I love how the goal is to make it easy for a non-chemist to make and the first step is to extract pure battery acid
@mmmhorsesteaks
2 ай бұрын
couldn't you do it with swimming pool ph lowering chemical? Basically sodium bisulfate; should not disturb the chemistry too much, should it?
@VoIcanoman
6 ай бұрын
Back in the early '90s, I grew alum crystals for a science fair project in 7th grade. I also grew some other crystals (copper sulphate for sure, as well as sucrose and sodium chloride...but there were a couple other more exotic types...pretty sure one was chromium-based, while the other was a manganese salt). I obviously sourced the alum from the drug store, not wood, aluminum foil, and battery acid (lol, while awesome, that is a time-consuming and highly inefficient way to get alum when you can just...buy it). But aside from that, the process was the same. Super-saturate a solution, sprinkle some alum in, get the seed crystals, tie them to some fine fishing line, and grow them bigger. And over a few weeks, I did grow a couple gorgeous alum crystals. They were smallish - like maybe 6 or 7 mm in diameter, but they were perfectly clear and displayed a striking octahedral structure, just like little diamonds. It was a fun project, and I put a lot of time into it, but the judge still only awarded me a silver medal. OH, I was so mad...but I got over it.
@Dan-vq4pz
6 ай бұрын
After the "...Make Some Beautiful Crystals" line I expected the 4chan ammonia, bleach and a straw infographic
@Tunkkis
6 ай бұрын
And copper pennies, can't forget the pennies!
@Puddingskin01
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, I was like "Oh no, I aint falling for this a third time."
@LaForjaEspiritual
6 ай бұрын
What was it
@B_4035mn
6 ай бұрын
@@LaForjaEspiritual Mustard gas.
@llanlydia
6 ай бұрын
Hey, when's the video of growing meth crystals for people who just want to enjoy making crystals and don't spend most of their time hoarding random chemicals in their garage?
@confuseatronica
6 ай бұрын
i made some sodium acetate to play with and it really looks like dirty cheap meth. (uh, from Breaking Bad! I would never know what cheap meth looks like for real uh huh uh huh). I've got all these coffee filters with little yellowish crystals in my kitchen now :P
@Splarkszter
6 ай бұрын
I read this comment at the same time he said it
@dicedoomkid
6 ай бұрын
Oh no 💀
@matthorrocks6517
6 ай бұрын
Potassium nitrate crystals look a lot like meth.
@thool
6 ай бұрын
Yeah but let's say we want crystal meth... Just because we respect the chemistry...
@experimental_chemistry
6 ай бұрын
Aluminum dissolves much easier in potassium hydroxide to form the aluminate, which could be made beforehand from calcium hydroxide (availble in every hardware store) and potash by a double displacement reaction called caustification. Adding sulfuric acid will convert the potassum aluminate into potassium sulfate and aluminum hydroxide, which redissolves again in an access of the acid. The resulting clear solution contains the desired alum then.
@chnhakk
6 ай бұрын
But now you will have filter calcium sulfate
@experimental_chemistry
6 ай бұрын
No, calcium hydroxide reacts with potassium carbonate to form potassium hydroxide and insoluble calcium carbonate which is easy to filter off by gravity filtration (of not too concentrated solutions were used), before aluminum is added to the potassium hydroxide solution to be dissolved in there.
@chnhakk
6 ай бұрын
@@experimental_chemistry Whoops, sorry I somehow thought you were making calcium aluminate. But still, I wouldn't call calcium carbonate easy to filter either. That stuff really likes clogging filters.
@experimental_chemistry
6 ай бұрын
@@chnhakk No, not when letting the precipitate chill for a while until the gelatenous mass breaks down into a fine crystalline powder, which is easy to filter off by gravity or using a glass frit while doing vacuum filtration. But don't forget to rinse the frit with dilute hydrochloric acid and distilled water afterwards to clean the pores for the next use.
@midwestchem368
6 ай бұрын
I really love this video as alum was one of the first crystals i grew and its always been my favorite! I made a few kilos to grow a huge crystal in a bucket but never got around to it. Maybe its time 😆 I love how you made the potassium sulfate from potash that was a really cool touch!
@timothynelson6918
6 ай бұрын
I'm an idiot, but science fascinates me. This was fun to watch even though most of it was way beyond my skill set. Great video!
@DoublePhoenixAlchemy
6 ай бұрын
youd be surprised how many idiots go on to do things regardless, take the presidency for example
@doctorpurple5173
6 ай бұрын
Scientists are just idiots that are curious about science.
