Alternately, some machinist cutting fluids contain phosphorus (or sulfur or chlorine). Not sure in what quantities though. Anyway, IIRC, elemental phosphorus can go up like that.
@@kevinjones5001 It's possible, but I think it's less likely because if there was significant cutting fluid he probably would have washed it off and phosphorous would either boil off or react to form metal phosphides at the temperatures in this reaction that said metal phosphides react with water/humidity to make phosphine which is pyrophoric but it would look like a gas burning not a sparklery solid burning. So it is possible but it didn't really look like phosphorous or phosphine burning.
@@AdvancedTinkeringMagnesium and the likes reliably self ignites under certain particles size without the oxide protective layer, it was under 0.3 nanometers for magnesium, if I remember correctly? Alternatively, could it have been a magnesium hydride forming - the conditions seen favourable for something that likes to screw up alloys when encountering significant stresses or appear due to impurities in milling media in high pressure operations.
That is by far the most potassium I have seen in any one place☠ , the beautiful purple hue is also super visible whilst pouring the ingot under mineral oil.
Very nice! A little dangerous, but still very nice! Taking a look at the magnesium crystals under the lid of the still, they look remarkably similar to the magnesium crystals that I keep/sell. In my opinion, they look like pure magnesium crystals. If they are an alloy, there shouldn't be much potassium in them. I would take some of them and test them with water and steam. Pure magnesium shouldn't react with room temperature water, but it should with steam or boiling water.
Interestingly enough i also encountered a pyrophoric substance when i did a similar potassium thermite reaction (mine was KOH +Mg), spontaneously exploded in my handed. i don't know what it is either but its reproducible if you're getting it too. some sort of magnesium potassium alloy? idk.
Very interesting. Another comment suggested that KC8 might have formed in our case. I never tested the pyrophoric properties of KC8 so I can't say if it would behave the same way. But the fact that you made a similar experience using KOH seems to indicate it is not an intercalation compound of potassium and graphite but something else.
@@AdvancedTinkering The sparks look a lot like the ones you get from ferrocerium in a lighter or what you get from a sparkler (Wunderkerze). Might really be the rare earth another commentor suggested? Or was it maybe contaminated with iron, as the sparks were also not bright white i. e. not magnesium? I haven't used KC8 so far, but it doesn't seem like organometallics throw such sparks. BuLi and AlMe3 look totally different when they burn. 🤔
I remember reading a long time ago that an explosive, possibly potassium hexacarbonyl benzene, can be created; although that was related to distilling K2CO3 with C, not Mg. Most common alloys are Al, Zn, Si, etc., nothing wild; there are some that use REs, up to a few %, but they would likely react as well, or at least, probably not condense on the lid? KC8 sounds promising though.
i know im being that one guy but PLEASE wear your ppe more, you really do need it here. getting burning alkali metals on your skin is horrifically painful, and even a little bit can cause a lot of damage. love the video tho! cant wait to see more
It's so fucking cheap, and it can and will make SO much difference even if you only wear some minimal PPE, but there is literally no reason not to do it. They make the joke about bold old chemist's, but it's not just a joke, it's absolutely the truth.
@@AdvancedTinkeringThey look insane. If only one could encapsulate them to stabilize them enough to make them a viable decorative item- possibly impossible with glass due to their fragility and heat sensitivity, but what about using resin vapor deposition method to cover them just thinly enough to keep from breaking apart at slightest touch?
@@AdvancedTinkering That's exactly what I'm doing in my laboratory. You are going to have so much fun with it. Especially tossing about an ounce of the liquid into water.
Awesome video, well worth the wait. Clear a huge amount of work went into this behind the scenes. Just because .... I calculated the energetics (very rough, just Hess's law on the literature heat of formation data) K2CO3 + 3 Mg --> 2K + 3 MgO + C DH = - 655 kJ per mole carbonate, or 3.1 kJ/g of reaction mixture (1330 BTU/lb, if that's the appropriate translation to banana units 🙂) That's ... a lot. For comparison, the standard aluminium + iron oxide thermite mix releases just under 4 kJ/g, and that outputs molten iron, so over 1540 C, and this is a bit over 3/4 of the energy density. Without the cooling bath, it would go well over 1000 C, maybe close to 1200 (somewhere around 2000 F). The exotherm is so large, I wondered if 3 equivalents of Mg was overkill, and it is, *in theory* The reaction K2CO3 + 2 Mg --> 2K + 2 MgO + CO is still exothermic, DH = - 163 kJ/mol That is only 1/4 the energy output of the reaction they used here, but still plenty by most standards. Is it possible that some parts of the charge are a bit short of magnesium? If so this reaction might happen a bit. That would make the gas you see later carbon monoxide. At least worth checking that it isn't, even though you are working outside.
