• 2018
ChemicalForce

Summary ChemicalForce demonstrates the inorganic chemistry of highly reactive, unstable or hard to obtain elements and chemical compounds. Most reactions are oxidation-reduction reactions than may involve color changes, combustion or even explosions. View more details

  • 2018

ChemicalForce

Directed : Unknown

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Stars : Felix Z.

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 7, 2018

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official YouTube Channel

Language : English

Summary ChemicalForce demonstrates the inorganic chemistry of highly reactive, unstable or hard to obtain elements and chemical compounds. Most reactions are oxidation-reduction reactions than may involve color changes, combustion or even explosions. View more details

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 7, 2018

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official YouTube Channel

Language : English

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Jan 20, 2018
Azides: Sodium Azide NaN3 and Lead Azide Pb(N3)2
Felix ignites sodium azide which decomposes to sodium metal which itself ignites leaving behind the still quite reactive chemical sodium peroxide. He does a similar demonstration with lead azide which was loaded into the hollow point bullets used in the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.
May 27, 2018
Hot 5 chemical reactions from subscribers
Felix performs five reactions requested by his viewers. Needless to say, the reactants are pretty reactive in any situation and some are rather uncommon. But what these reactions all share is a penchant for combustion in flames or explosion..
Jun 20, 2018
Episode dated 21 June 2018
Felix attempts to react red phosphorus with hot water as Walter White did in "Breaking Bad" to escape from gangsters. No reaction. He should have used a metal phosphide. So Felix cooks up some magnesium phosphide which he reacts with water to generate the desired toxic phosphine gas.
Jun 28, 2018
SOCl2: Thionyl chloride
Thionyl Chloride is a colorless acrid liquid that hydrolyzes to sulfur dioxide and hydrochloric acid. Felix reacts cobalt (II) chloride hexahydrate which changes from pink to blue as the water is consumed by the thionyl chloride. He also demonstrates highly exothermic reaction of thionyl chloride with various metals.
Oct 11, 2018
SF6: Sulfur hexafluoride. Chemical reactions
Oct 19, 2018
B2H6: Diborane. Synthesis and burning
Felix prepares diborane in a simple test tube reaction of sodium borohydride and stannous chloride. The reaction begins in the solid state but becomes vigorous when the reactants are heated to melting. Felix doesn't try to isolate the diborane but ignites the vapors to show a green flame.
Nov 09, 2018
NOClO4: Nitrosyl perchlorate
Since it's not commercially Felix prepares nitrosyl perchlorate by the established method of reacting nitrogen oxides with perchloric acid. If it sounds like nitrosyl perchlorate is a reactive chemical, it is, so now the fun begins. It reacts explosively with organic compounds with oxygen functional groups and the more reactive metals.
Nov 22, 2018
Sm: Samarium element, chemical reactions
Samarium is a reactive lanthanide metal the oxidizes in air and reacts slowly with water. Felix finds it is highly reactive with oxygen, the halogens chlorine, bromine and iodine, the superoxides of barium and potassium and dinitrogen trioxide to the point of combustion.
Dec 06, 2018
CS2: Carbon disulfide. Chemical reactions
Felix spares us the barking dogs experiment to do some real carbon disulfide chemistry. He synthesizes sodium ethyl xanthogenate and from it precipitates the copper salt He demonstrates the brilliant blue flame of burning sulfur dissolved in carbon disulfide and the spontaneous combustion of chlorine dioxide in carbon disulfide.
Feb 07, 2019
Five Random Chemical reactions
Felix performs five quick reactions mostly in the solid state: zirconium powder with frozen sulfur hexafluoride, strontium powder with strontium nitrate, germanium powder with chlorine gas, and lithium borohydride with both Chromyl chloride and potassium peroxide. Things get hot.
Apr 01, 2019
Re2O7: Rhenium Heptoxide. Chemical reactions
Rhenium heptoxide is a rare and expensive yellowish green compound. It sublimates at low temperature condensing into a liquid before recrystallizing. Although a weak oxidizer it readily reduces hydrobromic acid to bromine. Felix demonstrates various other redox reactions of the chemical. often with colorful products.
Oct 01, 2019
Cr(CO)6: Chromium hexacarbonyl. Chrome plating
Nov 12, 2019
H2Se: Hydrogen selenide. Red selenium
Molten selenium reacts with the more reactive metals such as sodium, potassium and aluminum, to produce the selenide salts. Reacting them with a strong acid produces hydrogen selenide. The selenides can also be reduced to produce red selenium.
Dec 25, 2019
BBr3: Boron tribromide. Shock-sensitive alkali metals
Jan 08, 2020
TiH2: Titanium (II) Hydride. Solid Hydrogen Solution
Titanium dihydride is a gray, non-stoichiometric compound that is never quite 1:2. It grows darker as it absorbs hydrogen. Ironically although titanium powder and hydrogen are highly flammable the hydride is much less so. But Felix can't resist mixing in a little perchlorate to start some fireworks.
Jan 31, 2020
Interhalogen Compound: ICl3 Iodine Trichloride
Iodine trichloride is a yellow fuming solid that thermally decomposes to iodine monochloride and chloride. Flexic reacts this compound with sulfuric acid, potassium hydroxide, tin II chloride, red phosphorus, lithium borohydride, hydrazine and decaborane. Many of the solid mixtures spontaneously ignite.
