Elementary Productions: Gas phase chemiluminescence with P4

A suspension of White Phosphorus and Mineral Oil in Carbon Disulfide is made. Some drops of this suspension is placed on a piece of paper, causing the Carbon Disulfide to evaporate. This exposes the White Phosphorus to atmospheric Oxygen. As the White Phosphorus is covered by a thin layer of Mineral Oil, this modifies its reaction with Oxygen, making chemiluminescence in the gas phase clearly visible.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• chemiluminescence
• gas
• phase
• white
• phosphorus
• phosphorous
• carbon
• disulfide
• mineral
• oil
• awesome
• chemistry
• interesting
• experiment
• cool
• chemical

[Grundalizer]

Are you just a home chemist, or do you go to college for this stuff

[mabakken]

Just a home chemist :)

[ELLo1997]

@mabakken how do you get all these stuff (acids, phosphourus,..) as a home chemist, dont you need a licence or something??

cool vids btw

[TheChemistryChannel]

This is really awesome!

See my channel, too (TheChemistryChannel)

[piranha031091]

If you replaced oxygen by an other oxidizer, such as hydrogen peroxide, nitric acid, potassium permanganate, potassium chlorate etc.... Could you have a stronger glow?

[dasgemuse]

your background is in what??

[Grundalizer]

lol, what?

[cube11235]

Fascinating indeed!

[captainmurphy52]

reminds me of how phosphorus works in our brain.

[evansp12]

Most interesting.