Metal Refining & Recovery, Episode19: Gold From Mercury

I clean out my distillation apparatus after distilling a large amount of mercury and recover the gold and silver.
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  • @robinandersson862
    @robinandersson8626 жыл бұрын

    First thing I thought as I read "Gold from Mercury" was "So... Cody has finally embraced alchemy"

  • @adfaklsdjf

    @adfaklsdjf

    6 жыл бұрын

    it was bound to happen sooner or later

  • @stamasd8500

    @stamasd8500

    6 жыл бұрын

    That would be some pretty strong alchemy there. OTOH the reverse (mercury from gold) is totally feasible as long as you don't expect to get massive amounts of mercury out of it. Gold can capture thermal neutrons and becomes radioactive, decaying to an isotope of mercury.

  • @spoonikle

    @spoonikle

    6 жыл бұрын

    Transmutation is real, its called a particle accelerator. Although the current method to synthesis gold makes a radioactive isotope of gold. Fusion and fission. Technically you can fuse up till Iron and get a net positive in energy.

  • @robinandersson862

    @robinandersson862

    6 жыл бұрын

    spoonikle Cody *clearly* chose the more "well established" route ;)

  • @jacob416

    @jacob416

    6 жыл бұрын

    actually their is a isotope of mercery(196Hg) the is radioactive and decomposes into gold

  • @The804R
    @The804R6 жыл бұрын

    It's insane how you haven't gotten sponsored yet! If I owned a furnace company, I'd build you a house out of furnaces, just for the ad exposure. You're inspiring and teaching over a million people; that's good business for someone and you can benefit from that, which, in turn, would benefit us.

  • @theCodyReeder

    @theCodyReeder

    6 жыл бұрын

    The804R Lol the people I bought the furnace from didn't even warrantee it when it failed.

  • @The804R

    @The804R

    6 жыл бұрын

    I don't know if you're a fan of the "name and shame" tactic, I'm just saying I wouldn't mind.... Anyway, hope it works out or that you get a new one you can be happy with!

  • @yagotitcovered5920

    @yagotitcovered5920

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sponsors don't like honest people!

  • @Warhawk76

    @Warhawk76

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@yagotitcovered5920 that would be why sponsors love KZread as a company... just sayin

  • @ahaveland
    @ahaveland6 жыл бұрын

    Recovery, or "unmixing" is so satisfying! Cody, HBPowerwall has thousands of laptop battery BMS circuit boards that he'd like to send you to see how much gold you can recover from them. I would really really like to see how to recover cobalt, manganese, nickel and lithium from 18650 batteries - their use is growing exponentially so recycling is going to be a very big thing. Cobalt is currently around $60 a kilo, so well worth doing.

  • @adfaklsdjf

    @adfaklsdjf

    6 жыл бұрын

    These are excellent ideas. Cody, take note!

  • @moiseman

    @moiseman

    6 жыл бұрын

    That sounds like a lot of work

  • @aronbraswell1589

    @aronbraswell1589

    6 жыл бұрын

    I fully agree. It would be awesome to see lithium metal being made as well as the other recoverable metals. Cody is the man, but be careful with the off gassing. Your health is important to us viewers too

  • @IronOger

    @IronOger

    6 жыл бұрын

    make Andy's Top Comment!^^^^^^^^^^^^

  • @ender_scythe2879

    @ender_scythe2879

    6 жыл бұрын

    18650s probably contain only a few grams of cobalt, which means that the cobalt in 18650s are more expensive (assuming the other bits are considered worthless) than the raw cobalt. Even if you sold the rest the cobalt would still be more expensive.

  • @petercollin5670
    @petercollin56706 жыл бұрын

    "Of course, there is the half an ounce of gold or so that dissolved off the gold bar as I was flushing it down the toilet." I'm pretty sure that is the first time that sentence has ever been uttered.

  • @dalitas

    @dalitas

    6 жыл бұрын

    half a gram*, hell'a difference from half an ounce

  • @givanchong5891

    @givanchong5891

    6 жыл бұрын

    A 14 gram difference*

  • @-danR

    @-danR

    6 жыл бұрын

    'missspell'?

  • @marius498

    @marius498

    6 жыл бұрын

    Miss Spell.

