Brainiac - Out of water ? Make your own !

[Aleviu]

Why would I have hydrochloric acid and Alkali in my fridge. Also, WHY WOULD I DRINK SOMETHING HOT AFTER SWEATING BUCKETS. :B

[imaantje90210]

Yeah. Because EVERYONE carries those two chemicals with them. Sure!

[LanthanumK]

A much better way would be to heat Epsom salts until it decomposes, releasing water vapor which can be condensed. This produced pure water too and not brine.

[ILCM2220]

is that drink gonna harm our stomach? 

[theyellowdart31]

Brainiac: Science Abuse ... the name says it all

[CloMay]

Because everyone randomly has a jar of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide :o And what if you're out of those? I know! Don't waste your money buying new ones! Buy a water bottle ... -.-

[TheAtmosfear13]

whats the most expensive that acid or a water u can buy from a market

[Eliittimies]

Yeah i wonder how expensive those ingredients are..

[9hello123]

@Eliittimies Barely nothing.

[beefcakepantiehoes]

why the fuck would anyone ever drink hydrochloric acid?????

[rskwonderv2]

@beefcakepantiehoes Mix it with a base that is equal strength which will neutralize it & become PURE WATER (: with a side of salt.

[XxDarkPheonixLordxX]

oh yes every household in america has hydrochloric acid and soduim hyrdoxcide just laying around.

[MrMariofan7II]

I think I know why Hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide = water

Heres the chemical equation:

HCl+NaOH --> NaCl + H2O

or

Hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide = a salt solution in water

[NerdyLhama]

@MrMariofan7II HOLY FUCK! your a genious...

[eViscegaS]

Rather than using the hydrochloric acid to produce water, I would flush it down the pipe to dissolve any congestion =P

[theend1245]

what you can do next is perform a distillation process to get pure h2o

[4Y0P]

Yeah lets not buy water and buy acid and sodium hidroxide i dont even know how to spell it

[Dalemoooooon]

@4Y0P its a y, not an i :p

[mexicaneskimos5]

He didn't drink it skip back and watch it again!

[ashthegreat]

Maybe a buffer such as acetic acid would help keep the pH (acidity) close to neutral. Relying on mixing proportions of extremely strong acids and bases without any instruments or reliable techniques to measure them with is entirely ridiculously stupid.

[ashthegreat]

Make one mistake and mix them out of proportion and you'll have the most painful death imaginable. Being chemically burned alive from the inside. I'm actually very surprised they didn't give a "do not do this at home" warning at the end given the number of stupid people in this world or if not just those that do not have a chemistry background. Very lethal, though.

[SuperSchoolsux]

sure just let me get my acid and alkali out of the cupboard

[kdmq]

This reaction produces 50% water and 50% salt. Such a solution would taste horrible lol

[jayjjj3]

HCl + NaOH --> H2O + NaCl.

[entoris476]

@jayjjj3

unlesss you do fucking volumetric analysis to a 100% degree of accuracy

you still would have HCl or NaOH

[jayjjj3]

@entoris476 But not enough to do any harm. You have HCl in your stomach, and a few drops of .1M NaOH doesn't do anything (I've tried).

[entoris476]

@jayjjj3

but if you havent eaten anything it could cause a threat.

[SophieTaylor0323]

oh, riiiiiiight I always have these at home.. :DD

[YellowSpotFungus]

just some hydrochloric acid? just?

[halopartyboy]

It's very simple acid base chemistry that I learned back in eighth grade. Bases have hydroxides and acids have something similar but instead of hydrogen it's oxygen based. And almost everyone knows that an acid and base neutralize each other and the hydrogen and oxygen react to form water. Anything else in the base or acid reacts to form a salt of some type. That's how this works

[coolscape6]

i wouldnt feel safe drinking it, especially when i heard him say "hydrochloric acid" i would call a plumber

[jammingm8plegirl]

It's possible right? I didn't see him drink it at the end and why acid? Not anything else?

[nonnogirl123456789]

Ya, I have acid and what ever the other things called in my closet except water : s stupid

[ngchunyu1996]

cool neutralization

but is that sodium chloride?

[chubuking]

he didnt actually drink it lol.. look at the end

[Liljohn08888]

it's simple, the hydrochloric acid is a #1 acid and the sodium hydroxide is a #14 base so when they come together they form a #7 nuetral solution which is salt and water.

