Cody'sBLab - 2020-11-20
Future video, Cody builds a nuclear reactor: "Don't worry, i'm sitting here with my fire extinguisher"
Cody's mine 350
Ive finally isolated enough uranium to run a reactor, for 10 minutes
That was a well executed setup Cody! Potassium is definitely a pain to isolate at the amateur level. I've made a couple of small attempts and failed miserably. LOL.
Still cannot believe that this actually worked with Caesium, I'm in awe
Any content from Cody is good content!
It does content me
You again?
Really love what you do. Just bought a bee hive and some equipment for precious metal reclamation. I'm a plant, food, and animals guy myself but love all the real science people are doing. Just watched a video from Bon Appetite where they tried to make pop rocks pretty unsuccessfully. Seems like a fun project given your proclivity for sugars and pressure vessels. Any chance you're looking for an assistant?
Really love what you do. Just bought a bee hive and some equipment for precious metal reclamation. I'm a plant, food, and animals guy myself but love all the real science people are doing. Just watched a video from Bon Appetite where they tried to make pop rocks pretty unsuccessfully. Seems like a fun project given your proclivity for sugars and pressure vessels. Any chance you're looking for an assistant?
This is first channel content. These kind of videos are peak Cody and it would be a shame for people to miss them.
Also Cody: I've always wondered what it would be like to travel back in time. Could you interact with the people and objects or just observe? Could you jump to any time period? So...I've looked all over for a time machine. Craigslist, Ebay, Amazon, darkweb, Russians, just no luck in finding one. So...today, I will build myself a time machine. Now in order for me to do this I need to first go mining for basic metals. *Cut to cody's mine*
So happy to see and hear you sounding normal again Cody :D I was getting super worried about ya!
Great video Cody!Could you use calcium instead of sodium,so it has a higher boiling point and wont boil over to make alloys with potassium?
Awesome :)
And not the first time you've accidentally made a sodium-potassium alloy. :P
Lol! True.
Anyone else think is awesome to see Cody acetylene weld stuff together? That's not a welding process you see on YouTube very often, but you cant argue with what works.
Freaked out a bit when he used a lighter to strike it, but was exciting to see.
An upside-down funnel would be a perfect thing to keep the molten tin from going anywhere besides the gap, provided the funnel is made of a material that doesn’t react with anything that it comes in contact with.
The boiling point of potassium is just 30°C lower than that of NaK, so I imagine it's extremely difficult to distill pure potassium metal from the mixture, even to the point where it might be impossible without extremly accurate temperature control and/or a distillation column.
Might have to use lithium... as you already did in the main video :)
My bee's told me to tell you hi... your the reason I started beekeeping 3 years ago in nor-cal. Thanks
I hope the honey tastes good! :)
maybe include a sort of "spout", like a pitcher has on the outside wall of the converter, to aid in pouring the tin in
Cody might need to get himself a new welding machine I think TIG would be good for all the fiddly stuff he seems to do.
My dream vacation is to just hang out with cody for a month
I've been storing the same piece of potassium in the same bottle (unopened of course)for years. It is a clear bottle and the K hasn't formed any sort of oxide or superoxide coating at all other than the little bit of oxide it had on it when I put it in the bottle. Still looks the same as when I put it in there. Other than a superoxide coating, I can't think of any other reason not to store it long term as long as you have it either under argon or under degassed oil with argon over that. That, and you need a good and sturdy storage container. Don't want to drop and break it. 😬 Cody, could you explain to me why you think that it shouldn't be stored long term besides the reasons I mentioned that can be remedied easily?
Bottle leaks, you dont notice, one day your shed spontaneously burns down.
surprised pickahu face
Cody looks healthier than ever in this video !
Would you be able to this same reaction in a borosilicate reaction vessel. The softening point is around 820 degrees Celsius and cesium chloride melting at 646 degrees Celsius. Potassium chloride might be pushing it at 770 degrees Celsius. It might be a fun experiment to be able to see the reaction happening...
7:48 I see Cody's experience with Asian cuisine had paid off... Using chopsticks to pick something out of molten metal.
Those would be forceps.
@Brian Donahue - It looked like two pieces of all-thread rod to me.
