The Best Chemistry & Elements Documentaries

Science & Tech - 129 free documentaries about chemistry & elements.

Start with Making liquid nitrogen from scratch (an absurd amount) (56 min, NileRed), then Making bulletproof wood (60 min, NileRed). All 129 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on chemistry & elements is The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean.

• Making liquid nitrogen from scratch (an absurd amount) (56 min, NileRed)
• Making bulletproof wood (60 min, NileRed)
• Making purple gold (53 min, NileRed)
• Turning paint thinner into cherry soda (46 min, NileRed)
• Turning cotton balls into cotton candy (30 min, NileRed)
• Taking the caffeine out of Red Bull so I can drink it at night (27 min, NileRed)
• Making the world's most expensive carbonated water! (26 min, NileRed)
• The Crystal That Could Destroy All Medicine (33 min, Veritasium)
• Turning air into alcohol (90 min, NileRed)
• Making a deadly chemical in my parents' garage (34 min, NileRed)
• Does cyanide actually smell like almonds? (22 min, NileRed)
• Recreating one of the weirdest reactions (19 min, NileRed)
• Turning styrofoam into cinnamon candy (53 min, NileRed)
• Making the stinkiest chemical known to man (44 min, NileRed)
• I still can't believe that Epsom Salt is mostly water (27 min, NileRed)
• Turning children's glue into drinkable alcohol (62 min, NileRed)
• Turning plastic gloves into grape soda (47 min, NileRed)
• Making my favorite liquid carcinogen (26 min, NileRed)
• Light sucking flames look like magic (18 min, Steve Mould)
• Making transparent wood (44 min, NileRed)
• The Explosive Element That Changed The World (19 min, Veritasium)
• Making uranium glass (30 min, NileRed)
• Making Graphene could KILL you... but we did it anyway?! (56 min, Tech Ingredients)
• Turning plastic gloves into hot sauce (68 min, NileRed)
• Making ferrofluid from scratch (38 min, NileRed)
• Steel Absorbs Gas Like a Sponge (18 min, Steve Mould)
• We've never seen an atom. But we know what they look like. (18 min, Be Smart)
• Making glow toys from scratch (39 min, NileRed)
• Turning old jewelry into pure gold bars (31 min, NileRed)
• Homochirality: Why Nature Never Makes Mirror Molecules (19 min, Steve Mould)
• The Most Important Material Ever Made (22 min, Veritasium)
• Making color changing plastic (20 min, NileRed)
• Are there Undiscovered Elements Beyond The Periodic Table? (21 min, PBS Space Time)
• A Deep Dive Into The Science Of Diamonds | Naked Science Season 6 Episode 10 (46 min, Spark)
• Why Sugar Always Twists Light To The Right - Optical Rotation (19 min, Steve Mould)
• Why This Ugly Black Goop Is BETTER Than Ice (40 min, Tech Ingredients)
• The Biggest Chemical Coverup In History (54 min, Veritasium)
• Why Super Glue Is Perfect For Gluing Skin (26 min, Veritasium)
• Can We Create New Elements Beyond the Periodic Table? (18 min, PBS Space Time)
• Revolutionary Paint: How to Make Surfaces Stay Cool in the Sun (50 min, Tech Ingredients)
• Chemical Farming & The Loss of Human Health - Dr. Zach Bush (25 min, After Skool)
• What if the World turned to Gold? - The Gold Apocalypse (9 min, Kurzgesagt)
• World's Tallest Elephant Toothpaste Volcano (16 min, Mark Rober)
• Plastic Pollution: How Humans are Turning the World into Plastic (9 min, Kurzgesagt)
• CONCENTRATING LEMON OIL LEADS TO A VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL! (35 min, Tech Ingredients)
• The Metals Stockpiled by National Defense | Modern Marvels (S12, E18) (45 min, HISTORY)
• How Different Explosives Work | The Science of Explosives (52 min, Spark)
• TIMELINE SPLIT - Humans Are Splitting into Different Dimensions - The Alchemist (20 min, After Skool)
• Everything I Thought I Knew About Flavor Was Wrong (21 min, Be Smart)
• Toxic and tenacious - How "forever chemicals” are damaging our health (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Inside the Secret Life of Grease (S16, E2) | Modern Marvels (42 min, HISTORY)
• Making glow sticks from scratch (13 min, NileRed)
• Louis Theroux Goes Under Knife and Explores Extreme Plastic Surgery (58 min, Real Stories)
• Our Thermal Epoxy vs Store-bought (31 min, Tech Ingredients)
• Turning paper into plastic (21 min, NileRed)
• The Hidden Scientific Value Of Gold (50 min, Spark)
• We Turned Sugar into a Light Source! (45 min, Tech Ingredients)
• Toronto’s Cash for Gold Kingpin | Local Legends (19 min, VICE)
• Beware of Unearned Treasure - Lessons from 'The Alchemist' by Paulo Coelho (15 min, After Skool)
• Danger from the North Sea - The search for explosive ordnance from WWII (26 min, DW Documentary)
• How humans are exploiting the oceans (86 min, DW Documentary)
• Portugal's avocados: Green gold or ecological nightmare? (28 min, DW Documentary)
• This App Pays Filipinos To Collect Plastic Waste | Tech To Save The World | Philippines (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Are BPA-Free Plastic Water Bottles Really Safer For Your Health? | Talking Point (22 min, CNA Insider)
• How the world is choking on plastic (86 min, DW Documentary)
• Gold: The Story of Man's 6000 Year Obsession | Part 1 (54 min, ENDEVR)
• What is Fool's Gold? (16 min, NileRed)
• The Search For The City Of Gold (50 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Strange Cosmic Origin of Earth’s Most Precious Metals (14 min, Be Smart)
• PFAS - "Forever chemicals" in drinking water (26 min, DW Documentary)
• From Rio to Lima – Transoceânica, the world's longest bus journey (3/5) (43 min, DW Documentary)
• Toxic Trials: The Untold Story of Dow and Dupont's Chemical Cover-Ups | Dark Legacy (52 min, Moconomy)
• Making bakelite plastic (Part 1) (18 min, NileRed)
• Does Canadian money really smell like maple syrup? With Matt Parker (21 min, Steve Mould)
• Canada's Toxic Chemical Valley (Full Length) (31 min, VICE)
• The Billion-Dollar Gold Mining Scam That Fooled The World (65 min, Wonder)
• Can Bangladesh Grow Enough Food With Less Chemical Fertiliser? | A Life Without Oil (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Gold: The Story of Man's 6000-Year Obsession | Part 2 (60 min, ENDEVR)
• The ocean plastic cleanup of Boyan Slat (45 min, VPRO Documentary)
• Consuming Plastic In Indonesia, Malaysia & Philippines: What Microplastics Are Doing To Us | Insight (47 min, CNA Insider)

Top-Rated Books About Chemistry & Elements

1. The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
2. Napoleon's Buttons by Penny LeCouteur - View on Amazon
3. The Elements by Theodore Gray - View on Amazon
4. Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
5. Chemistry of the Elements by N. N. Greenwood - View on Amazon
6. Independent Learning Project for Advanced Chemistry by ILEA Chemistry Project Team - View on Amazon