Outstanding demonstration! Thank you very much, Robert! I hope you feel better soon and am looking forward to hearing how the results compare to the chemical production method.

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

it's doing ok as it happens - good yield and fine conductivity but still an order of magnitude smaller that other methods i use

hello sir, you have inspired me so much by your videos ive never been so excited to try to dive into experimenting with graphene! i truely apreciate it and cant wait for more

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

that's cool to know - go for it mate and let me know how you get on

I heard about graphene for the first time a few months ago but really didn't pay attention to it. But today I was reading more about it and it is absolutely amazing! I am so excited and now I want to be up to date to all the technological advances that involve graphene. I am not a science student nor do I know much about it but I am very interested in how it works and what it can be done with it.

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

that's very cool mate as so much can be done with it and so much is waiting to be discovered and real work can be done here by just about anybody with an inquiring mind

Just love your work, it's been sometime now researching about graphene and CNTs

@nangamsosongca6481

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Sithembiso. Am also into graphene. It will be nice to compare notes from time to time

Thank you for the research and sharing of this process for producing graphene. Many good things will hopefully come of it. And tell Angelique that I wish I looked that good in a dress.

thanks for this demonstration. I am very interested in getting some graphene to experiment and play around with and I am thrilled that there is a simple method to higher quality graphene. I plan on trying this and the mechanical method and see what I wind up with.

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

go for it

when you try a new method like this how do you test the quality of the product? how can you be sure that it is graphene?

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

if it is worth it I send it out to a lab for characterisation

Thanks for the video. Can the hydrogen peroxide method be used to get more concentrated graphene after the "washing" with soap?

More awesomeness from RMS! Thanks again!

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

lol - cheers mate

Nice tutorials, get well soon Robert. This is your interested viewer from the Philippines. Kudos

very interesting science mr. smith. Thank you for sharing this process of making graphene.

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+MrMaGiX2006 cheers mate

i just found your videos today. first i want to congratulate you for a successful indiegogo campaign! and i want to thank you for sharing of your precious knowledge and experiments! good luck & cheers!

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

lol - thanks for that

Hi Bob.. I am a fan of your ongoing work with Graphene.. a quick question to understand the process. Are you using the sediment to make the graphene?? OR the smaller finer particles in the supernatant is filtered & dried to make graphene??

Mr. Smith! I'm about to attempt this method, although instead of using a blender, I'm thinking about using a vibratory tumbler that we have. It's a small capacity vibratory tumbler made by Raytech. It won't spin/tumble/mix nearly as fast as a blender, but I'm wondering if a slower, more passive attempt at this using the vibratory tumbler for a few hours might yield better results and higher quality graphene. Do you think the vibratory tumbler would suffice for this process in place of a blender?

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+David Larson just give it longer mate - say 18 hours or so

@davidlarson3905

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Murray-Smith That's what I was thinking, somewhere between 16-24 hours. If someone is looking at the vibratory tumbler method for semi-mass production, it would cut chemical costs as the bubbling from the soap is not as vigorous and really poses no problem, so there is no need for Isopropyl alcohol. I'm actually running the tumbler with some copper shot, soap & water right now to clean up some bronze pieces for an old magneto I'm restoring. I'm going to order in some 5 micron graphite and try it out next week hopefully. I greatly appreciate your work. I'm 19 years old, and I really think this industry can be tapped into successfully by those willing to get their hands a little dirty.

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+David Larson nice do a video mate

@davidlarson3905

8 жыл бұрын

+Lupus Mechanicus Are you using something like 4 - shape variant stainless steel shot to help the exfoliation process along? I'm planning on trying that to see if it will shorten the length of processing time.

