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Commercial V2O5 catalyst
It is hardly a difficult catalyst to make up! V2O5 from the ceramics supply house will work just fin ...
21-8-2008 at 19:41
by: Fleaker
Density of NaCl
Without going into great detail let's think of it this way: the salt you attempted to take a density ...
21-8-2008 at 19:30
by: Fleaker
The Platinum Mirror
[quote][i]Originally posted by Panache[/i]
I have some palladium chloride (anhydrous if that's sign ...
10-8-2008 at 12:10
by: Fleaker
Buss Loop Reactors
Solo,

The only Pfaulder I've experienced is their glass-lined unit with the bottom tap and it was ...
8-8-2008 at 10:33
by: Fleaker
Sodium metal - Illustrated Practical Guide
Once again Len, you have very much impressed me. Your construction skills are admirable. I can't wai ...
29-7-2008 at 13:49
by: Fleaker
I'm working on a few projects
[b]Articles currently in progress at the experimental stage (expect these in the coming weeks):[/b]
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29-7-2008 at 13:41
by: Fleaker
Separation of Lead and Silver?
You learn something new everyday! Thanks not_important; I always thought lead and zinc were practica ...
12-7-2008 at 09:53
by: Fleaker
Separation of Lead and Silver?
How pure do you want the silver? If you just want it 99,5% or better this is what I do:

Dissolve ...
11-7-2008 at 17:24
by: Fleaker
Using my education
Aside from teaching with a PhD, I would be hard pressed to find someone in industry with a PhD that ...
11-7-2008 at 17:13
by: Fleaker
Homemade lunaplast
IrC, a member here, would be your best source for making these; he makes his own. From what he expla ...
9-7-2008 at 15:30
by: Fleaker
H2O2 Restriction
Baquacil. It's 27,5% H2O2 stabilised with phosphoric acid.
9-7-2008 at 15:28
by: Fleaker
Looking for a cheap Pd salt source!
Check your U2U.
9-7-2008 at 09:54
by: Fleaker
Nitric Acid Synthesis
@ Klute, the hydrogen peroxide trick is something I do on a routine basis to stretch my nitric acid ...
8-7-2008 at 12:02
by: Fleaker
Sodium metal - Illustrated Practical Guide
Len, my sodium also has that purple colour to it and I now have it stored as 1kg bricks in kerosene. ...
6-7-2008 at 20:04
by: Fleaker
Homebuilt 1300°C tube furnace
@Magpie,

Sorry, for some reason I read
"4. I used 1" (25mm) Kaowool insulation vs GC's 25mm insu ...
21-6-2008 at 18:05
by: Fleaker
Homebuilt 1300°C tube furnace
I would've used much more kaowool than you did Magpie. I think 2" as a minimum.

I have a forced- ...
20-6-2008 at 09:23
by: Fleaker
A decent scale
Best to wait until you've got AU400-500 and get a decent used one like an Ohaus, Sartorius, Mettler- ...
20-6-2008 at 09:07
by: Fleaker
A reference
This may also help you out.

The sodium bisulfate is probably the easiest way to do it in my opini ...
12-6-2008 at 17:51
by: Fleaker
Rhodium Analysis
Bulk Rh doesn't dissolve in aqua regia, even boiling. I am almost positive that rhodium black will d ...
12-6-2008 at 11:12
by: Fleaker
Home experimenting or using a lab?
Depends! If it is something really hazardous or needing special apparatus, I do it in a commercial l ...
10-6-2008 at 21:10
by: Fleaker
benzyl alcohol oxidation
MJP, that is what I said long ago from when I tried the reaction of benzyl alcohol to benzyl chlorid ...
10-6-2008 at 12:48
by: Fleaker
Nitric Acid Synthesis
There's always the hydrogen peroxide trick.
5-6-2008 at 15:00
by: Fleaker
UV lamp for TLC
NERV is working on an easily made 100W UV bulb from a cheap commercial mercury vapour lamp. He plans ...
3-6-2008 at 17:35
by: Fleaker
4-ethoxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde from vanillin
Is it absolutely imperative to use a relatively expensive solvent like DMF? Are there any alternativ ...
3-6-2008 at 17:33
by: Fleaker
thionyl chloride and alcohols
Thionyl chloride will chlorinate alcohols into their alkyl halides. I don't think methanol is an exc ...
30-5-2008 at 15:01
by: Fleaker
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