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Liquid Gold And Processes Within Our Bodies

by inspecter gadget on September 18, 2015

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Liquid Gold And Processes Within Our Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Intro: Liquid Gold And Processes Within Our Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Step 1: A Historic Use Of Urine And Our Instructable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Step 2: Materials Necessary For Our Plant Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Step 3: The Process Of Hydrolysis & Precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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Intro: Liquid Gold And Processes Within Our Bodies
“The average person flushes the toilet five times a day, and four of those times are just for urine. This means that 80% of our flushwater—or over 4,000 gallons of clean
water each year per person—is used just to get rid of urine! That is a lot of clean water used to transport ‘liquid gold’ into the sewer, where it becomes pollution.

Why is our urine so valuable : It contains phosphate Nitrogen & minerals of course - Why you may ask- We'll our endoskeleton is made from a matrix of CaPo4 and other
minerals. Our daily uptake from the foods we eat maintains the necessary levels of minerals including Calcium & Phosphate.

Saving on resources- Even though urine is sterile when it leaves our body, within hours of exposure to the air it starts to putrify. The Urea [CO2 (NH2)2] present in our
urine which we excrete, breaks down into Ammonia and Carbon-Dioxide. This is why a urinal smells so much, especially in the warmer seasons. When this waste hits the
Water-Treatment Plants that Purify and Desalinate our Tap Water, it causes many problems.

The problem being a chemical byproduct that forms when the Phosphate also in urine bonds to the Ammonia and a Metal Ion like Magnesium to form [Sruvite]. Struvite
diposits, as a type of Lime-Scale but it is Magnesium Ammonium Phosphate. This Product causes havoc with all the plumbing and filtration systems that help to make
our Tap-Water fit for consumption.

The Phosphorous Cycle.......

Throughout our body Our Blood, Tears, Urine, Saliva, intestine and stomach all have varying PH -
Potential Of Hydrogen [1-14 ]1-6=Acidic - 8-14=Alkaline 7=Neutral

Acidic parts of the body like the bladder and Intestines kill germs and prevent infection so urine is slightly acidic. Saliva and Tears are Alkaline. Our blood is nearly
Neutral like Clean Water. However If our lifestyle choices cause us- to be Stressed or have an unbalanced Diet - like the over consumption of Alcohol, Meats and lack of
appreciable hydration it can push our bodies in either direction.

We can become either too Acidic or too Alkaline the condition is called Alkalosis & Acidosis.

The good thing is Nature is smart, our body is able to regulate and offset these conditions to a degree- if we become too acidic Our body will release Calcium / potassium
/magnesium from Our Bones & Teeth & organs, In order to maintain the ideal ph.
This is why we excrete Phosphorous and like all other forms of life, we excrete Nitrogen through metabolism, (the breakdown of organic matter through respiration).

Please site for more in depth explanation, as I have only given a very basic coverage of these very scientific areas.

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Step 1: A Historic Use Of Urine And Our Instructable.
In the advent of Gunpowder. A notable European method of making Nitrate Of Potash was formulated from the construction of Nitre Beds. A type of compost heap,
composed of layers would be constructed. The layers consisted of Straw, Soil/ manure, Chalk/ Wood ashes, a pile was typically around 2sqMeters in width and twice as
high. It would then be left to decompose for about a year whilst under cover during which time, it would be kept moist with putrified urine and aerated to aid anaerobic
decay. Having been left to rot for a year or more, the crude nitrate of chalk & magnesium would be extracted using water.

the resulting liquid would then be mixed with potassium carbonate from wood ashes to precipitate unwanted chalk & magnesium nitrates as carbonates ,which would
otherwise cause the nitrate to be hygroscopic.

After filtering, the mother liqueur would be boiled down to a concentrate and left to crystallise out - it would have to be re-crystallised several times until, clear 1" long
needles were formed. Then I would be dried and ready for Gunpowder production.

Hennig Brand (c. 1630 – c.1692 or c. 1710) was a merchant and alchemist in Hamburg, Germany. He discovered phosphorus around 1669 whilst in the pursuit of a
substance which held acclaim by alchemists, ' the Philosophers Stone'.

