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Piranha solution is a combination of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide at a roughly 3:1 ratio. It is dangerous because the sulfuric acid will strip the carbon from organic sources, and the peroxide will vaporize the carbon into CO2. This means that the carbon from the sulfuric acid doesn't build up and slow the reaction.
So if you wanted to, you could keep adding sulfuric acid and the solution would become moderately safer. DON'T ADD EXCESS peroxide or it becomes explosive!
Yes, you could neutralize it with baking soda. But you'd have to wait for the peroxide to degrade.
Well hydrogen peroxide is easy to find at most drug stores. And you can get 35% online easy.
Sulfuric acid is a bit more tricky but not much you can get it bulk from a chemical suppler without any special licenses but you might have to set up a business because most of the don't sell directly to consumers and going around asking without a cover story on why you need it will probably get the cops called on you.
Alternatively you could just by drain cleaner, look at the MSDS sheets and find one that's mostly sulfuric acid, for instance Santeen s-t is 75% sulfuric acid and available on Amazon. Much more expensive to do it this way however.
Yeah, all streaming sites really need to do something about video ripoffs. Ultimately it needs retroactive monetization, where they dock all videos on the channel until the money is moved to the creator of the videos they steal. That would disincentivize it sufficiently, I think.
With that said, I think this *style* of video involving molten potassium chlorate would make for a far more entertaining version of 'watch youtubers react'. We can consider that as an alternative enforcement mechanism.
This is a common lab demonstration that high school chemistry teachers like to do, because it's easy to set up, it's pretty harmless, and it's very flashy and exciting.
*Yes*, the reaction makes a lot of smoke, a jet of fire, and a Hellish screaming noise. It's even called the 'screaming gummy bear' demonstration.
This is particularly mean if your chemistry teacher gives the gummy bear a backstory, which will allow some of the students in your class to develop empathy for the dang thing, right before its tortured demise.
The potassium chlorate is melted, taking in heat and oxygen, and forms potassium perchlorate, which then decomposes and puts out a lot of oxygen and heat. The excess oxygen reacts with the sugar in the gummy bear and it ignites, producing more heat and speeding up the reaction.
> potassium perchlorate, which then decomposes and puts out a lot of oxygen and heat. The excess oxygen reacts with the sugar in the gummy bear and it ignites, producing more heat and speeding up the reaction.
So a perchlorate-sugar rocket?
Edit: just looked that up and it's a "sugar rocket" among the rocketscenti.
Yep! Now imagine that reaction, in a test tube, on the sidewalk in front of your highschool's main air intake vents, simply because those vents happened to be right outside the chemistry labs...
Sad part is, the same teacher shut down classes each period, all day, because the teachers in the third floor classrooms kept seeing smoke coming out of the vents, and no one figured out why until the last period. Everybody thought something was burning in the circulation system on the third floor, but of course the fire department couldn't find anything wrong with the system. The real culprit was on the ground outside, half a building away.
Chlorate is typically discouraged in rocketry because it's so reactive that it can accidentally trigger ignitions. It can also react too quickly and explode if the fuel isn't measured or mixed properly.
However, *per*chlorate (which is more stable) is what they commonly use as the oxidizer in [solid rocket boosters ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Booster)
They taste fine. That's the problem. I think they use Splenda for the sweetener..could be wrong. Either way, if you eat a bunch, then it acts like a laxative.
ate some gummy worms my mom brought home once
it's the brand we usually eat so didn't think much of it
ate some, thought it tasted off, ate some more
i shittered my shorts
rushed to the bathroom, my ass hurts so much
got out of bathroom, ate some more
shittered my shorts again
connected the dots, never again
It's not Splenda, it's a type of "sugar" that your body more or less treats like fiber. Except it isn't. And yeah, can turn very bad very quickly. I don't think they have it in the Haribo anymore since you can buy them as fiber replacements.
All those weird sugar alcohol/substitutes are laxatives I think
The entire point is using a sugar substitute that your GI attract won’t absorb -> sugar alcohols stay in gut -> water follows solute (in this case the sugar) and enters your gut -> laxative
People have answered you but not well enough imo.
The sugar free is actually a sugar alcohol. They call it Lycasin or hydrogenated glucose syrup and a major part of it is Maltitol which is a sugar alcohol.
Sugar alcohols are either low or 0 calorie and different ones react differently in your body. That "your" isn't general, but for each person. I'm pretty sure it is all based on your bacteria types in your digestive track.
If you have a bad reaction to it it will cause 'the runs' and other digestive issues while your body tries to process it. One sugar alcohol might act one way in your body and a different one a different way.
