Not quite sure what the word is....but a mixture of elated, hyper, very creative and generally having fun.
Sparks flying, crucibles full of boiling caustic, and the sweet, tangy, slightly corrosive odor of...success!
Got to sort a better power supply though, so in the meantime I'm contenting myself buggering around with thermite reactions.
Waiting until I have a sufficient constant current power supply for the sodium electrolysis, then I'm going to go for alkali metal alloys, which have some fun properties. Try to produce some potassium, alloy with sodium, the result, NaK alloy, is liquid at room temperature, and a fuckton more reactive than either Na or K. Never seen it done, but apparently it goes off with a hell of a bang if it is allowed to contact water, due I'd think to the increased surface area, being a liquid, allowing it to all react at once.
And I'll yank some lithium out of batteries, as its quicker than electrolysis (not to mention I have no substantial quantity of lithium salts to hand), and try out Li/Na and LiK, perhaps even try production of ternary alloys just to see how they behave, and what uses they might be put to.
Hehe, flicking stray blobs of sodium into the pan of water in the shed/machine shop usually kept for dousing roasting hot brazed stuff/dimping fags out provided much amusement whilst I cleaned up xD
Next stop-attemps at carbothermic reduction of sodium carbonate. I'll produce some fine carbon powder by dousing sugar in concentrated sulfuric acid, which dehydrates the everloving bejeezis out of the sugar, resulting in a big lump of carbon. Mix with carbonate after cleansing of excess acid, and light the fucker up like thermite in a can. Messy for sure, but apparently it can be done.
