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How to make organic, epoxy-like material?
Well, styrene would polymerize (with an added initiator) in a mold to give a hard, clear item. It wa ...
29-7-2015 at 04:39
by: Ozone
Phosphorus halides from phosphine
It will probably blow up.

Anyhow, you want to avoid blue vis or UV light--the H2 + Cl2-->2HCl ...
20-7-2015 at 16:04
by: Ozone
Recommendations for Geiger Counter or Scintillation Detector
A good scintillator (at proper voltage for the PMT) will detect (decent) Uranium ore easily 1-2 away ...
17-7-2015 at 15:29
by: Ozone
Recommendations for Geiger Counter or Scintillation Detector
In reality, you'd want both. Geiger tubes are sensitive primarily to beta (and alpha if the window i ...
17-7-2015 at 03:41
by: Ozone
Sick from this Copper Stuff, any idea what it is?
Sounds like dinitrophenol (type) poisoning.
14-7-2015 at 19:28
by: Ozone
Unable to get styrene to polymerize...
Unfortunately, the polymer will be not thermoplastic after it is cross-linked with DVB.
26-6-2015 at 20:02
by: Ozone
Unable to get styrene to polymerize...
Suspension or emulsion polymerization, probably with either BPO (organic phase) or REDOX initiation ...
24-6-2015 at 18:54
by: Ozone
Unable to get styrene to polymerize...
1. Your monomer(s) may be stabilized with TBHQ or the like. Pass it through chelex resin or distill ...
24-6-2015 at 13:56
by: Ozone
Test for Fe2+ and Fe3+
I used to do this with o-phenanthroline. An aliquot is treated with o-phenanthroline to make [Fe(ph ...
17-6-2015 at 19:21
by: Ozone
What is the scariest reaction/syth that you do?
Bahahaha! Szuko tried to nitrate suppositories and had a runaway! Funniest thing I have heard in a l ...
3-6-2015 at 20:23
by: Ozone
Purification of benzaldehyde?
Distilling benzaldehyde is a pain. I'd wash it with 10% sodium carbonate (this gets rid of the benzo ...
27-5-2015 at 04:05
by: Ozone
Cinnamic Acid
I find that it smells a bit like a cross between feet and cinnamon. YMMV.

This is a great one tha ...
8-5-2015 at 19:07
by: Ozone
help identifying a metal
Sounds like aluminum or some alloy thereof.

O3
13-1-2015 at 12:46
by: Ozone
Dihydroxyacetone peroxide
DHA is reactive. It will condense with itself with least provocation. Almost anything you try and do ...
24-12-2014 at 07:16
by: Ozone
Problems with tert-butanol
Yes. The melting point is 25-26°C. I always put mine into a bucket with a trickle of hot water.

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11-12-2014 at 19:35
by: Ozone
Is Raney Nickel inherently flamable, or only after pressure reactions?
I have had Raney nickel catch fire several times. This usually happens when filtering it out (solven ...
9-12-2014 at 16:00
by: Ozone
Iron oxidation states
Ah, yes. I misread the following posts (busy at work), oops. And, here is some confirmation via Moss ...
3-12-2014 at 13:29
by: Ozone
Iron oxidation states
Well, you learn something new everyday. Damn, I must be getting old...They used to teach that the ir ...
3-12-2014 at 13:14
by: Ozone
Anyone every use neat trimethylaluminum
This is a pretty fun little video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfeaffoWajc

I really like t ...
3-12-2014 at 09:37
by: Ozone
Anyone every use neat trimethylaluminum
Although I've never needed to handle trimethyl aluminum in the lab, I did run into it elsewhere. As ...
3-12-2014 at 09:04
by: Ozone
Iron oxidation states
Unless there is an excess of either 3+ or 2+...In this case, the so-called insoluble form results, a ...
3-12-2014 at 07:41
by: Ozone
what happened to methoxyhydroquinone?
The quinones (and the products of the polymerizing with the free phenol) are frequently pink. In the ...
3-12-2014 at 07:19
by: Ozone
The best TLC plate and solvent/solvents for Chlorophyl
I don't think GC will work for compounds like these, anyway. They are too big and, if they don't dec ...
13-11-2014 at 15:34
by: Ozone
The best TLC plate and solvent/solvents for Chlorophyl
Hmm...It should be quite easy to recover your sample from paper--just cut your band out and rinse it ...
13-11-2014 at 05:29
by: Ozone
Miscible verses Solubility
SFAIK, "miscible" means that they mix together in all proportions without forming two phases. There ...
12-11-2014 at 18:48
by: Ozone
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