Man seeing from when you guys started distilling alkali metals, at least on youtube, you can definitely see the progress youve made and all that potassium is absolutely crazy! Totally awesome video yall!
This is an amazing video! I love the casual way you handle the chemicals. Reminds me of days of old where chemists were bold. Kudos for a wonderful display.
Das mit den Kristallen ist eine super Idee! Wie cool ist das Video geworden!! Man macht fast alle Emotionen durch mit diesem Video aber am meisten bringt es zum Lachen ❤ Das war ein super, auch wieder lehrreiches, Video, eine tolle Teamarbeit und dann hattet ihr noch Spaß dabei, was sehr ansteckend war. Ihr kamt auch auf tolle, teils kreative Lösungen für jeweilige Hindernisse. 🎉🎉🎉
Suggestion for sealing the distillation receiver: 1: Don't use a glass receiver. 2: Failing #1, you can use a PTFE o-ring instead of a viton one. You aren't dealing with nearly as high of a vacuum that you would get with a normal KF seal, so PTFE should be just fine.
if the weather conditions are correct, you could have humidity condensing, setting off trace amounts of potassium, rather than a new substance that's ignited by air. this could be a substance like carbon, or a texture with nucleation sites for humidity to condense.
Gotta check back in on the grass in that field a few weeks later, metals in soil can have very interesting effects on plant life and i'd be curious to see how the field's ecology handled it
Pleeaaase make my day by making a low pressure potassium vapor lamp. It would make me really really happy if you tried that, just as proof of concept as I don’t have any capability to even try to make one.
I love your chemistry! Can you fabricate a safety shield in the shape of half of an arc? Perhaps use curved plexiglass, or another reaction safe material, with a handle bolted onto the inside. Just a tinkerer's idea. Keep up the great work!
You've very quickly become the Electroboom of chemistry. Well done. I'd say "stay safe out there" but wouldn't expect (or want) you to listen. I look forward to seeing your future videos in my feed. 🙂
@@tomboyzelda5078it's a euphemism for a chemical needed for this experiment. Giving all ingredients on RUclips for such a "reactive" compound is a no-no, likely ending in op being banned or suspended from the platform, which hurts viewership and the money stream. People could attempt the same at home and have horrendous consequences , possibly leading to legal action. Sponsorship gets withdrawn or suspended, just not a good thing to do all around. Thus "unicorn tears"are substituted for the actual substance. Mainly because everyone knows unicorns do not cry. They're just too damned happy all the time. Unicorns.....bastards.
@tomboyzelda5078 They just substituted a practically impossible to find imaginary substance for the _actual_ powdery purple chemical that was used. Probably for legal reasons. Most chemistry nerds recognized the stuff immediately. Fun fact: it stains porcelain pretty horribly. But you can remove the stain with some sodium metabisulphate.
I won't come at you because you're right, TIG is superior. Just more expensive and more difficult. But was that 5 hours welding experience a joke? I mean, those welds are FAR from great, but if you're actually just a beginner then well done. Just be sure to wear a respirator while welding stainless from now on. As a chemist, you should know the danger of hexavalent chromium. Just because there isn't much visible smoke and fume doesn't mean you aren't being exposed.
Yes, I'm a complete beginner. I would guess my total welding time is about 5 hours. That's why I thought it's funny to claim that TIG welding is the best type of welding. But I'm aware all methods have pros and cons. I mean there is a reason pipelines are not welded with TIG. Thanks for the safety advice! I will wear a respirator next time.
Nice Roman candle , and as if making Potassium on kilo scale wasn't good enough , those Magnesium crystals are magnificent just by themselves . Very impressive .
Safety last! These guys are nuts (and very, very lucky to be alive). And I also love the random use of gloves. Why you would EVER touch any of this equipment with your bare hands is beyond me.