@Amateur.Chemistry
6 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@troywhite6039
6 ай бұрын
@timothynelson6918 Beyond your skill set? You can't boil water??
@doctorpurple5173
6 ай бұрын
@@troywhite6039 Americans don't drink tea for a reason
@skyguy7499
6 ай бұрын
That's very interesting! I'm curious to see how big you get that one crystal.
@olswirly
5 ай бұрын
me too ? um would be cryioys about the electrical propertys of such crystals ? i mainly use quartz crystals been tinkering with . humm
@wreck_grimes6754
6 ай бұрын
8:11 "pamiętaj chemiku młody kwas zawsze wlewaj do wody"
@david3710
6 ай бұрын
pamiętaj chemiku zawczasu, zawsze wlewaj wodę do kwasu
@FrainFreeze
6 ай бұрын
we have good saying in croatian, putting water into acid is VUK (voda u kiselinu) VUK - wolf (dangerous animal) Voda - h2o, U - (to put something in, into) Kiselina - acid pozdrowienia dla polskich braci
@19MadMatt72
6 ай бұрын
“AAA” - always add acid. Is how I was taught to remember.
@wreck_grimes6754
6 ай бұрын
@@19MadMatt72 the creator is polish so i write in polish bc its a polish chemistry poem
@jerrydumas9848
6 ай бұрын
Yellow chemistry..what a way to start my day off!! Good work!
@Amateur.Chemistry
6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Tyresio12
6 ай бұрын
Ech skoro już robiłeś potaż z drewna, to trzeba było drugą część ałunu też pełnym trybie DIY - z gliny, metodą prof. Stanisława Bretsznajdera :)
@Amateur.Chemistry
6 ай бұрын
Ciekawy pomysł, pewnie kiedyś go wypróbuje :)
@davidjones6661
6 ай бұрын
Couldn't you use the amphoteric nature of aluminum to dissolve it directly in the wood ash solution, then dope the solution out with a really easy sulfate source like Epsom salts?
@jerrydumas9848
6 ай бұрын
Isn't that seeding?
@sohamsuke
6 ай бұрын
Waiting for drops to fall when filtering things, can relate.
@YoungJence
6 ай бұрын
his accent is so pure yet i understand him perfectly. such a soothing voice
@piousminion7822
6 ай бұрын
Who knew that Rolf from Edd, Edd, and Eddy would grow up to do chemistry? :P
@Amillie529
6 ай бұрын
🤣😂😁
@SammyGDude
6 ай бұрын
I think you're doing it great. one tip to do it even better is to place a smaller pad of wood under the blocks you chop so you can dig a hole in your patio bricks and plant a tree to chop down later.
@eve_squared
6 ай бұрын
I love the giant filter paper, not only because of the absurdity but it genuinely probably filtered about as quickly as if you were to use a vaccum filter since the huge surface area and high material volume you can process in one batch.
@tkaczgames564
6 ай бұрын
1:05 Sanepid lubi to
@coreycoffell6219
6 ай бұрын
I love videos that show me how to acquire the once basic chemistry set components.
@ginngerra9276
6 ай бұрын
Very educational video and hilarious 😂 at the same time !! Thankx
@KymShady0157
6 ай бұрын
It was super hilarioys! Omgoodness ... Some parts were just soooo funny. Lol
@fortunateson6070
6 ай бұрын
I remember doing this in College and it was so cool
@mannys9130
6 ай бұрын
Ohmygoodness I love the "cute lil fella" so much!!! 😻😻😻 Tuxedo cats are among my very favorite kitties. ♥️
@IR2D2I
6 ай бұрын
Very interesting project, finally something I can do at home, great! 😎
@jozefbubez6116
6 ай бұрын
You should add conc. sulphuric acid gradually to water - never pour water onto acid as this will generate steam causing it to splatter!
@LadnarRekrap
6 ай бұрын
I found it interesting that the solution had to remain at a constant rather than be buried like some methods of growing crystals calls for of which these steps that were emplioyed all viable in that process also. Good job.
@HubsLab
6 ай бұрын
great video man!
@KymShady0157
6 ай бұрын
Great video .. I appreciate the time you spent making it n documenting the process/procedure. Great job!
@MrHichammohsen1
6 ай бұрын
This one was GENIUS! Thank you so much for everything.
@Emerybirb
6 ай бұрын
Have you considered drying your chemicals with some anhydrous water?
@jamesmurphy449
3 күн бұрын
I've seen big commercial filters, like the ones used to make maple syrup.. that use big rolls or sheets of filter paper like that.
