Magnesium (version 1) - Periodic Table of Videos

[ricktbdgc]

burn marks all over the bathroom and lucky I didnt get burned cause that shit is HOT. Kinda like napalm it turns into molten metal. DOnt ever use water to put out a magnesium fire in I learned not even if you remove the oxygen from it will it go out, not sure if anything puts it out

[ricktbdgc]

I put the can on my bathroom counter and lit the magnesium. With a blinding flash of pure white light the pile burst into flames. It was so bright I could barely look towards it, I got scared and realize I forgot to put something under the can It was about to burn through and melt my counter top. I grab the can and put it under running water to extinguish the flames. BAD IDEA the reaction got way more intense and in a huge exlopsion burning magnesium went EVERYWHERE, now I have

[ricktbdgc]

a little story about magnesium here... I bought a survival kit and inside the kit was a bar of solid magnesium and a striker plate, you can use a knife to shave a few flakes off and strike it to ignite a fire from some straw or whatever. So being the pyro I am, I used a small drill bit on the magnesium and made a pile of magnesium shavings about 2 inches high. I piled them on top of a coke can (355ml) and decided to lite the pile to see if it melted through the aluminum like thermite would.

[berto13579]

am i the only one who saw that dudes hair

[TheItalianPerson]

why are pencil sharpeners made from Mg? why not steel or iron?

[limefrog77]

@TheItalianPerson Magnesium is very light, but does not have to be so strong, and it is also an abundant element.

[mrminecrafttable]

@TheItalianPerson for light weight

[JamesWaton]

I'm gunna burn my sharpener

[Josh40996]

Wow, i never knew those sharpeners were made from magnesium...

[mellerz252]

...It was like a small volcano, and my dad had to watch on helplessly while I bathed in the glory, crying my eyes out laughing.

Just thinking back brings a great big smile to my face, happy days :(

Anyway, I hope you appreciated my little story boys and girls, remember - science can be fun! Lmao

[mellerz252]

...proceeded to empty the entire contents of the tub onto the patio before gleefully setting it alight.

I had my very own firework display, burning away as bright as the sun while crackling away endlessly. In an epic turn of events my dad noticed the display and attempted to put it out by throwing a pan full of water over it.

I came.

It immediately quadrupled in size and literally started throwing up bits of molten rock (patio haha).

It was like...

[mellerz252]

When I was 15 I stole a tub of magnesium in its powder form from my school lab.

This was more than 5 years ago now, but I vividly remember pouring a little onto a desk at home and trying to set it alight. Very little happened, and it wasn't until I had the bright idea of using a makeshift torch in the shape of a can of deodorant that I began to see some fireworks.

At that point I went into my garden and...

[leosgirl26]

U know guys with hair like that are always the smart ones! lol

[ThePizzahero1]

why is magnesium used to make pencil sharpeners? is there any reason for that? i mean, you could make the whole pencil sharpener of steel and it would be a difference of about 7g.

[japanesepoptart]

@ThePizzahero1

The reason isn't as much the weight as it is the durability. magnesium is a hard metal that is good even for the rimsf wheels.

[DoktorKlawonn]

There are pencil sharpeners made of magnesium and such ones made of aluminium. They look very similar. The pencil sharpener shown by the professor is propably the aluminium-type.

[ConnorXV]

where could i get some of that fine powdered magnesium?

[suicidalkatt]

If you guys didn't know, Magnesium is used in fireworks for the "white" glow.

[lexichronicle2]

why do they use magnesium for pencil sharpeners when aluminium / zinc is used for everything else lightweight and die cast? like the insides of a laptop

[crazyfy1]

This guy is the new Einstein

[6SpAr6TAN69]

LOL, that guy' s hair!!!! we cant easily take him serious with hair like that. it needs some gettin used to... LOL.

[1993gandy]

i know someone that stole about 100 grams of magnesium from my school and burnt it in his kitchen his mum wasn't happy about the giant burn on the table lol

[x1x2x3x10000]

use that to make err... firecrackers :)

[markyyyyyyyy321]

University of Nottingham! I live right next door to this place Nottingham is wicked so are Forest!

