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@eliasmai6170
Ай бұрын
what about insensitive explosives?
@slowbro8912
Ай бұрын
😨erm what the sigm
@joeylawn36111
Ай бұрын
@@eliasmai6170 He did mention them - TNT, RDX, and HMX are among the ones that are insensitive.
@Piggle_pi-pie
Ай бұрын
I would like to warn you that fum might have cancerous or carcinogenetic chemicals or ingredients in their products. They state their products have not been evaluated by the F.D.A or by Health Canada. Also I'm not saying its 100% dangerous but I'm still looking into the ingredients and if they are carcinogenetic or cancer causing.
@thekaiser4333
Ай бұрын
Plutonium
@darealsherlock8026
Ай бұрын
When bro put black powder in F tier, I realized shit was boutta get real
@meanman6992
Ай бұрын
Seeing as it’s an and the only “low explosive” to my knowledge…. Yeah… personally I don’t even consider it an explosive…. It’s got some unique properties… but doesn’t cause an expansion faster than the speed of sound. To me only if a “detonation” exceeds super sonic then…. Ah hell he’s explaining it as I’m typing….
@darealsherlock8026
Ай бұрын
@@meanman6992 lmfao
@nuip7936
Ай бұрын
black powder deflagrates instead of detonating iirc, basically burns really fast
@FUCKTHEBBC
Ай бұрын
I thought it wont be even on the list XD
@__lasevix_
Ай бұрын
It's just spicy coal dust
@miscellaneousbox848
Ай бұрын
Of course PLX turns yellow (the sign of evil chemistry)
@Flesh_Wizard
Ай бұрын
Yellow Chem Bad
@NiNinjaII
Ай бұрын
PICRIC ACID GOES BOOM
@con5532
Ай бұрын
a fellow explosions and fire fan i see
@awwwshucks443
Ай бұрын
@@con5532 or ire :-)
@seventeenshaun6424
Ай бұрын
Yellow chem very bad 😂
@jamesleishman8025
Ай бұрын
Next you should rank the explosives by flavor
@chemistryofquestionablequa6252
Ай бұрын
Mostly sour or slightly sweet.
@trenaceandblackmetal5621
Ай бұрын
Ya boi gone EAT
@alexroselle
Ай бұрын
Taco Bell in S tier
@railworksamerica
Ай бұрын
💀💀💀
@ESTrashfire13
Ай бұрын
Especially silver nitrate.
@user-yw9mw9hv8o
Ай бұрын
As one of my Professors said about click chemistry: "You can tell this is an easy and effective reaction, because even biologists can pull it off."
@paradigm3345
Ай бұрын
As a biologist, I am now obligated to respond to this slander by putting antibiotic resistant S. pyogenes in your tap water 😊😊😊
@EdinoRemerido
Ай бұрын
Biology is chemistry, but green ig
@dr.jonesmurphy5743
11 күн бұрын
Organic chemistry is crazy. Are you Dr. Frankenstein??
@TRD6932
8 күн бұрын
@@paradigm3345Ha, jokes on you, I don't drink water from the tap.
@RWBHere
7 күн бұрын
@@paradigm3345 Ooo! You little beastie! 😱
@chrisdieguez1950
Ай бұрын
Discovering an explosive by accident sounds like one hell of an experience
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
Because of lack of experience, it’s all too common in research; if a student is well-supervised it’s a lot less likely to occur, but we essentially look at nitrogen and oxygen balance in a molecule to predict instability
@seneca983
Ай бұрын
Same can probably be said about accidental discoveries of psychedelics.
@no-lifenoah7861
Ай бұрын
@@seneca983 any drug probably
@Colin-yu7pc
15 күн бұрын
@@seneca983idk, it's commonly stated that you shouldn't try to predict the pharmacology of something based on chemical structure as there's too many factors which are unpredictable compared to the laws of chemistry. However, there is AIs which have been getting better at predicting pharmacology of substances.
@seneca983
15 күн бұрын
@@Colin-yu7pc I have no idea how easy they're to predict. I've heard of researchers deliberately looking for new psychedelics but I'm sure some have also been discovered purely by accident which is probably, as OP said, "one hell of an experience" (though probably still a lot more pleasant than an accidental discovery of an explosive).
@VAZENchannel
Ай бұрын
Dear federal agents. I am watching this video for entertainment purposes. xoxo byeeeeee
@kevinroberts781
Ай бұрын
Be seeing you
@railworksamerica
Ай бұрын
@@vinezerofacts or fed, call it
@Ignis_1
Ай бұрын
@@vinezero Yeah but using them is totally different, because from a legal perspective it's hard to differentiate someone testing explosives vs manufacturing destructive devices. Which is sad because I love explosives.
@Ignis_1
Ай бұрын
@@vinezero that's talking about explosives not explosive devices
@kevinroberts781
Ай бұрын
@@vinezero absolutely. Just don't make money with it or transport it. Keep it on your property
@dennisfrojd1819
Ай бұрын
Half drunk and cooking dinner saturday evening and listening the ranking of explosives. A very productive evening.
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
Whatcha cooking? I’m always looking for new recipes
@phizc
Ай бұрын
Saturday?
@georgecooke9010
Ай бұрын
WAS NITRO GLYCERIN ON THE MENU? HAS A NICE REPORT!
@johnredcorn2476
22 күн бұрын
I'm high as a kite right now
@SeraphinaPZ
Ай бұрын
Today in "really don't try this at home".
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
1000%
@3isr3g3n
Ай бұрын
And then you discover the channel "Dug". Edit: Great usage of footage from Ordnance Lab. These guys know their trade very well.
@Kualinar
Ай бұрын
More like : Don't try this anywhere !
