Home-made: A compilation of chemical processes for making a variety of products from simple store-bought and readily available materials

By Jared Ledgard

Section 01: Laboratory Equipment for home use I; Hot plate/magnetic stirrer, Teflon coated stir bars, oval shaped; Hot plate/magnetic stirrer, Teflon coated cross-bar shaped; Hot plate/magnetic stirrer, Teflon coated octagon-bar shaped, cyndrical; 10. Heating Mantles; 11. Base supports and clamps; 12. Filter flasks; 13. Vacuum pumps; Section 02: Laboratory Techniques; A. Extraction; Soxhlet extraction apparatus; Extraction using Separatory funnel; B. Concentration and evaporation; Evaporation Techniques; C. Filtration; D. Distillation; STEAM DISTILLATION; Distillation at reduced pressure; E. Drying liquids; APPARATUS FOR HYDROGENATION AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; Reduction of Aryl Nitro compounds with tin and hydrochloric acid; Oxidation of side chains of Aryl nitro compounds; AUTOCLAVES; Dry ice condensers; Ozone generators; Kipps' Gas Generator Apparatus; Section 03: Laboratory Equipment for home use II, Electro-chemical Operations; A. Lab Power supplies; B. Lab Power Supply Accessories; C. Electrodes; D. Equipment for making electro-cells; E. Miscellaneous equipment for making electro-cells; F. Design drawings of electro-chemical cells; Section 04: Practical chemical stats; 1. Conversion factors; 2. Simple Chemistry Calculations useful in the home lab; Section 05: Homemade lab experiments (Projects) I; STORE BOUGHT MATERIALS (readily available materials) 1. Sodium chloride "Table salt, non-iodized" or "Pickling salt" [NaCl]; 2. Sugar (sucrose); 3. Acetone [H3C-C(=O)-CH3]; 4. Sodium nitrate [NaNO3]; 5. Potassium nitrate "Stump out" tree stump remover [KNO3]; 6. Copper sulfate [CuSO4 - 5H2O]; 7. Calcium chloride "de-icer" [CaCl2 - H2On] mixed hydrates; 8. Sodium bromide "pool Algaecide" [NaBr]; 9. T.S.P. (Trisodium phosphate) [Na3PO4]; 10. Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate heptahydrate) [MgSO4 - 7H2O]; 11. Sodium bisulfate "pool pH balancer" [NaHSO4 - H2O]; 12. Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) [NaHCO3]; 13. Calcium(II) sulfate, dihydrate "Ironnite lawn treatment" and "Gypsum" [CaSO4 - 2H2O]; 14. Sulfur "garden addictive" [S]; 15. Ammonium sulfate "Lawn fertilizer" [(NH4)2SO4]; 16. Lye [NaOH]; 17. Ferrous sulfate "lawn treatment" [FeSO4 - 7H2O]; 18. 5% vinegar (acetic acid) [H3C-COOH]; 19. 30% vinegar (acetic acid); 20. Aspirin [C6H4(COOH)(O-C(O)CH3]; 21. Sodium metabisulfite "beer and wine making" [Na2S2O5]; 22. Gasoline "premium unleaded" 'source of hexane' [CH3(CH2)4CH3]; 23. Conc. sulfuric acid "Drain opener"[H2SO4]; 24. 70% isopropyl alcohol "rubbing alcohol" [H3C-CH(OH)-CH3]; 25. 91% isopropyl alcohol "rubbing alcohol" [CH3CH(OH)CH3]; 26. Bacon fat "for glycerin"; 27. Olive oil "for glycerin"; 28. Copper "pipe, rod, wire, tubing ect." [Cu]; 29. Zinc anode (fishing instrument) [Zn]; 30. Aluminum "anode" (fishing instrument) [Al]; 31. Potassium chloride "Water softener" [KCl]; 32. Methanol "windshield wiper" fluid [CH3OH]; 33. 5% sodium hypochlorite (Bleach) [NaOCl]; 34. Iron rebar or bar or rod [Fe]; 35. Limestone [CaCO3]; 36. Charcoal "for cooking" [C]; 37. Potassium iodide "medication, and dietary supplement" [KI]; 38. Bleaching powder (68% calcium hypochlorite, 65% available chlorine) [Ca(OCl)2], page 331 39. Zinc sulfate "Moss out" [ZnSO4 - H2O]; Section 07: Homemade lab experiments (Projects) III; 40. para-Dichlorobenzene "Moth balls" or "urinal cakes"[C6H4Cl2]; 41. Cheap Vodka [source of ABS ethyl alcohol] [CH3CH2OH]; 42. Glycerin [CH2(OH)CH(OH)CH2OH]; 43. Hydrochloric acid "Muriatic acid" [HCl]; 44. 3% Hydrogen peroxide [H2O2]; 45. Toluene [C6H4CH3]; 46. Borax {Na2[B4O5(OH)4] - 8H2O}; 47. Ammonium chloride [NH4Cl]; 48. Potassium carbonate [K2CO3]; 49. Lead anode (fishing instrument)[Pb].

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0C7SZBPXP
• ISBN13: 9798398012927
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 433 Pages
• Dimensions: 11.7" x 1.1" x 8.3"