I think the spontaneously exploding compound is magnesium carbide formed from the oil covered magnesium. magnesium carbide can react with moisture in the air making acetylene gas, and this reaction can be exothermic enough to burn the acetylene formed.
Use a cheap 24v diaphram pressure switch for a high efficiency gas furnace. You can get them down to 0.05" w.c. (fuck all in metric) put it on your bubbler. So when it starts to pull a vacuum the pressure switch sees it, and opens argon solenoid.
you could add a water(mineral oil, for safety) "jacket" around the o-ring and steel flange (perhaps the entire condenser), then the water will absorb the large temperature spike whilst also holding the temperature over 60c to prevent clogs
A bleed amount of argon could be fed into the still at approximately the same rate as the off gassing that was you can still tell when the off gassing has stopped but aren’t instantly into explosive distillation territory
second comment so its good for you statistics :P yes, those magnesium dendrites look absolutely stunning! they look similar to what usually takes months to achieve electrolytically with other metals! BTW, its interresting to see you go from "stock up your arsch" to more like elias with every video! also the second slowmo 18:30 really caught me off guard xD! i enjoy every video you upload more and more! please keep going and devolving into marco reps type humor!
Steam jacket for the distillation spout? Heats the spout up, but with wet steam and condensate in the jacket, its harder to spike very far above 100C? Or just an open water bath, and direct a bit of the furnace exhaust towards it so it maintains a boil.
On the topic of alkali metals, I think it would be a very interesting challenge to produce an ampoule of high purity lithium metal, seeing as conventional distillation methods probably wouldn’t work
Would it be possible to see a delayed underwater reaction with the nuggets dipped in some water soluble coating? May be interesting to film the underwater reaction, fire and gas bubbles..
Bitte geh mit dem Block ins nächstgelegene Freibad und wirfs vom 5-Meter Sprungturm :D Immer wieder faszinierend was auf deutschen Terrassen hinter Büschen alles so erzeugt wird :) und was ich echt noch lustig finde ist, wieviele Leute in den Kommentaren auf Überschlau machen aber keine Ahnung haben was du mit Einhorntränen meinst xD
A NaK/water rocket he says... right after making metallic potassium by the pound... The interesting part about all of this is the exhaust stream is destined to ultimately become the original reagent as the KOH scrubs CO2 from the air. Would seem you could do the exact same thing with sodium as well... or I'm guessing you already have... or will... 🤣 Interesting project man. The alkalis are fascinating elements.
Very nice! I think you could get together with an engineer to design an apparatus that you won't need to assemble and disassemble or expose your extremities to its holes.
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Yay Potassium thermite!
It's a way to make uranium metal right ?
......... hear me out, Cesium Thermite next!
When Nurdrage comments on a video it has my full attention
Hi nurdrage!
@@Enjoymentboy Hes in the video too!
I had a great time doing this project with you, I hope we can do a lot more stuff like that in the future. ;-)
You are always such a great addition to this channel!
Same! I'm sure this won't be our last project together ;)
Really nice finally seeing the finished video, also had a great time experimenting with you, let me know when you need more turning done
Mach mal ganz auf deusch
This is why you never leave your Germans at home unsupervised
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n1 😅😅
Reden wir hier von Kalium?
Yes, those Magnesium crystals are fascinating and beautiful.
2:39 you know things are getting real when you use the cardboard box funnel 😂
maybe the magnesium was an alloy called "Elektron" it contains zinc and some rare earths that could cause the pyrophoric effect you experienced.
Interesting. I've never heard of it. But I will look it up.
@@AdvancedTinkering Does it match what you saw?
Alternately, some machinist cutting fluids contain phosphorus (or sulfur or chlorine). Not sure in what quantities though. Anyway, IIRC, elemental phosphorus can go up like that.
@@kevinjones5001 It's possible, but I think it's less likely because if there was significant cutting fluid he probably would have washed it off and phosphorous would either boil off or react to form metal phosphides at the temperatures in this reaction that said metal phosphides react with water/humidity to make phosphine which is pyrophoric but it would look like a gas burning not a sparklery solid burning. So it is possible but it didn't really look like phosphorous or phosphine burning.
