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[*] posted on 5-3-2015 at 22:15


Good for you Delta!!!!!!!

I'm always gonna be a "billy"

I should'a thought that thru some...:(




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[*] posted on 5-3-2015 at 22:18


Thank you, thank you. Don't worry zombie, it's a fun reminder to all of us of the thumping thumper thread.



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[*] posted on 5-3-2015 at 22:28


It did sort of set the tone, and introduced my "personality"?.?.?

It's all good. Kudos!




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[*] posted on 6-3-2015 at 07:12


Quote: Originally posted by deltaH  
This is much of a muchness. Just pyrolyse the beans in a tin on the coals of a barbie and be done with it. Simple, no mess, no fuss. Don't forget to punch a small hole in the top of the tin for the volatiles to escape. You can then impregnate the charred beans with catalyst to your heart's content without anything going awry.



I'm a great fan of sacrificing quantity for better control. Something like the catalysed pyrolysis of dried beans carried out on a 100 g sample, with careful capture of any NO2 could teach us more than less controlled, larger trials.

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Try and be aspirational? ;)




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[*] posted on 6-3-2015 at 07:27


Quote: Originally posted by Zombie

I'm always gonna be a "billy"


Try and be aspirational? ;)


I'm going to buy a real friend today. :(




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[*] posted on 12-3-2015 at 01:54


zombie's magnetron arc is amazing,even better than WGTR'S neodymium one
but I was wondering,why not use the arc to make things other than nitric acid,like HCN or ketene ?
acetylene +N2>(arc)>>2HCN
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[*] posted on 12-3-2015 at 12:14


Quote: Originally posted by CuReUS  
zombie's magnetron arc is amazing,even better than WGTR'S neodymium one

One small difference: WGTR's is Real.


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[*] posted on 12-3-2015 at 15:17


Quote: Originally posted by aga  
Quote: Originally posted by CuReUS  
zombie's magnetron arc is amazing,even better than WGTR'S neodymium one

One small difference: WGTR's is Real.


[Edited on 12-3-2015 by aga]
What on earth are you talking about?

I have burned more sh#t using magnatrons than any other plug in the wall device I can think of.

Set one of these inside the end of a pipe, and use resistance controlled SSR, as a controller.

You can set it to burn paper or just about melt the pipe.

Burning Bean Dust is a breaze.



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[*] posted on 12-3-2015 at 15:19


Cool !

Show us the photos and maybe win the challenge !

Edit:

Just collect the gas, and job done.

Hmm. Would the magnetron require/generate > 230V *1.41 ?

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[*] posted on 12-3-2015 at 17:23


Here's a couple of Utube vids that explain it.

There are two ways to control the output.
The first (better) is to interrupt the +5volt filament lead with the SSR. This limits the amount of electrons produced, and lowers the output power.

The second method is to interrupt the line voltage in (110V AC) with the SSR.
The issue there is the power output is not as easy to regulate. You go from nothing to near full power in an instant.
The video will explain why this happens.

I would build the entire magnatron, and at least 1 foot of 2 inch diameter pipe into a concrete insulator similar to a forced air furnace. It will get that hot if you allow it to. A cooling fan will go a long way to making this work long term.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT6EmMkKevY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2k2g00onL0



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[Edited on 3-13-2015 by Zombie]

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I just came across this article...

http://www.google.com/patents/WO2013141725A1?cl=en

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[*] posted on 13-3-2015 at 01:18


Quote: Originally posted by Zombie  

I have burned more sh#t using magnatrons than any other plug in the wall device I can think of.
Burning Bean Dust is a breaze.

No,You don't understand.I meant putting the magnetron arc in WGTR's setup instead of the neodymium one,not using it to burn beans:mad:
I thought that idea crashed and burned long ago
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[*] posted on 13-3-2015 at 02:35


Hey. Burning beans hasn't crashed. They just haven't burned yet.
Maybe this weekend.
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[*] posted on 13-3-2015 at 07:41


Quote: Originally posted by CuReUS  
Quote: Originally posted by Zombie  

I have burned more sh#t using magnatrons than any other plug in the wall device I can think of.
Burning Bean Dust is a breaze.

No,You don't understand.I meant putting the magnetron arc in WGTR's setup instead of the neodymium one,not using it to burn beans:mad:
I thought that idea crashed and burned long ago



I don't know what WTGR's neodymium thing is. :(


Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1  
Hey. Burning beans hasn't crashed. They just haven't burned yet.
Maybe this weekend.



I'm sure you get it! :cool:




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[*] posted on 15-3-2015 at 09:18
Adsorption and Desorption of Dilute NO2 on Silica Gel


This is potentially important for anyone generating a dilute stream of NO2, regardless of how it is made. A dilute feed of (ideally) dry NO2 can be pumped through silica gel (indicating, in this case). Upon saturation, the beads can be heated up, causing them to desorb the concentrated NO2.

The following video is my "neodymium thingy" generating some NO2, as described in my earlier posts. NO is generated in the small arc chamber, which then oxidizes to NO2 in the bottle. The dilute NO2 is then adsorbed onto a column of indicating silica gel. The bubbler in the test tube functions just as a flow meter of sorts. All of the NO2 is adsorbed before it gets that far.

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After placing the saturated beads into a sealed test tube, I heated the bottom with a heat gun to drive off some NO2:

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I didn't heat the beads very much, because I didn't want to pop the stopper off the tube. I had to be careful doing this. In other words, the picture doesn't demonstrate very efficient desorption. Some moisture was adsorbed from the gas stream, shown by the condensation under the test tube stopper.
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[*] posted on 15-3-2015 at 09:30


That is just insanely creative.

