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Electrolysis of alkali salts at STP
I've created a thread in beginnings for this subtopic on chlorothermal routes to AlCl3 and KAlCl4 di ...
17-4-2014 at 02:28
by: deltaH
Chlorothermal reactions (chloride thermites) for preparing AlCl3 and KAlCl4
WARNING: This is a hypothetical thread of untested and potentially highly dangerous thermite-like re ...
17-4-2014 at 02:04
by: deltaH
Electrolysis of alkali salts at STP
I'll leave it at that in this thread because I don't want to derail this topic, but it's an interest ...
16-4-2014 at 13:41
by: deltaH
Electrolysis of alkali salts at STP
lol, your link was funny :), what I meant is a thermite-like reaction where you exchange chlorine in ...
16-4-2014 at 11:57
by: deltaH
Electrolysis of alkali salts at STP
I look forward to reading about your efforts in preparing KAlCl[sub]4[/sub].

In regards to making ...
16-4-2014 at 11:43
by: deltaH
Public Service Announcement - Uranium
[rquote=327872&tid=30118&author=MrHomeScientist]... It's also amazingly dense; about the sam ...
16-4-2014 at 11:25
by: deltaH
Olive oil and KOH
Always a pleasure [b]CHRIS[/b] and yes m.p is an abreviation for melting point.
16-4-2014 at 08:15
by: deltaH
Olive oil and KOH
Yes, you can certainly pat yourself on the back, yields appear to be excellent, though they are crud ...
16-4-2014 at 07:48
by: deltaH
Olive oil and KOH
Nice photos [b]CHRIS[/b] and well done! I was surprised to see that the product was a solid.

One ...
16-4-2014 at 07:12
by: deltaH
Olive oil and KOH
[quote]...absolutely nothing happened, the soap just floated there quite happily even after breaking ...
15-4-2014 at 10:37
by: deltaH
Olive oil and KOH
I think I can answer your citric acid question...

While the term surfactant is commonly used to r ...
15-4-2014 at 04:08
by: deltaH
Crystallization problem in xylitol quicklime putty
Aw shoot... seems that crystallization is setting in to my hardened putty a mere couple of days afte ...
15-4-2014 at 03:27
by: deltaH
Pyrolysis of (NH4)2ZrF6: some practical problems
Agreed, one needs a gas regulator on your cylinder (more or less standard on most) and a needle valv ...
14-4-2014 at 06:30
by: deltaH
Pyrolysis of (NH4)2ZrF6: some practical problems
When I was working in catalysis research, we routinely used calcination tubes to calcine small amoun ...
13-4-2014 at 12:28
by: deltaH
Electrolysis of alkali salts at STP
I was thinking of 'simply' co dissolving anhydrous AlCl[sub]3[/sub] and KCl in reasonably dry propyl ...
13-4-2014 at 11:57
by: deltaH
Electrolysis of alkali salts at STP
[quote]Hydroxides aren't known to work AFAIK, so I won't try that first. [/quote] Agreed! According ...
13-4-2014 at 11:23
by: deltaH
Olive oil and KOH
Don't worry [b]CHRIS25[/b], when you're tackling problems like this, it can be tough when one is not ...
13-4-2014 at 11:18
by: deltaH
Pyrolysis of (NH4)2ZrF6: some practical problems
Nice experiment. A suggestion may be to heat the tube (so effectively just the argon gas) slightly u ...
13-4-2014 at 11:09
by: deltaH
Electrolysis of alkali salts at STP
Thanks [b]Zyklon[/b] for the paper.

Now we know that potassium tetrachloroaluminates works for t ...
13-4-2014 at 10:53
by: deltaH
Olive oil and KOH
Can't think why not, but only experimenting can confirm. Also if you're gonna go the non-OTC route, ...
13-4-2014 at 04:00
by: deltaH
Electrolysis of alkali salts at STP
Nice current capability, but I'm concerned about the single out 5V. I think for Mg anodes this might ...
13-4-2014 at 01:41
by: deltaH
Olive oil and KOH
If we assume the rule of thumb that for every 10C, the rate of this reaction doubles, then if [b]Eta ...
12-4-2014 at 23:42
by: deltaH
TEFLON (PTFE) beaker users? Chinese products???
On the topic of crucibles, I used to do sodium peroxide fusions of mineral samples for metal assays ...
12-4-2014 at 15:53
by: deltaH
Olive oil and KOH
Phase transfer catalysis is very interesting indeed. Normally chemicals like tetrabutylammonium chlo ...
12-4-2014 at 15:12
by: deltaH
Olive oil and KOH
I'm truly amazed! Normally when making olive oil soaps, one always blends the olive oil with other f ...
12-4-2014 at 14:27
by: deltaH
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