How To Make Synthetic Ruby In The Workshop 

Thanks so much for the channel shout out! Beautiful work!

Nice find!

Could it be used in jewelery making?

Kudos to you NHiL for giving ElementalMaker the recognition upfront. Subbed.

Nice results! I was wondering if similar results might be achievable by using inductive heating. While not sure if it would be possible with the raw materials or even with a premade ruby using an arc. But if possible, you might be able to get a more pure result, assuming this causes less carbon to leach into the ruby. Alternatively, would this method work, you might be able to draw a crystal from the molten puddle using a small slice of premade ruby. All aside, since this is based on a lot of assumptions and only a few reasonable concepts, this will probably fail miserably.

Ah sorry! Hate when that happens with what I'm working on. If it helps, these rubies are probably full of bubbles, and definitely nothing close to being a single crystal. If you can make them of a better quality that would definitely be worth while! Or just make sapphire of a different color and that's novel enough

@@Nighthawkinlight No worries it was a great video! Honestly, this mostly confirms some of what I'd been planning and tinkering with. I think I can still make a video which will add to the collection of knowledge rather than just being the same thing and build on it. Partly waiting for my friend to be out of an NDA so we can use a plasma torch to do this, beyond just using flames for the classic process, and we were going for as perfect ruby of a ruby as possible. Currently our issue was our torch was actually too good and liquefied large chunks of the kiln (which was made of proper fire brick). I think melting a fire brick is a solid achievement XD. So we're scaling that down and tightening it up the system. Also ya we've got all the stuff for doing a variety of colors, and were going to start on sapphires as soon as we got the base process working. I have a whole box of different oxides to try. Can do blue sapphire for sure and was also looking into some of the more exotic colors. We actually made some using a laser cutter to start with which I thought was neat.

@@thethoughtemporium can we expect a deathstar Laser? Huge fan of your hardcore scienceing! Keep up the great work man!

Just subbed to you, I definitely want to see your version of making rubies

@@Nighthawkinlight Could the bubbles be eliminated / a consistent crystal be created with a hydraulic press while heating the mixture?

I didnt understand a word in that so its kinda obvious im not smart enough to be here

@@Carlos-mt8jh it's not that you're not smart enough, it's that you don't have the necessary knowledge to decipher what you're reading :)

@@nathangek thats kinda what i said but smart mode

Shrek Wazoski not at all man, intelligence =/= knowledge! I’m sure if you spent time you could learn all of this

@@Carlos-mt8jh Give yourself more credit- most people don't come across those word in technical books, much less conversation. I only knew boules were from a gemstone book I got when I was a kid, and from that only a very rough illustration of a chunk of something round on a stick.

So it is far too amorphous to call a true ruby, which is far more crystalline in nature?

When you drop aluminum oxide powder thru vernieul thing and get micro rubies can you throw those micro rubies in the flux pressure temp chamber thing? Like a mix of the two different styles

Hey why don't you try using water when grinding your "Ruby" like lapidary uses. Sul. carbide is harder than corrundum and has been used for years to shape Ruby.

Wait till u find out they grew as trees

But not really any economical values for those who think they now will make a huge amount of money on this.

I guess he kept the human sacrifices out of the video to make it youtube friendly.

N- Wait that the alchemical rule for philosopher stone First metaks then white black red HE MADE İT!!!!

The first stage. It still has to go through a liquid stage and change colors a few times, then be recrystallized. Still pretty impressive, not many alchemists get this far

The “philosophers” stone is really just gold ultra purified (usually a finite powder like flour) and was cooked into bread and other foods for the rich. It’s not actually a stone like the one seen in Harry Potter and because of that movie people believe it’s a stone. But the philosophers stone was gold itself. Just gold. Nothing else. In order to get NOTHING but gold it’s gotta damn near be a powder

Full metal alchemist joke Me likey

With special guest Mcgyver.

that may be a bit much, but I mean... a commodore 64 would probably be able to get you there though

@@PilkScientist funnily enough, I've been working on a z80 emulator and although it's a bit more versatile than the 6502 in the c64 I might have a go at writing some basic mars landing software for it. Always up for an unrealistically hard challenge!

@@KingJellyfishII it's apparently about the power NASA landed with, so hey you can't go too wrong. The lunar lander's code and sequence is out there and slightly documented for your use, as well, though of course it's all proprietary to AGC systems.

I'm pretty sure you're supposed to use a pencil sharpener, a potato, and two hairs from the back of a cat that walks on two legs.

I believe Grant made one from a microwave several years back

flweep 1 Step 1/2: Ask my mom for her credit card so I can buy an arc welder

Ugh...chained fetch quests.

