Explosions&Fire - 2019-03-03
A famed compound that is 89% nitrogen and 100% feared. But does it live up to the hype? I take on a few years of chemistry experiments to try and find out. Synthesis Video (Second Channel): https://youtu.be/uNhVK-2mh6w Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ExplosionsandFire Discord: https://discord.gg/VR6Fz9g Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ExplosionsAndFire/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Explosions_Fire oh also check out my band on Spotify, we just put out a new Single a few days ago! (not a joke lol, fuccin listen to it ok): https://open.spotify.com/artist/3mpSF8RDzaTvalpWQIL1pC?si=p9YuUNCRQVCaj_z1WvQ7xw or watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/fe6fr9ydw-M References: 2011 German paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201100300 Same authors, more detail: https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.201100632 Paper showing open form doesn't exist at room temp: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201209170 I didn't mention it, but a lot of the tetrazole stuff was established by a Russian called Engager, published onto the Sciencemadness forums. It is truly an incredible body of work he established. Here is a huge list of names of some of the people who made this video possible. Thanks for sponsoring my trips to the hardware store: Elric Craig M. Roger -Dot- Lee John Doe Oliver Toth Daniel Coleman Dan Kaplan John Libal mirgp... Azide Fox! (I remembered your request hell yeah look at those memory skills) The Gayest Person on Patreon Isaac Paciga Gabriel J. emuwarvet Luke McGoggan Luke McGoggan Grant Trent Michael Kavulich Oz Sabina killroy225 Corrosion ChalkyChalkson Zachary Chapin Leon Schutte Thomas Abbott Mortlet Aussie Chemist Gregory Wong Nile Red Christopher Stillson Jacob Tierney AllChemystery sorry the audio is so bad. I spent money on a good mic and then talked into it from behind rather than the proper way and the audio was all clipped ehh I should write more nonsense in the description like I used to do. but maybe the nonsense (read: shitposting) is now in the video rather than being in the description?? ok nah, that's just a lame excuse. I've just got no bonus content for people to ignore this time.
This is like the shitposting of the science community and I love every second of it.
Corn of Copia proof that everything is made better with alittle shitposting
He makes it fun. I wish he was a chem prof he would be fun
Friggin' beautiful.
Hope he becomes a professor. University students need this.
6.02 he yells 'oi cunt' at the compound. I absolutely lost my shit
You know it's scary when it's slightly yellow.
TheApexSurvivor, German empire intensify
@Neill Coetzer Yeah. Azides are actually terribly toxic most of the time, if your specific compound doesn't detonate the moment you touch it.
@Explosions&Fire As they say, never eat yellow snow
@TheApexSurvivor Chlorine is green not yellow. The word is fron Greek I believe. Also, the Pale horse from the Bible was the Chloros horse.
That kind of had an orange tint... good chemical... we must tell them so we can source it from an ACE hardware... make them believe.
"not boiling your own piss" subtle shade at NR haha
But piss urea is the best urea :(
But it's yellow chemistry!!!
Homemade, free, non gmo, all natural piss
@Harrison Fnord Not if you're a hydro homie.
I remember my Ochem lab coordinator describing a master's student who spent two years making some coordinated metal compound (though I can barely remember what I tried to learn back then so it might have been something else, but it was based on one of the heavier elements) that was made using such unstable reagents, and was so unstable itself, that the entire synthesis needed to be performed at -40*C under nitrogen and protected from light. Any breach of any of these conditions and it instantly exploded/ He fought with this thing for years, finished it, presented it, and then quit chemistry forever.
Absolute power move
After all that work and his absolutely mindblowing result this mad lad just quits?the fuck?
@client comun welcome to the world of science :p When you defeat your archnemesis, just quit while youre ahead
@client comun When you've hunted your White Whale, you stop fishing in the ocean. He toppled his challenge, time to move on.
light sensitivity! Must be something relavant with perchlorate, possibly with nickel...
I have a feeling, this is like the combination of maxmoefoe,idubbz,William ossman and Micheal reeves, but chemistry.........well..... And explosion
i taught them everything they know
An individual of culture, I see.
Don’t forget StyroPro
Alex Forrester i dont see this guy shoot gigantic illegal lasers
delete idupps plz... this guy is a super alpha chad.
and idipss is ghaye
To be fair - this compound was made by an Aussie so calling it a C$%& is sometimes like saying hi - it could have happily said hi C$%& back to you and you'd have a beer together. Maybe you need to get an American sourced Azidoazide azide and then re-attempt the swearing induced reaction again just to be sure.
Sounds reasonable. You'd also have to exclude British synthesised compounds as it would depend on which part of the country they were made in. Some areas would have a beer with you, others would try to rip your face off. Also no French sourced compounds as they'd likely explode if someone simply spoke near them in English. Or go on strike so the results would also be a touch unpredictable :D
You need to insult it in german, otherwise it doesn't understand....
Specifically from an urban area of a large city.
Is that a Bad Dragon logo I see on the board...
