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Nitric acid from mild electrochemistry
An article popped up in my news feed today and on reading this appears too good to be true.

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12-10-2023 at 09:04
by: Swinfi2
Chromatography non-analytical uses
I would say if you have 250ml of crude, first use TLC to find conditions that provide effective sepe ...
28-6-2023 at 08:39
by: Swinfi2
Liquid-phase nitration of n-butane
I do agree you can do anything if you're mindful of the risks and are careful enough to survive the ...
2-9-2021 at 03:40
by: Swinfi2
Liquid-phase nitration of n-butane
Not sure if this goes without saying, but it sounds like you're making explosives, inside an apparat ...
2-9-2021 at 02:03
by: Swinfi2
H2S reduction of ketones and aldehydes
It's super easy to make H2S but god damn it stinks if you don't deal with it well. I went the paraff ...
17-6-2021 at 02:27
by: Swinfi2
Potentiometric titrations issues
Do you have a humid environment? The KF titrator I use at work is always messing up from humidity (a ...
5-6-2021 at 07:20
by: Swinfi2
Making Sodium, a new method?
I tried a Craster cell outside, decent ppe, googles, labcoat and a loose brick wall and still got a ...
15-5-2021 at 09:12
by: Swinfi2
Recovery of styrene monomer from polystyrene
I've done this without any catalyst, bloody stinks and it broke my RBF on cooling. Didn't have any i ...
30-4-2021 at 09:35
by: Swinfi2
distilling vinegar
I did a similar process, took a bunch of pickling vinegar. Filtered out the herbs, distilled it to r ...
26-4-2021 at 05:21
by: Swinfi2
Distillation of Ethylene Glycol from Antifreeze Toubleshooting
Cold condenser water could also be an issue, if the cold water keeps the glass below ~200c before th ...
24-4-2021 at 01:26
by: Swinfi2
Effecting a separation of two, nearly identical compounds
Another way would be flash chromatography. But not that useful for such cheap stuff as urea. You'd s ...
22-4-2021 at 11:16
by: Swinfi2
Need advice from some Mad Chemist
I can't see the bronze burning but carbon definitely should. Could you burn it off? That said a lot ...
13-3-2021 at 01:28
by: Swinfi2
SpaceX Starship crash coloured flames
I believe they use a boron based hypergolic starter mix, but I'm not sure why it went off like it di ...
10-12-2020 at 04:39
by: Swinfi2
How do I recrystallize ferric chloride?
I cant remember the source but I remember reading a patent a while back about crystallising a hexami ...
9-12-2020 at 09:05
by: Swinfi2
diethyl carbonate (NO PHOSGENE)
I'm not 100% sure with Diethyl carbonate, however most transesterification reactions are an equilibr ...
13-11-2020 at 09:13
by: Swinfi2
diethyl carbonate (NO PHOSGENE)
I also made the mistake of attempting to capture the ammonia because why not... this would have been ...
12-11-2020 at 12:34
by: Swinfi2
diethyl carbonate (NO PHOSGENE)
I found this while looking for a ethylene carbonate synthesis a while back, it uses easy to acquire ...
11-11-2020 at 12:59
by: Swinfi2
Ammonia from sodium hydroxide & urea. what would be the by-product cyanide or carbonate?
I'm going to say it isn't so plausible imo to get cyanide from this.

People have been making ammo ...
10-11-2020 at 15:42
by: Swinfi2
Help I don't know how to get or make a cannula (double-ended needle) for cannula transfer
It was a schlenk I was using, I think it was just an oil lock on the outlet to prevent overpressure ...
8-11-2020 at 06:04
by: Swinfi2
Help I don't know how to get or make a cannula (double-ended needle) for cannula transfer
Can you get a very long needle? You would need one like 20cm long minimum and cut it off close to th ...
7-11-2020 at 05:55
by: Swinfi2
Qualitative determination of lead in tap water
I'd definitely go the rhodizonate route, Iirc I think its vitamin b6 C6H12O6, oxidised with nitric a ...
19-10-2020 at 05:01
by: Swinfi2
Safe Fume Production Practices
Your penny dissolving requires a small amount of water to dissolve the copper nitrate else it forms ...
1-10-2020 at 07:24
by: Swinfi2
Getting a retort. What can I do with it?
The listing has gone. I've messaged the seller, if I get the same offer would someone be willing to ...
28-9-2020 at 01:35
by: Swinfi2
Getting a retort. What can I do with it?
Not just any retort, its going to be made of quartz.

(Link)https://www.google.com/amp/s/h5.aliex ...
27-9-2020 at 08:57
by: Swinfi2
Question perhaps that cannot be answered regarding the http site vs https
I think its because the search engines assume you need a login to access HTTPS areas and don't bothe ...
25-9-2020 at 03:24
by: Swinfi2
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