Topical Compendium: Elements

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This is the Elements chapter of the Topical Compendium.

Hydrogen

• Ampouling gases

Helium

• Alternative inert gasses

Lithium

Cleaning

• Cleaning and making lithium look presentable

Isolation of

• Electrolysis of alkali salts at STP

Other

• Searching for Lithium and Rubidium in Lepidolite

Beryllium

Isolation of

• Extraction of beryllium from beryl

Boron

Isolation of

• Isolation of Boron from Borax (Sodium Tetraborate)

Carbon

Also see: Topical Compendium: Organic Chemistry

Isolation of

• Production of small quantities of crude Wood Charcoal Carbon powder
• Video: Dehydration of sugar by sulfuric acid

Nitrogen

• N2 - nitrogen from air

Oxygen

• LOX (Liquid Oxygen)

Fluorine

Isolation of

• A small scale fluorine generator
• Fluorine gas non-electrical production
• Preparing elemental fluorine in your home lab?

Compounds

Inorganic Fluorides

• Fluorine salts acquisition?
• Hydrofluoric acid
• Silicon tetrafluoride

Other

• Be the first kid on the block with a hydrogen-fluorine torch

Sodium

Isolation of

• Electrolysis of alkali salts at STP
• Is this for Real? Mg + NaOH ==> Sodium?
• unconventional sodium

Magnesium

Compounds

• Sr, Mg, and Transition Metal Soaps!

Isolation of

• Mg metal from MgO

Aluminium

Compounds

• Preparation of anhydrous AlCl3 in DCM - photos

Other

• Aluminum Powder

Silicon

Compounds

• Silicon tetrafluoride

Phosphorus

Isolation of

• Preparation of elemental phosphorus
• Phosphorus via reduction of phosphoric acid with carbon in a microwave
• Purification of phosphorus -- treatment of WP burns
• An illustrated guide on the preparation of white phosphorus (P4) from red phosphorus (P)

Sulfur

• Hot toluene: a great solvent for sulfur

Chlorine

Isolation of

• Chlorine - Illustrated Practical Guide
• Chlorine
• Small scale chlorine generation.

Argon

• Alternative inert gasses
• argon

Potassium

Isolation of

• Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
  • Also see: Synthesis of longer chain tertiary alcohols

Calcium

Compounds

Carbide

• Calcium Carbide CaC2 - Acquisition, Uses and Synthesis
• Synthesis of calcium carbide with electric arc

Other

• Suitable Flux for Calcium Metal Fusion

Titanium

Compounds

• Titanium (III) Potassium Alum: failed attempt

Vanadium

Catalysis

• V2O5 catalyst for H2SO4 production.

Compounds

• How to convert ferrovanadium (82%) in vanadium pentoxide
• Vanadium sulfate - does it exist?

Redox Chemistry

• Reduction of Vanadium with Magnesium

Chromium

Coordination complexes

• Interesting and colorful coordination chemistry with ethylene diamine

Isolation of

• extract chromium from 18/0 stainless

Manganese

Compounds

• Manganese Chloride Crystals

Permanganates/manganates

• Permanganates

Isolation of

• Isolating manganese metal from potassium permanganate

Iron

Compounds

• Preparation of Ammonium iron (III) sulphate (ferric alum)

Thermite

• Questions about thermite

Cobalt

Coordination complexes

• Interesting and colorful coordination chemistry with ethylene diamine

Nickel

Compounds

• separation of nickel nitrate and copper nitrate

Coordination complexes

• Interesting and colorful coordination chemistry with ethylene diamine

Isolation of

• Separation of a US nickel

Copper

Catalysis

• Copper catalyzed cyanations of benzyl chlorides with potassium ferrocyanide
• Cu/SiO2 a cheap versatil hydrogenation catalyst?
• CuO catalyzed hydrogen peroxide decomp.

Compounds

• Chevreul's Salt
• Colorful copper compounds I've made so far
• Copper Borate?
• separation of nickel nitrate and copper nitrate
• Silver and Copper Cyanide from Potassium Ferrocyanide
• Stability of the Cu(I) compounds
• Yet even more copper chemistry...

Carboxylates

• Copper(II) Aspirinate Synthesis
• Dry distillation of Copper Acetate
• Making Copper Acetate?
• Sr, Mg, and Transition Metal Soaps!

Coordination complexes

• Another remarkable copper(II) complex (cesium trichlorocuprate)
• Complex of copper(II) (chloro and bromo complexes)
• Isolation of Schweizer's Reagent
• tetraamine copper nitrate sensitivity?
• Yet even more copper chemistry...

Electrochemistry

• Growing copper electrolytically

Redox chemistry

• OTC Copper Mirror
• Precipitated copper powder
• Reduction of copper(II) by fructose
• Reduction of Copper (II) Compounds

Other

• microwave assisted synthesis of air stable copper nanoparticles
• Pyrophoric copper: How?

Gallium

• Ampouling Gallium?

Arsenic

Isolation of

• Arsenic from Skutterudite

Bromine

Isolation of

• Bromine from NaBr

Rubidium

Isolation of

• Alkali metal synthesis

Other

• Searching for Lithium and Rubidium in Lepidolite

Strontium

• Sr, Mg, and Transition Metal Soaps!

Niobium

Compounds

• niobium pentachloride -- interesting reagent?

Redox chemistry

• Dissolving niobium metal

Molybdenum

Isolation of

• Molybdenum from molybdic acid - success!

Compounds

• Colorful Aqueous Molybdenum and Tungsten Chemistry
• some molybdenum chemistry (ammonium phosphomolybdate)

Silver

Compounds

• Nitric Acid and Silver Nitrate
• Silver and Copper Cyanide from Potassium Ferrocyanide

Cadmium

Isolation of

• Melting/cleaning cadmium metal

Iodine

Isolation of

• Alternative Iodine Isolation
• Drying Iodine
• Iodine extraction using sodium nitrite (pictures)
• Making I2 with NO2, success

Caesium

Isolation of

• Alkali metal synthesis
• Cesium from CsCl

Cerium

Compounds

• Ceric ammonium nitrate- uses and synthesis

Isolation of

• Reduction of cerium oxide to metal

Neodymium

Compounds

• The trouble with neodymium... (various, from magnets)
• two times neodymium sulfate; different colors

Samarium

Colours

Terbium

Compounds

• General Discussion of Terbium Compounds
• Green Smash-Glow Crystals

Hafnium

• Hafnium - Plasma Torch Electrode

Tungsten

Compounds

• Colorful Aqueous Molybdenum and Tungsten Chemistry

Mercury

Compounds

• mercury(II) chloride

Isolation of

• Refining mercury from cinnabar

Lead

Compounds

• The lead salts preparation thread!
• PbO2

Bismuth

Isolation of

• Bismuth from its Subsalicylate (Pepto-Bismol®)

Astatine

• Astatine

Radium

Extraction from paint

• Dissolving Radium and Friends
• Radium Bromide/Chloride/Sulfide from Paint

Other

• Radium glow

Thorium

Isolation of

• Thorium Separation From TIG Electrodes
• The trials & tribulations of Thorium production

Uranium

Acquisition of

• Looking for uranium salts at non-insane prices, preferably from depleted feed-stock.

Compounds

• Uranium Trioxide