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[*] posted on 7-5-2019 at 19:04


Hi.

There is few photos of my crystals. The blue crystals are CuSO4.5H2O - the bigger one grew one year, maybe longer. They grew up on copper wire - it wasn't the best option, but they were my first crystals. First was gift for friend and second will be for my girlfriend :).

The violet one in transparent crystal is K(Al,Cr)(SO4)2.12H2O. It is coated by potassium alum. I made it by mixing potassium alum and chrome alum in ratio 10:1. Another gift for my friend.

The pale violet crystals are NH4Fe(SO4)2.12H2O. This two crystals are growing really fast - they are one day old and still growing in solution.

The pale violet and rusty crystals in bowl are also ammonium-ferric sulfate. After I pulled out these crystals out of solution, they were rusty (because of colour of solution) but after a some time were pale violet. Later their colour disappeared and after few hours they were rusty. This compound really quickly loses water.

The green crystals are CuCl2.2H2O. They are currently turquoise.

CuSO4 3.jpg - 36kB CuSO4 4.jpg - 55kB CuSO4 1.jpg - 281kB CuSO4 2.jpg - 240kB K(Al,Cr)(SO4)2.jpg - 382kB NH4Fe(SO4)2.jpg - 213kB

CuCl2.jpg - 512kB NH4Fe(SO4)2 - rezavy.jpg - 386kB NH4Fe(SO4)2 - fialovy.jpg - 498kB
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[*] posted on 8-5-2019 at 08:38


the potassium-chromium crystal in a crystal is really cool:D




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[*] posted on 8-5-2019 at 23:29


Ubya: Thanks :).

Ammonium-ferric sulfate growing up very fast! I just love these crystals :D. Here is few photos from this morning.

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[*] posted on 10-5-2019 at 12:19


Crude cinnamic acid, basically solidified blobs of acid mixed with cinnamaldehyde, with crystals of pure acid growing from them.

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[*] posted on 26-5-2019 at 02:51


Running some tests on an otc product to figure out what might work for an extraction.

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[*] posted on 26-5-2019 at 02:53


@jsum so what exactly are you extracting? And why are some yellow?

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[*] posted on 26-5-2019 at 05:57


I am being deliberately vague because I think I have found something cool and I would love to solve it myself. It is an otc product based on an ionic liquid with a somewhat oily consistency and unknown other ingredients. My tests show that it forms emulsions easily.



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[*] posted on 26-5-2019 at 12:07


Some nice FeSO4 crystals from a few years ago, made from steel wool and drain cleaner sulfuric acid as per this link. Alas, they're all brown and spoiled now. Picture has been edited to improve quality (brightness/contrast).

Eventually I should save them by redissolving in dilute sulfuric acid, filtering off the crud, reducing the Fe3+ with a little extra iron, and making some Mohr's salt ((NH4)2Fe(SO4)2·6H2O)

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[*] posted on 10-6-2019 at 23:57


CoCl2 + isopropanol + water

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[*] posted on 7-7-2019 at 08:00


Quote: Originally posted by Phthaloblue  
Some nice FeSO4 crystals from a few years ago, made from steel wool and drain cleaner sulfuric acid as per this link. Alas, they're all brown and spoiled now. Picture has been edited to improve quality (brightness/contrast).

Eventually I should save them by redissolving in dilute sulfuric acid, filtering off the crud, reducing the Fe3+ with a little extra iron, and making some Mohr's salt ((NH4)2Fe(SO4)2·6H2O)


When I recrystallized my FeSO4x7H2O, I washed the crystals with some isopropanol then left them to dry. Even after 6 months they still haven't turned brown.




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[*] posted on 8-7-2019 at 15:21


No mercury present, but the thought is beautiful.
This will make a nice addition to my element collection.


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[*] posted on 7-8-2019 at 11:48
A failed attempt at Copper Peroxide yielded this


I am at a loss how to make the synthesis work in water. It hates being filtered and decomposes really quick. Make it with too concentrated peroxide and it goes whoosh. At least it looks pretty this way. Some of the desired product can be seen on the glass rod where it escaped the water.

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[*] posted on 25-11-2019 at 05:44
Ice spikes


One frosty morning recently I spotted some ice spikes that had grown out of some water that had frozen in an up turned plastic access cover in my garden. Previously I had only seen pics of them.

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[*] posted on 30-11-2019 at 04:37


Quote: Originally posted by Hegi  
Can you please provide full procedure?


I second that - please provide your procedure! As far as NaBH4 and HCHO are concerned, they'll just make carbolines with your substrate, so i hope you've done careful analysis. I just recently learned that the claimed product is itself neurotoxic as well.
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[*] posted on 4-2-2020 at 13:56


CsCu(SO4)2.6H2O, a Tutton salt

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The large crystal is 2cm across and was grown in 2 days. I think that's much too fast to obtain fully transparent crystals.

Tutton himself described the colour as greenish blue. I can't photograph that, but under incandescent light the colour is indeed greenish blue. The picture was taken under a fluorescent lamp light.

The crystal habit Tutton describes in his 1893 article is in the drawing (Fig. 31).
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[*] posted on 6-2-2020 at 09:31


Cs2Cu(SO4)2.6H2O of course
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[*] posted on 21-2-2020 at 04:33


Some Tetraamminecopper(II) sulphate complex I made

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[*] posted on 27-2-2020 at 17:15


The two extremes of Cobalt Violet, a cobalt(II) phosphate pigment. The pink one was prepared by adding aqueous ammonia to excess pink(relatively dilute) CoCl2 and NaH2PO4 solution, while the deep purple one was prepared by adding solid KOH to a boiling hot solution of the two that had been saturated with salt.

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[*] posted on 27-2-2020 at 17:32


Pretty tasty stuff and a pretty picture! Breakfast in San Antonio Tlayacapan, Jalisco

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[*] posted on 3-3-2020 at 03:24


Quote: Originally posted by Amos  
The two extremes of Cobalt Violet, a cobalt(II) phosphate pigment. The pink one was prepared by adding aqueous ammonia to excess pink(relatively dilute) CoCl2 and NaH2PO4 solution, while the deep purple one was prepared by adding solid KOH to a boiling hot solution of the two that had been saturated with salt.

Great colours!

And do you know the composition of both compounds, their formula?


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[*] posted on 3-3-2020 at 18:47


An attempt at K2Cu(malonate)2. Nice xtals, but they turned much paler blue after drying.

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[*] posted on 9-3-2020 at 16:46


Cant u shrink the imgs? theyre unnessarily big and is annoying to scroll and watch.
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[*] posted on 10-3-2020 at 00:04


Quote: Originally posted by fusso  
Cant u shrink the imgs? theyre unnessarily big and is annoying to scroll and watch.

Ok
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[*] posted on 10-3-2020 at 04:18


And maybe get rid of the non chemistry pictures ?
(I dont want to imagine what they were before shrinking, they're still too big)




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