*Re-uploaded due to a small editing error* I still have all of the comments from the other video and all of your suggestions. Feel free to leave them here again if you like though! ------------------------------------------ In this video, I'll be going over the quick history of my channel and talk about how it got to where it is now. I also give a quick tour of my old lab, as well as my new lab that I just finished building. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mk4Q5omv3Q

In this video I demonstrate sodium polyacrylate absorbing water. I also go into a little detail as to how it works. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xrNjPEi2Uw

Manganese heptoxide is an extremely powerful and dangerous oxidizer made from sulfuric acid (H2SO4) and potassium permanganate (KMnO4). It violently reacts with almost all organic material. Proper care must be taken at all times. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BowId4YyRgQ

Today we will be doing a demonstration of the Tollen's test and the silver mirror. The Tollen's test is mainly used to identify aldehyde groups (forms a silver mirror) and it was historically used a lot. It was slowly replaced with more accurate and better techniques. However, it is still very useful for hobbyist who can't afford big expensive machines. The silver mirror is kind of an off-shoot of the Tollen test, where all we are after is the mirror that forms. We use glucose because it is a cheap and easy aldehyde source. In the future, I might make a video where I identify an uknown chemical using a series of classic techniques. Silver nitrate video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EruzAVv2Odc ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGmxHLHyUPc