Making Glacial Acetic Acid Part 1

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUS3jInI2Fs See how the Science Hideout lab makes their acedic acid out of four redily available chemicals- Sodium bicarbonate, sodium bisulfate, sodium acetate (which is also produced in this movie), and vinegar.

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[slovan]

Will this acid dissolve metal?

[ScienceHideout]

@slovan

It depends what type... I would imagine metals like zinc, magnesium, sodium, etc will dissolve easily, but copper, gold, platinum won't.

[slovan]

@ScienceHideout Let say iron for example.

[ScienceHideout]

@slovan Absolutely not... You need phosphoric acid or nitric acid.

[abzsskola]

@ScienceHideout Why not? Iron is below hydrogen in the reactivity series.

And just for the heck of it: "Iron(II) acetate is manufactured from scrap iron and acetic acid..."//Wikipedia

[ScienceHideout]

@abzsskola

Acetic acid is weak... it will only mildly corrode iron. To get it to react, they most likely add a catalyst. They might break the metal into small fragments/filings and use an acid/peroxide or acid/alcohol mixture.

[abzsskola]

@ScienceHideout Give it enough time, and I still think it would dissolve iron. It woulden't be as dramatic as any of the stronger acids though.

[aratisbug]

It came out "sort of yellowish" because vinegar is an organic compound, not just 3% VbM acetic acid. the white sodium acetate is what you bought at the supply store.

[mcwario13]

@paperjack93 lolz

[paperjack93]

What if you don't have a microwave

[REDBMW325E]

@6:00 he says he has his little clit on. hahahahahaha