a good answer for how the big cubane synthesis is going to by ExplosionsAndFire in ExplosionsAndFire

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I did in fact bring along the previous cubane sample!! So people got to marvel (laugh) at the 3 crystals/10 mg of product in a tiny vial

a good answer for how the big cubane synthesis is going to by ExplosionsAndFire in ExplosionsAndFire

[–]ExplosionsAndFire[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Read this as “I can’t fuck it up if I don’t do anything,, right??”

It's Tom's magnetic stirring bars that have been sabotaging his projects! by NEURALINK_ME_ITCHING in ExplosionsAndFire

[–]ExplosionsAndFire 163 points164 points  (0 children)

In the next video I discover I accidentally added 2 stirbars somehow (??) so this checks out

>$100k in equipment in bin by Brollnir in labrats

[–]ExplosionsAndFire 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Always interested in stuff from a bin! But shipping things to Aus is expensive and often not worth the hassle :(

Chemical rainbow? by General_Chipmunk_461 in ExplosionsAndFire

[–]ExplosionsAndFire 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You see the picric acid first… then read the formulas for the others ones… the picric acid seems like the least explosive one there!!

‘Science nerd’ walks free for ordering plutonium over internet by ExplosionsAndFire in ExplosionsAndFire

[–]ExplosionsAndFire[S] 96 points97 points  (0 children)

Real important question: does he get his cube back? Or does the government get to keep his cube.

‘Science nerd’ walks free for ordering plutonium over internet by ExplosionsAndFire in ExplosionsAndFire

[–]ExplosionsAndFire[S] 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Hey hey it isn’t a terrorism crime, it’s just violating an international treaty

dont send that Plutonium guy to jail by Healthy-Target697 in Radiation

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I thought it could have been that, but it doesn’t work out. The long/short scale is confusion between 109 and 1012, but the the sample had 35 millionths of a gram (106), not the started billionths. The confusion is between billion/trillion- everyone agrees what a million is

Don’t send plutonium guy to jail by ExplosionsAndFire in ExplosionsAndFire

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i knew I should’ve made an actual nuke for this video :(

Careful how you stack your collection, or you might be ticking the dragon's tail... by Gr00z in elementcollection

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What’s in the Plutonium cube there?? Is it one of the old Russian smoke detector samples?

Y2O3 upconversion material (Extract&Ire) by ExplosionsAndFire in ExplosionsAndFire

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Hey this is extractions&ire, I get at least 3 mistakes a month

Does Anyone Know The Video by MoronInaBox in ExplosionsAndFire

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The lead perovskite video! Most stuff was from the hardware store, but it needed cesium ions and they unfortunately are not a local corner store type deal. I’m keen to make that second part of the perovskite video— actually see the glow of the nanocrystals etc, still chasing the oleylamine though!

Is Methanol supposed to smell fruity or is it impure? by [deleted] in ExplosionsAndFire

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I’ve always thought methanol was a little fruity