/r/homechemistry
A subreddit for building your own lab at home and doing chemistry in it.
Please try and keep things professional!
I would like to see this site grow into helping one another explore chemistry, since nothing teaches us better than hands on experimentation, but given this is a new subreddit it has the potential to go very bad.
First and foremost, illicit drugs and illegal substances will not be synthesized here. Common reagents that may be controlled I don't mind as much.
Other than that, have fun and help us all out!
Chemicals that may put you on a DEA watch list, pay cash if you can, or synthesize your own.
List of commonly available chemicals thanks to /u/zyks
Search consumer products by chemicals they contain (thx to /u/gfrnk86)
http://www.sciencemadness.org/ Courtesy of /u/MrBurd
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Hello, I have a 500ml electrolysis cell converting NaCl into NaClO3 to hopefully turn it into NH4CLO4. I took some timelapse footage of the Crystallization though I'd share.
Have you ever acquired Br2 from 1,3-Dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin?
Using the rotovap may have been more practical as I‘m not fractionating anyway, tho I kinda just wanted an excuse to set up a large scale apparatus again xD
Not very long ago (a few months ago) I discovered an amazing channel called the Canadian chemist who made great videos about how to make different chemicals at home, however now when I look for the channel there's no trace of it, possibly because some of the chemicals he showed in his videos could be dangerous like potassium nitrate and such. The only evidence that I could find of its existence is this image
if you go to the link it brings up a 404 not found page.
if anyone knows what happened to him that would be great.
Hello i have a chloroform 10years old I have a question IT is still useable? Or its possibile to refresh IT? Like with destilation or a something? Thanks for answers
Made in England Pyrex brand old school glass
Pm me if interested I'm sending from Canada
Hello,
I have preformed a steam distillation of cinnamaldehyde out of ground cinnamon, and currently have a high concentration hydrosol (aka the oil dissolved/suspended in water)
I have seen multiple people extract the hydrosol using a solvent such as DCM, but I do not have ready access to this solvent.
Is there a suitable alternative solvent that I can obtain or purchase from a store? Does any solvent that's more dense than water work?
Or is there an alternative process which can breaking the hydrosol?
Thank you.
looks like the reacting chamber was good, but rraction didn go well. it goes hot but slighgly and the residual was a greenish water solution, with no acid in it. tested with tornasole paper
I have procured appeox (66) 67lbs of Lava Angus chemicals for personal use (angus) and whajnot . I have used it in many tests on me and the warren and the angug. Log
Log
Oct- Labva Angus on my meal Oc- Lava Angus walls
today I Have the honor of announcing only 1lb renains of the Angus chemical. What to Do with It ?? Experiment ?? You decide , Pig Busters!
Are you a chemist and do experiments at home––whether with baking, brewing, or other hobbies? I'm working on a piece about scientists taking work home with them, literally, and would love to hear from you! Feel free to message or email hdocterloeb@gmail.com
I recklessly stirred 99% lidocaine HCl powder into 4% topical cream, intending to make it 50% strength. It worked great a couple times on a couple consecutive days for surface foot pain (venous ulcers on one foot, maybe heel damage from footwear) and then abruptly did not work at all. Finding out the hard way that I don't know WTF I've been messing with has awakened me to the fact that this is dangerous. I am curious though about the dynamics of this. It seems like the pH being off can do a lot, ranging from not passing into the skin, to skin irritation, maybe to skin damage. I suppose I'm curious whether there's a pH "sweet spot" I missed in order to pass the skin barrier. Yes, because of some pain I'm still tempted to mess with it but no, I'm still keeping my distance. I don't want to let overconfidence or arrogance injure me, including from accidental overdose (yes, lidocaine overdose).
Looking for PCMs that can be heated in kitchen microwave & hold heat 30+ minutes (insulated). Polymer based PCMs. Organic-Inorganic hybrid PCM's. Inexpensive as well. Any help would be appreciated. Must be able to be reheated many times without breaking down.
Hi All,
I want to make a vacuum distillation setup at home. I do have a soxhlet setup so i want to use that glass ware as well for this new setup. I don't know yet, what i need exactly.
Also, what vacuum pressure do i need to make it efficient and to avoid any implosion of the lab ware...
Looked with Amazon at some 'stonylab' equipment is this any good?
Sorry for this post, it's not as clear or detailed as i wished for. But it's a start of my journey into vacuum distillation.
Thanks all