Flamethrower vs Aerogel

all the others who tried, had their appartment/house burn down... ;)
I hope it IS a joke only.

Probably baught it for show.

Need a 3d printer and get space make some lol

I lifted an eyebrow when he said that too.

Said he lived on Cape Cod, and I can attest to the fact that, while its somehow legal to get one of these bad boys into MA, its certainly not as easy to *use* it. Welcome to the blue states

Love the refrence

I mean rightfully so

Isn’t that the point?

1000 degree knife vs aerogel

​@@BierBart12although, this video has 1.9 million views, the first more sciency one in the series has 60 million

J. S. Have to Give them time to do that the process it make it is really expensive still

@Brownie Amanteigado look at prison industrial complex, the inmates make the profits, keep them in there and they turn into legal slaves!

@ǰꜽ Ṱꬴⱥ well yes the aerogel insulation would serve the purpose of cooling

@ǰꜽ Ṱꬴⱥ i understand the impeded heat flow going out, however, we are absolutely capable of going 40-50 for short periods of time just fine. Firefighters are especially trained for these situations and are exposed to hundreds of degrees C ambient temp. Firefighters have been recorded to survive internal temps of over 70°C. With aerogel insulation, the internal temp goes down quite significantly.
That sheet on the video registered over 600°C on the hot side and 50°C on the other side. That is definitely survivable for trained firefighters. Aerogel insulating tech in their suits will definitely increase their endurance when fighting fires, especially when fighting prolonged fires like wildfires.

It could be don't? But it would be expensive and you would need a venting system to pull away body heat. I think somone probably has thought about it

He had a pretty nice physics show now its all airgel and shade balls

DSC peterlemongello Mass market audience = "PhysicsBusters"

Shade balls made of aerogel! LOL

Will my balls stand up to shade balls?

@@woopygoman you're onto something here!

He is not veritasium man he is Veritasium

@Veritasium
Please try Flamethrower vs starlite

just in case
eyes are the most important

@@GewelReal i would prefer to loose my eyes than my brain

You know what they say: safety first!

The goggles do nothing

Man’s _never_ hot.

My initial reaction was hatred, then I couldn’t hold in the laughter, thankyou

brrrrrra popopop

Quick Math!

@@GodDinji Maf**

Take my like

LaminarFlowEveryDay lololol

Vneveruploadsanymore

You forgot BackyardMercury

@@c0naNnn ...sauce

Stonks

he got massive views for his other aerogel videos.. so he is milking it to the max - his evolution to being buzzfeed to get the $$$

@@DxsPro max kek

@@DxsPro He's not doing this for advertisement. He is simply sharing knowledge about aerogel because he thought it was amazing. His reservoir balls video blew up, and yet he did no continuation except for his most asked comment on that video. Not for money or fame, but for his fans and himself. He even said it himself on his video explaining how to get viral. This means his videos have to be engaging, and I can tell that all this is pretty interesting. If you don't believe that then just click off the video and go about your day

He bought it in bulk and now has to use it up.

not just lightsabers but laser pointers oh man

No, it'd make it worse by trapping the heat ( unless you mean sheilding the user, but the device still overheats)

The problem with lightsabers is that for some scenes to work they had to be so hot that they turn air into a plasma wich would not only be devistating for you and everything around you, but it also meant that if you somehow protect yourself from the heat it would esfixiate you.
Even if you somehow protected yourself from your own lightsaber, other lightsabers would be as ineffectively at kill you as your own.
If lightsabers existed it would be far more effective to just activate them and walking around than using them like real swords, which makes the whole idea pointless, as it would just be a device that gets really hot.
Side note: I apologize for anny spelling errors (I am not a native english speaker)

Olaf Winter bro it’s fine that is really smart

​@@magicjello4633 Thank you

Oceaniawtf I love L A M I N A R F L O W

Cody is obviously M E R C U R Y in this classification.

L A M I N A R F L O W !!!

You mean they stan?

Mark Rober stands for F O R E S H A D O W I N G

nah hate it

I love it.

@@madeonearth3429 yeah but you suck

Deity they’re become semi myth busters channel. Love it!

