Turning Sand into Sillicon Metal

Sand to sillicon metal, making sillicon, chemistry experiment very cool. Amateur chemistry experiments done in controlled environment, This video has been done for educational purposes. Educational content, satisfying.
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Everything in this video is common knowledge and is meant to educate people about chemistry, even though i use satire , this experiment has many dangers dont attempt.

[@brooksbryant2478]

I was able to get a much larger amount of silicon by using thermite made from silicon dioxide, aluminum, potassium chlorate, and calcium fluoride as a flux

[@mohamedalkholy8501]

how plz

[@voidmind108]

"I decided to go the thermite route" is an expression I want to use more in my daily life

[@queefyg490]

"Sulfuric acid is the strongest acid in the world" *perchloric acid would like to: know your location*

[@anoopmanakkalath]

HSbF6, HN(SO2CF3)2, HC(SO2CF3)3 are even stronger than HClO4. Carborane superacids are the strongest. Not sure about their silicon and germanium analogues and azaboranes.

[@Cowrish]

You teach alot in your videos but they are funny as well One of the best chemistry channel 😊

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and nile red

[@Cowrish]

@@gaminghub6440 yeah

[@ryelor123]

Judging by the scabs on your hand, I think I understand why you're into chemistry.

[@jasondean88888]

Are you saying that someone with scabs in their hands will find themself drawn to enjoying chemistry? I don't understand your sentence... You see scabs on his hands, and somehow that tells you why he developed a love of chemistry?

[@harryniedecken5321]

Thanks for the video. Perhaps instead dry the sand thoroughly and react with Cl2 gas to form chlorides and hydrochloride mixture. Sublime off the Si compounds in a vacuum. React these on a hot surface with excess H2, also in a vacuum to obtain the Si metal.

[@gettingtheinsideout9683]

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[@theunrulygaminig6182]

Really makes you wonder how they came up with this process

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[@happyalex1534]

you video feels like a Eastern European version of Cody's lab.

[@Metal_Master_YT]

idk why, but I've seen like 5 videos of purifying sand, and nobody seems to get the first part quite right... you should screen out the rocks and pebbles first so that the remaining grains have fully exposed minerals, i.e. small enough that every grain is only made of around 1-3 minerals crystals stuck together, that way they are all available to chemically react later, which gives higher purity sand, and a faster reaction. long story short, screen the sand, only keeping the finer stuff. my process is as follows: rinse sand through screen to remove all coarse grains and junk material, then rinse remaining sand with water a few times and pour off everything that floats, this removes organic matter, then use a magnet and remove most of the iron minerals, ( you can also try panning it after this step to remove hematite and some heavy minerals that don't contain SiO2) then add the acid to dissolve the carbonates, (warning, concentrated hydrochloric acid can dissolve iron oxide minerals making a nasty green compound, hence the two previous steps) then rinse one last time with water, and you will have relatively pure sand where basically all remaining minerals are either silica or silicates, both of which contain SiO2 in one way or another. then you can continue with the lye separation. also, I don't think silica is a salt, a salt is by definition composed of 2 ions, cations and anions in an equilibrium that makes the substance overall neutral, it is also by definition the result of an acid base reaction. calcium carbonate is a salt since it is the result of the reaction between carbonic acid and a calcium base such as calcium oxide. silicon dioxide is not ionic and is an incredibly inert insoluble oxide in contrast. also, question, is sulfuric acid superior to using hydrochloric acid when neutralizing the solution at the end to form the silicic acid? at least to me is seems easier to just use one acid for the whole process. (I know this is unnecessary correction, but its "silicic acid" not "silic acid") great video though, wish I had friends that also enjoyed chemistry... PS, I've been working on making silicon by the carbothermal reduction method on and off for a year now, and so far I've been successful at creating silicon, but I'm working to increase yield and scale. (I have a solo cup with some silicon pieces in it sitting next to me as of posting this) good luck with your channel man! :D

[@mphonaheng5252]

I am interested in this process of going from sand to silicon but do not have a chemistry background. Any way I can get contact of you so I can learn more about this process, maybe your email address? Genuinely interested

[@Metal_Master_YT]

@@mphonaheng5252 sorry that its been so long, but I do have answers if you haven't given up on this subject yet. I invented a custom way to create silicon without using metal reducing agents, and the materials are cheap, I'm going to test it soon. I've also done lots of prior tests to study the properties of the SiO2 and C reaction that I'm using.

[@jadeblades]

@@Metal_Master_YT have you tested the method yet?

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"My pump decided to break itself for no reason" Prussian Blue said, while shoving the plastic outlet tube in the hot coals

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ah dimble woods. that music comes with a bit of nostalgia. i wish i was still 12 lol. not only was i too young to have other worries in life sucking the joy out of the decision to play a game for 12 hours but i also haven't experienced any far superior games in both graphics and gameplay.

[@gsestream]

magnesium termite would be much simpler and less easily gone wrong. the blast furnace way. and magnesium oxide can be regenerated easily back to magnesium metal.

[@romanarnaud-lacourt8272]

Where you inspired by Amateurs chemistry on turning sand into silicium ? Anyway great video as always

[@CosmoSimpDragon]

bro u good? 2:34 ?????????????

