Ruthenium Metal - Invulnerable to Aqua Regia

[BwoiAndTheHillian]

I thought bleach was alkali, or am I thinking of pan cleaners

[yotynan]

did you try to use perchloric acid to dissolve it? or would there be any difference

[dmytrocool]

Is that bead like mercury? can it be into alot of little beads

[MrPentatonicScale]

its cause bleach is basic

[NurdRage]

@MrPentatonicScale What does that have to do with anything? If you put ruthenium in sodium hydroxide, another base, it won't dissolve.

[3ndlessSky]

@MrPentatonicScale Did you even pass Grade 10 science? Whitetrash faggot.

[stbmoo]

@3ndlessSky

Goddamn Shit-talkers

[c1trax]

Now we know iron man's secret

[gredangeo]

Yet, nobody mentions the glass beakers and tubes that hold everything in these vids. Thus, the ringleaders in strength.

[NurdRage]

@gredangeo I already destroy glass with drain cleaner in another video. hardly a ringleader.

[gredangeo]

@NurdRage hmm. so is there not a single substance liquid or solid that can handle anything thrown at it? Or all they playing RPS with each other? :)

[NurdRage]

@gredangeo its all a rock paper scissors game.

[asensniper]

What about Fluoroantimonic acid?

[YouAreABunghole]

@asensniper

Keep it simple, use HydroFluoric Acid.

[p3rs0n42]

As a chemistry newbie, for curiosity's sake, I wonder what kind of uses ruthenium metal has. Do you have any examples of things you use it for?

[MrBurnTec]

1:23 erm yes i get that :/

[TheKarlsruheprotest]

What about Hydrofluoric acid? Isn't it the strongest acid in the world?

[WasabiMeal]

isn't this a simple concept of acids vs basics?

[bryantgyt]

lose the commercials...like" periodic table of videos", or "60 symbols".

[THEAWESOMEKILLA1]

.-. what at 1:19

[98JMA]

@THEAWESOMEKILLA1

Chemical equations.

[MegaHcoleman]

metal fail(bleach wow fail)

[chaosopher23]

You might consider doing some really exotic experiments on this stuff, not in the chem lab, but in the physics department. I read the Wiki article on it, and it's one of the weirdos of the elements with some interesting quantum applications that we don't know about yet.

[wordreet]

Is ruthenium inert in all acids? It would have been interesting to see if it reacted to hydroflouric. (very nasty stuff used to etch glass). Plus, I presume it would have reacted more strongly to sodium hydroxide, which I know will dissolve aluminium.

[Mritsonlyaname]

i wonder if poop reacts with this?

[Riskteven]

So basically, a sandwiched layering of Aurum and Ruthenium could serve as shielding when exploring the surface of Venus as they are both resistent to acids? Together they would stop Chlorine compounds as well... Glass is probably quite resistent too so where there needs to be cameras/instrumens, glass could be used. I still think it would be too hot for any instruments though and the 2 metals are quite rare.

[Bearcalledred]

I like how people argue with you like they know better than you do...

[saifulisfree]

*MASK ON* LET'S PLAY A GAME

[lodziklocPL]

Just one question, because I'm not a native-speaker of English - what's "bleach"? Google and Wikipedia isn't very helpful, it points me to some Japanese band.

[elflordbob1]

@lodziklocPL

6% sodium hypochlorite which is NaClO

thats bleach its a cleanng product i beilves it is basic not acidic o and it smells like shit

[lodziklocPL]

@elflordbob1 - thanks. I guess I have an idea what it may be now. >.>

[elflordbob1]

@lodziklocPL

you may also refer to it as clorox

[deeruner]

cover the faces of Pakistani women with it, you'd make a fortune

[59Ballons]

why is he afraid to touch it?

[101SarahLee]

haha...aset

[BeatBoxMASTER14]

when the 'equation' at the end came up my first instinct was to make sure it was equal on both sides i feel awesome because i'm taking my chemistry final soon and i remembered this

[KyuubiNaruto1337XD]

Ruthenium is only about 110 USD right now, it had a HUGE spike in 2007 where the price was over 900 dollars but as since returned to a fairly constant 110 dollars.

its cheaper than platinum and gold and silver

[Phlincke]

Can you throw that stuff in water, and it will blow up?

[Cultureshockcrew]

load up the choppas like its december 31st

[58book]

1:19 yeah i know that *troll face*

[zhevox]

what happens if you put a piece of meat to a powerful acid?

[bla287]

I wonder why the RuO4 doesn't dissolve in the alkaline solution when lower oxides do (by forming (per)ruthenates) because normally higher oxides are more acidic so I'd expect a "hyperruthenate" (Na4RuO6?) to form just like xenon tetroxide does.

