Braniac- Alkali metal + water = BANG!

Watch what happens when braniac people add some long-named metals to bathtubs full of water.

Duration : 0:3:16


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25 Responses to Braniac- Alkali metal + water = BANG!

  1. phillipb7000 says:

    this makes me want …
    this makes me want to make meth.

  2. aplayaz2000 says:

    myth busted
    myth busted

  3. UberDoomi says:

    Dog’s nuts?
    Dog’s nuts?

  4. HurricanSlime says:

    this isn’t real. …
    this isn’t real. caesium and rubidium don’t react so strong. you can see a cable at 2:29 comming out ot the tub. they faked with explosive. also the color of the explosions is different and if you put rubidium or caesium into water there doesn’t any water fly through the air.

  5. ISN1P3DI says:

    if you cut it open, …
    if you cut it open, but thats not advised :P

  6. deenotheman2 says:

    so if i put a …
    so if i put a lithium battery into water it would explode?

  7. Deeluxe92 says:

    nice
    nice

  8. skidgalning says:

    same :P
    same :P

  9. MMMMMMLLLLLLGGGGGG says:

    watched this in …
    watched this in chemistry lesson xD

  10. popson4 says:

    Hmm never heard …
    Hmm never heard francium pronounced that way before.

  11. 10water says:

    hahha richard …
    hahha richard hammond love this guy

  12. kenobi234 says:

    I would like john …
    I would like john to run the show.

  13. onesmartkid says:

    if it produces …
    if it produces hydrogen gas, they should put a lighter above the bathtub :D

  14. imfriendly2all says:

    wow!!!
    wow!!!

  15. Arnatuile11 says:

    The dog’s nuts of …
    The dog’s nuts of alkali metals lol

  16. I3lemental says:

    Neighbour of mine …
    Neighbour of mine grew up in the private school system of 1950′s. The plumbing was straight forward stuff, literally no u-bends in the toilet pipes. They would take potassium, wrap it in paper, and flush it just before break-time. As people entered the bathroom, the water soaked the paper, and everything exploded back up! That experiment I would like to see!

  17. MutantBamHammer says:

    1. Francium is …
    1. Francium is super rare.
    2. Francium is radioactive.

    Shame this video didn’t mention that.

  18. DannyAces says:

    So when they say …
    So when they say the last one isn’t legal… what I’m hearing is that I can buy cesium and rubidium…

    That doesn’t seem okay to me…
    That seems reeeeeeeeeeeally dangerous.

  19. MrInvitez says:

    The video was faked …
    The video was faked? I don’t understand why. Cesium should do exactly that with water.

  20. brockunc says:

    I wonder why they …
    I wonder why they fake these explosions….

  21. truth131313 says:

    Myth BUSTED!!! Oh …
    Myth BUSTED!!! Oh well I still show this to Freshman in lab at the University of Tulsa. It freaks them out.

  22. CrimsonRaven47 says:

    Hammond is awesome.
    Hammond is awesome.

  23. XXsushifreak123YY says:

    I LOVE …
    I LOVE BRANIAC!!!!!!!

  24. SwordPlay2 says:

    you can see a …
    you can see a detonation wire going into the bathtub!!!

  25. 0bligh says:

    Mythbusters did …
    Mythbusters did this on their third viewer speacial and this video was faked.