Making aerogel

2020 ж. 29 Нау.
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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*

    @eskimoof4804@eskimoof48043 жыл бұрын
    • Lol this comment was underrated tho

      @adrey2134@adrey21343 жыл бұрын
    • Hahaha

      @BuddhaOfDarkness@BuddhaOfDarkness3 жыл бұрын
    • school doritos

      @user-vc6gg1sr3t@user-vc6gg1sr3t3 жыл бұрын
    • This much is true

      @darkmoonthedirewolf9231@darkmoonthedirewolf92313 жыл бұрын
    • I choked on my own saliva due to laughing cuz of this comment. Caught me off guard.

      @Wolfickle@Wolfickle3 жыл бұрын
  • i love how he casually just said that the best part is how it gets trapped in your eyelids and causes permanent blindness

    @micheek9708@micheek97082 жыл бұрын
    • I tried it and died

      @uncannyvalley2350@uncannyvalley23502 жыл бұрын
    • Fear can keep you focused and safe.

      @Shep01@Shep012 жыл бұрын
    • @@uncannyvalley2350 ah, how was it?

      @spaghettiopizza8686@spaghettiopizza86862 жыл бұрын
    • Twas not the bestest thing ever

      @uncannyvalley2350@uncannyvalley23502 жыл бұрын
    • @@uncannyvalley2350 damn, rip. mustve hurt.

      @wynndye@wynndye2 жыл бұрын
  • 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!

    @3duadu@3duadu8 ай бұрын
    • How much is that into usd? I’m upset you only got 10 likes.

      @DiamondPeepOfficial@DiamondPeepOfficial7 ай бұрын
    • It's Chilean peso,it's approximately 3 dollars

      @Mrinaalhere@Mrinaalhere7 ай бұрын
    • @@Mrinaalhere ohh ok thank your 🙏

      @DiamondPeepOfficial@DiamondPeepOfficial7 ай бұрын
    • ​@DiamondPeepOfficial why would you be upset over it not getting likes ??

      @nuages8915@nuages89156 ай бұрын
    • @@nuages8915 more than upset is that when someone donates, the KZheadr should give more recognition. I'm more upset for the donator.

      @DiamondPeepOfficial@DiamondPeepOfficial6 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @YourLocalCafe@YourLocalCafe4 ай бұрын
    • spot on👌🏻

      @wanstall.mp3@wanstall.mp3Ай бұрын
  • eventually he's going to snap and teach us how to make meth.

    @salamiflavoredlacroix9284@salamiflavoredlacroix92843 жыл бұрын
    • That blew my mind

      @user-nn9el3jd1m@user-nn9el3jd1m3 жыл бұрын
    • I feel like he’s gonna turn into some chemist version of michael reeves soon

      @rockyroad5682@rockyroad56823 жыл бұрын
    • Its far cheaper to buy anyway

      @guystokesable@guystokesable3 жыл бұрын
    • Lol nah there’s already all kinds of videos on that shit!!!

      @SolidBased@SolidBased3 жыл бұрын
    • 😂😂😂😂

      @narcleptik@narcleptik3 жыл бұрын
  • "i used a dollar store cheese grater to shred one whole dollar store candle." ah, yes. chemistry

    @manitoba-op4jx@manitoba-op4jx4 жыл бұрын
    • An the macro scale

      @noahcarlton4625@noahcarlton46254 жыл бұрын
    • Was all he could afford after dropping a few grand at McMaster-Carr

      @tomkandy@tomkandy4 жыл бұрын
    • @@tomkandy gotta save money somewhere

      @manan-543@manan-5434 жыл бұрын
    • he is kemissed

      @ohg4338@ohg43384 жыл бұрын
    • Comestry

      @aboveezsalt6671@aboveezsalt66714 жыл бұрын
  • NileRed: TMOS Subtitles: tea moss NileRed: **Shredding The Wax** Subtitles: [Music]

    @RICX_OFFICIXL_Channel@RICX_OFFICIXL_Channel9 ай бұрын
    • Don't know what's wrong with your subtitles, mine said tree frogs perfectly fine

      @Corner_twisted@Corner_twisted5 күн бұрын
    • Lol

      @BluesBeeHive@BluesBeeHive4 күн бұрын
  • 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

    @gunnarhedin-we5di@gunnarhedin-we5di Жыл бұрын
    • Wow, I understood absolutely none of that 😮

      @ratgodsprophet480@ratgodsprophet4809 ай бұрын
    • @@ratgodsprophet480 me neither but wow that's a lot of words soo 👍

      @tiffanychou6869@tiffanychou68698 ай бұрын
    • thats a really interesting hypothesis

      @aerbon@aerbon8 ай бұрын
    • So it's like a sunset?

