HD of this video version now at www.youtube.com Famously reactive, but for one scientist sodium is a “motherly” element? Videos about all the elements at www.periodicvideos.com
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That hair.
Oh its on your camera
‘untuned television’
2:18 His hands lol!
Why do I always get the impression that the chubby guy doesn’t really know anything about anything. He just wants to see explosions/reactions.
why does the sodium explode after it burns for a while? is there a certain temperature that it will ‘pop’? what is it about the molten sodium that wants to explode?
so i was wondering what dose this has to do with scorpio zodiac sign and what is this stuff used for ?
so i was wondering what dose this has to do with scorpio zodiac sign
This is so silly! The layer of crust is not sodium hydroxide, you fool! Alkali’s react with the nitrogen in the air, making NaNO2, not NaOH! It’s almost impossible to get hydrogen (H from hydroxide) from the air anyway, it makes up less than one part per million in the atmosphere.
So is it true you can make a battery from rare earth salts
That old guy with an afro is like the prime example of wierd scientist icon
@AlohaBay AMAZING
@noobtube3000 DAMN U!!!! Now I’m hungry and want a fucking shawarma too! XD I never saw it as that
@noobtube3000 Damn u!!!! Not I’m hungry and I want a fucking shawarma to!!
@Jeremy0459 Yeah I see ! What impresses me is how one electron (ok I know it also depends on other factors, like the orbitals) can make a big difference!
@rolingpingu Not really crazy if you think about it. Sodium reacts with water because it wants to lose an electron to gain a stable configuration, Na+ alread has lost its electron so it has no need to react.
@Nighthawkinlight Wow, but really you should wear the gloves just to set the example
@ 1:36 that what it looks like when my sister is cooking somthing on the stove
Where does one obtain the fuse which you use?
@CaptainShmiggles Not quite. That would be true if this were a single replacement reaction, but it is not.
So, if what highschool has taught me is correct… You also made magnesium hydroxide, right?
What’s next week? Crystal meth?
Where can u get this stuff?
add some pool bleach stuff to it and put it on french fries!
@Nighthawkinlight Wouldn’t you get potassium metal then?
@dmoney10073 Na (s) is reactive to water because it has a single loosely held electron in its valence shell. In water, sodium readily gives up the electron in an exothermic reaction: Na (s) + H2O (l) –> Na+(aq) + OH-(aq) + 1/2H2(g)rea
Once all of the sodium has reacted, the fire will go out by itself because Na doesn’t have any more electrons to donate. Just don’t put alot of Na (s) in. And for wax, it’s only meant to control it, not stop it. It will stop on its own in time.
WTF!!!!
@HP100ify In my yard.
Where did you do this experiment?
hmm.. lets see how many possable things that could go rong with this.
1. on a (wooden) table
2. next to a butane lighter
3. next to a tourch
4. if the sodium is reactive to the water, how would you put it out?
5. Wax controlls the burning, but dose not actually put out the fire.
So, with this, remember! Dont try this at home kids!
Sodium metal thermitre basically
or, an easier way to get sodium (Na) is to buy pure ingots from me
@iskatelikeanoob You could order it online at unitednuclear com
@Nighthawkinlight a true scientist!
@jcasaubon Yeah I really don’t care if I burn my knuckles, but I do care that my viewers don’t.
You were clearly not wearing gloves Min 1:22!!!
where can i get mg powder…. pelase answer because a make a lot whith magensium and have to shave my self
where do u get Mg powder or Mg in general
@Nighthawkinlight I think what 97dkb is referring to is metallic hydrogen, look it up on wikipedia.
Now drink it.