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Teflon coated stir bars and H2SO4 I have a Teflon coated magnetic stir bar which I just used to distill water from battery acid. Upon ... |
2-11-2005 at 11:49 by: prole |
Improvised Sodium Hydroxide If they haven't yet banned NaCl, then perhaps a little electrolysis is in order:
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1-11-2005 at 07:42 by: prole |
Adipic acid Sorry Magpie, didn't mean to assume. The best source of DCM - containing stripper in my area h ... |
25-10-2005 at 04:59 by: prole |
cyclohexanone from pvc primer I see no one has posted here in a while, but here's my two cents:
I wouldn't use the pv ... |
24-10-2005 at 15:29 by: prole |
filtering very fine particles I have used a toilet paper plug in the neck of my funnel as an effective filter for fine particles. ... |
13-10-2005 at 11:31 by: prole |
Bioremediation of hydrocarbons This may not be of any use to most folks, but this is a viable possibility for ridding oneself of wa ... |
22-9-2005 at 07:34 by: prole |
Mishaps, mayhem, and blunders in the lab I'm curious to know from other science-heads about lab activities that went awry, things that m ... |
6-9-2005 at 18:51 by: prole |
Best and worst smelling chemicals? I'd hafta say that nitrotoluene smells quite unpleasant. It is reminiscent of Amoretto, the af ... |
5-9-2005 at 16:26 by: prole |
fractional vacuum distillation practice I've recently tried some good ol' fractional vacuum distillation, and was met with frustra ... |
22-8-2005 at 09:56 by: prole |
Switching rcving flask in vacuum distillation Thanks for the helpful responses, everyone. Prole is blushing with embarrassment, because he never ... |
9-8-2005 at 11:44 by: prole |
Switching rcving flask in vacuum distillation I envisioned a manifold-apparatus, along with a large price tag to fit 24/40 glass. I haven't ... |
9-8-2005 at 09:30 by: prole |
Switching rcving flask in vacuum distillation I'm getting ready for my first vacuum distillation. I'm unsure how to change the receivin ... |
9-8-2005 at 07:54 by: prole |
Beta-asarone You might try an online auction house. It is found in good supply, I've paid $55.00 (US) for 1 ... |
4-8-2005 at 12:20 by: prole |
OTC Toluene I don't know where you are, but in my area (Motown), it is available at most any local hardware ... |
4-8-2005 at 12:13 by: prole |
pyridine from niacin/CaO This is what I have from the Hive. Since they are offline, I will share what I have from there reg ... |
4-8-2005 at 06:21 by: prole |
easy THC extraction I have dreamt many times of extracting THC from cannabis using solvents, mostly alcohols. Every tim ... |
4-8-2005 at 06:00 by: prole |