@davidlarson3905

8 жыл бұрын

+Lupus Mechanicus I plan on using stainless steel shot for a couple of reasons: It's very hard, so there is a very low chance it could possibly "dust" off and contaminate the graphene powder. And also, stainless steel is very resistant to oxidation. I'm trying to create a low-cost process that is simple, passive, and allows for the re-use of almost all materials being used. I haven't been able to fully experiment with the stainless shot yet, but I can see it having a high consistency and longevity rating. This is very exciting stuff, I really really think the potential could be massive, and the time to dig in and invest in manufacturing and usable of graphene is now!

Hi Robert, could you add graphene powder to say an Si02 solution to coat various surfaces?

Could you substitute the soap for acetone and get the same results?

A classic of your presentation style....all the info, demonstrated and leaving the viewer thinking 'got to try that one!' Get well soon :)

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

cheers mate

Could you bring the solution to a boil to evaporate the liquid? How do you tell the difference between the graphene and graphite after processing?

what was the appropriate yield of graphene you got from the 50gs of graphite

Great videos. Thanks. At The other side of The world somebody is learning from your videos.

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

that's good to know mate

After blending how to purify.The liquid contains graphene or some graphite.If both in liquid how to separate.

do you think the blender process would be applicable to "Lit glow powder" in order to make nano particles?

I'm using a 24" balloon (24" when fully inflated) to seal the blender top. Cut the balloon with scissors at a place where it will snugly fit over the top of the blender. Before starting the blender the excess portion of the balloon needs to be down inside the blender. As the blender runs the contents will heat up and the balloon accepts the expansion. The balloon doesn't expand so much that it begins to build any pressure because before that happens I turn the blender off because I judge it's getting too hot. I'm using nothing to kill the foam. I did try the isopropyl but it seems like when I did that the graphene didn't stay in solution as well.

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+Joseph Richardson nice post mate - cheers

can you use while blending, instead of soap, a stronger base such as bleach to exfoliate/ break up the microscopic graphene pieces into smaller more consistant despersive quality graphite flakes so its more conductive?

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

the soap is a surfactant - it stops the graphene flakes from sticking together again - which they really want to do

I read that same paper about a week ago and immediately thought of you. I was curious, do you think it is possible to do this same process with bismuth or is there a process to get Bi into say a 2-4 micron layer? Thanks for the video, always enjoyable.

How about a Roller Mill to rollover the graphite kind of like a Polish stones and stuff

in the days of old they had layers but they would put a crystal inside a bell at the end of a staff ....then they would hit the bell ,,the bell would vibrate thus the crystal starts glowing ....so if you did it to a quartz crystal you could tap into the voltage. like the nuclear bell I mentioned......Happy New Year mate..... AL

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

interesting idea mate and a happy new year to you too

Hello Mr.Smith is it possible to make sheets of graphene using the results product of blender method

Could you use a propeller water pump to do this? The type of pump used in a water fountain or pond. You can run those things forever.

How about boiling it heating it up and boiling the solution was that help?

Can you please tell me the Graphene produced by this method is porous or not?

what kind of alcholl is used to kill the foam? i don't hear it well bob

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

essencee234 isopropanol

@Draakdarkmaster6

5 жыл бұрын

basically rubbing alcohol

CAN THIS BE USED AS HOUSE PAINT TO BLOCK EMF RADIATION FROM WALLS & CEILING? PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ON DIY CHEAP EMF RF SHIELDING PAINT. THANKS. WATCHING IN CANADA

in 2018 i just saw this channel and im thinking where can i get a graphene in any charcoal or ash?

Thank you Robert! With your tips I'm planning to make graphene and use it in photography. I'm planning to merge a photographic process from 1865 with nanotechnology and when I will succeed you will get a "thank you" print. Keep up the good work and the passion that is contagious! ;-)

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

good luck with it mate

Can you recommend a UK source for the ink base you use?

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

watch the ink making playlist

how about ethanol instead of soap? or borax/washing soda? also heat would help. also can you give links to the papers you reference. Love your stuff im an alchemist too.

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

good dieas mate - give them a go and let me know what happens - i'll hunt out the links

If i have the soultion, can i just put it on my surface i want or do i have to do something before? And can i get the soap out just with filtration?

