Liquid Metal MERCURY + Nitric Acid = It's ALIVE!

[Ultralord007Style]

I am surprised that that chemical raction was able to happen in a plastic bottle cap, I would think it would create enough heat to melt it.

[RAZRfreak]

I see, so that is how you make mountain dew.

[Dareaper214]

yet we use mercury as a vaccine..

[idiotAREstupid]

@Dareaper214 yet they use chlorine to clean bacteria in your tap water

[kshay003]

Looks like one unhappy bond

[wacnac1]

would i live if i drank it???

[EgonSchiele01]

@wacnac1 of course! try and let we know!!! ahahaha

[wacnac1]

@EgonSchiele01 yes sir!

[anikidwolfy]

dont feed it after midnight now

[EgonSchiele01]

you killed it! you bastard!!!!

[fablan6]

Stop torturing T-1000 :'(

[leisulin]

what is the gas that is evolved?

[ViralStarter]

i got here from a yelawolf rap video >.>

[thetricky39]

You know that releasesw toxic gas right unless u have a gas mask sir I believe your fucked or already dead 0.o

[taofledermaus]

@thetricky39 Yeah, I died a long time ago. This is the ghost of Taofledermaus.

[hman1950]

Heck, when I was a kid we could buy  tubes of mercury for (I think) about 25cents as a toy at MonkeyWards! We would roll it around, do whatever kids do then lose it somewhere within a couple days! Of course cholesterol was unknown and smoking was cool too!

[LegendarySayayin]

Can you please tell me how to or where can I buy liquid Mercury? If so, thanks!

[royal28101664]

Yeah, if you were to add benzecolyne and dyhydroxamide you would have nutella!

[algol291]

...and this is how Sprite is made.

[Bubba93000]

@algol291 i was drinking a sprite as i saw ur comment and i spit it out ...

[bebopII]

Hey dude, Mercury vaporized is higly toxic too! do not steam the mercury out of the gold!

[DaRocknessMonster2]

@UnderManlac I don't know why you think it's bogus - Mercury is a metal; it does oppose charges, I am sure the chemical reaction affect it. But the rotation was uniform. And Chemical reactions are rarely ordered.

So. It seems more reasonable to me that it was an magnetic field response.

[PyroPudding]

I did the same thing but then I added it to ethanol.

[owmyanus]

That doesn't look healthy.

[SirDocterOfPepper]

now drink it

[DaRocknessMonster2]

Thats an interesting experiment. The Mercury is diamagnetic; it's createing an electromagnetic field in opposition. The Mercury drop is the same field as the larger body. The additive is the Nitric Acid which acts a conductor; essentially you created a magnetic motor using chemicals and elements. It is important to recreate this experiment that the droplet is much smaller then the mass.

Good job.

[UnderManlac]

@DaRocknessMonster2 I'm going to have to look into that, because it sounds bogus. A more plausible explanation is that the violent chemical reaction is what kept the drop of mercury near the surface and stirred it around erratically.

[YourMothersSexBuddy]

this is how they make mountain dew

[newcarscent7]

SCIENCE!

[ebriis]

idgaf what you do. JUST KEEP IT AWAY FROM JOHN CONNOR!!!

[cowgoesmoo2]

Seems safe.

[nimbus1983]

Nerd porn?

[electronicsludge]

is mercury toxic to the touch, or just if you somehow get it inside your body, like eat/drink it...

[taofledermaus]

@electronicsludge It isn't as toxic as many people think. Still, it isn't something you'd want to handle just to be safe. I hate being around the stuff believe it or not.

[MrDiederikDuck]

@taofledermaus The mercury itself isn't that toxic, indeed. But the salts like mercury nitrate (what you are producing here) are extremely toxic.

So I don't think this is a good idea to produce this at home. 

[mrquillin]

@taofledermaus mercury is to toxic you can get mercury poisoning from it.

[supramanz]

@electronicsludge It depends on the type. Elemental Mercury is not very toxic and not absorbed by the skin very easily. There is another type that will kill you even when a small drop hits your skin.

