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Sodium sulphide
Is there a simple way to make small quantities of sodium sulphide, not via hydrogen sulphide. I can ...
10-3-2012 at 12:18
by: nezza
Sodium Azide
Sodium azide decomposes relatively quietly when gently heated if it is pure and preferably under red ...
14-2-2012 at 00:57
by: nezza
Iron Oxalate
I would suspect that the mixture is too acidic for precipitation. Try Sodium or ammonium oxalate as ...
3-1-2012 at 14:31
by: nezza
Most extreme compounds known to man
I thought lead azide has the fastest velocity of propagation for non-nuclear explosives. Does Octani ...
18-12-2011 at 09:30
by: nezza
Problem in making tungsten compounds
Tungsten can be oxidised, but needs rather severe conditions. I have made WO3 by adding tungsten as ...
15-11-2011 at 00:49
by: nezza
Silver nitrate - green !!?? help
[rquote=215374&tid=16932&author=not_important]Green generally is from copper. Take the crud ...
19-10-2011 at 23:53
by: nezza
Reduction of CuCl2 to CuCl
Is bisulphite a strong enough reducing agent for this reaction ?. The method I have seen uses copper ...
6-10-2011 at 11:20
by: nezza
Production of Hydrochloric Acid
85% phosphoric acid can be used to make HCl quite easily. The deciding feature is the volatility of ...
26-9-2011 at 10:51
by: nezza
Obtaining methyl methacrylate
This was an experiment we did at school. Perspex is polymethyl methacrylate and careful distillation ...
7-9-2011 at 10:48
by: nezza
What you take pride in...
Home made elements.

Ampouled bromine
Yellow phosphorus

Reactive metals

Lanthanides and sal ...
18-6-2011 at 03:20
by: nezza
Magnesium flash powder isnt
Thanks for the info. As regards Oxidiser/fuel ratios I have tried

(Oxidiser/fuel) 2:1, 3:2, 1:1, ...
7-6-2011 at 13:17
by: nezza
Magnesium flash powder isnt
Hi

I have recently tried to make small amounts of magnesium flash powder using some magnesium pow ...
6-6-2011 at 13:22
by: nezza
Thinking about sulphur crystals, and other crystals
Toluene is a good solvent for recrystallising sulphur. I have attached a picture of sulphur recrysta ...
29-5-2011 at 00:36
by: nezza
Pretty Pictures (1)
Hi Here are a few pretty coloured materials

1. Mercuric iodide
2. Stannic iodide in cyclohexane
...
28-5-2011 at 14:08
by: nezza
Bad days in the lab or with glassware?
Many year ago when I was at school I found out how to make nitrogen tri-iodide so I had a go at it. ...
10-5-2011 at 08:53
by: nezza
Neodymium ? sulphate
Thanks for the info folks.

It obviously contains sulphate ions as the clear supernatant gives as ...
1-5-2011 at 03:08
by: nezza
Neodymium ? sulphate
I have prepared Neodymium sulphate before from the metal and sulphuric acid with no problems.

Thi ...
30-4-2011 at 10:10
by: nezza
Best and worst smelling chemicals?
Best - diethyl ether

Worst - pyridine and 2 mercaptoethanol
17-4-2011 at 11:54
by: nezza
Pretty Pictures (1)
Hi. I was cutting up some praseodymium recently and ended up with some filings. As a reactive metal ...
17-4-2011 at 06:26
by: nezza

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