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Hydrides
Is it possible to make a metal hydride such as sodium or aluminum hydride at home without expensive equipment?
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Hydrogen gas source and molten sodium should produce sodium hydride.
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I have seen members do surprising things on shoestring budgets- Not saying it's impossible to make such things in an amateur home lab, but it is not a
beginner's project. (Not a beginner who works in their family home and is nervous about living outdoors after hospital release & some new scar
tissue, anyhow...)
| Quote: | | Hydrogen gas source and molten sodium should produce sodium hydride. |
Yes. It should... Perhaps with a bit of energy released? And some interesting side reactions after containment is breached to atmosphere?!
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Quote: Originally posted by Bert  |
| Quote: | | Hydrogen gas source and molten sodium should produce sodium hydride. |
Yes. It should... Perhaps with a bit of energy released? And some interesting side reactions after containment is breached to atmosphere?!
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Well, I didnt provide a procedure, but it is definitely something that should be done under an inert atmosphere and with adequate forethought.
Hydrides in general carry a risk of fire on their own, let alone during their formation. Not to mention the hydrogen gas flow...
I think I read on this very forum a user mention storage of potassium hydride in the Southern United States a guaranteed fire.
Also, there was a thread not to long ago about making sodium borohydride starting from sodium by making the hydride and then reacting with methyl
borate. I dont know how reliable the poster was, but its worth a forum search.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Loptr | | Quote: Originally posted by Bert |
| Quote: | | Hydrogen gas source and molten sodium should produce sodium hydride. |
Yes. It should... Perhaps with a bit of energy released? And some interesting side reactions after containment is breached to atmosphere?!
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Well, I didnt provide a procedure, but it is definitely something that should be done under an inert atmosphere and with adequate forethought.
Hydrides in general carry a risk of fire on their own, let alone during their formation. Not to mention the hydrogen gas flow...
I think I read on this very forum a user mention storage of potassium hydride in the Southern United States a guaranteed fire.
Also, there was a thread not to long ago about making sodium borohydride starting from sodium by making the hydride and then reacting with methyl
borate. I dont know how reliable the poster was, but its worth a forum search. |
Yeah, I saw something about that on Wikipedia, and that's sorta what I wanted to make. The methyl borate is the easy part, but it's much harder to
make the sodium hydride.
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I would imagine the hydride would be more difficult than the ester.
One of our members has a video on YT about methyl borate.
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