That's pretty darn cool that you got more value in gold then you spent on the material in your last video. I imagine you probably only made a couple dollars an hour for your time after processing costs, but it still gets the mind stirring. A tip if you need some concentrate peroxide on the fly: Just throw one of those 3% bottles in the freezer. The water freezes and falls out of solution leaving peroxide at around ~30% concentration that can be poured right out into a different container.
+Cody'sLab I think I learned of it at random stumbling on a video from a nutritionist or some such thing years ago. I was a bit stunned it wasn't a more commonly known method, it works quite well and takes 0 effort. A friend of mine also concentrates his apple cider alcohol in that way, but that's a different story.
your channel is one of my new favorites :) i'm a 20 year old girl studying design in the UK, but i've always been passionate about science. chemistry was the weakest of my three, but i loved experiments all the same. it's kind of comforting and nostalgic to watch your videos and remember the sort of experiments we used to do in school :)
This may be to personal but if you have no qualms with sharing, how do you get the money to fund all of these experiments? Have a nice day cody cheers.
+Cody'sLab you chan is growing fast cody, u are just working towards that, and gold extraction and mining seem to get a lot of atention from viewers, not so cool as making 2h2o though ;\
This Channel is so cool. You kinda demonstrate, that if one has the proper knowledge, the world around you becomes a playground. The little things expand to something, you can dive into.
Cody, that blue gemstone in the right pile looks like topaz. My mother makes jewlery, so I am no expert, but, i am pretty sure its blue topaz. It's awfully blue for aquamarine, those are *_usually_* more teal colored, and its not blue enough to be sapphire, sapphires are usually a deep dark blue. Blue topaz is commonly a light sky blue though, with less green than an aquamarine has. It may be the color balance of the camera tho. Telling topaz and aquamarine apart by color alone is nearly impossible tho, but 'ideal' aquamarines are usually richer in color and more teal then that.
Love the way the gold just seems to solidify into a gold dust in the solution in the solution once the Distilled water is added! That is just so cool!!! I love this series! Keep up the awesome work my friend and I'll see ya' next time!
You might have lost money to begin with, but you can bet that the value of the gold is going to hold up better than the value of the currency you spent on it
dogefort If Cody bought that gold with bitcoin then it wouldn't be such a sure bet, but I'm pretty certain that Cody would have used US currency like a normal US citizen
This is the only video of your that i know a lot about. I am a professional refiner here in Denmark. I also do quite a bit of amateur refining/smelting. I really enjoy seeing your process in your video's with good explanations.
I enjoy your fun and unpretentious way of approaching chemistry and science while still being at least relatively safe. I end up laughing most videos. Great work with your videos. Thanks very much for sharing, it has inspired me to rediscover my love of chemistry in a less formal amateur setting.
I could watch these refining videos forever. There's something about turning metal into liquid and back to metal with no loss, it's as close as magic as possible with the laws of physics that are in place, or what we have knowledge of so far.
+Cody'sLab The stone you believe to be aquamarine appear, to me, to be too dark. I think that i could be a topaz, blue zircon, apatite, or possibly a corundum
Tudor Oltean Not so sure. I forgot all the specifics of this reaction (being I didn't watch the video again) but Silver loves peroxides and sulfides to the best of my knowledge. I was under the impression he was trying to resolve all metals from the gold alloy and was very impressed.
Been watching a lot of his old videos and I’m experiencing a lot of audio problems. Is it my UA-cam or phone messing up or just the Audio off track in the actual video?
This is currently one of my favorite UA-cam series; second only to your mine series. Gold refining is something I've been thinking about getting into since I have access to tons of scrap electronics with gold pins. Unfortunately, I live in an apartment and would have to figure out a solution to ventilation, lol. Keep it up! =D
+TheBlackBeltPanda What the others are saying, or look into checking if you can get access to the rooftop area? Probably not in most cases... but who knows you might have a nice landlord! If he does say no you could always go with proper ventilation in a room + a fume hood to extra fumes if its within your options. Alternatively maybe a project for the summer holidays? Perhaps you could go "visit your parents" and do the stuff there if they have more suitable free space for it for example.
Dude, you're so legit!! Absolutely amazing. After your mine excavation videos you have quickly become the most "looking forward to" uploader I'm subscribed to. Thank you so much for investing your time and person life in to this!!!!