@@AdvancedTinkeringMagnesium and the likes reliably self ignites under certain particles size without the oxide protective layer, it was under 0.3 nanometers for magnesium, if I remember correctly?
Alternatively, could it have been a magnesium hydride forming - the conditions seen favourable for something that likes to screw up alloys when encountering significant stresses or appear due to impurities in milling media in high pressure operations.
That is by far the most potassium I have seen in any one place☠ , the beautiful purple hue is also super visible whilst pouring the ingot under mineral oil.
Very nice! A little dangerous, but still very nice! Taking a look at the magnesium crystals under the lid of the still, they look remarkably similar to the magnesium crystals that I keep/sell. In my opinion, they look like pure magnesium crystals. If they are an alloy, there shouldn't be much potassium in them. I would take some of them and test them with water and steam. Pure magnesium shouldn't react with room temperature water, but it should with steam or boiling water.
Interestingly enough i also encountered a pyrophoric substance when i did a similar potassium thermite reaction (mine was KOH +Mg), spontaneously exploded in my handed. i don't know what it is either but its reproducible if you're getting it too. some sort of magnesium potassium alloy? idk.
Very interesting. Another comment suggested that KC8 might have formed in our case. I never tested the pyrophoric properties of KC8 so I can't say if it would behave the same way.
But the fact that you made a similar experience using KOH seems to indicate it is not an intercalation compound of potassium and graphite but something else.
That's pretty cool, I might have to look into that a bit
@@AdvancedTinkering The sparks look a lot like the ones you get from ferrocerium in a lighter or what you get from a sparkler (Wunderkerze). Might really be the rare earth another commentor suggested? Or was it maybe contaminated with iron, as the sparks were also not bright white i. e. not magnesium? I haven't used KC8 so far, but it doesn't seem like organometallics throw such sparks. BuLi and AlMe3 look totally different when they burn. 🤔
I remember reading a long time ago that an explosive, possibly potassium hexacarbonyl benzene, can be created; although that was related to distilling K2CO3 with C, not Mg. Most common alloys are Al, Zn, Si, etc., nothing wild; there are some that use REs, up to a few %, but they would likely react as well, or at least, probably not condense on the lid? KC8 sounds promising though.
Same here. I assumed it to be K reacting with atmospheric water vapor??
i know im being that one guy but PLEASE wear your ppe more, you really do need it here. getting burning alkali metals on your skin is horrifically painful, and even a little bit can cause a lot of damage. love the video tho! cant wait to see more
It's so fucking cheap, and it can and will make SO much difference even if you only wear some minimal PPE, but there is literally no reason not to do it. They make the joke about bold old chemist's, but it's not just a joke, it's absolutely the truth.
please always be that guy. some people need to hear this.
Real and true brother please do
**peacefully testing the potassium maker**
NurdRage: umm so hey guys isn't that a thermite reaction
**blows up**
Pretty excited to hear the NurdRage cameo.
+1 vote for an apparatus to make various metal crystals. Final products should look good!
I will try to make it work!
@@AdvancedTinkering Cool, can't wait. Bismuth crystals have been done all over YT, but the oxide layers make for great colours.
Also useful for other stuff, I dont remember what though. Ohh yeah copper crystals are great for thermal epoxy.
@@AdvancedTinkeringThey look insane. If only one could encapsulate them to stabilize them enough to make them a viable decorative item- possibly impossible with glass due to their fragility and heat sensitivity, but what about using resin vapor deposition method to cover them just thinly enough to keep from breaking apart at slightest touch?
Great video! The system worked great, the yield was insane and the E&F reference was perfectly placed.
Thanks!
And that’s how the first German reached the moon.
" what you just say was incredibly wreckless on our part " 💀
Potassium graphite is pyrophoric. You have carbon and potassium :)
Potassium intercalated graphite - KC8
that is quite the brick!
whats next? potassium brick house?
lebkuchen haus from potassium metal??
No, a Sodium/Potassium alloy (NaK) rocket engine ;)
@@AdvancedTinkering That's exactly what I'm doing in my laboratory. You are going to have so much fun with it. Especially tossing about an ounce of the liquid into water.
@@AdvancedTinkering uhh niiice!
Awesome video, well worth the wait. Clear a huge amount of work went into this behind the scenes.