      @AlphaFX-kv4ud@AlphaFX-kv4ud7 ай бұрын
    • good theory, but he holds up lab grade aerogel in presumably the same light, yet it stays that traditional blue

      @honestythegreat2438@honestythegreat24384 ай бұрын
  • It amazes me that I can watch a full 43 minute video about aerogel but yet cannot watch my videos for school

    @isaiahwray4328@isaiahwray43283 жыл бұрын
    • THIS RIGHT HERE

      @andreafalealili5345@andreafalealili53453 жыл бұрын
    • @@andreafalealili5345 SHUT UP STOP YELLING OMG

      @amrali1380@amrali13803 жыл бұрын
    • @@amrali1380 Erm... you cant talk since youre yelling as well

      @gallium-gonzollium@gallium-gonzollium3 жыл бұрын
    • Damn true

      @mangomations@mangomations3 жыл бұрын
    • literally watching nine of these while procrastinating watching a nine hour long video

      @confs4loona696@confs4loona6962 жыл бұрын
  • "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

    @tomc.5704@tomc.57044 жыл бұрын
    • Tom C. It’s like smashing a shot glass into someone’s face except at a microscopic level

      @andrelin4345@andrelin43454 жыл бұрын
    • I have never heard anything more horrifying! I actually shuddered!

      @cherry27@cherry274 жыл бұрын
    • Chemists

      @mikhailmikhailov8781@mikhailmikhailov87814 жыл бұрын
    • My favorite things and your favorite things don't really overlap...

      @Kay_Sea251@Kay_Sea2514 жыл бұрын
    • *This guy is a mad scientist for sure...* Love it though.

      @WolfLykaios@WolfLykaios4 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @Stuntman707@Stuntman70710 ай бұрын
  • 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?

    @samuraijackson241@samuraijackson24111 ай бұрын
    • "might" lol

      @googiegress7459@googiegress74599 ай бұрын
    • @@googiegress7459with the amount of people who watch these vids there’s a good chance someone will

      @speenta4879@speenta48793 ай бұрын
    • It is best that we don't make it.

      @dammitdad@dammitdad2 ай бұрын
  • 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

    @Ender-jl8dd@Ender-jl8dd2 жыл бұрын
    • exactly can't believe just made an chain

      @moonagaming6068@moonagaming60682 жыл бұрын
    • @@moonagaming6068 Exactly Edit: his name was something on ''E''

      @Wgrid93@Wgrid932 жыл бұрын
    • @@Wgrid93 exactly

      @theguywhoasked8163@theguywhoasked81632 жыл бұрын
    • @@theguywhoasked8163 Exactly

      @Wgrid93@Wgrid932 жыл бұрын
    • Hotels like a Trivago

      @SoapOfTheMactavish@SoapOfTheMactavish2 жыл бұрын
  • Aerogel: is 99% air Lays: Look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power.

    @thagumber@thagumber2 жыл бұрын
    • 69 likes Nice

      @arkhangelskmapping1497@arkhangelskmapping14972 жыл бұрын
    • Lmao I’m eating lays now

      @3dragonprints458@3dragonprints4582 жыл бұрын
    • Great meme

      @highdefinition450@highdefinition4502 жыл бұрын
    • Underrated

      @kaeifahmedehasan2795@kaeifahmedehasan27952 жыл бұрын
    • i mean...true

      @xiiipara@xiiipara2 жыл бұрын
  • that frustrated "MMM" at 12:03 was priceless

    @nicholasspring@nicholasspring11 ай бұрын
  • As a student, I find science so difficult yet so fascinating at the same time. Keep up the good content!

    @majka_srajka@majka_srajka Жыл бұрын
    • Same

      @jasperkolpe5234@jasperkolpe52346 ай бұрын
  • you know you've have reached peak chemistry when you grate some candle as a mold base to make aerogel

    @hahanamegobrrr6667@hahanamegobrrr66673 жыл бұрын
    • Wow first comment after a month Ü I feel special

      @purplebrick7263@purplebrick72633 жыл бұрын
    • Lol

      @Darth_Maroon@Darth_Maroon3 жыл бұрын
    • Astigmatisme IM THE 1,000TH LIKER! And lol

      @DeepBlacknessRoblox@DeepBlacknessRoblox3 жыл бұрын
    • @@DeepBlacknessRoblox mmmmm pop rocks

      @Wakingdead14@Wakingdead143 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @river6683@river66833 жыл бұрын
  • FBI: He HAS to be making Meth this time. NileRed: *making bone-in air*

    @nihilvt@nihilvt3 жыл бұрын
    • This time? There has been more?

      @SoggyWaffles1984@SoggyWaffles19843 жыл бұрын
    • i make a bone in the air almost every day. whats new?

      @JasonBlack66@JasonBlack663 жыл бұрын
    • U.S. Law = Kick his door in anyway just we can see what this fricker is doing

      @JasonBlack66@JasonBlack663 жыл бұрын
    • nice

      @h20cozmic84@h20cozmic843 жыл бұрын
    • *meth* anol

      @lewisho8114@lewisho81143 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @mattrobinson5099@mattrobinson50992 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @iankelly6931@iankelly69315 ай бұрын
  • "I had never done anything like this before, but I had faith that I could do it." What a life motto.

