Today we are extracting citric acid from some large large lemons. Citric acid is quite a useful molecule in general, but I don't have any particular uses for it. It is mostly used as a pH buffering agent in chemistry and isn't use in direct synthesis.
A buffering solution is a solution that resists pH change. It is useful in synthesis when you need to keep the pH relatively constant during a reaction.
In my Cadaverine video, I used citric acid to make a pH buffer solution: • Making cadaverine
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Next Video: I extract iron from the blood of my enemies. Wow I never thought I would see so many likes on this comment.
make a sword
yes please. He should extract iron from the blood of steers.
Cody Labs have done it before
He did it
@@yosltsum Ah yes, a man of culture
when life gives you lemons, extract citric acid.
No no no no no, When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, so that it's easier to extract the citric acid.
And a bunch of chemicals... doesn't seem very efficient as a process tbh
no no, MAKE LIFE TAKE THE LEMONS BACK! I DON'T WANT YOUR DAMN LEMONS, I'M GONNA BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN! WITH THE LEMONS! I'LL HAVE MY SCIENCE TEAM MAKE COMBUSTIBLE LEMONS SO I CAN BURN LIFE'S HOUSE DOWN!
Or make lemon ice cream
Awesome. I got like # 666
the urge not to drink the whole thing must have been overwhelming. Thanks for staying strong nigel
*niel
@@whydoidodis6829 Nile*
@@sparky2387 yes, sorry
@@whydoidodis6829 dumbass nile's real name is nigel
@@whydoidodis6829 his name is nigel
“When life gives you lemons, make methamphetamine” -Sun Tzu
-Walter White*
-Walt Whitman*
-Heisenberg
Y drugs
N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine
idk why but he reminds me of Bob Ross, the chemist version lol 'If the ph is a little higher than 9 that's ok', 'I'm not sure how much I added', 'will make a nice orange color'
we don't make mistakes, just happy little reactions.
I just snapped my fingers
Nah
Yeeesssssss
“Put a single drop. Now i’ll put another one, because everyone need a friend”
*I love how formal he is about juicing lemons*
Scientists...
Why? @Arctic fox
"I applied a downward force to press the lemons into the juicer. The idea was to use enough force to rupture the juice vesicles, allowing the juice to drip into the collection bin below, but not so much force that the friction of the lemon against the juicer would prevent me from rotating it. I decided to use a clockwise rotation..."
@@iyziejane imagine what a scientist would say about their normal lives xd
😂 😂 😂 😂 Kinda guy to always have a crease in his trousers.
For a purer product, it probably would be a good idea to re boil the calcium citrate in fresh distilled water after filtering, washing and drying in the frit, then filtering again after a short boil. This should really clean the calcium citrate for the reacidification step.
I can sleep to his videos all day, and watch them all day too. His voice is soothing and he explains things very well. It's nice to hear before I fall asleep and in the morning waking back up to another of his videos. These are super well done, very educational, and entertaining, but also can put me to sleep because it's just such a soothing thing to hear! I dunno why I'm like this- HELP-
Alternate title: Science man messes up his lemonade
Scientist human creates extra sour candy
Alternate title : Magic man messes up his lemonade
Alternative Title: Experimenting with lemonade I stole from a nearby Lemonade Stand
Scientist makes lemonade, that's it
Scientist makes solid lemonade
My science teacher showed us this video in class but I had already seen it, so I watched it again, in class and enjoyed it even more.
Nice teacher.
No fair
Can tell your English teacher is failing you.
Lucky 🍀
@@wolfconnor2147 English isn’t spoken by everyone aye speak their native language
I've used citric acid before as a metal chelator in reactions which are sensitive to the presence of said ions, or in reactions where something might oxidise. I've used citric acid to chelate iron ions in solution when synthesising potassium salicylate (I was attempting to synthesise a soluble salicylate salt) as well as to slow the oxidation of salicylate in the presence of light.
“Citric acid is present in many fruits but has the highest concentration in citrus fruits” *mm yes, this floor seems to be made of floor*
Citrus vs citric... floor v flour
Lol
"A glass stir rod is added to the beaker." Like its an ingredient lol.
@pavan 😂
the recipe doesnt compile if you dont add a glass stir rod before stirring with the glass stir rod
@pavan._.
Eat it. Eat the glass stir rod.
