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[*] posted on 2-7-2023 at 00:18


Quote: Originally posted by DraconicAcid  
Neodymium sulphate octahydrate. I was rather surprised to see these- they grew from the filtrate after collecting and washing the same substance with near-boiling water.
What a nice pink color. Maybe I ought to do something with my neodymium magnets that got smashed together and cracked.



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[*] posted on 6-7-2023 at 05:01


This may look like a normal extraction but do not be deceived by its look. You are looking at a 6L RBF and a 2L extractor. An absolute unit of an extractor. The first run will be the extraction of harmala alkaloids from 1Kg of seeds (legal here) later on also the extraction of piperine from a lot of black pepper and also the extraction of quinine from 2-5kg of china bark.

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[*] posted on 6-7-2023 at 05:38


Nice :)

From reading only: organic alkaloids and piperine are used as 'green' corrosion inhibitors for copper.
... No idea if of any significance wrt copper wire at bottom of extractor.




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[*] posted on 8-7-2023 at 00:01


This is what the harmala alkaloid extraction looks like under UV light. The solvent is isopropanol.

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[*] posted on 17-7-2023 at 03:56
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Got some new chems and can finally start the cubane preparation because of the benzene. On the nitropropene I´ll try to turn the double bond into a cyclopropane ring. May also brominate the double bond. Only got it because of the want to smell it once lol. I have no interest of using it for something illegal whatsoever.

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[*] posted on 17-7-2023 at 10:11
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P-Nitro-Pyridine-N-Oxide crystals (are they? :D ) on the tip of a glass rod. (They are much smaller IRL, the rod is around 5 mm diameter in reality.)
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[*] posted on 14-10-2023 at 09:17


Todays partial eclipse, as seen from south eastern, north american continent (Georgia, USA) through a welding mask

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[*] posted on 14-10-2023 at 09:21


My view of the eclipse was some brightish clouds on the horizon.



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[*] posted on 14-10-2023 at 09:49


@Pumukli, where did you find your procedure for the synthesis of 4-Nitropyridine-N-oxide ?
I can recall searching a lot for it a while ago but couldn't find one.

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[*] posted on 14-10-2023 at 10:20


Had a very good view of the eclipse here in SLC! I took them both with my phone camera, the first one through my eclipse glasses, and the second one without a filter.

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[*] posted on 14-10-2023 at 12:24


Quote: Originally posted by andyloris  
@Pumukli, where did you find your procedure for the synthesis of 4-Nitropyridine-N-oxide ?
I can recall searching a lot for it a while ago but couldn't find one.

https://www.oc-praktikum.de/nop/en/instructions/pdf/1004_en....
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/recl.1951070...
https://sci-hub.ee/10.1002/recl.19510700704

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[*] posted on 15-10-2023 at 10:09


Thanks !
Now I just need to make pyridine...




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[*] posted on 15-10-2023 at 19:01


By the pyridine cheaply.
https://shop.es-drei.de/heterocyclen/163/pyridin-min.-99-5-z...
https://www.laboratoriumdiscounter.nl/en/pyridine-995.html
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[*] posted on 29-10-2023 at 12:24


I was lucky enough to receive a microscope, so here are some crystals of dysprosium nicotinate (which reliably forms x-ray quality crystals through uncontrolled evaporation on a slide – how convenient!).

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[*] posted on 30-10-2023 at 09:33


Nice! Is nicotinate a particularly good anion for lanthanides in general?

Also, have you grown crystals of every lanthanide yet (sans promethium)?




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[*] posted on 2-11-2023 at 19:40


I'm still working on getting the crystals to be large, but the nicotinate seems to be the most promising salt I've worked with. I might try the benzoate next.

I've made the acetates of all stable lanthanides except lanthanum and lutetium, but neodymium acetate crystals are somewhat unstable and prone to desolvation, and cerium/praseodymium acetates don't seem to form crystals easily.




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[*] posted on 3-11-2023 at 02:49


So good to see you, B&F.
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[*] posted on 3-11-2023 at 10:22


Cathodic protection wired wrong or electrolysis in the workplace.
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[*] posted on 3-1-2024 at 10:39


Frozen dioxane. Might need to get a heater for the lab.

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[*] posted on 10-1-2024 at 16:06


I've tried several times to make both K2CuCl4*2H2O (blue crystals) and KCuCl3 (deep red crystals). I've managed this...

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[*] posted on 8-2-2024 at 04:01


Some Cesium nitrate precipitating crystals out of solution as the water evaporates slowly.

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[*] posted on 8-2-2024 at 11:46


PbCl2 crystals

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Na2[BiCl5] crystals

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[*] posted on 27-3-2024 at 00:06


Saucepan hydrogen explosion (from a chunk of sodium in water) and concentrated nitric acid drops on copper wire.

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[*] posted on 20-4-2024 at 12:38


Quote: Originally posted by Texium  
Had a very good view of the eclipse here in SLC! I took them both with my phone camera, the first one through my eclipse glasses, and the second one without a filter.



Here's one of my from the last eclipse a few weeks ago:

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[*] posted on 30-5-2024 at 18:58


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Very simple circuit I got working quite spectacularly. Going to be part of my exhibit at Open Sauce.




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