Welcome-Section?

Hello everyone,
because I didn't find a "Welcome-Section", I think I'll introduce myself here (some people also did it here). I'm mainly active on the german forum versuchschemie.de, but I guess most people in the world won't register in a german forum due to our language . So I found this forum and I hope I'll be able to exchange knowledge with people in other countries.
My interests are mainly organic chemistry, e.g. synthesizing compounds, what I'm doing in a basement lab at home. I won't publish a whole list of glassware or chemicals here, all I can tell is that I have enough to synthesize some stuff. I do NOT produce any drugs or explosives, I want to live in freedom for some more years .
I'm also interested in the legal situation of buying chemicals in other countries, not because I'm planning to do so, just to know what the situation of others is like.

Ethan-2-ol, ROTFL.

Welcome

Cheers,

O3

Quote: Originally posted by Ethan-2-ol

So I found this forum and I hope I'll be able to exchange knowledge with people in other countries. NOT produce any explosives, I want to live in freedom for some more years . I'm also interested in the legal situation of buying chemicals in other countries, not because I'm planning to do so, just to know what the situation of others is like.

Hello to the forum

Hello, all ... having lurked here for several weeks, I decided to announce myself

I haven't had chemistry as an active hobby since 1971, but have had an interest all the same since then. Since I live in a condo with a few chemophobic neighbors, it's (unfortunately) likely I won't be setting up a lab soon. All the same, this website is the best I've ever seen for keeping myself informed.

So far as posts go, for the above reason I won't likely be doing much. But I'll certainly keep reading & trying to soak up all the info my little brain can hold.

Kudos to all of you who have made this site possible!

<Name not used >

Hello!
I have same full-text journals, but can not post in "References". That can i do?

Hello!

I am also new to this forum however not to the hobby (practiced it for quite a while 4-5 years ago, spent more money than I should have on every reagent/item I could get my hands on) I unfortunately stopped doing chemistry for a while however due to living quarters which was a small apartment at the time, and so packed up the stuff and semi forgot about it all.

NOW ... I have the space and the time to unpack my several large rubbermaid bins of reagents and equipment and set up a new lab as well as started ordering a few reagents (that "new reagent coming in the mail" excitement is back in full force im just thanking myself a million times over that I didnt sell everything like I had planned on doing when I packed it all up!

Anyhow, I just wanted to say hello!

Looking forward to contributing and getting project ideas from other amateur chemists around the world!

This forum seems like an awesome place for information as well as experiment ideas and whatnot (as well as de-rust my chemistry knowledge), I look forward to future reads as well as being able to contribute!

[Edited on 17-5-2011 by Mailinmypocket]

Hello Everyone,

Some of you may already know me from the German forum „Lambdasyn“ (http://www.lambdasyn.org/) where I am also registered under the name “Heuteufel”. I will also continue in the future to post most of my syntheses and experiments at “Lambdasyn”, but I thought it would also be interesting to become a member of “Sciencemadness”, which is really a great and very lively forum with a lot of interesting members.

It is difficult to say, why exactly I am so enthusiastic about chemistry (also there are many good arguments for being interested in chemistry), but I think that chemistry, especially being in the lab and performing a synthesis, has something magic, something really difficult to explain to somebody who hasn´t experienced it.

If I use some strange expressions this I due to the fact, that English is not my mother language. I think however that my English skills should be sufficient for a proper communication. Anyhow, posting here will improve them…

Enough of that futile talk, now I am going to discuss chemistry (the thread about the isolation of capsaicin has caught my attention).

Please Welcome Your New Member

Hello everyone,

I am Sheddist. I am a new member
I reside in the UK and love everything about science, but chemistry in particular.

Hello to all i'm studying chemistry at the university, i'm really happy because now I'm registered but it took some days, i think because of server problems, anyway now I can post and this is good. I will try to write intelligent things and I will try to speak my best english

Hy Adrian

Hello, my name is Emilio. Recently, I've gained a special interest in Chemistry hence I joined this site. I am currently studying Biology in college and hopefully i can double major in Biology and Chemistry as we don't have a Biochemistry program. Hope to make new friends!

