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Chemistry Goals, 2016
I should dust off my chemistry gear (it's been unused for far too long) and get back to it.

I'd l ...
6-1-2016 at 07:47
by: Arthur Dent
Making copper salts (especially basic copper carbonate)
One of my favorite ways of drying basic copper carbonate, after a thorough wash, the pale green slur ...
4-1-2016 at 09:51
by: Arthur Dent
Manganese Dioxide from Manganese Sulfate
It is indeed pretty hard to purify and clean-up MnO2 from batteries, it's a mess from beginning to e ...
11-5-2014 at 08:13
by: Arthur Dent
Yellow stain on glassware
THe idea of oxalic acid is interesting, although this chemical is pretty hard to find at reasonable ...
1-1-2014 at 13:41
by: Arthur Dent
Pretty Pictures (2)
Quick follow-up to last week's experiment:
You can already see the formation of Copper Acetate crys ...
1-1-2014 at 13:30
by: Arthur Dent
Storage of Elemental Mercury
My small stash of mercury is conveniently stored in the safest of containers... a handful of large i ...
27-12-2013 at 17:02
by: Arthur Dent
Chemist's Nightmare
My modest extra-light nightmare was a moment of dumb inattention. Had been drying Copper Carbonate s ...
27-12-2013 at 16:45
by: Arthur Dent
How professional are your labs?
My lab is quite cluttered, as I have only one room and it is shared with my electronics/computer lab ...
27-12-2013 at 16:19
by: Arthur Dent
Pretty Pictures (2)
Copper Acetate synthesis:
Some coiled telephone wire in a test tube filled with glacial Acetic Acid ...
27-12-2013 at 15:37
by: Arthur Dent
Recovery of gold using HCl + H2O2
I don't believe it can, only Aqua Regia (25% Nitric Acid/75% Hydrochloric Acid) can dissolve Platinu ...
24-11-2013 at 15:46
by: Arthur Dent
Making Copper Acetate?
I like the Copper Carbonate method, even if it's a bit labour intensive.

After dissolving pure c ...
18-11-2013 at 05:46
by: Arthur Dent
Recovery of gold using HCl + H2O2
Another source of Sodium Metabisulfite (or alternately, Potassium Metabisulfite, both work equally w ...
18-11-2013 at 05:11
by: Arthur Dent
Safety equipment
Not as elaborate as the eye wash station, a plain "eye bath" kit is only a few bucks and always a go ...
3-11-2013 at 09:02
by: Arthur Dent
Epson printer heads question
Thanks for the suggestions, guys!

So I decided to try a 3-punch approach. I've let sit the print ...
20-5-2013 at 09:40
by: Arthur Dent
Epson printer heads question
Wasn't sure if it's the right subforum for this question but here goes...

I have a very expensive ...
19-5-2013 at 07:27
by: Arthur Dent
Looking for nitrates
@ Erbium_Iodine_Carbon

Beware of the dollar store cold-packs. Many did indeed contain nearly pur ...
11-2-2013 at 07:16
by: Arthur Dent
possibly dumb question: Food safety of unknown glassware
When I started doing basic chemistry, my main purposes were distillation of spirits and working with ...
11-2-2013 at 06:41
by: Arthur Dent
Sodium Chromate from stainless stell 18/10
Yup, as blogfast25 mentioned, dissolution and recrystallisation of those lovely crystals will probab ...
20-10-2012 at 10:45
by: Arthur Dent
Distillig ethanol from corn mash. Help?
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Better yet, use a knit copper mesh (as can b ...
13-10-2012 at 07:12
by: Arthur Dent
Distillig ethanol from corn mash. Help?
Interesting thing about the copper reacting with the Ethanol vapors... I also have an all-glass dist ...
13-10-2012 at 05:09
by: Arthur Dent
cheapest aluminium metal sources?
I have literally a drawer-full of aluminium heat sinks from various defunct audio devices and comput ...
4-10-2012 at 04:54
by: Arthur Dent
Pipetting 100% nitric acid
I second the pasteur pipette idea. If you don't have one, a medium glass capillary tube can be heate ...
4-10-2012 at 04:30
by: Arthur Dent
Fogging Glass with NaOH?
Safety glasses and proper face shields are usually made of polycarbonate plastic, they will protect ...
24-9-2012 at 04:28
by: Arthur Dent
Detritus posts: A suggestion...
Okay, fair point. But at no time did censorship cross my mind, it was more of a punitive gesture for ...
12-9-2012 at 09:02
by: Arthur Dent
How pure is denatured alcohol?
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In Quebec you can get Alcool. Who would want to ...
12-9-2012 at 04:31
by: Arthur Dent
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