How To Make Sodium Metal

[Daniel39363]

nice!

[CiceroProductionsIII]

Is this legal ? ;D

[MrDimebagdarell]

With transcribe audio it says:

"And now we add 200 million tons of water to a beaker, then 50 million tons of mineral oil."

My deaf friend was very confused.

[thetutorialcss]

do you need that burned spoon?

[Chemistman343]

Nice coldfire!

[COLDFIREx2]

you are awesome dude!!!! i love this i can terrorize my entire family with your ideas

[Techible]

How does it catch fire with water? I know its some sort of chemical reaction, but i'm no chemist :P

[ChazDoesMinecraft]

@Techible lol google it : )

[Lyrieck]

Question how could sodium metal float through water if its reactive to water...?

[havocdaemon]

@Lyrieck I think that it's because it reacts so aggressively that the gas it produces during the reaction creates a cushion for it to ride on. You *CAN* push it down into the water, as one of my classmates proved, for a more intense reaction. Like, beaker shattering, base solution and glass shard spraying intense.

[rich1051414]

@Lyrieck Leidenfrost Effect

[M4sterH4shBr0wn]

level 100 alchemy



[Watcherblood]

thats cool

[KuroPoptart]

Your neighbors must think you're cooking crystal meth...

[RakknB5511]

pretty bad when the add buffers 3 times

[codzombielova]

reminds me of Skyrim, Alchemy lab. lol

[GamesRewiews32]

1:59 lol durex!!!

[MrGunman11]

And what is it used for?

[airsoftgamer121]

I have a question, can Caesium be sold to the general public?

[ANTUK4]

what happens if you were to place the sodium into a kinder egg plastic case and make it sink? only im asking so i can make mini depth charges for my rc boat .

[emogirlyaoi]

my chemistry teacher put sodium in water once and it exploed she screamed it was funny

[XxMineYourOwnCraftxX]

um..... are you gonna eat out of that spoon????



[lax18breh]

you are my hero



[MrDoctorjeckle]

Why did it catch fire when you scraped it of the brick ?

[Instinct2020]

@MrDoctorjeckle It was reacting with whatever type of metal the spoon was and the increase in pressure he added

[Fishkid88]

Awesome

[MrSkeletonMan1]

A Mortar and Pestle eh? We got to go back to Oblivion for this one

[Odinfang]

Sweet, this just gave me an idea for a modern fire arrow.

[dbskherodude]

drugs!! o wait not

[deadmnwalkin2yohouse]

it was going in a 6 piont star



[imac27i]

3 people tried to do this and died

[XxMineYourOwnCraftxX]

@imac27i i see your trying to get likes :)

[imac27i]

swag

[bravicimo]

So....THIS is how she sets fire to the rain?

[p0wer5000]

chemistry is bad ass

[DXTBOW]

Can U show us how to make PoPRock Candies???

[sfbarcelos]

Parabéns. Excelente video amigo.

[coolcat87100]

it turned into a ball thats what she said

[ejicon]

Freakin Bill Nye the science guy stuff here. AWESOME.

[gr8721]

3 people like Justin Bieber. Oh no I di'int. Oh yes I did!

[litojonny]

@gr8721 your comment has absolutely has no relationship to justin bieber

you fail so much.

[NitricSynth]

Now here is the question... Has anyone figured out how to purify this sodium metal made with this synthesis? Uranium centrifuge anybody? LoL...

[josherszzz]

Skyrim? :D lol idk the mortar and pestle thingy just made me think of that lol

[peacefulfb]

What is it

[XxDeathHead12xX]

Hey I was going to use that spoon

[TheSitkan123]

Friken awesome man !!!!

[MrLeClecle]

Mother of chemical reactions.

[i418c]

So not only can I get sodium, but I can get super explosive hydrogen too! And I thought this was a single displacement reaction...

[Wafltroploplis]

NOW WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO GET THESE METERIALS?!?!?

[RJSnyper]

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE ITS A BALL OF FIRE

[D4rkSilhouette]

You're awesome!

