How To Make Ruby in a Microwave
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- Опубліковано 4 тра 2024
- In this video we experiment with several methods for making ruby in a microwave. Click the link to get $15 off your first pair of BRUNT boots, plus free shipping & returns: cen.yt/bruntnighthawk
Thanks to ElementalMaker for inspiring this series of ruby making projects, and also for allowing me to use his footage. Channel here: / elementcollector1001
Thanks also to NileRed for the awesome plasma footage. See his video on the subject here: • The microwave plasma m...
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Great!
Now that is a cool use of Technology
What if u used a alluminium plate instead of wires in the dust maybe it would make a ruby coin on top of the aluminum coin/plate thingy :)
Wouldn't it help to use a small aluminum container and then put that container in the glass? or maybe use aluminum ball bearings? it looks like the rubies are formed around the contact points between the wool and the seed material.
You should warn people about opening microwaves to try to hack them for higher wattages, it's a terrible way to die.
Beard, check.
Rubies, check.
Parrot? Check.
You're a pirate.
oh, I like this one
YAR HAR DIDDLE DEE DEE
@@Queer_Nerd_For_Human_Justice DO YOU WANT CUZ A PIRATE IS FREE
@@evelyndeleon7234 :D
I am seeing Ted Cruz, which is unfortunate. 🙂
2005: make diamonds in your microwave with charcoal and peanut butter... lol, jk.
2020: make rubies in your microwave... no, really.
Haha, I remember the Mythbusters trying to replicate that diamond peanut butter, good old time lol
@@alphaadhito I don't, do you remember which season and/or episode?
I have them all.
Funny thing is the charcoal + microwave = diamond is possible in a near-vacuum (chemical/plasma vapor deposition). There are actually a lot of different ways to do it.
@@Baigle1 Don't you also need a very high pressure?
@@blg53 Not really. Most successful setups use low pressure mixtures of a noble gas and methane at high temperature, but you can also use ion beams to knock off charged high velocity chunks, imbed ions directly, or statically attract free gaseous ions from plasma.
If you are directly trying to crush a sample of charcoal (or even super-pure graphite) inside a laser-assisted diamond anvil (at any usefully large crystal size), you will usually always get grain dislocations, vacancies, impurities, and various crystal arrangements that make it hit-or-miss with most industrial processes.
Now that I mention it, it may be possible to use an x-ray laser arrangement which only targets deformities in crystal structure inside diamond anvil cells. This may make it possible to only (or mostly) allow growth of a selected type of crystal (or along a certain axis) in a combined micro-vapor deposition/ compression method. Good work, you.
Didn't think I'd be adding a microwave into my workshop, but here we are.
I love how thoroughly you credit other creators
Microwave:
Aluminium-Oxide molten
Soup still cold
very true
69th like
Check mains voltage before. If it has low level microwave oven won't work.
Just use plasma to heat your soup :D
Put some steel wool in an try again.
"Don't do this in your home microwave"
K, work microwave it is. That's what you get for heating fish in there Hank! Imma be heating rubies!
Imagine people in your work heating their food up only to find their food fluoresce under UV light in a brilliant pink, makes for some sick pastries
I used my college microwave once to cook a potato and... it caught fire
@@sarcasm-aplenty Should of poked it with a fork make some punctures with a fork around the potato and you can cook it in the microwave.
Not doing that the potato could blow up.
And a friends home
@@PinBallReviewerRepairs do microwaves that aren't attached to walls work differently? Like are microwaves and microwave ovens fundamentally different and I just never noticed?
Um, honey?
Wife: Yes, dear.
We seem to need a new microwave.
You have a wonderful way of helping people recognize how fun and interesting science can be.
I have a suggestion for a more energetic way to create rubies: I'm sure you know that when a lighting strikes a beach you can then find at the point of discharge some glass in the shape of the electrical arc that melted it, aka fulgurites. You can also make these with a power transformer (the ones hanging from poles) and a flower pot filled with slightly damp sand.
Also there is a way to make fulgurites harvesting natural lightings, basically break the path from a lighting rod to ground with a jar full of sand.
What if instead of using sand you use the ruby seed material? I think you could get pretty gorgeous lightning shaped rubies.
I hope you can at least set up some "lightning traps" somewhere if you can't or won't deal with a power transformer and its dangers
I might be able to combine that idea with another I've been thinking about. Thanks for your comment!