@DeezyP
Ай бұрын
@@3isr3g3nThe roblox channel 😉?
@mateuszjedut2406
Ай бұрын
Don't try this if don't know how
@DeputatKaktus
Ай бұрын
Firefighter here. Yeah, acetylene is a real dick. Once cylinders of the stuff have been heated up beyond a certain point (say, in a fire inside a metal workshop), they *will* go bang unless they are cooled very quickly and for a long time. Acetylene will decompose at about 300 degrees C. This reaction is self sustaining. Even when cooled down already for a while, the cylinders will gradually heat up again by themselves. So constant cooling is super important because those things behave like bombs with a hidden fuze - and you have no way of knowing how much is left on the fuze or how long it has been burning unless you look at it through a thermal imaging camera. Once an acetylene cylinder ruptures, you want to be at least 1000 ft away. So if you are not aware that acetylene cylinders are present in a fire and call it a day when the fire is out, you may be in for quite the surprise shortly after. This is the reason why one of the first questions on scene at any car workshop, metal processing facility or plumbers shop is if there are any gas cylinders inside.
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
Honestly, the more I learned about chemistry, the more noble I find firefighters - the amount of potential hazards exceed human imagination, and research labs are by far the least predictable in terms of hazards
@christopherleubner6633
Ай бұрын
Yup it rapidly undergoes polymerization when hot. Also badly oxidized flame arrestor can clog from the polymer forming. 😮
@SteamShinobi
Ай бұрын
EOD tech here, you want to be 1000m away because the metal cylinder. This is, on avg, rule of thumb for anything containing metal during an explosion. The acetylene itself I guess we could calculate hypotheticals only as there's too many factors. But, for safety, 1km is safe for both metal shrapnel (even though rare or unlikely, it has been seen) and any reasonable shockwave save for if it were an entire plant that just made and stored acetylene I suppose. Edit: you said ft, not meters. Whoops. 300m (1000ft) is still a pretty good safety distance
@MissionSilo
Ай бұрын
How do I learn more about the academic knowledge needed for firefighters?
@ethanwatt-dz3xq
Ай бұрын
@@That_ChemistI’d imagine a research lab is (relatively speaking) fairly manageable. There should be a catalogue of what and how much of dangerous materials. Contrasting with something like a meth lab or some machine shops that tend to play fast and loose with rules.
@ericmueller8505
Ай бұрын
Don’t think we didn’t see “Ligma Baldrich” at 12:55 😂
@nicejungle
Ай бұрын
Why all chemists on youtube are hating sigma aldrich ? Their products are expensive ?
@Suninrags
Ай бұрын
@nicejungle yes, exceedingly so. Also they are kinda elitist and it's a meme to hate on them now
@Shade_Tree_Mechanic
Ай бұрын
The full story behind Kentucky Ballistics rifle explosion is absolutely brutal.
@aidanhammer6968
Ай бұрын
What morebis there to it other than rifle exploded and he got a bolt shot into his chest? Genuinely curious.
@p_serdiuk
Ай бұрын
The round was incredibly hot loaded or even sabotaged, because the inventor of that rifle said that it was engineered to handle loads that are something like 20% above normal .50 BMG loads as a safety margin, yet that round still sheared the threads right off and sent the cap flying towards Scott. Scott had to use his thumb to press down on the severed carotid artery, inside the wound, against heart pressure, for an hour, while his father drove him to the hospital. Normally with arterial bleeds it takes around 15 seconds to lose consciousness. Then he made a full recovery and immediately continued to shoot very large caliber guns.
@aidanhammer6968
Ай бұрын
@@p_serdiuk Jesus. Thank you for that background info.
@chemistryofquestionablequa6252
Ай бұрын
@@p_serdiuk possibly loaded with pistol powder or cleaned in a tumbler which causes the powder to break into smaller pieces leading to a faster burn.
@GabrielLopez-ec9fc
Ай бұрын
@@p_serdiukim sure he did becouse if it's the bullet then its not his faulty guns fault
@JustinSmith-mh7mi
Ай бұрын
The terms "TNT" and "dynamite" are used so interchangeably, i didn't even know they were different classes of explosive
@klocugh12
Ай бұрын
Blame AC/DC
@TetsucabraLover
26 күн бұрын
@@klocugh12The band or current type?
@EnviroSteward
17 күн бұрын
I think dynamite is just nitroglycerin mixed with a stabilizing clay. TNT is TNT
@Speensinc
Ай бұрын
Everyone who isn't already explosions and fire fan needs to watch that video, as it has the best clip of an Australian speaking Australian to a chemical.
@sunoncream1118
Ай бұрын
small scale guyz smale scale XD (best idea ever to play with explosive shit and not lose a body part )
@georgecooke9010
Ай бұрын
HOW TRUE!
@alexroselle
Ай бұрын
German engineers: soon the world will tremble at our inventions German chemists: Hold mein Bier
@guytech7310
Ай бұрын
Nuclear physics working at Los Alamos in 1943-1945.
@bene5431
Ай бұрын
*Halt' mein Bier
@georgecooke9010
Ай бұрын
WATCH THIS, RIGHT!
@plato_sol
Ай бұрын
@@guytech7310 too be fair nazis had their own nuclear program and it was going faster but the war was so much more intense for them they werent able to finish it
@guytech7310
Ай бұрын
@@plato_sol Not really The US Spend about 2% of its GDP on the Manhatten project, Germany, not so much, especially when the war with Russia started to take a toll on Germany.
@RCM442
Ай бұрын
The most illegal explosive is a glass stopper exploding when it hits the top of the fume hood! PHOOMP!
