Burning metal powders (Zn, Al, Mg, Fe) + Thermochromism

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7 жыл бұрын

Watch to see how different metal powders will burn in the flame of the bunsen burner. We also take a look at thermochromism!

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@drufarran 6 жыл бұрын

OH! Thankyouthankyouthankyou so much! You'd be surprised at how hard it is to find the results of burning aluminum on the internet! I just might not fail my lab report!

@astralchemistry8732 6 жыл бұрын

Nice to hear that! Good luck for your lab report!

@instructornine5640 3 жыл бұрын

if i want to make titanium powder for making cold sparkler how can i sir?

@tanwodan3689 3 жыл бұрын

why my alu. powder no burning? or ned add potassium permanganate?

@samuelmizzi706 7 жыл бұрын

very interesting! keep it up

@jozsab1 3 ай бұрын

tried so hard to burn zinc. Mine just melts without burning :S

@playcraft7226 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@GustavoTravnik 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video :3

@a3xccy379 7 жыл бұрын

Nice video :) In the next video try burning them by just igniting them and not throwing them on the blowtorch ! Nice Channel i have binge watched all the videos

@astralchemistry8732 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Thats a very good idea!

@shiboshibo3293 5 жыл бұрын

what will happen if it is at metallic form instead of powder? Why?

@YouLookLoneIy 4 жыл бұрын

The smaller it gets ,it becomes much easier to burn

@samikshaarjapure4478 5 жыл бұрын

What is a metal that does not burn and does not come in hot?

@thebraniac517 4 жыл бұрын

Samiksha Arjapure most metals will burn in powder form.

@GetMeThere1 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Astral Chemistry, I have a question I wonder whether you'd respond to. I would like to make some sort of accelerant+fuel which could be used to thoroughly ignite an emergency campfire (i.e., sticks of wood) in a rainstorm (not kidding!). Perhaps simply the standard road flare might be ideal (your thoughts?). Looking at chemical energy densities on wikipedia, Al actually seems higher than any other common material, but pure Al powder might be dangerous to carry for long periods, waiting for an emergency. Perhaps some sort of paraffin base, into which is suspended a lot of aluminum powder? Any ideas? It needs to be incredibly hot, and provide as much overall energy as possible, in order to really robustly set on fire wet wood, to the extent that the subsequent wood fire would hold even in fairly heavy rain.

@astralchemistry8732 5 жыл бұрын

I thought about this myself a few times. I could suggest some exoctic chemicals but thats not practicable. Let me do some searching around...

@GetMeThere1 5 жыл бұрын

@@astralchemistry8732 Thanks for the reply. Yes, I think it's an interesting and useful question. I love all the hand drill/bow drill youtube videos, but the fact is that when you really REALLY need a fire it's likely under the WORST possible situations and, if one were to carry something for fire starting, it would be usefully be to start a genuine emergency fire. (otherwise, for regular fires, one can easily carry just a butane lighter and/or, for backup, a small fire steel lighter). A starter that could ignite big, wet pieces of wood easily would really be the thing to carry, if you needed such a thing. Ideally (in my imagination) it would create really high temperatures AND possess a lot of energy density (AND rain wouldn't tend to quench it). Thanks for your consideration.

@RGun90 4 жыл бұрын

@@GetMeThere1 You want potassium permanganate and glycerin

@GetMeThere1 4 жыл бұрын

@@RGun90 Here's a video about it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZtSoZryXxM7enGg.html Not sure how well it would do "underwater."

@RGun90 4 жыл бұрын

@@GetMeThere1 The K is a strong oxidizer so shouldn't have any issues keeping an alcohol going. I always have some in my pack in a 2 part pop lid container and never really worried. King Of Random also has a good video on it