Like taking the scaled up process for making flash graphene and applying it to making rubies
@@Nighthawkinlight hello i am a material scientist, a machine already exists that could recreate the same plasma conditions as a lightening strike. Its called Vacuum Arc ReMelting (VAR or VAM depending on the author) this machine is used to melt high temperature research alloys that require 3000+ degrees Celsius within seconds
Kinda like what the backyard scientist did? but with the ruby material instead of sand?
@@Nighthawkinlight I am excited to see this idea.
I'm sure I've cooked pizza rolls in the microwave hot enough to make rubies. But I just burnt the shit out of the roof of my mouth instead.
Oral scarification is an unappreciated art... The Romans called it "the art of cunnilingus".
Because you don't put pizza on the microwavy
When I got my first microwave, I wanted some instant coffee. Filled cup and put it in for 5 minutes should do. I thought it a bit hot so I used a glove mitten to take it. A tea spoon of coffee and BOOM! It splattered hot coffee all over the kitchen like if a large fire cracker were in it. About 1/4 of the water was left in the cup.
Same, dude.
Cool stuff!! I believe the term "seed" is used for the small piece of Ruby or original crystal material that is typically used to grow a boule from. (It's not the powder)
Yes, in crystal chemistry and engineering the introduction of crystals to grow crystals is done to change the nucleation energy states in order to expidate growth, or even trigger it. In fact this is observed in crystal field theory when trying to apply it when making heterogeneous crystals. The crystals don't always have to be the same molecular compounds either, this is called heterogeneous nucleation.
How have i not seen this channel before, im definitely going to watch more of these in the future you’re up there with the likes of codys lab and nile red.
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how easy he made this to understand and follow along with?
That's why I've been following him since he was making fireworks in his parents' kitchen
This man speaks Lehman, he is underappreciated!
have u even heard what he said at 1:06 ?
goes on to make diamonds tomorrow
It’s microwaving an oxide? Not rocket science dude.
Im 100% trying this at home with my home microwave.
My gemologist wife is gonna be so proud when I make her birth stone, or I'll die. Either way. Win-win.
So how'd it go
@@AA-vr8ve I died
@@Ciara_Foxx Nooooo
Did you do it?? So cute 🥰
This is fucking hilarious.
You may never see this, but I'm inspired to write it anyways. Ruby is my birthstone and to see them illuminated so brilliantly was amazing. It makes me wonder if my old class ring would do it too, but I have no idea where it is. Anyways, thanks for the cool video!
You should consider getting a used commercial (restaurant or similar) microwave. They are 10x stronger than even high wattage home versions.
I used to work at Starbucks and The microwave oven we have is easily five or six times more efficient than any other microwave I've ever seen
Most people think of a ruby as being red, but just as you showed in this video, they can be pink in color. Cool how it transforms from that seafoam color. I never knew about that microwave kiln, I definitely need to buy one. Great work as always!
You can change the deepness of the red color by adding more chromium, up to about 5%
@@Nighthawkinlight It would be interesting to experiment using other elements to alter the color.
@@Nighthawkinlight what about some zirconium kiln material? also why not use aluminum metal and chromium metal with an oxygen supply fed from say an electrolysis system breaking down water and sending the oxygen to the chamber while heating. (zirconium based kiln like the alumina one you had, for higher temp resistance)
what most people don't understand about gems is that they are quite often cloudy like in this video and by faceting and polishing the boule you will see the color become deeper and more translucent.
@@the_great_tigorian_channel sometimes but I doubt this is the case here because of cooling time, to get that clearer aspect they will probably need to let them cool slower so as to form single solid crystal, formation from it, additionally though they could use these gems to dissolve in water with in a hydrothermal synthesis system and recrystalize in the cooler end (we are talking 100s of degrees C due to it being under pressure to keep it liquid so it won't boil thus becoming a super solvent unlike plain 100C or less water that wont dissolve an emerald or ruby, and even the "cooler" side is still a couple 100 degrees C so still way hotter than 1atm of pressure would allow it to exist in as liquid,)
What I am more interested in is the way to heat it and maintain that temp to allow flowing and annealed cooling into a solid for say nozzle tips for 3D printers and such ;)
I think, almost more impressive than you making rubys in a microwave, is that you have sponsor I would consider purchasing from.
How much do your shoes cost? In rubies.