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+Tobias m you can just put it on a surface but you will need to anneal it to remove the soap

Hi Mr. Smith! Thank for your videos and share your experience! I made graphene using this method. In the past I made it using the traditional hummers modified method (dificult!) and I'm impressed with the results using the blender! The concentration is high! But now, how I can separate the graphene from the soap? I tried evaporate the water, and the result was a viscous black material. This viscous liquid is not conductive, I made the test. How can transform this gaphene/blender mixture in something useful?

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel - Soware filtration would work mate - you could make a graphene paper this way and that is very useful for supercaps

@studleylee

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Murray-Smith "Soware filtration" is that a typo?

@danielrosselli

8 жыл бұрын

studleylee Just filtration. Soware is my company name.

What about freezing half the soap water first then adding it, maybe it will delay the heating and add abrasion to the process?

I wonder about using isopropanol alcohol instead of water and surfactant

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+john matthews Nice idea mate - give it a go and let me know what happens

Hello, you know since we might apply this in the production of some product? Already it is screens or something for the style.

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

soon mate - probably in reinforced plastics

@FxFRT

4 жыл бұрын

When you take an extruder of type not industry but industry at home, DHPE can be possible to make a bobin but what percentage DHPE 30% grafene 70%?

I doubt that disstiled water will work instead of deionized water, but I'm not entirely sure and I don't have deionized water available. What should I do. :(

@brotherfiretribe9566

5 жыл бұрын

buy some ion exchange column

Hi, I had made graphene ink and graphite ink. I had really higher resistance with graphite ink. Is it normal or could it be that the graphite I bought was not very good ? Continue your very good work !! Yves, Québec, Canada

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

the resistance should be around 10-100 ohms per square depending on you methods and materials - outside of this you might have done something wong or used poor material

hi, sir Robert! Good day! I was thinking if there is any defects in the graphene you made out of this experiment? i mean from the soap and the water you put in the graphite?

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

it is reported as being defect free mate

How can I access to those articles? My university has subscriptions for tons of journals, but Nature still does not allow people to read the papers until 12 months later of publication, is it correct? I'm sorry if it's an uncomfortable question, but I tried to read this article when it came out, and I came to a dead end..

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

not in my experience - deepdye will rent you the article for a day for 4 dollars I think springer link is the same

I have too tell you that that is very exciting, and a lot safer! Now I'm going to have to buy your soap! lol

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

lol

Hey so im trying to blend it to make the bullet proof plastic like you did, what do i do after i blend it and let it settle? How do i turn it into a coating to put on said plastic? Any help would be greatly appreciated

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

you don't coat it mate - it is about intimate mixing and that is the challenge

@Thefish94

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Murray-Smith ohhh okay do you happen to have the video? I havent seen it

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

there are several in the bioplastics playlist

Will this work with 5 micron Graphite as well?

Hello Robert Murray-Smith I am very impressed by this video, and the way you make graphene. I am currently working on an exam, in which i intend to integrate graphine into clothes. How durable/strong/robust would you say graphene would be if one was to make clothes of it? For example, if someone who was wearing graphene clothing fell on asfalt, would the graphene protect them or would it break? can graphene be grinded away easily by the asfalt? My teacher is sceptical towards my optimism for graphene clothing, and doesn't think it would be effective. Where do you get your graphite and 325 mesh from? i would really like to replicate the process you show in the video.

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+Graphene Dude I just order them from the internet - ebay actually. Unless you can attach the graphene tot he cloth and make whole fibres out it i would think the wear resistance wouldn't be that great either - but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try - rob

Interesting! At first, I was thinking the foam was NECESSARY to be a thin surface that holds /spreads out graphite to make a thin layer of graphene. But then you talked about reducing the foam. Does the foam serve this thinning/spreading-out purpose? If so, maybe you could add a long 4" pvc pipe sealed to the top of the pitcher, where all the foam could do it's job? Curious!

you are awesome sir.....I am also trying to scale up the graphene production with very cheap and effective process and had kind of a same technique but I am looking for the better dispersing agent from which I can easily filter out the pristine graphene. can you please suggest me the best dispersant agent in which we can easily disperse the graphene?

