Braniac- Alkali metal + water = BANG!

[CherryRed2342]

Mythbusters busted this. Completely faked. You would need a hell of alot more than 2grams.

[Skyla0120]

We watched this in chemistry. Lmao dog's nuts of the periodic table.

[stokmarknes]

"Only on Brainiac you'll get that kind of science!"

HAH! Mythbusters ftw.

[Killerboy1611]

Is that ... Richard Hammand from top gear?

[metcalfe27]

1:36....LOL

[claymaster607]

These next two are the DOGS NUTS of the periodic table.

[ThePootedhard]

put that in a water balloon and use it in a water balloon fight

[ClaritySWE]

Who added the shitty music

[bodhiriver]

its cool



[KiteTheRunner]

Is there a website where I can watch full episodes of this show?

[theRHPCfan]

i fucking love hammond

so hot

[6nov1995]

Este programa é espetacular *.*

Via o sempre nao televisão.. Nunca perdia nenhum episódio !!!

[issa2200]

Is the guy not that guy form Top Gear???

[derman077]

IT'S CAT'S ASS NOT DOG'S NUTS. Saying dogs nuts instead of dog;s bollux is like saying cat's penis instead of cat's ass. Who the hell wrote that?

[nickoDavinci]

Mythbusters busted this video. I feel so cheated. 

[halieccboo]

mythbusters says this is fake :) 

[Acebandet167]

For everyone to know... myth-busters multiplied the amount of the metals by 20X and still was lame... SO THEY BUMPED IT UP TO 200x and still not much. Then they got a control of a real grenade to finish it off. THAT IS REAL SCIENCE.

[TheLalalaola]

@Acebandet167 lol you don't know alot about chemistry huh?

[Acebandet167]

@TheLalalaola what did you expect me to say something nobody really understands, truthfully I graduated with a physics degree. I know that isn't chemistry, but we must have some understand the fundamentals of chemistry. I know that all the alkali metals which are lithium, sodium, potassium, Rubidium, Cesium, Francium. Cesium is the most stable element,bu the second largest reactive element, which this is followed Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, then finally Francium, which

[Acebandet167]

@TheLalalaola is almost impossible to obtain because of the rarity.

All I was saying is that they lied to students about the reaction, which if someone goes into the field it could make them not understand the true reaction and make a mistake. When I also said myth busters was true science it was a joke.

[emmonskr]

Exciting, but to be fair this is fake as seen in smoke explosions not seen in alkaline explosions.

Refer to wikipedia Braniac article.

[GREATking54]

Lol mythbuster's showed how this is fake hahaha you people fail

[hailstoneNSW]

im sorry to ruin all your dreams but its fake

[Damaruth]

lol why did he burn the video? Brittish humor is weird

[eken96]

Name of the song in the start??

[felic70]

fracium is radioactive and decays very quickly, so it is almost impossible to get a hold of

[jfgal1]

@felic70

Francium !

JF

[felic70]

@jfgal1 sorry, typo ninja strikes again

[jfgal1]

@felic70

No problem...

May I add something: You should pronounce

FRAN-see-əm = "Fransium" instead of "Franquium".

Sorry, I'm French, and Francium was discovered in France...

Regards,

JF

[zloche]

Fake And Gay!!! Myth was busted!

[dannyp2432]

I use to like this show but now I can't find it on g4 :/

Do they still pass this in the US?

[D3rFabi]

quality show, i loved it. good old times <3

[MegaMrDT]

@HurricanSlime buzz kill means you are ruining the fun or killing the mood of a particular person or scene.

[phillipb7000]

this makes me want to make meth.

[aplayaz2000]

myth busted

[UberDoomi]

Dog's nuts?

[HurricanSlime]

this isn't real. caesium and rubidium don't react so strong. you can see a cable at 2:29 comming out ot the tub. they faked with explosive. also the color of the explosions is different and if you put rubidium or caesium into water there doesn't any water fly through the air.

[ComeAroundComeAround]

@HurricanSlime buzz killer!

[HurricanSlime]

@ComeAroundComeAround

sorry, i'm from germany. i don't understand erverything in english. i tried to translate the word "buzz" but it doesn't makes any sense then. maybe it is a slang or something?

[otters72]

@HurricanSlime so true! even Mythbusters proved that this is fake, i love the "specially designed glass capsule" to "dissolve" after a few seconds, fictional genius! lol

[ShaunDreclin]

@otters72 Actually the "glass" capsule thing isn't fake. :P they just didn't use one.

Think of those gelcaps you get some meds in. Basically that stuff.

[deenotheman2]

so if i put a lithium battery into water it would explode?