@DonCarlione973
6 ай бұрын
This was pretty cool! Awesome results bro ✌🏼
@GodlikeIridium
Ай бұрын
Sulfuric acid: He gets it from a car battery. And I instantly know he's not living in north America. Fun fact: While in north America Sulfuric acid drain cleaner is pretty common, you'll never find it at all in Europe! Here there's only alkaline drain cleaner made of concentrated sodium or potassium hydroxide! So in north America it's so much simpler to get concentrated sulfuric acid as an amateur! European amateur chemists struggle with that 😅 And while it's an inconvenience for us knowing chemistry, I absolutely understand the reason concerning normal people: You don't want to give a normal person the same product, just different brands, with concentrated acid and base in each other. People are... People... So they'll mix them. No matter how many warnings you put on the products, they will do it! So someone decided which one is better. Base saponifies any proteins, especially hair. The main reason for most plugged drains. Sulfuric acid does catalyze hydrolization, but that's way slower. So base it is 😅
@vishva8kumara
6 ай бұрын
Aluminum comes with an oxide layer. Expect a rapid reaction once enough acid cuts through it. I think that solution suddenly got cloudy at the point there was just enough reactants of each specie molecule-to-molecule (stoichiometrically)
@Cnielsenyoung
6 ай бұрын
At some point, can you do a simplified version of this for kids. Maybe using alum - which wr can get at the grocery store? Thanks so much. This is an awesome! video
@djsnowman06
6 ай бұрын
I understand that it isnt in the spirit of the experiment, but aluminum sulphate can be bought as a soil acidifier for changing the color of some pH sensitive plants, such as hydrangeas.
@bobedwards8896
6 ай бұрын
This is so cool! i love it
@scottpitner4298
7 күн бұрын
I remember as a kid seeing a classic cartoon like bugs bunny or something. In it, as a prank to someone in the cartoon he got a spoonful of white powder out of a container that said ALUM. Stuck it in the guys mouth and it made his mouth like retract in like instant cotton mouth or something. Years later I saw it as an ingredient in grocery stores where spices are. Don’t see it any more but always remembered that cartoon. Seems like another bad idea type challenge that kids would try now a day. lol
@cjprestidge1773
6 ай бұрын
Can I ask why you (and others I have seen) only choose a quick pour-through form of washing the ash initially? Is it to obtain only the most water soluble aspects and avoid other impurities? This must be it - since surely a substance would normally be mixed with hot water and stirred - then filtered.
@BaronVonQuiply
6 ай бұрын
09:54 You can't fool me, I know corn when I see it. ... my apologies, I didn't notice Jonathan Davis, this was clearly Korn.
@sobertillnoon
Ай бұрын
You washed the charcoal? Or did you charcoal filtered some water?
@Snarlacc
6 ай бұрын
A small note, these crystals can become ugly and white with air humidity even when lacquered. Best you keep them with some drying agent like silica gel. You can add copper sulfate to tint them a very beautiful blue, I guess food colouring might also work, but I am not sure.
@Palmit_
6 ай бұрын
yes. something i can do! :) yayy! :D Thanks bro.
@R-Tex.
6 ай бұрын
Grow malachite crystals next!
@danielash1704
6 ай бұрын
It's a very good chance for true potassium and fructose gas I think it was the fiscal year of my life I remember it was in my experience as a young man I was amazed of different kinds of Crystals which could be used in gas states essentially have a carbon substrate that forms autonomously in liquid state and added higher temperatures this is a Tallow flow crystal clear glaze and steel stainless steel coating is a heat resistant stainless with the surface densities high enough to make defense of corrosion
@alexoja2918
6 ай бұрын
Can't get sulphuric acid. Not in EU.
@chemicalmaster3267
6 ай бұрын
@Amateur Chemistry If you´re interested I can tell you a way I found to purify and extract the potassium from wood, plant and vegetable ashes as pure potassium carbonate, which is better than just leaching all the potassium salts from them.
@kerrimtthefrog1001
6 ай бұрын
Well I’m interested in knowing.
