Mercury Attacks Aluminum -amalgam

[momissinpewbs]

I heard a song from Wolfenstein 3D(Zero Hour) during the time lapse!

[momissinpewbs]

I hear wolfenstein 3d wolf pack in the time lapse!

[ghettocumquats]

arent mercury fumes a bit dangerous?

[filipljevar1]

use galium instead, same result

[Blackboss7Th]

ìs that a donut?

[daddylove60]

its growing pubes :)

[jadeninja23]

nom nom nom nom nom

[Gratefulguitars]

who would have though all those steel worms were living in there KappaXD

[hiijjh100]

Digging the wolf 3d music, think the tracks called "zero hour" if i can remember correctly. :P

[MisterTibTib]

you should have used bromine to weaken the structure of aluminum

[Domokunsama]

Gloves are apparently optional for science experiments.

[Carnosaurus1337]

"Hey kids wanna have a water balloon fight?" >:)

[chesterchow1]

I like the watch in the intro :)

[hacker007300]

yes you can call me stupid but where can i subscribe?

[keebles21]

sure is youtube.com/watch?v=r-wZ2HhRx2­4&feature=related

[keebles21]

Is this the music from wolfenstein 3d? sounds like it.

[TechBoywii]

@keebles21 It is. It's the Special Stage music i think.

[wackedupfreak]

crazy shit XD

[BettterSkatez]

I also heard of mercury meltdown revolution.

[RealTalkOnlyBro]

I was watching football highlights, how the fuck did I end up here?

[killer2611]

has anybody tried drinking that stuff? did they die?

[AceKennyA]

ITS ALIIIIIIIIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spoif]

Can you sawder aloo-min-um.

[shmellhole123]

Do you use elemental mercury or just regular mercury?

[taofledermaus]

@shmellhole123 Mercury is an element. (as opposed to planet Mercury, Mercury the car, or Mercury the god.) :)

[LambentFlare]

@taofledermaus I think what they meant is the type of mercury that doesnt get absorbed by the skin, your video is related to a video where a person used elemental mercury and described what it was and stuff.... yeah... x)

[letterpool]

@taofledermaus lol...

[Jaythorn7]

@taofledermaus he means is your mercury pure, and thus safe, or regular grade and contaminated with other chemicals

[joemac92]

@taofledermaus you might already know this, seeing you have experience with the stuff and i've been watching mercury videos on YT for the past hour, but I think @shmellhole123 is referring to elemental mercury, that which isn't absorbed by the skin. watch?v=0j2X6HZrfdE

[shmellhole123]

@joemac92 thank you sir

[FluffyAnime]

@taofledermaus

so is this regular or elemental mercury?

[iWikky911]

@taofledermaus There's quite some difference between "elemental" mercury and "organic" mercury genius.

[minecraftmaster34]

@taofledermaus I believe they meant whether it's in it's pure elemental form, or whether it's an oxide or something.

[TheNewAmericanMedia]

@taofledermaus Or Freddy Mercury for that matter.

[fuego914914]

@taofledermaus hey don't forget about Freddie Mercury!

[langsteubuisnaamooit]

@taofledermaus ...or Freddy mercury

[shmellhole123]

@taofledermaus no, elemental mercury is different it is not absorbed by the skin. i don't know why you reply got so many thumbs up

[picoyravago0180]

@taofledermaus he means the elemental mercury which is much safer than regular mercury

[taofledermaus]

@picoyravago0180 Explain the difference between elemental mercury and "regular" mercury for us all.

[ShadowParanoya]

@shmellhole123 If it was Planet Mercury you and I wouldn't be here

[shmellhole123]

@ShadowParanoya dammit you people don't know the difference

[MrNaglest12]

0_0 is it cutting or dissolving it cause i see little metal chippings

[witoldzajac83]

lol doom music, rotfl xDxD lovethat !!!!

[Jiinxey24]

1:34 - 2:00

ITS AN OMELETTE LOL

[6494razor]

i was just looking at talking dogs...

