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WELCOME TO SCI-SPOT.COM'S CHEMISTRY SECTION. HERE YOU WILL FIND METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR SYNTHESIZING A VARIETY OF INTERESTING COMPOUNDS. WHENEVER POSSIBLE, STORE-BOUGHT REAGENTS ARE USED, HOWEVER ANY EXOTIC MATERIALS NEEDED ARE AVAILABLE IN THE STORE! | |
| WARNING: THE PROCEDURES PRESENTED HERE ARE DESIGNED FOR A WIDE RANGE OF SKILL LEVELS. DO NOT ATTEMPT REACTIONS THAT YOU DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND. ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GOGGLES, LONG SLEEVES, AND CLOSE-TOED SHOES WHEN ATTEMPTING ANY SYNTHESIS. SOME COMPOUNDS USED OR PRODUCED OR TOXIC, FLAMMABLE, OR LETHAL. SCI-SPOT.COM TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR FAILURE TO OBSERVE PROPER SAFETY PRACTICES. THESE PROCEDURES ARE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. | ||
| GROW THE ANGULAR, COLORFUL BISMUTH CRYSTALS YOU SEE IN MINERAL SHOPS USING BISMUTH OBTAINED FROM COMMON COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS AND A LITTLE HEAT! | ||
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| THIS SIMPLE PROCEDURE WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO EXTRACT IODINE CRYSTALS FROM IODINE TINCTURE. | ||
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| EXPLORE THIS EXCITING NEW FIELD! MAGNETIC LIQUIDS ARE STABLE DISPERSIONS OF NANOMETER SIZE PARTICLES IN A CARRIER FLUID. ALSO CALLED FERROFLUID, MAGNETIC LIQUIDS FORM CRAZY SPIKES IN THE PRESENCE OF A MAGNET, AND CAN DEFY GRAVITY! | ||
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THIS SYNTHESIS HAS BEEN REMOVED. I HADN'T ANTICIPATED THE GENERALLY POOR QUALITY OF EMAILS AND ATTENTION IT GENERATED. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. | |
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