[emonerdygirl123]

I'm Twelve, But I find This Really Interesting Even Though About 98% of Teens Would Find This Broing.

[r77xxl]

How do you tell if a pure element is more vulnerable to acids or bases?

[KyuubiNaruto1337XD]

@r77xxl purely testing, many of the characteristics of all the elements have been from pure observational testing

[TheDuskMar]

Isn't the Ruthenium reacting with the bleach, not dissolving it?

[NurdRage]

@msduckfuck As you can see right in the video, no.

[GTHaroFITBMX]

I hope you saved that bead! Ruthenium is a platinum group metal and very expensive, but I'm thinking that you know that.

[NurdRage]

@GTHaroFITBMX actually the bleach completely destroyed the metal. i've since converted it to ruthenium trichloride.

[C00lman555]

@NurdRage what about hydrofluoric acid? XD

[C00lman555]

@NurdRage Do you know of any metals that are impervious to hydrofluoric acid?

[DirtyTaxman]

why that voice?

[scoreunder]

@DirtyTaxman That's his real voice.

[yellow01umrella]

What will happen if Ruthenium is put in HF or CsOH?

[MrCarcallas]

that's creepy

Acids = did not dissolve it

aqua regia = still did not dissolve it (but can dissolve gold so which means Ruthenium Metal is stronger than gold)

Bleach = solves the problem which means, uum Bleach is stronger than acids and aqua regia????

[NurdRage]

@MrCarcallas Not "stronger" just different. Chemistry is weird and cool in that things can behave like a rock/paper/scissors game and something that's strong to one thing can be weak to another. For example Styrofoam is immune to water but dissolve in acetone. Acetone is not "stronger" than water it's just different. Salt is immune to acetone but will dissolve in water. Is water stronger than acetone? not really.

Same thing here, ruthenium is different than gold, and weak to bleach

[naorable]

@NurdRage how long have you been learning science / chemistry?

[notjerryspringer37]

@NurdRage Do other bases work?

[supermodel5011]

@NurdRage I WANNA BE A CHEMIST WHEN I GROW UP

[dean14111]

@NurdRage have you ever mixed nitric and sulfuric acid to make nitroglycerin? please reply.

thanks

[thebestofall007]

@MrCarcallas bleach is a strong base, not an acid. it actually has a higher ph and is far less acidic.

[CatchMyThrowingKnife]

@MrCarcallas Also got to remember that gold is a more malleable metal and is not very strong it self.

[TheRolemodel1337]

@MrCarcallas not stronger but it reacts in a different way :p

[xXPancake11]

@MrCarcallas no

[xXPancake11]

@xXPancake11 chemicals are independent, like some substance have a chemical property that makes them immune to acids, and not immune to other chems, just like this one...sry if it doesnt make sence

[LightProductionsTV]

@MrCarcallas How old are you?

[Jimmmeah]

"as you can see, it's completely untouched" *touch*

[Randomario]

It's like how Indiana Jones is not scared of the really bad things but is scared of a little snake.

[squad472]

Did you try HF?

[o0OsalixO0o]

What caused the subtle color change of the aqua regia when it was heated with the ruthenium?

By the way, NurdRage, where have you been all of my life?! All this time I thought YouTube was just for cute cat videos and political swag. I could have been getting my videochemgeek on? WTF! Psyched that I found this channel!

[Aviatorsmith]

@o0OsalixO0o When aqua regia is heated it decomposes and releases nitric oxide and chlorine which is what gives the characteristic dark red colour associated with nitrogen oxide compounds.

[soulsbreaker]

I find it awesome that you still answer your comments. Greetings from México!

[MrCarcallas]

BLEACH KILLS THAT INDESTRUCTIBLE THING?

[nybotheveg]

@thatiphoney the experiment was really cool till you accidentally inahaled the sodium ruthenate gas

[iFlyCam2794]

hey, what kind of torch is that?

[SodiumMonoCrapolate]

Sodium hydroxide?

Boiling NaCl solution?

[briantonysmith]

would be nice if people listened to what he says in the video before making comments that make them look like an idiot ;)

[MWGrossmann]

@briantonysmith

How long have you been in the Intternet?

[briantonysmith]

@MWGrossmann several years dude, good to dream tho right?

[yakovgolyadkin]

How do you know all of this? Are you a chemist or chemistry professor? You seem like you'd be an awesome professor to take a class from.

[ArmedPoverty]

@thatiphoney Dude, shut the fuck up. That joke isn't funny on Skyrim videos and it's not funny here.

