Making liquid ammonia to dissolve sodium and lithium metal

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  • @Quintinohthree
    @Quintinohthree 8 років тому +300

    So Nile, all this talk of lithium got me thinking about lithium nitride. I'm sure you are aware that lithium is the only element that will happily burn in an atmosphere of pure nitrogen, so I wonder if you have considered doing a video on that. If you have the capacity of performing the reaction and can manage to fit it into your schedule somehow, I'd certainly love to see it actually done, but seeing your current plans I can't complain anyhow.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 років тому +134

      +Quintinohthree that's actually pretty cool. Ill look into it.

    • @abrahamgarcia5071
      @abrahamgarcia5071 8 років тому +3

      +Nile Red Feliz año nuevo, as esferas navideñas para el siguiente capitulo jajajajaja.

    • @RaExpIn
      @RaExpIn 8 років тому +15

      +Quintinohthree What about Magnesium?

    • @Quintinohthree
      @Quintinohthree 8 років тому +4

      Ene Silvian only in the way that any chemical reaction is a way to make meth. Lithium nitride is quite a couple steps from methylamine and there are far easier ways of making that if you really want to. Anhydrous ammonia is one precursor that's far closer and still entirely legal, and we've already seen Nile make that.

    • @Quintinohthree
      @Quintinohthree 8 років тому +3

      Random Experiments International yeah, I've read it does react with nitrogen, but I don't know what the reaction is like. I might turn out to be wrong after all.

  • @Wi-Fi-El
    @Wi-Fi-El 5 років тому +321

    This week on Breaking Red...

    • @dustingoodpaster3715
      @dustingoodpaster3715 4 роки тому +3

      Lol

    • @dumbidiot1119
      @dumbidiot1119 3 роки тому +11

      @Psalms 118:8 ok?

    • @TheDeadOfNight37
      @TheDeadOfNight37 3 роки тому +7

      @Psalms 118:8 says the person with some biblical shit as their username

    • @BallsBob
      @BallsBob 3 роки тому +4

      @Psalms 118:8 this man really really doesnt like breaking bad he goes to multiple NileRed videos shitting on it for some reason

    • @karolus28
      @karolus28 3 роки тому

      @@BallsBob lolol

  • @RaExpIn
    @RaExpIn 8 років тому +4

    Isn't it just beautiful to watch the alkali metals dissolve in the ammonia in real life? It really facinated me when I did this and I was a bit scared, when adding the metal. Nice video!

  • @nenben8759
    @nenben8759 8 років тому +6

    I really like your really sophisticated technique you used using tape to seal the setup.

  • @Mattes_______
    @Mattes_______ 8 років тому +24

    yea Nile Methylamine is finally in your list of planned videos :D I am looking forward for that one

  • @longshot789
    @longshot789 7 років тому +47

    6:25
    Damn tube won't stay put!

    • @samc4531
      @samc4531 7 років тому +3

      rofl I noticed this also

  • @caiohenrique1603
    @caiohenrique1603 4 роки тому +37

    I thought the thumbnail said “insomnia generator” and I was like “hehe that me”

  • @borgmardunkleson2225
    @borgmardunkleson2225 Рік тому +1

    well this is a blast from the past to show up in my recommendeds, I loved the old vids

  • @MasterOrganicChem
    @MasterOrganicChem 10 місяців тому +2

    Hey this is James from Master Organic Chemistry (MOC). This is a really nice demonstration of the blue color one gets from solvated electrons in ammonia. I posted a short clip of this video on a recent article I wrote on the reduction of alkynes with Na/NH3. I linked back to your channel and to the specific video. If this isn't OK, please reach out. Thanks for everything you do. James

  • @WhatIsThisVid
    @WhatIsThisVid 3 роки тому +6

    Kind of surprised he didn't bring up a fairly common use of anhydrous ammonia which is as a refrigerant in industrial sized systems.

  • @rogerdotlee
    @rogerdotlee 8 років тому +5

    This video makes me want to study ammonia a little closer. I had no idea it did such cool stuff. Yet another thing to add to my shopping list.

  • @hans-jurgenvogel6789
    @hans-jurgenvogel6789 3 роки тому +7

    0:40 wow, anhydrous AND water-free! :D

  • @woodywoodmc2209
    @woodywoodmc2209 8 років тому +53

    High tech piece of paper

  • @redmadness265
    @redmadness265 3 роки тому +3

    I love how the liquid ammonia looks almost exactly like water, but colder

  • @chemistrydude8911
    @chemistrydude8911 8 років тому +5

    Awesome video as always pal
    editing, content, quality, info everything 10/10

  • @SuperAngelofglory
    @SuperAngelofglory 8 років тому +26

    also, you can not use CaCl2 to dry NH3, as it will form an adduct (CaCl2 x 8NH3)

  • @EminTuralic
    @EminTuralic 8 років тому +3

    Voted for the Ammonia generator, glad you did it, thanks man! Love your vids :D

  • @richardstuivenberg4618
    @richardstuivenberg4618 3 місяці тому +1

    I vote for the following video. Please use the birch reduction to reduce (pseudo)efedrine and dissolve the base into ether. Then bubble hydrogen gas to form crystals. Dry these crystal and smoke them with a glass pipe.

  • @FourEyesGod
    @FourEyesGod 3 роки тому +12

    2:49 " i use a very sophisticate technique to block IT" i was like oohhhhh , him - "using tape"..... me - "WAIT A MINUTE!!!" and the way he said it seriously made me confuse xD

    • @NostalgiaBrit
      @NostalgiaBrit 3 роки тому +2

      Such is the genius of NileRed 😏

    • @jamroid
      @jamroid 3 роки тому +1

      i had a whole earthquake in my brain trying to read this comment

  • @junosiu4118
    @junosiu4118 8 років тому +9

    Just to correct you slightly here, the blue color does not come from the free electrons, but from the ammonia radicals. Free electrons have absorbance in the infrared spectrum. Many people mistaken this.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 років тому +6

      +Siu Juno Cool i had no idea

    • @Metalhammer1993
      @Metalhammer1993 8 років тому +4

      wow thanks you´re literally taught that at university! i heard that the blue is free electrons in literally every course we talked about that reaction, like talking about birch reduction in Organic chemistry

    • @David-cy5zu
      @David-cy5zu 5 років тому +3

      Absorb IR can mean you see blue

  • @cmdody
    @cmdody 8 років тому +3

    Nitrous oxide will be helpful because I'm mechanical engineer and my master thesis was rocket engines. Especially N2O4 (nitrous tetra oxide) is very important for rocket engineering. N2O4 spontaneously ignites fuel because of its hypergolic property

  • @forgetfulgem1234
    @forgetfulgem1234 2 роки тому +6

    We had learnt about the free electrons produced when ammonia reacts with some alkali metals...as our syllabus doesnt actually show us what's happening and we never saw the reaction I just diregarded it as boring and memorized it. I had no idea it was so neat and cool. Thanks nile for helping us students who struggle with boring old school and memorization and making chemistry fun, understandable and way more tolerable..i am indebted to you for making chem my favourite subject after having hated it for years :D

  • @angeliawelch9438
    @angeliawelch9438 8 років тому

    my new favorite you just keep getting better NIle!

  • @mrwheat-wf8nl
    @mrwheat-wf8nl 4 роки тому +6

    for some reason I thought this video was way more recent, only to see it was uploaded exactly 4 years ago

    • @173Eyes
      @173Eyes 4 місяці тому

      And this comment was made 4 years ago for me! I expect the next comment to be made another 4 years from now.

  • @JayMark2049
    @JayMark2049 8 років тому +2

    I only found out about the existence of solvated electrons less that 2 years ago (on Periodic Videos). Well, no matter how many times I watch it, it always blows my mind! Thanks Neil! Happy New Year! Hope you were not too disappointed by the snow storm on last Tuesday! ;)

  • @Chrisbuildsstuff247
    @Chrisbuildsstuff247 5 років тому +16

    I love this series so much hey NileRed have you ever thought of doing like a chemistry tips and trick to help students learning chemistry to better understand the basics? I really want to do a huge research project for Ap biology using my chemistry knowledge and write a paper on the possibilities of life using ammonia instead of water due to it being a very good solvent #NileRed

  • @flirkami
    @flirkami 5 років тому +1

    Just found out about the electron phenomenon a few weeks ago and was stunned! Such an awesome experiment. Sadly didn't know you had a Video about it as well right until now ..

  • @krisma12234
    @krisma12234 8 років тому +3

    lol when I saw this on my feed I was like "Yay! Another Nile Red video!!"
    Thanks!

