Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago

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In this experiment we investigate a paper using thiourea dioxide to remove rust from paper. We make a few adjustments to the formulation and method and try it!

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this solution is

500ml H2O
25g Thiourea Dioxide
10g EDTA (tetrasodium salt)
0.15g SDS (optional surfactant)


Here is the original paper
Study on Removal of Iron Rust from Paper Objects with Thiourea Dioxide To cite this article: Huiping Xing et al 2018 IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 364 012081

intro 0:00
making rust 3:40
concocting chemicals 6:00
experiment 7:45
results 8:37