Yes! A welcome section, or uh sort of WELL!! I will introduce myself, My name is Robert Tucker, and man! I LOVE chemistry it is an obsession for me! Ever since I was young I have had a sparking interest in it, but only in mid high school when I topped the chemistry Class in the year above did my obsession really begin, from then on I just began voraciously learning chemistry, reading, thinking, figuring things out, studying and performing well, I had got to the Final stages of the chemistry olympiad Selection process, a week long training camp that ended in a practical and theoretical exam, The theory was fine great in fact, but man! the practical! :/ We had 3 hours to do 3 things, determine the amount of Iron in an iron tablet thru the determination of the molar absorbtivity of the iron complex we used via colorimetry, determination of Copper content in a Copper sulfate solution via titration, and synthesis of Prontosil. Well! Messed up the synthesis and as such lost a place in the final team of 4. That and me placing 1 mark behind the top chemistry scholar in the country ( so 2nd place in the Chemistry scholarship exam) have to be the biggest regrets of my life so far. I am currently studying Towards A Double Major in Chemistry and Pharmacology with a minor in biochemistry at the university of Otago in New Zealand.

Greetings to all!

Since this comes closest to introduction themes usually present on forums I thought of making my first post here too.

I have been visiting this forum (and website) almost daily for some time now, reading thru old threads searching for more knowledge and experience. Finally time has come to step in the light and take part in sharing.

I love chemistry since I was very young (yes, I was one of those nerdy kids), and I have maintained a rising collection of chemicals and vessels which I speak of as my lab for many years. I live and work in Serbia. I studied chemistry (organic) on Faculty of Chemistry in Belgrade, and today I work as analyst in a private company (this comes to be my second workplace in same branch). Practicing same area of interest both amateur and professional is very plausible, and every approach has its own benefits.

I am mostly interested in syntheses. I am also interested in energetic materials, but not as much in commercial pyrotechnics as in propulsion, rocketry and (of course) explosions and flame (magical combination, heh). When it comes to different areas of chemistry, my interests should follow next gradient: organic>inorganic=analytical>industrial>biochemistry>rest. I am also very fond of physics, electronics and space sciences, but not at all of mathematics (only the necessary stuff)...

As for experimenting, I am currently in a stall. My appetites for cleaner chemicals have risen with the rise of knowledge, and now I am gathering what is necessary for purifications. Serbia, btw, is very bad place for science (pro and amateur), but I will discuss that in another theme.

Acidum

[edit] I have almost forgot, I have no interest in physiologically active compounds.

[Edited on 2-5-2013 by Acidum]

Good to see you here finally after some troubles with the forum software.
I'm looking forward to see your contributions to the forums. Having new members with true interest in science is a good thing.

Hello Fellow Chem Nerds

I think the username says everything. I have been interested in chemistry for quite a while now (although I wasn't the type to make smokes and bangs and a kid). I particularly enjoy physical and synthetic chemistry. My schooling has been truncated a little bit, as I had to go to work before completing my bachelor's. Luckily I found work at a small chemical company and I'm loving every second of it. The plans are to enter a graduate program for pchem within the next 5 years, and start saving for the eventual purchase of lab space, reagents and equipment. I'm 25, so I'd say I have a bit of time to accomplish that

Hi

I've been reading Science Madness for a while. Thank you for the education !

It seems like most of the reactions I do involve Metathesis, e.g. KNO3 + H2SO4 to get HNO3 and KHSO4.

I got started on that from GoldRefiningForum.com.

One of my first questions is about the KHSO4 by-product of the nitric acid production process. I guess I'll have to find the "Is it safe to put it on the compost pile" section.

Best Regards,

Metathesis-izer