Just because .... I calculated the energetics (very rough, just Hess's law on the literature heat of formation data)
K2CO3 + 3 Mg --> 2K + 3 MgO + C DH = - 655 kJ per mole carbonate, or 3.1 kJ/g of reaction mixture (1330 BTU/lb, if that's the appropriate translation to banana units 🙂) That's ... a lot. For comparison, the standard aluminium + iron oxide thermite mix releases just under 4 kJ/g, and that outputs molten iron, so over 1540 C, and this is a bit over 3/4 of the energy density. Without the cooling bath, it would go well over 1000 C, maybe close to 1200 (somewhere around 2000 F).
The exotherm is so large, I wondered if 3 equivalents of Mg was overkill, and it is, *in theory*
The reaction
K2CO3 + 2 Mg --> 2K + 2 MgO + CO is still exothermic, DH = - 163 kJ/mol
That is only 1/4 the energy output of the reaction they used here, but still plenty by most standards.
Is it possible that some parts of the charge are a bit short of magnesium? If so this reaction might happen a bit. That would make the gas you see later carbon monoxide. At least worth checking that it isn't, even though you are working outside.
Man seeing from when you guys started distilling alkali metals, at least on youtube, you can definitely see the progress youve made and all that potassium is absolutely crazy! Totally awesome video yall!
This is an amazing video! I love the casual way you handle the chemicals. Reminds me of days of old where chemists were bold. Kudos for a wonderful display.
8:10 yeah blowout will go sideways, and as mr. Newton concluded, still will go in oposite direction sideways, so clamp it down good. Godspeed! :D
My exact thoughts when I saw that deflector trotted out .
Really depends on if the blowout is big enough, they probably assume any force is just absorbed by the still because of the weight difference
@@RaineyPeng sure, but burst at the begining of video when 4 kg of mass was trown pretty high up tells that it was quite energetic event :)
"Hmm. This picture is not correct"
K.
Posted to two different chs?
Das mit den Kristallen ist eine super Idee!
Wie cool ist das Video geworden!! Man macht fast alle Emotionen durch mit diesem Video aber am meisten bringt es zum Lachen ❤
Das war ein super, auch wieder lehrreiches, Video, eine tolle Teamarbeit und dann hattet ihr noch Spaß dabei, was sehr ansteckend war.
Ihr kamt auch auf tolle, teils kreative Lösungen für jeweilige Hindernisse.
🎉🎉🎉
Suggestion for sealing the distillation receiver:
1: Don't use a glass receiver.
2: Failing #1, you can use a PTFE o-ring instead of a viton one. You aren't dealing with nearly as high of a vacuum that you would get with a normal KF seal, so PTFE should be just fine.
if the weather conditions are correct, you could have humidity condensing, setting off trace amounts of potassium, rather than a new substance that's ignited by air.
this could be a substance like carbon, or a texture with nucleation sites for humidity to condense.
Gotta check back in on the grass in that field a few weeks later, metals in soil can have very interesting effects on plant life and i'd be curious to see how the field's ecology handled it
Isnt potassium used as fertilizer
@@themunchies123 Yes, it’s a component in many fertilizers. But not in a pure state. 😊
I guess at least one of you editing folks grew up watching Law and Order? ;-)
Great fun to watch!
I was not ready to hear NurdRage =)))
Nice @explosionsandfire cameo af 17:30 😂
"There are old chemists and there are bold chemists but there are no old and bold chemists".
😂
17:17 the forbidden muffins :-x
Thanks for the recipe. Definetly gonna try it!
“Honey, where are my baking trays?”
4:24 “i think we lost some potassium here” lmfao i love your sense of humpr
Nice! Love how you give the bad example to learn from! Someone got to do it!
Absolutely stunning! I've learned quite a bit from this video. Thank you for sharing it with us, who watch it.
Those magnesium crystals were incredible! I suppose this is a supercharged version of physical vapor deposition.
Markiplier "You got killed by a fucking banana" Was all I could think about while watching this lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The thing about this video that surprised me the most is the fact that potassium metal is barely more dense than mineral oil.
This is the kind of dodgyness I expect from Explosions and Fire, I love it, 10/10
You're the type of scientist that would have worked on the Rocketdyne Tripropellant rocket
Diese kurzen clips auf Deutsch sind einfach zu lustig 😂 Situationskomik würde ich das nennen
Pleeaaase make my day by making a low pressure potassium vapor lamp. It would make me really really happy if you tried that, just as proof of concept as I don’t have any capability to even try to make one.