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
chlorine radicals would like to know tar's location
@docbrosstudio7680
Ай бұрын
Casually builds nuke from memory
@Plan-xb1hs
Ай бұрын
We all know the real reason why Mercury II Fulminate was in B tier was for Breaking Bad
@fr3ddyfr3sh
Ай бұрын
Or was it for baking bread? 🤔
@amarissimus29
Ай бұрын
I flipped out at that scene. A chunk of fulminate that size would have left everyone in that room deaf at the very least. And good god the amount of hg to make a huge bag... that's a few thousand bucks easily. And no way could you confuse it with meth. Even after slow recrystallization, best I've gotten is really small crystals, with a distinct yellow tint. Worst was the whole methylamine nonsense. It's absurdly easy to synthesize. I loved the show, really loved it, but the chemistry was awful.
@lvn5609
Ай бұрын
@@amarissimus29Luckily, I don't know chemistry and was able to enjoy the show to the fullest 🙃
@saxxxxxmanL
Ай бұрын
@@amarissimus29Now imagine knowing firearms well. EVERY SINGLE ACTION MOVIE IS RUINED. 🤬
@sugandesenuds6663
Ай бұрын
How to get de-monetized in 44 minutes and 56 seconds
@SubspaceAlan
Ай бұрын
* How to get demonetized in 1 Planck unit of time.
@redgeneral5792
Ай бұрын
Then you probably shouldn't see his nerve agent tier list.
@qtluna7917
Ай бұрын
"Fun fact" about ammonium nitrate: They used explosives to loosen up mixtures of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate when they compressed during storage. That was common until the oppau explosion, when the old rule of "
@inkers3731
Ай бұрын
Glad that you really stress how dangerous this is. I know a bunch of people who will see people make explosives on video and think it's not so bad, but even with safety measures all it takes is a tiny bit to do serious damage.
@kevinroberts781
Ай бұрын
Many people make them every day.
@Erpyrikk
Ай бұрын
the forum post "life after detonation" on the science madness forum is a good warning aswell.
@markschwartz9905
Ай бұрын
PLEASE make a tier list for "forever chemicals"! Thanks!
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
I am planning to cover either forever chemicals/which chemical stays in your body the longest, I’m just working on the ozone depleting chemical video first
@hhhhhhhhh1071
Ай бұрын
I love eating PFOA 😋😋😋
@rkirke1
Ай бұрын
"S tier because S for Scotchgard™"
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
As soon as I found out of scotchgard I was immediately terrified and quarantined the stuff we had at home and brought it to the lab
@zhongxina9420
12 күн бұрын
mmmm microplastics
@Lorentari
Ай бұрын
Acetone Peroxide is a prime example of why waste handling procedures are important in a lab. At a high-school or university lab, the chance that some students will have worked with acetone, an acid and peroxide separately for some purpose would be common
@petevenuti7355
Ай бұрын
Have I told you the story about how when I was a 10-12yr old kid I made a fist-size pile of nitrogen tri-iodide? I had it drying on a 20 lb steel plate.. as a dried, the individual crystals would explode making the plate hop.. I panicked and washed it all down the drain... Over the course of the next 18 hours there was popping in the pipes and sewers all night long. Kept my parents and neighbors up all night. Fortunately it didn't all accumulate in a plumbing trap somewhere... That would have been very bad. I never told my parents it was my fault. I'm sure they wouldn't have believed me anyway at that point. (Before the sulfur dioxide incident)
@squeakymonjuer
Ай бұрын
"Before the sulfur dioxide incident" Ruh roh what was that lmao
@petevenuti7355
Ай бұрын
@@squeakymonjuer I was trying to make my own fuming sulfuric acid, burning sulfur in a coffee can... , anyway it went sideways, ended up burning like a whole pound of it in my basement with no ventilation.. because of that for decades I thought sulfur dioxide was a blue gas, now in retrospect I realize it was just a blue flame lighting the aerosol of sulfuric acid. Anyway that caused us to vacate the house for a week, all the silver in the house turned black and pitted.... My parents 25th anniversary decorations, good silverware in the back of the drawer, all ruined. My parents got rid of my "chemistry set" and wouldn't leave me unsupervised for years after that...
@squeakymonjuer
Ай бұрын
@@petevenuti7355 holy moly
@brunonikodemski2420
Ай бұрын
I too, made my first nitrocellulose in a glass test tube, in my parents basement. Fortunately, there was nothing nearby, when it accidentally went off, and spewed the excess nitric almost everywhere. My Mom yelled down the stairs, "are you OK" and when I said yes, she went back to watching television. Also did some thermite failures, among others. Became an engineer. Good learning sessions, if you survive them. I was near-sighted, so always had some eye protection, otherwise I would be blind now. Still have scars on my face.
@squeakymonjuer
Ай бұрын
@@brunonikodemski2420 yummy
@barfbot
Ай бұрын
chem prof goofing w acetylene? *laughs in welding shop*
@SAVikingSA
Ай бұрын
I use more styrofoam cups for that than I do shop coffee
@TheCaptainLulz
Ай бұрын
It goes without saying that what is illegal or legal in the US isnt necessarily the case in other countries. Manufacture usually also has a threshold, so making a gram isnt likely to get you in trouble, but making a kilo might.
@kaboom4679
Ай бұрын
Particularly if you make kilos and then stor , sell , or , transport it . Using it immediately is generally fine , unless you do it CONSTANTLY and in great quantities . Yes , I have " rolled my own " and while I had a few close calls , no injuries . YMMV , and , different jurisdictions and Karens will have a bearing on your experience . Especially if you USE it on a Karen . Probably commendable , certainly understandable , but , not generally allowable .
@firstmkb
Ай бұрын
What I heard was the legal issue is more around transportation and storage. I read an account from someone’s incident, and they kept quantities under 50 mg. I am no expert, not even an armchair one.
