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Your favorite lab equipment
...without a doubt, my fume hood.
24-6-2014 at 13:15
by: Magpie
Latest chemical order?
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100g calcium pyruvate
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May ...
24-6-2014 at 13:13
by: Magpie
Obscure antiquated or household drugs
This weekend I was visiting a small tourist town about a 100 miles from where I live. It had the us ...
23-6-2014 at 09:54
by: Magpie
Fused Quartz furnace
You likely don't need a "fused quartz furnace," but a tube furnace into which you can insert a fused ...
1-6-2014 at 16:02
by: Magpie
Does anyone have any experience working with Persulfate compounds?
I used sodium persufate to oxidize benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde:

http://www.sciencemadness.org/ ...
31-5-2014 at 17:52
by: Magpie
Distillation and steam distillation apparatus
[rquote=332566&tid=30445&author=blogfast25][rquote=332516&tid=30445&author=Magpie]Th ...
28-5-2014 at 14:01
by: Magpie
Distillation and steam distillation apparatus
Percolating coffee pots use steam generation to carry a mix of hot water and steam to the top of the ...
27-5-2014 at 15:38
by: Magpie
kitchen chemistry
I had been using 3A mole sieves to dry some 95% ethanol. Wanting to re-activate them I poured them ...
22-5-2014 at 16:54
by: Magpie
Whats the most dangerous chemical you've ever synthesized?
KCN, H2S, P, chlorosulfonic acid, oleum, S2Br2, Cl2, Br2, HgCl2.

I recently decided I didn't wa ...
13-5-2014 at 20:20
by: Magpie
How to make KOH (aka) Potassium Hydroxide
For xcv826: http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=4800

Primordial chemicals

[Edi ...
11-5-2014 at 14:28
by: Magpie
Come on? Silver 1 or 4 or 11 valence....
[rquote=330813&tid=30345&author=blogfast25]Chris:

The Ag has lost an electron, so it has ...
10-5-2014 at 12:58
by: Magpie
Myth busted - Epsom not good source of Mg Sulphate
I have not tried dehydrating spirits with drying agents on the first dehydration. 62% water is a lo ...
8-5-2014 at 14:26
by: Magpie
Myth busted - Epsom not good source of Mg Sulphate
My information says that dehydration should be at "200°C and red heat." I would try 200°C overnig ...
8-5-2014 at 13:47
by: Magpie
Myth busted - Epsom not good source of Mg Sulphate
[rquote=330551&tid=30328&author=CHRIS25]... (which I dehydrated many weeks ago), after a wee ...
8-5-2014 at 13:18
by: Magpie
Benzene synthesis
I think that a 30mm borosilicate glass tube 1/2 filled will work just fine. Keep in mind that the d ...
29-4-2014 at 12:16
by: Magpie
Picking a project for chem lab
I live in a state that provides public access to the journals that are available to the universities ...
29-4-2014 at 09:15
by: Magpie
Benzene synthesis
[rquote=329302&tid=325&author=blogfast25][rquote=59295&tid=325&author=Magpie]Benzene ...
29-4-2014 at 09:06
by: Magpie
Isopropyl chloride preparation question
Cumming's 4th has an ethyl chloride prep using ZnCl2, absolute ethanol, and gaseous HCl. Yield: al ...
23-4-2014 at 15:08
by: Magpie
Phosphoric acid for nickel(II) determination
Have you considered making your own DMG?

FYI: http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php? ...
22-4-2014 at 19:23
by: Magpie
Isopropyl chloride preparation question
I looked for this prep in my Cumming (4th Ed), 1950. It's not there. I wonder why it was pulled?
22-4-2014 at 19:08
by: Magpie
Titration cockups
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Titrating a known 6.8M nitric acid solution, i get rea ...
21-4-2014 at 18:42
by: Magpie
What can I get out of NiCd batteries?
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=4676
12-4-2014 at 09:52
by: Magpie
'Meeth-isle' or 'Meth-ill'? Pronunciation of organic groups
What about meta? Is it may-ta or meh-ta?
11-4-2014 at 10:04
by: Magpie
mauve preparation
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Also, the cave man chemistry link doesn't work ...
9-4-2014 at 08:59
by: Magpie
mauve preparation
After reading Simon Garfield's fascinating book "[i]Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Change ...
8-4-2014 at 19:53
by: Magpie
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