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Melting sodium metal into solid blob
IPA is the classic way.
23-4-2017 at 13:20
by: PirateDocBrown
Diethyl Ether from Denatured alcohol?
Yes, if you are gonna make ether, use the "Green" stuff. I clean it up and use it for lab ethanol. D ...
22-4-2017 at 19:53
by: PirateDocBrown
Today, I march.
[rquote=481258&tid=73608&author=Metacelsus]I marched in Minneapolis. (I got up at 6:30 am so ...
22-4-2017 at 19:49
by: PirateDocBrown
Diethyl Ether from Denatured alcohol?
If you etherate an ethanol-methanol mixture, and carry off the product by distillation, the side pro ...
22-4-2017 at 14:05
by: PirateDocBrown
Today, I march.
They are rejecting climate science so they can continue polluting.
They want your tax dollars to go ...
22-4-2017 at 10:17
by: PirateDocBrown
Today, I march.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_for_Science
22-4-2017 at 06:22
by: PirateDocBrown
Is Samarium really this cheap?
[rquote=481211&tid=73601&author=j_sum1]Rare Earths aren't that rare. [/rquote]

True! Neod ...
21-4-2017 at 23:34
by: PirateDocBrown
Formic Acid Decomposition
CO has no smell at all.

HCO2H has a very sharp acid smell.
20-4-2017 at 08:03
by: PirateDocBrown
Colony planet lab (Mars 1)
First thing you need is water. So you need systems to purify what you find, or lacking that, bring h ...
18-4-2017 at 11:09
by: PirateDocBrown
Selling a bunch of stuff
I'd take your ground glass, thermometers, and frits.

I'm in Minnesota, so PM me about shipping an ...
18-4-2017 at 10:43
by: PirateDocBrown
Klean Strip Acetone
Most acetone is made from cumene, which is then hydrolyzed into both acetone and phenol, both useful ...
17-4-2017 at 11:42
by: PirateDocBrown
What color is a nuclear explosion ?
A nuclear fireball will incandesce, which is to say it will emit as a blackbody, as a first approxim ...
16-4-2017 at 17:49
by: PirateDocBrown
Klean Strip Acetone
It's gonna absorb water from the air, and I'm quite sure the manufacturing process is not done in a ...
15-4-2017 at 12:30
by: PirateDocBrown
Test for Tetrahydrofuran
You should be able to get a considerably more accurate read on your unknown's density and BP.

You ...
15-4-2017 at 07:26
by: PirateDocBrown
How to separate a bismuth - tin alloy?
In an alkaline aqueous environment, bismuth nitrate will quickly oxidize to the subnitrate.
13-4-2017 at 14:08
by: PirateDocBrown
Printable Labels
Storage color code?
13-4-2017 at 07:28
by: PirateDocBrown
How to separate a bismuth - tin alloy?
Pretty much the same reaction I described in more practical terms. Ammonium hydroxide added to a sul ...
10-4-2017 at 17:20
by: PirateDocBrown
How to separate a bismuth - tin alloy?
Once again, these metals can be resolved by exploiting the difference in solubility of the sulfides ...
10-4-2017 at 12:34
by: PirateDocBrown
Chemicals that are expensive to buy but easy to make
There's probably no easier chemical than iodine to purify.
9-4-2017 at 10:10
by: PirateDocBrown
Microwave didn't/doesn't melt or heat paraffin? - 2oz on high for almost 5 mins!
Microwaves heat by interacting with the dipole moment of water's rotational libration modes. However ...
9-4-2017 at 08:26
by: PirateDocBrown
Chemicals that are expensive to buy but easy to make
[rquote=480249&tid=73192&author=Booze]Hey, I don't think iodine should be in the list up the ...
9-4-2017 at 08:10
by: PirateDocBrown
unconventional sodium
If I had to guess, using Mg to reduce NaOH, and then some means of purifying that.
8-4-2017 at 08:34
by: PirateDocBrown
Air rifle pump for pressurizing catalytic hydrogenation vessel?
[rquote=480172&tid=73287&author=Melgar][rquote=479983&tid=73287&author=PirateDocBrow ...
7-4-2017 at 14:19
by: PirateDocBrown
Cheapest power supply for an electrochemical cell, no resistors neccessary
On the microscale. one such charger might work. But here I sit, fiddling with one that goes to 20A, ...
7-4-2017 at 14:10
by: PirateDocBrown
Trinitrobenzene without nitric acid or benzene
I've seen literature where that oxidation is done with sodium perborate.
5-4-2017 at 14:02
by: PirateDocBrown
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