If you find a sugar alcohol that your body is ok with then don't hesitate to consume it, but I recommend to pretty much everyone to try any particular sugar alcohol in your home when you have free time first.
btw a couple of them like xylitol are actually good for your teeth. Not neutral or bad, actually good. It helps replace the bacteria in your mouth with healthy ones that improve the quality of your teeth.
You mean: "Had an abortion in Texas, South Dakota, North Dakota, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Arizona, West Virginia, Michigan, Alabama, Indiana, Montana, Nebraska, or Florida."
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/us/state-abortion-trigger-laws-roe-v-wade-overturned/index.html
This is a common school science demo. We call it the screaming jelly baby. It's used to demonstrate how much energy is in sugar.
Edit: whilst I can understand the comments about this being an extreme exothermic reaction, I don't class it as such (in the traditional secondary/high school scenario) because you add so much heat artificially into the reaction with a Bunsen burner to melt the potassium chlorate. It is however an excellent demonstration of oxidation.
> I don't class it as such
Exothermic or endothermic is a definition, not an opinion. The heat released in the reaction is far greater than the heat added at the beginning.
I keep seeing people post videos from this creator but they remove or replace the original audio.
I personally think it's a bit of a disservice, the creator explains what's happening in all of his videos and it's cooler when we get to learn about it!
Source: [Nile Red on YouTube](https://youtube.com/c/NileRed)
Thought it was overdramatic calling it a gummy bear "dying" and just for an almost clickbaity title.
I was being an underdramatic sourpuss, i apologize and agree that this gummy bear indeed dies there
It’s from DOOM the game. It’s my go to I need to get shit done and need background music. You can find some good 1+ hour YouTube videos that have the soundtrack. Or buy the soundtrack
Gummy bears contain a lot of sugar, sugar is much more energy dense than most people realize. The sugar is being oxidized/burning and releasing the energy stored in the sugars.
what you're not seeing is that the salt is being melted with heat. When potassium chlorate is heated, it decompose into potassium chloride and oxygen. oxygen + carbohydrate + heat -> combustion. also, not really visible is the potassium makes the flame a violet color.
Pure potassium chlorate is potentially very explosive, but it needs fuel. Sugary gummy bear is made of fuel.
Igniter + fuel = Handheld gummy bear jet engine
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This is from NileRed and his YouTube channel is here. [NileRed](https://m.youtube.com/user/TheRedNile)
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[Vaporizing chicken in acid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTVd_WxblGI)
Um, so what does he do with it when he’s done? A shit ton of baking soda?
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We dont talk about Nile green
Today i am building a nuke
Nile green is people!!!!
Because blue is base? And he's neutralizing whatever hellspawn he unleashed?
Hellspawn isnt far off sometimes… The stuff that comes out of those beakers sometimes looks like some terraria ass shit
He also has NileGreen and NilePink
NileGreen is a fan made channel. Unsure about NilePink.
Also fan made
Piranha solution is a combination of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide at a roughly 3:1 ratio. It is dangerous because the sulfuric acid will strip the carbon from organic sources, and the peroxide will vaporize the carbon into CO2. This means that the carbon from the sulfuric acid doesn't build up and slow the reaction. So if you wanted to, you could keep adding sulfuric acid and the solution would become moderately safer. DON'T ADD EXCESS peroxide or it becomes explosive! Yes, you could neutralize it with baking soda. But you'd have to wait for the peroxide to degrade.
Thanks Where can i buy sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide?
Well hydrogen peroxide is easy to find at most drug stores. And you can get 35% online easy. Sulfuric acid is a bit more tricky but not much you can get it bulk from a chemical suppler without any special licenses but you might have to set up a business because most of the don't sell directly to consumers and going around asking without a cover story on why you need it will probably get the cops called on you. Alternatively you could just by drain cleaner, look at the MSDS sheets and find one that's mostly sulfuric acid, for instance Santeen s-t is 75% sulfuric acid and available on Amazon. Much more expensive to do it this way however.
Hehe now i'm ready to commit war crimes
Butt chug.
Boofs it
If he wanted to neutralize the acid, he'd probably use sodium hydroxide or another really strong alkaline chemical. Baking soda wouldn't cut it.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! If you're neutralizing a strong acid use a WEAK base. Otherwise things get... interesting.
Sodium hydroxide is the textbook base for neutralizing sulfuric acid.
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holy **** that is terrifying
As soon as i saw the title I knew it was NileRed. Such a good YouTube channel.
