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Recomendations for software that draws lab apparatus
If you can get a hold of it, ChemBioDraw (Cambridgesoft) now has a bunch of customizable templates ...
12-11-2014 at 18:43
by: Ozone
The best TLC plate and solvent/solvents for Chlorophyl
Chlorophyll A and B can be readily distinguished by UV-VIS absorption spectoscopy. Any scanning inst ...
12-11-2014 at 14:50
by: Ozone
Maltotriose or amylose?
Discrete oligosaccharides and purified amylose are expensive because they need to be tediously isola ...
10-11-2014 at 05:15
by: Ozone
Geiger Tube Spectroscopy
Ah, OK, I figured it would require a long acquisition time. The oversampling is an interesting appro ...
24-10-2014 at 17:58
by: Ozone
Inverting sucrose, removing acid
Get some strong acid cation resin (sulfonated styrene-divinylbenzene). It's quite cheap and most com ...
24-10-2014 at 17:48
by: Ozone
Geiger Tube Spectroscopy
I see you performed the energy calibration in PRA to the 59.5 keV gamma. I'll admit it does look lik ...
24-10-2014 at 15:23
by: Ozone
Partial solar eclipse over North America
The weather has improved, and the sky looks clear (against the earlier forcast)! So, I'll be checkin ...
23-10-2014 at 11:32
by: Ozone
Partial solar eclipse over North America
It looked good until about 2:30pm, but it's been storming ever since. GAH!

O3
21-10-2014 at 15:58
by: Ozone
Generational radiation exposure
Actually, a Gray is 100 RAD, a Sievert is 100 REM. The difference is the actual dose vs dose equival ...
16-10-2014 at 19:35
by: Ozone
Old insecticides
At this point, with respect to epigenetic changes relative to chemical exposure, I'm probably screwe ...
15-10-2014 at 13:47
by: Ozone
Old insecticides
Acephate is still marketed in the US, see "Orthene" powder. It is a fairly good ant killer. When it ...
13-10-2014 at 15:05
by: Ozone
Cleaning hotplates... Potential solution
I've found that spraying water on there while hot and wiping it off while boiling worked well.

O3 ...
12-10-2014 at 17:08
by: Ozone
Pyrophoric Iron
Interesting. I always got a fine grey (didn't look much like either ferrous or ferric oxide) powder. ...
24-9-2014 at 20:08
by: Ozone
Pyrophoric Iron
To the best of my knowledge, the oxalate decomposes to (mostly) CO2. This is nice because it blanket ...
24-9-2014 at 16:37
by: Ozone
methyl acetate
I prefer to use strong acid cation resin (essentially sulfuric acid in solid phase) as a catalyst. B ...
19-3-2014 at 18:56
by: Ozone
What's the best way to separate xylenes and ethylbenzene?
Getting to -48°C shouldn't be too hard (you can fractionally freeze the isomers out):

Ethyl benz ...
17-2-2014 at 17:02
by: Ozone
Reduction of levulinic acid
Check that link again, I got into the paper chase and posted a link to a different article.
27-1-2014 at 22:03
by: Ozone
Reduction of levulinic acid
Dumesic.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/343/6168/277.abstract

edit: wrong link


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27-1-2014 at 21:55
by: Ozone
Reduction of levulinic acid
Going after Dumesic, eh? Perhaps toward the hydrolysis of cellulose to glucose and subsequent conver ...
27-1-2014 at 15:32
by: Ozone
How to filter highly basic solutions?
Paper is probably OK if the mixture is dilute and cool (see also, glass). Otherwise, I'd use glass w ...
19-1-2014 at 18:25
by: Ozone
Harnessing the smell of Butyric acid
Butyric acid is vile, and has been used as a non-lethal "deterrent". The case which comes to mind is ...
3-1-2014 at 12:36
by: Ozone
Sugar(fermentable goods) from cellulose?
Dilute acid will not work with whole biomass or crystalline cellulose. Strong acid such as quenched ...
2-11-2013 at 15:31
by: Ozone
Pretty Pictures (2)
A nice shot of a crystal of naphthalene growing on the end of a thermometer.

Cheers,

O3
30-10-2013 at 15:18
by: Ozone
Reductions of Nitro Compounds
Rubbish=Detritus.

Oximes are not nitro groups. The title probably threw a few people, including m ...
28-8-2013 at 17:44
by: Ozone
Sorbothane
Have you considered trying to make your own or some facsimile, thereof? It's trademarked and probabl ...
28-8-2013 at 17:41
by: Ozone
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