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Keeping bromine safely contained
One method I really enjoyed is the electrolytic method - I have a video of it here: https://www.yout ...
25-7-2016 at 06:19
by: MrHomeScientist
Bad days in the lab or with glassware?
A few days ago I was the victim of a comical series of events that led to some broken glass. I was c ...
20-7-2016 at 09:53
by: MrHomeScientist
youtube
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Also MrHomeScientist. The SM user's a ...
19-7-2016 at 09:50
by: MrHomeScientist
High pressure Wacker O2 generator/RV
To clear up the compound confusion:

- Magnesium and manganese are not the same thing! You probabl ...
18-7-2016 at 09:39
by: MrHomeScientist
Way too much sulfur; what should I do?
Make beautiful crystals of sulfur by recrystallizing in hot toluene! Lacking toluene, I'm going to t ...
15-7-2016 at 11:10
by: MrHomeScientist
Will this supersaturated crystal growing solution work?
Indium's not all that rare; there's tons of it on eBay! Just buy some of the metal and dissolve in n ...
14-7-2016 at 04:59
by: MrHomeScientist
Fume Hood Construction
[rquote=454617&tid=67117&author=Magpie]I am preparing a tutorial/instructable for calculatin ...
12-7-2016 at 07:09
by: MrHomeScientist
exploitation of chemistry
Surely just leaving a piece of Li out to react with air will result in low purity, though? I imagine ...
11-7-2016 at 11:14
by: MrHomeScientist
I'm trying to do basic electrolysis, where to get electrodes?
Another good source for carbon rod electrodes is on eBay - search for "graphite stir rods." They are ...
7-7-2016 at 07:55
by: MrHomeScientist
Purifying Copper Sulphate
Going back to DJF90's remark about purity:
[quote]There is no point in trying to purify a material ...
30-6-2016 at 11:37
by: MrHomeScientist
DIY Glove Box
Recently I posted a video on making a DIY glove box on the cheap:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...
11-6-2016 at 19:10
by: MrHomeScientist
Mine platinum from the dust next to highways
[rquote=450861&tid=66368&author=aga]Where did 3.42 x 10<sup>23</sup> ions of the ...
10-6-2016 at 11:40
by: MrHomeScientist
Preparation of Neodymium Sulfate from Magnets
Nice writeup. I feel obliged to link to the long-running thread on separating Nd from these magnets, ...
3-6-2016 at 05:34
by: MrHomeScientist
Quantum Mechanics
Being bosons, you could condense photons into a Bose-Einstein Condensate where they all occupy essen ...
1-6-2016 at 06:03
by: MrHomeScientist
Motivation
Hey, I like both chemistry and the new Doom!
26-5-2016 at 12:53
by: MrHomeScientist
Something bothers me for so long
How is physics "one of the least established" fields? You don't trust Newton? Don't believe the LHC ...
25-5-2016 at 05:28
by: MrHomeScientist
Thermite metal casting
I did some thermite reactions once at a convention that also had some blacksmiths participating. I g ...
24-5-2016 at 05:53
by: MrHomeScientist
List some BAD chemistry YouTube videos
Can iodine really be used to test pH? I've never heard of that before.
19-5-2016 at 06:05
by: MrHomeScientist
Reclaimed Gold Pins from Cellphones
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His explanation was that there was solde ...
18-5-2016 at 07:42
by: MrHomeScientist
Periodic Table of the Elements Display Case
Really great work here. I considered making an all-acrylic design like that myself, but ended up goi ...
16-5-2016 at 09:40
by: MrHomeScientist
Boilling flask method
Also something to note is that insulating baths can damage your hot plate. I recently used a sand ba ...
4-5-2016 at 12:42
by: MrHomeScientist
Removing smell from polypropylene bottles
I thought this thread would be about the smell of the bottles themselves. I have several old empty N ...
4-5-2016 at 12:21
by: MrHomeScientist
Cu reactions with NaOH, NH4OH & (NH4)2SO4
I would think that leaving a container of ammonia ([b]not[/b] ammonium!) out for that long, all the ...
4-5-2016 at 09:45
by: MrHomeScientist
What are half-lives in MeV and unknown ones? Are they short?
Agree with Theoretic. It's certainly the decay energy. You can't convert between energy and time, it ...
21-4-2016 at 05:36
by: MrHomeScientist
Piece of science
Aga I don't see the issue. There's no ads on their site so it's not like they are making money by pr ...
20-4-2016 at 10:26
by: MrHomeScientist
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