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Title: This forum looked lonely
Post by: jdurg on March 24, 2004, 09:45:23 PM

I guess you can call me Mr. Type A personality, but it was bugging me seeing this forum completely empty.   ;D  To keep this on topic, I'll just say that those articles by Jdurg are incredible!  I can't wait to see his pictures and to read part 1 of his three-part Alkali Metal series.  I heard that his first article will be about the Alkali Metals as a whole, with a concentration on Lithium.  Apparantly part two will deal with the common Sodium and Potassium metals, while the third part will deal with the big boys; Rubidium and Cesium.  Can't wait to read them.  ;)

Title: Re:This forum looked lonely
Post by: Mitch on March 24, 2004, 10:25:00 PM

Wow, how did you get "in" with Jdurg, I want to know the latest scoop on what he will be writing too. :)

Title: Re:This forum looked lonely
Post by: gregpawin on March 24, 2004, 11:51:29 PM

What does anyone know about making pure alkali or alkali earth metals?  I mean in a "done in the corner of the lab" kind of way?

Title: Re:This forum looked lonely
Post by: Mitch on March 25, 2004, 12:24:54 AM

It's just an electrolysis on NaOH. It's in the citizen chemist forum.

Title: Re:This forum looked lonely
Post by: gregpawin on March 25, 2004, 12:29:00 AM

Yeah, that's what I've read... but what about the other metals?

Title: Re:This forum looked lonely
Post by: Mitch on March 25, 2004, 12:55:32 AM

Just do the same thing but with KOH. :)

Title: Re:This forum looked lonely
Post by: Donaldson Tan on April 04, 2004, 11:56:22 AM

I like his first article on "collecting your very own elements".. so informative. I didnt know it's actually possible to get our hands on certain control chemicals  8)

I want white phosphorus!!! -evil grin-

Title: Re:This forum looked lonely
Post by: jdurg on April 04, 2004, 12:58:49 PM

Quote from: geodome on April 04, 2004, 11:56:22 AM

I like his first article on "collecting your very own elements".. so informative. I didnt know it's actually possible to get our hands on certain control chemicals  8)

I want white phosphorus!!! -evil grin-

Heh.  You'll have to wait for my article on Phosphorus then.   ;D  I just got some white phosphorus to go along with my red phosphorus, and I was able to get ahold of some violet phosphorus as well.  So now I have all the "major" allotropes of phosphorus.  Pretty neat stuff.   ;D

Title: Re:This forum looked lonely
Post by: Mitch on April 04, 2004, 05:28:02 PM

Geodome, you have all the white phosporus you need. :P

Hehe, inside joke. Check Citizen Chemistry board

Title: Re:This forum looked lonely
Post by: jdurg on April 04, 2004, 07:43:35 PM

And thank you geodome for the kind remarks.  I appreciate it.  I hope you like parts 1 and 2 of my alkali metal series as much as you liked my first article.   :)

Title: Re:This forum looked lonely
Post by: Jessica on December 02, 2005, 10:08:16 AM

Quote from: jdurg on March 24, 2004, 09:45:23 PM

I guess you can call me Mr. Type A personality, but it was bugging me seeing this forum completely empty.   ;D

well in that case, let me use my 1`st ever post here, and put it in THIS thread!

what are Friends for eh?  ;)