Chemist Breaks Down 22 Chemistry Scenes From Movies & TV | WIRED
Scientist and author Kate Biberdorf (perhaps better known as Kate The Chemist), takes a look at some famous chemistry scenes …
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April 27, 2025
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Scientist and author Kate Biberdorf (perhaps better known as Kate The Chemist), takes a look at some famous chemistry scenes …
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I think the reason bb is somehow realistic is because of the fact that the real dea showed them how criminals would have made it in real life.
Should have shown her the demon core
04:35 and that's why she's a expert. Her excitement for her creation
i dont understand what was Walt spraying in the 2nd clip?
Hope I had a teacher like you!!
Not even 1 minute into the video and she’s already giving unalivers better information on how to conduct their business 😂💀🤝
4:45 my PP can make strings like that when i get "excited"
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sorry, had to make that "dirty joke"
In all fairness Spider-Man was a teenager lol 😂
so annoying she is
Man I wish my gf was that excited when I burst like that. She just backs away complaining about the mess
After the breaking bad scene i hoping for "Lets create methamphetamine just like in the show."
"I would not douse myself with gasoline, that's typically frowned upon." lmao
Except 007 was poisoned with digitox
Why is this woman so stupid. There is no such think as octane vapor in gasoline.
Her excitement and passion for the experiments is a joy to watch.
she’s so CUTE dude oh my god
Pretencious
literally only here for breaking bad, a wholesome cooking show between father and son
"Cigarettes rarely cause explosions like this"
Even moreso, several studies have found it's basically impossible to catch even gasoline on fire under perfect conditions. Cigarettes are just very low oxygen environments, so they don't burn, they just smolder.
I don't know why the Zoolander gas fight is in this, but it made my day!
On dissolving bodies, some road crews actually dissolve roadkill in effectively base piranha (sodium hydroxide, hydrogen peroxide, and heat it to near boiling).
Unironically one of the best ways to dispose of organic matter, and it's very fast, cheap, and easy to acquire.
Shes so happy watching chemistry happens lol
I thought she's gonna do a sample as well for that Chernobyl's scene.
I WISH I loved my job as much as you do!
13:27 simply the way Willem Dafoe drinks this vial is what makes him a great actor. Try and drink a shot of water exactly like he does in this scene and you'll realize how is weirdly holding his body to present perfectly to camera and portray the emotions he wants. the movie is a masterpiece
Nerd girl is always attractive
If you're nerdy enough to be able to dissolve a body in acid without maiming yourself, you probably already knew about Aqua Regia. So no worries.
I've worked at a commercial fish seller that used a large fluidized bed of sand in a contained room to culture beneficial bacteria. I always told people that if that bed starts to smell like rotten eggs, then it had gone oxygen-dead and this was a very dangerous problem. None of my co-workers had even heard of hydrogen sulfide so I just got blank stares.
Lmao I love her enthusiasm
I still find it weird that Rick looks like Meet Arnold on YouTube.
I love the enthusiasm in the experiements.
Please ask her to react to pretty much every Chemistry scene in Breaking Bad. Mythbusters kinda already did and provided alternatives for the more exaggerated scenes ( like the crystals that Walt used to blow up Tuco's place ) but I'd be curious to see if she can replicate the same effects using more limited supplies/resources ( since Mythbusters had a lot of money )
not a fan of her