"You will find that the activity is a little... Greater" *Explodes*

I think you might've covered the wrong beaker.

I was waiting for him to say "Next we are going to be trying Francium..."

when you are here bc of school

The sodium was going all Mario Kart

Chemistry. Just...oh my God. Make things explode with WATER.

So where do i find this i wanna do school toilet vs potassium Update: School didn't like the idea and didn't find it as funny I got expelled

Lithium: *sizzle sizzle* Sodium: (rocket) zooooooooooooooom Potassium: Boom goes the firecracker!

I actually did this myself last year in school, it was quite fun! Well, I did lithium and natrium (you call it sodium in the US), the teacher did kalium (potassium) and then showed us a video of all five. Rubidium reminded me of fireworks, and cesium blew out the side of the bowl.

Who else is here for a chemistry lesson?

Adds potassium to water in beaker totally fine Me: adds a tiny insignificant amount of lithium metal *beaker is destroyed to bits of flying glass*

My high school chemistry teacher once put sodium in a water bowl in the school's parking lot, it was really fun to watch

2:04 - My butt reacts like that a few hours after eating curry......

This is a great demonstration and it never gets old! The action lab here on KZfaq did a video that was sodium into sulfuric acid. Very cool but extremely violent its worth a see.

Good work. I did the reaction with Natrium and water. It first melted and after that ignited. Shortly after that exploded with a short and loud sound, continuing to burn in the air. I love this metal. But I've never had more active metals.

Thanks for the demonstration. Did you add phenolphthalein to each beaker, thus the pink color during the reaction?

Thank you Scott Milam, very cool

This is what you should get when searching 'Reaction' on KZfaq.

Can the exhaust from the output be used or recycled for other power?

Next we r trying rubidium nd caesium... RIP😂🤣

Can any expended substance be reused, can the "waste" or "exhaust" of chemical reaction be reused for fuel?

Can a recyclable process be created/proposed to produce a gas that can be used for propulsion?

Studying the topic- properties of metallic alkali, and I'm here!

Does the sodium consistently move in a counterclockwise motion with this experiment, and if so what is the mechanism for this phenomenon?

Good evening Scott. Is there a way to email you? I would like permission to make use of your video with some of groups. I teach EAL students and I would like to make use of your video. Thank you for posting all these great videos!!

Nicely done. TY.

Loved the potassium reaction!

Does anyone here remember the DC comics in the 70's with the metal eating alien sponges? I think they must've got the idea from methyl orange as when you heat it up it rapidly swells up and becomes just like a sponge and it also eats holes in metal as anyone who has ever had a chemistry set as a kid will know.

I have a doubt, why did the solutions turn pink when the metals was dropped in the water??

in potassium, he says "the level of potassium is low so the reaction would be lower #.*?! greater. Cause it happened to be greater than he thought

Interesting touch adding the pheno to indicate OH, just curious why you didn't mention that was why it turned pink ?

Guy: *cuts sodium in half* Me: brain, don’t do it.. Brain: Me: Brain: Me: Brain: *heavy breathing* MUST CONSUME FORBIDDEN BUTTER

Thanks so much for the youtube, I am a science teacher and I wish I could do this in my class, but they will have to watch it on youtube instead...we are under strict lockdown.

where can you buy these metals?

Can you please tell me that what elements was used by you in all test tube 🙏🙏🙏

Thanks for this video

As another video with more of the alkali series shows, the further down the column (on the table of elements) one goes, the more reactive the metal is with air and water. Cesium, in particular, doesn't float, so it sinks like a rock then the hydrogen flare basically detonates in the water like a depth charge. Rubidium I have yet to see go in the water, but I'd bet it would be memorable...

Will you mind adding 3 of them together?

Can water be used with any combination of alkali to produce thrust in neutral gravity?

Was here just for the explosion really

when my teacher didn't assign me this but i want to watch this bc it is cool. 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

Big up mr tyrer for sending me here

What are the h2o molecules doing with the different metals and why do they act this way?

My online tutor is making me watch this rn

I just like watching them react.

This was thrilling to observe in class

Does anyone know where you can buy potassium

Excuse me sir, What did you add in the last video on lithium flask? Cause you just said "adding another piece", thank you :)

is there a reason they tend to rotate counter clockwise in the water during the reaction?

How can i get sodium like that?

This is boiled water or cold water please tell me

But why does the hydration enthalpy decrease down the group

Di....did he just put sodium in the lithium beaker

Li,Na gangsta till the K entered his arena.

What did he put in top of the middle beaker

Helped with my assignment

Sodium is gonna ignite, so puts on Gauze... Potassium... is just dumped in lol

Amazing video

Sodium in my case: *floats on water* *ignites* *loudly explodes, that the protection screen bounces*

Down the group , reactivity increases ! so true

2:04 Nice explanation and lesson, but I found it kinda funny because it sounded like someone got their finger stuck in a HIGH VOLTAGE SWITCH, and the switch got shot!!!😂🤣😅😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😆😆😆😆😆

why do all 3 breakers turn pink/purple? some aspect of alkalis' outer electron shell I suppose, reflecting red-blue wavelength?

Why sodium hydra oxide is pink

How about a thin sheet of sodium in a vacuum chamber and start pumping in chlorine gas?

So is this the reaction of water and metal or water and metal oxide?

Sweet vid bro

Amazing

simply awesome,.....nice

This is sooo cool

Does potassium burn while kept in air

My chemistry teacher once showed us the reaction of water and sodium. So sad that I cannot show it to my students now because there are so many limitations on chemicals in the place where I live now

loved it

THANKS!

If you put a bit more sodium and a bit more potassium you'll notice that sodium creates a power explosion because of the spikes compared to potassium because of coulomb explosion.

if potassium is so reactive with water how come your stomach doesn't explode when you take a potassium supplement and wash it down with water?

can you please name me all metallic color? there alot alkalimetal and they all burning in another color.

Why sodium is not catch fire when it is opened

The first sodium is their like practicing for marathon 🤣🤣

Nice video bro ; )

Why do they turn purple-ish??? (Need an answer ASAP)

Awesome sauce!

Me: sees fire Me: pours water Me: sees more fire Me: confused screaming

Thanks miss Whitaker for sending me here in year 10 chemistry. UK gang know how it is

What about the rubidium and caesium

good job

yes of potassium

i enjoy the noises

Was phenopthalein added on the water before reaction?

What happens when you eat these rocks?

can you do francium next

Is the purple color due to a universal pH indicator, or is that the natural color that the reactions produce in each?

And that’s what you call fire in water😎

It's useful tysm

Everyone : wow thats cool , wow thats explosive Me : why the heck these metals are rotating

We did this in school

Sir will u tell me why the colour of solution changes

It's kind of bizarre how water puts out fire, yet simultaneously causes it here

And to think if you remove one valence electron it won't do that

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