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Identifying an unknown
It doesnt seem to be a carbonate. If im not mistaken, treating with HCl should tell you if you have ...
2-6-2013 at 18:03
by: amazingchemistry
Identifying an unknown
Potassium and sodium should be ruled out at the end of the decision tree, as nearly all sodium compo ...
2-6-2013 at 10:29
by: amazingchemistry
acceptance of jokes
I understand why you'd want to prank cooks and kewls using your knowledge of chemistry. However effe ...
1-6-2013 at 21:25
by: amazingchemistry
Amazon experiences
thanks to the urging of chemcam + a couple of hours of going through google searches and arcived dis ...
1-6-2013 at 10:45
by: amazingchemistry
Amazon experiences
True, but you pay partly for convenience and purity (mostly the convenience of not having to make th ...
31-5-2013 at 19:58
by: amazingchemistry
Amazon experiences
I just wanted to ask (because for some reason it did not occur to me before) what your experience, i ...
31-5-2013 at 19:48
by: amazingchemistry
Stump remover (KNO3) purification...
My first thought was that simple recrystallization wouldn't work because being an ionic solid, KNO3 ...
31-5-2013 at 19:26
by: amazingchemistry
Stump remover (KNO3) purification...
I'd say you're doing good by filtering it before recrystallizing it. If you know there is SIO2 in th ...
31-5-2013 at 17:58
by: amazingchemistry
Stupid Mistake - A Warning to All
My two cents with respect to safety:
First of all READ THE MSDS. All chemicals (even drain cleaners ...
27-5-2013 at 20:21
by: amazingchemistry
Rate of Addition Effect?
In determining the peroxide content of percarbonate-based bleaching powder through titration with so ...
27-5-2013 at 20:07
by: amazingchemistry
Amount of X-rays to induce useful mutations in seeds
Instead of trying it out with radiation (previous posters have already pointed out the difficulties ...
27-5-2013 at 19:38
by: amazingchemistry
Identifying an unknown
Normally, when identifying an unknown we look for specificity. In this case though, your best bet is ...
24-5-2013 at 19:57
by: amazingchemistry
Your favorite chemistry quotes
I'm surprise no one has quoted these before:

Lowe's Laws of the Lab

"A good undergraduate wil ...
23-5-2013 at 18:47
by: amazingchemistry
Calcium Hydroxide and Hydrochloric Acid Reaction
When estimating exothermicity, would it be as simple as looking up the enthalpy values of the reagen ...
23-5-2013 at 18:25
by: amazingchemistry
Identifying an unknown
Well, what does it look like, feel like or even smell like? that shouldn't take more that 20 seconds ...
23-5-2013 at 18:18
by: amazingchemistry
Homoanisic acid - Ideas?
I thought ozonolysis was hard enough to perform in a research lab (the ozonide being energetic and u ...
22-5-2013 at 21:25
by: amazingchemistry
salting out
Does anyone have access to butyl alcohol and its isomers? It'd be interesting to see a comparison of ...
21-5-2013 at 17:19
by: amazingchemistry
Embarrassed to ask science teacher about doing experiments in science lab
Unfortunately, your teacher's answer will probably be a resounding no. Not because you are Persian o ...
19-5-2013 at 13:36
by: amazingchemistry
salting out
Why is it that only only some salts work with some solutions and others don't? In another thread, it ...
19-5-2013 at 12:09
by: amazingchemistry
Why does aluminum chloride turn yellow?
Am I correct in assuming that AlCl3 is a very strong Lewis acid because of both the chlorine electro ...
19-5-2013 at 09:14
by: amazingchemistry
Stupid idiots make meth labs and ruin it for us
We have to recognize that the dislike of cops (or authority in general) evident in threads like this ...
19-5-2013 at 09:07
by: amazingchemistry
Why does aluminum chloride turn yellow?
That's what I thought. Could you generate chlorine gas (say, by reacting bleach with acid) and then ...
17-5-2013 at 21:05
by: amazingchemistry
Why does aluminum chloride turn yellow?
Perhaps that's why the reference recommended acidifying with dry ice. (step 3). After acidifying, yo ...
17-5-2013 at 20:38
by: amazingchemistry
Soluble Pink Iron Solution
Besides Aluminum sulfate, would saturated sodium chloride solution work (at least a bit) at coagulat ...
17-5-2013 at 19:21
by: amazingchemistry
Why does aluminum chloride turn yellow?
Could you purify the aluminum foil and then turn it into aluminum chloride? Here's how I was thinkin ...
17-5-2013 at 19:14
by: amazingchemistry
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