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Extracting mercury from contaminated water

2.5M views · Feb 13, 2017 · Science & Technology

Comments · 1.4K

  • @AustinFulger · 10 months ago

    Who else loves watching 8 year old chemistry?

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  • @ethelana9627 · 7 years ago

    That 5000ml beaker is an absolute unit

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  • @MegaChamous · 9 years ago

    Am I the only one who barely understands these videos but find them very interesting?

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  • @robcat2075 · 1 year ago

    <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4T57SFntIs&amp;t=480">8:00</a> &quot;You can&apos;t use too much sodium sulfide&quot;<br><br>This reminds me of a sketch on SNL years ago where there&apos;s some new workers at a nuclear power plant . The manager comes through and tells them, &quot;You can&apos;t add too much water to the reactor, understand?&quot; <br><br>The workers all say they understand, but as soon as the manager leaves some of them say they thought he meant, &quot;don&apos;t add too much water&quot; and others say they thought he meant, &quot;there&apos;s no amount that is too much.&quot;

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  • @the80sdumpster · 1 year ago

    Now extract it from tuna

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  • @AlphasysNl · 9 years ago

    Waste disposal and management is an often forgotten and obscured part. People love to see reactions and might think to do these things themselves, without thinking about the disposal process. This video is invaluable, since it shows it&apos;s not all fun and games.

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  • @w0rmblood323 · 9 years ago

    Just noticed you have &quot;NileRed&quot; printed on some of your beakers.<br><br>Pretty legit.

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  • @chaos_omega_zero · 6 years ago

    <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4T57SFntIs&amp;t=1067">17:47</a> a very very fatal lemonade

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  • @Volvith · 6 years ago

    NileRed: Complicated filtration cycles.<br>Me: FUNNY COLOURS!!! YAAAY!!! Do more funny colours! :D

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  • @severalwolves · 7 years ago

    Dirty Mercury??<br>Dang. Well, now that I got the name, I better go recruit some bandmates!

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  • @xMacieX · 6 years ago

    First chemistry lab at university was like this per experiment: 5-10min getting the stuff you need, 10-15min the actual experiment, 30min-2h waste management.

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  • @JAK3_FR0M_STATEFARM · 9 years ago

    The way the filter paper floated to the bottom of your makeshift filter was rather gratifying.

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