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Any ideas to clean red phosphorus out of Buchner frit?
Nitric acid should work too, just as aqua regia.
12-10-2017 at 10:43
by: MeshPL
Sodium cyanate from hydroxide or carbonate?
That kinda became confusing, but from what I understand, K2CO3 works fine. So does NaOH and KOH but ...
7-10-2017 at 23:37
by: MeshPL
Sodium cyanate from hydroxide or carbonate?
Ok, thanks! I will use potassium salts next time, seems to be a good idea. I will try carbonate too, ...
6-10-2017 at 21:57
by: MeshPL
Sodium cyanate from hydroxide or carbonate?
So we have 2 simple reactions for making sodium cyanate:
NaOH + CO(NH2)2 ---> NaOCN + H2O + NH3
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6-10-2017 at 12:13
by: MeshPL
Stupid chemistry exercises in school
That's what I hate about how chemistry is often taught: the tasks, exercises and theories are simpli ...
7-9-2017 at 08:54
by: MeshPL
Stupid chemistry exercises in school
Sometimes chemistry exercises in schools are plain dumb. They are made for and by people who know li ...
7-9-2017 at 06:33
by: MeshPL
Aqua regia scrubber
[rquote=491173&tid=76381&author=MrHomeScientist]Obligatory HF warning: Forget about working ...
2-9-2017 at 11:23
by: MeshPL
Alkyl Chloride preparation without anhydrous zinc chloride?
In the Vogel's Handbook of Practical Organic Chemistry (7 or 5ed., I don't remember) you can find a ...
2-9-2017 at 11:17
by: MeshPL
Can sodium metal really be transparent ?
Why nobody ever has tried to catch the bead? It's not like it is going to split the universe in half ...
2-9-2017 at 11:03
by: MeshPL
Aqua regia scrubber
Scrubbing H2S shouldn't be a big deal. Considering that those sulfides will dissolve rather slowly a ...
26-8-2017 at 23:18
by: MeshPL
Reactions of Benzyl chloride and Benzyl alcohol with anhydre acetic
The second reaction is not just suspicious. It makes no sense! Somehow benzyl chloride has to add ac ...
17-8-2017 at 14:36
by: MeshPL
Idea: Driving lithiation reactions forward with molecular seives and Lithium Hydroxide
That would be a problem as well as well.
17-8-2017 at 14:14
by: MeshPL
Idea: Driving lithiation reactions forward with molecular seives and Lithium Hydroxide
There are 2 problems: first the water in molecular sieves is also in eqilibrium with water in whatev ...
16-8-2017 at 11:54
by: MeshPL
Urea nitrate-how to detonate
I made a few grams of urea nitrate. I just mixed some urea and dilute nitric acid and chilled it wit ...
4-8-2017 at 01:50
by: MeshPL
IPA + Sulfuric acid -> red color
I can try it to see if my IPA will do the same if left to sit with H2SO4.

Edit: it indeed works. ...
2-8-2017 at 02:43
by: MeshPL
So I was on IKEA today...
Ok, than they may not be a very good beakers after all. Still, they are not milk jugs, they are beak ...
30-7-2017 at 06:09
by: MeshPL
So I was on IKEA today...
Here where I live the price is OK for beakers with handles, yet normal beakers are twice as cheap. S ...
30-7-2017 at 03:08
by: MeshPL
So I was on IKEA today...
They are even made of borosilicate glass! Beakers with handles are rare but not unheard of. The pric ...
30-7-2017 at 01:35
by: MeshPL
When Chemistry Goes Wrong
I was heating up a slurry of copper and nickel carbonates in a beaker with manual stirring. A thick ...
15-7-2017 at 07:45
by: MeshPL
n-Pentane to n-Pentanol
Short answer: No

Terminal CH3 units are often less reactive than internal CH2. There are no simpl ...
6-7-2017 at 11:54
by: MeshPL
Ozone related questions
I would say it is nigh impossible. Just separate the cell.
30-6-2017 at 10:08
by: MeshPL
Chlorates, sulfates and Pb electrode
Whatever, tried reading some papers and it seems it will not work as intended.
26-6-2017 at 13:02
by: MeshPL
Chlorates, sulfates and Pb electrode
It is known that chlorates can be produced by anodic oxidation of chlorides with lead dioxide anode. ...
25-6-2017 at 04:36
by: MeshPL
how to increase the mass/weight of a copper nanoparticle
Stabilising ligands increase stability of nanoparticles in their solutions, without them nanoparticl ...
20-6-2017 at 10:58
by: MeshPL
how to increase the mass/weight of a copper nanoparticle
As far as I know, changing the ratio and concentrations of metal ions and reductant often lead to ch ...
19-6-2017 at 12:40
by: MeshPL
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