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Water BP seems lower with copper salts
With such a result, did you try measuring the temperature of boiling water for reference? Maybe the ...
5-12-2016 at 13:55
by: WGTR
The Woes of Manganese Phosphating
I've been following this on a tiny smartphone screen, so I may have missed something. One thing I ...
29-11-2016 at 04:31
by: WGTR
Electroless nickel plating - stoichiometry trouble
Among the reasons why I hate electroless nickel:
1. It's hard to replenish, as you've discovered. ...
13-11-2016 at 18:24
by: WGTR
Cleaning Glassware/how clean should it be?
Also, as an FYI, don't ever put volumetric glassware in an oven. It'll go out of calibration.
13-8-2016 at 11:05
by: WGTR
Electrolysis of alkali metal halides in nonaqueous solvents
I don't know the answers to all of your questions. However, a solvent can work, provided that the s ...
4-8-2016 at 14:27
by: WGTR
Nichrome furnace.
[rquote=456311&tid=67695&author=TheMrbunGee]Ordered 4kW one. It will do for starters! My fu ...
29-7-2016 at 11:28
by: WGTR
Charcoal size for BP - super fine vs "air-float"
During the vast expanse of my rather uninteresting life, I've developed the opinion that if the sour ...
19-7-2016 at 12:29
by: WGTR
Central Park dismemberment incident
http://abcnews.go.com/US/police-investigating-caused-explosion-central-park/story?id=40344335

"Co ...
7-7-2016 at 19:41
by: WGTR
conductive glass
Read all the way to the end of this thread:

https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php ...
17-6-2016 at 05:22
by: WGTR
Fake/counterfeit electronic components
To address [b]woelen's[/b] OP, I never buy electronic components directly from a Chinese seller. 90 ...
27-5-2016 at 07:57
by: WGTR
That "kid in a sweet shop/candy shop" feeling........
I first went to a pottery supply store a few years ago, and got the same feeling. In bags, ranging ...
27-5-2016 at 07:39
by: WGTR
Something bothers me for so long
An "off the top of my head" guess:

[file]50982[/file]

In other words, mechanical energy is co ...
24-5-2016 at 15:02
by: WGTR
Any way to dissolve bits of carbon/activated charcoal?
An ultrasonic cleaner, maybe? Dimethylformamide can exfoliate graphite under ultrasonics. Activated ...
18-5-2016 at 16:06
by: WGTR
Building a Heating Element?
There are a number of different ways to go about this. I've made a couple of different configuratio ...
1-5-2016 at 05:16
by: WGTR
Glyoxal Synthesis
It would have to be barium bisulfite instead of the sodium salt, if you intend to break the adduct l ...
23-4-2016 at 14:46
by: WGTR
Glyoxal Synthesis
This has been a frustration of mine recently (in a fun sort of way). Making glyoxal isn't too diffi ...
23-4-2016 at 13:07
by: WGTR
Flat bottomed culture tube or color comparison tube, perhaps?
http://www.fishersci.com/shop/products/pyrex-rimless-culture-tubes-flat-bottoms-2/p-2380831# ...
18-4-2016 at 15:52
by: WGTR
When Chemistry Goes Wrong
My latest frustration in the lab: I was trying to produce glyoxal from alcohol. Since mixing nitri ...
15-4-2016 at 17:15
by: WGTR
Preparation of elemental phosphorus
[rquote=445585&tid=65&author=halogen]The book Aluminum (Joseph W. Richards 1890) has a chapt ...
15-4-2016 at 10:11
by: WGTR
DIY/Cheap Tube Reactor
Neat project idea!

This was one topic that got me initially interested in chemistry, several ye ...
15-4-2016 at 08:56
by: WGTR
DIY/Cheap Tube Reactor
Sure, but it depends on what you're trying to reduce. That determines how much heat you need, and w ...
14-4-2016 at 19:26
by: WGTR
Tube Furnace
My own meager attempt:

https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=55&goto=sear ...
14-4-2016 at 11:02
by: WGTR
What makes things poisonous
I'm not a subject matter expert, but I came across this while looking for something else:
http://ww ...
13-4-2016 at 19:01
by: WGTR
Diethylurea syntesis?
Sorry, not directly from urea.

[file]49811[/file] [file]49813[/file]

[Edited on 4-12-2016 by WG ...
12-4-2016 at 12:46
by: WGTR
Hydroclhloric acid (and HCl gas) production from salt (NaCl) electrolysis (small scale Chloralkali process)
[rquote=445031&tid=65883&author=experimenter_]
An inspection on the insides showed that the ...
12-4-2016 at 10:21
by: WGTR
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