Happy Weekend, boyz
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 31 Aug 2024 11:09
https://mander.xyz/post/17440734

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isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de on 31 Aug 2024 11:24 next collapse

distilled water, lab grade ethanol, a couple drops of limonene, and there you go

XOXOX@lemmy.world on 31 Aug 2024 11:42 next collapse

Don’t forget the phase-change cooling from the addition of solid state H20.

Claidheamh@slrpnk.net on 31 Aug 2024 13:42 collapse

H2O, not H20.

mipadaitu@lemmy.world on 31 Aug 2024 13:55 collapse

No, they’re talking about a ridiculously high mass isotope of Hydrogen. Turns out it has some wacky properties.

VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz on 31 Aug 2024 12:39 next collapse

Sadly the Erlenmeyer flask was previously used for some nasty water soluble compounds and just looks clean.

isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de on 31 Aug 2024 15:28 collapse

rinse -> acetic acid -> rinse -> Acqua regia-> Rinse -> Pirahna solution -> Rinse -> 500°C oven -> Rinse

I would then drink from it without even worrying

VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz on 31 Aug 2024 15:36 collapse

Is NileRed then too cautious when he only uses fresh breakers for stuff he is going to eat?

cadekat@yiffit.net on 31 Aug 2024 15:47 next collapse

The cost of a fresh beaker is worth mitigating the risk.

stoicmaverick@lemmy.world on 01 Sep 2024 01:46 collapse

That could be argued, but where does it stop? New stir bars? New thermometer probe every time?

isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de on 31 Aug 2024 19:26 collapse

he’s lucky to have a big enough channel to be able to afford 40000$ NMR machines, so a couple beakers aren’t that much of an expense for much more safety

but as a home chemist, there is NO WAY I’m getting new beakers every time I wanna do edible chem, especially pyrex branded ones like Nile does. Lab equipment, even basic glassware, is ridiculously overpriced

emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works on 01 Sep 2024 05:20 collapse

lab grade ethanol

That’s usually methylated spirit. It probably won’t kill you, but you’ll lose your vision.

isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de on 01 Sep 2024 12:51 collapse

methylated spirits are the ones used for cleaning, lab grade ethanol needs to be just ethanol or some reactions might fail, however in some badly managed labs you might find mislabeled stuff and have contaminants

still, you shouldn’t drink it anyways, as some producers use the highly carcinogenic benzene to make pure 100% ethanol, as distillation with water can only get you up to the 95,6% azeotrope, and some benzene might make it’s way in the product

emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works on 01 Sep 2024 13:09 collapse

I see. I’ve only used ethanol for disinfection, and it was always methylated.

XOXOX@lemmy.world on 31 Aug 2024 11:40 next collapse

Johnny was a chemists son. But Johnny is no more. What Johnny thought was H20, Was H2S04.

clif@lemmy.world on 31 Aug 2024 12:30 next collapse

The one I remember from school was phrased slightly differently (but same concept) :

Poor little Jimmy is lying on the floor, for what he thought was H2O was H2SO4

subtext@lemmy.world on 31 Aug 2024 13:23 next collapse

H20

H2O

H2S04

H2SO4

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 31 Aug 2024 14:17 collapse

H2Pizzle

Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de on 01 Sep 2024 16:37 collapse

Two chemists enter a bar. One orders a glass of H2O. The other chemist says I’ll have a glass of H2O too. He bleached his throat and died.

SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml on 31 Aug 2024 11:52 next collapse

Enjoy your benzene

Lemminary@lemmy.world on 31 Aug 2024 12:15 next collapse

Are you even sciencing if you don’t drink some piss you found in a beaker somewhere?

RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de on 31 Aug 2024 12:25 next collapse

This is probably worse than piss.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml on 31 Aug 2024 12:39 next collapse

Rivella?

tja@sh.itjust.works on 31 Aug 2024 13:35 next collapse

Apple juice

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml on 31 Aug 2024 17:08 collapse

Apfelschorle.

superkret@feddit.org on 31 Aug 2024 16:02 next collapse

Almdudler

deuleb_biezelbob@programming.dev on 31 Aug 2024 16:59 next collapse

Bless you

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml on 31 Aug 2024 17:06 collapse

Han nöd tenkt da isch nur da öppis.

jaybone@lemmy.world on 31 Aug 2024 23:57 collapse

Mountain Dew

MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml on 31 Aug 2024 12:39 next collapse

Piss + THF

M137@lemmy.world on 01 Sep 2024 01:24 collapse

Worse health-wise, but probably not worse in how disgusting one would think it is to drink.

QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works on 31 Aug 2024 13:53 next collapse

Observation: this looks like piss} Question: is this piss?} Hypothesis: this is probably piss} Experiment: drink the piss} Analysis: tastes like piss} Conclusion: it’s piss

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 31 Aug 2024 14:16 next collapse

Sometimes it be like that.

isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de on 31 Aug 2024 15:29 next collapse

could also check for urea content, or proteins, but sure why not drink it

kinkles@sh.itjust.works on 31 Aug 2024 15:52 next collapse

same thing

ulterno@lemmy.kde.social on 31 Aug 2024 16:06 next collapse

Yeah, check for all of that using the high fidelity, self calibrating sensory cluster.

