Sodium and Potassium in water

[Octopus941]

They need to drop Francium in water, if they could find enough of it.

[chirag4122]

coool



[pixeliz666]

Trisha Takanawa :) Nice experiment

[lfclikewalfc]

lol it does

[Dragonspirit999]

sounds like that news reporter from family guy

[polonium9]

i want both of those for throwing in water I NEED THEM for my element collection

[Airsofter1995]

You need a license to buy it

[polonium9]

actually, i want like a tiny sample. i like small things and samples, so i really want less than a gram.

[Airsofter1995]

oh. Then i don't know :D

[TroyGotham]

What exactly are the ingredients needed to do this experiment? kind of sodium? bromathymyl blue -where can I get that? Any type of Potassium? I would like to duplicate this if possible. Neat experiment, thanks.

[jeremiahswee]

what "kind"? theres only one "kind" of sodium/potassium. shes not using compounds of sodium, shes using the metallic uncombined element. and the brom. blue doesnt initiate the reaction in any way, it simply detects the presence of basic ions.

if you dont know this much, you really shouldnt try anything like this, seeing as it could do some serious harm.

[ironnica]

for bromothymol blue, go to college and steal a small bottle of it, its usually lying around somewhere. Phenolphthalein is more commonly used and can be found in most second level schools, as is K or Na in the backroom shelves of a lab. For some reason our school kept it. We helped them dispose of it though :D

And kid, go buy a tongs, safety glasses and a shield!

[FortaDemocrata]

can someone make a video how to make sodium metal?

[calumstevens]

You cant "make" sodium. It is an element and occurs naturally in the universe. You cant "make" any element as it is a pure unmixed substance. years and years ago people thought you might be able to make elements, the process was called "alchemy" people tried to make gold from other elements (for obvious reasons) but it cant be done.

[quadraxis45]

boring do it with cesium or rubidium cause it's cheaper

[unsinful]

That'd be even more awesome. I agree with you, quadraxis45

[ironnica]

or why not francium while you're at it. How much do u buy your grams of francium for? lol

[quadraxis45]

o i remember this stuff lol this dumb

[askapalaphagy]

look it's pong!

[Laurzieluvsutube]

Hey, I thought the exact same thing!

[zombat]

Now do it with hydrochloric acid

[Blad0506]

nothing happens you retard...

[zombat]

Ok, go get some hydrochloric acid and some potassium and do the expiriment and put the results on youtube.

If you still have a face afterwards...

[blufiji]

the alkali metals react more violently with most acids than water

[tylermoore]

In group 1 of the periodic table elements like

Lithium Li

Sodium Na

Potassium K

React very seriously because there electrons are not full so they try to be stable by adding or removing electrons to become whole with the water if I'm not mistaken =].

[blufiji]

yea thats what i meant i dont know why i said acid. I did that expirement with K and Li in high school

[redpillowsofdoom]

yes the sodium is melting because of heat... that is what exothermic means. Don't you listen in class. great video, one of my favoutite reactions. i suggest wetting some filter paper and floating it over the surface of the water, then put the sodium on the paper, the effect created is excellent, the sodium catches fire and ignites the surrounding hydrogen gas!

[siliconrex]

the sodium is melting from the heat

[5150huss]

weak

negative 3 stars

[madlabsdottk]

nice voice over, she sounds sexy

[Blad0506]

she sounds 40 wth

[Periodicity]

In some ways, Sodium is more dangerous than Potassium, in as much as people underestimate the reactivity of it, and keep adding more sodium to the water. THIS IS DANGEROUS!

[alysdexia]

Heat the sodium and water first.

[phj1990]

You're absolutely right: If you take a larger chunk of sodium the heat of the reaction is capable of igniting the hydrogen released.

[nitrex]

Nice Experiments, i also own a Lab but i dont got Alot of things in it. Nice Reaction , you should Try Rubidium and Cesium.

[marks47]

oh great now some nutjob is going to vastly underestimate the sodium reaction after seeing that and get themselves hurt.

[skatingantihero]

Na isnt THAT easy to get

[explosivetechnician]

you can make it

[Tullece]

cool potassium