Carbon Worms & How To Use Them (Making Expandable Graphite & Intumescent Fire Barriers) (Patreon)

Carbon Worms & How To Use Them (Making Expandable Graphite & Intumescent Fire Barriers)

Check out my sponsor Brilliant and use this link for 20% off a premium subscription: https://brilliant.org/nighthawk - In this video we make intercalated graphite, useful for making graphite foil, graphene, intumescent fire barriers, superconductors, etc.. In addition to this I compare multiple methods of intumescent fire protection to find out if expandable graphite preforms as well as carbon foam. As a result of my tests in this video: For indoor intumescent fireproofing I recommend using commercially made paints containing ammonium or melamine polyphosphate and pentaerythritol. I have not compared brand names to identify the very best fireproof paint, but several that I believe will provide very good protection are as follows: - Contego Reactive Fire Barrier - Firetect WT-102 - Fireguard E84 - Flameoff Fire Barrier Paint Robert Murray Smith's intercalated graphite playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbQqm4rNo6260cpskAQjb91B15qqP9LBu Thank you to everyone that supports this channel on Patreon! A special thanks to my top patrons: Teague Lasser, Eugene Pakhomov, Evan Hughes, Edward Unthank, and those who have chosen to remain anonymous. Thank you! https://www.patreon.com/NightHawkProjects