Recently finished my Ph.D on TiO2, cleaning out my old samples. That container is the sum of (almost) all samples I synthesized in the past five years. Discarding chemical waste has never been so heartbreaking...4yr ⋅ Pyrhan ⋅ r/chemistry
A chemist colleague of mine is leaving so I made him some chemistry buddies to take with him!5yr ⋅ cutebutlethal ⋅ r/chemistry
Hey fellow chemists. I have a question regarding seperation by crystalization. Is there a trick to crystalize a compound specifically?2yr ⋅ ressler__ ⋅ r/chemistry
The periodic table, but it's the standard colors for atoms in molecular models5yr ⋅ HistoGraham ⋅ r/chemistry
Various copper compounds with different charges and their colors. Some have either no information, or they exist but are incredibly unstable.1yr ⋅ C3H8_Memes ⋅ r/chemistry
I changed the catalyst for my Kjeldahl-digestion and the result was this stunning vibrant green!4yr ⋅ Hellcaaa ⋅ r/chemistry
Spare a thought for one of our glass blowers, creating a 30 L glass reactor vessel on the hottest July day on record in the UK!5yr ⋅ syrris_chemistry ⋅ r/chemistry
Ascorbic acid microcrystals magnified 125x under differential interference contrast3yr ⋅ Crauj ⋅ r/chemistry
Ammonium Tetrathiomolybdate is an inorganic compound formed by passing Hydrogen Sulfide gas through Ammonium Molybdate. The compound even though looks so sparkly and ruby red was really a pain to make as I had to pass a lot of H2S gas.Prep video link in comments. do watch and give your thoughts4yr ⋅ vibzzlab ⋅ r/chemistry
Does it count as a felony if the SDS mandated it? The logician in my lab could have drowned!3mo ⋅ quiksilver10152 ⋅ r/chemistry
If anybody has a suggestion on how to get this off i’d love to hear it because i’m at a loss here1yr ⋅ crystalhomie ⋅ r/chemistry
Starting a collection of the elements! Who knows how many density cubes I'll end up getting1yr ⋅ staticj3ff ⋅ r/chemistry
Flask of boiling aqueous solution of nickel(II) chloride NiCl2.2yr ⋅ Tetrachloronickelate ⋅ r/chemistry
This electron microscope lets you literally see the atomic bonds like on a diagram5yr ⋅ 233C ⋅ r/chemistry
This may be a stupid question, but I notice my water is already starting to vapor. As you can see it's only at 76,4°C so that shouldn't be happening. Is my thermometer not correct with heat loss or is this normal to happen at this temperature? Note that the stirring is on. Thanks!3mo ⋅ ItzMeAlex45 ⋅ r/chemistry
Piperine extracted from black pepper. Second crystalization did the trick!2yr ⋅ slippy_jr ⋅ r/chemistry
Bufothionine found in Bufo bufo gargarizan cantor. Found to promote apoptosis and suppress cancer cell growth.4yr ⋅ bbundles13 ⋅ r/chemistry
Holy shit guys! I never realized avocado was pH 15.6! That explains why my tongue dissolves when I eat it.3yr ⋅ Valdagast ⋅ r/chemistry
Hi guys, why does the negative charge count as two electrons and not only one in Huckel's Rule?1yr ⋅ AlphaBR999 ⋅ r/chemistry
Hey guys, just wanted to give you a heads up that you can totally snag some official reference peanut butter from NIST whenever you want for only $1,600 per kilogram! Not only that, but it even comes with a sweet SDS and technical data sheet. Happy spreading!1yr ⋅ SableBlackwood ⋅ r/chemistry
Bill Gates has a Periodic Table mounted in his office with little samples of every chemical5yr ⋅ Tomalum ⋅ r/chemistry
During lab spring cleaning we found an old rotovap condenser that has multicolored mould growing inside it5yr ⋅ BottleONoobSauce ⋅ r/chemistry
Just some leaking Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid I found in the lab with a barely readable label.2yr ⋅ Goofycams ⋅ r/chemistry
Since people are posting their elements, here’s 15nm of chromium on a silicon wafer1yr ⋅ bspaghetti ⋅ r/chemistry
I really struggled to draw chair conformations. One day I was doodling, and discovered the Pointy Seven trick. Just flip the pointy sevens for the other conformation.4yr ⋅ Bluefuzzyfood ⋅ r/chemistry
Synthesis of tetrazine. I always love its color! Appearance of bright red after adding acid always fascinates me.3yr ⋅ JunoRamm ⋅ r/chemistry
We finally got around to extract natural product in the lab today4yr ⋅ UnnamedWaterBottle ⋅ r/chemistry
This chemistry magazine has a molecule search instead of a word search7yr ⋅ FishCakeSoup ⋅ r/chemistry