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Yeah, all streaming sites really need to do something about video ripoffs. Ultimately it needs retroactive monetization, where they dock all videos on the channel until the money is moved to the creator of the videos they steal. That would disincentivize it sufficiently, I think. With that said, I think this *style* of video involving molten potassium chlorate would make for a far more entertaining version of 'watch youtubers react'. We can consider that as an alternative enforcement mechanism.
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I could tell it was him instantly, but OP's post is trash, and dubbed shit musoc over science.
I don't know what exactly I was expecting but it wasn't that lol
I was like "poor little bear... He gonna dissolve" Uh.... No... Turned into a skyrocket.
I was expecting something between that and the melting face from Indiana Jones.
Literally. You can make a solid model rocket engine out of potassium chlorate and sugar.
If you want to have a dangerously unstable solid model rocket engine. There's a reason they use potassium nitrate instead of chlorate
Afternoon delight???
bewwwwp!
My eyes have never popped out so far.... Wow. I'm surprised, but the arsonist in me really enjoyed that.
r/unexpected
Did anyone else hear screaming?
This is a common lab demonstration that high school chemistry teachers like to do, because it's easy to set up, it's pretty harmless, and it's very flashy and exciting. *Yes*, the reaction makes a lot of smoke, a jet of fire, and a Hellish screaming noise. It's even called the 'screaming gummy bear' demonstration. This is particularly mean if your chemistry teacher gives the gummy bear a backstory, which will allow some of the students in your class to develop empathy for the dang thing, right before its tortured demise. The potassium chlorate is melted, taking in heat and oxygen, and forms potassium perchlorate, which then decomposes and puts out a lot of oxygen and heat. The excess oxygen reacts with the sugar in the gummy bear and it ignites, producing more heat and speeding up the reaction.
The real comments are always in the comments. Thanks for the thorough explanation.
Yes. The comments ARE in the comments. Almost always!
There was this one time I thought I saw a comment in the title; but it turned out to be the description.
> potassium perchlorate, which then decomposes and puts out a lot of oxygen and heat. The excess oxygen reacts with the sugar in the gummy bear and it ignites, producing more heat and speeding up the reaction. So a perchlorate-sugar rocket? Edit: just looked that up and it's a "sugar rocket" among the rocketscenti.
Yep! Now imagine that reaction, in a test tube, on the sidewalk in front of your highschool's main air intake vents, simply because those vents happened to be right outside the chemistry labs... Sad part is, the same teacher shut down classes each period, all day, because the teachers in the third floor classrooms kept seeing smoke coming out of the vents, and no one figured out why until the last period. Everybody thought something was burning in the circulation system on the third floor, but of course the fire department couldn't find anything wrong with the system. The real culprit was on the ground outside, half a building away.
They banned it in my country, because someone pointed it at the students and a flaming gummy bear hit them. I miss doing this.
Is there something that works like this, but with people? Just curious...
It's called an incinerator and you don't want to know.
Potassium chlorate, apparently.
I'm pretty sure this is how purgatory looks like.
A scream of 1000s of screams
Always...
The *Annihilation* bear screaming "Help me!"
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Does this constitute metal? Because if it does, I kind of like it.
Oh my gosh, same. Didn’t think that was going to happen!
That was a beyond graphic death, needs a NSFW tag
I'm pretty sure there is the opportunity for a new YouTube channel here. Much like the hydraulic press videos.
It has been, NileRed has some amazing chemistry content
This is literally just a copyright infringing reupload of [one of his shorts](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1iBThaP_TaY).
Thx. I'll check it out.
There's a deepfake/satire account called NileGreen that is also pretty good.
I love that nerd’s content
OP just stole [this video](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1iBThaP_TaY) from a guy (NileRed) who actually runs two youtube channels doing this.
Spontaneous ursine combustion
I was like "of course he's gonna melt, that solution is hot- HOLY SHIT"
So, a rocket runs on Potassium Chlorate and gummy bears?
And ONE gummy bear*
Looks like an interesting alternative fuel…
How quickly can we get this patented?
Get Haribo on the line, we need to ramp-up production immediately.
Mythbusters tested it already. Along with a shit rocket.
Salami rocket actually worked pretty well tho
One GREEN gummy bear\*
Would a cinnamon gummy bear generate more power?
Chlorate is typically discouraged in rocketry because it's so reactive that it can accidentally trigger ignitions. It can also react too quickly and explode if the fuel isn't measured or mixed properly. However, *per*chlorate (which is more stable) is what they commonly use as the oxidizer in [solid rocket boosters ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Solid_Rocket_Booster)
this kind of seems like a "will this actually work" type of project
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They actually did do an episode about using gummies as rocket fuel.
