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It has taken many months, but I was finally able to make a decent aerogel!
Procedure resources: www.aerogel.org and bit.ly/g4gsf2s
Video References:
• Veritasium video: • World's Lightest Solid!
• Applied Science video: • Making silica aerogel ...
NileBlue pressure chamber video: • Going supercritical.
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Aerogel: I’m 99% air Chip bags: *pathetic*
Lol this comment was underrated tho
Hahaha
school doritos
This much is true
I choked on my own saliva due to laughing cuz of this comment. Caught me off guard.
i love how he casually just said that the best part is how it gets trapped in your eyelids and causes permanent blindness
I tried it and died
Fear can keep you focused and safe.
@@uncannyvalley2350 ah, how was it?
Twas not the bestest thing ever
@@uncannyvalley2350 damn, rip. mustve hurt.
I felt the joy with you when at the end the aerogel finally had no cracks! I watched the whole 40m and feel fresh after it, learned a lot and it was super entertaining! Thank you!
How much is that into usd? I’m upset you only got 10 likes.
It's Chilean peso,it's approximately 3 dollars
@@Mrinaalhere ohh ok thank your 🙏
@DiamondPeepOfficial why would you be upset over it not getting likes ??
@@nuages8915 more than upset is that when someone donates, the KZheadr should give more recognition. I'm more upset for the donator.
The great thing about Nigel's videos is that not only does he go through the pain of making these crazy things but that he also puts his own improvements over the techniques and ofc posts these videos for free on the internet so that anyone else can make the same thing and maybe improve it further.
spot on👌🏻
eventually he's going to snap and teach us how to make meth.
That blew my mind
I feel like he’s gonna turn into some chemist version of michael reeves soon
Its far cheaper to buy anyway
Lol nah there’s already all kinds of videos on that shit!!!
😂😂😂😂
"i used a dollar store cheese grater to shred one whole dollar store candle." ah, yes. chemistry
An the macro scale
Was all he could afford after dropping a few grand at McMaster-Carr
@@tomkandy gotta save money somewhere
he is kemissed
Comestry
NileRed: TMOS Subtitles: tea moss NileRed: **Shredding The Wax** Subtitles: [Music]
Don't know what's wrong with your subtitles, mine said tree frogs perfectly fine
Lol
39:10 I think the yellow color is not a resultat of pollution or bad quality, rather a diffractive effect. Aerogel is colorless and the blue color is a result of Rayleigh scattering in the nanostructure, same effect that makes the sky blue. I think the yellow look at the edges are the result of white light reflected back after being filtered by the aerogel and lost its blue spectral component, thus appearing yellow
Wow, I understood absolutely none of that 😮
@@ratgodsprophet480 me neither but wow that's a lot of words soo 👍
thats a really interesting hypothesis
So it's like a sunset?
good theory, but he holds up lab grade aerogel in presumably the same light, yet it stays that traditional blue
It amazes me that I can watch a full 43 minute video about aerogel but yet cannot watch my videos for school
THIS RIGHT HERE
@@andreafalealili5345 SHUT UP STOP YELLING OMG
@@amrali1380 Erm... you cant talk since youre yelling as well
Damn true
literally watching nine of these while procrastinating watching a nine hour long video
"My favorite thing about it is that it reacts with water and turns back into silica, and it can do this in both your lungs and your eyes. The best part too, is that the particles form in the eyes under the surface, and they're way too small to remove so it can lead to permanent blindness." Oh yeah, that's what I love about it too
Tom C. It’s like smashing a shot glass into someone’s face except at a microscopic level
I have never heard anything more horrifying! I actually shuddered!
Chemists
My favorite things and your favorite things don't really overlap...
*This guy is a mad scientist for sure...* Love it though.
Can we just appreciate how labour intensive this is to make and how Nile actually came up with some great solutions even improving on the instructions he was following. Aerogel is like unobtainium, almost impossible to make. It's a material that literally can not exist without supercritial drying, yet here's a full video on KZhead showing exactly how it can be made. Amazing.
Can we all appreciate how much he spent and how much effort he put in for just one video, showing something that we might never try?