@lowstaar
Ай бұрын
Your teacher was nuts, a literal madman, he had no idea what he is doing..
@ryanrusch8644
Ай бұрын
I really like your style of giving deeper overviews of the chemicals before ranking them!
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
thanks!
@thomasdavis8117
Ай бұрын
In the tier way above S tier sits Plutonium.
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
P-tier
@guytech7310
Ай бұрын
lithium deuteride Neutronium Antimatter
@AgentCraftwork
Ай бұрын
Is Plutonium technically an explosive, considering that it is a radioactive material that when exposed to the appropriate conditions undergoes a chain reaction form of uncontrolled nuclear fission which releases inconceivable amounts of radiation and light/heat energy?
@guytech7310
Ай бұрын
@@AgentCraftwork Same could be stated for Ammomium Nitrate & TNT since they require near extreme conditions to detonate. Difference between chemical & nuclear reactions can be simplified as chemical reactions occur by interactions on the outside of a atom nucleus, and nuclear reactions occur from inside the atom nucleus.
@AgentCraftwork
Ай бұрын
@guytech7310 very well put, thank you. In hindsight my question was kind of stupid because I basically explained how the process of an explosion works in describing the act of nuclear fission. To be honest my original comment was rushed in the last minute of my lunch break at work and I didn't have long to think it out or read it over before posting.
@ethanmiller5487
Ай бұрын
My shop teacher did the balloons of acetylene and oxygen at different ratios. He had to warn the whole school before so no one called the police. We had to use our thumb and pinky to close our nose and ears. Amazing chemical power.
@bobbobert9379
Ай бұрын
He couldn't get you proper ear protection???
@dinolover2340
Ай бұрын
18:00 I knew exactly what video you will use as the example. I used to live near where that video was recorded, truly a polish classic
@reformlabs8742
Ай бұрын
So wait, a Polish Trash Cannon is a real thing?!?!
@convictednotconvinced
Ай бұрын
My understanding is that people who manufacture explosives for personal use are not required to have a federal explosives license or permit under 27 CFR, Part 555, as long as no material is stored, received, sold, or transported. I originally heard this from a friend who holds a FEML for his commercial fireworks display business, and I was quite surprised to learn it isn't the one way ticket to the slammer people often assume.
@Slowly_Going_Mad
Ай бұрын
Literally just doing some digging through the ATF archives you'll be surprised by a lot things. That said though still not something to take lightly as they will still find a way to cage you if they think you're too dangerous doing that kind of thing. It's also a legal nightmare full of contradictions at times making this hobby a grey area and a dark art.
@PrograError
Ай бұрын
@@Slowly_Going_Mad I think if it's in a minuscule amount that can be classified as truly personal use, you might be fair game... but seeing the video... that's pretty relative...
@rkirke1
Ай бұрын
Ordinance Lab have quite a few good videos where they go into detail about US laws around explosives
@fukkitful
Ай бұрын
Cops called the ATF to my house because I had Cannon fuse and blackpowder as a teen. They seized it and had me make a written statement that I've never showed anyone else how to delete stuff using pvc, gunpowder and safety fuse. A few months later I got a letter letting me know for only a small fee of $5000 I could get my property worth $20 back... $5000 per item.... My potato gun was fine though... or they didn't known what it was... 😁
@keith_cancel
Ай бұрын
Don't forget state laws. A lot times some states are even more restrictive.
@jamesleishman8025
Ай бұрын
Fake vape ad is crazy
@trenaceandblackmetal5621
Ай бұрын
BOOM
@StephenMcGregor1986
Ай бұрын
The Aussie gov would still ban them
@railworksamerica
Ай бұрын
💀☠️💀☠️💀☠️💀☠️💀
@Hurricayne92
Ай бұрын
@@StephenMcGregor1986 gotta keep those cigarette companies happy.
@EladOSRS
Ай бұрын
straight on a watch list with this one.
@railworksamerica
Ай бұрын
🗣🔥🔥💯💯
@reubensandwich9249
17 күн бұрын
I've been told by someone that once worked at DHS that typing the 4 letters of 4:57 in a search engine throws up a flag in their database it's been searched.
@zylaaeria2627
Ай бұрын
Ah, Nitroglycerene. For the whole ten people that played Castlevania 64, you likely remember the section where you need to carry a bottle of the stuff across the entire castle stage. So much as bump anything & you instantly died. That part scared the hell out of me as a kid.
@krispalermo8133
Ай бұрын
" Victory Jump, " right before the dialog cut scene window text. Miss by a fraction of a second, .. bomb. If you were good at the game you can play through within 6 to 7 hours. It takes a week of rolling dice as a D&D game. Everyone at the table/shop plays from the last save load point to test their video game skill. Then roll die/dice to see if their PC can make the ability/attribute checks to clear the level.
@Pootycat8359
Ай бұрын
13:25 The main reason that chlorate-based powders should not contain sulfur, is that S in the presence of moisture & atmospheric O2, is that H2SO4 can form, which can cause spontaneous ignition. I read an account of an English nobleman who had the bright idea of making black powder with KClO3. The process involves grinding the mixture, while wet, in a mill. It exploded, and bits of said nobleman were found, several hundred yards away. By the way, anyone (an adult) can buy black powder from a gun shop that caters to muzzle-loader enthusiasts (in the U.S.)
@guardsmanom134
Ай бұрын
Not so. Some states make that impossible, as yes, you can buy it, but transporting it is so highly regulated that even with a license, you run the risk of being arrested for moving it in a vehicle. So not true, across the board. Some states are better than others for this, in fact, most are. But some will have your grandchildren on a list, if they think you even know how to MAKE it.
