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Brewing Homemade Vinegar to Make Acetic Acid
SC Wack,

Oxidation over a copper oxide packed column in the presence of oxygen, is great for indu ...
27-9-2021 at 06:37
by: macckone
Lethal dose of mercuric nitrate
I did some research on mercury a while back, literature not chemical.
For most people there is a ch ...
24-9-2021 at 08:20
by: macckone
Isolating a deliquescent crystals from a saturated solution
recrystalizing from isopropanol is going to work better.
n-propanol works best but is not as easily ...
24-9-2021 at 07:58
by: macckone
Bleach degradation by UV light (electrolysis)
You can add sulfate and it will get converted to persulfate.
Best to use the same ion as your chlor ...
24-9-2021 at 07:40
by: macckone
Brewing Homemade Vinegar to Make Acetic Acid
SC Wack,

The acetobacter available to the home brewer are generally not the fast strains.
Most a ...
24-9-2021 at 07:24
by: macckone
Brewing Homemade Vinegar to Make Acetic Acid
generally vinegar is made via fermentaion.
due to economy of scale it is cheaper to buy it that mak ...
23-9-2021 at 08:28
by: macckone
magnesium from soda cans
short answer is this proposal won't work.

longer answer is that if you want magnesium ions, just ...
23-9-2021 at 08:16
by: macckone
Sodium, I've done it!
A flame test wouldn't tell if there was aluminum present.
Sodium would far outshine the aluminum.
...
22-9-2021 at 11:24
by: macckone
KI + HCl + sample + Starch -> yellow colour, why?
You have a bunch of competing reactions.
After looking at the other responses, HI + R-OH -> RI + ...
22-9-2021 at 11:10
by: macckone
Sodium metal through ion glass migration
Using sodium glass and then using potassium salt is how gorilla glass is made.
Obviously for best r ...
22-9-2021 at 10:54
by: macckone
wall wart as power supply for electrolysis
Some wall warts are better than others.
You can buy some really nice high amp (30a) 12v power suppl ...
22-9-2021 at 09:01
by: macckone
Conductive Sodium Silicate?
Sodium ions are mobilized at high temps in a silica matrix.
This leads to the ability to put a ligh ...
22-9-2021 at 08:41
by: macckone
Bleach degradation by UV light (electrolysis)
Antiswat,
Your supply may be capable of 40 amps but are you using 40 amps?
Yes you will get hydrox ...
15-9-2021 at 21:58
by: macckone
KI + HCl + sample + Starch -> yellow colour, why?
You have to have enough free iodine to give the blue reaction.
You need to titrate against a known ...
15-9-2021 at 21:50
by: macckone
Production of carbon disulfide + acyl chlorides via the reaction of sulfur monochloride with methyl ketones
83% alkyl chloride and corresponding carbon disulfide is quite good.

And yes, the reaction flask ...
10-9-2021 at 08:54
by: macckone
How toxic are Beryllium compounds really ?
beryllium is used in non-sparking tools as beryllium copper.
inhaling small amounts of beryllium du ...
10-9-2021 at 08:42
by: macckone
Bleach degradation by UV light (electrolysis)
Chlorate is degraded by UV light into oxygen and chloride.
This is used in chlorate removal from wa ...
10-9-2021 at 07:53
by: macckone
DCM OTC 2021
JJay,

Isopropyl chloride is readily produced from zinc, HCl and isopropyl alcohol.
Very easy to ...
10-9-2021 at 07:37
by: macckone
Glass blowing - expertise needed
It is a retort not a bong or crack pipe.
10-9-2021 at 07:27
by: macckone
Glass blowing - expertise needed
For borosilicate that torch may work but it isn't really suitable.
And you need to anneal anything ...
9-9-2021 at 12:30
by: macckone
KHSO4 Potassium bisulfate
those of us that make nitric acid, it is a bi-product.
For anyone else, I would suggest the potassi ...
9-9-2021 at 12:25
by: macckone
Purchase of sodium bromide
Canadian chemists may have trouble finding sodium bromide:

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada ...
9-9-2021 at 12:14
by: macckone
Potassium bromate and iodide long term storage
I would not be worried about getting KI, it is a necessary nutrient.
It is stable but mildly hygros ...
9-9-2021 at 12:13
by: macckone
Glass blowing - expertise needed
That is propane air, it is suitable for small soft glass.
For borosilicate you need propane oxygen ...
9-9-2021 at 11:42
by: macckone
Power bank vs power station - Help me
You can buy 12v fountain pumps and a deep cycle 12v battery a lot cheaper than that.

pump $16 0.3 ...
9-9-2021 at 11:36
by: macckone
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