Exotic Thermite Series Ep. 1: Iron, Chromium, Stainless Steel
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2017
- (Intro clips from Cody'sLab, NurdRage, and NileRed [obviously])
Hey everyone! Hope you enjoy this video! This feels so great to finally get out online after 8 months of filming/editing (not all that time was spent working on this, obviously :) )...
Next up is Nickel, Cobalt, Manganese, and Tin! Maybe some alloys as well like Ferromanganese and NiChrome. After that I plan on having a "boosted and high temperature" third episode, but I'll leave it at that for now ;)
First off special thanks to Cognitive Thought for being the initial spark that lead to the creation of this series. I wouldn't be doing this without you, man, and its been a lot of fun so far. It only gets more fun from here!
Second, if anyone has any constructive criticisms for me on this video or corrections that would be much appreciated! It's been almost ten years since I've done any filming, scripting, and editing like this so let's just say the next episode will hopefully be smoother.
If anyone has any questions by all means feel free to ask! Please oh please don't try this at home. This stuff can go wrong oh so quickly and the worst kind of problem is one that's preheated to 4000 degrees Fahrenheit.
lmfao the codys lab intro got me
I thought I'd clicked on a Cody video and he'd been hacked and had his channel name changed 😂
That intro destroyed me. Like the kids say, "im ded"
rx323bug same 😂
This got suggested me after a Codyslab video. I saw the username and thought Codys account got hacked.
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I like all of the youtube chemistry inside jokes. The dougslab theory really got me!
Don't try this at home. Try at your friends home.
Good idea
"Grant I know you're watching"
Shout out to King of random on his charges?
Sarch Lalaith RIP Grant 😞
Have some respect for the guy you were fanboying, he had kids, and a wife. Jesus.
@@jessepinkman1471 That was 2 yrs ago when he was still alive man no one had any idea at that time he was going to pass away
@@ElwoodEmmons Still seems a bit harsh on the man. Regardless I suppose you have a point. But I am surprised that you didn't think he was gonna pass away considering the things he did. Take care and stay safe, let's hope we make it to 2021.
@@jessepinkman1471 You too be safe its good when people can talk and be nice so many people go straight to rude thanks again have a good day
So glad I found your channel. It's a hidden gem. I really like your humor and that you include the math of each reaction.
You know, the difference between science and messing around is writing it down.
btw. where did you get your cryolite and CaF2?
Anticonny thanks! It’s nice to hear :)
And the cryolite and fluorspar I get from a ceramics guy on eBay (leroy500paul) who I’ve dealt with so much we just email at this point but he still has a shop up on there (with a hell of an inventory I may add). I actually get a large amount of my oxides from him. He makes some amazing glazes for pottery with the oxides - very unique techniques- I’d recommend taking a look while you’re there.
These glazes do look amazing! I didn't know that such patterns were possible.
Do you think that CaF2 would suffice as a flux? But I don't think so because cryolite is probably necessary to form an eutectic mixture with the aluminium oxide.
Anticonny I said the same thing when I found his store. The fluorspar will work alone just fine as will the cryolite alone but after doing these (and a lot more off camera) the 65/35 mix “feels” the best. Not sure how to describe it exactly. Good metal separation, good yield, not as much crap thrown out of the pot, etc. And for what some of the oxides cost a little extra flux is not that much comparatively.
I subbed just at the intros lol
tryAGAIN 1987 same
@@Palisade5810 Me too :-)
This video is great! I was looking for a video describing how the termite reaction could be applied to other metals but I wasn't expecting something as comprehensive as this. This will save me a lot of time and money that I otherwise would have had to devote to basic experimentation. It's really extremely appreciated. Love the spoof intros too. This video is definitely of their caliber. You would think more people would find metal chem interesting but I guess that since you can't use it to make drugs it appeals to a smaller audience. 😁
Michael Thank you! Getting feedback is really appreciated as I’m just over halfway done with my list of oxides and they’re only getting more expensive each time haha
Glad you can use the info - that was my main reason for making the series. (obviously be careful and all that formality, some of these are surprisingly energetic)
Personally I love inorganic chem as I’m a little kid at heart and love colored solutions and powders even if they are significantly more toxic to deal with on average.
