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There’s a new video coming out tomorrow (Friday)! Here’s a little teaser. Can you tell what this picture shows?

1 month ago | [YT] | 832

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I just transferred over 2.3 kg (5 lbs) of the most reactive metal (Cesium) from a large round-bottom flask into several ampoules. At some point, I want to use it to make the largest caesium ampoule on Earth, but for now I just needed a safe way to store it.

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4 months ago | [YT] | 2,340

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This Friday is finally the day: in a new video, we’ll find out whether the blue gas (trifluoronitrosomethane) actually has a different color than what I showed you in my last video.
And because it would be boring to repeat the exact same synthesis, I’ll be making it using a different route this time. For that, I first had to produce and liquefy the corrosive and highly toxic gas nitrosyl chloride (photo 2).
See you on Friday!

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4 months ago | [YT] | 1,081

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In my last video, I made trifluoronitrosomethane, a blue gas.
But I was not satisfied with the sample I obtained, because it still contained an unidentified impurity. When people started editing the Wikipedia article and changed the color of the gas from “deep blue” to “cyan,” it made me uncomfortable. I did not want to be the one spreading misinformation.
So I spent the last week synthesizing the gas again and purifying it meticulously to obtain a completely pure sample and finally determine its true color.
And the result of that week of work? Well… let’s just say this: there will be a second video.
Until then, enjoy this picture of the liquefied gas.

5 months ago | [YT] | 3,181

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I'm currently editing the video from our visit to the fluorine lab. Unfortunately, I’ve got a lot going on at university at the moment, but I’m doing my best to show you the video soon!
Until then, here’s a little teaser.

1 year ago | [YT] | 589

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Tom + Fluorine Chemistry? Hell yeah! I can only recommend watching ‪@ExplosionsAndFire‬ 's new video from his visit to Germany!
https://youtu.be/O-g5-LJ5KZM?si=1I2eU...

1 year ago | [YT] | 106

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It was a fantastic time with ‪@NileRed‬ , Reggie, ‪@ExplosionsAndFire‬ , ‪@EliasExperiments‬ ‪@mrgreenguy‬ , Kane and Felix in Professor Kraus's fluorine lab (‪@Fluorineisgreat‬ ). Thanks a lot for the awesome experience guys!

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1 year ago (edited) | [YT] | 481

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As you can see, you can look forward to a new video on photolithography!

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1 year ago | [YT] | 182

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Here I hold the result of over a year of planning and work in my hands. A 1 kg bar of potassium.
Produced from a single reaction. It was one of the longest and most exciting projects I've had so far, and working with ‪@EliasExperiments‬ was a lot of fun!
Editing the video will take some time, but you can look forward to an awesome video!
What do you think the starting materials for this kilogram of potassium cost?

1 year ago | [YT] | 328

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Over many months, ‪@EliasExperiments‬ and I have been working on the large-scale production of potassium metal from inexpensive reagents. After many problems that needed to be solved, we managed to produce approximately 1 kg of potassium in a single distillation yesterday.

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