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Where do you draw the line?
[rquote=491408&tid=63475&author=Elemental Phosphorus]But this is not an ideal world. Think t ... |
20-11-2017 at 05:32
by: LearnedAmateur |
Extracting propan-2-ol from old food dyes
As long as those ingredients are the only ones present then yes, it should be as simple as that. Jus ... |
18-11-2017 at 05:08
by: LearnedAmateur |
Pretty Pictures (2)
Good old catalysis in action, I've seen similar demonstrations using methanol instead, where a heate ... |
18-11-2017 at 04:33
by: LearnedAmateur |
When Chemistry Goes Wrong
We're only talking small scale here, I don't have my lab book anymore but I believe we used about 2g ... |
17-11-2017 at 17:57
by: LearnedAmateur |
When Chemistry Goes Wrong
One day in the school lab, we were preparing methyl salicylate as an intro to esterification. Dissol ... |
17-11-2017 at 15:59
by: LearnedAmateur |
How small is a molecule of water?
[rquote=497860&tid=78319&author=NEMO-Chemistry]
The other thing that popped in my head, doe ... |
17-11-2017 at 15:44
by: LearnedAmateur |
Chemistry of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate
I've been confused by that in the past, looking through ingredients on bottles and that. Quite diffe ... |
17-11-2017 at 12:30
by: LearnedAmateur |
Chemistry of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate
Isn't it typically used as an additive in products like shampoos and other liquid/gel hygiene produc ... |
17-11-2017 at 11:36
by: LearnedAmateur |
How small is a molecule of water?
Here's one, if you scaled up a 2mm capillary tube so that it covers roughly the distance from New Yo ... |
17-11-2017 at 11:12
by: LearnedAmateur |
Could you convert Salicylic Acid into Anthranilic Acid?
[rquote=497580&tid=78220&author=unionised]What questionable request synthesis was posted?[/r ... |
16-11-2017 at 07:12
by: LearnedAmateur |
Mystery Glassware Identification Thread
It's probably for multiple uses, I wouldn't pin it down to just one for the following reasons:
a) C ... |
16-11-2017 at 06:39
by: LearnedAmateur |
Transition (and other) metal salts of Carboxylic Acids and their properties
Usually when you do a solid state thermal decomposition, you use a ceramic crucible and heat from un ... |
16-11-2017 at 05:04
by: LearnedAmateur |
What some interesting dangerous chemicals?
Aside from all the fancy, exotic, ridiculously dangerous chemicals out there, I do have a love-hate ... |
14-11-2017 at 04:11
by: LearnedAmateur |
Pretty Pictures (2)
Managed to grow this fluff ball out of the remains of nitric acid production (so about equimolar KHS ... |
13-11-2017 at 08:12
by: LearnedAmateur |
Could you convert Salicylic Acid into Anthranilic Acid?
I found this article for a one pot conversion of phenols to anilines, it requires an electron withdr ... |
13-11-2017 at 05:55
by: LearnedAmateur |
Copper Formate
Here are the pictures as promised, the second one is a closeup on the surface detail using my trusty ... |
13-11-2017 at 05:39
by: LearnedAmateur |
I heard a professor talking about accelerated tree/wood growth and I was confused
I found this article about accelerated tree growth, but it doesn't mention the mechanism you have. R ... |
13-11-2017 at 03:35
by: LearnedAmateur |
why is it impossible to make synthetic wood and metals
The main dependent factor is really the degree to which something is altered from its natural form, ... |
12-11-2017 at 09:07
by: LearnedAmateur |
why is it impossible to make synthetic wood and metals
[rquote=497234&tid=78181&author=CharlieA]This thread is very baffling to me. I don't think o ... |
12-11-2017 at 04:30
by: LearnedAmateur |
Transition (and other) metal salts of Carboxylic Acids and their properties
In my experience, copper II formate is really strange. It forms the expected deep blue crystals of s ... |
12-11-2017 at 03:32
by: LearnedAmateur |
why is it impossible to make synthetic wood and metals
Well wood is made up of plant cells and a vast mixture of chemical compounds, it would be incredibly ... |
11-11-2017 at 01:36
by: LearnedAmateur |
Unidentified gunk on sodium in white spirit
I've always preferred potassium to sodium, it looks a lot prettier for one, but I got sodium because ... |
10-11-2017 at 11:58
by: LearnedAmateur |
Tips learned through experience
When I'm distilling something or bubbling generated gas into a solvent, I do so into a borosilicate ... |
10-11-2017 at 11:49
by: LearnedAmateur |
Apart from Caffeine Citrate, what else from Caffeine?
Indeed, I buy the anhydrous powder at less than £4 for 50g (personal use as opposed to chemistry, b ... |
9-11-2017 at 19:22
by: LearnedAmateur |
Piperine extraction question
Oh yeah, I just meant that from my procedure, 1.9% of the total weight was piperine. I was expecting ... |
9-11-2017 at 12:29
by: LearnedAmateur |
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