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1,4-di-tert-butyl-2,5-dimethoxybenzene (and the Friedel-Crafts alkylation)
In this video I prepare 1,4-di-tert-butyl-2,5-dimethoxybenzene from para-dimethoxybenzene using the Friedel-Crafts alkylation, and discuss some of the underlying theory. The procedure used here is based on that given on pp. 413-414 of the 6th edition of Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:25 Reaction
3:05 Mechanism/Theory
5:41 Workup
9:38 Analysis
11:50 Outro
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/zenzicubic.dev
Discord: discord.gg/2mmN2aR6SP
Website: zenzicubic.dev
Music used: Edward Elgar's Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 20
Performed by the US Army String Ensemble
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Відео

The wave equation in various domains
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I've been experimenting with solving the wave equation numerically for the past few days. I wrote a Java program from scratch to do this, and here's what's come of it. I've decided not to put the source on GitHub since it's kind of terrible, but the code is somewhat similar to the double-slit experiment demo on my website if you're interested in building a similar program. 0:00 - Intro 0:47 - W...
The Wohler synthesis: a piece of chemistry history
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In this video I perform the Wohler synthesis of urea, and talk about the history behind this famous chemical reaction. Sorry about the audio quality and delay. Note: Vitalism actually had mostly died out by the beginning of the 20th century, not the 19th. Sorry for my mistake. Chapters: 0:00 Intro/Materials 0:25 Reaction 1:53 History/Chemistry 4:55 Workup 7:18 Analysis 8:51 Outro Bluesky: bsky....
Meet Curvascope
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In this video I demonstrate my new web app Curvascope (curvascope.zenzicubic.dev) and show off some of my favorite tilings. This is my first time making a React app as well, and I learned a lot. The source is available at github.com/zenzicubic/curvascope. I had to reupload this because of a minor mistake. Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/zenzicubic.dev Discord: discord.gg/2mmN2aR6SP Website: zenzicubi...
Making Mohr's salt - a lovely green iron salt
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In this video, I prepare ferrous ammonium sulfate, aka Mohr's salt, from things that can be purchased over-the-counter. If you're wondering why it sounds/looks different, I got a new camera and microphone. Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/zenzicubic.dev Discord: discord.gg/2mmN2aR6SP Website: zenzicubic.dev "Gymnopedie No. 1" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribut...
Bisection: finding zeros by halving
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In this short video, I describe the bisection algorithm for root/zero finding: how it works, and the mathematical underpinnings of it. Sorry for the mic glitches; I am going to get a new one soon enough. TL;DR: I explain the secret to (approximately) solve any equation. Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/zenzicubic.dev Discord: discord.gg/2mmN2aR6SP Website: zenzicubic.dev Music: Debussy's 2nd Arabesque...
Geometry joys: constructions of regular polygons
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These are all of the constructible regular polygons up to 15 sides, and animations of their straightedge-and-compass constructions. So just sit back, relax, and watch the polygons be constructed. Polygons: 00:00 Triangle 00:12 Square 00:31 Pentagon (construction by D. W. DeTemple) 01:15 Hexagon 01:29 Octagon 02:03 Decagon 03:02 Dodecagon 03:34 Pentadecagon (construction by Johannes Kepler) Note...
Praseodymium oxalate - a beautiful green rare earth salt
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In this video, I prepare a sample of praseodymium(II) oxalate, a very pretty rare-earth salt of which no videos seem to exist. Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/zenzicubic.dev Discord: discord.gg/2mmN2aR6SP Website: zenzicubic.dev Music: Raiders - Wolfgang Kafer
Making a beautiful polyoxometalate
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This video was the last video I made before the chemistry ban, but I was worried what would happen if I uploaded it. Now that chem is back on the table, here you go. In this video I prepare tetrabutylammonium hexamolybdate, an interesting metalorganic polyoxometalate. Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/zenzicubic.dev Discord: discord.gg/2mmN2aR6SP Website: zenzicubic.dev "Intractable" Kevin MacLeod (inc...