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+raval bhargav I am sorry mate - not really - you are going to have to experiment I am afaid

@Scientist1260

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Murray-Smith thank you for you quick response sir....thank you..

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+raval bhargav no worries - sorry i couldn't be more help

I read some other comments, and they said to filter the graphene from the liquid. How would I go about doing that?

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

read up on how to do filtration would be a good start mate

@adubz54

6 жыл бұрын

use a filter that you would use in a chemistry lab

wht are the tests to confirm that this is graphene ?

Hello! Great video. Do you think it would be possible to use a magnetic stirrer instead of a blender?

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

no sorry mate but there is just not enough shear force in a mixer

@Hologrampimp

9 жыл бұрын

Robert Murray-Smith Noted. Guess I'll be buying a blender. Thanks for taking the time to reply. I appreciate the help.

Is this the graphene water you used in the heat pipe

Wow! How does this compare to the Lightscribe technique for making graphene? That technique seemed like a great way to get make graphene components that are both larger than flakes and in a ready to use shape.

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

you need to review the lightscribe technique which uses a lot of harsh chemicals before scribing

@GeorgeThiruvathukal

10 жыл бұрын

Robert Murray-Smith I guess I'm thinking more in terms of large scale industrial production - where experts set up a safe manufacturing process. Like in a factory, where they could chose industrial size blenders in place of the Vitamix or industrial scale lithography/lasers over a small spinning disc drive. Do you see one technique offering the potential for greater volume/quality output? Or do they produce different types of graphene products which could have different uses? It just seems like the blender technique would produce flakes of random sizes and thicknesses that would be hard to separate for practical industrial use. Wheres the Lightscribe/laser technique seemed to create output that was closer to being productize-able. (I could be totally wrong. I'm just a software engineer and arm-chair science enthusiast.)

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

George Thiruvathukal you make good points thanks for that

how would we separate the graphene from the resulting liquid ? can we make sheets from that liquid

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

centrifuge or filter and yes you can

@Draakdarkmaster6

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThinkingandTinkering follow up to his question, how large are the graphene flakes? are they around the same particle size as the micronized graphite you used for the reaction or are they smaller due to the exfoliation?

Sir has graphene made by this way same electrical conductivity as the one by conventional process?

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+navish kotwal process methods can have quite an impact as can quality of materials

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+tinkertiger2012 don't be silly mate - read the comments - tons of people have had a lot of success and have shared it too - along with how to do it and stuff they have been making - have a more positive attitude - that helps lots

With all the talk about washing out the soap, I'm assuming that a centrifuge won't do to separate out the graphene...just wondering if you had any thoughts before i go about building one :)

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

to be honest mate a centrifuge is always handy

Hi Mr. Smith! Got a quick question for you; is there a way to turn this liquid graphene into a sheet?

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

i suppose so mate - i would just search google scholar and try a few ideas others have done - give it a go and let me know how you get on

@Galahad993

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback!

Hello, Mr. Smith... What kind of soap should be used for experiment? I'm working on a univerity project, and I want produce graphene.

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

even ordinary dish soap will do - that's basically sodium lauryl sulphate - this is based on trinity college Dublin's work so you will need their paper

@zoranakecman3154

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, a lot...:)

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

no worries

Hi dear Robert and Thanks, how can I use this graphene for making ultrasand ?

@synespro

10 жыл бұрын

check out the conductive ink coated on sponges, in a tube with 1.5volts between them as well as a separator, he recommended this method better for desalination rather than ultrasand,,,, if desalination is your aim.

