Gold Bullion Vault - Periodic Table of Videos

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We're INSIDE a Gold Bullion Vault.
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The Bank of England protects about £197 billion ($315bn) worth of gold, according to the mostly recently published figures.
Film by Brady Haran. Featuring Professor Martyn Poliakoff.
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@periodicvideos 4 жыл бұрын

These videos are made by Brady Haran - check out his "Unmade Podcast" here: bit.ly/UnmadePlaylist

@user-ro9zf9kz1h 4 жыл бұрын

Dont worry, the knowledge of science is priceless.

@kygo 4 жыл бұрын

It's a great podcast guys! Check it out if you haven't already :)

@usm1le 3 жыл бұрын

my man commented on his own 7 year old video.

@ykzone8690 3 жыл бұрын

But u are best .......

@kristinapina845 3 жыл бұрын

@iNF4mOuSxMiKE 7 жыл бұрын

There isn't any smell because metals don't smell, and it's very quiet because metals are quiet.

@darkemperor9006 5 жыл бұрын

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm mm.............................

@rajhellskitchen3658 5 жыл бұрын

haahahahahahaahahahahahhqhqhahaahha

@steampunkastronaut7081 5 жыл бұрын

Can i adopt one?

@joewouldknow 5 жыл бұрын

That's Science for ya lol

@MsFrenulum1 5 жыл бұрын

He has not smelled fresh Brass before 🙃

@tlpricescope7772 5 жыл бұрын

“Cash for gold” would give them $6.97 for all that gold.

@medic5258 5 жыл бұрын

Eoah dude why so much overpay???

@grnLogic 4 жыл бұрын

Best I can do is $3.50 and a stick of gum, and I'm taking a huge risk here.

@THEBOSS-vn2ky 4 жыл бұрын

$000.50

@GerstBladeworks 4 жыл бұрын

Lol I don't know what people hate them for..I found a gold bracelet in a restaurant parking lot.. took it to cash for gold and got around 189 dollars American for it.

@zackhall2681 4 жыл бұрын

@@THEBOSS-vn2ky you do know 000.50 & 00.50 & 000000.50 are all the same amount right?

@adw6894 3 жыл бұрын

i like that room of gold looks so casual. Just like any warehouse of things.

@fostercathead 2 жыл бұрын

It is just a "thing."

@hexagonist23 Жыл бұрын

What else would it look like? It's a place to store Gold.

@joeljustjazzing Жыл бұрын

@@fostercathead we are simply just concious "things"

@NimLKa 11 ай бұрын

They should return it back to India

@darmokjalad5737 5 жыл бұрын

For so much gold you think they would stack the bars in a consistent pattern. Smh

@sortof3337 5 жыл бұрын

I know. SMH. That's more than 10$ worth of gold.

@Asdayasman 5 жыл бұрын

Not paid enough.

@Asdayasman 5 жыл бұрын

Magister R'yleth Average worker makes £3m over their lifetime, apparently.

@jonmeaders8633 5 жыл бұрын

Lol yes. Is a bit unorganized but... and just speculating here... but as the bars they showed were heavy and varying size/weight, probably dedicate a certain amount of shelf space to a certain weight moreso than stacking them up nicely when they may not even be the same size or shape.

@Zeekiel 4 жыл бұрын

Darmok Jalad Lol

@PsychoSpider 7 жыл бұрын

Can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that this man's first words in the video wasn't "WOAH CHECK OUT ALL GOLD! I'D LIVE LIKE A KING WITH THIS!" It was along the lines of "It's a shame we can't use this vast quantity of an interesting element for scientific purposes." ......A true scientist. Well done.

@shh11111 6 жыл бұрын

that is the very reason he is inside that vault and we are not

@geologist_luna 6 жыл бұрын

He is a true scientist. He does not see the value as what he could buy, but what could be accomplished.

@austinerickson6741 6 жыл бұрын

PsychoSpider A lt of us would at least grab a coule before we go.

@austinerickson6741 6 жыл бұрын

Not a bank robber man.