King of Random: Two microwave transformers = ArcWelder ElementAL Maker: ArcWelder + Gemstone ingredients = Gemstone You: Use Nobel Gas to make it more pure... Me: Where is the DIY nobel gas arcwelder video?

"Oh dang. What is it dawg? I forgot it's Mothers Day. Didn't get a gift for her. Other plans got in the way. She'll be so disappointed. Damn I forgot it too. This could have been avoided. What the hell are we gonna do?"

When I was 3 I chomped down on a shiny red glass thing. It looked really good, but tasted like blood.

I believe it would be more brilliant once it's cut

you're probably hungry

Fun fact: If you add sugar it makes ruby candy, as opposed of rock candy. I am not responsible for your health.

Because it’s so tasty

It will not look especially good since its not a crystal but glass.

The main problem is that's quite evidently full of gas inclusions, that's the main problem of those DIY methods. To heat the crucible from the external was the correct method, but you have to do that for hours, and at the same time make it vibrating, to get rid of the inclusions.

Impressive Bryan! How long roughly did it take to "bake" the powder into a ruby with your furnace?

I have a devil-forge furnace and crucibles wonder if this would be possible to do in larger ammounts.

What temperature did you use?

@@kimmy9695 I don't have an exact temp. It was before temperature guns. I had used a coil type heating element the kind used in ceramics kilns. Had the entire thing buried in a pile of sand to further insulate. And since I powered the element by plugging it directly into 220 power. With no thermostatic control. It went until the element failed. Guessing about 10 hours. I left it sit untouched for a couple days as I didn't want any thermal shock to destroy any crystals if any were to form.

Was that what highschool was like back when I eas 2 my highschool didn't even get past titrations😊

*elemental

true but he's not as good as either one imo

Your name is almost very appropriate for this video.

You forgot ThisOldTony.

That is not the correct usage of brainchild, but I get what u mean fam

Early alchemists laid the groundwork for a lot of chemistry.and yes they'd be very impressed

i wish to focus my intent into a sythethic stone and use it for spellcraft

they would have tortured you trying to get you to give up the info on turning lead into gold. lol.

When i told my friend i was going to try this he looked at me dead in the face and said " your a hairy wizard.

@@guyfawkes3240 Is that a play on, "you're a wizard, Harry!"?

So did it work did you get your ruby

I seen Jimmy Neutron do it, so I'm sure it's possible. 😆 I mean he's a boy genius..

Use peanut butter

Hia Max)))))))))))

@@thecoolguy1233 i see you are a can of multure

people have already been making synthetic diamonds for years they are more pure than mined diamonds as well

We need a mig that uses SiO2 wire

Literally the reason I came to the comments was to see if anyone had suggested this!

Tig sounds like the best process that dousnt require making specialized equipment.

the tungsten does melt and would contaminate the mix

Exactly what i was thinking exept in a argon filled presure chamber

If you want to see cut synthetic ruby, visit your local jewelry shop.

@@heyhoe168 Classic

How much might They pay for a Ruby made this way?

@@Max_Le_Groom not too much I'm sure. I wouldn't do it for the monetary value, but the sentimental value.

@@Max_Le_Groom you could probably get jack shit for it.

@@Baitrix1 Bigger, but still amorphous.

Really need vacuum to manage the temperatures involved. I wonder if you started with a rod you could use a moving melt zone to create a monocrystal instead of pulling a boule from a melt pool.

Oh hey there!

So what you’re saying then is they made ruby glass?

Been interested in the Verneuil method since I was a little kid, and learned that this french chemist found a way to make rubies.

Well this technique is easy. But finding said technique was not. ElementalMaker made a great job in finding it

yeah, let me just get my everyday house tool, the ark welder, out for this one... i guess it's somewhere next to the CNC router and my electric whisk

@@TheWorldEnd2 everyone who has a shed with tools has an arc welder.

@@awesomefacepalm not even close.

@@MrTarfu every man who has a shed with tools has an arc welder* No just joking. But they're not that expensive really. A basic one goes for around 100$ which is the same as a decent screwdriver.

Keep watching videos, maybe someday someone will do so. What was produced in this video was not a ruby.

*Poltergust G-00 intensifies*

I know, precious gems all over the place what a mess

Ruby Rod Lasers? Are those like... Lasers shooting out of a flamboyant hair-tunnel while Bruce Willis tears stuff up?

@@scottcantdance804 : You almost got it! But no. Ruby rod as in a cylindrical ruby with one end silvered completely and the other end partially mirrored and excited by a xenon flash lamp to make the first laser.

@@danbhakta yeah, I prefer my Fifth Element reference to your explanation.