@normalperson3273

10 жыл бұрын

***** Thanks for your reply,you are right I see that video, but I made some ultrasand with tar and it is very useful and I want to make it faster and easier .

Soap! You must to do this with sugar...you did with sugar! , you must to do that hemp, green hemp, .... You did with hemp, so how many solutions to do this, it's wonderfull

Would Soap from Grocery store work? Thanks for the information you are producing!

@ThinkingandTinkering

4 жыл бұрын

Yes it does mate and cheers

would my blender not be safe to use after doing this experiment?

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+Fandig you might burn your blender out - but what is life without risk?

Thank you, It is amazing how fast you growing with your projects. Do you have any material on Soup project. I must have mist it.

DIY graphene - the new perpetual motion machine.

IS IT NECESSARY deionized water?

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

essencee234 only if you want good results - if you are ok with mediocre results then yes it's fine to use tap water - but don't expect to get a good product

@essencee234

9 жыл бұрын

ok thanks, no, i'm not for mediocre results. :)

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

essencee234 then use DI - i wasn't being silly in my comment mate - sorry if it came across that way - plenty of people just want to try the experiment at some level and for that tap water is fine - if you want a product you can use in higher applications then you have to use the best ingredients

@essencee234

9 жыл бұрын

Robert Murray-Smith infact the GO i will make it is for multiple mechanic performance.

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

essencee234 cool

would high frequency radio waves and ultrasound break the graphite up? i guess thats why the microwave works?

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

ultrasound is common technique - I have done a video

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your eagerness - but try not to flood with questions - review all the material - I have answered your questions in previous videos.

Hi I would like to do this for a science project in my school. I am a senior in high school with a very anxious brain to try and figure out if I can make this into a Graphene Baseball bat. If u can help me with this please post the list of ingredients to this project.

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

watch the video and have a pen handy

@anthonysimon9094

9 жыл бұрын

Great know I just have to keep up and have my volume at 100

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

Anthony Simon that's the spirit lol

It's only suspension of small graphite particles and little part is graphene.

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+GromKuba You're wrong - here is the academic paper as back up Scalable production of large quantities of defect-free few-layer graphene by shear exfoliation in liquids Keith R. Paton, Eswaraiah Varrla, Claudia Backes, Ronan J. Smith, Umar Khan, Arlene O’Neill, Conor Boland, Mustafa Lotya, Oana M. Istrate, Paul King, Tom Higgins, Sebastian Barwich, Peter May, Pawel Puczkarski, Iftikhar Ahmed, Matthias Moebius, Henrik Pettersson, Edmund Long, João Coelho, Sean E. O’Brien, Eva K. McGuire, Beatriz Mendoza Sanchez, Georg S. Duesberg, Niall McEvoy, Timothy J. Pennycook et al. Nature Materials 13, 624-630 (2014) doi:10.1038/nmat3944

@GromKuba

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Murray-Smith I know it. But this process leads to a slurry comprising small pieces of graphite and only a small portion is of a graphene fragments. Graphene must then have to separate from graphite and it is difficult to do at home. Unless someone has at home a good centrifuge.

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+GromKuba ok

How would you turn this into a battery?

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

lol - by using it as electrode material probably mixing it with active material and separating it with a gel electrolyte

did you say alcohol citric?

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

essencee234 i doubt it - listen again

I just noticed you have the exact same blender model as me! Mines not burned out yet but it's been getting quite a lot of abuse!

