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Preparation of cyanides
One approach which I saw appeared to work:

To a cold saturated solution of KOH was added K4Fe( ...
23-2-2009 at 07:44
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Phosphorus Chlorides
I was able to download 3 pdfs composed of scanned images. Where should I put them so people who can' ...
22-2-2009 at 18:49
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Salting out Caffeine
Thanks for the clarification - I'll back-pedal and agree that what I meant to say was the ratios Cof ...
19-2-2009 at 19:56
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Salting out Caffeine
One more detail about tea - the tips of the young leaves have the highest alkaloid content. Unfortun ...
18-2-2009 at 20:09
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Salting out Caffeine
A quick clarification: black (also called red by Chinese speakers) tea is produced from green tea by ...
18-2-2009 at 20:06
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Antimony analog of Paris Green?
Thanks to you both! I mistyped - acetoarsenate is what I meant. Alchemists were fascinated by antimo ...
7-2-2009 at 09:50
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Antimony analog of Paris Green?
Supposedly (I've not seen a comparison) the best [b]blue[/b] colors for fireworks come from using Pa ...
6-2-2009 at 18:16
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mercury
Ummmmmmm..... mercury is quite hard to use "responsibly" without some pretty elaborate equipment. It ...
4-2-2009 at 21:20
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gas regulator needed for propane tank
A welding supply store will sell you a propane (or acetylene) regulator which is designed to supply ...
4-2-2009 at 21:09
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Interfacing 80's UV VIS
It's possible that piracetam's machine can run in either mode, but the round connector is the one us ...
24-1-2009 at 09:10
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Interfacing 80's UV VIS
It's an Appletalk port. 230Kb - no wonder you couldn't see it. There are commercial and homebuilt co ...
23-1-2009 at 14:59
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Picoammeter
Can you post some pictures? Or some of the text like a manufacturer's name and model number, the lab ...
19-1-2009 at 09:52
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Interfacing 80's UV VIS
Well, J7 and J8 are your I/O connectors - but it's set up as RS-423, a differential signal (nominall ...
18-1-2009 at 22:24
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Interfacing 80's UV VIS
hmmm.... there is a term for reverse-engineering old computerized equipment: "necrocomputing" ;)

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16-1-2009 at 18:29
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Birkeland-Eyde reactor for making nitric acid.
[quote][i]Originally posted by 12AX7[/i]
BTW, once you heat up ceramic enough, it conducts. How mu ...
29-10-2007 at 15:43
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Birkeland-Eyde reactor for making nitric acid.
A random thought about some variant ways to get air enriched with oxygen up to 2000C or so. Electric ...
28-10-2007 at 22:59
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AC power supply for experiments
If I might break in here - you really want to understand the magnetics in your transformers. The co ...
9-8-2006 at 22:22
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Gallic acid from trees
@DeAdFX:
IMnsHO, if you want to make pyrotechnic whistles, salicylates, benzoates, and terephthal ...
14-5-2006 at 15:12
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Glyme
The following seems plausible:
ethylene glycol monomethyl ether
ethylene glycol monobutyl ether
a ...
8-5-2006 at 14:10
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gallic acid and whistle composition
One thing to watch out for: gallic acid absorbs oxygen at the slightest provocation. The quoted ext ...
8-5-2006 at 13:49
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Preparation of elemental phosphorus
I'm going to live up to my name - I don't understand how Mg can reduce Na or K. The enthalpy of for ...
31-3-2006 at 18:34
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Preparation of elemental phosphorus
If Na glass would get reduced, maybe K2CO3 would make a good flux. MP circa 1000C is a lot better th ...
19-3-2006 at 20:59
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Capsaicin extraction and isolation
There's also a crude but effective extraction procedure: vaporize the capsaicin at 220C in hot oil. ...
16-3-2006 at 22:30
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Capsaicin extraction and isolation
A long long time ago on USENET the subject of capsaicin came up. According to a neurobiologist who ...
16-3-2006 at 18:33
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Preparation of elemental phosphorus
[quote][i]Originally posted by garage chemist[/i]
Yes, the reaction of calcium phosphate with Mg is ...
16-3-2006 at 17:53
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