Turning Forks into Mutagenic Crystals

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Head to https://squarespace.com/amateurchemistry to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code AMATEURCHEMISTRY In this video I make the incredibly dangerous potassium dichromate from just some regular forks using a ton of incredibly colorful chemical transformations while going insane from waiting for stuff to complete and cooking up some sick crystals. I spent so much time and effort on this monster of a video that if you enjoyed it please consider liking it, sharing it with a friend, and subscribing to my channel - I would really appreciate that :) If you want to further support my work and watch exclusive content here's my Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/AmateurChemistry Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amateur_chemistry/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@amateurchemistry/ Twitter (X) - https://x.com/AmateurChemist_ Also, excuse me for my poor speaking, English is not my native language so I have some trouble with pronunciation, in case you don't understand something there are always subtitles made by me. At 20:17 and 20:22 I of course meant to say chromate 0:00 Intro 3:35 Dissolving a ton of forks in sulfuric acid 12:45 Making and purifying chromium (III) hydroxide 17:10 Oxidizing chromium three to chromium six 20:21 Boiling down my cancer pee to obtain calcium chromate 23:54 Making potassium dichromate 28:57 Outro #chemistry #experiment #beautiful #demonstration #science #interesting #cool #reaction #fork #chromium #colors #dangerous #extraction #transformation