Thunder & Lightning - Periodic Table of Videos

[bustybossoms]

Wow a shotgun in a school setting?

[MatthewJepson1]

We never did anything this interesting at Manchester Uni, I guess I should have gone Nottingham :(

[aureusyarara]

HOW IS THAT ROOM SO EMPTY? *does not compute*

[Hiphop101ize]

yo, coolest lecture ive ever seen in my life. Why cant all gen chem classes be like this. Youd think atleast theyd reward you with such a demo in analytical but nope just more math. This is what chemistry should be about

[happinesson]

nothing can't beat this experiment.. It shake me up!

[WakaWakaWakaBoom]

If only my uni was like this.... There isn't even a lab bench in the LT.

[dramlee01]

That was white phosphorus and not red phosphorus, I believe. Not easy to get hold of white phosphorus.

[Ephemeron01]

Right now, I'm sitting in the lecture theatre where they filmed this.

[zillionz]

Great stuff Pete... very entertaining... I'm sure you managed to inspire quite a few people with that presentation... I used to do one at the college I worked at for primary school kids and it always pleased them immensely. You've captivated an older audience here, which is great!

[cyclenut]

That science is dangerous to me..But my death would be a rush.... I think I'll stick to stamp collecting.....

[ScotDeans]

So exciting!

[StarSpawn06]

Hogwarts in real life :)

[japanesepoptart]

The first day of chemistry in high school, my teacher demonstrated the reaction of potassium chlorate with sugar. Chemistry is best taught in practice, not theory.

[heyandy889]

Pete Licence at his finest. :-D

[falchion49]

His assistant's wearing a WFR tie.

[tmafkap]

There's a saying among german scientists (unfortunately I can't translate it with the rhyme intact):

"it's chemistry when it stinks and goes boom,

and if it succeeds it's physics."

[lhtd]

why don't they do that at my university, I bet that this illustrations would pretty much impress the class and rise interest

[BarneySaysHi]

The barking dog is awesome!

[thePENANCE]

What did they mix?

[eltotoX]

4:15 Thought he was going to say 'so it doesn't blow the bottom of my testicles".

[wookidoo]

@eltotoX Same, would be hilarious if he did xD

[Kowzorz]

WOMP! Kay!

[alex58sdb]

its amazing! i like this video!!!

[thespurginator]

i do the "barking dog" with methanol and glass bottles all the time!

[KilgothMirna]

In our first semester we have the lecture "general chemistry" which is like inorganic chemistry 0 and unless you've been extremely unfortunate with the professor you get to see all those experiments.

Also, traditionally, on the last friday before christmas, we have one single experimental lecture that anyone is invited to see, where the most eventful chemical experiments that we know (and can afford ;)) are shown; Usually embedded into a kind of fictional story related to Greek mythology.

[KilgothMirna]

The 2004 version is actually uploaded on YouTube as just found out. It's in German though, so most of you might not understand a thing ;)

1 - Intro: /watch?v=etoy2LlzQow

[DarthYoungling]

My teacher did a few of these in our Chemistry class. She was a great teacher.

[missyloulawless]

SOOO enjoyed going to the community open day at Notts Uni this year and seeing all this live!. the kids liked it too! Gosh i wish i was at school now, I'd be so much more appreciative of sciences as a subject. My science teacher was Boring. Science is exciting! where does it go wrong in school?? thanks to the chemistry department for making it all accessible. Will the dept of Physics be running Tesla coil experiments next year?? :)

[Arwalia21]

Saw this today It was amazing xD the guy was funny and ouch the bangs hurt =D

[TPkrypton]

i sounds like a laser gun lol

[abpccpba]

Please do the show over again. The editing and train of thought are all mixed up.

Impossible to follow. I have learned a lot from you other presentations and am a subscriber.

Please fix

Paul

[dondude69]

Freakin' COOL sh... stuff!

[Eagles0818]

Chemistry is simply amazing...

[Miyakayame]

That was SO cool! I would love to see this lecture, really, I hope I can visit the university of Nottingham some day. Greetings from a portuguese bioengineering student :)

[Wise808Productions]

I was there... Lol. That was an epic day. But those flare guns hurt... XD

[dollzandpinz]

isn't it stored under oil... it reacts violently with water.

[weirdweirdandweirder]

I've seen that lecture in the flesh twice (once on an open day and again as the first undergrad lecture), didn't have the phosphorus though :(

[blinking801]

That is so cool, love the phosphorus!

[lilmarine93]

just awsome!

[TheFaustianMan]

Excellent job Pete !

[SebbeDK]

Any chance of seeing the full lecture somewhere?

[Jornev]

It ended with the barking... cow?

[Barnekkid]

Great video!

[hash1212]

this all seems so dangerous

[cartermcpyro]

Brilliant

[TheJonnyBShow]

We did the "barking dog" in my highschool chemistry class-- we called it the "whoosh tube" though. lol

[joouyang]

This lecture deserve to have more audience.. Really eye-opening!!