  • @tanfo8
    @tanfo8 8 років тому +2

    Love watching these experiments! I don't know crap about chemistry

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 років тому +1

      +tanfo8 That is okay! It is all a learning process.

  • @amouse6931
    @amouse6931 3 роки тому +1

    I just realized I'm eating ammonium chloride ("salty" black licorice) while watching him using ammonium chloride in a reaction.

  • @TheBookDoctor
    @TheBookDoctor 8 років тому +2

    Great video. The whole concept of solvated electrons kind of blows my mind. It does make me wonder, though: oughtn't there be a similar-but-opposite reaction that generates solvated protons? If so, could you demonstrate? That would be wicked cool.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 років тому +3

      +TheBookDoctor Not really. The protons are in the nucleus and they can't really be given up. Electrons are very "fluid" in their ability to move around and be exchanged.

    • @YouCanHasAccount
      @YouCanHasAccount 8 років тому +1

      +TheBookDoctor I'm no chemist but I think a dissolved proton would just immediately protonate the solvent. e.g. in this situation form ammonium ions.

    • @supersmashsam
      @supersmashsam 8 років тому +3

      +TheBookDoctor Well, strongly acidic solutions could be seen as solvated protons solutions. As stated by +YouCanHasAccount "free protons" get solvated by protonating the solvent.
      The most common example being the hydronium ion or, in the most extreme case, magic acid (FSO3H-SbF5), where protons are so badly solvated that they will even protonate methane. Basically, protons are so electron deficient that they will stick to anything that has electrons.

    • @TheBookDoctor
      @TheBookDoctor 8 років тому

      +supersmashsam Thanks. Great explanation. That and some poking around on Wikipedia has got it sorted out for me.

  • @bayramerdogan121
    @bayramerdogan121 3 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing this video with us.

  • @brandonpou1261
    @brandonpou1261 5 років тому +1

    Yep, Ammonium Nitrate and sodium hydroxide will generate NH3 too.

  • @LevelTenContent
    @LevelTenContent 8 місяців тому

    You just helped 1000 tweekers make the hardest chemical for them to get their hands on 😂 still love your channel tho

  • @gogear131
    @gogear131 8 років тому +12

    nile is there a chemical or reaction that you wont do? like something out of your confort zone (toxic or safe wise)

    • @pushbutton8548
      @pushbutton8548 8 років тому +4

      +gogear131 judging from his equipments, Me2Hg is likely one of the chemicals.

    • @pinksapphire2898
      @pinksapphire2898 8 років тому +1

      hes not a fan of explosives

    • @zanpekosak2383
      @zanpekosak2383 7 років тому +5

      Flouroantimonic acid.

    • @maevemccormick5307
      @maevemccormick5307 6 років тому +2

      I think the mercury distillation video was seriously pushing his limits.

  • @maxopaladino
    @maxopaladino 2 роки тому +1

    11:46 We created Venom

  • @WendigoPsycho
    @WendigoPsycho 5 років тому

    I'm producing ammonia, but for whatever reason no matter what I do, even if the reaction flask is filled nearly to the top with water, I can't get the ammonia to be pushed out of the reaction flask.
    I'm not using near a sophisticated set up as Nile, though. I just added the ammonia nitrate, sodium hydroxide and water to a round bottom and quickly stoppered the flask with a rubber hose adapter leading a rubber hose to a funnel and beaker trap of distilled water cooled in an ice bath.
    About two or three hours later, I found the reaction still taking place with a cloud of ammonia above the liquid, but testing the solution in the beaker came up a neutral PH.
    Finally, I decided it was time for the big guns and lead the hose into a test tube cooled with dry ice and acetone. Still no ammonia condensed. No idea why this set up isn't working for me.
    Reaction flask is kept roughly between 20-30°C. If anyone has any idea what I'm doing wrong please let me know. I really want to make Schweitzer's reagent.

  • @ElSuperNova23
    @ElSuperNova23 8 років тому

    Classic Birch, the granddaddy of Australian chemists.

  • @tracybowling97
    @tracybowling97 4 роки тому +1

    Ammonia is also used as a refrigerant. We used it in the making of margarine. We were taught to run from the smell of it.
    Just a little tidbit I thought I would add.😉

    • @kobold7763
      @kobold7763 Рік тому

      What company do you use as a source for this anhydrous ammonia? Do purchases require LLC or business proof?

