Nitrogen Triiodide
2010-06-29 10:42 by Ian
There are certain things that I would rather do for the first time on purpose, so I can avoid ever doing them on accident. Making nitrogen triiodide is one of these things.
Inorganic flowers
2010-06-29 10:00 by Ian
I cleaned out my waste beakers last week. There was one in particular that had evaporated to dryness and left some interesting crystals.
Mercury (II) Chloride
2010-05-23 00:35 by Ian
In an endeavor to make higher-purity mercury, I decided to reduce it from one of its salts. But first, I have to make and purify the salt.
Preparation of bromoethane
2010-03-06 18:37 by Ian
This is an attempt to brominate a primary alcohol.
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Concentrating sulfuric acid (chiller test)
2010-03-06 15:34 by Ian
In my area, sulfuric acid can be purchased at automotive supply stores as battery electrolyte. This acid is useful as it stands, but higher concentrations are frequently required. This is the operation that was used to test the thermal load capacity of the coolant chiller.
Extraction of ibuprofen from Advil tablets
2010-02-02 04:02 by Ian
After cleaning out a medicine cabinet in my house, I found a bottle of Advil tablets that was expired in 2007. As long as I was going to discard them, I decided to satisfy a curiosity about how they were constructed. This is my first attempt at isolation of ibuprofen from Advil gel-tabs.
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Mercury distillation
2009-08-26 23:30 by Ian
These are my lab notes and photos for the mercury distillation.
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Liquid metal
2009-08-20 13:44 by Ian
Picked up about 11.5kg of mercury yesterday and cleaned it up. This was my procedure and pictures of the results.
Cross-filed under photography because I took lots of photos of the mercury while I was cleaning it. The pictures can’t do it justice. The stuff is beautiful.
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The coolant chiller
2009-06-25 22:52 by Ian
For doing distillations and extractions using solvents with low boiling points (such as diethyl ether or chloroform), the coolant in the condenser must be below the temperature of tap water.
This is my solution to the problem of reliable sub-zero cooling.
Couldn't bring myself to work indoors today
2009-06-24 03:26 by Ian
I couldn’t bring myself to work indoors today. I setup my gear outside to determine the alcohol concentration in a co-worker’fs home made cider.