Shooting Mercury Bullets
2016 ж. 5 Шіл.
878 884 Рет қаралды
I make some bullets out of frozen mercury and shoot them.
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I make some bullets out of frozen mercury and shoot them.
cold gun playlist: • Cold Gun
Help me make videos by donating here: / codyslab
Don't worry about it Cody, if the feds give you any shit, just tell them you're running for President.
That only works when the Feds are afraid you'll murder them.
Cody Clinton. LOL
+tblbaby Trump smiles deviously
Lmaooo
*Democratic nominee
"Shooting Mercury bullets is illegal, but it's okay, because we're outside and I have this tarp here." I got dibs on Cody when the Zombie Apocalypse comes.
he was actually inside. underground technically
Also he can't be arrested because of a video since there is no evidence that it actually was Mercury
+Hannes Granlund also it is his land and he did not have the intention of hurting anyone his intention was for entertainment purposes only,'-)
+Hannes Granlund unless they analysis the way it moves,reacts and looks then they can get a warent
I'm pretty sure the police/feds have better things to do than arresting "some youtube science guy" for shooting mercury.
CrazyRussianhacker: "safety is number one priority Cody's lab "hold my mercury" *dips hand in liquid nitrogen*
crazyrussianhacker, the guy that promoted using dry ice as an air conditioner inside houses? safety aint his number one priority.
Crazy Russian Hacker is a fucking idiot who told people to use Dry Ice as an air conditioner. Not realizing that Dry Ice is just solid CO2 and absolutely can potentially poison you without proper ventilation.
@@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 lmao
@@frogbear02 eh it was a mistake for sure but he makes fine content
Duh you guys chill
Also, I'm glad to see that you've turned your mine into an underground lab.... You're doing science right, man. It's like your own personal Area 51.
I hope the mine doesn't collapse
Solid rock, and has timber supports added. He is good outside an earthquake.
Turd sandwich.
louis tournas You want to eat one?
Cody should name his mine area 52 and have a sign above his animal door. Sign could be made by lighting gunpowder over a piece of wood.
Cody, hope you get to read this. over 40 years ago we took hollow point bullets and reamed them out with a waggle type of drill bit. We filled them with mercury and capped it with wax so they would fire without effecting our firearms. In our unscientific results we found that we could fell small trees with our mercury loads in a few shots. Never, I repeat never, would go hunting with these loads. Thank you for showing this.
I did the same, used a .44 Magnum. Those were the days. I always thought beryllium wire inserts would be nasty, or ricin.
Day of the Jackel
Area 52, aka Cody’s Underground Science Laboratory
Area 52 is also a government facility
@@mrtortoise3766 no shit, sherlock. But that's not the fucking popular one that supposedly houses "aliens* Second.... Why TF are you including that? That's totally fucking irrelevant.
@@deatheternal720 lol u need to chill out a bit
Did threr are alien in area 51
Area 177310 Noble basement
"I know it's illegal but guys, fuck it"
I think it's illegal to *modify a cartridge* to fire a poisonous substance. He's not modifying shit, he's stuffing something down a tube and then firing it. But I'm not a lawyer, nor have I researched this so.. grain of salt.
40 grains. And then another 40. :D
Owen West but he has a tarp,tarps are above the law
imagine being a a piece of an element, waking up in Cody's Lab, not knowing what he's gonna use you for next
It seems Cody had the balls to do what TAOFLEDERMAUS refuses to do.
Yea
Taofladermaus knows the legislation, considering he'd be making various modifications it would jeopardise his channel. There's a time and a place as they say.. :)
16:23 yeap! ^_^
TaitMouseFlouder ain't wanna shoot no Mercury. This should get his goat, lol.
He already shot it from a water gun though
Your intro always gets me hyped. "Hello everyone welcome back to Cody's lab." Huge wave and then a super awesome smile. Thank you really it makes me happy
I agree with Harambe
so he basically said I found out shooting mercury is illegal but fuck it I'm a gangster
Only if you get caught! 😂
I'm a straight up G
You'd probably make a good contestant on that show "Mythbusters: The Search" coming up in January.
over half a million subs good on you man you deserve ever single one of them
He deserves MORE than 500k
It wasn't that long ago that he was nearly unknown... Apparently, if you make gunpowder from your own urine, it gets you subs, lol. But yeah, he's pretty awesome.
+Sebastian Schumacher my thoughts exactly
+Zack Toor lol, that's the 1st video of his I watched. I then binge watched all his videos.
+Sean Hirsch I saw his play button one, and binged on his videos
murcury is delicious I drink it every night before bed
I like catfish flavour
I prefer bleach-merc mix, orange flavored.
