Sodium Reaction Gone Horribly Wrong

[SINEKT]

The bottle has a very narrow neck and allows massive accumulation of hydrogen. That's why you use cylindrical stuff like a berzelius.

[fifteenfingers]

i was like "Erlenmeyer, NO~~!" *boom* lol

Needless to say the power of Tawanda is at work here :)

[DactaDork]

I just had the most evil idea...

[Wackey2k9]

pause 0:19

[STEVEDIGIBOYtv]

Your freakin out of control, in this one at least. LOL!

[ViolatorsTV]

dont u have a zoom button on that cam

[MrTranxistor]

like a little grenade. i thought for sure there would be some shrapnel in your eye... none? :( j/k lol

[eggbertsmith]

Stupidity....is the new black.

[cassiavc]

Ohh geez! Imagine if this was potassium...Would be strong like a grenade.

[dodadodo25]

fffffffuck!!

[bioniclemastermandud]

should of been a little bit further away

[Ibogaine306]

You better have been wearing safety glasses young man. And I would have gone out of my way to let people know that you took precautions to avoid injury. Other than that its a very good cautionary video. I believe the reaction produces hydrogen gas, which built up inside your Erlenmeyer because of the wide bottom and narrow opening. And since the reaction is clearly exothermic... well clearly you know what happened. What do you think?

[imarubberband]

its better to do this in a bowl.

[imarubberband]

FUCK

[axnasia1]

It is dangerous to put sodium in an enclosed vessel such as that conical flask. The hydrogen generated will explode in confinement.

[tabbykatification]

@Ch3mG33k "you obviously don't speak sarcasm" that is one good come-back (no sarcasm)

[darkdjo]

hahaha Sodium in a close container : BAD IDEA !! :))

[PersonGuyDude1212]

Rofl nice.  Trial and error man, trial and error.

[gokusupersaiyan100]

I'm guessing the flask shattered?

[Semperfimech]

dude thats intense

[CheeZyP00F]

scary, "FUCK!" lol

[levikfc]

did u het any injurys? hhahaa

[Ch3mG33k]

@levikfc

"No editing here. This is the raw footage of a sodium metal and water reaction gone horribly awry. Luckily, no one was injured."

~ The Video Description

Although, based on your typing skills, I doubt you can read, hence the question?

[levikfc]

im sorry my finger hit the wrong button its 1 away it happens i can read or if i could not how could i of seen what you said?

[Ch3mG33k]

@levikfc You obviously don't speak sarcasm.

[TuneMaestro]

@levikfc Wow man. He was asking if you where OK. Don't really need to be like that.... Also: derp derp derp rapid heat change + glass = rapid glass expansion = glass explosion. COME AT ME BRO

[zanders247]

at least the flask went out in style :(

[GazaTech]

Thank god you dint do it inside your lab and you did it outside!!

[scprior88]

Its probably best to do this in a more open container. :P

What makes water-alkali reactions more/less extreme is how easily/quickly an electron can be dissociates to form an Ion. The electron then splits the water molecule and hydrogen gas is formed. Highly exothermic. The quicker the hydrogen is released the more time it is exposed with oxygen.

Not only did that container build up pressure, it also trapped more hydrogen to allow for an explosion.

[patrickJMT]

too bad you can not do this with math equations... would be more interesting!

[Ch3mG33k]

Haha, I suppose it would make things more flashy, but I don't think I've ever seen a chemical reaction as elegant as Euler's Identity.

[Dan4157]

5 stars for that :D

that piece of sodium was pretty big xD

[xR0WDYx]

threw about 60 grams of it into a lake with a waterballoon launcer the other day..not exactly environmental, but totally worth the boom. Im sure lake organisms will appreciate the exta pH's haha

[DeadMrFred]

I'm trying to figure out why this was flagged...

[goeon]

at the end he yells "FUCK"

[AlphaMaleRyan]

@DeadMrFred because he cursed i guess

[AScannerClearly]

All flasks should be so lucky as to have a demise as that. =D

[pyropakman]

Where'd you get the glassware? At this point, that's what I'm really looking for. Thanks.

[Ch3mG33k]

Surprisingly I got my glassware from a dollar store. I'm not entirely sure where they got pyrex glassware from, but it is borosilicate and I got it for a dollar a piece. As for you, United Nuclear does sell glassware at pretty decent prices.

[Qtmas]

a nice expensive flask was destroyed.