[TheHiddenApocalypse]

the fuuuck!? that fuse shit was EPIC

[MegaUnderscore]

can NaOH be used in electrolysis to get sodium as well?

[xxRANDOMxASITxGETSxx]

this looks...mm...safe?



[MrLipesalles]

@xxRANDOMxASITxGETSxx nope ! its chemistry .. if you re not familiar with it .. dont try this without a profissional !

[xxRANDOMxASITxGETSxx]

@MrLipesalles haha im not and i dont at all plan on tryiing it

[JoshuaDaPeck]

We did this in my science class and it blew up the beaker and knocked over the blast shield :)

[donavan2222]

what would be a good use for this metal. besides having fun with fire?

[94uhart]

Fan of it :D But just a question : what can you do with sodium then ?

[lulzingXDXD]

tell me again what this metal can do?

[sp10sn]

Where does the fuze come from; did you make that or is one able to buy it prefabbed?

[noobnoobyify]

time to throw it in the lake

[mismaag822]

i did it i dit it i have made these

[mikey505050]

SCIENCE FAIR IDEA!!!!! :D

[Xxqu1cksc0pzxX]

i bet you got a A+ science huh

[zzznxjdhdsfs]

I put a piece of sodium metal smaller than that in a coffee cup full of water; after the flames burst out, the sodium exploded, breaking the cup into half-a-dozen pieces.

[pchk1]

Sodium is way higher in electropositivity (or simply reactivity) than magnesium. This begs the question . . . WHY would magnesium replace sodium in this case?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@pchk1 It's not a replacement reaction. It's more similar to a redox.

[pchk1]

@Nighthawkinlight

OIC. Still curious . . . why wouldn't the newly produced molten Na metal reduce the newly produced MgO back into Mg metal?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@pchk1 Some of it probably does. Much of it lacks enough contact with the MgO to react with it however.

[ink1140674]

@Nighthawkinlight ok but were can i get magnesium powder.

i dont think theyl sell it to me cause im only 13

[Breakfastfan4life]

@Nighthawkinlight You're like the "Bill Nye of teh Youtubez" lol Thanks for some entertainment, that ISN'T going to rot my brain :P

[Nighthawkinlight]

@Breakfastfan4life Why thank you

[OfficeThug]

@pchk1 Sodium and magnesium metal are actually fairly close in potential, with sodium only being 0.5 V lower iirc. The reason why this reaction works is because the potential difference between NaOH and MgO is way bigger than that between the two individual metals. The net potential of the reaction ends up favoring the formation of MgO and solid Na.

[Abprat1]

10/10 easy understandable clear well done 

[BRyanS72]

If you replaced the sodium hydroxide with potassium hydroxide, would you end up with potassium?

[MrMinecraftZeke]

Poor spoon... :'(

[nephillium75]

A simple but hairy way of obtaining sodium metal is to melt down NaOH to molten NaOH in a cast iron pot. Then pass a DC electrical current through it and collect Na metal off the cathode. Please be warned that this method is not for the faint hearted. But has the advantage of requiring very few chemicals or glass wear.

[Cquizzy]

3:09 OH SHIT I'M ON FIRE WHAT DO I DO???

[swoccerfields]

I HAVE THE SAME MEASURING CUP!!!!

[swoccerfields]

i love morter and pestels.... :D... yeah i know i spelled it wrong

[Haicho9009]

I think That theres a combination with NaOH+Br not sure

[Nighthawkinlight]

@Haicho9009 ...No

[scorpion1a2]

I thought somewere in making sodium metals you needed lye?plz answer

[Nighthawkinlight]

@scorpion1a2 Yes, it is used in this video.

[hardwarerob1]

@scorpion1a2

sodium hydroxide is lye

[mrnye66]

Tooo cool. Gotta try this at home! I'm a professional though ;-)

[TheSIFilms]

anyone else thought that at 3:08 it knew it was on fire and started to swim around?

[jar77FU]

what kind of sorcery is this

[MarioKartFan2132]

1:12-1:17

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BOOM!

[yoyokc65]

why did your ingot immediately turn into a sphere shape when it interacted with the water?

