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Aluminium powder creation
I read a Youtube comment that suggested using a food blender on aluminium foil and adding a cup of w ...
17-11-2025 at 13:01
by: Chemgineer
Sodium percarbonate
I have too much sodium percarbonate that I don't know what to do with. Would it be reasonable to ma ...
27-10-2025 at 15:39
by: Chemgineer
Can a perchlorate cell go wrong?
I used 930g sodium chloride, 1.8l saturated solution plus another 1l of saturated NaCl topped up gra ...
26-10-2025 at 08:33
by: Chemgineer
Where to have lab if not apartment? RV?
There is a good documentary similar to this called Breaking Bad :)
24-10-2025 at 06:01
by: Chemgineer
Capsaicin extraction and isolation
I took my ethanol extracted capsaicin and added around 50% water to it and let it settle for 24 hour ...
30-9-2025 at 14:58
by: Chemgineer
Why is isolating Na more difficult than isolating K ?
Have you looked into this video by Nurdrage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsNoiFj3wlw

I've done ...
28-9-2025 at 11:47
by: Chemgineer
Capsaicin extraction and isolation
[rquote=614988&tid=5329&author=Tsjerk]I might have found a way to purify.. I extracted 10 gr ...
28-9-2025 at 06:45
by: Chemgineer
Unblocking a soxhlet extractor syphon
I've been extracting capsaicin from hot chilli powder and last week my extractor managed to siphon a ...
21-9-2025 at 14:41
by: Chemgineer
Silicone Sealant Chemical Resistance
I used silicone sealant to attach a still head to a steel can when I was producing benzene from NaOH ...
2-9-2025 at 04:47
by: Chemgineer
Nitric acid from ammonium nitrate and sodium bisulfate
[rquote=702826&tid=160153&author=chloric1]The bisulfate ion is regarded as strongly acidic b ...
29-8-2025 at 05:59
by: Chemgineer
Nitric acid from ammonium nitrate and sodium bisulfate
[rquote=702792&tid=160153&author=chloric1][rquote=690682&tid=160153&author=Chemginee ...
28-8-2025 at 04:56
by: Chemgineer
Extracting Capsaicin like NileRed
So i've bought the hottest/cheapest chilli powder off Amazon and using some roughly 88-90% ethanol a ...
9-8-2025 at 15:31
by: Chemgineer
Air Rifle Pellets
Out of interest, what are air rifle pellets usually made from these days? I might try and recycle s ...
10-6-2025 at 15:31
by: Chemgineer
Sulfate of potash fertiliser.
I suspect the easiest way would be to use a potassium salt with a lower melting point and do molten ...
23-5-2025 at 08:39
by: Chemgineer
Potassium Nitrate vs Lead Nitrate
We all know potassium nitrate is used on pyrotechnic mixtures as an oxidiser and it works well becau ...
21-5-2025 at 13:44
by: Chemgineer
Magnettic stirring is surprising
[rquote=700343&tid=160997&author=MrDoctor]is it possible that instead of a high temp resista ...
14-4-2025 at 11:48
by: Chemgineer
Magnettic stirring is surprising
My heating mantle has a magnetic stirrer which I always thought was a little weak and when I started ...
13-4-2025 at 04:27
by: Chemgineer
Hexamine
I'm putting a sample of bought hexamine in the same oven at the same temperature to see if it discol ...
23-3-2025 at 13:14
by: Chemgineer
Hexamine
I took 200ml of 30% formaldehyde solution (Koi Carp treatment) and added ammonia hydroxide solution ...
22-3-2025 at 13:11
by: Chemgineer
Sulfate of potash fertiliser.
[rquote=699811&tid=160948&author=fx-991ex]instead of dissolving filter and drying why not re ...
17-3-2025 at 12:02
by: Chemgineer
Sulfate of potash fertiliser.
I bought some sulfate of potash fertiliser with the intention of putifying it to potassium sulfate b ...
17-3-2025 at 09:05
by: Chemgineer
Storage of pine oil and beta pinene.
[rquote=699685&tid=160934&author=Deathunter88]Hydrocarbons vapors diffuse through HDPE prett ...
10-3-2025 at 11:41
by: Chemgineer
Storage of pine oil and beta pinene.
I will transfer it to a glass bottle but was just concerned about a vacuum on the glass if it was be ...
9-3-2025 at 05:40
by: Chemgineer
Storage of pine oil and beta pinene.
I distilled some turpentine a while ago and ended up with alpha and beta pinene plus some heavier pi ...
9-3-2025 at 04:51
by: Chemgineer
help with drying out ammonium nitrate please
I got a cheap food dehydrator from Amazon and that dries out ammonium nitrate quite nicely over seve ...
12-9-2024 at 11:27
by: Chemgineer
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