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Everyday Chemistry
Finally I got potassium chloride from wood ashes practically free from sodium compounds. I used crys ... |
8-3-2021 at 15:20
by: Piroz |
Homemade and Repurposed Lab Gear
Today I tried my new improved furnance that use charcoal as fuel, powered with garbage bag. 
It ... |
2-3-2021 at 15:09
by: Piroz |
Superfine termite
Few years ago I had some experiments with Fe3O4/Al thermite, I found it have very interesting proper ... |
28-2-2021 at 16:06
by: Piroz |
I want to hear your favorite chemistry demonstrations
Burning various compounds in stream of oxygen is nice experiment, I tried this few years ago with so ... |
24-2-2021 at 13:35
by: Piroz |
Everyday Chemistry
I used my furnance to preparation calcium oxide from old, carbonated slaked lime. I need CaO for pre ... |
24-2-2021 at 12:50
by: Piroz |
Pretty Pictures (2)
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2 or 3 w ... |
15-2-2021 at 02:28
by: Piroz |
Pretty Pictures (2)
Manganese sulfate crystal.
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14-2-2021 at 12:43
by: Piroz |
K2CO3 / KOH from Wood ashes ?
Treating solution with CO2 is a great idea. I found that alcoholic fermentation is good source of CO ... |
11-2-2021 at 15:50
by: Piroz |
Small scale production of H2SO4 in the amateur lab
It looks like ferric oxide is a great catalyst for oxidation of sulfur dioxide to sulfur trioxide:
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25-1-2021 at 15:52
by: Piroz |
Everyday Chemistry
I started with winemaking (dog rose wine) as source of carbon dioxide. Few months ago I got by this ... |
24-1-2021 at 14:05
by: Piroz |
Pretty Pictures (2)
Thanks to my stupidity nature created this.
I left glass with water outside for a moment (it was m ... |
19-1-2021 at 14:14
by: Piroz |
Homemade and Repurposed Lab Gear
Need is the mother of invention so I have some ideas, especially I haven't much money and no job rig ... |
19-1-2021 at 12:44
by: Piroz |
PET + ammonia. white powder
Few years ago I stored some chemicals in plastic PET bottles. I found that PET bottles can be perman ... |
19-1-2021 at 04:16
by: Piroz |
calcium carbonate and potassium sulfate reaction!?
Some dessicants are good sources of CaCl2, I used that for making potassium chloride from wood ashes ... |
5-1-2021 at 18:11
by: Piroz |
Pretty Pictures (2)
Sulfamic acid crystal |
3-1-2021 at 06:24
by: Piroz |
Latest chemical order?
I don't remember what was the last order, I got 4 boxes in short time in March/April:
1st box:
-ox ... |
24-12-2020 at 04:26
by: Piroz |
Bad days in the lab or with glassware?
Two weeks ago I tried to make nitric acid by dissolving NO2 in water. NO2 was generated in steel bee ... |
22-12-2020 at 17:02
by: Piroz |
What are most dangerous toxic chemicals you are comfortable handling in your home lab?
I had around 15ml of liquid N2O4/NO2 (I had because after months it destroyed jar cap 5 times and co ... |
22-12-2020 at 16:20
by: Piroz |
Pretty Pictures (2)
Blue crystals are copper-calcium acetate (with white needles- that's calcium acetate). The orange li ... |
22-12-2020 at 15:52
by: Piroz |
