Titanium

[fcguy7]

to me this does not look like Ti at all ... it looks like a reaction of termite and resulting iron

[MrDimebagdarell]

@fcguy7 This is a simple redux reaction, reducing the Titanium dioxide (white paste) to titanium.

[fcguy7]

@MrDimebagdarell Do explain because it seems like your trying to tell me that the hyper expensive titanium refining process is unnecessary. Also, titanium sparks from grinding are white. In this video it appears yellow. I know videos can mislead on colors but everything to iron ... not Ti

[MrDimebagdarell]

@fcguy7 Thats not what i meant, this is one of the simpler processes toward making titanium. However this method contaminates the Ti really bad. But I see what you mean with the sparks. I couldnt tell just by looking, it just looks like the titanium and impurities may have alloyed or reacted otherwise, making the sparks a different color. I guess the objective here was to explore the science, rather than giving a solution to someone who wants a lot of Ti.

[cam420000]

titanium is used in most commercial aircraft these days. Not to mention it makes one hell of an exhaust for cars ;)

[z3k8k8]

is very cool

[darrenw1996]

S>titanium gloves +12 2 slo-wait...what am i saying?

[01Rater10]

Whoah...

[crushedcranium]

cool...but what was the point of this??

[varsketisLT]

Kno3 + sugar flame is hot enough to melt glass.

[CarlosHlavacek]

Lo probare con el dioxido de titanio que tenemos en nuestro pais...

[suumr]

Don't breathe this!

[gamemastershit]

no fucking way titanium cant be burned by termite unless its dust made by titanium

[lamboroghini]

@gamemastershit he made titanium just like thermite makes iron, instaed of using iron oxide he used titanium dioxide

[1crazyfocker]

@lamboroghini but thermite does not make iron, its "makes" an alloy of iron and aluminum, not sure if titanium oxide or dioxide will "burn" like thermites iron oxide and aluminum oxide, but even if it does it will still make an alloy of titanium and alluminum. but it would help if the dudeposting the video would write a comment or say what the heck he is doing in the video. hell he could have just mixed titanium powder with thermite, so who knows

[lamboroghini]

@1crazyfocker actually, the aluminum is a reducing agent for the iron oxide( it is higher than iron on the reactivity series) so it will mainly produce iron and aluminum oxide. but you are right, there will be a small contamination of aluminum. but aluminum can also be used to reduce titanium dioxide.

[1crazyfocker]

@lamboroghini you are right, was just pointing out an alloy. but like i said it would help if the dude said what he was doing, it could be titanium dioxide and KNO3, or powederd titanium in thermite, we just dont know....but if you asked me i would not want any metal from this "forging" to many air bubbles/carbon and who knows what else.

[lamboroghini]

@1crazyfocker i dont think kno3 can get hot enough to do that. and also i dont thing there would be any carbon left in it. there is none in the reactants. but it wouldnt matter if there were air bubbles in it either, depending on what it is used for. i use it in my fireworks.

[1crazyfocker]

@lamboroghini remember the KNO3 is just the oxydizer, so it would couse it to burn, but your right dont know if it will get hot enough, and use in fires works is fine, but the way he pulls out the chunks and grinds them as if to use it for something..I would not trust it, the bubbles would weaken it. and the carbon comes from the containers, its covered in it at the end, plus you can see some in it after he grinds it (little black specks) and who knows what other impurities.

[Breathor]

@1crazyfocker is that what the forging process is for? hammering out and evening impurities? im not sure EXACTLY whats going on here lol. so correct me if im wrong.

[1crazyfocker]

@Breathor no the hammering is for shaping, and lineing up the metals crystals, making it stronger. in fact when you hammer fold metal, if you dont use chemicals at the point of the fold(bond) you will make the metal weaker from the impurities. forging if mainly for shaping metal and making the metal a little stronger. but smelting (melting) is the process used to try and remove most impurities.

[lamboroghini]

@Breathor im pretty sure that he is hammering it to remove the peices or pottery attached to it. and you cannot "hammer" out the impurities. he just used aluminum to reduce titanium dioxide to make titanium metal. its just like a thermite reaction. but there is no practical use for the titanium metal that he produces.

