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Nitric Acid Synthesis
Yes! Perfect sense, and it makes life easier too. Boil down to azeotrope, then run some conc sulphur ...
9-8-2010 at 08:40
by: Contrabasso
Nitric Acid Synthesis
Really odd values!

I've just assembled a branded quickfit apparatus to distil 35% nitric to get ...
9-8-2010 at 06:18
by: Contrabasso
Iodine from seaweed
First you need a real life estimate of the iodine content of seaweed, I'm GUESSING that it's possibl ...
5-8-2010 at 23:03
by: Contrabasso
Anyone up for some platinum?
If it's a good trade then it's fine, but yes the final price will depend on several people trying to ...
5-8-2010 at 22:44
by: Contrabasso
Anyone up for some platinum?
It sounds too good to be true! it may be..........
5-8-2010 at 12:56
by: Contrabasso
Distillation apparatus for ethanol with plastic bottles
Have you considered that "plastic" as you call it means that it will become plastic in properties as ...
25-7-2010 at 08:28
by: Contrabasso
Odd ground glass tapers
I have a 250ml Monax Retort with a taper socket, but a B14 plug almost falls through and a B19 doesn ...
25-7-2010 at 05:39
by: Contrabasso
True Vacuum Pump vs. Water Aspirator
jmneissa, you have summed up your own answer! Both types of pump have their uses. An aspirator/filte ...
24-7-2010 at 11:15
by: Contrabasso
troubleshooting a homemade hotplate
At my old work lab, we used always to be short of stirrer magnets so we used to put a bit of steel w ...
16-7-2010 at 00:56
by: Contrabasso
Fume Hood Vs. Range Hood
You need to be handy enough to get the fixtures right, or you need someone who is!

The best fume ...
16-7-2010 at 00:32
by: Contrabasso
troubleshooting a homemade hotplate
Heaters for a stirrer motor NEED to be torroidal so that the magnets can get close to the stirrer ba ...
15-7-2010 at 11:36
by: Contrabasso
Homemade hydrogen burner
Wherever you live a small camping stove will provide all the heat you could possible need, be tested ...
12-7-2010 at 11:45
by: Contrabasso
Sulfuric Acid at Home
Sulphur trioxide doesn't easily dissolve in water without forming an acid mist that gets everywhere ...
12-7-2010 at 01:33
by: Contrabasso
Easiest way to obtain Lucas Reagent?
The ZnCi2 available from Timstar in the UK is £10 for 500g and supposedly assays to 97% -they are a ...
11-7-2010 at 10:30
by: Contrabasso
Air free technique without a nitrogen tank?
Search ebay UK for argon regulators there was a page of them from 99p some with flow rate meters too ...
11-7-2010 at 00:19
by: Contrabasso
troubleshooting a homemade hotplate
When I had a hotplate stirrer, the element was a ceramic ring under an alloy plate, and the spinning ...
11-7-2010 at 00:16
by: Contrabasso
Air free technique without a nitrogen tank?
If you are bothered about the catastrophic failure of your nitrogen cylinder, where are you getting ...
10-7-2010 at 09:09
by: Contrabasso
Condenser cooling
Peltier modules usually work well in situations that can't accept a refrigeration cooler, ie it's to ...
9-7-2010 at 10:24
by: Contrabasso
Air free technique without a nitrogen tank?
Proper ventilation in the lab would help. then even if the nitrogen leaks the vent fans should be pu ...
9-7-2010 at 10:14
by: Contrabasso
Sulfuric Acid In Canada?
It is by far easier to buy it. Smaller bottles may come below ADR so below hazmat.

http://www.sci ...
7-7-2010 at 13:10
by: Contrabasso
Electroforming Copper Liners
Yes copper plates easily, with a little research an adequate plating coat can be applied without pro ...
5-7-2010 at 03:02
by: Contrabasso
Electroforming Copper Liners
Copper plates very nicely from a pyrophosphate solution. Stainless steel doesn't adhere plating very ...
4-7-2010 at 12:25
by: Contrabasso
Who makes Quickfit?
Yes Quickfit is a trade name, however it's simplicity of function means that 1/ several companies ma ...
3-7-2010 at 00:40
by: Contrabasso
troubleshooting a homemade hotplate
When making an element without access to all the nickel connector blocks and wire tails, double the ...
3-7-2010 at 00:25
by: Contrabasso
troubleshooting a homemade hotplate
You will be losing heat through all the surface, and with nichrome the resistance does go up as the ...
1-7-2010 at 22:08
by: Contrabasso
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