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00:00Which has more destructive power? Lava or acid?
00:03Well to answer that question, today they'll be going head-to-head in a bit of a scientific face-off
00:08by testing each against seven objects, including a turkey leg, an iPad, slaps of ice, a bunch of toys,
00:15a baseball bat, a diamond, and finally, an actual functioning car.
00:20Oh, wow!
00:21So to do this properly, I've invited out YouTube's foremost expert when it comes to chemical reactions.
00:26I think it's good to go.
00:27With the buttery-smooth voice of a high school chemistry teacher...
00:32Oh, no.
00:34Niall Red.
00:35And his opponent in this match-up will be YouTube's very own Lava King.
00:39You love him much more than his neighbors do.
00:41You didn't see the fire, it was like, almost to the top.
00:44Yeah, it was pretty cool.
00:49Kevin, the backyard scientist.
00:52But there's a catch, because there's no way I'm just going to stand by and watch.
00:55So for each of the seven objects, I'll be testing a wild card factor of destruction that will be different for each object.
01:01So for example, for the turkey leg, my wild card factor of destruction may or may not be ravenous piranhas.
01:07And then for the baseball bat, it might involve Superman X-ray vision that can do this in two seconds.
01:14That's pretty strong.
01:15And the nerd trash talk commenced immediately.
01:18Nothing beats a volcano.
01:19I think acid could.
01:20Or the X-Factor.
01:21You guys don't know what I'm bringing to the table.
01:23Oh, and I do want to mention, while I am no Mr. Beast, winner of today's competition gets a car.
01:28I'm not even tricking.
01:29Really?
01:30You can drive it?
01:31Yeah.
01:32But before we even got started.
01:34Just the right place?
01:35Someone you might recognize from our world's largest lemon battery collab showed up.
01:39Mr. William Osmond.
01:41But since he legitimately wasn't even invited, I made him be referee.
01:45And so with the terrifying realization that I really should have larger spare referee shorts on hand,
01:50it's time to commence our seven-item showdown of destruction,
01:54starting first with Kevin's magma getting a chance to destroy a turkey lake.
01:58Here we go.
01:59Turkey lake versus lava.
02:01Oh, yeah!
02:03Yeah!
02:08Yes!
02:09Burn!
02:11He's enjoying this way too much.
02:13Boom!
02:17That was more violent than I was expecting.
02:19Once it had eventually cooled down, we cracked open the crucible to inspect the damage.
02:23Oh!
02:24And while it definitely charred the outside,
02:26it just turned the rest into a perfectly cooked, defined, delicious Thanksgiving turkey leg.
02:32Which I know, because we definitely all gave it a taste.
02:35Oh, come on!
02:37Which meant it was time for acid to enter the chat.
02:43And I guess in hindsight, this shouldn't have been a surprising result,
02:46considering what our own stomach acids do to food.
02:48But given a little bit of time, it was terrifyingly efficient.
02:52Guys, come here.
02:53What do you think of the turkey leg?
02:55What's the clear and what's the dark stuff here?
02:57The dark stuff is the turkey legs.
03:01How do we know?
03:01You didn't just throw it in the bush over there.
03:03Yeah.
03:03Let me go look.
03:04And so after a fruitless search for foul play, if I was going to steal round one from Nigel's
03:08acid, it would come down to my brilliant wild card element of destruction.
03:12Which just so happened to be a school of 50 piranhas I located in a New Jersey pet store
03:16that took less than a minute to clear a drumstick down to the bone.
03:20My plan, however, was ruined when I went to ship the piranhas.
03:23Because apparently in California, they're illegal to own as pets.
03:27Fortunately, the pet store informed me that bucktooth tetras, while smaller with enough
03:32of them, would apparently do just as much damage.
03:34Oh!
03:35It's instant!
03:36No way!
03:37And while there was a bit of a nibble frenzy right when I put it in, when I raised it
03:41up, it was basically untouched.
03:43Which was embarrassing not only for me, but frankly, for the state of California.
03:46Remember what you said at the beginning of this is you'd eat whatever's left.
03:49I definitely never said that.
03:51Which gave acid the early lead, sending us into round two with the iPad.
03:56Kevin and his lava were hungry for a W, and then hunger only intensified when they saw
04:00the C-tier YouTube content playing on the iPad.
