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Substance that Melts at Room Temperature?
Thanks. It looks like gallium would work, but it is quite expensive. I want enough to be able to k ... |
7-10-2004 at 15:00
by: hodges |
Substance that Melts at Room Temperature?
I am interested in obtaining (preferably making) a substance that melts at close to room temperature ... |
6-10-2004 at 15:15
by: hodges |
Bromine Source and Synthesis
It was my reaction (with the H2O2), as well as my decision to do it in the open. I certainly don� ... |
5-10-2004 at 14:26
by: hodges |
Caution
I ended up with about 3g of bromine vapor in my kitchen! I did the following:
2NaBr + 2H2O2 + 2H ... |
4-10-2004 at 15:11
by: hodges |
H2O2 by ozone -- The slow method.
Unless you use pure oxygen (vs air in the room), how do you know that you don't get HNO3 instea ... |
1-10-2004 at 15:23
by: hodges |
Organic Bases vs Organic Acids
What determines whether an organic compound behaves as a base, an acid, or neither?
For example, ... |
30-9-2004 at 15:46
by: hodges |
Homemade Plastics?
Is it possible to make plastics starting with (say) cellulose such as cotton? I recently nitrated s ... |
26-9-2004 at 07:19
by: hodges |
Burn Rate - Original vs dissolved
I recently made some nitrocellulose out of cotton. Good fast burn rate, almost no ash left behind. ... |
25-9-2004 at 14:33
by: hodges |
American Chemical Society
Yeah, I got one in the mail. I believe it has to do with signing up for one of the chemical databas ... |
24-9-2004 at 16:46
by: hodges |
Careful!
Ammonium salts and hypochlorites can, under the wrong conditions, produce an extremely unstable high ... |
21-9-2004 at 15:31
by: hodges |
How to make CuO from Cu??????
You could try electrolysis using copper electrodes in a solution of table salt and water. You shoul ... |
18-9-2004 at 13:48
by: hodges |
Blue? Potassium chlorate/perchlorate?
You can test for metal ions by adding a base such as NaOH to a solution and seeing if there is any p ... |
3-9-2004 at 15:14
by: hodges |
Azides
Keep in mind that the azides are more poisonous even than cyanides! That's the reason I don� ... |
24-8-2004 at 14:28
by: hodges |
Energetic Materials Experiments Article
I tried electrolysis of an acidified (with HCl) NH4Cl solution. In sort of a half-assed way, but I ... |
23-8-2004 at 14:58
by: hodges |
Copper Acetylide
I tried the article's copper acetylide synthesis without success. I added fine Cu powder, crea ... |
15-8-2004 at 08:59
by: hodges |
Energetic Materials Experiments Article
I am tempted to try the nitrogen trichloride electrolysis one. But something does not seem right. ... |
8-8-2004 at 13:47
by: hodges |
Energetic Materials Experiments Article
I ran across this article this morning. Has some pretty neat experiments. I don't believe thi ... |
8-8-2004 at 05:44
by: hodges |
NO2(g) sources
You could add an acid to a nitrite (NOT nitrate) and that will give you NO, which will react with ox ... |
6-8-2004 at 14:51
by: hodges |
Exotic thermites & analogs
Speaking of zinc, a month or so ago I got the idea to produce fine zinc powder from old flashlight b ... |
25-7-2004 at 14:35
by: hodges |
Silver "does not arc"
I was reading a financial book recently that described industrial uses of metals. It said silver is ... |
23-7-2004 at 14:48
by: hodges |
NH4OH instead of NH4NO3
I believe that in order to make NCl3 you need a slightly acidic solution, which ammonium hydroxide w ... |
22-7-2004 at 14:08
by: hodges |
Electrolysis of MgSO4
I would expect magnesium hydroxide to be produced at the cathode (negative terminal); this would hav ... |
16-7-2004 at 14:29
by: hodges |
Simple Fire
I'm surprised I haven't seen this reaction discussed before, as the chemicals are readily ... |
3-7-2004 at 16:14
by: hodges |
Bromine from Sea Salt
From the smell, I'm thinking I did get some halogen. It wouldn't be chlorine since H2O2 w ... |
3-7-2004 at 15:46
by: hodges |
Bromine from Sea Salt
While at the grocery store I saw "100% Mediteranian Sea Salt". According to the label, it ... |
2-7-2004 at 16:35
by: hodges |
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