Making Bakelite Part 1
Added 2017-04-19 23:55:43 +0000 UTCThis prep has been split into two videos. The second will be posted at the same time.
It turned out to be a way bigger project than I expected, but I am happy how it turned out.
The next video is making nylon 6,6 , which will be posted to Patreon on Friday.
Comments
Can you send me a message and outline how you made the galalith? What i found was pretty limited. Just separate the casein, dry it and potentially soak it in formaldehyde?
Nile Red
2017-04-24 19:56:13 +0000 UTCYeah I set out to make bakelite and instead I made galalith. BTW galalith would be a nice way to combine your videos about polymers with the one about milk chemistry.
Silviu T
2017-04-24 19:33:31 +0000 UTCmmm the nice taste of phenol and formaldehyde
Nile Red
2017-04-24 16:02:26 +0000 UTCConsidering that at the time I was winning national awards for high school chemistry, they didn't really care about the ceiling. My mother did care about some cheese that she had out on the table when that happened and which she had to throw away because cheese with a coating of phenol and formaldehyde is not a good meal.
Silviu T
2017-04-23 23:48:59 +0000 UTCIm not sure. it might bubble even more
Nile Red
2017-04-21 19:00:24 +0000 UTCim sure your parents were super happy
Nile Red
2017-04-21 19:00:05 +0000 UTCBakelite was how I learned about exothermic reactions, and superheated fluids. :) I was about 13 or 14 and I was doing this in my parent's kitchen in a test tube using the gas stove as a heat source. Long story short, most of the bakelite ended up on the ceiling in a lovely spotted pattern.
Silviu T
2017-04-21 17:45:13 +0000 UTCWhat would happen if you put the Bakelite under a vacuum while it was curing?
Dawnbandit
2017-04-20 20:09:01 +0000 UTCExactly, it looks like many of the aspects are to enable doing a large batch, and to enable it to gravity-flow directly into a prepared mold.
Paul Grodt
2017-04-20 06:44:09 +0000 UTCLet me know if you decide to build it! You can probably make it way less complicated too.
Nile Red
2017-04-20 05:22:53 +0000 UTCHey!!!! You did the thing I was asking about, and it came out AMAZING! Thank you!! I don't suppose you came across details about the Bakelizer in your research, did you? I'm a little tempted to build a small one. Looking at the photos and scanning through the patents I've read so far, I suspect it's just a pressure vessel with feedthroughs for stirring, heating, and possibly adding additional ingredients midway through the process. If so, I think I can handle it by adding some overpressure rings to my vacuum setup. But I'll keep reading.
Paul Grodt
2017-04-20 04:50:39 +0000 UTCWe've all been there. Taco Bell is in business for a reason. Bakelite wasn't phased out of use it was just used as filler in Doritos Locos Tacos.
The Gayest Person on Patreon
2017-04-20 01:53:27 +0000 UTCha no problem. Also yeah, reading that over, it makes me sound like a toddler who eats anything.
Nile Red
2017-04-20 01:23:22 +0000 UTC"If somebody randomly gave me this and said nothing, I'd probably try to eat it." Hahaha at least you're honest! I really enjoy your videos as they fill in a LOT of gaps in my organic chem knowledge especially with the electron stuff included in the equations. That helps more than you may think!
The Gayest Person on Patreon
2017-04-20 01:19:56 +0000 UTC