Well, drinking elemental mercury isn't that dangerous. You should drink a mercury salt dissolved in water. This stuff will definitely kill you. Or make you crazy and then kill you.
I prefer bleach.
Ooo some one already said that :-/ lol mb
You are the first person, out of many people on youtube, to finally step up to the challenge and shoot mercury out of a gun, despite much pressure from commenters. Bravo.
Picking up where Mythbusters left off and feeding my addiction to know things like this. I like you Cody.
Imagine the ocean replaced with Mercury.... That would be odd, and for the sea life down there. O.o
I think it would be heavy enough that it would cause the planet to turn inside out as the mercury ran to the core. might make a good "XKCD what if" now that I think about it.
+Cody'sLab omg cody!! I love that book and have read it multiple times. I want to be a physicist when I'm older but there aren't many informative books I have access to, do you have any suggestions for things I should read that are pretty scientific?
+Cody'sLab Might be wrong on this but I don't think that should be that case. You're presenting your hypothesis due to the fact that mercury is very dense I would assume. Now to counter that I present the "MERCURY vs SALT - Defies ALL LOGIC" experiment done by the KZheadr TAOFLEDERMAUS where evidence is shown that mercury although 6.2x more dense than salt doesn't sink to the bottom of a salt glass due to the crystalline property of salt. Ocean beds contain sand which isn't salt but they still share the same crystalline property, due to that I infer that the mercury oceans won't turn inside out. (/watch?v=tA9tqvfWQ7I) But hey what do I know lol, I'm just a kid that needs to get back to doing my homework.
The XKCD 'What If' series was is primarily published on the author's webcomic, what-if.xkcd.com/
+U N Not all of the ocean floor is covered by sand. But that isn't even the biggest problem here. Sand is largely made of fine particles of seashells and the like. So they do not in fact share a crystalline structure. Sand also moves around a fair bit. I would come to the conclusion that the mercury would eventually filter down due to the irregular nature of the ocean floor. Once started, it would be pretty much impossible to stop. Think geological time scales as well, not human scale.
With the rubber gloves, this looks like some sort of torture dungeon
I find you very inspiring! I love all your videos, that i've seen so far. Now just to go through and make sure i've seen them all! :) Keep up the amazing videos! I'm super impressed by your honest energy, and casual passion for knowing, doing, and learning! Thank you so much!
Oh Cody, never stop uploading :D We love your videos ,the half-science half-fun aspect, the way you teach us, you are a great person! And thanks for posting rather frequently :D
Dental amalgams are the worst. I had every amalgam removed from my mouth 20 years ago. At that time they all said I was crazy for worrying about mercury and mercury vapor toxicity. Now many dentists no longer use amalgams, only composite fillings. Great video!
Your videos are so well done and shine enthusiasm on science. Do you have donation options?
www.patreon.com/CodysLab
+Karnady Juan Done!
no
thanks man
Your channel is truly unique, immersive and fascinating! Thank you and please keep sharing.
I love your videos, they are the perfectly balanced between nerdy ( in a good way ) and entertaining. Great channel
Are the rumors true that Cody responds to early comments?
I'm usually still online so the chances are better.
perfect response ^-^
holy shit it's true
+Shaun Harrison I'm still a bit freaking out since he responded 😆
Since the rumors are true, I'll take the chance and say thank you for all the years of free, great and inspiring content! Greetings from Vienna, Austria!
Hey Cody, did you know that 40 below is the same in F as it is in C, neat huh?
its why I didn't specify. :)
***** I should have known!
+spankmeister why do people always like the reply from the youtuber more than the comment/question itself?
Peter17$ Rules! Good question, I think some people just like all comments from their favorite youtubers regardless of content?
Cody'sLab how do we know you didn't mean 40° kelvin though?
This is probably the only popular channel with no hate and it is well deserved. All of your videos are very educational and make chemistry look a lot more intriguing then my chemistry teacher and you genuinely love what you do which gives the audience a good experience. Your channels variety is also awesome. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK CODY!!!!!!!
Awesome video. Your experiments always have a way of amazing me. Great vid once again! 👍🏼
I love your videos cody, you are an inspiration. :D
I love your video of the KZhead play button
Me Too!
Your only here from that video of youtubers who made their own play button
+Nathan 01010110 01010011 no... I'm actually not I used to watch his old bee videos
+Lesvinx obviously you do because you took the time to respond 😂😊😊
I'm actually surprised how super interesting these videos you make are. Subscribed for sure.
BTW I really like the extra bits of video you include at the end of your videos. Very entertaining.
