Getting Nitrites from Curing Salt to Outsmart Chemical Bans

Duration: 8:08

Nitrites are a vital group of chemicals that are sadly becoming more and more restricted. Alkyl nitrites like amyl nitrite or isobutyl nitrite have been banned for decades, due to their abuse as recreational drugs, and more recently, legislators have started taking aim at sodium nitrite. So today, I'll be showing how to get nitrites from commonly-available meat curing salt...something a ban will probably never touch! Want to support LabCoatz? Of course you do! Feel free to join my Patreon here, or simply donate using the PayPal link: https://www.patreon.com/LabCoatz https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/labcoatz WARNING: although legal, the chemicals featured in this video are potentially hazardous if mishandled. Sodium nitrite is toxic if ingested, hydrochloric acid is corrosive, and organic nitrites may be harmful if inhaled. Toxic gases (nitrogen oxides) are also formed during the synthesis of isopropyl nitrite. 0:00 Intro...bans are dumb 0:51 Nitrites: next to be banned? 1:42 Curing salt to the rescue! 1:57 Extracting the sodium nitrite 2:20 Just use the curing salt! 2:43 Making isopropyl nitrite...from curing salt 5:03 Attempt 2: Complete dissolution 5:49 Attempt 3: Nitrite concentrating 6:15 Yield: surprisingly viable! 6:41 Burn test 7:22 What's next? 7:43 Conclusion