[ryanasutin]

what is the world's strongest metal. A metal impervious to physical damage? 

[flyingchimp99]

doesn't rubidium have a strong resistance to acids too?

[nybotheveg]

@flyingchimp99 nope, rubidium will react with any acid explosively. if you put rudidium in a vial of acid or even just water, it's very likely that the glass ends up shattered

[Everythingaquarium]

can i use it as an electrolissis plate

[jojo19001]

can human flesh loses to all....

lol 

[NecroKatanaScythe]

WHOA, THAT'S AWESOME!

[CriminalBabies]

i'd like to wear an air tight suit of armour of that and swim in some acid =P

[madtownmadman]

Common household bleach? So some concentrated tri-chlor like whats used for pools would really dissolve the hell out of it?

[NurdRage]

@madtownmadman actually i find simple sodium hypochlorite works best. The tri-chlor forms insoluble precipitates and interferes with the dissolution.

[Blinkwing]

ruthenium-tetroxide is not that toxic

[NurdRage]

@Blinkwing If you want to ignore my warnings, thats your bussiness. But you assume all responsilibity for your safety.

[Blinkwing]

@NurdRage i did not say i would ignore your warnings. The Problem with Ruthenium(VIII)-Tetroxide is, that it tends to react explosively with organic compounds at room-temperature.

Thanks for all the great chemistry-videos, I really like them!

[NurdRage]

@Blinkwing Even MORE reason not to try this!

[Blinkwing]

@NurdRage definitely not without a fumehood

[elflordbob1]

@NurdRage isnt

ruthenium like $1000

per gram????

[Boredclub2ndgen]

Am I the only one who gets a boner when all those wonderful chemical equations are put on the screen?

[TheAssassinEzio1503]

@Boredclub2ndgen Yes, you're the only one.

[Boredclub2ndgen]

@TheAssassinEzio1503

Sweet!

[Bloodwake14]

This guys so fucking smart hope you landed a good job bud! Like nasa

[mario1is1awesome]

@DemonxVic

Unobtainium.

[iskatelikeanoob]

how do u get/ where do u get (Ru)

[MrStevie9090]

Niice voice change, But better video even though I have no idea what your talking about ;)

I just like cool things happening o_O

[HEROENGI]

is it invulnerable to fluerosulfuric? if so what about carborane super acid?

[christiskingofall]

Greetings fellow nerds.

[RYUzakiisLight]

so ruthenium is vulnerable to bases?

[XxBlAzInKuShXx]

i wanna drink that acid see if i trip lol

[zaprodk]

Just a question, after mixing the Aqua Regia, how do you dispose of the liquid, does it evaporate eventually, or do you light it on fire etc. I have no idea about chemistry, but this question has nagged me on several occations

[NurdRage]

@zaprodk Properly made aqua regia will decompose itself after several hours. During this time it will emit toxic gases including nitrogen dioxide, nitrosyl chloride and chlorine, so it must be left outside or in a fumehood or well ventilated area.

Afterward it should contain either dilute hydrochloric acid or dilute nitric acid (depending on which was in excess and on usage conditions) and can be diposed of accordingly.

[eggsstink]

Is this Stewie Griffin? Why the voice mod lol

[MrMartymcfly45]

the space marines should've used this as armor :/

[jrcochran1992100]

wait isnt bleach a base and not an acid. so would that mean you could take any base and decay it???

[NurdRage]

@jrcochran1992100 no

[xXxmidgexXx]

I shat bricks when you said bleach can defeat ruthenium metal. I totally wasn't expecting that.

[ytdcfjhvjvp0j]

USE HYDROFLUORIC ACID!

[briantonysmith]

@ytdcfjhvjvp0j to be fair he did say "most acids" ;) lol

[DarkPikaruto]

Pfft, Chuck Norris eats these as Cocoa Puffs every morning.

[newbcake88]

Would make awesome armor. Expensive, but awesome... as long as you avoid the laundry room.

[CryoLegionaire]

little suprised you didn't try sulphuric acid

[NurdRage]

@CryoLegionaire I'm surprised you missed the part where i mentioned i did.

[CryoLegionaire]

@NurdRage All I see is bleach, Nitric and Hydro being used. Also if You believe you did, make a comment on where, not a snide one.

[WrCmdSaul]

@CryoLegionaire holy god, you're fucking stupid, at 0:31 he says, as clear as day, he tried sulfuric but it didn't work.

[TopTenCrew]

@CryoLegionaire

he clearly said it you fucking idiot.

