Making Violuric Acid: One of The Most Colorful Chemicals on Earth

Duration: 7:57

A few months ago, one of my sponsors sent me a sample of barbituric acid. I didn’t know what to do with it at first, but after doing some research, I learned that it could be used to make violuric acid: a chemical notorious for its extremely colorful compounds. So in today’s video, I’ll be making a small amount of this acid to see just how colorful its salts truly are. Want to support LabCoatz? Then feel free to join my Patreon page! It literally costs less that a cup of coffee: https://www.patreon.com/LabCoatz Don't want to pay monthly and just want to be a one-time supporter? Then follow this link to donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/labcoatz Want quality glassware at an affordable price? Check out CELL Supplies! If you're into hobby or professional chemistry, I definitely recommend them: https://www.cell-supplies.com/ Need hydrochloric or nitric acid (especially in bulk)? Be sure to check out the excellent selection found at Alchemie Labs: https://alchemielabs.com/ A special thanks to @BackYardScience2000 for donating some of his chemicals to my channel! If you ever need specialty reagents, like acetic anhydride or phosphorus pentoxide, be sure to check out his eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/backyardscience2000 Official BYS2K inventory list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rCVAw273OwY7_gYJlgQ2q1RvEElIIN91y0Is0QkdxjI/edit?usp=drivesdk 0:00 Intro 0:30 A brief warning 0:45 Making sodium violurate 2:03 Converting the violurate to violuric acid 2:32 Precipitating the product 3:12 Colorful violurate chem 5:27 How strong are the colors? 6:16 Thanking my sponsors 7:32 More coming soon!