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entropy51
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Good job! It's a humongous step up from the window sill. Makes you start to feel like a chemist, doesn't it?
I don't see a balance, which is a necessity. I'm assuming you have eye protection. Maybe a small hotplate? A sturdy and secure clamp for your
retort stand? A little recirculating pump for your condenser? Is there an outside faucet you can attach an aspirator to for vacuum filtering?
Those little chemistry set vials look very familiar. I think some of mine from ages ago are still around somewhere.
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Jor
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Nice! A tidy place, good storage. Seems fine.
One question: do you have any ventilation in there?
If not, where do you perform experiments where noxious gasses are evolved?
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Magpie
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Nice work, Mossydie. I see you have some of the narrow little bottles from an old chemistry set?
I'm just in the process of winning some space in my garage myself (I have to compete with my wife). I just got rid of an old gun cabinet. This gave
me space for a large cabinet with doors. This will give me much needed storage for my currently developing ceramics division.
Forget more equipment for awhile - build a hood. 
The single most important condition for a successful synthesis is good mixing - Nicodem
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Must be a trend because I was out last night rearranging crap so that I could build a new bench and a hood to go along with it in the back side of my
garage. I already had the storage shelfs setup so now its a matter of moving some large wooden pallets out of the way loaded with concrete. It will be
nice when im done setting up and can wire it because it will allow me to hook my freezer up so I can store more sensitive items without the fear of
evaporation and degradation.
Knowledge is useless to useless people...
"I see a lot of patterns in our behavior as a nation that parallel a lot of other historical processes. The fall of Rome, the fall of Germany — the
fall of the ruling country, the people who think they can do whatever they want without anybody else's consent. I've seen this story
before."~Maynard James Keenan
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I'm off to Israel for about 6 weeks tomorrow so that added to my motivation to get it done, especially the locked cupboard...
Yeah the bottles are from an old chemistry set, rescued from my grandparents' loft.
Anything with noxious gasses or flames is done outside - I also do woodwork in that garage and the floor is covered in woodchips so fire is a definite
no. A hotplate would be a good investment. A hood would be nice but it seems a hell of a job... I do have an grate to the outside or failing that the
front of the garage is wood so a hole could be drilled through it.
I have eye protection and a condenser pump run by a 125W PSU which will double as my power supply - is this guide still relevant or is it outdated?
http://www.wikihow.com/Convert-a-Computer-ATX-Power-Supply-t...
There is also a freezer in there, albeit that the prototype was probably chiselled out of rock. I don't think I have any chemicals that need it for
the moment (apart from maybe H2O2?) but in the future it will be useful.
My balance died recently (acid attack :/ ) but I'm reluctant to get another rubbish cheap one and a proper lab balance is out of the question - is
there any mid point?
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I couldn't help but notice the bottle with the air lock, are you into brewing?
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Haven't tried it yet 
For the moment it's just to make EtOH but if all goes well then I will try making some stuff to drink. I have 60g of yeast / nutrient mix, is all that
remains to mash up some rotten fruit with water, shove it all in, and leave it for a few weeks?
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Hey !
Here are some picture of my actuall Home Lab !
This is not all I have, I have a lot of other products and equipements such as reactors, double layers reactors, cryostat, ... I have an HPLC, too !
but it's an old one...
Bye 
[Edited on 21-7-2009 by Methyl.Magic]
[Edited on 21-7-2009 by Methyl.Magic]
[Edited on 21-7-2009 by Methyl.Magic]
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Methyl.Magic
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[Edited on 21-7-2009 by Methyl.Magic]
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Klute
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Great lab! Where did you get that bottle of N2? Did you pay alot for it?
\"You can battle with a demon, you can embrace a demon; what the hell can you do with a fucking spiritual computer?\"
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Methyl.Magic
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I've only paid 55€ for one year and I can fill the bottle with nitrogen when it's empty (nitrogen costs somthing like 20€ for my bottle, I've used
nitrogen a lot of times and I've never filled it again !
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Klute
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Whoa! Is this in France? ANd what are your plans with oxalyl chloride and sulfuryl chloride?