[ss6truks]

Metal in a metal, metalception o.O

[slateflash]

did ur drill tip dissolve

[flamedrag18]

@slateflash likely not, the drill bit is steel and the heat sink is aluminum, the mercury doesn't amalgamate steel or ferrous metals, just aluminum and some precious metals.

[OOZ662]

Audio from the 1989 engagement between Libyan Mig-23s and American F-14s over the Gulf of Sidra in your intro...interesting choice. :P

[hugo1391]

he said penetrate....

[PsiloCybinDreamX]

the music sorta sounds like wolfenstein for the snes

[RowsdowerZapp]

@PsiloCybinDreamX It's Doom.

[MyNameIsTeabag]

how the fuck did i get here...?

[Aerochalklate]

let us see mercury vs uranus

[skygaurdian55]

ITS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!.....for now

[101kyouya]

Are you using Elemental Mercury? If so then i only want to tell Oaksterthejokester to shut up unless he knows what he is talking about. If not then I will simply agree with your comment.

[paintballwis]

NurdRage linked your video, you should be proud!

[taofledermaus]

@paintballwis We thought it might be a good idea to do that since the videos are similar and thought the viewers might like seeing the other channel's video.

[TheRyandanish]

@taofledermaus you two channels sound like swingers ;) kidding, but you have a very, VERY intriguing channel, very unique, one thing i do have to ask is...more .22 videos? :) have a marry Christmas taofledermaus, you earned yourself but another subscriber :D

[AZMALING]

@taofledermaus but what is the stringy stuff that comes out of the mercury?

[johnwest19995]

@taofledermaus what did you get a computer heatsink from?

[PieFace1999]

OM NOM NOM

[deathrooster14]

And to think they used this stuff for tooth fillings...

[SkyrimFan12345]

id like to see the water bust out of the mercury in slow-motion.

[TheBranderrShow]

is that song from Doom 2?

[blookcnizh]

I dont know wtf is this but looks cool :l

[Oaksterthejokester]

Are you stupid? if u merely touched that substence you would be dead so do youre family a favore and wear some dam gloves

[taofledermaus]

@Oaksterthejokester No, I am not stupid. But I can't help but see the irony of how poor your spelling is.

[alanmur1983]

@taofledermaus was wondering is mercury heavy? if thats a stupid question im sorry lol

[taofledermaus]

@alanmur1983 Yes, it is very heavy. Lead floats on top of it.

[TakronRust]

@Oaksterthejokester Mercury itself isn't dangerous to touch. It has a surface tension far too high to absorb into the skin. Only the vapor which can be inhaled and the salts which can be absorbed into the body are immediately dangerous. You can handle liquid mercury with relative safety. It's one of those, ''It is statistically safe, but why not do it just in case.'' situations.

[abigflea]

@Oaksterthejokester Mercury doesn't immediately kill/poison you. The oral thermometers my father and grandparents used were usually mercury based. Although a tablespoon full might make you fairly ill.

[mbl5295]

@Oaksterthejokester are you stupid? you know those silver tooth fillings they used in the 90s??? what do you think those are made of? mercury. if it touches you you will not die. its if you eat it. so stfu

[S0ts]

@Oaksterthejokester Do you know how the romans preserved their grapes?

[DeathbyDusk]

@Oaksterthejokester Mercury doesn't work that way.

[Hazapi96]

@Oaksterthejokester You can still touch the substance retard. -__- Just not long enough to poison you.

[davidkyle77]

@Oaksterthejokester not true if it's elemental mercury.

[AmateurRemixer]

Did I just see mercury go through puberty?

[merijn97NOR]

anyone but me think they looked like some wiered cind of spiders`?

[princesskatkat28]

does mercury get attracted to magnets?

[taofledermaus]

@princesskatkat28 No,  it is unaffected by a magnet

[hellzone100]

@taofledermaus Lies........