@@eldritchomen mmmm, crunchy
My dad heard me listening to this and asked what drugs im trying to make...
Crystal meth.
That's methed up
Well? What'd you tell him?
alexski13 What did you say?
Acid
8:31 the forbidden porridge
what amazes me is this dude's patience- I could never wait for 2 weeks like that
So we used 2 acids to extract a single acid... p r o f i t
And citric adid is way cheaper.
more like "l o s s"
Industrial citric acid is not made from lemon juice. And sulfuric acid is quite cheap actually.
Not stonks
stonk'nt
ok but, how about extracting potassium from Bananas?
YES
I don’t know if they have enough to make that practical.
Haha silly, potassium is obviously from potato’s
Fredster905 definitely potato skins
good luck doing that without causing a gigantic explosion :)
I love how you say, "I'm not sure how much" or "I am not sure if" and then still taste everything.... You do it and almost every video, it's like someone that knows what they are doing but doesn't at the same time...
I love this! I can't use most store bought citric acid because it's usually made from corn which I have a major allergy to, so now I can finally make all the bath bombs and food and beauty products my little heart desires!
If you are allergic to citric acid from the store because it's from corn then its impure as frick. citric acid=citric acid doesn't matter which fruit it comes from, or if it's from a lab.
@@igameidoresearchtoo6511 Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Either the factory is creating an impure product or OP has an extreme allergy
@@omarb2653 Even an extreme allergy probably wont detect the 3 carbon atoms that came from the corn it's dissolved fully in acid anyways, which destroys carbon most of the time, aswell as anything else corn could be made of.
You say citric acid, but I see L E M O N M E T H
@Yalda Ugle "hey, why does the air smell funnier today?"
"Jesse what the *FUCK* did you cook this time?"
@@NeedforMine1 “mr. white, I quit the chili powder recipe and now this stuff is top selling”
go breaking bad
@@NeedforMine1 😂😂😂
I wish this guy would be my chemistry teacher
well, that can hardly happen, because his experiments are expensive, and he needs money to survive.
Do you want to explode?
facts
Me too kid
That's my dream job xd
citric acid is commonly used as a "pickling compound" when making jewelry. That is, it is used in solution to remove oxide from soldering, etc.
13:53 I was sure he was going to say ”Just for fun I will be tasting some crystals” 😭
"May I offer you some lemonade?" *Me after this video* "No, thanks. I brought my own citric acid and carbonated water solution."
@Termin-Plays no I get my mixture of citric acid and dry ice dissolved in water
I don't think you carbonate lemonade
@@zezus001 Have you never had fizzy lemonade?
@@hazeltree7738 literally never, what's it like
@@bleuh8003 if you live somewhere that has the coke freestyle soda machines (each soda has a bunch of flavors) theres a sparkling lemonade in it
Make lemons from citric acid
LOL
Make meth from lemons
lol
Nice
Make LeMonS from Lemons 😂😂😂
You've come a long way my dude, congrats on your success!
We had an assignment last week based on industrial and microbial production of Citric Acid. Nice to see it in practical too
I'm guessing the process is like beer : make a boiled sugar solution, add nutrient, cool to around 68°F/20°C, put in fermentor, add microbes, seal with air trap, wait a few weeks. What happens after that? Are the microbes (which kind?) easy to obtain?
I have zero knowledge about chemicals or extraction but after watching several of his videos, I could guess what process would come after each step. Very clear and thorough explanation helped a lot
so nile made some crystal from lemon juice XDDD
You came to learn?????? Please don't take seriously cuz I'm pretty sure that majority of nilered's viewers came for entertainment
Instructions unclear: *made uranium -235*
@@Jayasree0627 oh most people are entertained true, but it is a little bit educational as well!
recrystalizations are my favorite part though....."ew, you look impure hold on lets disolve you in a warm solute then cool it down and filter off the yuck"
b o i l i n g e t h a n o l
it’s like a chemical shower
🅱️uchner 🅱️unnel
I love your videos nile, i would love you to have a secondary account where you make this videos but explaining a bit more of the backround chemistry that is happening like balances and so. love from argentina
In the Philippines we have a smaller and a lot more sour version of lemon, called calamansi which would make lemons sweet in comparison.
officer: whats in the bag me: oh just some citric acid crystals
I'm guessing you don't have many heroin addicts where you live.
i love how he also explains and describes the process of extracting the juice from the lemons.