Good grammar
Not
@@Tejvir7 What an unexpected and funny twist you manifested with your second message that negated the first message.
Such skill, such outstanding mastery of linguistics! I am in awe!
Same here, they look like good boots.
this guy is gold.. talks in plain English.. THANK YOU!
Apparently that isn’t even his real voice. He used AI. This world is getting stupider by the minute. If you can’t use your real voice, don’t talk to me. About anything.
@@joeblogh2340 Proof?
Most interesting video I've seen in a while! I'd love to see more of these where you try to perfect the formula even more!
NightHawk: "don't try this at home"
Me: "what do I have to do to do this safely at home"
NightHawk: "this reaction makes toxic byproducts. This is a chemistry microwave now."
Me: goes to thrift store to get chemistry microwave
Would be easier to buy a small kiln...
@@Hoch134 probably less electricity to use a microwave though?
@@deth3021 I'm not sure about that. You need the same energy for the process and I can imagine that a lot of energy is wasted in the microwave. Also, you will get way bigger rubies with a kiln.
@@Hoch134 I don't think so. With a kill you use most of the energy in a difuse manor, also due to the greater volume heated you have a longer heat up time.
With this method you only run the power for 10 seconds and it's directly applied to the area where the heat is needed.
As for the size. I think there is still potential to evolve this Process. This seems more like a proof of concept than a refined process.
@@deth3021 That's why I said small kiln - there are very small kilns around.
If you want to do it fast, you could easily use a torch as well.
Of course, this is a proof of concept. But it seems inefficient to convert energy into different forms instead of using it directly.
were the 294 people who disliked this expecting him to pull out a set of ruby tiffany's ear rings?
no
any other questions?
@@nommy8599 I had forgot this video existed, thanks for reminding me so I could watch it again
@@haveagreatday8248 Thanks! And nearly, several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict. Have a great day yourself
@@nommy8599 Liar
Interesting experiment. Also, this is the first time ever I’ve watched a sponsor ad completely through. I’m considering looking them up.
I enjoy your videos. They're quite educational. I was wondering if you ever made a video on making a bullet-proof material using easy to find ordinary household materials? I would be interested in learning about it. Thanks
Very clever method!
I scrolled through to find your comment Ben. I was surprised to see this simple comment tbh. As im sure we all hold your work and thoughts in high regards, i was anticipating your thoughts on this. Oh Well i hope you are doing well and im looking forward to your next video. Cheers from Australia.
Thanks Ben!
Gentlemen behold epic bro moment
@@willynebula6193 weirdo
I'd love to see you refine the method!
Wow, I had no idea that you could do that. Great video! :)
Make a video already
Back from the grave eh :P?
Hey Keystone,
I remember you and Cody were making a fusion reactor.
Any news with it?
So happy to see you comment here. Love your channel. Hope life is good bud!
Now, how do we make one with a 0.4mm hole in the middle and adhere it to the tip of an fdm 3d printer nozzle?
I have a suggestion for a larger one. Put in your aluminum first, heavier amount, then pour in your mixture and press a little, not pushing all the oxygen out. This way the mixture is throughly integrated and has room for oxygen also. When you heat it the aluminum is throughout the mix and evenly heated.
Love your videos and I'm really learning a lot. I follow up on what you talk about here so the knowledge sticks. That microwave kiln has got my mind thinking 🤔 I about lost it on the ladder shot with the boots tho lol. They look great by the way. You got my attention talking about the stress points. I've had nice boots, bad stress points.
Logical next step: Lightning rod in large box of ruby seed material. This is done with sand to create glass formations, why not try it for making rubies? Maybe giant capacitors if you can't wait for the weather.
because rubies take a hell of alot more heat to crystalize than glass unfortunately, so lightning could do it, but the ruby formations would likely be smaller and more sparse per strike
@@Draakdarkmaster6 That seems a valid point. Of course, had I unlimited funds I would do it anyway and compare the results to the microwave. Of course I would do a lot of insane things with unlimited funds. At the moment I only have funds for slightly unconventional science. Mad science will have to wait.
@@raum_dellamorte your passion is your soul, never lose it.
@@nate7LP_my_dog_found_the_knife Im gonna use this as my yearbook quote lol
@@Starstruck_Seven 👍
Be careful with those glasses, nile red showed that the plasma can damage glass, causing it to break spontaneously later
When he showed that part I said, "Yep, and he had to destroy all those beakers!"