CODY AWESOME TO SEE THAT YOU ARE BACK AT IT AGAIN BACK TO UR OLD SELF HOPE ALL IS GOOD CODY AND KEEP PUMPING THOSE AWESOME VIDEOS 👍😎🇨🇦👍😎🇨🇦👍😎🇨🇦
could you explain the design of your retort a bit Please , I cant seem to understand how the K is boiling off but making it into the tube going down, Is there like a reverse funnel at the top pointing down into the protruding upward tube which I assume is above the level of the mixture your separating the K from , or is the K in vapor form being forced down the tube and condensing
You've got it right at the second part. It's potassium gas, which just flows around but then condenses in the cool part below
@MasonP13 thanks
14:50 ok, I've got an idea, how about a canon with potassium+water instead of powder? That would be an interesting video
Love it Cody! Thanks for posting
That one person on science madness forms: "bUT YoU cAN JuST BUy iT FrOm sIGmA, wHY bOtHEr mAkInG iT uR sElF?"
Cody's lab: sips mercury "Well 'why' isn't really a valid question in terms of amateur chemistry"
My experience is that Sigma and other large chemical suppliers will not ship any chemicals to private home addresses.
NurdRage: Spent a year or more developing batter yields for amateur chemistry
Cody, can you explain why a 44Mag Hollowpoint acted like a shaped charge against steel in this video , doing greater damage than a 556?
watch at minute 4 ans later in the Video:
https://youtu.be/zcE3Q-ystwY
I didn't know there was such a thing as cinematic firestarting.
Cool videos, and jnfer relight through gallium was pretty amazing, hope you can do a video decated to that one day...
Alittle off topic, zaw you in the cave, and reminded me of something... EARTH-SHIP please make your self a Earth ship, there is lots of info on the net, and is right up your alley of DIY.
And can use some recycled materials for construction, and ways of treating the waste water similar to your fish tank garden... giving the plants pulling out the nutrients, then can compost the excess growth, and use to fee your veggie garden , and there are loads of ideas on line for earth-ships designs etc, just have fun with it...
WE NEED MOAR BLAB CODY PLEASE PUT US OUT OF OUR MISERY
(jk, do it when youre comfortable. But we would appreciate more blab here :)))
Love your videos, happy travels all your days sir :)
i enjoy nothing more than a cody upload with my coffee :-)
NaK is fun too. Should be handled with a bit of care, but definitely fun.
@Gordon Chin It's liquid at room temperature
Also responds to electric circuits like mercury but with less toxicity. Periodic Videos did a video on it ages ago, if memory serves.
@Custos NaK might not be as toxic as mercury but I still wouldn't to drink it.
@Rivkah Levi Understandable. I prefer to eat mine, but only with a side of chlorine.
Just like my girlfriend.
If your tip is too big decrease the amount of oxygen and run a more acetylene heavy (carburizing) flame. It'll run cooler and allow you to use the larger tip. (Can you tell I've been gas welding/brazing since I was 15? ...I'm 35 now) Always fully seat the valves on high pressure cylinders when you open them (CO2, Argon, Oxygen) when only partially open they have a bad habit of leaking past the threads in the valve. (That advice comes straight from AirGas btw)
@Mall jip we're talking welding not chemistry.. yes you can.
It's okay, you can just use that NaK for cooling the nuclear reactor that will eventually power your home
You are looking good man, nice to see you doing well. 👍
Gotta love the flamethrower pipe in the cleanup there... :P
this still a cool video, thank you Cody
Spontaneously catch fire.... that sounds fun...
Cody I have to say, the goatee looked good on you but you look GREAT clean shaven.
Frankenstein always comes to mind when a see you assemble an apparatus.
wonderful, thank you for this video
Yo beardless Cody is one good looking dude 😳
this could have been main channel material imo
That sweater needs some cleaning lol, great vid!
An excess of more then you ned? Oh well... maybe it is to mouch after all 🤣🤣🤣 or even an oversized amount? 🤪
Is it perhaps forming an azeotrop?
No gloves lol never change Cody
Tucker Southard - 2020-11-20
Cody, whenever I see you hacking together your devices, I am inspired by your resourcefulness. I also imagine how productive you could be with the precision allowed by a proper welding setup and a lathe.
It would be really cool to see you do a collaboration with a YouTube machinist.
Eclipse56 - 2020-11-20
If memory serves I think he mentioned before that he won a welding tournament in HS or something to that extent
Tucker Southard - 2020-11-21
@Eclipse56 Oh yeah, I remember that. I wish I learned how to weld in high school.
Tucker Southard - 2020-11-21
@Eclipse56 I think it was mentioned in that video were here listed off trivia about himself, but one or two were a lie, and I can't remember what the lies were.