Preparation of Synthetic Ultramarine Blue

Ultramarine Blue is prepared using Kaolin, Sodium Carbonate, Sulfur, and Carbon utilizing the resources of Lake Tahoe Community College’s Chemistry and Art departments.


➤Music by Dr. Spaceship and the Underwater Fishes (this music isn’t published yet unto itself, but I wanted some music in here and I decided to use some projects I’m currently working on).
Credits: Grace Weber (Alto Saxophone), Rigney Miller (Bass, Drums, Keyboards) and Rob Sablotny (Guitar).
The tunes:
Apres Ski Jam (Miller/Weber)
Halloween Jam (Miller)
Chifunkyhuahua (Miller)


➤Lake Tahoe Community College: http://www.ltcc.edu




➤Report on the project: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JNSv...




➤Works Cited:
Woodbridge, R. (1949) Ultramarine – An Inorganic Preparation. J. Chem. Educ. 1949, 26, 10, 552. https://doi.org/10.1021/ed026p552


Wang, et al. (2020) A systematic study of the synthesis conditions of blue and green ultramarine pigments via the reclamation of the industrial zeolite wastes and agricultural rice husks. 2020 Apr; 27(10):10910-10924. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-07624-8.


Hamerton et al. (2013) A Systematic Examination of Colour Development in Synthetic Ultramarine According to Historical Methods. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone....


Rejmak, P. (2018) Structural, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Ultramarine Pigments: A DFT Insight. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122(51) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b...


Hansen, T. Digital Fire EPK analysis https://digitalfire.com/material/291


Chapters:
0:00 Intro and Explanation
3:40 Reduction Firing
7:45 Removing Reduced Product
9:04 Oxidation Firing
10:29 Sulfur Burning During Oxidation Fire
12:28 Blue Stuff!
13:53 Photos of the Products