How to make MERCURY THIOCYANATE / Pharaoh's snake

[123443211234ism]

looks like poo

[nicksynnz]

That is incredible... thanks.

[supersentiger]

oh yes, because everyone has potassium thicyanate under their kitchen sink...

[theoneandonlyhut]

i wonder what happens if you burn a cube 1m³ of that stuff...

[crimsonshadows1]

teacher: "and this, children, is the chemical version of how antlers evolved over thousands of millenia" ^-^

children: "ooooOOOOOOooooooo! " O.O

[Grimdopple]

wow 9/62, that was a while ago

[supapeterman]

1:30 POOO LOL

[Wrestlelesson]

it looks like creating a monster...

[cole12267]

theres little fireworks called snakes like that

[lueljohn]

it looks like poop!

[Vio45lin]

@lueljohn or a rotten dry banana



[douro20]

Did they tell you that you couldn't show the manufacturer of the mercury nitrate solution?

[MrOrienterare]

do you use potassium thiocyanate in fluid or in crystals and do the mercury nitrate need to be clean without any traeses of nitric acid?

[Basco36]

@MrOrienterare I make the thiocyanate crystals into liquid, and nitric acid should be cleaned out well

[MrOrienterare]

@Basco36 thanks! is it possible that the wast product can be Hg(cn)2 which is really toxic?

I tried to do Hg(SCN)2 but my mercury nitrate wasn`t that well cleand out and now I have two powders one yellow and one white do you have any clue what it is?

[Basco36]

@MrOrienterare both solutions should be made concentrated for the precipitation to work well.

[MrOrienterare]

@Basco36 Thanks for everything! I managed to do it but I had 10 times as mutch water as HNO3 after the mercury had reacted for a successful result.

[wannaparty247]

1:31 it looks like a dick :) Nice Precipitate though.

[bllybao]

very impressive, like it

[mErcEnArYAb53]

It looks like a giant piece of bananna poo when its burning

[Grundalizer]

Then what do you do with all the mercury waste?

[Basco36]

@Grundalizer nothing yet

[lolimnoteighteen]

one of the coolest precipitates ive ever seen, by the way howd you pack it into a tablet

[Basco36]

@lolimnoteighteen just press it inside a cardboard tube and let dry

[animatemasta]

its like that super fast growing killer plant from jumanji! xD

[Ritrex2]

Its ALIVE!

[coolliger]

cool

[ytmachx]

Nice work, as usual!

[Peterditaa]

In the backround at 0:52 "25 grams of Mercury Fulminate" doood thats a little crazy^^

[Basco36]

@Peterditaa its kept under water so it is safe

[mV33rs]

what product formed when it reacted?

[Peterditaa]

Hg is some really nasty shit one should be really careful with

[69iron69]

weird, too bad it has Hg in it.

[doktorfuture]

poisonous but pretty

[progustin]

!!!

[megafeltch]

awesome, may i ask how you obtain potassium thiocyanate ?

[rayruiz12345]

looks like mushrooms