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[*] posted on 19-1-2021 at 00:30


That looks really nice. I have the ZnS:Cu variation, but I did not know of the other beautifully colored phosphorescences. Maybe I should try some of these as well.



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[*] posted on 19-1-2021 at 14:14


Thanks to my stupidity nature created this.
I left glass with water outside for a moment (it was minus 12 degrees C) and a dozen hours later got back. Just forgot. However the glass didn't break.

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[*] posted on 20-1-2021 at 01:44


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Ok. I am indpired. I am going to have tobread that procedure.


Were you necking a few tinnies^^? And thanx for posting the link to Kristof's blog. Guess I'm getting to be an "old timer" here as things slip my mind now.




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[*] posted on 4-2-2021 at 01:27


I hope it is allowed to post a video in this thread. See attached showing gallium attacking iodine. Really surprised me.

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[*] posted on 5-2-2021 at 03:50


Very nice observation! Probably the combined volume of gallium + the volume of consumed solution of iodine has a slightly larger volume than the produced solution of gallium iodide, leading to slight underpressure at the place where the gallium 'eats' the iodine, leading to the attack-like behavior.



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[*] posted on 14-2-2021 at 12:43


Manganese sulfate crystal.

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[*] posted on 14-2-2021 at 16:37


Piroz the crystal looks beautiful.
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[*] posted on 15-2-2021 at 00:10


Orange tin iodide (I assume) forming around the tin granules.

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[*] posted on 15-2-2021 at 01:16


Quote: Originally posted by Piroz  
Manganese sulfate crystal.
Beautiful !

How long did it take to grow ?




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[*] posted on 15-2-2021 at 02:28


Quote: Originally posted by Sulaiman  

How long did it take to grow ?

2 or 3 weeks.
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[*] posted on 19-2-2021 at 14:06


Tin iodide crystals continue to grow. I’m not sure there is much I2 or HI left but I’ll leave it a few more days. Then to figure out how to wash them to remove residual acid. Any ideas?

Edit: The 'mounds' in the photo was the shape the crystals made as they grew from the tin granules - all the tin seems consumed now (the mounds are hollow) and there is no acid smell at all. Tomorrow I'll dry it on the steam bath and see what happens.

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[*] posted on 28-2-2021 at 10:57




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Homemade furnace temp..................




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[*] posted on 11-3-2021 at 08:37


So I left a saturated solution of copper sulfate in a beaker for a few days with a watch glass over the top, and came back to this at the bottom of the beaker. Nice looking mistake I guess

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[*] posted on 25-3-2021 at 14:35


Quote: Originally posted by Piroz  
Manganese sulfate crystal.
[Edited on 14-2-2021 by Piroz]

Looks great! The right side looks as if the crystal is hexagonal. That's a bit odd, as its crystal structure is monoclinic (I assume you have the tetrahydrate).

Is it stable in air, or do the surfaces dull over time?
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[*] posted on 25-3-2021 at 14:38


Quote: Originally posted by Lion850  
Tin iodide crystals continue to grow. I’m not sure there is much I2 or HI left but I’ll leave it a few more days. Then to figure out how to wash them to remove residual acid. Any ideas?

Edit: The 'mounds' in the photo was the shape the crystals made as they grew from the tin granules - all the tin seems consumed now (the mounds are hollow) and there is no acid smell at all. Tomorrow I'll dry it on the steam bath and see what happens.[Edited on 20-2-2021 by Lion850]

Well, what happened when you dried them?

Also, I guess that when you recrystallise them from water, they may yield larger crystals.
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[*] posted on 25-3-2021 at 22:27


Hi Bezaleel the full report is here

http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=156987...

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[*] posted on 29-3-2021 at 16:16


My wife needed a new vase....the Great Dane approved :)



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[*] posted on 29-3-2021 at 18:31


She is not approving the vase. She is sitting by the fridge wondering when her next chicken is arriving.
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[*] posted on 30-3-2021 at 00:41


Quote: Originally posted by Lion850  
My wife needed a new vase....the Great Dane approved :)





Over fill protection and everything!
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[*] posted on 31-3-2021 at 23:02


azeotropin HNO3[/

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Who woulda thought I'd stumble in to a practically bottomless HNO3 bottle? Five gallons sulfuric (92%) and ten pounds nitrate......

been drinking coffee and running 100gm batches all night!

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[*] posted on 18-6-2021 at 03:26


20 ampoules of cobalt chloride solutoin ready to be sent out to my students for equilibrium exeriments (adjusting temperature in a closed system).


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[*] posted on 2-7-2021 at 19:18


Wet remainder that should be a cobalt glutamate compound (I think).

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[*] posted on 3-7-2021 at 19:51


A chocolate coloured compound :)

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[*] posted on 3-7-2021 at 21:52


I dried out some molecular sieves and then poured them in a flask. These dusty trails were left on the side of my evaporating dish.

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[*] posted on 10-7-2021 at 19:17


Nitric Acid!

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A little while further in I'm getting this lovely clear azeotrope.



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