    @prismabsurd@prismabsurd4 жыл бұрын
    • 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

      @manan-543@manan-5434 жыл бұрын
    • Me when I see something without a pattern

      @crayonberry2123@crayonberry21234 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah I meant sew, but it put see

      @crayonberry2123@crayonberry21234 жыл бұрын
    • Not original but ok

      @spartan108@spartan1084 жыл бұрын
    • Make it a shirt

      @vincentwidjaja688@vincentwidjaja6884 жыл бұрын
  • The entire video "the instructions said to do this but instead, I did that"

    @kadancook2105@kadancook21053 жыл бұрын
    • He "winging it" ;p (taken from mulan two)

      @rizcore@rizcore3 жыл бұрын
    • "And it ended up working."

      @shyeskyeskyeksye@shyeskyeskyeksye3 жыл бұрын
    • Tsk!! It's because my nephew a genius! You no laugh at him!

      @darkmaitri@darkmaitri3 жыл бұрын
    • the instructions said to do that but instead, I did this

      @sceplecture2382@sceplecture23823 жыл бұрын
    • @@darkmaitri huh

      @CowboyBeansss@CowboyBeansss3 жыл бұрын
  • >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!

    @SnickerSkye@SnickerSkye3 ай бұрын
  • i’ve been watching and falling asleep to these videos for years. Your voice is very therapeutic. 💕

    @danycampbell6159@danycampbell6159 Жыл бұрын
    • Same 😀

      @ahmed_jubair_964@ahmed_jubair_9643 ай бұрын
  • I wonder what living with him would be "Hey I just bought two little windows for 800 dollars"

    @danielh.8765@danielh.87654 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah, I was thinking that too, lol

      @giin97@giin974 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah but u would also maybe get some of the aerogel... as a treat

      @shimpscampy@shimpscampy4 жыл бұрын
    • For science...

      @outside8312@outside83124 жыл бұрын
    • Bill Gates: "Interesting"

      @shogun3866@shogun38664 жыл бұрын
    • @@shimpscampy lmao

      @FayezButts@FayezButts4 жыл бұрын
  • The noise he made when he dropped the gel, “U N H H H”

    @commentaryclone7889@commentaryclone78894 жыл бұрын
    • Commentary Clone probably my favorite part of the video

      @jakeob5884@jakeob58844 жыл бұрын
    • When scientists drop things: it eez what it eez When this dude drops things: *orgasm* it isn't HARD enough

      @anonymous-fm2bg@anonymous-fm2bg4 жыл бұрын
    • I could feel the angry energy from my screen.

      @1david1r47@1david1r474 жыл бұрын
    • Oof

      @brain5853@brain58534 жыл бұрын
    • Here guys 12:01

      @CowyC@CowyC4 жыл бұрын
  • “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.

    @tomdaboss2885@tomdaboss288511 ай бұрын
    • Good parrot. You repeated what he said.

      @captainp.2721@captainp.27215 ай бұрын
    • @@captainp.2721 great observation

      @tomdaboss2885@tomdaboss28855 ай бұрын
    • People who like science can often be secretly very violent people.

      @I-Am-Creative-Coops@I-Am-Creative-Coops5 ай бұрын
    • @@captainp.2721you really enjoy being a judgemental loser dont you

      @heshewumbo@heshewumbo4 ай бұрын
    • ​@@I-Am-Creative-CoopsSame I never show it but sometimes I say something like that with a neutral face

      @gneu1527@gneu15272 ай бұрын
  • 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).

    @BoehserOnkel1989@BoehserOnkel19898 ай бұрын
  • He’s definitely on like seven different fbi watch lists with how much pure chemicals he buys

    @valic3634@valic36342 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah. He does buy some sketchy things

      @rogue6827@rogue68272 жыл бұрын
    • Funniest part is that if he ever got raided every cop would see his lab and be certain he’s making drugs

      @robertpoff8442@robertpoff84422 жыл бұрын
    • *Breaking Red*

      @flappyjay_gaming@flappyjay_gaming2 жыл бұрын
    • Nah he's Canadian. CSIS is probably watching though

      @juliaf_@juliaf_2 жыл бұрын
    • @@flappyjay_gaming I love that comment, gave me a good chuckle :')

      @JimmyHey@JimmyHey2 жыл бұрын
  • 792 dollars for some little windows, so the dude could get some "cool shots" for us. what a legend.

    @danemp4727@danemp47273 жыл бұрын
    • You’re broke

      @ThePickles69@ThePickles693 жыл бұрын
    • @@ThePickles69 I doubt you're better

      @xenodefined@xenodefined3 жыл бұрын
    • @@ThePickles69 your last names Epstein lmao

      @majikss@majikss3 жыл бұрын
    • 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

      @Joe-gv4zn@Joe-gv4zn3 жыл бұрын
    • I am mad pufferfish @Kevin Epstein you are big mean you cheese it

      @tartaloof@tartaloof3 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @simonmccaffrey6388@simonmccaffrey63883 ай бұрын
  • 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

    @dylanryan1762@dylanryan17628 ай бұрын
  • Me: “I’m not going to watch 45 minutes about aerogel” *45 minutes later* “well, that was fascinating”

    @abrahampkenmore3848@abrahampkenmore38484 жыл бұрын
    • Yo I had no idea that was 45 minutes. I just watched the whole thing and it felt like 15.

      @djspeed5569@djspeed55694 жыл бұрын
    • Same

      @masacatior@masacatior4 жыл бұрын
    • Read this comment and said, "Surely I won't as well...43 minutes later - I wonder what mass production of this stuff looks like.."

