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Eutectic salts for heating bath alternative
... st, but I'm so happy with the results I thought I'd spread the good word.

So as we all know, oil baths are stinky and hazardous at high temps, sand has poor thermal conductivity, copper pellets/bea ...
2-2-2024 at 09:11
by: AnonGuy
How much oil do I need for my oil bath?
25x200mm test tube, want it submerged around 1/2" to 3/4"
I'm using tealights as a heat source I ...
18-9-2023 at 11:26
by: GreggX
Best way to dissolve bathroom mineral stains?
Hi friends,

As like most of you I own a bathroom. My bathroom has mineral stains on the tiling, which I'm trying to get rid of:

[img]http ...
2-6-2023 at 03:10
by: Jeeves225
Oil bath alternative
In an old post I saw a comment suggesting the use of copper BBs for an alternative to an oil bath when heating over a hot plate. In another comment somewhere was the idea of an aluminum foil sk ...
31-7-2022 at 12:26
by: lithiumion656
DIY heated oil-bath with temp control
So i have been looking at making a temperature controlled oil-bath.
I would like a single unit just for the purpose of heated oil-baths.
Preferable a unit that ...
31-5-2022 at 06:40
by: Mateo_swe
Oil bath glassware
... m Pyrex that I broke.

Does anyone know of a sturdy glass bowl from Pyrex that I can use as a oil bath for 2000ml RBFs

I'm trying to avoid metal as I have a hotplate stirrer from corning.

I al ...
10-2-2022 at 08:09
by: CycloRook
What do you think of my bathroom?
Found a cool shower-curtain. Here is my bathroom...

[img]https://i.imgur.com/audJdyZ.jpg[/img]

I know, I'm nerdy...
4-8-2021 at 05:38
by: Xanax
Heating bath agitation and temp control?
How to agitate water heating bath at 60C? Do submersible pond pumps stand up to that temp? I use those pumps at lower temps with ...
29-7-2021 at 09:51
by: Fyndium
thermoelectric cooling bath
https://youtu.be/0xY06PT5JDE

This video shows some peltier device that cools on one side and heat ...
4-7-2021 at 11:05
by: mr_bovinejony
Using silver shot for a heat bath instead of sand?
I was just looking at some posts about using a sand bath for some distillations (including H2SO4) and I was wondering if something like pure silver shot ...
6-5-2021 at 08:47
by: RogueRose
External heating for bath to allow use of magstir?
How could I employ a larger heating bath with more heating capacity than what is achievable with ordinary hotplate? Are there immersion ...
20-11-2020 at 11:41
by: Fyndium
Restoration of MMO electrode using lead chlorate PbO2 bath
I had a slightly damaged MMO anode from salt cake electrolysis to produce HCl via membrane from my p ...
14-11-2020 at 12:51
by: mysteriusbhoice
Paraffin heating bath heat source?
I'm currently using induction plate as heater, but I'm worried if the plate can handle +200C temp ve ...
8-9-2020 at 03:12
by: Fyndium
Why use a acetone bath in rdx synthesis?
... d water it says to eliminate linear nitramines with heat to heat the nitrating mixture in a acetone bath at 50c for 5-10min. But i belive it can be done in a water bath. Then why acetone bath? Can any ...
17-6-2020 at 08:57
by: Smoker Root
Failed Sulfuric Acid + Ammonium Nitrate bath
Question: If the temp of a nitrate bath gets to high can it reduce its ability to nitrate?

I was making some ETN today the same way ...
29-5-2020 at 21:05
by: Brightthermite
Old bath oil is... fluorescent!
... k photos of something unexpected: I was gifted a [i]brand new[/i] bottle of mineral oil for heating baths, Merck, ca. late 1970s. Up until a few months ago it was still sealed and transparent, but it ...
20-4-2020 at 05:56
by: valeg96
Mixed salt bath instead of oil bath for heating?
... Cl/MgCl2/CaCl2 solution as a heat-transfer medium between a hot pan and glassware instead of an oil bath. Just checking wikipedia it seems like CaCl2 or MgCl2 hydrates will remain liquid (and not evap ...
30-8-2019 at 15:38
by: Polysialate
Making a dry-ice cold bath without dry ice :p
The usual way of cooling, say, acetone, to -76 °C circa is to use dry ice freshly belched out by a ...
6-6-2019 at 07:49
by: Keras
Recycling acetone after use in dry ice bath
Hi All

Is it common practice to reuse the acetone used in a dry ice bath ?

I'll be using the ice bath to freeze flowers, a couple of flowers a day for about 10 days ...
20-2-2019 at 17:35
by: Steve s
Hot plates, oil/sand bath, Bennert manometer FS
... included. Prices for each.

Larger: 6 x 7.5; $100

Smaller: 4 x 5.5; $75

Chemglass Oil/Sand bath (lived its previous life as a sand bath). CG-1100 model. DOES NOT include power cord adapter. I ...
11-10-2018 at 16:02
by: PiledhigherandDeeper
How to maintain 0C Cooling bath for 12 hours?
How can you maintain a 0C cooling bath for 12 hours?
Using ice and salt will only be good for an hour or so then the ice melts.

Wh ...
11-10-2018 at 07:45
by: beerwiz
Using flask on electric stove top - should pan or sand/metal bath be used?
... good idea if a higher heat is needed. There is also the option of using sand or even oil or water bath. While maybe not necessary for this setup, I'm wondering if it is most always necessary to put ...
14-4-2018 at 08:58
by: RogueRose
Looking for a UK source of aluminium granules for a heat bath
I've seen mentions on this site of using aluminium granules/shot/pellets in a heat bath as a replacement for oil, sand, water, etc. I'd quite like to try this but I'm having issues fi ...
8-3-2018 at 16:33
by: DavidJR
CO2/ LN2 alternative cooling baths
... chloride solution can be frozen solid with canned air
I have been researching alternative cooling baths using canned air a mixture of dry ice and canned air which may drop the temperature lower than ...
2-8-2017 at 05:05
by: symboom
Which liquide for a recirculator heating bath
Hi everybody,

I recently buy an old Lauda heating recirculator bath and i have a double wall 1,5L glass reactor

( http://www.used-line.com/PicturesAuto/623/1061 ...
12-2-2017 at 02:39
by: Lefaucheux10
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