I want to recall Myfanwy (Max Klemke) who sadly died experimenting at age 15.
Today is his 20th birthday (12.12.1994. - 12.12.2014). The Volatile Chemist - 12-12-2014 at 12:50
That's sad. I'm 15. I'm now really hoping to get unscathed to 16. I know I can prevent stupid accidents, but still...
A sad recollection. kecskesajt - 12-12-2014 at 12:56
R.I.P. He died in lung edema but lung edema can be treated or not?Or he just died in phosgene poisining.Soooooooo sad.His last post was that how to
produce phosgene cause' he couldn,t have CHCl3 or CCl4.carothers - 12-12-2014 at 13:11
I think pulmonary edema could be managed depending on the lung tissue damage/inflammation. I hope someone who knew him could write about what
happened. Thanks in advance.
It seems that he wanted to make oxalyl chloride when the accident happened which saddens me because back then I too wanted to have it for
chemiluminescence.careysub - 12-12-2014 at 13:29
R.I.P. He died in lung edema but lung edema can be treated or not?Or he just died in phosgene poisining.Soooooooo sad.His last post was that how to
produce phosgene cause' he couldn,t have CHCl3 or CCl4.
Phosgene kills by pulmonary edema, it is the terminal phase. There really is no effective treatment.
It appears that he was trying to make oxalyl chloride using a process involving trichloroisocyanuric acid and oxalic acid.
I see there are several threads that discuss variations of reactions of TCCA or TCT along these lines. it might be very helpful if someone could
write-up a prepub on preparing oxalyl chloride safely to prevent a recurrence.
[Edited on 12-12-2014 by careysub]
[Edited on 12-12-2014 by careysub]aga - 12-12-2014 at 13:46
Such a sad end to great enthusiasm, and fearlessness.
Hopefully we can learn something from his passing.Magpie - 12-12-2014 at 13:53
That's a good question. I've yet to see any kind of reliable statement or source that makes a strong case for him having died at all. I'm not saying
that there isn't one, but it could all just have started from some rumor.Dany - 12-12-2014 at 15:34
Max Klemke (aka Myfanwy) had a chemistry YouTube channel:
One of his friend wrote on youtube.APO - 11-1-2015 at 12:59
If I remember right, someone who at least knew him a little had seen his passing in the news where it said suicide because of cyanide poisoning, but
he was actually just trying to make hydrogen cyanide??? I've also heard the thing about him dying from pulmonary edema, but I don't know which is
right. But yeah, many believe he has died, but I know of no sources.Velzee - 20-8-2016 at 00:32
I hate to bring up an old topic, but to be frank, this subject has been eating at me for months now: has anyone seen any news article or anything to
prove that Max actually died the way we believe he did? I have been staying up late for nights researching about him, but I can't find anything, not a
single article relating to this poor boy's likely death! It's strange—like I need closure or something...NEMO-Chemistry - 20-8-2016 at 00:43
Depends where he was from, in the UK its really hard to get personal information on people, even news stuff is pretty hard to dig up by a persons
name.
[Edited on 20-8-2016 by NEMO-Chemistry]
shin - 11-12-2016 at 07:37
After 6 years struggling with my life and losing my best friend.
Here's what i can tell you guys,
he's a friend , who u can messing up with and the next day is like "yesterday was nothing".
We played in school often football, he was the on who scores most.
i remember that we both sucks in Chemistry, but suddenly he scores A's.
And yeah not long after ....
