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Lab Notes - Testing Alternative Catalysts - September 21st (Patreon)

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2018-09-21 14:25:41
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Lab Notes - Testing Alternative Catalysts - September 21st

In this video we explore a bit of chemistry of the catalyst and verify that primary alcohols can't work and that some sort of catalyst i necessary. Tea tree oil is found to have lackluster but still promising potential as a catalyst. Related Videos: Previous lab notes on making sodium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juWlrKdsjm4 Donate to NurdRage! Through Patreon (preferred): https://www.patreon.com/NurdRage Through Bitcoin: 1NurdRAge7PNR4ULrbrpcYvc9RC4LDp9pS Glassware generously provided by http://www.alchemylabsupply.com/ Use the discount code "nurdrage" for a 5% discount. Twitter: https://twitter.com/NurdRage Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/NurdRage/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NurdRageYoutube/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nurdrageyoutube/

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Anonymous

Looks good. I might also make another suggestion: Linalool can be had in relatively pure form off ebay (Its used in cosmetics and as a bug repellant, as it's the main active ingredient in citronella) It's also a tertiary terpene alcohol. Even if you don't go with that in the end, it might be a good test of of wether or not its the double bonds in the alcohol itself, or the impurities in the tea tree oil (goodness knows what random terpines are in that stuff) causing the reaction to ultimately fail.

Anonymous

Great work. I'm interested in how the long chain fatty acid works. The metallic stearates should all be oil-soluble. But is there some way to get the 'failures', where the sodium is finely divided, to coalesce into larger blobs?