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Most plastic bottles are made of PET plastic (polyethylene terephthalate), and in this video, I'll be recycling it into polyurethane foam.
This was just one method of doing it, and in the future I'll be exploring other ways.
Procedure: https://goo.gl/VdiA3p
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLftqtsiFBs
This is just a regular light bulb, but I'm only interested in its insides. This is because I've been curious to see what happens, if I turn it on in liquid nitrogen.
Nile talks about lab safety (Chemistry is Dangerous): https://youtu.be/ftACSEJ6DZA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2YGTSCT0q0
UPDATE: It was brought to my attention a much much better way to store it. The mercury should be put in the bottle without adding water. The bottle is then stored in a bag full of sulfur. Storing it under water will inevitably lead to it becoming all gross again
Okay, I am finally posting the mercury distillation video. This was obviously dangerous to do, so please don't try to repeat what you see here!
Previous cleaning video: https://youtu.be/2ubw1bI8s5w
Strawpoll for video after dibenzalacetone: http://www.strawpoll.me/11734553
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6SahlAFV-w
Theobromine is an interesting molecule and is very similar to caffeine. It appears in a high concentration in cocoa (a small amount of caffeine is also in cocoa).
In this video, I am extracting theobromine from cocoa. In the future, I might prepare cocoa powder from raw cocoa pods.
Link to procedure: https://goo.gl/o7uvc3
Other reference (Chemplayer): https://youtu.be/Q5NmjKMqC74
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VaeGdLUsRQ
This is just a quick little update for my mercury distillation video!
Link to distillation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6SahlAFV-w
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m03Bke3CLFM
Warning: Cadaverine is absolutely putrid and it taints everything that it comes into contact with. It also does not wash off too easily.
This video was more of a proof of concept than an actual synthesis. The amount of lysine and sodium bicabonate used was relatively arbitrary.
In this video I use two methods to produce cadaverine:
1. Basic heating: This is not very efficient and burns a lot of the cadaverine.
2. Destructive distillation: I use an improvised destructive distillation setup. This method is much more efficient because it is carried out under a nitrogen atmosphere. Higher temperatures can be used without risking burning.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4D5aTNYalQ
In my previous video I described how to extract acetylsalicylic acid from Aspirin tablets. In this video, I will be hydrolyzing ester bond in the acetylsalicylic acid to form salicylic acid.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ClgQM9lBGs
Warning: Ether is extremely flammable. This must only be carried out in an extremely well ventilated area.
In this video we make diethyl ether from ethanol and sulfuric acid. I adapted by procedure from youtube user myst32YT. Here is a link to his ether synthesis video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytdO3YzXNkQ
I also used this as a resource: http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=9747
The final product likely still has a little bit of a water in it. I would suggest adding more drying agent or molecular sieves if you need it to be anhydrous.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z2oE8-uthU
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For this project, I'll be making radioactive uranium glass, which was very popular 100 years ago. Under a blacklight, the uranium in it fluoresces to give off a nice green color.
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