Dropping Sodium Metal in Liquid Gallium Metal

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4 жыл бұрын

In this video I drop sodium metal in liquid gallium. I show you what happens when gallium comes in contact with other metals such as indium and aluminum. It forms an alloy that is much weaker than regular aluminum. Then I see if the same thing happens with sodium metal.
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@TheActionLab 4 жыл бұрын

I want to dive in a pool of Gallium...who wants to join?

@andernaugle8962 4 жыл бұрын

The Action Lab ‘Na’

4 жыл бұрын

I'm with it!!!! Let me know when I can come....

@virtualexplorer278 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously?? In a spacesuit ??user if

@n0t_UN_Owen 4 жыл бұрын

Sodium Hydride

@virtualexplorer278 4 жыл бұрын

@@n0t_UN_Owen hello some guy

@epicdarr 4 жыл бұрын

Let’s not forget that this man literally has a PhD in chemical engineering. Not only is he incredibly smart but pretty damn entertaining. Much respect to you.

@capiscuul 4 жыл бұрын

Rlly?

@siebevandekerkhove9863 4 жыл бұрын

"Oh, the sodium did nothing" :3

@epicdarr 4 жыл бұрын

Blnq yep read his channel bio

@ksp-crafter5907 4 жыл бұрын

@@epicdarr You're right!

@geezlepuss7863 4 жыл бұрын

HOw could he "figuratively" instead of literally have a PhD?

@Matticus289 4 жыл бұрын

When my Dad was in middle school, one of his friends stole a chunk of sodium from his science teacher. While being entertained with it exploding over and over out of a mixing bowl full of water, one of his friends had it explode little fragments of sodium all over his arms. He started running around yelling "it's burning, it's burning". His mom heard the commotion and came outside and instinctively grabbed the hose and started to spray him down. You can imagine how much that helped. One of the funniest stories my Dad ever told me. He said it was like a bunch of tiny little fireworks going off on his arms

@rizilm2229 4 жыл бұрын

Most underrated comment I have ever seen.

@platygetzkillz627 4 жыл бұрын

JEes Louis! I've actually had something like that happen to me. I was doing a science project in the backyard (can't remember what, but it involved Magnesium) when the magnesium somehow caught fire. I yelled "fire! FIRE!!!" and my mom came outside and grabbed the hose and doused the table. We all know what happens when you pour water on a sodium fire. P.S. When the fire flared up, SHE KEPT SPRAYING THE DANG THING. Then she finally put two and two together, big, white flame, fire grows bigger when we put water on it, and went inside to grab the extinguisher.

@typicalmooyt69 3 жыл бұрын

@@rizilm2229 the same happened in my chemistry teacher, he was teaching a class of crooks. They misbehaved in lab. And playing with sodium and sodium didn't lose a chance

@Ratciclefan 2 жыл бұрын

Ouch

@lelsewherelelsewhere9435 Жыл бұрын

Most incredible part of this is a mother being able to instinctually react fast enough to do the rational (as without in depth knowledge, pouring water in it is rational) thing of pouring water on it immediately. Most mothers I knew growing up would have flailed around in panic doing nothing.

@lemongavine 4 жыл бұрын

I like when you start your video’s with “okay”, instead of “hey everyone”.

@TheActionLab 4 жыл бұрын

I'll make a note of that

@idontthinkso2431 4 жыл бұрын

"okay today..."

@lemongavine 4 жыл бұрын

I don't think so ....yes. that!

@MammaOVlogs 4 жыл бұрын

l say "ok" on my videos all the time to start with , he inherited it from me :)

@raoulraoul7129 4 жыл бұрын

@@MammaOVlogs I like the family photo,you have a genius boy.

@goku44ssj62 4 жыл бұрын

"Gallium can form cool alloys" - Action Lab 2019

@MuzikBike 4 жыл бұрын

"And it starts to melt" - Action Lab 2019

@plazmatter 4 жыл бұрын

Ew comment quoting

@randomguy-jd8su 4 жыл бұрын

@@plazmatter well what are you going to do when you have nothing to do?