[uut0]

looks like those sparks that you get if you drive your car without tires :D

[TheScienceiscool]

I love the open jar of Mg beside the torch!

[TheScienceiscool]

Magneisium is one of my favorite metals

[icemasterk]

I wish my university was as interesting as this one. We only have one angry old Scotsman who yells at you if you can't cut his thick accent.

Does Neil ever talk?

[J444123]

Wouldnt it be better to say "Periodic Videos of Elements"

[Lowven020]

@J444123 No.

[ParkourJayy]

I want a periodic table of videos sounds pretty cool

[chemiealex]

@J444123 There should be "Periodic Table" in their name ;-)

[zombieX111222333]

you forgot to mention Mg is also used in fireworks to make them white

[ajuk1]

Would my pencil sharpener burn?

[TheRandomDestruction]

if you get it to a high enough temp, yes

[superspons4]

lol :D try it! XD

[TheCaptainLulz]

youd need to heat the crap out of it to get it to burn.

[ajuk1]

Oh well.

[Debbie321lopez]

im gonna try that !

[MoskowFreak1111]

they should make fire works out of it

[MrCensorman]

they do

[faylinameir]

looks like sparklers duh lol

[moosey333]

its too reactive for fireworks. They use aluminum instead. It gives almost the same effect but the sparks are not as white.

[drumbeg12345]

he should mix that powder with kclo4 XD

[Bernler75]

You shouldn't look in it, when magnesium burns it produces UV B-beams

[sweetbob67]

add water to it as it is sparking unless it works only without high grains

[squalea]

0:30 LOL what is that thing on his head?

I wonder what would happen if they took one of those magnesium firestarting tools you use while camping and put it under a blowtorch for a while...

[TheChefEzra]

1:22 it could be dangerous!

[douro20]

There was actually a photoflash bomb in use during WWI, which consisted of a cask containing large amounts of magnesium powder and a high explosive charge.

[sweetbob67]

dude it is called a flashbang not photoflash

[douro20]

No, no; it was something much larger than a flashbang and it didn't produce as much noise as it did light. It was used as a method of illuminating the enemy front so an image could be captured of it.

[sweetbob67]

well hmm i will asked my frined he has a history mager in wwI and WWII ad civil and revolution i will asked but i think they tried to do it but i belieave it failed i will ask

[MlkePortnoy]

Where do you buy that powder?

[Mrluisao17]

you can make it with pencil sharpeners or you can buy it online

[sweetbob67]

online in chemistry stores

[TheVeletlen]

Megnéziun XD = the best element ever!!!

[NZHALKO]

My favourit element = Magnesium

[LizzyAston]

im going to stock-pile pencil sharpeners.

[seanbrockest]

I love your videos, but this one is pretty weak.

I was hoping for, at the very least, an explanation as to WHY it burns brightly, or WHY it's used as the body of a pencil sharpener.

[LePeintreOrageux]

Magnesium is also a vital element for upholding life in humans, for example. Without it, we would die. But the amount needed in the body is extremely small, so we get enough of it from regular food.

[NASCreations]

Actually, you're quite wrong there. It has been found that due to depleted soil, it is impossible for most people to get the required amount of Mg from food. This explains why chronic health problems are becoming more and more common. After all, Mg regulates more than 325 enzymes in the body!

The National Academy of Sciences has determined that most American men obtain only 80% of their recommended daily allowance, and most women only obtain 70%. So supplementation is essential.

[LePeintreOrageux]

Well, we could have gotten enough of it from food, wouldn't it have been for poor soil. My point was that it is vital for us.

And since many people (in industrialized countries at least) are eating vitamineral additives quite often (although we get overdoses of many nutrients from regular food + additives), those people would get enough Mg.

We should acknowledge the lack of Mg in food, and add it to stuff like milk or juice. :/

[NASCreations]

Actually, the World Health Organisation recommended that Mg be added to bottled or tap water. They made a decision in 2008 though I don't know what it was.

