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Melting Obsidian?
After some careful consideration (and a few mouthwatering pictures I stumbled across), I've instead ...
1-5-2018 at 21:37
by: elementcollector1
Making Pinchbeck Brass
Even at 72% Zn, there's a noticeable difference in color... maybe a tertiary element is needed? Tin, ...
22-4-2018 at 18:50
by: elementcollector1
Melting Obsidian?
[rquote=514441&tid=81958&author=Bert]How much obsidian do you NEED?! The batterang doesn't r ...
15-4-2018 at 21:26
by: elementcollector1
Melting Obsidian?
I'm... [i]somewhat[/i] close to California, up in Washington. Obsidian's rather heavy to ship, thoug ...
15-4-2018 at 20:56
by: elementcollector1
Making Pinchbeck Brass
And yet, the 17% still doesn't quite match the color of your gold nugget, which is clearly more yell ...
15-4-2018 at 15:05
by: elementcollector1
Making Pinchbeck Brass
Unfortunately, it looks like I'll be taking the Edison approach to this. My butane microtorch provid ...
15-4-2018 at 13:34
by: elementcollector1
Melting Obsidian?
Sounds like resin and powdered obsidian would be the way to go, then. Hopefully I can powder it fine ...
15-4-2018 at 11:38
by: elementcollector1
Melting Obsidian?
I was wondering if it'd be possible to melt a larger quantity of obsidian into a solid block, in the ...
14-4-2018 at 20:18
by: elementcollector1
Making Pinchbeck Brass
Is the one to the far right 15%, or 11% zinc? The one next to the pure copper chunk looks rather lik ...
14-4-2018 at 19:38
by: elementcollector1
Making Pinchbeck Brass
Going to try to make "Pinchbeck 1" and the 85/15 alloy tomorrow from a few pennies (scaled-down vers ...
14-4-2018 at 18:57
by: elementcollector1
Telling apart Potash from Cinnabar
Any sufficiently heavy minerals can be panned. In fact, I've panned for garnets more than once, and ...
14-4-2018 at 11:05
by: elementcollector1
Making Pinchbeck Brass
'Borax glass', from what I can find, refers to the anhydrous salt, which is typically dehydrated by ...
13-4-2018 at 12:34
by: elementcollector1
Making Pinchbeck Brass
Maybe so - it depends on how quickly the copper dissolves into the molten zinc. I couldn't find the ...
9-4-2018 at 23:03
by: elementcollector1
Making Pinchbeck Brass
We can get an idea of how soluble the different metals are from the phase diagram. Thankfully, the C ...
9-4-2018 at 16:22
by: elementcollector1
Making Pinchbeck Brass
From what I've seen, an alloy most closely resembling 23K gold (and used for that purpose as faux go ...
8-4-2018 at 18:17
by: elementcollector1
What is stronger? Sunlight or artificial light?
As others have said, you're conflating energy per unit area with energy alone. The Sun puts out an a ...
8-4-2018 at 15:43
by: elementcollector1
Looking for the right exothermic reaction
From a practical standpoint, traditional methods of heating win out over chemical methods due to ver ...
2-4-2018 at 23:46
by: elementcollector1
Home chemistry Death Dumfries and galloway
[rquote=512774&tid=81674&author=NEMO-Chemistry] Initially the age wasnt given, i live in D&a ...
1-4-2018 at 23:42
by: elementcollector1
The fiberglass or ceramic material used to make heating mantels - what is it?
Could be kaowool, asbestos, rock fibers, any number of ceramic textiles, really.
30-3-2018 at 19:39
by: elementcollector1
What is the functions of chiral synthesis?
Sounds like someone's got a homework problem.
28-3-2018 at 23:54
by: elementcollector1
Minerals (esp Potassium) added to distilled or Rev Osmosis water - suggestions for minerals to add
Why not set up a few different tanks, run the purified water through to saturation in each of these, ...
28-3-2018 at 15:32
by: elementcollector1
metal composites for 3d printing
This would essentially act like a composite mix of random spherical particles of the higher-MP metal ...
21-3-2018 at 21:31
by: elementcollector1
Hydrothermal reactor
As far as I can tell, they're meant for pressurized reactions up to the numbers specified. I'm not s ...
14-3-2018 at 18:30
by: elementcollector1
Help please ! - Low Plating Efficiency
Some things you can try:

1) Increase current by moving electrodes closer together. 10A is already ...
12-3-2018 at 15:45
by: elementcollector1
Help for a young scientist
Additional notes:

Pr, Gd - actually some of the impurities in larger Nd magnets, depending on you ...
7-3-2018 at 22:17
by: elementcollector1
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