Yellow Powder: Let’s solve unsolved alchemy

Sometimes I worry that if I upload only once every few months, then each video will have too many ideas and distractions in them. But luckily I think I managed to avoid all tangents in this video and stay on topic the whole time! Anyway, uhh, you can buy a shirt if you want to i guess: explosionsandfire.shop/

that 2006 yellow powder recipe came to me in a dream. i'm surprised to see it still works over such a variety of ratios!

yellow powder works because potassium carbonate is too similar to baking soda and the universe hates baking

That last shot was a cinematic masterpiece. If I could meet the camera operator I would buy him a large burrito.

The guy at 0:28 is my lecturer and he does this in one of his lectures. He also starts heating a spoon of black powder, then continues with the lecture allowing the gun powder to randomly go off five minutes later and giving everyone anxiety

"Published in 1648" Elsevier: that'll be $35!

StyroPyro casually throwing Dr. &Fire with a huge grin on his face was pure magic. Thanks to both of you

I reckon it explodes because when it melts the non-sulfur compounds realize they've become yellow and blow themselves up out of shame.

"Some random amount of time" is really a scary concept when working with pyrotechnics. It's really strange that no one has figured out how yellow powder works.

"It's always important to remember that in about 25% of data points, god just comes in and interferes just to keep us humble." I laughed so, so much at this.

Jokes on you I’ve already been drinking all day

"this guy" being StyroPyro is absolutely hilarious.

They should call it Toaster Powder because it goes off at a hot but inconsistent temperature and the pop surprises you every time.

The paper describing your experiments is pretty great, I can't see why everyone wouldn't want to publish it. These are some of my favorite quotes from it: "These rudimentary shed observations are conducted in the hope that it will shed some light on the underlying chemical mechanism." "Modern science is widely believed to have progressed since the 17th century, however, the continued inability of science to conclusively address the significant alchemist mystery of yellow powder brings this belief into question." "Surely that is worth the paperwork to bring some explosives into your analytical chemistry laboratory and load it into the most expensive equipment you’re allowed to use and just see how it goes?"

I love the fact that the source at 7:18 is a young styropyro.

The fact E&F is wearing the NBN shirt in the last shot is pure gold. and "its always important to remember that in about 25% of data points god comes in and interferes just to keep us humble" had me in stitches.

This video has it all: ✅ Pink T-Shirt about a mismanaged fiber transition ✅ Obscure Ketamine only available in one Australian city ✅ Science based on a forum post from 2006 Thanks Tom.

Ex&F: All yellow chemistry is TRASH also Ex&F: I wrote a research manuscript about a yellow chemical and my work is available on Zenodo You have become the very thing you swore to destroy

this channel is doing actual science, i thought we were just messing around in the shed not actually doing nerd shit

Shirt: Want answers on the NBN? Just ask a local. Person who wants answers: So, what's the deal with this NBN thing? The locals: Oh, the NBN? It's bollocks. Person who wanted answers: Got it. Thanks.