Thanks again and have a Merry Christmas by the way!
The Gayest Person on UA-cam I can imagine so! Thanks again for putting all the time and money into making these. I for one really appreciate it. I've learned a lot watching them. Who knew slag could be so beautiful? 😀
Honestly the cobalt/nickel slag is what eventually drove me to record these. It's just so unexpected for something so violent and energetic to end up producing a pigment.
That intro is gold
actually it's as s ass ass
This is a great series, your videos are not only great scientific content, but you've got a lot more professionalism and humour than most of the other youtube science channels.
Just watched the whole series, really awesome, haven’t seen really anyone doing this before or doing such a great job doing it, filming it and showing their work, I can’t wait for things you’ll do in the future. Also good job on the editing, I know it isn’t easy and you’ve done a really great job with it
Nate Parfitt thanks! Much appreciated :)
Thermites are so much fun, I love watching them. Great work on the video, informative and entertaining. Magnetite/Al is my most frequently used mixture. It's fast but not explosive, it gets even hotter than red iron oxide thermite and gives a good yield of iron.
Came for the name of the Channel - stayed to watch the video and learned something ;-) - great stuff! 10/10 Content
great video man, looking forward to more!
Shit, how haven't I found your channel already
Rhodanide I said the same thing when I found your channel a week or two ago haha 😆
The Gayest Person on UA-cam 🙃
Rhodanide glad you like the videos and thanks for the sub :)
Thanks for the recipe! My grandma didn't stand a chance.
Great video loved your captions that little "reeee" in the top right had me in stitches keep up your videos and the humour you will go far subbed
Come back please we need you.
I agree entirely.
All Hail Blue Whale!
Best thermite tutorial on UA-cam, how you don't have 100,000 views is beyond me. Thanks bro. Subbed✔
That chromium crap must have been fun to cleanup.
HV Lab not as bad as you may have thought but it was still a pain in the ass haha. Thank god I don’t have to clean up after every time the video plays
All you have to do is shape it as a mountain and light up the peak. the decomposition will work it's way down and it will look like a volcano 🌋
isn't chromate like super bad if it gets into a water supply
i laughed so hard at the intro, also excited to watch this series
subed!
Took me a while to get to watching this but well worth it i thought it was just going to be another youtube thermite video but i was wrong. Thank you for doing this so i don't have to on my channel and i would do it much more ghetto. Great video thank you again.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
I clicked on this video because why not. Then I looked at the username of the person and stayed because of it. Now I am glad I did because this channel is a gem.
Your videos are fantastic one of a kind lol and I have not caught my self on fire yet keep up the good work
Howdy doodee, hope you are doing well... just found your channel and 5 minutes in, I'm excited to see what occurs next... till next time. 🎉
do I have to say the youtube algorithm works if it took 6 years to show me this video?
Your channel name is hilarious🤣 The Cody's lab intro too🤣. Also great video. You just got yourself another sub my friend
ohh, thankyou so much. Ive wanted to learn more aoubt the types of thermite, or anything thats clear to me, and you have provided!
This is amazing. Keep going!
this is exothermically exciting :D
Best science tutorial, informative and fun to watch. Subed
The subject and handle of video maker: subscribed! Just know this guy will be worth watching.
Never begin at the beginning, begin in the middle and do the beginning as a flash back.
with that intro you already earned my sub :D
I think I found my new favourite channel
Best outro advice ever.
ah, seeing the dichromate volcano was something i was curious about since i was knee high to a grasshopper, so thanks for displaying your interesting erudition and skills. I also was interested in the stainless steel that you were making. Some of it even looked forgeable.