+dangel angello Granted this was a while ago when I last looked into it, but people had reached a bit of a concencus that the amount of discussion in the comments did contribute to search rankings and how likely youtube is to suggest the video to others. I suppose it is/was used as a measure of how interested people are in the subject, and if its worth their time to write a few words while watching or after watching.
@cody Thanks for making all your videos, Its hard to find people who seem to share the same hobbies as me and its nice to hear you explain things and invite all of us into your life! Cheers from California!
Yay another metal refining episode. This is a good show to just chill and watch science. I also guess Aquamarine. Also, where did you get that jewlery so cheap? Fuck the Gold, that Diamond probably pays for the parcel
+asefvdfzbzdfbz um what? that looks like almost 1 kt, even ok quality is easy over $1000 and that looks like a really nice diamond. Thats some real money
+Verlisify Diamonds are technically just about as worthless as a CZ. Diamond vendors only have an interest at buying at prices way way under what there buying directly from a wholesale company, which buys them way way WAY under directly from De Beers. In other words, a $5000 diamond from a vendor, is about $1000 from a wholesale *if that*, which means a vendor will buy for hundreds if your lucky. How ever, if you go to a very, very trusted mom&pop diamond outlet, they'll pay above wholesale price just to display good business practices.
im currently in college to get a degree in chemistry and one of my life goals is to have a sample and ring of every (safe) element with symbols on a flat face and possibly the electron configurations on the top, but my most recent project is to collect silver quarters and dimes and use nitric acid to purify the silver until i have enough for a ring and possibly way down the line the same with gold and circuit boards, anyways i love seeing the chemistry behind everything and by far your videos are the most interesting out of all of the chemistry related channels.
Cody I have one bit of advice on using the blender to expose the base metal. Next time pour in a cup or two of salt or sugar before starting the blender. This stops most of the bouncing and actually speeds up the process. Doesn't break the blender vessel and easily washes away with plain water. I use this method (salt) when scratching gold plated pins from salvaged electronics. Just a hint - not a critique. Thanks for the video - always learn something.
That seems like an awfully big diamond to be in so cheap a jewlery haul. How do you know it's not cubic zerconia, moisannite, or cultured Garnet or corundum?
+Cody'sLab Huh that's surprising, I know a friend who can't get his pilots license because he's on a no-fly list from buying 1 pound of salt-peter from a hardware store, and you go far beyond salt-peter
+Honey Badger What method of payment did he use? If he paid with cash, then how the ____ did "they" find out? Does the hardware store have a frequent-shopper program, and did your friend use it? Use your imagination to fill in the blank.
Next time, try and do a collaboration with blendtec. Their blender will do better according to the AvE review of it. And the collab would be funny. You could also collab with colin furze asking him to come up with a manic crusher tool powered by a jet engine.
@@dkranda As someone who watched this and many others when they came out I can confirm, that the audio was just fine back then. Several of the older videos have the same audio problem, that they didnt have back then.
+Mr.chang cooler yeah i agree i can keep up just fine with him its cool he shows the balancing of formulas and stuff but if he went any further he would probably lose us lol basic chem ftw
I refuse to pay premiums buying bullion. It makes investing in precious metals very difficult to profit from. This is one way of getting around premiums. Good job Cody.
I'm currently experiencing torch melt losses for clean gold powder somewhere around 10mg per melt. Some of that loss ends up stuck in the melting dish borax and can be recovered with the next melt. So it's pretty insignificant. Silver, on the other hand, can be much worse. if you overheat it (easily done) it will vaporize. Your comment about blowing gold powder out of the crucible with a torch is somewhat correct. The technique is to start the melt with a low flame to have the gold powder crust over, then turn up the heat to melt it. I show this technique in my melting videos. Good job on processing GF scrap! Don't pay more than $.50/g for GF scrap
+IsettasRock yeah, silver oxidizes/goes away much more thats why I put it in the sealed graphite crucible. You don't have any good photos/ videos of gold vaporizing do you? like can you confirm the color?
***** I've never experienced gold vaporizing as I don't believe a oxy/act torch gets hot enough if one does not over do it. When I melt gold powder there is no smoke unless there are base metals present. The melting dish is a indicator if the gold powder was clean or not and will not lie. Pure clean gold will leave a light pink stain on the melting dish. Any base metals or silver in the powder will oxidize and cause a black stain in the dish.
