Precious Metal Refining & Recovery, Episode 13: Platinum From Spark Plugs

[@C4uSt1CO]

Ah yes, Ciλy's Lnb, my favorite channel.

[@kanebeale8443]

Lol

[@pollosasadosalcarbon]

lololololol

[@gottmituns9652]

LMAO

[@ihsanfadilah489]

I dont get it, pls help me... am i disabled?

[@marsh346]

woooosh

[@barshak]

Watching these precious metals series, I'm always worried Cody's going to sneeze and lose the beads. :)

[@sams.8934]

Cody's lab is one of the only channels that I am interested in and every time that he comes out with a new video I flock to it. It just fascinates me how he knows so much and the amount of thought that goes into it blows my mind, who knew platinum was so easy to come across.

[@CuriousEarthMan]

At Pt prices, June 2020 (used $810/ oz T) I get $1.07 in Platinum recovered. Watching your video saved me so much time! Thanks too for all the information you share!!!

[@KingofJ95]

*Removes item from 2000 degree furnace "That's warm" Oooookay

[@marsbase3729]

It was a crock pot not a furnace. 🙄

[@Weinkle84]

@@marsbase3729 at 9:12 he removes item from 2000 degree furnace and says that's warm. Pay attention

[@lucasmucas9072]

Huh Its a little chilly

[@seancarney9101]

2k f Won't touch pt

[@trudiswanson9855]

Cody, this science deprived grandma is learning lots from your chanel. So good. Thank you.

[@mav6771]

I just wanted to say, I absolutely love this series.

[@lukewilkinson3778]

Hey Cody, im a big fan of your channel and its refreshing to see a patriotic American utilizing the metric system. great work!!

[@zachdalehite2165]

Everybody talking about mumbo jumbo while I'm over here cringing at how close he almost cuts his fingers in the beginning...

[@wingbeateroutdoors9556]

Zach Dalehite my exact thoughts

[@imdaman9782]

I love how Cody actually cares enough to reply to relevant comments, not many KZbinrs care enough to even look at a single comment. Props to Cody'sLab my all-time favorite science KZbin channel.

[@raymondmendez9832]

I have like three buckets full of spark plugs (dad's a mechanic) might try this lol

[@bigwillandthechocolatestom4523]

You will spend $20 on chemicals to make.28c...

[@aj2142]

~500 plugs to a gram. 10-12 grams for a ring. So 5k-6k plugs for a nice wedding band.

[@YeCannyDaeThat]

I've got like 60 subscriptions on KZbin but everyday I first look for Cody. by far my favourite channel.

[@joeman1063]

Hey Cody! your videos never fail to inspire me to do great things :). Keep up the good work!

[@handpancakeman]

Ditto!

[@laibeh1]

What do Ditto! mean

[@the_real_cookiez]

Ditto means something along the lines of "same" or "I feel the same way."

[@paynerizzer4552]

+lejla behrens same i think it comes from the pokemon Ditto and it can copy any pokemon so yeah

[@tylerjb1017]

+lejla behrens I agree/same

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

The chemistry you show off in these videos is just so damn cool.

[@qhack]

Cody, you need to make a hydrogen/oxygen torch. They get up to 3200 C, plenty hot enough to melt palladium. Could be a fun build video as well.

[@gpaulsen1]

He was trying to melt iridium not palladium

[@qhack]

Well, iridium melts at 2446 C, so it would work for that as well.

[@williamela3340]

He has one! If you go through his videos you'll find it....he melted tungsten and other things

[@qhack]

Ah, I will have to go back and find it.

[@charlie7480]

He has a homemade oxy/hydro torch. He has a vid or two on his channel about it

[@ticodegroot]

i dont know much about the stuff you talk about and after ive watched them i wont remember everything but it is just so fun to learn from ppl that have pasion and you have pasion youre a guy who could make match fun.

[@MIgardener]

Awesome! How much money would say 100 spark plugs worth of platinum be?

[@theCodyReeder]

about 6$

[@MIgardener]

***** your videos are amazing man. I really love what you are doing. Keep it up man!

[@Alex-rg9lz]

+Cody'sLab do you watch mumbo jumbo I saw the pillow

[@AndresSanchez-lv4ng]

Worth!!!

