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Any Canadians on this site still doing home chemistry?
Sure thing, eh? Why would you think Canadians stopped doing home chemistry, eh? |
5-8-2015 at 13:18
by: softbeard |
Are Chemists in Canada looking for lab stuff?
I'm in Brantford, ON. That's probably close enough. List what you have available. |
4-8-2015 at 09:41
by: softbeard |
Good Energetic Materials for a Novice
[rquote=414318&tid=29977&author=ave369]Seconding the opinion about black powder. After this ... |
31-7-2015 at 13:42
by: softbeard |
Can Acyl Chlorides be prepared with Alkalai Hypochlorites (bleach)?
If you're asking 'can I use my 5% sodium hypochlorite Clorox bleach to directly make some acetyl or ... |
31-7-2015 at 13:23
by: softbeard |
Telling if a reaction will occur
In general, a reaction has thermodynamic impetus to go forward if the equation's Gibbs Free Energy c ... |
30-7-2015 at 16:19
by: softbeard |
Tap water
I'm not sure why you think that would be insane. Usually the chlorine is added as 'liquid chlori ... |
28-7-2015 at 15:34
by: softbeard |
Made Bromine Tonight
Maybe I'm nuts and had narrowly escaped pulmonary edema, but I've never found bromine vapour that ba ... |
15-9-2013 at 13:05
by: softbeard |
substitution on hydrophosphites
[rquote=298795&tid=25978&author=AndersHoveland]It may be that the anti-cholinesterase activi ... |
13-9-2013 at 19:43
by: softbeard |
Rhodium plating?
The most general way to reduce platinum-group to the metal I found is good old hydrazine. I'm specul ... |
13-9-2013 at 09:11
by: softbeard |
Concentrating Nitric acid
Instead of copper sulfate, you might as well try anhydrous magnesium sulfate as your dessicant for t ... |
13-9-2013 at 08:56
by: softbeard |
Concentrating Nitric acid
From what I recall, the magnesium nitrate was made in-situ by adding magnesium oxide to the weak nit ... |
12-9-2013 at 18:59
by: softbeard |
Concentrating Nitric acid
It is also possible to use magnesium nitrate to concentrate nitric acid. I am fuzzy on the details b ... |
12-9-2013 at 14:46
by: softbeard |
substitution on hydrophosphites
Sodium monofluorophosphate is an ionic species, that has absolutely no anti-cholinesterase activity. ... |
3-9-2013 at 13:38
by: softbeard |
Dichloromethane ?
Back in the 70s and early 80s here in Canada, a lot of cough syrups indeed had chloroform; quite a b ... |
1-9-2013 at 08:52
by: softbeard |
Phosphorus burns
I think a thorough discussion of this topic requires a complete textbook (and I'm sure battlefield ... |
7-8-2013 at 23:41
by: softbeard |
Experimental Preparation of Chlorobutanol
I forgot to add; pH control is, of course crucial here. Make sure we're on the neutral-acidic side w ... |
25-7-2013 at 11:56
by: softbeard |
Experimental Preparation of Chlorobutanol
Through my own experimentation, I found a good way to get most of chlorobutanol to crystallize out ... |
23-7-2013 at 18:41
by: softbeard |