[Jemlink]

RIP Flask

He was a good man :'(

[ironnica]

lol, i see why i cant get access to rubidium and cesium now. damn u. lol, fair play tho.

[xR0WDYx]

hahah. this doesnt get old. just threw my biggest piece of potassium into our bog in the back yard. damn nice explosion. the next day algae was growing ll over. i increased the pH enogh to change part of the bog to a swamp! woot!

[VampireKyou]

well, you lived at least :D

[Cheeseman81727]

im kind of surprised the flask blew up

[RicardoGarciaPino]

FUCK !

[Poodleinacan]

that was sweet.....but dangerous...

[ghostoftoast]

That was like my chem teacher.

"Hmm... that reaction was a bit lame. What if we add a bigger chunk of sodium? . . . *ten seconds later* Oh shi-"

Slammed the blast screen shut just in time.

[MickandNick]

how you ever seen a video bout this. in about 2 out of 3 it explodes. why stand so close sir?

[HeirofGojira91]

Saw this in my Chem Lecture :D Made me peckish for some reason :S

[neilMACMlLLAN]

Be careful with that stuff, you could have used a slice of sodium about half the size of a pea and still proved the reaction without the resulting explosion.

[awelstoo]

that would have been exceptionally average

[HakerzTM]

R.I.P

[omani1992]

R.I.P

[foolplayer101]

woahh, that was crazy, i did some sodium reaction experiments in my science class and that never happend =/

did u get cut or something

[rollingestonians]

Ya idiot, Did´nt you really see that coming?

[mcmandrake]

hopefully ill live to put this up on youtube nice one =D

[Ch3mG33k]

Yeah. You gotta admit, I have amazing foresight.

[SeriousGirlGamer]

did u get glass in you?

[Ch3mG33k]

I somehow managed to get a little shard of glass stuck in the back of my leg. I've no idea how it got behind me though...

[arequipa1]

were you able to get rid of it? i ask because i think i have a glass shard stuck in my finger. but i'm not sure.

[RandomNameName]

Yeh this happened to our science teacher a while ago, he tried to trap the hydrogen under a glass cover and it went boom :P Also a tiny spark could set it off, i guess that it wasn;t vented enough as it had a narrow opening.

[hivuth]

A spark is not necessary. The reaction of Na with H2O generates enough heat to ignite the hydrogen

[FREESTYLESKIING4EVER]

hahhahah........." fuck! " lmao!!!

[sciencoking]

yes, sodium is very unpredictable...

[matter0464]

BIG BOOM lol

[flameboyx182]

wat if u got all the sodium in the world and dropped it in the ocean???

[sciencoking]

a big woosh that would last for months because the outer sodium has to "react away" and that needs its time. and a fucking huge amount of hydrogen xD

[elliotmotocross]

bang

[metraccobar]

i liked the last line

[irishlard]

durr, sodium plus water equals ponies and rainbows

[Durgrim]

Enjoy your hydrogen gas...

[chemikalialab]

are you OK ?

[RsJcGo]

Haha you like "Fuck!

[greekmadness23]

hey chemgeek how did u get sodium??

[xR0WDYx]

probably took it. I have my own chem stockroom in my dorm room. The jug of potassium chlorate is my pride and joy.

[captainkeewl]

he got it from united nuclear

[xR0WDYx]

Na is highly reactive: be careful. its better to throw it in open containers not made of glass. then you can throw in bigger chunks. big chunks mean big boom

[klutz22]

LOL that happened to me with my boiling flask\

It was in the grass and yea it was crazy and loud to.

I was picking out pieces of glass in the middle of the street

[tanghohim]

It shouldn't be Explode I think...

I've just sad about putting the same size of 'Na'

, and It didn't have Explosion :(

[phoenixicarus]

I'm glad you didn't die man. Wow. Don't do that with Potassium.

[dwerg2k]

how did u get the sodium?

[howe094]

Dude! get a clue!

explosive+flask= exploding flask

not a good idea!

[abukar29386]

Was that the sample from united nuclear?

[Ch3mG33k]

Indeed it was.

[LucyiX]

the hydrogen generated by the reaction ignighted, and there wasn't enough surface to escape!

[biosi1]

were do you get that stuff my teacher did that its hella cool

[thekingzliar]

But this is pyrex glass right?