[@MilesProwerTailsFox]

This video loads in 144p and when I try to select 1080 I can't because is only for premium and there is no free version of 1080p wtf

[@classifiedsnake3947]

This guy pretty much dumbs down everything nilered does and its awesome😂

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9/10 didn’t stop to play some FORTNITE

[@normie7464]

he just casually mentions making hydrogen cyanide fumes like hes immortal or something

[@marmaladetoast2431]

silicon is a metalloid

[@greatveemon2]

for a method to turn sand to a silicon, that's a lot and probably expensive process.

[@superturkeylegs]

Can you do a video on silicon carbide via the Acheson process?

[@abdulrahmanelawady4501]

When are you going to make silicon wafers? Can use the silicon metal to make them and show us how you done it?

[@Dent42]

Silicon isn’t a metal though…

[@jaykoerner]

In astrology everything but helium and hydrogen are metals, and in chemistry silicon's considered a metalloid

[@Dent42]

@@jaykoerner In… *astrology*? And metalloids aren’t metals.

[@Tarttaken]

@@Dent42they aren’t, but they have properties of metals, such as semiconductivity

[@_chirp_6108]

I think they meant astronomy hahaha

[@CD3WD-Project]

I only watch these videos from you for the 1980s Nintendo type music in the background, IT ROCKS. Can we have a 10 minute video with just that music and nothing else along with pictures of stupid glassware and stupid chemicals and so on and so forth and maybe a cat maybe a chemistry cat wearing a lab coat come on man do us all favor we're all here just for that.....

[@oliverwalker2718]

I'm voting for this

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They do have a point chemistry cats are cool

[@rogerc7960]

Try starting with octagon basalt or hot springs silica.

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[@arnavverma3434]

5:00 The chemical formula for Magnesium silicide is Mg2Si not MgSi2. BTW great video as always

[@venigoel3565]

bro u good ??? 2:34 btw wanna make rdx with hexamine and ammonium nitrate for educational purposes ?

[@ElementalAer]

"got pretty silly" Lol

[@highlandlab1924]

I actually have some elemental silicon. I got the plan to make some from sand using burning magnesium metal but my sand got wet. Can't imagine the flames coming from that tho. Scary.

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Instructions unclear built a 258 core cpu

[@alrix1232]

I izolated silicon metal from a small transistor (around 20 mg)

[@ChickenPermissionOG]

why not just use lithium

[@Iraqi1995-3]

Is this useful to make a crucible of salads

[@sakesaurus]

silica doesn't have that much use does it

[@abu-karz]

I'm pretty sure silicon isn't a metal but a metalloid

[@barrysaxton31]

False

[@thedarkness8533]

Can you teach us how to make thermite paste?

[@mamupelu565]

can you melt into a bead using induction heater?

[@MIH0319]

Next step: Using the crude silicon to make SiCl4 and heating it with hydrogen gas to make extra fine (99.99999%) electronic silicon :)

[@Chemanic1]

Dude I had this exact same idea for a video and was in the middle of filming lol

[@kwiky5643]

Hi man, great video. By the way, since you’re in chemistry, do you have any advice to improve ? My worst subject in school is chemistry, so since it’s your field…

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hi i know youre not the person you asked but chemistry is my strong class heres a littoe advice 1.pay atenttion 2.remember the periodic table 3.try not to get too stressed 4.try to balance equations and 5.try to see if the compounds are compatible. :)

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Wrong way to go what a mess

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[@jozefnovak7750]

Super! Thank you very much!

[@Earthcomputer-d9t]

Brother can you help me I am trying to make silicon wafer I have some questions please reply 🥺🥺🥺

[@bozokiller420v2]

Okay, now make your own CPU.

[@variegatus4674]

I think someone actually did make a silicon wafer at home, once!

[@zinckensteel]

@@variegatus4674 The silicon beads he made likely would make an OK diode if used in a cat's whisker type setup as was done in early crystal radios. I think Sam Zeloof is the guy who fabbed his own IC at home, though he used a bit of commercially available blank silicon wafer iirc.

[@firas4912]

WHY NOT USING SiO2+C +TEMPRETUR=Si+CO2

[@vaedkamat484]

What was the percent yield, 2%😭?

[@ejtono1582]

Naoh and sand in a pot Typical polish dish

[@colinsmith7968]

prussian blue - love the colour.

[@koukouzee2923]

Why is your beach sand black Where tf did you get that

[@Prussian_Blue]

chernobyl beach sand

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Polish sand LOL

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extract plutonium from chernobyl core remnants

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5:23 I'm surprised you dare to play with HCA like this, you could die easily 😅

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Ah another chemistry channel like amateur chemistry

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Um... Silicon is not metal

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Very nice.

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You have 280 likes on all of your videos

[@magnuswright5572]

Silicon is a nonmetal...

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[@WabuhWabuh]

you know they just use carbon to purify silicon with ion exchange.

[@arvetis]

guerilla chemistry

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Nice video

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Thanks but cannot fully understand your English you speak so fast

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[@ejkozan]

Silicon is not metal XD it is metalloid XD that is why it is used in electronics XD oh my :P

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mm metal :)

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Why didn't you cover the thermite all the way around to avoid splatter?

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