@hamstsorkxxor Agreed, Source: I'm not furry
Looks like it, makes me like this guy even more
we are arming ourselves
Project Overturn aka RareBeeph I’d believe it, I’ve seen some weird shit man
i thought i was half asleep already
The michael reeves of Nile red
A combination more than twice as legendary as its components
I'm in a restaurant bathroom watching this the second it came out
@Explosions&Fire it was 100%worth it
Taking a shit, watching your videos, same difference. Both will get you on a list somewhere.
@Explosions&Fire Level of defecation*
@Mothman
Lol no.
Explosions&Fire2 careful I think he is doing yellow chem!
Meme chemistry is the most entertaining genre of recent memory.
Is anyone going to comment about the bad dragon logo on the chalkboard, lmao
Jesus thankyou for pointing that out
yeas
@ATAGOISMYWAIFU username checks out
@Mini Feebas it does lmao
Lol, fellow perv
Is this the sharpest compound in your shed ?
400 kbar?... Isn't RDX well under 400 at TMD?
yes, RDX has 349 kbar at TMD and 290 kbar in practice when used (95/5 RDX/wax). Melt cast ETN has 300 kbar in practice and HMX has 390 kbar at TMD and 370 kbar in most advanced pressed compositions for shaped charges (anti-tank weapons).
Lol there's a compound that spells cuntz?
@Ishzark Klyon Yes, copper (I) 5-nitrotetrazolate (technically)
@kader gumus lmao
I have a feeling you have a biproduct of the synthesis that is not azidoazide azide but actually the more stable tautomer which links the nitrogens in the azide to the tetrazole side leading to a nitrogenous polymer called azido-polyazidazole which has been made amd tested in the 80's. Sorry to burst your bubble but if this was the pure monomer your synthesis wouldve ended 1 step before completion. Also the actual explosive is far too polar to form stable crystals in water so what youve made is the hydroxonium catalyzed polymer.
Time to ask @ChemicalForce for some Triaminoguanidinium Chloride and try this experiment with it again :-P.
@Dan that's entirely incorrect, I know a lot of things that I've never heard of because british people keep making up fake words for them. I know what a shoehorn is despite never having heard of a 'slippy-dippy-cobbler-stick' and not knowing what a loo is doesn't preclude me fron flushing my shit down a toilet. nomenclature is a social construct (literally) we need to dismantle the scientific elites and ruling class (metaphorically (in minecraft (gone sexual)))
Then make it bitch
@KingHalbatorix your comment is a trainwreck. love it
@Jad Azido well said!
The name "azidoazide azide" was coined by Derek Lowe as a joke.
And Derek Lowe is clearly the source Hank Green is working from, since the other chemicals in that SciShow episode were all covered by Lowe as well in his blog.
Derek Lowe who went on to be founder of a very successful hardware store competing with House Deposit
for these cases of failing fuses you should get one of these "burning laser pointers". they work great for igniting something from a distance
Just buy a "1mw" laser off of Ebay, they can't do anything about it beside confiscate it.
@Rohan Hine You're missing the point, nothing he's doing is illegal, using one of those lasers would be illegal.
I really don't think it's a good idea to draw unwanted attention by doing something illegal when there's no need.
He should hit up styropyro for some high power lasers to set off explosives.
@Ommy So mount it on a stand then
like eyeballs
so illegal on several countries
Azidoazide azide: I'm the best explosive!
Octanitrocubane: hold my nitrates!!!!
"wow so sensitive compound ever known so sensitive it explodes just by looking at it"
laughs in nitroglycerin
one of the profs at uni slammed it to a wall while it was in a small plastic bottle and nothing happened.
@Sándor Vas too rich to explode?
Tell him to freeze it first, then retry that experiment.
Comment fro 12 seconds in:
Oh god. Anything with THAT Much nitrogen in it is NOT GOOD.
Aww Hank why’d you do me like this, I thought this shit was true for ages now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpD4PXg_BKg scishow are classist xenophobic cunts.
Never forget that the forward march of science involves experiments and learning that what we previously thought was true isn't anymore.
If it weren't for Hank, there wouldn't be the desire in goofy potty-mouthed Aussies to do more science.
SCIENCE ALWAYS MARCHES ON
It's unclear. There is another comment thread here with an argument about whether the two compounds are actually the same thing, or if one is a related but more stable compound.
@Simon Clarkstone there was no proof provided that this isn't the compound, nor could anyone find anything anywhere to refute his claim that it's C2N14. So that just seems like some dick in the youtube comments trying to sound smart. Because, ya know, proof is somewhat important in science.
@not insane No, the SciShow hosts are not "xenophobic" in any way, they do work with many different peoples from many different nations and treat everyone with respect. Stop spreading misinformation. Also, SciShow is a science communication educational channel and they do a good job of communicating the scientific information and discoveries from academic journals and papers to lay viewers so the general public can more easily think critically and better comprehend science. That's an admirable goal and science communication is sorely needed around the world to keep people better informed. Their mistake with this compound is perfectly forgivable, considering they did cite their source of the information properly and the paper's authors wrote somewhat ambiguously.
I'm intrigued and slightly aroused...
