, through this equation. In theory, just by examining this equation, every exothermic reaction is a candidate for its appliance.

Of course, what u say is also theoretically possible.

Which of the 2 happens in practice, idk. U do and I trust that u know more than me, but I can't say I know sth, based on trust.

What kind of energy does the iron hold. Also, if what I say is right, the mass

[Zafoshin]

@Vaslop2000 lost would be too little to measure, as m=E/c^2 and the energy here is far less than that of a nuclear bomb. How can we know whether a little mass is traded with energy or not in every exothermic and endothermic reaction?

[Vaslop2000]

@Zafoshin i understand what you are saying, the energy is held in the iron molecules, as the bonds between each iron molecule are held weaker then the bonds between iron and oxygen (in the oxide.) So when the weaker bonds are broken and stronger bonds are made, (by burning iron in oxygen) energy is released... this is a lot less than the energy gained by the loss of mass, one gram of mass lost will release 45 trillion joules, (45000000000j)

Hope this helps

[Zafoshin]

@Vaslop2000 It does actually :) But I still don't understand some things.

Wouldn't the stronger bond that's being made need energy to be made? If energy is released by bonds breaking, energy would be required for bonds to be made, right?

Also, because the energy is so small, the mass would be too small to measure. So how do we know no mass is lost? Is it proven?

[coolliger]

@Zafoshin

A basic answer to your first question would be that bonds dont need energy put in to be formed because the atoms are trying to loose energy; the less energetic the atoms are, the more stable the compound is. Also, the stronger the bond, the more energy released when the bond is formed. This is because to break a bond, you must put in the same amount of energy needed to form the bond.This means that energy is not released when bonds are broken; breaking bonds is an endothermic process

[Zafoshin]

@coolliger I totally get the answer to my first question now! I had it backwards, energy is needed to break bonds and energy is gained by making them(like here).

[coolliger]

@Zafoshin

I think you understand now, but just to clarify; saying "energy is gained by making them" is not totally correct. It shoudl be energy is being released, because it is exothermic.

[Zafoshin]

@coolliger Yes, "gained" implies energy is generated, while it is released from the atoms, in order for them to unite.

[MrSatanica]

So, would it be possible to use steel powder as fuel in flash powder? Just like you use Aluminium and Magnesium? (With the correct oxidiser that is.)

[Masterful6O]

BURN STEEL!!!1!!!1ONE1

[garrison0395]

couldnt you stick bothe the pronges of a 9v battery to it and itll do the same thing?

[xxXpitboyXxx]

it looks like setting hair on fire... in slow motion... without fire

[BertNinja]

you can set off this effect with electricity too...

[hemo1001]

try to attach it with a wire and rotate waving it ... it's more beautiful than fireworks

[LTF85199]

who needs to buy fireworks anymore?

[itsJohney]

or you can use a 9 volt battery

[bamboo4tameshigiri]

That's the quickest and cheapest way to get the oxide for pyrotechnics.

[ClubPenguinBlussie]

Wait u can't rate anymore...... That's why I couldn't find it LOL

[TreegoesRawr]

Can you burn some steel wool in slow motion? That would be awesome.

[luisdemasiado]

hi, can you galvanize the steel wool to make the reaction last longer?

[MrBrandonXP]

@luisdemasiado If you burn galvanized steel wool im assuming you need a respirator since galvanized can mess up your voice for a good time period.

[Hoser1358]

can the steal wool still be used to clean things after this?

[ShadowRayzzz]

@Hoser1358 What steal wool xD nothing is left :D

[Hoser1358]

@ShadowRayzzz LOL well i just thought, because after he burned it, it still looked intact

[atomicengineer]

@Hoser1358 No, it is no longer steel wool after the reaction. It has turned into iron oxide wool, and would fall apart if you tried to clean anything with it, and it will turn everything it touches brown or black depending on the type of iron oxide it has become.

[hitachi088]

@Hoser1358

nothing remain after that .

it is like carbon after you burn wood .

[thewii552]

@Hoser1358 it looks fine, but the wool becomes all crumbly.

[kurnellampdwarf]

@Hoser1358

maybe you can steal more steel wool with your stolen wool.