That big ball at the end could have been a video all on its own!
that is an upcoming video. I want a better camera first though.
Can't wait! XD
+db same
am i the only one that doesnt understand shit that codey says but justs loves watching his videos 😂😂
Sometimes. Only the really confusing formulas. Like extracting precious metals sometimes.
Kinda, I'm like you sometimes. XD
especially when he talks about chemical reactions, he does a well enough job of explaining, that I can understand 60% of it but the rest is a complete mystery.
This is one of the most awesome videos on whole of KZhead.
I knew that Gallium affected Aluminium, but I did not realise that Mercury did too, that'a what I love about these videos, I am always learning something new and having a good time learning.
I suspect that atomized mercury at high velocities might infiltrate through a poly tarp. I love this experiment though. Be safe, as always.
I also had plastic sheeting under the tarp.
That's probably for the best. Great vid, sir.
english please
basically, they're a safety nazi worrying about tiny quantities of mercury reaching dirt through a tarp
There's nothing wrong with ensuring reasonable precautions against contamination. Now hush, grownups are talking.
I wish he posted everyday
yeah but this kind of stuff takes a lot of time
+Sans The Skeleton yea that's why I said wish
Quality>quantity
+Nabbehh true
+Nabbehh well said
Cody i just want say thank you so much for all of your great educational videos! My son has been watching your videos for a while now and he is really taking an intrest into geology which is absolutely amazing! You have been such an inspiration to him amd i just wamted to say thanks alot and keep up the good work! P.S. im logged into his account so he may have a suprise haha
I love Cody looking down into a barrel while hammering a bullet with black powder
Cody's Lab does what Taofledermaus don't! :D :D :D
Mechaghostman2 Sony V Nintendo
How do I show this to TAOFLEDERMAUS?
He probably has an email. Email him the link.
just do it hahaha
link it on his facebook page facebook.com/taofledermaus/?fref=ts
I messaged him directly through KZhead. He's replied to my comment before. Hopefully, he'll read the message and watch this video.
I've tried direct messages to him through youtube, I have had much better success on his facebook page cause very few people comment on stuff or leave posts
That is frickin gutsy right there. Well designed setup too! Respect.
Possibly your best video ever. Certainly up there with sending the disc into outer space (ish). Love it. You will be a credit to your parents and to the USA when you're chosen to go to Mars. I for one really appreciate all of the time and energy you and your fiance put into these videos - thank you.
I always forget his gf shoots his videos, and then she talks and I realize and am like: OOH!! ^^ They do all of it together. ^^
3 years ago yes
They did split. You can watch Kanyon's video "why havent i been in cody's videos recently."
@@shernader What I don't understand is why he pronounced her name as Kangin? Is that some Utahn thing?
Cody we love all the stuff you do and don't worry I'm sure none of us care about you doing illegal experiments, I think those a little more dangerous are a tad more fun
To good Cody. Your videos are just getting better keep it up you're going to go far.
Been here since under 100k subs, its been so cool to see you grow, put out new series, and even be on tv!(outrageous acts of science, freaked out when I saw you). You should make a series on air cannons, vacuum cannons etc. which ones work the best, how to make them, etc.
OMG HE'S WITH A STEVEN QUARTZ UNIVERSE SHIRT
also if lube is your concern, micron graphine powder may work.
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! I GET SO EXCITED ONCE I SEE A NEW VIDEO IS UPLOADED!
i love your videos and experiments, shows a lot of knowledge and want for knowledge.
@ Cody'slab what about doing a frozen mercury bullet on a railgun or an electronic magnetic gun that would be so kool
Wow, he used to wear gloves while handling mercury???
Nah, it was because of liquid nitrogen.
im impresed by how much love you give to youre experiments, like.
Cody, you are freaking insane in the most awesome way. Truly awesome.
What are you? Taofladermaus?
Who knows ?
No he is braver and more intelligent....Not only was he willing to do this; but he did it safely.
true. Cody actually knows what he's doing for all intents and purposes. raofladermaus is alright, but he's mainly a shooting channel and... Idk how to say it without sounding like an a-hole, but Cody is (from what we can see) just a better human. he knows what he's doing chemically, understands his environment both geologically and ecologically (mining/extractions/and works on his ranch) is also family oriented and has mechanical skills, therefore contributing to the betterment of society while making yt videos.. this dude is a busy motherfucker no other way to put it lol from a past of working on a North Dakota ranch, the responsibility is no joke lol, taking care of animals, if your equipment breaks down or if you don't wake up early as fuck it could cost you your life and livelihood riding horseback on an open range is one of the coolest things in the world though
+A b r o a d I misspelled Taofladermaus as Raofladermaus... lmao my phone actually autocorrected THAT llllool
so taofledermaus is a lesser human being in your eyes? fucking nazi
Cody where's the 500k copper play button ;)
16:29 16:30 I love how mercury's high surface tension makes a film surrounding the entire ball that takes quite a while to finally fall off.
i like your efforts man. keep up the safe ways
Cody make a uranium bullet!
dirty bomb?