[@sethmorton8539]

Cody says 6 bucks but the cost of chemicals will put you in the hole unless you do a extreme amount and your time is value too it's a good experiment to do

[@ovihaliuc5405]

I really enjoy watching the process of extracting metals. It's almost therapeutic 😄

[@abbrown810]

I was cringing so hard when he was snipping off the platinum, it looked like he was going to pinch his hand with a lot of force

[@wildysnow547]

Cody season your crucible with borax on the inner surface will glaze the borax with the torch. helps prevent cracking and preheats the crucible prior to smelting. thanks for your videos always enjoy your posts.

[@hot_dog_water2437]

i love how he casually stores hydrochloric acid in a milk jug

[@theterribleanimator1793]

HDPE does wonders for your wallet.

[@Louisianabayou]

Eat your cereal

[@machine8834]

That’s the jug it comes in when you buy lol

[@BossOfAllTrades]

Sadly its only harmful to humans over long exposure sadly overrated :( unless your dissolving a body

[@lywke9574]

morning coffee with extra milk yummy yummy

[@josephturner1119]

Thumbs up for the mad scientist hair at the end. Also, awesome content. Your metal refining series has fascinated me from the beginning. Thank you for sharing you knowledge.

[@egarutemn]

mumbo jumbo pillow sighted!

[@billybrandt355]

Omg you watch Cody and mumbo too XD

[@sarasotaslim4090]

+Billy Brandt so do i

[@DerekMobExterminator]

Where

[@kamoroso94]

I saw it too, I was so excited! Wouldn't it be cool if Mumbo was a fan of this channel?

[@HelenaOfDetroit]

and to think, I subbed to Mumbo when he had less then 50k subs and subbed to Cody's mine when he had less then 70k. All my favorite youtubers are growing up

[@ClashGardener]

Nice work. I love the close ups of the beads. They always look so much bigger than they are.

[@chefkawrg]

Did I see a Mumbo jumbo pillow? I love him :D

[@benj8815]

I saw it as well.

[@Om-xt1wx]

Where?

[@Om-xt1wx]

Nevermind.

[@AL_O0]

7:41

[@shacoclone3299]

I was just about to comment that! XD

[@Ziegen-Sauger]

Tell you what, besides making videos about really cool experiments and life hacks, Cody himself is a very nice guy. Always smiling, being nice, kinda softspoken. Light years away from the standard of average youtuber, imagine me being an Engineer and majority of things he masters are my hobby. Great job son, never stop watching your channel, old and new alike.

[@nonoririko2056]

this series makes me feel like a chemist even though I don't know alot about the chemicals

[@MrMustangman1995]

Cody the AC Delco plugs are OEM. They were original in the car. No one saw them until they were spent. That is why they aren't labeled. Any fine wire electrode (.4-.8mm) will be Platinum or Iridium. You can also tell by the ignition system if they are single or double. Single coil vs Waste spark (GM coil packs) in the coil packs the electric arcs swap origination points and the platinum must be on both sides because of this. Iridium is usually only on the electrode. The ground strap (hooked part) Will have a platinum pad. Fun fact: Iridium if not an Element that naturally occurs on Earth. ALL the Iridium we have is located in the layer of dust from the large meteorite strike that killed the dinosaurs. Love the videos. Keep them coming!

[@MarkRose1337]

For those curious, that's about $1.50 in platinum and $0.48 of iridium.

[@dixcico5052]

you saved my life!

[@theCodyReeder]

I was hoping someone would do the math! So what is that like a nickel a plug?

[@letstrend]

which means you'd need a lot of spent spark plugs and a large operation to make it worth your while to actually do this.

[@MrBrew4321]

+Cody'sLab Speaking of math, it seems like a lot of your videos are like, "please do the math first, this is just for fun, you'd actually loose money if you did this." Well I have two questions, are you making money overall? And do you plan to make money, for example if you did videos and turned a profit on the mining operation, that would be sick! Ps I just assume you are making money from ad revenue/ patreon, I'm really curious if your experiments and whatever else are generating money.