Electromagnetism

[taofledermaus]

@hellzone100  It is not attracted to a magnet. That was what he asked.

[MrINEEDNAME]

@princesskatkat28 thats a good question since the nickname of mercury is "liquid metal"

[redisforever007]

Wow, it looks like it's growing a beard...

[regilord]

I forget, is there any program that comes with a computer to speed up the footage?

[tylerwalker2]

where can i buy mercury for experiments like this? :)

[meuberepic]

this is how they process ore in third world mining operations, then they dump all the tailings in the nearest body of water or somewhere people wont notice. its bad shit.

[SuperCaptainCreeper]

this almost made me puke

[smothersmoth1]

whats that white curly stuff?

[silver117atg]

HAIR!!!!

[08zinger]

ALIENS

[sang3Eta]

My teeth fillings have plenty of mercury in them not killed me yet but it will make as mad as a hatter ;D

[greasemonkey189]

Kinda makes you wonder why the government mandated mercury filled flourescent bulbs after 2014 if its such a danger to the environment. But you always have nanny state assholes wanting to tell someone else how to live, great vids by the way, keep em coming.

[taofledermaus]

@greasemonkey189 I'm thinking about breaking open a curly Q CFL and see for myself how much mercury is inside.

[DaBomb1]

@taofledermaus It's mercury vapor so you aren't gonna see any, but you'll probably breathe some in! Only a few milligrams of it too, I believe.

[Orcinus24x5]

@taofledermaus The amount is so small, you would never even find it.

[gl797]

@taofledermaus it is an incredibly small amount, about the size of a grain of sand. if you have a flourescent tube lamp you can see and hear it rolling around when you tip the bulb from one side to the other.

[hblog427]

@taofledermaus Not nearly as much as mining the extra coal to power an incandescent bulb for an equivalent amount of time will release.

[TheGlassDot]

@taofledermaus Recent test show it's around 1 mg for most popular bulbs.

By the way, the government doesn't mandate the use of CFLs. There are halogen incandescent lamps that meet the efficiency standards, LEDs, and GE at one point were developing a normal incandescent that would meet the standards.

It's also worth pointing out that the reduction in electricity used would reduce mercury emissions from coal plants more than any possible mercury pollution from un-recycled CFLs.

[TheGlassDot]

@taofledermaus Also, in case it's any importance to you (before you break one open), the mercury is in vapour form...

I don't know how that would affect your measuring it, but I thought I'd mention. The vapour should be dealt with especially carefully, though. You don't want to breathe that in.

[taofledermaus]

@TheGlassDot Has anyone searched for mercury in a CFL before? The reason I thought it was detectable is because I have read articles, etc about how to clean up the mercury if you break a CFL, using a playing card or something to pick up the beads of mercury.

[TheGlassDot]

@taofledermaus When they break they leave a sort of powdery substance (most of it's Argon). I'm not too knowledgeable in the science of it.

I would think, after some time of being in a normal pressurization, that the mercury would return to a liquid form.

[joeylawn36111]

@greasemonkey189 Less mercury enters the environment with use of Compact Fluorescent lamps than from the use of incandescent bulbs, is that incandescents use more electricity, meaning more coal burnt, and coal almost always has some mercury in it. A 13W CF bulb puts out as much light as a 75W incandescent.

[sk8er4ever0101]

@greasemonkey189 VERY little mercury inside those bulbs. Without the mercury in florescent lighting or HID lighting, it wouldn't work. Its not a government conspiracy.

[Serostern]

@greasemonkey189 85% of the worlds release of mercury comes from german coal wich is burned for electricity.

Use less electricity, use less german coal, wich means less mercury in the long run.

[Jeshu837]

someone else thought in venom from spiderman?

[thinkpad411]

Parently' Nazi covert agents produced a thick mercury "paste" with a binder and applied it to enemy aircraft before they were to take off which led to mysterious structural failures.

[ranchosanpedro99]

he said penetrate!