  • @earljoycearnoco2849

    @earljoycearnoco2849

    6 жыл бұрын

    Spell miss

  • @StayPuffTruflle
    @StayPuffTruflle6 жыл бұрын

    SpaceX: you can’t bring any mercury to mars. Cody: I don’t wanna go

  • @Idontgivechainsaw

    @Idontgivechainsaw

    6 жыл бұрын

    Haha

  • @ZrubekFamily

    @ZrubekFamily

    6 жыл бұрын

    If he can't bring Mercury to Mars, then He'll have to bring Mars to Mercury

  • @rohanjamadagni

    @rohanjamadagni

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nah, he'll just build a mine and mine some on Mars.

  • @mauroyanniccari3473

    @mauroyanniccari3473

    6 жыл бұрын

    Cody's Mine: Mars edition

  • @Mazaroth

    @Mazaroth

    6 жыл бұрын

    He will go to mercury with some mercury with him.

  • @ronakbhanushali1238
    @ronakbhanushali12386 жыл бұрын

    When cody wears gloves... shit sure as hell is serious

  • @JakariaYT

    @JakariaYT

    6 жыл бұрын

    You never know when you'll find natural merxury in your punpkins.

  • @yingxiawei821

    @yingxiawei821

    4 жыл бұрын

    He will touch liquid mercury with his bare hands but literally wears gloves when doing math

  • @ronakbhanushali1238

    @ronakbhanushali1238

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@yingxiawei821 lol its been two years man

  • @electronicsNmore
    @electronicsNmore6 жыл бұрын

    Love these videos. They remind me of all gold and silver mines I explored in the Black Canyon Mountains of Arizona.

  • @tarn1135

    @tarn1135

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s racist!

  • @tarn1135

    @tarn1135

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m teasing. I actually think that’s really cool exploring those old mines.

  • @misteryan20
    @misteryan206 жыл бұрын

    Hi Cody. Just wanted to say that your videos have gotten me through the past month. I only found your channel recently but I can honestly say I've watched 75% of them since I did. You're such a bright light of a human being, and you make me want to do more with my life. My birthday is tomorrow, so this is a nice early birthday gift since I absolutely love the precious metals videos. Thanks for everything!

  • @joebuddy7717

    @joebuddy7717

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hi Michael, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Enjoy Yourself. p

  • @mattkaplan1316

    @mattkaplan1316

    6 жыл бұрын

    Happy b day mate

  • @yakacm

    @yakacm

    6 жыл бұрын

    A bright light of a human being, what a great description for Cody, and to think some misguided ant lovers tried to close him down. I too love his channel and it really comes across what an intelligent, down to earth modest gentleman he is, Cody is an IntelliGENT, lol. Hope you have a great birthday.

  • @quake2blog

    @quake2blog

    6 жыл бұрын

    HB man!

  • @peppern79

    @peppern79

    6 жыл бұрын

    Happy Birthday Michael :)

  • @ocircles738
    @ocircles7386 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Nile Red for making him get that vacuum filter

  • @polloprestigioso

    @polloprestigioso

    6 жыл бұрын

    O Cricles Do you know how is that "hand-vacuumer" device? I'm from Argentina, so I will try my best on the translation!! Haha thank you!

  • @polloprestigioso

    @polloprestigioso

    6 жыл бұрын

    So.. how is it called..?

  • @gregorysheppard233

    @gregorysheppard233

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hand vacuum pump, or hand-action vacuum pump.

  • @polloprestigioso

    @polloprestigioso

    6 жыл бұрын

    Gregory Sheppard thank you very much Gregory!! Really apreciate it!

  • @emoryjenkins3203
    @emoryjenkins32036 жыл бұрын

    That's not a watch glass. That's the carousel from your microwave, Cody!

  • @Sharpless2

    @Sharpless2

    5 жыл бұрын

    no *its a watch glass.*

  • @Jan-hm1xz
    @Jan-hm1xz6 жыл бұрын

    gloves!!!! he is wearing gloves!!!

  • @sablatnic8030

    @sablatnic8030

    6 жыл бұрын

    He obviously doesn't want to contaminate the mercury.

  • @whatevernamegoeshere3644

    @whatevernamegoeshere3644

    6 жыл бұрын

    It must be pretty cold there you know

  • @mobspeak

    @mobspeak

    6 жыл бұрын

    Mercury, it's fucking toxic man.

  • @taba1950

    @taba1950

    6 жыл бұрын

    He is brave not stupid

  • @lajoswinkler

    @lajoswinkler

    6 жыл бұрын

    He always wears gloves when he's handling poisonous metal salts.

