TheSixthFooFighter
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Hi Everybody!
Hey everyone! This is my first post and I'm very glad I found the forum! A little bit about myself:
I'm a chemistry major in my second semester of Orgo and absolutely loving it! I'm interested in doing it as a career, but also as a hobby.
My main goal here is to learn about things I can make at home that can be useful in a variety of things. I know that doesn't sound too specific but
some of the things I've thought about include leaching ashes to make lye (as a precursor to other compounds), using copper as a conductor (among other
things), and making ethanol and biodiesel fuels (I have some experience with transesterification). Basically, I want to know how to make as much as I
can without buying reagents, instead extracting things and building more complex compounds out of basic compounds found in everyday items.
I want to have a little fun too and explore some of the other types of chemistry going on on the forum!
See you all around!
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Sulaiman
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Here there are endless over-the-counter (OTC) availability discussions,
obtaining reagents from OTC sources is convenient, discrete, often cheap, interresting, and habit-forming.
Welcome.
CAUTION : Hobby Chemist, not Professional or even Amateur
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diddi
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extract some elements from OTC. that will keep you busy for a while
Beginning construction of periodic table display
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