@fgvcosmic6752 3 жыл бұрын

@@plazmatter "Ew comment quoting" -@PlazMatter YT, 2020

@Aceempireplumbing 3 жыл бұрын

@@fgvcosmic6752 WRONG YEAR

@thatcrystalpie 4 жыл бұрын

I've learned one thing from this channel don't touch sodium to water.

@GRBtutorials 4 жыл бұрын

0:25 Mercury is also not dangerous to touch, and unlike gallium, it doesn’t leave any residue in your skin. The biggest problem with it is the vapors, which when inhaled get converted to organic mercury compounds, which are toxic.

@jamesfunk7614 4 жыл бұрын

In a Cody's Lab video, Cody said mercury is not dangerous to touch *if there are no breaks in your skin*. He works with mercury often, and periodically has a medical test done to check for mercury.

@bpj1805 4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesfunk7614 "Mercury is not dangerous to touch if there are no breaks in your skin" is not the same as "Mercury is dangerous to touch if there are breaks in your skin". Like sure, it's probably a bad idea to submerge an open wound in mercury, but you're not gonna die from holding a few drops of mercury in your palm.

@platygetzkillz627 4 жыл бұрын

Depends on the type. I believe one type is extremely toxic, while the others are only dangerous if you consume them or have a cut.

@BackYardScience2000 4 жыл бұрын

@@platygetzkillz627 , what do you mean? There are no different "types" of mercury. Only different compounds that it can create or different amalgams. There is only 1 type of mercury. The elemental type, which is what is being discussed here. You are talking about mercury compounds.

@hazode 4 жыл бұрын

@@platygetzkillz627 You're thinking of organic Mercury, and they're a group of compounds containing mercury, not just mercury itself. Dimethyl Mercury is a particularly bad one

@natekloepfer1571 4 жыл бұрын

You could heat the liquid gallium as the sodium is in it. Gallium has a low vapor pressure. The sodium would then melt in the gallium and permit better mixing. This could even be performed under a high-boiling point mineral oil. The sodium and gallium liquid metals may even stratify

@tomfromamerica8042 4 жыл бұрын

This one was a lot of fun to watch. It reminded me of my childhood days with the chemistry set I got for Christmas! I had the most fun with the experiments that included the phrase, "UH OH!!!!".

@platygetzkillz627 4 жыл бұрын

Me when I accidentally flipped the wrong switch at Chernobyl: "UH OH!!!!"

@TeddyGNOP Жыл бұрын

i was going to make a smartass joke about finding elemental sodium in childrens' chemistry sets, but then i remembered the U-238 chemistry sets that they sold back in the 50s.

@abhilashasinha5186 Жыл бұрын

boom

@derpboi3155 4 жыл бұрын

What if gallium loves indium so much, that when they kiss, gallium blushes so much that he melts.

@StefanReich 4 жыл бұрын

Aww

@rizilm2229 4 жыл бұрын

Try writing romance novels

@xyz8206 4 жыл бұрын

Nice interpretation.👍

@ishzarkklyon9590 4 жыл бұрын

@@rizilm2229 god at least it wouldn't be chemical element fanfics

@shreksarmy3093 2 жыл бұрын

if you draw r34 i will kill myself

@archanamotagi1675 4 жыл бұрын

*Instructions unclear, ended up turning my finger into gallium alloy.*

@VishallSonii 4 жыл бұрын

@-Me 2019 😂

@wickedgentleman4463 3 жыл бұрын

@RUDEFOOT 113 Dont see how. Unless you are using that as lube

@archanamotagi1675 4 жыл бұрын

*Looks like he's playing with sodium again.*

@yougotta2505 4 жыл бұрын

all you heard was "uh oh" and blowing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 this channel is hilarious

@Tbird2191 4 жыл бұрын

IKR!!!! Love this channel.😂👍

@CleanWhiteEvoX 4 жыл бұрын

Your wife has got to be about ready to kill you😂😂😂 “Honey?!... I blew up the garage again!”