7:09 Got that "Will it blend?" reference right away lmao, that was the golden age of youtube
Excited to see your plutonium video!
Wow! That last one was a violent reaction, cool!
I hope you are wearing a high grade breathing apperatas?! With filter cartridges...
I hope to see in your next part/s how thermite is used to cut/melt iron, like what's done for building demonstrations 😉👍
Thanks for the vids!
Incredible video, honestly
flippen awesome!
My right ear loved this video!
love this channel!
Dude you are super funny. You have the best UA-cam channel name ever!!!!!
The Codyslab, nurdrage and nilered killed me 😂😂
I need to watch you walk through those delicious looking fumes at least ten more times. I really dig that metal oxide patina your tripod has acquired.
maybe put the tripod upwind?
Love what youre doing here, keep up the amazing work!
Had to sub because of the first 20 seconds.
After watching the full video, I'm very glad I did.
there are you getting all of these metal powders especially the aluminum powder. If I'm not mistaken isn't there a limit of 2lbs per head per year
You can always grind your own if you have a ball mill and a lot of free time.
EDIT: Just dm me on twitter if you want to chat @gaygay_gay_gay because I use it regularly unlike my email.
If you don’t use it then continue reading 😀
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I accidentally deleted the comment trying to reply on mobile (I’ll try to restore it if possible) but to the guy that sent me an email to “coolguy@cyberdude.com” and didn’t receive a reply, first, that was a genuine email address, not a dickish joke as some took it to be.
Unfortunately because I use it as a throwaway email I get a shitload of spam- it must have been caught up in it because I was genuinely interested in doing that. I don’t check it religiously and because of that and the crap server it was on I don’t have access to it anymore aka I don’t have the password/can’t get it.
This is I’m sure way too late but if you pass by this video again you can email me at catpuncher@catlover.com (this is a real email as well)
I don’t check it constantly but the spam is minimal as it’s newer. If the email is from outside the US it may mark it spam so I’ll check there too.
(Mail.com lets you choose your own email so I take advantage of it for comedy purposes, see for yourself)
The Gayest Person on UA-cam these emails oml what amazing names
Your science is bad and you should feel bad
Nice domains.
Brett Harding I know that’s a reference, but where from? I can’t remember, but it’s very familiar
really really awesome man!
Videos like these are the reason I still exist
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a fun video for me to watch -- I was a track welder on the railroad for 32 years and part of my work was thermite welding of rail - we used a prepackaged charge weighing about 30-40 pounds -- our crucible had fairly thick walls and designed to drain molten steel from the bottom of the crucible into the mold for the welded joint - - part of your issue with a porous mass of metal might be related to the geometry of the reacting mass -- the ideal shape for the charge would be a sphere, the next best practical would be a right circular cylinder - your reacting mass was a fairly flat or very shallow conic section -- the mass I used would react completely in 20 to 30 seconds, from ignition to completion -- the mass would be allowed to sit in the crucible for a few seconds before tapping and pouring into the mold, the steel being quite heavy would flow into the mold and then the slag would pour, floating atop the steel and overflowing into a catch basin. Part of the deal is to contain the heat and keep things fluid long enough for the metal to separate completely from the slag. We would preheat the crucible to well over 200 deg.F to cmpletely dry it and also keep the molten mass from chilling against cold crucible walls. I think what you are doing is great, and hope you may try some experimenting with a differently shaped crucible, perhaps experimenting with casting your own crucibles from some readily available refractory -- good luck to you! btw, we also used a cone-shaped lid over the top of the crucible, with a hole in the top for venting the fumes and hot gases. hole was about 1/3 or 1/4 the diameter of the crucible itself
Thomas Koehler thanks for the post! Interesting info, I’ll have to give it a closer look for the next video.
Side question, was the extra metal/slag hand ground off or did you use one of those grinding machines that ride the track?
