Recreating one of the weirdest reactions

**Reuploaded because I used a clip of BBC footage in the intro and it was automatically flagged by the system and demonetized.

*At the 5min mark, I say 1.5g phenanthroline monohydrate, but 5g is written. It is indeed 1.5g though.

About a year ago, I saw one of the weirdest reactions that I've ever seen. It was called the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction, and it's one of the few good examples of an oscillating chemical reaction. I decided to try and do it myself, and this video summarizes the process that I used.

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[ourochroma]

FBI: Why are you getting weird chemicals from the internet?
NileRed: I wanted to see blue rings

[atchwho]

i don’t know why him saying “dirty garden store quality” sounded so aggressive to me

[heyaslongasitworks]

Youre probably the only chemistry channel that is worthy of watching a 3 in the morning

[emanuell]

I like how the waves don't seem to cancel each other when they overlap. They turn into each other. I'd like to see it pushed through a double slit and measure the interference it creates.

[hendrixhotel]

This man is the physical embodiment of the word "however"

[sammichmanjr]

This is like a physical representation of what happens when you close your eyes and press on them for a couple minutes.

[J.L_art]

I remember when I was younger, I thought this is what science class would be like.

[Grak]

I voluntarily chose to do a complete reaction model project on this in my college Pchem class and it was hell on earth.

[alexangel]

Whenever Nile describes his experiment process I can never tell if he failed or succeeded with each step

[pastrami]

Me, having close to zero clue what he’s talking about: I like your funny words magic man.

[woebegoneclown]

This man single-handedly gives me one more braincell while simultaneously taking it away

[JustSomeRandomPersonsUser]

And that’s how his profile picture was created🙂

[EdmundKempersDartboard]

This channel has taught me that 95% of chemistry is just waiting for something to happen.

[q-ball]

A reaction so weird you made it your profile picture

[RJN.]

Ah, so this is where the iconic NileRed pfp came from!

[DavidEaton-ed]

Your narration is awesome. I’ve been a chemist for over 20 years. I now read experimental sections of papers mentally hearing your voice and it is lot more fun than in the past when I mainly heard my voice saying ‘what the @&$ is this guy doing?’ Love what you’re doing.

[senoraxolotl]

“I’m going to name these A, B, and C”
Oh no he’s going to ask me which one grows Sally’s beans the best according to a graph

[srenmadsen]

NileRed: 1:28
Me: *Watching as the furnitures in my room starts levitating*

[HeizouShikanoin]

i looked at the thumbnail and said “wait that looks familiar” then i realized you used it as your profile picture

[brandonrembe]

The last reaction was by far, the coolest. The blue flashes were so dang beautiful. this is probably my favorite chemical reaction, in terms of visual effects