@Melb_buddy 4 жыл бұрын

I wish science and chemistry at school was this good. I learn so much watching your channel !!

@NOPerative 3 жыл бұрын

Gallium is like: "get out of here I have a low sodium diet!"

@lakshmibandopadhyay2902 4 жыл бұрын

You're experiments are incredible I just loved it

@MammaOVlogs 4 жыл бұрын

amazing! love it and love that a lot of my viewers use your videos in their classrooms!

@darylcheshire1618 2 жыл бұрын

I once tried to make NaK, sodium and potassium alloy. Interesting thing about NaK is it is a liquid metal. Because the pieces had an oxide layer they didn’t combine and so I had to dispose of sodium and potassium. Fortunately a small quantity.

@freshstat1csnow Жыл бұрын

isn't NaK that one alloy that can catch fire in air?

@darylcheshire1618 Жыл бұрын

@@freshstat1csnow yes, I was combining it under parrafin. Probably the oxide layers prevented the successful combination.

@Angrychemist666 Ай бұрын

@@darylcheshire1618why didn't you just clean the 2 metals like you're supposed to?

@darylcheshire1618 Ай бұрын

@@Angrychemist666 You are correct, I did it wrong.

@michaelralston3650 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like this dude is just as amazed at the results as I am. Keep up the good work bro.

@LeAnimal65 4 жыл бұрын

I thought the beaker would shatter for sure. What a mess! I hope none of that gallium got in his aluminum equipment, like a camera case.

@knutritter461 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool experiment. Although I got an M.Sc. in chemistry I have only heard about gallium's properties... but have neverexperienced them. Awesome video!

@anthonydavidson6139 4 жыл бұрын

Bro... you just splashed gallium on your aluminum garage door with that explosion.

@platygetzkillz627 4 жыл бұрын

Oh jeez I just realized that xD Welp guess no more bouncing baseballs on the garage door xD

@sandrawong6787 4 жыл бұрын

Don't worry the aluminium has a oxidation layer preventing it from dissolving.but you might still have your car stolen one day.

@DonnaChamberson 4 жыл бұрын

He splashed something else on my face..

@clementpoon120 4 жыл бұрын

So i guess its one way to make a bomb?

@son473 3 жыл бұрын

@@clementpoon120 pretty shitty bomb

@konstak05 3 жыл бұрын

1:50 I get *[NAME]* vibes by this music.

@ittehgeps 3 жыл бұрын

yeah it reminds me of *[REDACTED]*

@corruptconverter2616 Жыл бұрын

Same, I remember [?NAME?], really brings back memories from a time long passed. Memento Mori.

@ElijahPerrin80 4 жыл бұрын

Oh that was fun, I really enjoy your reactions and that your cool with things happening, cant wait for more

@larsbecker9127 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the cool and interesting videos!

@zantar666 4 жыл бұрын

Love your videos dude. Keep up the good work. Much love from the UK 🤜

@orvillelam3550 4 жыл бұрын

I think you can dissolve the sodium in liquid ammonia and then react that with gallium. From my understanding, gallium can forma zintl compounds with sodium.

@joeestes531 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

@neilmayo6868 4 жыл бұрын

Had fun watching this my son. Was telling him how dangerous sodium metal and water was. We had bets on whether the beaker would break.

@James42_ 4 жыл бұрын

I love your new background music!

@krishrana5886 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome vids man....love your videos....filled with interesting science😍

@bigpump2103 4 жыл бұрын

I love watching your videos great job 😎👍

@genlacytubrosa3371 4 жыл бұрын

I want to see liquid metal reach react to magnets please

@guythat779 4 жыл бұрын

None of these have significant ferro or para magnetic properties So nothing will happen

@vivimannequin 3 жыл бұрын

Both gallium and mercury are diamagnetic which means they are repelled by a magnetic field

@archanamotagi1675 4 жыл бұрын

Parents: So who's your new science teacher? Me: The Action Lab.

