How to make Synthetic Ruby at home using Thermite
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- čas přidán 23. 04. 2019
- How to make Synthetic Ruby at home using Thermite / Extracting Chromium Metal
I´ve always wondered, if it´s possible to make synthetic ruby at home using a Thermite reaction. After many failed attempts it finally worked. Originally, CZcamsr "Matthew Wilson" inspired me to try this experiment.
Matthew Wilson: / @mwilson14
I LOVE that you are doing all these different ways of making ruby too. Have you had a chance to look at yours under a microscope? It's surprising how well formed some of the crystals become. I have great examples of Sierpinski Triangles from both my thermite and flame fusion created ruby. I still haven't seen any symmetrical crystal structures from the plasma experiments.
What if you varied the concentration of the KNO3 throughout the reaction? Have more at the top and towards the center, where the reaction starts. As the front travels down and outward, lower the concentration of the KNO3 to slow the reaction. I'm not sure if it will help, but solid crystals generally grow best under slow cooling conditions, so maybe giving the products some time to cool will give better results.
You could try experimenting with varying ratios of the other reactants too. A thermite with an excess of aluminum might not ignite on its own, but it could be heated by the reaction above it.
You could line a good with fire bricks and possibly stop as many bubbles from being in your slag. It would allow it to stay way hotter for longer too as well as being good for bigger runs.
Cool beans from an alchemical point of view.
How do the rubies look polished/cut?
And how to separate them from the slag
if you want to make rubies instead of chromium, less chromium, something other in its place like kno3 or even iron oxide, dry ice
Where do I watch full video
I want to do this to make a precise ruby sphere for the end of a CNC touch probe. If I already have the equipment, would this be cost-effective compared to buying them?
Sadly, this would not be cost-effective. The Cr2O3 isn´t all that cheap and it would be extremely hard to make a precise sphere.
how about encasing a crucible with FeAl termite?
Wahnsinn wie du da tatsächlich ein stück Chrom rausholst🤔👍🏼
Would this form a yellow sapphire with traditional thermite?
This is a very good question. I´m planning to make a video about how different oxides color sapphire. Hopefully I can answer your question by then.
Treat the rubis with heat
Do make the HHO gas generator and start to cook the ruby crystals
He's not a crackpot, dude.
LAMENTO MAS ESTE PROCESSO NÃO TEM VALOR CIENTIFICO.
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Why do you feel the need to do this