I'm years late. I'm not involved in chemistry whatsoever in any capacity but gosh are these videos interesting and binge worthy.
Citric Acid 10% can be used to aid in the process of Acid/Base extraction of many chemicals. Often, it is mixed with acetone to separate two compounds from a mixture.
His voice sounds clean and crisp like a freshly pressed suit
holy shit yes
Or a freshly squeezed lemon.🤣🍋🍋
He is part suit
@ilikeminecraft6753 Ah lacking a sense of humour eh? Nice
@ilikeminecraft6753 nobody asked
Citric acid is really good for removing rust from ferric metal. Work's really fast as compared to other methods. Keep up the great work too.
Ferric metal - I'm not a chemist, but do you perchance mean iron?
@@Bob3D2000 Yes Bob, used another term that I should of not. But at the time it was the cats meow. Will do better next time fella. Good day, VF
The power of citrate complexes.
Citric acid is useful to condition wool before dying it with an acid dye. Nylon can also be conditioned this way, and you can then spin the wool roving, knit the wool/ nylon yarn, sew with the wool fabric, or dye and wear already made wool socks!
You can make dyes from citric acid. Might be a good opportunity to teach about how colors arise, and we love exotically colored solutions being mixed. It's what chemistry is to every 4yo out there.
NileRed: Big science words. My Brain: SoUr JuIcE.
Monkey brain: hoo hoo peanut
My brain: *I like your funny words chemistry man*
Combustion
@@cpu_1292 Combustible lemons
NileRed: Sodium Chloride Me: Actually dude, it's salt.
this channel taught me one of the important facts of life. never underestimate coffee filters.
Or nerds lol
@@kayleas5328 as a nerd i agree
@@khajiithaswares4147 as a coffee filter i agree
as a coffee filter i agree
as a nerd filter i agree
I love to watch these videos to fall asleep, super calming
Actually, one of the main uses of citric acid is a food friendly cleaner. For removing calcium scale deposits, etc.
“There might be an automated way to do this” Yah... a *Juicer*
Lol 😂✌️
Giving out the juicy pointers.
@@thewinteriscoming990 you loose a little bit of efficiency, just for fun i calculated how much juice i get per 100 grams of lemon, i dont remember the exact numbers but i got like 5-10% less than when i manually do it
" Yah "
Or an electronic motorized citrus reamer
Nile, love your videos. I used to study citric acid crystals. It appears to me that you actually grew a batch of citric acid monohydrate crystals. The hexagonal plate you saw in crystal 5 is indicative of anhydrous citric acid, as these crystals form hexagonal plates. Crystal 3 to me just appeared to be a twinned citric acid monohydrate crystal. Citric acid monohydrate crystals can actually grow fairly large when they are pure and left to sit if you were looking for something to do with them. I used to get them larger than a cm in diameter in a day or two. If you keep the crystals out for a day or two in a higher temperature environment, you would probably be able to see the crystals dehydrate and turn amorphous. Keep up the videos!
Very interesting. Does citric acid dissolve in any solvent that isn't water so you could get large anhydrous crystals?
Mr. Chang any polar based solvent will dissolve these
Don’t mind me, a random viewer who didn’t understand what was just said, but is amazed by the amount of knowledge vomited.
Steven Spangenberg i didnt understand a thing you said but its still iconic so SISTER SMARTY and stay a queeeeeeen
Hey, what kind of twinning is that in crystal 4.
i kinda love nigel's voice in this video. it's chill but contains chaos
this guy is the reason why I had a great start to school chemistry
the way this guy talks through the process is basically the perfect way to write a step portion of a lab report
Nile running into a lot of problems in the project, buying expensive chemicals, losing time. Nile at the end: ahhha that's fun
🤓
create the most citric Lemonade ever with it
great video, and I use citric acid instead of lemon and salt especially if I dont have lemon. It is also sold in the some stores located with the spices.
"Today I'm gonna demonstrate drinking acid." (pour self a glass of lemonade and prepare for the audience to throw tomatoes)
Lol
Maybe the audience wanted you to drink oxalic acid instead :p
Actually he did pour various acids on his hand in one of his videos... look it up... and yes his hand is still intact xD
@cyka blyat True, but I still wouldn't try it.
cyka blyat Hydrochloric for almost a minute, sulphuric for 20 seconds, nitric for 10
Me: Eating Cheesepuffs and licking the dust off my fingers Neil Red: calcium chloride reacts with trisodium citrate to form tricalcium citrate Also Me: hmmm makes sense
*tricalcium dicitrate
@@Lucki_MORELIKEUNLUCKI i think you’re missing the point
@@RigWim missing this point? This comment is kinda overused.
