EXPERIMENT | Heating SALT to 3000°

Melting salt in a 3000° foundry!

[RCLOL]

When we were learning about covalent vs ionic bonds in chemistry my teacher had us melt sugar in a test tube over a bunsen burner. Then he said we couldn't melt salt because it was a stronger ionic bond.

My lab partner and I took that as a challenge and held our test tube of salt over the hottest part of the flame for about 15 minutes and achieved molten salt.

I've never seen such a mixture of pride and terror in a teachers eyes when we called him back to view the molten salt. It flashed flame as we poured it in the sink. I bet he still tells classes about that!

[whiskeytango]

This is what it looks like in Molten Salt Reactors, for nuclear power. Completely fluid.

[spasjt]

Still edible I guess. You can measure out one salt "muffin" per large pot of stew.

[lattila]

Very interesting, I wasn't expecting the salt to fully liquify(idk if i wrote that correctly) and be able to pour so easly, I tought It would be more dense. Good vid tho, got the like and sub

[noongamezturboz]

Thank You, I was searching for this exact video

[chrisadams]

How strong was it after? Would a hammer break it up?

[eessppeenn]

Why does salt change colour from pre-melted to after melted?
Is it because normally. The salt crystals are small and because of that reflect light one way. But when it solidify after being melted, it crystalizes in one large structure that reflect light differently?
Or does some CO2 from the furnace bind into the liqud salt?

[Resonanttheme]

Those muffin pans are typically coated with teflon nonstick which when overheated isn't good to breathe.

[Aiden-tm]

Salt really made for “cooking” and “baking”

[snapo]

do those ingots disolve again in hot boiling water?

[nibukiyoroi]

mmm hot soup.
thanks for a very to-the-point video

[aamirmarx]

do electrolysis of liquid NaCl and get Sodium Metal.

[Annon]

Liquification temp for salt 3000 f. Noted.

[Mantelar]

How hard is it? I never thought about that.

[TDDP]

Imagine having to sneeze in mid pour 🫗 🤧 🔥

[nagakk]

NaCl sublimate and does not melt.
I wonder what happened here.

[da-bloon-master]

I thought i was crazy for thinking of this yet there are people who has done this before me

[WaitAMinutePause-tp]

so the discolored stuff is the plastics

[mosesmanaka]

What's the properties of molten salt? Does it keep it's heat longer?

[Why_Knott_Me]

I'm watching this video cause professor Brian cox says that heating up sodium will emit light