Making a Dangerous Red Substance Called Mercury(II) Iodide
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Mercury(II) iodide (HgI2) also called mercuric iodide is a chemical with a vibrant red color. We are making it from potassium iodide and mercuric chloride (HgCl2) in a double displacement reaction. It is a beautiful substance with a vibrant red color.
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This 'useless' red compound is a semiconductor being used in X-ray and gamma detectors operating at room temperatures.
@davidcaressh2408
6 ай бұрын
Exactly Try n buy some. 😂 you’ll see right away there’s more to it than what you’re being told.
i had it in my ion lottery at university, immediatly recognized that vibrant orange colour and heated it to see if it would change to yellow, it did and that knowledge saved me alot of time and contact with this compound
Thanks for the video. It will be interesting to see how stable the color is over time.
@omvishe9994
6 ай бұрын
Last for million years 🤘🏻
You really love mercury chemistry, don't you?
@THYZOID
2 жыл бұрын
Ye
@ayoyai8163
Жыл бұрын
Yas
@lukasz1128
Жыл бұрын
One of the most disappointing thing at The World is the toxicity of mercury, because other properties of this element are fantastic.
@SuperAngelofglory
Жыл бұрын
@@lukasz1128 I think the toxicity is a direct result of some of those properties.
Very pretty! It's interesting how brightly colored some incredibly toxic compounds can be. I'd love to make some, but I'll wait until my son is older. He's at the stage where EVERYTHING goes in his mouth, lol.
It is beautiful!
@THYZOID
2 жыл бұрын
I was astonished the moment I made it. The color is really vibrant.
@1brytol
2 жыл бұрын
Hmmm, who do I see here?
Great video dude! I always found it very interesting how slowly mercuric chloride dissolves in water.
@bromisovalum8417
2 жыл бұрын
Even mercuric acetate dissolved slowly in my experience. It seems to be a common trait amongst some soluble heavy metal salts. Palladium chloride for example always took ages to dissolve completely in my experience.
@aihumvee5418
Жыл бұрын
@bromiso valum What are the materials used in making red mercury? Please help
HgI2 is thermochromic, which is really interesting property. Cu2[HgI4] and Ag2[HgI4] are also thermochromic.
Thank you so very much for the prompt response.
Good work
Super! Thank you very much!
Very nice
Curious, why did you want the mercuric chloride to be in excess? I thought usually the more toxic compound is the limiting reagent to ensure as much of it is used up as possible.
@THYZOID
2 жыл бұрын
With potassium iodide in excess a water soluble complex (potassium tetraiodomercurate) would be formed and therefore we don’t want an excess of KI even if it would be the most logical.
@jhyland87
2 жыл бұрын
@@THYZOID hmm, interesting. Makes sense. Thanks!
@cloe8292
2 жыл бұрын
I vaccini interferiscono con l'attività elettrica cellulare a causa della presenza di sostanze metalliche. Bisogna fare luce su quanto accaduto in passato e quanto accade con i vaccini ma la comunitá scientifica sta ancora in silenzio molto per la sua credibilità.
@1038994
Жыл бұрын
@@THYZOID I was curious about this as well.
You've made a fumehood finally? A tour about it could be interesting to see. There are quite a lot of problems to solve for diy fume hood like making it not corrode, making the fans and motors not ignite anything, scrubbers and so on.
@THYZOID
2 жыл бұрын
I bought this professional hood for 100 bucks
@hoggif
2 жыл бұрын
@@THYZOID What a deal!
@bromisovalum8417
2 жыл бұрын
Making a DIY fumehood isn't that hard, in my day I used an industrial-type high flowrate centrifugal fan (only paid 50€ for it). Corrosion indeed is an issue, as is making it guaranteed sparkless if you work with things like ether. Even with the best setup it is best to avoid things like releasing liters of HCl gas in it, you still have to use traps and scrubbers wherever you can.
@nginngin4371
11 ай бұрын
@@THYZOID Sir , can you tell me how to make red mercury liquid???
انا احب تجاربك لكن سؤال كيف يرجع الى الى عنصر الزئبق؟
I have a question.. What can we do if the red color is not formed?
