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New method for making HNO3 which doesn't use H2SO4
I guess he's heating it that hot to get the reaction to work. Since it's the temperature o ...
21-11-2004 at 14:15
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hydrogen peroxide
"An oxygen cylinder costs more than 100 times that of 500 ml 30% hydrogen peroxide. Hence this ...
20-11-2004 at 14:44
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Deuterated acetone.
Thanks for letting us know about your minor excursion. Please tell us when you are back on the plane ...
14-11-2004 at 06:47
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Explosive chambers
"I need to make a SAFE way of delivering molten cast iron (and a variety of other lower MP meta ...
12-11-2004 at 07:50
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Mn(Cl)2 vs Mn(Acetate)2 with a salen ligand(ethylenediamine+salicylaldehyde)
IIRC you are missing the fact that the salen loses a couple of hydrogens (from the phenolic OHs) and ...
12-11-2004 at 07:38
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Combustion and O2 content of air
In the limit, you will lower the amount of KNO3 to zero and the sulpur will still burn. What will th ...
7-11-2004 at 02:58
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Making Lithium Metal
I think DMSO is doomed.
http://www.casper.organ.su.se/sop/sop401.html
6-11-2004 at 14:10
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MunsellĀ® Plant Tissue Color Chart
You could calibrate it so it works on your printer, but when you send the data to someone else is th ...
31-10-2004 at 15:32
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Ethylene oxide synthesis
Might we be muddling two things up?
Ethanol can be dehydrated to ethylene with sulphuric acid, it ...
31-10-2004 at 03:19
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Saccharides convertions?
The reduction of glucose to sorbitol is an industrial process, they use hydrogenation or electrolysi ...
31-10-2004 at 03:01
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Recovery of sulfuric acid from nitrations
" (NG is insoluble in the acid, so don't worry when you heat it). "
OK, but can I wo ...
31-10-2004 at 02:48
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Ethyl Iodide
I presume he is going on about making the sulphonic acid to prodce a ethyl sulphonate to react with ...
30-10-2004 at 05:11
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Combustion and O2 content of air
Combustion doesn't happen at NTP.
The equlibrium constant for the reaction will be very large. ...
30-10-2004 at 04:52
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Drying ethanol via ester hydrolysis.
It's still off-topic and I wouldn't try it with halogenated solvents.
24-10-2004 at 22:25
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Drying ethanol via ester hydrolysis.
A fine method, save only that this thread is about alcohol.
CaH2 + 2 EtOH --> Ca(OEt)2 +H2
23-10-2004 at 04:00
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hydrogen:safer than petrol?
About 2 out of 3 people on the Hindenburgh survived. That's not bad for an accident that destro ...
14-10-2004 at 14:26
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Question for lifescientists
Q
"Which will be the most expansive and profitable areas of lifescience in the future? "
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7-10-2004 at 14:06
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purifying sulphur
Sulphur disolves in plenty of solvents.
http://www.speclab.com/elements/sulfur.htm
gives some exam ...
5-10-2004 at 15:01
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distinguishing b/w solns
I think the traditional answer to c would be barium chloride.
A pretty solution to d would be to ad ...
26-9-2004 at 15:09
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Faraday's Heavy Glass
I thought that repeatedly heating and cooling glass was likely to make it devitrify.
I also know th ...
26-9-2004 at 14:50
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Caros Acid
Reaction of H2O2 and acetic anhydride can give peracetic acid, which is nasty and acetyl peroxide wh ...
26-9-2004 at 14:43
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BIODIESEL - cheapen your gasoline
The hydroxyl group in ricinoleic acid will tend to make the phase separation less effective.
22-9-2004 at 13:42
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Homogeneous solutions
No, right.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=homogeneous

It looks like the definition o ...
18-9-2004 at 13:28
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Ethanol rates of evaporation with/without stirring.
I take it that you mean filter flasks and the traps often used with them. Those are specially made f ...
18-9-2004 at 13:17
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Placement of very accurate scales.
When our lab moved about 10 years ago nobody thought about the balances much. After all, thy were ju ...
18-9-2004 at 13:08
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