I accidentally discovered lead sponge...

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Publicado 2018-01-27
I never planned to cover this topic, because honestly I had no idea that it existed. It's really interesting what you can just stumble onto. In the future, I might revisit this and I might also try making other metal sponges.

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Todos los comentarios (21)
  • @ellaforlin8160
    I don’t think the words “accidents” and “lead” should ever be in the same sentence.
  • @GeorgeCowsert
    I love how the majority of scientific discoveries are completely accidental.
  • @JordanBeagle
    I love how many of his great discoveries are just him figuring out how to get rid of stuff
  • Honestly when you turned out the lights it looked so cinematic and I'm obsessed with it
  • @Rhynome
    Squish it in a blimp mold and make a lead zeppelin.
  • @Realdeal916
    This guys candor makes him quietly hilarious... he frequently says stuff like "my attempt was a complete failure" and "this is exactly what I feared would happen"... When so many others would be like "I meant to do that"...
  • @whi2gan
    Can I just say; I love how Nile owns practically every machine on the surface of this earth-yet does not own a rubber spatula🙋‍♀️😂
  • @jypsridic
    "I didn't have enough lead acetate" Proceeds to pull out a seemingly infinite amount of lead from the solution.
  • @twids
    *Has subtitles on "This daddy isn't something that I planned to do." Oh my
  • @wikia9278
    7:14 look at the little piece of lead sponge that's jumping in the left corner of the container, he's so happy
  • @avawalker5582
    I know it's not food... But... Hear me out....... Forbidden taffy-
  • @dr.icepick3448
    Me: I'm going to bed early tonight Me at midnight: L E A D S P O N G
  • @rlt94
    Ahh yes, good old lead sponge, a favorite dessert of the Victorians.
  • @Howtoeatrocks
    This is why it's important to record your process. Even if you're making something already heavily documented, something you've done many times in the past.
  • @mistercohaagen
    If it was the 1920's, you could've sold that as a lozenge to cure consumption or gout or whatever.
  • Me: My accidental discovery of the last french fry at the bottom of the paper bag
  • @NathanBuffam
    The reason in the difference between runs could be that the powered zinc kind of seeded the way the lead formed.
  • @muskyhusky8411
    nile: has every chemical under the sun also nile: does not have plastic spatula