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PhysicsForums Electric arc  
10:36 14-Aug-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 194]    By: Unnamed
What exactly happens to the gas molecules in an electric arc? Oxygen turns to ozone, methane turns to acetelyene....
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PhysicsForums Amonium Poly Cret  
08:58 14-Aug-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 127]    By: Unnamed
Can i used amonium poly cret in place of cmc or hec in water based paints? what beneft give flow property? rehelogy & leveling?...
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PhysicsForums Saponification and Esterification  
06:10 14-Aug-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 158]    By: Unnamed
I don't seem to understand what's happening at all and I have a test tomorrow! Can anyone briefly explain what the terms mean? What reacts with what to make what? In like 1 paragraph please? Thank ...
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PhysicsForums iron oxide  
22:42 13-Aug-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 178]    By: Unnamed
Can iron oxide be reduced to metallic iron with methane in place of hydrogen?...
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PhysicsForums What is this molecule?  
22:41 12-Aug-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 219]    By: Unnamed
This molecule has been immortalized in a sculpture on the boardwalk of the city of Halifax, NS. Wondering if anyone recognizes it. I see it has a carbon backbone and a benzene ring, but I don't...
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PhysicsForums Do chemists have an abonormaly high rate of cancer?  
23:11 10-Aug-07   [Replies: 7, Views: 409]    By: Unnamed
I have always wondered about this? Does anyone know if chemists have an abnormally high rate of cancer later in life compared to everyone else? Has there ever been a study done of this? Seeing how ...
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PhysicsForums Sites with IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and mass spectroscopy?  
01:22 10-Aug-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 160]    By: Unnamed
I was wondering if anyone knew where I can look at IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and mass spectroscopy (sites or programs). I'd like to be able to input the name of an organic compound and be able to see thes...
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PhysicsForums Water and what make gas?  
13:20 7-Aug-07   [Replies: 24, Views: 461]    By: Unnamed
Hello: I was reading about the super fast chemical reaction which occurs in an airbag to release gas and produce a harmless byproduct from the normally caustic chemicals used. This made me wond...
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PhysicsForums Probability Ellipsoid  
08:09 6-Aug-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 151]    By: Unnamed
Is any one familiar with the concept of a probability tensor or a probability ellipsoid? I am learning about them in the context of NMR techniques. Here is a page describing them: http://www3.intersc...
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PhysicsForums Question regarding hydrophobic forces  
02:51 5-Aug-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 24]    By: Unnamed
I've been reading a bit, and I thought I understood it, but now I'm really confused: I know that hydrophobic forces at room temperature are almost entirely entropy driven: because a system aims for...
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PhysicsForums Distilling Ethanol by Refrigerating  
02:50 5-Aug-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 263]    By: Unnamed
Ethanol seems to be popular for an alternative fuel for cars. If you distilled the ethanol by cooling it and exceeding the saturation point, because it has a lower density than water (.789 grams/cubi...
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PhysicsForums Sulfur  
16:19 4-Aug-07   [Replies: 6, Views: 266]    By: Unnamed
For the last several months I've been trying to locate sulfur in bulk so I can try out something called sulfur casting (lost-wax casting using liquid sulfur instead of molten metal). All I've been abl...
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PhysicsForums Question about the Purity of KClO3  
14:21 4-Aug-07   [Replies: 8, Views: 313]    By: Unnamed
I recently magically made some potassium chlorate via a secret process that I cannot reveal. The stuff burns with a nice lilac flame, but it tests positive for chloride ions when silver/copper nitr...
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PhysicsForums Chemical burn  
00:09 3-Aug-07   [Replies: 24, Views: 593]    By: Unnamed
I didn't know where to put this since it pertains to both chemistry and biology so i put it here. One time i accedently spilt 31.45% concentrated HCl on my skin and didn't notice it right away but the...
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PhysicsForums Energy from methane  
00:09 1-Aug-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 146]    By: Unnamed
could one make a fuel cell that would oxidise methane to release electricity the way that a H2 fuel cell does?...
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PhysicsForums Exothermic reactions that release hydrogen?  
00:03 1-Aug-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 189]    By: Unnamed
Hello, I was wondering if there are any exothermic (or otherwise spontaneous) chemical reactions that release hydrogen, in which the reagents and products aren't strongly hazardous? I know of the r...
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PhysicsForums Illegal/Dangerous Activities  
00:03 1-Aug-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 332]    By: Unnamed
Illegal/Dangerous Activities: Explicit "how to" discussions of illegal and/or dangerous activities, or posts advocating such activities, are prohibited; such as: how to make explosives, man...
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PhysicsForums Colliods?  
18:46 28-Jul-07   [Replies: 9, Views: 457]    By: Unnamed
I've been reading a little about this rather new subject (to me), and I'm quite confused. I understand that a colliod is broadly dfined as a substance consisting of a dispersive phase, ie very fine...
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PhysicsForums Let's kick it up a notch  
18:17 28-Jul-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 122]    By: Unnamed
Cross talk anyone? It's about time we blended the Sciences! http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=177824 [http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=177824]>...
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PhysicsForums Carbon  
14:15 27-Jul-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 204]    By: Unnamed
From my experience one cannot under go a nuclear reaction of a material by heat alone, so why does charcoal, which all i have heard is carbon, yeild potassium and sodium compounds when heated? ...
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PhysicsForums Iron compound  
14:07 27-Jul-07   [Replies: 9, Views: 336]    By: Unnamed
We have this compound in our water that is insoluble in water, partially soluble in HCl (turns it yellow), it is orange when it comes out of the water as a precipitate but whenyou heat it up it turns ...
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PhysicsForums please give me stronger oxidant than water which can't kill my body?  
09:59 22-Jul-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 226]    By: Unnamed
please give me stronger oxidant than water which can't kill my body? Thank you very much....
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PhysicsForums 15% citric acid solution  
14:47 21-Jul-07   [Replies: 6, Views: 387]    By: Unnamed
I have a bottle of 100% pure citric acid. I would like to know how to make a 15% solution of citric acid from this....
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PhysicsForums Precipitates  
08:51 20-Jul-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 199]    By: Unnamed
Can anyone give me an example of a red or yellow precipitate that can be made out of any of the following: Cobalt chloride, calcium hydroxide, iron, sodium carbonate, iron sulphate or copper sulphate....
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PhysicsForums Chemical Formula Addition ?  
22:44 19-Jul-07   [Replies: 10, Views: 74]    By: Unnamed
If I add the chemicals C3 H6 O (2-propanone) and C8 H18 O (2-ethylhexanol) will I wind up with the chemical formula C11 H24 O2 ? thanks...
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