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Aquarium Tank uses - ideas?

RogueRose - 14-5-2016 at 06:08

I have the opportunity to get what looks like a nice 10 gallon glass aquarium and wanted to know what cool things might be done with it. Would it work well for a Chlor-alkali cell? or maybe for chlorate/perchlorate production?

100PercentChemistry - 14-5-2016 at 15:49

i remember I used one as a cloud chamber awhile back.

CuReUS - 15-5-2016 at 03:09

Quote: Originally posted by RogueRose  
glass aquarium...Chlor-alkalicell?

:o, IMHO http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=20967#...
I may be wrong,but I am sure aquarium glass is not comparable to borosilicate.

[Edited on 15-5-2016 by CuReUS]

j_sum1 - 15-5-2016 at 16:25

Electrolysis of -- well lots of possibilities.

Grow some enormous crystals. Might take a year or two but will be a good project.

Get some sulfur hexafluoride or xenon and demonstrate an aluminium foil boat floating on what looks like nothing. Take a video and upload to Youtube.

Use it as a reservoir for cooling water for your distillations.

Put some fish in it.

blogfast25 - 15-5-2016 at 17:27

A large cloud chamber for the detection of charged particles, X-rays, and gamma rays.

Easy to do and amazing to watch. I did one a few years ago with a small perspex aquarium.

Makes great videos too.

alive&kickin - 16-5-2016 at 14:19

RogueRose, I have one just about the same size. I use mine as a drying box. Put a plexiglass cover on it with weather stripping and a container of calcium chloride inside. Nice and easy to see through. Not much to look at, kind of a boring use, but it does work good. Also nice and cheep, the only thing I had to purchase was the weather stripping, everything else was what other people were throwing out.

RogueRose - 16-5-2016 at 18:52

Lots of good ideas! Thanks for the input!

vmelkon - 18-5-2016 at 16:27

10 gallon = 38 L