      @JonnyGuns@JonnyGuns4 жыл бұрын
    • A video worth watching for sure

      @Pythonian7@Pythonian74 жыл бұрын
    • Holy shoot! I thought it was twenty, no wonder why it’s so dark outside

      @FieryCoal@FieryCoal4 жыл бұрын
  • 2:08 "the best part..." *proceeds to talk about how silica can cause permanent blindness*

    @thesovietkevin7275@thesovietkevin72754 жыл бұрын
    • 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_

      @ThisIsTaco1@ThisIsTaco14 жыл бұрын
    • I mean that's pretty dang cool though.

      @smallsthetimelord4066@smallsthetimelord40664 жыл бұрын
    • Put it in a water balloon and throw it at your friend’s face

      @cooledicecubes2805@cooledicecubes28054 жыл бұрын
    • @@ThisIsTaco1 what does pyrophoric mean?

      @Kyle-gw6qp@Kyle-gw6qp4 жыл бұрын
    • @@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.

      @Tw3akst3r@Tw3akst3r4 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @ethancarr4111@ethancarr41112 ай бұрын
  • The dedication just crazy. Good job Nile

    @syamsulrahmadi2992@syamsulrahmadi2992 Жыл бұрын
  • ''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.''

    @isana_smh@isana_smh3 жыл бұрын
    • That common sense.

      @isabelfranqui3504@isabelfranqui35043 жыл бұрын
    • This is about as scientific as it gets. Form hypothesis, make observations, adjust hypothesis, more tests and repeat.

      @haroldsaxon1075@haroldsaxon10753 жыл бұрын
    • He lied about getting rid of bubbles it's just to release the stress

      @mikhaitzacuceritorul0074@mikhaitzacuceritorul00743 жыл бұрын
    • "Its good to punch the table in general" NileRed 2020

      @ilyamosin3090@ilyamosin30903 жыл бұрын
    • @@ilyamosin3090 scientific or not

      @equaius893@equaius8933 жыл бұрын
  • Aerogel: 99.98% air Everyone: wow that’s so cool Air: wtf, I’m 100% air

    @jacksonharris460@jacksonharris4603 жыл бұрын
    • Lays: *pathetic*

      @dorpg26@dorpg263 жыл бұрын
    • @@dorpg26 copied from the chip bag comment

      @krishc.8980@krishc.89803 жыл бұрын
    • bro that was so funny I almost forgot to laugh O_O_O_O_O

      @JuanPablo-nb3om@JuanPablo-nb3om3 жыл бұрын
    • LOL

      @luey0822@luey08223 жыл бұрын
    • SueDeNoob bro I didn’t ask O-o

      @kesaya3806@kesaya38063 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @Spikuru@Spikuru11 ай бұрын
  • How this guy is not dead amazes me

    @MeIsdum-le6sn@MeIsdum-le6snАй бұрын
  • If you are a person who has successfully created and shaped aerogel, does that make you an Aerosmith?

    @tetsuoumezawa5833@tetsuoumezawa58334 жыл бұрын
    • Dude looks like a wizard

      @fakehesap1731@fakehesap17314 жыл бұрын
    • Vola vola?

      @porkdumpring@porkdumpring4 жыл бұрын
    • @@porkdumpring volare via?? 🤔

      @flabbergabber@flabbergabber4 жыл бұрын
    • Is that a motherfucking JoJo's references???

      @swwetsour7697@swwetsour76974 жыл бұрын
    • @@swwetsour7697 Welcome to youtube comments :P

      @brianfeddersen8124@brianfeddersen81244 жыл бұрын
  • 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

    @Bilagtas@Bilagtas4 жыл бұрын
    • LOOOL same tho

      @gboi3500@gboi35004 жыл бұрын
    • LOL! Sometimes low tech is best tech.

      @angryginger791@angryginger7914 жыл бұрын
    • I make your 1k from 999

      @gamingtour4085@gamingtour40854 жыл бұрын
  • Thanks for all your hard work.❤❤

    @namanpaul2821@namanpaul28217 ай бұрын
  • I’m just amazed at this guys work ethic and genius. Thanks for brightening the world dude.

    @TheHappyhorus@TheHappyhorus3 ай бұрын
  • "I used a dollar store grater" "I bought a 2000$ chamber"

    @CuteSkyler@CuteSkyler3 жыл бұрын
    • gotta save money somewhere

      @butteredbuns3491@butteredbuns34913 жыл бұрын
    • @Pawel Puchalski lol

      @peanutbutterclams7798@peanutbutterclams77983 жыл бұрын
    • That was $2K before the additional 2 $400 windows...

      @ian59@ian593 жыл бұрын
    • I agree, he should have bought a 2000$ grater. Very disappointed with this video because of this.

      @AndrewVII@AndrewVII3 жыл бұрын
    • The dollar or cent symbol is before the number

      @atkindabell6417@atkindabell64173 жыл бұрын
  • “My favorite part... leads to permanent blindness” ah yes. This is why I love this channel

    @madelynephinney2457@madelynephinney24574 жыл бұрын
    • better to watch him than make our own ourselves 😂

      @sirmiles1820@sirmiles18204 жыл бұрын
    • Caustic be like

      @goodvibejay6437@goodvibejay64374 жыл бұрын
    • S A N D

      @GeneralCam@GeneralCam4 жыл бұрын
    • When he said it?

