I've been chuckling to these Chemistry blog posts for the last hour...
More here.
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Things I Won't Work With: Selenophenol
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This fine reagent was mentioned here (disparagingly) in the comments the other day, and I knew that it was time to add it to the list. I've had some other selenium entries before, and they're all here for the same reason: their unsupportable stenches. Everyone, even people who've never had a chemist
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Mon 22 Jul 2019, 20:51,
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If you haven't got there yet, the foof one is a masterpiece.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 22 Jul 2019, 23:09,
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These are wonderful
Thanks for the reminder, I *had* been going to have an early night.... :-)
(, Tue 23 Jul 2019, 1:13, Reply)
My brother, a chemistry teacher
keeps telling me to read these but I never get round to looking it up. Thanks.
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Invisible Wizard - 12th Level Errorer, Tue 23 Jul 2019, 6:38,
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Been following him since he was on Coraline
Pity he updates so infrequently, but I just love his jovial style of writing. The science is a little over my head but he makes it so approachable.
(, Wed 24 Jul 2019, 19:34, Reply)