MagicJigPipe - 25-11-2007 at 14:02
I've tried several other forums. This is by far the best one but I'm looking for one to go to on slow days. I've tried Synthetikal and Total
Synthesis but they both suck ass! Are there any that are even close to being as good as sciencemadness?
Magpie - 25-11-2007 at 14:09
Versuchschemie.de is very nice if you don't mind the fact that it is in German. 
woelen - 25-11-2007 at 14:11
I used to be quite happy with www.chemicalforums.com, but unfortunately that site has become more and more a place for people, who just want to have assistance with their
homework or study assignments. Just go there and judge yourself. At least it is a serious forum, with quite a few knowledgeable people.
If you can read/write German, then www.versuchschemie.de will also be one you'll love. It's a real experimenter's site, with lots of experiments, practical discussions and
syntheses. Only thing, which is a pity, is that no discussion of pyrotechnics and energetic materials is allowed.
Unfortunately, the type of sites like sciencemadness is rare. In english language, I actually do not know a single forum, which can stand besides
sciencemadness, when it comes to home experimenting, practical experience with making reagents, etc.
JohnWW - 25-11-2007 at 15:01
Sciencemadness.org is the best, and most enduring.
I can also suggest:
http://www.todoquimica.net , primarily for chemical engineers, mostly in Spanish and to some extent Portuguese; has a good number of ebook links,
and also chemical engineering program links.
http://www.roguesci.org , mainly concerned with explosives, weapons (chemical, and ordinary ones such as firearms), anti-freedom conspiracies,
drugs, police and other official corruption, etc..
[Edited on 26-11-07 by JohnWW]
nitroglycol - 25-11-2007 at 15:40
There's also scienceforums.net, which has a decent chemistry section as well as stuff on a lot of other sciences.
zeppelin69 - 25-11-2007 at 17:31
De Rerum Omnis is my new favorite. It is still in its infancy, but its getting there 
http://www.dererumomnis.org/bbs/
The_Davster - 5-12-2007 at 20:34
If anyone is Vietnamese they can tell you the caliber of this forum
http://www.h2vn.com/community/index.php
All I can tell is that it is a chemistry forum of some sort.
Edward Elric - 7-12-2007 at 14:04
Yeah, I think SFN will eventually knock down a lot of sites. jdurg jumped to SFN and was immediately given a title.
MagicJigPipe - 10-12-2007 at 21:28
What's SFN?
Xenoid - 10-12-2007 at 22:35
Look 4 posts up I guess, ScienceForums.Net
MagicJigPipe - 14-12-2007 at 16:36
Oh... duh... I must've been high on my meth that night. Just kidding.