TGPoYT, part of the casting is a pair of massive risers at the base of the rail, providing makeup metal for the casting as it cools before "freezing". Those were simply snapped off after the metal was under about 900 degrees. The excess metal at the top was cut off while still at an orange heat, using an old school hot cut chisel and 10 pound sledge wielded by a striker (a worker whose job was skill with a sledge, striking either a flatter or a chisel in track welding). Later, hydraulic shears were developed which would be clamped to the rail and then engaged to neatly shear off the mass of excess metal on the top and faces of the rail in a few seconds. After the metal had gone "black" about 900 degrees or less, a grinder was used to smooth off the top and faces of the rail head. The grinder was man-portable, guided by wheels at either end of a frame which carried the actual grinder head. Manually running this grinder back and forth over the target area, the surface was ground to the desired shape and degree of flatness. There is a wide variety of these profile grinders in use, all easily carried by two people. Some have a gasoline engine mounted on the grinder, others are driven by a flexible shaft powered by a separate gasoline engine, while others are driven by a hydraulic motor powered by a separate pumping unit. The monstrous huge track-traveling grinders are used for surfacing and profiling miles of track in a single day, and not employed just for grinding welds. It may be the case that some roads might use a single self-propelled grinder if they are going to be grinding many welds in a day in a relatively small area. The slag was collected in an overflow pan as part of the casting process, and after it was cool enough to handle, we buried it. It was a flat block, about 6 x 10 inches, more or less and maybe a couple of inches thick.
Thomas Koehler damn, thanks for all of that! Very insightful
Well, Sir, It was still an awesome video, and awesome volcano!
Good info....I learned my limitations .....good look'n DOG !!!
So how do you determine the amount of flux to use? Is it just by experimentation, or is there some kind of formula according to the starting ingredients and their ratio? I'd love to know! Thanks for really informative and educational videos!
That "no nilered parody" was genius. Lol'd good and proper.
That yellow iron oxide reaction is compelling!
Damn those were some quality roasts at the beginning
This is a fascinating and very thorough video. It's also flashing me back to my welding studies and the many warnings about hexavalent byproducts when grinding or melting SS alloys. Unlike some on YT you at least have a decent grasp of the science so I'm assuming there's decent PPE involved ... but damn, all that chrome floof is going to be a pain in the ass to clean up. :)
If I was you, I would sell the crystals. They're beautiful. While I'm not sure as to their properties, I could see something like that used in conjunction with resin casting (or even mounted bare) to make a central stone for a ring or necklace pendant. You're pretty much making a mini volcano here, so control over temperatures and time means different crystal size ...
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Not anymore... 👀
Very nice demos. My science teacher did the ammonium dichromate volcano in 1964. She mixed in chopped up toy gun red paper rolled caps(remember those?) and ground up 4th of July sparklers for added effect. No way they would permit that sort of demo in a school now, with the carcinogenicity of the chromium compounds. It amazing that we survived childhood!
got me subbed with nilered parody :D top tier, also you sound kind of cute
edit: i recommend getting a second camera on a tripod and just keep it on if you can, that way you can have some b-roll in case you forget to film a reaction
Awesome dog!
The chrome plated lawn at the end!😅 But thanks for the educational content, never knew thermite had more uses than burning stuff and welding railroads.
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Gold star bro!
I use a K chlorate reaction ignited by a length of safety fuse, I find it works most effectively while giving me time to back off
Awesome job, I legit thoought this was Cody lol
Awesome!
Yeah. Proper lab conditions and equipment required. Awesome to easily make metal though. I would assume a slower reaction is better. Safer and yield more usable metal. Looks like the mix that came out of the crucible burned below the surface and expanded throwing the top out.
How well does the Borax work as a flux for Iron/steel? I am trying to produce a workable amount of steel to cast an axe head. Im also adding about 10% by volume of steel shot, like the railroad welding compound. I think there is flux in that compound as well by Im not sure what it is. I have easy access to borax.
