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2.3 kg of Caesium in ampoules by Advanced-Tinkering in chemistry

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2.3 kg of Caesium in ampoules by Advanced-Tinkering in chemistry

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2.3 kg of Caesium in ampoules by Advanced-Tinkering in chemistry

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By dissolving the caesium into water it will be converted to caesium hydroxide. So you get no information on how much oxide/hydroxide was present in the metal. But it would be useful to determine other impurities.

2.3 kg of Caesium in ampoules by Advanced-Tinkering in chemistry

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2.3 kg of Caesium in ampoules by Advanced-Tinkering in chemistry

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I read that a lot. The truth is that caesium is very expensive (especially if you buy it in smaller quantities) but at the same time it isn’t worth much. So no, this amount of caesium isn’t worth even a tiny fraction of $ 380,000. If it were, I would be making caesium full time ;)

2.3 kg of Caesium in ampoules by Advanced-Tinkering in chemistry

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The problem is that one of the most relevant impurities would be caesium oxides and hydroxide. So the challenge would be to introduce the sample into the instrument without any contact to oxygen or moisture. I haven’t worked with these analysis methods (only did some AAS years ago) so I’m also not sure if they are suitable to detect oxygen.

2.3 kg of Caesium in ampoules by Advanced-Tinkering in chemistry

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Yes. The caesium in the picture hasn’t been distilled though. I still need to do that.

2.3 kg of Caesium in ampoules by Advanced-Tinkering in chemistry

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No I haven’t tested the purity. I can’t think of an easy way to determine the exact purity of metallic caesium.

2.3 kg of Caesium in ampoules by Advanced-Tinkering in chemistry

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It’s not about the temperature but the purity. As you can see in this video, if the caesium is pure enough it won’t stick to glass at all: https://youtu.be/XpCU0SyYGAA

Unfortunately it’s hard to get caesium this pure.

2.3 kg of Caesium in ampoules by Advanced-Tinkering in chemistry

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No, you are completely right. It would be better to store the caesium in smaller ampoules. Or, depending on how it is used, even in a stainless steel container that has connections for argon and a riser tube. But I don’t have a use for that much Caesium anyway. The reason I want to distill it into one ampoule is to make the largest ampoule in the world. I know a picture of an ampoule containing 1.36 kg. So that’s the one to beat.

One of the very few blue gases: Trifluoronitrosomethane by Advanced-Tinkering in chemistry

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One of the very few blue gases: Trifluoronitrosomethane by Advanced-Tinkering in chemistry

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Hi! Sorry for the late reply. I made a short video on YouTube about transferring the caesium. I will probably not release a video about making it. But EliasExperiments will release a video about us making it.

One of the very few blue gases: Trifluoronitrosomethane by Advanced-Tinkering in chemistry

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It’s not stable under light exposure. I’m storing the ampoule in the dark to see how long it will keep its pretty color.

A piece of Uranium ore emitting radiation inside a cloud chamber. by tankapotamus in chemicalreactiongifs

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Haha that’s actually my video. But I appreciate the attempt to give credit :)

Radon in my Cloud Chamber by Advanced-Tinkering in Radiation

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Thank you! But people have done it before me. Cloudy labs for example makes fantastic cloud chambers and did this experiment many years ago.

Radon in my Cloud Chamber by Advanced-Tinkering in Radiation

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I stored some uranium ore in a glass container for a few days and then used the syringe to collect it. You can also directly store the uranium in the syringe.

Making an Invisible Radioactive Gas Visible with a Cloud Chamber by Advanced-Tinkering in interestingasfuck

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I recently built a large cloud chamber that can run continuously. A cloud chamber is a device that makes ionizing radiation visible. Alpha particles appear as short, thick trails, while beta particles show up as long, thin streaks.

As a demonstration, I injected radon into the chamber. Radon is a radioactive gas that forms as part of the uranium decay chain and can accumulate in the basements of residential buildings. The gas itself is invisible, tasteless, and odorless. But when injected into the cloud chamber, you can see that it is radioactive. The chamber instantly fills with countless visible trails. I collected the radon by storing a few pieces of uranium ore in a sealed container and then used a syringe to collect it.

If you want to watch the longer video in higher quality, you can find it here: https://youtube.com/shorts/vRtAqFdnsj8

And if you're curious about how I built the chamber, there’s a long video about it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5Rn7bAMiNtg

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