NurdRage - 2024-07-14
In this video we make nitric acid by reacting calcium nitrate with oxalic acid. The process is rather simple, dissolve 300g of Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (A common fertilizer) in 1L of water and then dissolve 150g of Oxalic Acid dihydrate in 300mL of water with heating. Then mix the two. A white precipitate of calcium oxalate is formed. Filter this off and distill the filtrate. The distillate will be dilute nitric acid. Fractionally distill that to get azeotropic nitric acid. The yield is around 74% Related videos: Making Sulfuric Acid by Oxalate Precipitation: https://youtu.be/iDlFEV8bT3c Make Potassium and Sodium Nitrate from Calcium Nitrate: https://youtu.be/RlonW4iJYrw Purifying and upgrading nitric acid: https://youtu.be/88gbfCnrV8o Donate to NurdRage! Through Patreon (preferred): https://www.patreon.com/NurdRage Through Youtube Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIgKGGJkt1MrNmhq3vRibYA/join Glassware generously provided by http://www.alchemylabsupply.com/ Use the discount code "nurdrage" for a 5% discount. Twitter: https://twitter.com/NurdRage Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/NurdRage/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nurdrageyoutube/
Thank you for another possible cost reducing nitric opinion.
im glad there's finally a video on this method, thanks for taking my suggestion and making a really good video on it
Thanks for suggesting it!
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hhhh Dr.Stone ref
We need Pt for that
Superbissimo !
Never saw that process, anywhere in history.
It'd have won the DAC hands down ;)
Hi Nurd.Funny that you posted today as just made Nitric with calcium nitrate and sodium Bisulfate (Pool supply).Looks like it worked.Just waiting for it to cool off and then will test.Thanks for your help again.
Man watching the precipitate just appear like that was mesmerising
good to have you back !!
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Glad you are making these again
Absolutely love these short but well described videos on the process. Thank you master!
So far my favorite method so far is distillation from calcium ammonium nitrate with sulfuric acid and a minimal amount of water. The calcium sulfate washes out decently well with water and very easily with hydrochloric acid. I've also been looking into platinum bright embers for gas logs. Because of the platinum content they can be used as a catalyst bed making the Ostwald process readily accessible to the amateur chemist.
Great video! I always love learning new pathways to get useful reagents, and this presentation is another outstanding example!
I look forward to trying this for the experience! Thank you!
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Just what I needed
An excellent approach! Thank you !
Love this channel, especially acid videos
Beautiful and interesting video as always. Keep up the amazing work!
Of all the methods you spoke of on your channel I like this one best because it allows me to make the dilute acid without poisoning myslf with nitrogen dioxide. Unlike many of you, I do not have a fume hood, and if I did it would have to be a ductless fume hood because I live in a heavily populated city.
You can always do it outside.
That was brilliant
Nice. I still like the sodium bisulfate and calcium nitrate dry method
The insolubility of that calcium oxalate is amazing.
Cleaning your equipment must be tedious.
@@Kargonethcalcium salts are hellish to filter.
Calcium oxalate is what kidney stones are made of 😱
Getting the filtrate separated from calcium sulfate is easy.... First let it settle for like an hour. Then take a cotton ball and jam it into the neck of a funnel. Decant just the liquid into the funnel and collect the filtrate. This filters like regular filter paper but it also filters by allowing just the liquid to wick down the fibers of the cotton ball. Filters quick and clean
Interesting method. Since I can get 25kg of Sodium Bisulfate for 42,99€ with free shipping, I'll stick to that method if I need nitric acid.
As a bonus on top of better cost effectiveness, you get fuming nitric acid directly, which is always easier to dilute to regular nitric acid than the other way around.
5:27 He discusses oxalic acid versus sodium bisulfate. I'm not arguing (even he said he'll stick to using sodium bisulfate). I'm just noting the specific point where he notes some pros & cons of each.
Where do you get that at that price?
@@KugelFits Everywhere online as a pool ph lowering agent. Found offers for 25kg on eBay for 35-38€ even. Could even get it at the hardware store, it's abundant.
Fortunately, in my country you can actually find azeotropic nitric acid on the Internet to buy. It is sold as limescale remover for aluminium pipes. Costs 10 dollars for a 5 kg/3.5 litres jug.
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
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use nitric acid to make oxalic acid to make nitric acid. (that might even be a good option cause while making oxalic acid NitrogenDioxide forms and you can win your nitric acid back).
not a bad idea, but i worry about losses. The process for making oxalic acid and nitric acid isn't perfectly high yielding. So you may end up with less than what you started with. But worth experimenting with if you have a good gas capture setup.
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This guy is the goat.
Dude, this is amazing!
It's always nice to have options. 😀
Excellent. May need to try this.
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Finally you made it thanx man
Just as i bought some oxalate for other stuff. Def gonna try this!
This works great for me as I’ve got 20kg of calcium nitrate, and probably close to that amount of oxalic acid
Nice. Now I need a video to synthesis oxalic acid. Sadly in the UK, oxalic acid is a regulated poison and you need an EPP licence to get it over 10% concentration.
you can it extract from clover.
Barkeeper's friend brand cleaner has oxalic also
These videos feel different now that I’m an adult
Thanks
Thanks so much!
Sir this was really awesome procedure and honestly I didn't expect that will end like this. Extremally helpful tnx :)
My kidney stones have been consisting of Calcium Oxalate, so it's pretty innocuous in the envronment.
Yowch! this is a shot in the dark, but if you eat a lot of Spinach, maybe try cutting back on that. Spinach is famously high in Oxalic Acid and is number one on the things kidney stone patients aren't recommended to eat (among other greens)
How useful. !!
Thanks for the awesome videos
How about a Pauling furnace ?
Sure it is inefficient , and while it would still require workup of the product , just like any nitrate salt route , it can run continuously instead of just doing batches with relatively spendy ingredients , filtering , etc ..
The beauty of this and electrchem in general , is you do not need grid power .
An off grid solar setup can easily be used for a dedicated lab not directly subjected to the whims and fortunes of the local power company .
My idea too.
You should try copper nitrate waste version too,😃😃
probably easier than electrolysis method
probably, but considering copper oxalate is extremely difficult to filter, it might be an issue. I'll see what i can do.
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i think you should make a video demonstrating the process of making nitric acid from a nitrate salt and phosphoric acid
Nice
Thanks. Have you heard anything about Elemental Maker? I haven't seen him post anything in ages. I enjoy your content!
TYy.... yet I would simply buy it! Greetings from an M. Sc. of chemistry....😉
@TheBlackKnightmare - 2024-07-14
all these years all these nurds. so glad you are still around