[declantutolomontoya]

He Didnt drink it.

If you look at it carefully it only goes 2cm away from his mouth.

[NHComputerGeek]

lol, yeah cuz im gonna find HCL and SHO2 more plentiful than water :P

[drone713]

@NHComputerGeek SHO2? Go shoot yourself, dumb fuck.

[NHComputerGeek]

@drone713 well im sorry im not a chemist, sheesh simple mistake

[coleengail]

If you get the wrong ratio, you'd be in a very dangerous situation. XP

[xPIVOTxMANx]

im not drinking acid...

[whoeckum]

i think this is somewhat true because NaOH(aq) + HCl(aq) → NaCl(aq) + H2O(l). though its debatable that this vid is fake/real.

[jamiecrottyEFC]

why the fuck would you have those ingredients in your house?

[Serostern]

@jamiecrottyEFC I have sodium hydroxide and vineager. One used in cooking and the other as a drain opener.

[Trenasist]

Yea and you're more likely to find WATER than hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide!

[blagelsnerf]

it doesnt have to be hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide. you just have to get a chemical and neutralise it

[bruestle1988]

@blagelsnerf Acid and semen would make water (with semen) since it is a base. Though you would need a pretty fair amount of it since it isn't a strong base.

[xmanyoda]

my friend is dead because of u!!!!!!!!!

[AVP181]

He came to my school for a scients show haha

[wwemania321]

wot school do u go to

[AVP181]

Parklands High School in liverpool

[ROFLITSCHRIS]

Not really, go learn about the Ph scale guys.

Water stands at 7.

Acid stands at one end of the spectrum, and alkalies on the other, mix them together and they cancel eachother out.

[Ko252]

as long as the ratio is correct

[felicius]

You don't have to put the exact same quantities of these chemicals to be safe. Stomach contains acids and buffers.

[Ko252]

the problem is the whole way down to your stomach. what do you think will happen to oesophagus or your mouth?

[felicius]

dunno, are you burned to death each time you throw-up?

[Ko252]

well, there is a reason why you never must throw up if you ever digest caustic soda. you're airways are in trouble. In the acid and the buffer you talk about, dont help you if it comes in thouch with your oesophagus. You will be in great danger, my friend.

[felicius]

Wow. last time i drank lemon juice i haven't felt to be in great danger, buddy. By saying "you don't have to mix "the exact same quantities", i wasn't implying that you can drink pure sulfuric acid. It's just that you don't have to be precisely at ph7.

[icedragon295]

I dont think i will feel safe Drinking Acid D:

[OoOComputerGeekOoO]

they cancle each other so its jsut neutral and the leftovers is h2o and salt thats why he says its slaty

[BarrellyRoll]

if you dont use enough alkali you will die D:

[xboxgamerman]

axially you wont except if you go mad whit the acid and its way more acid than alkali if not it will just taste sower

[MACCA27BMX]

yea coz u know we all have acid and alkali in our fridges

[wolfcrapshit]

@MACCA27BMX ohhh, vinegar and lemon, what u mean>?

[Nerbi65]

He dosen t even drink the waTER WHAT THE FUKIN SHIT IS THAT

[BillyMoviesWithPeter]

lol don't mind the price.

[TouchOfAimar]

instead of bying some bottled water, you can make a glass of your own, with a 90% risk of death! golly!

[boibo1]

@TouchOfAimar Dude....: neutralization :D Hydrochloric Acid + Sodium Hydroxide = Sodium Chloride + water

Hnece HE said "salty"

[MaskedYoYoGuy]

wow thats just stuiopid who would even try that you could easely die

[jalanparidedap]

metal oxide+ acid = salt + water but if too much of acid or alkali will rape your stomach -.-

[mastermakerhacker]

And then until the amounts are incorret and the acid or the alkali gives him a horrible stomache ache followed by death :D

[Jumpmike22]

Or, instead, check the valve under the sink mr bunhead, then see if the water comes on. f**king w**ker.

[LucaTurilli89]

Lmao funniest comment even in this video! :D

[bachaddict]

i'm very sure he doesn't actually drink the water he just made. it would be too easy to get the wrong amounts

[LucaTurilli89]

Brainiac is so fake even Adidas is more original :D ;D :P ;p. I wonder how did the USA decided to show it on their television (discovery). Usually the two countries hate each other a lot right?

