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Smoke blowing in the wind
Yes a bit off topic, but related to smoke. Here is an interesting story about how someone's smoking ...
22-10-2009 at 15:28
by: hodges
Si + NaOH
I tried this reaction. I used 0.6g of powdered Si, 2.0g of NaOH (used excess since it it likely not ...
13-10-2009 at 16:03
by: hodges
Greek fire
Water on an oil fire will definitely cause it to spread. It is because oil boils at a higher temper ...
13-10-2009 at 15:57
by: hodges
Si + NaOH
Pretty energetic reaction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TinQ3iV403s

I'm certainly not agreei ...
12-10-2009 at 14:20
by: hodges
Flash Powder
[rquote=163568&tid=2500&author=Mossydie]
My question is: Why so long? When I put glycerine ...
3-10-2009 at 18:41
by: hodges
Maker Shed Science Room Grand Opening Sale
For anyone who might be a subscriber to O'Reilly online book safari (mostly IT people I guess), Thom ...
3-10-2009 at 18:31
by: hodges
Do-It-Yourself DNA
A couple of years ago I wanted to do a PCR reaction at home. I found companies very reluctant to se ...
3-10-2009 at 07:14
by: hodges
Is Splenda (sucralose) a dioxin?
I don't understand why substituting 3 OH groups with Cl would make it have zero calories. Is it bec ...
3-10-2009 at 06:59
by: hodges
Acetaldahyde and Fruit flies.
[rquote=163313&tid=12878&author=JohnWW]
Wasp venom contains a chemical "alarm pheromone," r ...
29-9-2009 at 14:32
by: hodges
Poll: Is there too much illegal drug discussion?
I think the current policy is good.

I would like this to be a board that I can be proud to post ...
24-9-2009 at 16:14
by: hodges
Membrane
You could try tyvek (such as used for some envelopes available at the post office). Or you could tr ...
24-9-2009 at 15:34
by: hodges
testing for organic peroxides
[rquote=162950&tid=12852&author=panziandi]I had never heard of explosions resulting from per ...
24-9-2009 at 15:25
by: hodges
testing for organic peroxides
[rquote=162865&tid=12852&author=panziandi]

By the way, my isopropanol is MUCH more positi ...
23-9-2009 at 13:38
by: hodges
Seperation of Lithium from ground salts
[rquote=162869&tid=12851&author=JohnWW]Lithium salts, including the chloride and carbonate w ...
22-9-2009 at 17:01
by: hodges
Had an acciedent.......
[rquote=161571&tid=1031&author=PHILOU Zrealone]by stability, I meant sensitivity (-> to s ...
6-9-2009 at 15:57
by: hodges
Diving Into the World of Fulminates
[rquote=161552&tid=11105&author=Rosco Bodine]Here's another old reference circa 1870 which l ...
6-9-2009 at 15:46
by: hodges
Site Backup
Not sure if this is still needed, but I have a Ubuntu Linux image for VMWare with MySQL and PHP5 ins ...
6-9-2009 at 15:22
by: hodges
Preventing Mold Growth in Organic Solutions
Here is how my ammonium picrate crystals turned out.

[img]http://sciencemadness.org/scipics/Hod ...
6-9-2009 at 15:07
by: hodges
Diving Into the World of Fulminates
I could try some other metals next time - I don't have any mercury fulminate left this time though. ...
3-9-2009 at 17:35
by: hodges
What is Happening Here?
Are you sure you didn't have a [i]ferrous[/i], instead of [i]ferric[/i], salt? I know some ferrous ...
3-9-2009 at 17:25
by: hodges
Smell of Acetaldehyde - What Products?
[rquote=161334&tid=12767&author=Klute]Just curious, how do you make acetaldehyde? Chromium o ...
2-9-2009 at 14:27
by: hodges
Smell of Acetaldehyde - What Products?
Every time I make acetaldehyde the smell reminds me of the inside of a house under construction. It ...
1-9-2009 at 14:39
by: hodges
BzOH + HNO3 --> ?
I recently obtained some benzyl alcohol. I was doing some experiments that involved HNO3, so though ...
1-9-2009 at 14:36
by: hodges
Diving Into the World of Fulminates
Finally made some mercury fulminate this past weekend.

Previously I had tried to make silver fu ...
1-9-2009 at 14:27
by: hodges
Had an acciedent.......
[rquote=161293&tid=1031&author=PHILOU Zrealone]
-You can make 3 variety of silver acetylide ...
1-9-2009 at 14:13
by: hodges
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