[kandsi101]

does any one know what the products are? like, aluminum and murcury are reactants, and maybe oxygen, would that make something like HgAl3O2? or what happens with the mercury?

[TheGamerman1996]

everyone whos commenting harshly because hes using mercury,

leave him alone, he knows what he's doing, and he knows the effects and everything, Just shut up and watch the video

and he didnt touch it, your not gonna go brain dead from simply looking at it or smelling it, (well, unless it got up your nostril)

[Domino3D]

amalgam? this is what my dentist put in my teeth? am not sure

[Supermassively]

@Domino3D No. "Amalgam" is not a specific substance. It is just the name for the product of mercury reacting with another metal.

[Domino3D]

@Supermassively oh, thanks for explanation

[CreditMunch]

@Domino3D

Yes.

[xDestroyedHearts]

So.. whats going on here?

[lzrd0113]

Why not Zoidberg?

[Cheezetouch]

Tao, I want you to make a video of you saying billybob 10 times and then in slo mo of course!

[Supermassively]

@Cheezetouch That's incredibly stupid.

[Cheezetouch]

@Supermassively exactly

[55chh]

Oh great, give the terrorist more ways to destroy a plane, smart

[TheMorganSac]

@55chh you're an idiot.

[55chh]

@TheMorganSac actually no, I'm not!

[tHickman95]

@55chh Is this a joke? You clearly 'don't know shit', for want of a better phrase.

[Zee96969696]

and the other reason is that it is poison and you can die from breathing it in

[MunjieJump]

1:59 one fucked up fried egg

[supersesqui]

Sir Humphry Davy, made a bit of a mess of naming this new element, at first spelling it alumium (this was in 1807) then changing it to aluminum, and finally settling on aluminium in 1812. His classically educated scientific colleagues preferred aluminium right from the start. The official change in the US to the –um spelling happened quite late: the American Chemical Society only adopted it in 1925,

[mrgameking555]

nice vid,but where did u got the mercury??

[AKSpartanKiIIer]

People do realize that kids in the 80's used to play with mercury like playdough right?! Bunch of retards. "OHHH YOU'LL GET CANCER AND DIEEEE" Yeah, you'll get that from handling ammunition, pumping gas, and eating at McDonalds as well. Pansies.

[SuperRussell83]

i recognize that music from doom 2

[TonyTheBurninator]

@SuperRussell83 Wolfenstein 3D bro

[taofledermaus]

@guikgfzjr7 What is the frequency,  Kenneth?

[DOTiSOalt]

@guikgfzjr7

People from different part of the world pronounce things differently, smartass

[itsraininglool]

@guikgfzjr7 Spelled differantly in differant places.

[QualityCompare]

@guikgfzjr7 Aluminium is raw material, aluminum is an object made out of aluminium

[videogameobsession]

@QualityCompare Aluminium (AI) is an element & Aluminum is what you bake your Super Pretzel on.

[ForlanceAbice]

@guikgfzjr7 I believe that may be due to the differences in american and british english spelling.

[guikgfzjr7]

@ForlanceAbice Its not just in british english... in every other language I heard it it says Aliminium. 

[bmbirdsong]

@guikgfzjr7 Only if you also misspell color and theater, think a pound is something you spend on warm beer, and live in a flat with your mum.

[guikgfzjr7]

@bmbirdsong And if you think everyone speaking british english is from britain you are wrong.

[ghostrider433]

Tao, i look forward every day to looking in my sub box and watching your videos.. all of them are very interesting and well worth my time! thank you for making your videos and keep it up haha =)

[taofledermaus]

@ghostrider433 Thanks for the nice words! 

[DrawWithLaura]

Ehh. I dunno why everyone's ripping your head off. Only issue I could possibly have with this was that your not wearing gloves. But that's to do with your safety-not the fricken neighbour hood kids : / that'll ya'know. Get sick ad die from a small drop of MERCURY in your house =A=

[taofledermaus]

@DrawWithLaura It's Youtube.  People will comment about a tree a half a mile in the background if they thought it would make a point. As long as I wasn't handling the mercury with my hands, I didn't see the point of wearing gloves.