@lancewhitchurch512 6 жыл бұрын

ش حسين 😄👍

@iamfishious 9 жыл бұрын

I can't decide which is more amazing--the insane amount of gold or home boy's hair.

@periodicvideos 9 жыл бұрын

P. Brady Fish you don't have to choose between the two

@teagansmith3326 9 жыл бұрын

theyre both totally awesome, and for the same reason

@barriewright2857 9 жыл бұрын

Yes too that. he must have try ed, to put one bar at least down his pants . After all, of the checks.

@krustykraken9331 8 жыл бұрын

+Teagan Smith ...they're... both worth a lot of money? ... Be right back. *grabs electric razor*

@harryalsouelises8758 8 жыл бұрын

+Krusty Kraken share some hair with me?

@stamx_ 4 жыл бұрын

"For those of you that use imperial units, thats two stone." Now I get it

@pbj4184 4 жыл бұрын

Steins;Gate is the best

@Manudyne 3 жыл бұрын

KURISUTINA

@CoinKid 3 жыл бұрын

Well you can see nitrogen but I mean have they ever been to an ocean?

@Mr.JaysBigAdventure 4 жыл бұрын

“I’ve never seen so much of any element” Nitrogen-“am I just a joke to you?”

@NiGGaZtcz 4 жыл бұрын

can you see nitrogen? interesting

@TheJuanito1123 4 жыл бұрын

I dare you to collect tons of nitrogen in tank and look at it and say "ahh all the nitrogen i collected, I've never seen so much of any element"

@neuron2912 4 жыл бұрын

@@NiGGaZtcz well you can see liquid nitrogen, but the gas form of course that's a different story

@AbsolutelyRedundant 4 жыл бұрын

Metal

@franchufranchu119 4 жыл бұрын

@@NiGGaZtcz Look at the sky

@knobtwista 9 жыл бұрын

"If he was worth his weight in gold..." People like him, with great knowladge, are worth far more for the human race.

@CyberMonkey03 9 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@Colestercamps 9 жыл бұрын

I'd still take a brick of gold over him to be honest haha

@Colestercamps 9 жыл бұрын

Virtualgod2009 ya hes worthless to me haha

@knobtwista 9 жыл бұрын

Colestercamps Virender Sehwag Yes. You guys as individuals would, but what I implied was that I think that he is worth more for the human race than the 75kg of gold in that room that he would represent (assuming he was worth his weight in gold). Clarification: Having gold equal to his weight in that room, or having him research topics like chemistry for the 40 or whatever years he has done so?

@knobtwista 9 жыл бұрын

Colestercamps Now you're being an asshat about it. What are you even trying to imply? Never mind, don't answer, I've had enough of you.

@ohioguy727 8 жыл бұрын

He couldve walked out with at least 3 bars in his hair and noone wouldve ever known...

@freddykrueger5503 8 жыл бұрын

+CantonOhio 330 I would not be surprised if he stashed a couple of bars in his hair.

@mynameisnotimportant2854 8 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@imirish4702 8 жыл бұрын

+CantonOhio 330 considering each bar weights 13kg. All security had to do is get him to step on a weight scale before leaving...

@Engineer9736 8 жыл бұрын

Sigh @ all the serious reactions, he is just making a joke about the professor his hair.

@sixstringlove8242 8 жыл бұрын

Damn dude, the guy just made an offhand joke about the guys hair, and you go all serious on him. Chill out man. Do you know how?

@wordreet 4 жыл бұрын

My dear Professor Poliakoff, I', entirely certain that everyone who watched these videos will agree that you are worth so much more to us than your weight in gold, believe me. These enthusiastic periodic videos are invaluable!

@gab10181 4 жыл бұрын

"and for those who use imperial units, that's two stone" what a legend

@jonny828828 8 жыл бұрын

I would break into there just to organize the bars

@1zeldalover 5 жыл бұрын

random-stuff Na just to stack em.

@sinto6645 5 жыл бұрын

Ill make a gold bar brick wall.

@clobbyhops 5 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣, you need help?

