AllChemystery - 2018-01-26
By adding sodium metal to Methanol we get a compound called sodium methoxide-CH₃ONa. it is a useful catalyst and strong reducing agent which sees use in a variety of industries from pharmaceutical to fuel manufacture. i plan to use it as a catalyst for the transesterfication of castor oil in a future video. See more on Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/profile/4uBPC9RCH6e9/ And minds: https://www.minds.com/EnergyUnleashed
Thank you so much
This is not how I would do it in a lab. Good practice is performing this reaction in a fumehood, wearing gloves indeed, and we normally weight the sodium in an beker with a clean oil to prevent reaction with moist from the air. You can easily rinse of the oil after the reaction using a dry solvent.
Just curious where did u get all of ur experience/knowledge involving chemistry? A lot of these videos fascinate me.👏
Getting Knowledge of chemistry was spurred on by a huge interest of reactions and how something is made from two or so chemicals under the right conditions. It’s been a kind of long time hobby of mine and I have done quite some research and hands on stuff over the years. Mostly researching though. Chemistry is one of the most interesting fields of science.
Can anyone pls tell if hydrogen is produced in this reaction and how do we obtain it
No
Soon...perchloric acid will cometh
I notice some yellowing on your fingers, I wonder if this is from handling one of the most reactive substances on earth with your bare hands. You should at least use tweezers (plastic ones will avoid any redox reaction between tweezers and sodium). You may find as you get older that you may have some regrets over not being more careful with chemicals. I am not a safety nut by any means but even I would have some kind of barrier between me and something as reactive as sodium metal. Just be careful so us amateur chemists can enjoy more of your videos to come.
Thanks for watching! and yeah I agree. Generally I’m pretty safe with hazards like that but I was always taught to never wear gloves when handling sodium. Most times I do anyway but for this preparation I was also handling ice, wet glass and moving the condenser when needed. Can’t remember what the yellow was from but it would likely be HNO3- also not recommended for gloves. The little NaOH off the sodium is usually just enough to give your finger a slimy feeling.
I don't understand the no gloves thing. Obviously you can do it without gloves, but using gloves is better, just wipe them with tissue paper before touching sodium. Little bit moisture doesn't do anything whether it is on your skin or on your gloves.
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Darian Berg nice plastic xplosive
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Nicolás Enrique Limonge Colomer hello there.
your claim at 1:30 is just completely untrue. I think you made that up. lol
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Nope. True story bro. Depending on who is doing the chemistry I guess.
@AllChemystery Completely false. If you have wet hands you can get extreme burns. Doing this without gloves is completely idiotic. You'll still be able to tell if you have wet hands when wearing gloves, except with gloves on you'll be safe from burns. Plus why does it matter if you have wet hands? Source: I have a PhD in organic chemistry.
@scippap it's OBVIOUSLY a joke..
(also, i lmao after reading about your "source". hopefully you don't reference it in your papers 😉).
What u gonna do with sodium methoxide?
Dollar Projects it’s in the description. Catalyst for Biodiesel derivative.
You can also make Hydroxylamine. Neat videos :-)
Shiva Chemist interesting.... I would love to watch it. I'm from Ranchi, Jharkhand India
Mexi Chemia - 2018-01-27
I think you missed a Hydrogen atom and another molecule in a formula at 0:16 you wrote CH2OH when it should have been 2CH3OH