During my last nitration experiment I had a runaway. I had my drowning vessel ready, but the mixture was bubbling over very quickly and I was not
expecting this to happen.
The temperature trend was already downwards, so I thought the reaction was finished and left it alone for really only a very short time. Big mistake.
I had to grip the beaker out of the cooling vessel to drown it in the drowning bucket, thereby stick my hand through the bubbling foam.
No time to get the gloves.
The yellow skin has been replaced by now, but my nails still look like I'm a heavy smoker.
Any Idea how to get rid of the yellow colour?
[Edited on 8-8-2015 by Gargamel] |