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[*] posted on 25-4-2012 at 17:50


Quote: Originally posted by barley81  
Iodine ingot made by melting iodine under concentrated sulfuric acid. Credit goes to woelen for suggesting this.


Oh cool, I'll have to try this.

Here's some Tris(acetylacetonato)iron(III) I made in chem lab:

Not a great photo but its pretty cool in person.
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[*] posted on 25-4-2012 at 18:18


What a beautiful compound! I wonder where you can get acetylacetone, and if other transition metals will make such lovely crystalline complexes.
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[*] posted on 25-4-2012 at 18:37


In lab other groups did cobalt, copper, and chromium. They all looked pretty cool, but iron was probably the prettiest due to its reflective properties. Copper was a pale blue but I remember it being a dull powder. Chromium was green but very dark, cobalt was very dark.

I haven't looked for acetylacetone but I'm sure its around.




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[*] posted on 28-4-2012 at 08:40


Some crude triethyl borate a relative of trimethyl borate the camera doesnt do the green flame justice.

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[*] posted on 28-4-2012 at 09:47


Since everyone seems to like green, I'll make a humble contribution along these lines. The emission spectrum of copper:
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Copper acetate inserted into the flame of my home made isopropyl burner. The picture's a little fuzzy because of the low light conditions.




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[*] posted on 30-4-2012 at 06:11


Nice flametests!

I have a picture of a cesium flametest I made a few years ago. Will find it and post it soon (its on another computer)

Cesium can with some effort produce a beautiful and quite unique light-blue or "Skyblue" flame :)
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[*] posted on 30-4-2012 at 07:17


Guys, it seems to me almost none of you really put any effort in making a nice photograph. Those are just snapshots.
I understand, those flames/chemicals are very pretty, but the photos aren't. I don't see their beauty captured in an image. The thread is about pretty pictures, and the theme are experiments, compounds, etc.

Please don't say your camera is bad. That's not an excuse. People do amazing things with shitty cameras all the time, and I'm not talking about the Instagram crap.
Come on, put some effort in it. :)




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[*] posted on 30-4-2012 at 08:44


Quote: Originally posted by Endimion17  

Come on, put some effort in it. :)


You meant something like this?

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[*] posted on 30-4-2012 at 08:54


Exactly. ;)
My complaint wasn't pointed to your work, which is really great, as I've mentioned earlier. Some photos you've taken could be used for making fancy chemistry textbooks.




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[*] posted on 30-4-2012 at 12:35


Granted, I'm not a talented photographer, and I'm not going to put a blame on my camera. However, there are some phenomena that are just difficult to capture. I challenge you to take a picture of the flame test of an element. You have to remember that a flame test is a fleeting moment in time and that the flame you choose to use is in constant motion. Although you can choose to use a higher shutter speed and get something like what kristof got, you can also choose a regular shutter speed and risk getting a fuzzy picture (which is what I got). The problem with a short exposure is that you upset the balance between the brightness of whatever phenomenon you choose to take a picture of, and its background.

I'll try again and see if I can take a better picture of a flame test of copper.

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I'm not sure if it's better or worse, I'll leave it up to you to decide. I tried to use macro, but it doesn't work with a moving target.

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[*] posted on 30-4-2012 at 14:08


I'm well aware of the technical difficulties, however, that wasn't my point. What I meant was to work on the details. For example, why are we seeing parts of your ceramic wall tiles? Get it now? ;)
Photography is an art, too. If you want to focus the viewer onto a chemical reaction, don't distract him with things like tiles and dirt spots (that's what photo editing software is for).

As for the capturing of the dynamics of the flame, copper gives a very luminous blue-green flame. I'm sure it could be caught with a digital camera in all its glory if you use 1/800 s and ISO-200 or 400.
Yes, digital macro shooting can be a pain in the ass. That's why there's something called focus locking. You put your finger where you expect the flame to be, press the first step of the button, and then while holding it, start the flame and then press the whole way down. Timer can help.
Dimming lights helps a lot. And if you want some equipment to be visible, you can always take two photos without moving the camera, and then merging them in a software. One lit normally, one with the flame.

Here's an example of a flame less luminous than copper flame.



It was probably 1 ml of acetone sprinkled towards the camera in dark conditions. I think the shutter speed was 1/800 s.
It's one of many similar photos. Here's butane flame deflagration, edited for lulz.


Use your imagination. :)




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[*] posted on 1-5-2012 at 04:09


damn! dude that is like time-life quality, heck even an old donkey will come out as a pretty picture.nice pic and good thing it's about chemistry not an old mule.

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[*] posted on 1-5-2012 at 04:18


Our friend Woelen has a nice little primer on his website entitled "Guidelines for successful chemistry-related photography"... very interesting and simple techniques for photography using proper lighting of the subject and the background.