  • @pietrotettamanti7239
    @pietrotettamanti72396 жыл бұрын

    You are the only one person in the world which works with half a liter of one of the deadliest things on earth and doesn't even mention it. I love you, cody❤

  • @RetroGamer7200
    @RetroGamer72006 жыл бұрын

    Precious Metal Refining & Recovery is my favorite anime

  • @theshuman100

    @theshuman100

    6 жыл бұрын

    season 1 was better

  • @hookdump
    @hookdump6 жыл бұрын

    I’m really curious, why isn’t all the rust in this equipment a problem? Doesn’t it contaminate stuff?

  • @theCodyReeder

    @theCodyReeder

    6 жыл бұрын

    Its an easily removed contaminant.

  • @Mr0Tubby

    @Mr0Tubby

    6 жыл бұрын

    Iron oxide probably doesn't amalgamate well either.

  • @Regina05ish

    @Regina05ish

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ignacio Freiberg I don't know either work with what you got

  • @givanchong5891

    @givanchong5891

    6 жыл бұрын

    Cody'sLab is it because it is lighter than mercury?

  • @ivanmlinarevic1826

    @ivanmlinarevic1826

    6 жыл бұрын

    When this video got released 34 minutes ago but Igancio has a comment from 10 hours ago. KZread your drunk again, go home.

  • @Doughfam
    @Doughfam6 жыл бұрын

    Always enjoy your videos. I am a waste treatment operator at a large manufacturer and we recover metal from our waste streams in various ways. I just wanted to say the videos are great, and I recommended your channel to my mom( a retired chemist and metallurgist, my friends used to call her Macgyver.)

  • @Logistikon11
    @Logistikon116 жыл бұрын

    I really appreciate how much time goes into these chemistry videos. The chem and the contraptions like the solar powered water separator are my faves.

  • @TAZMANBVGS
    @TAZMANBVGS6 жыл бұрын

    Hey Cody I think you should make a video about how and why acids desovle metals and why all acids don't resolve all metals. I would dealt like to understand the principas behind it and I'm sure you could make a entertaining video about this topic.

  • @TomsLab
    @TomsLab6 жыл бұрын

    #codyislovecodyislife

  • @Archer-bc6cv

    @Archer-bc6cv

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yay a video from on of the greatest KZreadrs ever!! 😁

  • @Archer-bc6cv

    @Archer-bc6cv

    6 жыл бұрын

    Also one question that I had is why did you put glass in your distillation chamber?

  • @braydensworkshops8020

    @braydensworkshops8020

    6 жыл бұрын

    Tom's Lab he was one of the few tubers to inspire my channel!;

  • @ArtursJ

    @ArtursJ

    6 жыл бұрын

    Archer 9978 Learn to write a comment not a reply.

  • @jacebrown3796

    @jacebrown3796

    6 жыл бұрын

    THE GONG he was taking to Tom not Cody my dude

  • @alvh4198
    @alvh41986 жыл бұрын

    The chuckle while looking at your spoils has made my day. You, sir, are one of my heroes. Thank you for the very entertaining lesson, in chemistry as well as life.

  • @Blenji_
    @Blenji_6 жыл бұрын

    Yeeeeees, by far my favorite series on this channel! Thanks for all the effort you put into these videos

  • @joshcareau3329
    @joshcareau33296 жыл бұрын

    Even though you didn't get much profit outta it, it does teach viewers such as myself. I scrapped 900+ hard drives that my uncle had given me through his line of work (all broken). It's a little cold out in CT, but I've started the gold pin recovery using muratic acid. Without the channel I think it would've been a lot more difficult to do. Love the series

  • @ronakbhanushali1238
    @ronakbhanushali12386 жыл бұрын

    Welcome back to the coolest channel on youtube

  • @josephpecoul6532
    @josephpecoul65324 жыл бұрын

    Professor Cody at it again. Thanks for loving what you do enough to share it with us.

  • @reinhardbittner4080
    @reinhardbittner40806 жыл бұрын

    Always enjoy the chemistry. Thanks, Cody.

  • @PrimitiveTimes
    @PrimitiveTimes6 жыл бұрын

    Great idea

  • @Verlisify
    @Verlisify6 жыл бұрын

    YES this series needs to be more frequent

  • @theCodyReeder

    @theCodyReeder

    6 жыл бұрын

    Verlisify It will be over the next month or two

  • @bigjim9706
    @bigjim97066 жыл бұрын

    I feel like I could just keep learning and watching you Cody! Thanks for being here on KZread.. I'm a 17k subber and truly still love your vids!! They never fail to entertain me!