[@darabbit333]

Over 10 mins video from Cody? Yes, thank you very much sir!

[@funkydunky1671]

Cody, assuming that the bead is an ideal sphere, does its density match the one of platinum?

[@theCodyReeder]

doing the math it came out to 22g/cm^3 that is close to platinum.

[@kerriward8935]

+Cody'sLab my favorite videos are extracting platinum and gold

[@thepariah3516]

+Cody'sLab I can't math. Whenever you explain something mathematically in your videos I have a hard time following along.

[@leopoldbroom7679]

Literally weigh it, measure its volume. Divide them and voila. Not that hard.

[@adrian5b]

He knows that, that's what he asked: "assuming it is a perfect sphere, did you verified its density to see if it matches with the nominal density of platinum?" … that's just to put it in other words, he wasn't asking how to obtain the density of an object.

[@REMEFish]

@Cody'sLab Almost correct on the gapping reason mate: Too big a gap & the spark is delayed- retarding ignition, and if too small a gap & the spark is to early- advancing ignition. Think of the spark plug as a kind of capacitor, dumping out the charge when it has reached a sufficient voltage to bridge the gap. Either way can be used in older engines (especially 2 strokes) to tune best for a given rev range. Awesome vid as always, thanks buddy!

[@michaelmcdonald4869]

Is it just me or are the intros getting more and more unreadable?

[@RamenLewis]

Great copy and paste of a past comment.

[@michaelmcdonald4869]

+Afro Lewis what are you talking about?

[@michaelmcdonald4869]

+I am triggered because well it wasnt copy and paste, I just said what I thought...

[@User-dz2zv]

+I am triggered because you have the best possible name on youtube for a comment section arguement

[@MistaMoose]

+MICHAEL MCDONALD liar

[@TIMMIELUND]

Wow I just learned something new today thank you so much for being a scrapper.

[@ben-th2ey]

You'd get around $1.53 for that platinum bead..

[@imbored7779]

As he's said in previous videos, the purpose of experiments like this isn't to make money. Its just a demonstration to prove a concept.

[@ben-th2ey]

I'mBored777 I just wanted to let people know :P

[@lumker]

You'd need to spend a day at the junkyard clipping off leads into a baggie to make anything reasonable. You'd also have to take into consideration the cost of the acids involved and so on so forth to see if its a worthy investment. It's a worthy investment IMO if you gather 2000+ spark plug leads (which is entirely possible) before doing a batch of these. Implying this is not a good source of primary income but some side spending cash. That iridium bead was only worth about $0.09 though :L not sure how much palladium one could make doing this.

[@ben-th2ey]

lumker found my new job lol

[@rich1051414]

Palladium is reserved for 'racing' spark plugs are they not? I don't think you will find many at the junk yard.

[@dj505Gaming]

"It's warm" *takes out red hot container I think "warm" is an understatement 😂

[@robertelder5444]

No gloves, no warning of plat

[@The_Duke_2002]

You are like a really awesome science teacher but instead of test and long boring speeches you show us the cool stuff.

[@sorsorscience0787]

oh and the stuff left after evaporation was chloroplatinic acid, its worth $3000 an ounce

[@theCodyReeder]

If it was pure.

[@sorsorscience0787]

***** Yeah, you should make a video on extracting silver fulminate from pop-its

[@ChunkyWaterisReal]

+Sor Sor Science07 pretty sure he already has.

[@sorsorscience0787]

Conlan Hinkel he did silver, not silver fulminate though.

[@Luke-hq5zd]

@@sorsorscience0787 yeah, he refined the silver fulminate

[@jaywest4102]

Cody would make a great teacher.

[@aceldama]

i love that cody's hair is slowly morphing into einstein's. XD

[@PaulDebaecker]

You forgot to put this video in the Precious metal refining & recovery playlist! :-)

[@mr1880]

Hey man, glad to see another episode of the precious metal refinery series, love it and I hope to see more!

[@gragaloth6237]

i see that mumbo jumbo pillow back there :D

[@123einhundert]

Thought the same ^^

[@gragaloth6237]

yes, i'm not alone :D

[@cryotheum]

SAME :D

[@biowerks]

I came down to comment on that too!

