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	== [[Lithium]] ==		== [[Lithium]] ==
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=28800 Searching for Lithium and Rubidium in Lepidolite]
	== [[Beryllium]] ==		== [[Beryllium]] ==
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	== [[Carbon]] ==		== [[Carbon]] ==
	''Also see: [[Topical Compendium: Organic Chemistry]]''		''Also see: [[Topical Compendium: Organic Chemistry]]''
−	===Preparation of===	+	===Isolation of===
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=24757 Production of small quantities of crude Wood Charcoal Carbon powder]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=24757 Production of small quantities of crude Wood Charcoal Carbon powder]
		+
	== [[Nitrogen]] ==		== [[Nitrogen]] ==
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	== [[Fluorine]] ==		== [[Fluorine]] ==
−	===Preparation of===	+	===Isolation of===
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=17233 A small scale fluorine generator]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=17233 A small scale fluorine generator]
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=16246 Fluorine gas non-electrical production]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=16246 Fluorine gas non-electrical production]
−	===Fluorides===	+	===Compounds===
		+	====Inorganic Fluorides====
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=24869 Fluorine salts acquisition?]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=24869 Fluorine salts acquisition?]
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=8 Hydrofluoric acid]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=8 Hydrofluoric acid]
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	===Other===		===Other===
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=17240 Be the first kid on the block with a hydrogen-fluorine torch]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=17240 Be the first kid on the block with a hydrogen-fluorine torch]
		+
	== [[Neon]] ==		== [[Neon]] ==
	== [[Sodium]] ==		== [[Sodium]] ==
−	===Preparation of===	+	===Isolation of===
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=24352 Is this for Real? Mg + NaOH ==> Sodium?]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=24352 Is this for Real? Mg + NaOH ==> Sodium?]
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=2105 unconventional sodium]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=2105 unconventional sodium]
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	===Compounds===		===Compounds===
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=22494 Silicon tetrafluoride]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=22494 Silicon tetrafluoride]
		+
	== [[Phosphorus]] ==		== [[Phosphorus]] ==
−	===Preparation of===	+	===Isolation of===
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=65 Preparation of elemental phosphorus]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=65 Preparation of elemental phosphorus]
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=13932 Phosphorus via reduction of phosphoric acid with carbon in a microwave]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=13932 Phosphorus via reduction of phosphoric acid with carbon in a microwave]
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	== [[Chlorine]] ==		== [[Chlorine]] ==
−	===Preparation of===	+	===Isolation of===
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=9713 Chlorine - Illustrated Practical Guide]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=9713 Chlorine - Illustrated Practical Guide]
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=1305 Chlorine]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=1305 Chlorine]
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	== [[Potassium]] ==		== [[Potassium]] ==
−	===Preparation of===	+	===Isolation of===
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=14970 Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=14970 Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)]
	** ''Also see: [https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=15171 Synthesis of longer chain tertiary alcohols]''		** ''Also see: [https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=15171 Synthesis of longer chain tertiary alcohols]''
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	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=2492 Calcium Carbide CaC2 - Acquisition, Uses and Synthesis]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=2492 Calcium Carbide CaC2 - Acquisition, Uses and Synthesis]
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=27475 Synthesis of calcium carbide with electric arc]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=27475 Synthesis of calcium carbide with electric arc]
−	===Casting===	+	===Other===
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=11946 Suitable Flux for Calcium Metal Fusion]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=11946 Suitable Flux for Calcium Metal Fusion]
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	== [[Manganese]] ==		== [[Manganese]] ==
−	===Preparation of===	+	===Isolation of===
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=27150 Isolating manganese metal from potassium permanganate]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=27150 Isolating manganese metal from potassium permanganate]
	===Compounds===		===Compounds===
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	== [[Nickel]] ==		== [[Nickel]] ==
−	===Preparation of===	+	===Isolation of===
	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=16811 Separation of a US nickel]		*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=16811 Separation of a US nickel]
	===Compounds===		===Compounds===
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	== [[Zinc]] ==		== [[Zinc]] ==
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		+	== [[Gallium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Germanium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Arsenic]] ==
		+	===Isolation of===
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=25979 Arsenic from Skutterudite]
		+
		+	== [[Selenium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Bromine]] ==
		+	===Isolation of===
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=20090 Bromine from NaBr]
		+
		+	== [[Krypton]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Rubidium]] ==
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=28800 Searching for Lithium and Rubidium in Lepidolite]
		+
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		+	== [[Strontium]] ==
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=10110 Sr, Mg, and Transition Metal Soaps!]
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		+	== [[Yttrium]] ==
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		+	== [[Zirconium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Niobium]] ==
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		+	== [[Molybdenum]] ==
		+	===Isolation of===
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=28565 Molybdenum from molybdic acid - success!]
		+
		+	===Compounds===
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=11962 Colorful Aqueous Molybdenum and Tungsten Chemistry]
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=11908 some molybdenum chemistry] (ammonium phosphomolybdate)
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		+	== [[Technetium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Ruthenium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Rhodium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Palladium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Silver]] ==
		+	===Compounds===
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=27851 Nitric Acid and Silver Nitrate]
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=24764 Silver and Copper Cyanide from Potassium Ferrocyanide]
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		+	== [[Cadmium]] ==
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		+	== [[Indium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Tin]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Antimony]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Tellurium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Iodine]] ==
		+	===Isolation of===
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=22658 Drying Iodine]
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=28199 Iodine extraction using sodium nitrite (pictures)]
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=22182 Making I2 with NO2, success]
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		+	== [[Xenon]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Cesium]] ==
		+	===Isolation of===
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=6981 Cesium from CsCl]
		+
		+	== [[Barium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Lanthanum]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Cerium]] ==
		+	===Compounds===
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=9505 Ceric ammonium nitrate- uses and synthesis]
		+
		+	===Isolation of===
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=22225 Reduction of cerium oxide to metal]
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		+	== [[Praseodymium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Neodymium]] ==
		+	===Compounds===
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=14145 The trouble with neodymium...] (various, from magnets)
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=24851 two times neodymium sulfate; different colors]
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		+	== [[Promethium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Samarium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Europium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Gadolinium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Terbium]] ==
		+	===Compounds===
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=27265 General Discussion of Terbium Compounds]
		+	*[https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=21885 Green Smash-Glow Crystals]
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		+	== [[Dysprosium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Holmium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Erbium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Thulium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Ytterbium]] ==
		+
		+	== [[Lutetium]] ==
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This is the Elements chapter of the Topical Compendium.