@garywheeler7039
Ай бұрын
There are Black Powder substitutes that are used in black powder guns. Pyrodex for instance. That is the stuff available in gun shops instead of black powder. Its safer.
@Pootycat8359
Ай бұрын
@@garywheeler7039 I know all about Pyrodex, Still, many BP shooters prefer the original. For purchase, buying either one just requires that the buyer be 18 years old. but for sales, the shop needs an explosives license and must have a magazine for storage. So, most gun shops don't sell it. But you can buy it by mail, That requires paying a hazmat fee, I recently bought 20 lbs that way. The hazmat was $25.
@guardsmanom134
Ай бұрын
@garywheeler7039 no it's not. Pyrodex creates higher pressures, and sharper pressure curve gradients. What's worse, is that its reduced sensitivity causes hangfires which can be incredibly dangerous to the operator of a muzzleloading firearm. Research before you step into it.
@MrTheSmoon
Ай бұрын
using high explosives to bleach flower is psychotic
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
TATP-enriched flour
@SergeantTeabag
Ай бұрын
Now I know why Arby's was confused about their food blowing up!
@railworksamerica
Ай бұрын
Explosive flour
@totallynotdelinquent5933
Ай бұрын
Flour is also an explosive. when powdered flour is dispersed in the air at the right mix, it can level entire manufacturing facilities. there was one in my state a few decades ago and it almost leveled the place. a handful of people died.
@MrTheSmoon
Ай бұрын
@@totallynotdelinquent5933 thats true so i guess we are puting a primary into the secondary to make it into a proper bomb
@yikaiye9241
Ай бұрын
Fulminated mercury should be in S tier for "Say my name."
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
One of the greatest chemistry scenes of all time
@alexandrevaliquette3883
Ай бұрын
@@That_Chemist YOU'RE GOD DAAAAAAM RIGHT!
@amarissimus29
Ай бұрын
@@That_Chemist I've made lots of fulminate, and it looks nothing like meth. Hitting half a gram with a hammer without ear protection can bust an eardrum easily. No way would anyone with a brain throw a huge chunk of it on the floor. Great scene, yes. Great chemistry? No.
@bobbobert9379
Ай бұрын
@@That_Chemist one of the chemistry of all time
@Blackfell
Ай бұрын
‘Acetone Peroxide was discovered by chance’. Bet that was quite the surprise.
@SpecialEDy
Ай бұрын
You can make any explosive without a license in the USA, completely legal. You just cant transport it in a completed state, and you can only use it for recreational purposes. As an example, Tannerite(Ammonium Nitrate and Aluminum Powder) is sold across the USA in sporting good stores.
@__TK___
Ай бұрын
>Tannerite is sold across the USA in sporting goods stores Yeah, I’ve seen the videos where people put them into closed appliances, shoot at it and almost kill themself with shrapnel
@SpecialEDy
Ай бұрын
@__TK___ an important note about explosives is that "explosive devices" are forbidden without a license, and a pressure vessel is a key definition of a type of explosive device. A microwave oven is quite a poor pressure vessel compared to a pipe bomb or pressure cooker bomb, but the implication is that you can't stuff legal explosives into a container that will boost the pressure/yield or deliberately generate shrapnel.
@DangerousLab
Ай бұрын
The illegalness of explosives is more heavily weighted towards their ease of synthesis than most other factors since ease of synthesis makes them more prone to be used in attacks, therefore I don't agree that HMX, ETN/PETN should be S tier because they are not as easy to make.
@h.a.4286
Ай бұрын
ETN is literally just sugar- substitute from the store with some fertilizier and drain cleaner.....
@DangerousLab
Ай бұрын
@@h.a.4286 The fertilizer and drain cleaner in question are much more restricted outside US, so it is still much less accessible IMO, ETN should be high tier, but I don't think it is worth an "S".
@DrakkarCalethiel
Ай бұрын
@@DangerousLabYeah, good luck getting strong H2SO4 in form of drain cleaners or KNO3 fertilizer in europe /EU. home chemists are utterly screwed in the EU, almost all useful has been banned or heavily restricted
@kevinroberts781
Ай бұрын
It's legal to make any of these
@kevinroberts781
Ай бұрын
@@DrakkarCalethielyou can literally refine what you do have. Stop whining
@thecriss88
Ай бұрын
Meanwhile your FBI agent: Why is he watching a 45 minutes long video about explosives?
@dogspaghetti7118
Ай бұрын
The actual only answer is That Chemist, cause he’s the bomb 🔥
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
The viewers are pretty lit as well 🧨
@tsbrownie
Ай бұрын
Our chemistry department got emptied out one day. During a once-in-almost-never inventory of the stock room, they found a large (I think more than 1 liter) at the back of a shelf a bottle of picric acid solution that had crystalized, a significant part being around the glass stopper. Gotta wonder how many people were pushing bottles around that shelf over the years within millimeters of going boom.
@cweaver4080
Ай бұрын
As a human who likes all of his fingers, I prefer to watch other people handle explosives.
@TheBackyardChemist
Ай бұрын
what a nice bucket list
@UniCorneliusfan21
Ай бұрын
Where is my octanitrocubane and azidoazide azide
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
oh you will get your azidoazide azide
@pixselious
Ай бұрын
We will tell you ass soon as you tell us about that shed in your backyard
@Flesh_Wizard
Ай бұрын
@@That_Chemistdon't drop it
@CantHandleThisCanYa
Ай бұрын
@@Flesh_Wizarddon't look at it
@FUCKTHEBBC
Ай бұрын
@@CantHandleThisCanYa dont think about it xd
@ineverknowdoyou
Ай бұрын
That TATP demo was wild. When *my friend* tried it, he couldent get the dry crystals to go off with solely friction. He tried everything, it went from a quick bit of heat, but a hammer and concreat woudent do anything, dragging, hitting, nothing did it.