  • @LUMINARIASFOTON
    @LUMINARIASFOTON 8 років тому +3

    Nile Please teach us how to make nickel iron battery!
    regards

  • @joeyhinds6216
    @joeyhinds6216 8 років тому

    My vote is for benzaldehyde and methyl iodide! Happy New Year!!

  • @dakshbadal7522
    @dakshbadal7522 2 роки тому +1

    This guy makes me wanna continue studying chemistry

  • @Flederratte
    @Flederratte 8 років тому

    Great video! Really liked watching it!

  • @trioxidane2253
    @trioxidane2253 4 роки тому

    Fun fact:
    Ammonia actually *liquifies* when its dissolved in the water. Its unstable hence its volatility but is meta stable due to strong hydrogen bond formarion. It's super easy to prove; the math is super easy to do. Find the density of anhydrous liquid ammonia at room temp, then add it in parts, for instance 25% ammonia solution would be (ammonia density) + 1g/mL (water) + 1 + 1 and then you will get the density of your liquid. GUESS WHAT it's the exact same density as you'll find for ammonia solution densities.
    Math:
    Anyhydrous Ammonia(liquid) density at 60°F (aprox.)
    .608g/mL
    Water density at 60°F(aprox.)
    1g/mL
    25% Ammonia-Water solution
    ((.608g/mL + 1g/mL + 1g/mL + 1g/mL)/(4))
    This equals a density of .902g/mL which is the density of ammonia solution at 60°F

  • @jozefnovak7750
    @jozefnovak7750 11 місяців тому

    Super! Thank you very much!

  • @flaplaya
    @flaplaya 8 років тому

    You are smart sir. Like the explanations of the actual chemical processes. I had figured the boiling point to be that similar to propane (-21F) Interesting how there was no boiling going on.. Did see quite a bit of frost though and maybe it insulated the test tube... Birch reductions are cool. You had better be getting a PhD in organic chemistry and go off and solve the coming energy, climate and cancer problems.. I Messed up and only hope to direct younger brilliant people on a correct path. Thanks

    • @maggiep9007
      @maggiep9007 6 років тому +1

      It's never too late. Long as you're somehow breathing.

  • @thematronsmilitia
    @thematronsmilitia 4 дні тому

    Won't your efficiency at absorbing a gas into a liquid be terrible if you have big bubbles that reach the surface of your column? I think that some boiling chips around the end of the hose might be enough to break up the bubbles and increase absorption, or a glass honeycomb. An aquarium air stone might react with the amonnia too much

  • @JC-lt2rm
    @JC-lt2rm 5 років тому +1

    Heyyy there...! First of I really appreciate your videos! And I've been watching them for years! But.. i know it might be tedious... could you try to film ALL the steps on your videos. Not like the chem. reactions but the prep. stuff... not that you're not but do plz go into the pysical processes a bit more :) thanx for all your work! Mucho appreciado 🤗😎

  • @johncensored1271
    @johncensored1271 8 років тому

    Love your work and I'm excited for Pyridine from B3

  • @tomh2628
    @tomh2628 3 роки тому +2

    "Alright the video's done, add the pseudoephedrine!"

  • @bbrockert
    @bbrockert 7 років тому +7

    Could you run the exhaust of the reaction through a condenser, chilled by cold water? Then a lot of the water could drip back into the reactants rather than needing to be removed by the drying agent.

  • @PIOTRG00
    @PIOTRG00 8 років тому

    Video about denatonium benzoate could be quite interesting^^

  • @nenben8759
    @nenben8759 3 роки тому +1

    Anhydrous, liquid, and water free
    Anhydrous and water free

  • @knirken
    @knirken 7 років тому

    I don't understand anything, but I do like the content:P

  • @NavyField123
    @NavyField123 8 років тому

    You could've added something about the Birch Reduction that you did but otherwise well done :)

  • @colindebose3123
    @colindebose3123 5 років тому

    such futuristic paper >.>

  • @ThePaintballgun
    @ThePaintballgun 8 років тому +4

    Mr. Red, I believe we are both Canadian and I was just wondering where you get dry ice from?
    I have found it very difficult to fine. It's honestly easier to make! (but expensive).

    • @myrealusername2193
      @myrealusername2193 3 роки тому

      Fire extinguishers can work if you get the co2 ones, otherwise I haven’t seen it anywhere.

