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• Asbestos
  ===Chemical=== ...weak acids, but less so with alkali. Molten alkali will react even faster with asbestos than aqueous alkali.
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• Ozone
  | Formula = O₃ '''Ozone''' or '''trioxygen''', is an inorganic molecule with the chemical formula '''O₃'''. It is an allotrope of [[oxygen]], much less stable tha
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• Petroleum ether
  ===Chemical=== ...such as [[acetone]] or [[ethanol]]. Depending on the composition, it has a specific gravity of 0.6 - 0.8, and the boiling interval varies, depending on the com
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• Prussian blue
  ...>N₁₈ is often encountered, the compound doesn't have a definite formula or IUPAC name, because it is in fact several closely related compounds usua ...possible to prepare a colloidal solution of Prussian blue. The double salt with potassium produces colloidal solutions easily, hence it is known as "solubl
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• Black powder
  ...owder''', more commonly known as '''gunpowder''', is one of the best known chemical explosives. It is a mixture of [[potassium nitrate]], [[charcoal]] and [[su ===Chemical===
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• Charcoal
  ...at all (particularly "clean" charcoal, or one that was ground and leached with water, may count as technical grade amorphous carbon). ===Chemical===
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• Mineral oil
  | Formula = | SolubleOther = Miscible with hydrocarbons, anhydrous alcohols<br>Insoluble in [[glycerol]]
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• Gasoline
  ...ons obtained by the fractional distillation of petroleum, usually enhanced with a variety of additives. ===Chemical===
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• Napalm
  ...y used in warfare. Apart from being used in demonstrations of slow-burning materials, napalm doesn't have much use in amateur science, and most of the time tend *'''Oil-based with aluminum soap thickener''': this is the classic version of napalm. Is consi
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• KS Fluid
  ...http://sovietguns.blogspot.com/2013/12/molotov-cocktails.html</ref> It has no civilian applications, so making it is a prime example of [[Kewls|kewlism]] KS Fluid is a yellow or greenish yellow liquid. It burns with a very hot flame and is capable of self-igniting if left in open air. It re
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• Biuret reagent
  ...ue solution that turns violet upon contact with proteins, or any substance with peptide bonds. The test and reagent do not actually contain biuret; they ar ===Chemical===
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• Fehling's solution
  | Formula = '''Fehling's solution''' is the name given to a chemical reagent, primarily used to differentiate between water-soluble carbohydrate
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• Smokeless powder
  '''Smokeless powder''' is the name given to a number of propellant materials, widely used in firearms and artillery, which replaced [[black powder]]. As *''Single-base powder'': Use only nitrocellulose or a colloid or NC with alcohol or ether as a propellent, additives and stabilizers ([[diphenylamin
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• Activated carbon
  ...low-volume pores, to increase the surface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions. ...neered for maximum specific surface and high adsorbtion. Sometimes further chemical treatment is used to enhances adsorption properties.
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• Paraffin wax
  [[File:Paraffin wax bucket sample.jpg|thumb|300px|OTC paraffin wax, with a melting point of 54 °C.]] ...hite to colorless soft solid, derivable from petroleum, coal or oil shale, with a variety of uses.
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• Portland cement
  ...eral use around the world, used as a basic ingredient of most construction materials, such as concrete or mortar. It can also be used as a desiccant, though its ===Chemical===
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• Pumice
  Lastly pumice grains can be purchased from chemical suppliers and online. No special storage is required, it can be stored in any container or bottle.
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• Diatomaceous earth
  ...y consists of fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of hard-shelled algae, with other impurities such as metals (usually iron and calcium) and minute trace ===Chemical===
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• Zeolite
  No special disposal is required. Discard it as you wish. [[Category:Materials with no specific chemical formula]]
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• Dynamite
  ===Chemical=== Working with dynamite will result in absorbing nitroglycerin liquid/vapors, which, being
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• Litmus
  Litmus contains between 10 to 15 different dyes, with 7-hydroxyphenoxazone being the most important. ...nced with them (this is useful with old paper strips, which turn very pale with time). Red and blue litmus paper strips can usually be converted to neutral
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• Burnt bread carbon foam
  ...erimental science is that it can be cheaply made at home using nothing but materials anyone can get from the local store. ...tate the lungs. It also tends to stain, so wear proper attire when working with it.
