The Highest PH on Earth: Meet the Superbase

Acids are widely considered to be the scariest chemical compounds of all because of their corrosive nature—but bases can in fact be just as powerful. Most powerful of all are a special class of pH scale-defying bases called superbases! Learn about these powerful bases and what they can do in the chemical world in this new episode of SciShow, hosted by Hank Green! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Benny, Kyle Anderson, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Will and Sonja Marple, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Bryce Daifuku, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Charles George, Bader AlGhamdi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.chemistryexplained.com/Ru-Sp/Soap.html http://www.classzone.com/vpg_ebooks/ml_sci_gr8/accessibility/ml_sci_gr8/page_324.pdf http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2016/sc/c6sc01726f http://chemistry.anu.edu.au/news-events/basically-record-breaking http://media.uow.edu.au/news/UOW219367.html http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2016/SC/C6SC01726F#!divAbstract http://www.bioworldusa.com/ph/household-bleach# http://www.softschools.com/formulas/chemistry/sodium_hydride_uses_properties_structure_formula/248/ http://rushim.ru/books/mechanizms/superbases-for-organic-synthesis.pdf http://www.chemistryviews.org/details/ezine/8095451/The_Strongest_Superbases.html http://fileserver.net-texts.com/asset.aspx?dl=no&id=155824 http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Training/SumSchool/materials/sources/tutorials/05-qm-tutorial/part2.html