Just thought I'd share this as it has saved me money over the years on strontium carbonate. I only buy nitrate and then if I need carbonate I just make it on demand. The only other chemical you need is sodium carbonate, which is available worldwide as "washing soda" at your local supermarket. You could use reagent grade sodium carbonate if you really want to, but I find Arm & Hammer Washing Soda to be fairly pure and it works fine/is very cheap. It's also advisable to use distilled water if your water is hard or has lots of dissolved solids. Honestly just use distilled water either way, it's worth having really clean product.
The procedure is simple:
In a large beaker (or appropriate substitute) dissolve an appropriate amount of strontium nitrate in hot water. You can calculate exact stoichiometry if you want, but a safe bet is to use about 1.5x as much nitrate (by mass) as you want in carbonate. So if you need 20g of carbonate, use at least 25-30g of nitrate. About 200-300ml of water would be fine for an amount that small, but obviously you'd want to use more water if you're using more nitrate. Err on the side of using a little too much nitrate compared to what you need to account for losses during processing and/or incomplete reactions.
Next, in a separate beaker, combine roughly the same amount of sodium carbonate with room temperature water. Sodium carbonate is not quite as soluble as strontium nitrate, so you you may need to use a little more water. Avoid using hot water because you really want the sodium carbonate to stay in solution and not crash out if the temperature falls. Use as much water as you need to dissolve all the carbonate completely. Any residual sodium salts not dissolved need to be filtered/decanted out to avoid sodium contamination in our final product.
Once you have both solutions mixed with no sediment or undissolved material, just mix the solutions in an appropriately large vessel. You can use a big mason jar or mixing bowl if need be, but glass is always best. As soon as the solutions mix, strontium carbonate will come absolutely crashing out of solution and form clouds of fine powder in your reaction vessel. The reaction takes place pretty instantly, but give it a good stir and let it sit for an hour or so to ensure it all reacts.
After one hour, you should have a very fine white precipitate settled on the bottom of your reaction vessel. This is our product, and it's pretty insoluble in water. It needs to be washed tho
... keep reading on reddit ➡Our dear friend /u/SaggysHealthAlt posted an article titled Strontium Ratio Variation in Marine Carbonates from IRC at /r/creation. The paper states:
>In 1948, geologist F. E. Wickman predicted that the decay of 87Rb (a rubidium isotope) in the earth’s crust and mantle would be reflected in a related increase in the ^87 Sr/^ 86Sr (two strontium isotopes) in seawater as well as in strontium-bearing marine precipitates.
Now of course geologists cannot go back in time to test the sea water (shout out to my boy Paul Price who vehemently argues we can’t use the past to test anything, and also argues a single geological formation falsifies long ages, pick one dude) so they had to use marine precipitates (calcite) instead. When precipitation occurs the ratio between ^87 Sr/^ 86Sr in the calcite is the same in the both the water and precipitate, so marine carbonates are a near perfect proxy for ^87 Sr/^ 86Sr in sea water assuming the rocks have not undergone alteration post diagenesis. Alteration (specifically recrystallization) results in a lower Sr/Ca ratio in the recrystallization calcite compared to biogenic calcite, and is detectable using spectrometry. Unfortunately for Wickman analysis of ^87 Sr/^ 86Sr doesn’t show an increase over the past ~550ma, but an erratic line appears as the ratio is graphed.
ICR asks five questions about the studies it pulled the graphs from.
>How is it possible for the relative natural abundance of 87Sr and 86Sr to be virtually the same today as it was 560 million years ago? If the only source of 87Sr in the crust and thus in seawater is the decay of 87Rb, shouldn’t the ratio of 87Sr/86Sr have steadily increased over a half-billion-year-plus timespan?
This assumes creationists misunderstanding of geological uniformitarianism, that is everything happens slowly. Not only does this misconstrue Lyell’s work, it also doesn’t reflect modern geology. We know that rates and processes change over time.
