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where'd you get your magnesium?

if there were one molecule of methane and one molecule of oxygen i would imagine you'd end up with di-hydroxyl methane

i dont think the amount of sulfuric you add is really a problem; just make sure it is there. get glass rods from chem suppliers online. heat the nitrate/sulfuric mix to 150 or so and i think youre set

ooo, i have a question: which is better, nitric or chlorine peroxide?

there are many good ways to produce oxygen. try decomposing hydrogen peroxide, sodium chlorate, potassium nitrate, etc.

heh, if you need loads of o2, try getting loads of hydrogen peroxide and decomposing it

nope, but im considering starting a collection

that's all you need for oxford?? dude im applying!

thats good. i have a chart of the nuclides that's better tho

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this should have gone in the chem section, and i take it will be moved. anyway, methane isn't [math]CH_1[/math] it's [math]CH_4[/math] it's actually a simple process; the hydrogen is bonded to the carbon in a barely polar bond (according to pauling the electronegativity difference is 0.2). meanwhile, oxygen, the 2nd most electronegative element (to fluorine according to pauling, allred-rochow and clemente) is floating around all diatomic waiting to oxidize things. it picks its target and attacks, displacing the hydrogen in methane and oxidizing it.

ok, it works, but it isn't so effective. if you want it to work better use an organic reducing agent like formaldehyde

define "regular" with respect to atoms. the term isotope is used for any of the many atomic masses an atom of the same atomic number can have. radioactive elements release energy. depending on the element and number of neutrons different types of radiation occur. gamma is released by all atoms that decay, but in varying amounts from VERY little to quite a lot

pretty close to 100%. BE VERY CAREFUL WITH IT. do not touch reducing agents with it. the peroxide i got tonight had various otehr wax things in it.

chlorine gas wont be your problem; the smell becomes unbearable before you are exposed to dangerous doses. you will cough and feel it in your lungs. if you want to get cesium from cesium chloride, take a blowtorch to it, melt it and put a car battery to it. you will get molten cesium metal balls flying out of it, which you will have to catch and throw into a beaker of motor oil. it's kinda dangerous; i know somebody from another forum who does electrolysis often but recently got a molten sodium ball up his nose. another way of extracting the cesium is adding lithium (from lithium batteries). your problem is that you will have to heat it a bit and it's very exothermic (being a thermite reaction).

gilded, if you want sulfuric from batteries check a junk yard or something of the like im not so sure you got nitric, lance. it may be nitrous. the anhydride of nitric is [math]N_2O_5[/math]

yeah it's a great book. ever read the nature of the chemical bond?

yeah, 30% is used in hair dying. i purchased some 40% in a salon store about an hour ago. it's the consistency of shampoo though, sadly. anybody who has 100% conc of any peroxide is insane. theyre madly powerful oxidizing agents. remember, over 70% and contact with organics and/or metals and/or other reducing agents may blow it all up

we need a graduated income tax like we had during the depression

ah forgot the chems. get sulfuric from car batteries; just open, pour acid into a bowl, then filter the insoluble salts. you should get around 40% conc sulfuric from car batteries. as for the nitrate, look for salt peter or soda of nitrate. in the united states, we no longer are able to purchase it in stores. if you are feeling ambitious, look in old barns for manure with white powder in it. that is nitrate synthesized by bacterial action. if you are hopeless, urinate on feces and wait a week or two. it sounds absolutely grotesque (which it is) but if you need nitrate... theres also a plant that makes it.

ah sorry. that's really up to you. if i were you, i would make sure the system had no openings and the glass tubing is short. nitrate reacts with sulfuric in a 2:1 ratio.

ok, take a heating plate and dissolve your nitrate salt in sulfuric acid (the more conc the acid the better your results) in a beaker over the plate. get GLASS tube to go between that beaker and another beaker that has water in it. you will want to make sure that there is no space connecting the outside atmosphere with this system. duct tape will not help you as the nitric will attack it. when you heat the system, nitric acid gas will come out, through the tube and into your other beaker. pressure will cause it to dissolve in the water.

linus pauling defined ionic bonds as having electronegativity differences of greater than 1.7 or bonds involving polyatomic ions. covalent bonds have electronegativity differences of less than or equal to 1.7. i actually have two questions about this myself: do ionic structures have hybrid orbitals? do compounds like fluorine nitrate have hybrid orbitals? (fluorine and the nitrate anion are very, very electronegative).

buy it from salons; they have 30%