After being roasted for how my column looked last week (and rightly so T.T), I felt like posting a followup photo. I followed some advice I got on this sub to produce this beauty. Thanks everyone!4yr ⋅ SonlenofFeylund ⋅ r/chemistry
My crystals of 4-benzoyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (4-BzO-TEMPO)3yr ⋅ mircenall ⋅ r/chemistry
Some molecules in the background of The Last Of Us II, what is this even supposed to be?1yr ⋅ VeryStickySubstance ⋅ r/chemistry
This is the hydrogen peroxide-iodide decomposition reaction. Mixed in some dish washing detergent and got this cool soft serve ice cream look.2yr ⋅ BucoJucoProf13 ⋅ r/chemistry
This is a great showcase of hydrophobic surfaces as well as how strong the intermolecular forces are in water3yr ⋅ Calycats ⋅ r/chemistry
My students *might* have (definitely) added too much urea to their dye 🙄 It does look cool, though.2yr ⋅ Oliver_the_Place ⋅ r/chemistry
Hey, when did carbonated water become more acidic than HCl and how did it get a pH 1000x that of HCl and be more acidic? I need brains on this!1mo ⋅ MeWantFood69 ⋅ r/chemistry
This tungsten cube has the same mass as the aluminum stand it is sitting on. They each weigh 1kg.5yr ⋅ Jdog131313 ⋅ r/chemistry
Someone was quite desperate and used a Bunsen burner for the last step of the total synthesis5mo ⋅ Hurambuk ⋅ r/chemistry
Just thought you folks might appreciate this adorable mortar and pestle I found while doing some spring/summer cleaning in the lab.5yr ⋅ DildoBreath ⋅ r/chemistry
i have many pieces of gold plated metal. ideas for how to reclaim gold plating from home??1yr ⋅ CraftyFloor1528 ⋅ r/chemistry
Shattered my beaker, but these crystals from sodium tetraborate decahydrate (borax) are pretty neat4yr ⋅ FailedKamikazePilot1 ⋅ r/chemistry
Is this a viable lsd molecule? I want to get a tattoo using this as a base but my chemistry literacy is 0 and I don’t want to end up with something completely off the mark.2yr ⋅ olo0101 ⋅ r/chemistry
My first recrystalized unknown solid. Done in my organic chemistry lab.5yr ⋅ McFluffletron ⋅ r/chemistry
Swiss kryptonite, otherwise known as lithium ferrioxalate chloride nonahydrate4yr ⋅ XiLOD ⋅ r/chemistry
Found this sample of asbestos just casually sitting in my supervisor‘s office1mo ⋅ Niklas_Science ⋅ r/chemistry
Made a spectroscope using a DVD as a diffraction grating and 3d printing the case. Very pleased with the result! This is the spectrum of a lamp in my girlfriends room. I was surprised to see the separated bands in comparison to the full spectrum I get from looking at most other white lights.3yr ⋅ traplordnord ⋅ r/chemistry
Could you make a polymer that’s just a plane of hexagons using cyclohexane?6mo ⋅ AsexualPlantBoi ⋅ r/chemistry
Did a dimethylation on an amine center and came nice crystalline compound during rota evaporation. This is a new compound by the way 😛1yr ⋅ oneannoyingfolk ⋅ r/chemistry
BIIIIIIIIIIIG OOF. Testing chemicals on a IR and the prism fell out when I was cleaning it off. Praying I have a job today.4yr ⋅ CAUSTIC_JOHNNY ⋅ r/chemistry
Man Sitting on top of a Pool of Mercury Photographed by Robert W. Madden.9mo ⋅ DayEnvironmental2164 ⋅ r/chemistry
Can you help me with the mechanism for the first reaction in this scheme? I don’t understand how the vinyl alcohol end-group forms. Thank you!! (cross-post).1yr ⋅ CirrusTiel ⋅ r/chemistry
I picked up some hot sauce today, then I noticed the first sauce molecule, got angry, and now you have to be mad with me.2yr ⋅ the_whitecrow ⋅ r/chemistry
This is an image of graphene I found on wikipedia. With all of these being carbon, how are they able to stay stable without filling their octet? Are there altering double-bonds? I'm confused.4yr ⋅ RiverSmoak ⋅ r/chemistry
This is a 300+ year old destillation flask found in the remains of one of the worlds first known chemistry laboratorys in Utrecht, The Netherlands5yr ⋅ Deniz_kebab ⋅ r/chemistry
A viscoelastic fluid can pour itself, known as the open channel siphon effect6yr ⋅ DoomedSquirrel ⋅ r/chemistry
Pink smoke coming from a local waste management caused by a load of iodine in the incinerator.5yr ⋅ Willbo98 ⋅ r/chemistry
Bufotenin - the psychoactive tryptamine derivative secreted by Bufo alvarius.4yr ⋅ bbundles13 ⋅ r/chemistry
Using winter theme ice cube trays to mold crystalline materials. Having some fun in the field.5yr ⋅ kadoskracker ⋅ r/chemistry
