KonkreteRocketry
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Potassium dichromate crystals ?
I recently made some different crystals, now ive seen potassium dichromate crystal and it looks just like copper sulfate but red :O
http://www.crystalgrowing.com/alte-version/xx_galer.y/KADI.H...
is this real :O
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Finnnicus
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That is so damn cool, I know my reply means nothing, but these are SO awesome. Where to get  ?
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hyfalcon
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Do not handle KCrO7 without gloves and don't breath any dust off it. Stuff is carcinogenic.
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Hexavalent
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Yes, it's quite real...I've seen large crystals of K2Cr2O7 before now that have that particular shape/geometry.
However, if you intend to grow some yourself, if you cannot determine if an image of one is real or not and link that to the lattice structure, I
would not handle this compound: it is toxic, quite probably carcinogenic (causes cancer) and a skin irritant: not very pleasant indeed.
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
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