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[*] posted on 10-3-2018 at 09:17


Looks like it would fit in very well with a model train set or diorama! Who would’ve known that something so inorganic could seem as if you’ve collected it straight from the outdoors, like some weird moss or fungus.



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[*] posted on 10-3-2018 at 12:58


Have you ever tried sublimating benzoic acid in a pickle's jar?
After two days 8 g benzoic acid filled up the jar like this:

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[*] posted on 10-3-2018 at 13:06


Pyrolyse it, exactly as it is.

Either it will be simply destroyed, or you'll have an amazing substance.

The Jar will be a gonner.

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[*] posted on 16-3-2018 at 15:18


Beautiful yellow crystals of p-benzoquinone.



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[*] posted on 20-3-2018 at 15:54


1) Crystals of silver grown by reacting copper with silver nitrate solution on a microscope slide.

2) Vanadium(III) solutions with a) excess oxalate and b) excess glycinate.

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[*] posted on 30-3-2018 at 10:39


Failed recrystallization attempt of MCPA.
The liquid separated into two layers upon cooling and after a few days in the cold crystals started to grow.
Then a few days later they grew through the layer seperating barrier into the other layer. It seemingly did not bothered them much. :-)

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[*] posted on 4-4-2018 at 14:58


Accidental big crystals of potassium iron (iii) oxalate.

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[*] posted on 5-4-2018 at 07:05


First crystal of my CoSO4 solution prepared from CoCl2 + Na2CO3, then CoCO3 + H2SO4.
I'll try to make prettier crystals when the solution is all evaporated.

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[*] posted on 5-4-2018 at 07:48


Beautiful color!
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[*] posted on 5-4-2018 at 08:11


Quote: Originally posted by MrHomeScientist  
Beautiful color!

Thanks, I like it too, reminds me of Garnet.
CoCO3 (I know It's not the actual formula) is also quite interesting :) even though it's just a bubbling mess inside of a beaker.


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[*] posted on 17-4-2018 at 01:38


Cleaning some sodium metal made using Nurdrages procedure.
This is on the third wash.
Looks so nice before it gets oxidized by atmospheric O2

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[*] posted on 17-4-2018 at 04:05
Beauty of carbamide crystals




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[*] posted on 17-4-2018 at 08:39


I just made some salen. One of the simplest, quickest organic reactions I've ever done. Too bad the reaction of the ligand with copper acetate wasn't as nice.

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[*] posted on 17-4-2018 at 08:58


Quote: Originally posted by TheMrbunGee  

Wow, they kind of reminds me of asbestos.




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Quote: Originally posted by DraconicAcid  
I just made some salen. One of the simplest, quickest organic reactions I've ever done. Too bad the reaction of the ligand with copper acetate wasn't as nice.

Beautiful :).




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[*] posted on 17-4-2018 at 20:40


The boiling flask at the end of a nitric acid distillation:

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Something that stood out was the remarkably stable vapor front that formed in the
condenser:

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[*] posted on 19-4-2018 at 05:30


Quote: Originally posted by DraconicAcid  
I just made some salen. One of the simplest, quickest organic reactions I've ever done. Too bad the reaction of the ligand with copper acetate wasn't as nice.


Hey man! Where did you get reactants? ... I would like to make salen too and make complexes with several metals. Then write down some article about it. Thanks for any help .)




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[*] posted on 19-4-2018 at 10:12


I work at a college, so I cheat- I can basically order anything I like as long as it's not too expensive and I intend to use it for educational purposes (not just my own).



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[*] posted on 19-4-2018 at 10:37


Not exactly salen, but close enough and with very OTC chemicals!

http://www.asianjournalofchemistry.co.in/User/ViewFreeArticl...
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Quote: Originally posted by Tsjerk  
Not exactly salen, but close enough and with very OTC chemicals!

http://www.asianjournalofchemistry.co.in/User/ViewFreeArticl...

Cool- but I wonder if a 2:1 ratio would give a more salen-like chelate....




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[*] posted on 20-4-2018 at 12:17


Quote: Originally posted by DraconicAcid  
I work at a college, so I cheat- I can basically order anything I like as long as it's not too expensive and I intend to use it for educational purposes (not just my own).


My bad I left academic environment.. ;)




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[*] posted on 20-4-2018 at 12:19


Quote: Originally posted by Tsjerk  
Not exactly salen, but close enough and with very OTC chemicals!

http://www.asianjournalofchemistry.co.in/User/ViewFreeArticl...


I see yes, thiourea is cheap but what about salicylaldehyde, where can I get it? Any idea?




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[*] posted on 20-4-2018 at 13:54
not so pretty picture


As a part of my ongoing investigation into the corrosive effects of aqua regia fumes on common objects,
I submit the following annotated photograph.

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The aqua regia is the green solution in the background,
the colour is due to gold and silver dissolved in the aqua regia.





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[*] posted on 20-4-2018 at 13:58


I suspect that the green colour is due more to copper impurities in the silver and gold, since silver(I) ions are colourless and AuCl4- is orange-yellow.



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[*] posted on 20-4-2018 at 14:06


Quote: Originally posted by DraconicAcid  
I suspect that the green colour is due more to copper impurities in the silver and gold, since silver(I) ions are colourless and AuCl4- is orange-yellow.


D'oh !

Of course the colour is due to copper not silver - brain fart :(
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and I love the colour of chloroauric acid in solution - like urine but with with a sheen.

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