[Ch3mG33k]

That it is. Borosilicate only makes it heat resistant. It isn't resistant to a huge change in pressure =P

[thekingzliar]

you shut let a sand on the bottom and let two drops off water. The flask blow up because there was no sand on the bottom.

[Ch3mG33k]

Thanks for the tip...

[ENavarrete10]

Hhaha man.

I love that epic - "FUCK"/

*subscribes*

[Ch3mG33k]

Haha, "epic." That's an interesting way to describe it...

[bord124]

dumbass is an interesting way to describe you

[Ch3mG33k]

Cute. Someone is stroking their e-penis.

[togd4un1]

duh what were you thinking

[DJevilstereo]

Damn dude that is some insane footage.

[willinthesi]

hahahaha

[marmaladekamikaze]

You should have used HCl concrete cleaner instead of water.

[sciencoking]

haha that was awesome

[mingmingnak]

LOL i love alkali metals... i always do them in open containers though so even potassium doesnt do that with me.... where did you get your sodium though ..i usually have to make my own Na,or K....but yea also watch out if you dont use enough water because the metal will just stick to the bottom of the glass container and react until it err...cracks the glass from the heat generated by the reaction

[officerspot]

Geez! Glad nobody got hurt.

[Ch3mG33k]

Haha, thanks.

[JeremyBechen]

LMAO --> Why I never react sodium in nearly-confined glass containers, and why I don't stand that close.

[Ch3mG33k]

Haha yeah. As many before you have established, this was not one of my brightest ideas.

[Ch3mG33k]

Haha, I'm glad that you all are enjoying this video. As for recommendations for trying this with other alkali metals, I'm quite content with the sodium ;)

[conrad2468]

THATS why my mom wont let me buy sodium!

[conrad2468]

"are you alright?!?!?"

"are you okay?"

"FUCK!"

[Ch3mG33k]

Thanks for the comment and not to worry. I am a-ok.

[silentgbx]

Haha this is priceless! Don't forget to use the 5L Erlenmeyer flask next time... and potassium instead of sodium. And attach metallic shrapnel to the outside of the flask.

[Ch3mG33k]

Yeah I know. How could I forget the metallic shrapnel. By the way, if your intent was to come up with a situation which would injure me more, the 5L flask would actually leave more room for the hydrogen to expand and thus would actually have been more safe.

[Ch3mG33k]

Ah yeah, sorry about that. Yeah basically, to much hydrogen burned.

[Ch3mG33k]

Not to be rude, but what exactly does that mean?

[nitrex]

So next time use a Cylinder instead :).

[nitrex]

Let me explain what happened exactly to you. You isolated Sodium in a flask where the hydrogen built up and then it detonated inside the flask with the heat coming from the Sodiums reaction. IF you Isolate a sodium reaction you should be careful because of hydrogen build up, thats what that was.

[Ch3mG33k]

I know precisely what happened. The hydrogen/oxygen ratio was stoichiometrically perfect and it all ignited at once. The resulting explosion was to great a force for the flask. A cylinder would explode even worse. The best type of glassware for this kinda reaction is a beaker.

[nitrex]

Well thats exactly the same thing i explained with the Hydrogen build up due to the pressure of the flask in closed. But a Cylinder would leave less of a pressure build up, better just to use an opened area.

[Ch3mG33k]

That is correct but a cylinder is much more narrow. Being narrow means that there would be a considerably larger pressure increases.

I think next time I just wont use glass =P

[nitrex]

True but a cylinder is at least opened, anyways not that i think of it, you should use plastic instead of glass.I don' think your experiment gone wrong, it was just done in a wrong apparatus.

[Ch3mG33k]

Yeah, plastic is the way to go. Also, I know the experiment was fine, it's just a figure of speech =P.

[nitrex]

I know, But it will be hard for you to obtain elements such as Cesium and Rubidium, only some companies sell them, because they are probably the only ones that manufacture them.

[Ch3mG33k]

I am definitely not interested in cesium lol.

[nitrex]

Then i can see that your not an element collector. Cesium are for element collectors rather then experiments.

[Ch3mG33k]

Yeah I'm not a collector.

[conrad2468]

get rubidium and do that! "its a bit like dropping a hand grenade in a bath tub"

[sciencoking]

why dont you call yourself "brainiac nerd"?

[conrad2468]

cause i cant change my account name....damn!

[silentgbx]

I created a youtube account just to say,

"hahaha, ur retarded"

cheers,

GB

[Ch3mG33k]

Thanks.