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

lol poor thing lol

could you please add subtitles. I am from germany so i don't understand everything . But i like your videos

Great video! a few questions: After you let the solution sit, does the graphene completely separate itself from the soap, alcohol, and water ? Assuming it does, could I extract this graphene and produce pure graphene sheets? or will it still be an aqueous solution that I could soak say a piece of paper in? If it does dry and produce sheets, Do you think it would also be possible for the graphene to dry in a tube? and that way it could maybe form into carbon nanotubes. i know i'm going out on a limb here, i don't have a formal chemistry education. Would it be possible to align the graphene molecules with a magnetic field maybe while they dry ? (don't know if it's a polar molecule.. probably not).. I did read the paper and it seems like you covered pretty much everything they did

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

I am afraid the graphene needs washing after and that is a pain. Graphene is non polar but work has been done to align it using electrostatic fields as opposed to magnetic fields. Normally CNTs are unzipped to form graphene nanoribbons - I haven't heard of the reverse. Normally, unless protected, graphene will dry back into graphite.

@Gar00n

10 жыл бұрын

Robert Murray-Smith Thanks so much for your reply. You should be a college professor cause it's rare to find someone who likes to educate like you. Most are in it for the money unfortunately

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

Garun A that does surprise me and i think it is unfortunate as I would have guessed it was a job you did for the love of it - i guess I am wrong about that - anyway - glad to help mate

mr.simth which alcohol is to use?

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+Muhammad Hassan isopropanol

Very new to your channel Robert and love your videos, I'm completely new to science, (but fascinated by it) so this may be a daft question, but how would I go about (or could I go about) making Graphite blocks for use as donor metals for use in electrolysis ? thanks a lot :-)

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

Patrick Roden I am not quite sure what you men mate - if you mean reform graphite - then yes it can be done - intercalate the graphite, expand it and then re compress in the form you want - but i am not sure if this is the answer you meant

@dufc1962

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for responding Robert, I was looking to find out how to get the graphite from the liquid or powder states into the solid block states. is it a case of adding clay or some other ingredient? I will have a look at the linked video, thanks again.

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

Patrick Roden no worries mate - there are quite a lot of ways you could approach this problem - adding clay would work - as would adding a resin and setting it. The conductivities would be poor - quite a lot of work was done on metal graphite sintereing by the russians - personally i would begin with intecalation as i suggested - but this is by no means easy - good luck with it

@dufc1962

9 жыл бұрын

Ok thanks Robert, what inspires me about your approach is the encouragement for all of us to try 'trial and error' so I will give it a shot to see if I can find a way to get workable blocks.

After watching some of your movies again I have to ask this question - which method do you think is best to make graphene solution "homemade"? This one seems easiest, but how about the quality of solution? After it settles for a few days do you spill out any top layers (impurities?) or ? Can't wait to do this myself.

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

mate, this channel is all about experimentation - my best advice is go ahead and try it - it's one of the best ways to answer your questions and you learn far more by doing the investigation than i can ever tell you

@pozytywniezakrecony151

10 жыл бұрын

Robert Murray-Smith I know, but there is a (rather heavy) money, space(living in a flat) and time constraint, thats why I always try to research, get data and think whats best for me in terms of those two constraints to complete some task...while it might be great fun to do it every possible way, I am more looking forward to next steps - batteries/cheap homemade solar power. Stuff I rather won't make to sell, just use or have fun with. So blender it is - can use later for nanoparticles (by the way there are so many different blenders..hard to decide which fits best our purpose). Thanks again

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

Piotr Radziszewski blender is probably best for what you want to do

How would you apply this to steel round products?

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

dunno - spray it on?

@robertdams71

9 жыл бұрын

Robert Murray-Smith How would it adhere to it? And make it stay?

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

nunya bizznezz that would depend on the degree of wear you plan on subjecting it to - if you are going to handle it then some kind of binder would probably be in order - your best bet here is to experiment mate - and do a video so i - and others - can see

right-on

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

Kenneth Rinderhagen lol - cheers mate

If you would like to use this process, freeze your solution and let it thaw... Graphene falls to the bottom :) would love some opinions at to why this happens

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+proarcher13 intercalation and expansion on freezing maybe

◼️◼️◼️Stupid question, I'm searching through your vids, looking for MAKING YOUR OWN GRAPHITE, from your own chosen organic material, to then make granite oxide to then make exfoliated graphene oxide, Can I simply carbonized my own chosen organic material ( cook with out burning, as in making charcoal, ) then calcium chloride to my diy carbonized organic compound to graphite to make it a granite oxide? Apologies of I'm using wrong terms, I'm an interested artist, amateur tinkerer. THANKS A BUNCH for your and or any others comments suggestions.