  • @Owaaan
    @Owaaan6 жыл бұрын

    This is your best work. Been waiting for these vids, more or this, mining and the hives please. Thanks Cody

  • @doubledarefan
    @doubledarefan6 жыл бұрын

    Refine copper from copperhead salmon. :D

  • @wyattisenor5136

    @wyattisenor5136

    5 жыл бұрын

    Gold from goldfish!

  • @prof.esrever7823

    @prof.esrever7823

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cat from catfish!

  • @ivanbustelo79

    @ivanbustelo79

    3 жыл бұрын

    Butter from butterflies

  • @Stars11222
    @Stars112226 жыл бұрын

    ok. got my popcorn and im ready for some cody awesomeness!

  • @AFV1891
    @AFV18916 жыл бұрын

    Good Video Cody - always good to see precious metal refining

  • @crb2222
    @crb22226 жыл бұрын

    These refining videos of yours are by far my favourite dude.

  • @darshankumar2717
    @darshankumar27176 жыл бұрын

    Yea a new Cody's lab vid.

  • @schelsullivan
    @schelsullivan6 жыл бұрын

    I recently watched a video about organic Mercury and how deadly it is. Could you do a video explaining the difference between organic Mercury and the liquid mercury you use in your videos?

  • @lt5334

    @lt5334

    6 жыл бұрын

    schel sullivan well the difference is that organic Mercury is from a methyl group meaning that its broken down and reacted due to biologic processes, whereas liquid mercury is metallic and doesnt contain any carbon.

  • @TalisonElvira

    @TalisonElvira

    6 жыл бұрын

    Do you mean dimethel-mercury

  • @lt5334

    @lt5334

    6 жыл бұрын

    Talison Elvira thats why i incorporated the entire methyl group.

  • @LureThosePixels

    @LureThosePixels

    6 жыл бұрын

    That was a good video, poor lady

  • @bobjoe747

    @bobjoe747

    6 жыл бұрын

    I saw that video as well, quite sad.

  • @k_froggy
    @k_froggy6 жыл бұрын

    I love watching gold refining in any form. Its just like magic it just always captivates me.

  • @mavos1211
    @mavos12116 жыл бұрын

    This really felt like classic vintage Cody! Loved this video thank you.

  • @kenjigyary8538
    @kenjigyary85386 жыл бұрын

    This man makes me love chemistry... wish I seen his video before

  • @mr.personhumanson6871
    @mr.personhumanson68716 жыл бұрын

    Cody should make a "How To" video of properly disposing different kinds of chemicals and other nasty stuff, would be really helpful.

  • @rosen380

    @rosen380

    6 жыл бұрын

    Don't recall if it was Cody or NileRed, but at least one of them did one or more videos on processing waste

  • @ScienceWithJames

    @ScienceWithJames

    6 жыл бұрын

    rosen380 They both did.

  • @videogamegang1797

    @videogamegang1797

    6 жыл бұрын

    I think he did for a mercury spill. Somewhere on his channel. 2 years old I think. Basically comes down to “Use a broom and dustpan, and vacuum the cracks.”

  • @bcubed72

    @bcubed72

    6 жыл бұрын

    ...seeing as the mercury was originally bound up in rocks (cinnabar), couldn't you take the Hg-tainted water and make concrete out of it? Thereby locking it up in rock again?

  • @MGSLurmey

    @MGSLurmey

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@bcubed72 That might not actually be a bad idea. Though, as the concrete cracks and dust forms over time you might release some of that mercury back into the environment, potentially exposing people to it. Though, it would probably be in such small amounts over such a large time span that it wouldn't be dangerous.

  • @abh-itsanamazingworld6283
    @abh-itsanamazingworld62836 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! I love your chemistry videos! Thanks Cody!

  • @christopherrhoderick9706
    @christopherrhoderick97066 жыл бұрын

    Besides the bee keeping, these are the types of videos I enjoy the most.

  • @heyarno
    @heyarno6 жыл бұрын

    You might want to get one of those cheap usb endoscopes. It might have saved you from sawing the thing open.

  • @lagduck2209

    @lagduck2209

    6 жыл бұрын

    That's probably not a problem at all for him to weld whole thing back later, if needed.

