aommaster Posted December 7, 2003 Author Share Posted December 7, 2003 lol, ok thanx for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 Hey guys I just found this board. I just saw your post about making Copper sulphate and I wanted to try it myself. However, I am not very well stocked in my lab, and by "lab" I mean bedroom. I am planning on sanding down Enameled copper magnet wire and twisting it into coils. Then I will use Aquarium "pH down"(sulfuric acid) along with water and doing the electrolysis with a printer power supply (24v 3.7A). I will then use a coffee filter to remove the copper sulphate then let it dry. Do you think it will work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 well... for a start, don`t sand down the wire, your making work for yourself, burm the shellac coating off instead and let your wire get RED HOT for a minute, that way you`ll be sure all the carbon has gone from the shellac and have a good coating of copper oxide (it reacts faster than plain copper). the only other problem I can see, it that the wire being so thin, it wont last long in the acid during electrolysis, but iff you`re patient and don`t mind replacing them regularly, there`s no reason at all why it shouldn`t work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 What color is copper oxide? I have a ton of copper coils from old coil gun projects but when I bring a flame to them they turn gray. I remember a copper penny turning gray when I heated it once to melt the zinc out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 the grey is copper oxide, it`s when the copper get sufficiently hot enough to react to the oxygen in the air and combine with it. zinc from a copper penny? that sounds like a lot of hard work I must say! wouldn`t it be a much easier to take appart a simple Alkaline battery like a durracel or Energiser and just pull the pure zinc core out of the middle? (it looks like a nail) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted January 18, 2004 Author Share Posted January 18, 2004 WHOA! YT. You know where to get all the raw materials from! Nice! It shows me how much experience u have. Nice work! Keep it up and maybe, u may discover a new element! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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