SCP-4314: An Irrational Number (Reading)
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Article: scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4314 Author: Kothardarastrix Licensed under CC-BY-SA Everyone knows the scariest thing in the world is math, so I picked a mathematical scip. This is my first time doing an SCP reading. Tell me what you think. I made all the animations (and the VTuber app) myself. Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/zenzicubic.dev Discord: discord.gg/2mmN2aR6SP Website: zenzicubic.dev Ba...
Pedal curves: calculus in motion
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In this video, I talk about pedal curves, an interesting geometric transformation of curves, and show some pretty examples. Interactive version: www.zenzicubic.dev/geom/pedalcurves Chapters: 0:00 Construction 0:40 Deriving the Equations 4:11 Examples Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/zenzicubic.dev Discord: discord.gg/2mmN2aR6SP Website: zenzicubic.dev Music: Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody
Wittgenstein's rod -- geometry in motion
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In this video, I give a brief animated demo of Wittgenstein's rod a fascinating geometry problem which draws some quite attractive curves. For an interactive version see here: www.zenzicubic.dev/geom/wittgenstein Chapters: 0:00 The Problem 0:44 Plotting Loci 4:08 Variations Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/zenzicubic.dev Discord: discord.gg/2mmN2aR6SP Website: zenzicubic.dev Music: Beethoven - Piano S...
Viviani's theorem, animated
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In this short video I show off a nice visual proof of Viviani's theorem. For an interactive version, see www.zenzicubic.dev/geom/vivianitheorem. Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/zenzicubic.dev Discord: discord.gg/2mmN2aR6SP Website: zenzicubic.dev Music: REW - Mt. Etna (freemusicarchive.org/music/REW_1123/tephra)
Roulettes: when curves roll
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This video showcases roulettes: the beautiful curves made when one object rolls on another. This was more of an animation exercise than anything else. Sections: 00:00 Intro 00:12 The Trochoid 01:20 The Limaçon 01:46 The Deltoid 01:57 The Astroid 02:28 The Tusi Couple 02:46 Outro Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/zenzicubic.dev Discord: discord.gg/2mmN2aR6SP Website: zenzicubic.dev Music: Anitra's Dance...
1 Year of VTubing
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I debuted 1 year ago...it's going I guess. Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/zenzicubic.dev Discord: discord.gg/2mmN2aR6SP Website: zenzicubic.dev Music: AFX - Klopjob
Ruled surfaces: worlds from lines
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Ruled surfaces: worlds from lines
Chaos in the Pendulum
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Chaos in the Pendulum
The beauty of reaction diffusion equations, part II
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The beauty of reaction diffusion equations, part II
The beauty of reaction-diffusion equations
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The beauty of reaction-diffusion equations
Chaos in Motion
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Chaos in Motion
Model reveal or something, I guess
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Model reveal or something, I guess
Pentagon Construction
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Pentagon Construction
Math's most beautiful identity
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Math's most beautiful identity
A fun and easy synthesis of a crazy-looking molecule
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A fun and easy synthesis of a crazy-looking molecule
A fun and easy math trick
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A fun and easy math trick
Fractal trees and fractal clocks
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Fractal trees and fractal clocks
Bézier curves and linear interpolation experiments
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Bézier curves and linear interpolation experiments
Trippy Curves no. 2
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Trippy Curves no. 2
Rose (Rhodonea) curve from n=0 to 6
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Rose (Rhodonea) curve from n=0 to 6
Molybdenum Blue: A rather interesting compound
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Molybdenum Blue: A rather interesting compound