+Andrei Palatkas why that? the title does not mention his GF and the series was announced beforehand :D Just dont get how this is clickbait in your eyes. He does exactly what the title says.
Dude...so rad. I think the reason I love your work so much is because you're excellent at explaining very complex science to clods like me. That's a real skill...just like how you can fix a goddamn diesel engine too. I can do neither! Just frikin' awesome. Please never change...(unless it's good for you:)
Cody, Great idea using the peroxide to "boost" the acid. A great way to dissolve copper on the cheap is to use Acetic + Peroxide + NaCl. Standard table grade vinegar, and drug store 3% peroxide and some table salt do just fine. I use this method to etch PCBs at home. Of course you can also get the 30% aceitic, and 35% peroxide that is commonly available if you don't want to wait, but it will probably cost more.
+Cody'sLab I would believe it, although in my application the main issue there would be that my spray paint mask begins to peel after soaking for too long. I paint the whole copper panel then burn away the paint with a laser cutter where I want to dissolve the copper. I'm sure there are even cheaper ways to dissolve copper, that is just one of the most readily accessible methods I know of. Keep up the awesome work.
You have no idea how many times I opened UA-cam just to see if there was a new video. I have re-watched these videos, I like panning and sluicing gold and was always curious how i'd go about making my own coins.
List of all the times Cody says gold.
0:10 (x2)
0:11
0:14
0:15
0:20
0:24
0:34
0:37
0:45
(talking about gemstones)
2:13
2:18
2:25
(playing with a blender)
4:13
4:24
(talking about dissolving copper)
6:33
7:05
7:32
7:57
8:04
8:12
8:21
8:28
8:29
8:41
8:52
9:20
9:32
9:50
9:53
10:00
10:02
10:07
10:10
10:19
10:28
10:31
10:51
11:00
11:10
12:02
That's pretty darn cool that you got more value in gold then you spent on the material in your last video. I imagine you probably only made a couple dollars an hour for your time after processing costs, but it still gets the mind stirring. A tip if you need some concentrate peroxide on the fly: Just throw one of those 3% bottles in the freezer. The water freezes and falls out of solution leaving peroxide at around ~30% concentration that can be poured right out into a different container.
+NightHawkInLight
I;ve evaporated it down before but I'll have to try that!
+Cody'sLab I think I learned of it at random stumbling on a video from a nutritionist or some such thing years ago. I was a bit stunned it wasn't a more commonly known method, it works quite well and takes 0 effort. A friend of mine also concentrates his apple cider alcohol in that way, but that's a different story.
cool to see you here love your videos!
+Psycomega And not too shabby a pony either
Nice shout dude.
Im just a simple mechanic from norway, but i love your vid's.
And i wanted to say thank you for the time and effort you put into them.
"Whaddaya mean it's broke?! Nothing that a lil Duct tape cant fix!..."
(Breaking intensifies)
this series is relaxing and intellectually stimulating at the same time. i thoroughly enjoy watch it, cody. well done.
Can I just say, before I start watching the rest of this video:
"Yes, it's Mercury"
gave me the early chuckles.
Never lend any kitchenware to Cody
...and never be in the same room.
that blender plastic easily could have become shrapnel. mostly because of the chain. leave the chain out at least.
Sure? You may get new stuff in return, plated in 24K gold.
your channel is one of my new favorites :) i'm a 20 year old girl studying design in the UK, but i've always been passionate about science. chemistry was the weakest of my three, but i loved experiments all the same. it's kind of comforting and nostalgic to watch your videos and remember the sort of experiments we used to do in school :)
Dude you explain so well and you are so thorough detailed when making these videos. You're great :D
I really like how you don't hesitate when you speak. very pleasing to listen to.
This may be to personal but if you have no qualms with sharing, how do you get the money to fund all of these experiments? Have a nice day cody cheers.
+ryangallo08
from selling my fame...
+Cody'sLab ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Fame
UA-cam ad revenue (not much), his patreon, and whatever he want to give of his own towards the channel.
+Cody'sLab you chan is growing fast cody, u are just working towards that, and gold extraction and mining seem to get a lot of atention from viewers, not so cool as making 2h2o though ;\
+ryangallo08 That means don't use ad block if you want to support Cody.
