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Nitric acid storage
What I normally do is cut a circular piece of 0.5mm PTFE sheet and line the inside of my caps.
21-4-2023 at 13:26
by: Chemgineer
Nitric acid storage
I normally produce my nitric acid at 50% just due to the water content of my raw materials (magnesiu ...
21-4-2023 at 13:09
by: Chemgineer
The Short Questions Thread (4)
[rquote=683187&tid=25055&author=Texium]There could be a larger portion of mixed hexane isome ...
11-4-2023 at 11:51
by: Chemgineer
The Short Questions Thread (4)
[rquote=683104&tid=25055&author=Texium]Assuming it doesn’t contain other volatile componen ...
11-4-2023 at 11:14
by: Chemgineer
Can a coffee filter be used as a membrane for electrolysis?
+1 for the unglazed clay pot, this can work well. I did have to sand paper mine slightly though to ...
10-4-2023 at 07:28
by: Chemgineer
Auto brake cleaner solvent
I'm after some cheap non-polar solvent for some oil extraction and bought some brake cleaner last we ...
8-4-2023 at 12:26
by: Chemgineer
EU illegal chemicals -> useful legal ones?
[rquote=682924&tid=159395&author=DocX]

Then we have this annoying guy. You just kind of w ...
7-4-2023 at 05:41
by: Chemgineer
Cashew Oil.. failed
[rquote=682731&tid=159444&author=Rainwater]Ethonal is polar, most oils are non polar. Hope t ...
26-3-2023 at 13:59
by: Chemgineer
Cashew Oil.. failed
I've been grinding cashew kernels into a fine powder and then using my soxhlet extractor with ethano ...
26-3-2023 at 08:13
by: Chemgineer
EU illegal chemicals -> useful legal ones?
[rquote=682136&tid=159395&author=Lionel Spanner]Hydrogen peroxide can be concentrated at rel ...
25-3-2023 at 13:35
by: Chemgineer
Essential oil purification
If I do a soxhlet extraction of mint leaves using ethanol it obviously also extracts the chlorophyll ...
18-3-2023 at 14:39
by: Chemgineer
Benzyl alcohol from paint stripper
[rquote=681280&tid=159312&author=Texium]Really, recrystallize benzyl chloride? A powerful la ...
6-2-2023 at 13:33
by: Chemgineer
Benzyl alcohol from paint stripper
I bought some paint stripper which on the MSDS confirmed mainly benzyl alcohol and also that is was ...
6-2-2023 at 12:03
by: Chemgineer
IKA RCT Basic Hotplate Issues
Never mind, I rigged something up as proof of concept, works a treat!
3-2-2023 at 13:57
by: Chemgineer
IKA RCT Basic Hotplate Issues
I have an IKA RCT Basic Hotplate, it will stir fine but the heating hasn't worked for a while. It gi ...
3-2-2023 at 11:19
by: Chemgineer
Phosphoric Acid dry distillation
If phosphoric acid does not boil why does literature online state it's boiling point at 158-200 deg ...
2-2-2023 at 13:09
by: Chemgineer
Phosphoric Acid dry distillation
I was getting a red indication for low PH to begin with, i've just checked my distillate bottle agai ...
2-2-2023 at 03:07
by: Chemgineer
Identifying your calcium ammonium nitrate
Also worth searching for an MSDS material safety datasheet for your particular brand of fertilizer, ...
1-2-2023 at 12:07
by: Chemgineer
Phosphoric Acid dry distillation
Recently I carried out the below using a dry distillation.

100g of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate ...
1-2-2023 at 11:14
by: Chemgineer
Steam distillation after solvent extraction.
I've been having poor success with steam extractions but find it easy to do a non selective extracti ...
28-12-2022 at 09:29
by: Chemgineer
Sodium aluminate
I planned to use some scrap aluminium and sodium hydroxide solution to produce some sodium aluminate ...
1-12-2022 at 00:01
by: Chemgineer
Soxhlet extraction
[rquote=678439&tid=159072&author=Texium]What are you trying to get out of it? If you’re af ...
13-11-2022 at 12:32
by: Chemgineer
Soxhlet extraction
[rquote=678440&tid=159072&author=Rainwater][quote]Is it likely I am degrading/burning the le ...
13-11-2022 at 11:35
by: Chemgineer
Soxhlet extraction
I've been using a soxhlet extractor recently, i'm using 95% ethanol and have been extracting lemon f ...
13-11-2022 at 09:02
by: Chemgineer
Vacuum fractional distillation
I suppose you could look up the boiling temperature vs pressure graphs for various liquids and if th ...
2-11-2022 at 13:12
by: Chemgineer
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