  • @mrchangcooler
    @mrchangcooler 8 років тому

    Happy new year

  • @nicevideomancanada
    @nicevideomancanada 8 років тому

    when my Father was young he used to add Iodine crystals to Anhydrous Ammonia. Stay clear as the remaining Ammonia evaporates and the result blows up.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 років тому

      +Peter Hall You can actually do that with regular aqueous ammonia. Filter off the precipitate and let it dry on a filter paper and it is super shock sensitive.

    • @nicevideomancanada
      @nicevideomancanada 8 років тому

      Thanks Nile, how strong does the Ammonia have to be? My Father used to sprinkle it on Rollerscating rinks, Snap, Crackle, Pop!

  • @jamesweldrick9761
    @jamesweldrick9761 8 років тому

    Would love to see a video on cleaning mercury!

    • @ziaurrahman-rb8ty
      @ziaurrahman-rb8ty 6 років тому

      i have need smoll amunia making machin where i get it & how much price pls known to me mail:
      bindudnf@gmail,com

    • @jadeblades
      @jadeblades 4 роки тому

      @@ziaurrahman-rb8ty no

  • @NikeTao
    @NikeTao 8 років тому

    So in theory, pumping Ammonia gas into Nitric Acid, you should be able to synthesise Ammonium Nitrate to make your own cold packs? It must be pretty exothermic since it's an acid-base reaction, but it's definitely worth a try.

    • @Metalhammer1993
      @Metalhammer1993 8 років тому

      not in theory it works that way. it´s how ammonium nitrate is made.

  • @freekingawwsome
    @freekingawwsome 3 роки тому

    Thank you for the share

  • @Blehmiaupluh
    @Blehmiaupluh Рік тому

    WE MAKIN METH WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥

  • @AllChemystery
    @AllChemystery 6 років тому

    how about the decomposition of oven dried urea? there's less messing around and the ammonia is fairly dry already. just heat the urea to decompose it and entrain the resulting gas through the drying agent and collect.

    • @maggiep9007
      @maggiep9007 6 років тому

      "OVEN FOR SALE. GENTLY USED."

  • @thomaspinter8456
    @thomaspinter8456 8 років тому

    I think nitrous oxide would be a pretty cool video

  • @dc2008242
    @dc2008242 8 років тому

    YEAS!

  • @AelwynMr
    @AelwynMr 5 років тому +1

    So concentrated solvated electrons look metallic! Is it a coincidence? Or is the shiny look of metals (and graphite) due to these materials having lots of electrons free to move?

  • @StefanoManiero
    @StefanoManiero 8 років тому

    I love your channel so much, it's fantastic!! What about showing how to convert urea to ammonia in one of your future videos? I would be so pleased if you do. Thank you anyway for all the videos you make, they're super interesting!

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 років тому

      +Stefano Maniero Not sure ill do a video on that ever, but it should be pretty similar to this ( i think).

    • @StefanoManiero
      @StefanoManiero 8 років тому

      +Nile Red I tried urea in a 20 M Sodium Hydroxide solution and it didn't work, maybe i'll just go with a 150°C hydrolisis of urea

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 років тому

      Stefano Maniero Did you try NaOH/Urea dry? It should do something at 20M though. Unless I am totally mistaken.

    • @StefanoManiero
      @StefanoManiero 8 років тому

      +Nile Red Sodium Hydroxide and Urea powdered you mean? Anyway I'm going to try a 25M solution and I hope it will work. Thank you a lot for answering me then, you are fantastic!

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 років тому

      Stefano Maniero I mean just using them both dry and adding a bit of water to get things going.

  • @humbertocastro2020
    @humbertocastro2020 7 років тому +3

    What do you do for a living? Are you a researcher, chemist for a lab, etc... I would really love to know.

    • @georgeharrisonOK
      @georgeharrisonOK 7 років тому +3

      he cooks meth

    • @pietrotettamanti7239
      @pietrotettamanti7239 6 років тому

      @Shawn Younker
      Good job at assuming a shitton of things about me from a comment. What do you do for a living, insult people from your keyboard covered in cheetos dust?

    • @maggiep9007
      @maggiep9007 5 років тому

      @@pietrotettamanti7239 Everyone makes mistakes.
      His mistakes are usually simple ones, and don't ruin the video. They're easy to get over to enjoy the content.