Good call out. Temperamental tempered glass!
2 months later: "So all my beakers started breaking…"
Time to take out the Thermal Tamper
*Que the smashing symphony*
The rapid change of temperatures can do that, had a bartender give me a newly washed glass with a cold drink, didn't last long.
get an aluminium mesh, and put the seed ontop, and then add layers of mesh and seeds, but keep the rim of the meshes open to the air.
make sure the meshes are curved so the seed stays in the bottom, and just pack them ontop of eachother layer after layer, then show us the result!
First time I see one of your videos, felt like I was hearing a friend explain the whole thing, its just missing a couple cold ones. Amazing experience and the outro with your pet was cherry on top cause I love pets.
Nighthawk is the most wholesome dude, but he also feels like the sole holder of some manner of power
He is a forest deity with an interest of how humans manage to use nature.
He's youtube's answer to Tom Bombadil.
He is the messiah
He's thr living figure of Tim Horton ngl
He’s the first other person that I know knows that sapphire isn’t only blue, and in fact there are yellow pink and transparent ones as well
I have successfully melted Zirconia (2700°c) with a microwave back in 2003 (omg time flies!), the trick is to put the microwave susceptor (usually silicon carbide or SiC, probably the black thing of your heating cover) at the center so all the energy is dumped into the material to be melted.
Also keep the internal walls of your cover white so the infrared is reflected towards the sample(hemisphere is better than square)
In your case, just make a sandwich like this: ruby precursor powder-a drop of SiC powder in the center -ruby precursor powder in the top.
Of course, there will be some contamination near the SiC but you should recover fine samples away from the center.
You can get SiC powder cheaply as it is sold as an abrasive, powder size doesnt seem to have a noticable importance so i advise to get coarser grit as it is easier to work with.
Good tip!
Hi aetius31,
I'm gonna try what you've suggested. Any resources you can share where I can learn how you figured out your methods?
Thanks!!
By the way, we are both subscribed to nearly the same channels! I need more friends like you 😂
@@toxomanrod Hello, i will be glad to answer your question (at least trying to because it was a long time ago).
Maybe we could discuss in a discord server, for instance the discord of DIY Perks (invite link in the channel "about").
My nick is the same there "Aetius31".
Btw I am located in France with GMT+2 time.
Those UV light shots were breathtaking!
you should try using the last vessel upside down with the seed powder compacted in and put the foil at the bottom inside the vesel. also if the vessel was cone shapped it would concentrate the heat for a more even reaction. would be interesting to see, thanks :) @NightHawkInLight
10 SECONDS TO MAKE RUBIES.
10 MINUTES TO WARM UP MY LEFT OVER LASAGNA 😠
@kylekataryn exactly
LMAO
That's because you didn't create a large enough plasma vessel. Crispy, would have to be the goal here.
yeah, its better to make thousands of rubies and sell them for hot lasagna
@@eduardosfw till everyone does it and the world is full of Rubies and devoid of perfectly microwaved lasagna. Is that a world that you want to live in?
For the next part of this series, you should try and build an actual Verneuil furnace. See if you can make some gem-grade crystals.
Would love to see refined methodes for bigger cleaner rubies :D
I think basically the slower the media cools after being heated the larger the crystals will be. Also if you seed the media with a crystal that has already formed the molecules will favor building new layers (with the same lattice orientation) on that crystal as opposed to starting new crystals from scratch.
As a fellow bird owner, I got way too excited when I learned you had a Caique. You Caique is so cute! Looks like you have a great bond too!
My wife loves rubies, I love sapphires. Our honeymoon was spent sapphire mining in Montana. I highly recommend it! Padparascha is a pinkish, peachish (orangish) color of sapphire that is highly desirable. Therefore, similar to ruby, it has a special name, Padparascha. Thank you for posting your videos, very educational stuff!
What a very different idea for a Honeymoon, i'm inspired to have something as creative as this. Hope she likes it. Already gave her a sapphire tho
Ugh, we don't actually have any decent sapphire mines, Montana that is, all our good ones are covid shut down, and the ones we have alive still are overpriced scams. Glad you had fun though
Have you tried making sapphires in the microwave?
What minerals do i have to add to sapphire mixture to make it that color?
@@jeffhall92 🤣☠
Microwaves always surprise me by how much an everyday item can do
One can make a spot welder from the HT transformer of a microwave; I'd posit this is a FAR more useful thing than a few small rubies.
