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Microwave Kiln "Microkiln"
I just placed a small lump of Silicon Carbide in my microwave, in the form of a broken knife sharpen ...
13-1-2010 at 19:56
by: StevenRS
Microwave Kiln "Microkiln"
What about a small silicon carbide crucible, insulated with Kaowool (or any ceramic fiber like that) ...
12-1-2010 at 20:23
by: StevenRS
Medical Laser
The laser shines a red targeting beam through the fiber optic, so one can tell were the laser will e ...
30-12-2009 at 13:50
by: StevenRS
Medical Laser
I received the proper eye protection when I purchased it, from the supplier. Two things I am overpro ...
30-12-2009 at 10:53
by: StevenRS
Medical Laser
I have recently acquired a large medical laser, and, quite honestly, have no idea what to do wi ...
28-12-2009 at 14:20
by: StevenRS
Giant plants via gibberellic acid
Does anyone here have the ability to test the stuff on kudzu? That might be interesting.
19-10-2008 at 15:01
by: StevenRS
Crucibles and Metalcasting
Yea, I guess I did not get it hot enough. (the tar attempt). Will definitely try again. How much tar ...
20-9-2008 at 19:25
by: StevenRS
Crucibles and Metalcasting
I tried charring various organics, and none of them were very effective. The resulting structure (or ...
20-9-2008 at 18:39
by: StevenRS
Crucibles and Metalcasting
I have not, as I assumed most sintering processes used high pressure, but on research, I realize thi ...
20-9-2008 at 17:38
by: StevenRS
Crucibles and Metalcasting
I have recently been using my microwave as a heat source to melt metals, up to brass. I am using a k ...
20-9-2008 at 15:34
by: StevenRS
blast from the past: olde skewl crystals?
Hmm... I wonder what concentration, and what type of waterglass would work the best? I have tried th ...
21-7-2008 at 20:52
by: StevenRS
Mellitic Acid Synthesis and Properties
I tried the cold, alkaline KMno4 method, and it did not work. I started with 5g of carbon powder, an ...
19-7-2008 at 16:05
by: StevenRS
Mellitic Acid Synthesis and Properties
I heard about this acid a long time ago, and suddenly remembered about it, with a sudden urge to mak ...
18-7-2008 at 19:21
by: StevenRS
Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide
It sounds like there was still an organic solvent in the peroxide mix. It slowly burned off, heating ...
18-6-2008 at 11:17
by: StevenRS
Uranium Isolation
I attempted the reduction of UCl4 with magnesium, and it was a success and a failure at the same tim ...
14-6-2008 at 12:42
by: StevenRS
Uranium Isolation
I am finally back in town, and this is my method for pure uranium metal.

4Al + 3UCl4 --> 3U + ...
29-5-2008 at 08:40
by: StevenRS
Uranium Isolation
Uranium actually melts (1132.2 °C) fairly easily. It could be cast under an inert atmosphere withou ...
24-5-2008 at 08:55
by: StevenRS
Uranium Isolation
Maybe it would be able to catalytically decompose the iodides at a lower temperature?
But if not, t ...
23-5-2008 at 17:52
by: StevenRS
Uranium Isolation
I wonder if simple decomposition of a uranium halide would work? Just have some uranium iodide in a ...
23-5-2008 at 17:19
by: StevenRS
Uranium Isolation
Hmm... Maybe one could use the other lower volatility iodides to you advantage? Would they decompose ...
23-5-2008 at 08:15
by: StevenRS
Uranium Isolation
Yea, I think so. But even if it is very weak, iodide is very easily oxidized. I will just have to te ...
22-5-2008 at 15:41
by: StevenRS
Uranium Isolation
It seems that the best way to extract pure uranium from a leachate is the very selective precipitati ...
22-5-2008 at 13:51
by: StevenRS
Uranium Isolation
It seems that the nitric acid extraction would be the easiest. I will still try these four methods-
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22-5-2008 at 09:35
by: StevenRS
Uranium Isolation
I had to go out of town, so my test samples are 500 miles away, butt I will definatly take pictures ...
21-5-2008 at 18:43
by: StevenRS
Uranium Isolation
I finally got my ore ground to powder, I mean dust. The stuff flows like a liquid, three days in a b ...
21-5-2008 at 08:43
by: StevenRS
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