"might" lol
@@googiegress7459with the amount of people who watch these vids there’s a good chance someone will
It is best that we don't make it.
Aerogel: the most confusing substance: Sounds like a brick Breaks like ceramic Looks like jello Weighs like a paper clip And takes heat like a boss
exactly can't believe just made an chain
@@moonagaming6068 Exactly Edit: his name was something on ''E''
@@Wgrid93 exactly
@@theguywhoasked8163 Exactly
Hotels like a Trivago
Aerogel: is 99% air Lays: Look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power.
69 likes Nice
Lmao I’m eating lays now
Great meme
Underrated
i mean...true
that frustrated "MMM" at 12:03 was priceless
As a student, I find science so difficult yet so fascinating at the same time. Keep up the good content!
Same
you know you've have reached peak chemistry when you grate some candle as a mold base to make aerogel
Wow first comment after a month Ü I feel special
Lol
Astigmatisme IM THE 1,000TH LIKER! And lol
@@DeepBlacknessRoblox mmmmm pop rocks
Imagine using ur grandmas old smoking voice just to tell her to say this in the voice to text because u can’t say it.
FBI: He HAS to be making Meth this time. NileRed: *making bone-in air*
This time? There has been more?
i make a bone in the air almost every day. whats new?
U.S. Law = Kick his door in anyway just we can see what this fricker is doing
nice
*meth* anol
Watching the liquid reach supercritical was super cool. The way the reflection from the bottom of the surface transitioned to refraction and then to transparent was awesome and ithe border between the two phases disappeared was awesome.
Just watched the Veritasium video on aerogel. He went to the Aerogel Technologies in Boston and when they showed the super critical drying process I noticed something that would have made your process much smoother. It appears they poured the gel into small molds and did not remove the gel from the mold until AFTER the super critical drying process was complete, doing so gave the smooth perfect appearance you were looking for.
"I had never done anything like this before, but I had faith that I could do it." What a life motto.
That's him before pretty must every project. And at the end, the result is great. So just shows he has got a lot of experience and the power of the motto
Me when I see something without a pattern
Yeah I meant sew, but it put see
Not original but ok
Make it a shirt
The entire video "the instructions said to do this but instead, I did that"
He "winging it" ;p (taken from mulan two)
"And it ended up working."
Tsk!! It's because my nephew a genius! You no laugh at him!
the instructions said to do that but instead, I did this
@@darkmaitri huh
>Me reminiscing over his old video budgets after he just spent over $8,000 (mostly on pure gold) in his latest video (late December, 2023) about making purple gold. Our Red-Boi's come a long way over the years! Here's to more success and growth in 2024!
i’ve been watching and falling asleep to these videos for years. Your voice is very therapeutic. 💕
Same 😀
I wonder what living with him would be "Hey I just bought two little windows for 800 dollars"
Yeah, I was thinking that too, lol
Yeah but u would also maybe get some of the aerogel... as a treat
For science...
Bill Gates: "Interesting"
@@shimpscampy lmao
The noise he made when he dropped the gel, “U N H H H”
Commentary Clone probably my favorite part of the video
When scientists drop things: it eez what it eez When this dude drops things: *orgasm* it isn't HARD enough
I could feel the angry energy from my screen.
Oof
Here guys 12:01
“My favorite part about this chemical is that the fumes turn your eyes and lungs into literal quartz and cause permanent blindness” Thank you NileRed, very cool.
Good parrot. You repeated what he said.
@@captainp.2721 great observation
People who like science can often be secretly very violent people.
@@captainp.2721you really enjoy being a judgemental loser dont you
@@I-Am-Creative-CoopsSame I never show it but sometimes I say something like that with a neutral face
Addressing the orange light in the chamber: CO2 not only absorbs in the IR area of the EM-Spectrum but also in the VIS area at about 430 nm (blue to violet), resulting in the light passing it to be orange (complementary color).