[lamboroghini]

@1crazyfocker but also, if it were going to be used in fireworks, it would have to be crushed and powdered, which is why they have titanium sponge. it has alot of air bubbles in it. and also, it having air bubbles wouldnt really matter becasue there is no practical use for this titinaium except for it to sit around or as a cool thing to impress people to say " look i made titanium metal". but titanium is also rarley used for building and things that need structural support because it is brittle.

[1crazyfocker]

@lamboroghini titanium is used all over then place, my point tho is that its useless, even tho he makes it look lie he is about to use it for something (ie. to make a knife), its just to crappy, its an impure alloy, full of "air bubbles" mixed with carbon and who knows what else. its not good for much other then to say look how i wasted perfectly good titinaium to make this useless (and worthless) titinaium alloy...lol

[lamboroghini]

@1crazyfocker well thats what im getting at. its not capable of being used for anything. but i think that he made it just because he could. i dont think that he had any real use or purpose for it...

[1crazyfocker]

@lamboroghini thats what i was getting at aswell. cool for the video and all but pointless over all

[lamboroghini]

@1crazyfocker exactly.....

[1crazyfocker]

@lamboroghini lol....last

[kght222]

hehe shoulda thrown it in water while it was still hot ;)

[wolfofautumnnight]

That is titanium powder. throw a hand full of titanium shavings in a campfire and see what happens.

[TheSolarmike]

The author should narrate and explain what is what and why. Just read the comments and you'll see what I mean.

[AmunExorbis]

So they uses thermite to forge titanium ?

...call me crazy

[BalisongZealot]

must be a bitch to make in high quantities

[funkmasterfletch08]

is that titanium powder or thermite?

[PerkinsForYouSarge]

I like the part when he said "Woah"

[RectumPilum]

Your basement looks like where Julian Smith shot the kidnapped series.

[kleberrios]

Please, I am from Brazil. Do you made a thermite: powder aluminium + TiO2 + Oxidant ? I have 25 kg Dupont"s TiO2 and Atomized Aluminium 200 mesh and various oxidantes: KNO3, KClO4, KClO3, etc. What the formule of this thermite please? Is The end stone Titanium hidride? is the stone britle?Thanks a lot.

[nazi8per]

@kleberrios To make Thermite: The mix is about half and half.

[pyrocrazyUSA]

that is hot if it shatters porcelain

[aCagedApe]

i think it was clay...

[pyrocrazyUSA]

whats that bleeping sound at 1:15 - 1:20

[zCozmic]

camera flashing

[Shinerbop]

If you drink melted titanium you get pain

[0159352]

0-14 the white chemical is TiO2?and the middle take a termit?i dont understand it.Why not make a Ti termit and ready...

[Ampulance]

ok so what are you even doing?

[metamaterial]

They've made titanium by using (assumedly) aluminum to steal oxygen from TiO2, then they polished it for mounting as a specimen. They probably needed an oxidizer to help sustain the reaction.

[aCagedApe]

Having fun?

[lauris47]

48,310 views and 16 rates ( including mine ) ???? WTF . rate

[antiswattt]

make a kclo4/titanium video :D

[uberpwn133]

Nice use of asbestos cloth in the beginning. Wonder where he got it?

[r0ck3tsm0k3]

You can get lots of refractory materials online or in a store, or as surplus. The world is awash with asbestos because it is a useful material that has saved countless lives. But we only know it today, it seems, from its harmful side effects when used improperly.

[jetsam50000]

Hey does anyone know if you can make Titanium blanks by forge welding (heating it up,hit it with a hammer)

[SspnddAccnt]

very neat

[isokessu]

good hd quality. but sound comes maybe minute too late xD

[davedude2040]

Must... try... at... home...

[moiandtoi]

Is it possible to forge that metal afterwards, or does heating it back up immediately oxidize it?

[squidb8]

Not to be a safety Nazi, its just so much fun. But, when you grinded that piece of titanium were those glasses Z-87 rated?

Loved the demo though, especially the popping sounds of the clay pots as they succumb to the heat of the thermite, and the brand new titanium drinking glass. I'm sure once its polished up will be with you forever. You could even oxidize designs on it.