James Bond in Casino Royale shoots a propane tank with a handgun. You didn't miss that did you? If you did, do you at least remember what happens when a gas tank explodes after a crash in Terminator 2: Judgment Day? It's okay if you don't, because I'm going to tell you what happened when the famous 'rainbow experiment' went … Continue reading Safety during ultrasonication
Category: Notes
Some of the blog posts are straight out of my notebooks (Masters course) and are built upon with fresh information.
No one is perfect... that's why pencils have erasers. The same is true for reactions. They are not perfect in the sense that we do not always get a 100% yield. The reasons for this are: side reactions excess raw material loss of reactants through by-product formation/charring due to their sensitivity towards operating conditions some … Continue reading Separation processes in industry
A Professor from the University of Illinois and an ICT alumni inspired me to see chemistry with the glasses on.