He’s definitely on like seven different fbi watch lists with how much pure chemicals he buys
Yeah. He does buy some sketchy things
Funniest part is that if he ever got raided every cop would see his lab and be certain he’s making drugs
*Breaking Red*
Nah he's Canadian. CSIS is probably watching though
@@flappyjay_gaming I love that comment, gave me a good chuckle :')
792 dollars for some little windows, so the dude could get some "cool shots" for us. what a legend.
You’re broke
@@ThePickles69 I doubt you're better
@@ThePickles69 your last names Epstein lmao
Kevin Epstein that’s coming out of the dudes own money if your gonna be a little bitch about it then just don’t say anything at all
I am mad pufferfish @Kevin Epstein you are big mean you cheese it
You take practical approaches to making chemical products that bewilder the public. You’re a genius for blending your passions, content and eduction like this.
Watching this as a chemical engineering student genuinely about 500 million more times more interesting than the stuff we do in lectures and labs fair play
Me: “I’m not going to watch 45 minutes about aerogel” *45 minutes later* “well, that was fascinating”
Yo I had no idea that was 45 minutes. I just watched the whole thing and it felt like 15.
Same
Read this comment and said, "Surely I won't as well...43 minutes later - I wonder what mass production of this stuff looks like.."
A video worth watching for sure
Holy shoot! I thought it was twenty, no wonder why it’s so dark outside
2:08 "the best part..." *proceeds to talk about how silica can cause permanent blindness*
As a chemist, the most fun part of any substance to work with is their hazards. Oh, it destroys my nervous system *AND* is pyrophoric? _n i c e_
I mean that's pretty dang cool though.
Put it in a water balloon and throw it at your friend’s face
@@ThisIsTaco1 what does pyrophoric mean?
@@Kyle-gw6qp 1. Spontaneously igniting in air, especially when in a finely divided state 2. Producing sparks, especially by friction 3. (fire investigation) Able to oxidize with exposure to atmospheric oxygen at normal temperatures.
I love how he takes his time and tries to make the best product he can. He doesn't half ass it and I love it.
The dedication just crazy. Good job Nile
''I came up with a *very scientific method* to figure this out... where I would occasionally *just punch the table* and see how it shook.''
That common sense.
This is about as scientific as it gets. Form hypothesis, make observations, adjust hypothesis, more tests and repeat.
He lied about getting rid of bubbles it's just to release the stress
"Its good to punch the table in general" NileRed 2020
@@ilyamosin3090 scientific or not
Aerogel: 99.98% air Everyone: wow that’s so cool Air: wtf, I’m 100% air
Lays: *pathetic*
@@dorpg26 copied from the chip bag comment
bro that was so funny I almost forgot to laugh O_O_O_O_O
LOL
SueDeNoob bro I didn’t ask O-o
love the content, been a fan for a while, when assembling use Hercules 'Mega Tape' (the gray stuff with the knight holding a shield) and 'Leak Lock' blue joint sealing compound, put the tape on (at least 3 wraps, then paint the leak lock on the tape that's on the threads in an even layer (going with the tape/threads, not against it so you don't unravel your tape!), then crank it down. never back a fitting out to straighten it up, you'll get a leak, if you have to go backwards more than ~1/16th of a turn then your best bet is to take that fitting out, retape and dope it, then do it again. the worst thing you can do on pipe fittings is back them out for any reason once you've started tightening. -Friendly steam boiler tech :) -edit 'Leak Lock' is produced by highside chemicals. get the 4oz bottles as the larger ones the brush is unwieldy on stuff smaller than 2" pipe thread, and you won't use the larger bottles before they start hardening. if you have a smaller bottle that hardens, get some carburetor cleaner or brake cleaner from o'reilly's auto parts and give it a generous squirt, shake it/stir it and it should fix it right up.
How this guy is not dead amazes me
If you are a person who has successfully created and shaped aerogel, does that make you an Aerosmith?
Dude looks like a wizard
Vola vola?
@@porkdumpring volare via?? 🤔
Is that a motherfucking JoJo's references???
@@swwetsour7697 Welcome to youtube comments :P
What I want to learn: How to make aerogel What I learned: A very scientific way to determine when the aerogel is ready is to punch the table
LOOOL same tho
LOL! Sometimes low tech is best tech.
