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[*] posted on 30-10-2013 at 15:18


A nice shot of a crystal of naphthalene growing on the end of a thermometer.

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[*] posted on 30-10-2013 at 17:51


sodium sulfate crystals, sadly they started showing white spots after a few hours

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[*] posted on 5-11-2013 at 11:11
Copper(II) acetate


6 weeks growing crystal


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[*] posted on 6-11-2013 at 22:25


Pumping down an air sensitive ligand:

PDI ligand 1.jpg - 58kB

A few mg of the the same ligand coordinating iron (II) ready to go for NMR, it is hard to tell from the picture but it is very very purple.



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[*] posted on 7-11-2013 at 11:57


<del>Sorry about the link</del>
Erythritol recrystallization from Truvia sweetener, the black and red chunks are from an oven mitt I was wearing when dissolving the Truvia, they pose no threat to the erythritol or ETN synthesis because they're totally insoluble. Largest crystal looked to be a little over an inch, I'll weigh them when they're dry. Shot on an iPhone 4S but I can get better photos later.

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[*] posted on 11-11-2013 at 13:24


Some Potassium dichromate I made from Chromium(III)oxide and Potassium nitrate. That is the unfiltered product with some unreacted oxide on the bottom.

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[*] posted on 12-11-2013 at 06:22


Two images from my fun times with my buddy's DSLR:

Giant images - Enjoy this link :)
http://imgur.com/OdxIrgw,x3ACKvM#0

First is a 30-second exposure of Am241 modules under a silver-activated screen. Screen is about 1.5" across. 1-second light painting to pick up the rest of the image.

Second image is a 10 second exposure of a Tritium glass vial, with the phosphor coating. Resting material is white cotton, length about 6".
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[*] posted on 12-11-2013 at 14:31


The tritium looks cool, I always wanted to photograph something like that(:



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[*] posted on 12-11-2013 at 17:24


In keeping with the spirit of the Tritium pictures here is my small sample, used on my periodic table display, since it is my favorite isotope of Hydrogen.





And here is a recent element addition that's quite beautiful, a very large sample of Zirconium metal.


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[*] posted on 13-11-2013 at 01:39


That Zirconium looks nice :D Would love to have that in my collection.

Some Chromium(II)chloride that has absorbed so much water that it's nearly impossible to cruch the chuncks. I think it's time for a new bottle :(
But still a beautiful green when you look inside the bottle.
http://i.imgur.com/b0mkGL8.jpg

Some Dimethylglyoxime with [Ni(NH3)4]2+
The upper layer is the Ni-DADO and the purple layer below the Ammonia-Complex. ( For some reason the image is flipped, I don't know why )
http://i.imgur.com/FbJwxKn.jpg

That orange stuff is a Cobalt(III) solution. Unfortunately I forgot how I made it. ( Image flipped,too )
http://i.imgur.com/zl4TgN6.jpg

Last picture is some Bromohexane...well it was supposed to be that. I made it by reacting Bromine with Hexane. Some weeks later these black dots appeared and formed a dark layer. It also started to smell quite stange. Must be some side product or contamination.
http://i.imgur.com/1nFtQ2U.jpg

I will upload more colored coordination compounds soon. And sorry for the image flipping. I will try to correct it.

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[*] posted on 13-11-2013 at 18:05
Terbium piece


I got 5.7 grams of terbium for a science project. I took this with my phone which has a really good macro setting.
The sample is graphite-gray and darker than I expected. Probably some oxide contamination.
Grid size is ¼" per square.

fluorescence: That chromium chloride looks appetizing...

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[*] posted on 14-11-2013 at 00:36


@Brain&Force: Thanks, I don't plan to taste it soon xD. I bought that a chemistry store quite cheap. The kept it in a hughe bottle and gave me the rests of it. I could have bought a waterfree chloride but that would have costed too much. But perhaps it's time to buy a new one.