    • @pietrotettamanti7239
      @pietrotettamanti7239 5 років тому

      @@maggiep9007 if the guy didn't eliminate his comments you'd find out that I was saying exactly what you just wrote. A reaction performed on amatorial level is going to be far from perfect, and anyways extra technical details are not what people want from this channel. I personally enjoy it the most when nile and nurdrage screw up something and get to explain it, because it's the part where I learn the most.

    • @josephgao4657
      @josephgao4657 5 років тому

      @@pietrotettamanti7239 *This account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of UA-cam's policy against spam, deceptive practices, and misleading content or other Terms of Service violations.
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  • @hcn6708
    @hcn6708 8 років тому +9

    Can you do a Video on how to extract Urea from Urine?

  • @ARSZLB
    @ARSZLB 5 років тому

    whoaaa dude the sodium in the ammonia looked like a blue jellyfish upside down, regenerating new tentacles

  • @outofthebox5972
    @outofthebox5972 4 роки тому +1

    Such beautiful videos, but I think it's time for nanoparticules videos apart from traditional chemistry 😀

  • @scifactorial5802
    @scifactorial5802 8 років тому

    Do nitrous oxide next, should be fun!

    • @bensullivan420
      @bensullivan420 8 років тому

      +Xfactor Chem that ones peretty easy - heat ammonium nitrate to decomposition point and capture the gas produced which is an azeotrope of nitrous oxide and water vapor, and you can condense the water and end up with nitrous oxide (bubble it through hot water, the water vapor will dissolve into the hot water but the nitrous oxide wont) also keep the ammonium nitrate below 240º C, as that can become dangerous

    • @scifactorial5802
      @scifactorial5802 8 років тому

      +Ben Sullivan I'm familiar with the procedure but I still want to see a video of it since he is taking suggestions at the end of the video and this is the one I'm interested in the most. Mainly how sensitive can ammonium nitrate get when heated, for example a high temperature hammer test and comparing it to the stable form when at room temperature.

    • @bensullivan420
      @bensullivan420 8 років тому

      Ah yes that'd be cool to see on here

  • @TheRandomshit33
    @TheRandomshit33 8 років тому

    if you leave it in the dry ice you can see the electrons better

  • @coleramsey6705
    @coleramsey6705 8 років тому +2

    Hey Nile, would you ever consider an ammonium sulfide synthesis?

  • @origamigek
    @origamigek 8 років тому

    >tfw you can't show senpai your love because you're already subscribed

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 років тому +1

      +origamigek I am senpai?

    • @origamigek
      @origamigek 8 років тому

      Oh my, senpai noticed me.
      Keep up the good work!
      You post so many, high quality video's, it's amazing beyond belief.
      And congratz on topping periodic video's vid about solvated electrons.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 років тому

      origamigek I didnt even know they had one!

    • @origamigek
      @origamigek 8 років тому

      Yeah they do, I feel like re-watching it now.
      Ben (Applied Physics) also made a video about liquid ammonia, his procedure is slightly different.
      But I must say I fail to understand just what 'solvated electrons' really means, are they jumping between water molucules?

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 років тому

      origamigek I actually don't really know the true science behind it. In organic chemistry, we just always referred to them as a "free electron pool." Looking at the Wiki didnt help me too much... If you get a decent easy to understand explanation, id love to hear it!

  • @markharder3676
    @markharder3676 7 років тому

    Nile, knowing from sharp experiences with ammonium carbonate or acetate that these spontaneously decompose in an open container and liberate ammonia gas. The other product of the heated carbonate salt is CO2, according to Wikipedia. Since amm. carb. is plentifully available in anhydrous form, I was wondering if carefully heating the salt in a flask would produce enough anhydrous ammonia without the need of distillation, drying agents, etc. Of course, the gas liberated is a mixture of NH3 and CO2, so they need to be separated. I looked up the boiling points of the 2 gases. NH3 boils at -33.4 C and CO2 freezes directly at -78 C. What is the temperature of the dry ice-acetone bath? If it's between -33 and -78 C, then it would seem that NH3 would condense and CO2 would escape as a gas - unless they re-react after they are evolved from the salt. If that's true, then perhaps ammonium acetate could be used in the same fashion, since the acid product, acetic acid, would remain behind in the reaction mixture. However, Wikipedia says that ammonium acetate is, however, so that may contaminate the products with water. I don't have a lab available to me yet, so I can't try these things out. BTW the carbonate salt has been used in baking for a long time now! And by baking, I do mean foodstuffs. The CO2 puffs up the dough in the oven. Unfortunately, WikiP. doesn't explain why your bread doesn't reek of ammonia. I guess it evaporates in the oven, but they give no advice for clearing your kitchen of ammonia gas if that's the case. Weird....

