Chemical extraction of silicon from sand

[@TommyTechnetium]

See further investigations on this experiment here kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4KvYoiXepaKgLs

[@nadiafarhana3018]

Can i borrow some of them from you?

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@karl0h580]

That's how you get subscribers with shorts

[@chivasdeguadalajara]

Looks like that's how you deform a beaker

[@joebuckhoff]

What uh what..... do you do with it next? I live near a beach and have a sandbox out back. What is the point of extracting it?

[@gordon.sarratt]

I love that the video ends with, “and that’s how to extract the element silicon from sand” as if I’m smart enough to do any chemistry more complex than baking a cake.

[@irsyad8898]

relatable 🤣

[@johnvince3974]

I like cakes

[@Preposter]

My man just mixed two things together and heated it. If you can't do that, then that's a big L.

[@TheDarknessConsumesMe666]

I mean.....baking a cake is a bit difficult

[@InnaciKorushka]

I would say baking a cake is significantly more difficult than what he did lol

[@1ch190]

My understanding of chemistry is that the magnesium is robbing the oxygen from the silicon oxide atmosphere like a type of thermite, I'm surprised it didn't break the glass tube. Very interesting stuff

[@1nbong]

2Mg + SiO2 -> 2MgO + Si

[@valuetr]

It possible? Really?

[@johnmathew1203]

I think there was some hydrogen formed in the reaction that made the pop

[@Nill757]

When there’s no H2O and O2 and N2 atmosphere present, sure. But that’s not what happened here. Also, the Si needed for electronics and PV needs to be very very pure, which is nothing like this clik bait setup and requires far more energy. So, even if most don’t understand this reaction, they do walk away with the BS notion that making useful Si is simple.

[@philipmccrackeniii4575]

That answers my response question.

[@GeneralBlorp]

You forgot to account for interactions with the water vapor in the atmosphere ☝️🤓

[@dagochevez717]

I really like single replacenebt reactions theirs just something about extracting an element from a compound by adding another element to the compound to replace the ion

[@theoverseer393]

Like Indiana Jones

[@Samonie67]

I believe the flame coming out of the test tube might be silane, if there was water present in the sand

[@sumesh6661]

Magnesium vapour oxidising to MgO?

[@Leodas548]

Me to bacha nikla 10 ka😂😂

[@timothydestiny3865]

I think there is some carbon in the setup. Carbon burns with a blue flame.

[@matthewsalmon2013]

It's definitely SiO2 + 2Mg -> Si + 2MgO. No hydrogen involved.

[@TimeSurfer206]

It's actually a very similar reaction to the making of "Town Gas," a combination of Hydrogen and CARBON MONOXIDE that was once used as heating and lighting in towns, for houses. It was made by passing live steam over hot charcoal. From this gas, we got the phrase "Gaslighting."

[@SwissMedi]

In the first shot you used sand, in the second you used pure silicon dioxide because normal sand found in the beach contains many impurities including iron, zinc and other metals, you should clarify this. How I noticed this: the sand at the start is clearly more yellow than the shot after (when magnesium was added.)

[@KurtRichterCISSP]

Historical tip: sillakin used to be spelled and pronounced sil-i-con

[@Fightre_Flighte]

And, for some reason, sil-i-con and sil-i-cone are similar sounding but completely different things...

[@matthewbernard4152]

Still is

[@danteortega6510]

@@Fightre_Flighteuh silicone on a made from silicon, doesn’t make sense that their names are so close but they absolutely are related to each other.

[@zanes9898]

Hmm, how do we extract the elemental silicon from the test tube? That there my friends is the real experiment. I'd like to watch his reaction from a little further back.

[@pasalasaga]

This are the only things I like about chemistry.

[@bewell6019]

"Let's watch this reaction from a little further back..." "oooh"

[@alexalex934]

That's a kind of termite reaction

[@andrewhsieh3327]

i prefer its cousin the ant reaction

[@robertpeters9438]

Awe, i thought you were going to show the separation and refining to high purity. Great demo though!

[@MeagenTheCook]

It is not legal to take sand from the beach. In fact, in some places, you can even get in trouble for doing so. In the United States, many beaches have signs stating it is illegal to remove sand from the beach. Florida, Hawaii, and California all deem it illegal.

[@lengould9262]

So next time I'm stranded on a desert island, I can just build a radio set!

[@troncrash7912]

He sounds like if quagmire and Cleveland brown had a son

[@trendkill1891]

That stuff that form is a good conductor for electricity and can be used in the electronic industry but is seldom is, used to make wearable materials stronger for re-enforcement. Can also be used for material on spaceships due to its high temperature endurance capacity I think

[@Chilie-2000]

Auhhhh, when a science guy during an experiment go's" Ooouh" I've already left the room ! Just keepin it real.

[@TommyTechnetium]

😂

[@Merecir]

Cool, but can you extract the plastic that is in the sand from the beach?