[ISN1P3DI]

if you cut it open, but thats not advised :P

[Deeluxe92]

nice

[MMMMMMLLLLLLGGGGGG]

watched this in chemistry lesson xD

[skidgalning]

same :P

[popson4]

Hmm never heard francium pronounced that way before.

[10water]

hahha richard hammond love this guy

[kenobi234]

I would like john to run the show.

[onesmartkid]

if it produces hydrogen gas, they should put a lighter above the bathtub :D

[imfriendly2all]

wow!!!

[Arnatuile11]

The dog's nuts of alkali metals lol

[I3lemental]

Neighbour of mine grew up in the private school system of 1950's. The plumbing was straight forward stuff, literally no u-bends in the toilet pipes. They would take potassium, wrap it in paper, and flush it just before break-time. As people entered the bathroom, the water soaked the paper, and everything exploded back up! That experiment I would like to see!

[MutantBamHammer]

1. Francium is super rare.

2. Francium is radioactive.

Shame this video didn't mention that.

[DannyAces]

So when they say the last one isn't legal... what I'm hearing is that I can buy cesium and rubidium...

That doesn't seem okay to me...

That seems reeeeeeeeeeeally dangerous.

[MrInvitez]

The video was faked? I don't understand why. Cesium should do exactly that with water.

[brockunc]

I wonder why they fake these explosions....

[truth131313]

Myth BUSTED!!! Oh well I still show this to Freshman in lab at the University of Tulsa. It freaks them out.

[CrimsonRaven47]

Hammond is awesome.

[XXsushifreak123YY]

I FUCKING LOVE BRANIAC!!!!!!!

[SwordPlay2]

you can see a detonation wire going into the bathtub!!!

[0bligh]

Mythbusters did this on their third viewer speacial and this video was faked.

[LiaCheri]

this is why i love brainiac

[7Lightening]

Brilliant explosions! Don't try THIS at home!

[THEGODOVGODZ3]

Brainiac.

Teaching you how to be a terrorist since 2003

[Ch3mG33k]

They can't use francium because it's radioactive, not because of how reactive it is. The most stable isotope of francium has a half life of only 22 minutes.

[khalid6591]

i hope binladen is not watching this video .

[BoeGraa]

lol

[TheDietzable]

@khalid6591 doesnt really matter anymore huh? hes dead!

[boskata]

@khalid6591 he is dead now

[MagicMrNameless]

@khalid6591 Not now he isn't.

[jnwpse]

@khalid6591 Nah, Bin Laden is sleeping right now.

[SilkSwe]

Everyone who doesn't think this is fake should watch the videos about cesium and potassium by periodicvideos. Sure they are quite reactive, but not nearly to this extent. An explosion is always great fun though.

[NationalPro]

our science teach did a large piece of sodium in water, lotta flame and then after 2 minutes loud bang like a bomb

[realmadridzidane5]

This is fake guys. Don't ya'll see the fuse at 1:53?

[butt37]

its a crack in the tub. Your dumb if you dont think its true. No offence

[CichyMors]

This is not fake

[Xycondetsu]

Cichy, just look on Wikipedia. Braniac ADMITTED that it was Fake. When they did the REAL experiment nothing really happened, so they just put some explosives in and here we have it.

[JimmyFlight12345]

The rhubidium is real i think, just the caesium is faked. It makes sense, you can see the smoke hanging around the bath after the explosion

[c0nd0rd4myt]

because everything on Wikipedia is accurate, right?

[Xycondetsu]

Surprisingly they are actually pretty accurate and well-policed.

[exceptional1414]

@Xycondetsu right!...

[tigmonx]

The lesson is don't mix Alkali metals with water? Now that would'nt be no fun at all!

Maby we can revise that for a very unusual scenario, When you take a bath don't don't bring a rubber ducky made of Rubiduium with you.

[GuyNamedSean]

did he say "the dog's nuts of the periodic table"?

[dodopoopinpoop]

This is one of the best science show I ever saw and one of g4's best foreain shows.

[slayer4123]

imagaine a death charge in a bath tub. right well il leave it to you (runs off). lol

[narutofan9285]

The reason why they can't use Francium is because it is almost impossible to test.

1. Because Francium is radioactive.

2. It takes only 15 minutes after the creation of a francium atom to decay into something else.

3. It is probably a very expensive element since there isn't ever much of it.

[DarthVader553]

actually the longest they've ever had it is 14 milliseconds... not 15 minutes

[Xycondetsu]

My chemistry teacher doesn't accept Francium, because it's more of a graph, it doesn't actually EXIST naturally let alone.

[hatred1012]

liar!!

[blugyblug]

Lol Hahahaha

Frankium =D

They WERE been sarcastic, right?

