Potassium Chlorate Cell PROBLEM (Electrolysis) please watch

Ok I obviously have a few problems with my electrolysis. I need some tips but Im not looking to spend more than $30

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[dosowl]

Is this nurdrage? :O

[freedomismoneyusa]

@dosowl I wanted to start the video off with "greetings fellow nerds" so bad haha

[TheMnO2]

Well those crystals are KCl, if you want chlorate with that power supply you are going to have to waite quite a while. Alternativly you could buy a computer power supply those things put out much more power and are quite cheap. Also I would suggest you get a different anode graphite it terrible. Try Co or Mn oxides on titanium it works wonders! I have produced about of Kg of KClO3 and NaClO3 from the same Ni doped Co/Mn oxide anode.

good luck!

[freedomismoneyusa]

@TheMnO2 I've had a few successful batches with this setup but having to replace the carbon anode every session is a pain. Thanks for the response

[MrRealgamer777]

i thought u had to have a stainless steal container

[freedomismoneyusa]

@MrRealgamer777 no. 

[diegonikki]

nurdrage!!!!

[MrAirshot]

1.get pc power supply and take the red wires.

2.buy titanium anode with mmo coating (optional)

3.build a air tight cell ,and make little hole for venting ,otherwise you will lose heat and water very fast

4.good luck!!

[crapbag1997]

you should move the anode and cathode closer for more power

[extrasonic]

Simply said, it will take forever to convert this chloride to chlorate with this power supply you are using.

To convert ALL the chloride dissolved in here for room temperature, you will need about TWO MONTHS and a half.

[extrasonic]

Your setup is very messy and rubbish. It seems you have to read some before trying to make KClO3.

To make one mole of chlorate, you need 160Ah at 100% efficiency. The lesser eff, the more Ah for 1M KClO3.

The goals in fast production are high current and efficiency. The later is harder to achieve by amateurs, but it is possible.

If you wonder how much current you need at 100% (impossible) efficiency to make crystals appear in 10 minutes for 2,5L solution - 1451 amps ;)

[extrasonic]

What happened is the following. You have made a saturated solution of KCl for a high temperature. When you've put your solution in the cell, in has cooled down, making the KCl crystallizing, fooling you that it is KClO3. So what you have extracted is KCl.

You can't form visible KClO3 for two days with 2A of current in 2,5L cell, it's impossible. It looks you don't control the pH, so your efficiency is no more than 50%. For this time, you have formed no more than 36g KClO3 in solution.

[vtogvblog]

do not boil it ,add it to room tempeture. you cant do it with boild water as it percipitates back into potassium chloirid.

[Sb01343]

You need a power supply that can run at about 5A 6V and I would recommend using a titanium cathode but you can use stainless steel and you will need a MMO anode.

All of this can be found on eBay

The reason you have so much KCL crystals in your solution is because there is not enough current to keep your solution hot so the KCL is just recrystalising so don't add so much.

Remember that the anode is positive and the cathode is negative.