@chemicalmaster3267
6 ай бұрын
@@kerrimtthefrog1001 Oh, really? Alright! This is how it goes: Step 1: Treat the ash solution with calcium chloride to precipitate calcium carbonate and other anions that form insoluble calcium salts and then filter the mixture and save the filtrate. Step 2: If there is any excess of calcium chloride in the solution, just add oxalic acid / sulfuric acid / potassium or sodium oxalates or sulfates until no more precipitate is formed and then filter the mixture and save the filtrate. Step 3: Boil the solution to concentrate it until crystals start to appear and then allow it to cool to room temperature. After that, add the minimal amount of water to redissolve any crystals that may still present. Step 4: Prepare a saturated solution of sodium bitartrate a.k.a. sodium hydrogen tartrate by reacting sodium hydroxide, carbonate or bicarbonate with tartaric acid in the right ratio and then boil the solution to concentrate it until crystals start to form. Step 5: Mix the saturated solution of sodium bitartarate with the saturated solution of impure potassium chloride to precipitate potassium bitartrate a.k.a. potassium hydrogen tartrate. If you want, you can put the mixture in an ice bath or in a freezer to squeeze a little bit more yield. Step 6: Filter the crystalline precipitate and wash it a few times with ice cold water and ethanol, and then let it dry. Step 7: Heat the dry potassium bitartrate in a glass container like a test tube or a round bottom flask, for example, up to more or less 200 ºC until no more water and other fumes are released. It is going to char and get black, but that is to be expected. After allowing the solid to cool to room temperature, extract to resulting potassium carbonate with water and filter the solution to remove the black byproducts. Step 8: Evaporate the solution and you´ll have high purity potassium carbonate.
@NoahSpurrier
6 ай бұрын
You can also start with alum, which is available in most grocery stores in the spice section.
@krisbergin8628
6 ай бұрын
and potash which is sold at any gardening section
@Tiberius-84
6 ай бұрын
Officer: Um, what ya got there? Ohhh.. Those are wUd crythdulthz!! Officer: Get the fuck out of the car.
@user255
6 ай бұрын
9:16 The brown impurity is probably iron from the aluminum foil (typically contains 5%).
@danielash1704
6 ай бұрын
Soda Ash has a pathway to crystal light in L E D substantial amounts of light emitting
@PackthatcameBack
6 ай бұрын
THE CRYSTALS ARE CALLING!!
@pazsion
6 ай бұрын
Alum is nonlonger used because potassium alum is a nurotoxin... Aluminum in general particulaly if breathed in ir eaten.
@luigisaporito9350
6 ай бұрын
molto bello e, come sempre, interessante
@icebluscorpion
6 ай бұрын
How do you get big Optical great crystals of this substance?
@Amateur.Chemistry
6 ай бұрын
You would have to grow its crystal the way I showed in the video but much slower and in a better controlled environment
@icebluscorpion
5 ай бұрын
@@Amateur.Chemistry if you can achieve that, then you will be a rich man, pal. Google search for Optical great doped KCrSO4 crystals or KTiOPO4, hack even the KAlSO4 has intresting Laser properties. If you go down that rabbit hole😂
@chasharris1976
6 ай бұрын
That was pretty cool
@АлександрКузнецов-д6п6г
6 ай бұрын
Why can't we use Na instead of K? Will not cristalize?
@Sparkey
6 ай бұрын
Looks easy enough.
@mizzzlicia1832
Ай бұрын
Carbon is fun
@NiceLadyCincy
6 ай бұрын
I was thinking this might be a fun project for my grandson until you started talking about sulfuric acid.
@Phosphoric1111
4 ай бұрын
That’s chemical distributor website you linked has some VERY illegal reagents.
@bruce-le-smith
6 ай бұрын
thank you, pretty cool
@compositeboson123
6 ай бұрын
sounds like a good investment
@uppe
6 ай бұрын
I just watch these for the pronunciations, like it's an alien from another planet who somehow learned English but has no idea how the words are meant to sound. Funny! But sometimes the subtitles are really non-optional 😅
@Amateur.Chemistry
6 ай бұрын
Yeah, I know that, I am constantly trying to improve as you can probably see if you watch some older videos but I still have a long way to go :)
@uppe
6 ай бұрын
@@Amateur.Chemistry You’re doing great! Watch more content in English and really absorb how words are spoken. I’m also a non-native speaker and we will probably never be perfect and that’s okay too!
@ethmanolboy6816
6 ай бұрын
fun fact: Potassium gets its name from 'potash', since theres a lot of 'Potash-ium' salts in it.
@cianmoriarty7345
6 ай бұрын
1:37 _cursed chemistry lo intensifies_ 😹
@nukadadd
6 ай бұрын
What's that little spinny thing you're using to agitate while heating? Thats awesome
@Ana-tk6gw
6 ай бұрын
Electric motor under hotplate. One little bar magnet in beaker. Magnet in breaker must be coated in something that will NOT react with solution.
