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Offline Maverick

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Ideas for next project
« on: April 23, 2011, 06:18:54 PM »
well i recently finished my research project for my own benefit on copper compounds and did an extensive copper to copper lab and am looking for my next project, i am considering making a chlorate cell but the ideal anode/cathode materials are bit pricey for an out of work 17 year old. can you guys provide any suggestions for some interesting research projects
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Re: Ideas for next project
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2011, 07:23:10 PM »
Should we assume you want something more advanced than discussed here

http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=47964.0
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Re: Ideas for next project
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2011, 10:45:11 PM »
Yes a bit more advanced say intermediate to advanced style projects
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Re: Ideas for next project
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2011, 02:32:08 PM »
as of right now im working on purifying some H2S04 i got at lowes, it is heavily contaminated nad has a dark pink color, i am going to try the peroxide method any other ideas
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Re: Ideas for next project
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2011, 03:08:12 PM »
a rough titration shows it to be around 16 M very impure i believe it is some sort of organic compound, i will boil down to increase concentration and see if that helps if not i will try the peroxide method, will report back
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Re: Ideas for next project
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2011, 12:53:35 PM »
I would get a distillation setup and distille it. H2SO4 tends to concentrate in the distillation flask and you get mostly water on the condenser end but seeing that you have 16 M H2SO4, you should get a fair bit of H2SO4 on the condenser end.

What is the peroxide method?
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Re: Ideas for next project
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2011, 03:35:39 PM »
You heat the h2so4 and slowly add 10-15% H2O2 about 8 mL to hopefully oxidize any organic matter.  As for distillation I would do it but I don't wanna risk having it shatter if a drop of water falls in distillatiOn flask. What do you think? I'm relatively new to distillation
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Re: Ideas for next project
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2011, 04:28:08 PM »
The distillation flask would have already hot H2SO4+water so it should not shatter. Also, I used graham condenser when I did it. I would not use a liebig condender for sure.
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Re: Ideas for next project
« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2011, 05:47:38 PM »
Ahh I see. That makes more sense. Thanks mate. I'll get to it as soon as I'm done converting this psu into a lab power supply
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