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Obtaining beginning glassware?
E-Bay is a good source for cheap glassware. A lot of it is used, so be sure to clean it really well ... |
13-7-2013 at 18:38
by: subsecret |
Glassware Being Attacked
What sorts of compounds will attack borosillicate glassware? I'm aware that hot sodium hydroxide (Na ... |
13-7-2013 at 15:41
by: subsecret |
Stories of extremely chemophobic parents and yours :p
My parents aren't very chemophobic. My mom doesn't care what I do, but she does ask what I plan to d ... |
13-7-2013 at 12:36
by: subsecret |
Isopropyl Alcohol (2-propanol) Peroxides
This is pretty exciting. Just about half an hour ago I distilled about 250 ml of 2-propanol after dr ... |
10-7-2013 at 15:21
by: subsecret |
Mercury Exposure from Older Brother's Mysterious Dust
I couldn't find a better place to post this. . .
My older brother is very interested in vintage ... |
9-7-2013 at 12:21
by: subsecret |
Sulfuric Acid and Fluoridated Water
First of all, thanks for the quick response.
I don't use distilled water in my experiments becaus ... |
6-7-2013 at 13:17
by: subsecret |
Sulfuric Acid and Fluoridated Water
I'm a beginning chemist, and I was wondering if experiments involving concentrated sulfuric acid are ... |
6-7-2013 at 12:50
by: subsecret |
High Purity Isopropanol
Where was it moved? |
6-7-2013 at 07:29
by: subsecret |
High Purity Isopropanol
Earlier today, I was extracting capsaicin from spicy peppers. The extraction was running, so I began ... |
28-6-2013 at 17:07
by: subsecret |
Extraction of Mint Oil
Sorry, I don't plan on messing with homemade explosives. It's just too dangerous. That recrystalliza ... |
23-6-2013 at 09:33
by: subsecret |
Extraction of Mint Oil
Recently I decided to grab some mint from my garden and extract the oil from the leaves through dist ... |
22-6-2013 at 20:41
by: subsecret |
Acetyl Chloride
[rquote=13597&tid=1433&author=chloric1]... sodium bisulfate. The volatiles should be acetyl ... |
20-6-2013 at 20:40
by: subsecret |
Methyl Salicylate (Oil of Wintergreen)
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I followed the procedure from vogel but s ... |
14-6-2013 at 21:13
by: subsecret |
Plastic Sulfur Questions
I could use ordinary CO2 as an "inert" gas. I have a pressure-equalizing addition funnel (specifical ... |
14-6-2013 at 21:03
by: subsecret |
Plastic Sulfur Questions
I was heating it in a glass test tube with a Bunsen burner. I think the ignition hypothesis is the m ... |
13-6-2013 at 07:12
by: subsecret |
Plastic Sulfur Questions
Earlier, I was melting some sulfur to do the classic "plastic sulfur" experiment. Once it melted, m ... |
8-6-2013 at 21:06
by: subsecret |