[mandowarrior123]

@bachaddict not at all they would both be pretty drinkable to begin with. just the alk might be a bit tummy aching though ;D

Besides theres no telling the solution wasnt water to begin with anyway :D

[sebbird08]

Yeah because I just have some Hydrochlauric acid lying in my cupboard :P

[jtl120]

if i had thos 2 cemiculs i wouldint make water i would make a bomb

[pinoyako147]

who the hell has HCl and NaOH just lying around in their house? and in the fridge too! chemists are awesome. lmao

[SS2ultimateLewis96]

i almost died!!!!! joking lol im not gonna try it..

[constipatedseal2]

yeah....fuck that shit

[neoisme]

by the looks of it, i really wouldn't recommend it :)

[sirvine873]

pigsy u really dont ave a clue do u

the acid u dipped ur fingers in is probable dilute hydrochloric acid, meaning its mixed with water to make it weaker, ud have to pickle your hand in this before it even started to itch

so u really should nt do this

[cook0r]

Yeah this works.

But drinking salty water will dehydrate you,so it might be better to drink nothing

[StarMario1000]

Ummm, no. Salt helps RETAIN water. It may still leave u a bit thristy, but its good for ya. In the right amount, but that guy is doing what he should be.

[AndreG0n]

the combination of an acid and an alkaline substance makes water and some kind of salt

the most powerfull acid and alkaline combination makes salty water, but be carefull, there are many kinds of combinations and some of them are extremely poisonous

[tTatmosT]

what about when your out of beer?

[Remembrance1692]

you can actually make your own beer... but I've heard homemade beer isn't that great.

[dlouis95]

and i think it is eligal

[ROY0666]

fucking retard, they sell kits to make ya own at fuckin wal-mart. people like you should be drug out in tha street n shot in the face. and learn how to spell too while ya at it.....ILLEGAL

[dlouis95]

your a mess eup person to get offended

[ROY0666]

yeah? your english is MESSED UP, and who said i am offended? schooling retards is anger inducing, not offending.

[EyeInAPie]

Oh the irony...

[danielKravtsov]

lol

[pigsy2012]

lol dont be too worried about the hydrochloric acid, i put it on my fingers in chemistry to scare year 7s =3 it's funny if i pretend it hurts

[nikolaino]

Wow i have lots and lots of acid and hydroxide i cant w8 to drink some water

[noobehvc]

omg Acid o.O

[CrossFeast]

look close he dosen't drink any water

[AndreG0n]

but he could

Hcl+NaOH= H2O+Na (with positive charge) and Cl (negative charge)

salt composition NaCl

completly safe

[T1r3ur]

yeah, it's completly safe, but only if you mix exact ammounts of chemicals to have all that reacted

[tom3poops]

SHIT

[riby28]

im sure if i have some acid and sodium hydroxide lying around i can go the lenghts to find sum ready made water

[SnazzSnzWarsaw]

oh yeah, I always carry acid and sodium hydroxide in my cabinets. I totally love that stuff!

Seriously now, do you think that's how Pepsi makes their water (???)

[loler4eva]

i wouldn't try that for sure

[TheMegaInferno]

obviously fake water contains 2 hydrogen molecules and one oxygen molecule

also known as H2O and you can make water but not like this with both hydrogen and oxygen are mixed they create steam

WATER!!

[RandomFluteGuy]

man... research it before u open ur mouth and put ur foot in it... not fake

if u mix hydrogen and oxygen u get a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen. u hav to combust (react) them both to get water.

secondly, acid + alkali = water + salt. Salty water.

HCl + NaOH = H2O + NaCl,

Hydrochloric acid + Sodium hydroxide = Water + Sodium Chloride, also know as common salt or table salt.

[Terabytekit]

that is unsafe because small amounts of acid or alkali could remain and damage your body

[Hobzy107]

well if he did an accurate titration then it would be 100% safe

[Terabytekit]

yes but stupid people would put random quantities

[zZzMadness87]

TheMegaInferno, shut up and go to school

[EckzDeee]

ah... the good old fashioned PH scale -_-'

[KibleKat]

yah hydrochloric acid (an acid) + Alkali (base) = water+ salt.

[bot780]

I highly doubt that someone would keep a jar of hydrochloric acid without a lid in their kitchen cupboard.

