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

I extract precious metals from spark plugs.
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[@C4uSt1CO]

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

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Lol

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LMAO

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

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woooosh

[@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

[@barshak]

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

[@hot_dog_water2437]

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

[@theterribleanimator1793]

HDPE does wonders for your wallet.

[@LuciusDomitiusAurelianus1]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@mav6771]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

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

[@ovihaliuc5405]

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

[@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.

[@dj505Gaming]

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

[@robertelder5444]

No gloves, no warning of plat

[@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.

[@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

[@nonoririko2056]

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

[@trudiswanson9855]

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

[@ClashGardener]

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

[@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

[@andrewbrown4970]

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

[@mr1880]

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

[@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.

[@aceldama]

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

[@heysiri4935]

YOU HAVE A MUMBO CUBE?! Damn you are cool in so many ways

[@lukewilkinson3778]

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

[@ohmynoun]

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

[@Ash-lt2ty]

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

[@jamespham1906]

Great

[@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.

[@Nono-hk3is]

You never fail to impress, Cody.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@crustysocks8019]

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

[@theshellman132]

Always awsome to watch you and this series!

[@Rekooh112233]

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

[@codmon1]

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

[@xerxesodysseus6585]

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

[@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!!!

[@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.

[@PaulDebaecker]

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

[@Joe.Rogan.]

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

[@darabbit333]

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

[@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

[@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

[@archbishop8719]

More precious metal refining!!!! Thanks Cody!

[@rileymcmorris7509]

Great job Cody love watching this types of video

[@JerryAsano]

Why is this video not in your refining playlist?

[@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

[@dikotakreighbaum2430]

Very intriguing Cody. 👌

[@Tonicwine999]

Fantastic video and I love the high definition

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 😘😘😘

[@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.

[@tmelvin9728]

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

[@user-yd6qq5pr7c]

I always learn something from your videos, thanks.

[@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.

[@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!

[@grandpaseed]

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

[@rich1051414]

US Patent #1714835

[@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!

[@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!

[@gavigu4360]

Why they no use gold for spark plug

[@theCodyReeder]

Too soft, platinum and iridium are very hard metals.

[@NeutraleLibero]

Welcome back to CITY'S LAD

[@nateapple1410]

great video cody, I always look forward to your uploads. you're the best youtuber

[@jaywest4102]

Cody would make a great teacher.

[@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. :)

[@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

[@donaldhinck4490]

Good job Cory. Very interesting

[@omarbabovic5241]

Donald Hinck it’s Cody not Cory

[@parasdsingh]

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

[@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

[@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).

[@fronthole]

Thumbs up. Very entertaining Cody

[@nibder15369874]

Cody I love the mumbo cube!

[@eduardarroyo6408]

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

[@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!

[@Zeenten]

I always learn a lot from you. love your videos.

[@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.

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

Kids in Finland could have eat that ammonium chlorite.

[@GangityBirdity]

Omg Cody I didn't know you were a fan of Mumbo Jumbo.

[@Quadmonium]

Thats really cool cody, great video!

[@HomerJade]

Can't wait for the next video Cody ! This one is a damn great one !

[@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.

[@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!

[@bigboi3280]

Hey Cody love your videos very entertaining.

[@itsthatjuanguyfromthatjuan526]

awesome Cody I love these videos

[@snarkspawner]

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

[@moistschmeckles400]

10:46 bad hair day?

[@ThereforeIAmHim]

xD

[@RSxMVxSN]

"A tiny bit of platinum right there, I'll BEE keeping that!" Haha

[@HashlandXXX]

The unmarked spark plugs; my guess is that they were sold in bulk to a car manufacture, so the spark plug company may not bother to mark them. Thanks for another insightful video. I've already learned so much from watching this, and Grant Thompson, I built my own Aluminum forge. KZbin is important, don't ever let it change.

[@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.

[@NOFX0890]

Very cool Cody. Thankyou

[@jmac3693]

You my friend are my idol. Keep up the good work. I just discovered you, I have a lot of catching up to do. You explain things so well even though I don't know what half of it means lol.

[@somefirefly4808]

AHAH! cody! I love the science!! I LOVE IT!! Keep up the work!!! YEAH!!..

[@stephan137]

thanks for making such great interesting content cody!

[@nateapple1410]

your refining videos are awesome

[@DEJARONGSSangPenemu]

Wow ! Great video..and thanks for sharing..Congrats bro ! Best regards from Indonesia