Sulfuric Acid from Copper Sulfate

[@danarchy723]

Definitely use a stirplate and stir bar on low. So the copper sulfate comes in more contact with your electrodes

[@unlockeduk]

i use lead as a annode and cathode lead dioxide will pacify the surface and is cheap works great

[@SodiumInteresting]

Welcome new chemtuber!! So simple, I think this beats the burning sulfur route to sulfuric acid just for it's simplicity. Copper sulfate, wack in some electrodes, wait, evaporate, done. Btw if you get a powerful heating mantle or use camping stove to heat a round bottom flask snd perform a distillation, you can clean up your h2so4 by distilling it. Collect the fraction around 337°c as your pure 98°c sulfuric acid. Use sulfuric acid as joint grease and be caeeful your glassware doesn't crack from thermal shock. Ie don't spill water on it when it's 337°c

[@TonysPastimes]

Thanks! I want to get some better equipment to be able to distill sulfuric acid. My setup right now is too iffy to try it with yet.

[@Hill-13]

Lower wattage makes better deposits ( 1.8 -2 volts / 1 amp ) VxA = Watts I use electrolysis in copper cells to remove plated silver from items .

[@ThroughAScannerInfrared]

according to applied science a drop of soap will help the bubbles evolve faster. very cool idea. edit: your idea i mean. that copper powder will make a good additive to linseed oil or paint of some sort i'd reckon edit 2: on the electrolysis of water wiki page i saw in the history section that someone reported nitric acid being produced when water was electrolyzed at length do to nitrogen in the atmosphere. I wonder how much of your mixture is nitric or how one would test that

[@SodiumInteresting]

11:54 dendrites

[@rr4477]

Cool video, cathode is your positive and anode is your negative. Very neat reaction! Keep it up and wear that ppe. 😊

[@TonysPastimes]

Always!

[@danarchy723]

Use a old cell phone charger 5volt 1.5 amp to 2 amp, you could probably even use a old laptop charger 12volt 3 amp, maybe even an old modem power supply. I've plated zinc onto copper from zinc sulfate. I was able to make some really crazy looking zinc crystals.

[@TonysPastimes]

Thanks, If I can get a more consistent power supply than I have now I can run my electrolysis much faster. Also the phone charger sounds like a good idea. Thanks for commenting.