Just a box that casually raises voltage to a plasma-inducing level
And we use it to cook food, poorly
@@Nae_Ayy idk about poorly, it just works best for certain things.
@@glinchdk bruh
@@Nae_Ayy “raises voltage to plasma inducing level” isn’t quite accurate. It’s more about the amount of sheer energy delivered by electromagnetic radiation. It does use high voltages to drive the magnetron however
my dog went nuts at your bird, I can't tell if he's saying "ahh cute" or "get in my belly", either way.. great vid as always!
Thank you for helping me find more creative things i would love to try!
What an absolutely awesome process you developed; I'm blown away! Thank you so much for the shoutout too! You are a truly great guy.
I've watched every video both of you guys have made, all I can say is thank you.
@@ProlificInvention Thank you Prolific!
Certainly didn’t create this process. Not by far, friend.
@@porkrinds9572 Is there another video made previously to this where rubies were created using a microwave? Links?
I was wondering if either of you were thinking of using an induction furnace to try and melt the rubies?
"Don't try this at home." What about at a friend's house?
Your MOMS house
@@jakep111 typically that would be the same house
No.
The house of your enemy
@@charred1010 lmfao 💀
Yeah!!! What he said????
If you use a larger insulated vessel and multiple beams converging on a void underneath your starting material, separated by a thin, thermally conductive, temperature-resistant plate (tungsten, anyone?), you can generate plenty of heat in the space below without metal contamination of the rubies. Given proper insulation and a large enough vessel, you could maintain heat in the vessel long enough to not only generate ruby seed crystals, but grow larger, higher quality monocrystalline specimens given enough time under heat. Ideally this would be in a pressurized vessel, but DIY situations often aren't conducive to creating vessels that can take extreme heat and temperature for sustained periods of time.
Wauw, never thought that rubies could be made by a microwave...looks very nice man.
And damn, you're parrot loves you, what a beautifull bird!! Love it
"No, dont use that one, its my chemistry microwave."
Haha. I was buying a new microwave this week anyways....
I have a reflow soldering toaster oven. :-) That works quite well - just squeegee your solder paste, hand-place your surface mount components with tweezers, and pop it in the toaster oven for a little while. You can ruin a board if you go to long, but if you're careful and pay attention you can get a nice reflow.
Your mixture of educated speculation and insane "throw everything at the wall and see what sticks" is amazing. Thanks.
Good way to describe how I do things
It's Peanut the macaque!!
Great video! You should revisit the method at some point and see if you can make even larger rubies, I would love to watch.
Damn I wanna do science in the microwave now. That was so freaking cool to watch!!!
Man you are genuinely an inspiration to me with how creative and affordable you make certain higher end scientific processes. There is that tradeoff with precision some of the time, but i am always shocked at how machines that would be over 3000 dollars can be handily manufactured for under 100 bucks with creativity.
Just want to say thanks for making the world a better place. You can tell from the comments just how many makers are being inspired.
I can't even begin to describe how cool this is.
Also, I have got to get me one of those microwave kilns!
Not even expensive just.looked it up.20$
But is there any actual use for these homemade rubies?
@@InfiniteDarkMass suckers on ebay an etsy
Just randomly cruising YT and found this, had to watch of course.
Now, an idea hit me as i was watching it, and since it's the first video from you i've seen, not knowing if you tried this, i thought i could comment about something.
I used to work with CNC, and one of the first things you got to learn was to listen to any kind of sounds that may indicate that the machine wasn't running smooth. Why is this important in this case then? Well, since ceramics are usually VERY heat resistant, they're also usually fairly brittle. They break well before they bend. As i watched, i also listened, and could clearly hear that the glass was shaking.
At extreme temperatures this creates a surefire way to cause internal fracturing. If you were to remove the capablity to rotate the table, this would also remove a lot of shaking, since the pressure wouldn't shift as much due to the rotation trying to heat things evenly. Having it stationary wouldn't heat things evenly, but since you were trying to create plasma, this shouldn't have any effect on induction.
I wonder if you'd get a larger single ruby if you used a single thread to seed it and used wool on top as a bulk heat source.
Also, maybe you can use one of your small rubies as a seed for larger ones.