Sounds dope!
I love your chemistry!
Can you fabricate a safety shield in the shape of half of an arc? Perhaps use curved plexiglass, or another reaction safe material, with a handle bolted onto the inside. Just a tinkerer's idea. Keep up the great work!
Don't know if someone mentioned it here, you should team up with integza for the rocket part. Great video!
12:30 Looks like it will indeed blend!
In Elias's video I thought he said "There are no old and bald chemists" and I was like what??😆
yes to all crystal growing experiements. crystals are such a fascinating area of study.
You've very quickly become the Electroboom of chemistry. Well done. I'd say "stay safe out there" but wouldn't expect (or want) you to listen. I look forward to seeing your future videos in my feed. 🙂
unicorn tears are super purple. who knew?
Yes. It's not a verz well known fact.
What do you mean by unicorn tears? Is it a euphemism for something? Stumbled onto your channel/video and I’m hella confused even after googling a bit
@@tomboyzelda5078it's a euphemism for a chemical needed for this experiment. Giving all ingredients on RUclips for such a "reactive" compound is a no-no, likely ending in op being banned or suspended from the platform, which hurts viewership and the money stream. People could attempt the same at home and have horrendous consequences , possibly leading to legal action. Sponsorship gets withdrawn or suspended, just not a good thing to do all around. Thus "unicorn tears"are substituted for the actual substance. Mainly because everyone knows unicorns do not cry. They're just too damned happy all the time. Unicorns.....bastards.
@tomboyzelda5078
They just substituted a practically impossible to find imaginary substance for the _actual_ powdery purple chemical that was used. Probably for legal reasons. Most chemistry nerds recognized the stuff immediately.
Fun fact: it stains porcelain pretty horribly. But you can remove the stain with some sodium metabisulphate.
This looked like a lot of fun.
I look forward to you doing large scale Rubidium production
Great german accent, Great German Science, Great Success!!!
youve got a new sub
I was having a bad day, and your video gave me a good laugh. Thank-you! 😊
I won't come at you because you're right, TIG is superior.
Just more expensive and more difficult.
But was that 5 hours welding experience a joke?
I mean, those welds are FAR from great, but if you're actually just a beginner then well done.
Just be sure to wear a respirator while welding stainless from now on.
As a chemist, you should know the danger of hexavalent chromium.
Just because there isn't much visible smoke and fume doesn't mean you aren't being exposed.
Yes, I'm a complete beginner. I would guess my total welding time is about 5 hours. That's why I thought it's funny to claim that TIG welding is the best type of welding. But I'm aware all methods have pros and cons. I mean there is a reason pipelines are not welded with TIG.
Thanks for the safety advice! I will wear a respirator next time.
I’d personally love to see you guys make another apparatus to make those crystals, they are stunningly beautiful!!!
Nice Roman candle , and as if making Potassium on kilo scale wasn't good enough , those Magnesium crystals are magnificent just by themselves .
Very impressive .
You make science look fun and exciting thankyou
Very very cool. I just got done making a few pounds of sodium to produce some NaK.
Also yes, unicorn tears glycerin is very helpful.
Safety last! These guys are nuts (and very, very lucky to be alive). And I also love the random use of gloves. Why you would EVER touch any of this equipment with your bare hands is beyond me.
This is exactly why I always keep some: *_UNICORN TEARS_* on hand.
😅
I think the spontaneously exploding compound is magnesium carbide formed from the oil covered magnesium. magnesium carbide can react with moisture in the air making acetylene gas, and this reaction can be exothermic enough to burn the acetylene formed.
Use a cheap 24v diaphram pressure switch for a high efficiency gas furnace. You can get them down to 0.05" w.c. (fuck all in metric) put it on your bubbler. So when it starts to pull a vacuum the pressure switch sees it, and opens argon solenoid.
Very very cool. I appreciate all your time and effort.
You can have the kf25 gasket made from material like PEEK or even a graphite metal mix that won't burn like those rubber ones .
