A video overview of my lab notes for June 2018. Donate to NurdRage! Through Patreon (preferred): https://www.patreon.com/NurdRage Through Bitcoin: 1NurdRAge7PNR4ULrbrpcYvc9RC4LDp9pS Glassware generously provided by http://www.alchemylabsupply.com/ Use the discount code "nurdrage" for a 5% discount. Twitter: https://twitter.com/NurdRage ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4JmSaRrOeg

In this video we make an Oxygen Candle that actually MAKES oxygen as it burns. It's also called a chemical oxygen generator. To make it, 60g of potassium chlorate are mixed with 30g of iron metal powder and 2g of calcium oxide. The powders are thoroughly mixed and initiated by direct flames or a sparkler. The reaction burns the iron powder and generates enough heat to decompose the remaining potassium chlorate into oxygen and potassium chloride. Such devices are used often in air craft, submarines, mining operations, and even space craft. Smarter Everyday on a submarine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3Ud6mHdhlQ&t=620s Donate to NurdRage! Through Patreon (preferred): https://www.patreon.com/NurdRage Through Youtube Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIgKGGJkt1MrNmhq3vRibYA/join Glassware generously provided by http://www.alchemylabsupply.com/ Use the discount code "nurdrage" for a 5% discount. Twitter: https://twitter.com/NurdRage Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/NurdRage/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nurdrageyoutube/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YwnlYl0VxA

Convert Alcohol into Flaming Jelly using Vinegar and Antacid Useful for camping, fondue, pyro, and just setting stuff on fire in general. First, get one of those antacids that have equal or greater than 1000mg of calcium carbonate per tablet. Crush the tablets into a powder. Then simply add 10mL of vinegar and stir. Let the mixture dry out until it becomes less than half of its original volume. But keep it as a liquid slurry, if it dries out too much add some water. Once you have your slurry add it to rubbing alcohol in small amounts and stir until it becomes a jelly. Then scoop it out and light it up! Exactly how much slurry you need depends on the particular antacid you choose. So just experiment until you get the right mixture. If you add too much slurry the mixture will liquify again. So trial and error are your best bets. The tablets must have more than 1000mg of calcium carbonate, if its less then the reaction probably wont work. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E356hphckDQ

In this video we dissolve platinum using chlorine gas in hydrochloric acid. A more cost effective alternative to the more common mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid or "aqua regia". To do this we simply place a vial containing a mixture of hyrochloric acid (3mL) and platinum metal powder (337mg) in a jar along with three other vials containing trichloroisocyanuric acid (3g) and 10mL of water each. Adding 1mL of hydrochloric acid (31%) to each of the vials containing trichloroisocyanuric acid begins the generation of chlorine gas. The jar is sealed to prevent the loss of chlorine. The chlorine gas reacts with the platinum metal and hydrochloric to produce hexachloroplatinic acid. This is a clean and highly atom efficient reaction in that all the chlorine and hydrochloric acid go into making the final product. There are no byproducts or side reactions. The nitric acid in aqua regia is not as efficient as it produces nitrogen oxides that bubble out and there are side reactions that waste nitric acid, requiring more to be used than what the equations would indicate. This is especially wasteful for platinum that is slow to dissolve like bulk platinum as nitric acid keeps needing to be replenished. Related videos: Make chlorine gas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLHfN7GvAyI ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFNtP2N2Eho