06 - Freezing Liquid Mercury with Acetone and Dry Ice [Poor Man's Liquid Nitrogen]

[watchthiszebra]

u can actualy buy mercury

[yessonful]

dude cool video

[AmatureChemist]

@yessonful Thank you. Much appreciated!

[TheSupertecnology]

lol stupid water condensation

[AmatureChemist]

@TheSupertecnology It really was quite annoying. I just wanted to marvel at the beauty of the mercury.

[AmatureChemist]

@TheSupertecnology It really was quite annoying. I just wanted to marvel at the beauty of the mercury.

[PlacidRationale]

I have never been so intrigued in my life so thanks for this

[AmatureChemist]

@PlacidRationale Not a problem. Glad I could intrigue some people out there.

[xAzCr]

could you have presented this in an any more boring fashion?

[TheHortond]

He's melting metal with his hand. Witch!!

[mbcyclery]

@TheHortond

what the EFFFFF is all this tomfoolery??

[boscostix42]

thats cool, were does one get mercury metal, yes I am a amature chemist myself

[riotpoliec]

@AmatureChemist Its really that dangerous? There is a youtube video of this one guy handling it with his bare hands... Yours isn't industrial made, is it?

[Emz5002]

now put it up ur ass

[Laudividni777]

@AmatureChemist It's not safe, why would a liquid metal, a TOXIN be good for anyone, especially children. Don't listen to the news all the time, remember, they're the ones who make stories up for everyday media.

[mphst6]

Now to find Logan and inject it onto his skeleton...

[ImperialHyper]

@mphst6 thats adamantium, ya im a nerd

[mphst6]

@ImperialHyper Which is fictional...but so is Logan, that was the joke.

[ImperialHyper]

@mphst6 adamantium is a real element

[TheSupertecnology]

@ImperialHyper o no you gotta be kidding me, c´mon let´s tell it to NASA. damn man, every body knows that!

[ImperialHyper]

@TheSupertecnology he obviously didnt

[AurumenK]

mercury is pure poison! Don't listen to retardo. 

[ARBuilder1776]

i saw a news report that actually said mercury is good for you. Its here on youtube. Has to do with vaccines and child development.

[romainelettuce2]

@ARBuilder1776 Mercury is one of the most toxic substances known to man l0l...

[ARBuilder1776]

@romainelettuce2 Are you sure? The media says its good for us and they would never lie. ~sarcasm~

[romainelettuce2]

@ARBuilder1776 Media saying its good for us? What are you talking about..?

[ARBuilder1776]

@romainelettuce2 I know its crazy but also true. Just search here on youtube using this: mercury good for children.

[romainelettuce2]

@ARBuilder1776 That reporter is a fucktard.

[bonnome2]

@ARBuilder1776 LOL it's very toxic

[IamScott351W]

@ARBuilder1776 Where did you see that? Fox News? Anyway, mercury IS contained in a lot of vaccines, but being beneficial? That is highly debatable. May studies have linked the forced vaccination of children with the astronomical increase in autism. Google it.

[UnknownRex]

@ARBuilder1776 thats not true at all!

[ARBuilder1776]

@UnknownRex LOL...And with that you demonstrate your lake of ability to operate the most simplest of functions on the computer: the search engine. Now go away.

[UnknownRex]

@ARBuilder1776 ever heard of source validation? I guess not, lol

[ARBuilder1776]

@UnknownRex Read previous posts idiot. I gave you the video title here on Youtube. Can you really be this stupid?

[UnknownRex]

@ARBuilder1776 enjoy your mercury poisoning

[ARBuilder1776]

@UnknownRex Here it is one more time for you.

mercury is good for you!

mercury is good for you!

mercury is good for you!

Now search for that here on Youtube. Can you do that???

[nixiebunny1]

@ARBuilder1776 Don't take that seriously. Mercury will make you crazy - that's where the expression "mad as a hatter" comes from.

[ARBuilder1776]

@nixiebunny1try reading more than one post.

[TheHortond]

@ARBuilder1776 Not true. It was thought to cause autism but that has been debunkt. It could still cause brain damage in children but I would imagine it would have to get into the blood somehow first. Its cool stuff to play with but I wouldn't touch it without rubber gloves on.

I heard its magnetic when its frozen but I have never tried it.

[nielas123]

where can i get mercury?

[spotlightman1234]

beautiful mercury ^.^ i only have 5 grams :( though

[jimstermy]

Not trying to be a smartass but why woyld anyone want frozen mercury.

[ironious2]

@AmatureChemist I just keep it in a well sealed HDPE bottle so if it tips over or falls, it cant break. When I fill orders I do it over a container to catch any that might spill.