[Nighthawkinlight]

@yoyokc65 Upon contact with water the reaction produces enough heat to melt the sodium. It then beads up like a drip of water on a frying pan.

[xleetxguitarx]

@Nighthawkinlight You did not answer @yoyokc65 completely. It does melt from heating up due to the reaction, but the sodium then balls up because this is the best conformation for it to maximize the surface area actually in contact with the water.

[12co3dy21]

Just letting you guys know if you are doing this with lye, it can be sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide and i dont know if it would work with K but if it does work just know you will get a good bang so carful :P

[Ladju24]

Where can I buy magnesium powder?

[JOVENCITOINTREPIDO]

MUY ILUSTRATIVO E INTERESANTE, GRACIAS . IT´S AWESOME.

[oregonraptor]

personally i think it's better to melt the NAOH in a test tube and add suger than to go through all the work just to extract sodium

[Nighthawkinlight]

@oregonraptor I think you mean to say NaClO3 or KClO3. If you melt NaOH in a test tube it will eat right through the glass and splash all over things you will wish it hadn't.

[conversebuddy93]

1:38 Moon appearance on the brick!

[Animals533]

I made it and its very cool man thanks!!

[JOE52525]

cool

[wetstone01]

Cool

[ralphdestroy99]

Informative as wished, and the proper safety measures said out loud in the video, id say a Thumps up! :)

[superdevilboy20]

I told the teacher in skl and we almost set class on fire lol

[LTxStriker]

What can you use this for?

[clowny220]

When u dropped it in at the end was it water?

[666Anonymity]

these are things... I should not know.

[azhomegrown85]

Clearly you didn't watch this video for the value it was meant to serve. That "lil white thing" is sodium, a metal that is highly reactive, especially in water!

[redneck0001100]

anyone else notice the lil white thing traceing out a pentogram in the water?

[danielcarmi305]

You should change the title to "How to extract pure sodium metal" as you aren't making anything, you are only extracting it to an elemental state.

[Nighthawkinlight]

@danielcarmi305 Yes obviously I am not making anything, but nobody that is searching for the video is going to use the word 'extract' in the search.

[X4ndyb0yX]

I wonder if ur a good chef x)

[kramxell]

can magnesium ribbon be used instead? i managed to get sodium hydroxide from the cleaning section of my supermarket, but i cannot afford to get powdered magnesium from a lab supply store

[Nighthawkinlight]

@kramxell Possibly, but I'm not sure what the best way to go about it would be.

[deko2060]

1:42 OMG THE DEVIL DUST! O________________O

[TheLl111111]

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­

[deviantrage]

to think i have a chemistry test tomorrow lol

[jumboazn]

I was wondering if you or somebody else could tell me the use of sodium metal.

[MahajiHaji]

Alchemy increased to 48.

[TheCrazyFeller98]

Harvesting metal

[TheCrazyFeller98]

Minecraft in real life

[2828dantheman]

Is there a reason not use a household sifter to pick out the sodium? It looks tedious to have to pick out those specks with tweezers.

[23nathan16]

so bad ass!

[garrypig]

Use lots of caution. The latex glow do not protect your skin. Theyre just there because if you get sodium on your hands you can't wash your hands with water.

[Midnightsun115]

He should make a Cesium grenade. There would be a metal shell separated by a thin layer of ceramic in the middle, with Cesium and water on opposite sides. You know what happens next : )

oh, or Francium.

[JaguarRawr]

You know sodium hates existing when it can set itself on fire just by being exposed. It was cool seeing a spoon on fire though!

[Luckystars52]

Nice vid... Um can u say Greek fire?

[pokerclown100]

@ljngj76

Jes it is extremly dangerous do not do it

Belive me we had it in science;)

[ljnjung76]

If you put a mix of the sodium hydroxide and magnesium on the top of a "airsoft mine" fuse, instead of the baking powder. would you be able to spark an explosion? :O

[JesseZhaBest]

Doesnt it explode when sodium reacts with water? If so, what was the substance which the sodium was in at the end? Or am I wroing? Thanks

[Nighthawkinlight]

@JesseZhaBest It can, it doesn't always.

