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Preparation of acetic acid?
Thanks for the tips. It's been several months since the experiment, and I never had any problems.
8-11-2014 at 04:14
by: subsecret
Preparation of acetic acid?
Well, I don't seem to be dead after testing the apparatus with my nose :D
7-11-2014 at 19:09
by: subsecret
Best-smelling chemicals
Hydrogen sulfide, chlorine, bromine, toluene, propane, acetone, and vanillin are some of the best th ...
7-11-2014 at 17:40
by: subsecret
Synthesis of Benzocaine
Gassing the product or a suspension of it would work. You could also had hydrochloric acid and evapo ...
4-11-2014 at 14:24
by: subsecret
STEM radio show!
DEFINITELY talk about social issues.
23-10-2014 at 16:29
by: subsecret
A very unexpected reaction..(or lack of)
I second that, Dan.

If you think it's isopropanol, you could try to pass the vapors into a chille ...
20-10-2014 at 16:09
by: subsecret
A very unexpected reaction..(or lack of)
What was the purpose of the reaction, and what was the concentration of the H2O2?
18-10-2014 at 13:46
by: subsecret
Concentrating hydrochloric acid
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No, I live in Europe. Actually it ...
17-10-2014 at 14:02
by: subsecret
Synthesis of Benzocaine
Thanks for the input. To address some questions:

-0.7306 moles is incorrect. I meant to write 0.0 ...
15-10-2014 at 03:47
by: subsecret
Synthesis of Benzocaine
Purpose: To prepare benzocaine (a local anesthetic) from p-aminobenzoic acid and ethanol, via a Fisc ...
14-10-2014 at 20:57
by: subsecret
Concentrating hydrochloric acid
You wouldn't want to boil the acid too strongly, as this would put considerable water into the clean ...
14-10-2014 at 18:24
by: subsecret
Concentrating hydrochloric acid
You could concentrate it by heating it and leading the gas into chilled water. If you can get your h ...
13-10-2014 at 20:40
by: subsecret
Obtaining HNO3 from distillation
Teflon tape doesn't seal perfectly. Even when the joints are wrapped in a layer or two, the Keck cli ...
12-10-2014 at 15:46
by: subsecret
Which is your year of birth?
As of January 30, I'm 16 years old.

Hopefully we will see a decrease in legal troubles due to inc ...
6-10-2014 at 17:36
by: subsecret
Car radiator condenser
A home-made copper condenser is definitely your best option, if you use lead-free solder or brass (a ...
30-9-2014 at 19:24
by: subsecret
So what have you been doing?
I've been working on isolating vanillin from artificial vanilla extract. I did an extraction with 4 ...
28-9-2014 at 13:19
by: subsecret
oxidizing soot on walls
Tell me if this question is too private...

How did the painting get dirty in the first place, and ...
14-9-2014 at 08:52
by: subsecret
Storing lithium ingots under oil? Density issues?
You could put a beaker on top of the lithium, pushing it into the oil. If the bottom of the beaker i ...
4-9-2014 at 18:09
by: subsecret
Accident with radiation?
Actually, my chemistry professor was exposed to a good bit of some radioactive isotope of iodine. No ...
27-8-2014 at 18:42
by: subsecret
Cutting sodium 25lb ingot
First, get a bucket of dry xylene ready...
24-8-2014 at 08:11
by: subsecret
Acetic Acid Distillation with an Entrainer
My mistake. I'd not looked into the other properties of these compounds. :(
20-8-2014 at 11:34
by: subsecret
watch glasses, need pyrex?
Perhaps you could heat the watch glass over steam, from boiling water in an Erlenmeyer flask. I don' ...
19-8-2014 at 18:43
by: subsecret
Is a fire extinguisher a reliable high pressure autoclave?
I'd be most afraid of opening the container after heating it. If the autoclave did happen to explode ...
13-8-2014 at 18:04
by: subsecret
Thiele Tube vs Beaker
Are Thiele tubes really necessary for testing melting points? I read that the convection of the oil ...
13-8-2014 at 14:45
by: subsecret
p-Terphenyl from p-dichlorobenzene and benzene
Is Friedel-Crafts impossible in this case because of the benzene ring's pi cloud?
13-8-2014 at 11:56
by: subsecret
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