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Quote: Originally posted by lysander  |
Oh wait, is this a regulated chemical in the U.S.? I've gotten so used to easy access to K-ferrocyanide I didn't consider there might be a difference
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Nope, not regulated at all. It's just that the potassium salt is used more often for some
reason. I'm not sure why, being as usually sodium salts are less expensive, the two are made by the same process, and can be used interchangeably most
of the time. It's also not one of those situations where the sodium salt is hygroscopic, which seems to be one of the main reasons why potassium salts
are preferred in some cases, such as with bisulfate.
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Sodium ferrocyanide
| Quote: Originally posted by zts16 | | Nope, not regulated at all. It's just that the potassium salt is used more often for some reason. I'm not sure why, being as usually sodium salts are
less expensive, the two are made by the same process, and can be used interchangeably most of the time. It's also not one of those situations where
the sodium salt is hygroscopic, which seems to be one of the main reasons why potassium salts are preferred in some cases, such as with bisulfate.
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Well both ferrocyanides are hygroscopic -- the K-salt forms a trihydrate and the Na-salt forms a decahydrate. But while I can find plenty of
suppliers of bulk K-ferrocyanide the only bulk Na-ferrocyanide I have found so far is from a U.S. supplier in OK on ebay claiming a bizarre set of "hazardous chemical" regulations apply to this common anti-caking agent!
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Sorry, I meant to say deliquescent.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Velzee | Okay, I went out searching for any radioactive rock specimens near my home( I found one), and I found this other guy here(who seems not to be
radioactive):
So I want to know if this is coal(specifically anthracite coal), any guesses?
It's light, has a metallic luster with a few brownish spots here and there. I actually find quite a bit of this stuff scattered around my
neighborhood. All on the surface/stick out to the surface.
EDIT: With some effort, it even writes like a very fine, very light pencil.
[Edited on 1/29/2016 by Velzee]
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That looks like shale, but it's hard to be really sure from the image.
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Solvent substitution
Are there any good alternative solvents for acetone (regulated drug precursor)? I want something similar to acetone that I can use to rinse glassware
after washing and something that is good at removing glue. The usual substitutes such as MEK, ether, and chloroform are out since they are drug
precursors too. I'm thinking ethanol for rinsing glassware but I am not sure. While on this topic, is xylene a good substitute for toluene(also drug
precursor) in regards to it's solvent properties, such as for recrystallizing things? If not are there good substitutes for toluene?
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I have used 99% Ethanol for washing glassware before and it does a good job, I usually use acetone though and find it the best for regular cleaning.
Sucks you can't purchase it in your country. I don't really see how it is an actual precursor for illicit drugs, maybe to clean and crystallize the
final product but not for the actual synthesis.
I am sure that you can use xylene as a substitute for toluene for general solvent properties like you state.
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Question about ball mill
I'm trying to make a ball mill to increase the surface area of various metals and chemicals (stuff always clumps  )
I'm trying to use glass marbles as grinding media, is there anything i should take note of, If i'm not grinding any energetic materials
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| Quote: Originally posted by greenlight | I have used 99% Ethanol for washing glassware before and it does a good job, I usually use acetone though and find it the best for regular cleaning.
Sucks you can't purchase it in your country. I don't really see how it is an actual precursor for illicit drugs, maybe to clean and crystallize the
final product but not for the actual synthesis.
I am sure that you can use xylene as a substitute for toluene for general solvent properties like you state. |
Thanks for your answer. I'll use ethanol from now on to wash glassware.
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| Quote: Originally posted by confused | I'm trying to make a ball mill to increase the surface area of various metals and chemicals (stuff always clumps )
I'm trying to use glass marbles as grinding media, is there anything i should take note of, If i'm not grinding any energetic materials
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Using glass as grinding media can have the issue of getting glass chips mixed with your chemicals. I wouldn't grind the chemicals as I think it will
only make the clumping worse. Also, finer chemicals also means more dust which can be annoying.
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Indeed, dust is annoying. In regards to finding Potassium Ferrocyanide, you'd be best buying it. Since the sodium salt is about 1/3 as soluble as the
potassium one, I'd try crystallizing the sodium salt from the potassium one and sufficient table salt.
[Edited on 2-4-2016 by The Volatile Chemist]
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what are the most easily available nickel compounds & their uses
Hi everyone!!!
I want to use nickel as a catalyst for several reactions, & I hope I will find someone who can help me. I would like to know easily home-available
chemicals containing it.
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Nickel salts are carcinogenic and allergenic in a large portion of the population, so they are found in no consumer products. You might be able to buy
oxide or carbonate as an additive for pottery glazes, but that's all. Buy nickel metal and make your own starting from nickel nitrate.
[Edited on 4-2-2016 by UC235]
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| Quote: Originally posted by bluamine | Hi everyone!!!
I want to use nickel as a catalyst for several reactions, & I hope I will find someone who can help me. I would like to know easily home-available
chemicals containing it. |
Hint coins and metalic money often contain such an element.
Even if its use is reduced you may stil find nickel to some extend into 1€ and 2€ coins...aside with copper and other metals.