Me: alright I'll stay up all night to study for my exam
Me at 2am: ooh I wanna make Ruby in a microwave
Literally me rn
same
1 hour before exam, and yep I’m watching this instead of revising
I have all f’s so i dont even try to study
Hey me too 😂😅😅😅
OMG!! Not only a fascinating subject. But the introduction to the microwave kiln just opened a door of endless possibilities for crafts and creativity! Also thanks for showing 'Moez'. I forgot how sweet birds can be.
This was fascinating and grabbed my attention so hard that I couldn’t stop watching and being totally submerged into every frame and word. Thank you, so very cool. Mose is soo stinking cute, such a cool bird.
As a Ruby on Rails developer, I'm impressed!
proposed method for you: put the crucible into the microwave, but fill it with cold coffee before starting. Guaranteed to produce ruby gems.
On rails? ❌
*In jar?* ✔
Whoa whoa, this is an off the rails video.
You should look into using Flux. With Flux, the powder dissolves into the Flux once it liquefies(similar to how salt and sugar dissolve in water). The temperature required to melt Flux is much lower than that required to melt aluminum oxide. And just like salt water or sugar water, if you have a seed in the solution, the dissolved particles will begin to attach to the seed and grow a larger crystal. It's a slow process, but if it's possible to do with a microwave, that would be really cool.
This is how the first synthetic rubies were made so it certainly does work!
I have experimented with welder method, both TIG and stick, and so far i think the main issue is that the material gets way too hot before it fuses into anything of usable size. I figured it out by doing short bursts of heat instead of one long one. Before material gets hot enough to fuse into one, i am noticing bright pink specks, showing that the ruby _is_ being made. However, heating up the whole amount, size of a small grape, in an attempt to fuse everything into one turns the mixture into a glassy dark gray metallic-y object that hardly glows even in UV light. Interestingly, structure changes to something more opal-like with randomly oriented flakes inside that is rather beautiful by itself. At one point i thought bringing temperature up even higher would help, but just ended up melting a miniature firebrick kiln i made for the process. Since both open-air and CO2-argon shielded heats produce similar results, it seems that oxygen has no effect.
I have tried compacting the powder in a press to make it act more like a solid object to begin with, but being basically dry sand it does not stay together enough to make a difference. I'd like to try this process under constant pressure, but have not yet figured out how to do so.
Seeing how nice of a stone can be made with the microwave method makes me think that it is either a lower temperature process compared to welder, or perhaps pure aluminum makes a difference. Going to try and see.
The reason the aluminum wool lights up and turns to plasma is because the microwave energy enters the metal and creates a standing wave in the metallic ribbons. As the microwave oven adds energy, the standing wave grows in power (similar to how a laser light source adds photons to build up to coherent light). Once the ribbon absorbs all the energy it can handle, it vaporizes the aluminum and leaves behind the pure energy that transforms into plasma. The metal has to be of just the right length to be "in tune" with the frequency of the microwave so the energy can amplify. If not, the microwaves will just dissipate into the surroundings. This is why thin ribbons of aluminum work but not thicker bars of aluminum.
My parents got rid of a perfectly functional microwave a few years back and I'm still annoyed that I wasn't allowed to keep it for experiments
And of course the return of the birb himself
just make a post on fb, there are a lot of old microwaves people will give up for free
@@Pascal_Robert--Rc_Creations That's a pretty good idea actually, never thought of that
Did they upgrade to one they can control via Alexa, or something?
@@thewolfin It was just too big I think
if you live in North America you can find them on the streets... just take a look and 98% of them are in a good working condition, I have a pile of them that I am gathering for some sort of experiments like this.
Commercial synthetic ruby producers: *_You weren’t supposed to do that_*
Yup, Big Ruby gonna come after him now
@@kristyanne719 big ruby Lmfaoo
Yeah big ruby, aka jack, come down on you like he did Oswald lol.
@@kristyanne719 lol
Very impressive and interesting. I'm wondering if you refine the ratio of fiber to seed material if you can generate more rubies. Instead of "a few fibers", perhaps accurately weighing each and finding the best ratio could improve the yield? Anyway, thanks for a great informative vid!
Have ever thought about using the transformer from a microwave to make a circuit with the seed material inside to maybe melt it? I've seen a friend do it with wood burning. It was literally arcing lightning through the wood, even left a cool lightning bolt pattern.
How about grabbing few tungsten filaments from incandescent lamps instead of the aluminium wool? Higher melting point and readily available. I love the simple approach you came up with, and look forward when you polish those rubies and put them on a ring :)
That's a good idea!
