Introduction: How to Make Sodium Metal
Just to have fun
Step 1: Ingredients
You'll need 8 grams of sodium hydroxide and 5 grams of magnesium. Powder both of the substances up and mix them together.
Step 2: Lighting and Conserving
Light it up with a blow torch. To stop the flames cover it with the lid and then let it die out. Now then you'll have small nuggets of sodium metal. to conserve it you just need to put it in mineral oil.

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9 Comments
7 years ago on Introduction
Interesting. It would add some clarity to the instructable if you showed the chemical reaction formula. You know, this plus this gives you this.
8 years ago on Introduction
COMPLETELY SAFE!
But seriously though, that's pretty cool.
Reply 8 years ago
thankyou
8 years ago on Introduction
Now make a way to make energy with this or just make a bomb :)
Reply 8 years ago
The reaction with water makes a lot hydrogen.
Reply 8 years ago on Introduction
Then make a hidrogen engine.
Reply 8 years ago
The only problem is that of you put the reaction in a closed space it will blow up.
8 years ago
just to clarify, sodium hydroxide is lye
Reply 8 years ago
or drain cleaner