[@mrbeardbee4538]

YEA

[@Nono-hk3is]

You never fail to impress, Cody.

[@liora.5003]

7:43 lol is that a mumbo jumbo plush cube? xD

[@Lgzr]

I think it might be

[@SHADOW17018]

Mumbo cube! damn

[@Brylicet]

It 100% is

[@liora.5003]

I0nic our cody is a minecraft fan (:

[@adrianbornabasic7499]

good eye

[@sciencefusion5352]

Cody u really deserve a lot of love you are absolutely awesome and i love all your videos ❤️❤️❤️😍 u r my inspiration for science experiments which i perform in my home love u Cody 😘😘😘

[@Ash-lt2ty]

Last time I was this early, I still had a high rate of reaction

[@jamespham1906]

Great

[@xerxesodysseus6585]

Your videos are so interesting everytime I learn a lot from you.

[@gtametro]

for anyone interested 40 miligrams is worth about $1.50, could be profitable if doing it on a bigger scale

[@johnlbales2773]

thanks 👍

[@EKULvideos]

And the 25mg of iridium is worth about $0.40

[@200932me]

But how much was spent in chemicals and heat to process?

[@johnlbales2773]

+Bruce E i bet, tho just a wag, that it is not economical. probably Cody wanted to educate us non- chemist types. :)

[@goobyplz9040]

that's why you would want to do it on a much much larger scale. Doing all that for just a few spark plugs is obviously not worth it.

[@jamescorvett]

i believe the Ac Delco plugs that werent marked are their Rapid Fire series and they are Iridium tipped. In the USA they cost aprox $6.36 each and are good for 100k miles. Its the only plug Ive used since the came out. the Bosch plugs suck usually last a yrs if that. You could prob get more platinum out of catalytic converters. Its been a big theft problem in the US people stealing them from automobiles and selling them for scrap. Nice collection of refining videos you have done here! thanks for sharing!

[@stuffzify]

I did the math, to get an ounce of pure platinum via this method, you would need a whopping 14,000 spark plugs. 2 milligrams per spark plug = 500 spark plugs per gram, just over 28 grams = 1 ounce, 28 x 500 = 14,000

[@nickjimenez9983]

Cromulon Time to get 14,000 spark plugs

[@buggsy5]

Actually, it is worse than that. There are 31.1 grams in a troy ounce - so that comes to 15,500 plugs.

[@davidsandlin9686]

You would have to work at the junkyard to come up with this many spark plugs.

[@ohmynoun]

Love your videos, man. You're a likable guy to boot. Keep doing what you're doing!

[@tom_something]

Maybe if you preheat the crucible and iridium in the furnace before hitting it with the torch, you will be more successful. I suspect that during the torching process, most of the heat is going into the crucible.

[@theCodyReeder]

probably why I was able to melt the platinum.

[@tom_something]

Could be. I find iridium really interesting. The first Periodic Video I watched was on iridium and I was hooked on the whole channel after that. Unrelated: A while back, I asked if you'd like me to send you some batteries to help with your traveling and videography. I'd still like to send those to you if you're interested.

[@crustysocks8019]

Your vids are very entertaining and fun to watch, keep doing what your doing Cody

[@codmon1]

I feel really dumb watching these but God I Love Em!

[@henryv443]

I’m pretty ignorant to all this refining and what each compound or chemical are but I do love your vids and must admit you are teaching me little by little. Keep these going my man super entertaining and binge worthy no doubt

[@tmelvin9728]

the gm plugs that didn't say platinum are factory plugs. they are platinum

[@austinyouk3927]

Half the time I don't know what he's doing but I love watching the videos !

[@Rekooh112233]

*The container is glowing white* "It's a little bit warm" lol

[@Joe.Rogan.]

i learn so much watching codys channel.. keep up the great work man.

[@NeutraleLibero]

Welcome back to CITY'S LAD

[@user-yd6qq5pr7c]

I always learn something from your videos, thanks.

[@JerryAsano]

Why is this video not in your refining playlist?