[Geran123s]

@NurdRage so true

[unstoppable008]

@NurdRage LOL, burn. Not the chemical kind, or thermal kind, but the "You just got owned" kind.

[iskatelikeanoob]

@CryoLegionaire fail

[Biospark88]

@TheGoldndog Latin for "royal water", because it dissolves gold, the royal metal.

[Ninjashadowjglo]

That looks like gallium.

[TheGoldndog]

what does aqua regia mean anyway?

[goddagon1982]

the metal represents MAN the acids represent the hardships of LIFE the bleach represents WOMAN

[livedandletdie]

Ok I'm here to help the base guy. He is right Acids aren't likely to react with metals because metals like to give away electrons but not take to take electrons. Bases like flour and chloride are more likely to eat trough a metal than acids are. bases oxidate and the metal reduces in that case the metal is the acid. Gold Ruthenium Platina and all of those elements are highly unreactive with most things but flour and chlor can react with them because of electronegativity.

[superfrenchfrys]

@ChinaNam Bases with a high pH are caustic which is as dangerous as corrosive acids

[brassmonkey740]

but will it blend?????

[LHRJOKER]

@nurdrage where do you get all you stuff, like your tcpo

[brassmonkey740]

hey nurdrage!!!! i have a question, bro. can ruthenium rust???

[iLoveMyGun89]

So you could somehow make it appear to be a gold color, and it would pass a acid gold test kit?

[lordettecursedwolfy]

I think he did Rage kyu.

[endlessrunnas]

... voice changer/tone editor :(

[narutoxpein98]

so thats what registeel made up of

[ehack87]

BANKAI!!

[Dragonblade180]

@ehack87 omg how is that related? xD

[ehack87]

@Dragonblade180 "Interestingly, ruthenium can be dissolved in a very simple household chemical: bleach!" =]

[Dragonblade180]

@ehack87 omg, I feel dumb now xD

[45lollipop]

@nurdrage I noticed you have femine hands? Are you a girl

[fyrogenesis]

@45lollipop many nerds have femine hands. me included.

[runescape2011ful]

1:51 best part

[tyoeman]

Would that mean it would also react with any other basic solutions that are more diluted?

[yellowmetalcyborg]

Where did you obtain so much ruthenium? And how much did it cost?

[NurdRage]

@yellowmetalcyborg i got it from elementsales (dot) com it was very expensive, around $50/g

[JerryGiesler09]

See if you can make Captain America's Shield out of Ruthenium and Titanium. :)

[ChinaNam]

But bleach is a base, not an acid.

[NurdRage]

@ChinaNam I don't see what the problem is.

[livedandletdie]

@NurdRage I do If the ruthenium doesn't react with acids but with bases then it makes Ru+OH- ions in the fluid meaning that it isn't immune to aqua regia either but takes ages to dissolve aqua regia isn't the most reactive acid and even gold has the property of not reacting with Aqua Regia only the slightest impurity in gold can make it react with Aqua Regia. Gold and all other elements that are metals are more likely to give off electrons than take them up. therefore they react more to bases.

[NurdRage]

@livedandletdie Again. What's the problem?

[Sexalize]

@ChinaNam Just because it's a base doesn't mean it can't be corrosive to certain materials. use your loathe.

[PyroDesu]

@ChinaNam Bases can do the same damage as acids.

[some5672]

why do you need gloves to hold it? is it toxic like mercury?

[Edgar33527]

paper, rock, bleach!! bleach dam it you win agian Dx

hahaha xD

[DemonxVic]

Is there another metal that is stronger ?

[kitty6837]

@DemonxVic Platinum.

[nanoman172]

1:24

OW MY BRAIN HURTS!

[nybotheveg]

you say that aqua regalia is the most powerful acid in chemestry but what about super acids?

[MrTallassd]

Can you believe I found this channel as a suggested video from a Call of Duty Video?

[appleshooter1000]

we need bullets made outta this

[ProxySpam]

Ok do this: Make aqua regia, add 1:1 volume of HF, and a few grains of Sb(antimony) metal. Your Ru ball is gona gtfo fast lol

[Darkus982]

y u call us "Nerds" ? I find this cool anyway

[MrWolverine777]

Hi Dear Nurd Rage, I recently purchased some Ruthenium powder off ebay.I have the hydroxides and the three powerful mineral acids how would you test the powder to be sure its Ruthenium and not a simular metal thanks

[3xP10d3R]

i'm proud to be nerd .. and understand this ... haha!

[CodeusaGames]

But can it take a shot from a RPG?

[HeedleBlambeedle]

What about perchloric acid?

[wilerman]

Kip Kay?