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High temperature Retort is made from ... ?
You could try doing the reaction under a vacuum.

I haven't gotten around to trying this again ...
5-10-2014 at 15:45
by: WGTR
Homemade driver for turbomolecular pumps? (help needed)
The one that we use on our SEM seems to increase speed in discrete steps as the chamber pumps down. ...
1-10-2014 at 13:29
by: WGTR
Haloform with IPA 3&4 could really do with some help
For what it's worth, here's an extra pointer that I have used when making small amounts of chlorofor ...
1-10-2014 at 07:59
by: WGTR
Interesting Inscription in Old Faraday Book
I figured the date was 1871, and that the signature was from his wife. However, the date could als ...
30-9-2014 at 13:04
by: WGTR
Interesting Inscription in Old Faraday Book
Thanks, I hadn't come across that before. I don't think he was the publisher for this book; howeve ...
30-9-2014 at 05:43
by: WGTR
Interesting Inscription in Old Faraday Book
I can figure who S. Faraday was, but who was W. Philips?


[file]34076[/file]

p.s. I'm waiti ...
29-9-2014 at 15:32
by: WGTR
Calcium Oxide from sea shells
My intended meaning, though poorly phrased, is that the presence of CO lowers the partial pressure o ...
26-9-2014 at 10:10
by: WGTR
Lead acetate making an acetate of me
I've electrolyzed 60/40 tin/lead solder in sulfuric acid solution before. The solder is the anode, ...
26-9-2014 at 09:50
by: WGTR
Calcium Oxide from sea shells
One thing that I haven't seen mentioned so far is the effect of carbon monoxide on the equilibrium o ...
26-9-2014 at 07:56
by: WGTR
Anything worth extracting from modulen?
I think I understand the situation, and I'm sorry that you have to deal with it. It looks like most ...
25-9-2014 at 17:40
by: WGTR
Making Calcium Chloride,and anhydrous
I suppose it depends on the intended purpose, and one's definition of "anhydrous". If very dry CaC ...
20-9-2014 at 10:57
by: WGTR
Making Calcium Chloride,and anhydrous
Here is a reference that I pulled out of the cobwebs of my head:

[file]33864[/file] [file]33866[ ...
19-9-2014 at 13:06
by: WGTR
Where have I gone?
That's what I'm worried about as well. I'm going to start doing backups of my more significant pos ...
18-9-2014 at 05:41
by: WGTR
Economical extraction of copper from PCBs
Stupid is as stupid does (To quote Forrest Gump). :D

Enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2h ...
17-9-2014 at 13:06
by: WGTR
Economical extraction of copper from PCBs
It is going to be difficult to melt fine copper powder into solid copper, as an FYI. Copper powder ...
17-9-2014 at 10:06
by: WGTR
When does a person cross over from being an Amateur Chemist, to a Professional/Normal Chemist?
I fit in the first category: little formal chemistry training, but it is part of my job.

It is ...
11-9-2014 at 12:30
by: WGTR
How can I accelerate my laboratory practise?
[rquote=344757&tid=33369&author=yiberkit]I have psychological focussing problem, also my han ...
9-9-2014 at 17:48
by: WGTR
Another nail in the coffin of home chemistry (UK)
I like [b]woelen's[/b] idea simply because the associated materials could be very high-purity. At t ...
4-9-2014 at 14:11
by: WGTR
Clorine gas WITHOUT sodium hypochlorite
Dang, [b]gdflp[/b] beat me to this.

One way that you can make chlorine is electrochemically. E ...
4-9-2014 at 12:27
by: WGTR
Another nail in the coffin of home chemistry (UK)
Looking at the link that was provided for the legislation, it seems a little short on detail. Is t ...
4-9-2014 at 08:07
by: WGTR
Another nail in the coffin of home chemistry (UK)
OK, how about using cations other than sodium and potassium? That may not work for all application ...
2-9-2014 at 17:29
by: WGTR
Another nail in the coffin of home chemistry (UK)
[rquote=343974&tid=33097&author=Dr.Bob]
PS, perchorates are not used for gardening, but nit ...
2-9-2014 at 10:20
by: WGTR
Another nail in the coffin of home chemistry (UK)
I think that synthesizing explosive precursors seems straightforward to someone who knows the chemis ...
2-9-2014 at 09:29
by: WGTR
Another nail in the coffin of home chemistry (UK)
Unless I am mistaken, there is a thread here talking about this very topic:

https://www.sciencema ...
29-8-2014 at 15:36
by: WGTR
Cutting sodium 25lb ingot
Approaching this from another direction, what would you do if you had 25 lbs. of burning sodium? T ...
24-8-2014 at 17:10
by: WGTR
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