Feb 21, 2020
Rubidium ampoule opened in Air for chemical reactions
Felix has acquired some costly samples of rubidium. Of course it reacts with water but it is surprisingly resistant to even pure oxygen or ozonated oxygen. Iodine trichloride, oleum and, with a little 'compression', boron tribromide, are much more accommodating. Felix loses a couple watch glasses when rubidium reacts a little to vigorously with iodine and bromine.
Mar 17, 2020
Ozonides! Potassium and Cesium Ozonides. KO3, CsO3
As potassium and cesium hydroxide and potassium superoxide are exposed to ozone the reactant becomes yellow then red as the ozonides are produced. The ozonides decompose as they warm sometimes explosively. Felix also reacts potassium with ozone after first dissolving the metal in liquid ammonia.
Apr 23, 2020
Liquid ammonia and Chromium(III)Oxide. NH3 + Cr2O3
Felix is determined to burn ammonia. A direct flame doesn't work so lets try some chromium compounds. Potassium dichromate burns easily on it's own but ammonia won't make it burn. Ammonia won't even burn with the resultant hot chromium(III) oxide. What about potassium chlorochromate?
Jul 07, 2020
Molybdenum Pentachloride. MoCl5: Chemical Reactions
Moylbdenum pentachloride is a black solid. Felix reacts it with air, water and hydrochloric acid to produce various oxychlorides in a rainbow of colors. He demonstrates a clever way to collect dichlorodioxomolybdenum from a test tube. For the finale a solid state hypergolic reaction with lithium borohydride.
Sep 24, 2020
Phosphorus pentabromide: PBr5. Chemical reactions
Phosphorus pentabromide is a brilliant yellow solid that thermally decomposes to phosphorus tribromide and bromine. Felix reacts phosphorus pentabromide with potassium superoxide and red phosphorus with explosive results. It readily dissolves in carbon disulfide.
Nov 04, 2020
GeH4: Germane. Highly flammable & Toxic gas!
German is synthesized by the reaction of lithium aluminum hydride with germanium tetrachloride. The formation of germane gas is demonstrated by the reaction with silver nitrate to produce silver germanide. Felix creates a germanium mirror on the inside of a glass tube by the thermal decomposition of germane.
Jan 18, 2021
That's how liquid ozone explodes!
Ozone is an intense blue, unstable triatomic allotrope of oxygen that explosively decomposes to diatomic oxygen as Felix demonstrates. He produces his ozone with a handy dandy ozone generator and then performs several chemical reactions that serve as qualitative tests for the chemical.
Mar 07, 2021
Iron pentacarbonyl. Fe(CO)5 photolysis. Extra Pure Iron!
Iron pentacarbonyl is an effect reducing agent because the iron is readily available in its neutral state as Felix demonstrates with several oxidixed metals. He also demonstrates its photolysis to diiron-nonacarbonyl using a laser to make the reaction easily visible.
Apr 04, 2021
Interhalogen compound: IBr Iodine monobromide
Iodine monobromide is a solid resembling iodine but it releases red fumes rather than violet. In the molten state it is a deep red liquid. Felix reacts this reagent with sulfuric acid, potassium hydroxide, hydrazine, potassium, copper, red phosphorus, antimony and aluminum. The more energetic reactions produce copious red vapors and some reaction occur in the solid state.
Jun 07, 2021
That's how Gallium is afraid of Bromine
After melting some gallium Felix plays with gallium droplets in water and liquid nitrogen which we see in glorious slow motion. Then it's time for chemistry as gallium reacts with bromine appearing to gobble it up like a living creature. It even reacts to bromine vapor.
Jul 14, 2021
Iodine monochloride. Interhalogen compound can dissolve Gold
Iodine-monochloride is a fuming dark red liquid with yellow vapor. Felix displays extensive footage, some in slow motion, of its reaction with titanium, sodium, calcium, antimony, sodium hydroxide, nitric acid, and gold. Generally iodine is produced and if the reaction is particularly exothermic, purple iodine vapor.
Nov 13, 2021
Thiophosgene. Sulfur Analogue of Phosgene
Thiophosgene is really dangerous. It come in a glass bottle, wrapped in plastic packed in a vermiculite in a can. But it readily undergoes a variety of interesting reactions which Felix demonstrates despite the risk
Dec 06, 2021
Violet Violent Phosphorus Explodes on impact!
Violet phosphorus explodes on impact, as Felix demonstrates. So you might expect it to be more reactive than red phosphorus. But while both red and violet phosphorus react with chlorine, only the red allotrope reacts with bromine.
Dec 23, 2021
Magic Acid: Fluorosulfonic acid + Antimony pentafluoride
Felix myth busts a Chrstmas story about a candle rapidly dissolving in magic acid. But not to worry. Magic acid reacts vigorously with any number of other reagents as Felix demonstrates.
Aug 07, 2022
The Heaviest organic liquid vs Burning Magnesium!
Various iodic hydrocarbons burn very nicely with a satisfying cloud of violet iodine vapor but leave Felix with a bit of a mess to clean up. Let's watch.
Jul 22, 2024
Growing Flowers from Transition Metal Liquid
When vanadium tetrachloride is slowly introduced into moist air the reaction forms branches that transition into multicolored flowers reminiscent of broccoli.
Sep 12, 2024
I soaked Burning Magnesium into solution of Ozone in TetraChloroMethane
Felix repeats a prior reaction of burning magnesium with a chlorocarbon, this time with an extra reactant; ozone.
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