NurdRage

Dissolve Hard Drives with Acid

Should i get back to Q&A with NurdRage?

Hello patrons!

Quick question: Should i get back to Q&A with NurdRage? I couldn't do the last two months because i was working madly on the chlorotoluene video. Want me to get back to Q&A? No one seemed to complain about it missing and i even got some people saying they just want more experiments.

Since you all are paying for it you get to decide what happens.

I'll still make the videos that have been asked of me by my $100 pledges like setting up a lab and such...

Make Anhydrous Ferrous Chloride

Make Chlorotoluene (mixture of isomers) 1st step in making Pyrimethamine

Lab Equipment: Dean Stark Trap

I'm not dead, just defeated.

Hey everyone. Sorry for having essentially no videos this month. I've just been thoroughly defeated by the synthesis of p-chlorotoluene, which is a very important precursor for making pyrimethamine. 

While i am successful in making it, the yield is extremely low and produces large amounts of toxic waste. So far i've tried multiple routes and every one of them has been poor yielding. 

I take your support very seriously and refuse to post a video of a crappy method. You d...

Dissolve Gold with Poison

This video was paid for by popchest so it will NOT be charged to you guys. But i'm letting you guys see it early since you've all supported me in the past. Thanks! 

Synthesis of Sodium Cyanide

March Q&A question submission

As usual, post any questions for march here. 

More questions for February!

Since the Q&A came early, you get to ask more science questions! Submit any that you have.

Question submission for February

Let me know of any questions you have for the february QA video. 

If you'd prefer a direct text reply rather than an answer in video, let me know as well. 

Make Thermite from Chromium Oxide

January questions submission

Apologies for the lateness of this post. Christmas and new years has been busy.

Post any questions you might have here and i'll answer them in the next Q&A video. If you prefer just a direct write up of the answer here and not in the video, let me know.

I'm going to try something a bit different this month and also have a suggested Q&A topic: Poisons. But you can still ask any topic or question you want. And suggest any new topics for next month. We'll see how this goes.<...

Make Trimethyl Orthoformate

Make Propionic Acid by the Haloform Reaction

Make Ethyl Propionate

Questions for NurdRage in December

Hi all, submit questions here for the December edition of Q&A with NurdRage. 

Drying Alcohol Using Magnesium and Molecular Sieves

Make chloroform by the haloform reaction

Questions for November Q&A

As usual submit any questions you'd like for the November Q&A video. And also submit any lab equipment requests for the next "Amateur lab stocking" video.

Thanks

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Glow in the Dark Peanut Butter

Make Pyrophoric Iron and Iron Oxalate

Does anyone want me to make Daraprim/Pyrimethamine on video?

Hello everyone.

Recently, a drug called Daraprim (aka Pyrimethamine) has been making the news because the only supplier in America has marked up the price from $13.50 to $700.00.

I looked at the drug and noticed it can theoretically be produced using domestically available chemicals. The synthesis would be very complex, even more so than my Luminol synthesis (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Ve69s0...

Using Fractional Distillation for Purification of Hydrobromic acid

New Questions for September/October

Hey there! Post any new questions you might have. I'm going to try and increase the number of Q&A videos to about 2 per month.  We'll see how it works out.

On a completely and totally different note: Do you REALLY want me to try some uranium chemistry? I'll be honest, i personally think it's not that interesting compared to all the other chemistry i do. It does have some pretty colors... and... that's about it. But you guys pay for it so you get to decide if you really want it. I'...

Make Thermite (and testing various iron oxide sources)

September Q&A submissions

Submit questions for the September Q&A video here. 

Question about video length

Hey everyone! thank you so much for contributing to my patreon campaign. Now that you have seen a few videos paid for by you, i want to ask a question about length.

Do you guys like the longer more comprehensive video format of around 10 minutes so far? or do you prefer my older, shorter (~4mins), more "to the point" videos?

Let me know what you think. You're paying for it, you get a very important say in how things are run :)

Make Iron Oxide (for Thermite)