[UnderManlac]

@supramanz Mercury cannot penetrate the skin. The metal is too tightly bound together and the pores too small to have such an effect happen. Now if it gets in an open wound, that is different. You could handle mercury for years with no ill effect, as long as you don't have open wounds where it will be handled.

[jakal75017]

@electronicsludge Mercury is toxic to the touch. If you have ever heard of the term, "Mad as a hatter" that phrase comes from when hat makers used to use mercury in the making of their hats. That would make them literally go insane after a period of time hence the saying.

[UnderManlac]

@jakal75017 Mercury, the only common metal that is a liquid at room temperature, has been known and used since ancient times (1500 BC). You will not be poisoned if you touch mercury bare handed. The most toxic forms of mercury are: the vapor created when liquid mercury is heated. if it comes into contact with an open wound, introducing the mercury into the blood stream could create severe health problems

[kitty6837]

@electronicsludge Only elemental mercury is not readily absorbed by the skin, to my knowledge. It's fumes are what you should be concerned about, as the lungs readily absorb it, as well as mercury salts. However, touching mercury for hours on end will not harm you or at least not get noticeable effects from it.

[UnderManlac]

@kitty6837 Correct. Liquid is not absorbed by the skin. The molecules of mercury are too big to enter the pores of the skin. This doesn't mean you shouldn't was your hands after handling it, or better yet, wear gloves, especially if you have a cut. I have played with mercury after a thermometer broke. The stuff is amazing. I suffered no ill effects. I knew better than to put the stuff in my mouth though. Comes from not being stupid.

[jessealien12]

@electronicsludge their are a few differnt mercurey types ranging from danger to humans i cant name the safest it starts with an "E"

[UnderManlac]

@electronicsludge Mercury is not toxic to handle in your hands in it's natural state. As long as you don't have an open sore where it can enter the blood stream, it's safe enough. Don't allow any of it to enter your body via inhaling the vapors (heated to 673.844 Fahrenheit) or imbibing it.

[nickboyer5953]

funny how this is done in a bottle lid

[ruipx]

i'm gona do this at home

[BillKillerz]

Man, i want to inhale that gaz sooo bad !

[zombieX111222333]

@BillKillerz it makes you feel like a teddy bear

[TheGodOfBlocks]

um what gas is coming out of it???

[thegreatMSG]

And add alcohol in it later on.. >=)

[KeroChuK]

NOW YOU DRINK IT.

[DKsir]

It looks like soda, drink it mofos!

[crapbag1997]

i dare you to hit it with a hammer

[NitroxideHS]

@crapbag1997 haha

[nospacesWFT]

These are the ingredients that make Coke bubble. (I am aware it's actually the carbon in the beverage that makes it bubble. The first statement is a joke.)

[AtOdinsCall]

@nospacesWFT Thank you. I was unaware.

[punkwarlord]

add soap :)

[boraboy4ever]

Mercury Abuser! You tortured it!

[adamkentrepp]

Where the hell did you find liquid mercury?

[darrellw82]

Mercury wins again

[triynizzles]

looks like bubbly cum

[YouAreABunghole]

Meanwhile, in Doctor Weird's Lab..

[sethboy66]

I shouldn't have said solution, it is a compound -_-

[sethboy66]

Throw in some ethanol then light a match and your all done with the fulminate solution!

[UAEchemist2]

You are one step away from making Mercury Fulminate.

[taofledermaus]

@UAEchemist2 Haha, yes.  I try not to push my luck.

[UAEchemist2]

@taofledermaus

I have made it plenty of times, its actually fun but you need to take the precautions of handling it, because most primary explosives are sensitive, so handling them lightly is a technique. The detonation is the fun of its success, just make sure you do it far from the neighbors, because it is extremely loud.

[NarowAR07]

@taofledermaus why dont you take two free rotating cylinders put mercury in them then put loads of electrons just to see what happends :D

[mcwario13]

@taofledermaus etana oe isopropanol

[omgwtfftwbq]

@UAEchemist2 Mr. White?

