Making Bismuth Germanate in the microwave
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Published 2024-03-10
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References:
"Bismuth-Germanate Glasses: Synthesis, Structure, Luminescence, and Crystallization"
doi.org/10.3390/ceramics6030097
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All Comments (21)
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Thanks again to Turtle's Hoard for donating samples! www.turtlehoard.com/ They recycle laser crystals into jewellery, and have a lot of real fun and stunningly beautiful synthetic gems. Not sponsored or anything, they just reached out and donated samples after I did a bad job making good lithium niobate a few months ago- but their store is for sure worth checking out!
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I learned recently that even alchemists thousands of years ago were aware of, and concerned with their reactions turning yellow when they weren't supposed to. So just think, you're part of a long line of people making accidental yellow chemicals and hating it! XD
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Now make germanium transistors and make a quantum computer out of them to come up with the perfect cubane synthesis
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Formula: piss (l) + piss (s) -> glass (piss)
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ah yes, the best measuring stick for toxicity, how close it is to arsenic.
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As a Pole, I can guarantee that you can easily replace germanium with polonium for better results.
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4:00 ah, yes, the galactic lead cycle. Turns out the “great filter” is just the point where lead tech and intelligence reach equilibrium in a civilization. /s, mostly
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Instead of the pouring struggles, you could also use kiln paper (ceramic fiber paper) instead of a crucible. They cost $5 for 50 pieces, they are used for glass jewelry making. The blob of glass is formed on the kiln paper and after cooling can be easily removed from it.
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I'm surprised Tom likes chlorine when it's one of the most yellow elements on the periodic table.
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Mud wasp story: I had my regulators and lines off of my liquid oxygen cylinder last summer for a few days of maintenance downtime. In those short days, a mud wasp built a nest in the valve used to remove gaseous oxygen from the tank and I didn’t notice before hooking the regulator and lines back up to the tank. 8 months later I am still shooting bits of mud wasp nest out my torch face. Annoying little buggers.
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i don't know how shed-compatible this idea is, but making some photochromic glass would be pretty cool.
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The wasp's nest genuinely gave me goosebumps
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"we've got quite a bit of glassware" Hey lad, you could have skipped all the science, you already had glass on the worktop
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You know you're into some high quality chemistry when you have a side of goulish wasp biology as a tangent. It is also comforting to at last know the fate of the shed spider. RIP.
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A wasps' nest MADE OUT OF MUD AND ZOMBIESPIDERS. Yeah, Australia is definitely out of my travel plans.
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Yes yes, feature request for Human 2.0 noted: - Make impervious to Lead and Cadmium. While we're at it, make compatible with other heavy metals as well.
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Love it when a solid and a gas react to form a liquid.
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That mustache really puts the German in Germanate
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With such a portfolio in chlorine chemistry, you and Nile Red can pair up to accomplish some true breakthroughs in the shed-compatible piss and tar chemistry world
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I was not mentally prepared for the wasp nest excursion...