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• ANFO
  ...ments due to the fact that it's easy to manufacture from readily available materials, though its reputation has been tainted by its use in terrorist bombings. ...luble in low-chain alcohols, while most FOs are either soluble or miscible with them. AN/FO has a slight petroleum-like odor, due to its FO content. ANFO h
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• ANNM
  ...A'''mmonium '''N'''itrate-'''N'''itro'''M'''ethane'' is a binary explosive with limited use in various domains, due to it's relative low stability. ...f ANNM produces water vapors, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, as well as various NO_x gases if the [[oxygen balance]] is negative. The balanced equat
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• Guanidinium nitrate
  ...= CH₆N₄O₃<br>C(NH₂)₃NO₃ ...b>6</sub>N₃NO₃''' or '''C(NH₂)₃NO₃'''.
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• Glass
  ...resistance of said glass, an alkaline-earth oxide is added to increase the chemical stability. Other oxides, like boron oxide, lead oxide, or phosphorus oxide ==Types of glass materials==
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• Ammonal
  ...f metallic copper will increase its sensitivity, and may explode if heated with a flame. The detonation velocity of ammonal is approximately 4,400 m/s. Ammonal is an explosive material and must be handled with extreme care.
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• Silicone grease
  '''Silicone grease''' is a waterproof grease made by combining a silicone oil with a thickener, used in labs to grease [[ground glass joint]]s, to prevent the ...with silicone grease may result in the reaction mixture being contaminated with the grease. Silicone grease does not resist powerful oxidizers, like [[nitr
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• Gelatin
  ...parts, as in some parts of the world there is a risk or being contaminated with prions that cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as "ma No special disposal is required. Discard it as you wish.
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• Amatol
  The type of Amatol with the composition 20/80 TNT/NH₄NO₃ is more commonly called '''Ammonite'''. ...lminate]] or lead(II) azide were often used as a detonator, in combination with an explosive booster charge such as [[tetryl]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.or
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• Ash
  ...analytical chemistry, in order to analyze the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash is the non-gaseous, non-liquid residue after a complete combus Since ash is strongly alkaline, it will react with acids, releasing [[carbon dioxide]].
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• Kerosene
  ...distillation of petroleum between 150 and 275 °C, resulting in a mixture with a density of 0.78–0.81 g/cm³. Heat of combustion of kerosene i *[http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=4217 Styrene with kerosene? --> Polystyrene]
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• Naphtha
  ...: the fraction boiling between 30 °C and 90 °C and consists of molecules with 5–6 carbon atoms. ...eavy naphtha'': boils between 90 °C and 200 °C and consists of molecules with 6–12 carbon atoms.
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• Agar
  ...de up of alternating units of D-galactose and L-galactose heavily modified with acidic side-groups, such as sulfate and pyruvate. No special disposal is required. Discard it as you wish.
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• Wood
  ...brils of [[cellulose]] (40–50%) and hemicellulose (15–25%) impregnated with lignin (15–30%). The exact percentage of each component varies from speci Wood is a reddish-brown solid material, with a specific structure. It is lighter than water and can absorb water.
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• Paper
  Paper consists of almost pure cellulose fibers, mixed with a few additives like chalk. Fresh paper is white, but since it's not 100% p ..., [[hydrochloric acid]] will break it down without charring, etc. Reaction with [[acetic anhydride]] will produce cellulose acetate. Unless treated, paper
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• Gum arabic
  ...in water, edible, and used primarily in the food industry as a stabilizer, with EU E number '''E414'''. No special disposal is required.
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• Platinized asbestos
  ...rmeating [[asbestos]] fibers with finely divided [[platinum]], usually via chemical method. Platinized asbestos used to be sold in the past by chemical suppliers, but nowadays it's getting harder to find, since most asbestos-co
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• Coal
  ...: a dense sedimentary rock, usually black, but sometimes dark brown, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material It is used primarily as fuel [[Category:Materials with no specific chemical formula]]
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• Petroleum
  ...rmations beneath the Earth's surface, used as fuel and raw material in the chemical industry. Petroleum contains a variety of chemical compounds, such as:
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• Soap
  Since they are salts of fatty acids, soaps have the general formula (RCO₂⁻)₂Mⁿ⁺ (Where R is an al Saponification of fats (triglycerides) with an alkali hydroxide will yield soap and [[glycerol]].
