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Colour and synthesis of Copper Nitrate?
I've made some copper nitrate recently by reacting copper with 70% nitric acid. The solution was blu ... |
30-8-2015 at 12:39
by: ave369 |
A safer procedure of mineral acid synthesis
This post is mostly addressed towards beginners, not experienced independent chemists who already kn ... |
30-8-2015 at 09:47
by: ave369 |
Overrun with sal mirabilis!
papaya, in my country there is a drain cleaner brand "KROT", the ingredients are NaOH and Na2SO4. Th ... |
29-8-2015 at 22:47
by: ave369 |
Overrun with sal mirabilis!
[rquote=417602&tid=63460&author=phlogiston] For instance, to heat your house overnight with ... |
29-8-2015 at 13:31
by: ave369 |
Overrun with sal mirabilis!
Here in my lab, I'm wading knee deep in sodium sulfate. I get this as a side product when I extract ... |
29-8-2015 at 07:02
by: ave369 |
Cherry Red Mercury
Red mercury is a hoax. It was invented by the Soviet KGB to fool people like you. |
29-8-2015 at 04:53
by: ave369 |
Probably a very stupid idea to get lithium from a battery
[rquote=417089&tid=63394&author=GrayGhost]Build you a boxglove in inert atmosphere, CO2, Arg ... |
28-8-2015 at 13:20
by: ave369 |
Nitric Acid and Silver Nitrate
This morning I did a modified version of distilling nitrate salts with an acid. Right now I don't ha ... |
27-8-2015 at 23:31
by: ave369 |
Phosphoric acid and glass
If it's the same rate of damage as alkalis do, then it's okay. But anyway, if I'll need to boil phos ... |
27-8-2015 at 10:44
by: ave369 |
Phosphoric acid and glass
Today I've found some OTC 80-85% phosphoric acid (sold as a soldering flux for steel) and conducted ... |
27-8-2015 at 10:21
by: ave369 |
Your introduction to chemistry
When I was about 7 or 8 years old, I've found an old Soviet school chemistry textbook that belonged ... |
27-8-2015 at 05:21
by: ave369 |
Storage of alkaline and alkaline earth metals
In my country, kerosene is usually used. Preferably lamp grade, not aviation grade. The bottle with ... |
26-8-2015 at 12:42
by: ave369 |
Cheapeat Fuel? campfire cooking
aga, as far as I understood, the OP meant stoves with liquid or gaseous fuels, not wood stoves.
A ... |
26-8-2015 at 12:34
by: ave369 |
Cheapeat Fuel? campfire cooking
What kind of stove are you using? If it's a non-pressurized, open burner stove, then only alcohol wi ... |
26-8-2015 at 06:33
by: ave369 |
Homemade and Repurposed Lab Gear
Maybe flask, not balloon? Balloon is a bright-colored, inflatable rubber thing popular at parties. |
26-8-2015 at 06:31
by: ave369 |
Elemental Sodium from slag
Toss the slag in water. If you see bubbles of hydrogen, then it's sodium. If you don't see any, it's ... |
23-8-2015 at 02:48
by: ave369 |
Probably a very stupid idea to get lithium from a battery
Depends on what mineral oil are you using. The heavier lubricant oils do not light up easily. Probab ... |
22-8-2015 at 22:26
by: ave369 |
NH4NO3 + HCl=?
And also do not use ammonium nitrate, use some real metal instead. Ammonium can produce some undesir ... |
21-8-2015 at 05:58
by: ave369 |
A METAL INDISSOLUBLE IN...
Tungsten. Very slowly reacts with aqua regia, sulfuric and hydrochloric acids as bulk metal. Powdere ... |
20-8-2015 at 05:32
by: ave369 |
What is the name for this condenser device?
I think it's called an alembic. At least, very similar condensers used by medieval alchemists were c ... |
19-8-2015 at 21:38
by: ave369 |
Purification of 70% Ethyl Rubbing Alcohol
From my moonshining practice, the best way to remove acetone contamination is diluting the alcohol t ... |
19-8-2015 at 14:15
by: ave369 |
Selenium, phosphorous & arsenic mustards?
[rquote=415214&tid=10718&author=kecskesajt]Giant hogweed is painful enoung to be a warfare a ... |
19-8-2015 at 02:06
by: ave369 |
Purchase of sodium bromide
In some countries, bromides are still OTC medicines and can be bought at a drugstore. |
17-8-2015 at 06:21
by: ave369 |
Making KNO3 out of... Waste...
As far as I know, back in the day when this was the standard way of making saltpeter, it was a strat ... |
16-8-2015 at 12:36
by: ave369 |
H2O2 question
I just countered a lame joke with an equally lame one. |
15-8-2015 at 23:07
by: ave369 |
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