This Channel is so cool. You kinda demonstrate, that if one has the proper knowledge, the world around you becomes a playground. The little things expand to something, you can dive into.
Cody, that blue gemstone in the right pile looks like topaz. My mother makes jewlery, so I am no expert, but, i am pretty sure its blue topaz. It's awfully blue for aquamarine, those are *_usually_* more teal colored, and its not blue enough to be sapphire, sapphires are usually a deep dark blue. Blue topaz is commonly a light sky blue though, with less green than an aquamarine has. It may be the color balance of the camera tho. Telling topaz and aquamarine apart by color alone is nearly impossible tho, but 'ideal' aquamarines are usually richer in color and more teal then that.
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS! :O
SO deserved! You're channel has been awesome to watch and very genuine! NEVER LOSE THAT ASPECT OF YOUR CHANNEL!
When he talks with the calculations I'm like ... Yeah. Ok. I have no idea what you are saying
Yea sometimes I get lost af trynna keep up but that’s a lost cause 😂
Love the way the gold just seems to solidify into a gold dust in the solution in the solution once the Distilled water is added! That is just so cool!!! I love this series! Keep up the awesome work my friend and I'll see ya' next time!
You might have lost money to begin with, but you can bet that the value of the gold is going to hold up better than the value of the currency you spent on it
I was thinking similar. 👍
youre familiar with bitcoin?
dogefort If Cody bought that gold with bitcoin then it wouldn't be such a sure bet, but I'm pretty certain that Cody would have used US currency like a normal US citizen
+Rob Mckennie
So true (::;
+Rob Mckennie Not if everyone starts refining gold out of everything... :D
This is the only video of your that i know a lot about. I am a professional refiner here in Denmark. I also do quite a bit of amateur refining/smelting. I really enjoy seeing your process in your video's with good explanations.
Will it blend? That is the question. *(Blends Jewelry)* Whoa! Jewelry smoke, don't breath this.
or do if you want cody to recover gold from your lungs
I enjoy your fun and unpretentious way of approaching chemistry and science while still being at least relatively safe. I end up laughing most videos. Great work with your videos. Thanks very much for sharing, it has inspired me to rediscover my love of chemistry in a less formal amateur setting.
Go to yard sales and ask if they have any broken jewelry, sometimes people will just give it away for free.
I could watch these refining videos forever. There's something about turning metal into liquid and back to metal with no loss, it's as close as magic as possible with the laws of physics that are in place, or what we have knowledge of so far.
+Cody'sLab The stone you believe to be aquamarine appear, to me, to be too dark. I think that i could be a topaz, blue zircon, apatite, or possibly a corundum
Adding HOOH to this reaction is way over my level and absolutely shows that this guy is a genius. Impressed.
It was a cool idea, too bad it didn't work because of the silver.
Tudor Oltean Not so sure. I forgot all the specifics of this reaction (being I didn't watch the video again) but Silver loves peroxides and sulfides to the best of my knowledge. I was under the impression he was trying to resolve all metals from the gold alloy and was very impressed.
Been watching a lot of his old videos and I’m experiencing a lot of audio problems. Is it my UA-cam or phone messing up or just the Audio off track in the actual video?
Not just you, I'm rewatching now and the audio goes out of sync at about 1:25
I love how you wrote elements down on paper and explaining how much you need for the reaction. Very helpful!
This is currently one of my favorite UA-cam series; second only to your mine series. Gold refining is something I've been thinking about getting into since I have access to tons of scrap electronics with gold pins. Unfortunately, I live in an apartment and would have to figure out a solution to ventilation, lol. Keep it up! =D
+TheBlackBeltPanda use a fan and a custom built hood with a tube taking all fumes out the window
+TheBlackBeltPanda You should look into purchasing or building a "fume hood", where you can direct the fumes out of an opened window or something.
+TheBlackBeltPanda What the others are saying, or look into checking if you can get access to the rooftop area? Probably not in most cases... but who knows you might have a nice landlord! If he does say no you could always go with proper ventilation in a room + a fume hood to extra fumes if its within your options.
Alternatively maybe a project for the summer holidays? Perhaps you could go "visit your parents" and do the stuff there if they have more suitable free space for it for example.
+Maru OP Breath in, more like snort in
I like the processing, wonderfully informative, and just plain fun.