@rOMANgABRIELdirector

8 жыл бұрын

Correction not granite, oxide but graphite, seri does weird auto spelling on the cellular. Thank you

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+ROMAN GABRIEL you need to use a catalyst like nickel or iron salts to graphetise carbons mate and best done under hydrothermal conditions

@TheSuperChannel

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Murray-Smith THANKS SO MUCH, betting that bit of pipe chamber you made to cook in the oven will work just fine. (More info in your book I'm getting, or mostly in producing the graphene and graphene oxide after having already acquired the main compound of exfoliated graphite? ) sorry but the questions, just that, as a designer artist, another pet project of mine may have led me to an organic material so abundant it produces high levels of atmospheric oxygen while simultaneously scrubbing Co2 in its initial creation. And it's natural original organic nano structure is extremely strong, bendable and plentiful. Thanks again Mr. Smith I really appreciate your shares, application of the knowledge and your zest for the science!

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+ROMAN GABRIEL no worries mate - i am glad it helped

Which process gives a better quality product, this one or the one using bromide?

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

It is always hard to answer questions like that. Because without an indication of what you want it for - 'best' is meaningless.

@eonpunk1668

10 жыл бұрын

Ahh I'm most interested in making sheets I'd planned to try the video you did on making graphene sheets. I'm also interested in trying out that conductive ink, but i guess what it really boils down to is which separates the graphene to the finest amount. It seems like the method using bromide would since it chemically gets between the graphene molecules. At least from what I understand. Great videos all the way around btw!

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

the best method for single sheet conductivity is CVD

@eonpunk1668

10 жыл бұрын

Thanx!

How about the step of using de Laval nozzle?

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

sure sometime

Hello mr smith for my first trial i am using 10g of powder, how much water should i add? Thanks so much

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

for a first attempt - just follow the video mate - after that experiment and see - don't forget to read the comments on here - there is some valuable info and some good advice from others

@Thefish94

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Murray-Smith could i use dawn dish soap or do i need that specific material?

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

mate - i have no idea - i have never used dawn - try it and see - these kind of questions can be best answered by a few experiments

@Thefish94

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Murray-Smith okay i will try that, if you don't mind could you spell the materials you used it would be much appreciated

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

it's all on the video

Along with Hydrogenation to PSA swing arm oxygen Generator using other gas/liquid also via prior to or and after Electrolysis tank etc any liquid taken out freeze dried any way charmed way to change its molecular structure by machines available..

holy crap. This just solved my whole problem. As the experiment I intend on running is for aircrete, which is just a foaming agent like 7th gen dish soap, water, and portland cement, I could hypothetically just blend up my dish soap with graphite straight away, instead of making the shear mill- or more to the point, making the shear mill and just putting this solution in rather than the glycerin+, as it's what I need anyway? Did you follow me? does this make sense or am I about to make a terrible mess? (oh and I shall do a vid. It's a project after your own heart methinks- old rotisserie motor, a hot dog roller, a pickle jar, some metal dowels, and some graphite scavenged from cheap pencils, with a tip for doing that easily... I'm going to need a better source for graphite, eventually)

@ThinkingandTinkering

4 жыл бұрын

it makes lots of sense mate and I would be interested toes what happens

Is this the same data you are working from cen.acs.org/articles/92/web/2014/04/Solution-Graphene-Production.html ? does the blender have the same effect as the current?

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

basically - yes

It reminds me of the process behind Homeopathy medicine preparation. You keep on diluting the medicine to make it stronger.

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

Talha Kamran good point mate!

