Mercury + sulfur = vermilion, a stunning red pigment

Welcome to my channel and first video! I know the audio levels aren't uniform throughout, this is because I recorded the audio at separate times and I'm still working out the kinks of Premiere Pro. The video doesn't fit the frame either, so until I figure this out, bear with me. Hopefully these issues aren't too much of an inconvenience. Yes, I should have worn gloves, please don't eviscerate me too much in the comments. I had a lot of fun making this, I hope you enjoyed watching it.

[@jozefnovak7750]

Super! Thank you very much!

[@georgehuesler9561]

You stated at the end you are open to suggestions for future videos... Something I have wanted to do for a while but can't seem to find literature on the topic is production of potassium nitrate. I have heard that one of the best sources is from bat guano and/or chicken shit. Almost everyone out here in the country has a chicken coop, and to say there are a LOT of abandoned hard rock gold mines in my area would be an understatement. A flat shovel, a backpack with a plastic liner yields copious amounts of black gold. So I guess what I'm trying to say is I have (nearly) unlimited access to the raw ingredients needed to make KNO3. However, the only literature I can find on the matter will show you how to prepare it for production, (basically how to make it easier for the chemist) but not how to actually make it! Talk about frustrating. If you were to make a video on that, you would earn my subscription, hands down.

[@jackgraff420]

The rubber over the vacuum filter is an awesome idea

[@elirevzen418]

I've been looking for a synthesis of red copper oxide for years. Maybe you can make a video on that?

[@dharmindersingh1618]

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[@Algabatz]

Very interesting!

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4th subscriber!

[@jackgraff420]

Interesting

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Second subscriber

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[@info1576]

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[@Duane_Day]

Super interesting, and I am not here to eviscerate you but... not only were you not wearing gloves, I could see you wiping the cinnabar off your fingers. Looks like you were wearing a long sleeve sweater too. Dude you CAN be a tad safer. I saw the old beat up magnetic stirrer. I appreciate what you do and I understand you are on a shoestring budget but please wear gloves and goggles and a lab coat. A makeshift fume hood will work. You need that. I am sure you know who Nigel Braun is. He started at home too and that's cool but please do this so others will follow your example. Start off your video introducing yourself in a lab coat because that is cool. Put on googles and gloves and as needed and explain why. My thoughts. Keep at it and stay safe.

[@mrslinkydragon9910]

I second this. Ppe is vital! Gloves, goggles and coat! Especially with mercury! Plus look up how to dispose of these compounds

[@lagrangiankid378]

Mercury metal does not easily pass through intact skin, and it is perfectly safe to touch without gloves. Even if it did it would be very poorly absorbed as it's not much water soluble, nor really soluble in apolar solvents. Mercury sulfide is virtually completely insoluble in water, it has very low bioavailability and it is possibly the least toxic compound of mercury. It has been used as a pigment for centuries without much issue. The maximum allowed concentrations by law of mercury sulfide reported in the literature are so low only by analogy with other mercury II compounds and do not reflect any available pharmacotoxicological literature, as this is virtually non-existent. The only skin contact hazard I really see here is the potassium hydroxide which is highly caustic and corrosive, but still, it won't do much if you wash it off promptly. Don't get me wrong, gloves are important, but knowing what you are working with is much more important than gloves. Especially when there's people who use chemically incompatible gloves and/or don't change them after a spill of something dangerous by skin contact that will pass through them.

[@baigharoon4712]

Awesome effort

[@baigharoon4712]

At what temperature you heat the reaction?