Dissolving Rock Using Household Chemicals 😬🧪

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[@RICDirector]

Whatever you do, do NOT EVER use aluminum around lye! Puts off H² gas, very explosive, flammable, exceedingly unpopular with first responders.....
Just ask the Modern Rogue....(video: how todissolve a body in lye, IIRC)

[@MarkOfArgyll]

LOL yeah, I was given a stainless steel pan which I used to make soap. Turns out it wasn't steel but aluminium. The reaction was pretty intense.

[@RICDirector]

I just bet! Wowch, glad you are t reporting injuries from it.

[@gavinhogg6552]

Probably best to use a s/steel container as when adding water to the caustic will produce a lot of heat, which may melt plastics.... Pretty cool stuff Chris, thanks for the video 👍🤓✌️

[@gyvren]

Ooooooh BUDDY! I’m gonna go dissolve some rocks in my garage right now! 😀😀
Hopefully there’s some gold in my rocks….doubtful. Still, should be fun.. 😉

[@TalRohan]

Useful, it makes sense that heatin g it would speed up the reaction but also raises the cost of doing it, so making a strong solutionand leaving it to make us all feel impatient is a brilliant money saver.
Thanks for sharing

[@horriebuell6475]

Hi Chris, love your videos. One suggestion is that the rock would be better submerged in the caustic soda solution. And probably best to stay away from the plastic stuff.

[@thomascooley2749]

Alum powder will dissolve the steel as well used it to melt studs out of an aluminum head before

[@jimjimmyjimboswhacky3949]

Just be careful as the gas given off by caustic is hydrogen gas. Its probably not a problem in the small amounts you used here, but if someone scales it up things can get loud 🤣
You can also run power through it, using a car battery or a transformer putting one side to the tank, and the other through your stone. It works a lot quicker

[@toddstarling5214]

Thanks for sharing Chris.

[@jefffarmer-bz8ff]

You turned that rock into a gummy bear 🐻

[@James-fi6rv]

Thanks Chris, I got caustic soda & caustic acid & stuff...guess it's time to experiment

[@James-fi6rv]

If nothing else, I gots 10 years of laundry detergent

[@greglance4712]

Always add caustic to water, not water to caustic. If it is a more confined vessel there is potential for explosion.

[@greglance4712]

Chris,Your vlogs are 👍

[@Chris-vt5zb]

Crazy the rock literally melted 😱

[@TheCoffeeBushKid]

Cool. Hungry stuff 😁👍

[@ogNOOTNOOT]

Keep it up! Loving the content.

[@magicone9327]

Cool stuff, heat increases the reactivity but heat don’t come free!

[@vNightHawk1]

it can depends on the method you use

[@Squish120]

Probably a good idea to add a safety warning;
Caustic soda will destroy skin and eyes just as easily, wear gloves, wear eye protection and don't do this in glass or aluminium containers

[@VoGusProspecting]

Other people can read the big red warning on the label as well as me

[@thesaltlifewithmichealsarc867]

Missing your longer vids

[@blairleipst4508]

What about doing it in a rock tumbler

[@rodneymiddleton1044]

As I am not a very keen person I would just boil the rock lol & did you find any gold??

[@MadMarlin1964]

That was funny

[@dartmart9263]

I hope you covered it up, to prevent birds, cats and whatever from coming in contact with it

[@tonymeman9041]

🤔😅

[@kevindonaghey8483]

What is a safe container to use caustic soda

[@johnmccallum8512]

Small amounts, s/steel or thermoset plastic.

[@scotthultin7769]

129👍's up VGP thank you for sharing 😊

[@potyphilipson]

Would hydrogen peroxide do the same

[@gilbertdwight608]

yeah but can it ckean the dishes

[@jacksonholenc]

Use porcelain...no metal...ever