In this video we're going to demonstrate fluorescence thermochromism.
Simply dissolve a small amount of copper iodide into pyridine to form a clear yellow solution of trispyridine copper iodide.
Normally this does not fluoresce but if cooled to liquid nitrogen temperatures it will fluoresce a strong yellow color.
To understand why this happens one must first understand a little about fluorescence. The ultraviolet light is absorbed by the molecule and excites electrons in it to higher energy levels. Normally the molecule bumps into other molecules and looses this energy, dropping the electrons back into their ground levels. In fluorescent materials though, the electrons release their energy first as fluorescent light before they loose their energy through collisions. In trispyridine copper iodide, the molecules vibrate and collide too much at room temperature and thus destroy any chance of fluorescence, so the substance looks non-fluorescent. But if cooled low enough, the molecules vibrate less and thus the electrons have more opportunity to emit light before a collision.
Now moving on, if a few drops of the trispyrdine copper iodide solution is put on a sheet of filter paper and allowed to dry. it looses a pyridine molecule to become bispyridine copper iodide. This substance is more stable and will fluoresce at room temperature. But cooling will not improve the fluorescence noticeably since the substance is already stable enough to resist collisional deactivation.
In this video we make Manganese dioxide (MnO2)
Dissolve 10g of manganese sulfate (MnSO4) in 30mL water and 25g of potassium peroxymonosulfate (KHSO5, also called oxone) in 100mL of water. Combine the two solutions and the Manganese dioxide will preciptate directly out.
Filter it off, wash it out and let it dry.
Manganese dioxide can be used for making potassium permanganate, making manganese dioxide electrodes, and as an oxidant for some reactions.
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In a variation of luminol chemiluminescence, we make a coin appear to glow with ghostly trails. This is an improved version of the original video in 2011
Get 100mg of luminol and dissolve it in 100 mL of 5% ammonia solution, the exact concentration isn't critical. Then add 300 mg of disodium EDTA. Add 10 mL of 3% hydrogen peroxide and dilute the whole solution into 900 mL of distilled water.
Get a piece of copper metal, a penny will do, and drop it in with the lights out.
The penny will start to glow as the surface dissolves to form a copper amine complex. The complex catalyzes the reaction of hydrogen peroxide on luminol and causes the solution near the coin to glow. Bright trails can be seen if the copper is moved.
The EDTA will prevent the whole solution from glowing and restrict the reaction to just near the metal. This was a big problem in the original solution. A fortunate side effect is that the useful lifetime of the solution extends out to half an hour rather than just a few minutes.
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In this lab notes videos we successfully prevent the glassware from becoming damaged during the alcohol catalyzed magnesium reduction process for making sodium.
It turns out water might be the primary trigger for the glassware degradation. So the sodium hydroxide was stirred with molten sodium for a few hours to thoroughly react away all the water and dry it out. Then the sodium production react was performed as usual.
This time the glassware survived the reaction without visible damage. An additional bonus was the yield was considerably higher at 96%. It seems the glassware destruction introduced impurities that considerably lowered yield. Elimination of the destruction pathway allowed all the reactants to be used.
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Previous lab notes on making sodium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rra3N-kaGhg
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In this video we make p-chlorophenyl acetonitrile from the p-chlorobenzyl chloride and the sodium cyanide in a previous video.
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Fortunately this is a very mild process and doesn't need exotic conditions like ultraviolet light or high temperatures.
We reflux together 7.2g of potassium iodide, 19g of sodium cyanide, 50g of p-chlorobenzyl chloride and 250mL of dry acetone for at least one full day.
What happens is the iodide replaces the benzylic chloride on the p-chlorobenzyl chloride in a reaction known as the Finkelstein reaction. This highly reactive p-chlorobenzyl iodide now reacts with sodium cyanide to form p-chlorobenzyl cyanide, or p-chlorophenyl acetonitrile.
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In this video we make sodium magnesium oxide aggregate. A useful substitute for sodium metal in most cases.
Doing this is very simple, we combine 30g of magnesium metal turnings or powder and 40g of sodium hydroxide in a metal container. The mixture is ignited with sparklers or a fuse and the container is covered with a heavy lid to protect it from air. The mixture will burn and generate hydrogen gas. What's produced is a mixture of sodium metal interspersed with magnesium oxide. While not pure sodium, it has much of the same reactivity and can be used for solvent drying in place of sodium.
Because the aggregate is highly reactive, even toward air, it is recommended to store the aggregate under an inert solvent like toluene or mineral oil.
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Nighthawkinlights video on making sodium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seSg_GWj1b0
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In this video we make fake chemical blood using the classical reaction of ferric chloride and potassium thiocyanate.
Get half a gram of ferric chloride and half a gram of potassium thiocyanate. Add about 10 mL of water to both and shake them up until they are both fully dissolved.
Now get some of the clear potassium thiocyanate solution and rub it across one hand.
With the ferric chloride solution soak in it a fake weapon like a pair of scissors. Once it's wet draw it across the hand that was soaked in potassium thiocyanate. You'll get a dark red compound that looks like blood. It's a great way to scare people that you've cut yourself. What's happening is the thiocyanate is reacting with the iron to form iron thiocyanate that has a deep red color.
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In this video we find the concentration of hydrogen peroxide by titration using domestically available chemicals and equipment.
Hydrogen peroxide is titrated using potassium permanganate solution that was standardized with sodium oxalate. The titration is performed in a solution of sodium bisulfate to provide the acidic protons needed to run the reaction. Sodium oxalate is titrated with the potassium permanganate at 70 celsius until a linger pink or brown color is observed. The amount titrated is used to determine the actual concentration of the potassium permanganate.
Once the concentration is known, hydrogen peroxide is titrated with potassium permanganate until a lingering pink color is observed. Using the known concentration of permanganate the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide can be determined.
Related videos:
Making Sodium Oxalate: https://youtu.be/227KdtAK1yU
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