weeeman Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I was looking around at a few methds of making potassium but people seem to say that it is too hard to do at home. I stumbled upon this youtube video ( )It's seems a simple method and does not need extreme heat or any expencive catalysts. Please take a look and tell me if this would work, i have not tried it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elementcollector1 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I was looking around at a few methds of making potassium but people seem to say that it is too hard to do at home. I stumbled upon this youtube video ( )It's seems a simple method and does not need extreme heat or any expencive catalysts. Please take a look and tell me if this would work, i have not tried it yet. Did you forget about the tert-butanol? I haven't found a pure source of that for anything under $30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeeman Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 good point but it still looks a nice method. Making potassium would be a lot better than buying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elementcollector1 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 good point but it still looks a nice method. Making potassium would be a lot better than buying it. True, but HMS-Beagle offers a few grams for about $12... But they're not shiny, metallic pearls. I've been trying to make and purify KOH for a while... not much success. So far I've tried: 2-cell electrolysis (filter-paper salt bridge) Taking it directly out of batteries (yellow solution, might be able to recrystallize) I hope the yellow solution is, in fact, KOH. It's supposed to be, according to the MSDS for a Duracell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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