[revengemaster96]

@UAEchemist2 what happens when mercury fulminates?

[woahkudros]

@revengemaster96 it becomes an extremely pressure-sensitive explosive compound

[PhrozenTiger]

Cant be healthy...

looks yummy tho :)

[dougspair]

...The Di-Hydrogen Oxide...I'm not kidding...this is very deadly stuff...thousands of people are killed by it every year...

[dougspair]

..Mercury isn't that dangerous until you breathe the vapors from the heated stuff...but Nitric acid will really mess you up real quick...it will burn right through steel...I use it to remove broken taps in a machine shop...great for getting high-speed steel taps out of aluminum...doesn't hurt the aluminum at all... Some really scary stuff is Di-Hydrogen Oxide...even a small amount can cause death in a human in just a minute or two, cut through solid rock, penetrate most woods..

[dgl1962]

I'm sure those fumes are extremely nasty...

[MrSkinnyWhale]

Shit I hate chemistry, i almost failed it in school, but I would love to get my hands on all of those nitric acids and mercury and the one they put in thermostats etc. and just mix all that shit together.

[gamr4fun]

see if it burns with open flame!

[GTHaroFITBMX]

mercury nitrate?

[THEHUGE8BALL]

*description* wouldent the vapors kill you?!?

[cibermesias]

This must produce gas. What is this gas made of?

[dougspair]

@cibermesias

 The gas comes from Rush Limbaugh...a never ending supply..

[SkeyeDreamer]

you fuck your brain out if you smell that gas, i hope you know....

[jsncrso]

$10 if you drink it

[tighe143]

dont breath this...

[mudkiptyler]

Mercury didn't move, until it took a nitric acid to everything.

[7410n0]

@mudkiptyler nice try :P

[wrnl]

@mudkiptyler I was going to post a comment pointing out how stupid your comment is until I looked at your channel and saw the only videos you have are Spore, some crappy pivot videos, and a crappy Roblox video. I also saw "FURRY AND BRONIE FOREVER"

[mudkiptyler]

@wrnl Well haters gonna hate. If you think its stupid, think its stupid. I can't make you think its cool or whatnot since its your opinion.

[jedus1]

Has where you filmed this been closed by the EPA yet? You should look up what that nifty brown gas is coming out of the nitric acid... You future darwin award winner you!

[taofledermaus]

@jedus1 oh my! Nothing beats melodramatic comments!  Thanks for watching and entertaining me.

[Infernostar18]

@jedus1 i was just thinking that, wouldnt that chemical reaction give off a really nasty gas?

[mcwario13]

@jedus1 but, he got mercury nitrate for explosies!!! :D

[joeylawn36111]

@jedus1 It's Nitrogen Dioxide.

[Insignia96]

@jedus1 It's just Nitrogen Dioxide. It's very toxic, but it's almost always present when nitric acid is around. As long as he isn't huffing these fumes, this is safe. He is clearly outside.

[AutumnKitten]

I've watched four videos of your so far tonight and I can't help but worry for your safety. I know you're taking all the precautions, but I'll say it anyway, please be safe and stay alive. You're videos are great for those of us like myself, who sometimes need an enjoyment of science again. Even late at night before bed it's fun to learn something new. Thanks.

[taofledermaus]

@AutumnKitten The videos tend to not show the big picture, the precautions I take etc.

[TheDPG10007]

try breathing that 

[KillYouds]

why didnt john connor think of this???

[RoYaLaMuSe]

1:29 "WTF all the mercury went away! 2:23 bullshit...

[slaytech1992]

But will it blend?

[TheKaaga]

looks like sperm

[chi6075]

what happens after you drink it?

[nickbhalo]

Haha little brown bubbles of poisonous gasses

[rougeninja99]

If u drink mercury u die

[osbely]

Now that is one drink you won't soon forget.

[RoboticusMusic]

so did it?

