Would have loved to have seen a comparison with “properly” activated charcoal.

finally, after all these years; deactivated charcoal!

"Injecting superheated steam into charcoal isn't easy - I've done it" - Cody 2021

The bad science on KZfaq is a menace, well done for challenging it.

Most people grinding charcoal : Mortal and pestle Cody : C I N D E R B L O C K

Activated charcoal should pull out between 80 and 90 mg/g... You're welcome.

You could say, the lemon juice deactivated the charcoal

1:26 You know it's dangerous chemical, when Cody is wearing gloves.

Glad to see that Cody is back in action and uploading regularly!

Love how you had a call to action at the end and clearly made this partially out of concern for the effects of false information out there, great video :)

3:17 This was not an accident. No. This was the behavioral consequence of Buddy missing. It's called compensation by induced artificial clumsiness normally attributed to one very missed feline. I feel for you Cody.

Something tells me that "household chemicals" in your household is somewhat different from the average hosehold ;)

You're part of Big Activated Charcoal aren't you? Always tryin' to squash the little guy! 😉

I'm shocked, the internet has false information.

You should have tested like store Bought activated charcoal so that we can see that differences from the home treated stuff and stuff made in a lab or factory.

Cody at the end: "I'm not angry, just disappointed"

"maybe you think i make a fast one..." literaly nobody thinks something like that. Cody is the best.

Uh oh guys cody's getting addicted to charcoal again... I thought Hes clean now! Ugh back to rehab.Please Cody get some help

Hey Cody! If you are reading this, there were some things you did wrong in the video. I work with activated carbon (AC) on a daily basis and I think you were trying to chemically activate the charcoal. First of all, chemical activation needs heat, at least 600ºC. Second, you should impregnate the charcoal with the reagents and then dry the mix for about 24h. After this step you use heat, with an inert atmosphere to prevent burning. All that is left to do is wash the AC with water until the pH is neutral. Although the quantities of activating agent seemed right you can try to change amounts used to find the optimum. Hope this helps.

11:20 I've never seen Cody get so passionate over safety before.

love ur rant! "test it, it's the least you can do" :D

the lemon juice did not cause the charcoal to fail. the charcoal just did its job by filtering the lemon juice. the charcoal was all used up by time you got to the iodine test.

Cody, you are looking good. So glad you are back, and looking happy and healthy. I’ve always had an interest in science, but your videos have really reignited my love of experimenting and learning. I am going to be teaching a small group of kids in a few weeks, and having them do some experiments. I hope I can have a similar effect on at least one of them as you have for me. Keep up the great work.

Great video and tests Cody, thank you!

3:21 Ah yes, knocking chemical solutions over is a great thing to do when you've waited hours for it to soak.

Cody I don't know what's different but you're looking great, man! Cheers!

Glad to see you keeping well Cody. It looks like you've been enjoying making videos more and doing ones you actually want to do. keep doin what you're doing bud.

It feels like it’s been a couple of years since we’ve seen you doing experiments with such conviction. Glad to see you back. :)

That clock looks like one of those old radium clocks

I get a burst of happiness when you post

Missed the uploads. Glad you have been uploading more content. I look forward to watching your videos with my middle son. Appreciate ya much! Please keep on keepin' on!

Congratulations on the almost 2 mil subs ! Always happy to see you.

dude it's fate that you make this video... i have been looking into making this just tonight haha. thank you

Thanks Cody, really appreciate your vids man. Been pretty depressed lately and binge watching your old vids has helped me get out of bed and try again. Thanks man.

Enjoyable and important experiment Cody. Thanks Sir, you are the bomb!

Cody!!

new mythbuster right here if only the million dollar companies would know how to activate charcoal, people doing tik tok videos are just way smarter than them ;)

Ah yes, my favourite KZfaqr Cody Slab!

Lookin great Cody! I'm glad to see you're back!

Thanks for the information. It is really good of you to actually do the experiment.

Thanks Cody for bringing me a great video again. Have a great Day. I really miss your style of video from todays youtube

Cody, I’m a very very long time viewer of yours although I’ve gone through many KZfaq accounts. I started watching you quite some time before the mine series began even. I’m so glad to see you uploading again and hope all is well. I would love to see a vlog updating us on your happenings!

Great video as always. Off to watch the bonus video.

agree 100% with your conclusions!! awesome to see you back and your videos again!!

You didn't show us how a gram of real activated charcoal would perform!

Love the content! I do believe this experiment should’ve had 2 more controls. One control being untreated charcoal, and the other being purchased (known) activated charcoal

Your videos are fascinating. they are really fun to watch

Dude I love your videos, please keep making them.

0:51 On account of his hair, Cody has officially turned into a mad scientist

"So if you see a video like this, test it!" Here I go Nile Red, I knew you lied about that cyanide being poisonous!...

Super interesting! I, too honestly, I learn so much from you man.! I thank you for the knowledge you share!

Thank you for your time and effort’s to teach me that which I have wondered about. You saved me from making mistakes and your right we owe it to ourselves to do our own testing. Have a great day.

Would love to see the last experiment with the titration for an activated charcoal control to get an impression on what improvement to expect. Edit: just saw it in your other video. Activated is like ~45x more, so very significant difference. Very cool!