@MrMuddybike 5 жыл бұрын

yep love to use it as Lego

@craigyoung2261 5 жыл бұрын

Built a gold box Fort

@xJohnnyBloodx 7 жыл бұрын

if i rob a bank i'm gonna blame this video for inspiring me.

@drzecelectric4302 4 жыл бұрын

Johnny Blood you gonna need some muscle

@nistorionut7132 4 жыл бұрын

He sayied he have never seen so much of any element but he is still breathing air, and if you say you can't see it then look at the buildings

@TheCamps10 3 ай бұрын

@@nistorionut7132 There's so much wrong with this statement, but for the sake of brevity: air isn't an element

@lucyoriginales 5 жыл бұрын

“It could be doing exciting reactions...” omg! I love that professor

@underhill918gaming5 4 жыл бұрын

He's a true scientist, not caught by simple monetary value.

@maximilianbosch4284 2 жыл бұрын

He might be able to smuggle out one of those bars in his hair.

@NimLKa 11 ай бұрын

@underhill918gaming5 he's too old

@elcuhhh8761 4 жыл бұрын

Mr krabs would go crazy in there

@tac540 8 жыл бұрын

I wonder if they searched his hair before leaving.

@strathmann2007 8 жыл бұрын

Haha 😂😂😂

@MuzikBike 8 жыл бұрын

+Zoltán Marosi pls

@MuzikBike 7 жыл бұрын

Probably has metal detectors

@nymetswinws 7 жыл бұрын

I assume they weigh you very accurately before you go in and after you leave.

@nymetswinws 7 жыл бұрын

Well I suppose it is fine to leave lighter than you entered. It is if you magically gain weight in a bank they'd be suspicious.

@soulassassin0g 6 жыл бұрын

A common man sees economic value in Gold, a scientist sees the gold as a precious element.

@mikerodriguez6003 4 жыл бұрын

soulassassin0g what does a hair dresser see ??

@tuffguy8656 4 жыл бұрын

@@mikerodriguez6003 golden opportunity :)

@ingvarhallstrom2306 4 жыл бұрын

@@mikerodriguez6003 Goldilocks?

@aspiknf 4 жыл бұрын

Gold is just a metal, nothing special or precious about it? rarity? who cares?

@england6317 4 жыл бұрын

I wouldnt say a common man I'd say a smart man lol

@ricecake1228 4 жыл бұрын

That guy's strong lifting those gold bar at this age!

@alyiashammer5243 4 жыл бұрын

Man :brings all the gold bars in that vault to gold and silver pawn shop Rick: " the best I can do is $5 I'm taking a huge risk here"

@luise.mercadorojas9305 8 жыл бұрын

Now the oldest gold bar has been there for an exact century. Happy centenary Goldie Bar!

@godsmacked1000 8 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday Goldie

@SsSs-wg9ct 7 жыл бұрын

I respect this man more than gold.

@stenky02 7 жыл бұрын

Ss Ss you should... the gold and money are worth nothing without people... money is just a paper and gold is just another element worth nothing to other animals... It is humans that made gold what it is...

@sinto6645 5 жыл бұрын

@@stenky02 Global warming, pollution, animal abuse, drug abuse, alcoholics, rapists, murderers, cannibals, overpopulation, scams, illegal pornography, arsonists, terrorists, kul klox klan, ISIS, corrupt politicians, greedy people and etc. That's the gold? Nothing is perfect. No one is perfect.

@amistry605 5 жыл бұрын

The stacking of that gold got my OCD going crazy

@bartvanloo3261 5 жыл бұрын

You dont even have OCD

@TheDeadMeme27 5 жыл бұрын

@@bartvanloo3261 stop he is just joking. and how do you know he doesn't have OCD?

@amistry605 5 жыл бұрын

@@bartvanloo3261 wat?

@amistry605 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheDeadMeme27 yea, its actually pretty bad lol

@jamesyeung3286 4 жыл бұрын

@@amistry605 please stop misusing the term ocd

@dangerouskindmexico 8 жыл бұрын

I absolutely adore how he sees all that gold not as something with monetary value, but rather from a a quite interesting chemical point of view. We need more people like this, guys. People passionate about science and not greedy.