FarFarAway@lemmy.world on 31 Aug 2024 16:22 collapse

I mean, drinking it (well tasting) used to be the legit way of testing it.

idunnololz@lemmy.world on 31 Aug 2024 19:06 next collapse

How do you know it tastes like piss if you’ve never tasted piss before?

Better piss in a cup and taste it to make sure we get a nice baseline.

chevy9294@monero.town on 01 Sep 2024 12:28 next collapse

Thats my schoolmate, he licks everything. Including liquid nitrogen.

stoicmaverick@lemmy.world on 02 Sep 2024 04:59 collapse

Inconclusive: the data is also a perfect fit for domestic American light beer.

EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee on 31 Aug 2024 22:12 collapse

Well, you could say beer is yeast piss.

I’ll have another (lab brewed yeast piss. From malted grain. Sometimes with hops)

prex@aussie.zone on 01 Sep 2024 00:15 next collapse

“Sinking piss” is Australian for drinking.

Enkrod@feddit.org on 01 Sep 2024 13:00 collapse

malted grain

You mean aborted barley fetuses?

EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee on 01 Sep 2024 20:10 collapse

My mistake!

Roasted fetal barley abortions.

Thanks for the wake up

cRazi_man@lemm.ee on 31 Aug 2024 12:23 next collapse

This makes me think of NileRed

burgersc12@mander.xyz on 31 Aug 2024 17:11 next collapse

Love this guy! Real life alchemist right here

KellysNokia@lemmy.world on 31 Aug 2024 19:57 collapse

“Today we are making burgers from pocket lint and sodium hydroxide”

Jakylla@sh.itjust.works on 02 Sep 2024 17:36 collapse

“And next time, I’ll make baby toys that glow in the dark with Uranium”

LaterRedditor@lemmy.world on 31 Aug 2024 12:24 next collapse

EHS would approve the eye protection at least.

NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world on 31 Aug 2024 12:24 next collapse

That’s some tasty chlorine

rustydomino@lemmy.world on 31 Aug 2024 17:45 next collapse

Way to demonstrate the proper usage of PPE there!

4oreman@lemy.lol on 31 Aug 2024 18:14 next collapse

I’m just glad she’s wearing earings and makeup like a good female.

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 31 Aug 2024 19:19 next collapse

Women doing science? Preposterous.

myrrh@ttrpg.network on 01 Sep 2024 02:40 collapse

…my wife’s a mad scientist: well, she’s a senior scientist and she’s mad pretty often…

stoicmaverick@lemmy.world on 01 Sep 2024 01:43 collapse

Have we communally decided where the proper line should be drawn between lifestyle acceptance, and calling out stereotypes in media? I get what you’re insinuating, but some women do actually seem to enjoy wearing earrings. You could just as notably call out the fact that she has long hair.

4oreman@lemy.lol on 01 Sep 2024 06:31 collapse

Some women also commit suicide by drinking lethal chemicals, but that doesn’t mean this picture makes sense.

stoicmaverick@lemmy.world on 01 Sep 2024 14:14 collapse

Ya, that… that’s my point…

flora_explora@beehaw.org on 31 Aug 2024 20:56 next collapse

Ahhhh, this feels so wrong :((((

ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social on 31 Aug 2024 22:23 next collapse

Even if i was modeling I don’t think I could do this.

explodicle@sh.itjust.works on 01 Sep 2024 00:24 next collapse

I’ve done this. Chemistry equipment is good for bongs too.

stoicmaverick@lemmy.world on 01 Sep 2024 01:38 collapse

I themed the wet bar in my basement as a laboratory. There’s a drying rack on the wall that I use to store 15 mL beakers that I use a shot glasses. It’s fun. I’ve also found that a hot plate stirer with a thermometer probe and a vacuum filtration setup makes the best clarified butter easy as a snap!

explodicle@sh.itjust.works on 01 Sep 2024 01:48 collapse

Whenever I toast with beakers, I yell out “TO SCIENCE!”

stoicmaverick@lemmy.world on 02 Sep 2024 04:56 collapse

Unless you’re drinking port, in which case you legally have to yell “TO INDUSTRY!”

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 01 Sep 2024 02:01 collapse

What’s wrong with a little piss chug every here and there? Asking for a friend.

ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social on 02 Sep 2024 15:12 collapse

Nothing as long as it’s not out of a beaker :)

tilefan@lemm.ee on 31 Aug 2024 23:35 next collapse

I remember reading about a chemistry teacher found dead one morning. he had a habit of consuming the laboratory’s ethanol after hours, and the night before had accidentally poured himself a glass of methanol

The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org on 02 Sep 2024 07:53 collapse

Methanol: not even once

Sam_Bass@lemmy.world on 01 Sep 2024 00:13 next collapse

Aint no rest for the wicked n money dont grow on trees

Sagittarii@lemm.ee on 01 Sep 2024 07:32 next collapse

At least she’s wearing gloves!

Agent641@lemmy.world on 01 Sep 2024 16:02 collapse

And goggles. Lord knows what that shit might do to your eyes.

nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org on 01 Sep 2024 07:45 next collapse

No.

JackbyDev@programming.dev on 01 Sep 2024 16:55 collapse

Bottoms up