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @johnathancorgan3994
    @johnathancorgan3994 13 годин тому

    Really happy to see product characterization by MP and TLC.

  • @danniebartolome8533
    @danniebartolome8533 2 місяці тому

    Works for me! I teach a virtual manga club so this is just perfect ^_^

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic 2 місяці тому

      Haha, glad you liked it. I'd be interested to hear how they reacted to that.

  • @IkarimTheCreature
    @IkarimTheCreature 4 місяці тому

    The spining figures are super disorienting

  • @Zenzicubic
    @Zenzicubic 4 місяці тому

    Due to some issues with hosting, I've had to change the URL to curvascope.zenzicubic.dev. Sorry if this causes confusion.

  • @WarithAkbar-yw6fq
    @WarithAkbar-yw6fq 5 місяців тому

    Your About to go to prison for life bro

  • @betsyluvstictacs
    @betsyluvstictacs 5 місяців тому

    wow😍

  • @youerny
    @youerny 7 місяців тому

    Bravo, very nice video. I would like so much collaborate

  • @Science1234-r6f
    @Science1234-r6f 7 місяців тому

    physics is love

  • @Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time
    @Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time 7 місяців тому

    Good info and graphics! Do you think this geometry that you are explaining could arise out of spherical geometry? Say a process of spherical symmetry forming and breaking.

  • @Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time
    @Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time 7 місяців тому

    The Pendulum seems to speed up and slow down based on Kepler second law of planetary motion! As it moves along it path, it sweeps out equal area segments in an equal time.

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic 7 місяців тому

      I can see why that might make sense...the equations for gravitational force and electrostatic force (or magnetic force) are both inverse-square laws.

  • @eeveeleafy
    @eeveeleafy 7 місяців тому

    I’ve been watching this all day… my eyes hurt but I really need that vtube model ready for tmr-

  • @dedefrench1095
    @dedefrench1095 7 місяців тому

    .o

  • @KW-12
    @KW-12 8 місяців тому

    Spectacular simulation. Thanks for sharing. Now try doing one with difussion also! :)

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic 8 місяців тому

      Thanks, glad you liked it. Diffusion is a bit of a tough nut for me to crack. Personally, I don't know how I would go about such a thing but if you have an idea I'm all ears.

    • @KW-12
      @KW-12 8 місяців тому

      @@Zenzicubic if you add a term with a first derivative in time you can represent difussion since It arises from forces that are proporcional to velocity (friction forces) or transport phenomena such as Heat, substance concentración or density of a fluid.

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic 7 місяців тому

      Funnily enough I wrote something similar to what you describe not too long ago. It simulates the double slit experiment with Dirichlet boundary conditions and I had to add a bit of damping to keep it from going crazy. I have no clue why I blanked on that. Thanks for the tip though! :))

  • @JesseHersch
    @JesseHersch 8 місяців тому

    Try launching the wave from someplace off center so the symmetry is broken. Then the chaotic nature of the stadium will be apparent. Especially compared with the regular shapes

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic 8 місяців тому

      I did consider doing that, but the part of me that loves symmetries wouldn't let me break them.

  • @henrytjernlund
    @henrytjernlund 8 місяців тому

    Awesome. What would happen if the outer boundary was changing, either in scale or by rotation?

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic 8 місяців тому

      Glad you liked it! I imagine that would be quite interesting for some of the domains. Nils Berglund (whose wave simulations inspired this project) made a wave in a rotating ellipse: ua-cam.com/video/stpA4y-pS-g/v-deo.html I've never tried it because I'm a little worried it could cause numerical instabilities with my very rudimentary solver.

  • @WaffleStaffel
    @WaffleStaffel 9 місяців тому

    Int’l standard _"mom"_ units, or American _"your mama's"?_

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic 9 місяців тому

      I'd say the international standard...lol

  • @TeslaFactory
    @TeslaFactory 9 місяців тому

    So, using thiocyanate, can we make thiourea this way?

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic 9 місяців тому

      Yes, that's possible. I think I've even seen a procedure that just involved heating ammonium thiocyanate to a certain temperature above its melting point.

  • @finnboltz
    @finnboltz 9 місяців тому

    First.

  • @NehmuloseDoomish
    @NehmuloseDoomish 10 місяців тому

    Thanks for the video! Gave a nice intuition to me.

  • @manon_4937
    @manon_4937 11 місяців тому

    Hello ! I am searching for a subject for an experiment ill have to show in front of a jury, and for now i appear to be choosing this one. Thanks for this amazing source of knowledge !

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic 10 місяців тому

      What do you mean by a jury?? Do you mean judges in a science fair? I'm glad you liked it and that you learned something! Keep me posted, I'm curious whether your pendulum wins LOL!

  • @borntobattery
    @borntobattery Рік тому

    How hard would an unreal engine integration be?

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      I think it would be a bit of a challenge, but absolutely possible. I'm assuming you're referring to hyperbolic tilings, not the Unity Vtuber app. Curvascope is open source, and you can implement the methods I wrote in Unreal Engine either as nodes or directly as a fragment shader. I believe Unreal Engine supports fragment shaders. A combination of both would be best. You might even be able to copy Curvascope's fragment shader nearly verbatim, with some changes to convert the GLSL I wrote to HLSL which Unreal Engine uses.