@finesseandstyle 8 жыл бұрын

Sweet! All that gold could almost pay my student debt.

@Embracesuck 7 жыл бұрын

SAME

@PrinceOfOpinion 7 жыл бұрын

@Tre-fb1zz 7 жыл бұрын

i can relate lol

@finesseandstyle 7 жыл бұрын

OldSoulPortal It's an american joke, A lot of colleges in US have a ridiculous fee you have to pay to get in. I'm personally not american, it's just something I found funny on reddit and decided to post here since a lot of people are.

@frozenprakash 7 жыл бұрын

All that gold :| may be a couple of bars will do.

@XxCreateFlowxX 3 жыл бұрын

Those are the strongest shelves I've ever seen

@ianmorin9824 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks KZfaq for showing me a video I’ve seen a few times.. but I guess I’ll just watch it again.

@xZippy 8 жыл бұрын

Sadly, those bars won't make very durable mining tools. They can make some wicked powered rails though.

@GarethPW 8 жыл бұрын

+Miguelin Chavarria They do.

@kamuy_1337 8 жыл бұрын

Minecraft confirmed!

@nickkan9486 8 жыл бұрын

+Miguelin Chavarria ever seen an electric subway? they usually use powered rails

@joshuahadams 8 жыл бұрын

+Miguelin Chavarria Don't pee on the third rail!

@ridheesh4765 8 жыл бұрын

+nick Kan they are powered from the top not the bottom...

@stevenl4034 9 жыл бұрын

While no one was looking, he was able to snatch one and hide it in his hair. To this day no one knows the mystery of the missing gold bar. Now you know.

@JohnDoe-on5rr 9 жыл бұрын

He was preparing his whole life for that day,

@artski09 9 жыл бұрын

that would hurt your neck really bad :(

@thebookofjoy 9 жыл бұрын

Hircine I wouldn't mind a hurt neck for 400k pounds!

@stachestar 9 жыл бұрын

Genius...

@thankachansamuel7059 4 жыл бұрын

Finally I found something that jeff bezos can't afford.

@Rohandutt 4 жыл бұрын

Thankachan Samuel he still can afford these

@brendangriffith4413 4 жыл бұрын

@@Rohandutt no he can't

@Rohandutt 4 жыл бұрын

Brendan Griffith maybe a fraction of it , if not all

@elonmust7470 4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes he can...

@johannsebastianbach7846 4 жыл бұрын

He can afford 2.6k shelves of gold, so yeah he can probably buy that

@norco720 4 жыл бұрын

New drinking game : take a shot everytime he say gold

@ppetrnosek 10 жыл бұрын

it is sad to see a room that is worth more than the country i am from

@hadis230 7 жыл бұрын

Canada lol

@OriginalMykola 8 жыл бұрын

They should use one of those gold bars to invest in some fancy shelves.

@ethangoldsmith9332 6 жыл бұрын

lol

@SreenikethanI 3 жыл бұрын

ahaha

@Tearr 4 жыл бұрын

1st thing when he sees this much Aureum: Think of the reactions we can do!

@rockwithyou2006 3 жыл бұрын

Aurum*

@Zviick 5 жыл бұрын

"I've never seen so much of any element" Oxygen: Am I a joke to you?

@Zviick 4 жыл бұрын

@John F ok boomer I guess jokes are illegal now

@connorbuchanan9508 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, if you stand on top of the tallest of mountains, or look out the highest of planes, I'm sure you can see tons of oxygen. Maybe tons of carbon as well. It'll be spread out of course.

@thespelsheepington6664 4 жыл бұрын

Nitrogen: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?

@connorbuchanan9508 4 жыл бұрын

@@thespelsheepington6664 Nobody cares for Nitrogen.

@steampxnk2037 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, we can't see oxygen in the air because it's a gas! (dramatic music royalty-free sfx)

@RobGilmore 10 жыл бұрын

Wow if I was in that room my hair would look like that too.

@MichaelMoore99 8 жыл бұрын

My OCD is going off that the bars are arranged seemingly haphazardly. I want to break into that room, not to steal anything, but to just spend some time fixing the bar alignment.