I'm probably one of the few commenters who like this video because I like iodides, not because I like mercury lol. Well, nice! I'm not super shocked since the colour (and the yellow form that can be achieved through heating!) is visible on Wikipedia, but still interesting to see. Though I would be interested in a demonstration of mercury(i) iodide - it's supposed to be yellow, but I don't see any pictures anywhere... Still, nice experiment as always~
@THYZOID
2 жыл бұрын
I have some other Hg(I) salts so I might be able to make it
@alacrity7591
2 жыл бұрын
@@THYZOID Nice! Hope it works!
@lioncub1257
2 жыл бұрын
Nice to meet a fellow iodide fan! Yesterday i finished making caesium tetrachloroiodide. A beautiful bright yellow. Caesium pentaiodobismuthate also a beautiful red and straightforward to make. Tin (ii) iodide made with hydrochloride acid as solvent is orange and remarkably stable. Manganese iodide hydrate is a nice pink and can be extracted simply by evaporating the water on a steam bath. And stable color. But many other iodides i made turned dark over time (in clear vials).
color reminds me of cinnabar (even tho that's a bit darker) (which is Mercury(II)Sulfide btw, and you can "easily" distill it at 580°C to get relatively pure mercury)
@THYZOID
2 жыл бұрын
I still have 2kg of cinnabar but need to make a perfectly sealed still before distilling Hg
It would be cool to watch the HgI2 turn yellow by heating it.
Not got the final result as being seen in this video. Why?
@THYZOID
4 ай бұрын
you likely used too much KI leading to the formation of water soluble K2(HgI4)
What was it that caused Dr. Karl Sharpless to lose his eye?
Things I fear most: - mercury compounds - lead compunds - burning alive while being hanged from a tree with my own intestines
damn, why is it always the toxic substances that are the most beautiful lol
How do you make your bottle labels? They look very professional
@karolus28
2 жыл бұрын
he uses child labour. we need to cancel him
@THYZOID
2 жыл бұрын
privatfrickler.de/hazomat/
@joshp6061
2 жыл бұрын
@@THYZOID thanks!
Please, can you buy pure red liquid mercury (100%) that I collect from a rock?
@THYZOID
10 ай бұрын
no. i am not an idiot
Two videos in one day??
Wow good
where did you get mercuryc chloride?
@THYZOID
2 жыл бұрын
From a friend
Cool
Technically it is really similar to the famous golden rain demo. A toxic metal salt reacts with potassium iodide to make a colorful, insoluble toxic metal iodide. Soooo, this is crimson rain demo?
@THYZOID
2 жыл бұрын
For the golden rain experiment the lead iodide is being redissolved
@1brytol
2 жыл бұрын
@@THYZOID ah yes, forgot
Will it mix with mercury?
@THYZOID
8 ай бұрын
no
hello can you help me i am a chemistry student
I have a pretty stupid question... Why can't you let the Mercury react directly with the Iodine? Why is there a need for a displacement reaction? Great video though!
@THYZOID
6 ай бұрын
you can do that and from mercury and iodine alone you can obtain red HgI2. The reason for the double displacement reaction is that it is much faster and cleaner though. HgI2 from your method will still contain traces of unreacted iodine and mercury whereas HgI2 from KI and HgCl2 will be decently pure
@shinki5361
6 ай бұрын
@@THYZOID Ohhh that makes sense Thanks for the response !
@THYZOID
6 ай бұрын
you're welcome!
Please do a lab tour.
@karolus28
2 жыл бұрын
didnt he do something like this already? not sure
@spacefist6685
Жыл бұрын
@@karolus28 I dont think so. Could you send me the link if you have the video?
@karolus28
Жыл бұрын
@@spacefist6685 oh, i think it was actually a vid showing his equipment sorry
HgCl2 ist Not so easy to get it would have been more intressting If you make OT from HgS
@THYZOID
Жыл бұрын
It cannot be made directly from HgS. You need a water solubel mercury salt. It is however possible to get Hg from HgS (I´ll demonstrate two different ways of how to do this in the future) followed by converting to a water soluble Hg salt like mercuric nitrate
@hanswurst8496
Жыл бұрын
@@THYZOID my idea was to try to dissolve it in 3HCl+1HNO3 then you could safely filter out sulfur but how to influence whether HgCl or HgCl2 goes into solution or even reduce it to mercury... absolutely no idea
I need witee and red
This colouring silver
Is it red mercury from the former Soviet Union? I need this, can I buy it? If possible, please leave the contact information
@THYZOID
2 жыл бұрын
Red mercury does not exist
@saadtafahi3416
Жыл бұрын
Most of you say such words because you did not reach its dye and evaded it under the pretext that there is no red mercury, while there are many chemists who reached its dye.