[LePeintreOrageux]

Oh, yeah. I have seen it on water bottles. But they usually contain plenty of flouride too, they warn about it on the bottle itself. :(

[NASCreations]

Yeah, shame about the F-, which actually is known to react with Mg and therefore render the Mg useless (not bioavailable).

[LePeintreOrageux]

Yeah, I know! Why do you put flouride in there anyway?! :C

[NASCreations]

They put fluoride in water because of the benefit it is meant to have on teeth. In other words, they put dental hygiene ahead of all the other negative effects fluoride might have upon the rest of the human body.

[LePeintreOrageux]

Madness, I tell you! D:

I heard that you could actually die from ingesting a tube of toothpaste, due to the flouride. :c

[NASCreations]

Yes, it's true that you can die from ingesting a tube of toothpaste. This is why most tubes warn people and provide emergency phone numbers on them!

[LePeintreOrageux]

They do?! I have never seen a warning of that kind on Swedish toothpaste tubes D:

[NASCreations]

Maybe the formula for Swedish toothpaste is not fatal. it doesn't surprise me; it seems that Scandinavia is ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to healthcare.

[LePeintreOrageux]

Maybe so... I took a look at a tube of toothpaste and did find sodium flouride in the toothpaste. But, it cannot be fatal, since the only warning written is that small children (below 6) should not use more than an amount of toothpaste larger than a pea.

No warnings about fatality or emergency numbers. :/

It's only 450 ppm (parts per million) of sodium flouride in it.

Yeah, I've heard that about Scandinavia too.

Maybe we should compare the Swedish and Australian formulas?

[NASCreations]

That would have been cool, except that right now I only have those little "sampler" sized tubes which don't have any warnings on them, and I threw the box that held the samplers away.

[LePeintreOrageux]

Okay. Let me know when you have bought a regular tube then, or a new box of samples! :)

[NASCreations]

Okay!

[culwin]

If you drop a pencil sharpener in water it will explode and kill you!!! DONT DO IT

[TheMoni286]

u're right maybe it was aluminum, i got a magnesium strip just hours ago and the material doesnt look like that of the sharpener

[TheMoni286]

i tried to burn a shapener 1ce, it didn't burn with a glow, it just changed color to black :(

[Davincifan98]

Magnesium rocks :)

[steffenjensen1987]

you should try and put magnesium powder on fire and throw it into water! it gives a huge white flash and some amazing falling snow :D (don't do it too often, its like looking in a welder)

[Righty101]

I love magnesium.

[Sreewtyui]

I totally dig that dudes hair !!

[sharperguy]

Lol so you can turn pencil sharpeners into fireworks?

[safibn1]

hmm....maybe....gotta powder it first though....

maybe it wont work though, because it might be an alloy?

~Safibn

[biohazardSLO]

You actually can turn pencil sharpners into fireworks. I belive there is a few % of aluminium in them but that`s also good for fireworks. I actually made some flash powder from a powdered pencil sharpner and a realy nice sparkler.

[antiswattt]

i use pencil sharperners for flash powder (: but remember it isnt all pencil sharperners thats made out of magnesium... if you wanna find some.. look for a very light pencil sharperner.. q:

[BluBreathProductions]

that's why they use it in fireworks!

[Wocfan]

Yes in most of fireworks they use alkali metals

Lithium-dark red

Sodium-yellow

Potassium-light purple

Rubidium-light red

Cesium-light blue

[antiswattt]

are you serious? that means i can just split a huge fucking rocket apart which has a light blue effect when exploding :D AND THEN I GET CESIUM... arh.. wait yesterday i read that they doesnt use alkali metals that much. they use some others to make colours o:

[TuneMaestro]

And proberbly sparklers... WHich I guess are a form of Firework :D

[strnad12]

wo kann man sowas kaufen?

[simba00784]

so can i burn my pencil sharpener?

[chao129]

If it's metal, but the blade won't burn.

[akkuyuki]

well actually it won't, or at least it's not very likely because the magnesium in the pencil sharpener is not pure Mg it's processed and tainted.

