NurdRage
NurdRage is a Canadian chemistry creator sharing real laboratory experiments, from glowing compounds and metal extraction to advanced synthesis.
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YouTubeOverview
- Based in
- Canada
- Channel started
- November 2008
- Work
- Chemistry experiments and science education
- Early recognition
- Glow-stick chemistry featured by Make in 2010
- Known for
- Detailed syntheses, glowing compounds and sodium-metal experiments
Mini bio
How it started.
NurdRage’s YouTube channel dates to November 2008. In a 2011 interview with Education Week, the people behind it described a group of anonymous Canadian chemistry and biology researchers sharing experiments from a full laboratory. Their aim was to balance educational value with experiments people wanted to watch.
Chemistry you can watch.
An early calling card was Make Glow Sticks - The Science, published in July 2010 and featured by Make that month. The video explored the chemicals, colors and reaction mechanism behind glow sticks. That mix of visible results and careful explanation runs through the channel’s work, from kitchen chemistry to advanced synthesis.
Following the experiment.
NurdRage also shares the work between finished demonstrations. Their sodium-metal research drew coverage from C&EN in 2018, and a 2019 video showed a menthol-assisted approach. Chemistry World interviewed NurdRage as a PhD chemist in 2018 about the difficulty of keeping detailed chemistry videos available on YouTube.
Making room for the lab.
In a community update, NurdRage said steadier employment had made more time available for videos, while scheduling remained uncertain. Their 2024 uploads ranged from density measurement and radiochemistry to preparing a platinum reagent and glow-in-the-dark powder. Patreon support helps pay for chemicals and equipment.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2024Make Glow in the Dark Powder - The ScienceCreator; metals supplied by Stanford Advanced Materials
- 2024Dissolving $1000 of Platinum to Make $6000 of Chloroplatinic Acid for Professional UseCreator
- 2019Make Sodium Metal with Menthol (and a bunch of other stuff...)Creator
- 2010Make Glow Sticks - The ScienceCreator
Quotes
Unlike a lot of other science channels on Youtube that only talk about science, we actually do itNurdRage, Patreon about page
Explaining why contributions help fund the channel’s experiments, chemicals and equipment.
Trivia
- The familiar greeting in NurdRage’s Q&A videos is “Greetings fellow nerds.”
- Asked about keeping their identity hidden and masking their voice, NurdRage said the shortest answer was “I want to.”
- In an August 2015 Q&A, NurdRage named copper, platinum and chemiluminescent compounds among their favorites to work with.
- The channel’s own description points Chinese viewers to equivalent channels on Weibo and Bilibili.
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