Dscigs GOTEEEEM

"Aerogel vs Volcano"

Thanks for addressing the emotional outcry about it not being a "real" flamethrower.

My reaction was the title kind of being degrading to the content. Also, the reason for many viewers reaction is all the hyperbolic youtubers freaking out about elon musk inventing the every day man's flame thrower in past videos.

Except you continued to call it a flamethrower. This experiment could have been done with a washcloth and a propane torch. Of course that wouldn’t have been as sensational as “flamethrower”.

Veritasium i don’t really care, it was still a great video. everyone complaining are pussies

At least use liquid oxygen, this was pathetic

i think it was a joke referencing the 1000°C knife vs videos

It works for Hot Ones, as long as you see celebrities as novelty objects

-Basically Rule 34-

@@BattousaiHBr and i was thinking he's talking about porn :-(

Or any material for that matter. Codyslab did a video about that subject. Many people do experiments without a proper control group

I think 2-3 cm of high density basalt fiber blanket will perform the same.

@@pinkyster9384 I believe Cody showed that a piece of bread was just as effective at protecting his hand from a welding torch.

@@justindie7543 yeah exactly, which shows that the material wasn't extraordinarily "fire proof"

I wish he answered LOL

Not a flamethrower was a limited production run IIRC

This is what I want to know

we are not satisfied with a "I'm sorry"

he can't. It's not being sold anymore. Best he can do is pay the money equivalent.

Lol

Air: hold my carbon dioxide

@@AlmondChocolateMilk hehe

a small price to pay

Dom Vasta that’s what I’m saying without him half of this video wouldn’t be possible. Better buy him another damn flamethrower

Any news on this?

Again any news on this? Poor ben

Any update?

We gotta know

They are working something out already

The tank probably just froze up and the flamethrower will be fine.

@@excitedbox5705
Exactly. Surprised mr. Veritasium didn't think of that.

@@Peter_Riis_DK we thought of that and thats not the issue

haha I always thought the right title for this was Flamethrower vs Aerogel, yes I know it's not technically a flamethrower but it throws flames so
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@@veritasium I mean technically it throws flames, so it wouldn't be too wrong. I mean a more correct term would be "flamespitter" I guess?

Pretty sure it’s a modified blowtorch with a cooler shell. But who cares, it looks like a flamethrower, and it shoots out flames.

Also "Flamethrower* vs Aerogel"

you inspired me to do this kind of things in my channel

Good ideas

Or just dust yourself in insulating aerogel powder like talcon powder to keep yourself warm.

Like aerogel oven mitts and not applied to the cookware itself I assume? If you coated the cookware in aerogel how would it heat and cook the food? lol

@@alexparker5127 picture super nimble oven mitts though, chefs would love it

Check out oros!

Same

haha so I gave you more info on what it's about. At some point, YT will let us A/B test thumbnails and/or have real-time info about click through rate. At that point, I won't have to manually fiddle with titles and thumbnails as much.

Veritasium it thumbaitening

@@snappycattimesten .. you're welcome to watch something else. I would rather have Derek figure out the workings of KRplus to provide us content (that costs time & money) for free than not to have videos at all

@@veritasium So it's not clickbait, it's science! Nice Job!!

He's trying to find the most click bait title.

@@Galym3d3 Changing titles is a click bait tactic.

@@Galym3d3 Pretty much this

He should change the title in this "I was raped by aereogel while a flamethrower was heating me up"

I think he changed to title to worlds best heat shield around the time that he also deleted my comment at the very top calling it out, guessing he just doesn't want people to think about the issue at all.

Hugo Wijk was going to say that too😂😂😂

what's the difference?

@@andrasnagy2410 flamethrowers spit out the fuel that burns as well

@@caolan3202 Exactly 👍 well said.

Not even a blowtorch, as it does not mix air into the fuel before burning

Punctuation marks, use them.

@@BlackMambo5 The irony.

I'm not familiar with that last genre.

@@qwertyTRiG 1. Hydraulic Press Channel. 2. How Ridiculous. 3. Garage 54.

@@HungryGuyStories Okay. I'll throw a glance at Garage 54. Thanks.