[ttowntom]

I think he really thought it was pronounced like that. Not like you need to know any science to host a science show, right?

[makiebi1]

looks to me that these guys used fiberglass tubs where as mythbusters used a ceramic one. I think the mythbusters would have gotten the same results had they used fiberglass tubs too.

[Cfurlong37]

the only way this migt be real is the mythbusters didnt put it underwater when it went off it was dropped on top

[yujonez74]

mythbusters proved that this if fake you guys suck

[MarioFreak1233]

as if!!!!!

[justatrekkie]

myth busters just busted this it did explode but the explosion was not as big as in this video

[klutz22]

But Mythbusters only tested it on the top of the water. This is a dissolvable vial the only problem is that cesium and rhbidium are pretty light. so the vial must have been pretty heavy.

[justatrekkie]

yeah but they put a shit load of potassium in the water and even that did not blow it up it would take C4, tnt or just a frag grenade.

[klutz22]

yea your right but the cesium and rubidium have bigger electron shells making it want to react more so it would be a greater explosion that the potassium. But potassium also floats so the explosion would go upwards not outwards as if it was submerge in the water

[IWishIWasFinnish]

even if they put it on the top of the water, they should have had a huge explosion, since they used 20 fucking grams of cesium. BUT THEY DIDNT AT ALLLL SO THIS IS COMPLETELY BULLSHIT! Also, were can you get rubidium or cesium in a "dissolvable" container? no one would package chemicals in that kind of container, if it even exists... BULLSHIT

[columbustheslayer]

ans how do u noe if myth buster is right???

[blugyblug]

Uhh, THEY packaged the Rhubidium or whatever.

They probably got the plain rhubidium in a normal vial, took it out, made the dissolving one by themselves and put the Rhibudium in that.

[tonyh189]

you know it is possible that they put the metals in the disolveable containers, not that they were packed and shipped that way. And they do exist, they're similar to large pill casings for horses and whatnot. And in a chemical reaction like this there is a direct relationship between the surface area of the chemical and the reaction rate. This amount would never react that quickly. Also, if you would like your opinion taken seriously, speak in a manner conducive to the topic.

[skulliwulli]

Mythbusters owned you fags.

[jetline09]

Mythbusters busted it.

[DinoEllis]

The Mythbusters smell like dick cheese

[NickDClements]

what's the point of faking a video like this? it's a huge wast of their time, it's a wast of my time, and it spreads useless knowledge, what good it that to anyone.

[tonyx610]

so uh....you guys lied

mythbusters busted you...YOU LOSE

[3valpker]

my homework was to watch this..

[KingOfKindOnCp]

@3valpker wow your lucky!

[yshemtov7719994]

@3valpker

mine either...

[layyzboi]

haha thats the guy from top gear hes so cool

[Ryan150000]

richard hammond

[pilotliam]

There is one other metal: Francium, but for some reason, they wouldn't let us have any on the show. I wonder why?

[HeartTorn]

It would have blown up like madd crazy! It would have been awesome to see!

[XxGuErNsEyGuRlxX]

My chemistry hw was to wtch this. lol

[vmelkon]

glass dissolved in water?

[Smegfest]

the glass had an opening at the end

[TheRabidMonkie]

Wasn't glass. Was a gelatin casing or something, something that would dissolve in water, because if there was a hole in the end, it'd just blow up in your face.

[badersz1]

no they used a special kind of plastic to dissolve in water

[mattthew021]

in school we wern't allowed to go beyond Potassium.

[SIDeltaSI]

is that highway to the dangerzone?

[lactobismal]

imagine dropping one of those into a tub the next time you see someone taking a bath...tell them its an electronic thermometer or something...

[SN1PAB0Y]

fucked up in so many ways...........

[ZeusBlackwing]

mh i Saw the Episode, about 2 years ago or so, someon know where the radium version is?

(Sry for Bad English)

[vmelkon]

radium version?

[mithatcan8]

if they tried francium in the water,all of them would be destroyed by it

[JesusOfSuburbia23]

Haha I was thinking that =P

[crowbarofdeath]

Actually, this was faked. Look it up. Rubidium and caesium have less of a explosion than other alkali metals because they have a higher atomic mass, and thus a slower reaction time.

[mastermikeNL]

yeah uuuhm but it is a big bang :P

[Knirt]

actually, their reaction produces a bigger quantity of hydrogen gas (or produces it faster, i'm not sure).

the explosion is caused by the fast expansion of that gas. in the example of sodium, if you make the experience in your home (using a very very small piece of sodium, of course), you can hear the hydrogen being produced, a small noise.