    • @markharder3676
      @markharder3676 7 років тому

      Whoops! Some sloppy stoichiometry in that post. If you write out the formula: (NH4)2 CO3, you can see that besides 2 ammonias and one CO2, one water is also produced, so perhaps a generous drying tube is needed between the reaction flask and the cold bath.

  • @AsGames-g1k
    @AsGames-g1k 7 років тому +1

    Great video as always, but im wondering What type of grease do you use to seal the joints?

    • @jackweaver1846
      @jackweaver1846 2 роки тому +1

      I know this comment is old, but it’s literally just called joint grease. It has the consistency of Vaseline or chapstick.

  • @dougsteel7414
    @dougsteel7414 3 роки тому +2

    Every aspect of this goes against my understanding of physics, I'm kind of excited by that but simultaneously aggravated. Damn!

  • @lambdasun4520
    @lambdasun4520 3 роки тому

    14:12 aagh reaction in closed system!

  • @kieranodea9437
    @kieranodea9437 7 років тому

    If Will water vapor dissolve in liquid ammonia or can it be made to freeze and the remove ice crystals ?

  • @ЧудоЙогурт-х6е
    @ЧудоЙогурт-х6е 3 роки тому

    thabk you for the video

  • @zacharylederman9277
    @zacharylederman9277 8 років тому +2

    Hi Nile! I'm a high school student from Miami very interested in organic chemistry. Are there any extractions that can be done easily that you would recommend?

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 років тому

      +Zachary Lederman by easily, what do you mean? A lot of them will still require some sort of organic solvent that is not miscible with water, like DCM, diethyl ether, toluene, etc.. Are you able to get any of these?

    • @zacharylederman9277
      @zacharylederman9277 8 років тому

      +Nile Red I actually have a few of those. I was wondering are there any extractions that aren't as dangerous? (I don't know if I'm saying it right)

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 років тому

      Zachary Lederman There are a lot! You can take a look at my channel and see the ones I did. There is the classic one getting caffeine from coffee or caffeine pills. I can't think of others off the top of my head though...I am tired :p

  • @juliogallo4820
    @juliogallo4820 4 роки тому

    Awesome

  • @mmmhorsesteaks
    @mmmhorsesteaks 8 років тому +9

    Pet peeve: referring to aqueous ammonia as 'ammonium hydroxide' is very misleading. Imagine a 1M solution of ammonia in water. While it is true the ammonia will react with water in an equilibrium reaction to form ammonium ions and hydroxide ions, this equilibrium is located firmly to the left: less than 0.5% is ionized. Aqueous ammonia is just that: ammonia in water. I blame the Arrhenius theory for the prevalence of 'ammonium hydroxide'; according to arrhenius"every base must contain OH". By the time people reach bronsted-lowry or lewis theory, the term is no longer questioned.
    One does not call dilute acetic acid "hydronium acetate", nor does one call dilute hydrochloric acid hydronium chloride. So why call ammonia solutions ammonium hydroxide? It makes no sense.
    Otherwise excellent video. Can't wait to see the Birch reduction video.

    • @sinbindinchin
      @sinbindinchin 6 років тому +2

      You call propan-2-ol, isopropyl alcohol... UGHHH
      Isopropanol and isopropyl alcohol are equally outdated chemical names.

    • @pietrotettamanti7239
      @pietrotettamanti7239 6 років тому +1

      UUUGGGGHHHHHHH... I hate the smartasses who think that only IUPAC names can be used.

    • @sinbindinchin
      @sinbindinchin 6 років тому

      I don't think that at all, for example who in their right mind calls ammonia azane? But when someone criticises a perfectly acceptable name in favour of something as backwards as IPA with the suggestion of superiority, I have the draw the line. That's boarding on calling an alkene an olefin and criticising someone for using the word alkene.

    • @maggiep9007
      @maggiep9007 5 років тому

      @@sinbindinchin what's wrong with olefin?