04:03Right on my face.
04:04Sorry, Will.
04:05Oh!
04:14Oh, now he can't see if it's playing!
04:16Oh, it's so hot!
04:17Okay, okay, okay, okay!
04:18That's enough!
04:18No, more, more, more!
04:19That's enough!
04:20The molten rocks had practically melted the iPad, but for the real question, was it enough
04:24to stop the iPad from playing?
04:27Yes.
04:28Of course.
04:29That's going to do it.
04:30Nigel was up next, and with more video content suitable for destruction loaded up,
04:34he slipped the iPad into eight liters of concentrated acid.
04:38The video turned off instantly.
04:40It was time to see what acid could do.
04:46Oh, man.
04:48Hey, give it time!
04:49Give it time!
04:50And even with a full hour of soaking, not much happened, besides some kind of small reaction,
04:55that turned the acid some cool colors.
04:58Which makes this the perfect opportunity to debunk the idea that there are acids that
05:02can immediately dissolve all metals.
05:04And now you might say, hold up, Mark.
05:06I've seen really popular videos like this online, where the metal spoon is immediately
05:10dissolved in acid.
05:11However, I would offer the counterpoint that the reason he could safely dip his fingers
05:14in the acid later in the video is because that's not acid.
05:17It's watered down Mountain Dew, and that spoon is actually made from gallium, which simply
05:22melts in lukewarm liquid.
05:23Now, certain acids can dissolve certain metals, but it's a process that just takes several
05:28hours for chunks of metal like this.
05:30So with Nigel out of the running, it was time for the wild card.
05:33Normally, this fires tennis balls.
05:36Today, we're firing golf balls at like 200 miles an hour.
05:40I bet I could catch it.
05:41I feel good on my destructive capabilities.
05:43The real question is, how's my aim?
05:48Pretty good, as it turns out.
05:51Oh!
05:53Yeah!
05:55And even after all this, it still had enough kinetic energy to dent the back wall.
06:00Wow!
06:01It almost split the whole thing in half, too.
06:03It's very violent.
06:04Let's see your acid do that, Nigel.
06:06Is this a W?
06:07It's pretty cool.
06:08Okay.
06:09This meant I was tied for first as we headed into the ice round.
06:13Are you ready?
06:14Fire versus ice!
06:16And lava came right out of the gate sizzling hot.
06:19Oh, wait!
06:20No!
06:21No!
06:22Weak!
06:23Weak!
06:24Weak!
06:25You didn't make it through one!
06:27Look at it bubble though!
06:29Admittedly, the bubbles were pretty cool, but other than that, Kevin was great.
06:32Kevin was grasping at straws.
06:34Look, I made lava spaghetti.
06:35The ref tallyed the final count as only breaking through one of the 12 layers.
06:43Noting that the final break was too little, too late, which made it acid's turn.
06:47And almost immediately...
06:48Oh, wow!
06:49...it tied lava.
06:50Oh, it's through!
06:51It's through!
06:52It's through!
06:53Wow!
06:54I'm trying to aim.
06:56It just kept breaking through each layer as the acid mixed with the water, creating
07:00an exothermic reaction that bored a hole through the ice like a laser.
07:04One more!
07:05One more!
07:06One more!
07:07Why am I rooting for you?
07:08Ultimately, Nigel's acid made it through every last sheet of ice, which meant my wild card
07:13would have to do the same and do it faster.
07:16Gentlemen, my approach here is a little bit more Kevin than Nigel.
07:20Whoa!
07:21Go!
07:22Whoa!
07:23Whoa!
07:24Whoa!
07:25I feel like that did nothing!
07:28Wow, you're making water!
07:30All right, a good engineer always has a backup plan.
07:37As a timely delivery of potential energy from the Acme Corporation...
07:41Oh!
07:43...not only finished off my ice, but it also took care of Nigel's.
07:47He killed mine, too!
07:49Technical foul!
07:50No, that was a regular foul!
07:51What?!
07:52But with further evidence of referee bias...
07:54Flamethrower, not flamethrower and anvil...
07:56You're ruining everything, Will!
07:58The win-win to Nigel, which put acid back in first place, headed to the Toy City.
08:02And this one for sure had Toy Story vibes going on.