    • @borntobattery
      @borntobattery Рік тому

      impressive. Certainly far outside of my time scope until my life changes, but hope to see some cool content with it one day!@@Zenzicubic

  • @oldpersonalaccount
    @oldpersonalaccount Рік тому

    Sweet

  • @GABINOIVANOVLOPEZLOAIZA
    @GABINOIVANOVLOPEZLOAIZA Рік тому

    cool

  • @jtbmetaldesigns
    @jtbmetaldesigns Рік тому

    Fractionated Coconut Oil has fatty acids mostly in the C8 to C10 range. Maybe making the methyl esters could be used as high boiling green solvents.

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      That is possible in principle because we remove the glycerol, which is part of the reason why oil smokes at a high enough temperature. Key word: part.

  • @SPELLATTIC
    @SPELLATTIC Рік тому

    That’s doesn’t look like salt. 👀

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      Walter White's signature product will indeed be the next video I make ;) Kidding, of course.

    • @TeslaFactory
      @TeslaFactory Рік тому

      Jesse: that looks like pure crystal, Mr White!

  • @horsthorstmann2480
    @horsthorstmann2480 Рік тому

    Can u make more Salt ? 🫣 Nice video😉 only the music is not for me but who cares about music in a chem video 🤭

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. I might consider preparing some other double salts in the future but no guarantees.

  • @niharmaheshwari3704
    @niharmaheshwari3704 Рік тому

    This was really beautifully done, I was so confused about this derivation regarding involutes but now it's clear to me

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      Thanks, glad I could help someone understand math better. That always brightens my day!

  • @viagra5207
    @viagra5207 Рік тому

    birch reduction of pseudo ephedrine please

  • @etlookina
    @etlookina Рік тому

    I added Naoh+Methanol in oil and it started gelling phase. Which part the fatty acid in it?

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      It's been awhile since I made this video, but I think your problem might be that the oil wasn't being warmed. If biodiesel gets too cold it can form gelled biodiesel. Or maybe your methanol had water in it, or your NaOH did. That could lead to saponification, I think.

    • @etlookina
      @etlookina Рік тому

      @@Zenzicubic hi, thanku for reply. I really confusedly. So, u think that the oil should be warmed before i put Naoh+Methanol in it?

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      It should be heated and stirred the whole time to 60C like in the video.

  • @Wasp9513
    @Wasp9513 Рік тому

    The same can be done with four gravitational potentials.

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      Yeah, that figures. Both are just inverse square laws...

  • @chanheosican6636
    @chanheosican6636 Рік тому

    I also prob made this this adding Mo metal to Aqua regas (magnesium nitrate) in 31% HCl. When baking soda was added i got i think Mo blue 😂 which sadly decomposed when i used it as a pigmrnt. 😮

    • @chanheosican6636
      @chanheosican6636 Рік тому

      Oh the strips measure the ph near 2.

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      That's a shame. The solution produced by my method is quite stable. I used 20ul pipette tips to write with it on paper; the "ink" leaves a clean blue line and remains stable for weeks. The method you used formed a sodium salt rather than an ammonium salt I believe.

    • @chanheosican6636
      @chanheosican6636 Рік тому

      @@Zenzicubic Ammonium as a buffer for the pigment. Great idea.

  • @visix8910
    @visix8910 Рік тому

    Very cool and Exotic compound

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      Thanks, I'm going to make another video next weekend most likely

  • @CatboyChemicalSociety
    @CatboyChemicalSociety Рік тому

    now show us how geometric constructions can solve all love affairs!!

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      Maybe next time lol

    • @CatboyChemicalSociety
      @CatboyChemicalSociety Рік тому

      @@Zenzicubic song cover when!!

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      I cannot sing for the life of me

    • @isaacm1929
      @isaacm1929 Рік тому

      I understood your reference.

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      ​@@CatboyChemicalSociety After a quick Google search i can now confidently say that you are on a whole different level of weebness than I am

  • @lablulz2483
    @lablulz2483 Рік тому

    Cool! Is it fluorescent?