Can somebody tell me why I didn't discover this channel earlier!?!?!?
SAEM
YouTube is becoming more and more shite
Bad dragon logo on the chalkboard tho
Awesome video! Laughed out loud at the French azidoazide azide pronunciation 🤣👍
I'm french, and I cringed so bad...
What do they say in the French bit btw? I assume it's just "this is the most sensitive explosive" but I put it in my video without even checking what the guy actually says haha
@Explosions&Fire Pretty much!
"Azidoazide azide, the most unstable of substances.
Azidoazide azide is an explosive so unstable it explodes in all circumstances. It's the craziest chemical the world has ever seen"
ahzeeedoeazeeedahzeeed
Taking notes.
"and do something moronically stupid..."
Got it.
I love your chemistry, but I watch your videos just as much for your humor. Never stop this madness
LMAO I just noticed the Bad Dragon logo
where??
@just vibing behind him on the chalkboard
4:53 - I don't know why, but that sound makes me instantly happy.
I remember seing a computer simulation of the molecule, seeing that it folds itself and will eventually randomly fold in such a way that it reacts with itself. However, that computer simulation may have been wrong.
in my first semester of studying pharmacy in munich i had 2 of the professors that discoverd this shit and it seemed to me that this klapötke guy is beyond crazy
Love the vid! Though I'm dying over the fact you have the bad dragon logo on your bord XD
Why though?
@Greggory Woods it was a patreon dare😂
Great job man. Definately a long chemical trip resulted in sucess :) It's been a while since i last checked out Sciencemadness forums and you still use my old tetrazole document from what i've heard in your videos. Anyway, i got some interesting info for you i found way after i made that old tetrazole guide. I found publication focussed on enstablishing structure of this material: Angew Chem, V. 52, Is 12; March 18, 2013 ; pp. 3499–3502. "Well Known or New? Synthesis and Structure Assignment of Binary C2N14 Compounds Reinvestigated" ; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.201209170. It was found during replication of original synthesis that simple tetrazide probably does not exists, instead it cyclizes to tetrazole ring containing derivative with same composition. This substance also can be obtained by another route from triaminoguanidine, here is the ref: Angew. Chem. V. 50, Is. 18, April 26, 2011, pp. 4227–4229. "C2N14: An Energetic and Highly Sensitive Binary Azidotetrazole" ; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201100300 . I had those downloaded for you: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1cKE0Iy9L9UQT7m9uurtScb5UZXih2Uy5. Those ones are only a few of the many publications on advances in tetrazole based materials and where is still many substances up where you never heard about yet, just keep doing nice science videos and try to be on the safe side :)
If 1 of the C in C2N14 cyclicizes into tetrazole why wont the other?
Good question. It is not a big molecule, so when one side does something, it affects everything else. Having that tetrazole ring form really dramatically shifts the electronic structure of the molecule (as in the initial German paper), so that the molecule is stable once one ring is formed. Seems weird, but that's just the way it be
I would imagine its from steric effects, as one side condesates it provides a much greater distance to bridge the other whilst reducing significantly any degree of motion or rotation to meet at all.
I feel like this is Nile Reds crazy anarcho brother.
7:14 Actually, I can see it.
This channel is under rated
As a chemist, I greatly thank you for clearing up the misconceptions I initially had about this compound.
"on a scale I can't even measure because my scale doesn't work well."
slight exhale from chuckle
Has anyone noticed the bad dragon image
Killer Queen already touched that chemical compound
The best of videos
It is
You need more subs, these were some epic memes.
This guys needs more recognition man he’s hilarious
I swear Bunnings warehouse and Mitre ten would have more casualties chalked up then most arms dealers.
That is an absolute certainty.
Mitre ten fingers before I started but only 9 now.
“That’s a lot of red”
...what red? —me who is colour blind
(okay fine I can barely see the red)
“God bless you Bunnings” 😆
Seeing that you've uploaded seriously makes my day. Love you man. Never stop doing you. Nohomo. Promise.
Have u gotten good scales yet,if not,i will send you a set for free.nice ones
I love the silly bashes at Hank Green, and then ending on the patreon thing, since Hank created subbable, which was bought later and became patreon.
"I think someone said something mean about it somewhere and it was like f-"
- Experiment Time
Tom: Says hello in Australian
NileRed - 2019-03-03
Nice video, man! I find that the "fear" you described is somewhat common across chemistry. All it takes is a few people to claim a somewhat niche chemical is "super dangerous" and everyone else just kind of believes it. And since nobody has a reason to use or try it, the fear just keeps propagating. But it only takes one (maybe slightly crazy) person to try it and show otherwise.
ONy-tAy E-may - 2020-07-16
I love you
Aggro Gator - 2020-07-20
@Wesson Smith Jr. Whew buddy not the smartest place to be peddling your own videos lol
Asha Andrew - 2020-08-07
COLLAB
Davis Peterson - 2020-09-13
@indefinity Ooh! Ooh! I have a possible recipe for homemade ClF3 if they wanna try that
Ls Hn - 2020-09-28
Yeah like with cyanide