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That kid from the first minute went through so many different emotions. Joy, fascination, love, boredom.
I felt so bad for the lady wearing a white ball cap on the opposite side. How could anyone sit there for over an hour with that black cloth wrapped over her mouth?...
@@savage22bolt32 Are you referring to the face mask? I'm pretty sure she could remove it if she found it uncomfortable, as it's quite uncommon for people to have them permanently attached.
@@fellenXD i remember wearing one on Halloween. Tried to go into a jewelry store and they locked the door! lol
Excellent way to get young people interested in science and engineering, and also to give us all a sense of the planning and engineering technology that goes into a pyrotechnics show. Very well done!
Good lecture, very entertaining. I flew into Heathrow Airport years ago on November 4th and the fireworks going off underneath our flight path were really colourful and dramatic. As we got closer to the airport they stopped. Good posting, thank you.
Absolutely amazing show. Thank You!!
Wonderful presentation!
Great lecture,thanks a lot.
When I read the title of this presentation, I was not enthusiastic about it. But the expertise of the professional and the oratory ability of the expositor captured my whole attention for 1:27:09, moreover I learned a little bit about the topic. 🙏
That was a very interesting lecture, thanks a lot.
"Higher! Higher!" 😀
16:32 that put my mind at ease when he gave the notice that he would be joking & had reheared this. My autistic mind was a bit worried after the surprise sparks went off. Thank you sir
Why did nobody tell me this was a job option when I was leaving school way back in the day?
Because most pyro companies are relatively small, and it's casual work for most of the crew, unless they're at management level or in a warehouse.
Watta funny guy. Fascinating stuff.
Nice show! But what is the copper III salt. I just know of copper I and II.
Fran Nolen on Quora with a BS in Chemical engineering and 20 years of industrial experience, says there is no copper III salt. Where as Mohammad Sayed Immam M.S. from University of Chittagong The formula of copper(iii) ion is Cu3+ and its valency is 3. Again,the formula of sulphate ion is SO42- and its valency is 2. There,the formula of copper(iii) sulphate is Cu2(SO4)3
There is even Cu4+ e.g. caesium hexafluorocuprate
Look up potassium hexafluorocuprate.
Audio needed the buzz removed in post production.
how he can make this so boring is the truly amazing part of the whole video
Nice edutainment:-)
Could there be a heavy gas pumped in, during the coldest part of the winter, & after that porous concert is layered over the eternal fire burning underground in the USA or the 1 outside of Kirkuk Iraq, & stop their emissions of greenhouse gases? The fire triangle made me ask the question.
Technically, I think yes. However, the fire heats up and expands the gas so much it just rises up and gets replaced with normal air. CO2 ist already a rather heavy gas... (there's clips out there with a fish tank full of CO2 with a balloon full of air floating on top).
I would appreciate subs in Spanish, these are pure gold to spark children's imagination. Any way I can help it to happen? Edit: I meant dubs, like a voice in spanish. Auto-complete playing tricks on me.
download the transcript, put it in a online translator?
Click the gear wheel - select Subtitles/CC - English (auto-generated) then click Subtitles/CC one more time and the Auto-translate option should be visible. You can select from a wide variety of languages in there, including Spanish. It's a bit of a mystery to me why the two-step process.
@@conradleonard I think the auto translate played a trick on me. I meant DUBS, like replacing original english voice with spanish voice.
This guy sounds like Philip Schofield but without the pervert vibes
Sad to see so many empty seats ((
A pyro show at the RI without Andrew Szydlow? A terrible travesty! I hope that he enjoyed watching with us, at least!
Why did a British Lecturer in a UK lecture spell it sulfur? It's Sulphur in English chemistry.
I'm a professional chemist and 'sulfur' has been the correct British spelling for many years. This spelling was adopted by IUPAC and subsequently accepted by the Nomenclature Committee of the (British!) Royal Society of Chemistry in 1992.
@@rogerparker3422 OK, that postdates my study in chemistry by about 7 years.
YAWN!!! Where's my Szydlo?
If in 2023 you mask your Kids, you need help
Going by that definition . . . My dad is an explosive