[Edited on 21-7-2009 by Klute]
\"You can battle with a demon, you can embrace a demon; what the hell can you do with a fucking spiritual computer?\"
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Magpie
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Mon dieu! What an interesting lab. What are the two machines in the 5th picture? Also, what is in the bottles with the yellow caps, same picture?
The single most important condition for a successful synthesis is good mixing - Nicodem
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Ozonelabs
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entropy51
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methyl.magic,
I see a rotovap and other excellent equipment.
I see chems that must be handled in a fume hood.
I do not see a fume hood.
Priorities??
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Magpie
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Ozonelabs, you set the standard for compressed gases! Might I ask if you have a business license?
The single most important condition for a successful synthesis is good mixing - Nicodem
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Ozonelabs
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As it goes, we were given the cylinders for free as a sample from our supplier.
No, we don't have a business licence.
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The_Davster
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Nice ozonelabs, great to see there are still companies that have not given into fearmongering and will send a private citizen chlorine gas. For free
nonetheless.
This warms my heart, it really does.
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Haha its not the chlorine that caught my eye, but further to the right....
Ozonelabs, what is the cylinder at the back on the right? I can't see the label 
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Ozonelabs
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Its a 99.95% CO2 cylinder.
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The Helium cylinder is dated Oct 1972! I was 2 months old then!
Fellow molecular manipulator
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| Quote: | | Look what came in the mail today |
Lambda-Eye.... I was wondering. how much is all of that? A box of 50 ml beakers would do me some good.
About the spirit burner: I tried it with nail-polish remover (nasty smell). It creates an invisible flame (this fuel contains acetone and glycols,
along with some dye that may have decomposed into N2). It burned well, but wasn't hot enough to caramelize sugar in a glass jar. I had to shake the
fuel a bit once in a while. I would think more because there should be a lot of evaporated acetone and fuel on there. I tried adding a bit of heptane
from shoe-shiner (it's used as a solvent and a propellant I believe), obviously I knew it would form layers because of polarity. I shook it up, but it
still did not do anything. Recently I was doing a test on a shipment of KNO3 I received by mixing a small amount with windshield washer fluid
(methanol) and a bit of water. I put that into a container and attempted lighting it. It did not light well. So I added a bit of (around 10-20 mls)
nail polish remover. Instant bright-orange/white flame (preceded by a lilac flame from the KNO3). It lasted a while too, and even when water was added
it stayed alight, until I dumped around 250 mls of water on it to stop it. All in all, not very reliable I'd say. It's OK for simple heating, but I'd
rather get a torch from Home Depot for around $10-20.
I'm just wondering how you might get chemicals for free, pointing at my terribly restricted budget. Are there any honest, generous companies left in
this world, or have they all gone bad? I did email AAPERC once for some anhydrous EtOH, but never got a reply..... and I offered some money. I found a
nice supplier called Daigger, but I am not sure how much they charge for shipping. They have amazing prices, but who knows. They may charge $100 in
hazmat.
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Quote: Originally posted by Magpie  | | Mon dieu! What an interesting lab. What are the two machines in the 5th picture? Also, what is in the bottles with the yellow caps, same picture?
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Hey !
The two machines are :
1. an old tautoli to test the melting points
2. a vacuum/temperature checker
The four bottles contain anhydrous methanol.
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methyl.magic, I see a rotovap and other excellent equipment. I see chems that must be handled in a fume hood. I do not see a fume hood. Priorities?? |
Yes I know ! But last time I used these products I used the fume hood of the lab where I work every day. But now, I go out with the gas mask to fill
the dropping funnel. Then I fit the reactor with this latter and I flush out with N2 to avoid breathing it. i've never had any problem but, of course
I prefer working in a fume hood !
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my lab
Hi everyone,
back in Czech republic i have my own little lab, we don't have so much sources like you in USA but i think i'ts pretty good for 16 years old boy
Hope you'll like it.
If you're interested in some of my videos you could watch them on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/chemx01
http://img683.imageshack.us/g/miniimg0003.jpg/
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Where did you get that all soviet era labware?
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