stoichiometric_steve
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Shut off magnetic stirring before you remove the flask from the stirrer...
...because the spinning stirring magnet could break the flask.
I just had to mop up approx. 600ml of AcOH with 18g Sulfuryl Chloride in it. Good thing this happened in a hood with 800m³/h :-/
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evil_lurker
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Lovely things happen when stir bars decouple don't they?
Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in
beer.
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MagicJigPipe
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You guys must have some weak flasks, heavy stirbars, super-fast stirrers or really bad luck.
This has happened to me literally hundreds of times (mostly because of suspended solids) and I have not had one breakage. Knock on wood.
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len1
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I was sure this was an April Fools post. Ive done it many times and theres never even been a hint of what you describe. How many pounds does you
stir bar weigh? Or is these some new chinese brand flasks?
[Edited on 30-3-2008 by len1]
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stoichiometric_steve
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MagicJigPipe
You guys must have some weak flasks, heavy stirbars, super-fast stirrers or really bad luck. |
that incident was a combination of all that, it was an old flask from the days when they thought 1mm wall thickness was enough. the stir bar was
superstrong and egg-shaped.
too bad i lost like 1000 EUR worth of product. i wish this would be an april fools post, but it's not april yet. the worst thing is that i have no
more sulfuryl chloride 
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