  • @sinephase

    @sinephase

    6 жыл бұрын

    yeah he had other options as well, he was just being impatient. I can relate :P

  • @DonSolaris
    @DonSolaris6 жыл бұрын

    *Please* do a video about chemical waste management, how you do it, etc.

  • @kenjett2434
    @kenjett24346 жыл бұрын

    Sweet best Cody's lab vid seen in awhile this was quite educational and well done

  • @drinventions9742
    @drinventions97426 жыл бұрын

    As always your chemistry videos are awesome...Good work Cody

  • @amansoni8720
    @amansoni87206 жыл бұрын

    did elon musk ask you for the mars trip? no wait..... are you done building your rocket for the mars trip?

  • @molonlabe9115

    @molonlabe9115

    6 жыл бұрын

    Aman Soni he has been there and back already but youtube took his video down.

  • @dodywe
    @dodywe6 жыл бұрын

    The silver nugget looks like the millennium falcon. Anyway, great video cody!

  • @asianguyen3319
    @asianguyen33196 жыл бұрын

    Your videos inspire everyone thank you Cody!!

  • @HunterChasens
    @HunterChasens6 жыл бұрын

    If I ever I need to go back in time to an era lacking modern technology I know who to take. I have been watching this channel for years and every time learn something new. This channel has single-handedly sparked an ever-burning interest in chemistry.

  • @justanothervoice9683
    @justanothervoice96836 жыл бұрын

    Ah Cody, you always make my day!

  • @householdchemist
    @householdchemist6 жыл бұрын

    Cody, I love your videos!

  • @AlphaSierra375
    @AlphaSierra3756 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for continuing to upload such intriguing videos! Much love to you & yours. :)

  • @hetaira62080
    @hetaira620806 жыл бұрын

    I get so exited when I see u uploaded man been watching for somthing round 4-5 years still love it

  • @larfanformersalat0220
    @larfanformersalat02206 жыл бұрын

    And in reality Cody just needs money.

  • @MrEmagicman
    @MrEmagicman6 жыл бұрын

    I was getting worried, that title looked a lot like one of those KZread Red things!

  • @EnjoyerofYoutube
    @EnjoyerofYoutube6 жыл бұрын

    YES!! This is the kind of cody'slab video I had been missing! I love these refining and recovery vids.

  • @ryankillian8597
    @ryankillian85976 жыл бұрын

    Oh my gosh a new precious metal refining video! these are so freaking satisfying to watch dude

  • @hjnkhjnk1871
    @hjnkhjnk18716 жыл бұрын

    So THATS how Hi-C Ecto Cooler drink is made!

  • @pussywran
    @pussywran6 жыл бұрын

    Cody how long did this whole process take you

  • @creamyl638
    @creamyl6386 жыл бұрын

    This is my favorite thing to watch on KZread!

  • @drewanderson427
    @drewanderson4276 жыл бұрын

    Hey Cody, try using a bit of wd40 whenever possible to saw steel. It will "cut" the sawing time in half.

  • @stamasd8500

    @stamasd8500

    6 жыл бұрын

    While that does make indeed for faster cutting, it will dull the saw blades much faster. That's because the iron filings will be trapped in the cutting fluid and will stay near the cut zone instead of falling away, and this leads to extra wear and tear on the saw teeth. In industrial processes that use a cutting fluid, the fluid is fed to the cut zone continuously as to carry away the filings and prevent this from happening.

  • @markussmith3135

    @markussmith3135

    6 жыл бұрын

    stamasd I don't know you use cutting paste on drills and that stays there and also makes drills last longer and coolant In machines flashes off creating a oil residue on cut surfaces coolant isent for washing bits away it's for cooling the cutting edge on tools to stop them burning out making them last longer you can't flush metal out of say a pocket altho I know mechanical saws have wire brushes to remove cuttings from the cutting edge but I think that's to reduce snagging and build up in the gap not because it wears the blade?

  • @IEIM64I
    @IEIM64I6 жыл бұрын

    I hope you're doing frequent checks for high mercury/blood levels

  • @theCodyReeder

    @theCodyReeder

    6 жыл бұрын

    EIM64 I am

  • @asterope1604
    @asterope16046 жыл бұрын

    so glad i turned on the bell icon for cody. I stop whatever i'm doing to watch your videos cody keep up the amazing work.

  • @Snyper1188
    @Snyper11886 жыл бұрын

    I love your refining videos!! Easily my favorite series you do.