@FangtheFluffy 8 жыл бұрын

Rip ur back lol

@BenjaminKuruga 8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Moore That's not OCD. lol

@BeastOrGod 8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Moore I would build a fort. Who is in? Break into that place and build forts!

@christopherhellinger1135 8 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking

@LillianWinterAnimations 8 жыл бұрын

Yep. Me too.

@ajaaiprannav9033 4 жыл бұрын

He took 0.325 oz of gold in his hair 😂

@patw.6567 3 жыл бұрын

thats why he goes to these metal refineries you're exposing his secret

@babyjesusbutplug 4 жыл бұрын

"This one is from Australia" remember that time the Gov sold all our gold for peanuts

@mikesully110 3 жыл бұрын

yeah lol Nice one Gordon Brown... they call it the Brown Bottom

@Hysteria98 3 жыл бұрын

And for boatloads of expensive Sub machine guns that even the yanks were fed up of in WWII.

@jasonmaguire7552 3 жыл бұрын

No dummy. It's almost certainly a bar of gold that was minted in Australia by the Perth Mint from gold produced in an Australian mine, and the mint sold the bar to someone in the UK. The odds that this bar used to belong to the Australian Government are extremely low.

@babyjesusbutplug 3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonmaguire7552 those odds increase dramatically given the ties Australia holds to the UK. There are very few nations it would have been sold to

@jasonmaguire7552 3 жыл бұрын

@@babyjesusbutplug No, that's moronic. Costello sold off 167 tonnes of gold. In 2020 alone, Australia produced over 300 tonnes, almost all of which gets exported. So we have in all likelihood exported well over ten times as much gold as what was sold by Costello in 1997. And no, its wrong to say there were few nations it would have been sold to. It would have been sold on the open market to whoever would buy it. Literally no reason to think it would be all or mostly to the UK.

@Brionatic 10 жыл бұрын

This guy looks like science

@thelegend2645 6 жыл бұрын

If you look up the word science in the dictionary you see a picture of him next to it.

@camkraw893 6 жыл бұрын

ROFL this made me laugh irl and had to let you know, thank you

@fortniteanchillicanaffordn621 6 жыл бұрын

Old and useless???

@denizbluemusic 6 жыл бұрын

>science >useless

@bptjoe4654 6 жыл бұрын

Albert Einstein's brother you ain't know?

@HAJIMEDJ 8 жыл бұрын

"It could be doing exciting reactions", only a true chemist can utter those words when talking about a precious metal.

@ethangoldsmith9332 6 жыл бұрын

Alchemy is an exciting reaction

@JerryDLTN 4 жыл бұрын

The gold room of the US Federal Reserve in NY had bars of gold stacked from the floor to the ceiling and locked in lockers labeled with each country's name (that stored their gold there). I went there on a field trip in college but not sure if they give tours to just anyone.

@SvdT 2 жыл бұрын

''You could buy two nice houses from a block like this''. 2021 enters the chat

@DeepByteDigger 7 жыл бұрын

That feeling when you leave that room without even taking one.

@bubbapawlow5899 7 жыл бұрын

Like YA!!

@fiddlesticksbessette398 6 жыл бұрын

Not Real gold..

@franznatayada 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, your right

@franznatayada 6 жыл бұрын

Feels giggling

@darkemperor9006 5 жыл бұрын

Not a nice feeling

@panda4247 6 жыл бұрын

4:27 "...rather miserable loaf of bread, but pretty fantastic lump of gold" sounds like something said by the Discworld dwarves

@treyquattro 4 жыл бұрын

brilliant. Sir Martyn Poliakoff was the perfect person to do this with!

@TsetsiStoyanova 5 жыл бұрын

Do they do public tours though these vaults... I wonder!

@arturozons151 3 жыл бұрын

@jaue82 when polititians emptied

@chrism6904 3 жыл бұрын

They do public vault tours in the United States (in NYC). I toured it about a year ago. It's absolutely amazing! It's a shame they weren't giving any samples out...

@mathewjoshy9835 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrism6904 where?

