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Interesting byproduct from aluminum foil and can scrap metal
Silicon still seems like the best explanation. It's about one half percent of the typical aluminum c ...
11-11-2013 at 08:01
by: bbartlog
The Short Questions Thread (4)
Seems like you'd first need to hydrolyze it to monomers, and then convert it to dioxane via some mea ...
10-11-2013 at 12:15
by: bbartlog
Remarkable reaction with adjustable delay
[quote]a very steep exponential style increase in reaction rate could still be confused visually wit ...
7-11-2013 at 12:10
by: bbartlog
Remarkable reaction with adjustable delay
Any speculation about the nature of the delay (or indeed the overall net reaction)? Presumably there ...
7-11-2013 at 04:23
by: bbartlog
[Fail] Potassium Carbonate route :(

p559 of Atherton Seidell's 1919 book 'Solubilities of Inorganic and Organic Compounds'.

Also: h ...
4-11-2013 at 19:18
by: bbartlog
Inexpensive synthesis of Ferric Chloride
The other issue with oxidizing a solution of FeCl<sub>2</sub> via air is that unless you ...
4-11-2013 at 10:33
by: bbartlog
[Fail] Potassium Carbonate route :(
On further research, there is another issue: potassium and sodium form a sulfate double salt, K<s ...
4-11-2013 at 10:12
by: bbartlog
NO2 ion to create N2
interesting point about the catalysis ... if I read the information right, the polymerization cataly ...
4-11-2013 at 09:06
by: bbartlog
[Fail] Potassium Carbonate route :(
Would be nice to have actual amounts...
Also, it is not the solubility of sodium sulfate versus po ...
4-11-2013 at 08:45
by: bbartlog
NO2 ion to create N2
[quote]specifically the potential formation of NH4NO2[/quote]

Well, I think that's actually what ...
4-11-2013 at 07:11
by: bbartlog
Better/Advanced Chlorate Formation
Decomposition of hypochlorite to chlorate speeds up by a factor of 3.5x for every 10 degrees celsius ...
2-11-2013 at 20:31
by: bbartlog
Better/Advanced Chlorate Formation
But for those who just want chlorate in small yield and don't care about efficiency, it is easier an ...
1-11-2013 at 20:06
by: bbartlog
Better/Advanced Chlorate Formation
If the decomposition of magnesium hypochlorite to chloride and chlorate is rapid, wouldn't it make s ...
1-11-2013 at 08:13
by: bbartlog
Failed OTC preparation of ammonium carbamate from urea
The problem is that base-catalyzed hydrolysis of urea does not proceed as you describe. Maybe that i ...
29-10-2013 at 12:27
by: bbartlog
Oxidizing Chlorides
Bubbling oxygen into KCl won't do the job. Would be nice if it were that simple.
Bubbling Cl<sub ...
27-10-2013 at 18:46
by: bbartlog
How do you mine for minerals?

The existence of larger crystals suggests a rock that was produced at depth (slow cooling), not at ...
26-10-2013 at 21:04
by: bbartlog
Acetaldehyde synthesis
Interesting. Yes and no; clearly that is the reference I gave (well, the second one is), and it's mo ...
16-10-2013 at 10:37
by: bbartlog
Acetaldehyde synthesis
In my experience a caramel odor is often a tell-tale of formate salts or very dilute formic acid.
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16-10-2013 at 09:10
by: bbartlog
Revisit to Zealot's total synthesis of Ketamine
Diglyme has a bp something like 30 degrees lower; since the reaction takes 3-4 hours in undecane I'm ...
15-10-2013 at 11:47
by: bbartlog
Rhodium plating darkening?
If the exposed bit is being oxidized it may create some small electron flow that allows the rest of ...
14-10-2013 at 07:20
by: bbartlog
Acetaldehyde synthesis
Lactic acid can be oxidized directly to acetaldehyde without prior conversion to pyruvic acid, by ad ...
11-10-2013 at 19:13
by: bbartlog
Refs and ideas for soluble silicates
No quantities anywhere?
Anyway, I would assume that your product is heavily contaminated with Na< ...
1-10-2013 at 11:14
by: bbartlog
How to extract ethylene glycol from car liquid
You'll need the full heat. Maybe even a bit of cloth around the stillhead depending on your setup. S ...
20-9-2013 at 19:59
by: bbartlog
Sulfuric acid from gypsum
SiO<sub>2</sub> will react with the carbon at those temperatures; whether this is an ins ...
20-9-2013 at 18:31
by: bbartlog
sodium hypochlorite bleach
There is no net production of hypochlorous acid by electrolysis of brine. Hydrogen is evolved at the ...
15-9-2013 at 17:29
by: bbartlog
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