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MnO2 from dead battery
Can I get MnO2 from dead carbon-zinc battery or I need newly bought batteries?
I will purify MnO2 with water to dissolve ammonium chloride then I will decant mno2.
[Edited on 2-7-2010 by Random]
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What about buying pyrolusite ore? This would be cheaper/
Or dissolve scrap manganese steel in acid, then use bleach.
A battery is a really poor and messy source.
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Quote: Originally posted by Random  | Can I get MnO2 from dead carbon-zinc battery or I need newly bought batteries?
I will purify MnO2 with water to dissolve ammonium chloride then I will decant mno2.
[Edited on 2-7-2010 by Random] |
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| Quote: Originally posted by Random | Can I get MnO2 from dead carbon-zinc battery or I need newly bought batteries?
I will purify MnO2 with water to dissolve ammonium chloride then I will decant mno2.
[Edited on 2-7-2010 by Random] |
Random, search this board: this has been discussed numerous times here and entire procedures have been published on this board re. batteries and MnO2,
notably by honourable member 'DerAlte'.
The problem is that the battery gunge contains not only MnO2 and some salts but also very considerable quantities (30+ %) of very fine
graphite. Separating the black MnO2 from the equally black graphite requires dissolving the gunge in strong HCl and that process generates
much chlorine. Nothing a backyard chemist can't handle but you need to be aware
of it to handle it...
Look it up before you do anything else!
Spent batteries are just fine.
[Edited on 3-7-2010 by blogfast25]
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You can buy generally poor grade MnO2 from pottery stores.
Battery MnO2, with a bit of experience, is a neat little satisfying procedure. My home made is still the best on my shelf 
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| Quote: Originally posted by blogfast25 | | Quote: Originally posted by Random | Can I get MnO2 from dead carbon-zinc battery or I need newly bought batteries?
I will purify MnO2 with water to dissolve ammonium chloride then I will decant mno2.
[Edited on 2-7-2010 by Random] |
Random, search this board: this has been discussed numerous times here and entire procedures have been published on this board re. batteries and MnO2,
notably by honourable member 'DerAlte'.
The problem is that the battery gunge contains not only MnO2 and some salts but also very considerable quantities (30+ %) of very fine
graphite. Separating the black MnO2 from the equally black graphite requires dissolving the gunge in strong HCl and that process generates
much chlorine. Nothing a backyard chemist can't handle but you need to be aware
of it to handle it...
Look it up before you do anything else!
Spent batteries are just fine.
[Edited on 3-7-2010 by blogfast25] |
Thanks for the thread suggestions, I will read them. I searched the board but didn't find anything. But, in the dead battery is Mn2O3 as I see from
wikipedia, not MnO2 
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MnO2 is added to precast concrete pavers and bricks or blocks to give them a dark gray color. So if you want some MnO2, you could try finding a
precast concrete company that makes such concrete pavers and bricks.
(They also add Fe2O3 (hematite) to concrete mixes to impart a dark orange or terracotta or bright red color, FeO(OH) (limonite) and/or CdS to give a
yellow color, basic Cu(II) carbonate (malachite) to give a green color. I am not sure what they could use for a blue color, but possibilities would be
another basic Cu(II) carbonate (azurite), or CoO.).
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