@kristinapina845 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@CreedBrattonTheOffice 3 жыл бұрын

@Amaan Ahamed Sure they could. Ticket price for the tour: 300,000 USD

@MrBunnyIcecream 10 жыл бұрын

If i was a "jumper" , i wud wipe this place clean.

@sonjoydebnath8693 6 жыл бұрын

Emer Gencyexitsonly थैंक यू धन्यवाद थैंक यू

@HiTechAddict 9 жыл бұрын

I could not control myself in there.

@2bitmarketanarchist337 9 жыл бұрын

Just one of those is enormously heavy. Their best security feature is the weight of the gold itself

@2bitmarketanarchist337 9 жыл бұрын

***** but could you fight off the armed guards while carrying that weight? There's no way a place like this *doesn't* have armed guards

@GraveUypo 9 жыл бұрын

2bit MarketAnarchist okay if we're going with a realistic scenario i'd bring a cart for the gold bars and i wouldn't be alone. and also i would never get inside in the first place.

@2bitmarketanarchist337 9 жыл бұрын

***** but let's not be that realistic :-)

@bobbyxan111 9 жыл бұрын

2bit MarketAnarchist have you finished GTA5? do it that way xD

@cironar 3 жыл бұрын

I never thought I would catch a Gold fever in less than 7 minutes!!

@daveminion6209 10 ай бұрын

Professor, great content and video. VERY interesting and educational! you , as a person, are worth WAY MORE than your weight in the price of gold - you are PRICELESS.

@quickminutetv4170 5 жыл бұрын

That’s really clever with the serial numbers. “I’ll sell you some gold, but you have to keep it at my house”

@jasonpatowsky6929 9 жыл бұрын

Thorin's gonna get crazy about this.

@techstyle123 9 жыл бұрын

Smaug would be wrapped around them shelving units with one eye open.....this guy has got gold fever

@smirnoff9421 4 жыл бұрын

*The professor would like to know your location*

@tigervalley62 4 жыл бұрын

I love gold man. My great grandpa was a runaway boy from a prestigious nobel family in Portugal. He had this gold necklace around his neck with his enitials on it for his entire life, which now a family heirloom passed down to the oldest son of every generation. First son, first grandson etc. I so happened to be the inheritor of the necklace and it is now the most precious thing I own. Gold is a wondrous material... So beautiful and so valuable. One of my goals in life is to have my family crest inbeded in a signat ring, to make a new heirloom for my future family to remember me by.

@bbbbburton 10 жыл бұрын

subbed just for the hair.

@BL00DSETTAKINOVA 10 жыл бұрын

once you get in that room i bet the first thing that goes through your mind is how can i get one of these out of here^^

@katelynnbiller399 6 жыл бұрын

Kilr Debario OMG sameeeeeee

@LabRat10101 3 жыл бұрын

The question you should ask is who buildt the stands holding the gold bars?. Those are very solid.

@Munkylaw 2 жыл бұрын

Knowledge is worth much more than gold. Thats why i love this channel!

@stephencech3696 9 жыл бұрын

I'm from South Africa, and when we visited the gold mines there, there was a lecture all about gold and they had a single gold bullion on the table. The guy said that if you can lift the bar with just your fingers, you can have it. Everyone tried including me, and it just was not possible. Those bars you see are intensely heavy

@aguyonasiteontheinternet Жыл бұрын

there are a lot of viral videos about tungsten cubes on the internet. density wise, gold is basically softer, malleable, and yellow tungsten. if one ever watches one of those videos, dropping a golden cube would basically have the same effect (but it would probably damage the gold a bit)

@techmantra4521 7 жыл бұрын

I'm slowly coming up with a plot that involves three British mini's and a bus... Watch this space.

@SirNerrad 7 жыл бұрын

funny movie. loved the ending.

@expressrobkill 7 жыл бұрын

and the car breaks down cos its to damn heavy.

@terryjav1 7 жыл бұрын

SirNerrad what money?

@mattarriola9687 5 жыл бұрын

and while your back is turned that gold would react with everyone and everything you love in a heartbeat

@silverdrillpickle7596 5 жыл бұрын

You’re worth more... A LOT more!! We love you and your videos!!!