[simba00784]

whats wrong with making metal out of normal metal or alloy. why Mg?

[80sfaan]

lol

[alwinovich]

if you file it

[Ducky1138]

HA!! i burned Mg in Chem-Lab today!!! Its so frustrating to try preserving all the products from that reaction xP

[Akhiloth]

Before photographing flashes were invented, little trays with magnesium were used to produce the flash. They look very primitive compared to today's standards.

[cleeborb]

sweet i'm gonna mak a flash bang out of it

[mariah8739rox]

cool

[xxAWJOxx]

Lol i was just joking man

[xxAWJOxx]

Hmm...my eyes hurt...i think the light from the magnesium gave me welders flash......

[Findulidas]

The light from the computerscreen cant be that powerful.

[scottaspect20]

oh yes magnesium is used mostly used in morters but ribons are used instead of powder to so they burn longer

[gamemeister27]

ribbons can be used to light thermite, very fun chemistry there

[limlynn999]

That means, the total surface area is bigger compared to magnesium ribbon???

[aopdjasldksa]

yes

[evansp12]

Very well presented video!

[dylf14]

are these used in any type of fireworks? if yes that that would make sense.

[Komojo]

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure some fireworks do use magnesium to get sparks.

[theguycalledchris]

What about Sparklers, the sparks here look exactly the same as the end of a sparkler

[aopdjasldksa]

Magnesium is used in fireworks

[rshn7]

pimp hair

[theindfla]

rumor has it that old vw bugs' radiators were made of this stuff. Made for great bonfires.

[ManRayDali]

Old VW Bugs don't have radiators.

They are air-cooled.

[theindfla]

yeah... an air-cooled radiator. Radiators cool the engine down. How they do it is specific to the type.

[ManRayDali]

Sure they technically both exchange heat with the air, but

An engine with a radiator is known as a "water cooled"

One without a radiator is known as "air cooled"

Obviously you've never seen the engine of an old Beetle.

That's OK.

[johnsmith777710]

They do have magnesium though, but it's the engine block (maybe the heads too, not sure) that are made out of magnesium not the apparently non-existent radiator. And even at that, I don't think the engine being magnesium had anything to do with bonfires because as a big solid piece it takes quite a large amount of energy to ignite it, I mean there's combustion happening inside of it even.. but yes bugs are notorious for bonfires mostly because I think they have electrics near the fuel line

[Jordan92rocks]

Usually I believe its Magnesium alloy. So it's not pure Magnesium.

[whiteguy774]

Anybody else think that the chubby guy looks just a little bit like the guy in "King of Queens"??

[JumpStop1]

you mean Kevin James... i kinda see it. maybe looking kinda smarter and more english

[DuskY1991]

Lol that's cool.

[dagger86]

Pretty.

[jonosname]

should of had a lid on that could of all burned

[robotwarsfan03]

wel it's could be...

[robotwarsfan03]

I luv the alkalai elements give a big hand for:

Na

Mg

Ca

Rb

Cs

Fr

[Bernler75]

Magnesium is an Alkaline Earth Metal

[sweetbob67]

omg no shit

[atomic7732]

Alkalis are Li Na K Rb Cs Fr and possible element Uun Alkaine Earth-Metals are Be Mg Ca Sr Ba Ra

[sweetbob67]

omg i care you searched them up i have them in memory

[metaspherz]

Fun with science...don't try this at home....

[ClaudiaSwann]

great video btw

[123BubberMiley]

this is the best element right here. MG is also my initials so I'm definitely biased.

[ilukaandmamachka]

I burned lots of magnesium in my grade 10 science course. It was quite dazzling. My teacher always told us to not stare at it. But of course I always did.

[ClaudiaSwann]

theres no point of trying to do a pratical where your suposed to observe the reaction

if your not going to look at it XD

o_o

silly teachers.

[willlikespie]

You can't stare at it coz it can turn you blind but you can look out of the corner of your eye

[johnclavis]

You'll forgive the pun, but... BRILLIANT! :) Terrific videos!