Making aerogel

Making aerogel

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It has taken many months, but I was finally able to make a decent aerogel!

Procedure resources: https://www.aerogel.org and https://bit.ly/g4gsf2s

Video References:
• Veritasium video: https://youtu.be/AeJ9q45PfD0
• Applied Science video: https://youtu.be/X24np30GS2o

NileBlue pressure chamber video: https://youtu.be/JslxPjrMzqY

Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA

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48 Comments

  1. @stingygrapefruit on January 15, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    Just get a ruby and a gel sack



  2. @Nuclear_eevee on January 15, 2024 at 8:39 pm

    Why do i want to eat it…

    its toxic… but it looks so delicous.



  3. @EASYTIGER10 on January 15, 2024 at 8:39 pm

    I wanted to try doing this and got family and friends round for moral support. But I got so demotivated and had to stop. Everyone was so supercritical.



  4. @heatheryarbrough5255 on January 15, 2024 at 8:39 pm

    I love all the science. Thanks for making such great videos



  5. @SundownerMGRR on January 15, 2024 at 8:41 pm

    I’m tripping balls right now why is the video in Spanish



  6. @nanyubusnis9397 on January 15, 2024 at 8:41 pm

    Another cool property of airogel, because it’s mostly air trapped in very small holes, is that it’s hydrophobic. Crush some of it in your hand, then poor water into it, and watch the water just roll off of your hand leaving you dry.
    18:47 "They said I should do it this way, but I think I’m smart and did it another way." – most common `famous last words`
    Seatbelts? Why not ductape? Controlled fire? Well it’s generally going in *that* direction.. Do not pet the animal? I’m poking it with a stick, it should be fine.
    You buy all this stuff to deal with very high pressure, and then when it comes to tightening these screws, you’re like: "Half should be enough."
    20:12 Yeah, that’s what you get. You could also just use the same amount of tape and tighten it more, but sure. Don’t do this, you could get yourself hurt.
    21:17 You know the problem is that this will bite you later, right? When you’re more experienced, want to use the same thing, and just assume it was all air tight, and that’s when it gets dangerous.



  7. @anabasiladze8206 on January 15, 2024 at 8:42 pm

    12:44 he made the artificial snow



  8. @KontrastKing10 on January 15, 2024 at 8:42 pm

    25:25 It looks like its staring into your soul



  9. @luizfilipesouza8073 on January 15, 2024 at 8:43 pm

    Congratulations on your persistence!!! The result was fantastic! Hugs from Brazil



  10. @vladaul8465 on January 15, 2024 at 8:45 pm

    Who here watching this in 2024?



  11. @ghsdftfm on January 15, 2024 at 8:47 pm

    12:02 marking this timestamp for,, scientific purposes



  12. @isabelstewart150 on January 15, 2024 at 8:48 pm

    How did you get started in chemistry and what’s the thing you use the most.



  13. @austindurham5736 on January 15, 2024 at 8:49 pm

    This dude is dedicated. I love this channel.



  14. @jbsolos-bm5pr on January 15, 2024 at 8:50 pm

    15:32 1/4" nipple??



  15. @marios3202 on January 15, 2024 at 8:51 pm

    I work for a company that manufactures Aerogel.. CO2 is the most important piece of the puzzle. When the summer months come, and CO2 becomes more scarce, it proves to be quite the kerfuffle.. so much so that we have put expensive processes in place to reclaim and create as much CO2 on our own as possible.



  16. @El-pibe-xD on January 15, 2024 at 8:51 pm

    I made it and ate it.



  17. @ethancarr4111 on January 15, 2024 at 8:53 pm

    I love how he takes his time and tries to make the best product he can. He doesn’t half ass it and I love it.