@inappropriatejohnson
Ай бұрын
"hold my beer" -Antimatter/matter annihilation
@hi_tech_reptiles
Ай бұрын
19:35 Assuming any professor or teacher is somehow more cautious, aware, or informed than any other member of the public is a good way to be disappointed. Or get tinnitus lol. Some professors may be, but many (or most) are just as derp as you and I.
@darkdestroyer2761
Ай бұрын
Your channel is what has convinced me to do Chemistry at University, keep making videos!
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
I wish you the best of luck in your studies!
@N0M4OFFICIAL
Ай бұрын
39:02 Bro, the fact you didn’t mention the fact that Picric Acid and TNT flattened the city of Halifax , Nova Scotia in 1917 is a crime
@tomoyaokazaki6021
Ай бұрын
That chemist: gives advisory for video of large explosion The video: same video he showed before the warning
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
yeah I thought about that when we were reviewing the edit but it was an oversight
@robertlapointe4093
Ай бұрын
Another source of initiation that I have come across is contact with air/moisture. For example tris(pentafluorophenyl)aluminum explodes (subsonically) on contact with water (decomposes to AlF3 and tetrafluorobenzyne). Another is tetrakis(trimethylphosphino)nickel, which detonates (not sure of the velocity, but very snappy) on contact with air. Other odd explosives I've handled include silver oxalate (decomposes to silver and CO2 upon heating to 140C), copper acetylide (decomposes to copper and carbon upon heating, friction or impact) and lead picrate. Also, mixtures of potassium permanganate with finely divided metals (aluminum, zinc, magnesium or iron) makes some serious flash powders that can be initiated with a few drops of glycerine.
@firstmkb
Ай бұрын
I remember my HS chem teacher putting an eyedropper of glycerine on a small pile of potassium permanganate. It took a few minutes, but it made a nice little volcano.
@PaulSteMarie
Ай бұрын
The class A/B/C nomenclature is a bit obsolete. Also, they are assigned by DOT, not OSHA. There are a ton of regulations governing shipping these items.
@ilijavirijevic3876
Ай бұрын
It's so difficult to comment "this was interesting, and pretty cool" without sounding sus af All the "watchlist" stuff aside, I love how deep you went into historical use/application of these compounds, very cool video
@frtzkng
Ай бұрын
EU: never mind the explosives, we make the precursors illegal for any non-professional to even *be in the mere possession of.* There are lots of things about the EU I love and am glad about being a citizen of it. The Explosives Precursors Directive is not one of them.
@ExtraThiccc
Ай бұрын
So you can't have charcoal?
@kaboom4679
Ай бұрын
Or , oxygen ? Or any nitrogen whatsoever ? Dear God , they have banned the entire atmosphere !
@AlexanderBurgers
Ай бұрын
Same, the EU banned a ton of the 'standard' chemistry chemicals on the premise that they can be used for either explosives, acid attacks, or drugs manufacture. Really sucks the fun out of home chemistry.
@Jeff-ml2ek
Ай бұрын
Of all the regulations in Germany, the restriction on concentrated sulfuric acid is truly the most annoying shit to deal with as a home chemist.
@hellishcyberdemon7112
Ай бұрын
IM guessing your not that happy being a citizen of the EU now, its only gonna get worse
@prjndigo
Ай бұрын
on RE factor of comparison to TNT vs nuclear devices: a nuclear device doesn't contain/carry even a fraction of the expansion mass ratio that TNT does at baseline RE and relies on its ability to superheat water/air/rock into a plasma state to transmit its energy into a shockwave. What this means is that there is actually a reduction in yield from nuclear weapons the higher they are detonated in the atmosphere until you reach a point in low space where TNT device itself will actually exceed pound-for-pound the yielded force of a nuclear device while the nuclear device's forced electromagnetic induction qualities start to become dominant generating much larger EMP and much higher electromagnetic propagation normally dampened by atmosphere.
@sosogo4real
Ай бұрын
Meanwhile Project Orion.
@harrypeterson9287
Ай бұрын
Just to be pedantic. Detonation is where the reaction speed exceeds the speed of sound of the explosive itself and the resulting shockwave is the pathway to that reaction. Deflagration can easily break the speed of sound in air and generate a shockwave, butunless the shockwave is the pathway of the reaction it's not a detonation.
@DangerousLab
Ай бұрын
I can't imagine my comment can actually go through KZitem's censorship despite having so many "non-KZitem-friendly" terms.
@dlog
Ай бұрын
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@StephenMcGregor1986
Ай бұрын
Try asking an AI for entertaining explosion videos on KZitem, it spazzes out lol
@windhelmguard5295
Ай бұрын
one thing that needs to be said about TNT is that it's also used in medicine to dilate blood vessels. it is also important to note that TNT is absorbed through the skin when handled so be careful as prolonged or frequent exposure can cause an addiction where the body adapts to the dilation by contracting the blood vessels, which can then over contract when withdrawal occurs, causing heart disease.
@Slowly_Going_Mad
Ай бұрын
@@windhelmguard5295 nitroglycerin not TNT. TNT has also been found to be rather toxic, carcinogenic, and stains your skin yellow. Nitroglycerin and related nitrate esters are far less toxic but still an acute poison/medication.
@robmorgan1214
Ай бұрын
Plutonium. The only correct answer here is Plutonium. Class S+ tier tertiary. "Can suck the paint off your house and give wife and kids permanent orange afros..." -Dan Aykroyd.
