PRECIOUS METALS From a Chemical Waste!

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In today’s edition I am going to share with you how I extracted
different metals such as platinum, gold and copper from my chemical waste.

[@joel.759]

"I didn't find a big enough potato to accommodate so much nickel" never thought i would hear this sentence

[@arbitrarystuff1229]

With your username that's quite an achievement

[@exploreseafaring]

Damn it. I came down here to quote that line!

[@cadburybunny]

@@exploreseafaring What he said ... lol

[@robinderoos1166]

He should have gotten the giant potatoes they make belgians fries from!

[@captainwin6333]

If he markets T Shirt's with that sentence on, I'm buying one.

[@VenomStryker]

Man, I love your videos and your accent! Don't ever feel the need to find a more "normal" sounding voiceover person for your channel. You do very well. Keep up the good work.

[@allanh5618]

A potato crucible. Nifty!

[@CHIEF_420]

Wonder who figured that out first? Was it by accident or experiment? 🤷 [KZbin has a bot or paid TROLLS that DELETE factual comments]

[@allanh5618]

@@CHIEF_420 Maybe a welder tried cooking a potato and other veggies with a gas blowtorch during a power outage and found it took much longer than expected. Might have then used one as a rest for hot metal. Later, tried melting solder, etc. on one for fun. Then passed the idea on in comments.

[@ozradek1]

@@CHIEF_420 if you've ever camped and cooked potatoes in a fire with no foil or covering you understand this concept perfectly

[@Maugena]

I really appreciate you and your dedication to translating your videos for english speakers, sir. :) Thanks as always for the content!

[@moumantai6337]

I know nothing about chemistry but found this to be very entertaining and satisfying

[@g0ral]

I have potatoes. Now i need some gold

[@xxxggthyf]

If my school economics lessons from 40 years ago are to be believed all you need to do is find somebody who has too much gold and not enough potatoes. What could possibly go wrong?

[@wernerhiemer406]

@@xxxggthyf It is not in powdery form. Or as stated not big enough to melt. Wait nickel is not as dense as gold so there is enough space for same value.

[@spiderdude2099]

Lol, that potato actually worked really well. Didn’t know it could do that

[@GregGBM7]

To aid in the magic of modern chemistry, I present to you... a potato!

[@nosdregamon]

The moment he presented his new h-burner, I totally didn't expect he'd use it on this :-)

[@robinderoos1166]

And the god-emperors mighty golden warriors were forged in the crucible of... Patatoes? Adeptus patatoes

[@Andre-gn4sj]

grown from the buckets of earth, a crucible which is gold worth.

[@kwinzman]

Melting metals is modern chemistry now? :D

[@PaulFisher]

Among a lot of cool things in this video, it was neat to see and kind of recognize the cognate of “electrolyte” written in cyrillic script.

[@PillsWontHelpYouNow]

I'd like to see a crucible become more common in a chemistry lab.

[@shashwatgarg4226]

Can you tell me which accent he is using

[@alfredorotondo]

@@shashwatgarg4226 southern russian i think

[@RipRoaringGarage]

Sound synchronizing: Potato level Potato crucible: God level I have heard about bread being carbonized for a crucible, but potato? Wow...nice vid!

[@wernerhiemer406]

I carbonized some banana peel. But no gold.

[@basisTermium]

The fact that you can see the graphite crucible burning is so cool!

[@fungusenthusiast8249]

I noticed that too, that was interesting. It's kind of odd to see a thin film of flame coming off a solid object like that, never see it anywhere else.

[@nunyabisnass1141]

When using graphite anodes that are prone to breaking doen, I suggest separating it with a pourous ceramic cell that will capture the graphite particles, but also allow dissolution and elctrons to flow relatively freely. It requires some attention and maintenance, its far cheaper than investing exotic metalic oxide anodes in bith the short and long term.

[@wernerhiemer406]

Are they having some binder or are they only pressed into form.

[@nunyabisnass1141]

@@wernerhiemer406 ii dont acrually know. I'm assuming the bentonite being a clay would be the binder, but pressing it wouldn't good enough as it would quickly dissolve in an aqueous solution. So in my suggestion i would recomend sinter the mixture in a kiln to glaze the particles together. A clay might jn turn prove to be a terrible idea, but a metalic oxide might prove useful. For traditional graphite electrodes i do assume they use some type of of binder and press form them. I haven't been able to find anything kn their manufacture either, otherwise this post would only be a few words.

[@DD-kc6hg]

Imagine an underground black market ring that deals with gold and there are some guys there who just purify the gold in a potato.

[@wernerhiemer406]

Potato ban. Also some slavic run out of supply for making a beverage designed for cold climates. At least some copper vessels are left unused and ready for recycling to make some money.

[@paxhumana2015]

@@wernerhiemer406 , enter the meth heads.

[@Marco-zg2zd]

Yes this actually exist in Brazil, here we have a lot of ilegal miners and most of then use a potato and a hidrogen burner

[@Hawkido]

Gold prospectors have been using potatoes to melt gold flour into beads for a long time. They wouldn't melt a nugget as it generally has a higher value as a nugget than as a bead, but fine flour is best condensed into beads as it is fine enough to embed into sacks and other container walls, unless made of glass, and then glass likes to break, so it isn't brought out to the mining grounds. No one like losing gold.

