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Assuming extremely cheap electricity, what are some electrolyses you would run for profit?
Assuming extremely cheap electricity, what are some electrolyses you would run for profit?
Curious about the options. Thank you.
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bariumbromate
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mabey copper and sulfuric acid from copper sulfate or chlorates
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sulfuric acid from elemental sulfur (sulfurous acid electrolysis), just because acid can be so expensive but its so useful to use all the time over
other acids. So not for profit, but cost-savings.
selling alkali metals would probably be an easy one, doing something like electrolyzing alkali chloride at room temp from propylene carbonate,
although idk if that cell requires a split circulated design using a mercury, or gallium membrane, its recommended but, possibly not required.
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Assuming extremely cheap electricity
I would use the electricity to mine bitcoins etc. then buy Merck
CAUTION : Hobby Chemist, not Professional or even Amateur
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Not some but almost all of them. First, I would open an electroplating company because, besides the revenue, it would give me access
to a good part of the regulated chemicals. Then, I would branch out the company to electrosynthesis to make stuff that is otherwise too expensive to
buy from, say, Merck et al. or to import from India, China or thereabouts. I would include my hobby electrosyntheses as "research" and have fun and
profit at the same time.
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isnt turbostratic "flash graphene" worth something? you can convert almost any carbon-containing material into it with a flash reactor (rubber tyres
in particular which normally cost money to dispose of), which at scale would pretty much just be like an auto-loading revolver but with short quartz
tubes for chambers. flash graphene is supposed to exfoliate all by itself since the layers arent well connected, if nothing else it can radically
alter the strength of concrete with a very minor addition comparable to a coloring additive, allowing for, with some creative engineering, using
something like 30% less cement for the same overall strength. Im just going off the top of my head but its significant. turbostratic graphene made to
a certain quality or refinement has loads of uses, its pretty much good to go as-is for any application where tiny flakes are acceptable, rather than
singularly huge 2D sheets, idk if TSG can be fused, but even amateurs like myself can utilize it and do cool stuff with it.
[Edited on 6-6-2025 by MrDoctor]
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Aluminium is the traditional answer.
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Here are a few suggestions that might be helpful:
Sulfuric acid
Hydroxylamine
Sodium nitrite
Formic acid
Chlorates and perchlorates
Periodates and derivatives (IBX and DMP)
Sodium metal
Magnesium metal
Potassium hydroxide
Hydrazine salts
Sodium hydride (for making NaBH4, NaBH3CN, and LiAlH4)
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Iron metal might be worth it.
A group from MIT is working on it - so steel making can be carbon neutral in the future:
https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-spinout-boston-metal-makes-ste...
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MrDoctor
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iron filings arent cheap, or at least not readily found for cheap, here, if we are talking about stuff just anyone can manage, that, from common
carbon-steel is absolutely doable, i opted to make some rather than buy, theres a trick to harvesting a lot without it re-dissolving that is probably
manageable at scale
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Making bleach(single cell electrolysis of table salt) it is cheap to get bulk NaClO solution. use MMO or just buy Graphite rods and set up a big 10l
bucket for 2 days. Calculate concentration and sell.
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