[@vinler6978]

peter Griffin does science

[@ricfermi5886]

Eureka! Now I'll create my own silicon valley!

[@teshimartinz7690]

dude got some neat ass bong

[@ulrichkalber9039]

Some of the silicon is from the test- tube. When you burn magnesium in a test tube it can also get black. Because glas = SiO

[@DrDomich]

How's that extracted? Everything else vaporized? Highly doubt it

[@GiSoldier559]

What beach was that because that sand is as clean as the stuff in a bag

[@Prchemist06]

Pal ,if you had done it with pure silicon dioxide ,the reaction would have gone with bang ..

[@bluegirl-7777]

Ahh * Yes the Power of Alchemy Always gets me Excited 👄🦇

[@Mr.Suicidal]

Let's watch this reaction from a little further back 😂 very wise

[@Ghost_Macabre]

You're telling me. . . This is the reason there are no ps5's and car prices skyrocketed. . .

[@Iamwood1005]

No! until you show us how you take that elemental silicon out from that glass test tube without cracking it.

[@deanb500]

Jack Black teaching us science.

[@walterkersting9922]

Great. How do you get that crap out of the test tube?

[@Skeptical_Numbat]

Sand is mostly ground up Quartz (Silicon Dioxide) mixed with Calcium Carbonate from Sea Shells. Even with my terrible understanding of Stoichiometric Chemistry, I can see how this might remove the Oxygen through the combustion of the Magnesium, but how do you extract the Calcium & the Carbon?

[@TimeSurfer206]

Pretty sure that they'll both be happy to oxidize, at those temps. Carbon Dioxide and Monoxide are both gaseous, and Calcium Oxide is Lime, a water soluble solid.

[@SlenderHackerBoy]

Now tell us how to extract that thing from the test tube

[@landscapingspecialist]

These test tubes are built like tanks. I’m always surprised what kind of use they can handle.

[@tomerabitbuleizen4992]

So is silicone actually black or is it because of the burning and when you clean it it becomes the normal color ?

[@porto2549]

Mindustry players are gonna love this

[@socore4659]

If you extracted the silicone, where did it go?

[@mamupelu565]

Cant you use a induction heater to melt only the silicon metal and separate it from the rest of the things?

[@Canislupes7]

Does the magnesium provident sand from turning into glass?

[@rhondasisco-cleveland2665]

Sometimes I throw a few creek rocks on my campfire & wait to see what happens. Once it was like a cannon and blew my firewood off the fire. 😂 You don’t want to be within about 8 feet, if they’re very big. Small ones don’t do a lot. (I get bored at night 🤷🏻‍♀️)

[@TommyTechnetium]

😳

[@sharonsharon2604]

That test tube clip looks like a little figure 😂

[@bloodlinelimit2437]

But how will you going to seperate magnesium oxide and silicon now. It will be helpful if any one can explain

[@america2revolt]

Make a video to show how to make obsidian.

[@irwinlandgrave1644]

Im sad to tell you thats not you said, it is more likely to be lithium reacting with sand bc of the darkish color of the metal

[@linx.b5246]

We aren't able to use desert sand for concrete, construction due to shaping. So we mine and dredge construction grade sand. Is it possible to extract silicon from desert sand. As this seems to be a plentiful resource which currently we aren't exploiting?.

[@ferncat1397]

How do you then extract it from the glass!? Does it bond to the glass?

[@Xelnarash]

So is that .. on a bigger scale of cause .. a possible way to get on silicone for the construction of microchips?

[@DoppelgangerKiev]

А магний куда делся? Или оксид магния это газ и он испарился?🙇

[@KD-wp6cm]

Now extract silicon from the test tube

[@richardmccann4815]

And thats the commercial process, and why solicon costs so much, because it ruins a lot of test tubes lol!

[@Xurreal-wc9he]

A moment of silence for the generation of Microbes snuffed in the name of KZbin Shorts

[@KireniaAyako]

I know we're supposed to be focusing on the silicon extraction but does anyone else think he kinda sounds like Huccup?

[@what-is-a-handle.]

Got me thinking u had fent for a min

[@davidconnor1521]

So when you put stuff in a test tube and heat it up with fire... it gets hot.

[@ptick16]

"Extract" silicon, or "combine" elements to make silicon. What does science say?

[@WorkWithoutHuman]

So, dinosaurs had that temperatures in their cells?? Because is known they had been producing amounts silica/silicon in some of their cells found in bones.

[@maxmccann5323]

"now class quickly clean out your tests tubes"

[@TommyTechnetium]

😳

[@voodoochilote8990]

“man ! You charcoaled the pipe again , No mas 4 u , hombre 😂

[@stevenclark2188]

Is that a silicon/magnesium thermite?

[@ryandaly3680]

Magnesium metal? My magnesium is silvery. Usually comes in straps. Maybe granular is darker?