@PyReDZN
Ай бұрын
I love that your channel is basically an any% speedrun for getting put on an FBI watchlist
@bryan91108
Ай бұрын
Wheres NCl3 :(
@vanrick772
Ай бұрын
I'm REALLY liking the higher production value on these tier lists. The examples to go with each chemical and factoids spread around, really makes for much more engaging content. Great work!
@E-dart
Ай бұрын
Bro is giving us WAY to much info
@AKAK-rh7lr
Ай бұрын
How so
@E-dart
Ай бұрын
@@AKAK-rh7lr my lawyer as advised my not to elaborate
@AKAK-rh7lr
Ай бұрын
@@E-dart bro ate the explosives
@tyrannosaurusimperator
Ай бұрын
Acetylene is so explosive that gas cylinders of it don't actually contain it in a gaseous form. The cylinders are full of clay and acetone, which the acetylene is disolved into. You should never use a bottle of acetylene that has been turned sideways without letting it sit upright for a couple of hours to ensure the acetylene gets re-disolved.
@CatboyChemicalSociety
Ай бұрын
Nice
@That_Chemist
Ай бұрын
Thanks for all of the help you have given David over the years !
@smileyjack6621
Ай бұрын
I love that Kentucky ballistics will always reference or be used as reference for an explosion.
@ReasonablyBadActor
Ай бұрын
COMPLETELY INACCURATE...explosives are, not by themselves, illegal. The "classes" you are using (not the ones in your tier chart) are related to DOT regulations not criminal law. Anyone (in the US) can legally synthesize and safely detonate any chemical explosive with the exception of TATP, (which was specifically named in a law because of terrorist attacks and the fact that the explosive detection instruments of the time could not detect non nitrogen based explosives at air port security scanning stations) without license. Transporting, storing, or using in a destructive device requires licenses and involve differing degrees of legal trouble. The main area where people get in a lot of trouble is the destructive device law i.e. putting explosives in a metal pipe as opposed to just detonating by itself. Also, it seems you are just sort of assigning tiers to different compounds without much rhyme or reason. Its your video so do whatever but it kind of ruins any educational value to it.
@YourUpperLip1
Ай бұрын
Pro tip: Make your own video
@nickminneti825
Ай бұрын
I always love the symmetry and compactness of the molecular structure of explosives. It's actually one of those zen things in nature. It's the same way a supersonic jet or supercar's sleek design are based on aerodynamic properties but "look" fast. This symmetry and compactness is part of why they are "explosive", and we can appreciate it via it's symmetry. Great video!
@Idiotdragon8
21 күн бұрын
11:12 I’m happy that footage is being put to use. It’s been 3 years or so and he’s still playing around with guns, just with more safety procedures than before.
@Isometrix116
Ай бұрын
Fun fact! In the US, manufacturing small amounts of explosives for personal use (e.g. blowing up a tree stump) is perfectly legal, as is transporting the ingredients for binary explosives when unmixed. However, large quantities of explosives or transporting explosives off of your property or manufacturing an item which is clearly intended to be a weapon (e.g. a pipe bomb). This has created a decently sized industry around selling the both of the binary explosive components which are then mixed by the buyer to create an impact-sensitive explosive. This is often used on targets while shooting, either for a better return signature of a hit or just because it is cool to see something explode. Now, considering most people don't even know about this type of thing shows that, surprisingly, this hasn't really caused any problems. The times it does cause problems, its usually just to the person handling the explosive and a small surrounding area.
@warpdriveby
Ай бұрын
I was in Chem in high school with a few other buddies from the football team. One was really OCD about throwing things away, and had to put them all in one container and then into the trash, and another relevant quirk liquids always had to be poured down a sink! None of us knew about this until we were working on our first semester projects, between the three pairs on our row we had HNO³, H²SO⁴, Glycerin and Methanol in use. At the end of class he poured all 4 into a big graduated cylinder and then immediately down the drain because it started fuming vigorously. Fortunately the acids were relatively low molar, and the methanol diluted it further but he had essentially gotten a reaction going that produces both a lot of heat and nitroglycerin.
@Pootycat8359
Ай бұрын
18:50 That's really fun, and has the advantage that the balloon produces no shrapnel, not even shreds of cardboard.
@arty7122
Ай бұрын
btw when it comes to LE and HE, the shockfront in HE must travel faster than the speed of sound in the explosive itself, not in air
@alexandrevaliquette3883
Ай бұрын
I've been in contact with 7 of theses compounds over my chemistry and mining life... It's incredible how powerful theses little powder or liquid can be. If you mess with energetic compound, respect the protocol, keep very small quantity and don't prepare bulk without calculate the radius in case of detonation.
@Myemnhk
4 күн бұрын
23:01 this made me remember that when I went to the hospital they gave me a nitroglycerin spray in the mouth. So I'm one of the few people that can say I've ingested a high-hypersonic explosive.
@Bombsuitsandkilts
Ай бұрын
This is somewhat trivial, but primary, secondary, and tertiary classifications is not a measurement of explosive power or NEWQD. It just happens to be that many more sensitive explosives also happen to have high energy density.
@NeutronSplitter
Ай бұрын
I worked at the prototype facility for a major airbag manufacturer. The Azide used in curtain airbags will not detonate at normal atmospheric pressure and needed a secondary explosive. It had to be pressurized to a certain PSI that I wont name.
@TeaMaster420
Ай бұрын
4:03 Imagine sacrificing your lungs for no effects besides taste you can get by eating stuff.
@jess648
Ай бұрын
there’s something pretty funny about a chemist being sponsored by a vape company
@omegaweltall2001
Ай бұрын
This was recommended to me. What did my FBI agent mean by this?
@seanb3516
Ай бұрын
I Remember handling a Container with 2.5kg of pure Benzoyl Peroxide crystals. It was weird because the container was a cardboard tube with a push in lid. It turns out Benzoyl Peroxide is Impact Sensitive and as such it is not stored in solid containers which might fragment.
