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Formic acid production by electrochemical reduction of CO2
[rquote=625445&tid=154270&author=Chemetix]This sort of chemistry is the holy grail of chemic ...
3-11-2019 at 16:01
by: stamasd
Formic acid production by electrochemical reduction of CO2
I have seen this method mentioned in passing in an unrelated article, but without any details attach ...
3-11-2019 at 14:57
by: stamasd
Nitric acid production by ammonia oxidation using electrolytic oxidation
OP: note that the paper you linked to investigates the electrochemical oxidation of ammonia at very ...
3-11-2019 at 14:51
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
2 KMnO4 + 3 H2O2 --> 2 MnO2 + 2 KOH + 2 H2O + 3 O2

Mn(VII) is reduced to Mn (IV) by the oxygen ...
3-11-2019 at 06:16
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
I don't have an explanation, these are just my observations. If I were to guess, I'd venture to say ...
2-11-2019 at 12:37
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
Okay update with some very interesting information and some calculations.

I pulled out all of the ...
2-11-2019 at 11:29
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
Hmm. No pics today, but...
I spent a little time looking at the 2 flasks and I noticed something in ...
1-11-2019 at 16:53
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
I have space and reagents, time however is another matter... I happen to have some time right now th ...
31-10-2019 at 05:51
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
Pics from this morning.

Before:

[img]https://i.postimg.cc/MZrNvKc8/20191031-081030-BEST-before ...
31-10-2019 at 04:34
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
Quick update on this after a couple of months.
I had originally set up an experiment with a 2g frag ...
30-10-2019 at 07:23
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
I don't have access to 50% H2O2, the max I can get is 27%. Yes, TIG electrodes; the one I'm using is ...
24-8-2019 at 03:00
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
See that's the kind of information that I could have used before starting. :) ^^
What I found by m ...
23-8-2019 at 13:07
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
Yes, less ammonia should work. The reaction appears to proceed vigorously enough at RT when enough p ...
23-8-2019 at 07:19
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
So, lesson learned: the "basic" piranha solution can be every bit as violent as the acid one.

Thi ...
23-8-2019 at 04:27
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
Next step: after a further 2h in which nothing happened, I added another 10ml H2O2 to the room tempe ...
22-8-2019 at 12:16
by: stamasd
How do you keep your lab notebook?
Here's what I do. I don't claim it's the best method, this is what works for me.

I use a very ad ...
22-8-2019 at 10:38
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
So the latest update: i checked at 1.5h, the bubbling had stopped. The flask was still warm though n ...
22-8-2019 at 10:21
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
So here's my ongoing experiment. Just started it but so far it's going very well.

2.35g piece of ...
22-8-2019 at 08:43
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
Good luck! Depending on how it goes I'll prepare my own experiment tomorrow.
Also I assume you mean ...
21-8-2019 at 18:00
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
Thanks for trying it. I have the chemicals too but it's night time here so I won't be able to try un ...
21-8-2019 at 15:09
by: stamasd
Tungsten metal plus piranha solution?
Does anyone have experience with reacting metallic tungsten with piranha solution? My ultimate goal ...
21-8-2019 at 14:29
by: stamasd
Notre Dame Smoke
Well the above seems to be a thermite explosion, Al and lead oxide (sold in many parts of the world ...
8-5-2019 at 02:11
by: stamasd
Cleaning copper oxides from Native Copper?
[rquote=605500&tid=146524&author=mayko]What about ammonia?[/rquote]

Ammonia is indeed ver ...
7-5-2019 at 19:04
by: stamasd
Notre Dame Smoke
I was young and stupid and mixed pyrotechnics with heavy metals. That was about 30 years ago. But I ...
7-5-2019 at 18:53
by: stamasd
Identification of a mystery metal
The most accurate method to quickly determine the composition of a metal piece is by spectroscopy. S ...
7-5-2019 at 15:39
by: stamasd
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