Dude, you're so legit!! Absolutely amazing. After your mine excavation videos you have quickly become the most "looking forward to" uploader I'm subscribed to. Thank you so much for investing your time and person life in to this!!!!
You are doing great Cody! keep having fun with that blender!
Just a comment to help you make money back and support the channel
+Andre Gross does commenting help them make money? I had no idea.
+Andre Gross Clicking on ads certainly do.
+dangel angello Granted this was a while ago when I last looked into it, but people had reached a bit of a concencus that the amount of discussion in the comments did contribute to search rankings and how likely youtube is to suggest the video to others.
I suppose it is/was used as a measure of how interested people are in the subject, and if its worth their time to write a few words while watching or after watching.
Thank you Cody for extracting the gold from the plated jewelry. Reminds me of purifying water.
"$10 of acid"
I'm down!
@cody
Thanks for making all your videos, Its hard to find people who seem to share the same hobbies as me and its nice to hear you explain things and invite all of us into your life! Cheers from California!
Putting all that jewelry in the blender heavily reminded me of "The Goonies" movie
This is the best channel on youtube at the moment.
Aside from everyone correcting and questioning you're work I think u did an awesome job better then 90% of the people here...
+Phoebe Shute bump
*than
+o0julek0o sorry that's my bad haha I probably should have taken more time to evaluate my comment
+Phoebe Shute you are one of the 90% lol
+Kemphoss pretty much.. Wasn't saying I could do it smart ass
this is by far my favorite series so far. i've watched all of your videos and this series is why i became a patreon.
"Will it blend? That is the question.."
"Ooh...Jewelry smoke,dont wear this!"
I love how you capitalize on your channel so much with sarcasm its freaking amazing man keep up the amazing work!
When can we expect to see more progress on the mine?
+zz3OPEN
monday
+Cody'sLab Awesome, can't wait. Do you have a plan for all of this gold?
I'm really enjoying this series. can't wait for more.
At the end of all the processes melt all the gold together into one giant bead
Always a good night when Cody uploads
Yay another metal refining episode. This is a good show to just chill and watch science. I also guess Aquamarine.
Also, where did you get that jewlery so cheap? Fuck the Gold, that Diamond probably pays for the parcel
+Verlisify Diamonds aren't that expensive.
+asefvdfzbzdfbz um what? that looks like almost 1 kt, even ok quality is easy over $1000 and that looks like a really nice diamond. Thats some real money
Diamonds are extremely marked up, selling a 1kt diamond for $1000 would be a lot more difficult than buying one for $1000.
+asefvdfzbzdfbz I factored that in at wholesale, not retail.
+Verlisify Diamonds are technically just about as worthless as a CZ. Diamond vendors only have an interest at buying at prices way way under what there buying directly from a wholesale company, which buys them way way WAY under directly from De Beers.
In other words, a $5000 diamond from a vendor, is about $1000 from a wholesale *if that*, which means a vendor will buy for hundreds if your lucky.
How ever, if you go to a very, very trusted mom&pop diamond outlet, they'll pay above wholesale price just to display good business practices.
im currently in college to get a degree in chemistry and one of my life goals is to have a sample and ring of every (safe) element with symbols on a flat face and possibly the electron configurations on the top, but my most recent project is to collect silver quarters and dimes and use nitric acid to purify the silver until i have enough for a ring and possibly way down the line the same with gold and circuit boards, anyways i love seeing the chemistry behind everything and by far your videos are the most interesting out of all of the chemistry related channels.
Will it blend? Nope, not really.
I love the color you get when dissolving the copper.
Audio wasnt synced
Cody I have one bit of advice on using the blender to expose the base metal. Next time pour in a cup or two of salt or sugar before starting the blender. This stops most of the bouncing and actually speeds up the process. Doesn't break the blender vessel and easily washes away with plain water. I use this method (salt) when scratching gold plated pins from salvaged electronics.
Just a hint - not a critique. Thanks for the video - always learn something.
hey cody . i was wondering if you would do a sum up after all this of how much silver , gems, and gold you got ??
When i decided to continue this playlist, i didn't expect comedy skit material.
That blender section tickled my funny bone.
3:33 What's that? A tiny crack? You don't wanna blend with a crack like that
DHMIS reference?
ofc
Dut dut dut dut dut... dut dut dut dut dut do it blendy!
