Talk:Kitchen chemistry

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Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on 9 October 2006. The result of the discussion was no concensus.

As it appears this page will stay, I am now formulating a todo list to bring it into alignment with Wikipedia standards.

Bryan Turner 19:36, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

TODO:

  • Clarify licensing from original author; make sure it is "under a GFDL-compatible license"
  • Rewrite to remove 'how-to' feel.
    • Change chemical sources to be a list rather than a hunter-gather description(?)
    • Transclude chemical sources from parent chemical page(s) instead of duplicating the content.
    • Give explicit product names(?)
    • Ask Dialectric to describe how he would rewrite it (from [1])
    • other?
  • Add references Uncle G suggested:
  • Obvious safety tips
    • Safety practices when working with chemicals (wikipedia?)
    • Are there any Kitchen-chemistry-specific safety guides?
    • Links to MSDS(?) - probably already on the parent chemical pages
    • Link in the safety icons from parent chemical pages(?)
    • Possibly split list into High School level and College level (ie: relatively safe, and not-so-safe) lists?
    • From Edison: eye protection, don't add water to acid
    • List caustic/corrosive/irritant/explosive/carcinogenic properties - may be on parent pages
    • lots more..
  • Add sections for:
    • Basic Equipment
    • Advanced Equipment (aspirator, distillation column, etc)
  • Add chemicals:
    • Mineral Oil
    • Mineral Spirits (white spirit, hexane, Odorless Mineral Spirit)
    • Dimethyl Ether

Additions to the chemical list should meet the following criteria:

  • It is a pure or nearly-pure chemical (ie: an element, a molecule, or simple compound).
  • It has a common, unrestricted source (grocery store, hobby store, art supply, hardware store, etc.).
  • It can be handled safely by a person of high-school age and education.
  • It must not be imminently poisonous or explosive, nor break down to such a product in contact with air, water, or moderate heat.
  • It should be stable if placed in a cool, dark container inside an air-tight jar or zip-lock bag for at least a year (otherwise, storage procedures should be noted).
  • It must not be radioactive.

[edit] Additional Chemicals

I didn't see a place to suggest additional chemicals and I'm bad at this wiki thing so I'll suggest them here and let someone else add them in. Lye is a strong base and can be found in high concentration in Red Devil brand lye at big box stores in the cleaning area. Muratic acid a strong acid. It is pool acid can be found at any pool supply store. Naphtha (petroleum ether)is a solvent frequently used and is avaliable in different in products like zippo lighter fluid and coleman camp fuel. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.72.242.82 (talk) 16:35, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually RedDevil lye has not been on the shelf for a few years. Roebic crystal drain opener is 100% lye and avaliable at hardware stores. I'd also like to add that another source of sodium carbonate is Spa Time's "pH UP", it is 100% sodium carbonate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.72.226.136 (talk) 14:12, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ROTFL, this has got to be a joke

You can get iron filings by dragging a strong magnet through sand or iron-fortified breakfast cereals.

--njh 06:32, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, if you have a strong enough magnet, you can pull small amounts of iron from your bloodstream. 125.236.192.172 (talk) 06:01, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Anonymous: I've tried it with cereal, that one works, but i was under the impression that magnetic sand on the beach is actually magnetite (Fe3O4). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.75.248 (talk) 09:26, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Levulose is Fructose; dextrose does not contain levulose

Look it up on the wikipedia for fructose! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.179.56.234 (talk) 21:14, 29 April 2008 (UTC)