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Learning Chemistry from Scratch: Books and Advice
I find this book a very interesting read:

https://www.amazon.com/Organic-Chem-Lab-Survival-Manual ...
8-11-2017 at 08:11
by: diggafromdover
Drizzle - kitchen soxhlet appliance
Forgive my ignorance, but is not a coffee percolator a soxhlet extractor which lives in the kitchen? ...
18-7-2017 at 11:15
by: diggafromdover
Free Fume Hood in Vermont
https://nh.craigslist.org/zip/6176313177.html
6-7-2017 at 06:32
by: diggafromdover
More data
What I thought was activated charcoal was actually Ferric Oxide (Sorb OO). The side reaction now m ...
27-6-2017 at 08:37
by: diggafromdover
Attempted synthesis of propyl 4 aminobenzoate
Wouldn't use a flame with ether, a warm thought can set it off. I was using it to reflux a propanol ...
19-4-2017 at 10:04
by: diggafromdover
Attempted synthesis of propyl 4 aminobenzoate
Thanks a bunch everyone for the comments.

I bought a couple of pounds of PABA from a bulk suppl ...
19-4-2017 at 04:57
by: diggafromdover
Attempted synthesis of propyl 4 aminobenzoate
Have not finished this one yet, but I thought I would give you all my lab notes and await your specu ...
17-4-2017 at 12:45
by: diggafromdover
methyl 4-aminobenzoate synthesis report
Tasting product is very, very old school. I read somebody's thesis from back in the 20's where he d ...
5-4-2017 at 10:48
by: diggafromdover
methyl 4-aminobenzoate synthesis report
This past weekend I made what I believe to be methyl 4-aminobenzoate by the Fisher esterification of ...
4-4-2017 at 05:32
by: diggafromdover
Looking for ideas for a science project
Destructive distillation of wood or coal.
look up "blue billy" for an interesting consequence of th ...
21-3-2017 at 05:18
by: diggafromdover
Mystery Glassware Identification Thread
If the wire is resistance wire, then the cell could be used in a device like a ketene generator.
9-3-2017 at 11:03
by: diggafromdover
"Novel Method of Reducing Ketones Using Sodium Hydroxide in Isopropanol"
This gives me the notion of turning MEK into sec butanol. I wonder how hard it would be to separate ...
23-2-2017 at 13:04
by: diggafromdover
Drying urea nitrate
Urea Nitrate is an excellent high nitrogen fertilizer. I use if for feeding non-flowering plants.
12-1-2017 at 06:45
by: diggafromdover
Simple organic chem book?
I studied OC back in the 70's. Got back into it recently and have derived much enjoyment spelunking ...
15-7-2016 at 12:15
by: diggafromdover
Acidic alcohols, eg; ethanol with 1M HCl
Primary alcohols do not react well enough with HCl to offer a reasonable synthesis route.
Secondary ...
22-6-2016 at 07:09
by: diggafromdover
Help cleaning some calcium carbide
I'd grind it fairly fine before proceeding. I got some from Germany and it is pea gravel sized chun ...
4-3-2016 at 13:44
by: diggafromdover
Old Chemicals
Does it appear to be all the same compound? U2U me if you wish to send a sample.
1-3-2016 at 10:24
by: diggafromdover
Excellent reference on DMSO as a solvent.
Just about everything dissolves in DMSO, from ibuprofen to TNT. I was working on the Urea wiki page ...
28-2-2016 at 19:32
by: diggafromdover
Solubility issue
SMS and SHMP are not typically pure - they are a mixture of closely related stearates and phosphates ...
26-2-2016 at 06:44
by: diggafromdover
Drying Ethanol with Portland Cement
Did you evaporate any of the product to determine the weight of dissolved material? If so, how much ...
4-2-2016 at 02:44
by: diggafromdover
buying from China
Just got a distillation rig from Reacware. Arrived in good order complete and well packed. Have ye ...
2-2-2016 at 07:57
by: diggafromdover
Things people are looking for thread
Use the wiki

in the entry "Ethanol"

Create a thread
"looking for Absolute Ethanol"

1 thr ...
1-2-2016 at 10:30
by: diggafromdover
Things people are looking for thread
Spot on Doc!
30-1-2016 at 08:55
by: diggafromdover
Urea from Urea Oxalate?
CaCO3 is chalk, play sand from Home Despot, or lawn lime left in the air too long. If you start at ...
27-1-2016 at 13:42
by: diggafromdover
Potassium Iodide A.C.S Grade For Sale
Got mine yesterday. Wonderfully packed, made it easy to move to jar.
26-1-2016 at 06:27
by: diggafromdover
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