Cody, I've never waited so anxiously for a video to come out. Keep it up :D
That seems like an awfully big diamond to be in so cheap a jewlery haul. How do you know it's not cubic zerconia, moisannite, or cultured Garnet or corundum?
Might be a synthetic diamond.
A half carat synthetic diamond cut like that is probably around $400
+Emerson White im not thinking he bought it all new it was probably from a pawn shop or something
pretty sure you can just google that
I just want to say, these videos are really well made and very informative. This is quickly becoming my favorite series on youtube :)
damn cody! when did you score the milligram balance?
lol .. derp. zoned out for a second in another tab and missed the "it came today" part. what'd that run you?
+Полиграфович
300$
***** nice score, thats a great price
This is my favorite series on YT right now, so interesting.
Hey Cody can you do more dynamite mining that I thought was the best ;)
+Graeme Gibbons he is waiting for a material analysis to get back from the lab to (make sure it is not heavy metals)
+Graeme Gibbons He said he's not allowed to use dynamite, only black powder. I don't know if you watched his newest mining video.
no, just did, if he did have a licence than that would be cool
I thoroughly enjoy your Shenanigans into chemistry.
4:27 Chunk flies out the little hole in the blender
+TheMontanaDave
yeah, it hit me actually.
+Cody'sLab did you die?
+Cody'sLab Ouchy, Didn't look like it was flying too fast. Good vids bud, how are your bees?
+darfjono No reply, i think he died.
+Cody'sLab
Whats the name of the song at the end?
I used to use that same model scale back in my pharmacy days. Excellent choice.
The audio used to be fine in this video lol what did UA-cam do XD
I love your videos, I envy you!!!!!!!! Definitely one of the best UA-cam channels in my own opinion
How long have you been on the no-fly list? Because based on your videos.... you have been on it for a while.
+Honey Badger
I last got on a plain in 2010, haven't tried since...
+Cody'sLab what?? Can you explain what happend?
+Cody'sLab Huh that's surprising, I know a friend who can't get his pilots license because he's on a no-fly list from buying 1 pound of salt-peter from a hardware store, and you go far beyond salt-peter
wait im confused. buyi g bulk chemicals puts you on a no fly list? why??
+Honey Badger What method of payment did he use? If he paid with cash, then how the ____ did "they" find out? Does the hardware store have a frequent-shopper program, and did your friend use it?
Use your imagination to fill in the blank.
He sounds so excited to put the gold in the blender, I got excited for him
Am i the only one with sync issues
No
Looks good & sounds good! You are getting good at composing your video. This is an EXCELLENT series!
Is it just me or is most of this video out of sync with the audio😭
its so fun to watch videos at .5 speed it makes anything funny.
Next time, try and do a collaboration with blendtec. Their blender will do better according to the AvE review of it. And the collab would be funny.
You could also collab with colin furze asking him to come up with a manic crusher tool powered by a jet engine.
Cody, thank you so much for these longer videos... your channel is excellent, and I hope it keeps growing.
sell the gem stones and you should make even
or post the process on youtube and profit
Geez, this is fun to watch. Can't wait for the rest of the precious metals.
The audio is more out of sync than humanity was in 2020.
I felt like I was out of my mind. This was the only comment I could find about the audio - it’s completely wrong!
@@dkranda As someone who watched this and many others when they came out I can confirm, that the audio was just fine back then. Several of the older videos have the same audio problem, that they didnt have back then.
Woah, I was expecting to have to wait a couple of months for this video. I appreciate the quick upload, definitely subscribing.
i gonna steal my grandmas old gold stuff and do this :D
+Jeda Diea thats how you get smacked
+FantasmaNaranja You spelled "murdered" wrong.
+Mac1634 hah thats gold.
+Justin Sherriff, I hope you're happy.
See if you can get her teeth out, too. There might be some mercury or gold in there.
My favourite thing you've done so far.
Holy damm thank god I'm majoring in chemistry or I wouldn't have understood most of this xD
I don't understand. I am here for the do.
+Pie Nurie lol I guess that works to
+Jensy Espinoza I mean, I only have high school chemistry under my belt and I understand it.