1:03 thanks for the information that what was happening was not a suitable method. Wouldn't have known otherwise
you could add a water(mineral oil, for safety) "jacket" around the o-ring and steel flange (perhaps the entire condenser), then the water will absorb the large temperature spike whilst also holding the temperature over 60c to prevent clogs
Coulombic explosions are the best!
Finaly the video is out.
Love the whole process, cool experiment. If you need a kind of PLC to control the still or the furnace or whatever let me know.
The crystal growing idea would go down a storm in the mineral collectors market, I would certainly have a specimen.
when i grow up i wanna be just like you and share my love for chemistry to the world.
Amazing experiment brother love it
So viel Spaß! 1:01, deine Nachbarn war wahrscheinlich nicht zu froh. (So much fun! At 1:01, your neighbors probably weren't too happy.)
damm those magnesium structures are pretty. exellent merch opportunity
I like that it only took u 5 hours to arrive at your TIG welding is superior analysis
NaK-H2O engine sounds awesome!!
What reagents did you use to synthesize unicorn tears? It's for a school assignment.
Edit: you got nurdrage on the video? Amazing!
A bleed amount of argon could be fed into the still at approximately the same rate as the off gassing that was you can still tell when the off gassing has stopped but aren’t instantly into explosive distillation territory
du bist so ein kind :D und ich liebs!!!!! danke, fürs ausleben!!!!
I love NurdRage cameo.
second comment so its good for you statistics :P
yes, those magnesium dendrites look absolutely stunning! they look similar to what usually takes months to achieve electrolytically with other metals!
BTW, its interresting to see you go from "stock up your arsch" to more like elias with every video!
also the second slowmo 18:30 really caught me off guard xD!
i enjoy every video you upload more and more! please keep going and devolving into marco reps type humor!
you are quickly becoming one of my favorite mad scientist youtubers
Fantastic result. Rocket engine research from you would be brilliant!
Macht einfach spaß euch zuzuschauen. Weitermachen👍
I wish I could sample your “but wait wait wait” and “this- this is not ok” for an edm song ❤️🔥
Idk why, but the sight of a man in a lab coat with a very long stick poking out around the corner is hilarious to me 😂
> It's very wet, just rained
> Produce kilograms of potassium
I can't see anyway this could go wrong! 😄
Ah yes! The Mongolian Throat singing vacuum pump!
So this was posted to two different chs!
Steam jacket for the distillation spout? Heats the spout up, but with wet steam and condensate in the jacket, its harder to spike very far above 100C? Or just an open water bath, and direct a bit of the furnace exhaust towards it so it maintains a boil.
You are all kinds of crazy awesomeness. BE CAREFUL. Loving your videos
On the topic of alkali metals, I think it would be a very interesting challenge to produce an ampoule of high purity lithium metal, seeing as conventional distillation methods probably wouldn’t work
Guys, I enjoy watching you so please keep the risks manageable. Oh, and have the neighbors complained yet? Just curious.
Would it be possible to see a delayed underwater reaction with the nuggets dipped in some water soluble coating? May be interesting to film the underwater reaction, fire and gas bubbles..
You know there's something called humidity that could be reacting with the magnesium criso
Bitte geh mit dem Block ins nächstgelegene Freibad und wirfs vom 5-Meter Sprungturm :D Immer wieder faszinierend was auf deutschen Terrassen hinter Büschen alles so erzeugt wird :) und was ich echt noch lustig finde ist, wieviele Leute in den Kommentaren auf Überschlau machen aber keine Ahnung haben was du mit Einhorntränen meinst xD
Large scale reactor/distiller is working, now we demand a loaf-shaped cesium ingot
10 Loaf's !!!!
The grown crystals look like a dendrite growth in the air. Super cool
A NaK/water rocket he says... right after making metallic potassium by the pound...
The interesting part about all of this is the exhaust stream is destined to ultimately become the original reagent as the KOH scrubs CO2 from the air.
Would seem you could do the exact same thing with sodium as well... or I'm guessing you already have... or will... 🤣
Interesting project man. The alkalis are fascinating elements.
Due to high temperatures and a presence of excess magnesium, a magnesium-potassium alloy could have formed.
Which could be highly reactive to air.
Very nice! I think you could get together with an engineer to design an apparatus that you won't need to assemble and disassemble or expose your extremities to its holes.
Listening to this while at work and hearing Nurd confused me for a second 😂