Making cesium and distilling it in my homemade still

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[AdvancedTinkering]

I improved my technique dramatically and was able to get a perfect vial without cesium sticking to the glass.

[Chyrosran]

As much as I don't want anyone making this in my lab, this does look exceptionally cool xD .

[EliasExperiments]

Wow that was a really beatiful video! Thank you for sharing all the things you have learned with this synthesis! As far as I know using 1.5 equivalents of Li can improve the yield quite a bit.

[oak_meadow]

Amazing and beautiful! You have great talent… The Cesium Whisperer!😊

[frankhaese_DrHaeseGroup]

Well done and exciting demonstration. It is funny to read the comments of the other chemistry youtuber´s who are clearly impressed and inspired of your excellent work.

[zaijal]

That 9:50-12:50 part was beautiful to watch

[markdoolan]

Buy a band saw and coil for cutting thick 2mm+ metal, that might help.
Also when using thread tape start at the bottom of the thread and work your way up.
Little tricks here and there can help 🤗




P.s
Oh and lastly my heart was beating so fast when I seen the vacuum set up 🥶 hmm maybe secure the tube to the collection flask a little bit more ...

[LFTRnow]

An idea that might be worth a try is to cool the spout. That should stop it from overheating and cracking the glass. A lot of ideas come to mind. Simplest would probably be to attach aluminum fins (ie an electronic heatsink) and blow air on it. Better would probably be to wrap the output in a coil which you pump cool water through. Since it stays liquid down to about 30 C, it doesn't have to be very hot to flow as a liquid.

[lllllll]

Outstanding video, great cinematography! TY!

[colin]

Very cool, bud. I read about caesium auride on wikipedia and was hoping someone would actually make it

[Skunkhunt_]

Lovely! Thanks for doing and sharing! Soo beautiful

[bpark]

You should use an excess of CsCl in the initial reaction. That way, ALL the lithium is consumed & can't distill over.

[horatiumoldovan]

little accident involving Cs is quite big... didn't even watch the whole video yet (but certainly will since I'm into accidents)

[udobehner]

i think the cheapest cesium source may be cesium formate solution which available by the metric ton for about euro 100.- a kg as heavy liquid for oil and gas drilling from that i would produce cesium alum as the most badliest soluble alum reduce the crap with magnesium powder and destill off the cesium of course after all the crystal water etc. is gone vapor pressure of magnesium and cesium or aluminium should be different enough to seperate them in high vacuum and save on lithium you should be able to make a high purity cesium metal with the desired golden color I once bought a nice size cesium vial which i liked to hold in the hand until completely melted and then see the crystallisation The guy y I bought it from got it from a customs auction as customs had confiscated the cesium from some very smart smugglers.

[THYZOID]

Nice! How did you make the glass distillation setup? I planned to make my own cesium soon and your setup looks safe and convenient.

[mr_b]

I’m done watching everyone play their ampules of cesium. I want my own 😂

[LFTRnow]

I'm wondering if sodium instead of lithium would work (and perhaps work better?). Even though sodium still has to be made rather than bought, there are ways of making it comparatively cheaply thanks to Nurdrage's methods. It uses a Li starter, then after that a sodium starter. The yield is quite good. Alternately, you could build a sodium electrolysis cell (using either NaOH or NaCl). I wonder how well the Cs reaction would work using Na to displace Cs from CsCl?

[michaelmolter]

Look up triclamp fittings. Super cheap, stainless, go together with clamps. You could make the whole vessel open in the middle easily. Glacier tanks has been my cheapest source. Don’t look on McMaster, sooo expensive for triclamp.

[ifonlyeverything]

Great video, really enjoyed watch that. And what a coincidence, I was also reading about Stern-Gerlach setups last week. Out of curiosity -- are you a scientist by profession or are you self taught?

[catcam]

Just subscribed ! Thanks for great content !