+Mr.chang cooler yeah
+Mr.chang cooler yeah i agree i can keep up just fine with him its cool he shows the balancing of formulas and stuff but if he went any further he would probably lose us lol basic chem ftw
your videos are my favorite, always very excited to watch them keep them coming
your girlfriend has a very sweet voice.
I refuse to pay premiums buying bullion. It makes investing in precious metals very difficult to profit from. This is one way of getting around premiums. Good job Cody.
when u dont know 88% of the things he is saying.
99.99999999999999999999999999% you meen?
I'm only 13 years old and I understand most of it...
+TDHTheDarkHunter "understand" ( o J o)
I understood once he said "gold"...
I have all this gold plated stuff around, a box of old ram's and a couple dozen processors. This does seem like a fun project.
Most powder scales, especially the 'analog' kind, have a resolution of 1/10 of a grain. That's 0.00648 grams.
Could have saved yourself some money.
I like your vids and really enjoy watching them, The only moments I look away, is when you're handling tools.^^
The video and audio do not match. Hard to watch.
cody, you are legitimately a genius
Jewlery sounds like a word describing Jews messing around.
I'm currently experiencing torch melt losses for clean gold powder somewhere around 10mg per melt. Some of that loss ends up stuck in the melting dish borax and can be recovered with the next melt. So it's pretty insignificant.
Silver, on the other hand, can be much worse. if you overheat it (easily done) it will vaporize.
Your comment about blowing gold powder out of the crucible with a torch is somewhat correct. The technique is to start the melt with a low flame to have the gold powder crust over, then turn up the heat to melt it. I show this technique in my melting videos. Good job on processing GF scrap! Don't pay more than $.50/g for GF scrap
+IsettasRock
yeah, silver oxidizes/goes away much more thats why I put it in the sealed graphite crucible. You don't have any good photos/ videos of gold vaporizing do you? like can you confirm the color?
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I've never experienced gold vaporizing as I don't believe a oxy/act torch gets hot enough if one does not over do it. When I melt gold powder there is no smoke unless there are base metals present. The melting dish is a indicator if the gold powder was clean or not and will not lie. Pure clean gold will leave a light pink stain on the melting dish. Any base metals or silver in the powder will oxidize and cause a black stain in the dish.
+Cody'sLab have you made lickwod oxygen
I tought you were going to blend your ex-GF's gold :( Clickbait title
+Andrei Palatkas
Oh that would have been great...
+Cody'sLab and she would have killed you
+CeToxihuitl cody could dissolve her in aqua regia and extract gold from that
Always blend ex girlfriend
+Andrei Palatkas why that? the title does not mention his GF and the series was announced beforehand :D Just dont get how this is clickbait in your eyes. He does exactly what the title says.
Cody, you should start mentioning your patreon or asking for donations in your videos.. You actually deserve it. I love your videos
Always enjoy these videos. Never a dull moment
What an amazing human. A prime example of mankind if you ask me.
Dude...so rad. I think the reason I love your work so much is because you're excellent at explaining very complex science to clods like me. That's a real skill...just like how you can fix a goddamn diesel engine too. I can do neither! Just frikin' awesome. Please never change...(unless it's good for you:)
Cody,
Great idea using the peroxide to "boost" the acid. A great way to dissolve copper on the cheap is to use Acetic + Peroxide + NaCl. Standard table grade vinegar, and drug store 3% peroxide and some table salt do just fine. I use this method to etch PCBs at home. Of course you can also get the 30% aceitic, and 35% peroxide that is commonly available if you don't want to wait, but it will probably cost more.
+Jensen567
I find you can dissolve copper with just vinegar so long as you add some copper oxide bubble air through it.
+Cody'sLab I would believe it, although in my application the main issue there would be that my spray paint mask begins to peel after soaking for too long. I paint the whole copper panel then burn away the paint with a laser cutter where I want to dissolve the copper.
I'm sure there are even cheaper ways to dissolve copper, that is just one of the most readily accessible methods I know of. Keep up the awesome work.
"This might not be the best idea. In fact, it might be the worst idea, haha!" I really love your videos man!
The experience is always worth so much more than the money. Thank you for sharing great vids :DD
You have no idea how many times I opened UA-cam just to see if there was a new video. I have re-watched these videos, I like panning and sluicing gold and was always curious how i'd go about making my own coins.
Really enjoying this series so far, looking forward to seeing how much gold you have at the end of it.