  • @vitriolix
    @vitriolix6 жыл бұрын

    What's the black glassy stuff that you get in the crucible when melting down the gold & silver?

  • @theCodyReeder

    @theCodyReeder

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sodium borate mostly, its only black due to carbon and other impurities dissolved into it.

  • @sadhlife

    @sadhlife

    6 жыл бұрын

    the black colour looked really good though

  • @mobspeak

    @mobspeak

    6 жыл бұрын

    In simpler terms, look up the word flux.

  • @kartonbaba
    @kartonbaba6 жыл бұрын

    *moos in slowmo*

  • @coleudall14

    @coleudall14

    6 жыл бұрын

    hahahahaha

  • @Icy_bones

    @Icy_bones

    5 жыл бұрын

    Slow moo-tion.

  • @trulyinfamous
    @trulyinfamous6 жыл бұрын

    I love that green. Chemicals that create colors are my favourites. I love copper so much just because of the fact that it can create so many colors.

  • @mainengines
    @mainengines6 жыл бұрын

    Just really enjoy your videos! Thank You.

  • @rentAscout
    @rentAscout6 жыл бұрын

    Cody has become the bill nye of chemistry, some rich ass company needs to donate a fume hood and hot plate.

  • @Pygar2

    @Pygar2

    6 жыл бұрын

    Bummer of a comparison- I'm sure Cody is a much better person.

  • @SuperSMT

    @SuperSMT

    6 жыл бұрын

    Don't insult Cody like that!

  • @i-evi-l

    @i-evi-l

    6 жыл бұрын

    Theres nothing wrong with that comparison because Cody is doing what Bill used to do meaning it is just showing how much of a disgrace that Bill has become.

  • @son0of0the0beast
    @son0of0the0beast6 жыл бұрын

    "Today on How it's Made"

  • @goldrecovery
    @goldrecovery6 жыл бұрын

    Cody, your video is fantastic. GOOD JOB.

  • @Scott_C
    @Scott_C6 жыл бұрын

    This was a very relaxing video, his tone and the music. Almost put me to sleep.

  • @stamasd8500
    @stamasd85006 жыл бұрын

    I think your gold is still impure, it may have other HNO3-insoluble metals carried over with it (platinum, rhodium, osmium etc). So the amount of gold you recovered is probably less than 0.7g. It would be interesting to see you refine even further, but that may be difficult with such a small amount.

  • @pietrotettamanti7239

    @pietrotettamanti7239

    6 жыл бұрын

    stamasd osmium is soluble in nitric acid. But I don't think that there was that much platinum in the mercury. He didn't use platinum at all

  • @pietrotettamanti7239

    @pietrotettamanti7239

    6 жыл бұрын

    stamasd and it is also incredibly rare

  • @pietrotettamanti7239

    @pietrotettamanti7239

    6 жыл бұрын

    *osmium is incredibly rare

  • @stamasd8500

    @stamasd8500

    6 жыл бұрын

    Well I never had enough osmium to try. :) But chances are there are some platinum group metals in there as impurities in the gold.

  • @pietrotettamanti7239

    @pietrotettamanti7239

    6 жыл бұрын

    stamasd I just assumed it based on the fact that it's a fairly reactive metal, unlike most of the metals of its period. You must store it under inert atmosphere, otherwise it will spontaneously form osmium tetroxide.

  • @bowenhunter2558
    @bowenhunter25586 жыл бұрын

    I swear he said my name in the start “hi there Bowen and welcome back to Cody’s Lab”

  • @FireworksFreak8008

    @FireworksFreak8008

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nopeeee

  • @brigittepetrovics

    @brigittepetrovics

    6 жыл бұрын

    Really sounded like "Hi there Bowen"! :D

  • @andrek117
    @andrek1176 жыл бұрын

    I love this series so much that I binge watch it every few weeks

  • @datgamerboy123
    @datgamerboy1236 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love your videos Cody! Keep up the great work! 😀😊☺

  • @epicka
    @epicka6 жыл бұрын

    Where's my link in the description? :(

  • @theCodyReeder

    @theCodyReeder

    6 жыл бұрын

    epicka Oh shoot I totally forgot

  • @tuff_lover
    @tuff_lover6 жыл бұрын

    HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT, NEW EP! we need more o;

  • @muddboss5700
    @muddboss57006 жыл бұрын

    you are one of the reasons why i really like science and stuff

  • @whatevernamegoeshere3644
    @whatevernamegoeshere36446 жыл бұрын

    The blue colour was more likely copper contaminance since in excess ammonia Cu2+ will be complexing and turning that exact colour

  • @Buriaku

    @Buriaku

    6 жыл бұрын

    He washed the AgCl/Hg2Cl2 precipitate several times with water. There should not be any copper left in there.

