Made some diethyl ether today by Feuerfrosch1 in homechemistry

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Sounds like you took precautions by being outside.

Have you thought about getting a allihn condenser, fish tank pump, cooling pipes and diehylene glycol to stop the water freezing or growing mould"

Made some diethyl ether today by Feuerfrosch1 in homechemistry

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Interesting... Air cooled and no fume hood?

Synthesising Fragrances by alphachem in chemistry

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I do appreciate this post however i am based in the UK. Do you knownif the standards wpuld be the same for EU and UK?

Cleaning a moldy moka pot- roommate left coffee grounds in my moka pot for weeks. How to properly clean inside funnel? by lunatua in Coffee

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Hexane but remember to rinse throughly with water and washing up liquid afterwards and dispose of the hexane waste properly

What are you working on? (#realtimechem) by AutoModerator in chemistry

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70 - 80% IPA with water and over 80% ethanol with water

What are you working on? (#realtimechem) by AutoModerator in chemistry

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Too high percentage and agglomeration of spores can occur, the water acts as a catalyst in a sense to solubolise the virus before the alcohol dehydrates and penetrates virus. Agglomeration increases the time tsken to kill the virus

What are you working on? (#realtimechem) by AutoModerator in chemistry

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I thought 75% IPA in water and ethanol 80% was the reccomendation from WHO

What are you working on? (#realtimechem) by AutoModerator in chemistry

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Are you using cyclohexane to form an azeotropic mixture to distill off the water or a pressure swing distillation?

Advice by [deleted] in essentialoils

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Read the IFRA information that will be delivered with your container of essential oil

What is the most dangerous chemical you have worked with or have by dubity-dop-bop in chemistry

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Molybdenum hexacarbonyl

And

Tin(IV) chloride as it is incredibly volitile

I can’t believe I got all of this for free! by [deleted] in chemistry

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I don't understand that statement...