[88blockNS]

I do, but its in my bedroom. Same thing.

[CoDsick]

jag ska skriva på eng men jag orkar inteXD men det ser falrligt utXD

[TheMegaInferno]

ong bak mah tutxz ahass lom panganagnag niebsk SPEAK ENGLISH lol jk osdn angjag nskwo homo hobo

[dfavonius]

hey if u dont take the perfect ratio of the two then you are gone..

[freak60763]

lol if u take too much alki ur not SO gone xD

[quadraxis45]

simple chemestry lol

but wouldn't be cheaper to get a plumber then buy those chemicals

[groundfirez]

hmm, salty!

[h8tenonyou]

You shouldn't mess with hcl

[Hazetron3000]

hmm... nifty.

[beastybob999]

lol it sounds like he sais need a drink "dick" waters off..... lol :P

[CheeseCakeee]

Well yeah...If i'm out of WATER, I'll just pull out hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide right out of my pocket, and have some water.

[Metallicjoe]

lol XD

[scrollwasdftw]

no, but it is cool to show that it truly does react to form water :D

[elliotmotocross]

I have HCl and NaHO at home, its not that hard to find

[CheeseCakeee]

well of course you do...

[elliotmotocross]

yeah, Go to any Pool supplies store and ask for HCl, NaHO and some pH indicator. Wait until the indicator goes green. Then you can drink it. Or you can boil the green mixture to distill it and remove any salt in the mix.

[thebestgirl1991]

LOL XDD

[RoughChord]

Yeah, Pretty much any Acid neutralized with a base will make water and a type of salt, but NaCl, or table salt is one of the few salts that you can eat (probably the only) without killing yourself... so if you are going to use 2 dangerous substances and risk your life for science, you'd better just use hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide...

now that i mention it, is there any other salt other than basic table salt that is edible or won't kill you immediately?

[SDKsa1]

i think "k" wont kill you it will only give you an heart attack if you ate to much of it XD

[stereotype17]

potassium ftw

[SDKsa1]

LOL :)

[TuMadre20]

Potassium chloride is completely harmless, and an important part of your diet. It would replace normal salt, but is bitter and unsalty. The rest of the salts are very bad for your health.

[blaaskaak666]

Well, there's also calcium carbonate, and sodium fluoride, sodium iodide and some others. It's just that you need them in way smaller quantities and they become toxic at way lower concentrations than sodium chlorate (tablesalt) and potassium chloride (salt replacement) and you can't really use them to salt anything.

[georgepowell]

funny...

[urXaXdumbass]

1 STAR!!!

School is like a garbage truck

[bkhgsjkdnlvsbbvsjvk]

did any of you notice that he did not drink it? :) l0l:)

[sh33dy7]

did he say, argh dick?

[n00berania]

Wow! But a bit SALTY? Is it still safe to drink though? Please answer me, smart YouTubers!

[IAmNamelessness]

In theory, hydrochloric acid (HCl) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) can react with each other to form water and sodium chloride (table salt); so it is safe to drink ONLY if you mix the two in the right proportion.

So, my advice: find a plumber =)

[georgepowell]

the reaction is:

HCl + NaOH ==> H2O + NaCl

you would need the EXACT amount of them both and mix it very well to have any chance of drinking it.

and as the other person said, NaCl is salt

[thebestgirl1991]

chemestry class... of course xD

[hndjob]

Forget to neutralize the acid and you wont need water :D

[TheLocalIdiot]

the neutralization reaction, of an acid and a base :O

hydroxide + acid always = water + salt

in this case HCl + NaOH = H2O + NaCl (table salt)

[switchblade920]

i wouldnt drink it at all. knowing that its super dooper hard to get exactly the same amount of HCl to NaOH.

Kids. Don't try this at home. I mean it.

[IReview4You]

yea

[rocketman473]

the reason its drinkable and does no or not much damage to your body is because when an acid with a strenth and volume same as an alkali is mixed it makes the mixture neatural, neither a acid or alkali, so it is safe to drink, it may not taste so nice but, lol

[rocketman473]

you can also get 2 hydrogen ballons and one oxygen ballon and tie them together and egnite them and it makes water, a smaller amount is made as a liquid because in the ballons it is a gas and the particles are further apart than a liquid, but when the reaction is made, the particles become closer together and make the liquid 'water', the reason that there is 2 hydrogen balloon's and only one oxygen ballon is because the formula for water is 'H2O' (hydrogen x 2 + oxygen)

[TragedyZ]

that's bullshit, it doesn't work. If making water were that simple i guarantee you lab manufactured water bottles would be out right now

[MysteryGuitarMan]

It works, buddy. HCl + NaH + O2 make H2O + NaCl.