I've literally seen all 3 of those in many forms

Don't forget making knives out of random things you wouldn't make knives out of

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Have you seen the heat resistant gel type goop thats sold in tubs? Dont know what its called but i saw a video of firemen lathering themselves up in it before going in. It was a miracle thing. You cover your hand and it wouldnt burn if this flamethrower was on it. Downside is the mess but HELL if i was a firefighter i wouldnt do my job unless this was supplied. It didnt seem too costly. The firecrew in the video made it seem like it was part of their regular kit.

fredfinks the stuff they use for movies where stuntmen are on fire corridor crew has a good video on it

@@fredfinks I'm not aware of any real world use of such a product in fire services as a form of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). There is a product that you can apply to homes and vehicles that acts as you describe, but I would not want to cover my gear in it. When we are crawling around in a fully involved structure, any gel would get wiped or scraped off and the product I am aware of highly cautions that you need 100% coverage to be effective. Also, most of these gels are water based and water is heavy. This would ad to the 70+ pounds that we already have to wear/carry to enter a building, and I'm not too fond of that idea nor do I know of any firefighter that would be.
Also, we train hard for and even have competitions on what is called Speed Dress where we must be able do don every part of our PPE including air pack in under two minutes. I cannot imagine any firefighter wanting to add another layer to that ensemble that would take time away from making entry and getting the job done. IOW, time is also our enemy and we want to reduce time spent doing things that aren't going to contribute significantly to getting the job done as quickly as possible.
So, here is my thought....Typical turnout gear is made of three layers: 1) Outer shell that is fire resistant and tough enough to handle the harsh environments we crawl/wallow around in (Nomex and Kevlar); 2) Vapor/blood borne pathogen layer to keep moisture and other icky stuff out of the area where our skin is ( imagine steamed lobster if that layer isn't there); 3) Insulating layer to help keep heat out....Problem one, when we sweat in that inner layer, we can actually steam in our own sweat if the temps get hot enough. Problem two, these three layers are heavy and bulky which slows us down and makes us work harder. If Aerogel is as demonstrated and if it can withstand the rigors of us crawling/wallowing around in nasty junk, then it seems that if we could combine the insulating properties of Aerogel into the actual structure of the Nomex shell, we might be able to eliminate or reduce the insulating layer which is the bulkiest part of the ensemble. Also, if it would keep us cooler, we might not be as subject to being flash steamed in our own juices.
Obviously it will need to meet the extreme demands of NFPA certification before being approved for use in fire services. Just wanting to put the idea out there if any one is interested in finding another possible application for this amazing product......

They use it in NASA Space suites now

Mike Early it’s not a gel, it’s more like a powder. It’s only a gel during early stages of manufacturing. They take that gel and flash heat it at super high temp to remove the liquids and leave behind a silicon lattice that’s a super insulator.

And it probably doesn't cause cancer. That's neat.

@@kauhanen44 Or like asbestos, we will find out if it does in 20 years

@@kauhanen44 Everything falls into two categories: "definitely causes cancer" and "might cause cancer, but we need more research"

lare290 bad news...it’s made of silica.

But it just dosen't have the same feeling as asbestos.

AIRBENDER

@@goldensnitch5492 No wonder they were all killed off. They should have bended Aerogel instead ;)

@@MasterJohnny007 yeah makes sense :P

@@goldensnitch5492 Aerobender**

@@goldensnitch5492 Air just makes fire stronger, cause oxygen is a reactant for combustion. But, Aerojellbender? Slime is one of the bending abilities.

"Yo what's up guys I'm gonna do the aerogel challenge. If you haven't heard, this challenge is it wrap yourself in aerogel like a burrito and cook yourself with your own body heat"

I remember watching aerogel videos in 2009, society is stagnating.

@@ZeKnife you were ahead of your time bruh!

2019: shade balls and Tic Tok

@@xck Tik tok is _dead_

Where do you get a insulation blanket like that

I also wonder if the trigger mechanism froze

Came down here just to post this. I seriously doubt his flame-thrower... erm.... propane torch that looks really cool - is broken.... the tank just got too cold. It'll be fine.

