Beakman's World
Describing Acids
Beakman explains what acids are and performs a demo where he puts bone in vinegar for a few days to show that they become rubbery. He uses an animated clip to explain that acids take things apart rather than actually "burn."
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that's a really burn stuff up
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side
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Burns you know and buffalo
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well that is one both for local question
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hmm
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those acid really burn stuff up
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well first we got to know what asset is
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what is acid
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acid
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acid it is
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sorry
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Ray
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when we talk about acid
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we're talking about a family of chemicals with a sour taste
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and some of them can hurt our skin when we touch them
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how
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his
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acid
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I said
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one of the strongest acids there is
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let's see what sulfuric acid will do
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this
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tea bag
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Roger Houston the tea bag has landed
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we have liftoff
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what a bang
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wow
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that's it does bring stuff up
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but Lester
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did you see any Flames
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any fire
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well I guess in my enthusiasm I spoke too soon
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see when people say
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acid burn
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that's a misnomer
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they're using the wrong word
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something to burn
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has to combine with oxygen and that is not what's happening here
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well it didn't exactly do that either
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quit beating around the bush beakman if you don't tell us what that has to do that tea bag that electric pickle yours is gonna be my lunch
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you're not team
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I'll get to that
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but first here
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the questions we must answer
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other things we must sit
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most
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starting with
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stop
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you have
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around your house
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any experiments performed at home
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should be done with a dolt supervision
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and all appropriate safety precautions
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should be taken
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all directions should be Pollard exactly
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in no substitutions
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said beanies
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whole lot mess up your teeth
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all I have to do with that carbonated water
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Karma:
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well that's what I meant that Cola has acid in it right
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may I please have one of your teeth you know whale do anything for science
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thanks Ray
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now I'll drop the tooth into the cola
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and just for fun
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let's put a big old turkey bone
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into some vinegar
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also known as acetic acid
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you definitely have too much spare time on your hands big
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what's the point of all this
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well
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we'll find out in a few days
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but
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now onto one of my favorite acids
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and I hope one of yours do
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ladies and Gentlemen please welcome
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is a strip of metal called zinc
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by the way metals are another family of chemicals
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let's see
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what happens
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when
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the acid family meets the metal family
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we go
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look Pigman I love your shenanigans just as much as the next paid Lackey
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but if that acid didn't just bring up that sink
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well then
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I must be really stupid
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all right gang
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here's the deal with acid
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it doesn't burn stuff up
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it doesn't dissolve it
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it takes it apart
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and I'm the smart one
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it's not that complicated
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when acid comes in contact with all the things
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the acid
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breaks apart into elect bleep tards pieces
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the pieces grab hold of bits of other stuff
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and tell them apart
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let's check on our drumstick
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and our food
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then she'll say that would take a few days
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well
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here we are a few days later
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voila
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well I looks like the better good didn't do anything to it
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ah look again
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the vinegar
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or acetic acid broke apart the calcium phosphate
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that's the stuff that made the bone hard
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and what's left is one rubbery turkey bone
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students will
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ya
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you know the acid in the cola broke apart the calcium phosphate in the tooth
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and now we've got one rubbery little Pang
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what looks Yours Truly like acid is really dangerous stuff
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well less dirty candy
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no you don't want to get sulfuric acid or hydrochloric acid on you
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by the way if you do get a scan on you
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be sure to rinse it off with lots and lots of water
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and see a doctor
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otherwise yes it will start
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Abby Parts away from you
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and you don't want to lose
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you know be
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I am very
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attached to my pond
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on the other hand
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we drink cold
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and the acetic acid that rubberized our turkey bone
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is vinegar
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you put it on your salad all the time
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soap
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acid is a good thing
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good thing
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our mom and apple pie a good thing
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they have acid in them
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what about vitamin C
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Alba Cason
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I'm
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bringing
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acetylsalicylic acid
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thank you
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why without acid
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we couldn't make car batteries
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or printed circuits or computers
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or even
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a refreshing glass of ice cold lemonade
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for Fourth of July picnic
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that's right lemons have acid too