I make your 1k from 999
Thanks for all your hard work.❤❤
I’m just amazed at this guys work ethic and genius. Thanks for brightening the world dude.
"I used a dollar store grater" "I bought a 2000$ chamber"
gotta save money somewhere
@Pawel Puchalski lol
That was $2K before the additional 2 $400 windows...
I agree, he should have bought a 2000$ grater. Very disappointed with this video because of this.
The dollar or cent symbol is before the number
“My favorite part... leads to permanent blindness” ah yes. This is why I love this channel
better to watch him than make our own ourselves 😂
Caustic be like
S A N D
When he said it?
It doesn't like being looked out or breathed. Maybe he likes it because of its challenging personality
Excellent description of your method, three years later and you're as thorough as you are now. Love your content dude
Thanks for the rundown of a simple high pressure CO2 setup; we've made this setup in our lab for experiments (with modifications ofc)
"I found that it was good to punch the table in general." - NileRed, anger management therapist
lmaoo
I laughed... LMAO,Lol
I hate that I realate
Lol
"I found it was good to punch the drywall in general." -KyleRed
How to make Aerogel: Step 563: Make a Pizza handle
Step 564 make a wood fire oven out of stone
Step 1/0 figure out why there is an orange color
as x approaches 0, you begin to wonder why you started the experiment in the first place
step 99999: cook it sous-vide
Golden Experience Requiem has reset the step count to zero.
Your are a good science teacher
Congratulations on your persistence!!! The result was fantastic! Hugs from Brazil
"On a personal note, projects like these...kind of destroy my soul."
Danielwgk what, was your mom an airogel or something?
Oh wait that’s a quote. WHOOPSIE
Yea lmao
Reminds me of grad school...
Months of work, some gratifying replies- but yes, that was doozy of a project was rewarding to us... thanks!
Hexagon gel: breaks just slightly Nile: audible pain
„hMmMhPf“
Ikr
that was kinda hot ngl
@@nagmumulto9305 i-
@@nagmumulto9305 ✝️
The persistence and patience this man has, is out of this world. Great work
Nah. It's not. You clearly don't know what great patience is.
@@captainp.2721bro????
@@dream_walker9726 Not your bro. Next time you have a question, I suggest you use words to convey it. Instead of 20 question marks. Understand?????????????????
wow this is very helpful I always wanted to know how to make aerogel and thank for all the effort and time it took for this i really appreciate it keep up the good work
"I've got 5 minutes to spare - lets watch a quick KZhead video!" .......................................................................... 43 minutes later, I'm still here! So fascinating to watch! Good stuff Nile!
yeah. youtube lied to me, too. said it was only 15m on the thumbnail. still ended up watching it all.
Didn’t realised it was such a long video. The best 43 minutes spent. Although it will not be apply to my daily life.
“I came up with a very scientific solution” Proceeds to punch table
You don’t do that?
It's percussive maintenance.
Often some of the best results can come from technically simple means. One example is how one of the nationally approved methods of obtaining unit weights of fine aggregates (small rocks of fairly consistent size) and sands is by filling and slightly tipping a calibrated, flat based bowl and then letting it fall flat, repeated 50 times.
yeah, that was the joke.
Lol
That patience and consistency man....
Your story telling ability is amazing i would rate it above your expertise in science. I started watching you i know i am not a scientist i would never try this at home but I love the way you explain it and it looks no less than billions of dollars budgeted tv Documentary NAT GEO etc I am in love with your show.
ah yes the "i swear i'm no drug fabricant, just a chemist" channel is back on track.
this has similar energy to: "i swear im no serial killer, just a writer"
@@Paulito-ym4qc I'm not a mass killer I'm just a reject art student
This youtube channel is definitely just a screen for his methlab, so that when the Feds look at his purchase history, they just assume its for this channel. lol
@@briandoolittle3422 That's a fact not a theory
He got me into amateur chemistry. Doing that in rural Minnesota really does look an awful like you're running a meth lab
NileRed: The Aerogel is really fragile, so I'll need to make a tiny pizza spatula to carefully load it in to the container. Also Nile: *Shakes the container*
NileRed: spends thousands on setup Also NileRed: can't get bucket for souvide to cover setup
Mr. Lucca lmao imagine having Murderous intent because you saw a comment
@Mr. Lucca imagine being as cringy and as much of a try hard psycho as you are
@Mr. Lucca Me: "I hate unoriginal formats" also me: *insert unoriginal dead humor format here*
Excellent application. I really appreciate the effort and determination to resolve issues in a practical way, to get results!