CL johnson it’s...eh...It works but many times it’s a pain in the ass to remove the slag as it’s very glass-like. If that’s all you have access to it will work but I’ve never had trouble with my 2:1 fluorspar:cryolite mix so I avoid it altogether.
I guess if you’re cleaning the piece up anyway to cast it won’t be as big of a deal removing the slag on second thought. Ymmv!
So does it just require a transition metal oxide and elemental aluminum? Could you create a thermite reaction with nitrous oxide or carbon dioxide?
you can test your stainless steel alloy with a magnet. when chromium/nickel are at ~18/8 then it should be nearly non magnetic.
And btw. you want as little carbon as possible in a stainless alloy because it forms chromium carbide. this prevents the chromium from making the alloy corrosion resistant.
low temp austenitic steel, based
can i ask what was the result of the stainless steel tests ? did it produce good steel ? if so would it be possible to make vanadium steel this way ? about 0.1%vanadium to black iron oxide ?
What do you do woth the pieces of steel you make after do you toss them? I would be courious how they work under a forge..so you ever send any bits to anyone..?
I think you nailed the outro. Loosely relevant comment followed by "I'm still working on the outro"
.hello: a question, if this formula mix with water to make a solid paste would be correct?
The fact you live next to a racetrack AND can do stuff like this in your yard makes me incredibly jealous.
This has all the ingredients of good chemistry;flames, smoke, the potential for explosions and toxic fumes, I can't tell via video if it smells bad.
lol already subbed withot even seeing the video bdcause of that noice intro
Too cool that last one was kind of scary and was waiting for something to jump out of it
Welcome to the Science division of UA-cam !
Bull Shyte awesome! I’m no chemist but I can mop the floors if that helps
Plaster or plaster of Paris any good for the pot-filling layer? Might contaminate the metal less as it won't move once set.
William Chamberlain maybe, but it may start to decompose/cause steam to boil off and let bubbles to rise up through the slag. Otherwise it’s not a bad idea.
Wow, you deserve more views.
I was a little skeptical when I saw your user name, but I kept seeing your vids in the recommended videos when I watch my normal content. I'm certainly glad I decided to give you a chance. You now have a new sub!
Joseph Gauthier lol, thanks!
The Gayest Person on UA-cam so about when do you expect to have the next video up? Obviously you can't give a very precise number, especially if you have things going on in your life, I'm just hoping for a very rough estimate.
cool vid, good job
Great vid mate.! these flux Crystals look kinda nice, maybe some sculpting and polishing would make some jewlery... I hear no accent in your voice, yet I'm not an American and the only Apallachian I heard were those bushwacking moonshiners on a reallity show.! I'm glad I came across your chan, and thermite get's my attention every time. Keep up the vids mate, be safe.!
13:53 You deserve my like for that reference :)
Loving your username
Underrated
JCElzinga thanks :)
Have you calculated the yield for these reactions? It seems pretty low to me based on the metal weights you are getting. My guess would be that you have to add excess aluminium to the mix in order to increase the yields. But that's just my two cents. Even in industrial furnaces which use coal and reducing gases, the reducing agents are added in large excesses. Obviously coal has the role to produce the needed heat as well by burning
Am I meant to take your username as a challenge?
SilverDax yes
The username is confusing me. Is it ever addressed?
Pretty Colors!
Where did you buy the Iron Oxide? I want to make my own ferrite cores.
Maybe this is a stupid question because it probably wont work but could you try using malachite ( Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂ ) as the metal oxide?
Someone set us up the bomb.
You should use those wire sparklers they sell around the 4th of july to light your thermite reactions, it's more controlled with speed and safety
Great work! You’re the first youtuber I’ve seen to actually research the thermite reaction to the point where you actually got some very sizable and high-quality yields. Everybody else just took the metal oxides, added aluminum, and lit the stuff, with absolutely terrible results. Adding flux seems to play a crucial role, since otherwise it seems that you tend to get a large fireball that throws stuff everywhere, and little to no iron or whatever they started off with.
Glad I found this channel