[@rileymcmorris7509]

Great job Cody love watching this types of video

[@grandpaseed]

You should develop a way to dissolve vulcanized rubber then reconstitute it for reuse you would be rich !

[@rich1051414]

US Patent #1714835

[@donaldhinck4490]

Good job Cory. Very interesting

[@omarbabovic5241]

Donald Hinck it’s Cody not Cory

[@NvrchFotia]

Awesome! Do you have any plans of trying different ammonium nitrate based explosives in the mine like ANFO? It might save you a little bit of money on Al powder (And if you do it right you can eliminate the NO2 fumes).

[@BrentRoberts01]

For anyone wondering, the price of platinum as of August 3rd 2016 is $37.32 per gram. The price of the platinum Cody collected is roughly $0.93. You're welcome :)

[@AL_O0]

Is that a MUMBO JUMBO PILLOW?

[@billybrandt355]

What time

[@Om-xt1wx]

+Billy Brandt 7:45.

[@AL_O0]

7:41

[@keagancarson3933]

If he was going to watch a minecraft KZbinrs, I would bet on Mumbo and other hermit craft players

[@AL_O0]

I think he is subbed to Xisuma! Once he posted a comment!

[@archbishop8719]

More precious metal refining!!!! Thanks Cody!

[@snarkspawner]

Cody's Lab is basically Fallout 4 scrapping mechanics LOL Scrounging old useless stuff to make new stuff through SCIENCE

[@dikotakreighbaum2430]

Very intriguing Cody. 👌

[@auggy782]

Hi Cody, I was hoping you could help me with an experiment. My school sends high altitude weather balloons to the edge of space and allows students to attatch experiments. I am trying to come up with a cool experiment to send up to 100,000 feet above the earth. Any ideas??? Thanks in advance, Anna

[@theCodyReeder]

I've always wanted to see someone freeze dry something by using the vacuum of space.

[@Eaglefield_]

Someone?! That's messed up! One extra ticket to hell please. I'll need it for when i'm done laughing xD

[@IgnasXXX1]

+Anders Ørnfeldt "someone freeze SOMETHING", not someone

[@auggy782]

+Cody'sLab hmmm cool idea! any ideas as to what to freeze dry?

[@Eaglefield_]

Well.. Seems i'll need my own ticket.. Still laughing

[@yamagishisan]

7:52 That's exactly what all the alcoholics say, we all know that that's whiskey Cody, you don't have to deny it, we're here to help you.

[@dragonskizi7681]

This guy spends hours making this video and the only thing people care about is a pillow....

[@blargh6143]

Dragonskizi it’s not the only thing we care about. We care about learning from Cody but noticed something which brought our attention to it

[@mcfansrandomvids]

I'm a little late to the comment. But let's be honest here. If people didn't care about the video they wouldn't have made it far enough into the video to see the pillow

[@potatoboy549]

It’s nothing new. You can spend weeks and months doing something and people would only care about the smallest and useless things.

[@donswope9111]

That is a lot of work for $ 0.65 USD of platinum. On the other hand I really enjoyed watching your video it was very educational thank you.

[@eduardarroyo6408]

Hey Cody ! Can you extract some metals in human blood?

[@picobyte]

The gap is tuned for hot spark at least wear. The voltage over gap thing is no issue for car engines. That myth comes from kids modding their two-stroke motorbikes.

[@jasonlumbert2211]

Was that your compressor for your mine at the end of this video?

[@theCodyReeder]

yes

[@gutsngorrrr]

+Cody'sLab Are you going to do a video all about how you fixed your compressor, as I think a lot of us would find that interesting.

[@firstlast-vt6gw]

+Cody'sLab im a huge fan of your Codys Mine videos! many a night i have stayed up to watch in fascination at your wide breadth of knowledge and skill. it amazes me that you are a savant in so many areas of knowledge and human endeavor. im a big fan and i hope you come out with another codys mine video soon!

[@caraame]

Great video. Got to be one of the best channels on youtube!!!!

[@SparksThePhysicist]

And if you dont mind me asking how do you bring in income at the ranch

[@BenJaminLongTime]

curious about this myself as an ex ag farmer

[@the_real_cookiez]

KZbin doesn't bring in jack sht. I would say its mostly Patreon now!

