Turning mercury into a weird sponge

In this video, I continue my amalgam series and I attempt to make the so-called ammonium amalgam. This was done by combining an ammonium salt with sodium amalgam that I made in a previous video. References: • Link to 1865 paper: https://goo.gl/3NVehp • Sodium amalgam video:    • Mixing sodium with mercury   My friend's Instagram page:   / ray.uppal   ■ Pre-order the NileRed BZ Reaction Kit - https://inqfactory.com/nilered ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merch - https://nilered.tv/store ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join the community: Patreon -   / nilered   Discord -   / discord   NileRed Newsletter - https://nile.red/home#newsletter You can also find me here: Facebook -   / nilered2   Instagram -   / nile.red   Twitter -   / nilered2   Nile talks about lab safety:    • Chemistry is dangerous.   Music in credits (Walker by SORRYSINES):   / walker