Today, we have an interesting synthesis to try. The electrolysis of ammonia to the nitrate ion at near room temperature seems to be possible under the right conditions (and these conditions seem reasonably easy to make), so we give it a go.

Ultimately, we aren’t able to make much nitrate, but there’s enough (~400mg) to separate out from the reaction mix, and the yield isn't absolutely terrible.

I think this is a pretty cool reaction, because it shouldn’t be exceedingly difficult to scale up the process to make reasonable quantities of nitrate, and the only reactants used are ammonia, water, and electricity.

You can find the original sciencemadness post here:
https://www.sciencemadness.org/whispe...

You can find my video on making ammonia here:
   • An Ammonia Generator  

You can find my video on making potassium hydroxide here:
   • Potassium Hydroxide  Diaphragm Elect...  

You can find my video on making basic copper carbonate here (be warned, it's an old one):
   • Copper From Waste