My manganese heptoxide cleanup was a mess

NileRed: "We must be careful to dispose of this properly." NileBlue: "But first, what if we burn it?"

Shouldn't a cleanup channel be called "NileGreen"?

I love how every waste disposal video I've seen here so far has ended with "this would be the end, but I got curious..."

You should do a video on your waste drawer. How big is it. Whats the worst in it. What happens if certain stuff inside mixed. How would a company deal with it. How much would the company charge. How you could dispose of it yourself. Edit: You could do an entire series of industrial chemistry and the waste produced plus how its dealt with. It Would be a lot of content for you and it would be like the show How Its Made but the chemical side of manufacturing.

I think that a series of 'Nile Red Cleanup' Would be extremely interesting. Would absolutely watch each of them.

Nile the Musical: NileRed: "What is this?" NileBlue: "Looks like piss" NileRed: "Smells like piss" NileBlue: "Look at this, I made piss"

0:40 DANGER "ACID", held on with band-aids.

This video is already on the Wikipedia page for manganese heptoxide not even 3 hours after uploading lmao

In a way I feel like dealing with the waste is the more important part of the chemistry videos.

"In a few decades, I'll have to pay a company to deal with the waste I've created." Will you be laughing maniacally as lightning arcs in the background like a proper mad scientist at that stage?

“In a couple decades” fun to know he’s planning on just doing this for the rest of his life

I think it's really cool that you're making these videos. Could you take it a step further and explain WHY some steps are necessary? And what you're trying to accomplish by then end? (ie: what would be considered "safe" and why). And what do you do with the compounds that you simply can't deal with? Who disposes of them? What kind of services do you need access to to deal with it?

The clean up is actually the most fascinating part of this channel imo, the world needs more green chemistry and I love learning anything about it I can.

3:27 "After several minutes, the colour started changing and it became kind of brown, so I swapped it for a nicer, white background" Lol

I like to imagine the waste liquid was synthetic pee you accidentally made

I feel like a lot of chemists these days have lost the sort of alchemical curiosity of "what happens if I mix these? What if I heat it? What can I do to what's left over? What colour does it turn? What does it smell like? What does it sound like? What is actually happening here and what am I left with?" I appreciate this, a lot.

Hypothetically speaking: If someone were to attempt some of the less dangerous experiments you preform having a companion cleanup video around makes a heck of a lot of sense. While they still should not attempt any sort of complex chemistry without understanding at least some of the mechanisms at play in the reaction, some will inevitably choose to anyway. With these companion videos you are giving those individuals the ability to be more responsible with any hazardous waste they may generate through their ill advised experimentation, as well as teaching them why these steps matter.

I love how you include your mistakes/regrets/uncertainties in the videos. It makes me feel better about when I do the same in chem lab

6:16 Welcome to NileASMR

2:50 "I'm not entirely sure, though, what exactly was causing the color." ...says the guy who effortlessly describes complex multivariate reactions that are 12 levels beyond the rest of us