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• Asphalt
  [[Category:Materials with no specific chemical formula]]
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• Slag
  ...for instance, is designed to remove the iron and silica that often occurs with those ores, and separates them as iron-silicate-based slags. Slag from stee Ground granulated slag is often used in concrete in combination with Portland cement as part of a blended cement.
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• Natural gum
  ...tp://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=36600 Making agar-agar with Gelidium amansii] [[Category:Materials with no specific chemical formula]]
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• Resin
  ...exuded by plants, such as sap, latex, or mucilage, are sometimes confused with resin but are not the same. Saps, in particular, serve a nutritive function Most plant resins consist of terpenes. Specific components are [[alpha-pinene]], beta-pinene, delta-3 carene, and sabinene,
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• Xanthan gum
  '''Xanthan gum''' is a polysaccharide with many industrial uses, including as a common food additive. It is an effecti ...rising [[glucose]], mannose, and glucuronic acid in the molar ratio 2:2:1, with traces of other organic compounds and salts.
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• Gelignite
  ...rial consisting of [[nitrocellulose]] dissolved in ether or alcohol) mixed with [[nitroglycerin]] or [[Ethylene glycol dinitrate|EGDN]], mixture often nick ...and 0.5% chalk; another composition of the same name is 70% NH₄NO₃, 29.3% nitroglycerine, and 0.7% collodion cotton.
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• Beeswax
  ...ate, and oleate esters of long-chain (30–32 carbons) aliphatic alcohols, with the ratio of triacontanyl palmitate CH₃(CH₂)<sub>29</ ...s tenacious and it softens further at human body temperature (37 °C). The specific gravity of beeswax at 15 °C is from 0.958 to 0.970, while that of melted b
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• Vegetable oil
  ...wish or brown liquids, that are not miscible with water, but more miscible with organic solvents. They have various odors, ranging from mild to strong. Som Most vegetable oils have no legal restrictions, though in US, bitter almond oil is restricted, since it
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• Guar gum
  No special disposal is required. Discard it as you wish. [[Category:Materials with no specific chemical formula]]
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• Rubber
  ...initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds, plus water. Natural rubber is ...polysiloxanes or polydimethylsiloxanes. It is commonly used in areas where chemical and thermal resistance is required.
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• C-4
  ...rent plasticizer than Composition C-4, is known as PE-4 (Plastic Explosive No. 4). ...s the plasticizer (to increase the plasticity of the explosive), thickened with 2.1% polyisobutylene (PIB, a synthetic rubber) as the binder, and 1.6% of a
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• Ink
  ...e to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing or writing with a pen, brush, reed pen or quill. ...ts, solubilizers, surfactants, particulate matter, fluorescents, and other materials. The components of inks serve many purposes; the ink's carrier, colorants,
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• Invisible ink
  ...writing surface. Once dry, the written surface looks as if it were blank, with a similar texture and reflectivity as the surrounding surface. ===Inks developed by chemical reaction===
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• Iron gall ink
  By mixing tannin with iron sulfate, a water-soluble ferrous tannate complex is formed. Because of [[Category:Materials with no specific chemical formula]]
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• Detergent
  A '''detergent''' is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with cleansing properties when in dilute solutions. ...ure facilitates the mixture of hydrophobic compounds (like oil and grease) with water. Because air is not hydrophilic, detergents are also foaming agents t
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• YInMn Blue
  ...The color may be adjusted by varying the In/Mn ratio in the pigment's base formula of YIn_1−xMn_xO₃, but the bluest pigment, Currently, there are no indications that this compound is toxic, and it's relatively inert.
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• Ferrofluid
  ...an organic solvent or water). Each magnetic particle is thoroughly coated with a surfactant to inhibit clumping. Large ferromagnetic particles can be ripp ...into magnetite nanoparticles. These are coated with a surfactant and mixed with a solvent/liquid of choice.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L8yUY-doN
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