Turning lead into gold (lead iodide)
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Capturing the natural beauty of chemistry I find that chemistry is often taught poorly or without a purpose. Because of this, people tend to lose interest and sometimes even start to hate it. In each video that I make, I try to balance theory with purpose. My goal is to capture the natural beauty of chemistry in fun and interesting ways. In terms of education, I have a BSc in Biochemistry, with a minor in pharmacology. However, I've always been a lot more drawn to applied chemistry. So after finishing my degree, I worked as a lab tech in an organic lab, and then as a chemistry grad student. However, I ended up leaving my graduate studies early to focus on this channel. Now, making chemistry videos has become my full-time job!
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Ok, so today I'm going to try to turn some lead into gold. The first step is to get a few pieces of lead, and to add some dilute nitric acid. What I have to do next is get a beaker, and add some boiling water, and a small amount of potassium iodide. This all dissolves really quickly, and on top of this, I'll add a bit of vinegar, and that little lead solution from before. Now all I need to do is turn off the stirring, and basically just wait. Ingredients: 1) 0.5g lead metal + 50:50 nitric acid:water 2) 500mL water, 1g potassium iodide, 5% vinegar 3) Profit? #shorts
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