@@Lucki_MORELIKEUNLUCKI how does that disprove what i said in any capacity
@@Lucki_MORELIKEUNLUCKI your a year late buddy
Fun to check up on old videos from time to time, just to see how much it all changes.
I know it's a while ago you made this, but I had a question: at which step is the sugar that is present taken away from the citric acid? I am guessing that the yellow discoloration might be low concentrations of flavonoids present in the end product, but that's just a guess. Do you think it's possible to make oxaloacetate from the citric acid? This would be really cool since it's basically like reversing the TCA cycle
I love how this dude talks like a chemistry paper: he "...transferred the juice to the beaker". Well, no shit! Keep up the great work!!
Well if you’re writing it down to recreate this, i’m gonna guess that’s an important step.
My juicer is full so I must pour it into this beaker.
I just say 'stir the juice in the beaker' it used to piss off my Chem teacher bc I was too direct with what was going on.
You make squeezing lemons sound so complicated and scientific
With the right terminology and nomenclature you can make boiling an egg sound like rocket science ;)
Citric Acid is used as part of the clean up process in Wine production, so as a chemical cleaning agent. We would then follow it up with HPO and rinse with water. this process was used on both tools and larger containers. Basically it was just used to lower the ph and kill any microbes, then HPO to balance it back out
Citric acid is a good ear rinse after swiming. It prevents swimmers ear. It will also kill any coral you may get in your skin. Pick it out and rinse with citric acid. We just used lemon juice. Pretty weak I guess but very effective on fugus and water borne stuff.
pretty sure the brown stuff in the final product is tannin. it's present in almost every part of a plant and it's almost impossible to get rid of.
You can get rid of it pretty easily with some lead acetate.
@@kadergumus2598 and H2SO4 is corrosive :)
Fuck tannin
Muriatic acid...
@@kadergumus2598 Even more surprisingly, it's also used in high dosage lozenges to shorten the duration of the common cold. Nothing else can do that. It works but you have to have them constantly in the mouth and the lozenges start to taste terrible after a few hours. It's not really worth it in my opinion.
God help anyone he decides to murder lol. New Video: *Extracting the soul of a punk who insulted me*
"Extracting iron from fresh wounds"
How to extract singularity from BLACK HOLE
How to make a *black hole*
Extracting iron from blood of my enemies
"What happens when you ingest organic mercury compounds diluted in concentrated hydrofluoric acid"
It has a bunch of household applications, too! If you have very hard tap water that leaves a calcified film in your pots, you can use citric acid to remove that.
the aspergilllus you mentioned sounds like something that would be really fun.
It's awesome for removing rust from tools. Done it many times because it's not bad for the environment when poured out.
Or cleaning copper stuff like my still.
Yeah,especially when combined with salt.
Gavin did it work well? :)
Gavin Newall A common and fairly fast method is to an angle grinder to get the bulk of the rust, grime or paint off of it. Then an acid wash. Then use a baking soda rinse to neutralize the acid. Then boild linseed Oil afterwords to keep it from rusting.
Im just gonna eat it when i make it
14:10 "Ive gone ahead and taken a shot of pure citric acid" Even out of context, I'd still believe you really said that
I love that you describe yourself juicing a bunch of lemons with exactly the same tone and language.
TQ for your detailed video for extracting citric acid from lemons. Two home uses for citric acid are: 1. to dissolve calcium deposits in water filters & 2. For cleaning toilet bowls.
Figure out how to extract flammable chemicals from lemons. Make Cave Johnson proud
No, you’d have to inject something combustible in. Maybe nitric acid.
Citric acid IS flammable.
@medexamtoolsdotcom The funniest part is that I googled it and found that no, it's in fact a flame retardant.
kader gumus oh neat I didn’t know that
@@elephystry you can squeeze the skin and the vapor that quirts out can be lit on fire. Like a flamethrower
Whenever I watch Niles video it reminds me of all my failed science experiment and how it should have actually been thought out... each one of his videos is a thesis.. this guy is amazing
It really is like a full report, yep!
