Making potassium simple method

[weeeman]

I was looking around at a few methds of making potassium but people seem to say that it is too hard to do at home.

I stumbled upon this youtube video (

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It's seems a simple method and does not need extreme heat or any expencive catalysts.

Please take a look and tell me if this would work, i have not tried it yet.

[elementcollector1]

I was looking around at a few methds of making potassium but people seem to say that it is too hard to do at home.

I stumbled upon this youtube video (

)

It's seems a simple method and does not need extreme heat or any expencive catalysts.

Please take a look and tell me if this would work, i have not tried it yet.

 

Did you forget about the tert-butanol? I haven't found a pure source of that for anything under $30.

[weeeman]

good point but it still looks a nice method.

Making potassium would be a lot better than buying it.

[elementcollector1]

good point but it still looks a nice method.

Making potassium would be a lot better than buying it.

 

True, but HMS-Beagle offers a few grams for about $12...

But they're not shiny, metallic pearls.

I've been trying to make and purify KOH for a while... not much success.

So far I've tried:

 

2-cell electrolysis (filter-paper salt bridge)

Taking it directly out of batteries (yellow solution, might be able to recrystallize)

 

I hope the yellow solution is, in fact, KOH. It's supposed to be, according to the MSDS for a Duracell.