Dissolve Glass with Drain Cleaner

Using sodium hydroxide (drain cleaner) we dissolve glass.

Glass is nearly invulnerable to chemicals and thus why it's the preferred material for chemical containers and reaction vessels. But when exposed to molten sodium hydroxide even glass will dissolve.

To perform the reaction a steel container is used as it's resistant to the sodium hydroxide.

For more information as well as the reaction equation check out the webpage at: http://sites.google.com/site/nurdrage/chemistry-experiments/dissolve-glass-wi...

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• glass
• silicon
• dioxide
• drain
• cleaner
• science
• sodium
• hydroxide
• molten
• chemistry
• experiment

[nanotech2080]

"Please subscribe, rape and comment!"

[youcantbeascoolasme]

u r the best person EVER!!!!:)

[tlblemonia]

This is cool

[81297arod]

wait if he used a small tin can how big is the glass

[SpeakerFreak95]

It would be cool, to see what effect this would have on a small B&W cathode ray tube.

[TheRolemodel1337]

@thesuraking oh i missed it then thx :)

[thesuraking]

@TheRolemodel1337 He said it was sodium silicate.

[steezemilkshake]

put that in your pipe an smoke it

[TheRolemodel1337]

whats the black stuff that looks like coal

[YooEssBee1]

they melt that guy in breaking bad with hydrofluric acid pretty scary stuff