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Reduction of rust to Fe(0)
BromicAcid and UnintentionalChaos, thank you! You have been most helpful.

elementcollector1, you ...
20-1-2014 at 17:55
by: WPK0129
Reduction of rust to Fe(0)
I'm looking for a way to reverse rust on some objects I've got around the house (wrench, vintage raz ...
20-1-2014 at 15:29
by: WPK0129
Embarrassed to ask science teacher about doing experiments in science lab
As a former high school chemistry teacher, I do want to echo a few things:

1) Your teacher will ...
14-10-2013 at 13:10
by: WPK0129
KClO3 + candle wax: NO reaction ??
lol... fair enough.

I'm curious now. The internet says KClO3 is soluble in glycerol - if you ma ...
11-10-2013 at 14:21
by: WPK0129
drying with sodium metal
Your remote, totalitarian country will let you get sodium metal?
11-10-2013 at 13:57
by: WPK0129
H2O2 Storage (Simple Question)
Also, I don't know how concentrated your H2O2 is and how cold your freezer is, but it may not actual ...
11-10-2013 at 13:51
by: WPK0129
KClO3 + candle wax: NO reaction ??
Of course solubility should make a difference. How do you physically get the KClO3 into the flame t ...
11-10-2013 at 13:34
by: WPK0129
Straight chain PTSA esters
Ditto to the above, but consider this:

If you use your alcohol you're trying to tosylate as the s ...
11-10-2013 at 13:31
by: WPK0129
KClO3 + candle wax: NO reaction ??
Well, this could be it: the candle burns as the wax flows into the wick, to supply the flame with f ...
11-10-2013 at 13:23
by: WPK0129
chem haters
My first year teaching high school chemistry, I made the mistake of responding to a kid's question o ...
10-10-2013 at 09:20
by: WPK0129
Decomposition luminescence
I guess it depends what you mean by "decomposition" - the reaction in glowsticks is technically the ...
8-10-2013 at 14:30
by: WPK0129
Is this right?
Plus, if you have any KNO3 leftover, that would dissolve in the ammonia, too.
8-10-2013 at 14:15
by: WPK0129
Is this right?
True. If you do manage to make it, separating the two would be tricky while still keeping them as K ...
8-10-2013 at 14:14
by: WPK0129
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My colleagues from Eastern Europe and China always seemed to have a knack for getting things for fre ...
8-10-2013 at 14:04
by: WPK0129
Mixing Sodium Hydroxide and Sodium Laureth Sulfate... Is it Safe?
It wouldn't be unsafe. My biggest concern would be the NaOH corroding the surface of the kitchen ho ...
8-10-2013 at 14:01
by: WPK0129
Using CO2 gas for grignard reaction instead of dry ice?
I like sonagashira's original response: use a fire extinguisher. Don't forget that PV = NRT means ...
8-10-2013 at 13:58
by: WPK0129
drying with sodium metal
Some food for thought: how pure do you [i]need[/i] it? Could you get away with a 95/5 EtOH/H2O mix ...
8-10-2013 at 13:40
by: WPK0129
Chemistry Hackerspace -- Twin Cities, MN
I'd be 110% in favor if it weren't an 8-hour plane ride away. If anyone in the northeast wants to d ...
8-10-2013 at 11:47
by: WPK0129

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