[aggierockhunter]

The ignorance of many peoples concept about the toxicity of elemental mercury is compared to a persons confusion between what is a turd and a hotdog. I hate to be that stubborn on the subject but sometimes you have to state the obvious in the obvious. the only two true hazards of being mercurically poisoned is if you swallow it or breath the vapors which are only produced at around 675 degrees fahrenheit. almost all compounds with great emphasis on 'compounds' are dangerous in any form.

[UAEchemist2]

@aggierockhunter

Its not just the ignorance, it is the mainstream and science that is actually scientifically invalid. Webelements for example says that mercury can be absorbed by the skin, and the true chemists who work with mercury knows that is not true, even if you have a cut, the mercury is too dense to enter.

[belliouse]

where do you buy Mercury??

[aggierockhunter]

@belliouse you can get mercury at a online science company. it comes as triple distilled mercury. i forgot the name of it though but if you want some start looking.. :) it is really cool to have. 

[ROBBBLOCO]

Those gasses will make you go retarded.............

[rahkshifan99]

Mercury is so perty I want a statue of it

[Smokkedandslammed]

You should have done this experiment in the martini glass of doom, then we could have seen what was goin on underneath that gren foamy stuff

[McFreaknAweSome]

2:26 it looks like a condom is forming

[jboritzki]

I found pill bottles full of mercury when i was a kid and I use to handle it and play with it like it was a cool toy. I know better now but I'm not sure how I don't have some kind of cancer or something that should be killing me. It was about 30 years ago.

[taofledermaus]

@jboritzki One thing I have noticed is many people have had similar childhood experiences where they played with mercury , some claimed to have swallowed it, etc. Everyone seems to be fine. 

[jboritzki]

@taofledermaus That's good to know. It is something that just begs a kid to play with when it's in large amounts. Liquid chrome, how cool. Not a good idea to leave it where kids can get a hold of it like dad did though.

[mechanisto1832]

@jboritzki My mom didnt know mercury was bad, she gave me some when I was a kid. I also touched it, put it in the family's deep freezer and poured it out on the floor ... I am kinda fine... I have kids without third arms, but I do work at a liqour store, so...

[bmbirdsong]

@jboritzki Pure mercury is fairly harmless due to it's poor absorption rate. I used to break open old thermometers to get the mercury out of the motion switch. However, when mercury reacts with other elements it can form extremely poisonous compounds, and mercury vapor is especially dangerous. This is why we always recommend you not play with it in any form.

[rides1naked]

@jboritzki Elemental mercury is not absorbed by your skin or gastric system, so it can be handled safely. Mercury intended for industrial use is the dangerous stuff.

[mrbadx19]

hell, i do a lot of goofy stuff, i have access to hydrochloric acid at work, what makes a good show with that?

[taofledermaus]

@mrbadx19 I'm not sure, I'd probably be searching for something to do with it though if I had some!

[mrbadx19]

@taofledermaus we get it by gallons, if one gallon went astray, i don't think it would cause an uproar, i still have to get a new casio for slo-mo. i wonder why nobody else is manufacturing high speed cameras.

[renato64888]

@mrbadx19 aluminum disolves rather fast and cool lol, try it with aluminum foil.. also i poured some drops on a few coins (different ones, and different materials) now it has been like 6 months or so, and they have a green oxide on them, another one has a salt like thing, and they look pretty cool; go to deviant art and search for "Corrode THIS" and a picture of the coins should appear ;)

[nightmareaja]

@mrbadx19 put a penn in hydrocloric acid, under a fume hood. makes a fun show ;P

[mrbadx19]

@nightmareaja we have 3 fume hoods in our labs, we do innoculating with neat shit like e-coli and mad cow stuff...

[mecimessiah]

@mrbadx19  cyanide, but hold your breath.

[Steve042176]

@mrbadx19 Aluminum

[Nans2412]

@mrbadx19

I remeber doing this in school. Take some HCl in a hard glass test tube, and put zinc pieces in it. Keep it still. The reaction causes Hydrogen gas to be released. So now, light it and u can scare others as it makes a loud popping noise! :D

Make sure you don't take to much HCl and zinc. The acid should be preferably diluted.

