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Barium carbonate in uranium extraction
The thing about barium carbonate that is critical here is the Ba2+ ions. Any soluble barium salt wo ...
13-9-2022 at 16:16
by: j_sum1
Barium carbonate in uranium extraction
I would not have thought of Ba salts as being expensive in this context. And other Ba salts would s ...
13-9-2022 at 14:43
by: j_sum1
Secret Santa
You guys are hilarious.

Any thoughts on how to make this year even better.
May as well get those ...
8-9-2022 at 03:00
by: j_sum1
Secret Santa
I am up for it again. It is not too big a task for me and it is a lot of fun.
The only thing is, I ...
6-9-2022 at 14:44
by: j_sum1
Distillation tails at lower temperature. (Damn. I thought I fully understood distillation.)
Hmmm. Should not be any dicyclopentadiene after treating with permanganate. Certainly not enough to ...
4-9-2022 at 13:35
by: j_sum1
Acetic acid yellow/brown colour.
What is the source of your bisulfate? If it is pool grade, it can be pretty dirty.
4-9-2022 at 03:26
by: j_sum1
Making Iron from Sand
Cast Iron has a carbon content of typically 4.3% by mass. That is the eutectic point of the carbon ...
3-9-2022 at 20:10
by: j_sum1
Distillation tails at lower temperature. (Damn. I thought I fully understood distillation.)
I was prepared to consider the effect of residual MnO2 particles acting as a catalyst. They could h ...
3-9-2022 at 19:54
by: j_sum1
Distillation tails at lower temperature. (Damn. I thought I fully understood distillation.)
Ok. Mystery solved. I am not going crazy.

The most likely explanation is that the thermocouple ...
3-9-2022 at 19:51
by: j_sum1
Distillation tails at lower temperature. (Damn. I thought I fully understood distillation.)
Tested with KMnO4.
No reaction at room temp. Oxidised with some difficulty in Bunsen flame. But the ...
3-9-2022 at 18:31
by: j_sum1
Distillation tails at lower temperature. (Damn. I thought I fully understood distillation.)
Cracking was not something I expected. I thought some kind of catalyst and a higher temperature wou ...
3-9-2022 at 04:52
by: j_sum1
Distillation tails at lower temperature. (Damn. I thought I fully understood distillation.)
[rquote=676383&tid=158863&author=Rainwater]Might be a secondary reaction.
You can confirm ...
3-9-2022 at 04:43
by: j_sum1
Distillation tails at lower temperature. (Damn. I thought I fully understood distillation.)
Yeah. That was my first thought. But with such a large last fraction, such a high distillation rate, ...
3-9-2022 at 01:18
by: j_sum1
Distillation tails at lower temperature. (Damn. I thought I fully understood distillation.)
See thread title.

I have been distilling solvents recently to obtain some fractions that are clea ...
2-9-2022 at 23:50
by: j_sum1
Disposal of tar and organic waste
I am sure that there have been threads that have mentioned this, but I do not see it coming up often ...
2-9-2022 at 20:45
by: j_sum1
Making Iron from Sand
Yeah. This guy is good.
A lot of skill in mandling clay and other bushcraft techniques.
Fundament ...
2-9-2022 at 20:36
by: j_sum1
Naptha for essential oil extraction
[rquote=676279&tid=158854&author=PirateDocBrown]
j_sum, you'd be surprised how much toluene ...
1-9-2022 at 05:31
by: j_sum1
Naptha for essential oil extraction
Ethanol will not be suitable in this case because it is miscible in water and the OP is attempting a ...
31-8-2022 at 20:55
by: j_sum1
Naptha for essential oil extraction
I distil petrol (gasoline) and collect a suitable fraction for extractions like this.
You can also ...
31-8-2022 at 18:33
by: j_sum1
Phenol from Salicylic acid
Sounds like a temperature problem.
IIRC, Doug's lab has a video on this that is better and clearer ...
30-8-2022 at 20:26
by: j_sum1
James Webb Space Telescope - replaceable mirrors?
I am really surprised that they were able to do it at all. The L2 is a feature of the sun-earth sys ...
30-8-2022 at 18:05
by: j_sum1
James Webb Space Telescope - replaceable mirrors?
[rquote=676183&tid=158846&author=Texium]Yeah, while Hubble is in low Earth orbit and thus ea ...
29-8-2022 at 19:03
by: j_sum1
Isononyl alcohol
While on the topic, ammonium nonanoate is used as a weedkiller: an alternative to glyphosphate. That ...
29-8-2022 at 04:27
by: j_sum1
Myth of Streching Space
[rquote=676177&tid=77818&author=Chalo]
Needless to say a galaxy is far too hefty a thing to ...
28-8-2022 at 16:06
by: j_sum1
Isononyl alcohol
Make some interesting esters?
28-8-2022 at 01:30
by: j_sum1
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