@sheeky_ 9 жыл бұрын

Look at 3:28, the cameraman has stolen a bar of gold in his pocket

@Agustx0 9 жыл бұрын

lol

@Agustx0 9 жыл бұрын

Pricop George u wot m8

@dannyundos8927 9 жыл бұрын

The Gixxerman The gold ingot is so heavy, so it could tear off his pocket.

@Agustx0 9 жыл бұрын

***** ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@TheMrMeff 9 жыл бұрын

The Gixxerman Thats not a gold bar. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@enzocaballero5550 7 жыл бұрын

I watch these videos periodically

@Jack251190 5 жыл бұрын

63 likes, well i didn't expect much of a reaction anyway...

@user-rz3lx7io2b 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet

@thethirties3319 4 жыл бұрын

This comment make me React

@joemother6200 4 жыл бұрын

“I’ve never seen so much of any element” Carbon, oxygen and nitrogen: am I a joke to you?

@Yum69 4 жыл бұрын

How much oxygen and nitrogen do you SEE regularly? haha

@charleskopcho5896 4 жыл бұрын

. Well you can’t see those elements ..... so

@joemother6200 4 жыл бұрын

Charles Kopcho well what about carbon then

@Yum69 4 жыл бұрын

I think he means pure elements

@bobbyarnold1326 4 жыл бұрын

SEEN!

@Warpreacher 2 жыл бұрын

Letting someone dubbed 'The Professor' into the Bank of England vault is a huge gamble

@jdevolanyc 8 жыл бұрын

Those are some hella strong shelving units. I guess they're not IKEA?

@GewelReal 5 жыл бұрын

Those are METAL shelves

@foreverofthestars4718 8 жыл бұрын

I don't know why but when I see a gold ingot I get the urge to bite it

@daltont3878 8 жыл бұрын

+ForeverOfTheStars Chocolate?

@4strength4stamleatherbeltl78 8 жыл бұрын

more like butter

@blaked.4571 8 жыл бұрын

How many gold ingots have you seen?

@-sphie19-11 8 жыл бұрын

Omfg, someone finally gets me.

@MooMuffinMan 8 жыл бұрын

looks like butter or cheese

@jaybazza248 Жыл бұрын

Great video Prof Poliakoff, I believe the Bank of England holds 80tonnes of Australia's gold in that vault.

@Dr_Won_Hung_Lo 2 жыл бұрын

I'd be a little nervous standing next to those shelves. If they happened to fall over, you'd be squashed lol

@Bluffle 9 жыл бұрын

Rockstar Games would made the final Heist in GTA V much better with this instead of "Union Depository" xD

@DJDiggityDubstep 9 жыл бұрын

Celestial Archangel Phoenix yes!

@IoEstasCedonta 8 жыл бұрын

All I can think is what would happen if someone were trapped inside a vault like that in an earthquake...

@loganlafoe7616 8 жыл бұрын

I would build a fort out of the gold. A really big one too, And when somebody found me I would say, (welcome to my money kingdom!!) steal it and I'll throw these at you.

@vinofiloblado1618 8 жыл бұрын

+Logan Lafoe During an earthquake? And have the most unstable roof ever made out of heavy gold bars? Or is it a really crappy fort without a roof?

@amritpalsingh517 8 жыл бұрын

+IoEstasCedonta I don't think an earthquake will do much to a vault that strong. As long as you stay away from the falling shelves and blocks of gold, you will be quite safe!! And considering the value of the gold in there, you will be rescued pretty soon when the authorities come by to have a check to make sure the gold is safe.

@raver4lyfe16 8 жыл бұрын

England doesn't have earth quakes apart from very small after shocks from earth quakes far away if their large enough

@MirageJudge 8 жыл бұрын

jeez I'll just die in there, when I need food and water better..

@vm.999 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome thanks for the video!

@jobr2394 5 жыл бұрын

These videos are an inspiration!!!

@joekenyon1599 8 жыл бұрын

that's gotta be at least 7$ worth of gold...