That Terbium looks oxidized. If you need it for a project why didn't you store it under inert gas oder oil ?
How much did it cost you ?

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[*] posted on 14-11-2013 at 15:05
Dopachrome


Fluorescence, terbium is not very reactive towards dry air and doesn't seem to corrode, especially not in my location's dry air. See Dave Hamric's lanthanide corrosion test. It's mostly the rare earths from lanthanum to europium that corrode quickly. Also the terbium looks dark because I couldn't get good lighting. But it's not as bright as seen in some pictures. Terbium(III,IV) oxide is black like manganese dioxide and a little oxide makes it turn very dark.

Terbium costs $32/5g where I got it. This is the only reasonable place to buy terbium, even for laboratories. At Sigma and other suppliers it costs about $500/1g.:o

And to keep with the thread, here is dopachrome formed by the addition of tyrosinase (sourced from mushrooms) to levodopa.

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[*] posted on 18-11-2013 at 12:02


I want that zirconium! It's wonderful! But, seriously though, rhenium, tantalum and molybdenum are so much better hahaha :D

EDIT: Back to the real world, I do not own Re, Ta nor Mo... :(

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[*] posted on 18-11-2013 at 18:02


Quote: Originally posted by Eddygp  
I want that zirconium! It's wonderful! But, seriously though, rhenium, tantalum and molybdenum are so much better hahaha :D

EDIT: Back to the real world, I do not own Re, Ta nor Mo... :(


I might have some scrap Ta and Mo...not saying it's pretty, though.




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[*] posted on 19-11-2013 at 18:50


A few new ones from me:

Filter PPT
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Freshly Filtered
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Funnel Layers
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Just Mixing
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Unknown Crystals (Need Column to purify I think.... :(
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Sublimed Iodine
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Schrodinger's Cat Results
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Cl2 in Flask
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Cl2 Apparatus
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[*] posted on 20-11-2013 at 17:06


Just got a position in a lab at my university. I grow cells... Zombie cells! >:D
They are cancerous brain cells from a man.
This is Zoomed in, taken at 10x

This is a full shot of my favorite image. Well its just a thumbnail of a 2.4gb image.




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[*] posted on 20-11-2013 at 18:21


Wasn't sure If I had posted my rats, so here are some rats in a jar



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[*] posted on 20-11-2013 at 18:30


Two four week old males, are presumed +/-? Ore preserved +/-? Please explain the last bit.

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[*] posted on 26-11-2013 at 20:41


Formation of Elemental Sodium by Electrolysis Into an Incandescent Lightbulb

Not exactly original, but it's one of the most showy and blinding preparations I've seen in my time at the bench.

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[*] posted on 27-11-2013 at 21:55


Some vacuum distilled phenol crystals in a 50ml RBF. These were prepared by decarboxylating salicylic acid. I am working on trying to boost the yield. It currently stands at 57%

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[*] posted on 28-11-2013 at 08:14


@Sublimatus - Absolutely gorgeous!



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[*] posted on 28-11-2013 at 08:48


Thank you. :)

The lights were actually on in the room, but of course the camera tries to balance the image against the brightest source in the shot. When that's an incandescing filament, everything else is dark. I rather liked the eery effect though, so I didn't do anything to try to fix it.
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[*] posted on 1-12-2013 at 15:33


Quote: Originally posted by UnintentionalChaos  
Some vacuum distilled phenol crystals in a 50ml RBF. These were prepared by decarboxylating salicylic acid. I am working on trying to boost the yield. It currently stands at 57%


Will you be making a video of this? I would really like to see it :)




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[*] posted on 1-12-2013 at 15:53






From right to left: the hydrogen comes in, bubbles through the flask and the reaction mixture, the reagent is added slowly to the mixture from the top placed addition funnel and the hydrogen what didn’t reacts exits at the left side through a bubbler.

Sadly it overreacted even with these mild conditions and I didn’t get the product what I needed):




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