Any chemists in the house?

Wrecked944 · 04-17-2007, 06:46 AM

I need some help figuring out a chemical recipe (and before you ask the answer is NO, I'm not making meth in my bath tub). So if we have any chem majors out there, drop me a PM.

Aurel · Aurel's Garage

Why not post your question here if it is not about meth or WMDs ?

Aurel

Nostril Cheese · 04-17-2007, 07:08 AM

Think nostatic has knowledge of chemistry

many944s · 04-17-2007, 07:27 AM

Oh, I don't know... half the time required for my Nuke degree was spent in Chem.... Plus I build pyrotechnics for professional displays... What do ya need to know?

-Nick

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

so i got this mix of glycerine, carbon and sulferic acid yes, 1/3rd of each
now would that make a good packaging fluid to protect the parts i ship from high G impacts????

many944s · 04-17-2007, 07:53 AM

Well, it's an interesting mix.....
Since your Glycerine and carbon are decent fuels and the Sulfuric acid is a great oxidizer it would be an interesting mix from the get-go. However, if you REALLY want to make it exciting, you would have to "nitrate" the glycerine with Nitric acid.... Then you would have some fun.

-Nick

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

would't glycerine with sulferic acid cover the nitrating part?

obviously simplifying the stuff , takes more then just chucking both in a jar and shake&stirr

many944s · 04-17-2007, 08:12 AM

Sulfuric acid IS used in the process, but Nitric acid is a key component in making Nitroglycerin Csub3 Hsub5 (NOsub3) sub3.

Sorry for the (sub) above, I can't figure out how to use subscripts here on the posting

-Nick

M.D. Holloway · 04-17-2007, 12:03 PM

Janus - whatcha got going?

Aurel · Aurel's Garage

Making a little homebrew liquor maybe? Need some info on distillation?

Aurel

Jim Garfield · 04-17-2007, 01:27 PM

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Originally posted by Aurel
Making a little homebrew liquor maybe? Need some info on distillation?

Aurel

Yeah, as long as you've got the NSA tuned into this thread might as well add the ATF too.

Wrecked944 · 04-17-2007, 04:53 PM

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Originally posted by Jim Garfield
Yeah, as long as you've got the NSA tuned into this thread might as well add the ATF too.

Okay everyone, repeat after me: I sold the drugs to buy the guns to rob the bank to fund the terrorists.

nostatic · nostatic's Garage

i know nothing....NOTHING

UconnTim97 · UconnTim97's Garage

I am a Forensic Scientist, working in drug chemistry....maybe I can help

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

I wanna' make more of that NI3 stuff we made in college. Fun schit.

sammyg2 · 04-17-2007, 07:30 PM

Nitroglycerin is what the laymen call it. Glyceroltrinitrate is the real name and yes, I've made it.
My father worked for Hercules when I was young, his specialty was explosives and shape charges back when there was very little known about the field. He was a rain-man type of engineer who wasn't good at people skills. The only way he knew to interact with me was to teach me chemistry. I had the periodic table basically memorized when I was six.
My mom didn't like it when we filled her pressure cooker with nitric acid, but at least I wasn't running wild.
We also made trinitrotoluene.

bigchillcar · bigchillcar's Garage

degree in organic chemistry in '88. for what i remember of those daze.....

slodave · slodave's Garage

Degree in Anarchists Cookbook

Oh the fun we had... Weekend in the hospital was no fun though, nor the months of recovery to my burned hand....

M.D. Holloway · 04-18-2007, 06:33 AM

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Originally posted by UconnTim97
I am a Forensic Scientist, working in drug chemistry....maybe I can help

Tim, Did you study with Dr Lee at Southern? (or was he at Central? hmmm) Anyway, I remember when I was at UCONN he was a reall hotshyt in the forensic world - making all sorts of headlines with the OJ case et al.

UconnTim97 · UconnTim97's Garage

I think Dr. Lee is at Southern and U of New Haven. He wasn't at UConn when I was there. He sure did make a career for himself after the OJ case though.