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Wired Magazine has an article about Amateur Chemistry
It is pretty novel to actually meet (albeit online) the person who wrote such a good article. Keep ...
30-5-2006 at 21:54
by: The_Davster
Carboxylic acid strengths
Yeah, anything electron donating, whether by induction or resonance will destabilize the conjugate b ...
28-5-2006 at 20:57
by: The_Davster
Chloropicrin and its Odor
I was just thinking about the mechanisms behind this earlier today, what I came up with was almost t ...
28-5-2006 at 17:37
by: The_Davster
Ethyl Perchlorate
I had the oportunity to see some barium ethyl sulfate today, 1lb, electronic grade, however it is ve ...
26-5-2006 at 15:27
by: The_Davster
Unusual Chemicals, what to do with them ...?
I can get some cool cyclics like cyclopropylamine and cyclobutanecarboxylic acid, anything interesti ...
26-5-2006 at 14:47
by: The_Davster
Wired Magazine has an article about Amateur Chemistry
Twas a good read!
I scanned it.
(on rapidshare because was too big for an attachment)
http://rapi ...
25-5-2006 at 15:18
by: The_Davster
The Smell of Iron, Copper
I was working with some cerium today, now that smells horrible after you touch it. I have noticed t ...
24-5-2006 at 17:13
by: The_Davster
Silver plating via Tollens' reaction
The testtube with silver on it from a tollens test usually requires concentrated nitric to get it of ...
24-5-2006 at 14:13
by: The_Davster
Wired Magazine has an article about Amateur Chemistry
I thumbed through the current issue at a newstand today. No luck.

[Edited on 23-5-2006 by rogue ch ...
23-5-2006 at 15:27
by: The_Davster
Wired Magazine has an article about Amateur Chemistry
Yeah, I am picking up whichever issue this is in as well. I cannot seem to find it on their website ...
22-5-2006 at 20:12
by: The_Davster
benzyl alcohol oxidation
Of course PCC requires anhydrous conditions or you get benzoic acid. And PCC (pyridium chlorochroma ...
22-5-2006 at 19:45
by: The_Davster
Question on making CH3NO2?
The 'nitroacetone' and NaOH has really darkened over the last few days. Yesterday I added half of i ...
22-5-2006 at 17:04
by: The_Davster
Home synthesis of HCl
Read the entire thread I linked you to, regular light is not good enough, but UV works.
21-5-2006 at 17:45
by: The_Davster
Home synthesis of HCl
H2 and Cl2 is very voilent once initiated. There is a demo which consists of filling a thick glass ...
21-5-2006 at 16:34
by: The_Davster
Liquification of oxygen
[img]http://www.sciencemadness.org/scipics/LOX1.JPG[/img]

Oxygen was generated in the 100mL 3 nec ...
21-5-2006 at 14:32
by: The_Davster
Unusual Chemicals, what to do with them ...?
I must admit, I had my doubts that it would work, but it did.
Also, tungsten hexachloride is fun ...
20-5-2006 at 15:16
by: The_Davster
NiO catalyst for burning NH3
You could run the tube through a furnace, or go with oxy acetylene torch or something.

Keep in mi ...
20-5-2006 at 14:22
by: The_Davster
Unusual glassware (what is it for?)
Another. The lower tube is just a capilary, for reduced pressure distillation I assume. The two up ...
19-5-2006 at 16:02
by: The_Davster
Oxidizing CO using KMnO4
Why not just run argon through instead? It keeps molten titanium unoxidized when I arc melt it.
17-5-2006 at 15:31
by: The_Davster
Can't open the lid
Metal lid right?
17-5-2006 at 05:09
by: The_Davster
Unusual Chemicals, what to do with them ...?
Was not with tungsten, but with tungsten hexachloride, that I made tungsten hexaphenoxide tonight. ...
16-5-2006 at 17:30
by: The_Davster
Storing sodium
1)get 2 small diameter glass tubes, these will be the neck of the ampoule, choose size accordingly. ...
15-5-2006 at 21:26
by: The_Davster
Unusual Chemicals, what to do with them ...?
Powdered tungsten.....
15-5-2006 at 15:36
by: The_Davster
Suspicious?
I may have grown lax in paranoia these days, but what is the big deal with getting sodium? If THEY ...
14-5-2006 at 21:48
by: The_Davster
Storing sodium
I have seen very very old alkalis in various storage mediums thanks to a new contact of mine.

Whe ...
14-5-2006 at 21:26
by: The_Davster
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