08:05Three, two, one!
08:07Whoa!
08:08Which definitely makes Kevin Backyard Sid.
08:11Whoa!
08:12It's going right for the school!
08:13Oh, no!
08:14For the school!
08:16Whoa!
08:17Whoa!
08:18Oh, no!
08:19Stretch, stretch!
08:20I eventually swooped in to save the townspeople...
08:23Oh, no!
08:24I'm a hero!
08:27I'm a hero!
08:28But, arguably, it was...
08:30Oh, stretch!
08:31Uh...
08:32Too little, too little.
08:33I don't think you're going to make it nice.
08:35So, with an identical set of toys ready to go, it was more bad news for the action figures...
08:39Start with some sulfuric.
08:41Sulfuro?
08:42...as the forecast called for acid rain.
08:44Oh!
08:45Oh!
08:46Okay!
08:47He has red hair now!
08:48And after a combination of several acids, the townspeople were mildly inconvenienced
08:54at best.
08:55Wait, wait, Stront's hair is back to yellow.
08:57And the lack of reaction with the plastic toys sort of makes sense in hindsight, because
09:01polymers have highly stable chemical structures, so the acid can't break them down.
09:05Which is not only the reason it takes them so long to degrade in a landfill, but it's
09:09also why most acids are, therefore, stored in plastic containers.
09:14So, in contrast to that lame result, it was time for the Mark Rober Wildcard...
09:18...in the form of a two-ton steamroller.
09:22And we're good!
09:33Yes!
09:34Yes!
09:35And while I get this figured out, this makes a great time to mention that if you haven't
09:39been to Crunch Labs yet, I have the next best thing, because you can now visit Crunch Labs
09:42for free in Roblox.
09:44But it's way cooler than that, because the game's called Build-A-Rocket vs. Mark Grober,
09:48where you build fully customizable rockets with your friends, and then use your engineering
09:52skills to help me defeat the evil Fat Teah to rescue my squirrel friends.
09:56And we've been secretly working on this project for over a year, and I already know people
10:00are going to get mad and say I'm just doing this as a trick to teach you science.
10:04And to that I say, how dare you?
10:07I'm just trying to make a really fun, free game, and if you happen to learn about projectile
10:11motion and Newton's second law in the process, well that's not my fault.
10:14Oh and the coolest part is that anyone who passes the game with the help of Fat Gus, before
10:18the end of the year, can enter for a chance to win a platinum ticket to come out to Crunch
10:22Labs in real life for a day, and will make a real live version of the rocket you designed
10:26in the game.
10:27So visit crunchlabs.com slash roblox with a parent to learn how you can enter, and then
10:31you can go play Build-A-Rocket on Roblox for free, so you can learn stuff.
10:34I mean, just like, have a bunch of fun building rockets with your friends.
10:37Now where were we?
10:38Yeah!
10:39No!
10:40This is very unsportsmanlike.
10:44Oh no!
10:45Oh no!
10:46Yeah!
10:47I mean, I basically just pushed the stuff around, but it still felt cool.
11:01One Mark Rober versus three Buzz Lightyears.
11:04Who would have thought the Buzz Lightyears would win?
11:06This one 100% goes to Kevin.
11:09Alright, this is the bat challenge.
11:10You can choose wood or metal.
11:12Definitely, I think, metal.
11:14Oh, wow!
11:15That made a sound.
11:16Kevin's lava quickly melted away the top half of the bat as he topped things off.
11:21Oh, that's a nice layer, Kevin.
11:23With a gratuitous flourish.
11:25So it was up to Nigel's acid to top it.
11:27This time you got it, Nigel!
11:31Yeah!
11:32At this point it's me, and I'm actually gonna go with the wood bat.
11:35Cause my contraption just happens to be a 2,000 watt laser.
11:40Which you may or may not recognize, cause this is Kevin's laser.
11:45It's true.
11:46And it's also how he knew a fact that I didn't.
11:49You shouldn't have chose wood.
11:50This 2,000 watt laser is actually terrifyingly effective against metallic objects.
11:56So we ran a test.
12:01Wow!
12:02Clearly, I'd need to swap for the metal bat.
12:05Judge, can I?
12:06No.
12:07Now you see why he wasn't invited.
12:09Regardless, I pressed onward.