[kickass36]

@JesseZhaBest If you want something that explodes get some potassium

[PhanyPackStudios]

Alchemy level: 100

Well done Dovahkin well done

[RofelCopters]

I wonder what happens when you dont put the brick on top of the can...?

[Jobforacowboy96]

Thats...intresting :)

[puckhound95]

Where did you get your magnesium powder?

[mrhinslh]

id rather make K with nurd rages guide

[supercool529]

Epic 'splosion @ 1:18

[WalterWhisky]

But where do I get enough Magnesium?

[SirNegator]

@WalterWhisky lol i think the problem here is rather how to get concentrated NaOH, sinc eits a strong acid and not available for everyone.

[WalterWhisky]

@SirNegator Getting concentrated NaOH (nearly 100% solid) isnt a problem for me (and NaOH isnt an acid btw its a lye (google translater gave me that)). But I dont know where to get pure Magnesium from.

[SirNegator]

@WalterWhisky yes its a base, sry, i made a mistake since i wrote it quick. it is strong though (= it dissociates easily) and usually its difficult to get if you aren´t in an agricultural or scientific business. a tip : dont buy pure one; the costs can be up to 10000 times higher than a not so pure one - no exaggeration. there are online stores for chemists where you can buy it, usually you need a license but magnesium isnt dangerous so it should go without one too

[WalterWhisky]

@SirNegator :D Im actually in a scientific business. I know that it can be very expensive but just if you want the puriss >98,5% pure NaOH. When you buy technical NaOH its not so expensive and its still solid.

And thanks for the tip with the magnesium I will search for it

[SirNegator]

@WalterWhisky np, always like to help ;)

[Pi3Flav0ur]

I liked the way the spoon started burning.

[qwoplol121]

where the fuck do you find all this?

[manelito1000]

you have to teach us how to make C-4 charges :)

[TheJoman247]

Why does it talk about mythbusters in the tags?

[QcPride]

You like einstein or sumshit?

[Aviatorsmith]

@QcPride Einstein did not deal with classical chemistry.

[angelkeovixay]

That's AWSOME!

[rob8675309ain]

1:42 why is the spoon cathing on fire?

[SEVENTYxKITTENS]

@rob8675309ain cause the spoon is creating friction against the brick heating Mg/NaOH causing a mini sort of explosion thus lighting the spoon on fire (temporarily)

[Aviatorsmith]

@SEVENTYxKITTENS No.

[SurfinBird232]

Dude u are honestly the coolest person alive great job on ALL of ur videos there super cool and ive watched them all like 2 times each and i love em keep up the good work

[westlac235]

that was really cool.

[48minutesleft]

is this legal?

[chachscooter]

at our school it exploded up about 15 feet into the air and blew up. it was awesome

[TheFrostySoldier1]

you should do a video on how to turn water in to marbles balls like that one video , except the other video was bad

[chukklez81]

my first thought was barging in the bathroom and throwing a hand fill of sodium in someones bath.

[Kenyee28]

the new kipkay

[rusher10891]

You Are sick

[LaDation]

learned about alkali metals and periodic table family's etc. science "can i buy this" teacher"no" come home watch this FUCK DA POLICE

[mydogsampson12]

Im going to try this (hopefully) and (hopefully) be able to make a video response

[nvissh]

but the real question is can it blend?

[WhynotMiha]

2:37 You say Na reacts with the water and than floats in the mineral oil. I do not understand.. Wouldn't reacting Na with water make hydroxide?

[jonasdamlarsen]

that some bad sshit

[magnumclassic1]

why the hell would i need to make this

[manamesjohn]

@magnumclassic1 for fun, DUH

[Tieskoko1998]

HOW TO MAKE SOMETHING AWESOME IN 3 MINUTES!

[Zitaga]

he better not have kids

[awesomeguy183]

@Zitaga I know they'd be so dangerous :)

[123whatmeworry]

ITS A SUPER SAYAN BALL!!!!

[nudelkiller]

man u need hobbys xD