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Dangerously Funky Beakers
Just as a clarification, the ceramics you'll find in coffee cups and such are all probably iner ...
30-7-2005 at 21:47
by: Cyrus
Sodium!
Ahh! I typed a long response and the computer ate it. To put it simply, I used patu's method w ...
30-7-2005 at 13:47
by: Cyrus
Graphite bisulfate and other graphite salts
Yes, the filtrate was green like Cr2O3. The graphite was supposedly >99.6% pure, but I got it off ...
28-7-2005 at 15:40
by: Cyrus
Graphite bisulfate and other graphite salts
I tried to synthesise some graphite bisulfate yesterday.(approximately C24HSO4) following the proced ...
27-7-2005 at 17:06
by: Cyrus
DIY heating mantle
Ah, I have a few sq. ft. of 2" 2700 deg. F. kaowool, but... could I use some on such a "lo ...
26-7-2005 at 16:23
by: Cyrus
DIY heating mantle
Right now it looks really nasty because of the carbon all over the inner surface, but that willl all ...
25-7-2005 at 18:30
by: Cyrus
Silicon (and Boron)
Toldjya so!

It does react. But I never got enough heat going for the silicon to fuse into globu ...
25-7-2005 at 15:56
by: Cyrus
DIY heating mantle
I think that getting the coil of wire is the easy part, guys. It's keeping the wire in the rig ...
24-7-2005 at 13:20
by: Cyrus
DIY heating mantle
I've made a simple and inexpensive heating mantle as follows; a $1 no-stick coated iron pot (Wa ...
23-7-2005 at 09:34
by: Cyrus
Can I get my Van der graff generator to produce a negative electric field by changing the composition of its rollers???
I've been "in the process" of building a vandegraaff generator for the last few years ...
22-7-2005 at 20:32
by: Cyrus
unconventional sodium
I've caught the Na/K bug again. I'd like to try the Mg + K2CO3 method, except for this &qu ...
18-7-2005 at 06:54
by: Cyrus
Queries on the silver mirror process
I did a lot of research on these electroless silver baths a while ago, and the general opinion was t ...
18-7-2005 at 06:44
by: Cyrus
Geopolymeres
I used, perhaps, 0.3 g of borax to 8 ml H2O. The gel wasn't displaying much activity or potent ...
18-7-2005 at 06:39
by: Cyrus
Geopolymeres
I tried this reaction with very dilute boric acid and very dilute sodium silicate. It does make a wi ...
16-7-2005 at 11:43
by: Cyrus
Geopolymeres
What would the reaction be?

I'm guessing sodium borate would be formed (NaB4O7 IIRC).

So ...
11-7-2005 at 17:10
by: Cyrus
PTFE (Teflon) Sintering, coating, forming, and its decomposition.
Oh, I forgot about BromicAcid's thread, good thing they were merged.

I tried heating teflon ...
11-7-2005 at 16:54
by: Cyrus
Teflon (ab)use for mad science
Teflon is really easy to get, and really inert, and the only problem is that we can't form it i ...
9-7-2005 at 23:09
by: Cyrus
Good prices on beakers
I use bomex for many things too. I've heated some, albeit in an oil bath, and never had any fai ...
9-7-2005 at 22:51
by: Cyrus
What about silicon as an anode in a chlorate cell?
~ quote of Lambda
1.- Metal connections will not give as many problems as with the porous ceramic s ...
6-7-2005 at 16:12
by: Cyrus
Helpful Hints for ground glassware
Continuing the trend of this thread, I think it would be nice if some of the members would share tri ...
30-6-2005 at 16:36
by: Cyrus
PbO2
Well, I decanted solution from the PbO2 I had made earlier 5 times, filtered it, rinsed it with dH2O ...
28-6-2005 at 20:00
by: Cyrus
Labcoats--Good Fit, Good Style, etc.
This is a completely random thread, but I think the best labcoat would be one on which you enscribed ...
21-6-2005 at 20:36
by: Cyrus
PbO2
That sounds like copper to me. The copper sludge that forms really doesn't look at all like shi ...
14-6-2005 at 09:50
by: Cyrus
PbO2
[quote][i]Originally posted by Quince[/i]
...Rubbing the solids between my fingers... [/quote]

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13-6-2005 at 08:58
by: Cyrus
KCLO3 by way of H2O + KCL
Well, I decided to use a nice large glass jar (3.5 L capacity if I fill it to within an inch or so o ...
12-6-2005 at 19:03
by: Cyrus
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