Cody'sLab - 2015-08-10
I make Nitric acid out of air, water, and electricity. Facebook fan page: https://www.facebook.com/codydonreeder
What I learned from Cody: It doesn't matter the amount produced, it matters about the success of the project.
BirkelandβEyde process perhaps (not the Haber process as missing pressure, temperature, catalyst, H2, ...)
The Stoned Videogame Nerd haber-bosch makes ammonia; he's making nitric/nitrous acids.
@Awareqwx Diamond Possible only if your near a very stinky public toilet without water. It's all fake.. πΎ
Exactly; efficiency can be puzzled out later, but knowing that the reaction works is a huge first step. If you're more chemistry minded and want to watch some in depth research, look up NurdRage's series on producing sodium via alcohol catalyzed magnesium reduction of sodium hydroxide. His first reaction only made about 40-60% yield and destroyed a flask from the hot sodium hydroxide, but he gradually narrowed down all the problems until he had a reaction that produced ~95% yields of sodium based on sodium hydroxide that did not destroy a flask each time it was done, and found very obtainable alcohols that can be used for the reaction. Now, we know that all you need to make sodium metal in your own home is a hotplate, a flask, magnesium turnings, sodium hydroxide, and a small amount of menthol or certain other alcohols. It's really an interesting look into thorough research
5kg of nitric acid over a year is nothing to be sniffed at. with two or so of them gonig it might actually make more than anyone would ever need.
1.21 jigawatts!
Christoopher Lloyd only pronounced it that way because it was misspelled in the script. However, the pronunciation is valid, just not as common as the hard G sound.
GO FOR IT MARTY!
If Cody was black, it would have been 2 billion niggawatts
Salty Viper
Thank you.
1.3 niggawatts
Can I also do this with thick air?
Just take longer
Lol
heavy air
What about phat air ?
No. Tell that air to lose some weight.
This guy probly on so many watch lists, they haven't even named them yet
+Cody'sLab Most likely.Β Cody doesn't come across as a threatening, simply educational and scientific.Β Idiots exists everywhere and blocking this dude's videos wouldn't stop idiots from being idiots.
And he should
Hey Cody, are you ever thinking of revisiting this project? Like make it more efficient or such
Yes
Observation: His work surface appears to be a homemade version of a child's toy stove.
No time to comb hair. Doing science!
I think the hair adds lab cred.
It's just to have evidence of thin air. Thick air would be so humid that his hair gets down by itself. Well maybe he had touched those tubes will they were life or just to reference the static electricity in that arc.
So Cody CAN make anything from anything. The sun, air, and water is all he needs to dissolve your money.
The aquarium airstones have to be pre-treated before they will function properly. Soak them in tap water for approximately 30min - 1hr and they should bubble just fine, even with a low pressure pump! Awesome stuff here, keep it up Cody. I hope this piece of advice helps with your future experiments; I've noticed you do a lot of diffusion to recover chemicals, and using a bubbling stone would be quite effective for that purpose since it would allow for more contact time/contact surfaces.
Wouldn't the acid eat the stone?
@Mark Selten depends on the stone if it has any carbonates in it the acid will consume it. if the stone is made of silicone dioxide nothing would happen
@Humbulla93 so like a quartz stone.. good to know, I am going to try recover ultra fine gold from a quartz crush. Mechanical separation is impossible, it's far too fine.
Pee in it and you get urea nitrate, an explosive.
He would have to refine the urea to get any serious yeilds
@DagasNeedle or find a way to keep reusing the same acid
Or attach it to a sewage works (with a refining process before mixing )
You know Cody is kind of like the modern-day alchemist with his knowledge of chemistry. He literally would blow some King's mind with his abilities if you were let loose in the past.
if its Cody's white bag then it would be testicles
And this...is my BOOM STICK!
kings and queens back then were taught things that common folk were not taught @Racko
Wdym by "literally"
And put some hydrochloric acid with nitric acid will dissolve gold. That would impress the king.
Dude, fume hood or outside. We'd all like to see more vids from you.
+Brandon Lisik:
The NO2 is inside the glass dome. It should be fine.
More FAKE Videos from this Fish Tank Bubbler SALESMAN? More possible using ammonia. Just buy NOS then dissolve it in water.
@louis tournas NO2 isn't very soluble in water so a lot was actually escaping. I was worried about it too. This acute exposure wasn't horrible but had he left it going as a long term project to make lots of acid over months, the NO2 would either kill him from the exposure or cause other health effects like asthma and lots of other respiratory problems. NO2 really is not my gig.
@w0lvez1 ?
@w0lvez1
"Just buy NOS then dissolve it in water."
==What is NOS?
Birkeland-Eyde Process?
Must be one of my favourite channels on youtube, was just thinking earlier today how I can't wait to see more ball-mill videos! It needs to be somehow arranged that Cody is paid to do this so that he can spend more time doing cool stuff!
@Rob Mckennie maybe he could use patreon
youtubers do get paid by the views and adds
@valindro zanthros but a channel his size doesn't exactly produce a living wage, in the state that it's on he's never going to be putting food on the table with it. Maybe one day, but I want him paid now
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Nice Back to the Future reference. :)
Excellent video. I'm wondering about your penny test. The copper is alloyed with 5% zinc and if it was made after 1982 it's a thin plating of copper alloy over a zinc core. Soft copper tubing is almost pure copper. I wonder how the zinc affects the reaction. Also, using sodium nitrate as a fertilizer is a big no-no. Sodium build-up in the soil is toxic to plants.