Theodore Maiman's early laser used a powerful energy source (xenon lamp) to excite atoms in a synthetic ruby to higher energy levels. At a specific energy level, some atoms emitted particles of light called photons. These newly created photons struck other atoms, rapidly stimulating the emission of more identical photons and amplifying the light intensity. Maiman was able to continue this process of stimulated emission and amplification by placing a completely reflecting silver mirror on one end of the model and a partially reflecting silver mirror on the other. This setup enabled photons to bounce back and forth between the mirrors until they gained enough intensity to burst through the partially silvered end as a powerful, coherent, beam of light--the first working laser prototype.

Isn't it funny. You'll go to some channel you think is obscure and you'll see familiar names in the comments.

Not sure about that. Have you checked out Applied Science. Tech Ingredients also does some seriously incredible shit. Those two especially must be certified geniuses. The breadth of knowledge is incredible. NileRed is good for chemistry too, I'm not even going to get into radio and electronics. Though the first two I mentioned piss around pretty much with everything. But there are just so many serious quality creators, half buried in all the mind numbing stultifying dross that is the majority. But yes, NightHawkinLight is a must sub.

Don‘t forget Codys Lab! His videos aren‘t that polished up but the science is awesome! Sadly RU-vid doesn’t like him because of the pipebombs, uranium and shit

oh my god you must be the most uneducated , UN-informed, ignorant cave man who's been living in a shoe box to make a comment like that !

I think that makes you advanced, rather than simple 🤷 The simple man would watch an interview with a celebrity about their relationships or something.

@@odw32 whooooosh

please try

Actually alumina is added to glass surfaces to make it scratch proof. It actually does work...

​@@edwardortman2593it's also one of the components in low thermal expansion glass

Cyclops from the X-Men would approve.

Well ruby shades would glow in UV so it would defeat the reason for having them. If you're cool enough to wear them indoors they might be useful.

You'd see the world through rose-tinted glasses

Wonder if I could plasma sputter ruby to the outside of the glasses.

I wear my sunglasses at night...

Uranium oxide is also beautiful if you put it into the glass.

Wondering the same

You're thinking of Rupees.

NHIL makes rubies and they go everywhere while he's making them, and eventually get into the pots.

Uhhh.... Rupees?

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

It can be done from a melt - by pulling a boule. But not under the given primitive conditions. It cannot even get close.

i saw another comment that mentioned this, probably does work

I think the powder has too much air left in it also residual AlO Is gonna be troublesome, I would guess a pulse laser may be useful to make a clear sample as imperfections would be heated but the transparent crystal won't be affected as much.

Nothing could be done to turn that mass into a pure ruby, crystal or otherwise. Primarily because the chromium in a ruby is there is trace amounts, not the massive 1%. It is unclear how much of the chromium oxide would be reduced to pure chromium that could migrate, under the right conditions, into a ruby crystal. Probably not much, since the only reducing agent present is the carbon crucible. I suspect the atmospheric exposure would tend to oxidize any chromium reduced by the carbon immediately back into chromium oxide. So maybe minute crystals of ruby will form, but most of the mass will remain a mixture of alumina and chromium oxide. Further, if you melt and cool a natural ruby crystal under those conditions, you will not end up with a ruby crystal. You will end up with a mixture similar to granite in structure. That is easy enough to verify. Just buy a cheap synthetic ruby (make sure it is not an imitation ruby), then melt and cool it in that graphite crucible. You will see the resulting mass is opaque and does not resemble a ruby in the least - except possibly for color.

@@SToNeOwNz combine that laser and make a 3D printer that creates statues out of ruby

👏 yes

We will know he made it when he shows up missing a leg and arm.

@@faraelwilldabeast9951 The philosophers stone.... Go look up Ormus minerals :P Ever think gold could be in a silicate state before its actually gold.... ;P

It isn't, since it isn't really a ruby. At best it has some microscopic ruby crystals mixed in the amorphous mass, but nothing more.

Yeah, rubies made in this way don’t exhibit the same large lattice structure so the cut face would look pretty flat and dull. When these are faceted and polished they look pretty darn good though

The graphite crucible may not like the microwave but it may gain a diamond like coating on the other hand!

silicon carbide crucible can be microwaved or heated by induction heater.

Nope, it is actually used as an abrasive in part because it is relatively tough and fracture resistant.

It is brittle but the forces required are pretty extreme - that’s why high end watches use them for the watch glass. Apple was going to use sapphire for phones but it cost twice as much as the glass.

Slap some iron or titanium oxide (for blue) in there instead of the chromium stuff and you should be good to go. Or at least I think it should work like that.

@@timlehmann9067 Been reading up on it, and I think you could be onto something.

Yeah I wonder what things you could add to make it different cool colors

Beyond that and the known aluminium gems, there could be exotic contaminants that create colors not found in nature.

@@Leadvest Cadmium maybe?