  18. @SantiagoNunez-vg8qk on January 15, 2024 at 8:53 pm

    Good boobies



  19. @fuzionvlogs2662 on January 15, 2024 at 8:55 pm

    So technically this dude just made a meth lab



  20. @sasukehashira7690 on January 15, 2024 at 8:56 pm

    E se fizessem uma blusa de aerogel para o calor porque e tão leve que nem ia parecer que está de blusa



  21. @bug_ip on January 15, 2024 at 8:56 pm

    Gás carbônico líquido xD Se é gás não é líquido né



  22. @IoriYagami2023 on January 15, 2024 at 8:58 pm

    Alr now how does it tastes like?



  23. @R4m3N.. on January 15, 2024 at 9:01 pm

    awesome your work Nile! I woud will like you



  24. @Jixtirman123 on January 15, 2024 at 9:03 pm

    I have an alum that I made by myself



  25. @user-gi9uz1xk3h on January 15, 2024 at 9:04 pm

    Aerogel lookin delectable af



  26. @TROLLSKILLZz on January 15, 2024 at 9:04 pm

    8:21 sounds like the intro to No Love by Death Grips



  27. @Ruby_Sterling on January 15, 2024 at 9:04 pm

    Meth



  28. @cristotutorial6224 on January 15, 2024 at 9:05 pm

    Yo,además tengo el personaje nezza



  29. @sheep9291 on January 15, 2024 at 9:06 pm

    SO ITS SOLID AIR?!!!!!!!!!??????



  30. @cuntserverjin on January 15, 2024 at 9:06 pm

    NileRed: Ah, Permanent blindness! just what I love



  31. @xbatata6209 on January 15, 2024 at 9:07 pm

    Desculpa cara mas a dublagem está podre de tão ruim



  32. @user-bs3sg8mp2b on January 15, 2024 at 9:09 pm

    You’re like 10 years older than me, I love it, but we’re like at – the same level!



  33. @strategistaow3520 on January 15, 2024 at 9:13 pm

    12:05 shrek mmmh



  34. @jimmy87980 on January 15, 2024 at 9:19 pm

    You don’t get add revenue?



  35. @user-pv1ns1qr7n on January 15, 2024 at 9:23 pm

    my brain just commited suicide



  36. @SabbirAhmed-sg9bw on January 15, 2024 at 9:23 pm

    Great testing



  37. @EhrenLoudermilk on January 15, 2024 at 9:24 pm

    I love how things in chemistry have random ass names. Like methyl hydrate is also methanol. Just to be confusing



  38. @wolfgang313i3 on January 15, 2024 at 9:24 pm

    It should be possible to mount a small mirror in the chamber to view the gel during the supercritical drying



  39. @onetruekeeper on January 15, 2024 at 9:25 pm

    If the aerogel was place inside a vacuum chamber to remove all the air from inside then the surface of the aerogel was covered in polymer to prevent air from going back in perhaps that might create a vacuum solid which would be lighter than air.



  40. @QWQ1601 on January 15, 2024 at 9:25 pm

    cool i try to make the things you make this one was a complete succes ty for the content



  41. @SirBop on January 15, 2024 at 9:26 pm

    this was 3 years ago but damn, he did that so good you could almost not see them in the metha-what?



  42. @Olarte_Arghio on January 15, 2024 at 9:27 pm

    When you were ttrying to dry it why didn’t just try to burn it, the methanol will burn and the gases will fill up the pores of the aerogel…. Also, did you try to burn the cristals of the aerogel once they broke? just to see if they still keeping the propierties of the actual aerogel? Cool video, great job!



  43. @leahwilson9152 on January 15, 2024 at 9:27 pm

    Forbidden ice cubes



  44. @ifeanyichike-okoye329 on January 15, 2024 at 9:28 pm

    I love science❤❤❤❤



  45. @MaxHackbarth on January 15, 2024 at 9:28 pm

    I imagine that if this guy had a 3d printer he could easily make a perfect mold



  46. @charliesgamingplace2371 on January 15, 2024 at 9:30 pm

    I really wanna eat it.



  47. @yourStupid2 on January 15, 2024 at 9:30 pm

    it is called air-o-gel



  48. @Creampuffzy on January 15, 2024 at 9:32 pm

    can i eat it pls