1 Euro coins: 7,50g
-Bronze External ring contains nickel brass (maillechort)
75% Cu, 20% Zn and 5% Ni (75 Cu/20 Zn/5 Ni)
-Silver Internal ring contains layers of copper-nickel alloy (75% Cu and 25% Ni - 75 Cu/25 Ni + traces of Mn) and nickel
2 Euro coins: 8,50g
-Silver External ring contains copper-nickel alloy (75% Cu and 25% Ni - 75 Cu/25 Ni + traces of Mn).
-Bronze Internal ring contains layers of nickel brass (maillechort)
75% Cu, 20% Zn and 5% Ni (75 Cu/20 Zn/5 Ni) and nickel
Of course dissolving 1€ and 2€ coins in sulfuric or nitric acid is against the laws because you destroy money. 
So don't tell anyone where your Ni comes from
[Edited on 5-2-2016 by PHILOU Zrealone]
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| Quote: Originally posted by UC235 |
Yes. Tin and HCl would also work. However, I would recommend using a reducing agent in basic media instead. Having soluble 3-nitrobenzoate will
improve reaction speed.
Options are sodium dithionite/hydrosulfite, thiourea dioxide in NaOH or NH3 solution or Na2S (which reeks and poses a hazard on neutralization).
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Would aluminum in sodium hydroxide work?
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| Quote: Originally posted by DraconicAcid | | Quote: Originally posted by UC235 |
Yes. Tin and HCl would also work. However, I would recommend using a reducing agent in basic media instead. Having soluble 3-nitrobenzoate will
improve reaction speed.
Options are sodium dithionite/hydrosulfite, thiourea dioxide in NaOH or NH3 solution or Na2S (which reeks and poses a hazard on neutralization).
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Would aluminum in sodium hydroxide work? |
I would guess rather poorly, but maybe. Workup would probably be terrible from gelatinous aluminum hydroxide. Avoiding reduction to nitrosobenzene,
azobenzene, phenylhydroxylamine and hydrazobenzenes is important. As far as I know, zinc in NaOH typically produces hydrazobenzene which is then
acidified for the benzidine rearrangement. Aluminum may be similar.
Hydrosulfite is the classical last step for luminol production to reduce an aromatic nitro group in basic conditions. I have successfully used
thiourea dioxide in its place based on a paper that reduces a wide range of aromatic nitro compounds to anilines using it.
Na2S is a classic, albeit smelly approach to anilines.
You caught me before I deleted the comment. I accidentally replied to something from page 26. 
[Edited on 6-2-2016 by UC235]
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Boiling point.
Why alcohols have lower boiling point then water.
They all have heavier molecular mass then H2O, but boils at lower temp.
Maybe because of attractions between molecules, and water needs more energy to brake these? Or no?
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| Quote: | | Maybe because of attractions between molecules, and water needs more energy to brake these? |
Essentially yes! Ethanol is less polar than water . . .
Solvent relative polarities.
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Good question and you're absolutely right about the cause:
http://chemistry.elmhurst.edu/vchembook/163boilingpt.html
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"hydrogen bonding" for the water.
The single most important condition for a successful synthesis is good mixing - Nicodem
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reaction of red phosphorus and ammonium hydroxide
ive mixed the two in a process to extract potassium chlorate from matches and part of it is to add ammonium hydroxide to the mix. Not sure if it is a
reaction or so it seems is it reacting if so what is formed or
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I have decided that I will prepare a silver mirror and a copper mirror (using hydrazine) on the inside of some ampoules for my element collection.
Is a gold mirror also possible? I have tried searching for "gold mirror" but can't get past all the junk. (Need to improve my googe-fu.) I assume
that it is possible but have not found a procedure.
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Faulty pH meter
I have a pH meter similar to the one shown.
I went to use it today and found it reading abnormally high -- 9.5 for something that should be neutral or close to it. (Swimming pool.)
I keep it in a screw-top jar in a buffer solution at 6.86.
What may have happened to it? Is there anything that can be done to restore it? Or do i just need to replace it?
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What can I do with tin?
I recently found out that I have about 10 kg of very fine tin powder. Any ideas what could I do with it?
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You could use it with HCl for reductions (for example, nitrotoluene to toluidine).
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| Quote: Originally posted by j_sum1 | I have a pH meter similar to the one shown.
I went to use it today and found it reading abnormally high -- 9.5 for something that should be neutral or close to it. (Swimming pool.)
I keep it in a screw-top jar in a buffer solution at 6.86.
What may have happened to it? Is there anything that can be done to restore it? Or do i just need to replace it? |
I have a similar meter and just rechecked the calibration after the probe had been dry for a couple of months. After hydrating in D. H2O for 15', I
than checked two buffers and both were right on...but forget the hundredths reading. Certainly the accuracy to 0.1 pH unit is satisfactory.
Do you have an independent measurement of the pH of your pool water? Even test papers like pHydrion paper or litmus paper (you need to check with
both red and blue papers) could give you some idea. Is the pool chlorinated now?
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