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Placerminer is a good guy and often has great deals, but he's often shaky on just what the stuff he' ...
17-4-2022 at 20:49
by: SWIM
Not allow to purchase cryogenic equipment
CO2 ought to be available through restaurant suppliers since it's used to carbonate beverages.

I' ...
6-4-2022 at 21:41
by: SWIM
Want to buy vacuum pump
[rquote=671963&tid=158460&author=CycloRook]I have such a pump but threading it with pvc was ...
6-4-2022 at 19:23
by: SWIM
Problems with nitroglycerin synthesis
Forming the nitronium ion makes water at the same time, so you need a lot of extra sulfuric acid to ...
2-4-2022 at 20:25
by: SWIM
Not allow to purchase cryogenic equipment
I've seen devices that fit on the end of a CO2 cylinder and produce CO2 'snow' in a bag when you ope ...
2-4-2022 at 20:09
by: SWIM
How do noble metals rank and compare in terms of inertness for practical laboratory purposes?
The nickel/copper alloy Monel is supposed to be pretty good for some things.

Very resistant to HF ...
31-3-2022 at 22:38
by: SWIM
Can someone explain spinning band and wiped film distillation.
Another neat thing about them is that the heated finger is heated by refluxing solvent.

This give ...
28-3-2022 at 11:34
by: SWIM
Getting Celite 545 out of a medium frit?
This is why I like those ceramic Buchners that just have holes in them and need a filter paper disk. ...
28-3-2022 at 08:55
by: SWIM
Filter socks for fritted funnel.
I've never needed socks for my fritted funnel.

I just don't let it walk around outdoors and it do ...
28-3-2022 at 08:42
by: SWIM
Can someone explain spinning band and wiped film distillation.
A wiped film distillation setup is uncommon in home labs, but falling film stills are available in s ...
28-3-2022 at 08:29
by: SWIM
Best way to extract sodium hypochlorite?
[rquote=672023&tid=158455&author=unionised][rquote=672002&tid=158455&author=SWIM]

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16-3-2022 at 11:12
by: SWIM
Sticky Situation
The sodium thread here is mighty long and repetitive.
I haven't read all of the threads you mention ...
16-3-2022 at 10:41
by: SWIM
Best way to extract sodium hypochlorite?
[rquote=671978&tid=158455&author=unionised][rquote=671928&tid=158455&author=S.C. Wac ...
15-3-2022 at 11:22
by: SWIM
Dimorphism of Calcium Acetate
YOU AGREE THAT THE INFORMATION IS PRESENT ON AN "AS IS" BASIS AND THAT atomistry.com IN NO WAY WARRA ...
9-3-2022 at 11:25
by: SWIM
Acetic anhydride preparation
Sounds like waffles is describing a dry distillation to me.
8-3-2022 at 16:38
by: SWIM
Interconversion of sodium and calcium sulphate via salt metathesis reactions
So sodium sulfate and calcium acetate eventually yield...
Calcium acetate, water, and carbon dioxid ...
8-3-2022 at 14:00
by: SWIM
Synthesis of zinc amalgam for Clemenson reduction
[rquote=671748&tid=158435&author=bluamine][rquote=671663&tid=158435&author=unionised ...
8-3-2022 at 11:00
by: SWIM
Choosing reflux condensers ?
I don't think the term intensive condenser is used much in English though.
Don't recall what is us ...
8-3-2022 at 10:43
by: SWIM
DIY gasket for buchner funnels
For my first adaptor on a Buchner funnel I just bored an appropriate sized hole in a large rubber st ...
8-3-2022 at 10:16
by: SWIM
I Bid the Forum Farewell
They'll leave the posts up, as otherwise their removal would make reading threads you contributed to ...
6-3-2022 at 14:05
by: SWIM
Advice for fractional distillation?
I've used these for years without mishap.

My one broken one was broken in shipping.

Edit: alth ...
6-3-2022 at 12:21
by: SWIM
Advice for fractional distillation?
If you've got a 1 meter column you are talking serious enough equipment that you really ought to get ...
6-3-2022 at 10:27
by: SWIM
Synthesis of zinc amalgam for Clemenson reduction
Used to use 5% mercuric chloride.
Just stir with the mossy zinc.

I used to use those blue triang ...
6-3-2022 at 09:58
by: SWIM
Possibility of electrolytic lithium metal production in organic solvents (do it like a battery)
1 Dissolve LiCl in Pyridine.
2 Run current through it
3 ????
4 Profit!
14-2-2022 at 13:53
by: SWIM
Synthetic sea salt
Was your scanner on mushrooms when it took that last picture?
12-2-2022 at 08:46
by: SWIM
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