@musaabkhan1079 4 жыл бұрын

Stfu and stop making lame jokes

@k.c.sunshine1934 4 жыл бұрын

That's a big-ass piece of sodium! Nice demo!

@SpartanONegative 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent scientific show 👍

@salvadorsalas533 4 жыл бұрын

So awesome!!

@merc_ury8792 4 жыл бұрын

The other group in our class: we have the smartest in our class My group: we have the action lab

@LostSoulsParadoxicalDoctrine Жыл бұрын

"Bartender, I'd like a mad scientist's..." Bartender "what is that?" "A glass of gallium with cubes of sodium, dry as can be!"

@burjukaditharun4876 4 жыл бұрын

Explosion was awesome🔥🔥🔥

@staticclutch9932 4 жыл бұрын

7:45

@andrei.costache 3 жыл бұрын

Is that the Unus Annus theme song at 2:11 ?? I've just remembered it all...

@Leonardokite 4 жыл бұрын

Fun with exotic metals! Good times were had by all.

@mrmarcello3277 4 жыл бұрын

1:45 "You can actually break it with your own hands" 2:53 *Brings a wrench to break the aluminum*

@zigzagdevildog 3 жыл бұрын

Channel lock pliers*

@stevelk1329 4 жыл бұрын

Fun! Need closeup on pipe when you break it.

@christopherleubner6633 6 күн бұрын

Lol at sodium's revenge on the soft box 😂

@abhishekmaurya3453 4 жыл бұрын

The same alloy they use in thermometers instead of the mercury itself. Me: 😰my whole life was a lie.🤦‍♂️

@GRBtutorials 4 жыл бұрын

Not really, mercury thermometers were in use until quite recently.

@mytuberforyou 7 ай бұрын

This guy's home insurance adjuster must LIVE for this.

@tayomas6552 2 жыл бұрын

Somewhere in the galaxy an alien is sitting at a bar having gallium on the sodium rocks🤣

@detenatron.3608 3 жыл бұрын

5:32 somewhere in a distant galaxy this is the main thirst quencher.

@j_freeman3230 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if you can control the gallium crystal formation by changing the cooling rate

@EduardRitok 4 жыл бұрын

i am surprised that the beaker survived that explosion:D i expected it sending shrapnels all over the room .. tough one! :P

@lotychannel6126 3 жыл бұрын

8:31 look at the good side. you made a heart with exploding sodium

@750kv8 4 жыл бұрын

08:00 - Probably some gallium splashed onto the metal frame of the door. Gallium is very cool, but I would NOT let it get close to any structural metal or any mechanical, electrical or electronic thing, for it's the T-1000 on them. Great vid! 👌👍

@sanmugaiah Жыл бұрын

it's very interesting and awsome

@DenisLoubet 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! That Gallium / Indium alloy result just by pushing them together was jaw-dropping! :-) I cringed when you added the water to the sodium.

@Blitnock 4 жыл бұрын

When you did your final "experiment" I thought, "You idiot!" I was correct.

@mohmadsobeidat4042 4 жыл бұрын

Wife's friend: What was this noise? Wife: Don't worry it's just my husband blowing up the garage again.

@vaibhav_1603 4 жыл бұрын

Awsm bro❤️❤️

@MrWhangdoodles 4 жыл бұрын

You're still more responsible than me when I made nitroglycerine and tnt with stolen nitric acid when I was 14 for shits and giggles.

@jozefnovak7750 3 жыл бұрын

Super!

@RandomTechF 4 жыл бұрын

Well. It at least melted the sheet off in a heart shape. 😂

@sovietbot6708 4 жыл бұрын

5:41 I was thinking a marshmallow.

@mikulsaravanan 4 жыл бұрын

What you get form this is that Gallium is cool

@charugoyal2756 4 жыл бұрын

Dat new switch

@madanmohanbag9422 3 жыл бұрын

Woah! It's cool

@sanjaydhumale513 4 жыл бұрын

I cant figure out that why he is not getting views Btw love your work dude💙

@skoonthatraccoonskunkguy3865 4 жыл бұрын

Wonder about if NaK would mix or just be like water and oil. Also often wonder what IF these mixed what affect on alluminum would be if they remain liquid.

