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Mineral oil, paraffin oil, and kerosene are typically used.
Aga, it's something everyone should have at least once during this hobby. You can also use it for drying solvents, as a reducing agent for a variety
of functional groups, sodium alkoxides, etc., etc., or just drop it in water and watch it pop!
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Sodium metal is definitely a thing you should have. It's not quite on the level of sulfuric acid or sodium hydroxide, but it's extremely useful.
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Obligatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btvQdW4fXJE
Really useful way to dispense and use sodium metal. Courtesy of myst32YT.
(How I wish he was still making videos. sigh.)
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Be careful making wire, though. Wear thick gloves because you can poke yourself, and I can't imagine what it would be like to have a piece of sodium
metal embedded into your hand. I would imagine it would be pretty close to hell.
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Thanks for the sodium extrusion video,
based on the video I just ordered a similar extruder but screw-driven
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/19-Discs-Clay-Fimo-Extruder-Craft-Gu...
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That looks a lot more durable than the one in the video. I would probably go with this one, personally. I might have to start making sodium wire and
selling it.
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