[@ErraticPT]

《Sings》...I say potato, you say crucible, let's call the whole thing off! 😄

[@bringer-of-change]

Definitely one of my favorite science channels. I've focused so much time into electricity and physics in that regard that I have fallen far behind in chemistry and biology, so I try to learn alot about chemistry from this guy 👍

[@jamiehughes5573]

Despite the accent making it harder to understand, i love these series. Much better than when i was at college. I wish i'd gone to university for science but my anxiety gets the better of me. That and the whole pandemic

[@Methylene.]

I fuckin love the way this guy talk's I feel slightly smarter for being able to understand you. and i feel even better feeling like this is being taught to me by a mad scientist from the past .

[@berriee7848]

the cat outro was a cherry on top of the cake, i learn from you more than my teacher at school

[@mrhazard668]

Your cat is so cute !!

[@murnoth]

This dudes Accent is Awesome!

[@politicaldissidence]

The potato thing is absolutely genius. Bet it was some gold panner who thought that up. The ingenuity is on another level. I love life hacks, that use everyday items. A watermelon would probably work as well for larger amounts do to it's high water content. I bet it would act alot like a potato. Just a thought.

[@THESHOMROM]

BRILLIANT! I thoroughly enjoy your tutorials and I'm learning a great deal. Thank you for using your time and materials to teach us. Few of us have the knowledge to begin doing these experiments, much less the materials and expensive equipment. Your generosity is epic!

[@robinderoos1166]

Imagine the look on the jewelers face when thoisoi enters the store with a bag of potatoes!

[@johnsmithe4656]

Why would he take potatoes or crucibles to the jewelers?

[@TopachezuLUL]

Спасибо for the content :)

[@miinyoo]

Seriously, all of this is magic. Slavic magic.

[@LiborTinka]

As for the chemical methods, see [1] as good reference for how to properly dispose chemical wastes, including all kinds of metal solutions. Usually the solution is first neutralised, the metal is then precipitated as a water-insoluble salt, such as: hydroxide (if not forming a soluble complex), carbonate (e.g. copper(II), nickel(II), zinc(II)), chloride (silver(I)) or as sulfide (using sodium sulfide solution). The insoluble precipitate can be removed by filtration and the excess sulfide destroyed by suitable oxidizing agent. Alternatively, one can often use metathesis to precipitate least reactive metals with more reactive ones. It is always good idea to plan ahead, for example if one has waste solutions of copper(II) sulfate and zinc(II) sulfate, one can first precipitate copper by adding zinc (displacement reaction), leaving zinc(II) sulfate solution, that can be combined with the other waste zinc(II) solution to save time. Some metals have special properties offering an easy recovery - silver forms an almost insoluble AgCl precipitate, that can be easily removed from solution, washed and converted to metallic silver by various methods. It is important to control not only pH but also concentration of ions present in the solution! [1] National Research Council. Prudent practices in the laboratory: handling and disposal of chemicals. National Academies Press, 1995.

[@alanribeiro4504]

Very interesting as usual!

[@Peter_S_]

Excellent video!

[@ner35]

I'm addicted on your channel! I'm still want to see a video about some elements: hydrogen, polonium and radon 😃

[@lewisgiles8855]

All these video are great, thanks for them all!👋

[@zibberebbiz]

next time I go buy potatos I'll go to the clerk like "I need two pounds of unusual crucibles"

[@amitmondal4522]

Great man. You are genius

[@jimparsons6803]

Potato, huh? Liked that one Thanks. The first time that I've heard that suggestion.

[@samrichard3958]

Lol...the amount of current used in this process cost more than the amount metal it produces 😂👍

[@theothersidenumber9307]

Perfect delivery.

[@todayskid4956]

Watching your year old videos finally im so so early!!

[@daianaxi1295]

OMG I LOVE YOUUUUUUUR work

[@RJDA.Dakota]

Love to watch your real science videos. Always awesome!

[@rogue72able]

THIS is so cool!!!

[@cornflake75]

Potato crucible - brilliant !

[@maurya3256]

Sir love you from 🇮🇳 india.. Your video provide alot of knowledge to me..thank you 🙏

[@robinderoos1166]

Oh shit! India discovered the potato crucible! Guard the scrapyards!

[@gaivsvalerivs5818]

Those new Cokes look sweet!

[@bok..]

Very cool!

[@Wineman3383]

What will a potato not do? Love your videos!!

[@richardcook555]

Your videos take me back to Mrs Olson's 10th grade chemistry class .............. you have her teaching style.

[@mn_dakhel_almodarag]

Best chanel ever

[@spiderdude2099]

14:20 If you want to remove borax more efficiently, boil the ingot in a dilute sulfuric acid solution

[@Hawkido]

while that would be fine for Gold and the platinum group metals, but would just turn copper back into copper sulfide, and as the point was to get copper out of solution that wouldn't be as optimal.

