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Taking Pepto Bismol into Australia
I worked with a VERY British fellow a few years back. He was in the lab and cut himself one way or ...
24-7-2014 at 10:22
by: Varmint
The best way to physically destroy an hard disk
The absolute method of hard drive data destruction:

Take the platter cover off, remove the screws ...
24-7-2014 at 10:13
by: Varmint
Copper Sulfate Acquisition
You have to know where to look.

I've bought the zep product twice in the last 2 months, most re ...
8-7-2014 at 06:27
by: Varmint
Spot Welder
Cheddite Cheese:

Obviously there is quite a bit of fun-factor in dumping joules into a load (spar ...
3-7-2014 at 04:11
by: Varmint
Oscilloscope on a Chip
For the price, its a nice introduction, and the clever experimenter could leverage it's capabilities ...
2-6-2014 at 19:53
by: Varmint
The weirdest thing happened today with my oscilloscope . . .
Off topic, but your shorted capacitor "sparked" an old longing of mine, inductive coin shrinking.

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28-5-2014 at 19:15
by: Varmint
The weirdest thing happened today with my oscilloscope . . .
Volatile:

You can gain a rhudimentary understanding of converter topologies by doing a wiki seach ...
20-5-2014 at 10:33
by: Varmint
The weirdest thing happened today with my oscilloscope . . .
Yep, I was pretty certain of it.

Now, take your scope, don't attach anything, and just get NEAR t ...
19-5-2014 at 15:41
by: Varmint
Proper usage and temperature adjustment of non-digital hotplates/heating mantles?
Sounds like a cook with unlimited funds in his near future, leveraging said funds against current in ...
19-5-2014 at 13:04
by: Varmint
Separation of NaClO3 and NaClO4 following the thermal decomp method...
hissingnoise:

Correct, Ti is a "valve" metal and will passivate when used as an anode.

This is ...
15-5-2014 at 03:39
by: Varmint
Separation of NaClO3 and NaClO4 following the thermal decomp method...
Zyklonb:

I might invest in MMO at some point, but right now I'm happy turning carbon rods into du ...
13-5-2014 at 08:39
by: Varmint
Anybody with experience getting TTB license for ethanol
Nothing wrong with trying to stay legal.

Regarding relationships with individuals, it might be OK ...
13-5-2014 at 03:23
by: Varmint
Separation of NaClO3 and NaClO4 following the thermal decomp method...
My preferred path is KCl --> KClO3, but the ease of conversion to K from Na via "double-decomp" m ...
13-5-2014 at 03:03
by: Varmint
Separation of NaClO3 and NaClO4 following the thermal decomp method...
Jock88: Absolutely not, the referenced document states plainly that there is always residual chlora ...
12-5-2014 at 10:01
by: Varmint
Separation of NaClO3 and NaClO4 following the thermal decomp method...
In the us government document AD003174 "Thermal Decomposition of Alkali Metal Chorates" the followin ...
12-5-2014 at 05:24
by: Varmint
The weirdest thing happened today with my oscilloscope . . .
I wouldn't expect any problems with the scope. As has been established, current flowing in the grou ...
12-5-2014 at 03:03
by: Varmint
uk Ebay seller busted
Frankly, we are getting to the point to where anything sold is "suspicious".

Governments have m ...
8-5-2014 at 06:19
by: Varmint
odorless heating baths?
Not really in the bath category, but I want to try a section of one of the new silicone baking sheet ...
5-5-2014 at 05:14
by: Varmint
crystals in gel
LOL, I just figured so many here missed bfessers abuse so I thought I'd write it the way he would.
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5-5-2014 at 03:47
by: Varmint
crystals in gel
Get a new comb!

It says prepare a beaker of water for a hot water BATH.

The presumption in ste ...
5-5-2014 at 03:25
by: Varmint
MMO
The danger is stopping at Chlorate.

Consider:

Chlorates are like hyperactive children, ready t ...
10-4-2014 at 08:02
by: Varmint
TEFLON (PTFE) beaker users? Chinese products???
My first concern would be thermal conductivity, in both directions.

1). You need a reaction that ...
10-4-2014 at 07:44
by: Varmint
Melting whistle mix
Obvious next step is to allow it to cool and solidify, then attempt ignition (perhaps detonation?) w ...
2-3-2014 at 18:48
by: Varmint
Is there anything that will safely absorb hydrogen?
Palladium is purportedly capable of absorbing 900 times it's own volume of hydrogen gas.

OK, that ...
17-2-2014 at 04:39
by: Varmint
Strange deflection properties of a cathode ray
Fact check:

What is the (gas) content of the tube?

That looks a lot more like excited gases th ...
16-2-2014 at 11:22
by: Varmint
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