The primary control on the ^87 Sr/^ 86Sr ratio is the amount of continental runoff. Hydrothermal input from mid-Atlantic ridges and dissolution of sea floor carbonates also play a roll, however the latter is primarily a buffer and realistically is not a major factor. There are three primary models, glacial, uplift, and hydrothermal that attempt to expla
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I'm wondering if anyone with experience making "rocket candy" e.g. kno3 and sugar fuel for small rockets could weigh in on the potential inclusion of strontium carbonate, which I understand is an efficient oxidizer in of itself, to the aforementioned mixture - in some capacity - to utilize its red-color properties in pyrotechnic compounds.
I can elaborate on my end-goal or current understanding if necessary, but figured I'd keep the initial question brief and to the point.
Thanks for any experience / knowledge that can be leant
Sponsor: Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS1]
This bill or resolution is in the first stage of the legislative process. It was introduced into Congress on April 27, 2012. It will typically be considered by committee next.
Sorry if this is a stupid question. I am a Hobbyist who likes tinker with stuff. I have no experience with radioactive isotopes yet. However, I have a Geiger counter, free time, and no fear of becoming the Incredible Hulk.
Yes, I did come up with this idea after looking up those radiation-eating fungi from Chernobyl.
Yes, I know the mechanism through which they eat radiation is still poorly understood and is probably not very efficient.
Still, though, living creatures need (relatively) very little energy to survive. A human being - already quite a large creature - needs only 100 watts at rest. Most RTGs on space probes can easily do ten times that, and they themselves aren't very efficient either.
The disarticulation sequence of human bodies
Our understanding of the fluvial taphonomic processes is still in its infancy;
In waterstreams and rivers it is still poorly researched.
Historically, research concerning the transport of remains in rivers has been performed in the fields of paleontology and archaeology,
Bodies can be transported 100's of miles within a few days or as long as several months in large river systems.
Decomposition rates slow down in the water, primarily due to cooler temperatures and the anaerobic environment.
However, once a body is removed from the water, putrefaction will likely be accelerated.
Corpses that travel downstream in a river don’t typically disarticulate quickly, compared to when they’re on dry land.
The decay of tissues in rivers proceeds differently than decay in lakes and ponds, since the decay products are swept downstream, the biota is different in flowing water.
Wrinkling of the skin and eventual sloughing of skin is where this process begins.
Larger bones (length, volume, area, or diameter) tend to travel downstream slower than smaller ones.
A 2008 study on two human bodies recovered following aircraft accidents found one body off Sicily to be partially skeletonized after 34 days and a second body off of Namibia to be completely skeletonized after three months.
However rapid skeletonization of remains may occur in bodies of water in tropical areas, due to water temperature and carnivorous fish species.
Transport potential means the ability of a bone to travel long distances downstream.
There are large variations in transport potentials, according to bone size, smaller bones often move less than larger bones, and vice versa.
Both shape and orientation affect transportability, flat bones tend to lay flat on the river bed and not move.
Elongated bones tend to orient parallel or perpendicular to flow, with parallel orientation most common when water depths greatly exceed the height of a bone.
Often when searching, it is most common to find larger bones and miss other smaller skeletal remains.
When searching, it is recommended to look on the upstream sides of obstructions , in eddies behind obstructions , on bars (of any kind: lateral, point, median, etc.; and to focus the search on the same side of the river as the body/parts entered (if known)).
All locations with drops in flow velocity should be searched, including banks, the upstream and lateral edges of deeper p
... keep reading on reddit ➡Hydrogen:
For Protium: I pour some dilute HCl inside a small bottle and add some Aluminium foil. There was some bubbles at the beginning though, and so I just closed it immediately. And then I returned back and some of the HCl leaks out. Honestly I'm very frightened that time when I accidentally spilled some on my hands. So I just take another bottle which is much, much bigger and put the small bottle in to prevent any leaks or Hydrogen gas escaping away.
Deuterium: Heavy water
Tritium: Glowing Tritium compass
Helium: A small Helium balloon
Lithium: A Li-ion coin battery. At first I tried to open it but the steel casing didn't received any much damage. That was a nightmare on just trying to open the battery. Then I add a bunch of Gallium to destroy the steel, but it just softens a bit but still very hard to open. So I gave up and store the full battery inside a dry container that I made myself with labels.