    • @sinbindinchin
      @sinbindinchin 5 років тому +2

      @@maggiep9007 nothing, we all know what it means even if I do prefer alkene (I'm trendy like that).The point I was making is the absurdity of people criticising others for using other and I'd say less outdated terminology with the suggestion their preferred terminology makes them superior in some way. Them having this attitude despite the fact it's apparent they know nothing, bothered me.

  • @Jeffrey_Wong
    @Jeffrey_Wong 8 років тому +1

    Nile, can you make the audio louder in your videos?
    Thanks, and good work as always.

    • @NileRed
      @NileRed  8 років тому

      +Jeffrey Wong I can try, but it actually gets a little close to clipping in some videos.

  • @zanpekosak2383
    @zanpekosak2383 7 років тому +6

    Would ammonium nitrate work?

    • @WendigoPsycho
      @WendigoPsycho 5 років тому

      It does produce ammonia, but for whatever reason I can't get the ammonia to be pushed out of the reaction flask.
      I'm not using near a sophisticated set up as Nile, though. I just added the ammonia nitrate, sodium hydroxide and water to a round bottom and quickly stoppered the flask with a rubber hose adapter leading a rubber hose to a funnel and beaker trap of distilled water cooled in an ice bath.
      About two or three hours later, I found the reaction still taking place with a cloud of ammonia above the liquid, but testing the solution in the beaker came up a neutral PH.
      Finally, I decided it was time for the big guns and lead the hose into a test tube cooled with dry ice and acetone. Still no ammonia condensed. No idea why this set up isn't working for me.
      Reaction flask is kept roughly between 20-30°C. If anyone has any idea what I'm doing wrong please let me know. I really want to make Schweitzer's reagent.

    • @braxtonbrown6386
      @braxtonbrown6386 5 років тому

      @@WendigoPsycho anhydrous ammonia's boiling point is -33 degrees Celsius I believe, possibly you've past the boiling point and it's escaped the vessel evaporating into the atmosphere.

    • @BackYardScience2000
      @BackYardScience2000 5 років тому

      @@WendigoPsycho , you must slowly heat your reaction with a reflux condensor until you start refluxing water. But don't go too hot with it or you will push water vapor over with your product, diluting it. That will drive the reaction forward and push your vapors over to your collection vessel.

  • @donciterenyi4494
    @donciterenyi4494 8 років тому

    Is thermally decomposing ammonium bicarbonate a good way to generate ammonia?

  • @leogomez1075
    @leogomez1075 7 років тому +1

    hey could int you just mix sodium hydroxide and ammonium nitrate to generate ammonia gas?

  • @crinkly.love-stick
    @crinkly.love-stick 2 роки тому

    That lye bottle is home™ brand. Are we doing this in Canada??

  • @LilGugz
    @LilGugz 8 років тому +4

    11:55 re-do this with your new 4k camera please :D :D

  • @geraldellis1177
    @geraldellis1177 6 років тому

    can i use calcium sulphate powder as a drying agent

  • @eldude831
    @eldude831 4 роки тому +1

    I just read an article about blue amonia used for power. Can you elaborate?

  • @mikeguer7011
    @mikeguer7011 7 років тому +1

    Hi NileRed use the natrium amide to make the chichibabin reaction please

  • @kieranodea9437
    @kieranodea9437 7 років тому

    More so could high purity liquid ammonia be dried another besides this way useing the condenser?

  • @FilbieTron
    @FilbieTron Рік тому

    Why are the electrons blue?? That’s kind of blowing my mind

  • @mistertheguy3073
    @mistertheguy3073 7 років тому +1

    could you crystalise lithium in ammonia?

  • @viktorprypoten5233
    @viktorprypoten5233 7 років тому

    question on drying agents - I was told that drying agents should not be fine or they absorb product. Where is the truth?

  • @EarthPoweredHippie
    @EarthPoweredHippie 4 роки тому

    Are all free electrons blue? Or does the color have to do with them coming from lithium specifically?

    • @EarthPoweredHippie
      @EarthPoweredHippie 4 роки тому

      I guess I should wait to ask stupid questions cuz sodium provided blue color as well.... smh I'm a dumbass sometimes

  • @sassysap2236
    @sassysap2236 2 роки тому

    12:00 feels like harry potter movie.......