Have you managed to create any Nitric acid from this yet?




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[*] posted on 15-3-2015 at 10:24


Small amounts. Right now I'm just trying to figure out what I'm doing. This particular setup is small, and might be able to make 1 ml of concentrated acid per day. The arc chamber itself is only using about 5W average power.

I'll probably add a moisture adsorption column right before the arc chamber, to keep the adsorbed NO2 dry...not that it matters very much. To scale this up, I'm planning on utilizing the tube furnace that I put together here:

https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=55...

When cool, silica gel in the tube could adsorb the dilute NO2. When heated, concentrated NO2 can be flushed out, regenerating the column. I didn't mention this previously, but it is much easier to make nitric acid from concentrated NO2 than it is from the diluted variety. NO oxidizes much faster to NO2 when it is concentrated. That's one reason I'm doing it this way. Another reason is that the creation of NO2 and the formation of nitric acid do not have to happen at the same time. Theoretically a bottle full of silica gel could store concentrated NO2 for a long time.

As an aside, only NO2 is adsorbed in the silica gel, not NO. This can be a useful way of purifying NO.
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[*] posted on 15-3-2015 at 11:15


That's very smart WGTR, genius. Well done indeed!



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[*] posted on 15-3-2015 at 11:48


Positive proof that chasing insane ideas can lead to insanely wonderful discoveries.

BRAVO WGTR !




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[*] posted on 15-3-2015 at 12:32


Can one not add the NO2 loaded silica straight to water or even better, dilute H2O2? If you had enough, then eluting through a short column could yield pretty strong acid perhaps.



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[*] posted on 15-3-2015 at 21:39


Quote: Originally posted by deltaH  
That's very smart WGTR, genius. Well done indeed!

Well, you know what they say...every family should have at least three children. That way if one of them turns out to be a genius, the other two can support him! :cool:

Thanks for the compliments all three of you. I do, however, stand on the shoulders of people much smarter than I am. I hope not to imply otherwise. The idea of NO2 adsorption onto silica gel is not a new one. Here is the patent that I borrowed the idea from:

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Quote: Originally posted by deltaH  
Can one not add the NO2 loaded silica straight to water or even better, dilute H2O2? If you had enough, then eluting through a short column could yield pretty strong acid perhaps.

Those are interesting ideas. The first one would work if the gel is reusable, and doesn't disintegrate in the process. The second idea would work if one doesn't mind buying the peroxide from the grocery store.

Silica gel does a lot of interesting things to different substances. I don't claim to know much about it right now. Depending on whether it holds on better to water or nitric acid, it may be possible to concentrate it by passing nitric acid vapors over it. I seem to remember reading somewhere that it is very difficult to get all the nitric acid out of silica gel, even by rinsing it with water. I'll have to double-check that, though.

I'm starting school again tomorrow morning. That means that I'll be quite busy again, unfortunately. I cleaned out the fume hood a few hours ago to prepare for tomorrow's work. This project was carefully disassembled and put in the cabinet, where it will rest for hopefully not very long. Have a good week everybody.
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[*] posted on 17-3-2015 at 00:59


Quote: Originally posted by deltaH  
Can one not add the NO2 loaded silica straight to water or even better, dilute H2O2?

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if one doesn't mind buying the peroxide from the grocery store

50% H2O2 can be made by electrolysing dilute H2SO4
WGTR,what about replacing that neodymium disk with a magnetron arc,or is it jus too dangerous ?
also,no one paid attention to this:(
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but I was wondering,why not use the arc to make things other than nitric acid,like HCN or ketene ?
acetylene +N2>(arc)>>2HCN

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[*] posted on 17-3-2015 at 14:34


Quote: Originally posted by CuReUS  
no one paid attention to this:(

Probably because the thread is about making HNO3.

Do some experiments with arcing and see what else it can be applied to.




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[*] posted on 18-3-2015 at 14:21


Quote: Originally posted by CuReUS  

WGTR,what about replacing that neodymium disk with a magnetron arc,or is it jus too dangerous ?
also,no one paid attention to this:(
Quote:
but I was wondering,why not use the arc to make things other than nitric acid,like HCN or ketene ?
acetylene +N2>(arc)>>2HCN



Since you ask, frankly, the magnetron idea frightens me, about as much as using a high-powered laser. One must be careful of any unintended reflections of energy in both cases.

I've tried to design the arc chamber such that it doesn't require a high voltage, high current power supply. I've separated the high voltage and high current functions into separate power supplies, such that there is no current behind the high voltage igniter, and there is relatively low voltage driving the high current arc. I actually got across the high voltage ignition coil. It was unpleasant, but still reasonably safe for a healthy individual.

This type of system is not intended to be something that a trained squirrel can operate. At the same time, I figure that some 12-year-olds somewhere may try building this. I'm trying to be careful not to give them a way to inadvertently kill themselves.

When I work with cyanides, I go to great lengths to avoid making HCN. Any time I have tried making cyanides, I did so without creating HCN itself. Ketene is something I've never tried making. It's hazardous, and I don't really need acetic anhydride for anything.
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[*] posted on 18-3-2015 at 15:45


Funny how people with Common Sense tend to live longer ...



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[*] posted on 18-3-2015 at 15:56


Languishing in misery ... :D



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