Top 10 Chemistry Videos You Should Have Watched in 2014

The year of 2014 was great in terms of new discoveries in Chemistry.

I have compiled a list of most popular 10 youtube videos of 2014 that demonstrate some sort of chemistry reactions. If you have not watched before, watch them now.

1. Sulfuric acid and sponge reaction by CrazyRussianHacker:

There are a number of videos showing pouring sulfuric acid to sponge. This one by a famous youtuber who goes with CrazyRussianHacker. Sulfuric acid turns the sponge into black carbon. You can also watch this reaction in slow motion in this video.

2. The Chemistry of Sriracha: Hot Sauce Science by Reactions 

Sriracha is a type of popular hot sauce or chili sauce. This video produced by American Chemical Society explains the chemistry of how this and other spicy food work.

3. Make Your Single Crystal by Thoisoi2
This video teaches you to grow single crystals.

4. Amazing Chemical Reactions by 7a9rian2
This video shows a number of short clips of chemical reactions. They are fun to watch.

5. The Magic of Chemistry - with Andrew Szydlo

In this video produced by the Royal Institute,chemist Andrew Szydlo explains some basic chemistry principles with demonstrations. A long video thought. Take you time and watch. 

6. The Chemistry of Pizza by Reactions

Again American Chemical Society produced video explains the chemistry behind the pizza we eat every now and then.

 7. Mr. Bean - Chemistry experiment

Even the famous comedian Mr. Bean is into chemistry lab demos. Watch this hilarious video.

8. Chemistry & Corpses: The Science of Bog Bodies by SciShow

How dead bodies are mummified and preserved for thousands of years? This video talks about the chemistry of bog bodies.

9. What's in your iPhone? by Reactions

iPhone is very popular smartphone. But, have you ever thought what chemistry (elements, molecules) you are carrying in your pocket?

10. Pouring Mercury into Liquid Nitrogen (slow motion)

Periodic Videos has produced hundreds of chemistry videos where Prof Martyn Poliakoff from University of Nottingham explains cool chemistry stuffs. In this video you see a demonstration and explanation when mercury is poured into liquid nitrogen. The slow motion part of this video is cool.

dance your PhD winners announced: explain your PhD research in dance

Sperm competition between brothers and female choice from Cedric Kai Wei Tan on Vimeo.

The "Dance Your PhD" contest 2013 winner is a video that described "sperm competition between brothers and female choice". In this video, Cedric Tan is trying to explain his PhD research about chicken mating process by dance. 

The contest is sponsored by Science magazine and AAAS. In this contest one has to explain his/her PhD research in the form of dance.

In chemistry category, Ambalika Khadria, a biochemistry Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, won the prize. Khadria demonstrated her experimental methods-a trick for revealing whether proteins are linked together in pairs. The dances literally used colored masks and fluorescent light to explain the research concept.

I guess it is not an easy job to explain the PhD research in science in a dance. Good job guys. Have fun watching these videos.

Selecting Reviewers for your manuscript:Publishing Your Research 101

In this video, ACS editors will provide some tips to help you decide whom to suggest as reviewers for your article. The reviewers will not only make recommendations on whether or not the work should be published, but on its suitability for the journal. They will also make comments and suggestions to help you improve the quality and clarity of your manuscript, and perhaps even to improve your science. Your article, when published, will be better for having gone through this process. It is to your advantage to have knowledgeable and rigorous reviewers evaluating your manuscript.

Writing Your Cover Letter: Publishing Your Research 101

Why cover letter while submitting your manuscript for publication is important and how to write it? 

A video from ACS media.

More info on cover letter writing: Art of the Cover Letter.

Awesome Chemistry Videos of 2011

I have put together some of the awesome chemistry videos which were published in the year of 2011, definitely of my choice. ENJOY. Have a wonderful new year ahead.

1. Soft Robot from Whitesides group at Harvard University.



2.Conductive Silver Ink from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

3. Will it blend? Glow Sticks?

Effective Scientific Writing -- Manuscripts and Grants

Chemistry Matters: Beauty

From molecules to equations to experiments, learn how and why chemistry is beautiful to Nobel Laureates. This video is one in a series of four, short educational videos capturing 16 Nobel Laureates' opinions on why chemistry matters. 

Chemically Perfect Perfume (Valentine's Day special)

For those who want to do something special in valentines day, we present a chemistry related video. In this video, a famous professor who makes youtube videos on chemistry related subjects talks about chemistry of perfume. Enjoy it and have happy valentines day to all chemists out there.

Thanksgiving and Chemstry: Whats connection?

Thanksgiving is a traditional holiday in north America and is one of the biggest festivals in the US. People basically cook turkey, mashed potato, invite people and enjoy food. One blog posting about thanksgiving is here. So, then what is to be with chemistry? To know the connection between thanksgiving and chemistry, watch video below. This video was produced by ACS (American Chemical Society). Chemistry Prof. Diane Bunce explains things like:

• How does the pop-up timer in a turkey work?
• Why do muffins rise, even when made without yeast?
• Which antacids neutralize the most stomach acid?

Sodium: One of the most reactive metals

In the video series of elements, I am presenting one of the most reactive metal called Sodium (Na). It has one electron in its outermost shell, so it is very reactive. That is why it is stored in mineral oil like Kerosine. It is soft and light.

It reacts with water very quickly and explosively. This is interesting to show students. I used to show my high school students (+2 students in Nepal) how reactive this metal is by dropping a small piece of sodium on water. It generates hydrogen gas, producing orange flame. Students were always excited and interested to see the experiment.

The video in this post explains about fundamentals about Sodium. Enjoy the video and leave your comments on the comment box below.

Hydrogen:The Lighest Element

Hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table. It is the lightest element with atomic number 1 and symbol H. It is very abundant element, found in the universe, in the space between stars, and off course on the earth.

It is part of water. One molecule of water has 2 atoms of hydrogen.

The video in this post explains about fundamentals of hydrogen. This channel in you tube is a great one, I found. Very useful, educative to layman. The periodic Table of video has videos of all elements. In the video, they show some demonstration to better understand the element and an old man, looks scientist talks about the importance of the element. I don't know his name though.