Channel: NurdRage

Category: Education

Tags: chemical gardenperlitewater glasssodium hydroxideliquid glasssilica geldrain openerrefracterysilicon dioxidecat litterlinersodium silicatenurdrage

Description: In this video we use cat litter and drain opener to make sodium silicate. This will be a valuable precursor to other silicon based chemicals in the future. Most cat litter is made from clay but "crystal" cat litter or "silica" cat litter is made from silica gel. Silica gel is amorphous silicon dioxide made by aqueous chemistry is very easy to convert into other silicon compounds. The process is quite straightforward: 60g of silica gel based cat litter is mixed with 100mL of water. Then 80g of sodium hydroxide is slowly added to dissolve the silica gel. What's produced is a solution of sodium silicate. Donate to NurdRage! Through Patreon (preferred): patreon.com/NurdRage Through Bitcoin: 1NurdRAge7PNR4ULrbrpcYvc9RC4LDp9pS Glassware generously provided by alchemylabsupply.com Use the discount code "nurdrage" for a 5% discount. Twitter: twitter.com/NurdRage Reddit: reddit.com/r/NurdRage Instagram: instagram.com/nurdrageyoutube