@TaylorTMPL
Ай бұрын
I once found an old bottle of picric acid under a cabinet in my old immunology lab. Not knowing it was potentially explosive nor seeing any markings on it displaying it I picked it up to check it out. It's bright yellow so it catches the eye. Regardless after inspection I ended up gently putting it down under the sink before asking a PhD student about it. He brought it to the attention of the PI who recognized it for what it was. They ended up calling the fire department and the chemical safety folks on campus to properly dispose of it. It wasn't until that last step that I recognized what I had come face to face with so to speak. I definitely remember dry material being visible around the cap of the bottle. Grateful it didn't decide to dance that day. To add a bit of context this immunlology lab often fixed tissues with Bouin's Solution/Fixative before processing them for sectioning and later histology work. The fixative consists of picric acid, acetic acid and formaldehyde in solution. You can buy it pre-mixed now for relatively cheap, but prior to that you made your own. At some point it was forgotten about until I found it some years later. A lesso nto all: lab curiosity is fine, but be cautious about what you find and how you handle it. It's best to ask questions before diving in.
@shunyaku7759
Ай бұрын
If this doesn't end with Azidoazide azide, I'm gonna get PISSED OFF
@anthonyshiels9273
Ай бұрын
I have a University Degree in Physics and Chemistry (1977) and I never heard of any of these compounds except for TNT. This was mentioned in connection with the Preparation of Nitrobenzene and Dinitrobenzene. To get a third Nitro Group onto Benzene you will need to add in a Methyl Group which gives Trinitrotoluene. Ammonium Nitrate was just a Laboratory Reagent with NO MENTION of any hazards. Hazard Labelling was NOT mandatory until 2003.
@seneca983
Ай бұрын
You've never heard of black powder?
@anthonyshiels9273
Ай бұрын
@@seneca983I have just listed ALL of the items on this list that I have seen during my University Degree Studies. Kindly pay attention
@alexroselle
Ай бұрын
Watching Tier lists to get myself on more lists, lol Doesn’t matter, I’m learning! Mainly that I should never ever ever ever do anything with this stuff.
@typrus6377
Ай бұрын
Regularly deal with Acetylene. Don't lay down tanks not designed for it. If you must, say for transport, then allow to sit upright for at least an hour before using. Also, ensure you propwrly size your tank for your highest-consumption torch tip. The reason for this is that if you consume the Acetylene too quickly, it'll start to disturb the acetone balance, and can increase the shock sensitivity of the tank. Used properly, it is of extremely high utility.
@yunis5097
24 күн бұрын
Acetylen my beloved… When I did my Firfighter Exam we had Our Trainer warn us extensively to always look out for old flasks and to drop and run when we suspect some of it.
@painxroses0710
Ай бұрын
Thank you Dr. Josiah Newton for making these kind of videos, i'm glad that people like you exist, you help learning more accesible to the world, much appreciated 😊
@tomc.5704
Ай бұрын
This turned from a "Most Illegal" to a "Most Dangerous" tier list so fast I've classified it as a Class A Secondary High Explosive
@ForthviewDevelopments
Ай бұрын
When I was training to be a welder, we got a busted broom head sat it on the metal workbench then soaked the head in acetylene then ignited it, all the instructors came running looking for the source of the noise.
@charlesfinas3826
Ай бұрын
I lov how this tierlist are not only just tierlist but are agremented with all kinds of info relative to the topics I really enjoyed this video, thank you!
@christophercripps7639
15 күн бұрын
Dunnite was used by the US Army & USN as an explosive filler in armor piercing cannon projectiles. It is very insensitive to shock as when a projectle impacts thick armor. Old texts note that most metal salts* of picric acid, in contrast to Dunnite, are very sensitive to shock, friction. Ot is said to be very sensitive to the point of being a primary explosive. *Iron, copper, zinc, ... most of the metals used in munitions. One source is Tunmey Davis "The Chemistry of Powder and Explosives" (edit added)
@user-lb6lu4ot5q
Ай бұрын
My wife likes to go antique shopping and I amuse myself by looking for old chemistry texts. I found one that described the synthesis of Nitrogen tri Bromide. The text described it as a liquid, and much more sensitive than Nitrogen tri Iodide. I think that falls into the "don't try this anywhere" category.
@jamingamer2782
Ай бұрын
Side note: old dynamite becomes pretty much primary or contact explosives, as the dynamite sometimes likes to start turning back into nitroglycerin, which crystallizes on the surface and is extremely sensitive. Plus, wouldn’t dynamite be a secondary explosive since it’s usually detonated with blasting caps?
@ExtremeODD
Ай бұрын
Happy to see my favorite, flash powder, in A tier. Your description of self confining was a bit rough, the material "self compresses" when enough of it is burned due to the high volume of gas produced not being able to expand faster than the flash powder burns.
@Chomuggaacapri
Ай бұрын
My high school science teacher had a shockingly similar story to yours with someone accidentally making a gas balloon WAY too strong and setting it off near people. He still has hearing loss in one ear from that.
@goldenstarmusic1689
Ай бұрын
You know, nobody else seems to have said anything but as a smoker that fum sponsorship is one of the 1% of KZitem ads I've genuinely considered. I appreciate the careful consideration from a chemistry channel for stuff like that I guess.
@Righty-O
Ай бұрын
The fact this came across my feed and is blowing up right now right after an assassination attempt scares me
@Gunbudder
Ай бұрын
an EOD tech once told me that illegal production of TATP is a self-regulating problem. seems like people who make it in their shed always end up in tiny pieces. at least that's what i've been told lol
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