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The Short Questions Thread (4)
May be a better idea to use hydrogen peroxide, if available. It provides a higher yield. Even 3% is ...
30-4-2014 at 15:40
by: Brain&Force
Palladium, Platinum, and Gold
Also try the YouTube channel "indeeditdoes" for the practical side of gold refining. (Recommended by ...
29-4-2014 at 18:59
by: Brain&Force
Reaction Of the Week Website
Trimethyl borate is formed by adding boric acid to methanol. Not hard to make, and it produces a nic ...
29-4-2014 at 18:56
by: Brain&Force
The Short Questions Thread (4)
What are the best coloring agents for methanol? I've tried the "thunder flask" demo where methanol i ...
29-4-2014 at 12:54
by: Brain&Force
Obtaining rare earths from around the house
He used microwave synthesis, not a kiln. The reagents were purified by recrystallization, but the al ...
29-4-2014 at 12:05
by: Brain&Force
Talent show - demos in 5 minutes or less?
I may be able to participate in the talent show - I just have to cut down prep time and the actual d ...
25-4-2014 at 19:59
by: Brain&Force
How do I recognize metallic Nickel?
Nickel is magnetic, but only to a very small extent. It's ferromagnetic, but only poorly.
25-4-2014 at 15:55
by: Brain&Force
Obtaining rare earths from around the house
I'm still wondering if fluorescence can be used in the solid or liquid states to track the presence ...
23-4-2014 at 16:27
by: Brain&Force
how to get pH of colored solution
Carbonate and bicarbonate exist in equlibrium. Bicarbonate can be protonated, as can carbonate, to f ...
23-4-2014 at 15:49
by: Brain&Force
Inside a spent laptop battery
I highly doubt cobalt dioxide could exist for long. Laptop batteries don't contain lithium metal, ei ...
23-4-2014 at 15:06
by: Brain&Force
Pretty Pictures (2)
<img src="http://i.imgur.com/b69MvRl.png" title="Might try it with boric acid next time." width=8 ...
23-4-2014 at 15:03
by: Brain&Force
Talent show - demos in 5 minutes or less?
I was not selected for the talent show. Oh well.

But we did have a leftover volumetric flask fill ...
23-4-2014 at 14:53
by: Brain&Force
Pretty Pictures (2)
Different colors are different mutants of GFP. We were given unlabeled plasmid mixes, so we didn't k ...
20-4-2014 at 09:07
by: Brain&Force
Pretty Pictures (2)
KRISTOF WITH A LIGHTSABER! OH YEAH! Now that's what I'm talking about!

Here are some bacteria I t ...
19-4-2014 at 22:11
by: Brain&Force
Talent show - demos in 5 minutes or less?
Well, I got mixed results:

First of all, right off the bat, they wouldn't let me do the thunder f ...
17-4-2014 at 12:00
by: Brain&Force
Obtaining rare earths from around the house
And it is "the mix that came out of the mine" because depending on the production site, the composit ...
17-4-2014 at 11:44
by: Brain&Force
Experiments to do with potassium tetraborate?
Try a small flame test with it - I'm curious about what color it would be. Sodium borate produces a ...
17-4-2014 at 11:36
by: Brain&Force
Obtaining rare earths from around the house
Scandium turnings burning: http://youtu.be/s1i90S0vsW8

I haven't got a clue about the bulk metal. ...
17-4-2014 at 06:30
by: Brain&Force
Talent show - demos in 5 minutes or less?
Talent show audition is tonight!

Here is the final list of demos:

Fake blood with thiocyanate
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15-4-2014 at 15:54
by: Brain&Force
Chemistry Wall paper - HEDM
Why not a chalkboard background? ;)

And don't forget to use mathematical formulas as well!
15-4-2014 at 15:06
by: Brain&Force
The π is a lie!
Well, if the notation doesn't work, change the notation. Why not χ for the time constant (f ...
15-4-2014 at 12:25
by: Brain&Force
Total lunar eclipse over North America
When I woke up it was actually surprisingly cloudy! There was a lot of cirrus, but not enough to sig ...
15-4-2014 at 12:13
by: Brain&Force
Total lunar eclipse over North America
Will fix later

[img]http://i.imgur.com/heIJ3PNh.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/W1U5U9th.jpg ...
14-4-2014 at 22:38
by: Brain&Force
Total lunar eclipse over North America
Might want to go at 1 AM, Zyklon, to see the shadow transit.
14-4-2014 at 19:06
by: Brain&Force
Total lunar eclipse over North America
Weather looks excellent for eclipse observation.

Will be posting photos of the eclipse ASAP.

P ...
14-4-2014 at 18:34
by: Brain&Force
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