12:11Alright!
12:13Oh my goodness.
12:14That's pretty strong.
12:15Here I go!
12:16And this was honestly the closest thing to a real life lightsaber I've ever experienced.
12:22Oh my god, he's like two-thirds through I think.
12:27Oh!
12:28Heck yeah, baby!
12:30Look at that.
12:31Pure destruction.
12:32I think that that is really cool, and Kevin's laser did it.
12:37And with that questionable ruling, it meant if I didn't win the diamond round, I couldn't outright win this competition, even with the finale worth two points.
12:451.2 carats right here.
12:47I do?
12:48I don't.
12:49As usual, Kevin kicked things off.
12:50Ready?
12:51Boop.
12:52As we completely encased the diamond in sort of a lava sandwich.
12:56Wow.
12:57And after it cooled off, and we chiseled away the actual obsidian, nothing for lava, the diamond was perfectly intact.
13:031.2 carat diamond versus acid.
13:10Yeah.
13:11It's working.
13:13Classic acid.
13:14It's time for the wild card to kick it old school, and get back to basics.
13:19I'm just gonna smash the crud out of this.
13:21Just to reclaim my honor with the W, heading into the final challenge in three, two, one.
13:30I missed!
13:33Did you miss again, Mark?
13:35No!
13:36Are you kidding me?
13:38That round's a wash.
13:40You have two points.
13:41You have two points.
13:42You have no points, because nobody invites you.
13:45And I've got one.
13:47Which set up the perfect finale showdown, where we each brought our own junkyard car.
13:54Where's Mark?
13:55Where's Mark?
14:01That's probably Mark.
14:03He hit my car!
14:04Dude, why'd you park so close?
14:05You only know how to drive a Mars Rover, mister.
14:06The rules were simple.
14:07Whoever could disable their car the fastest will get two points and win it all.
14:09Starting first with Nigel, who is pulling out all the stops.
14:10I have a propane burner here with a nice big beaker loaded with hydrochloric acid.
14:17I'm gonna start adding nitric acid.
14:18And this will make the same mixture that can dissolve gold.
14:20Aquaregia.
14:21Start the engine.
14:22We'll get this Aquaregia nice and hot.
14:23It'll just start tearing all the metal apart.
14:24To trigger it, I have something special.
14:25To pour the acid on the car from a safe distance, he had a clever solution.
14:30But before we could get to that, we were rudely interrupted.
14:33Wow, more uninvited science YouTubers as Stephanie and Alan.
14:34And since they were already here, I put them to work with more questionably sized referee
14:35uniforms.
14:36After which, Nigel was up.
14:37Now when acid comes in contact with the surface of the metal, it rips away the metal atoms like a
14:45magnet.
14:46Then you can see that the metal has to be a nice and hot.
14:48It'll just start tearing all the metal apart.
14:49To trigger it, I have something special.
14:50To pour the acid on the car from a safe distance, he had a clever solution.
14:51But before you get to that, we were rudely interrupted.
14:53Wow.
14:54More uninvited science YouTubers as Stephanie and Alan.
14:55And since they were already here, I put them to work with more questionably sized referee
14:59uniforms.
15:00After which, Nigel was up.
15:02Now when acid comes in contact with the surface of the metal, it rips away the metal atoms like a
15:06atoms like a magnet.
15:07We call this corrosion.
15:08So you can increase the corrosive destructive power
15:10by either one, increasing the concentration of the acid,
15:13meaning there's more magnets, or two, heat it up.
15:16Because if a liquid's hot, that just
15:17means the molecules are moving around way more.
15:19So you increase the chance an acid molecule will make
15:21contact with the metal and attract away an atom.
15:24And so in this case, as a last ditch effort, Nigel did both.
15:27Now we just had to shatter the beaker.
15:36Nigel!
15:38This was your plan?
15:39Why does it just make holes?
15:41I like the slow release.
15:43There it goes.
15:46That is terrifying.
15:48I've never seen a gas that color before.
15:51Now for the verdict.
15:53It's still running.
15:54Still running!
15:57Honda makes a good car.
15:58And as Nigel released his frustrations.
16:01I prepared to release the final Mega Wild card in the form of a 50
16:11ton excavator.
