Making the Strongest Acid I Currently Own (in my garage)

Support this Channel on Patreon!   / carbontwelve12   Join our Discord:   / discord   Hey guys, so in this video I make hydrobromic acid, an acid that is actually intrinsically stronger than HCl or hydrochloric acid by three orders of magnitude on the pKa scale (roughly -9 vs -6). In other words, its acid dissociation constant Ka is around 1000 times larger than that of HCl’s. Do keep in mind though that due to the levelling effect, there is no difference in acidity compared to aqueous HCl when it's dissolved in water. This was a really fun but also tough journey involving a lot of boiling, distillations, purifications and failures as well, and I hope you all learned a lot of chemistry from this video. If you are to attempt this, make sure to wear goggles, gloves and take all necessary safety precautions (like a fumehood). I’m also planning on synthesizing some more acids in the future like HI perhaps. Anyways, subscribe if you would like to watch more chemistry (either undergraduate/college level content/explanations and walkthroughs or just fun tutorials!) Music (licensed under a Creative Commons license): Music by Kevin Macleod (From Youtube Audio Library): Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ All other music and sound effects licensed from Epidemic Sound