Donate to NurdRage! Through Patreon (preferred): https://www.patreon.com/NurdRage Through Bitcoin: 1NurdRAge7PNR4ULrbrpcYvc9RC4LDp9pS Magnetism on chemical reactions: http://pac.iupac.org/publications/pac/pdf/2009/pdf/8101x0019.pdf http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC393429/pdf/pnas00628-0308.pdf http://web.stanford.edu/group/boxer/papers/paper26.pdf ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bgnj_bgE9w

In this video we recover platinum from platinum containing laboratory chemical waste. This method was heavily drawn from the method at this citation: G.B. Kauffman, L.A. Teter, Inorg. Synth. 7 (1963) 232–236 Now laboratory chemical waste needs to be incinerated first to remove all organic compounds. Chemical methods are not used because they are more expensive and cannot deal with all types of organic residues. Incineration is the cheapest broadly applicable solution. We've already done this in part 1 of this series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeKZdJ1As7I Now in this video we process the platinum concentrate powder into platinum metal. We're using 2.4g of platinum concentrate but your numbers may be adjusted accordingly First we boil the powder with some concentrated hydrochloric acid. About 10-25ml of acid per gram of platinum concentrate. The mixture is then filtered and the residue is subjected to aqua regia digestion. About 4mL of aqua regia (3ml hcl and 1 mL nitric acid) for every gram of platinum concentrate. The mixture is gently heated to drive the reaction. After all the nitrogen oxides have been driven off the mixture is filtered and is again subjected to aqua regia treatment. This is repeated until the filtrate is a constant shade of light yellow or until stannous chloride testing shows no metals dissolving. The residue is then weighed to determine how much metal was dissolved. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B-EwKOqqv4

In this video we make hydrazine sulfate by the hypochlorite ketazine process. Warning: The reaction produces toxic gases and products. It also uses corrosive chemicals, gloves must be worn. Hydrazine sulfate is a useful substitute for the more dangerous pure liquid hydrazine in chemical reactions. Simply adding in a stoichiometric amount of base will release the hydrazine in-site and allow for it to be use in for such purposes as reductions, azotizations and various other synthetic uses. The process to make hydrazine sulfate is extremely simple: Start with 250mL of ammonia and add to it 100mL of methyl ethyl ketone. Stir and then slowly add 1/4 mole equivalent of sodium hypochlorite based bleach. if using 10% bleach then about 186g is needed. If using 6% household bleach about 310g is needed. As the bleach is added the reaction will heat up and bubble vigorously, slow down the addition if it's bubbling too much. After all the bleach is added, keep stirring until the mixture stops bubbling. Then stop stirring and allow it to stand for a few hours or so until it separates into two clear layers. The top layer is methyl ethyl ketazine. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB7vwIFCnR0

How to Make a Complete and Refillable Glow Stick with a steampunk style to it. The idea is simple, use compression fittings normally used in plumbing to create a glow stick tube that can be emptied and refilled when the fluid dies. The vials or ampoules of hydrogen peroxide is created from cheap glass pipettes that are flame sealed. The other chemicals can be found from our original glow stick reaction video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH19EIf5GtE An important change though is the use of diethyl phthalate solvent rather than ethyl acetate. Diethyl phthalate gives a longer lasting light. Other aliphatic dialkyl phthalates can be used including diethylhexyl phthalate so you can use whatever you have onhand. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwi5M1nk6fQ