Lab Notes - Testing Alternative Catalysts for Making Sodium - September 21st 2018

In this video we explore a bit of chemistry of the catalyst and verify that primary alcohols can't work and that some sort of catalyst i necessary.

Tea tree oil is found to have lackluster but still promising potential as a catalyst.



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