      @memesareanswerforeverythin9927@memesareanswerforeverythin99273 жыл бұрын
    • It doesn't like being looked out or breathed. Maybe he likes it because of its challenging personality

      @Dazzwidd@Dazzwidd3 жыл бұрын
  • Excellent description of your method, three years later and you're as thorough as you are now. Love your content dude

    @jesse638@jesse6385 ай бұрын
  • Thanks for the rundown of a simple high pressure CO2 setup; we've made this setup in our lab for experiments (with modifications ofc)

    @LtnFlashLifts@LtnFlashLifts7 ай бұрын
  • "I found that it was good to punch the table in general." - NileRed, anger management therapist

    @justintr4888@justintr48883 жыл бұрын
    • lmaoo

      @sanjanamacharla6945@sanjanamacharla69453 жыл бұрын
    • I laughed... LMAO,Lol

      @unbeatableox3846@unbeatableox38463 жыл бұрын
    • I hate that I realate

      @losilliyusvangonra5252@losilliyusvangonra52523 жыл бұрын
    • Lol

      @thineevee7345@thineevee73452 жыл бұрын
    • "I found it was good to punch the drywall in general." -KyleRed

      @heroinmom153@heroinmom1532 жыл бұрын
  • How to make Aerogel: Step 563: Make a Pizza handle

    @juliansamek2555@juliansamek25554 жыл бұрын
    • Step 564 make a wood fire oven out of stone

      @memesforlife8707@memesforlife87074 жыл бұрын
    • Step 1/0 figure out why there is an orange color

      @subscribetopewdiepie5259@subscribetopewdiepie52594 жыл бұрын
    • as x approaches 0, you begin to wonder why you started the experiment in the first place

      @aaronrashid2075@aaronrashid20754 жыл бұрын
    • step 99999: cook it sous-vide

      @sammy_@sammy_4 жыл бұрын
    • Golden Experience Requiem has reset the step count to zero.

      @spiicypotato@spiicypotato4 жыл бұрын
  • Your are a good science teacher

    @marcoaureliofajardofranco4611@marcoaureliofajardofranco46119 ай бұрын
  • Congratulations on your persistence!!! The result was fantastic! Hugs from Brazil

    @luizfilipesouza8073@luizfilipesouza80732 ай бұрын
  • "On a personal note, projects like these...kind of destroy my soul."

    @danielwgk@danielwgk4 жыл бұрын
    • Danielwgk what, was your mom an airogel or something?

      @jackcallahan1848@jackcallahan18484 жыл бұрын
    • Oh wait that’s a quote. WHOOPSIE

      @jackcallahan1848@jackcallahan18484 жыл бұрын
    • Yea lmao

      @o0ooo0@o0ooo04 жыл бұрын
    • Reminds me of grad school...

      @OhLookItsDavid@OhLookItsDavid4 жыл бұрын
    • Months of work, some gratifying replies- but yes, that was doozy of a project was rewarding to us... thanks!

      @carlosrendo4970@carlosrendo49704 жыл бұрын
  • Hexagon gel: breaks just slightly Nile: audible pain

    @unprankable666@unprankable6663 жыл бұрын
    • „hMmMhPf“

      @anonymebande8561@anonymebande85613 жыл бұрын
    • Ikr

      @hotmessmb4683@hotmessmb46833 жыл бұрын
    • that was kinda hot ngl

      @nagmumulto9305@nagmumulto93053 жыл бұрын
    • @@nagmumulto9305 i-

      @loaf3826@loaf38263 жыл бұрын
    • @@nagmumulto9305 ✝️

      @michelleobamafootcream9292@michelleobamafootcream92923 жыл бұрын
  • The persistence and patience this man has, is out of this world. Great work

    @michaelhansen8959@michaelhansen89597 ай бұрын
    • Nah. It's not. You clearly don't know what great patience is.

      @captainp.2721@captainp.27215 ай бұрын
    • @@captainp.2721bro????

      @dream_walker9726@dream_walker9726Ай бұрын
    • @@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?????????????????

      @captainp.2721@captainp.2721Ай бұрын
  • 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

    @yuvanroopnarian8547@yuvanroopnarian85477 ай бұрын
  • "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!

    @cmdrreggit@cmdrreggit3 жыл бұрын
    • yeah. youtube lied to me, too. said it was only 15m on the thumbnail. still ended up watching it all.

      @RaptorNX01@RaptorNX013 жыл бұрын
    • Didn’t realised it was such a long video. The best 43 minutes spent. Although it will not be apply to my daily life.

      @jeejiahui1644@jeejiahui16443 жыл бұрын
  • “I came up with a very scientific solution” Proceeds to punch table

    @spicyumbrella6668@spicyumbrella66684 жыл бұрын
    • You don’t do that?

      @bskcj1149@bskcj11494 жыл бұрын
    • It's percussive maintenance.

