PickVidsBest Chemistry Videos
The 56 Chemistry videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 0 introductory, 12 intermediate, 42 for a general viewer, and 2 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a demo. What they share is that you see the result first and only then decide whether to follow the detail. Channels you will keep seeing include Applied Science, Veritasium, NileRed.
Experiment: Coca Cola and Drain Cleaner
A short experiment dissolving the aluminum of a Coca-Cola can with drain cleaner to reveal the clear plastic film lining inside.
Attempting to make transparent wood
NileRed attempts to make transparent wood, inspired by an AvE video, by removing lignin and infiltrating the wood with resin.
Negative Ion/Anti-5g Products Are Actually RADIOACTIVE
The Thought Emporium tests so-called negative ion and anti-5G wellness products and finds they are radioactive, with some coated in powdered thorium.
Drinking Heavy Water
Cody's Lab obtains pure heavy water (D2O) and drinks it as a taste test, reporting its flavor and feel.
Perfectly Replicating Coca Cola (It Took Me A Year)
LabCoatz uses mass spectrometry, with help from other science YouTubers, to reverse engineer the Coca-Cola flavor and builds a chemically-identical replica.
VINYL: Maybe it's time we had an intervention.
Benn Jordan measures air quality around vinyl records with a pollution meter and finds high particulate and VOC levels.
Precious Metal Refining & Recovery, Episode 10: Platinum From the Road
Cody's Lab collects a sample of dust from the side of a highway and refines it to recover platinum-group metals deposited by catalytic converters.
Which Penetrating Oil is Best? Let's find out!
Project Farm tests six penetrating oils, including WD-40, PB Blaster, Liquid Wrench and an ATF and acetone mix, on rusted bolts.