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Making uranium glass

2020-02-15 Science & Technology
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Visit https://Brilliant.org/NileRed to get 20% off a year of Brilliant Premium! For this project, I'll be making radioactive uranium glass, which was very popular 100 years ago. Under a blacklight, the uranium in it fluoresces to give off a nice green color. WARNING: Working with uranium and radioactive material is dangerous, and this video is for entertainment/educational purposes only. Please don't try and repeat what you see. Also, when the project is done, the waste needs to be dealt with and handled properly. On my second channel, NileBlue, I show what I did with it and you can check it out here: https://youtu.be/7ZUqSncJ5U0 References: • Applied Science: https://www.youtube.com/user/bkraz333 • Cody'sLab: https://www.youtube.com/user/theCodyReeder • Cloudylabs: https://youtu.be/ZiscokCGOhs Uranium waste cleanup on NileBlue: https://youtu.be/7ZUqSncJ5U0 Pre-order the NileRed BZ Reaction Kit - https://inqfactory.com/nilered ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merch - https://nilered.tv/store ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join the community: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/nilered Discord - https://discord.com/invite/3BT6UHf NileRed Newsletter - https://nile.red/home#newsletter You can also find me here: Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/NileRed2 Instagram - https://m.instagram.com/nile.red Twitter - https://mobile.twitter.com/NileRed2 Nile talks about lab safety: https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA Music in credits (Walker by SORRYSINES): https://soundcloud.com/sorrysines/walker

Top Comments (10)

@toddmcquiston5997 2020-02-15

“I’d never worked with uranium before, so I figured I would follow the instructions.” Good plan.

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@melonBro69 2021-08-16

Biggest thing I've learned from this channel is that between Amazon and eBay you can buy litteraly anything.

24.2k 159 replies
@acearachnid 2020-02-16

“The government doesn’t really like it when you show how to refine uranium on the internet.” Damn my Saturday plans are ruined

22.2k 126 replies
@SkyGameZZZZ 2021-01-14

I like how he listed “can’t make bombs” under cons lis

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@aimee6839 2021-05-20

I love how so many of your statements are basically “I knew this was a bad idea. I did it anyway. It was indeed a bad idea.” It just really sells the Scientific Realism.

10.6k 31 replies
@frostwolf74 2021-06-10

Nile: "The dust it gives off is toxic to humans" also Nile: *shakes it violently*

8.7k 24 replies
@echalone 2020-02-15

"I never made glass before, so let's make uranium glass"

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@supersophisticated9943 2021-01-15

normal: "world war 2 was very, very horrible because of the mass killings and treacheries of war." nile: "world war 2 was a bit sucky cause they took all the uranium for weapons instead of uranium glass.."

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@starlingmelody4284 2024-06-07

nile fucking up the uranium and cracking it: that's fine nile cracking a chocolae chip cookie: WE HAVE TO GET IT OUT OF THERE

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@Crapyhappy523 2025-08-29

11:34 “ when it’s dry like this has a tendency to give off a lot of dust” literally shook it violently earlier

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