[@spiderdude2099]

@@Hawkido copper is immune to dissolving in sulfuric acid so....no. Possibly with prolonged heating in a concentrated solution it would VERY SLOWLY dissolve, but if it’s dilute, you’re totally fine. Even in a more concentrated solution it would take days or weeks due to needing an oxidant to really dissolve at an appreciable rate. This can happen with atmospheric oxygen, but it is VERY slow at diffusing into the solution. Due to its activity being below that of hydrogen, in general, copper is considered immune to every common acid except nitric acid.

[@Hawkido]

@@spiderdude2099 yep... you are right, you would either need a powerful oxidizer, or an electrical current to get it to dissolve. my bad.

[@judgebaxter7207]

You are great!

[@DrB1900]

Is there anything potatoes can't do? Mashed, fries, chips, crucibles, Mr. Potato Head, bullets, batteries.

[@duracellflier]

Awesome video

[@jjandbee]

thumbs up everytime !

[@wumbology3109]

I can see Cody from cody's lab using the same potato crucible in his next metal extraction video

[@thamirivonjaahri6378]

small trivia > Label on formic acid contains Czech name for the compound, which loosely translates into "Ant acid"

[@Albertleder1]

Amazing, is there any references you used for these experiments?

[@jaypeterman8414]

I don't see enough of you, my friend.

[@thomasblackwell9507]

So besides making Vodka you can use potatoes as crucibles; very interesting!

[@_shadow_1]

How are we going to melt this gold? Me: This is how... *Pulls out potato and hydrogen torch*

[@sergetheijspartner2005]

Melting metals in a potato is like the most absurd thing I ever heard, but hey, if it looks stupid but it works it is not stupid, but I can't keep from wondering how they ever thought of that

[@autism3997]

subtitles are a must.

[@MK-tx3wi]

Long live the great Russia!!!! I love this nation and people!!!!! Tholsoi is a very example of this magnitude!!!!!

[@pnintetr]

Potato crucibles lol. I've never thought of that either.

[@Ritcheyyy]

Pekne video, dobra prace ;)

[@lipa7490]

Nice vid

[@mikoro88]

Potato crucible?^^ Ok.. :p Interesting video!

[@KowboyUSA]

Outstanding, sir!

[@lmnxyz2473]

Clay graphite crucible:Ight this metal iz meltin Potato: not if i come Sike!!

[@Kiromony]

*nile red flashbacks*

[@captainwin6333]

"I didn't find a big enough potato to accommodate so much nickel". You need to stick that on a T shirt and market it.

[@wernerhiemer406]

... thick enough motato to accomodate so much dickel.

[@chiquilio]

a bit ironic that the potato worked so well as a crucible for such precious metals lol

[@draculicacid6927]

Potato crucible. Never expected that

[@deadlikedisco4726]

I just extracted Rhodium from electroplating solution. It worked quite well with zinc

[@erkim7547]

The green beer bottle on the right caught my attention for some reason;)

[@ProblemHelfer]

I like the way you think about things! Go one plz.

[@nander1988]

If I'm ever feeling blue, I'll just go back to this video to hear him say po-ta-toe

[@aryanm1919]

Hi! Where did you buy the little cubes of metals from?

[@manuelb.703]

I really like your videos. I suggest you talk about Oganesson element

[@monudon5210]

Thanks🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 guru jiii

[@aleksazivkovic2496]

Gospodin čovek!

[@outkast0424]

GOOOOOOLD

[@eloimumford5247]

To extract gold is there an ideal voltage ?

[@TheDeepDiveLLC]

During the platinum recovery, why was the magnetic stirrer bouncing around?

[@aaronreash814]

cant believe the potato worked at first glance but it worked very well

[@dwaynezilla]

Potatoes. Easy to store, easy to eat. They'll make booze. And I guess now they'll make makeshift crucibles, too!

[@thomasneal9291]

don't forget they also make good batteries.

[@_Solaris]

potato crucible... two words I've never put together in the same sentence.

[@orac229]

Is there an easy way to extract Neutrinos from the air in sufficient quantities to power my Neutrino Light Speed Engine (about 5kg per light year)?

[@johnsmithe4656]

That requires more than just potatoes. You might need an entire vegetable garden for that.

[@anshi3791]

Chemicals are cool anyway ✨ However 🥔

[@manas0510]

Love from india ❤️❤️

[@hrajabi7261]

Pleaaase make a video about metal oxide anodes, analysing them and making them

[@crowleyand2]

A freaking potato... This channel is gold

[@nunyabusiness8538]

3:16 my mind is blown

[@aaabeverages7152]

I've seen slices of white bread named wonder bread burned in an Argon atmospheric chamber to make heat insulation

[@WillplaysFort]

you know that your scale is good when i can measure the oxidation one by one

[@a.m.c.7630]

🔥chemistry🔥

[@theothersidenumber9307]

Did you use a magnetic stirrer with the nickel.

[@sciencewithus6208]

Sir could u make 1 video extracting gold aquareija to electrolites,

[@kingkama]

Which oxides are the anode made?

[@x_sam_007]

Cool

[@theunknown4834]

Finally a use for my PC, a potato crucible