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Patreon Preview - Make Sulfuric Acid by Oxalic Acid Precipitation

Another preview for your consideration. Let me know what you think, and if there are any improvements you'd like to see.

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Measuring Density with Pycnometers, Hydrometers, and Graduated Cylinders

Final version. Only minor changes from the last time i posted it so no need to watch if you've seen it before. But this is the version i'm going to post on saturday. Feel free to comment!

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Make Potassium Nitrate and Sodium Nitrate from Calcium Nitrate

Final version - But if you have any ideas to make it better let me know. Should i do more tests and reactions with the resulting potassium nitrate? Any particular ones?

There is still time to change it.

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Patreon Preview - Make Potassium Nitrate and Sodium Nitrate Revisited with Calcium Nitrate

As usual a preview. I'm taking a short break from the Oleum work while i fix the ceramic hotplate. I thought i revisit one of the mainstays of amateur chemistry and update it for the modern realities of nitrate procurement.

Let me know what you think and if there are any questions, or other methods to cover.

I'll see if i can post this next week.

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Lab Notes - Making Oleum - 20% yield improvement

Final version. Unless i see a last second issue that must be fixed, lol. Anyway, there is not much different than the preview you saw other than my voiceover. So if you saw the other one there is nothing different here.

I'll likely post this on Saturday.

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Patreon Preview - Lab Notes - Making Oleum (part 2)

Another patreon preview for your consideration. As usual, i'm using the synthetic voice to get the timings right before i put in my own.

So this is more research on making oleum. Getting a little further along. Let me know if you have any questions, insights, or suggestions.

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Lab Notes - Making Oleum

Final Version.

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Patreon Preview - Measuring Density with Pycnometers, Hydrometers, and the Archimedes Method

Remember that video on density i was working on back in january? I finally got around to editing it further and this should be much closer to the final product. There a couple of minor fixes i'm working on but this should be it. Let me know what you think and if there is anything further you'd like me to address or discuss.

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Patreon Preview - Lab Notes on Fuming Sulfuric Acid

And extremely rough cut of my next video on fuming sulfuric acid. Very much a work in progress. As usual take a look and let me know what you think and what sorts of improvements you would like to see. It's still a little disjointed.

Something i neglected to add is WHY this method works, which is a massive oversight. But i'll get to that before the final cut.

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Purification of Sulfuric Acid by Distillation - Revisited

Final version.

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Patreon Preview 2 - Purify Sulfuric Acid by Distillation

Thank you very much for your suggestions and questions! I wasn't able to get to all of them, but i was able to greatly extend and fill out the video. Let me know what you think, is it too long now? Are there any burning questions i really should cover?

I just realized after uploading that my explanation on the sulfuric acid azeotrope is actually wrong and i need to go back and fix it, so this won't be the final version. So i have time to make any other improvements if you guys want. Le...

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Patreon Preview - Purify Sulfuric Acid by Distillation Revisited

Preview for your consideration. I'm once again distilling sulfuric acid. But i'm doing it with an improved technique.

Let me know if the video is interesting enough to show and/or if there are improvements or things i should add.

i'm going to try and release it on saturday or sunday.

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Now YOU can own a GAMMA SPECTROMETER - Radiacode 103 Review

Final Version

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Patreon Preview - Radiacode Review

A preview for your review.

I got a radiacode 103 gamma spectrometer so i decided to do some exploration of nuclear physics with it.

Is the video itself interesting? or do i come off as repetitive? Anything i should trim or expand?

I'll be honest i'm just fooling around with it like a goofball. I was just fascinated with scanning things using my new toy. Anything special you want me to do with it? We still got time to do other experiments.


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Thanks for 2023, Channel Updates, Plans, and Thoughts

Don't worry, this video is NOT charged to patreon, i never charge for non-science. But i would like your opinions on the content. Is it too trashy to talk about money? Is there anything else i should cover about the channel or about 2023? Let me know if there are any parts i should add or take out.

Thanks.

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Promethean Matches - The Ancestor to Modern Matches

Final version. I'll post on Saturday, but you get to see it now!

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Patreon Preview - Classic Chemistry: The Promethean Match

Another preview for your consideration.  The promethean match. 

As usual, i'm using the computer voice for editing. 

Let me know if there is are any suggestions or improvements you'd like to see, or if there are any questions you'd like answered.  I hope to get this out by saturday. 

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Make Isopropyl Nitrite without Sodium Nitrite

Final Version

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Patreon Preview - Make Isopropyl Nitrite without Sodium Nitrite using Nitrosylsulfuric Acid

A preview for you consideration. Making isopropyl nitrite. Let me know what you think and if there are any questions.

It is a redone and refined version of what was presented in my lab notes on making sodium nitrite, so maybe i shouldn't post this if the lab notes are good enough?

On a different note, the isopropyl nitrite will be used as a precursor to other compounds, is isopropyl nitrite interesting enough to stand on its own or should i hold it until i get around to those othe...

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This Candle MAKES Oxygen and Started a Fire on a Space Station

Final version

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Patreon Preview - This Candle MAKES Oxygen

A rough cut for your consideration. As usual let me know what you think. 

This video is rather short. I tried to stretch it by having a history lesson at the end, but frankly i think i might cut that since it doesn't feel like it flows well with the rest of the video. Do you guys think a 4 minute video is acceptable? Any ideas of additional experiments or chemistry i can do with the oxygen candle? 

Should i extend the "lab notes" portion where i was testing bad mixtures ...

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Patreon Preview - Measuring Density with Pycnometers, hydrometers, and graduated cylinders

Very rough preview of an upcoming video on density. It's pretty rough and i'm using the computer voice to edit. The key graphics still aren't done.

The topic is measuring density and the various ways that's done. Let me know what you think and any improvements, questions, or additions your would like to see.

Is the topic too dry for my channel? 

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How to Make Your Own Flameless Ration Heaters and the science of how they work.

Final Version

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Patreon Preview - Flameless Ration Heaters and Self Heating Food

A preview of my upcoming video on flameless ration heaters. I still have to make the graphics. And i'm also trying to film another heater type, the reaction of calcium oxide and aluminum powder. Anyway, let me know what you think and how it can be improved. 


script if you need it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fIB0Z8tNA8XXgmvymewPm0hD...

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Lab Notes - Failure in Making Sodium Nitrite

Final version. As usual, i'll post on Saturday, but you all get to see it now :)

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Patreon Preview - Lab notes - Failure in making sodium nitrite

Another video for you to preview. Unfortunately its a failure. But let me know what you think. Once again it's using the computer voice while i adjust the timings.

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Make Potassium Permanganate

Final version. I'll be posting this on Saturday, as usual, you get to see it now.

Next Saturday i probably won't have a video ready. But i do hope to have at least one more video this month. We'll see how things go. 

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Chemical Thunderstorm in a Beaker

Final version i'll be posting on Saturday. You get to see it now. 


BTW, the list of patreon members at the end was made a few weeks ago. It's not yet updated, i'll be updating the member list before the next video next saturday. 

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Reminder to set maximum post limits you want to pay for

After a dearth of videos i'm posting 5 videos this month and charging 3 of them to patreon. So if you have no post limits you'll be charged 3 times. If you just want to pay for 1 or 2 per month please go into your patreon settings to set a maximum. I'm going to post the last video on saturday. I want everyone to be happy with their contributions even if its only once a month. 

Also a reminder that if you would like a refund for anything send me a message and i'll give it no questio...

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Patreon Preview - Make Potassium Permanganate

Finally have a decent working procedure with good yield. Let me know what you think. I'll post the fully voiced and edited version in a couple of weeks. 

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