My latest glitter lamp experiment using the much higher specific gravity calcium nitrate. It uses a chunky glitter from an ebay seller called "twisted envy" that seems to have good resistance to the caustic nature of the concentrated solution, and also very good weight consistency. This has allowed it to be balanced to near neutral density of the glitter in the liquid, which means it will work well on a 3W LED GU10 lamp.
I'm using a standard 30W tungsten lamp in this video just to see the much faster motion, but the LED lamps give a better visual effect.
The specific gravity of the liquid is around 1.37
I'm using a standard 30W tungsten lamp in this video just to see the much faster motion, but the LED lamps give a better visual effect.
The specific gravity of the liquid is around 1.37
Made 3 of them👍
Do you use any surfactant in your glitter lamps, and how much? 🙂 I’ve got SLES and soon Triton X-100 on hand. Already did a balanced solution with Calcium Nitrate 💪🏼
Did you use an actual Glitter Lamp? I don't recall seeing one that tall.
where can i buy this lamp
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Could you please do a tutorial? Thank you so much for this video.
Hey Clive! Thanks so much for sharing these videos! I was wondering, did you experience any crystalization/settling in your calcium nitrate lamp? Or even your calcium chloride one… I seem to be having issues with the solution staying a solution, and was wondering if you had noticed this as well! Hope you are well!
Where do i find this?
Way back when, lamps like this were used in my high school physics class to demonstrate thermal fluid dynamics. Of course, at the end of the class all the girls, including myself, wanted to know where we could buy one of them because they are so pretty and mesmerizing. 🙂
will calcium nitrate, breakdown: nitrogen 15%, calcium oxide 26.5%, and calcium 19% guaranteed analysis.
Will this product work for glitter lamp?
Ray,
What kind of jar have you used?
I have a Goofy lava lamp that has little Mickey Mouse glitter heads that float around. I changed the water not knowing. But now the little glitter heads settle at the bottom. Will the Calcium chloride correct the issue and allow the glitter heads to float around?
I'd love to see a walkthrough of the construction and specific gravity balance… 🙂
would u please make a video of disolving and making the calsium nitrate solusion
The original 'fast' glitter lamps used other chlorinated solvents, like carbon tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, etc. Nasty stuff which would also frequently eat the silvering off the glitter.
So hypnotising
Hey Clive, have you noticed the same corrosion effects with the calcium nitrate that you did with the calcium chloride solution?
thats pretty neat that man, i like it ! 😀