  • @googleeatsdicks

    @googleeatsdicks

    6 жыл бұрын

    It could have also been nickel from the steel filings. Nickel(II) salts are green and also form a blue complex with ammonia. Hard to tell with all the impurities.

  • @scottfirman

    @scottfirman

    6 жыл бұрын

    [Whatever name goes here] You are correct. Copper and silver easily bond to gold,or the other way around. Codys methods are rudimentary. When he sells his collection eventually,they will probably discount it anyways for impurities.

  • @theCodyReeder

    @theCodyReeder

    6 жыл бұрын

    I've seen it before with no copper ever present.

  • @TehKane3322
    @TehKane33226 жыл бұрын

    Yay, Ads! Don't skip em, must watch at least 35 seconds!

  • @michaelgroff7309

    @michaelgroff7309

    6 жыл бұрын

    I have KZread red I don't get ads

  • @mobspeak

    @mobspeak

    6 жыл бұрын

    Because of the Adpocalypse, his videos probably get demonetized anyway, plus he's got Patreon so I wouldn't worry about that. Get adblock.

  • @michaelgroff7309

    @michaelgroff7309

    6 жыл бұрын

    mobspeak you get other benefits like being able to download videos music so on so on

  • @JSnacks

    @JSnacks

    6 жыл бұрын

    mobspeak no ad block. Remove it for youtube your being selfish

  • @clownindan
    @clownindan6 жыл бұрын

    Keep up the good work. Love your videos.

  • @fountainhead
    @fountainhead5 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video! Great editing too.

  • @S3v3n13tt3r5
    @S3v3n13tt3r56 жыл бұрын

    see video, gasp in excitement, click video, click like

  • @LeeLee-fs9mv
    @LeeLee-fs9mv6 жыл бұрын

    Electrolysis! ok hear me out, I'm a electrical engineer. you can use a arc to split the nitrogen in air into n2 then bubble it up though ammonia. This makes white fuming acid (I think its pure acid, after condensed with dry ice) and ammonia nitrate. You did a similar vid once

  • @PixlRainbow

    @PixlRainbow

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lee Lee that's not called electrolysis. Electrolysis is for liquids, and it takes advantage of the fact that ionic compounds dissociate naturally when in liquid or aqueous state. Making an arc in air is just forced ionization.

  • @lajoswinkler

    @lajoswinkler

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yes, it's not electrolysis. And you don't seem to know what you're doing, so it's best not to do it to avoid injuring/killing yourself.

  • @PixlRainbow

    @PixlRainbow

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lee Lee oh my God I can't believe I didn't notice you said "split the nitrogen into N2" when atmospheric nitrogen comes in the form of N2 to begin with.

  • @LeeLee-fs9mv

    @LeeLee-fs9mv

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hey Pixl Rainbow OwO what's this? XD add me on facebook cody boone

  • @MrSlehofer

    @MrSlehofer

    6 жыл бұрын

    isn't that Birkeland Eyde process or something?

  • @cado8431
    @cado84316 жыл бұрын

    my favorite series on youtube!

  • @x9x9x9x9x9
    @x9x9x9x9x96 жыл бұрын

    I love these videos. This is what I subbed for well this and explosions.

  • @wintrparkgrl
    @wintrparkgrl6 жыл бұрын

    nile red colab when?

  • @Elwould23
    @Elwould236 жыл бұрын

    what is the real value of mercury per pound? I have seen people say it was worth a dollar a pound and have seem it listed at a hundred thirty dollars a half pound. What is it really worth? Fair market value, ish.

  • @lajoswinkler

    @lajoswinkler

    6 жыл бұрын

    On average, the price fluctuates around 100 €/kg for virgin pure mercury. It's connected to the price of gold.

  • @MaplePanda04

    @MaplePanda04

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lajos Winkler Jeez that’s expensive. Cody is really lucky to have all that cinnabar.

  • @lajoswinkler

    @lajoswinkler

    6 жыл бұрын

    I think he had all that mercury already in elementary form. It's not actually that expensive.