Reason why they don't "make" water is because HCl and NaH are expensive as hell.

[rocketman473]

yea mysteryguitarman, lol, so many replys to this comment lol!

[ace16807]

Maybe you should learn some chemistry... H+ and OH- gives you H20... There are countless ways to form water... It's just that it's expensive and inefficient because there typically is a salt byproduct. It's easier just to filtrate water.

[TragedyZ]

well maybe you should read what I said and learn how chemical reactions work. You cannot take 1 balloon full of oxygen and 2 balloons full of hydrogen, set them on fire, and expect it to form water.... that's just stupid

[ace16807]

Let's say we take some solid Zn, place it in a Erlenmeyer flask. Pour in some HCl, and the place a test tube over the flask. You'll see the contents bubble and release vapor. What you see is just water, but when you take your test tube, and put a match over it, it creates a loud pop. That'd be hydrogen gas igniting. In turn, hydrogen filled balloon would combust. By the Lomonosov-Lavoisier law, there has to be a by-product. So tell me, what is the byproduct?

[TragedyZ]

water o.O

[stereotype17]

ummm salt right?

[rocketman473]

yea tragedyz, its the water thats fantasably... Expensive!, only people that would buy it is people with money to burn, not so many people like that, that money could get people in africa a water suply!

[neothemagical]

No, it's because they react to produce water and a salt, the type of salt depending on the type of acid and alkali. The acid was probably hydrochloric acid, while the alkali was sodium hydroxide. When mixed together, they make H2O (Water) and NaCl (Sodium Chloride, or Table Salt)

[TragedyZ]

haha, I know that works with making salt water... I'm talking about rocketman's comment that you can tie 3 balloons together and make water by setting them on fire o.O

[rocketman473]

haha, its the reaction with the heat and the hydrogen and oxygen in the ballons react together, so theres 2 hydrogen(2 ballons) and one oxygen(1 ballon) so you have H2O(2 hydrogens and 1 oxygen

[TragedyZ]

its kinda stupid that you'd make an effort to put the oxygen and hydrogen in balloons to ignite them when you could simply go outside and burn hydrogen

[rocketman473]

Do you know how much oxygen in air there is?, most of the normal air outside is nitrogen, not so clever are you know?

[TragedyZ]

in order to have combustion you need oxygen.... so keep lighting hydrogen without an oxygen balloon .... once the flame dies out.. then your suffocating =D have fun...

[rocketman473]

neothemagical, i get your point, but if it was just sodium and not sodium hydroxide then it would make hydrogen, not water :)

Geeks Rule!!!

[PaintballHazard]

"It's salty but nice"

*Death*

lol

[SmartlyStupid]

Too bad. They should have SERIOUSLY emphasized to get EXACT molar proportions of each substance, because while hydrochloric acid and lye can make salt water, only in perfect proportions will there be none of either left (which they're both dangerous to the body).

[fatfortuna]

fucking hell its like being at school who the fuck will want to make there own water any way...

[10tsangvx1]

is that drinkable?

is that concentrated or dilute HCl?

[maniacx86]

its just salt water at that point. the sodium hydroxide reacts with the hydrochloric acid to form water (H2O) and common table salt (NaCl; sodium chloride)

Of course the actual mixture should be pretty close to exact... otherwise it could be potentially dangerous (HCl and NaOH are both caustic)

[teph2222]

hmm... now to find out a method to reverse the process, and i'll be rich!!

[jakelikepiedc3]

wait... so i dont have water but i have hydrocloric acid and sodium hydroxide? That doesnt make any sence

[LFGstockades]

Yeah, because it's not like it's suppose to be a joke or anything... Duuuh

[tomandjj]

this is so much more fun at home, only you do it with hydrogen gas in a balloon and you light it and it explodes and you have water.

[XxnesiexX]

where do you get hydrogen from at homes?

[tomandjj]

put some HCl in a bottle and drop some aluminium or another metal in and put a balloon over the nozzle of the bottle and collect it all. :)