Beryllium: Be-Cu alloy (as a spring)
Boron: Borax. But it was still shipping
Carbon:
Graphene (I made myself so it probably has a few layers of atoms stuck to it already)
A synthetic diamond (very small)
Graphite wire
Graphite rod (from a battery)
Nitrogen: Ampoule
Oxygen: From the electrolysis of water (Hydrogen didn't work well so I just switched to Oxygen)
Fluorine: Sodium fluoride
Neon: Ampoule (but it's missing right now)
Sodium: Small Sodium-vapor ampoule but it's also missing right now... And also NaCl crystals
Magnesium: Crystal
Aluminium: Foil
Silicon: Tiny little microchip, a small piece of broken glass, a full circuit board, silica gel from seaweed packages, and a little ball which is rich in Silicon used for fish (I forgot what's that called)
Phosphorus: As the Red allotrope on the side of matchboxes (but still, some cardboard stuck to it)
Sulfur: The yellowish powder used in firecrackers (maybe that's not a firecracker)
Chlorine: Huge bottle from which I just poured in some HCl and MnO2. Not the reaction that I want but I think there's still a very, very slight greenish-yellow tint to it
Argon: Small balloon
Potassium: From electrolysis (it's deposited on the wire)
Calcium: Heavily oxidized but pure metal inside a bottle, some CaCO3 chunks, chalk, Calcium acetate, and "quick lime" (CaO)
Scandium: Uncollected sample
Titanium: Extremely expensive chain made out of Titanium (probably my most valuable thing) given by my dad, and some Titanium dioxide wall painting
Vanadium: A pair of scissors
Chromium: A very long,
... keep reading on reddit ➡I'll start flooding this text post with words that come to mind. Probably a couple at a time.
Starting with the Periodic Table because why not?
Hydrogen helium lithium beryllium boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon sodium magnesium aluminium silicon phosphorus sulfur (sulphur?) chlorine argon potassium calcium scandium titanium vanadium chromium manganese iron cobalt nickel copper zinc gallium germanium arsenic selenium bromine krypton rubidium strontium yttrium zirconium niobium molybdenum technetium ruthenium rhodium palladium silver cadmium indium tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon caesium (cesium?) barium lanthanum cerium praseodymium neodymium promethium samarium europium gadolinium terbium dysprosium holmium erbium thulium ytterbium lutetium
I don't really remember what was after that lol
Anyways onto whatever colour I remember
Red orange yellow green blue purple pink magenta white black gray (grey?) brown cyan navy lavender olive teal aqua lime tan maroon crimson light dark gold silver bronze rose sky beige peach
I don't quite remember anything else
Anyways, shapes!
Circle square triangle rectangle oval heart pentagon star line dot hexagon heptagon octagon nonagon decagon diamond rhombus kite polygon sphere cube cuboid pyramid cylinder trapezium egg
Continuing on, we have animals!
Cow pig chicken monkey (ape?) (gorilla?) (you?) human cat dog rabbit (bunny?) (hare?) bird eagle hummingbird cuckoo raven woodpecker crow parrot pigeon mouse (rat?) moose goose sheep ocelot wolf axolotl fish shark whale clownfish cod tropical lion tiger elk pup squirrel bee stoat stinkbug bug otter meerkat hog warthog antelope deer cock cockroach lizard skink bat elephant mole snake adder ouroboros (Is that how you spell it?) dire spider insect ant queen fly mosquito horse mantis goat worm centipede millipede tortoise turtle crab lobster prawn frog fox duck goose kingfisher ox dolphin dory eel jellyfish panda
I don't think I recall anything else that exists (at least the more commonly known ones)
Alright I'm gonna move on to naming some stuff from a favourite game of mine
Hole in One, Screwbot (Screw bots) Factory, See-saw (See saw), Double Date, Remix 1, Fork Lifter, Tambourine, Board Meeting, Monkey Watch, Remix 2, Working Dough, Built to Scale Returns!, Air Rally, Figure Fighter, Remix 3, Ringside, Packing Pests, Micro-Row (Micro Row), Samurai Slice, Remix 4, Catch of the Day, Flipper-Flop (Flipper Flop), Exhibition Match, Flockstep (Flock step), Re
... keep reading on reddit ➡Just wondering if this will produce toxic products when burned or if LiOH and Li2CO3 is toxic. Yes I did research but there’s not much on the subject as far as toxicity.
