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Burnt hotplate cord
As many amateur chemists have experienced, I had the unfortunate experience of allowing my hotplate ...
8-10-2019 at 00:37
by: Murexide
Obtaining pure hydrochloric acid
I believe that the water softening resins are sold as primarily strongly acidic (sulphonated groups, ...
6-10-2019 at 03:05
by: Murexide
Obtaining pure hydrochloric acid
Hydrochloric acid is a commonly available reagent (in Oz) but may contain various degrees of impurit ...
5-10-2019 at 23:42
by: Murexide
Preperation of ethyl salicylate
Ethyl salicylate is an oil that is somewhat similar to wintergreen. Its preperation is from aspirin ...
24-3-2019 at 00:51
by: Murexide
Extraction of ASA from Pills
[rquote=572414&tid=116801&author=CharlieA]@Murexide: I ground up 4 tablets with a mortar and ...
30-12-2018 at 18:37
by: Murexide
Ammonia Generation
I think cooling and active stirring was mentioned. However, I believe the large disparity is due to ...
30-12-2018 at 13:35
by: Murexide
Ammonia Generation
[rquote=570615&tid=108529&author=Abromination][rquote=569604&tid=108529&author=Murex ...
29-12-2018 at 15:02
by: Murexide
Extraction of ASA from Pills
The procedure worked very well. I standardised HCl to Sodium carbonate and NaOH to HCl. The procedur ...
29-12-2018 at 03:48
by: Murexide
Oxalic Acid Danger
Rather surprisingly lead nitrate is a 3/4, somehow more toxic than lead acetate. And sodium Oxalate ...
28-12-2018 at 19:42
by: Murexide
Extraction of ASA from Pills
[rquote=571039&tid=116801&author=CharlieA][rquote=568626&tid=116801&author=hacker][r ...
28-12-2018 at 19:10
by: Murexide
Oxalic Acid Danger
I had a look at the UK restrictions for possession just then and they look rather surprisingly high. ...
28-12-2018 at 14:34
by: Murexide
Oxalic Acid Danger
Oxalic acid is quite frequently used to standardise potassium permanganate solutions. However, it is ...
27-12-2018 at 21:30
by: Murexide
Ammonia Generation
Ground glass arrived with no problems (I hope)! Setup is pretty much the same as Xeon, except I donâ ...
26-12-2018 at 15:48
by: Murexide
Dichloromethane
Cleaning the original can is certainly an attractive option given that the formula is liquid and not ...
26-12-2018 at 02:16
by: Murexide
Dichloromethane
DCM is very volatile even at room temperature, as it’s boiling point is 40C. If stored for long pe ...
25-12-2018 at 22:03
by: Murexide
Dichloromethane
DCM is a common solvent, and my purpose is for caffeine extraction from caffeine pills (probably the ...
25-12-2018 at 19:10
by: Murexide
Fertiliser Iron Sulphate (Ferrous Sulphate)
Upon reading some more, it looks like oxidation to iron (3) species is the problem. I will check to ...
25-12-2018 at 02:43
by: Murexide
Fertiliser Iron Sulphate (Ferrous Sulphate)
Ferrous Sulphate can obtained as a fertiliser in some stores. In my case, it is claimed to be 100% I ...
24-12-2018 at 23:12
by: Murexide
Production of chloroform
The chlorine I am using is pool chlorine and it is claimed to be stabilised with cyanuric acid (and ...
16-12-2018 at 12:19
by: Murexide
Production of chloroform
Also, my calculations (based on 50% yield and 1:3 acetone: hypochlorite ratio) puts the yield at an ...
15-12-2018 at 23:18
by: Murexide
Production of chloroform
Thank you for your reply, Safety_Lucas. I am able to obtain soda-lime glass containers 1-4L locally, ...
15-12-2018 at 22:57
by: Murexide
Production of chloroform
Chloroform, on the amateur level, is generally prepared from the halo form reaction, most commonly w ...
15-12-2018 at 20:10
by: Murexide
Obtaining Benzaldehyde
Benzaldehyde is used for many applications in organic syntheses (Cannizzaro reaction, condensation w ...
14-12-2018 at 02:47
by: Murexide
Ammonia Generation
Thanks for all the input. Modifications to the receiving flask seem fairly straightforward - cooling ...
5-12-2018 at 00:30
by: Murexide
Ammonia explosion
About an hour ago I attempted to duplicate the experiment with aqueous ammonium sulfate as well as d ...
2-12-2018 at 00:17
by: Murexide
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