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Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
I'm pretty sure i included the statement where i acknowledged i didn't rigorously test where alcohol ...
6-1-2011 at 13:59
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
[rquote=197464&tid=14970&author=blogfast25]
[i]I also see no good reason why the preliminar ...
6-1-2011 at 12:28
by: NurdRage
Synthesis of longer chain tertiary alcohols
I was thinking, before we go off and start finding ways to make tertiary alcohols, it might be more ...
5-1-2011 at 13:37
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
Yeah, this is why i eventually moved competely to t-amyl alcohol which has a lower melting point tha ...
4-1-2011 at 14:56
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
[rquote=196860&tid=14970&author=DJF90]4 consecutive posts in under 80 minutes. No wonder thi ...
30-12-2010 at 17:03
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
Yeah i'm worried about that too. I'm hoping careful choice of a lower boiling paraffin might wash do ...
30-12-2010 at 04:39
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
There is no structure, actually the potassium is still molten and it's shiny surface is reflecting t ...
30-12-2010 at 04:14
by: NurdRage
Synthesis of longer chain tertiary alcohols
Yeah.... if we go TOO long it won't be soluble... which kinda defeats the purpose of making this in ...
29-12-2010 at 19:00
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
yeah, the shiny metal "island" in the flask is actually the top of a single large ball of potassium. ...
29-12-2010 at 17:11
by: NurdRage
AWESOME results with tetralin
Once again i was back at it verifying "negative theory". I know it seems like a waste of time, but g ...
29-12-2010 at 14:26
by: NurdRage
Synthesis of longer chain tertiary alcohols
In a grignard, the alcohol side of the ester is lost.

Nonetheless they play a "chain doubler" ro ...
29-12-2010 at 10:29
by: NurdRage
Synthesis of longer chain tertiary alcohols
I'm doing a bit of long-chain t-alcohol synthesis on the side. Currently i'm starting with 1-octadec ...
29-12-2010 at 10:01
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
[rquote=196693&tid=14970&author=Waffles SS]What is replacement for shell oil?
I think Parra ...
28-12-2010 at 14:50
by: NurdRage
MnO2 -> MnSO4; What is the best route?
@blogfast

Go to 1:35 of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gXByJkg0iY

There i detail ...
28-12-2010 at 14:00
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
[rquote=196567&tid=14970&author=blogfast25]The floating does indeed not seem to speed up coa ...
27-12-2010 at 06:26
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
[rquote=196524&tid=14970&author=len1]K floats in paraffin oil alright. I have found it diffi ...
26-12-2010 at 21:08
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
[rquote=196467&tid=14970&author=blogfast25]
So now I’m wondering if we’re slightly bark ...
26-12-2010 at 14:04
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
[rquote=196367&tid=14970&author=blogfast25]

That's THE WHOLE IDEA, nurdy, [/rquote]

So ...
25-12-2010 at 10:49
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
[rquote=196301&tid=14970&author=Nicodem]I think it would be more interesting to do a scienti ...
24-12-2010 at 14:40
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
[rquote=196328&tid=14970&author=blogfast25]To circumnavigate the extortionists at Aldrich, I ...
24-12-2010 at 14:38
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
It's amazing how we've all coalesced (pun very much intended) into an unofficial research team.

W ...
23-12-2010 at 14:25
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
@Sedit

The highly active magnesium would be great.

I'm also interested in your attempts to rea ...
23-12-2010 at 01:14
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
@len2

Hot plate temp set to 300 celsius. but when i stuck a thermocouple directly into the oil it ...
23-12-2010 at 00:50
by: NurdRage
Make Potassium (from versuchschemie.de)
@Len2

No shaking or stirring during the video.

I did some initial grinding when i mixed the r ...
23-12-2010 at 00:37
by: NurdRage
Video of heating step
Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8azkO_7iBl4

The video starts right after i add the ...
23-12-2010 at 00:25
by: NurdRage
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