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Pepto-Bismol contains bismuth subsalicylate, and its possible to extract the bismuth from it and use it to grow metal crystals.
This is a re-visit of a project that I attempted a few years ago: https://youtu.be/grpSfjUImUs
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_qpzFlpgpo
In this vial, is a concentrated form of uranium called sodium diuranate (Na2U2O7), and it's extremely radioactive. What's kind of weird is that this little box, is even more radioactive, but it isn't filled with a bunch of pure radioactive material, and it's just some old watch hands. However these watch hands, are painted with something called radium, that's 1000000x more radioactive than uranium.
Nile talks about lab safety (Chemistry is Dangerous): https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRL_Tvazw2I
This is just a short video about some of the properties of sodium metal.
The mechanism of the explosion can be found in the link below to a Nature article:
http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/v7/n3/full/nchem.2161.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf9vZ7uLFQA
In this video we will be making butyric acid by oxidizing 1-butanol (n-butanol) using KMno4.
Chemicals:
- 6.2mL 1-butanol
- 14g KMno4
- 1.5g sodium carbonate
- 2M H2SO4
- Diethyl ether
- 90mL 3% H2O2
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8VSKqPYdHI
Osmium feels abnormally heavy because it's the world's densest element. It's even denser than gold and is almost twice as dense as lead. This small sample weighs around 32g and is worth around $1000. It's so expensive because it's extremely rare to find in nature, and it's one of the rarest elements on earth.
Nile talks about lab safety (Chemistry is Dangerous): https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA
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In this video I make some phenylhydrazine HCl from aniline. I will hopefully be using it to make skatole in the future.
This is one of the final synthetic steps from sodium benzoate -- benzene -- nitrobenzene -- aniline -- phenylhydrazine -- skatole.
Aniline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKWOZajmAQo
Stannous chloride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zziLOly2R8U
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAeSQZFnj0U
In this video, phenolphthalein is synthesized by the condensation of phenol and phthalic anhydride. The phenolphthalein is separated from starting materials by several washing steps.
In theory you can also just extract the phenolphthalein from the reaction mixture using NaOH solution. This will pull out the phenolphthalein as well as the phenol. Then when the phenolphthalein is crashed out, the phenol should stay in solution. Then recrystallize. Much faster method.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBo5UnNRodA
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In this video, I talk about the myth that surrounds iodine, which has to be one of the most widely spread misconceptions in chemistry. It is often taught in class and even appears in textbooks.
I try to explain why this myth came to be and I offer a potential solution.
This video took me a really really long time to make, so I hope you guys like it!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPIaEWd8zf4
Today, I've decided to synthesize the smell of death.
Nile talks about lab safety (Chemistry is Dangerous): https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA
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