Like other alchemists of the time, Brand searched for the "philosopher's stone", a substance which supposedly transformed base metals (like lead) into gold. He tried
various routes of experimentation, when one day he thought it would be a good idea to boil several litres of urine down to a paste. He then used a glass retort to super
heat it. Which caused it to vaporise so it could be collected, to his amazement it spontaneously combusted whilst exposed to the air.

His gold being phosphorous which he named after the Greek word meaning " light bearing" it eventually found its use in matches, tracer material, inside television
screens etc etc.....

IN THIS THE INSTRUCTABLE................We are going to be conducting some interesting chemistry & touching on biology......Whilst using some age old extraction
techniques. We will be extracting the enzyme Urease from [SOY], which hydrolyses urine into ammonia and Carbon dioxide. Then we will precipitate out the
Phosphorous alongside ammonia with a metal Ion MgCl.

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Step 2: Materials Necessary For Our Plant Food
Small handful of dried soya beans
Distilled / Deionised water
Magnesium chloride or Make from [Magnesium carbonate + Muriatic acid]
2 large glass mason jars & 2 Small jam jars
Filter paper / Coffee filters
Stiring rods
Digital gram scale.
Latex Gloves
And in the name of science ( A good litre) of fresh [Morning Urine]....

Pestel & Mortar

PH Testing strips [Litmus Paper]

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Step 3: The Process Of Hydrolysis & Precipitation
Take a 10 Soy Bean and Soak in a little Water over night to re-hydrate them -Liquidise or Pummel with Pestel & Mortar, then add a liilte water left from soaking. You
should have about 10-15ml of milky liquid.

Hydrolysis :Take your first wee of the day [Morning] and put in a jar for this to yeald appreciable amount you can keep topping upduring the day or get someone elses if
they do not mind but I always used my own. You need at least a Litre 1000ml. Test the PH with indicator strips [Litmus paper].

Next: We add the milky Soya Extract to the Urine, Cover and keep warm for about 4-5 Hours... If after this time you can notice a strong odour of ammonia we are about
ready - alternatively test the PH and compare -it should be high PH alkaline.

Precipitation:Take 15Mg of MgCl [Flakes] add enough water to dessolve salt, then add to Urine. Leave this to precipitate out -should happen quickly and is slightly
exothermic. leave to cool for few hours.

Filter: You should now have a White-Buff Coloured sediment on the bottom - Decant liquid off and filter remainder using coffee filter or lab Filter paper.

Useage: You now have a very concentrated fertiliser to use on house plants /vegetables or any hydroponics.

Enjoy Rate & Comment

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Vyger says: Sep 21, 2015. 1:21 AM REPLY

Several of my cats thought that using a potted plant to pee on was a good idea. Nice fresh dirt and such. The plants didn't share in the enthusiasm and died.

inspecter gadget says: Sep 21, 2015. 3:23 AM REPLY

That would have been far too strong /even though human urine is 98%
water it still has to be diluted with 1:10 ratio Of water. Cat pee is
very strong....

Pirate_Prince says: Sep 19, 2015. 7:39 PM REPLY

Heard this on the radio, wife calls in to a 'gardeners chat show' and says that her husband insists on peeing at a coner of their garden and where he's been
peeing, the grass has grown twice as tall over the months.

inspecter gadget says: Sep 20, 2015. 3:09 AM REPLY

Sure thing - It is a strong contender as alternative - If urine could be diverted from the sewer and collected, it would stop algae blooms and pollution. It's
gold - even 3RD world countries are implementing it- why can't we?...... I .S......

Pirate_Prince says: Sep 20, 2015. 6:40 AM REPLY

Totally agree! Also on the wastage of water with toilet flashes, why can't they implement similar units in homes as they have on airplanes where very
little water is wasted? But, I am all for distilling our urine and reclaiming back all the valuable minerals for re-use and recycle. I believe modern
astronauts's suits have similar feature built into them.

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