Erbium that would be cool, but I'm talking about a self sharpening U238 bullet
+The Real Damon Jackson (GalliumMercuride) didn't Russians use that to kill a spy working for the US?
+Szakembőr TV TMIAE send to me I'll make a baby nuke! JK!
Do any of you know that AP 20mm rounds are ~20% DU
Is it possible that the melting mercury bullet turns into a sort of sabot round and penetrates further?
The molten Metal being able to penetrate deeper is actually a mechanic of some Jacketed armor penetrating rounds. A hard jacket allows primary piercing of armor while a secondary Metal, commonly a lead alloy basically liquefies from friction and "Injects" itself into the cavity resulting in a high velocity and more effective blast stream. The more effective directed penetrating power is sorta similar to shaped charges they use to cut through things like steel beams during demolition. Which by forcing a charge to a narrow stream or "line" makes it's way more useful than just allowing it to blast freely in all directions. So in my opinion something very similar might of happened with your mercury bullet. Very cool video, and thank you.
I really like you goatee, it looks alot better than when you let it grow long :) Awesome video man!
Seriously? Not even one person mentioning bloodborne? Ok...
most people are idiots and never made the quicksilver=mercury connection
Cody, when is Mars One Training for you?
Cody never ceases to amaze me
Wow, at first, for that first shot, I was thinking... "fail" because of the mercury rain. But man that was trippy. It totally worked in this situation. Nice job.
What happens if you shoot a gallium bullet out if your cannon, rifle, and cold gun?
it shatters like glass
+Cody'sLab what if you tried to fire aluminum bullets in to mercury?
communist :p
***** you will learn, by watching his videos
+Mike Fic the amount of random things I've learned from this channel is astonishing
I see you Cody, you and your Steven Universe shirt 🌟
I love watching your videos soo much! Im only a junior and I've really been want to be a geologist and you've inspired me in so many ways!! Thank you so much. your amazing!
After watching your videos I really think you are one of those people that make great discoveries in science. I'd say you should be in a lab somewhere doing experiments and making break throughs, but you seem to be quite in your element ;) love your channel.
How about trying an exploding bullet like in the Day of the Jackel. Hollow out the bullet insert the mercury liquid and seal the tip. I wonder if that can be done real time or was it just a hollywood thing.
I think it would make for a terrible bullet at least for long range shots the spinning mercury would move off axis and cause the bullet to tumble.
Well then it begs to be proven by Cody's Lab.
+Cody'sLab please do it it would realy cool
He did mentio modifying a bullet to contain toxic material is illegal though...
+doom81300 yes I want it to good idea
I'm really worried about your health, cause I like you Cody. You're playing to much with mercury!!
This is fascinating!!! Keep it up man.
5:43 Great product placement. You hold this box of matches so naturally yet we can perfectly see the label.
It seems that i owe some of you $50000
I just noticed he"s talking about shooting a poisonous bullet, while wearing a shirt from Steven Universe. LOL 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
I think 7n6 5.45x39 as the poison bullet.
awesome accomplishment, Sir. also you made a fantasy of mine, and many, many people, of shooting a mercury bullet, come true. thank you.
I recently found your channel and immediately subscribed then watched about half your videos in one day. I really love what you do. I remember being around 8 or 9 and daydreaming about machines that could sort grains of sand in their various components and wondered how much gold and other precious metals was hiding on a whole beach ( probably a lot less than I thought at the time and nothing compared to the items people lose on the beach) that's why I'd have to say finding platinum in highway dust was one of my favorites and in a sense your channel is somewhat of a dream come true. I appreciated the lead oxide glaze on the cupola in one of your precious metal refining videos too. Having done a lot of pottery some years back I love all kinds of glazes. If you're out of ideas you have an ideal oven and materials to make glazes from scratch and bake them in your oven to see the different results. Maybe also simple stuff for beginners like home made silver polish? Or how about trying to create various types of chemical batteries? Anyway , looking forward to more videos.Thank you and keep up the good work!
I do not believe that the mercury lubricated it's path through the gel. in my opinion the weight difference would have given the mercury more velocity v the lead.
by that much?