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[*] posted on 1-5-2012 at 19:10
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Fresh barium chloride crystals! Just made them last night and they are slowly crystallizing out :D



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Copper II acetate crystals with what appears to be copper carbonate residue on them. Anyone have a solution to get rid of that? More acetic acid? The crystals are gorgeous, minus that small flaw

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btw, sorry about the poor picture quality, trying to get within the post-able limits is tougher than I expected!
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[*] posted on 3-5-2012 at 05:11


Quote: Originally posted by sargent1015  
Copper II acetate crystals with what appears to be copper carbonate residue on them. Anyone have a solution to get rid of that? More acetic acid? The crystals are gorgeous, minus that small flaw

If it is indeed copper carbonate, I should think a dip in some acid would be get rid of it easily. The bubbles produced should help knock the pieces off your crystals, too. Try shaking a crystal around a bit in acetic acid and see if that helps. If not, go a step higher and try hydrochloric - that should dissolve the carbonate more quickly and shouldn't (I think) mess with your acetate crystals any. Of course, they will shrink slightly as they dissolve in whatever solution you dip them in.
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[*] posted on 3-5-2012 at 07:09
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Thanks! I will try that out and post pictures of the results. If all else fails, I'll boil them down and make a new batch.

Crystal growing is exciting even if you have to destroy some to make more :)




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[*] posted on 3-5-2012 at 08:47


For god sake, hydrochloric acid is going to ruin them. Stronger acid pushes the weaker one's anion out.
Just sprinkle them with concentrated acetic acid. The efflorescence and turning to carbonate is normal if they're left in the open atmosphere. They should be kept in a sealed container, slightly damp from acetic acid.




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[*] posted on 3-5-2012 at 09:25


Alright, I will try that instead!

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[*] posted on 3-5-2012 at 13:24


Quote: Originally posted by Squall181  
@ Woelen Yes those where made by electrolysis of copper sulfate solution with a copper anode and copper cathode.

Those crystals where grown in the course of a week with a pretty dilute solution of copper sulfate.
A 12 volt adapter that could supply 1 amp of current was used; I did not have a multimeter on hand to take exact measurements.

The rig is pretty simple to build: a 20 oz soda bottle is taken and the top cut off, then the top is inverted back into the bottom piece of the bottle and taped with the cathode down in the bottom of the bottle. Next a filter is made using paper towel or something similar and is placed into the inverted cone. A stiff piece of wire is used at the top as a connection from which a copper anode is hung. The power is switched on and you have to be really patient, because it is a slow process, but I think if you use a more concentrated solution it should be faster.

Here is a link to where I got the idea: http://youtu.be/kq1W-QdMsWQ
Skip to the middle to see the how the cell is constructed.


I tried replicating your experiment; however, when I raised the voltage to 12 volts, the copper began coating itself in some sort of black oxide. Lowering the voltage to ~4 volts solved this problem, but the copper only formed into a sort of amorphous sponge... Is there something I'm missing? It took a day or two until any visible copper started depositing on the cathode, so I don't think high current caused the oxide.
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[*] posted on 3-5-2012 at 15:54


Quote: Originally posted by bob800  
[...] I raised the voltage to 12 volts [...] Lowering the voltage to ~4 volts [...] Is there something I'm missing?
The kind of reactions that occur depend upon the voltage. It all has to do with the potential across the polarization region near the electrodes. Reactions that are ordinarily not favored can start happening when that voltage goes up.
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[*] posted on 3-5-2012 at 16:18


But would it be possible that the lower voltage is resulting in the poor copper formation (i.e. forming as a sponge instead of crystals)? Or perhaps it's due to the fact that only a trickle of current is flowing through the cell... I'm using a fairly concentrated solution of CuSO<sub>4</sub> with some added sulfuric acid for conductivity–I guess I could just keep adding more until I get a larger current. Still, I don't understand how Squall181's crystals weren't covered in oxide (he/she did use 12 volts).
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[*] posted on 3-5-2012 at 18:17


Various pictures of Calcium Acetate:

After gently heating a solution of acetate for a few hours, the solid begins to form at the surface:


Closer look:


Calcium acetate solution allowed to slowly evaporate produces different crystals:


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[*] posted on 4-5-2012 at 13:51


My new fav picture, soon I will make a hi-res print from this to my wall...(:

Two parallel reactions in two 4 liter flask equipped with reflux condensers, dropping funnels, placed on IKA magnetic stirrer/hotplates. Hope that they will work…

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[*] posted on 4-5-2012 at 13:53


Quote: Originally posted by kristofvagyok  
My new fav picture, soon I will make a hi-res print from this to my wall...(:

Two parallel reactions in two 4 liter flask equipped with reflux condensers, dropping funnels, placed on IKA magnetic stirrer/hotplates. Hope that they will work…

Chemistry is awesome(:



That is a fantastic picture and looks great even with the dimensions on ScienceMadness :)




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[*] posted on 4-5-2012 at 17:27


It's a nice picture, but may I ask why the condenser is hooked up to the side neck instead of the center one? I'm not saying it's wrong, but I've never seen a condenser set up like that. Also, the addition funnel is usually connected to the side neck. Is there a particular reason for such a set up?



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