Agreed.

@@shanesgettinghandy can confirm an o ring or something broke inside it from the cold

More likely, given the nature of the toy that it is, the pipe that feeds the back of the burner is plasticised rubber double layered and the inner pipe melted shut. Just as cheapo "jet lighters" all do.

Lol I was thinking the same

3:17 About to stand infront of a flamethrower
puts safety glasses on

@@marierhodes4923 Dude...you did the exact wording of a comment further up

Right? How these people didn't know this is rather hard to believe. Besides, it is just a toy.

I also thought the same and was expecting the aerogel guys to isolate the flamethrower for the owner so that wouldnt happen or something...I hope at least they compensated him lol

YES!

@@melon_musk isolating the flamethrower would not have an effect on it. The propane is freezing since it is loosing pressure und the liquid state of propane is evaporating and therefore taking energy from the environment and cooling down

@@melon_musk It freezes like a deodorant spray can. Like mächlüh
said, there's no isolating that.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. This video has a terrible thumbnail.

@@AmmielMaynard yeah, and this is the second thumbnail

KRplus wouldn't allow that to be the thumbnail because it looks like a person trying to kill or burn someone. So KRplus would remove it.

And now he's on a thrid thumbnail and title

He addressed that in another video. Unfortunately, KRplusrs are having to deal with algorithm changes. krplus.net/bidio/lqyrk2l2o6StlWk

Not to mention expensive. Unfortunately it’s not cheap enough yet to be reasonable for departments to purchase.

@@ninetails6218 That really sucks because this thing can truly become a lifesaver

@@user-by6bg5eu6c This isn't fragile though? It's quite durable infact as shown in the previous video the blanket is on par with fiberglass

Price will likely scale down over time, like computers, cars, televisions, etc. They are already working on faster, less expensive mass production techniques.

@@imoonset2682
And even if it's fragile you'd probably have to put it in between layers of other types of material anyway, which would keep it together.

Not lower quality, just more clickable titles and thumbnails. Though I do agree quality has gone down.

Agreed. This one is actually cringy for me. The music, that intro... not what I come to this channel for. Additionally, this series is feeling like one big advertisement. It's not, as there's no product, but it feels like it.

@@Snyp3r1337 He compares an insulating material to chocolate. Fugging chocolate. It melts when you touch it.
What was the educational value of this video? They shot some flames, looked at a flir and learned that aerogel insulates. All covered in dereks previous videos.

@@piquat1 Yeah, he didn't tell us anything we didn't already know from his previous video about this substance.

EDIT: Don't know if I should delete this but won't for the sake of discussion and any replies under, he responded to me stating he didn't delete and won't because of principle. No idea what happened to my comment but glad it wasn't him.
The worst part is him tailoring the title, description, thumbnail and worst of all the comment section to get the most views and least negativity.
Don't know if any of y'all saw my comment calling out it's not a flamethrower (it was at the very top with 1,3k likes and 60 replies) but it was taken. Along with seemingly any other comments calling it out. After he took my comment down he changed the title so that it doesn't even mention a flamethrower, and I'm guessing this wasn't to clear up his mistake. He initially added an asterisk and then changed it to not-a-flamethrower, but my guess is that he didn't want people thinking about the mistake. So he just erased all trace of it.

Good idea, but it’s super expensive currently still. Also, fire’s heat isn’t the most dangerous part of the job, but building integrity as the structure is subject to extreme heat is.

@@Tyo-yw9jh which is why aerogel should be in insulation since it would greatly increase the amount of time it takes for a fire to weaken a building since aerogel barely conducts any heat.

@@thedestroyer3262 would also double up improving the heating and cooling of buildings generally

@@thedestroyer3262 Again, it's still really expensive.

Also dont breath that stuff in.

This: dont use not-a-flamethrower longer than 7 seconds.
reminds me of apple: you are holding the iphone wrong (antenna gate) www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/apple-responds-over-iphone-4-reception-issues-youre-holding-th/
in a nut, musk is selling shitty burner and hiding behind manual

maybe the boring company needs to replace some of the not-a-flamethrower's parts with aerogel so it can last longer.