I think it goes without saying you did a really good job putting this together guy! Really enjoyed watching the whole damn thing and I learnt so much! Much appreciated!
"Best part is the particles get stuck in your eyes and cause blindness", he says in the most cheery tone like a psychopath
he's a total phyco- look how much effort he put into making aerogel man also probably knows how to make meth
@@reesespuffs335 Meth is easy, you don't need to go to university to learn how to make it. Also, most chemists (while taking safety extremely seriously) joke about the terrible things their chemicals can do.
@@reesespuffs335 People still don’t know how to spell psycho, huh?
@@zezus001 no i think it's just the dyslexia
@@reesespuffs335 I think here is a serious conversation
“and I ideally wanted mine to be crack-free” don’t we all nile... don’t we all
*SNORTS* IM SORRY WHAT
"One of the biggest factors in making crack-free aerogel is using speed"
@@GrandWiziy101 you won the internet for tonight.
At the end looks like h wasn’t successful. Got that SPOON
@@RVPNK161 Nah, the guy that commented the same thing 30 minutes before him already did.
Thanks for going to this much effort, Nigel. Although quite soul destroying and tedious, you accomplished something truly amazing. If i ever find a spare month I too shall attempt this.
Amazing. I never did chemistry properly. All I ever learned was from boring books in school. Never did adequate tests or anything. This channel may be the first time I really get the feel of what chemistry is really. I would describe it as cooking but much more dangerous, precise, but much more rewarding.
We all become extremely interested in science at 3 a.m.
How did you know what time it is?
Yes, how did you know it is 3 am?
It is currently 3 am
He looked at the time duh?
What a coincidence, it *is* nearly 3 am here... 🤣
One of the reasons Nile is so relaxing to watch is because his voice sounds like how a lab report looks.
You must have read some pretty good lab reports
His lab looks like a lab though I'd rather he replaced the ceiling lighting with low-intensity raking blue-white illumination. Because movie lab.
How is this so accurate
why does this just work
Well. Originally he made the early video for a lab report stuff though. I guess it took it forms from there and grew on us ;)
It was way more difficult to make than I was thought....i appreciate the hardwork ❤
14:10 bro thats glass grade, thats art
"I found a very scientific way of seeing if theyre dry" *Proceeds to destroy his table*
Xd
You forgot an apostrophe
Just punching a table wont destory it
@@Alecu-kx6by It depends on how much force you use
Kenan D. A. Was about to comment the same thing.
"The best part is that it can lead to permanent blindness" This guy is literally the definition of mad scientist
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
yeah methanol can definitely do that
I am literally speechless. You are amazing man kudos to you 🙌🏽
Very cool, thank you for showing us incredible chemistry behind all this
Me: maybe I should make aerogel Nile: this will cause permanent blindness if it gets in your eyes Me: nvm
why was this the exact same time when I said nah 😂
bruv u'v gotten 420 likes
i should still make aerogel
madeleine field just don’t get it in your eyes
It isn’t the aerogel it’s the chemical
Nile red: relatively easy Also Nile red: has an almost 44 minute long video Also Nile red 2x: 12:03
44 min video. 4 months of sporadic effort. 2 weeks constant.
That's fucking funny 😂😂😂
I didn't even notice it was 44 minutes long lol
@@xander1052 same lol
I scrolled down to see if this was a comment
Man this guy is too brilliant. Love it
25:06 This looks like some sci-fi type black hole. That view is amazing.
*Scientifically punches table* "Yeah I think the aerogel is done"
I CAST F- Wait... Science isn't magic... Damn it.
@@Concerned_Custodian if you understand magic, it's science. If you don't understand science, it's magic
"Here are all these chemicals that can solidify my lungs... anyway the first step is to-"
Oh no. Anyway...