So, let's talk about the new data/combat sites that have been released and the new loot tables in play with respect to the recent capital industry changes.
Per this post, these new sites have the chance (maybe guarantee?) to drop the Neurolink Protection Cell component which is used in all capital ship production. Now for those unaware of the complexity of the recent industry changes, here are the raw materials/steps involved in building a single Neurolink Protection Cell. The below is a programmatic output of the raw material shopping list, middle man component run counts, etc. These are based on ME10 fully researched blueprints in a simple structure (1% ME bonus, no rigs).
> ## PRODUCTS TO BUILD ## > > ## Item Quantity ME ## > > Neurolink Protection Cell 1 10 > > > > ## COMPONENT JOBS ## > > ## Item Runs ME ## > > Genetic Lock Preserver 5 10 > > Genetic Mutation Inhibiter 5 10 > > Genetic Safeguard Filter 1 10 > > Genetic Structure Repairer 5 10 > > Neurolink Enhancer Reservoir 1 10 > > Programmable Purification Membrane 1 10 > > Helium Fuel Block 4 10 > > Hydrogen Fuel Block 5 10 > > Nitrogen Fuel Block 4 10 > > Oxygen Fuel Block 2 10 > > > > > > ## REACTION JOBS ## > > ## Reaction Runs ## > > Axosomatic Neurolink Enhancer 8 > > Carbon Fiber 3 > > Cogni-Emotive Neurolink Enhancer 8 > > Hypnagogic Neurolink Enhancer 8 > > Isotropic Neofullerene Alpha-3 23 > > Isotropic Neofullerene Beta-6 23 > > Isotropic Neofullerene Gamma-9 23 > > Meta-Operant Neurolink Enhancer 1 > > Oxy-Organic Solvents 1 > > Reinforced Carbon Fiber 3 > > Sense-Heuristic Neurolink Enhancer 8 > > Thermosetting Polymer 3 > > > > > > ## SHOPPING LIST ## > > AG-Composite Molecular Condenser 8 > > AV-Composite Molecular Condenser 8 > > Amber Mykoserocin 320 > > Atmospheric Gases 2300 > > Azure Mykoserocin 320 > > Biofuels 446 > > CV-Composite Molecular Condenser 8 > > Celadon Mykoserocin 320 > > Coolant 159 > > Enhanced Electro-Neural Signaller 1 > > Enriched Uranium 72 > > Evaporite Deposits 300 > > Fullerite-C28 11500 > > Fullerite-C50 11500 > > Fullerite-C60 11500 > > Fullerite-C70 11500 > >
... keep reading on reddit ➡There's 👉hydrogen and helium🎈, lithium, beryllium, boron 🅱️, carbon everywhere, nitrogen all through the air💨. Oxygen so you can breath 👃🌬️, fluorine for your 🔻 pretty 😍💅 teeth 😁. Neon✨ to light 💡up ☝️⬆️the signs🚦, sodium for salty 🍿 times. Magnesium, aluminium 🌟🥈🥫silicon. Phosphorus 🅿️, sulfur 🤢chlorine🌊 and argon. Potassium, calcium so you'll grow strong 💪. Scandium, titanium🎶, vanadium, chromium and mang🍊anese...This is the periodic ⚫table 📊, noble⚔️ gas 😣🤮 is stable, halogens and alkali react agressively 😡😠~ each period⚫ will see👀 new 🆕🎉🌟✨ outer⭕ shells🐚 while electrons⚡💡 are 💁added👭 moving🏃 to the right ↪️👉. Iron is the 26th2️⃣6️⃣, then cobalt, nickel coins💰 you get. Copper, zinc and gallium germanium and arsenic slenium and bromine film, while krypton helps💁♀️ light 💡up⬆️ your👦 room🛋️. Rubidium and strontium then yttrium, zirconium, molybdenum, technetium (ruthenium) rhodium, palladium (silver-war 🥈🍴). Then cadmium and indium (tin cans. 🥫!), antimony then tellurium and iodine and xenon - and then caesium and ... Barium is 56 5️⃣6️⃣, and this🔽 is where🔍 the table 📊splits. Where Lanthanides have just begun...Lanthanum, cerium and praseodymium, neodymium's next ➡️to promethium, then 626️⃣2️⃣'s samarium, europium, gadolinium and terbium dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten then we're on to rhenium, osmium and iridium, platinum, gold🥇 to make you rich 💵🤑 till you grow📈 old 👴. Mercury to tell🗣️ you when it's really cold❄️🏔️. (Thallium) And lead then Bismuth for your tummy🤽. (Polonium) Astatine would not🚫 be yummy😋🍕 .