tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post5127818238776821259..comments2024-03-29T08:43:40.239-05:00Comments on Knuckledraggin My Life Away : Junior's First Chemistry Set?wirecutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12525620516837946733noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-19191917900495500622022-03-02T07:30:45.254-06:002022-03-02T07:30:45.254-06:00Ah, youth.....Ah, youth.....Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04452486400885521156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-16445550513752202872022-03-02T03:45:37.697-06:002022-03-02T03:45:37.697-06:00Awww... my Junior Chem-O-Kit didn't come with ...Awww... my Junior Chem-O-Kit didn't come with trimethylaluminum nor chlorine trifluoride!<br />(Though I did make red fuming nitric acid when I was in junior high school.)Eric Wilnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351991168469225129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-54162366713681001492022-03-01T19:29:47.003-06:002022-03-01T19:29:47.003-06:00Phenylalanine will also give you the runs for a we...Phenylalanine will also give you the runs for a week. One of the best mixes is calcium carbide and water. Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713780751036681768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-59263824223725218832022-03-01T14:29:01.839-06:002022-03-01T14:29:01.839-06:00I had one of these stupid Gilbert chemistry sets w...I had one of these stupid Gilbert chemistry sets when I was a kid. <br /><br />I learned a couple of things:<br /><br />1. Sulfur really stinks when you burn it.<br />2. Phenylthaline is very useful for detecting blood spatter if used with UV light.<br /><br />Absolutely worthless crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-78164322554287497722022-03-01T14:16:26.902-06:002022-03-01T14:16:26.902-06:00Had a friend who'd heat railroad flares in wat...Had a friend who'd heat railroad flares in water on the stove some 55 years ago and skim off the nitroglycerin they contained. Amusing escapades ensued. Shermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07098953206824247173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-22200930999597249432022-03-01T10:48:18.920-06:002022-03-01T10:48:18.920-06:00Today's kits it's a wonder you can do anyt...Today's kits it's a wonder you can do anything with them other than paint a fingernail. I fully expected today's kits to tell you, as compared to let you try anything that might resemble an 'experiment'. I know there's still a dresser at mom's house I modified with the thermite and solid potassium that I'd left out of the oil it came in. millerizedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14995088279331568405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-34106211046299496382022-03-01T10:23:39.901-06:002022-03-01T10:23:39.901-06:00Here's a fun read for those into rocket fuels ...Here's a fun read for those into rocket fuels : https://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pdfTwoDogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400034283241205713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-72452423264010670892022-03-01T09:50:01.556-06:002022-03-01T09:50:01.556-06:00I would not rate the specific impulse “lousy.” It ...I would not rate the specific impulse “lousy.” It is better than most inexpensive propellants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-14401756804360387032022-03-01T09:33:45.358-06:002022-03-01T09:33:45.358-06:00Reminds me of the time my sister's doem had to...Reminds me of the time my sister's doem had to be evacuated because of extremely spicy Asian food made in the basement communal kitchen...Jonathan Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476185257203343474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-72604270325937721972022-03-01T09:30:37.742-06:002022-03-01T09:30:37.742-06:00I got my Gilbert chemistry set when I was in 8th g...I got my Gilbert chemistry set when I was in 8th grade. I had years of fun creating explosives, rocket fuel and Thermite.bogsidebunnyhttps://doomsayersite.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-86251852874199746702022-03-01T09:16:30.513-06:002022-03-01T09:16:30.513-06:00Slacker. I was cooking that stuff when I was 12. P...Slacker. I was cooking that stuff when I was 12. Part of a book "Chemical Magic". Owning that book probably would put me on several watch lists today.<br />Ed Braulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156443993971040033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-53856128687941342382022-03-01T09:13:10.456-06:002022-03-01T09:13:10.456-06:00I had one. Never blew up anything (with THAT kit)....I had one. Never blew up anything (with THAT kit). and the glow faded out by the time I was in high school<br /><br />Ed Braulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18156443993971040033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-87203735213883922052022-03-01T08:52:32.139-06:002022-03-01T08:52:32.139-06:00Recycled hdpe (milk jugs) and nitrous oxide make a...Recycled hdpe (milk jugs) and nitrous oxide make an absolutely wonderful propellant. Extremely stable and the byproduct is water vapor. Need a very hot ignitor though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-88122049280330337382022-03-01T08:47:49.749-06:002022-03-01T08:47:49.749-06:00Double boiler, electric hot plate OUTSIDE boys. T...Double boiler, electric hot plate OUTSIDE boys. This ain't rocket science... Oh, wait.Lowellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-205417210360480552022-03-01T08:29:10.872-06:002022-03-01T08:29:10.872-06:00These amateur pyromaniacs were born too late -
ht...These amateur pyromaniacs were born too late -<br /><br />https://gajitz.com/1950s-radioactive-science-kit-most-dangerous-toy-ever/ Univ of Saigon 68noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-45381179874293346412022-03-01T07:48:10.824-06:002022-03-01T07:48:10.824-06:00Oh, rocket scientist, eh?Oh, rocket scientist, eh?GI-had Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18193777380369087726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-6867705961771587232022-03-01T07:29:07.453-06:002022-03-01T07:29:07.453-06:00Idjit was probably cooking nitro-sugar; potassium ...Idjit was probably cooking nitro-sugar; potassium nitrate and sugar melted together is a very old amateur propellent. Poor performance, lousy specific impulse, but dirt cheap and easy to get ingredients. Sounds like a typically uneducated twenty year old mistake. Back in the day, this was old hat to kids half that age -and no, we didn't blow up the kitchen, either- we did stuff like this outside where it wouldn't be a disaster. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183651835847025449.post-49595652042310427872022-03-01T07:17:53.009-06:002022-03-01T07:17:53.009-06:00That "someone" should not be hard to fin...That "someone" should not be hard to find, they're the one with burns....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com