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[rquote=365110&tid=4777&author=gardul]Not to sound odd here.. but what is with the pentgram? ... |
18-11-2015 at 06:23
by: ave369 |
Formaldehyde from Hexamine
[rquote=428175&tid=63377&author=Hawkguy]I did the experiment, and found that very little For ... |
17-11-2015 at 23:27
by: ave369 |
Boiling Stones
In my experience, sulfuric acid is always a tough customer when boiling. There were times when even ... |
17-11-2015 at 08:00
by: ave369 |
Competition — Lab from five OTC items
I think I already know my list of OTC items:
1. The Bat
2. Saltpeter (potassium nitrate, fertili ... |
17-11-2015 at 07:50
by: ave369 |
Boiling Stones
I think porous boiling chips are better. With them, even concentrated sulfuric acid boils as calm as ... |
17-11-2015 at 07:09
by: ave369 |
Class lab: halogen ability to remove electrons
Collect info about interhalogens and the oxidation states of halogens in them. Tip: the oxidation st ... |
17-11-2015 at 05:21
by: ave369 |
Fumigating a spider
I have a crapton of spiders living in my house. Every Mad Scientist's Castle in Eastern Europe has t ... |
17-11-2015 at 03:53
by: ave369 |
Equipment questions
[rquote=427813&tid=64341&author=Sulaiman]
RBF, round bottom(ed) flask, no distinction betwe ... |
17-11-2015 at 03:45
by: ave369 |
When Chemistry Goes Wrong
[rquote=428015&tid=63645&author=JJay]
Yesterday I dropped my 105 degree vacuum takeoff adap ... |
16-11-2015 at 16:31
by: ave369 |
When Chemistry Goes Wrong
Today is a bad night in my lab: I received a sneaky bite from my nitric acid. That polyethylene stop ... |
16-11-2015 at 15:56
by: ave369 |
Competition — Lab from five OTC items
Here in Russia we have the KROT brand of drain openers. It is a mixture of sodium hydroxide, sodium ... |
16-11-2015 at 14:32
by: ave369 |
Obtaining chemicals
[rquote=427871&tid=64296&author=The Volatile Chemist]Yeah, Ferrocyanide won't precipitate tr ... |
16-11-2015 at 03:28
by: ave369 |
Competition — Lab from five OTC items
I think I'll try this and make some videos. |
13-11-2015 at 14:17
by: ave369 |
toluene from thinner
I think a long Vigreux condenser will work as a fractionating column. |
13-11-2015 at 14:10
by: ave369 |
Nitric Acid
Just buy some stump remover and battery acid. Boil down the battery acid, mix it with stump remover ... |
13-11-2015 at 14:07
by: ave369 |
toluene from thinner
Try fractional distillation. Heptane, IIRC, is more low-boiling than toluene. The difference in boil ... |
13-11-2015 at 06:30
by: ave369 |
Nitrates from fireworks
Fireworks are useful in obtaining salts of strontium and barium. The easiest type of firework to obt ... |
13-11-2015 at 06:26
by: ave369 |
Obtaining chemicals
[rquote=427573&tid=64296&author=Tdep]Always considered it to be iron as well, not that i've ... |
13-11-2015 at 05:48
by: ave369 |
Bad days in the lab or with glassware?
[rquote=427185&tid=24908&author=TheAlchemistPirate] I now have a problem of finding an outdo ... |
12-11-2015 at 01:51
by: ave369 |
Lab Glassware Cleanliness..
Copper sulfate is mildly poisonous. You would not want it anywhere near your mouth, but that's about ... |
12-11-2015 at 01:45
by: ave369 |
Storing low bp chemicals?
I've yet to produce diethyl ether, but when I make it, I plan to use a hole in the ground under a ba ... |
12-11-2015 at 01:44
by: ave369 |
Nitric Acid Tip
[rquote=426194&tid=64181&author=Amos]
Yeah but how are your yields? Many preparations I've ... |
7-11-2015 at 02:41
by: ave369 |
Does it happen? Is it dangerous in anyway?
Magnesium hydroxide? You'd better not try any large scale synthesis involving milk of magnesia! This ... |
7-11-2015 at 02:37
by: ave369 |
Nitric acid
Of course phosphoric acid does work, it is not volatile, just like sulfuric. I've tried substituting ... |
4-11-2015 at 14:59
by: ave369 |
Nitric Acid Tip
I never add water and always make fuming nitric acid. Because I'm hardcore. |
4-11-2015 at 14:56
by: ave369 |
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