I think it's a mechanism more similar to Armor Piercing rounds. What I mean by that is this: In an Armor Piercing round, the copper jacket is stripped off of the steel core of the round, creating a smaller (and therefore a higher velocity) projectile. If the Mercury was melting as you say, then it wasn't so much 'lubricating' itself as it was shedding mass to retain speed...which as you noted increases penetrating power, but would be useless in transferring energy to a target effectively.
that's what I thought too. plus I'm assuming all those pieces of stuff falling down are bits of Mercury that were splattered against the gel in the firing
+Ben Sparrow but yeah "lubricated" is probably a good word here, I doubt the bullet was still very solid by the time it hit
Shedding of mass to retain higher velocities seems to be the most acceptable explanation I have heard yet, but something like this is not researched, so all we have are hypotheses.
if your testing more bullet materials could you please also do indium, im interested how that would be for hunting since its such a nontoxic material
Well considering the fact that one bullet will more then likely cost more then the gun you are shooting I dont think it will work out that well for hunting. A silver bullet would be 100x cheaper.
its on my list.
I don't know about that. Indium is about $2 a gram. A bullet made out of it wouldn't come anywhere close to the price of most guns.
+ZettabyteGamer He has some indium at home (got it before the touch screens),didn't you see the metal cookie video
Ivan Lukin Yes I know he has some, I was just saying it isn't as expensive as BigTime claims it is.
You are almost at 600k subs cody. Your videos are great!
That last bit was absolutely fascinating. A great visualization of density regardless of state.
Can you do a tutorial on how to make fireworks???
You said that the mercury bullet had more momentum because of its greater weight, but this just means that it would require more energy to get to the same speed as the lighter lead bullet. Both bullets would have the same momentum assuming that the energy transfer from the powder explosion is that same for both, the mercury bullet being heavy would travel at a slower speed. Good video though, keep up the good work!
Higher density projectile results in a higher pressure in the chamber during firing, allowing more energy to be imparted into the projectile, resulting in more momentum and less energy waste.
+Darkatar Thanks for the insight, it didn't occur to me. For the momentum to be the same, the barrel would have to be infinitely long, as well as friction to be the same.
Nice detailed video and keep up the great work!
Cody, the Home Star Runner shirt is killing it! Love it, dude.
I enjoyed this very much. Have you ever considered crowd funding a decent high speed camera for your experiments? I know I would be happy to help out.
-40 Fahrenheit or Celsius?
Gonna assume it's f because he's in America
I hope this was a jest, since they're both the same.
Literally the one temperature where Fahrenheit and Celsius are equivalent
They're equivalent at -40.
+Zach Peace When someone uses literally correctly, a piece of me comes back to life.
It's cool watching some of Codys videos because I live around the same area as him. Like his video where he collected platinum from the side of the road, he was explaining where he came up with this and why this idea is plausible and he drove North under Antelope drive. It's cool to see an area I live in get viewed on KZhead by a very intelligent individual. Keep up the good work Cody, looking forward to your next video! By the way, I live in Layton, coincidentally also going to school to become a geologist.
I sure can tell this guy is an old soul. Brings to mind those Golden age American, old fellas. The 80 something year olds from when i was a kid that were so intelligent and crafty they shaped the country
is this shot in your mine?
yes
mine he owns a mine how fucking big man
At 0:21 there was a fly on the box in the background
The Randomizer Noticed that as well :^)
The Randomizer Great
The Randomizer noticed it too
My god that was a month ago
Username checks out
this channel really deserves more subscribers
This needs a million views. +1 for unique and educational content!
your steven universe shirt is dank as heck
so poisonous bullets is illegal but flamethrowers and heavy machine guns are okay ? i'll never understand
One poisonous bullet can be shot discreetly and silently and kill a man. Remember that a gun doesn't even have to use an explosive to get enough force to cause a bullet to penetrate, assuming close proximity you could shoot a poisonous bullet using a spring gun. It's quite harder to get away with murder when you're using flamethrowers and HMGs.
flamethrowers have agricultural uses. heavy machine guns are actually starting to be used to hunt invasive boars in texas.
I was thinking about real heavy MG like the ones that can damage a tank or take down some aircrafts. I get the assassination thing though, that's actually a good reason. But just sayin : if you kill a man that's already illegal so this law is not gonna stop you from doing it. It might get you arested if found in possetion of such bullets though, so...yeah.
+ShadowKick32 it's a law made for hunting not for shooting people nimrod.
+Maokai Hecarim If you think a law is going to stop people from using mercury bullets to kill people, you're wrong. That's like having a law against wearing a bulletproof vest while doing something illegal (that law actually exists... )
Damn cody i remember when you had only 50k subs! Good job!
Super awesome video as usual!!