Mixing sodium with mercury

Mercury is easily able to form alloys with most other metals. It's pretty common to combine sodium and mercury, which can be fun, and a bit dangerous. I did this on my main channel, and I basically just shoved sodium metal into mercury. The reaction generates a lot of heat, and it's usually enough to boil the mercury, and light the sodium on fire.

#shorts

[NileRed]

A while ago, I moved all of my shorts here. Sorry if there's any confusion, you're already on my main channel!

[bejarni]

"Which can be fun, and dangerous" This is usually the case in chemistry

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This is the chemistry teacher we want, but will never have

[gojo_]

Sodium :- NO ! NO ! NO NO !!!
Nilered :- YES YES YES !!

[Nukesnipe]

Ah yes, vaporized mercury and burning sodium metal. My favorite combination.

[foragingadventures]

Nigel: Here's a bottle of toxic mercury.
*throws it against the wall*

[arlopaden]

"boil the mercury" is a terrifying thing to hear

[omegaraptor]

Bro I thought the sodium was cheese, I'd die in a lab.

[tammy]

Nile: Mercury is the only metal that’s a liquid in room temperature
Me who lives in the tropics: Gallium

[_c]

"which can be fun, and a little bit dangerous" is a good summary of Niles channels

[tommysoocool]

As soon as the video started my first thought was "I wanna drink it"

[Voidward]

Nothing like a cup of boiled mercury in the morning.

[nispelsm]

Chemistry is so fun and weird:
- Chlorine is toxic to humans when inhaled or ingested.
- Sodium explodes on contact with water
- Combine them together, and you get ... table salt

[The_handsomeElbow]

Fun and dangerous when combined make something more addictive than any drug.

[bluebird]

"Which can be fun, and dangerous"
yes i would be willing to take that risk for entertainment

[ajshell]

"A bit dangerous", you say.

Ah yes. A combination of "poison liquid metal" and "explodes on contact with water" is just a bit dangerous

[lucyla]

For those saying Gallium is also a liquid at room temp, In Chemistry Room Temp is considered to be roughly 25°C whereas Gallium melts at 29.76°C so yeah it's not liquid at room temp

[marucanah_]

For anyone wondering, Mercury is the ONLY metal liquid at room temp. Gallium and Caesium both become liquid at a temp slightly higher than Mercury.

[pixiggukuwu]

Fun fact: If one of the metals in the alloy is mercury, it's termed as 'amalgam'. Here, since we are using sodium, the alloy formed is 'Sodium Amalgam'

[enderfries]

sodium is like the chihuahua of chemistry