It was that guy's responsability.
Also, it's literally in the name, it's NOT a flamethrower. It's just a 40€ propane torch you use to burn bad herbs glued to a cheap Airsoft replica. The guy can just switch the propane torch out, it'll cost him probably less than the ride to the place where they filmed it.

Also, people in the comments down below that seem to be more informed than you said that it probably just got too cold.

the trade off was being immortalized in this video, not to mention using it for the first time?

How did you get the music icon with 2k subs, just wondering?

@@isaac10231 u buy it, this is youtube so they about as corrupt as brazil

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@@uncreator3607 ok nerd

True 🤔

Literally.

Quite literally.

*This is so toasty

Enhanced oven glove?

AEROLAVA

But isn't it the air in the gel that is insulative, not the gel itself?

@Billy Riggs Can't we just dip them into lava and then use them as an insulator? We can also let them out on a sun for a day or two in Phoenix, that will do the job.

probably a couple eternities would be my guess

It may stay warm on the inside, but its surface would cool to the outside temperature, which is just the opposite of what we've seen in the video.

It's changed again at least once more.

3 times

EDIT: Don't know if I should delete this but won't for the sake of discussion and any replies under, he responded to me stating he didn't delete and won't because of principle. No idea what happened to my comment but glad it wasn't him.
And guess what, he deleted my comment with 60 replies and 1,3k likes that previously was at the very top calling out the fact that it's not a flamethrower

@@captain_code It changed three times yesterday. It since changed again.

Hugo Wijk ohhh boy

He already has a line. He named them the big falcon rocket. He could test it out by placing a sheet of the Gel down at the launching platform. Just imagine the heat and shock waves of the engines at that point.

His “flamethrower” is fine. I’m pretty certain the valve was freezing up which explains why the trigger stopped working. Should have wrapped the valve in aerogel.

In another comment he mentions a standing offer to compensate.

It may recover, depending on what's wrong with it. Another comment suggests that the propane cools and the vapour pressure drops, so just leaving it alone for a while may fix it.
P.S. Ben is really cute.

It's just a roofing torch. There is nothing to go wrong with it. It's literally just a pipe, valve, and nozzle. He just used it too much so the propane inside the bottle cooled to below the condensation point.

A collector's item? Um.... Ok.

@@xenonram it is a collectors item, you cannot buy them anymore.

More than "some"; the bigger comment threads all seem to have magically disappeared.

The channel is starting to suck..this is what it means.

He used to be good, then the fame got to his head and he sold out to clickbait. Happens to everyone these days unfortunately.

@@Splax77 -- It's not quite that simple. He made a video on the subject explaining the situation. It was posted shortly after his shadeball video

None of you are right. The flame is literally called the "Not-a-Flamethrower" made by The Boring Company. Look it up.

That would burn derek

That would be cheating because those torches cut not by heat alone but also by oxidation.

@@gxexrxmxaxnx It would be interesting to see how much material was lost by oxidation in Derek's test or maybe how much material was deposited by the flame.

@@gxexrxmxaxnx can you explain how they cut with oxidation?

​@@jarret9438 Do you know what rust is? That's iron oxide.
When you heat a metal, it turns very susceptible to oxidation (rust) because of the heat.
Oxidation is basically oxygen bonding with the atoms in the metal forming that oxide.
The chemical formula for iron oxide is Fe2O3 which means two iron atoms have combined with three oxygen atoms.
You can test this yourself easily. Take some untreated iron, preferably in powder form as it speeds up the reaction and pour some water on it. It will oxidize rather fast.
Now do the same but pour boiling water on the iron powder instead.
You can speed up that reaction even faster with ionization. Adding salt to the water will make the reaction faster.
So, a cutting torch adds an oxygen rich environment and heat to do the same thing, enabling the metal to oxidize faster due to the high number of oxygen atoms and the heat.

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what about your face ?

@@jinjunliu2401 Imagine just a face made out of that aerogel material

@@rzeka Ha ha ha ha

There are a line of jackets made that use this material.

@@VanishingDinosYehTeeHee : Sounds great! Who is a manufacturer? Thanks!

Jessie? That you?