Really good Idea!
Ideally no metal plasma starter should be required after the first plasma ignition. The aluminium wire has the benefit that it does not contaminate the Ruby because it should just oxidize when hot, meaning it turns into alumina which is already an ingredient in the mixture.
@@Basement-Science Ideally you would have a plasma that stays lit, but seems like the air changes chemically or something and you cant keep the plasma long term. Otherwise you just used the plasma inside the kiln thing an keep it heating until the whole batch of powder melts. Or your kiln disintegrates, whichever happens first. :)
@@Basement-Science Yeah. I think an interesting approach might be to just use powdered aluminum and oxygen or the oxygen from the air with some chromium salt mixed in. Aluminum burns very hot. Of course the problem here might be containing it. Or maybe a mixture of aluminum powder and ammonium dichromate.
This is very similar to the process by which cubic zirconias are made commercially. They use a rf induction coil (basically a big microwave oven) and put a bunch of the base material in (usually 90% zirconia, 10% yttria). Then, a small chip of metallic zirconium is inserted. The metal piece heats up, just like a piece of metal would in a microwave. This will eventually get hot enough to melt some of the surrounding zirconia, and once molten, the liquid zirconia absorbs the radiation and heats up on its own. The molten part is held at temperature for a while and cooled down very slowly, to cause big single crystals to precipitate out, and this is what makes a nice clear gem.
There's a lot of potential in this method, since it's more or less tried and true. I hope you'll continue along this path of inquiry.
I just cannot believe that you showed me something new. Thanks so much to give me something new to work with and try to make thing NEW. Have yourself a Happy New Year a good week late. Hope we both have more to come our way Sir. vf
Very cool. I would have tried to kickstart it by premelting a bit because melted glass will also vibrate with the microwave energy (same reason wrapping a frozen item with damp paper towel starts it reheating more evenly).
New theory: Nighthawk is an immortal being who was a well known alchemist in the Middle Ages.
I believe it
thats why he looks middle eastern
@@lolo-om9rs That's why he looks ten years old with a beard 😆
Truth is the T virus has been administered and this is the result.
Nicholas Flamel confirmed?
Idea: isnt it possible to pull the plasma down with a neodymium magnet/electromagnet???
Very interesting thought!
The heat would cause the magnet to lose its magnetic power due to curie point
@@narayanbandodker5482 if you had It under the glass container where the "seed material" is inside ?🤔
Neodymium magnets max temperature is ~350c before it loses its magnetism, so you'd have to find a way to stop the magnet from heating up too much.
Or I suppose you could stick an absolutely massive magnet on the bottom of the microwave, but that may affect the functionality of the microwave.
What about a plasma sputtering machine?
One of my favorite videos on UA-cam. Such a great job
Excellent work. :D
Agreed for keeping the kitchen microwave and the workshop microwave separate. :D
When i first read about making artificial gemstones 20+ years ago, one of the uses was fractal heatsinks made from diamond for computer cooling.
I don't know whether ruby would work as well, but it would be an interesting project... :D
Thinking about the shapes that you use, one format that could work, if a grid-pattern heatsink-style shape mould was carved from ceramic, add a matching framework of aluminium wire, pack with the seed material, and set to run till all of the seed material is converted.
Not sure how well this would work.
What's there a ratio between the amount of material converted and the run-time?
How efficient is the conversion process of the seed material to ruby?
More idea's to chew over... :D
nice but STRONGLY recommend throwing on a pair of polycarbonate goggles when using that UVA LED. The Nichia 365nm diodes have become so powerful and intense even the specular reflections scare me now, much like a laser's.
You made my day bringing Mose in again at the outro. What a strange and silly bat you have.
Wonder if you could make something like a Ruperts drop with the seed material? Use a welder to melt enough to form a droplet into liquid although I'm not sure water would be the best choice of liquid
10 MINUTES
The Microwave is already the most power hungry device in most homes.. And now you're running it for 10 minutes straight. Holy cow.
for the first time ever, there's an ad in a video for something I might want
Try lightly moistening the matrix material. It may hold the powder together just long enough to help form larger crystals. Great video!
Or it might create steam bubbles in the materials resulting in smaller crystal shrapnel embedding into the kiln lining.
😧 Do it. (for science)
Film it too pls.
