angeltxilon
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Making hexamethylenetetramine with household products (?)
I've been thinking if it would be possible to make hexamethylenetetramine at home.
The reason to make it ... Boredom. My idea is to make this, just because, for have it inside a bottle with a label ... Although I may use it to make
solid fuel tablets.
I have read that this material can be manufactured using formaldehyde and ammonia in dissolution.
I have read that formaldehyde is obtained by catalyzing the oxidation of methane using metal oxides.
Ammonia is a common cleaning product, the problem is to purify it. It must be purified because it has soap.
In my previous attempt to make ammonium chloride (for use it like flavoring) from ammonia and hydrochloric acid, the problem of soap became a major
inconvenience and, finally, I couldn't manufacture it.
Methanol can also be purchased at a common drugstore (it remains to be seen if it is decently pure or it needs to be distilled (that I don't know how
do that using house common objects) like ammonia).
The metallic oxide ... Is the oxide of a nail or rusty iron object valid?
[Edited on 14-8-2019 by angeltxilon]
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Tsjerk
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I would have a look at eBay orso, or hobby shops online if you can find formaldehyde and ammonia for sale. These basic compounds are hard to make
without laboratory glassware.
What country / region are you in?
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angeltxilon
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Quote: Originally posted by Tsjerk  | I would have a look at eBay orso, or hobby shops online if you can find formaldehyde and ammonia for sale. These basic compounds are hard to make
without laboratory glassware.
What country / region are you in? |
I prefer to avoid online shopping. It is usually very slow (it can take weeks to arrive) and expensive (sometimes the shipping price exceeds the
product price, in this type of products).
I live in Spain.
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Please let me know if you can beat these prices (first hits).
https://www.ebay.es/itm/Formaldehyde-38-250ml-/323850775428
http://blog.flota.es/hogar-y-ahorro/diferencias-entre-la-lej...
Does this contain soap? My Spanish is rusty. Correct my when I'm wrong.
Took me ten minutes. Next time you get 0.5. You won't beat the commercials.
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I think I remember a decent write up on making concentrated ammonia from household ammonia (but I cant seem to find it) But basically it entailed
heating up household ammonia cleaner and bubbling it through cold water. You could also make a solution of an ammonium salt and add a stronger base
such as sodium hydroxide drain cleaner into that solution of an ammonium salt to generate the ammonia gas.
With regards to the formaldehyde, that going to be far harder. Formalin, a solution of formaldehyde and methanol, might be accessible to you however.
The extra methanol wont pose a problem with the synthesis of hexamethylenetetramine.
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