@CloudChaserTheBrony 7 жыл бұрын

no no it must be at least $8.

@Hedgpig 7 жыл бұрын

I think you guys are forgetting about inflation.

@CloudChaserTheBrony 7 жыл бұрын

you're right.... it must be $8.01!

@finladmies 7 жыл бұрын

The best i can do is 30dollars

@CloudChaserTheBrony 7 жыл бұрын

$30? you must be loaded

@ToastiLP 8 жыл бұрын

I think solid gold has a beautiful color, I love it

@OghamTheBold 8 жыл бұрын

SS (Solid Silliness) - you can't see - color inside - a few atoms on outside - same effect

@justincase4812 Жыл бұрын

All that made in a collision of unimagineable chaos of physics and chemistry.

@RubeenaEasyCooking 4 жыл бұрын

Very much informative and a nice video thank you so much.

@PaulaDeenyoutubeyall 9 жыл бұрын

Looks like my butter vault.

@loganmyers8593 9 жыл бұрын

Or the fat on you

@PaulaDeenyoutubeyall 9 жыл бұрын

logan myers that's more curvy and sexy looking, not giant sticks of golden fat

@CatacombsBC 9 жыл бұрын

well, you know this guy is serious about science when he's in a vault of gold, and is more amazed at the fact of it being an element than how much it's worth

@StockHeightChevy603 3 жыл бұрын

So happy I found this channel again. I lost it for a long while. 😢

@DoiInthanon1897 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. Haven't looked at PV for years, just returned to it to find it's still going strong. I LOVE to see that!! I'm glad you found it again too 🙂👍👊

@TheMaxymon 4 жыл бұрын

Ok. I while heartedly agree with the professors opening statement!

@kazoowhale6727 7 жыл бұрын

What if it isn't gold, and is extremely dense and hard chocolate?

@prathameshp3013 5 жыл бұрын

Kazoo whale 🤔 hmmm...

@hobbyhermit66 4 жыл бұрын

Kazoo Whale, better yet!

@underhill918gaming5 4 жыл бұрын

I would be happy either way.

@Chachoes 4 жыл бұрын

Chocolate smells

@michaelesposito2629 4 жыл бұрын

Advocatus Diaboli how do you know he’s white?

@GloriousRed1 10 жыл бұрын

Wonder how many man crew you would need to rob the bank of england would be the best bank robber of all time lol

@Gamertag5714 3 жыл бұрын

Blimey! I learn more off this guy then as if i was at college/uni

@57jauar 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. It's awesome to see, being I dream, yet can't even afford any of it.

@dustoff85 8 жыл бұрын

Professor you are amazing, I really enjoy all of your videos. Thank you for taking the time to publish the videos sir!!

@teamfortresspewp6453 8 жыл бұрын

"I've never seen so much of an element" Oh, if only you could see the nitrogen in the air...

@somefool6409 8 жыл бұрын

Or the carbon in a burnt forest

@jollee9765 8 жыл бұрын

Nitrogen in air is N2 which is NOT an element.. Gold stays as Au lol

@somefool6409 8 жыл бұрын

Joonghyun Lee Nitrogen is a diatomic molecule and only exists purely as N2. It's not in a compound with any other elements in that state

@LeafShade 8 жыл бұрын

+MAD “SKRILLABOYZ” SKRILLA He may simply mean a pure element, which would be believable.

@1Guggaburggi 8 жыл бұрын

+Team Fortress Poo There isnt actually that much of air surrounding him. All the air or nitrogen in the room still weights much less than the gold stored there.

@JonasClark 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely incredible.

@TheLakshmiKarthik 4 жыл бұрын

Great , I am finally able to see all my ancestor's Wealth at one SPOT !!

@chaitanyatalegaonkar8629 4 жыл бұрын

I feel you bro

@thrakerzad5874 8 жыл бұрын

jeeze thowe shelves are strong

@TheDragonsBastille 6 жыл бұрын

Its also about weight displacement. They may carry a tonne each, but the bars are spread out across each shelf, so that the actual weight stress is no where near a tonne.