[@newtybot]

Wait, those Minecraft mods weren’t making that up??

[@davidyoung8769]

It literally melted that glass. Crazy.

[@davecommander3958]

Why is the magnesium black? Isn’t it supposed to be more silver color?

[@BT-pd8xz]

This is not extract. It is producing metal silicon from the reaction!

[@christopherskipp1525]

How do you extract gold, silver or platinum?

[@charlesoneill6760]

So there is an exchange between silicon dioxide and the magnesium to form silicon and magnesium oxide.

[@TommyTechnetium]

Indeed!

[@demoaccount2392]

One of the byproducts is magnesium silicide

[@TommyTechnetium]

Indeed! See the video here for further explorations kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4KvYoiXepaKgLs

[@demoaccount2392]

@@TommyTechnetium I already saw many videos on silane gas and magnesium silicide friend

[@jonathanfp123]

BUT, how do you extract it from the test tube 🤔

[@BolcheBric]

Is it ''extracting silicon out of sand'', or more ''extracting oxygen out of sand, leaving silicon behind'' ? I would have guessed that the magnesium, which is a highly reactive metal, would reap oxygen atoms out of sand molecule (which is silicium and oxygen... Silicate ?). And silicium (or silicon, if someone can explain the difference) remains, now separated.

[@TommyTechnetium]

The oxygen on the silicon dioxide, SiO₂, is transferred to magnesium metal, Mg, to make magnesium oxide, MgO. Silicon, Si, is also formed. In this sense the silicon is extracted from the SiO₂. Other side chemical reactions also take place

[@tanker242]

Looks like the glass tube melted and warped a little bit

[@robert48719]

NileRed, your voice sounds so strange and cartoonish today. Are you ok?

[@aaronlangdale-hunt4532]

I don’t know squat really but is that extraction or a chemical reaction like change its state, was sugar and egg now cake type thang??

[@raphelwalker8464]

Silicone based beings taking notes

[@jonsolo2794]

Weird cuts/editing. Maybe just to get the comments. The one being prepared was going in the fridge. They wouldnt put plastic wrap in the oven.

[@brucewinningham4959]

(1). What happens to the Magnesium? (2). Would this be a Decomposition Reaction? (3). May I "assume" the Oxygen is simply Evaporated off? (4). What happens if the Test Tube, or whatever Glassware is being used, has a Lower Melting Point than the Substance inside of it? Would it not be Melted First?

[@TommyTechnetium]

The magnesium is converted to MgO; note that the oxygen ends up chemically found to the magnesium. This is an oxidation reduction reaction. The test tube melts just a bit... you might notice its deformation in the video

[@ryelor123]

I always wondered how TSMC does it.

[@wlockuz4467]

I'd like to thank silicon for making it possible to watch this video.

[@margaretmax-community]

It looks like a forest when it’s close up

[@rolandotillit2867]

So the magnesium and oxygen react and precipitate the silicon?

[@TommyTechnetium]

Technically precipitates form in solution, correct?

[@rolandotillit2867]

@@TommyTechnetium I'm not a chemist.

[@SerathDarklands]

You sound just like the Blendtec "Will it blend?" guy.

[@Rajat-Thermite]

Plastic Surgeons may find this interesting.

[@danthelambboy]

What colour is it in the purest form?

[@Cross_network]

“you didnt wait for it to cool down bro”

[@jamescullis7768]

my only question is, how do you then separate it from the test tube?

[@TommyTechnetium]

Put the residue in acid

[@johnnysanchez4456]

Great video

[@TommyTechnetium]

Thank you 😊

[@DominicMarshall-gy3mq]

Where do we get Magnesium 👀 🤔

[@ARSZLB]

the way it looked while crystallizing out tho 😧

[@americanheirloom]

pretty sure this is the minecraft recipe for dynamite...

[@jakethedog3444]

I've never heard someone pronounce silicon like that...

[@wowalamoiz9489]

Isn't glass just amorphous sand?

[@mralex6543]

Now show how to extract silicon from test tube

[@lazybuccaneer7683]

And that my friend is how you ruin a test tube.

[@TommyTechnetium]

😂

[@pinballrobbie]

I thought Magnesium was a silver color.

[@PlanesWader]

How does one even clean those tubes?

[@aliasaila8818]

only problem is: since the beachsand is made of corals and shells there is no silicon

[@TommyTechnetium]

Google the main component in sand

[@aliasaila8818]

@@TommyTechnetium Yes right do your homework. There is no quarz in that sand.

[@MGAFFY]

You missed one important ingredient from beach sand....a cigarette butt 🚬

[@ohtrueyeahnah]

Wow this is how you make it in the game ARK

[@aldizzert1342]

Would this be considered a thermite reaction?

[@delroku]

I was really hoping it'd be some sort of explosive