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Chemistry Tree!

zenosx - 14-12-2015 at 15:28

I have seen several chemists do Chemistry Tree's over the years and decided to finally do one myself!

If anyone else has done one (or does) perhaps we can get a thread going! I did a cursory UTFSE and didn't see one so...

I know I have been absent for quite a while but cancer surgeries and treatments have kept my lab in dust for a long time :mad:

j_sum1 - 14-12-2015 at 15:38

I posted this in random pictures the other day.
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=30157&...

[edit] fixed link [again]

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[Edited on 15-12-2015 by j_sum1]

The Volatile Chemist - 14-12-2015 at 15:48

Nice

I don't have enough clamps/ring stand stuff to make one successfully

Detonationology - 14-12-2015 at 16:03

Chemistree

zenosx - 14-12-2015 at 16:17

Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1

I posted this in random pictures the other day.
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=64645#...

I am not permitted to view this forum..

weird

[Edited on 15-12-2015 by zenosx]

zenosx - 14-12-2015 at 16:22

If anyone is curious I used phenolphthalein with different base PH's (Pink and Red), Potassium permanganate (Purple), Zinc Chloride (Blue), Copper Sulfate (Copper blue), and plain food coloring for the bright green. (I didn't want to waste anymore reagents!

Zephyr - 14-12-2015 at 21:24

Here's my Chemistree this year:

j_sum1 - 14-12-2015 at 22:43

Quote: Originally posted by zenosx

Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1

I posted this in random pictures the other day.
http://link removed

I am not permitted to view this forum..

weird

My error. Wrong link. Corrected now.
J.

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Volanschemia - 14-12-2015 at 22:56

j_sum, I'm guessing you mean the link to go to the picture you posted recently of a Chemistree? If so, the link is still going to the wrong spot, navigating to page 4 instead of 7.

Here's the link to that post.

Texium - 15-12-2015 at 08:57

I think I will set one up today in the classroom at my school that I work in. I would make one at home but I don't have enough clamps. Perhaps I could borrow a few.

karlos³ - 15-12-2015 at 12:07

These are very cool.
I would like to set one up too, but instead of just fluorescents I would like to use a small quantity of substituted (trichlorinated) phenyloxalate ester with different fluorescents in every flask.
That would be cool!

Texium - 15-12-2015 at 16:10

I made a Chemistree earlier today with the assistance of a few AP chemistry students who I share the classroom with! Here's a couple different angles of it:

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Sorry to disappoint, but the colors are just food coloring for all of them. I wasn't able to access the chemical storeroom today, and had less than an hour to put the whole thing together anyway. Regardless, I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

I am debating about possibly changing the TNT "star" on top to angelic acid.

The Volatile Chemist - 16-12-2015 at 18:05

Very nice! My room already has one, elsewise I'd definitely ask (and probably get) permission to make one.

Volanschemia - 16-12-2015 at 23:30

A fellow Aussie chemist and I have come up with an "upgrade" for the Chemistree. I'm not going to say what it is because it would have to be tested and filmed first :cool:

. Won't be done until we get together early next year though...

ave369 - 17-12-2015 at 03:49

I only have two clamps and one ring stand. So my chemistry tree won't look like a tree at all.

diddi - 17-12-2015 at 05:40

what are you up to TAS?

AJKOER - 17-12-2015 at 06:31

Some beautiful Chemistrees!

To those who feel that Christmas trees, including Chemistrees , are politically incorrect, I invite you to spell out "Happy Holidays" with your lab ware!

zenosx - 21-12-2015 at 21:20

Well I feel that my original tree is beaten,, however I will share ALL the trees with my colleges and friends! Thanks for all the contributions to this thread!

The Volatile Chemist - 30-12-2015 at 14:44

Indeed some nice trees! I say keep the TNT, zts16. Also, congrats on the super-mod, how long has that been a thing?