the powder is mostly potasium carbonate but also has potasium hydroxide and potasium nitrate. to separate out the hydroxide add your powder to ethanol and the carbonate will not disolve but the hydroxide will. filter it, recover the carbonate and you can then crystalize the hydroxide by distillation, this will also allow you to recover said ethanol.
That is awesome information! I appreciate it heaps. It’s absolutely amazing how well techniques like the one you have mentioned work! I can’t wait to give it a go. When I complete it I might post a video demonstrating the results! Thanks again.
Thank You Sir! And I really request you to please show the uses of POTASSIUM CARBONATE, like by making soaps from it, etc. Pleaseee! as it is very urgent for me right now.
Man, this is really good stuff. I'm sub'd and getting into your other videos over the next few days. Just made out first soap from scratch. Everything came from our land, so I'm getting ready to nosedive into this.
That’s awesome to hear! There is something magical about extracting useful substances from common items found in and around the house. You will start seeing value in everything! It’s a massive rabbit hole but one that is well worth the dive. You will soon find one thing will lead to another. I’m far from mastering extractions but that’s the point. There’s always more to learn!
"You're a stingy man that's got everything aren't ya!?" "Oh fish rot! If there aren't more of you now, soon there will be!" "He took out my eye, and if I see him I'll cut out his heart and eat his brains!! Think he'll like that?" Oh such a good movie, one of my favorites
Thank you for posting this useful, informative Video! I have two questions: I’ve seen a similar process for making “lye water”. Is this just another way of saying potassium carbonate in water? Or can the potassium carbonate be then made into potassium hydroxide? Thank you for any help you give.
Hi, thanks for the question. It is possible to make lye water, however it is a little different than using just potassium carbonate in water. Step 1: burn the ash down and add the white ashes to water. (Potassium carbonate). Step 2: collect a few handfuls of seashells or oyster shells. Burn these on an open fire for a few hours. The fire needs to be extremely hot. In fact if you can run a fan into the flames while you are burning the shells it would be better. Step 3. Collect the shells out of the fire and place into a bucket. Fill the bucket with water. Step 4. Watch as the shells undergo thermo breakdown, releasing substantial amounts of heat. This process is exothermic and will burn you if you happen to touch the shells during this process. (See the video link attached. In this video I used limestone instead of sea shells.) ruclips.net/video/8YUg5xO0-DY/видео.html Step four. Tip the water out of the bucket into a seperate container, leaving behind any shells that have not broken down. At this point you should have two containers with two seperate liquids. One container will have the potassium carbonate and the other should now have calcium hydroxide. Step five. Take the potassium carbonate water you made earlier and tip this into the calcium hydroxide container. Step six. Congratulations are in order! You have now made lye water. The potassium carbonate from the wood ashes has bound with the calcium hydroxide to create potassium hydroxide. This is how lye water can be made, however it is not the only method. I have also made a video about this process I have just discussed which you can see here. ruclips.net/video/GQvDkjFHrx8/видео.html I have also made a video about another method for making sodium hydroxide from seawater which is a very strong lye water! ruclips.net/video/GeZYPG2leGo/видео.html Thanks, I hope this information helps!
Potassium carbonate or nitrate? The Potassium carbonate will have traces of calcium carbonate in it from the wood ash as well. This will crystallise onto the surface of the water while in the reactor. In regards to purity of the nitrate. I assume you are draining the potassium carbonate through bat guano? If this is the case, the purity will depend on how much potassium carbonate you are reacting with the ammonium nitrate in the bat guano. This will not be 100% as the ammonium nitrate content in the guano cannot be guaranteed. In the past I have made batches that remain wet due to the presence of excess carbonate. The excess carbonate will extract moisture from the atmosphere. In this circumstance it is evidence that there was not enough ammonium nitrate to react with the amount of carbonate present. This can be remedied by taking note of the quantities of each substance used and adjusting accordingly. For example. If the nitrate is wet than too much carbonate is present. Therefore adding less would be a good way of eliminating the excess. The reverse could be said as well. Adding the same quantity of carbonate to a larger batch of ammonium nitrate should see better results as well. It’s an art. Something I am still yet to master.
Hi John. Thanks for the question! After pouring off the solution there are numerous varieties of oxides and silicates in the bottom of the vessel. The silicates can be used to make concrete although I am yet to try this. I am currently planning on doing a concrete from scratch series but am still some way off before completing this. I have produced the first video in the series which is my latest release. Cheers!
@@Michealfarmer Concrete seems like a useful byproduct. :) Thank you for taking the time to reply. I'll be checking out your Concrete from scratch series.
Wow I am glad you are still trying your hardest on RUclips.
the powder is mostly potasium carbonate but also has potasium hydroxide and potasium nitrate.
to separate out the hydroxide add your powder to ethanol and the carbonate will not disolve but the hydroxide will. filter it, recover the carbonate and
you can then crystalize the hydroxide by distillation, this will also allow you to recover said ethanol.
That is awesome information! I appreciate it heaps. It’s absolutely amazing how well techniques like the one you have mentioned work! I can’t wait to give it a go. When I complete it I might post a video demonstrating the results! Thanks again.
How do you separate out the Potassium Nitrate? I'd be interested in having 3 pure compounds from this line of experimentation.
Thanks a lot. This is a one what I have been wandering and looking for.
Thanks for your comment! I hope to make more videos like this in the future!
@@Remraf
I'll be waiting for.