@servantoftruth8392
6 ай бұрын
They are called Stirrers
@vishva8kumara
6 ай бұрын
Looks like a good candidate to make lenses for a high power laser..
@rnts08
6 ай бұрын
Mmm crystal
@danielash1704
6 ай бұрын
I knew that Sonics would help speed up the pathways itself a low level of Sonics that push pulls the fluid dynamics
@fmdj
6 ай бұрын
very nice!
@king_james_official
6 ай бұрын
myslalem ze mowiles na poczatku mushroom chemistry i sie musialem upewnic XDD
@InternetFiend68
6 ай бұрын
I have try it myself.
@swaree
6 ай бұрын
4:06 mistborn gang where y'all at
@killmimes
3 ай бұрын
When I burned wood, I was told I have a very nice Ash!
@Caberbalschnit
2 күн бұрын
I mean, wouldn't it be easier and cost effective to just dissolve sugar or table salt into water, then crys out the sugar or table salt on a washer tied to a string? I've made really clear ones before. Must admit though, this one is neater, and uses slightly more complex procedures. NVM now that I think about it, this is waaaay better for an amateur chemist.
@napalmholocaust9093
Ай бұрын
The shaving use is as a styptic.
@WandaDominiak-px4dn
6 ай бұрын
Exquisite !!!
@GMCLabs
6 ай бұрын
I ran an experiment for almost 1 year growing copper sulfate crystals. I got 1 thats almost the size of my fist!
@savagesarethebest7251
6 ай бұрын
I would not recommend anyone to try it, but Alum can stop a bleed in a pinch but it hurts as ..
@kcbaskerville7084
6 ай бұрын
☕ 🦍 The giant filter is for brewing giant coffee for giant monsters with narcolepsy.
@sk8pkl
6 ай бұрын
Are these hard?
@dydanna
6 ай бұрын
I think he just showed us how the paper making process works 🤣
@Sir-Dexter
6 ай бұрын
nice one .....
@KasiaK1982
6 ай бұрын
Wow 😍
@tom23rd
6 ай бұрын
What chakra will these crystals heal? 🤣
@williambradley611
6 ай бұрын
Hello
@Amateur.Chemistry
6 ай бұрын
Hi :)
@romibob.5932
6 ай бұрын
You started talking about it being non-toxic but then you mentioned using battery acid. I hope you meant unused sulfuric acid used for batteries. Otherwise your non-toxic crystals will have toxic Lead. Please avoid using Lead acid.
@Amateur.Chemistry
6 ай бұрын
The acid I used is completely free of lead because I distilled it, you can see that in the video about it
@TheZombieSaints
6 ай бұрын
Lol why does that giant piece of filter paper exist? I mean I get you an make your own filters, but how expensive are filters compared to making your own 🤔 😂 Great video too, I'm going to try this one. Ty for this one. 👍👍
@TheZombieSaints
6 ай бұрын
Forgot to mention, great crystals too! Can't wait to see how it looks in the future 👌
@herowithgun8888
6 ай бұрын
How do you remove the fishing line?
@Amateur.Chemistry
6 ай бұрын
You unfortunately can't do it without destroying the crystal, but clear fisning line is almost invisible so this isn't too much of a problem
@MariusForster
6 ай бұрын
Nice
@rkedansk6611
2 ай бұрын
er du en AL ? der taller eller er i 2 der taller ? ok gg.
@SammyGDude
6 ай бұрын
Tbh probably tastes better than green apple protein.
@Yezpahr
6 ай бұрын
1:37 This scene is shocking every fiber in my body. I can taste it on my tongue and my nose feels the smell just thinking about it.
@JerzyDominiak-m1q
6 ай бұрын
Miracle !!!
@zodd0001
6 ай бұрын
Great crystals ! Can I invite you to watch my fatty acids preparation video ?
@Amateur.Chemistry
6 ай бұрын
Thanks! I watched your video and it is really good, I will maybe give the procedure a try sometime :)
@zodd0001
6 ай бұрын
@@Amateur.Chemistry thanks for watching
@synterr
6 ай бұрын
wash fresh ash! :)
@hallucinati
6 ай бұрын
Ok, so... i can do this at home? Woth like, Tupperware?
@cheeserdane
6 ай бұрын
Thats some hot ash!😂
@olie304
6 ай бұрын
I can't imagine most people have a vacuum filter and good ventilation at home...
@Amateur.Chemistry
6 ай бұрын
You can make the crystals without these things by working outdoors and using regular gravity filtration, I used these to make things go faster and safer :)
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