Nonya Damnbusiness small amounts should be fine. In larger quantities, itβs used commonly as stump remover.
@Henry Jiang non the less its not a fertilizer and Na salts shouldnt be used. Dont make me even start about how much NO3 going to be decompose to usable nitrogen from plants :D
fine then. use potassium carbonate instead.
Sooo, if i'm right, if you run this device (let's say) one week, you will have a stronger acid ?
yes
+Cody'sLab Thank you for the answer :)
He can also make a lifetime supply of acid if you know what I mean.
Lol I think that's how he literally took it.
Hey Cody, that smoke detector would work better if you put some batteries in it.....3:15
Smoke detectors don't have a constant on light
Domino52o Itβs Cody, youβd never know.
and put it up under the ceiling where the smoke will collect...
This is pretty much is the same as the Ostwald process for making HNO3. However, it should be pointed out that NO2 is a "mixed" anhydride. When reacted with H2O, it produces an equimolar mixture of HNO3 & HNO2. This solution is then treated by having air bubbled through it. The O2 oxidizes the HNO2 to HNO3. The result is then distilled to make 67% HNO3. Hey folks, read some chemistry books!
This is the birkland-eyed process.
+Clyde Wary Nobody said that it isn't.
So sir you mean that the Cody should bubble air into the resulting acid solution?
First of all his Voltage is in excess by couple of thousands which really do nothing in being responsable for reacting the gases. MicroWave transformer is doing the same job at 2000 volts. Second of all his Current is so low that he should be the Ant Man while at Ant size to be able of being satisfied with that spit in the bottle. Note that the starting Voltage for breaking the Nitrogen and Oxygen bonds is below 2100. However the higher Current and the higher flow of Air are only responsable for high quantity at short time production of these NO2 and NO gases ;)
Clyde Wary
show us your video
this is 1 of the best subscriptions i could ever have. great stuff Cody
tips hat
A researcher made a similar experiment in early 1900's, he used high pressure of air though.
"...from the DI..." Ahh, Utah. Gotta love it.
My guess was right, for Making Nitric acid from nothing Because i knew that atmospheres contains lots of Nitrogens
Great video Cody, every one of your videos seems to be interesting, you haven't failed me yet haha
Hah; 1.21 gigawatt standard lightning strike. :D
Definitely one of my best subscriptions on YouTube
Thank you imma do this when ive watched this... need nitric acid to purify some gold I have
damn. i was going to try this to make ozone to make H2O2. i guess i go back to my original idea on the matter... use pure oxygen instead.
its not the quantity, its the success that counts.
Could you improve this with two additions of a catalyst(platinum wirer mesh?) And then increasing the atmosphere pressure psi. If you could re do this experiment with those two changes. Oh couldn't you distill it into fumic nitric acid instead of desolving in water?
Thank you very much for this video! I`ve never heard of this method before and it really intrigues me, so I`ll have to try it out soon:) Maybe I will be able to make silver nitrate.....
Air + electricity + water + my mom`s silver ring = AgNO3 :))
lol thats awesome!!! cant wait for another upload! :)
love your vids, on god i would of passed science/chemistry i you were my teacher hahah:)
Hell yeah! Great for dooms day nitric acid to test gold
2:22
theres no need to tell me hot air raises TWICE , i know hot air raises
How do you not have at least 500k subscribers?
Agreed! I I have been watching for quite some time now and thought he was one of the big powerhouses of YouTube. Imagine my surprise when I saw he only had a few thousand subscribers.....I couldn't believe it, but subscribers are going up fast and will be continue to increase. Congratulations Cody.....( P.S. When and were can I buy stock in this channel?
nek minnit
How about 1.1M
2017 :)
How about 1.5 Million, July 2018.
A lot, now
Hey Cody, another epic video! I love your work dude, you're one of the only few Youtubers I know of that is actually informative and make good content. Can't believe you don't have more subscribers (YOU DESERVE THEM). Hope you're well and keep up the awesome work. :D
Shannon
Damn, easily the most creative channel I've ever encountered. 10/10
why does this sound like its coming from my wall im wearing headphones
Thx, Cody! Nice proof of concept work - but - what does it TASTE like, lol?
Keep dodging that Darwin Award. You are my favorite contributor to YouTube. I would hate to lose you.
Oh this was very cool, I remember having suggested to do this in a previous video!
Now concentrate it and put it into some salt to make other acids!
Is "Thin air" a real thing? :)
Love this channel!!!!
You found an NST at DI , thats awesome! The one near me in Provo never has any fun science things :D
I think this project deserves a revisit with good lab equipment... ;)
Finally a practical use for my transformer other than a pretty light show.
nice hair. Like me when i get up XD
i made another project like this and i got a ozone smell i love the smell of trioxygen
I love your videos. Making something out of nothing. You're the real McGyver man. You inspire me to learn more about chemistry and physics
I recently discovered your channel and it is by far the most interesting thing I have found on YouTube. Reminds me of things I used to do with my buddies, except your experiments usually work much better. Good stuff man.
Weston Horner - 2018-11-06
"How strong is this acid?" About 45 pinch's.
DuggiBoi - 2020-01-02
Lmao
Doctor Purple - 2020-01-14
That's hella strong acid