(Radon) Francium will last a little time⏲️⌚,(Radium) then Actinides at 898️⃣9️⃣. This is the Periodic Table📊, noble⚔️ gas😣🤮 is stable, halogens and alkali react aggressively😡😠. Each period⚫ will see new🆕🎉🌟✨ outer ⭕shells 🐚while electrons ⚡💡are added👭 moving 🏃to the right↪️👉. Actinium, thor🔨💡ium, protactinium, uranium, neptunium, plutonium, americ🇺🇲ium, curium, berakelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobel🏆ium, lawrencium, rutherfordium, dubnium, sea🌊borgium, bohrium, hassium then meitnerium, darmstadtium, roentgenium, copernicium, nihonium, flerovium, moscovium, livermorium. Tennessine and oganesson..And.. then... we're... done✅👍✨!
-asap science
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Hi all! Before I started this subreddit I hadn't put in too much thought about what type of toothpaste to buy. I just grab whatever toothpaste that's on sale from one of the big brands (Colgate, Crest, and Sensodyne).
Recently I started hearing our members talking about anticavity v.s. antiseptic toothpastes, bioactive glass toothpastes, etc., which prompted me to do more research on the ingredients.
I am listing below the most common ingredients in a toothpaste and what they mean for everyone's reference. Love to hear everybody's toothpaste choice!
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- Fluoride
We all know about this one - fluoride helps re-mineralize weakened tooth enamel and reverse early signs of tooth decay. Based on my research my personal feeling is that unless a person is allergic to fluoride, one should almost always choose a toothpaste that contains fluoride.
An interview conducted by University of Utah on this topic: https://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/shows.php?shows=0_bfiah6xp
- Glycerol
This ingredient helps keep the paste from drying out. It provides a texture that allows it to ooze out of the tube. It is the same ingredient found in some processed foods, like yogurt and ice cream.
- Potassium nitrate and strontium chloride
If you have experienced any tooth sensitivity, select products that include potassium nitrate and strontium chloride to help combat it - they block pain signals to the nerve of the tooth by stopping up the tiny tunnels in your teeth, which go to the nerve.
- Sorbitol
Sorbitol is a type of carbohydrate called a sugar alcohol. It acts as the sweetening agent, and luckily, doesn’t cause cavities! It also works like glycerol and holds the paste together.
- Triclosan
This ingredient helps fight bacteria, but some evidence supports the theory that Triclosan contributes to bacterial resistance.
- Calcium carbonate
Calcium carbonate is an abrasive added to help remove plaque, staining, and other debris. Abrasives help keep your teeth feeling clean and smooth. Additional types of abrasives you might find in toothpaste are silica gels, silicates, phosphate salts, and aluminum oxides. They are harsh enough to remove debris from your teeth but gentle enough to keep the enamel intact.
- Xylitol
Toothpaste containing xylitol is a newer product on the market. It helps prevent plaque buildup and can be found in sugar-fr
... keep reading on reddit ➡Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
The doctor says it terminal.
Do your worst!
How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
He lost May
Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.
Took a bit of a break from these, but I’m going to start them again. Who should I do next?
MASKS
Unrivaled Assassin - Unrivaled means unchallenged, nobody was her equal. Jade spent a long time as Shao Kahn's top assassin.
