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Potassium on Ice
NurdRage
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We answer the question if potassium metal would react with ice.
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How to Coalesce Potassium
NurdRage
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We show how to coalesce small spheres of potassium into large ones.
Warning: Molten potassium is extremely dangerous. Full fire safety protocols must be in place includi...
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Make Potassium Metal (Catalyzed Magnesium Reduction Method)
NurdRage
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We make potassium metal using a lesser known chemical approach of reduction with magnesium.
Warning: Making potassium is extremely dangerous. Full fire safety protocols mu...
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Lab Equipment: Glass Ampoules
NurdRage
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In this video we make glass ampoules.
Vials are great for storing chemicals, but sometimes you want greater long-term assurance against air or contamination. A flame sea...
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Make Manganese Dioxide (MnSO4 + KHSO5 approach)
NurdRage
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In this video we make Manganese dioxide (MnO2)
Dissolve 10g of manganese sulfate (MnSO4) in 30mL water and 25g of potassium peroxymonosulfate (KHSO5, also called oxone) in...
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Lab Equipment - Mineral/Paraffin Oil
NurdRage
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Mineral oil or Paraffin oil is a useful oil for making oil baths and storing reactive metals. It is composed of high boiling inert hydrocarbons distilled from commercial cr...
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"Ghost metal" (chemistry trick)
NurdRage
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In a variation of luminol chemiluminescence, we make a coin appear to glow with ghostly trails.
Get 10mg of luminol and dissolve it in 10mL of 10% ammonia solution, the ...
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Make Iron BLEED
NurdRage
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In this video we make iron appear to bleed.
The process is fairly simple, make a solution of:
80mg of potassium thiocyanate
10mL of water
3 drops of concentrated hy...
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Make a Color Changing Glow Stick
NurdRage
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We make a glow stick that changes colour with time.
To do so, we prepare our standard chemiluminescent mixture:
10mL Diethyl Phthalate
3mg of 9,10-bis(phenylethynl)...
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Volcano of Ammonium Dichromate
NurdRage
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The classic ammonium dichromate volcano experiment.
The experiment is extremely simple: just pour a mound of ammonium dichromate and light it on fire.
What's happenin...
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