The Random Thought Files: Chemistry Edition

[moonwise]

I have been taking way too much Pepto-Bismol these days. I wonder what the effect of excess bismuth is on the human physiology.

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If you add solid KOH to concentrated H2SO4 it makes a hell of an exotherm. Duh. But I was still surprised at the violence. Don't breathe the fumes because it will make you cough.

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It amuses me every time I use a "GF" TLC plate. Then again, I am easily amused.

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It is looking like my precious catalyst really belongs in the Journal of Irreproducible Results.

Perhaps, even, the Journal of Unpublished Chemistry.

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I am such a big nerd that the aforementioned site had me teary-eyed with laughter. "101 Compounds that Will Not Run on the GC."

Comments

[hidetomatsumoto.livejournal.com]

Okay, so where is the *readers discretion advised* warning. I do not think I should be reading such material--especially in a public place. ;)

[arafel.livejournal.com]

I won't even tell you what today's seminar was about except to say that it concerned Viagra competitors and that how the guy ever gave the intro with a straight face I will never know.

Re:

[hidetomatsumoto.livejournal.com]

*nose bleed*

[fireceremony.livejournal.com]

>It is looking like my precious catalyst really belongs in the Journal of Irreproducible Results.

Too too bad !