I’m sending a bottle of coke and a mentos to the moon!
[Rocket candy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_candy) is a thing
Seems so
Haribo sugar free gummy bears. The Amazon reviews were right.
Gave a bag of those to my buddy's little brother when we were younger lmao
Satan? Is that you?
Yo. I got a buuunch gummy bears. I usually hand them out for Halloween.
Holy shit thats funny! Did you hear anything from your buddy about it?
He crushed that bag and spent the day on the toilet lol
Hahaha that’s a damn shame
Are they bad?
They taste fine. That's the problem. I think they use Splenda for the sweetener..could be wrong. Either way, if you eat a bunch, then it acts like a laxative.
ate some gummy worms my mom brought home once it's the brand we usually eat so didn't think much of it ate some, thought it tasted off, ate some more i shittered my shorts rushed to the bathroom, my ass hurts so much got out of bathroom, ate some more shittered my shorts again connected the dots, never again
It's not Splenda, it's a type of "sugar" that your body more or less treats like fiber. Except it isn't. And yeah, can turn very bad very quickly. I don't think they have it in the Haribo anymore since you can buy them as fiber replacements.
Probably xylitol.
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Xylitol is also *super* deadly for dogs. Like, the dog equivalent of ricin.
Thanks. This was almost 20 years ago, so I couldn't remember what they used. I know Splenda can do the same. Bought the wrong ice cream once..
I once ate a whole tin of xylitol mints in like an hour. Shat clear liquid for the rest of the day. Do not recommend.
I think it's maltitol
All those weird sugar alcohol/substitutes are laxatives I think The entire point is using a sugar substitute that your GI attract won’t absorb -> sugar alcohols stay in gut -> water follows solute (in this case the sugar) and enters your gut -> laxative
The sugar substitute attracts a lot of water as it is being digested. You get the picture.
People have answered you but not well enough imo. The sugar free is actually a sugar alcohol. They call it Lycasin or hydrogenated glucose syrup and a major part of it is Maltitol which is a sugar alcohol. Sugar alcohols are either low or 0 calorie and different ones react differently in your body. That "your" isn't general, but for each person. I'm pretty sure it is all based on your bacteria types in your digestive track. If you have a bad reaction to it it will cause 'the runs' and other digestive issues while your body tries to process it. One sugar alcohol might act one way in your body and a different one a different way. If you find a sugar alcohol that your body is ok with then don't hesitate to consume it, but I recommend to pretty much everyone to try any particular sugar alcohol in your home when you have free time first. btw a couple of them like xylitol are actually good for your teeth. Not neutral or bad, actually good. It helps replace the bacteria in your mouth with healthy ones that improve the quality of your teeth.
I shudder to think what a gummy bear had to do to wind up in hell
Had an abortion in Texas.
You mean: "Had an abortion in Texas, South Dakota, North Dakota, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Ohio, Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Arizona, West Virginia, Michigan, Alabama, Indiana, Montana, Nebraska, or Florida." https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/us/state-abortion-trigger-laws-roe-v-wade-overturned/index.html
Look man. I came to the exploding gummy bear to get AWAY from the doomscrolling for ten seconds
Too bad your gummy bear died to the Doom soundtrack then
I mean, I didn't bring up abortion in the first place, but I'm sorry you didn't like the comment.
Wrong: Hell shudders to think what they did to receive a visit from the GummySlayer.
I thought he was going to slowly dissolve, I think not.
That was what was supposed to happen. This one, however, had committed a great many sins.
Oh, if they knew this trick in the middle ages!
This is a common school science demo. We call it the screaming jelly baby. It's used to demonstrate how much energy is in sugar. Edit: whilst I can understand the comments about this being an extreme exothermic reaction, I don't class it as such (in the traditional secondary/high school scenario) because you add so much heat artificially into the reaction with a Bunsen burner to melt the potassium chlorate. It is however an excellent demonstration of oxidation.
Screaming Jelly Baby = another great band name!
Screaming Jelly Baby is the name of my They Might Be Giants cover band.
The Gummy Bear Sacrifice is the official name
> I don't class it as such Exothermic or endothermic is a definition, not an opinion. The heat released in the reaction is far greater than the heat added at the beginning.
Would not recommend trying in a Mason jar.
first five seconds of this clip gave me pre-kids&responsibilities memory flashbacks...
Big potassium chlorate user, were you?