[Intervene]

Cool

[champ2153]

the most amazing thing ever would be if periodicvideos posted the full length lecture, in parts or in a whole, doesn't matter to me. PLEASE PLEASE post the full length lecture!!!!!

[periodicvideos]

@champ2153: I'm not sure YouTube could do it justice... Thunder and Lightning is best experienced with full sound and smell (and shockwaves)....

And we need to leave the guys with a few surprises for their real life audiences!

However many great bits of the lecture have featured on our channel already (see the musket in our video response for example), but in a more video-friendly way...

And we will continue to take some of its best bits and make them into films for periodicvideos

[G0ldenGoose]

Much appreciated for the upload and the time and effort put into the videos. Quite a few of my mates have seen this and there's actually one or two which are considering nottingham down to your video's.

With such enthusiastic people working there, it should be awesome for them. Shame high school and college isn't the same!

[PodeCoet]

@periodicvideos

I would FLY over from Australia to be part of that audience! Is it a recurring event or one-off?

[MeLL1eJ]

Nice vid :D

What is the name of the two chemicals in the beginning? (with the blue light)

[bodinian]

The loudest I think I ever saw was a large hydrogen balloon, like a beach ball sized one, being combusted in front of me. An epic boom came out of that.

[pepperly209]

Awsome ;)

[culwin]

WHOOSH

[crinoid1919]

how much fun was that?!?!

[L1th3um]

cant wait to go to uni =]

[Zubinen]

Yep. High school is lame, but Uni is the best experience. At least here in USA. Our high school system is ranked lower than some third world countries, but we have the best university system in the world.

[ReyAudentio]

The transition sucks though. That is if you went to a regular public high school, not one of the higher tier prep schools : /

[Zubinen]

Actually I went to a public school, and in fact. The top 6 or so high schools in NYC are all public schools. Stuyvesant is by far the best high school in NYC, and it's public. 40% of the kids there get accepted to ivy league schools with scholarships.

[Zanarkke]

not everybody can get in though! its not a school that will accept everyone, you must have a high enough academic abillity in order to even get in i think. In the Uk these are called grammar schools

[Zubinen]

Yes, I know. I went to Stuyvesant high school(a public magnet school). We had to take the SHSAT to get in and 96% of test takers were rejected from Stuyvesant.

[killer2611]

damn i wish i were there

[Kanashto]

very nice video :] like dit!

[pboyski]

amazing. hope they do this in my university.

[Miffmoffmaff]

I loved this part of the visit, the loudest and most satisfying thing I've ever seen

[nathpollen]

Videos like this make me want to study chemistry in University.

[pepsibookcat]

Oh! Love, love, love this! So fun!

The fire extinguisher part cracked me up to no end! :) LOL

[trunkszetto]

I wish they did lectures like these in my chemistry courses. Maybe I should go up to Nottingham to study. :)

[byront37]

great stuff as always.

[DeltaPhi79]

-warping sound- BOOM!!! XD

[erichill13]

I would love to have a class taught by you! That is awesome stuff.

[stitch626123]

what to liquids were you using to make the glowing liquid, and were you using a darkened room or a black light?

[robabzpdx]

Cool pictures, but what's going on?  Please give more details.

[gamemeister27]

That bulb of phosphorous was awesome....was it any specific type of phosphorous?

[metainfinity]

Thunder and lightning?

[HAMMERON825]

gr8

[spok636]

the coolest one is on 4:30

[buzzausa]

Cool :D :D

[NinjaKingT]

like the barking dog the best... very weird noise, especially the custom made test tube with a higher and larger pitch in noise.  awesome!!

[flakemusic86]

Brady, since you recently uploaded the slow motion video from the pressure clip, would it be possible to make some slow motion footage of the "Barking Dog" experiment? Would be really exciting to see I guess.

Wonderful video by the way, as always!

[Tilaron]

There is some in another video.

[sciencoking]

hehe, that must be a huuuuge dog o.O

[troglodyte3344]

Ace Combat Pet Detective.

[sharperguy]

Some people did a demo like this in our school a number of years back.

[seustaceRotterdam]

This used to be done by John Salthouse in UCD

[KMnO4dalla]

Nice!!!

[helehole]

lol the last thing sounds like a moose orgasming

[dbc616]

Phosphorus is scary.

[wovenv2]

would be nice with some theoretical explanations on those ;o

[ifjake]

check out all the videos from periodicvideos. all of these experiments have been done before and explained in their videos, it's all really fantastic stuff.

[mvszao]

You're so lucky!!

[johannes914]

That was funny ! ...

[taofledermaus]

I'm really amazed you do these demonstrations -- indoors! Has Pete been injured yet?

[dradeel]

Fantastic! :D I'd love to have a sit-in on that lecture. Hehehe.

[DesmaraisF]

I love your video but i hate Adds!

[Stanilem]

Christmas lecture's said to be kinda the same at my university - missed the last one though. My bad...

[DasMustafah]

(Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro!

Magnifico!

[TeoTheAwesome]

@DasMustafah Queen FTW!

[Coins4Cheese]

Cool video!

[kingofschnitzels]

Thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening!