Nuclear Engineer Reacts to NileRed Turning Old Jewelry into PURE Gold Bars

Nuclear Engineer Reacts to NileRed Turning Old Jewelry into PURE Gold Bars

[JunkyardBashSteve]

There's something about seeing a scientist watch another scientist in a different field and be both surprised and amused by the new things they didn't know. It's fun

[KertaDrake]

Man, imagine how gold armor is actually made in a fantasy world. When you think about it, it could mean that the person making stuff could actually be the most skilled person in lightning magic in the world rather than just a guy beating on gold with a hammer to make soft, extremely heavy armor. Instead of actually making it out of gold, you electroplate using lightning magic to make the blingiest steel you'll ever see!

[Rob_Fordd]

Fun fact about platinum, it was completely unknown in the old world but several tribes in South America had access to mineable deposits, and made jewelry with it. Platinum has a super high melting point, so when the Spanish came through and looted everything, they were very upset by the fact their standard furnaces couldn't melt everything down because some was gold mixed with a mystery metal. eventually they isolated platinum, but because they had never encountered it before, it was not considered valuable. In fact alloys with it were banned by the Spanish crown, and for over 200 years it was typically thrown into the ocean when found in order to keep it out of the hands of criminals who might use it to cut gold and silver with lol. Then finally in the late 1700s, a couple of science minded Spanish priests were traveling through columbia and observed natives mining it for their traditional jewelry, and they acquired some chunks of ore. Several years later back in Spain they established the first minerology lab in the empire, and first in the world to study platinum. From there the British started to take an interest, and its industrial use began to be understood (even denser and less reactive and more durable than gold). It's a real new comer to the precious metals world compared to gold and silver. Palladium is an even more recent one than that.

[OAikoT]

As a jeweller who tried working with pure gold I confirm that its soft as heck, when using any hammer or pliers it feels like playdough in bare hands literally. thicker pure gold is workable like castings but still really soft, 22k is preferrable minimum if u want something sturdy. I love working with pure silver but it its far harder than pure gold and unlike gold it significantly hardens the more you col work it just like copper.

[terranhealer]

As someone who spends a lot of time in the radiology departments, I rarely see Gold-198 used. Iridium-192 is used much more often. Cs-131 is relatively new and gaining some popularity for brain cancer (gamma tiles). Interesting story, I recovered a 5 mCi Ra-226 orphan source which hasn’t been used since the 50’s. I’m a professional btw 😅

[TheFlamingZombieKing]

When he said gold for prostate cancer, I immediately thought of a solid gold "plug"

[TheMilkMan]

I would love your reaction to his plastic gloves into grape soda and hot sauce and his paint thinner into cherry soda videos. Or dianonds into fizzy water video. Obvious no real nuclear element, but the chemistry in it is amazing

[BaronVonPwn]

You should cover some of plainly difficults videos. He's covered nuclear accidents of all varieties. Including orphaned sources of radiation

[Yora]

I worked with copper chelate today. It's the most vibrant blue I've ever seen in a physical object.
Copper compounds make the most amazing colors.

[justinmcgough]

I love the reactions to NileRed and I also like the input you have with cool nuclear facts!

[Drip_Yeager]

I'm loving these nilered reactions, you're basically the only person on youtube that has reacted to his videos. I think one you might enjoy is his bromine video titled "making a deadly chemical in my parents garage"

[wastelander]

I just found ur channel and love it subbed and liked. I'm watching ur back catalog now.thanks for the great videos and time and effort

[hot_wheelz]

Hi Tyler, just to clear up your uncertainty... The lead and tin contamination that is often present in small amounts in scrap jewellery typically comes from the jeweller's solder that is used to permanently close ring links that often join a clasp to a necklace or bracelet etc. Cheers.

[Khitiara_]

the metal impurities added are called "inquarting" because the rule is roughly quarters: aqua regia can dissolve above 3/4 gold and nitric can dissolve the other stuff below 1/4 gold

[CaptainFalcnPunch]

Yesss! More Nile Red. I know finding the connection to some of your knowledge would be a stretch but he has some where he makes flavoring compounds using chemicals found in plastic gloves.

[toadfairy]

I love yur reactions to NileRed/Blue because of the professional inside you provide and I'd love to see you react to "turning plastic gloves into grape soda", I'm very interested in seeing your reactions to all of the chemical metamorphosis that had to happen to make this title a reality!

[ItzChrisIRL]

Love this reacts to nile. just like the other video you said his voice is smoothing and having another smoothing voice reacting is just a plus

[Yora]

While the gold dust looks like sand, it actually should be about 9 times as heavy.
Amorphous silicone dioxide has a density just over 2g/cm3, while gold is above 19.

[djnone]

The fact you were perplexed by mankinds labeling of the purity of gold vs the size of a diamond sharing the same nomenclature while most other kids were interested in the best way to itch their foot without removing their shoe is probably why you became the nuclear engineer.

I personally thank you for that. We've all seen the Simpsons

[MPshadowfiend]

Yessss! Dark Wizard Nile being reacted by Nuclear Folse. Perfect breakfast accompaniment.