      @lordelliott42@lordelliott424 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @jasonkeith2832@jasonkeith28324 жыл бұрын
    • yeah, that was the joke.

      @fishcultist9513@fishcultist95134 жыл бұрын
    • Lol

      @tdf_worldkey8568@tdf_worldkey85684 жыл бұрын
  • That patience and consistency man....

    @chandanmeher2897@chandanmeher28976 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @hassandilbar0075@hassandilbar00753 ай бұрын
  • ah yes the "i swear i'm no drug fabricant, just a chemist" channel is back on track.

    @Paulito-ym4qc@Paulito-ym4qc4 жыл бұрын
    • this has similar energy to: "i swear im no serial killer, just a writer"

      @Paulito-ym4qc@Paulito-ym4qc4 жыл бұрын
    • @@Paulito-ym4qc I'm not a mass killer I'm just a reject art student

      @FORGETYOURMIND@FORGETYOURMIND4 жыл бұрын
    • 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@briandoolittle34224 жыл бұрын
    • @@briandoolittle3422 That's a fact not a theory

      @FORGETYOURMIND@FORGETYOURMIND4 жыл бұрын
    • He got me into amateur chemistry. Doing that in rural Minnesota really does look an awful like you're running a meth lab

      @gamemeister27@gamemeister274 жыл бұрын
  • 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*

    @angusmacdougall9732@angusmacdougall97324 жыл бұрын
    • NileRed: spends thousands on setup Also NileRed: can't get bucket for souvide to cover setup

      @mackado@mackado4 жыл бұрын
    • Mr. Lucca lmao imagine having Murderous intent because you saw a comment

      @helpicantchangemypfp9832@helpicantchangemypfp98324 жыл бұрын
    • @Mr. Lucca imagine being as cringy and as much of a try hard psycho as you are

      @GordyBro@GordyBro4 жыл бұрын
    • @Mr. Lucca Me: "I hate unoriginal formats" also me: *insert unoriginal dead humor format here*

      @pyrrehraus6571@pyrrehraus65714 жыл бұрын
  • Excellent application. I really appreciate the effort and determination to resolve issues in a practical way, to get results!

    @whocareseh1@whocareseh1Ай бұрын
  • 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!

    @tipntricksstuffnthings449@tipntricksstuffnthings44920 күн бұрын
  • "Best part is the particles get stuck in your eyes and cause blindness", he says in the most cheery tone like a psychopath

    @ajmercer6691@ajmercer66912 жыл бұрын
    • he's a total phyco- look how much effort he put into making aerogel man also probably knows how to make meth

      @reesespuffs335@reesespuffs3352 жыл бұрын
    • @@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.

      @evanbarnes2484@evanbarnes24842 жыл бұрын
    • @@reesespuffs335 People still don’t know how to spell psycho, huh?

      @zezus001@zezus0012 жыл бұрын
    • @@zezus001 no i think it's just the dyslexia

      @reesespuffs335@reesespuffs3352 жыл бұрын
    • @@reesespuffs335 I think here is a serious conversation

      @Hari-wm3yc@Hari-wm3yc2 жыл бұрын
  • “and I ideally wanted mine to be crack-free” don’t we all nile... don’t we all

    @mika-tu6ld@mika-tu6ld4 жыл бұрын
    • *SNORTS* IM SORRY WHAT

      @elbowsbuns1896@elbowsbuns18964 жыл бұрын
    • "One of the biggest factors in making crack-free aerogel is using speed"

      @GrandWiziy101@GrandWiziy1014 жыл бұрын
    • @@GrandWiziy101 you won the internet for tonight.

      @RVPNK161@RVPNK1614 жыл бұрын
    • At the end looks like h wasn’t successful. Got that SPOON

      @Uhette@Uhette4 жыл бұрын
    • @@RVPNK161 Nah, the guy that commented the same thing 30 minutes before him already did.

      @Stonewulf@Stonewulf4 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @nicg8878@nicg8878Ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @SkyLordPanglot@SkyLordPanglot11 ай бұрын
  • We all become extremely interested in science at 3 a.m.

    @Squirrelanditsnutz@Squirrelanditsnutz4 жыл бұрын
    • How did you know what time it is?

      @_BangDroid_@_BangDroid_4 жыл бұрын
    • Yes, how did you know it is 3 am?

      @Flechette__@Flechette__4 жыл бұрын
    • It is currently 3 am

      @hermansterner5738@hermansterner57384 жыл бұрын
    • He looked at the time duh?

      @GabrielRodriguez-xm8gr@GabrielRodriguez-xm8gr4 жыл бұрын
    • What a coincidence, it *is* nearly 3 am here... 🤣

      @Vousie@Vousie4 жыл бұрын
  • One of the reasons Nile is so relaxing to watch is because his voice sounds like how a lab report looks.