[vmelkon]

Can anyone buy dry ice? There is Praxair which is close to me. I just go there and say gimme X grams? PS : I have frozen mercury but I was liquid propane (-42C boiling point)

[homeworldlover2]

DAAAAMMMMNNNN!

[ironious2]

@AmatureChemist Thanks, lol but the price it better though. This is my mercury. Ive got about 30 pounds left.

[soupman2060]

I wish we did experiments like this in Science class.

[ironious2]

you can buy mercury at w w w(dot)plantsandstuff.ecrater(d­ot)com/

[alex76gr]

Does mercury reacts to magnets ?

[Intono]

ok, I've done some research. apparently it isn't paramagnetic, it is only slightly diamagnetic, when a dipole moment is induced by a magnetic field, but given how its shell structure resembles a noble gas it isn't very responsive; however Hg is an excellent superconductor at around 4K :)

[gultair]

Getting it there is only mildly difficult.

[halo3nerd77]

this would of helped me a year ago, on my mercury project

[Intono]

does solid Hg have paramagnetic properties?

[shadow3300]

Ah! i figured you would use PMLN i would too.

[Gbowers1214]

Wouldn't that be solidifying and not freezing since it was at its melted state when you started.

[Gbowers1214]

When you melt steel or copper does it then freeze when you remove it from the heat source or would you say it hardens. I get technically there isn't a difference, I just look at it as mercury being a melted metal at normal temperatures and when you "freeze" it, you're bringing the metal below it's melting point to its solid state.

Cool stuff though, it always reminds me of T2.

[therealsephiroth1969]

@Gbowers1214 What? No, when ever you go from liquid state to solid state, it is considered freezing, no matter what temperature you do it at.

[Xankar1]

@therealsephiroth1969 no it isnt if you were to melt plastic and then let it cool to room temperature would you call it freezing? no. freezing happens when something falls below 32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 celsius

[insaneninjabunny]

actually no, the concept of freezing has changed alot since the middle ages, freezing is the changing of states, most usually from a liquid to a gas!

[Tossphate]

@Xankar1 0 celcius is'nt when "something" freezes- only pure water. Every pure substance has its own freezing point

[lexichronicle2]

@Xankar1 "no it isnt if you were to melt plastic and then let it cool to room temperature would you call it freezing?"

Yes, I would. Glass is a frozen supercritical fluid at room temperatures. By calling it freezing you're only making things more complex, just call it the melting point.

Now shoot that mercury with a D Eagle AmatureScientist, I want to see if it explodes like the T2000

[yosupman101]

Wicked kool where can you get the acetone and mercury

[PixlPianta]

LOL That's pretty cool and i don't know why i said LOL :\

And homeostasis4me, I'd be happy to take some of that mercury off your hands... I have a safe place to expirement with it. :P

[homeostasis4me]

Nope. No dice. Tried that...

[homeostasis4me]

Nope; I've contacted every community college and universty within 100 miles, and none of them want anything to do with it. I'm stuck with it, it seems....tried to bring it to local "hazardous household products" collection drives a couple of times, and they looked at me like I had green teeth. I'm stuck with it. ...lol....4 pounds is a fucking shitload, my man. It half-fills a glass jar. It is no longer cool. But I'm stuck so I have to be the one to take care of it....which i will.

[homeostasis4me]

Talked a friend out of it; I knew I could keep it safe better than he would..... it's like having a dragon in the basement, lol. I intended on disposing of it but the cost is so high I decided to just leave it where it is. It's safe. Creepy, huh?

[homeostasis4me]

I have about 4 pounds of the stuff.....it's like owning a time bomb. Keep it in an old ammunition canister, wrapped in foam, out in my shed.

[GazaTech]

ohh ok i tought it was like soo it doesent come out like squeze its way out lol thanks for the reply!

[GazaTech]

One quick curious question: Why was the container that had the Liquid Mercury wrapped with duck tape????

[antiswattt2]

definately xD just 5 grams.. is crazy.. YES its that one with the red marking thing on!!! o:

[antiswattt2]

thats alot of money :D liquid gold? (: i think i saw around 1.5 kg of cesium.. russian.. in a huge glass vessel.. it was about 7000 euro or so! thats gold! XD soucide gold

[antiswattt2]

in the old days there was these hat erh makers.. ''mad hatters'' they were doing stuff with mercury.. i dont remember what exactly.. but they got a bit crazy because of the vapors.. ^^ mercury.. i think 1500 grams is a bit more than just a few hundred dollars.. from a site that sells mercury we found out that it was more than 2500 euro worth in that container... and it was probably a bit more than 1500 gram.. 2 kg i guess ^^ mercury is cool

[antiswattt2]

if i was rich.... i would buy a shitload of mercury.. ive had about 1.5 kg of it in my hands .. feels awesome q: ofc in a container ^^ its not cheap q: