Nice experiment! I do have some 90% fuming with me, but when I blow a bit of air the fumes are almost similar to yours maybe a bit of faint yellow color if watched closely. I use it to decap chips and among other stuffs. I once used the 90% long ago for nitration of glycerol(very small amount like 10ml at most). But I noticed that though it formed a bit of nitroglycerin I had to go really slow like drop by drop of it would heat up really quickly and emit a lot of brown fumes. 70% works a lot better. Lol I guess that left a crusty yellow stain on your finger tip😂. Sometimes the layer peels for a day or two leaving that are pretty sensitive to heat or touch😬
What? I thought nitroglycerin had to be produced by reacting reasonably concentrated h2so4 with fuming hno3 to give the positvely charge notrium ions that will bind to the glycerine. Never knew nor heard of a method that doesn't use sulfuric acid.
Yes I did. You may want to watch this remake of the video tutorial (ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html), which is more fun and illustrates the phenomenon of passivation. Also it emphasizes that you can take advantage of the sulfuric acid as a lubricant in order to prevent the elements of the distillation apparatus to get frozen together.
@@thechannel526 If it is the same brand as the one I showed, yes. But it seems that they no longer produce it. So you have to use some other brand. Make sure it is labelled as "sulfuric acid". It will be impure, but you can purify it as I do in this video: ruclips.net/video/dPwTjd6_i2w/видео.html
I simply have a glass thermometer at the top of the boiling flask. I don't have a PID with my heat source. But you don't really need it, although it would be more convenient. The phase transition from liquid nitric acid to gaseous nitric acid imposes its own temperature. So heating more or less only impacts the speed at which the transition occurs, not its temperature. As a more common example, put some water and a thermometer in a pot on the stove, and heat it up. Once the water boils, it doesn't matter how high you set the burner, your thermometer will read a constant temperature of 100°C as long as there is still liquid water left in the pot. Same thing with nitric acid, only the transition temperature is different.
I don't dispose of it. It can be turned into fertilizer. You dissolve it in water and neutralize it with baking soda. That makes it a great source of potassium. Note that this video is obsolete, the link to the new tutorial is given in the title.
good old walmart, the store for a chemists every needs. sulphuric acid? got it. HCl? got it. Sodium/potassium nitrate? got it. Methanol/Ethanol? got it. if you need it you can probably find it at a walmart.
In addition, it is not easy to find a Walmart that sells HCL. It can still be found at the Home Depot or at Lowes, but they purposely pollute it with other ingredients. Same for the sulfuric acid, you can still find it (somethimes) at Walmart, but it is polluted, and you need to distill it if you want a pure product. But, once again, you will NEVER EVER find nitric acid at Walmart. Even on eBay, it is hard and expensive to find 95% nitric acid, and even if you find some, the sellers usually agree to sell only to professionals.
If you had to distill something else than acid, you could easily make a distillation system by using food cans and/or copper scraps from plumbing. But with acid, especially nitric acid, I don't see what else could be used than glass. However, if you search on eBay you can find some good deals from China. I paid only $55 for my distillation apparatus from China, and it took only 2 weeks to ship to the US. So, it is worth it.
@@BlueMoonshine I tried making pure nitric acid, i sealed the joint with teflon tape, after some moments when the temp hit 80+, the fumes started coming out of the joint, only I got around six mililiters. my question is is it safe to use clips like you did? do they react or cause any trouble with fuming nitric acid? alsoif I use sulfuric acid for sealing, only a few drops at any side will be okay right? by the way last question, I used nitric acid and sulfuric acid mixture to purify and get the fuming one.. since i couldn't run the whole procedure properly, i just kept the reaction mixture (h2so4 and hno3) stored in a closed conical flask in carton,,,, will it degrade? or work absolutely fine when I again try to make the pure acid? please kindly answer these questions, I will be grateful, thanks in advance
@@vloggerbilai420 Since we don't need a very high temperature to distill nitric acid, plastic clips are fine. They just wear out after a few uses and eventually break. Now, I don't use teflon tape. There is something much better for that particular distillation: Sulfuric acid. It is the perfect sealant to use, because it is already in the mixture, so it won't pollute it. It is viscous, so it perfectly seals the joints, and in addition it lubricate the joints so that they won't get stuck when the apparatus cools off. Just put a few drops on each joint.
@@BlueMoonshine few drops on any side of the joint will suffice right? No need to circle and put drops on every portion of any particular joint right? Thanks a lot.
@@vloggerbilai420 If you store the mixture, the nitric acid in the mixture will eventually degrade in NO2 and water, but you can slow down this process by keeping the mixture in a cool dark place. In all case, you will still get fuming nitric acid when you will distill it, but maybe a smaller yield. The water will stay with the sulfuric acid, because it is a powerful dehydrant, and the NO2 gas will just go in the air.
I got my distillation apparatus on eBay for $55. From China, but relatively good quality. BTW, the remake of the tutorial is here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
Yes, strangely it is. You are coming into contact with your inner-geekiness. Lol. everyone who watches this is. If only we knew in junior high, what we know now. We'd tell the girl's, "Nah, I can't I'm on my way to science class".
“Here’s why you shouldn’t wear NITRILE gloves…vinyl gloves are ok to use with nitric acid..” Perhaps it would be useful to lead by example.. I observed no gloves, no mask, no sleeves, no fume hood, broken apertures, and no safety clamps or stands.. overall, an unsafe experiment. And seriously, what are you doing making it fume INSIDE YOUR HOUSE?? Perfect example of book smart instead of common sense smart..
Man, I've been using nitric acid for over 30 years. I'm not a millennial! BTW, this video is obsolete, as indicated in the title. The new link is here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
@gyvren let me paraphrase bluemoonshine: "this is not an experiment for wimps". I would even be been more direct and say that this is not an experiment for "pussies". however I can't say that since I'm a woman. and yet, I don't use gloves either. so, grow some, and act like a man!
And yet, I ended up with 95% nitric acid. Now it's me who is rolling my eyes! BTW, this video is obsolete. The new tutorial is here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
@@BlueMoonshinedid you see the tanker that spilled fuming nitric acid outside of Vegas? People were driving through a orange cloud which made me laugh 😂😂😂
This tutorial has been remade with more details, here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
This is actually one of the better videos, as you show the mass/mol/volume calculations.
Thank you. Please share it!
The new tutorial is here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
Those are the exact products I use for my nitric synthesis very cool! Idk why but I love working with nitric acid. Great video btw!
The remake of the tutorial is here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
After watching it I'm in love with Chemistry ♥️
Nice experiment! I do have some 90% fuming with me, but when I blow a bit of air the fumes are almost similar to yours maybe a bit of faint yellow color if watched closely. I use it to decap chips and among other stuffs.
I once used the 90% long ago for nitration of glycerol(very small amount like 10ml at most). But I noticed that though it formed a bit of nitroglycerin I had to go really slow like drop by drop of it would heat up really quickly and emit a lot of brown fumes. 70% works a lot better.
Lol I guess that left a crusty yellow stain on your finger tip😂. Sometimes the layer peels for a day or two leaving that are pretty sensitive to heat or touch😬
What? I thought nitroglycerin had to be produced by reacting reasonably concentrated h2so4 with fuming hno3 to give the positvely charge notrium ions that will bind to the glycerine. Never knew nor heard of a method that doesn't use sulfuric acid.
well done and the tinfoil wrap is a nice touch. I bet you got a nice canary yellow stain on your finger from that drop too
Yes I did. You may want to watch this remake of the video tutorial (ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html), which is more fun and illustrates the phenomenon of passivation. Also it emphasizes that you can take advantage of the sulfuric acid as a lubricant in order to prevent the elements of the distillation apparatus to get frozen together.
Can this formula be doubled for increased yield?
Yes, of course. This is actually what I usually do.
Great video, thank you for showing calculations
The remake of the tutorial is here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
How did u extract the potassium sulfate from the products plz help
The brand of stump remover that I show at the beginning of the video is nearly pure potassium nitrate. Just use it as is.
Thank you
But do I use the drain opener as it is
@@thechannel526
If it is the same brand as the one I showed, yes. But it seems that they no longer produce it. So you have to use some other brand. Make sure it is labelled as "sulfuric acid". It will be impure, but you can purify it as I do in this video: ruclips.net/video/dPwTjd6_i2w/видео.html
Can u just use vinegar to get nitric acid using the same method
how are you monitoring yoour temps? is that heat source pid?
I simply have a glass thermometer at the top of the boiling flask. I don't have a PID with my heat source. But you don't really need it, although it would be more convenient. The phase transition from liquid nitric acid to gaseous nitric acid imposes its own temperature. So heating more or less only impacts the speed at which the transition occurs, not its temperature.
As a more common example, put some water and a thermometer in a pot on the stove, and heat it up. Once the water boils, it doesn't matter how high you set the burner, your thermometer will read a constant temperature of 100°C as long as there is still liquid water left in the pot. Same thing with nitric acid, only the transition temperature is different.
How did you get cold water to flow into the condenser?
I have a dish with water and ice, and a small water pump.
Thanks
U saved the best for last lol 😁🤣 now that was smoking hot
Please, share it!
How do you dispose of the KHSO4?
I don't dispose of it. It can be turned into fertilizer. You dissolve it in water and neutralize it with baking soda. That makes it a great source of potassium. Note that this video is obsolete, the link to the new tutorial is given in the title.
good old walmart, the store for a chemists every needs. sulphuric acid? got it. HCl? got it. Sodium/potassium nitrate? got it. Methanol/Ethanol? got it. if you need it you can probably find it at a walmart.
You will NEVER find nitric acid at Walmart!
In addition, it is not easy to find a Walmart that sells HCL. It can still be found at the Home Depot or at Lowes, but they purposely pollute it with other ingredients. Same for the sulfuric acid, you can still find it (somethimes) at Walmart, but it is polluted, and you need to distill it if you want a pure product. But, once again, you will NEVER EVER find nitric acid at Walmart. Even on eBay, it is hard and expensive to find 95% nitric acid, and even if you find some, the sellers usually agree to sell only to professionals.
@@BlueMoonshine yeah except that lol, good thing they sell the precursors though.
Can this formula be doubled for increased yield?
@@goldengreenhorn yes
very good video! got my sub. is there anyway to improvise the distillation setup?
If you had to distill something else than acid, you could easily make a distillation system by using food cans and/or copper scraps from plumbing. But with acid, especially nitric acid, I don't see what else could be used than glass. However, if you search on eBay you can find some good deals from China. I paid only $55 for my distillation apparatus from China, and it took only 2 weeks to ship to the US. So, it is worth it.
@@BlueMoonshine I tried making pure nitric acid,
i sealed the joint with teflon tape, after some moments when the temp hit 80+, the fumes started coming out of the joint, only I got around six mililiters.
my question is is it safe to use clips like you did? do they react or cause any trouble with fuming nitric acid?
alsoif I use sulfuric acid for sealing, only a few drops at any side will be okay right?
by the way last question, I used nitric acid and sulfuric acid mixture to purify and get the fuming one..
since i couldn't run the whole procedure properly, i just kept the reaction mixture (h2so4 and hno3) stored in a closed conical flask in carton,,,, will it degrade? or work absolutely fine when I again try to make the pure acid?
please kindly answer these questions, I will be grateful, thanks in advance
@@vloggerbilai420 Since we don't need a very high temperature to distill nitric acid, plastic clips are fine. They just wear out after a few uses and eventually break. Now, I don't use teflon tape. There is something much better for that particular distillation: Sulfuric acid. It is the perfect sealant to use, because it is already in the mixture, so it won't pollute it. It is viscous, so it perfectly seals the joints, and in addition it lubricate the joints so that they won't get stuck when the apparatus cools off. Just put a few drops on each joint.
@@BlueMoonshine few drops on any side of the joint will suffice right? No need to circle and put drops on every portion of any particular joint right?
Thanks a lot.
@@vloggerbilai420 If you store the mixture, the nitric acid in the mixture will eventually degrade in NO2 and water, but you can slow down this process by keeping the mixture in a cool dark place. In all case, you will still get fuming nitric acid when you will distill it, but maybe a smaller yield. The water will stay with the sulfuric acid, because it is a powerful dehydrant, and the NO2 gas will just go in the air.
Great video, thanks for sharing
You're welcome!
Find more details on my website: vadcpa.com/Val/Project-NitricAcid.php
Easy just need heater, pirex, distiller, etc
Were you expecting to be able to do chemistry just by snapping your fingers?
Yah but I need to set up a flask and homedepot won't go for that.
I got my distillation apparatus on eBay for $55. From China, but relatively good quality. BTW, the remake of the tutorial is here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
dude if you look at the startup picture for this video looks like a smoke demon coming out
Here is a better remake of the tutorial: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
Great job! Subscribed :D
The remake of the tutorial is here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
Increased nitric concentration from 68 to 90 or more
As indicated in the title, this tutorial has been remade, and the new link is here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
It is much better now.
@@Mr-yf5tl
I don't know what focus 68 is.
I bought a nitric solution with a concentration of 68
Can I increase the consternation ?
@@Mr-yf5tl
Yes, you need to mix it with 98% sulfuric acid to suck the water, then do a distillation at a temperature not to high.
خوب بود 🎉🎉
Thank you, but i remade this tutorial with more details here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
Here is a proof that my nitric acid can dissolve copper: ruclips.net/video/ll7fH40D3b0/видео.html
wow
The remake of the tutorial is here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
I love science, is that so wrong?
Why would it be wrong?
@@BlueMoonshine some people are afraid to talk about nitric acid, being what it is!
@@3OHT.
Oh yes, they are usually the people who need warning signs, like "don't drink the content of the battery".
Yes, strangely it is. You are coming into contact with your inner-geekiness. Lol. everyone who watches this is. If only we knew in junior high, what we know now. We'd tell the girl's, "Nah, I can't I'm on my way to science class".
😂😂 yes if you have to ask. Let’s us find out you are collecting fire detectors like some Boy Scout
“Here’s why you shouldn’t wear NITRILE gloves…vinyl gloves are ok to use with nitric acid..” Perhaps it would be useful to lead by example.. I observed no gloves, no mask, no sleeves, no fume hood, broken apertures, and no safety clamps or stands.. overall, an unsafe experiment. And seriously, what are you doing making it fume INSIDE YOUR HOUSE?? Perfect example of book smart instead of common sense smart..
Man, I've been using nitric acid for over 30 years. I'm not a millennial! BTW, this video is obsolete, as indicated in the title. The new link is here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
@gyvren let me paraphrase bluemoonshine: "this is not an experiment for wimps". I would even be been more direct and say that this is not an experiment for "pussies". however I can't say that since I'm a woman. and yet, I don't use gloves either. so, grow some, and act like a man!
Every competent chemist who ever lived is rolling in his/her grave right now. 😂
And yet, I ended up with 95% nitric acid. Now it's me who is rolling my eyes!
BTW, this video is obsolete. The new tutorial is here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
Also, the title is "how to make nitric acid at home", not "how to make nitric acid in a one-million-dollar lab"!
@CREOLEDADDY-kd4dn Dumbass!
Bro thinks hes walter white
@@tarman420
I don't think that I am someone else, and I don't need to be someone else. I'm pretty happy with who I am! 🙂
Don't do this indoors without a fumehood!
The remake of the tutorial is here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html
@@BlueMoonshinedid you see the tanker that spilled fuming nitric acid outside of Vegas? People were driving through a orange cloud which made me laugh 😂😂😂
@@Willrocs
BTW, this video is obsolete. The updated tutorial is here: ruclips.net/video/NHBDXtn7pjA/видео.html