[@antonhelsgaun]

+T- panda no ads

[@cadecollier6047]

it brings in a good amount. he isnt rich of it obviously but its a pretty good paycheck for just videos

I've read comments that say that KZbin pays between 300 and 4000 USD for a million views, depending on the type of content and location of the creator. Cody has averaged roughly 600k views on his more recent videos, so that would be about 5000 USD every week. Not bad. :)

[@theshellman132]

Always awsome to watch you and this series!

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

Kids in Finland could have eat that ammonium chlorite.

[@bestamerica]

' i did used 4 plug sparks to the wire grinding wheel and cleaning up really easily... finish that wire grinding wheel... put 4 clean sparks to the car engine... very smoooth and perfect running well

[@gavigu4360]

Why they no use gold for spark plug

[@theCodyReeder]

Too soft, platinum and iridium are very hard metals.

[@nibder15369874]

Cody I love the mumbo cube!

[@clansapngad9312]

Extract cyanide from fruit seeds...

[@snowstorm9818]

if you're talking about how apple seeds supposedly contain cyanide, that wouldn't really be possible, as they don't contain actual cyanide, but rather amygdalin, a compound that produces cyanide when it comes in contact with digestive enzymes, which means that in order to actually get the cyanide, you'd need someone to eat the seeds, which would both make the cyanide irrecoverable and kill the person eating it.

[@clansapngad9312]

+Snow Storm What about other seeds like cherry pits they should contain more...

[@theCodyReeder]

I actually have over 100lbs of cherry pits and I have extracted cyanide from them, its not that hard really, in fact so easy that I'm worried about showing people how to do it.

[@parkkos9798]

+Cody'sLab . hahaha

[@parkkos9798]

+Cody'sLab just do it!

[@anttivetelainen9975]

These videos are so darn interesting to watch.

[@themastamanhd4861]

Would HF be cable to dissolve iridium?

[@theCodyReeder]

no

[@moistschmeckles400]

As Cody also said, you can't disolve Irisium with any acid

[@MuzikBike]

Righto.... fluoroantimonic acid?

[@beccistaulcup1410]

+Alex Rotaru Hi

[@anthonykinate18]

+Cody'sLab how did u get uranium

[@SeanBZA]

Reason you have unlabelled platinum plugs is because they are the OEM version that is fitted to the engine when it is assembled at the factory. Thus there is no need to mark them as such, as they come in a very large box with the plugs in trays inside, and when the box is empty it is shipped back to the supplier to refill. Only the aftermarket plugs will be marked, the OEM ones, and the ones the dealerships get direct from the manufacturer ( often only used for either warranty repairs or for those vehicles under a motorplan where they have to use OEM supplies) will be simply in a plain box, with a sticker having the part number and a lot number only, not even a mark to say which actual manufacturer made it in reality. That you only can find from decoding the lot number.

[@moistschmeckles400]

10:46 bad hair day?

[@ThereforeIAmHim]

xD

[@tracysmith9934]

A scientist always has messy hair, remember Frankenstein??? Lol

[@fronthole]

Thumbs up. Very entertaining Cody

[@lokkas3637]

pls make some MDMA

[@theRhinsRanger]

An DMT

[@flaviochavez1747]

The Rhins Ranger maybe some LSD too

[@lil_weasel219]

@@flaviochavez1747 lsd is made from a fungus. He is a geologist, not a medical biologist

[@_ZombieDoll_]

I've learned so much more from your channel than I ever did in school :P

[@_ZombieDoll_]

Yes, you are so right.

[@frankenscience3553]

you are not made of star stuff, you are spirit

[@parasdsingh]

That platinum solution in a cup sure looked like tea lol. Expensive tea

[@nicknewberry5296]

Cody great video very interesting topic. I like your collector metal technique. That is something that is not shown a lot

[@Tonicwine999]

Fantastic video and I love the high definition

[@Poxteria]

I learn more from cody than I ever do in school

[@1BlackopsGuru]

i like how you refer to stuff thats super red hot as warm