@MrTalhakamran2006

9 жыл бұрын

Robert Murray-Smith did you ever tried to make a crystal cell or i should say salt cell. Recently I made one using graphite crucible and magnesium element that is found in water heating. Instead of any sophisticated mix of salts I just pored in raw sea salt and it worked like a charm. I had a hunch that sea would be fine as it is a mix of all kinds of salts. It is running a 0.5watt LED in my bedroom at 70% shine. Since a single cell only gives out 1.4v I used a dc voltage booster module which increased its voltage to 5v. If Mg is not available you can use graphite and copper or graphite and aluminum. I was wondering if you try your grapheme instead of graphite it may increase output considerably. Like painting inside of a tin or glass can with your grapheme and then shoving salt in it around Al or Mg. With sea salt if you just shove it in and then pour some water and let it dry. It forms a rock like porous structure which works good.

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

Talha Kamran nice one mate - i must give it a go - did you do a vid on how to make this?

@MrTalhakamran2006

9 жыл бұрын

I will post it tonight and will send you the link.

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

Talha Kamran cheers mate

is it bulletproof

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

what do you think?

Can you make a bulletproof vest out of this

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

dunno - not tried

@carolynmmitchell2240

6 жыл бұрын

yes you can, put all of your trust in it.

How can we make the product solid/powder?

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

to be honest mate it is best not to do that. When you dry it it will restack due to van der waals and to an extent you will be back to ground zero. If you leave it liquid until you want it i would say that is best

@aminnekouyan

10 жыл бұрын

Robert Murray-Smith Thanks. So do you think I can add it directly to my liquid metal in the time of metal-casting to increase the strength or it will fail?

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

Amin Nekouyan wow - that sounds like it will fail - you might have to re think that

@lorenkinzel5430

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Murray-Smith If used for conductive ink will it restack upon drying?

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+Loren Kinzel yes - but in a different order - you are interested in metals - you might want to look at powder metal sintering

All I need is someone who knows the ins and outs of graphene. They could very likely be billionaires within a couple years

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

Brian Woods could be mate - it's not likely to be me

Graphene is in a specific structure. You cannot see graphene. The black liquid you are thinking about is graphite.

There's been an advancement in battery technologies; it uses carbon as both the anode and cathode but "the chemistry requires specific and proprietary changes to the nanostructure of the carbon crystals." They TOTALLY used some type of graphene for this XD. It's just speculation but what do you think? Link: www.greencarreports.com/news/1092056_dual-carbon-battery-same-energy-density-safer-longer-life-than-lithium-ion-says-power-japan-plus

@kelvinperalta3043

10 жыл бұрын

Oh and thanks for the video. I tried scaling up the Tang-Lau method but it's just way too costly and inefficient. Thanks again!

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

the ryden battery sounds like a symmetric capacitor to me - the rest sounds like hype

would it work with charcoal?

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

is charcoal graphitic?

@aetheonpro396

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, if one mixes it with petcoke under high temperatures in a pure state... Am trying to forge my own path to create high yields of graphene from the simplest materials (For my monotherm printed cells) but don't really know how to test for graphene (or maybe am just not as good in research). Also, Nigeria is pretty limited in finding needed resources so its hard to get my hand on useful informative materials... lol

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

well there we go - you seem to have answered the question. That doesn't seem like this method to me but whatever you think. graphene is usually characterised by Ramen, XRD and SEM maybe FTIR. Nigeria has the internet. Search Google scholar.

@aetheonpro396

7 жыл бұрын

Cool,,,

Has anybody tried using a lemon? Exp#85,943

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

i don't think so - have you?

Why don't you invest in making full body armor using the same structure as dragon armor does but using graphene scales instead; covering your whole body? You'd get a lot of costumers that's for sure. The military probably has the same idea but with temperature cooling and warming clothing under everything

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

Dominic Vidales it's certainly an idea mate

@ThinkingandTinkering

9 жыл бұрын

+Max Headroom so i have heard