Turning Mercury into Toxic Playdough

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 go on a journey to create and experiment with the mythical clay-like copper amalgam while making some ultrafine copper powder and going through a whole character arc with Songping Wu along with having to dump a week of my work. If you enjoyed the video 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 - / amateurchemistry Instagram - / amateurchemistry_ TikTok - / amateur.chemistry 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. 0:00 Intro 4:57 Making ultrafine copper powder from copper sulfate using vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) 15:03 Mercury showcase 16:20 Making copper amalgam 19:29 Experiments with copper amalgam 23:21 Outro #chemistry #experiment #beautiful #demonstration #science #interesting #cool #reaction #mercury #amalgam #copper #clay #toxic Original: “Amateur Chemistry” Original: German. All translations in this video have been done by alugha AI.

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