They say you shouldn't play with fire, so I did the next best thing: I played with gases that light THEMSELVES on fire!

There are several excellent videos already published that show pyrophoric gases to varying degrees. For example, Explosions&Fire covered silane and diborane, ChemicalForce did phosphine and diborane....even Thy Labs tried silane a while ago, so I think it's about time I joined the pyrophoric club!

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0:00 Intro
0:44 Pyrophoric chemistry
1:20 Silane
2:18 Phosphine
3:56 Diborane
4:53 BIG BOOM
5:38 Conclusion