It would add bubbles, but you could dry it out first, and the paste should be stiffer from water allowing for better stacking and compression, right?
The moisture along side the sudden extreme change in temp will more than likely cause it to combust
@@Gasp7000 Actually, we do know. It's called a steam explosion! You ALWAYS dry something out before heating in a kiln or foundry. It's honestly terrifying that you've done so little research to even suggest adding moisture 😳
That's really cool I didn't know you could do that. Also awesome conure I have a blue crowned one myself.
thats absolutely cool, thanks for making a video about it and being inspiring
Oh my goodness, I wasn't expecting a birb. Your trust bond is so strong!!! I'm so happy to see a happy pet. 😍
Please please please try some other colors!
Also, try the "flash graphene" setup to see if you can get high enough temperatures :)
I read a few comments, then straight away subscribe before even watching video, that's how awesome this is!!!
15:40 i loved you playing with your bird at the end!!!
"Without costing half a week's pay"
*looks at price*
$135
Nope, still half a week's pay.
most boots are 200$+
@@djrival819 I got a half decent pair of steel toe boots for $75. But it doesn't stop $135 from still being half a week's pay for a lot of people.
@@Shadows_Inc If $135 is half a week's pay, then your yearly salary would be $135*2*52 = $14,040/year. At 2,080 hours per year (full time) that's $6.75/hr, which is less than minimum wage. So while $135 may be a lot for some people, it's not more than "half a week's pay" for any legally employed full-time worker in the US (except PR, which has a minimum wage of $6.55, weirdly).
@@bryan__m You're not taking into account the amount taken away from the paycheck each week for taxes. It's why you're able to get a tax refund. Say you're getting $8 an hour, and work a full work week of 36 hours. That's $288, but you don't get all of that. On average about 7.5% is taken out which would be about $21.50, leaving you with $266.50. Half of that is about $133.25. And that's assuming you're actually even able to work a full 36 hours work week.
@@Shadows_Inc you are correct, I'm not factoring in taxes because they are an expense, not part of your income. Even then, add another 4 hours a week to your numbers and your half-week's pay is $148.
Your bird trusts you a lot to let you flip him on his back. That's pretty awesome.
Impressive and the way you explained is amazing 👏 thank you
I'm doing this with my brother who is a carpenter and am making a table with lights installed and epoxy over them to make the top of the table. Gonna be dope
Found your channel from a comment on one of NileRed’s videos. So far, I love your content! As a student, it’s always interesting to hear about new reactions that I didn’t know could happen.
That was too cool. Also, your bird is awesome! You obviously love, take care of him very well and are very gentle with him, as many birds don't trust people that much and would bite if played with like that. Thank you for making a 10/10 video!
I would say that grinding those rubies up and using them as a UV fast red pigment (ie it won't fade due to UV exposure like sunlight) for paint would be a good use of the lower quality ruby material you made, because it will still be one heck of a fine high quality paint pigment XD
The black coating inside the microwave kiln is Silicon Carbide. It's not a good conductor, but its dielectric properties are such that it readily absorbs microwave energy.
So the question is; "Is it a good idea to microwave this?" :P
(Something for veteran youtube inmates to reminisce over there!!)
O man .... I that gave me a flashback
for some reason I feel like having some roasted nuts...
@@Brok3nC4rrot Nobody likes roasted nuts.
Nobody likes roasted nuts... :P
where did that channel go? i use to watch it all the time. cant remember the name
Wife: "I'd love some new jewelry, sapphires maybe?" Also Wife "WHAT THE F)*$ ARE YOU DOING TO MY MICROWAVE!!!!"
maybe for a future video you could cover some experimentation for different coloration for the crystals, I saw one video that used copper oxide instead of chromium for a blue color, but I think further exploration of different contaminants and colors yielded would be very interesting to watch
I like your video . I've watched several free energy videos in the past. I understand drag and heat and friction losses preventing perpetual energy. However i've often wounded if you pet a smaller pulley on sat the green mother you have for a gear reduction causing it to spin faster than the other motor wound it produce more energy plus if you andded more copper wire binding in the motor would that produce more energy with it . To keep it having a jump boost could you add a capacitor into it . I also understand about line drop ..what would be benefiting and or start becoming to much. I'm also sure you have to have the energy going somewhere like a storage unit I understand as well dc power is different than ac power so it needs to be converted and you loose power through it as well.