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How to make TCPO (for making glow sticks)

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Uploaded on May 10, 2009

How to make TCPO or bis(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) oxalate, used in glow stick reactions.

WARNING: This procedure should only be performed by, or under the direct supervision of, an experienced chemist. Please refer to the material safety data sheets of all chemicals for their hazards. Synthesis must be performed in a fumehood.

Full written procedure can be found at our website: http://sites.google.com/site/nurdrage...

The exact same process is used in glow sticks. This is NOT mountain dew. Mountain dew cannot glow like this, it does not have the crucial TCPO chemical or any chemical like that.

The reaction will glow in the dark for several minutes if you use ethyl acetate as the solvent. It will glow for several hours if you use diethyl phthalate as the solvent.

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All the chemicals used in this video were purchased from Alfa Aesar. http://www.alfa.com

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  • ahmed sofi

    ahmed sofi 4 months ago

    Can i use the phosphor powder in the fluorescent lamp instead of the fluorescent dye?

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  • ahmed sofi

    ahmed sofi 4 months ago

    and can i use dioctyle phathalate instead of diethyl phathalate? and hydrogen peroxide 50%?

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  • NurdRage

    NurdRage 4 months ago

    yes

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  • NurdRage

    NurdRage 4 months ago

    no

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  • ThomaScrCrw91

    ThomaScrCrw91 6 months ago

    can vodka be used to wash the mixture to remove the triethylammonium chloride? lol

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  • NurdRage

    NurdRage 6 months ago

    Yes, although its not as effective.

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  • NurdRage

    NurdRage 1 month ago

    You completely and totally missed the point of learning stuff.

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  • TypeZeroB303Debirufi

    TypeZeroB303Debirufi 5 months ago

    Mr.NurdRage holy hell man, you are amazing you are teaching me so much. I.... I love you.

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  • mckeeclyde

    mckeeclyde 1 day ago

    So many questions but I'm such a lazy bastard im

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  • roetemeteor

    roetemeteor 2 days ago

    It's not a good idea to snort a chemical just because it's a white powder.

    Just saying.

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  • thecuriousnightowl

    thecuriousnightowl 2 days ago

    this is so cool, i finally understand how this luminescence works!

    i wish i had a giant chem lab stocked with equipment all to myself, along with the knowledge to safely handle everything

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  • TheRakitic7

    TheRakitic7 6 days ago

    How do I know that you are not giant and that flask is in normal size?

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  • tallon maguire

    tallon maguire 1 week ago

    Where the fuck would I get any of that stuff like I really want to know

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  • Lobo Jones

    Lobo Jones 1 week ago

    Dr N-Butyl Lithium.. Hahahha  Mad..

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  • Anarchpony

    Anarchpony 1 week ago

    too bad this isnt household stuff for those of us who arent chemists.

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  • Excolsior

    Excolsior 1 week ago

    What do you mean by one mole equivalent?

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  • Landau Martin

    Landau Martin 1 week ago

    YEAH

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  • Robert Cote

    Robert Cote 1 week ago

    Can i snort the TCPO?

    :D

    seriously

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