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Burning speed of KNO3
This KNO3 from ebay is rather pure.
17-10-2011 at 12:38
by: metalresearcher
Burning speed of KNO3
Tried the 2.84 : 1 which is even worse. I burnt 0.7 g sugar + 2 g KNO3 which I had to keep ignited w ...
17-10-2011 at 10:56
by: metalresearcher
Burning speed of KNO3
'Burning' means actually burning *by* KNO3 as the latter does not actually burn, but the fuel burns. ...
16-10-2011 at 10:31
by: metalresearcher
Coffeemaker For Distilling Chemicals
A coffeemaker usually has aluminum tubing which does not resist H2SO4 and the filter unit is not vap ...
15-10-2011 at 12:52
by: metalresearcher
Isotope distribution in the universe ?
[rquote=224515&tid=17763&author=Endimion17]<sup>235</sup>U is created in superno ...
15-10-2011 at 10:51
by: metalresearcher
Isotope distribution in the universe ?
Recently I read that the Argon distribution on Earth is mostly Ar-40 due to the decay of K-40, while ...
14-10-2011 at 13:26
by: metalresearcher
Finally I got K metal from KOH + Mg
On a German forum [url=http://www.versuchschemie.de/ptopic,260281.html]I posted the result as well[/ ...
12-10-2011 at 10:04
by: metalresearcher
Finally I got K metal from KOH + Mg
Still tiny amounts but it is the beginning. I have to improve the shielding of the retort after cool ...
11-10-2011 at 11:14
by: metalresearcher
Li2CO3 red colorant (vid) ?
Here I did an experiment with .three mixtures:

KClO3 + sugar
same with CaCl2
same with Li2CO3
...
5-10-2011 at 09:37
by: metalresearcher
Li2CO3 + Mg metal blows content out of retort
Before trying it, I filled in the parameters in this site:

http://www.crct.polymtl.ca/equiweb.php ...
29-9-2011 at 09:15
by: metalresearcher
Li2CO3 + Mg metal blows content out of retort
Trying to make Li metal after Na (succesful) and K (not yet succesful) I put Mg drillings and Lithiu ...
28-9-2011 at 11:30
by: metalresearcher
Next attempt in obtaining sodium metal
Maybe heating the KOH to, say 1000oC (then it melts) and then let it freeze and crush it ?
28-9-2011 at 08:22
by: metalresearcher
Next attempt in obtaining sodium metal
As @peach said, I used too much KOH in the second attempt of Sep 25.

The stoichiometric amounts a ...
27-9-2011 at 12:29
by: metalresearcher
I tried again with KOH + MG but no K :-(
This morning I repeated my experiment of Friday evening but now with KOH, furthermore, same circumst ...
25-9-2011 at 01:26
by: metalresearcher
YES !!! I got it Sodium metal !!!
The first tiny amounts of Na metal after opening thevessel.

Watch here how.

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23-9-2011 at 11:29
by: metalresearcher
Tutorial for making a miniature chlorate cell
Nice! But where do you use the Na2CO3 for ?
Last January I prepared 200g KClO3 from diet salt 2 par ...
23-9-2011 at 09:03
by: metalresearcher
Next attempt in obtaining sodium metal
The Chemicals:

NaOH + Mg metal snippets

The Retort:

[file]16057[/file]

The vessel (top ...
22-9-2011 at 12:35
by: metalresearcher
Does somebody have fluorine compunds ?
With this I mean no fluoride salts but reactive poisonous gases like free F2 (how do you store it ? ...
19-9-2011 at 08:57
by: metalresearcher
KOH with Mg metal
Yesterday I posted a movie with KOH + Al metal.

The reaction was lousy..

Now I repeated it wit ...
17-9-2011 at 10:39
by: metalresearcher
KOH reacts with Al metal
Here I did a test to heat KOH with Al metal snippets.

After boiling away some moisture which is a ...
16-9-2011 at 13:10
by: metalresearcher
Did anyone freeze mercury ?
I am curious whethdr anyone created solid Hg and investigated its properties.
30-8-2011 at 12:58
by: metalresearcher
What is responsible for a fart's smell ?
The content of C2H5SH is *very low* as 1 : 2.5 billion is already detectable.

http://en.wikipedia ...
11-8-2011 at 12:03
by: metalresearcher
What is responsible for a fart's smell ?
Personally I think these anal gases contain tiny amounts of methylmercaptan CH3SH and H2S is also re ...
11-8-2011 at 10:13
by: metalresearcher
Homebuilt 1300°C tube furnace
@peach:

I performed experiements with the electric arc including melting MgO and boiling metals.
...
23-6-2011 at 00:49
by: metalresearcher
Homebuilt 1300°C tube furnace
W and Mo wires are NOT a good idea as I read earlier on this forum. Both metals oxidize quickly at t ...
22-6-2011 at 11:26
by: metalresearcher
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