Thanks! It's actually just the bright sky I the background.

​@@AdvancedTinkeringthe biggest lightbox of them all

Really is a beautiful thing.

It's called German forecast 😂

not to mention multiple kilos of different mesh size lead powder

Don’t be a pussy. I dare you to lick it.

Fun fun. om nom nom all the shinnies lol

That's just a shopping trip with extra steps?

Correct 😳😈

Technically one of the hottest, since to distill it you have to heat it HEUHEUHEUHEUHEUHEUHEUHEU

Yeah, that was quite a generous sized chunk of k!

The metal-on-metal scraping of the mixed oxides would have had me retreating to a distance of 20m or so, and that assuming I had the PPE the presenter did, otherwise 100m :D

Make sure you keep the snowmobiles gassed up. The alien always disables the chopper.

@unbuggable5943 lol, that's actually what I work on down here. I always keep a backup fueled and ready to roll just in case of an alien attack !!!! 🤣

What are you doing down there?

I just watched the Herzog documentary Encounters at the End of the World which features McMurdo Station, thank you for your service. P.S.: yall got wifi in Antarctica? 🇦🇶

@@Jefferson-ly5qe home now , just a mechanic 😊

Thank you!

Same! The weekend was, as always, a lot of fun! Can't wait for your video :)

It does look unreal. So far I have only seen this with cesium and potassium.

I'm inclined to think it doesn't flow so much as it evaporates and immediately condenses slightly higher up.

@@bladdnun3016constant phase change

I think it is driven up with the flow of vapour that condenses further along. Same way that a diffusion pump will give up momentum to the gas against a pressure gradient here the potassium vapour diffusion pump is trying to move the condensed potassium against gravity.

I’m surprised too, in the ‘70s in Australia, it was possible to buy conc sulphuric acid and nitric acid. The drug labs and the ban on precursor chemicals have spoilt it for everyone.

Only the ban spoiled it. I don't mind that some people enjoy drugs

A common reason for people to contemplate prescription and banned pharmaceuticals is when they want to self medicate due to failure of the medical system to address their PTSD, pain, depression, fear and all those other things that the system provides. Alcohol has so many negative side effects that if is not a innocent alternative. I believe everyone should have the right to make AND prescribe for themselves ANY compound if it does not endanger others training on safe procedure and therapy to understand the potential addiction, child welfare and antisocial costs they may cause and agree to accept in advance. I do not support sale of drugs without someone taking responsibility and I think the medical industry has dropped the ball on many occasions. The second class of chemicals that I feel have been targeted mostly unfairly are those that enable the citizen rabble to rise up against corrupt and totalitarian governments. I long for the day that governments have a a primary goal the general wellbeing of every citizen and not industry lobby groups. This near total failure in the social contract drives people to desperation because they no longer (if the ever did) have a voice. Even in multiparty states the financial interests usually cross all party lines and any change is always to the detriment of the common citizen and for the benefit of the billionaire class. There is a strong correlation between disarming a population or a segment of the population and a subsequent genocide, strong enough for an honest politician to PROMOTE a well armed militia but usually any means of opposition is rather removed and means to exert force are only held by the police.

Germany is in the process of stupidity on a massive scale, by shutting down all their nuclear reactors! So all of Germany's citizens pay out of their ass for electricity!!!!😅😂

Same in France, for the better.

I like watching the alkali metals below sodium being melted under an inert atmosphere as they all look absolutely gorgeous especially cesium!

Thank you very much! I think cutting potassium metal in a glovebox so that the surface stays shiny would be a very nice video :D Elias and I actually made the CsNaK alloy in an older video. But only under mineral oil. I also thought about making an ampoule of CsNaK by distilling all three metals into one ampoule but haven't had time yet. And apart from the low melting point, the alloy doesn't have any interesting properties, does it?

​@@AdvancedTinkering It must be an honor to have Chemical Force comment on one of your videos considering that like you he also puts out some pretty great content, I envy you!

Thank you!

In professional settings and universities nitric and sulfuric acid are commonly used, but they are banned from free market sale to unlicensed individuals in all of europe due to anti terrorism laws, just as finely powdered aluminum

Since the still was annealed at around 550 °C all the organics are probably gone. But maybe some inorganic impuritys were still left inside the ampoule.

Ah wooshhhhh 😅

Thank you! :)

Thank you! Yes, remelting it was a mistake. It looked a lot better before. Won't do that next time.

Thanks! I appreciate it!

Thanks! I appreciate it!

You can believe me when I tell you that I will definitely make a second attempt at making a perfect ampoule ;)

If I find the time, I'll be happy to try it out. I have actually observed the water hammer effect in my caesium ampoule. If you tilt it too quickly while the metal is liquid, you hear a pinging sound. Very worrying and a reason why I now only move the ampoule very carefully.

@@AdvancedTinkering indeed the video sequence of you slowly tilting the potassium ampoule is exactly what made me think of it!

This sounds amazing! I would love to see a video on this topic!

Thank you a lot!

Thanks!

Thank you! I appreciate it! :)

Thank you! I appreciate it!

Thank you! Yes chemically removing the oxide layer is the safer way.

Yeah, etching, ammo, bottle rockets, metal plating, cleaning... it's too useful to ban. I couldn't believe it when I tried to source some for etching. Nanny state stuff and only getting worse

They know they are unwanted. But "citizens" resorting to explosives instead of firearms is not that uncommon here.

Thank you! I'm glad you liked the video!

A big bucket of water 😁 So it won't catch fire :p

the idea is to NOT break something

Thanks!

zenk juh! ;)

Our family originated from Altenbourg.... That's where the Kühn in Willacy-kuhn comes from... My father studied electrical engineering and metallurgy... Family moved to UK then to New Zealand where I now live with my son and grandson, You have one of the best videos on utube in my opinion...

Thank you very much! I'm glad to hear that you like the videos!

Thanks! The glassware is completely self made. So the "cost" is mostly time. The actual glass tubes and round bottom flask is probably around 20 €. You could probably reuse part of the still by attaching a new vial and a new side neck. But I wouldn't advise it. The integrity of the glass will suffer.

You can but you have to have a licensed company or a university lab to be able to do it. Private individuals can't do a lot of things any longer in the EU because of safety or terrorism. Hydrogen peroxide can only be 11,99%, sulphuric acid (37%) can no longer be sold to people buying new batteries with empty cells, nitric acid in Finland can only be sold if it's something crazy weak like 1% and so on. A lot of things are being continuously banned. Doing home chemistry is becoming very difficult.

It’s getting bananas from here on 😛

Yes, it is really hard to find a middle ground in terms of the length of the videos and explanations. But you're right, I won't make the videos any shorter. Thanks for the compliment on my English! In fact, I've already talked to Elias about doing a video on making t-BuLi. It might take a while, but there will be a video!