I love that the most exasperated thing I've ever heard Cody say it "Test it yourself! It's the least you can do!" Legend!

Thanks for testing this!

Great stuff as always

Since the loss of Grant, your channel is one of only a very few that I can rely on for good chemistry and science content. Keep at it and please don't ever stop. Much love and respect.

Happy 2M!

I've missed your chemistry videos :) ty for the video, it was interesting!!

Thank you for makeing me understand which solution to use It helped a lot ❤

CODY IS SO CLOSE TO 2M SUBS🤩🥳🥳....LOOKING FORWARD FOR THE 2M SUBS CELEBRATION VIDEO

11:00 this is the first time i've heard Cody irritated on cam.

Thank you Cody, You do awesome work.

Loved the video Cody. You are an amazing scientist a great KZfaqr and an all round good person.

Tipping it over right when it's about to get good, that my kind of science. Haha why its funny when you it

One day Cody is gonna make gold from lead. And Im here to watch it.

Great stuff Cody 👍

Enjoyed the content. Hope you’re doing well Cody. Much love from VA

sees "actually making activated carbon" link: I see where this is going

thanks for saving my time, i was about to try to make "activated charcoal" at home

Loved this video. Its always a good day when cody posts

thanks for posting cody i take time to watch all of your videos just for the fun of the science involved. bummer that these didn't workout more in your favor but not a whole lot of good comes from worrying over spilled charcoal, best of luck in the next one!

Can you do a Lord Kelvins Generator with Mercury? Would love to see it!

Wait, superheated steam isn't a household chemical?

Thank you for this video!

Happy 2 million subscribers Cody!!!

That clock is tripping me out

Cody Slab , We need a chicken hole base update!

Brilliant thanks Cody. Miss your videos. I would have liked to see bought sample of activated charcoal compared with the others to highlight that the rest still is only charcoal. But nice methodology and almost :) flawless execution

Wow, thanks for the upload!

"Test it! That's the least you could do!" I love this. I got in what to most seems like a very petty argument with a youtuber recently in a comment section because he was giving opinions on hunting arrows and their effectiveness, but his stance was in complete contradiction to what testing shows. The people who put the info out include a couple guys who have post graduate STEM degrees and spent their whole careers studying ballistics. The tests can be replicated with just a scale and a $100 chronograph, and I tested it out and got very similar results. It drove me nuts though because people take his advice and if they do they are going to go out and try to take the life of an animal with a much less effective setup, and even though he knows this and tests stuff out on his channel all the time, he does not seem to have any interest in taking an hour and testing it for himself. Call me what you like but I think if you are going to go kill an animal, you owe it to the animal to do everything you can to be an effective, efficient killer and minimize its suffering. To have hunting be such a big part of your life and refusing to take an hour to find out if your thoughts on arrows are off base blows my mind. When I thought my setup might not have been as effective as possible, it was my obssession to gather quantifiable data and correct that.

10:26 moments like this make me comfortable in life because I know that even though people like Cody are incredibly intelligent, we are all human and sometimes even people like Cody say things like 'sawn'

Nice video cody it’s always a banger

Congratulations 2m subs!!

at least we've found a way to de-activate charcoal

Is there an already established electrolytic method for activating charcoal of a generally useful grain size? It seems like with the right setup, possibly using a carbon cathode and an anode made with charcoal grains conglomerated with an inert binder that can be easily dissolved out after electrolysis combined with the right electrolyte and voltage, it should be possible.

Thanks Cody glad to see you buddy great video god bless

Glad to see you. Watched both videos.

4:38 "hopefully we'll end up with just the charcoal" thats true for all the methods :P

Still waiting on that geology series you promised back when you were doing cody's mine

Always a great day to see a Cody’s Lab video.

Glad to see your still pushing threw i enjoy you and your channel it seems the algorithm doesn't tell me when you have a new video I have to check your channel every now and then I even have the bell activated and i'm subcribed.

OH YES, HERE WE GOOOO! cody videos are a treat in and of themselves - extra bonus points for charocal stuff! good to see you again cody! EDIT bummer.. it really would have been too good to be true :/ thanks for clearing things up!

Hey you should Kalab with ghost town living!!!

Cody I’ve been regularly watching your videos since late 2015 and I gotta say keep it up and stay motivated. A lot of people are like me and like you and your content. (p.s I miss the explosive videos although I know KZfaq doesn’t like them one of the first videos I ever watched was you opening a lock with nitroglycerin and I thought it was the coolest thing ever.)

Thanks for all your hard work cody. You are making life much more bearable right now, please never forget that you make the world a much better place for some of us.

you had drawn CODY SLAB - on a slab of concrete... who is going to clean that up?

I like when he whispers "your fine" to the charcoal after he puts it back into the jar. Cody makes me feel not as weird or at least not alone in my weirdness 😊 Now when my family/friends say "your weird" my response is "I know isn't it great" . . . Thank you Cody

Cody this is the reason I love your content, you take the time and do the experiments. Remember when you had a magnet in your finger to test out extra senses!! Man! Awesome! I like to think you know what you are doing and you seem to know what precautions to take. I have no idea how you come up with some of your ideas, but you inspire me to learn and get to know more. You make it look easy and it's great!

I've been waiting for this video!!!!