    @aamr7434@aamr74344 жыл бұрын
    • You must have read some pretty good lab reports

      @lexscarlet@lexscarlet4 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @-danR@-danR4 жыл бұрын
    • How is this so accurate

      @grishwhanted@grishwhanted4 жыл бұрын
    • why does this just work

      @vbgvbg1133@vbgvbg11334 жыл бұрын
    • 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 ;)

      @dalfifran7572@dalfifran75724 жыл бұрын
  • It was way more difficult to make than I was thought....i appreciate the hardwork ❤

    @ELIMENT-@ELIMENT-10 ай бұрын
  • 14:10 bro thats glass grade, thats art

    @kaelbanico3497@kaelbanico34978 ай бұрын
  • "I found a very scientific way of seeing if theyre dry" *Proceeds to destroy his table*

    @tomotime9284@tomotime92843 жыл бұрын
    • Xd

      @wolfyaksoygalaxy1406@wolfyaksoygalaxy14063 жыл бұрын
    • You forgot an apostrophe

      @thelocalmilkman1533@thelocalmilkman15333 жыл бұрын
    • Just punching a table wont destory it

      @Alecu-kx6by@Alecu-kx6by3 жыл бұрын
    • @@Alecu-kx6by It depends on how much force you use

      @tomotime9284@tomotime92843 жыл бұрын
    • Kenan D. A. Was about to comment the same thing.

      @heathv8558@heathv85583 жыл бұрын
  • "The best part is that it can lead to permanent blindness" This guy is literally the definition of mad scientist

    @joeass2399@joeass23992 жыл бұрын
    • Yes

      @EthanMeatan@EthanMeatan2 жыл бұрын
    • Yes

      @yeezuschrist420@yeezuschrist4202 жыл бұрын
    • Yes

      @Jayasree0627@Jayasree06272 жыл бұрын
    • Yes

      @Wowowfries@Wowowfries2 жыл бұрын
    • yeah methanol can definitely do that

      @sarthaksingh6526@sarthaksingh65262 жыл бұрын
  • I am literally speechless. You are amazing man kudos to you 🙌🏽

    @suntzu8642@suntzu86429 ай бұрын
  • Very cool, thank you for showing us incredible chemistry behind all this

    @jacobverner321@jacobverner3212 ай бұрын
  • Me: maybe I should make aerogel Nile: this will cause permanent blindness if it gets in your eyes Me: nvm

    @madeleinefield8016@madeleinefield80163 жыл бұрын
    • why was this the exact same time when I said nah 😂

      @monroespoja3039@monroespoja30393 жыл бұрын
    • bruv u'v gotten 420 likes

      @gorlakthegreat4885@gorlakthegreat48853 жыл бұрын
    • i should still make aerogel

      @hahanerd8153@hahanerd81533 жыл бұрын
    • madeleine field just don’t get it in your eyes

      @bink5242@bink52423 жыл бұрын
    • It isn’t the aerogel it’s the chemical

      @bink5242@bink52423 жыл бұрын
  • Nile red: relatively easy Also Nile red: has an almost 44 minute long video Also Nile red 2x: 12:03

    @nataliacam3811@nataliacam38114 жыл бұрын
    • 44 min video. 4 months of sporadic effort. 2 weeks constant.

      @legionjames1822@legionjames18224 жыл бұрын
    • That's fucking funny 😂😂😂

      @8ce1@8ce14 жыл бұрын
    • I didn't even notice it was 44 minutes long lol

      @xander1052@xander10524 жыл бұрын
    • @@xander1052 same lol

      @dELTA13579111315@dELTA135791113154 жыл бұрын
    • I scrolled down to see if this was a comment

      @Jmjholden@Jmjholden4 жыл бұрын
  • Man this guy is too brilliant. Love it

    @spencerthomas2052@spencerthomas205210 ай бұрын
  • 25:06 This looks like some sci-fi type black hole. That view is amazing.

    @STA-3@STA-310 ай бұрын
  • *Scientifically punches table* "Yeah I think the aerogel is done"

    @travismurtland3257@travismurtland32573 жыл бұрын
    • I CAST F- Wait... Science isn't magic... Damn it.

      @Concerned_Custodian@Concerned_Custodian3 жыл бұрын
    • @@Concerned_Custodian if you understand magic, it's science. If you don't understand science, it's magic

      @philsharpe4315@philsharpe43153 жыл бұрын
  • "Here are all these chemicals that can solidify my lungs... anyway the first step is to-"

    @stephenotondi4313@stephenotondi43132 жыл бұрын
    • Oh no. Anyway...

      @yesitsmojo24@yesitsmojo242 жыл бұрын
    • @@yesitsmojo24 every chemist who discovered something by tasting a potentially dangerous chemical

      @jakecarson2653@jakecarson26532 жыл бұрын
    • Him g

      @mecool6822@mecool68222 жыл бұрын
  • These kind of videos from you and dr stone are one of the main reasons why i took science majors

    @amarnathvarma3852@amarnathvarma385212 күн бұрын
  • 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

    @jessebeegee@jessebeegee11 ай бұрын
  • the idea of “sand forming inside your eyes” is going to become my awful intrusive thought of the day. Great

    @CadenceCube@CadenceCube3 жыл бұрын
    • Yeah not very pleasant

      @misguidedsaint3693@misguidedsaint36933 жыл бұрын
    • Lol on the money with the comments

      @M5ive87@M5ive873 жыл бұрын
    • I find it funny how he talks about it like a good thing

      @Ur_fokin_nan@Ur_fokin_nan3 жыл бұрын
    • @@Ur_fokin_nan right? 😅

      @hippieduck@hippieduck3 жыл бұрын
    • @@misguidedsaint3693 tête et

      @isaacdufour@isaacdufour3 жыл бұрын
  • I'm convinced that "A Local Hardware Store" is just the name of a chemical supply company in Canada

    @bmitchem457@bmitchem4572 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @CraftQueenJr@CraftQueenJr2 жыл бұрын
    • He’s probably a local customer

      @laughinggoat9343@laughinggoat93432 жыл бұрын
    • @@CraftQueenJr You didn't get the joke?

