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Radium extraction from watch hands
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[quote]Marie Curie's body is still so radioa ...
30-9-2023 at 16:04
by: Sir_Gawain
Radium extraction from watch hands
Would nitric acid dissolve radium sulfate? I thought it was pretty insoluble.
30-9-2023 at 09:45
by: Sir_Gawain
Radium extraction from watch hands
Depending on what the watch hands are made of you might be able to dissolve them in nitric acid, lea ...
30-9-2023 at 09:11
by: Sir_Gawain
Radium extraction from watch hands
I think your idea of practicing with other alkali earth metals is a very good one. It would give you ...
30-9-2023 at 08:19
by: Sir_Gawain
Finding small amounts of Plutonium or U235?
I agree, isotopic separation processes are very interesting. I just feel like any amateur trying the ...
30-9-2023 at 08:13
by: Sir_Gawain
Radium extraction from watch hands
This is not a good first chemistry project. How do you plan to deal with the waste and contaminated ...
30-9-2023 at 07:56
by: Sir_Gawain
A Sciencemadness Citation!
Congratulations, Tom! Now you can focus on nailing down that nasty cubane!
29-9-2023 at 18:23
by: Sir_Gawain
Radium extraction from watch hands
Marie Curie's body is still so radioactive her coffin is lined with a thick layer of lead (to say no ...
29-9-2023 at 14:59
by: Sir_Gawain
Finding small amounts of Plutonium or U235?
You're right, you would need something like a breeder reactor. The OP mentions he has access to an " ...
29-9-2023 at 14:49
by: Sir_Gawain
Finding small amounts of Plutonium or U235?
100 million dollars would be plenty to build something like this. You could even get your money back ...
29-9-2023 at 12:44
by: Sir_Gawain
Problems detonation of the mixture PETN/NG
How was the charge attached to the target? How pure is your PETN? Was your NG dried? Also, NG can ca ...
30-7-2023 at 10:19
by: Sir_Gawain
Sciencemadness comment box!
Why would you ever want to use the unsecure version?
19-7-2023 at 14:41
by: Sir_Gawain
Cocrystalization
Besides DMSO, most solvents seem to work for only ETN or NQ. Perhaps though, we could use that to ou ...
19-7-2023 at 10:42
by: Sir_Gawain
Barium peroxide from barium carbonate
Sodium and magnesium sulfate are quite soluble in water. I fail to see how that is a problem.
19-7-2023 at 09:51
by: Sir_Gawain
Transesterification and purification of ETN from mixed sulfoesters
What is your yield from this process?
16-7-2023 at 18:24
by: Sir_Gawain
A powerful,unreported new primary explosive--NiCC
Sodium nitrite can be bought from sporting goods stores as bait cure. I bought mine [url=https://www ...
16-7-2023 at 17:00
by: Sir_Gawain
Cocrystalization
I don't think it would work. NQ is pretty insoluble in acetone. A solution of NQ in hot water will p ...
12-7-2023 at 15:39
by: Sir_Gawain
Cocrystalization
I tried it, and NQ doesn't dissolve in molten ETN.

[Edited on 12-7-2023 by Sir_Gawain]
12-7-2023 at 11:12
by: Sir_Gawain
Cocrystalization
I meant for the NQ/ETN mixture.
12-7-2023 at 08:59
by: Sir_Gawain
Cocrystalization
It might, but the product would have to be recrystallized and neither alcohol nor water would work. ...
12-7-2023 at 04:42
by: Sir_Gawain
Cocrystalization
I tried an oxygen balanced melt of ETN/NQ 6/1 and the NQ does not dissolve in the ETN. I tested some ...
8-7-2023 at 09:55
by: Sir_Gawain
Cocrystalization
Also, it's oxygen balanced with a VoD of around 8500m/s. The P/ETN mixture is probably one of the mo ...
6-7-2023 at 17:37
by: Sir_Gawain
Liquefying SO2 into a Plastic Bottle
Why would you even want to store SO[sub]2[/sub]? To get around the EU sulfuric acid ban?

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1-7-2023 at 08:56
by: Sir_Gawain
The ordeal of my lifeā€¦ and a serious warning to British homechemmers!
You're right; It's not really a government crackdown, certain stores have just stopped stocking usef ...
30-6-2023 at 14:23
by: Sir_Gawain
Update on my YouTube science channel
I was very disappointed after your first post and I'm glad you've decided to continue! Chemistry vid ...
30-6-2023 at 11:48
by: Sir_Gawain
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