Hydrogen

Helium

Lithium

• Searching for Lithium and Rubidium in Lepidolite

Beryllium

Boron

Carbon

Also see: Topical Compendium: Organic Chemistry

Isolation of

• Production of small quantities of crude Wood Charcoal Carbon powder

Nitrogen

Oxygen

Fluorine

Isolation of

• A small scale fluorine generator
• Fluorine gas non-electrical production

Compounds

Inorganic Fluorides

• Fluorine salts acquisition?
• Hydrofluoric acid
• Silicon tetrafluoride

Other

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

Neon

Sodium

Isolation of

• Is this for Real? Mg + NaOH ==> Sodium?
• unconventional sodium

Magnesium

Compounds

• Sr, Mg, and Transition Metal Soaps!

Aluminium

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

Chlorine

Isolation of

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

Argon

Acquisition of

• 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

Scandium

Titanium

Compounds

• Titanium (III) Potassium Alum: failed attempt

Vanadium

Chromium

Coordination complexes

• Interesting and colorful coordination chemistry with ethylene diamine

Manganese

Isolation of

• Isolating manganese metal from potassium permanganate

Compounds

• Manganese Chloride Crystals

Permanganates/manganates

• Permanganates

Iron

Compounds

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

Cobalt

Coordination complexes

• Interesting and colorful coordination chemistry with ethylene diamine

Nickel

Isolation of

• Separation of a US nickel

Compounds

• separation of nickel nitrate and copper nitrate

Coordination complexes

• Interesting and colorful coordination chemistry with ethylene diamine

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?

Zinc

Gallium

Germanium

Arsenic

Isolation of

• Arsenic from Skutterudite

Selenium

Bromine

Isolation of

• Bromine from NaBr

Krypton

Rubidium

• Searching for Lithium and Rubidium in Lepidolite

Strontium

• Sr, Mg, and Transition Metal Soaps!

Yttrium

Zirconium

Niobium

Molybdenum

Isolation of

• Molybdenum from molybdic acid - success!

Compounds

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

Technetium

Ruthenium

Rhodium

Palladium

Silver

Compounds

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

Cadmium

Indium

Tin

Antimony

Tellurium

Iodine

Isolation of

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

Xenon

Cesium

Isolation of

• Cesium from CsCl

Barium

Lanthanum

Cerium

Compounds

• Ceric ammonium nitrate- uses and synthesis

Isolation of

• Reduction of cerium oxide to metal

Praseodymium

Neodymium

Compounds

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

Promethium

Samarium

Europium

Gadolinium

Terbium

Compounds

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

Dysprosium

Holmium

Erbium

Thulium

Ytterbium

Lutetium