Im definitely gonna like watching these when im starting to gain more chemistry knowledge
I will try this ! ❤️
When I was a camp counselor I used to teach a science class and to recreate the classic ‘baking sofa and vinegar’ reaction, I often mixed powdered citric acid with baking soda, and then added water to start the reaction. It’s a lot of fun in plastic bottles too
oh yeah I have tried that at my home. its really fun
Ah, the baking sofa, where the men of the house sit and talk about a sport while the cookies are baking in the oven.
I love to watch these videos to fall asleep, super calming 😊
Haha me to
I thought i am the only one who is doing this weird thing
yeees, this is better than a lullaby song, but the difference is that you learn.
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Very nice and simply explained
Whatever the microphone you used for this setup specifically is way better than what you have even today.
When ElectroBoom is the king of Electricity. This man is the King of Chemistry
Ben eater doesn’t get stuck in a house fire by adding a capacitor
and don't forget the king of physics SmArTeR EvErYdAy although electricity comes under physics only XD
And dani is the king of milk
@@muhanad4572 No
@@muhanad4572 boner
In chemistry do you get a precipitation award?
Only if you drop out
No, you get a condensation reward.
@@theoseym1368 I thought he got an evaporation award?
better than any science class I've ever been in
It can be used as a soldering flux when mixed with water. I have to try that, though. I've made a couple of fluxes, one liquid and one paste, with rosin. However, I'm planning to give citric acid a try, as it is inexpensive and easy to obtain.
Even though I don't understand the calculations, I still watch like a kid and agree!
Learned something new - citric acid produced by fungus. Automatic thumbs up !
I’m so invested in somebody reading a lab report
Me:covers lemon in baking soda The Lemon:boom
"a glass stir rod is added to the beaker" Wtf is that an ingredient...?
Lol, this comment reminds me of the video Cody'sLab did in which he would stir in silver spoons into molten metal.
@@TheSniper9752 Cody is a comedic genius. he consistently handles chemicals with barehands, but when he does strictly food grade videos, he wears gloves lol. god tier troll
Yes
@TheSniper9752 “Goodbye, spoon” -Cody’sLab
When life gives you lemons, extract the citric acid and make a video of it. Good video man
LOL
his videos are literally awesome
aw-suh-miss
You taught me more than school mate, thanks.
3:42 Forbidden orange juice
You can use citric acid to make Benedict's reagent (copper citrate complex)
Yeah. And show us the the colour change with formic acid, and other renowned aldehydes!
Very nice video. Following you for the new and improved way for several Kitchen chemistries as well. Just one suggestion. For theoretical calculations and purity purposes, you could use the titration method on Citrus juice and pure crystals. The titration is not very difficult and if you need, I can help you with the same.
9:12 - looks kinda like apple juice lemme drink it
My mom doesn't belive he got ~30 tablespoons of juice from only 8 lemons.
What kind of dry ass lemons do you guys have?
not juicy lemons on sale 50 cents per pound
Sounds like a grip problem to me. Is your dad regularly grumpy, distracted, unable to sleep? Maybe your mom's 'old fashioned' game is poor, buy her a shake weight, your newly happy, focussed, and well rested dad will thank you and your mom will get a higher yield from her lemons.
@@hiroprotagonist1587 wtf the lemons are just small
Mom? He?
Make combustible lemons
zenlyfly1915 Hell yeah
BURN THEIR HOUSE DOWN
He Says what we're all thinking!
It's been done
Haha, it's funny you say that, some scientists have experimented with a compound extracted from lemons as a rocket fuel. They were hoping it'd be safer then RFNA and easier to handle then liquid hydrogen
forbidden “edible” crystals
Hello
NileRed, The Chemistry teacher we wished we all had
Anyone else's mouth watering a lot while watching this
m b Yeah! A lot! Brains are tricky!!!
Yes, how about making lemon juice out of the citric crystals, sugar, and water? hee-hee
No. Lemons are gross. Limes are actually good.
@@maggiep9007 lemons taste weird
Are you a girl?
When life give Nile lemons, he makes citric acid!
Nilered: Alright, so I was just thinking... When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade! -Make life take the lemons back!- Make citric acid crystals!
Evil Pumpkinman MAKE THIS A MEME!!!! LOL
NileRed then: *extracts citric acid from lemons* NileRed now: *creates cherry soda from paint thinner*
"There might be an automated way to do this" . You are adorable!