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Dissolving Mainboards in HCl :: Dangerous ?
In china the acids used by the PCB recyclers are probably industrial waste.
30-9-2010 at 18:09
by: HydroCarbon
Butyric acid from potatoes and water
Assuming you can get butyrate; butyric acid, having a relatively short alkyl tail should be soluble ...
27-9-2010 at 18:39
by: HydroCarbon
Pathways for a beginner
Dealing with phenol, formaldehyde, and benzene seem a bit toxic for home experiments with the kids. ...
27-9-2010 at 18:22
by: HydroCarbon
Diethyl Ether Hydroperoxide
While doing chemical inventory today a co-worker and I unexpectedly found a 250mL bottle of unstabil ...
27-9-2010 at 16:26
by: HydroCarbon
Dissolving Mainboards in HCl :: Dangerous ?
Keep us posted on what happens. And as Tim said before don't add conc. nitric as that's likely to c ...
27-9-2010 at 16:04
by: HydroCarbon
Isolating Stearate from a Detergent
Hello, I want to know if this is likely to work.

I want to determine if a lab detergent contains ...
23-9-2010 at 20:18
by: HydroCarbon
Professional Laboratories, How is Waste Dealt With?
Thanks for the info, do you have any recommendations for further reading.
21-9-2010 at 19:05
by: HydroCarbon
Professional Laboratories, How is Waste Dealt With?
These questions are mainly aimed for people who work in a professional lab or have experience in a p ...
21-9-2010 at 18:35
by: HydroCarbon
Storage Bottle for Dichloromethane
See if you can get teflon gaskets for your caps, then you'll be golden.

What you have now should ...
21-9-2010 at 16:31
by: HydroCarbon
Atom Economy vs % Yield
To answer your question "Can you have a low % yield and a high atom economy?" the answer is yes. T ...
16-4-2010 at 20:29
by: HydroCarbon
Smelly on a whole new level?
Good or bad, I have to say that smells are one of my favorite parts of organic chemistry. It really ...
11-12-2009 at 22:41
by: HydroCarbon
Disolving metals in non-polar solvent
Use ethanol as the solvent, its flammable and is polar enough to dissolve small amounts of many salt ...
30-11-2009 at 20:19
by: HydroCarbon
Need Help with a Project ( Polymer Chemistry)
Ok, new addition to the plan. I now have decided to make the reaction 40% ethylene and 60% of the m ...
30-11-2009 at 20:13
by: HydroCarbon
Need Help with a Project ( Polymer Chemistry)
I have an assignment to design a polymer that could be used for water purification. My idea is for ...
30-11-2009 at 18:25
by: HydroCarbon
Getting crystals out of a flask?
I would just redissolve them in minimal solvent and evaporate in a dish or small beaker. Be sure to ...
4-11-2009 at 08:45
by: HydroCarbon
Packing a Condenser with GAC (and other materials)
I would filter after the distillate has cooled. Just because if it's passed through the carbon whil ...
15-9-2009 at 16:05
by: HydroCarbon
How do you tell methanol from ethanol?
[rquote=159280&tid=12624&author=bfesser]A drop of each on the bench. MeOH should evaporate ...
9-9-2009 at 20:01
by: HydroCarbon
Making Hydrochloric Acid
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The mechanism is sufficiently robust that pH leve ...
19-4-2009 at 20:23
by: HydroCarbon
Tour My Lab
Very nice pictures domaani. Unfortunately, I cant get the upper links to work to make them bigger th ...
4-4-2009 at 17:27
by: HydroCarbon
diethyl ether
On the note of ethanol distillation: this experiment walkthrough may be helpful. It has a nice stan ...
29-3-2009 at 20:12
by: HydroCarbon
Non-polar solvation
The simplistic mechanism for polar solvation is quite basic and easy to understand. The oppositely ...
20-3-2009 at 08:54
by: HydroCarbon
Cheap ebay scales
I've had a cheap plastic $30 one from ebay for quite some time now, and it still works perfectly. M ...
17-3-2009 at 06:54
by: HydroCarbon
simple distillation problem
Another question to ask is how much volume are you distilling in what size of apparatus. Distilling ...
16-3-2009 at 18:38
by: HydroCarbon
Using a sand bath on a hot plate
I've got a hot plate (Nuova Thermolyne) that has a warning tab which states to not use a sand bath w ...
9-3-2009 at 09:06
by: HydroCarbon
simple distillation problem
You could always use a different, less efficient, column if you have one or can obtain one. That wa ...
9-3-2009 at 08:54
by: HydroCarbon
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