      @tobiaskrchnak1347@tobiaskrchnak13472 жыл бұрын
    • na its just your normal canadian tire

      @xx_duck_xx9319@xx_duck_xx93192 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @kylerivera3470@kylerivera34702 жыл бұрын
  • 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

    @theGothicTopic@theGothicTopic2 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @BinglesP@BinglesPАй бұрын
  • 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.

    @piratekit3941@piratekit39412 жыл бұрын
    • 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@oceanbreeze64552 жыл бұрын
    • @@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.

      @gamingmoyai3950@gamingmoyai39502 жыл бұрын
    • How else would I know if they are working

      @coreygolphenee9633@coreygolphenee96332 жыл бұрын
    • the crab instinct

      @undeadluciel@undeadluciel2 жыл бұрын
    • @@undeadluciel reject modernarity, return to crab

      @boxyk9@boxyk92 жыл бұрын
  • "I apparently squeezed a bit too hard on it, and it broke, and fell back into the methanol. . ." " _bLoNk_ , *mmMMGH* " 11:57

    @blanket_2835@blanket_28354 жыл бұрын
    • Funniest scene!

      @aleksszukovskis2074@aleksszukovskis20744 жыл бұрын
    • close your eyes and listen to it again

      @yeetuscleetus3833@yeetuscleetus38334 жыл бұрын
    • MMMGHH

      @bigpolack@bigpolack4 жыл бұрын
    • Underated

      @kelpfaced@kelpfaced4 жыл бұрын
    • @@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.

      @brianfeddersen8124@brianfeddersen81244 жыл бұрын
  • 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. 👍

    @Shin_Lona@Shin_Lona3 ай бұрын
  • I love your new content as well. You are amazing. I feel like you are in the level of veratasium

    @joshferris2049@joshferris2049Ай бұрын
  • "- it can form in both your lungs and your eyes" oh

    @zisaletter4602@zisaletter46023 жыл бұрын
    • I love how he labelled the facts of the danger as "interesting" and "cool" cause like...same

      @chelsecox8742@chelsecox87423 жыл бұрын
    • *EWWWWW....*

      @Allan_aka_RocKITEman@Allan_aka_RocKITEman3 жыл бұрын
    • Hahaha yep

      @sketcharmslong6289@sketcharmslong62893 жыл бұрын
    • it's how covid kills

      @AegisHyperon@AegisHyperon3 жыл бұрын
    • @@AegisHyperon no

      @maxz69@maxz693 жыл бұрын
  • His goals for aerogel are the same I have for my kids. Keeping it crack free.

    @jackiehopson8334@jackiehopson83343 жыл бұрын
    • *_hmmmm_*

      @pajis_xd@pajis_xd3 жыл бұрын
    • Hmmmmmnmmm lol

      @st4s.and.fl0w3rs@st4s.and.fl0w3rs3 жыл бұрын
    • This is actually the best comment here lol

      @TuttaltroChe_quello@TuttaltroChe_quello3 жыл бұрын
    • 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺

      @EdgarQS@EdgarQS3 жыл бұрын
    • Ok that is a good one

      @thehiddenleafgamer5863@thehiddenleafgamer58633 жыл бұрын
  • 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?

    @JensM-jc5dt@JensM-jc5dt9 ай бұрын
  • Cookie cutter sealed with wax was really creative. Very out of the box ingenuity.

    @llamainyamama3088@llamainyamama30888 ай бұрын
    • Your videos are so amazing

      @KobiOBrien@KobiOBrien3 ай бұрын
  • I love how he actually shows us the measurements and precise instructions as if we were gonna make aerogel

    @bridgotaj6578@bridgotaj65783 жыл бұрын
    • Of course we will, its just the natural way of things.

      @doak_@doak_3 жыл бұрын
    • Lol so true

      @fahimamoidu5161@fahimamoidu51613 жыл бұрын
    • I made it lol

      @danielleung275@danielleung2753 жыл бұрын
    • Daniel Leung oml, your a champion

      @bridgotaj6578@bridgotaj65783 жыл бұрын
    • I am

      @thomascable9447@thomascable94473 жыл бұрын
  • The grunt of absolute pain when he drops the gel lmao

    @sirloin6002@sirloin60024 жыл бұрын
    • Ryan Brown The grunt of a broken man!

      @cherry27@cherry274 жыл бұрын
  • Wish you would revisit this. Was one of the most interesting videos and want to see more

    @ethonaivy@ethonaivy2 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @Andrewltfanai@Andrewltfanai4 ай бұрын
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