[Orcinus24x5]

@taofledermaus Even if you were handling it with your bare, ungloved hands, there is no danger. Elemental mercury is not readily absorbed by the skin. Mercury -SALTS- are the ones you need to stay away from. Even swallowing elemental mercury will not result in a significant dose. Less than 0.01% of ingested elemental mercury will be absorbed by the gastrointestinal system. Mercury paranoia has become rampant in recent years with CFL bulb scares and alleged mercury content of flu vaccinations.

[taofledermaus]

@Orcinus24x5 Great points! Thank you!

[gl797]

@taofledermaus screw 'em anyway, 25% of the people on YouTube are a bunch of whining pussies.

[supersesqui]

@DrawWithLaura

@DrawWithLaura

Do you understand that Mercury gasses off at room temperature ?

That the gas can cause mercury poisoning ?

That the term"mad as a hatter" is based on its use in Millinery ?

I guess not...now go and educate yourself.

[firedude201234]

that is one big fucking silvery zit haha

[ElleRae16]

This is so very cool. And also creepy. Now i have the urge to take a bath in rubbing alcohol :)

[ItsJustJasmine]

I have no idea how i got here..

[Valcien]

Doom music. Nice touch.

[4znKnyt3]

looks like a cpu cooler lol

[STMN69]

very cool effects !! but like everyone else says...you're a fuckin idiot basically for playin with that shit...probably at home...living next to some families that could get sick from it...dude..maybe ....Wiki, mercury !?

[taofledermaus]

@STMN69 It's mercury, not plutonium. I loved the paranoidal,  baffoonery-laden rant though.

[STMN69]

@taofledermaus lol @ paranoidal, baffoonery-laden rant !!? I've been to tons of commercial job sites that have been shut down and seen millions of dollars put in to clean the site afterwards,caused by mercury!!! pretty deadly stuff if in the wrong place..or hands !!!

[BruceNJeffAreMyFlies]

@STMN69 Was it caused by a few millilitres of the stuff?

[contropropongono]

@taofledermaus Hahah, you're dumb.

[Hushvick]

@contropropongono And how is he the one that's dumb?

[darkheat246]

@taofledermaus I wish every human being had to take an intelligence test before they touch a keyboard, the internet, or step foot in school.

[Hushvick]

@STMN69 Wow, just wow. You really should educate yourself before you start calling people idiots. The only possible way this guy could be getting his neighbors sick from this is if he was feeding the children mercury injected Halloween candy. Mercury is in fact very safe to touch.

[TheOnlineBusker]

@STMN69 mercury is in energy saving light bulbs, so shhh.

[TheSuperiorTurtle]

@STMN69 I'm sure he didn't swallow it or rub it all over his body like a crazy, sexy chemist that wants to look like the tinman from the wizard of oz.

[FishBowl911]

I wonder what mercury tastes like?

[dasangelusmortem]

@FishBowl911 Poison. :P

[championcharley]

fun

[lryb3871]

smoke it

[biobiowar]

1:40 Nice Robotic sunny side up egg, you own a hungry robot?

[Pippomone]

Doom II music LOOLL

[taofledermaus]

@Culturealimprovement It's scary how many pretentious a-holes there are on youtube.

[Culturealimprovement]

@taofledermaus its not just then self they put in danger.

[Fiki2k7]

@Culturealimprovement It's a drop of mercury, chill the fuck out.

[Culturealimprovement]

@Fiki2k7 Go educate yourself before your ignorance endangers more people.

[Fiki2k7]

@Culturealimprovement Why don't you do that for me. He isn't doing anything wrong, a drop of mercury. Plenty of other things he could be playing with that are far more dangerous.

[jvivs123]

0:27 he said penetrate...

[zaxtor]

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