Thank You Sir! And I really request you to please show the uses of POTASSIUM CARBONATE, like by making soaps from it, etc. Pleaseee! as it is very urgent for me right now.
Thank you so much @farmer
I always wanted to extract potassium carbonate in the easiest way possible
No worries at all! I’m glad to have been able to share this knowledge with you. I look forward to making more videos for you to view shortly! Cheers!
I like seeing a video about how to extract a chemical from natural products.pretty cool
I look forward to making more extraction videos soon! Thanks for the comment. Appreciate it heaps!
Man, this is really good stuff. I'm sub'd and getting into your other videos over the next few days. Just made out first soap from scratch. Everything came from our land, so I'm getting ready to nosedive into this.
That’s awesome to hear! There is something magical about extracting useful substances from common items found in and around the house. You will start seeing value in everything! It’s a massive rabbit hole but one that is well worth the dive. You will soon find one thing will lead to another. I’m far from mastering extractions but that’s the point. There’s always more to learn!
cool vid... really enjoy learning about how to utilize raw materials from the earth
Yep, I enjoy extractions as well. There is so much that can be done from the area around you. Thanks for the comment!
"You're a stingy man that's got everything aren't ya!?"
"Oh fish rot! If there aren't more of you now, soon there will be!"
"He took out my eye, and if I see him I'll cut out his heart and eat his brains!! Think he'll like that?"
Oh such a good movie, one of my favorites
Thanks for the comment!
Waterworld. I finally got it!
Thank you for posting this useful, informative Video!
I have two questions: I’ve seen a similar process for making “lye water”. Is this just another way of saying potassium carbonate in water? Or can the potassium carbonate be then made into potassium hydroxide? Thank you for any help you give.
Hi, thanks for the question.
It is possible to make lye water, however it is a little different than using just potassium carbonate in water.
Step 1: burn the ash down and add the white ashes to water. (Potassium carbonate).
Step 2: collect a few handfuls of seashells or oyster shells. Burn these on an open fire for a few hours. The fire needs to be extremely hot. In fact if you can run a fan into the flames while you are burning the shells it would be better.
Step 3. Collect the shells out of the fire and place into a bucket. Fill the bucket with water.
Step 4. Watch as the shells undergo thermo breakdown, releasing substantial amounts of heat. This process is exothermic and will burn you if you happen to touch the shells during this process. (See the video link attached. In this video I used limestone instead of sea shells.)
ruclips.net/video/8YUg5xO0-DY/видео.html
Step four. Tip the water out of the bucket into a seperate container, leaving behind any shells that have not broken down. At this point you should have two containers with two seperate liquids. One container will have the potassium carbonate and the other should now have calcium hydroxide.
Step five. Take the potassium carbonate water you made earlier and tip this into the calcium hydroxide container.
Step six. Congratulations are in order! You have now made lye water. The potassium carbonate from the wood ashes has bound with the calcium hydroxide to create potassium hydroxide. This is how lye water can be made, however it is not the only method.
I have also made a video about this process I have just discussed which you can see here.
ruclips.net/video/GQvDkjFHrx8/видео.html
I have also made a video about another method for making sodium hydroxide from seawater which is a very strong lye water!
ruclips.net/video/GeZYPG2leGo/видео.html
Thanks, I hope this information helps!
Thank you for your speedy reply. The information you provided and the links are valuable!
Once again, thanks!
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How pure is the potassium nitrate?
Potassium carbonate or nitrate? The Potassium carbonate will have traces of calcium carbonate in it from the wood ash as well. This will crystallise onto the surface of the water while in the reactor.
In regards to purity of the nitrate. I assume you are draining the potassium carbonate through bat guano? If this is the case, the purity will depend on how much potassium carbonate you are reacting with the ammonium nitrate in the bat guano. This will not be 100% as the ammonium nitrate content in the guano cannot be guaranteed. In the past I have made batches that remain wet due to the presence of excess carbonate. The excess carbonate will extract moisture from the atmosphere. In this circumstance it is evidence that there was not enough ammonium nitrate to react with the amount of carbonate present. This can be remedied by taking note of the quantities of each substance used and adjusting accordingly. For example. If the nitrate is wet than too much carbonate is present. Therefore adding less would be a good way of eliminating the excess. The reverse could be said as well. Adding the same quantity of carbonate to a larger batch of ammonium nitrate should see better results as well. It’s an art. Something I am still yet to master.
@@Remraf autocorrect got me, I meant carbonate. Is it true its about 0-0-60 Before going through recrystallization?
That I am uncertain about. I will need to do some more research before confirming this! I will get back to you. Cheers!
In reality you are extracting both potassium carbonate and potassium hydroxide.
Great video. What will be left as solids from the potash after soaking it, and pouring of the water for evaporation? Anything useful?
Hi John. Thanks for the question!
After pouring off the solution there are numerous varieties of oxides and silicates in the bottom of the vessel. The silicates can be used to make concrete although I am yet to try this. I am currently planning on doing a concrete from scratch series but am still some way off before completing this. I have produced the first video in the series which is my latest release. Cheers!
@@Michealfarmer Concrete seems like a useful byproduct. :) Thank you for taking the time to reply. I'll be checking out your Concrete from scratch series.
@@johnekare8376 appreciate your support! Cheers!
you never made a part 2
I will try and make a part two to this soon! I did manage to make soap but never released the video. This needs to be done! Thanks for the comment!
@@Remraf hey you are not the only one who forget's to load video's lol ;-)