Homemade Titanium Popular Science column by Theodore Gray. Readily Available Chemicals. With the War on Drugs, the War on Terror, Draconian health and safety regulations and an increasing fondness for litigation, most laboratory chemicals are out of reach to those without a professional reason to use them. However, many chemicals with "everyday" uses are still available. This site gives an outline of chemicals that can be bought by private individuals and the companies that sell them.
Contents List of Inorganic Chemicals List of Organic Chemicals List of All Suppliers The List and How to Use It This list should be regarded as a guideline, rather than a fully comprehensive directory of chemicals. The given suppliers are only those that I happen to know of. Unfortunately, the lists of suppliers are heavily biased towards Britain and America. For many chemicals, multiple sources are given. Another way of effectively using the list, is to match your needs to what is available. The lists define organic chemicals to be those having a carbon-carbon or a carbon-hydrogen bond.
Black Powder. Black Powder: Potassium Nitrate. Note: There really are much easier ways of getting hold of this stuff. When I was a kid it came in decent quantities in chemistry sets. But if you insist on playing James-Bond-behind-enemy-lines, then give this a shot. I’ve sure as hell never tried it. — Tooch Potassium nitrate can be extracted from many natural sources and can be used to make nitric acid, black powder and many pyrotechnics. The yield ranges from .1 to 10% by weight, depending on the fertility of the soil. Note: Only the ratios of the amounts of ingredients are important.
Procedure Punch holes in the bottom of the bucket. 14 Amazing Chemical Reactions. Someone Invented Magic And It Is Freaking Us Out. For more stories about ridiculous things, follow us on Facebook. - “I am so sick of my T-shirt getting wet whenever I pour a lot of liquid on it!” “I wish my iPhone 4 or 5 would not get so damaged every time I carefully place it at the bottom of a jug filled with water!” “My new white shoes have been stained by the chocolate sauce and mustard I squeezed on them earlier! What gives?!” “This cardboard box I chose to hold all of the water is just not doing a great job of it!
:(” These are all things you’re used to saying, but you will be saying them no longer! It is “a family of super hydrophobic coating that completely repels water and heavy oils,” and you can buy it online here for $20 a can. Couple questions left unanswered: A) What does it taste like? B) What does it feel like? C) How much cancer will it give me, and how quickly? D) What happens if you get it on your hands and then you want to wash it off your hands?