I Extracted Cobalt Metal from Red Bull’s B12 (Here’s What Happened) - Video

In this video we find a very unlikely connection between Red Bull and cobalt metal. As most know by now, Red Bull obtains most of its energetic feeling through its caffeine and sugar; however, hiding deep inside in its Vitamin B12 form, methylcobalamin lies an atom of cobalt.
Join me as we explore how to extract cobalt from Red Bull by breaking down the Vitamin B12 molecule and transforming the cobalt ions into pure metallic cobalt. We are going to walk through a process, step by step, including the chemical digestion of B12 with aqua regia, precipitation of cobalt, and a thermite reaction that reduces the cobalt oxide to its metallic form.
During this video, you will learn the following:
In this video, you will learn:
How Red Bull’s Vitamin B12 contains cobalt at its center
The scientific principles behind extracting cobalt from a small amount of B12
A detailed, step-by-step breakdown of the chemical reactions involved
How powerful reactions, such as thermite, can be used to reduce cobalt oxide to metal
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:55 Scaling Up: The Quantity Challenge
03:21 Preparing the Mixture: Combining Red Bull and Vitamin B12
04:46 Is Consuming This Much Vitamin B12 Dangerous?
06:16 Chemical Digestion: Breaking Down the Corrin Ring
09:47 Importance of Complete Digestion
10:20 Filtering and Reducing the Volume
11:12 Transferring to a Volumetric Flask
11:26 Why Use a Volumetric Flask?
12:04 Determining Cobalt Concentration: Molarity and Moles
12:28 Understanding Moles and Molarity
13:50 Calculating the Moles of Cobalt
16:45 Using MP-AES to Measure Cobalt Concentration
18:08 Preparing Calibration Standards
20:28 Analyzing the Calibration Standards on the MP-AES
21:46 Analyzing Our Sample
23:28 Cobalt Precipitation and Calcination
24:24 Precipitation Using Sodium Hydroxide
25:54 Filtering and Washing the Precipitate
26:44 Calcination: Converting Cobalt Hydroxide to Cobalt Oxide
27:52 Preparing for Reduction: The Thermite Reaction
30:40 Inspecting the Results

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