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      Unfortunately it is not. Thanks for watching though

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      Maybe under a UV laser, but not under a blacklight

  • @johnathancorgan3994
    @johnathancorgan3994 Рік тому

    The content here is good, but please, please, do away with the music. It is competing with your narration and serves no purpose but distraction.

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      Fair enough, but if you don't like it that's in part why I write captions.

    • @brainandforce
      @brainandforce Рік тому

      @@Zenzicubic Just fix the balancing of the narration audio vs. the music and you should be fine.

  • @petevenuti7355
    @petevenuti7355 Рік тому

    Wanted some ever since I was 10 years old and I saw Carl Sagan show it during that episode of cosmos was first released..

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      You wanted praseodymium?

    • @petevenuti7355
      @petevenuti7355 Рік тому

      @@Zenzicubic oddly, yeah, niobium was another, something to do with quantum chromodynamics in its nucleus... I forget what... I was just burning through the 500 section of my library, I didn't have an air conditioner till I was 16, the library did , summer was hot...

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      @@petevenuti7355 Interesting...surprised neodymium wasn't on the list. It forms very pretty pink salts.

  • @santiagomunozbarrios5795
    @santiagomunozbarrios5795 Рік тому

    Beautiful green

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      I know right, the word praseodymium comes in part from the Greek for green

  • @BackYardScience2000
    @BackYardScience2000 Рік тому

    Great video! Thanks for sharing. What do you plan to use it for?

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      I mostly just made it for the color. Thanks though.

  • @johnathancorgan3994
    @johnathancorgan3994 Рік тому

    Love the chemistry, hate the music.

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      Thanks, I will be aware of that in the future.

  • @greeny5727
    @greeny5727 Рік тому

    interesting

  • @Exotic_Chem_Lab
    @Exotic_Chem_Lab Рік тому

    Cool

  • @chero03
    @chero03 Рік тому

    this was fire

  • @LordJemse
    @LordJemse Рік тому

    I was wondering if an scp like that existed

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      Well, yeah. Thanks for watching!

  • @isaacm1929
    @isaacm1929 Рік тому

    Welp. A Math Vtuber explaining a Mathematical SCP. Can't see no problem here...

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      I don't understand.

    • @isaacm1929
      @isaacm1929 Рік тому

      @@Zenzicubic It's the irony of the "totally not suspicious in any way" that a Math Vtuber would make a video about a SCP. (because, well, if it's not the foundation making the video, probably is Dr. Bright, and, if it isn't Dr. Bright, is probably some other entity. ) Just a joke. Also, you're not with the Chaos, are you?

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      No, sorry I'm kinda tired and I've got a cold or something, so I might not be firing on all cylinders right now. Anyway the closest scp to me would be 6930. A pattern screamer vtuber.

    • @isaacm1929
      @isaacm1929 Рік тому

      @@Zenzicubic Well, if it's not with Chaos, is all A-OK by me. Now, all jokes aside, thanks for all videos. I've learned more by watching videos than I could ever imagine being possible. Also, don't overwork yourself, and have a great week, bye!

  • @nikitaaich
    @nikitaaich Рік тому

    What is the temperature you've maintained for the reaction including dissolving the components .. and do you have any reasearch supporting this procedure??

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      It was conducted at room temp, and the solutions were gently warmed in the microwave to dissolve them, I think. It's been a while since I did this particular reaction. I didn't follow any paper, I just did some quick and dirty stoich to find those quantities.

    • @nikitaaich
      @nikitaaich Рік тому

      @@Zenzicubic okay thank you

  • @nikitaaich
    @nikitaaich Рік тому

    What is the temperature that you have maintained during the course of the reaction

  • @lebby01
    @lebby01 Рік тому

    gigachad video, i love it

  • @MaskManShow342
    @MaskManShow342 Рік тому

    What are the uses of end product??

    • @Zenzicubic
      @Zenzicubic Рік тому

      You could burn it or use it as fuel. That's about it.

    • @MaskManShow342
      @MaskManShow342 Рік тому

      @@Zenzicubic Thanks.

    • @harmac521
      @harmac521 11 місяців тому

      ⁠@@Zenzicubiccan it be use for car as engine oil additive?

  • @nestorv7627
    @nestorv7627 Рік тому

    Amazing!!!