  • @toeguzzler4193
    @toeguzzler41936 жыл бұрын

    Missed this series, welcome back

  • @dylancochran7213
    @dylancochran72136 жыл бұрын

    I love what you are doing, keep it up cody.

  • @jaapverhoeven873
    @jaapverhoeven8736 жыл бұрын

    I should be studying

  • @xXFeralArtsXx

    @xXFeralArtsXx

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jaapieh You are.

  • @elinor1968
    @elinor19686 жыл бұрын

    I sucked at chemistry in school but it sure is fun to see the reactions! I love watching these vidos "Look how awesome science is! You can get gold and silver from mercury!" Also please never work with organic mercury! I saw a video about a woman who spilled 2 drops of it on her gloved hand and it pretty much ruined her brain because it stayed in her fat and the brain is 40%(?) fat. :)

  • @yomamaisaniceperson2707

    @yomamaisaniceperson2707

    6 жыл бұрын

    Me thinks that video is bullshit. Cody has dipped his entire hand in mercury, and he's still good

  • @mcrazy2080

    @mcrazy2080

    6 жыл бұрын

    yomama isaniceperson organic mercury, and mercury salts are very toxic. Cody dipped his hand into elemental mercury which does not get absorbed through skin. Still not a great idea to dip your hand into mercury, but Cody knew what he was doing.

  • @elinor1968

    @elinor1968

    6 жыл бұрын

    yomama isaniceperson it's different from regular mercury that he's working with. Organic mercury is from what I understand the same kind of mercury that you find in fish. That's why you shouldn't eat fish high in mercury since it goes to the fatty layers that protect the brain, nerve fires and spinal cord. The big difference is how you get exposed to them.

  • @EricTheCleric93
    @EricTheCleric936 жыл бұрын

    Your precious metal recovery videos are my favorite =)

  • @Ramikzur
    @Ramikzur6 жыл бұрын

    thx cody and merry christmas for you and your fam. hope for new cool stuff next year ;)

  • @Imillier123
    @Imillier1236 жыл бұрын

    my buddy walked by after you added the acid to the silver solution after you filtered it and said "whats he doing with that bottle of milk?" and all i could think was, oh how you would have died in chemistry class...

  • @ink2476
    @ink24766 жыл бұрын

    Cody sounded so disappointed that the mercury (I) chloride wasn't that black....

  • @theCodyReeder

    @theCodyReeder

    6 жыл бұрын

    InkSoul 232 Normally it makes a very nice velvety black color

  • @Ableten
    @Ableten6 жыл бұрын

    These are my favorite videos you make

  • @personious_k
    @personious_k7 ай бұрын

    Love all these videos!

  • @melvingroenewold6630
    @melvingroenewold66306 жыл бұрын

    Hey Cody i have a hard challenge for you. Try to extract 0,1 grams of gold from drinking water/sea water Goodluck 😂

  • @PixlRainbow

    @PixlRainbow

    6 жыл бұрын

    Melvin Groenewold asking him to extract magnesium would be easier

  • @XtreeM_FaiL

    @XtreeM_FaiL

    6 жыл бұрын

    Melvin Groenewold " According to the National Ocean Service, our oceans hold some 20 million pounds of gold, suspended in normal seawater. But this gold is spread throughout the normal mineral content of seawater to the tune of “parts per trillion.” As the NOAA puts it, “Each liter of seawater contains, on average, about 13 billionths of a gram of gold." I think he will need a bit bigger equipments than he has now.

  • @xuNsh1ne

    @xuNsh1ne

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thats not a hard challenge - that's an (almost) impossible challenge.

  • @rosen380

    @rosen380

    6 жыл бұрын

    If my math is right, it would take 30 Olympic size swimming pools full of sea water to get 1 gram of gold. Of course that would assume you are able to extract 100% of the gold which isn't likely, so maybe 100 pools full to get $40 worth of gold...?

  • @videogamegang1797

    @videogamegang1797

    6 жыл бұрын

    How about he just gets some from one of those deep ocean trenches? The ones that kill fish that enter or leave from. Can’t remember the names. But I think I remember the documentary saying rare metals are measured in ppm instead of ppt

  • @keniak1-g960
    @keniak1-g9606 жыл бұрын

    are you walter white but doing legal stuff?

  • @theCodyReeder

    @theCodyReeder

    6 жыл бұрын

    Keniak1-G9 I am the yong Walter white

  • @keniak1-g960

    @keniak1-g960

    6 жыл бұрын

    lol incredible :v