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4th attempt at making liquid alkali metal thermometer (Patreon)

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2014-04-20 15:31:33
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Hi Patrons, private video of efforts to make a liquid metal thermometer. -I'm all but certain I can get his to work eventually- but deep down I feel I will have to do it under high vacuum conditions (which I dont currently have access to). The ultimate goal is to get a Cesium/ potassium alloy filling. This would have the largest liquid range of any metal thermometer. :-)

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4th attempt at nak thermometer

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Anonymous

Wow. I hope you get it to work.

Anonymous

Maybe heat the NaK metal so it rises up the tube, driving out the argon/hexane and then seal the tube. As the metal cools (if the seal is good) you have your vacuum.

Anonymous

How big is the tube? It was described as capillary, meaning if you stick one end in blood it will suck it all the way up instantly. They are hair-thin on the inside. This looks much thicker, an "ordinary" tube. You could blow in it. (Also, isn't tension between the glass and liquid the whole point of a capillary tube? It might be made to enhance that effect!) Why would the metal stick to glass?

Anonymous
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Hmm, I do recall that that is similar to how a man-made vacuum was first created! This is very very light metal, though, and Hg is heavy. Using its own expansion, at near its limit (due to the glass melting point) would certainly give enough room (for expansion) for effective use. So why does argon mess it up, that it requires a vacuum?