[ppppopuppirate]

The size actually makes it happen faster because electronic shielding decreases the effective nuclear charge and the electron is lost more easily. Simple really

[peterene]

uhm,no,but yes it was faked

[Smegfest]

no it wasn't

[TheRabidMonkie]

It actually was, both of them were explosives, why? Well what happened when they dropped the chemicals into the water was they sunk straight to the bottom and the weight of the water dulled the explosion.

Meaning it was dead boring.

SO they faked it.

They shoulda just dropped it in a petri dish of water.

[vmelkon]

I've at least 2 other videos with caesium and it does indeed explode and break the beaker but this video seems exagerated.

[JONASPONAS93]

ulefoss ruler

[beccarosehorganx]

this was my chemistry homework! to watch a video on youtube! lol

my teachers so cool "now your homework is to watch the braniac video on youtube!" lool

[Marisaftwffs]

HAH, that much of any of that wouldnt NEARLY do that, fake as hell.

[axean]

lol, depends on the amount of water douchebag, get your chemestry right, you should take a look at equal amounts in smaller quantities of water, not that strong of a boom.

[tony2789]

the water is ice cold = more reaction and more energy. this show is far from fake, they've played with armour piercing cannons and just about every military explosive around.

[Uberfootdog]

Sure as hell would.

[riu10pq6]

yeah. this year i did the potassium and sodium into water and it did set fire.

[MushroomPictures]

to whoever posted this video:

i know your kind. you always put fake tags on your video just so more people will watch it.

"xxx" has nothing to do with alkali metals.

As if explosions weren't exciting enough.

[bigtimeethong123]

francium is not gonna be seen anywhere cause it is very unstable and radioactive

[lduk]

francium isnt gonna be seen anywhere because

1. There is only about 30g lft in the world and

2. If you found it, you'd be dead as its the most reactive metal in the world.

[vmelkon]

You are not going to find francium because there is about 30 g in the entire earth's crust. It is not all concentrated in one place.

Also, people *think* that Fr would be more reactive but in reality, there isn't any proof.

[spiritualunicorn]

My chem teacher said this didn't actually work so they had to put mini explosives in the bath tubs!

Still cool though!

[patriotetShqiptar]

than your teacher is plain stupid because my chem class did this experiment and the result was just as in the video with a slight change.

[111eee222]

wow i love braniac

[bczizu919]

does anyone know where to find a francium video?

[TuPaTam]

It ILLEGAL + its radioactive metal.

[mattlufc83]

Apart from being radioactive it's also incredibly rare. There are only a couple of grams of it so you're probably not going to see a francium video.

[njlkptap]

that helped love braniac

[AgentSmith16]

"The dog's nuts of the periodic table..."

 - Oh.

[Mimiali]

Francium is very rare and dense. And I think the only way you can get a great amount of it is by extracting it from Uranium ore. But by the time you get an amount you can see, the rest of it will probably have decayed into Radon gas. Good luck getting a piece of Francium bigger than 280000 Molecules (the largest piece up to date if I'm not mistaken, it could be 28000 whatever.)

[mwalsher]

"The dogs nuts"?!

[GraffitixGirl]

haha yeah

[joosami85]

if u put little beat of frankiun in that pool i think that guy with white jachet would have been killed

[penguinwarlord1]

... its francium and the largest amount on earth at any one time is 400-500 grammes, mimiali has the right idea.

[bulletmagnet25]

some idiot at this one school ik took a brick of sodium and threw it into a crapper stall and i blew it and the 2 stalls next to it of the wall...

[fanehovud]

i d ont bilive you. you ugly stupit bitch

[milkflem]

what about francium :C

[MuST4pH4]

xP What a nice banging is it ?

[lkc159]

Francium isn't allowed because it's EXTREMELY explosive, and because it's radioactive if I don't remember wrongly.

[tapelover2]

dang it blew up the fckin bathtub I WANT SOME

FRANKIUM...hmmm blow up my skool? that sounds good lol

[justapassinguy]

lol hear hear to that

[Killforfood]

or rather, for caesium, the enitre tub demolished.

[Killforfood]

some people say this video is faked, but i disagree. The caesium reaction, for example, is an EXTREMELY fast reaction, and 2 grams of caesium is a lot of the stuff. There was quite a bit of water there, too. That would explain the bathtub being blown up. The holes near the bottom of the bathtub were likely caused by the exothermic reaction not having enough time to expel from the base of the tub, so it went the other way, thus shooting water upwards, and leaving holes in the bottom.

[JaeNoon]

sweet experiment i love this show

[wombat12333]

hi, does anyone know where i could buy some frankium? thx :-)

[SoapSoapCrayon]

You can't, it's illegal

[wombat12333]

i was kidding