Doug's Lab - 2015-03-15
In this video, I examine some properties of isopropyl nitrite.
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2:00. "And then the sodium nitrite is slowly added." FOOMP!
You need USP grade SN to make consistently good ester nitrites. Once opened it needs to be protected from O2. If the SN isn't good, the reaction temp will spike and you will have all sorts of horrid impurities making it impossible to preserve. You need to absolutely keep the reaction temperature as close to 32F as possible.....a range of 25 to 35F might suffice. Keep in mind that when you mix SN in water, it sucks up heat fast. You need to factor in this temperature change. The temp can drop 10F in a heart beat. If the temperature is too low, the yield will be scant and you will gets tons of thick precipitate.
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Edit at 9:03 :D I forget to take the stopper out of my sep funnel all of the time too hahaha
I must have been a chemist in a past life - I found that really interesting! Great presentation - thanks!
What can you use it for Doug?
Great video!
How dilute can the whole reaction be?
Hello awesome work...wondering if you can show the whole process of ammonia to nitric acid
hi, thanks for good vids. Just wondered if your square tunnel, leading to the external wall fan, is just as effective as a fume hood??
does it work if i use bacon instead of sodium nitrite?
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Hey mate, love the channel! Just want to ask you about that grease you tested the stuff on. Whats the name of that product and is it easily available? Where can I get that grease? It seems like the ultimate grease! :-D
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Con I use potassium nitrite?
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because nitrous acid reacts with hydrochloric acid to make nitrosyl chloride
Using HCl in place of sulfuric acid, don't you take the risk of chlorinated compound as impurity in the final nitrite ?
saturated sodium chloride is also called Brine - you should prepare a solution and store it in a jar, so you don't have to keep preparing it all the time when required
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Hey Doug, thx for the awesome videos, I've been learning a lot, though in future could you please begin with a few uses of what it is your making? This is great stuff but I'd love to know more about what they do or could be used for, even if it's trivial. THX!!
So, guys.
I have some questions.
1) Do I have to use technical grade NaNO3 ?
2) I do not have HCL 30% I do have H2SO4 98%. How much i will have to dilute my H2SO4 to make it match the diluted HCL
3)Wich temperature do you recomend to freeze the Sol 1 (NaNO3 + IPA) and the Acid in Item 2
4)The H2SO4 will react with the NaNO3 and form HNO3 therefore react with the IPA forming Isopropil Nitrate (which difference with the 30% HCL or a 30% H2SO4)
5) people often recomend an additive to prevent acid degradation i have heard about sodium carbonate, please recomend.
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Can you use regular hardware HCl?
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which one the acic?
Hydrochloric acid is more acidic than sodium nitrite in the presence of water and once reacted, they form nitrous acid.
Surprised you are making something like... this
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You need USP grade sodium nitrite for this reaction to work. If you get degraded SN, you will get all manner of impurities and not the nitrous acid you are hoping for.
You can use 15mls 70% rubbing alcohol and 10 mls muriatic plus 7 grams food grade SN. No need to prechill this amount or add more water. But do use an ice bath to perform the reaction. Neutralize on baking soda and it's good to go.
Nitrite esters can be incredible aphrodisiacs, but they have to be pure. They are unstable and do decompose fairly rapidly. Furthermore, the sodium nitrite used to make them is very sensitive to oxygen so it's important to use fresh sodium nitrite of KNOWN purity or you will end up with lots of impurities that will interfere with any desirable effects.
IPN only works for poppers if you take 1 to 2 mls of 1% methylene blue first. Otherwise, IPN is far too toxic. Heart rate will go through the roof while blood pressure goes to hell and methe anemia turns you blue and so so tired.
can use phosphorus acid instead sulfur acid?
Vacuum grease can be easily cleaned with cyclohexane but if you like the cheesy smell of popper, who am I to judge?
I tried this and either my alcohol was weak or the acid was too strong. Make sure to not overdo the acid addition. Maybe check the pH every once in a while. Using Doug's measurements I actually got a runaway from the nitrite decomposing after it got too acidic. I had a scrubber in place so it's not a big deal but still. I tried again and it happened again but instead of adding more acid like last time I immediately separated it and washed it as fast as I could. It worked after that haha.
I would like to know a simple way to test sodium nitrite for purity? I would like to know at what purity the sodium nitrite has to be in order to get a high purity nitrite ester. I would like to know what sodium nitrite degrades to and what chemicals are produced during an ester reaction once this decomposition has started to occur. My hunch is that sodium nitrite has a limited shelf life and is not stable when exposed to air; hence, high grade nitrite esters are very difficult to make consistently.
Isopropyl nitrite? Sounds explosive. This stuff blow up?
Did you put sodium nitrite solution in freezer also
Where do you get sodium nitrite? Does the food-grade stuff (99%+) work?
Heat sodium nitrate to remove one of the O atoms... NaNO3 + heat gives NaNO2 + 1/2 O2
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Why didn't you extract it using an organic solvent?
The organic solvent would contaminate it.
doesn't it make nitrosyl chloride which then adds the nitroso group on to the isopropyl alcohol?
Amyl nitrite should smell fresh like camphor or have a medicinal scent.
Butyl nitrite should smell fresh and VERY sweet like a thick candy liquor.
Isobutyl nitrite should smell fresh and like peppermint or wintergreen.
Any odor that isn't like these....or any "off" odor of any kind means there are impurities that are not good.
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How does this produce nitrite and not nitrate? Sodium nitrate and hydrochloric acid making nitrous acid?? That sounds odd
I was wondering if you could help me, Im using a good grade sodium nitrite and a battery acid electrolyte and its giving me a product that is clear and not yellow. is this correct? what % of sulphuric acid should I use?
The tint in Doug's solution was due to a dissolved amount of nitrogen oxides a colorless solution might mean a more pure sample
+seven sleven I have read to use from 50 to 60% sulpuric. You can use muriatic 32%, which doesn't need diluted. All the poppers I've made are various shades of yellow. Smell it...it should be potent and smell sweet. The sodium nitrite goes bad over time and will make it harder and harder to get a good smelling, potent popper.
can we replace sodium nitrite by potassium nitrite
Yes, but you will need to use different stoichiometric amounts.
High grade nitrite esters were widely available when Joe Miller, founder of RUSH, was still alive. But in 2010, after he died, the nitrite esters available OTC all became instant garbage. And 6 years later, they are still garbage. Hence, they MUST not be easy to make.
Can't tell if this prep was successful or not unless the product is tested for purity and compare that to what should be expected.
A high purity sodium nitrite will produce a deep royal blue nitrous acid that strongly effervesces and is nearly transparent in clarity. Once the sodium nitrite starts to degrade, almost immediately once you expose it to air, it will produce less and less nitrous acid and the color of the nitrous acid will become hazy and light blue and then greenish once the sodium nitrite has totally bit the dust.
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