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Starting out from scratch buliding a garage lab
Definately spend some time on these boards researching other chemical suppliers. UnitedNuclear is a ...
17-12-2013 at 10:58
by: MichiganMadScientist
Sodium Borohydride from chinese supplier
I actually just completed an in-person transaction with individual (since we live near each other). ...
17-11-2013 at 16:44
by: MichiganMadScientist
Thinking of buying this glass kit...
If the glassware is of good quality, $136 is not [i]that[/i] bad. However, this is a basic glassware ...
16-11-2013 at 11:35
by: MichiganMadScientist
Sorry for asking so many questions here
As pointed out already, asking questions is never a bad thing. However, the distinguishing mark of a ...
13-11-2013 at 13:36
by: MichiganMadScientist
Starting home lab--need to worry??
My number one advice for new amateur chemists is: "Don't talk openly about it." Don't be trying to i ...
13-11-2013 at 13:21
by: MichiganMadScientist
Flask cracked
I've purchased glassware from UnitedNuclear in the past. While I love that company to death (since t ...
13-11-2013 at 13:13
by: MichiganMadScientist
How to emulate lab taps with home equipment?
If all you need vacuum for is for simple buchner-funnel-filter-flask style vacuum filtration, a simp ...
13-11-2013 at 11:12
by: MichiganMadScientist
Got TONS of Pet. Ether. What to do with it?
Hmmmmmm.....okay....

Well, yes...I'm aware that it's used as a paint thinner (that's actually how ...
13-10-2013 at 17:08
by: MichiganMadScientist
Isolation of Boron from Borax (Sodium Tetraborate)
Not sure if this helps, but Rite Aid pharmacies selling over the counter pure boric acid for like $5 ...
13-10-2013 at 12:45
by: MichiganMadScientist
Got TONS of Pet. Ether. What to do with it?
Hi There:

I recently chanced upon a large stash of so-called "Petroleum Ether," which to the slig ...
13-10-2013 at 12:41
by: MichiganMadScientist
Aspirator/Water outlet for home
My following suggestions are very half-assed, but in the absence of other options, they work:

If ...
7-10-2013 at 15:44
by: MichiganMadScientist
Using CO2 gas for grignard reaction instead of dry ice?
What's wrong with using nitrogen gas, passed through a drying tube? Of course, if you live in an are ...
7-10-2013 at 01:59
by: MichiganMadScientist
Phenol from Domestically Available Chemicals
Well, my mystery crystals don't have a very distinctive smell, so that's not encouraging. Also, I tr ...
3-10-2013 at 19:20
by: MichiganMadScientist
Phenol from Domestically Available Chemicals
I have no phalic anhydride available, so that test is a no go. I'll try the sodium bicarb test thoug ...
3-10-2013 at 18:49
by: MichiganMadScientist
Phenol from Domestically Available Chemicals
So here's the deal. I completed the process suggested by the OP. Everything went very smoothly...... ...
3-10-2013 at 18:00
by: MichiganMadScientist
Handling of diethyl ether
Diethyl ether is just one of those solvents that is very strong smelling, even if only a small amoun ...
2-10-2013 at 15:33
by: MichiganMadScientist
Aliexpress Synthware Store - Too Good to Be True?
A lot of Synthware glass on this website. My professor was big on using this stuff in his graduate r ...
2-10-2013 at 15:24
by: MichiganMadScientist
Phenol from Domestically Available Chemicals
So, is anyone here agreeing with the OP regarding producing the salicylic acid from aspirin tablets? ...
1-10-2013 at 12:37
by: MichiganMadScientist
chem haters
I honestly think that the underlying lack of chemistry appreciation by the general masses can be sum ...
30-9-2013 at 15:00
by: MichiganMadScientist
Weak Hydroxide solutions Eating Glassware?
Well, now I'm paranoid. In reality, I always wash my stuff before storage, but I haven't made a habi ...
30-9-2013 at 09:31
by: MichiganMadScientist
Weak Hydroxide solutions Eating Glassware?
So, it's safe to say that any residual NaOH left behind from weak solutions will have no long term e ...
30-9-2013 at 01:41
by: MichiganMadScientist
chem haters
Knowledge is useless to useless people. In a society that places tremendous value of frankly useless ...
29-9-2013 at 11:04
by: MichiganMadScientist
Weak Hydroxide solutions Eating Glassware?
Hi There:

We all know that strong concentrations of hydroxide will eat through glassware. Especia ...
29-9-2013 at 09:51
by: MichiganMadScientist
golfpro's Nitric Acid for Beginners
Ah the retort. I own and periodically use a retort from time to time. Unfortunately, they are just n ...
26-9-2013 at 16:31
by: MichiganMadScientist
Mantle or hotplace & stirrer for first heating device?
[rquote=300819&tid=25559&author=Variscite]Ive had my eye on the pc-351 for a little while an ...
24-9-2013 at 20:20
by: MichiganMadScientist
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