@KaliProductionz
Жыл бұрын
@@saadtafahi3416 bruv its a con
Breaking bad
Il mercurio si trova anche nei vaccini insieme ad altre sostanze come stabilizzante.
@bromisovalum8417
2 жыл бұрын
You are referring to thiomersal, a well-established antiseptic for use in biological preparations. Nitromersol and phenylmercuric nitrate are other organomercury compounds also still used as preservative for vaccines and antibody preparations.
first
@karolus28
2 жыл бұрын
Cope
Mere pas red markari he original 💯 mesej me
@hmangaihafanaihmangaiha4003
11 ай бұрын
Sahi nakia
hello can you help me i am a chemistry student
@THYZOID
Жыл бұрын
depends
@youneszarwal4300
Жыл бұрын
@@THYZOID My friend's question, how is it due to the element mercury?
@youneszarwal4300
Жыл бұрын
ايوب ارسلي رقمك واتساب ممكن غير انا ونتا لي عندنا نفس التخمام😂😂
🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🤵🤵☺☺☺☺
Im a chemist, and i just gotta ask… why do you make so many toxic substances on such large scales? You could have more than halved your scale here and had more than enough product. I just think you should try to limit the hazardous waste you generate
@THYZOID
2 жыл бұрын
I can dispose of the waste for free and besides that I’ll try to recover as much of the Hg before disposing of the waste so I don’t really care
@bromisovalum8417
2 жыл бұрын
7557adam it's under 10 grams, that's small scale in my eyes, below 0.1 mole in general is small scale in my eyes. The hazardous waste can easily be limited by converting it into harmless sulfide. With all due respect let's not act like hysterical women.
@7557adam
2 жыл бұрын
@@bromisovalum8417 10 grams is not a small scale. Waste, even if neutralized, is still waste. It takes and time and resources to dispose of (in case you didnt know) especially for very toxic substances such as mercury. It’s just rude to so unnecessarily pollute the world when there’s enough chemical waste as it is. Good scientists try to be efficient and avoid being wasteful. Also, love your sexist comment 👍🏻
@Xm797
2 жыл бұрын
@@bromisovalum8417 hmmph women☕️
What is up with home chemists and mercury(II) salts??? I LOVE chemistry. Can't get enough of it. But there's simply no justification for making/using something that toxic at your home.
@THYZOID
2 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t recommend that most people deal with Hg salts too but if you know how to handle them safely AND have a way to properly dispose of any waste there’s nothing speaking against using them. Most home chemists don’t use Hg salts at all and I’m one of the few home chemists doing anything with them.
@bromisovalum8417
2 жыл бұрын
jogandsp you exagerrate. Sure, water soluble mercury salts are very toxic, but it isn't going to jump out of the bottle and attack you, so as long as you handle it with care you are fine. I mean, I used to have a tube of ammoniacal sublimate paste around that I bought at a flea market, from late WW2 days, the American army gave it to every soldier to take along as treatment for syphilis. Even touted "double strength" in big letters, 10%. And even today it seems HgCl2 still is the standard treatment for syphilis. It is good to be cautious but let's not overly panic, that only leads to hysteria.
Nee boet, the title should be what to do with two usefull reagets to produce toxic waste and an amost useless product, that is red. What a waste!
@THYZOID
Жыл бұрын
For me the product is very useful. Regarding the waste... Bromine will be recovered from it
@emilmckellar4932
Жыл бұрын
@@THYZOID Hg not Br is the toxic bit, better ways to get I from KI than via HgI2. But OK. I am on your Mono nitro benzoic acid video and I have more questions. Why not just buy it? Or do you want to exchange the COOH group with something useful, e.g an amine as a precursor to some nice dyes? your videos are relatively random
@aristotlefromebay
Жыл бұрын
HgI2 is actually pretty useful
Isn't potassium iodide not In German table salt for the iodine intake 🤔?
@THYZOID
Жыл бұрын
sure but much less than 0,01%
@icebluscorpion
Жыл бұрын
@@THYZOID aha, ok👀! Die dosis macht das gift, verstehe🤔. Warum wird Kalium iodid verwendet und nicht Natrium iodid für das Küchen Salz 🤔.
Cool