@@yesitsmojo24 every chemist who discovered something by tasting a potentially dangerous chemical
Him g
These kind of videos from you and dr stone are one of the main reasons why i took science majors
the *click* as the labeled aerogel container closed shut was like the ark being stored away at the end of raiders… this was a fantastic video on such a difficult process, it was basically a movie
the idea of “sand forming inside your eyes” is going to become my awful intrusive thought of the day. Great
Yeah not very pleasant
Lol on the money with the comments
I find it funny how he talks about it like a good thing
@@Ur_fokin_nan right? 😅
@@misguidedsaint3693 tête et
I'm convinced that "A Local Hardware Store" is just the name of a chemical supply company in Canada
Eh. Everyhting he mentions getting there are pretty standard household chemicals you can find at the majority of hardware and quite a few grocery stores.
He’s probably a local customer
@@CraftQueenJr You didn't get the joke?
na its just your normal canadian tire
Nah, it's a local hardware store, but it's also the cover for the secret society of mad scientists that NileRed is a part of.
Well done! Subscribed! Makes you wonder how they ever figured out how to make it to begin with without any instructions..crazy! Love this channel ..cheers
Even if you can't see the aerogel at 23:34's shooting, like Nile wanted, the scene still looks really pretty to me in an abstract way. Something about the lighting around the chamber walls and the liquid CO₂, and the straight-on perspective, is such a visually-appealing shot to me. I don't know.
My favorite part was the most random, when using tongs to pull out the aerogel on the hex shape, you clicked the tongs a few time - just like a dad about to grill something. Proving it is impossible to use tongs at all, in any way, without clicking them.
Yep, I'm starting chem in college and I checked out the lab last week, the teacher had us look in our individual drawers to make sure everything was there and I immediately saw beaker tongs, took them out and clicked them (We're supposed to take everything out of the drawers to make sure we have everything we need for the labs in the future)
@@oceanbreeze6455 I was grilling chicken, i have to click them, it’s impossible not to, then I chase my dogs around the house with them.
How else would I know if they are working
the crab instinct
@@undeadluciel reject modernarity, return to crab
"I apparently squeezed a bit too hard on it, and it broke, and fell back into the methanol. . ." " _bLoNk_ , *mmMMGH* " 11:57
Funniest scene!
close your eyes and listen to it again
MMMGHH
Underated
@@kelpfaced IKR! Science at its best and one of many reasons why NileRed has always been my go to for informative yet relaxed science videos.
Pro Tip: Twist the teflon tape into a string, run that in the threads first, then spread it flat again and wrap around for an outside layer. 👍
I love your new content as well. You are amazing. I feel like you are in the level of veratasium
"- it can form in both your lungs and your eyes" oh
I love how he labelled the facts of the danger as "interesting" and "cool" cause like...same
*EWWWWW....*
Hahaha yep
it's how covid kills
@@AegisHyperon no
His goals for aerogel are the same I have for my kids. Keeping it crack free.
*_hmmmm_*
Hmmmmmnmmm lol
This is actually the best comment here lol
𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺
Ok that is a good one
Honestly I would love to see you retruning to this. It's such a fascinating topic and it also feels easy enough to understand as a layman. The sous vide cooker was ingenious. would a taller basin help mitigate heat loss? Also would vibration during the curing help mitigate the bubbles?
Cookie cutter sealed with wax was really creative. Very out of the box ingenuity.
Your videos are so amazing
I love how he actually shows us the measurements and precise instructions as if we were gonna make aerogel
Of course we will, its just the natural way of things.
Lol so true
I made it lol
Daniel Leung oml, your a champion
I am
The grunt of absolute pain when he drops the gel lmao
Ryan Brown The grunt of a broken man!
Wish you would revisit this. Was one of the most interesting videos and want to see more
The yellowing 39:04 is likely due to Rayleigh scattering. It is observed when you have bright light behind the gel as seen when you put it on top of the bright white paper. Also it has a bluish tint when illuminated from the side. I have observed similar in my silica xerogel samples.