[DRAGONIRONFIST]

soooo what exactly happned?

[Trex1268]

I ate the mercury out of a thermometer as a little kid. I felt it when it bounced off the bottom of my stomach. I never went to the hospital, never felt sick, never had any ill effects from it. It's not as toxic as the media wants you to believe. Unless I have some weird immunity to it.

[UAEchemist2]

@Trex1268

Elemental Mercury is not that toxic, no Metal elemental form is toxic unless it is a compound. Chromium metal compounds are a known toxin to life and the environment, but have it alloyed in our everyday cooking stainless steel saucepans, and we never got sick eating out of it, or any other heavy metal poisoning. These are scare tactics so that the government can collect enough mercury so that they can make battery cells to extract Gold from other ores.

[Trex1268]

@UAEchemist2 I totally agree. I'm living proof!!

[DeePhlat]

Oy, what's in that red smoke?

[mptrax]

Burn baby burn :D

[bmast300]

Saw a dude in south am. hunting for gold. He had a huge bucket of muddy water and he added a bottle of mercury and stomped inside the bucket until the gold turned into one big flat piece on the bottom.. The guy even said that he should be sick from the mercury but he's not. Can't you die from mercury poisoning.

[blackjack117200]

@bmast300 Hell yes you can.

[stevecrye]

For some reason the final solution looks tasty ... Yum!

[spotlightman1234]

Wow! I'm too scared to even do this! I have mercury and nitric acid but mercury compounds scare the hell out of me.

[taofledermaus]

@spotlightman1234 I wasn't sure "where it was heading" which is why I neutralized it. Yeah, one of those things I'll probably never do again!

[TRXW]

@taofledermaus I have done this in my childhood. Why you just don't take distance from it if you don't know where it's heading on? Do it outdoor.

[simon12194]

@taofledermaus Try light the mercury on fire, but with a long lighter. Then watch it grow.

[PaintballSpecialOps]

WOW!! I thought the mercury was going to be gone, but then- there it was all pretty again...

[PoliteCheese1414]

i just realized you did this in a botle cap ._.

[taofledermaus]

@PoliteCheese1414  It was about 2" in diameter though. Still pretty small scale.

[daewooparts]

now we know what to use on those TERMINATOR COPS !!!!

[daewooparts]

looks like a melted hotwheel car in muriatic acid !

[OMGDeadlyBunnyS80]

i bet that smells real good

[liquid49286]

I missed the part where you threw it in a girl face, because she refused to marry you.

[taofledermaus]

@liquid49286 Watch it a few more times and get back to me on that one.

[iamadness69]

acids always react with metals, mercury is a liquid metal! interresting video

[taofledermaus]

@iamadness69 But nitric acid doesn't react with gold.  It was used to test gold to see if it was genuine.

[bodinian]

@taofledermaus Aqua Regia does

[lordanjan1]

@taofledermaus That is the origin of the idiom 'acid test'



[215alessio]

suddenly every one wants mercury....

[steadfast1984]

that's a nice little reaction.

[pyrosimple]

Did you get mercury fulminate?

[taofledermaus]

@pyrosimple No, mercuric nitrate.

[DirtyJewKiller6]

I know you Probally cant tell me but the place i used to get my mercury shut down, Where do you purchase yours?

[SoCalTactical]

Science!

[MultiAnonymousman]

you should try getting thermite and make a video of it lighting in slo motion

[Michaeljahosaphat]

How long does this reaction last?

[taofledermaus]

@Michaeljahosaphat Until either the nitric acid becomes neutral or the mercury is completely dissolved. Since I used a small amount of nitric acid, the mercury probably would have won out.

[efd5803]

That was cool! Keep the videos comin!

[BaseemTV]

Try Dynamite vs Fire.

[shalafi4]

For anyone who wants to try this.. DO IT OUTSIDE.... not only are the fumes noxious Mercury nitrate is a contact poison

[taofledermaus]

@shalafi4 Absolutely. I wouldn't even recommend anyone even TRYING it .

[ButteryAssAbel]

sniff it now.