nezza
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Playing with Potassium
I have some potassium which is getting a bit long in the tooth so I thought I would put it to some use. I wanted to ampoule some under argon and take
some slow motion videos of the metal under various conditions so here they are :-
1. Ampouled potassium
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nezza
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Videos
3 videos of potassium - All at 200fps.
1. Standard reaction with water.
2. Close up of above.
3. Potassium dropped into water under blanket of Argon.
Attachment: K and water standard.mp4 (2.5MB)
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Attachment: K and water close up.mp4 (2.4MB)
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Attachment: K and water under Argon.mp4 (4.6MB)
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Restricted movement.
Finally I thought I would drop some onto wet paper under Argon. Interestingly this still gave some reddish light. Is this the potassium getting red
hot because there is no oxygen in there to make it burn ?.
Attachment: Restricted movement.mp4 (2.9MB)
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