Make a Nafion Divided Membrane Cell for Electrolysis

[@NurdRage]

My video posting rate will continue to be extremely erratic. But i hope to continue nonetheless. Thanks for still being there.

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Always happy to be here!

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good to se your stil making video's.. how is it going with you? hope everything is ok.. i know your worked on getting a job.

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Hi, we do miss your videos, but are very grateful for the time you can share with us. I hope that the reasons for you being busy are good ones.

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Any and all uploads are greatly appreciated.

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"Greetings fellow nurds"

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I miss the 'WARNING!' intro (the disclaimer). When you heard that, you could be assured that chemistry involving some interesting chemicals would feature in the video.

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With a mercury cathode cell metal ions are able to pass through the mercury but the non metal cannot. This does something similar but no toxic heavy metal. Awesome!

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When Cody's in the comments you know it's a good video !

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Can you use a lithium battery cell separator or the ions are incorrect size?

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Mercury isn't toxic. You can put it in your mouth and splash around in a pool full of it with no permanent brain damage.

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please update mercury chatode for separating palladium with non metals contaminant Cody's

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The return of the king! Probably some of the first chemistry videos I ever watched on the internet, and while I don't actively work in a chemistry-related field now, this channel played a major part in fostering my passion for science in general. Always happy to see a new NurdRage video.

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It is 2022 and NurdRage still lives

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I remember stumbling upon your channel while I was in secondary school and getting fascinated with the amateur approach. And then I was there when you perfected the amateur production of metallic sodium with tea tree oil. Keep on trucking, good sir.

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[@johnathancorgan3994]

I'm very interested in experimenting with novel (and existing) flow battery chemistry, and most of the amateur efforts I've seen use nafion for the separator. It would be very useful to see more about making it or a substitute in the amateur lab context. And welcome back, great to see you again.

[@ajjdgj6tmgedvnmtmek]

Making fluorocarbons is dangerous stuff because the process involves a lot of hydrofluoric acid, either as a reagent or as an end product. Hydrofluoric acid is a major health risk as it is both corrosive and a contact poison. Fluorine gas will also directly decompose into HF on contact with water, so trying to make small fluorocarbons and work from there via direct fluorination is also not safe in an amateur context. In theory you might be able to start with commercially available refrigerant and work from there, but anything going wrong would risk fluorine gas or HF buildup which would be very dangerous. Not to mention that polar fluorocarbon derivatives like Nafion are what the news is calling forever chemicals because they never degrade in nature and build up in living things because they're ionic. Any waste products (because nobody's going to be 100% in getting their components into their yield) would be incredibly hard to dispose of properly and would turn your lab into a brand new candidate for a Superfund site. Even disposing of a Nafion membrane can be legally problematic depending on local regulation, with the ultimate failsafe being incineration in a facility equipped to scrub out the HF released by thermal decomposition.

[@tylerwright497]

We missed you man!!🥺

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Just in time to watch it with my tea. Glad to see uploads again!

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Good to see you're still around and hopefully doing well!

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Wow!! Welcome back fellow nurd!!

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WELCOME BACK! Its been a while but good to see you back :)

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Oh how I've missed this. Was just thinking about how much I missed these videos the other day.

[@libertariamemes]

this is the first time i really fell that i understand nafion membranes mechanics! thank you!

[@EduardoWalcacer]

Holy shit, I was looking for cheap nafion membranes a few days ago and now the man himself releases a video about it. By the way, this channel is what inspired me to become a chemist. I now work for Agilent and I love my job.

[@sasas845]

Thanks for making a video of a "hands-on" experience with Nafion. If you read about Nafion, it's this kind of super expensive, super fragile thing and this video helps making it more approachable.

[@scriptdevil253]

So many reactions I tried from this channel. Glad he's back

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Bought time, I've been waiting for this video on...whatever you're making.

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Finally some NurdRage

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Hearing that intro chime gave me a serious wave of nostalgia...

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I knew youtube upload times were high, but ten years is outrageous!

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11 month break, I thought something ... nasty happened, welcome back matey !!

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You're always welcomed back King. Looking forward to the next upload

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Dont ever leave us again we need you! I missed you so much

[@JD-by9np]

Man i bought a nafion membrane like 5 years ago to try and make sodium hydroxide and it was so hard to get a good seal. Thanks for this awesome video it might be time to revisit the project!

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Glad you are back , even if it is partly old content .

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Nurd! Great to hear you again!

[@Lunas2525]

Actually the questions i had revolved around the use of glass ware to mix epoxy in and stir the epoxy and apply it. Rather than something more commonly viewed as disposible.

[@johnslugger]

*I have used common "Tyvek", the kind houses are wrapped in as a water barrier. It's cheaper than dirt to buy and does just about as good as Nafion.*

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Damn. That call-out in the beginning was deep. I remember being in 2008 or 9 and trying to binge every video you made back then cus they were so good. Wasn't even 10 then and didn't know shit for dick abt anything but loved seeing what the world could do.

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You're back! We missed you.

[@zodd0001]

Happy to see NurdRage is back. In the meanwhile I started making chemistry video too. Do you want to give a look ?

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glad I still followed you after all this time.

[@YourFaultMF]

Welcome Back :) this video just sparked a few great ideas thanks NurdRage.

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The once and future (chemistry) king. Glad to see you are back (to some extent). Grant has passed(RIP), Cody is onto other things, Doug’s lab is gone, and Nile serves as Stewart of Gondor in your absence.

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HOLY MOTHER OF GOD HE DID IT HE POSTED ANOTHER VIDEO

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I am just glad, he's back.

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The king has returned!

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I can only wonder what Scrap Science(aka 'I can solve all chemistry with electricity') could do with some of this stuff.. Rather than his normal collection of broken terracotta pot cells. :)

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The king returns.

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