@TugAndThugComputing 4 жыл бұрын

Pls do a video on making a coin/vegetable battery

@TreWilder 4 жыл бұрын

GALLIUM! GENIUS!

@mealex303 4 жыл бұрын

That beaker took it like a champ

@christianheichel 2 жыл бұрын

If you put gallium or other metal with low melting point in a vacuum chamber with wood, will it absorb into it?

@bubblebuttbubberduck8912 4 жыл бұрын

What is the composite of the gallium cubes at the end? Can they be used for anything because they look cool

@aidenlaloo6881 2 жыл бұрын

Straw be like I was jus trying to feed u....

@shanethrelfall416 3 жыл бұрын

My 7 year old son loves it when I get the Gallium out, he calls it Terminator Metal

@devin5139 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if any of those gallium drops got on your aluminum garage door hinges

@Nikioko 2 жыл бұрын

Galistan is a eutectic alloy of gallium, indium and tin, used as a replacement for mercury in thermometers and electric switches.

@prashanthkumar0 3 жыл бұрын

8:27 this shows the love of sodium gallium and water 😂😂

@TheGrayKPlays 4 жыл бұрын

3:47 Fun fact: technically it is less hard before being exposed to gallium. It becomes extremely hard after the gallium saturates it.

@750kv8 4 жыл бұрын

Huh, interesting! Citation needed.

@TheGrayKPlays 4 жыл бұрын

@@750kv8 No need for a citation really, it just takes a little bit more thought of what it means for something to be hard. when something bends it is softer so the more brittle something becomes the more hard it is

@750kv8 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrayKPlays Some other uploader, maybe Backyard Scientist but idk, compared breaking attacked aluminium to breaking chocolate bars. Is a chocolate bar harder that intact aluminium? If attacked aluminium is harder than the intact one, shouldn't it break more like glass for example? Yes, citation IS needed, all the time, for something not known to anyone, or not very obvious. Also, don't mix en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardness with en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittleness. It's REALLY NOT the same thing.

@TheGrayKPlays 4 жыл бұрын

@@750kv8 Okay. maybe you should read your links though.

@750kv8 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrayKPlays - Yes, I did. It's your move.

@YTshashmeera 4 жыл бұрын

I saw a similar video on Cody's Lab

@rommelfcc 3 ай бұрын

Eric Cole 🎉 🤔 How do you reclaim the gallium from the aluminum? 😳 Do you have to cook the aluminum at high temperature and capture in a kind of still?

@danburrykerman6826 4 жыл бұрын

Hey action lab, sodium rocks make very good bath "bombs", you should try it, just not at home

@MrGoatflakes 3 жыл бұрын

Delicious metal butter...

@Obelisk57 3 жыл бұрын

This is why I use Gallium drill bits on all my aluminum machined parts.

@its_sweet16_therandom46 4 жыл бұрын

That machine sounds like the machine they give you a filling with

@litheodragon1827 3 жыл бұрын

The gallium destroying the aluminum was cool but I got distracted hearing unus annus music XD

@pauldillon4587 2 жыл бұрын

Can you control that spark blast vacuum? Does it still show heat?

@CesareVesdani 4 жыл бұрын

Can you mix two metals to make a new type of metal?

@dhy5342 2 жыл бұрын

that's what alloys are.

@mangus8759 3 жыл бұрын

Bro when I heard the Unus Annus song

@jordanezell5132 4 жыл бұрын

Could you please try to make and test Da Vinci’s diving suit next?

@Itskaidaorangeguy2017 4 жыл бұрын

8:04 new way to make fireworks

@k4z_yt497 4 жыл бұрын

Cool😁

@wilberpena1764 4 жыл бұрын

Was that a precipitation reaction at the end?

@NickRoman 4 жыл бұрын

In 9th grade, my earth science class teacher did that demonstration (sodium in water). He covered the overhead fluorescent lights with plastic sheeting and same. The sheeting caught on fire.