Building a small, fully automatic Birkeland-Eyde experimental reactor @Marbslab

Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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In this video, I show you how to build a fully automatic Birkeland-Eyde reactor that you can use for further experiments or to produce nitric acid. At the moment, I am working on the theoretical basics of the Birkeland-Eyde process, which are very complex. However, it is necessary to be able to optimize. If you are interested, I will make a follow-up video.

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