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Reduction of cerium oxide to metal
Interesting stuff. What is your source of cerium?

If you do want to go the fluoride route, I have ...
6-6-2013 at 12:58
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Zinc Oxide
[rquote=286919&tid=24277&author=Random]I wouldn't apply anything made from common zinc metal ...
6-6-2013 at 08:30
by: MrHomeScientist
demonstration shows-- do they teach? how do you know?
I co-host a science stage show that we perform for elementary school children, to get them intereste ...
6-6-2013 at 08:04
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Zinc Oxide
I think she simply plans on mixing the oxide with a carrier. She mentioned trying coconut oil, shea ...
5-6-2013 at 05:45
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Zinc Oxide
Thanks annaandherdad, I was following that thread too. I didn't know that penny zinc could be so pur ...
4-6-2013 at 09:58
by: MrHomeScientist
Calcium Hydroxide and Hydrochloric Acid Reaction
It's also possible that dropping the liquid on dry powder kicked some dust up, which then made it to ...
23-5-2013 at 10:01
by: MrHomeScientist
Girl arrested for chemistry experiment, charges dropped, "October Sky" guy gives her a scholarship
That's great news! As you might have seen in the other thread, I was pretty pissed at this whole ord ...
23-5-2013 at 09:57
by: MrHomeScientist
Bromine.
Ahhh that makes a lot of sense, thanks for the clarification. Currently my stuff is stored in a plas ...
22-5-2013 at 13:19
by: MrHomeScientist
Bromine.
I have about 500g of ammonium bifluoride that I bought for my neodymium magnet experiments (smallest ...
22-5-2013 at 06:15
by: MrHomeScientist
Copper sulfate
[rquote=285142&tid=23963&author=annaandherdad]Thanks, I'll try that. As for always adding a ...
21-5-2013 at 11:36
by: MrHomeScientist
Bromine.
[rquote=285124&tid=24311&author=woelen]Bromine is quite toxic and one certainly has to be ca ...
21-5-2013 at 10:24
by: MrHomeScientist
Copper sulfate
Nah I just swept them aside with a plastic spoon. There's so many tiny crystals that picking them ou ...
21-5-2013 at 10:14
by: MrHomeScientist
Bromine.
Bromine may be less toxic/reactive than chlorine, but it is extremely dangerous for different reason ...
21-5-2013 at 07:38
by: MrHomeScientist
Found an easy way to make chlorine gas from muriatic acid and bleach
Right, we aren't talking about liquid chlorine here - you'd need quite a lot more expansion (or equi ...
21-5-2013 at 07:21
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Zinc Oxide
Edited to remove a mistaken implication on my part.


@vmelkon:
Damn, I knew I was going to get ...
21-5-2013 at 06:59
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Zinc Oxide
In my first trial, the black particles were produced at the positive electrode (cathode). I did a se ...
20-5-2013 at 19:51
by: MrHomeScientist
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
I think it's not that the IPA gets hot enough to self-ignite - rather, the sparks produced by the re ...
20-5-2013 at 08:32
by: MrHomeScientist
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
The issue with using this reaction to produce sodium is that the sodium alkoxide is much less solubl ...
20-5-2013 at 07:04
by: MrHomeScientist
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
If you've actually read the whole thread, then you'd know other alcohols have been tried with little ...
20-5-2013 at 06:00
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Zinc Oxide
I tried this electrolysis last night, and it seems to work nicely. I used both electrodes as zinc, i ...
20-5-2013 at 05:51
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Zinc Oxide
Tim,

Thanks for all the suggestions! Using table salt instead of baking soda makes sense, I shoul ...
19-5-2013 at 09:31
by: MrHomeScientist
Making Zinc Oxide
A co-worker of mine is interested in making her own sunscreen using zinc oxide. She'd rather not buy ...
17-5-2013 at 05:48
by: MrHomeScientist
Production of thionyl chloride using... hexavalent chromium?
Instead of relying on "wishful thinking," why not try the experiment yourself? Certainly sounds simp ...
16-5-2013 at 13:39
by: MrHomeScientist
Cleaning glassware and other equipment
[rquote=283990&tid=24207&author=weiming1998]Oxalic acid easily removes traces of iron oxides ...
16-5-2013 at 05:42
by: MrHomeScientist
Mass Youtube Video
A correction on my previous comment:

[rquote=284288&tid=24184&author=MrHomeScientist]Depe ...
15-5-2013 at 13:36
by: MrHomeScientist
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