16:13And as I figure out the controls, I want
16:18to remind the viewer the purpose of this video
16:20was to use tools of scientific inquiry
16:22for the noble cause of furthering our understanding
16:25of interactions in the natural world.
16:27And definitely not just to live out my lifelong dream
16:29of operating a 50 ton excavator.
16:32Arm tank, arm tank, arm tank.
16:35Yeah!
16:36Oh!
16:37Oh!
16:38Oh!
16:39Yes!
16:40Stay down!
16:42Yes!
16:46Oh, no!
16:47Oh, no!
16:50Just put it out of its misery, Mark.
16:53Yeah!
16:55Woo!
16:57Yeah!
16:58Oh!
17:03And with my finishing move...
17:04There you go!
17:06Nice!
17:07That was pretty good.
17:08I am very precariously balanced.
17:11While the horn was somehow still working,
17:13the engine was definitely knocked.
17:16And I returned to receive the praise from my contemporaries.
17:19The machine was impressive.
17:20All right.
17:22Lava.
17:23So for the grand finale...
17:25Lava.
17:29Woo!
17:30Woo!
17:31Woo!
17:40With the lava poured, it was time for Kevin's escape.
17:42Oh!
17:42It stopped already!
17:43No!
17:44I just super poured it on there.
17:45Aren't you serious?
17:46Wow!
17:47All it took was four gallons of lava.
17:48Oh!
17:49Something's happening!
17:50Oh, wow!
17:51Luckily, we had some fire extinguishers on hand.
18:05That basically did nothing.
18:07So now the judges just had to confer amongst themselves...
18:10Don't make me regret ever even having invited any of you in the first place.
18:14And deliver the verdict.
18:15Okay, so...
18:16Kevin, your car stopped in four seconds.
18:18Nigel's car still runs perfectly.
18:20Literally still running.
18:21But it could stop at any moment.
18:23And Mark?
18:24How long did Mark take?
18:2510 minutes to even get on the thing.
18:27You counted for when I start moving?
18:29Which honestly feels like a technicality, but I'm nothing...
18:32Kevin!
18:33Kevin!
18:34If not a gracious loser.
18:36And as a reward for a fight well fought, I gave Kevin the indestructible 1.2 carat diamond.
18:42Congratulations!
18:43Now go drive off in your cars.
18:45You're welcome.
18:46I'm basically Oprah.
18:48Given that we've been secretly working on this Crunch Labs Roblox game for over a year,
18:53I'm super stoked to show you in an exclusive world premiere, the official game trailer.
18:58Build a Rocket.
18:59Where the sky's not the limit, it's just the beginning.
19:02I'm Mark Rober and my new game Build a Rocket is your key to a super cool story.
19:06Space Adventure.
19:07Build rockets here at Crunch Labs, journey to distant planets, mine for valuable resources,
19:12then build even cooler mega rockets to explore the furthest corners of the universe.
19:16You can build with your friends, customize your rocket with unlimited combinations, navigate
19:21treacherous space environments, and then use your mad engineering skills to help me defeat
19:25the evil rat Bat-Tail to get my squirrel friends back.
19:28Building your first rocket is super easy, but if you want to master the game, you'll need
19:31to think like an engineer and balance your rocket's mass, thrusters, fuel supply, and
19:36navigation capabilities.
19:37As you explore each planet, you'll find unique challenges and super rewards.
19:41Will you dig deep into the alien soil of the Martian surface, or make some discoveries
19:45on uncharted planets like Twistopia, or Balloonanza, or Marshmalia?
19:50Well, that's totally up to you.
19:52And in between rocket missions, you can hang out with your friends at Crunch Labs, where you
19:55might even spot some Easter eggs, including ints, at whatever my next video will be.
19:59And Crunch Labs is actually a real place.
20:01It's where I come up with the ideas and builds for all my videos.
20:04And anyone who beats the game before the end of this year has a chance to win a platinum
20:07ticket to come to Crunch Labs in real life for a day, where we'll build an actual version
20:11of the rocket that you design in the game.
20:13So visit crunchlabs.com slash roblox with a parent to learn how to enter, or you can just
20:17play the game Build a Rocket for free on Roblox, cause I'll actually be there playing
20:21myself a bunch, and I can't wait to see the super clever ideas that you come up with.
20:26Thanks for watching.
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