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Lab-scale waste recycling
If I'm isolating an organic product dissolved in a solvent, I distill and keep the solvent. For smal ...
13-8-2014 at 11:06
by: subsecret
Is a fire extinguisher a reliable high pressure autoclave?
Perhaps you could use a section of steel pipe, capped on both ends, as the reaction vessel. As Praxi ...
13-8-2014 at 10:43
by: subsecret
A Grave Risk of Death
Let me tell you a thing: Juries (at least in the US) are composed of people who do not have large am ...
10-8-2014 at 22:22
by: subsecret
Cutting sodium
I really like Mailinmypocket's sodium globules. If you consider it, even with a sodium wire, there's ...
10-8-2014 at 21:49
by: subsecret
Fiberglass Cloth - Available in the US
Don't burn your house down ;)

I did try drilling my own well, but I hit a rock about 3 meters dow ...
10-8-2014 at 21:45
by: subsecret
Chemical Tanker Seen on Highway
gsd, have you thought about sneaking around and taking a liter or two of that carbon disulfide?:D

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10-8-2014 at 21:26
by: subsecret
Chemistry Games
I checked out particle clicker for a second. It's pretty awesome.

Does anyone else hate the fashi ...
10-8-2014 at 20:11
by: subsecret
Fiberglass Cloth - Available in the US
Actually, fiberglass that is used in buildings is sprayed with a pigment and a polymer resin. IIRC, ...
10-8-2014 at 18:32
by: subsecret
Fiberglass Cloth - Available in the US
Very nice! I actually have a "Thermowell" heating mantle, the kind with the ceramic interior and ste ...
10-8-2014 at 18:06
by: subsecret
Fiberglass Cloth - Available in the US
Just to bring this to the attention of anybody who is interested, I discovered some fiberglass repai ...
10-8-2014 at 10:53
by: subsecret
Beginner Distillation Projects
You could buy some paint stripper and distill dichloromethane. It's very volatile, as it only boils ...
10-8-2014 at 10:43
by: subsecret
Untested Procedures: 2-Chloropropane via SN1
Warning: I am simply submitting this procedure to gather advice on whether or not it is feasible. If ...
9-8-2014 at 21:52
by: subsecret
Acetic Acid Distillation with an Entrainer
You could distill it with concentrated sulfuric acid, to remove the water. Just find a flask that ho ...
8-8-2014 at 21:16
by: subsecret
Acetic Acid Distillation with an Entrainer
The most popular amateur route to acetic acid is distillation from a mixture of concentrated sulfuri ...
5-8-2014 at 18:46
by: subsecret
RC boat fight.
Has anyone thought of using thermite to destroy the enemy boat? A small bag or packet of thermite at ...
5-8-2014 at 18:16
by: subsecret
On tri - R- Borates
If you buy HEET, you'll want to distill it first. The commercial product has been said to contain an ...
5-8-2014 at 17:07
by: subsecret
On tri - R- Borates
In order to remove the water, you could fill a Soxhlet extractor with calcium chloride and use it as ...
3-8-2014 at 08:40
by: subsecret
RC boat fight.
Attach a spear, tipped with some contact-triggered explosive device. Just ram the end into the oppos ...
3-8-2014 at 08:36
by: subsecret
Accidentally made benzyl bromide! Ouch My eyes! What happen? Need advice!
Benzyl bromide can be neutralized with any hydroxide (via SN2), depending on what you have lying aro ...
21-7-2014 at 20:20
by: subsecret
The smell of halogens
Chlorine and NO[sub]2[/sub] smell very similar. Nitric acid vapors themselves smell a lot like chlor ...
21-7-2014 at 20:12
by: subsecret
Mystery Glassware Identification Thread
I believe that the "drying tube" is for fermentation, IIRC. Filling it with a bacterial culture and ...
19-7-2014 at 21:29
by: subsecret
Idio-C
That is one of the most absurd things I've ever seen. I don't know whether I should laugh or cry, be ...
10-7-2014 at 13:57
by: subsecret
Thermometer adapter seal?
They probably don't have an "official" name, but Wilmad Labglass describes them as "fitments." Here' ...
3-6-2014 at 20:16
by: subsecret
Pumping water into a distillation condenser
Personally I'd prefer a non-submersible centrifugal pump (like those used for computer cooling syst ...
3-6-2014 at 14:02
by: subsecret
Plastic attachments to hold liquid-tubes onto condenser?
You might want to use that yellow latex hose, though it is slightly expensive (about 1 USD per foot) ...
18-5-2014 at 10:07
by: subsecret
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