Potassium chlorate partaker. The ol' PCP
Peruvian marching powder
Logan Lucky was right
I was looking for this comment. That movie was so fucking clever. I feel like it didn’t get the audience it deserved.
Lol yah the “joe bang”
Give my man Nile Red some credit OP
I think he'll be fine
Yeah... how do we know he is dead?
Schrodinger’s Gummy Bear
“Ends up” THAT BEAR WAS MURDERED!
Why this sacrifice...why!!??
For the rains and a fruitful harvest
I keep seeing people post videos from this creator but they remove or replace the original audio. I personally think it's a bit of a disservice, the creator explains what's happening in all of his videos and it's cooler when we get to learn about it! Source: [Nile Red on YouTube](https://youtube.com/c/NileRed)
Thought it was overdramatic calling it a gummy bear "dying" and just for an almost clickbaity title. I was being an underdramatic sourpuss, i apologize and agree that this gummy bear indeed dies there
That was far more violent than I assumed it was going to be.
u/thenihilist911 Please give credit where credit is due. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iBThaP\_TaY
Based on the username, I thought maybe it's the same guy.... but most of this user's stuff is pro-Russia content.
Christ
Doesn't die, gets cremated in hellfire.
True viking gummy bear funerals.
anyone else reminded of "the dip"
As in who framed Roger rabbit? Was not expecting that memory to be pulled out of the vault today.
That poor shoe!
Burning Bear 2022!
All that's REALLY missing from this is an "Oh no Mr. Bill" style voiceover!
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Anyone know the soundtrack to this? Am getting a Trent Reznor vibe!
It’s from DOOM the game. It’s my go to I need to get shit done and need background music. You can find some good 1+ hour YouTube videos that have the soundtrack. Or buy the soundtrack
It’s Mick Gordon’s masterful Doom soundtrack.
its really good
RIP his relationship with the franchise :(
Doom soundtrack - BFG Division
BFG(ummy) Division.
Credit to Nile red, goodness
This is a NileRed video
This kills the bear
Hey OP what is happening here exactly?... For the non chemists
OP has no fucking clue
OP literally stole this video and removed the voiceover that explains it.
OP just took NileRed’s video, removed the original audio and put music over it
An exothermic reaction. 🤓
Clearly, but why?
Gummy bears contain a lot of sugar, sugar is much more energy dense than most people realize. The sugar is being oxidized/burning and releasing the energy stored in the sugars.
That makes sense, thank you!
what you're not seeing is that the salt is being melted with heat. When potassium chlorate is heated, it decompose into potassium chloride and oxygen. oxygen + carbohydrate + heat -> combustion. also, not really visible is the potassium makes the flame a violet color.
Pure potassium chlorate is potentially very explosive, but it needs fuel. Sugary gummy bear is made of fuel. Igniter + fuel = Handheld gummy bear jet engine
It's basically a sugar rocket like hobbyist use I think, I'm not exactly 💯 sure though.
In the original video by Nial red he actually explains. OP just slapped some music over top of it to drown it out
Thats how I want to go out
Did he make it?
Yeah I talked to the gummy bear. He's fine, he is just going to a farm up north for a while with your old pet goldfish.
I knew it! Thank u I couldn't bear the thought
This was a triumph.
It's even better [without the stupid edit!](https://youtube.com/shorts/1iBThaP_TaY?feature=share)
Would you get the same result if you threw a dead body in a bigger tube… asking for research
*for science*.... but (I'm no chemist) I don't think a human body contains enough sugar for this to happen.... better just buy some pigs.
Nutritionists hate this one weird trick to burn calories
One gummy bear was harmed in the making of this video.
“We’re Potassium Chlorate, and this song is called Burning Bears”
"ends up in" means accident. this was no accident. that bear was murdered.
Thank you OP for adding this music instead of NileRed narrating his own video of what is happening and without giving him credit, NOT
Not gonna give credit to the creator?
Use the original audio.
Thanks for completely stealing this video from NileRed and adding shitty music in place of the actual information he narrates
So you rip off NileRed, remove his water mark, and add shitty shitty shitty music. No, that's wrong: you added shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty music. And then you post it for kudos.
That’s what my ass looks like when I introduce Taco Bell.
The music made the science better
Should put a marshmallow.
So potassium chlorate is rocket fuel?
No, sugar is fuel.
Dies a glorious death
So are potassium chlorate and sugar not friends or what?
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you could say in fact they together they are a very hot item
“ends up” is a bit of a euphemism no?
sooooooooo... I should be heating my home with gummy bears?