Imperial Bodyguard - Imperial means “relating to an empire”, and Jade was Kitana’s bodyguard when they were both working with Shao Kahn.
Kitana’s Loyal Friend - Jade is Kitana’s best friend, and that’s pretty much her entire character.
Lady In Green - There’s a Sherlock Holmes movie released in 1945 called The Woman In green. According to the New York Times, there’s a woman named Elizabeth Sweetheart who is sometimes called the lady in green, due to her dressing head to toe in bright green clothes, along with dyed hair. There’s also a book named Lady In Green by Barbara Metzger, which is about a woman trying to find her way to get out of a forced marriage. There’s a song too, so many ladies in green.
Purest Jade - Jade, as we all surely know, is named after a kind of gem that is green. Not too much to say here, but according to the Jewelry Shopping Guide, here’s how to tell if a jade is real or not; “A good way to check is to hold the jade in your hand and feel its temperature. It may warm up to the touch of your hand. Set it aside for several seconds and then take it back into your hand. If it was real jade, it would have cooled down very quickly.”
Future Queen of the Osh-Tekk - In MK11, Jade and Kotal Kahn have a romantic history, for some reason.
Stalwart Outworld Warrior - Stalwart means “Loyal, reliable, and hardworking.”
Pride of Edenia - Jade is one of the last living Edenians, and she’s very prideful about her edenianess. She’s so prideful she can be a bit of a dick about it.
Daughter of Prince Jobashel - So I guess this is a name reveal of her father? According to names.org, it has a few meanings, and i’ll just list the whole entry. “According to a user from the United Arab Emirates, the name Joba is of Yoruba origin and means "Our god reigns". A user from the United Kingdom says the name Joba is of Bengali origin and means "Hibiscus flower". According to a user from Turkey, the name Joba is of African origin and means "The hugging father.” According to free-hebrew, shel means “of” or “belonging to”.
Regent of the New Kahn - Regent means “a person appointed to administer a country because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated.” The new kahn is Kitana.
Bride of Kotal Kahn - As said, Jade now has a ra
... keep reading on reddit ➡Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
This post is going to be quite long and will be split up into 4 parts. First will be redox, then acids/based, then electrochem (this will also be covered more), and finally kenetics/thermodynamics.
**Before we start, a mandatory (morally) safety warning: Many reactions described in this post will be highly dangerous and I will not have time to cover individual dangers of each reaction. A basic lab safety guide should be read and the SDS of each chemical should be consulted before performing ANY REACTIONS!!! Not doing this will likely result in injury, fires, explosions, poisoning, cancer, ect. Chemistry is a very dangerous field and cause any of the most horrific injuries you can imagine. Items that are particularly dangerous will be marked with an exclamation point in parentheses after the chemical name to warn the reader of extreme danger (eg. pyrophoric, extremely toxic, guaranteed cancer/permanent injury, or other danger). These items should only be handled by professionals. If a chemist chooses to ignore this warning then should have all appropriate safety measures in place and at attention. **
Intro and housekeeping:
I am planning on making a series of these posts, to be read in order, but to also be as independent as possible so that a chemist with some experience can skip the lessons that are pointless to them and not be lost in the next post.
I will try to keep to common names for chemicals (acetic acid rather than ethanoic acid), and will avoid sourcing. I will only give out brand names if the product is widely known in literature (eg, Oxone for potassium peroxybisulfate), and other than that I will simply offer the product name (eg, mothballs for naphthalene).
Next post is going to be safety, common lab techniques, intro to naming, and simple transformations.
After that the next post will likely be on the periodic table, trends in it, electronegativity, ect. Then we will move onto the individual elements and some more advanced chemistry.
If you would like to request a post then leave the request down in the comments directly on this post and I will add it to my to-do list if it has sufficient support.
If you would like to make contributions or side lessons then contact me and we can discuss the best way to post it for everyone to see. I am in full support of this being a community project and I think that side lessons that are more advanced or more in depth would be very helpful for new bees.
If
... keep reading on reddit ➡And now I’m cannelloni
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
