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How to make and dry Pb(II)acetate
I'm guessing the anhydrous form of the salt.

You can dissolve lead in acetic acid too, but vinega ...
20-7-2007 at 16:18
by: Fleaker
How to make and dry Pb(II)acetate
There are threads already on this.

Dissolving litharge (lead (II) oxide) in acetic acid and then ...
19-7-2007 at 10:30
by: Fleaker
Carbon Tetrabromide
@ Both of you: still too high a price.

I can get a liter of Br2 from Acros for 115 with shipping. ...
17-7-2007 at 17:15
by: Fleaker
Possible Palladium(II)Chloride OTC Source?
He sells most everything at a reasonable price, and nicely packaged too.
17-7-2007 at 09:19
by: Fleaker
Mercury -Toxicity
I thought those Mercon "Mercury Decontamination Kits" were sold with zinc powder and zinc wool for c ...
15-7-2007 at 20:22
by: Fleaker
Mercury -Toxicity
I never thought it worked well either. Maybe the powder just makes it easier to get the mercury. Zin ...
13-7-2007 at 10:26
by: Fleaker
aluminum issue
Yeah they still sell them. Used to mess with them all the time.


http://www.etch-a-sketch.com/wh ...
12-7-2007 at 09:28
by: Fleaker
What do to with these weird chemicals?
Amylase eh? Ferment something hard to ferment :p

http://www.theethanolsource.com/product_info.php ...
10-7-2007 at 20:13
by: Fleaker
For the Element Collectors
Scandium price is based solely on its purity. It might be 99.999%, but only with respect to its near ...
4-7-2007 at 20:46
by: Fleaker
"platinum chloride"
That's $25 garage chemist, so even cheaper!


I seem to recall that one could oxidize iridium in ...
4-7-2007 at 08:23
by: Fleaker
Rare earth metals, mischmetal, etc
Yeah some of those rare earths are really hard to cut, almost like to fracture rather than cut easil ...
4-7-2007 at 08:17
by: Fleaker
"platinum chloride"
It is a good price. Based on it's platinum content of that salt, it should be worth about 91.50€, ...
3-7-2007 at 09:31
by: Fleaker
Mg metal from MgO
If you had HgO it might work and distill over mercury. I don't think you could build a flask that wo ...
1-7-2007 at 20:54
by: Fleaker
Dissolving niobium metal
Actually, I recall Woelen mentioning his electrochem experiments being ruined by its blue oxide laye ...
1-7-2007 at 20:43
by: Fleaker
Dangers of sodium, unexpected result
Except I am using cesium and rubidium chloride with calcium powder to reduce it. The CsCl and RbCl w ...
1-7-2007 at 20:41
by: Fleaker
Chemicals found in New York
"Potassium nitrate can be used to make gunpowder and rocket fuel or to clean septic tanks. It can al ...
29-6-2007 at 17:59
by: Fleaker
precipitating silver chloride from nitric acid?
[quote][i]Originally posted by not_important

Ag2O starts to lose oxygen at about 160 C, quite qui ...
29-6-2007 at 13:21
by: Fleaker
precipitating silver chloride from nitric acid?
@ quicksilver, couldn't you just melt silver and stir in NaNO3 til it all converted. I've never done ...
28-6-2007 at 20:21
by: Fleaker
"Off" day - turning our electronics off for a day
I think that's a good idea.
26-6-2007 at 11:03
by: Fleaker
Police Seize Huge Cache Of Explosives From Colorado Home
Half a pound of NG would guarantee broken windows throughout the neighborhood.
23-6-2007 at 21:00
by: Fleaker
Sometimes home chemistry leads to nice things
Very nice. I can only hope to do the same :)


Interesting story Jdurg.
23-6-2007 at 20:58
by: Fleaker
Ebay dispute, stannous oxide vs. stannic oxide.
Tell him you work with chemicals all the time, that you've been a reliable buyer and have been thusf ...
20-6-2007 at 20:57
by: Fleaker
Bromine
Or store it with sodium thiosulfate. Whenever bromine arrives, it's usually accompanied with thiosul ...
19-6-2007 at 11:59
by: Fleaker
Burn Saltwater
"this is the most abundant element in the world, water"


--er, I thought water was a compound? I ...
19-6-2007 at 11:38
by: Fleaker
Mr. Wizard Dead at 89
That is unfortunate. His shows were standard fare for my middle school science classes and really im ...
13-6-2007 at 20:47
by: Fleaker
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